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Department of Parks and Recreation
Reference: Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of a Grant Application to Adams County for an Amount Not to Exceed Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) for the "Brighton Parks, Recreation, Trails, and Open Space Master Plan" Project; and to Authorize the City Manager to Sign the Grant Application.
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Phillip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Gary Wardle, Director of Parks and Recreation
Mark Heidt, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Development
Date Prepared: June 29, 2018
PURPOSE
A Resolution authorizing the City of Brighton to submit to Adams County Open Space a Passive Grant Application requesting grant funding in the amount not to exceed $70,000.00 for the "Brighton Parks, Recreation, Trails, and Open Space Master Plan" project; and to authorize the City Manager to sign the grant application.
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BACKGROUND
Presently, the City of Brighton Parks and Recreation Department has four documents that make up the Master Plans that the Department follows. The Brighton Parks and Recreation Master Plan was competed and approved by City Council in October 1999. The Brighton Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update was completed and approved by City Council in February 2008. The Brighton Greenways and Trails Master Plan was completed and approved by City Council in July 2004. The Brighton Open Space Plan was completed and approved by City Council in August 2001.
The documents are 10 to 19 years old, and the oldest Master Plan will be over 20 years old once the proposed new Master Plan is completed. Since, 1999 Brighton has more than doubled in population and square miles in size. Much of the content in each of the Master Plans has already been accomplished, or needs to be updated due to the community's growth.
Brighton is at a point of needing a new Maste...
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