City council voices a desire to see more public engagement before committing to park spending plan
5:42 am, Jan. 12, 2021
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Brad and Carol Timmerman play with their grandchildren on Thursday, June 18, 2020, at Cascade Lake Park in Rochester. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
Plans for spending the annual $2 million in park referendum funds need greater community involvement and perhaps new priorities.
That was the message Monday from some Rochester City Council members Monday after they reviewed a six-year spending plan for referendum funds, along with anticipated city spending on park infrastructure.
“To me, in the last two months, when we’ve known we have $2 million, we haven’t done any public engagement, and that’s disappointing to me,” council member Shaun Palmer said.