What: the Parks and Recreation capital improvement requests for the coming budget years, covering parks, trails, recreation facilities and the senior center.
Where it stands: On October 14 staff updated the commission: several requests were cut or moved to the unfunded list (including trail and bridge funding, annual tree planting and some Mercer Park work), and the plan is not final until one more budget round before January.
Staff walked through the updated capital request by year. Funded items include park projects (80,000 dollars a year), 100,000 dollars for trails and bridges (against 275,000 requested), new Riverside Festival Stage seats, a master re-keying of the recreation centers, about 2.3 million dollars for senior center interior renovations, a trail along Highway 6, a replacement shelter at Mercer Park, park paving, and pedestrian mall fountain repairs. Annual contract tree planting was cut for next year. Later years include roof and structural cable work at the recreation center, new parks, Reno Street Park, a band shell, and pool filtration upgrades. Several requests moved to the unfunded list because of overall city budget limits.