Why don’t we follow our Master Plans?

https://www.canbyoregon.gov/publicworks/page/canby-parks

The link to our 2022 Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update.

In 2022 the City of Canby finalized its COMPREHENSIVE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN that the citizens of Canby paid for.

There is a lot of information and great suggestions. The number one priority in the plan states that the best way to implement these suggestions is to have an official Parks and Recreation Department with a professional Parks Administrator. Did you know the City of Canby does not have an Official Parks and Recreation Department? This is how we can efficiently manage and grow our parks and recreation facilities and programs.

The listing of goals starts on page 111 of the plan.

Goal #1: Create a financially resilient organizational structure to deliver parks and recreation programs and services that positions the city for growth.

1.1.a Hire a professional parks and recreation administrator.

Since 2022 the city is still ‘winging it’ as it goes. Where is the effort, discussion, planning to implement Goal #1 in the Master Plan we paid for and adopted?

On the city website you will also find studies and recommendations about a community recreation center from 2009. The current sports complex/community center discussion is not a new idea. If we were doing analysis and recommendations 15 years ago, do we think this subject is still relevant today?

Once again, someone saw a Peddle Park in Sandy Oregon and now the city is discussing whether to push off the Wait Park Renovation for a park not included in our current plans. Another example of shiny objects distracting us from our goals.

We need to stick to our plans. If not, why waste the money creating them?

Imagine if we had a Professional Parks and Recreation Administrator to help with that? Hmm, see Goal #1.