Parks board to review three community park project proposals
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is set to decide July 14 whether three outside proposals, two bike park concepts and an indoor tennis facility, should move onto the county's contingent capital list for future funding review.
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will take its first formal pass Tuesday at three Community-Initiated Park Projects proposals, deciding whether to recommend they move forward in the new three-stage review process outlined in the meeting agenda. The item covers proposals from Friends of Pathways, Helping Adams Canyon Kids and the Teton County Community Tennis Association, and public comment on action items will be taken as they are presented.
The procedural point to watch is narrow but important. Under staff's CIPP feasibility assessments and the attached project reviews, the board is not being asked to approve construction or money. It is being asked whether proposals that cleared basic staff screening should advance to Stage 2, where the advisory board can recommend "Move to Contingent List" or decline. Staff flagged both bike park submissions as duplicates and said they should collaborate on one project, while the tennis proposal for 3 to 5 covered public courts carried a conditional pass tied to unresolved site control and maintenance questions in the TCCTA staff review packet.