Lee's Summit Parks and Recreation - What’s next for the legacy for tomorrow and beyond.

1. Parks Sales Tax Election
August 2, 2016
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“Every Age, Every Season”

2. 6 Reasons You’ll Love Lee’s Summit
1. The classic downtown.
This 6-block retail district in the heart of Lee’s Summit was named a “2010 Great American Main Street”—and
features many historic homes and churches built in the 1880’s. Browse the eclectic shops, including Grains & Taps
for home brewers; or the Lovin’Soap Studio, where crafters make their own bath soaps. Try eating at the wacky
Frankie Farelanes Fast(ish) Food, which serves F-Bomb Smoked Wings, Wanton Fries, and Raspberry Pork Tacos.
2. It’s a big sports town.
Legacy Park offers 704 acres of park land—with 12 baseball fields, 8 soccer fields, and 6 girls’ softball fields—
plus a 45,000 sq. ft. Community Center with a pool, fitness center, racquetball, and basketball. If you like
fishing and hunting, you’ll love the James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area, with 11 fishable lakes and ponds, 2
fishing docks, a boat ramp, and rental—nestled into 3,054 acres of woodlands, native grasslands, and wetlands.
Lee’s Summit was recently ranked by CNN/Money as one of the
“100 Best Cities to Live in the United States.” With a population of
90,000 and only 20 minutes east of downtown Kansas City, it’s
quickly becoming one of the busiest suburbs in the metro area. Here
are 6 reasons why you’ll love Lee’s Summit.
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January 18, 2016

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1. Health and Wellness
2. Community Development
3. Economic Activity
4. Environmental Sustainability
This past year over 1,000,000 people visited our
parks, facilities, and programs!

4.  Participant Program & Facility Evaluations
- 25,000 patron surveys last year
 Participant Listening Sessions With LSPR Leadership Staff
- 250 patrons
 Park Visitations With Participant Interviews and Facility Evaluations
- 3x’s per year with over 1,000 personal contacts by staff
 Friends of the Park
- 6,000 FOPs
 Citizens’ Task Forces For Facility and Program Design & Development
- These are ongoing opportunities for citizen, staff, Board, and design
professionals to engage in the detail planning of individual projects like
we did with Lea McKeighan North
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LSPR’s research is an on-going process utilizing several
methods to engage our community and gather information

5.  Youth Sports Association Surveys and Quarterly YSA Leadership Meetings
- Surveys are distributed to over 9,000 young athletes and their families to
gauge their opinion on topics like fees, officials, restrooms, registration
and field conditions
 Community Wide Citizens’ Survey
- Over 1,100 surveys returned from all LS zip codes giving us a 95% level
of confidence with a 4% margin of error
 Strategic Plan Task Force
- 53 people participated representing different interests and segments of
our community
 Staff combined findings and developed a draft plan for Board consideration and
approval
 The Park Board made final approval of the plan
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LSPR’s research is an on-going process utilizing several
methods to engage our community and gather information

6.  8 Community Priorities
 33 Goals
 Priorities and goals were developed using all of the research
and data collected, analyzing trends, and implementing the
best practices of our profession.
 Significant support (approximately 88%) for the continuation
of the ¼ cent sales tax to support improvements to our parks
system.
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7. The Goals & Expectations
The following goals are our best “estimates”. However they will
need and receive significant refinement as they approach
construction time due to:
1. Changes in community interest and needs (Miller J. Fields).
2. New trends will emerge (Lea McKeighan Park South).
3. Sales Tax performance may go up or down; could be a factor.
4. The construction environment is always changing
(Amphitheater).
5. Partnership opportunities, land donations, grants and other
unforeseen variables.
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8. Goals
• Acquire and develop
open green space.
$12.5 M
• Youth practice space.
$1.5 M
• Sled hill.
• Park within ½ mile of
every residence where
feasible.
• 10 acres of
neighborhood parks
per 1,000 people.
• 10 acres of
community parks per
1,000 people.
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9. Goals
• Improve
existing
parks. $6M
• Review parks
annually and
redevelop
with citizen
input.
• Splashpads in
areas
underserved
by water play
opportunities.
$1M
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10. Goals
• Outdoor adventure
park. $2M
• Ice rink. $1M
• Sylvia Bailey Park.
$2.5M
• Summit Waves:
wave pool/open
swim water. $5M
• Safety town. $800K
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11. Goals
• Athletic field
house $12M
• Fourth and fifth
community
centers $10M
• Nature center.
$3M
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12. Goals
• Complete the
greenway master plan
$3.75M
• Blueway for
recreational water use
$1.5M
• Support the
acquisition and
development of the
Rock Island corridor.
• Off-road dirt trails
for biking and
running.
• Advocacy for the
continuation of the
Livable Streets
concept.
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13. Goals
• Teen programming
• Development and/or
support individual
and group
community fitness
opportunities.
• Support Cultural
Arts through public
art in parks,
programming, and
amphitheater events.
$150K
• Development and
support for
community wellness
programs such as
individual and group
fitness and RevUp.
• Outdoor education
programming.
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14. Goals
• Continue to invest in
the maintenance of the
existing parks.
• Utilize best practices
for the maintenance
and operations of
parks and facilities.
• Develop an asset
management and
needs assessment plan
for all parks and
facilities.
• Annual operational
subsidy for the
Gamber Community
Center. $2.625M
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15. Goals
• Partner with other
government and
non-government
organizations to
support and
enhance the needs
of our community.
• Seek grants and
alternative funding.
• Continue to engage
the community and
solicit input.
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16. 15 Year Sunset
Proposed Improvement
Estimated
Investment
Park Development ($2.5M/park x 5 parks) $12,500,000
Practice Space $1,500,000
Park Improvements ($400,000/annually x 15 years) $6,000,000
Splashpad (4 x $250,000/per) $1,000,000
Outdoor Adventure Park $2,000,000
Ice rink (outdoor) $1,000,000
Sylvia Bailey Park development $2,500,000
Wave pool $5,000,000
Safety Town $800,000
Athletic Fieldhouse $12,000,000
Community Center #4 $5,000,000
Community Center #5 $5,000,000
Nature Center $3,000,000
Greenway & Trail development ($250,000/annually x 15 years) $3,750,000
Blueway Development $1,500,000
Art in Parks ($10,000/annually x 15 years) $150,000
GCC subsidy ($175,000/annually x 15 years) $2,625,000
Estimated Total $ 65,325,000
Estimated sales tax funding (15 yrs x $3.5M) $ 52,500,000
Difference $ (12,825,000)
Neighborhood Park
Acquisition & Development
Neighborhood Park
Renovation
Community Outdoor
Facilities
Community Indoor
Facilities
Trails/Greenway & Blueway
Development
Programs & Events
Operations & Maintenance
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17. Shall the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri continue a
sales tax of one-quarter (1/4) of one percent (1%) for the
purpose of providing funding for local parks for the City
for a period of 15 years beginning on April 1, 2018?
“Every Age, Every Season”
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18. Vote August 2, 2016
“Every Age, Every Season”
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