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Show Public Hearing Set on Parks Master Plan Study more passive picnic and lesser sports area to the south. It suggests bringing Silver Creek through the park clamming it in places to create ponds. The cost of developing the 22.6 acre facility is estimated at around $2.3 million which is divided. $1,335,600 for the north end and $663,700 for the more passive south end. Other plans would include developing the 5 acre Prospector Pros-pector Park site as a more natural recreation area for $369,400 and improving the 3 acre Rotary Park with picnic tables, restrooms, parking, etc., for $116,200; The study suggests the City sell half of the 8.5 acre old sewage plant site but retain the portion through which Kimball Creek flows as a natural fishing and recreation recrea-tion site. The cost of the renovations in that area is estimated at $91,600. Other plans include obtaining obtain-ing 88 acre Gambcl Oak Park north of Deer Valley and developing it as a natural open area for $114,500 and similarly treating the upper portion of 41 acre municipal cemetery for $41,500. The study recommends some minor improvements at the five acre Glenwood cemetery, ceme-tery, but does not make any cost estimates. The study concluded, with the addition of Gambel Oak Park, the city should have enough land to meet its future recreation needs. It suggests the most logical way to fund the plans either altogether or in phases is with a bond issue. It adds the costs could be offset somewhat by developers contributing in an amount equal to the project's demand de-mand on existing recreation facilities and through cooperation cooper-ation with the school district. Finally the study prioritizes nine immediate projects for the city's consideration based on immediate need and citizen input. They are:- Library landscaping, north end of City Park, Swimming Pool, Memorial Building renovation. Primary trail axes and access easements for the trails through private property. Rotary Park, Swede Alley urban design plan, Gambel Oak Park title transfer and Preservation of McLeod Creek open space corridor. The City Council is presently pre-sently considering capital improvement expenditures for the coming fiscal period and it is expected parks and recreation will be a priority consideration. The recently completed parks and recreation master plan for Park City will be presented this Thursday during a public hearing that begins at 5 p.m. in the Memorial Bldg. The $28,500 study took more than a year to complete and was prepared by Gage-Davis, Gage-Davis, a Boulder, Colo, planning firm. The report identifies Park City's existing and future recreation needs and equates them with existing and potential recreation facilities, facili-ties, both indoor and outdoor. out-door. The task began last summer when residents were invited to tour the city's developed and undeveloped park and recreation sites. Following the tour, participants identified identi-fied Park City's existing recreation facilities and needs and prioritized future needs. Additionally, the group was given plat maps of the city's park sites and asked to sketch in the improvements and facilities they thought each site would contain. Through a series of community com-munity meetings project coordinator Jeff Winston and his staff reworked the site plans into finalized drawings that can be implemented by the city. The hearing Thursday is prior to the City Council's adoption of the plan as a lone term goal for Park City's park and recreation recrea-tion area development. The studv reveals the primary recreation needs of Park City are: better playing fields for turf team sports, usable green space within the town, bike and equestrian eques-trian trail networks, improved im-proved indoor recreation activ ities particularly a swimming pool and outdoor out-door andor indoor space for events of various sizes. In addition to the park sites, the report recommends the renovation of the Memorial Building into a more complete com-plete indoor recreation facility faci-lity but. offers no cost estimates. It indicates a convention centersports arena would cost between $3.5 and S5 million and offers suggestions about a city-wide bike and equestrian eques-trian trail network but offers no cost estimates. The study concludes a public swimming pool could cost between $1 and $2 million, but notes it is a priority among residents. The most ambitious project dealt with in the study is the revamping of City Park. The report shows a greatly expanded facility with new playing fields, tennis courts, recreation building, picnic sites, landscaping etc. The plan breaks the park into an active playing area,vAoith' of.; the Miners' liospitakdnd vaY. |