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• Public Workshops: Conducted three (3) Public Workshops to get public input and feedback regarding the City's parks, recreation facilities and programs, and to ascertain their current and future recreational needs. The workshops were organized as follows: o Community Workshop #1: Presented an overview of the Master Plan process and identified what the public sees as community recreation characteristics, issues, and current opportunities and constraints to address the community's issues. o Community Workshop #2: Focused on assessing the needs of non- profit, community-based groups (sports groups, arts organizations, service/civic based organizations) and their experiences with the facilities in the City. o Community Workshop #3: Presented the community input from the first two workshops, summarized the Master Plan process, and sought public comment regarding consensus findings of the first two workshops regarding ranking and prioritization of needs. • City website: All meeting information and materials was available on the City's website so the community could easily access information regarding the Master Planning process as it progressed. In addition, City staff encouraged participants to provide the City with their e-mail addresses in order to keep them informed of the processes progress and upcoming meetings and events. As indicated in the Master Plan's Executive Summary and Introduction, the Master Plan includes the following elements: . A comprehensive survey of existing recreation resources and a needs assessment developed through community outreach, a community wide telephone survey, recreation demand needs analysis, service area analysis, park and open space acreage analysis, a review of recreation trends and programming needs. . An inventory of the City's existing recreation programs and services and recommendations for amended or new services. This portion of the report also reviews programs provided to the public through private and non-profit providers in an attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of recreational programs available in the community. • A review of existing recreational open space and facilities, including parks, trails, and buildings and recommendations regarding options for meeting current and long term needs. • A survey of potential funding sources for meeting improvement costs. Page 4 of 9