Translate[Archived] Question # 26: What is the estimated cost of the dog park master plan update listed in the FY 2021 long-range work program?
Question:
What is the estimated cost of the dog park master plan update listed in the FY 2021 long-range work program? (City Manager Jinks)
Response:
The estimated cost to hire one temporary staff person to provide assistance with the Dog Park Master Plan Update is $25,000. A combination of funding from the Open Space Acquisition and Development CIP project and the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities (RPCA) FY 2021 Proposed Operating Budget was originally intended to be used for the project, but it will now need to be delayed to a future fiscal year due to the removal of prior allocations from the Open Space Acquisition and Development project to offset revenue losses associated with the Covid-19 crisis.
The project could potentially be accelerated by four to six months with the hiring of a second temporary staff person at $25,000, decreasing the total project duration from fifteen months to a range of nine to eleven months. Funding for the acceleration is not included in the FY 2021 Open Space Acquisition and Development CIP project or the RPCA FY 2021 Proposed Operating Budget.
Anticipated to begin in January 2020, the plan start date had been delayed until July 2020. The delay in the start of the project was due to staff time dedicated to the completion of the 2020 Pocket Park Plan (completed February 2020); Athletic Field Plan Update (scheduled completion April 2020); and the initiation of the Open Space Policy Plan (implemented January 2020). In addition, staff time dedicated to unanticipated projects like the acceleration of ACPS Modernization Projects including the High School Project; MacArthur/Patrick Henry Swing Space; and MacArthur Modernization project contributed to the delay in the start date and may result in a longer planning process. The project will now need to be delayed to a future fiscal year.