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Agenda Section: 1 Report Date: 5/27/21 N �� Council Meeting Date: 6/1/21 BRIGHTON building tomorrow today REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM DESCRIPTION: Discuss Parks Comprehensive Plan Implementation Strategy DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: No comments to supplement this report Comments attached Recommendation: Provide feedback and direction to staff on further next steps Council would like to pursue related to the implementation of the Parks Comprehensive Plan. Legislative History: • 11/13/18—City Council approves agreement with WSB & Associates to work with City to complete Comprehensive Parks System Plan • 2/12/19—City Council approves Steering Committee for Comprehensive Parks System Plan • 8/5/20— Final Presentation, Review and Approval of Parks Comprehensive Plan by the Parks, Recreation, and Environmental Commission • 9/22/20—City Council approves Comprehensive Parks System Plan and directs staff to forward it to the Metropolitan Council for approval and inclusion in 2040 Comprehensive Plan • 3/23/21—City Council discusses at work session financing and implementation strategy for the Plan Financial Impact: The overall financial impact of implementing the first phases of the Parks Comprehensive Plan as proposed would be significant. The implementation of the plan in this manner would require that the City of New Brighton issue bonds to pay for the design, engineering, and construction of the improvements. The principal and interest of these bonds would be paid over a twenty year time span. City staff have worked to develop a plan that would phase in the payments for these costs that take advantage of other financial events in order to mitigate the impact on overall property taxes. This is explained in more detail in the next section. Explanation: In late March the City Council met to discuss the implementation strategy of the Parks Comprehensive Plan. The Council generally supported an "active" implementation plan, rather than waiting for opportunities to arise to refer back to the plan for implementation. Staff have had time to refine the plans in terms of timelines as well as financing which is what we are presenting at this meeting.