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ew c~ 0 °' righton M M • N TTovemher 3 0 , ~. °i 7 ?'o ° T?ec•• ~rightor. Park Roar~~ From° ""aurice N. P.nderson, rirector Fark_ anc' Pecrea.tion Pe ° Comx~rehensive Part; p1.ar_ P:s you are ac,~are the Counr_il has a..uthorized. a comprehensive park stttc?y, for 1980. I have hd+? some prelir?inary disc-ussion with three fires; a planning firr•~;. ~ cor:ipan~; that specializes in surveys and an ac'vertisincx agencyo 'i're.full service plann- ing cor..pary has ~arevidec' a prorosal for rev:i.ec•a puz~oses only it should hoc=ever serve as ar.. excellent focus :for discussion of the project. The survey coM~sany has int~ica.tec. that they could c?o a statistically va.iid public opinion survey for $A, QC~fl-$5, 04f~ anc! the advertising agency feels that ari ex- pen.sive survey is a waste of time. I have briefly di ,cussed thiG matter v.-rith the C.1~t~J F'anager anc? one of the options c~iscu.sed cM1~as the department acting as the coore?natircx agent rather than buying a pacl€zge from. a consulting f_irr'i. This ortior has ti,e a.:~vant«qe of k:ein_g less expensive anc3/or providing acre infr~rr?anon for tb.e collars availaL-3.e, hovrever, it is rather tir~~e consuming anc? given our present staffing situation, thia options is not as attractive as it ~?auld normally be. S cvoulc suggest a SChet~ule airilar to the fallo~~ing Pecer?3~,er ~eterr-ine scope a.nc1 methoc? of study January Interviec~r anc? l~.ire firm(s) February-•Apr. Conduct study F?a.y 1 Deceive resul4 ai study I realize that this is a rather sr.+.bitious schedule, hoUrever this is the `"of~` season" for some consul.tn~x fires and it would also he advantageous to have the study coraple~ked by late spring so eler~?ents of it could Z.~e incluc?ec~ ire the final, c?raft of the City's Cempreher.sive Plan.