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'�, - 2 - The major foous of this memo will be on the short range or operational focus of our department which I envision falling to develoo a shorter more revis�r capital improvement plan, staff would envision not only prioritizinq park projects, but also outlining as to the funding source in one of the following areas: 1. General Fund 2. Revenue sharing and/or other city funds. 3. State and Federal grant programs. 4. Neighborhood involvement through either park planninq councils, matching money or through camnunity work efforts. A more in depth look at how the park planning council and short range capital improvement planning process would work is as follows: Volunteerism is not a new idea. Its roots are deep in the American pazk and recreation movement and our department is no exception. We cutrently depend upon volunte�rs in our programs through the youth baseball/softball program and other athletic programs, Advisory Commissions; citywide athletic associations and park maintenance. As staff indicated at our last Park Commission meeting, the key to success in working with volunteers is to have a well planned approach as to what specific tasks might be completed by volunteers as well as how the manpower will be supervised. In addition to the obvious benefits of using volunteers to increase manpower at a minimal cost; there are numberous other benefits to the volunteers such as experiences that they might gain from the job, as well as the benefits the community gains from multiple spin-offs associated with citizen involvement. Staff would propose that we establish five separate park planning councils broken down as follows: Park Plannin Council No. 1- This planning council would include Grove an Par , Ar an Park and the Red Oak School complex with the �� borders beinq the city boundaries on the north and weat side, � ' Highway 10 on the south side and Greenwood Drive on the east, (to `�./ include Ardan Park) .