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T mational Itemeeting 09-26-2023 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA AGENDA ITEM General Services Department/ Parks & Recreation Division Date: September 15, 2023 To: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners Thru: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator Michael C. Zito, Deputy County Administrator From: Beth Powell, Interim General Services Director / Parks & Recreation Director Subject: Parks and Recreation Master Plan Kickoff Public Meeting September 27, 2023 The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners encourages all citizens to participate in planning future expanded recreational opportunities. County residents are invited to attend a public meeting to kick off the Parks and Recreation Master Planning process. The kickoff meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 27 at 7:00 pm, at the Intergenerational Recreation Center, located at 1590 9ffi St. SW, Vero Beach, FL, 32962. There will also be a Zoom option for remote attendance. Zoom information can be found on the County's website at IndianRiver.gov. The County will engage a nationally recognized parks, recreation and sports consulting firm, PROS Consulting Inc., to lead the planning process in collaboration with Perez Planning + Design, Chen Moore and Associates, and key county staff. The assessment and action plan are expected to be complete by September 2024. The County plans to keep citizens informed through a crowdsourcing platform, a one-stop shop for all information related to the project including meeting details, technical reports and relevant contact info. In addition to public meetings, and the crowdsourcing platform, the Consulting Team will be mailing a statistically valid survey to households throughout the County. The team will also be conducting interviews, creating focus groups at a future meeting, and they will assess program and facility needs and review future demographic data, trends and usage statistics. 7