6.b) Staff Report-Lilleskogen Strategic Action Plan
STAFF REPORT
Date of Meeting: May 5, 2014
To: Parks and Recreation Committee
From: Judi Negus, Office Assistant
Re: Lilleskogen Strategic Action Plan Updates
Background
The Parks and Recreation Committee created and approved the Lilleskogen Park Restoration
Strategic Action Plan to use as a guide that identifies goals and timelines for the restoration and
development of Lilleskogen Park.
Issue
Should the Parks and Recreation Committee make proposed changes to the approved Strategic
Action Plan?
Proposal Details
Tim Kieffer and I met with Janie O’Connor, Karen Schik, and Cristina de Sobrino on April 18 to
clarify the Friends of Scandia Parks and Trails’ role for Lilleskogen Park butterfly garden.
Included is a copy of the minutes from the April 18 meeting provided by Janie O’Connor.
During our meeting the Friends of Scandia Parks and Trails requested we update our Strategic
Action Plan to remove “Friends” from the action steps under the Completion of Gravel Parking
Lot and replace with “Volunteers” since the Friends of Scandia Parks and Trails would not be
directly responsible for completing this task. Upon review of the Strategic Action Plan, the
Friends also requested that the action plan to “Obtain and install rain barrels” for the Installation
of Butterfly Gardens goal be removed since we no longer plan to use rain barrels as a source of
water supply.
After our meeting, members of the Friends of Scandia Parks and Trails asked the Parks and
Recreation Committee to clarify the intention for Lilleskogen Park to be a manicured park or to
have a prairie feel.
Options
1. Update the Strategic Action Plan as requested by the Friends of Scandia Parks and
Trails.
2. Do not make any changes to the Strategic Action Plan.
Recommendation
Option 1.