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Item #21 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF May 18, 2004 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Colton Recreation and Parks Commission SUBJECT: Recommend Approval of City's First Park Master Plan DATE: May 12, 2004 BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001, the City Council approved the development of the City's first Park Master Plan. The landscape architectural firm of Richard Fisher Associates was eventually hired to prepare the plan. After more than one year of research and development, a master plan draft was brought before the Commission during three separate meetings. On March 17, 2004 the Commission approved the document. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The Park Master Plan represents approximately 12 months of on-site visits, resident, Council and staff interviews, three Recreation & Parks Commission reviews, two community meetings, surveys and input from Colton youth sports groups. It is a "living, breathing" document that can be revised as time goes along. It is a "road map" that can be followed into the future. The Master Plan provides a proposed detailed design for each of the City's 12 parks. It also includes interview information, a current inventory of each park and several surveys. During the Commission's review of the document with the consultant, questions were asked and a number of recommended changes were made. The Commission then requested and met with the City Council on April 27, 2004 for a joint workshop to review the document. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Approval of the Master Plan will not create, within itself, a financial impact. However, the City currently has approximately $450,000 in grant funds encumbered with the State of California for future park improvement projects. These funds are a part of State Propositions 12 and 40. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: No environmental impacts are anticipated from the City Council's approval of the Master Plan because it is a conceptual design and does not propose any specific park improvement projects. The Master Plan may be used as a conceptual guide for development of future park improvement projects. Those future projects will each be individually subject to evaluation for potential environmental impacts, according to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA') (Pub. Resources Code § 21000 et seq.). Because the Master Plan itself is a conceptual