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City of Fort Collins
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
2024 Work Plan
The Parks and Recreation Board acts as an advisory board. The Board advises and
makes recommendations to Community Services and the City Council for their approval as
to the rules, regulations, policies, and administrative and budgetary matters pertaining to
the Parks and Recreation Departments, including matters relating to the operation and
maintenance of City-owned golf courses. The Board assists the City in cooperating with
Poudre School District and other organizations and individuals interested in the City’s
Parks and Recreation programs.
Advocacy
• Work with staff to promote awareness and stewardship of the City’s parks, trails, and
recreation facilities as part of a holistic public space network.
o Implement ways to regularly share the story of parks and recreation in the
community.
o Focus on improving communication with other Boards to achieve common goals.
o Assist with the development of youth programs and increased outreach to the youth
and student populations in partnership with Poudre School District and CSU.
o Encourage continued dialogue and awareness of public safety and vandalism
concerns.
o Encourage and review efforts to improve access to, and participation in, City
programs and facilities for historically under-served populations.
• Deepen the understanding and collaboration with the diverse cultural populations of the
region.
• Collaborate on communication with Neighborhood Services, City departments, and external
partners for available activities with Parks and Recreation.
• Support collaboration between various departments to better align their strategic plans such
as Parks, Recreation, Urban Forestry, Trails, Active Modes. Transportation, and Natural
Areas.
• Review information relating to Parks, Recreation, Trails, Forestry, and Golf to share
opportunities and concerns with the community and Board.
• Work toward the successful merger between the Parks and Recreation and Golf Advisory
Boards.
o Review financial status of the Golf fund
o Review and support the Youth Golf Scholarship program
• Continue to collaborate with FC Moves for an integrated, regional, and local transportation
network of parks, trails, bike facilities, pedestrian walkways and accessible recreational
facilities.
• Promote environmental stewardship practices that conserve natural resources.
• Work with staff to support their efforts to provide a wide variety of high quality of services in
partnership with clubs and partner organizations.
• Encourage continued support and review of the infrastructure replacement for Parks and
Recreation assets including pools and aquatics.
• Work with staff to ensure consistent level of service standards for all parks and recreation
assets and amenities.
Funding
• Review sustainable funding initiatives to address infrastructure replacement for Parks,
Trails, and Recreation that lack long-term funding and encourage continued discussions of
ways to diversify the revenue base and find new revenue sources to support both new and
aging infrastructure.
• Advocate for long-term consistent funding for Parks, Trails, and Recreation.
• Encourage proposals to accelerate funding and land acquisitions to build new trails.
Operations & Development (New Facilities &
Infrastructure Replacement
• Provide feedback and support on matters related to the development of new Parks and
Recreation facilities and projects.
o Southeast Community Center
o Implementation of the new software for registration
o CAPRA reaccreditation
o New park development (Bacon Park)
o Urban Forest Strategic Plan & Strategic Trails Plan
• Review matters associated with Parks and Recreation operations and maintenance.