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Request for Approval of the 2011-2015 Parks and Recreation Master Plan (Public Hearing)
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Whereas, good planning for future recreational development in this community requires a firm plan of action based on a combination of expert advice, community input, analysis of the need and desires of the population, and the opportunity to budget necessary funding and apply for available grants; and
Whereas, in addition, the City sponsored two Public Forum Workshops on February 10, 2011 and February 17, 2011; key recreation provider stakeholders were contacted, and the City's website published the dates of the open forums. Residents were encouraged to comment by email and letters, which were incorporated into the Plan; and
Whereas, the City prepared a survey for all residents to participate in to provide opinion as to quality, maintenance, operations and deficiencies of the City's Parks system and the survey was made available on the City's website; and
Whereas, a presentation was made to the Planning Commission on March 1, 2011 and plans to present the Master Plan to the City Council on March 21, 2011; and during the March 1, 2011 Planning Commission meeting, a public hearing was conducted to receive public inupt on the proposed Plan; and
Whereas, the Parks and Forestry Department of the City of Rochester Hills, with assistance from the Planning and Economic Development and MIS Departments has developed a proposed Rochester Hills 5-year Parks and Recreation Master Plan which includes all of the factors mentioned above; and
Whereas, this Plan meets the requirements of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as the document which must be filed with that agency if the City is to be eligible for State and Federal recreation grants; and
Whereas, the Planning Commission of the City of Rochester Hills has reviewed the Parks and Recreation Master Plan and finds itself in accord with the basic plans and strategies outlined in that document.
Resolved, that the...
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