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Item No. 25 <br />memo�andunz <br />TO: Mayor & Council <br />FROM: John Godwin, City Manager <br />SUBJECT: AD HOC PARKS ADVISORY BOARD <br />DATE: February 18, 2013 <br />BACKGROLTND: As part of the new parks plan that will be created through the work of Mark <br />Spencer out of Tyler and the city's own planning manager, Alan Efrussy, we also believe there is <br />a need for an ad hoc committee or board of local citizens to help guide input, priorities, and ideas <br />for the plan. In fact, our contract with MHS includes mention of the consultant working with <br />such a citizens' committee. Such committees are fairly common in many other municipalities, <br />and in fact many are permanent advisory boards. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: Once appointed, Paris's ad hoc parks committee will help formulate <br />recommendations back to the council and assist the consultant with local feedback. The <br />committee can be formally created by a resolution of the council and its members and then <br />appointed like with standing committees and boards. It can also be less formally created and <br />appointed, or the task could even be delegated to staff. <br />BUDGET: NA. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Provide direction to staff. <br />164 <br />