Status of the Conway Rec Talks

After our meeting with Parks on November 26, we have been lining up task force members for the Conway Community Advisory Group (CAG), and setting an initial schedule for our meetings. On Dec. 3, District 1 staff met with City Council President Kathy Lantry, Parks Director Mike Hahm, Deputy Director Kathy Korum, and Recreation Services Manager Gwen Peterson, to finalize the process by which the discussions will take place.

The Conway CAG will consist of 7 community members drawn from the varied interested parties and 3 parks officials (Hahm, Korum and Peterson). In addition, District 1 staff and Council President Lantry's office will attend to act as scribes and resources for the group. This group will begin meeting in early January, meet twice monthly for a while and then monthly, with the expectation that their work will be completed by the end of June. Minutes of those meetings will be posted here.

In between the CAG meetings, there will be several meetings of the community where everyone will be given the chance to provide input. The January and February District 1 board meetings will be largely devoted to gathering this input. The March Annual Meeting will be a series of open houses where the community can speak face-to-face with officials about this topic (among others). In addition, any group or any individual who would like to speak to someone about their ideas or concerns can contact the District 1 office and we will be happy to take your information back to the task force. (651.578.7600 or district1council@aol.com)

Information and updates will be periodically posted here, on our Facebook page and announced via our Twitter account. If you are on the E-democracy listserv, an announcement will also appear there, directing you to this blog. The District 1 News will also contain articles about the work that is being done.

We want this process to be as open and productive as possible so that Conway Rec remains the vital community center that it is and has been.

Thanks to every community member who attended the community meeting, who spoke up, emailed, called, wrote, or signed petitions. Your voices are powerful!