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SENIOR COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
AB# 0913-2 DEPT/DIV.
NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND Approval
MTG. 09-30-13 COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN CITY ATTY.
(If required)
STAFF: Hazeltine
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept the Parks & Recreation Department needs assessment and comprehensive action plan
report findings and recommend City Council adoption.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
In December 2012, after concluding an extensive RFP process, the Parks & Recreation
Department selected PROS Consulting to work on the department's needs assessment and
comprehensive action plan. PROS, AHA Landscape Architects-Planners and ETC
Institute/Leisure Vision formed the consulting team. The planning work was focused on helping
the department identify needs based on current gaps and future trends including changing (and
aging) demographics in Carlsbad, develop priorities based on community values, provide a
guide for balanced program, facility and amenity offerings, develop measurable strategies to
achieve goals and recommendations and focus on a sustainable approach driven by
programmatic needs through this five year action plan.
The overall approach focused on a three-step process that included comprehensive
assessments (where are we today?), a needs analysis (where do we want to go?) and a five
year action plan (how do we get there?). Parts of these processes were individual tasks
undertaken by members of the team.
The individual tasks included demographics and trends analysis, subjective community input
(stakeholder meetings, key leader interviews, open public meetings, online surveys), objective
community input (statistically-reliable survey), facility and site assessment, program
assessment, facility/amenity and program priority ranking (based on the consultant's
professional experience and based on best practices relevant to Carlsbad), levels of service
analysis and equity mapping.
Today's presentation by Neelay Bhatt, vice president, PROS Consulting, Inc., will provide an
outline of the process undertaken, the key findings and analysis including levels of service and
equity mapping which will all lead into the comprehensive action plan and five year
recommendations;
With your endorsement, these recommendations will then be presented to the City Council in
November 2013 and, upon final acceptance/adoption, will then be considered a part of the
department's five year action plan.
EXHIBITS: