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RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-83: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $187,418 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK LAND FUND BALANCE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ADKINS’ CROSSING, COLONIAL ESTATES, COLONIAL COMMONS, AND SUNRISE PARKS.
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BACKGROUND: On 1 March, 2011, voters in Norman approved a City Charter amendment providing for the expenditure of fees-in-lieu of park land that were collected between 1976 and 1994 for the purpose of making park improvements in areas where suitable land is not available to purchase. This Charter amendment allows the city to make use of over $642,000 of parkland fees and interest earnings for capital improvements in twenty-one neighborhood park sites. The first project done using these funds was the creation of the new Monroe Park on land leased from the Norman Public School System. This neighborhood represented the largest portion of the total fee-in-lieu funds collected prior to 1994 ($275,000); and the remaining funds from this part of town will be used at Adkins Crossing Park, located south of Hwy 9 on 24th Ave SW.
The 2009 Norman Parks and Recreation Master Plan identified maintenance of our existing facilities as the number one priority for Norman parks. A major part of fulfilling this goal is to replace broken sidewalks/trails, site furniture (picnic tables, trash cans, benches, drinking fountains, etc.), and play equipment before new amenities, facilities and landscaping are installed. Each park has a separate list of needs determined in the 2009 Master Plan; and park planning staff makes a thorough investigation of each park site before an upgrade plan is presented.
DISCUSSION: In September, 2012, as the Monroe Park project was finishing-up, park planning staff determined a plan for how to best utilize the available funding at the four park sites with the next-largest pre-1994 neighborhood fee-in-lieu of land fund balances. The plans include repair and replacement of broken or missing...
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