Mark your Calendars! The Mat-Su Borough will be hosting a meeting to discuss the Government Peak Recreation Area Master Plan on Tuesday February 28th, 2017 from 3pm – 5pm. This another opportunity for the community to engage in shaping the future of this community asset. Come join the Mat-Su Borough Staff, and Chris Beck, from Agnew::Beck for a robust conversation.
What can you expect from the afternoons discussion?
Agenda:
I. Short overview of project goals, outcomes, schedule
- Main objective: try to reach working consensus on priorities for improvements setting a collaborative, shared plan
- Not a big fat plan
- Role/relevance of previous planning work (set sideboards for this project)
- Intro to funding/implementation strategies
II. Introductions – 3 minutes each around the room
- Names, organization mission
- Actions/involvement in Gov’t Peak projects to date
- Brief intro to goals, proposed plans for additional improvements
III. Chris/Dwayne/Emersion – share background information and maps
- Preliminary site opportunities and constraints evaluation
- Existing trails and facilities, synthesis of planned trails
- Extracts of previous plans (including map from recent, not approved master plan)
- Discuss goals for improvements, key issues to resolve, options for solutions
- Facilities functions, locations, specifications (e.g. size of amphitheater, # of parking spaces)
- Access
- Trails (expected to be secondary issue)
- Other topics
IV. Funding/implementation strategies
V. Next steps
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