Rochester Hills Legistar System

A motion was made by Ambrozaitis, seconded by Hilbert, that this matter be

Approved.

Resolved that the Leisure Activities Committee establish their 2006 Meeting

Schedule as the Third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Michigan Time, 1000

Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills, Michigan, Oakland County; with

understanding that any meeting dates conflicting with holidays or elections will

be rescheduled as needed.

The motion carried by the following vote:

Concensus of Leisure Activities Committee to elect Erik Ambrozaitis as the Chairperson

for 2006 noting the following discussion:

Erik Ambrozaitis, City Council, proposed to Committee members a possibility of

dissolving the Leisure Activities Committee in lieu of himself being a Leisure Activities

Liaison. He further stated that if Council would not approve dissolving Committee, then

he would not mind being Chairperson if Ravi Yalamanchi would opt for Vice

Chairperson.

Mike Hartner, Director of Parks & Forestry, briefly discussed the Parks Master Plan

noting the following:

* The Master Plan is updated every five (5) years to provide direction for the City and

Community for improvements to Parks.

* The Master Plan is the document referred by the DNR users to insure Residential

input was obtained regarding proposed projects before grant monies are allocated.

* A Master Park Plan is required every five (5) years in order to qualify for grant monies.

Terry Coach, McKenna and Associates, presented the Master Land Use Plan noting the

following:

* Master Plan provides more detail including all land use within the City from residential

to business.

* The Master Plan provides the initial process involved gathering background

information, inventory analysis, reviewing existing Master Plans and documents.

* Review of existing park conditions was done with an inventory of the facilities to

determine what is there, what is installed properly and what added installations are

needed.

* Baseline analysis was compared with State and Federal Standards to obtain a guide

that provides:

* Number of facilities per population and reflects shortages.

* Geographic distributions as it relates to users.

* Condition of Facilities

* Looked at what schools provide as well as private health clubs.

* In general, most residents want to see continued bike path system, additional nature

trails, access to river trails, upgrades of picnic pavilions, more soccer fields, including

indoor fields, community center/teen center.

* Programs include: cultural programs, including dance and art, outdoor summer

programs, health and wellness classes, adult and family activities.

* Currently Rochester Hills largest life style group is a family formation at approximately

1/3 of total population.

Discussion commenced amongst members including the following points:

* Northwest corner of the City does not have a community level park, all City Parks are

located in the Southern part of the City.

* Public input process took baseline standards and compared them to needs and wants

of residents:

* Held series of public work shops

* Conducted series of brainstorming/visiting session

* Conducted interviews with members of the community.

* Focused on three undeveloped parks.

* There are several different classifications of Parks as follows:

* Mini Park (usually within a subdivision)

* Neighborhood Park

* Community Park

* Park access plays an important part because it is not just location, access considers

affordability, hours of operation, handicap, senior programs, fitness facilities.

Mr. Hartner explained that this is a plan or guide that contains residential input and that

the City does not have to anything in the next five (5) years.

* It was stated that McKenna and Associates received $25,000 for the Master Land Use

Plan.