Item B: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan

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and open space protection programs rely on responsible negotiations with willing sellers based on appraisals of fair market value to benefit the public's and owners' interests. Add a statement to Chapter 1, Section B of the PROS Comp Plan stating that this does not preclude the City Council from exercising its condemnation powers within the city limits. 3. Amend the PROS Comprehensive Plan to read as follows: Lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which were purchased with Land and Water Conservation Fund dollars, and are within the City limits contribute to the City's open space system. As such, they should be included in the PROS inventory of existing open space resources. Although inclusion of this acreage may show that the Natural Area Park target is met through year 2025, other policies may require additional acquisitions within this park type. 4. Amend Chapter 1, Section D of the PROS Comp Plan to incorporate a broad discussion of other parks, open space and recreation resources that exist within the community, but are not reflected in the PROS inventory. 5. Incorporate graphic maps that are currently located in the PROS Project and Priority Plan into the PROS Comprehensive Plan. Make textual changes to the map and legend to allow the maps to stand alone without project descriptions. Add a disclaimer in the legend to clarify that the map is not intended to depict site specific projects and locations and that, if there is a conflict between the general map in the PROS Comprehensive Plan and the specific project maps in the PROS Project and Priority Plan, the PROS Project and Priority Plan controls. 6. Amend Section Chapter IV, Section I to add to the PROS Comprehensive Plan a discussion regarding the need to balance the adoption of new planning documents with the adopted Growth Management Goals and the cumulative effect that existing planning documents may have on the City's ability to fulfill the Growth Management Goals. 7. Amend Section Chapter IV, Section I to include the following statement within the plan: The PROS Comprehensive Plan does not have an impact on the buildable lands inventories. However, future acquisition of additional park land may have an impact on the inventories.