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Park Plan Discussion <br /> We've been asked by the Mayor to lead a park planning initiative,following up on the work done in the <br /> Comprehensive Plan.The goals of the project are: <br /> 1. Provide guidance for future capital investments in parks. <br /> 2. Provide guidance for the efforts of the Park Committee. <br /> 3. Provide a physical plan for the future development of Trailside Park. <br /> As with any planning process,there is an inventory/background phase, a public outreach phase, <br /> development of goals and strategies and then a focus on implementation.Our hope is to complete this, <br /> along with our other regular duties, by the end of the year. <br /> We are working on augmenting the background data and inventory we did for the Comprehensive Plan, <br /> but wanted to also move ahead with the public input phase over the next month.We are proposing to <br /> do public input using surveys,the distribution and collection of which will rely on volunteer efforts so as <br /> to keep costs down. <br /> Outreach Activities <br /> We need to gather information from park users about their usage patterns, impressions and <br /> expectations. Please look over the following lines of questioning and identify any areas where additional <br /> insight is needed. <br /> We will need volunteers to distribute and pick up surveys, make phone calls and do visits to the park and <br /> trail to take in-person surveys. <br /> • Survey of Park Users (short survey done in person) <br /> • Where do they come from? How far did they travel? How did they get there? <br /> • What specific things brought them to the park? <br /> • How frequently do they come to the park? <br /> • Are they making any other stops? Have they spent or plan to spend any money in <br /> town? More or less than ? <br /> • Is there an improvement to the park they would like to see? <br /> 0 <br /> • Survey of Trail Users(short survey done in person) <br /> • Where do they come from? <br /> • Where did they get on the trail and where will they get off? <br /> • Are they planning to stop in Pequot Lakes? If so,where? <br /> • Have they spent or plan to spend any money in town? More or less than ? <br /> • How frequently do they use the trail? <br /> • Are there any improvements to the trail they would like to see? <br /> 0 <br />