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General Plan Amendment – Parks, Trails and Recreation Master Plan
Updating the City’s Parks Master Plan
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Presenter:
Jake Warner, Long Range Planning Manager
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Description/Background:
In 2023, Sandy City hired a consultant team led by GSBS to prepare a master plan for parks and recreation in the City, updating the current master plan. Sandy City last updated the parks and recreation master plan in 2005. Associated documents have been adopted more recently, such as a trails master plan, approved in 2019, and an active transportation plan, approved in 2020.
The proposed Sandy City Parks, Trails and Recreation Master Plan includes a summary of the public engagement process, analysis of existing conditions, goals and policies to guide future improvements, and recommendations specific to individual parks.
The updated Parks, Trails and Recreation Master Plan has been prepared in coordination with the City’s efforts to update the General Plan. GSBS was awarded both projects. Much of the project engagement specific to the Parks, Trails and Recreation Master Plan was built on preliminary research and input received as part of the General Plan update. Those public engagement events for the parks plan occurred during the fall and winter of 2023. Y2 Analytics conducted a survey during that time as well to help inform the project. A project webpage was available to the public at https://sandypaceofprogress.org/parks-master-plan.
Please see attached staff report for full information and details, and a copy of the proposed plan.
Fiscal Impact:
Approving the plan would have no direct fiscal impact. However, the proposed Parks, Trail and Recreation Master Plan recommends changes and improvements. The City would need to provide funding in the future to implement the majority of the proposed recommendations.
Further action to be taken:
The requested item is a general plan amendment, which is a legislative item. I...
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