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Home My WebLink About~Master - Approving Proposed Public Input Process, Time Frame, and Budget for the Recreation Facilities Master Plan RESOLUTION NO. 99-44 RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPOSED PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, TIME FRAME,AND BUDGET FOR THE RECREATION FACILITIES MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS, in 1998, the Parks and Recreation Commission and City staff were requested to make recommendations for a long-range Recreation Facilities Master Plan(RFMP) to the City Council; and, WHEREAS,City Council requested that citizens and users of recreational facilities be actively engaged in this process; and, WHEREAS,the Commission is recommending that questionnaires be handed out to individual users of existing facilities and be mailed to on-campus students, off-campus Ames households, and residences of Ames Middle and High School students who have zip codes of 50010 or 50014; and, WHEREAS, the services of Iowa State University Community Development-Data Information and Analysis Laboratory(CD-DIAL)will be retained to assist and build decision-making capacity as they collect and use information; and, WHEREAS,the Parks and Recreation Commission will host a public meeting to be facilitated by an ISU Extension Community Development Specialist and CD-DIAL; and, WHEREAS, the Commission will meet with groups in the community who have an interest in recreation facilities to obtain their input; and, WHEREAS, the proposed time frame for the public input process would be from February thru October 1999; and, WHEREAS,the estimated cost of this project is$11,500,and it is being recommended that this project be funded from the City Council's 1998-99 emergency reserve fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the proposed public input process, time frame, and budget for the Recreation Facilities Master Plan is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 9th day of February, 1999. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor Introduced by: Cross Seconded by: Wirth Voting aye: Cross, Hoffman, Parks, Quirmbach,Wirth Voting nay: None Absent: Campbell Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9th day of February, 1999.