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Parks & Rec Watch · Ways in

You do not have to read all of it.

57 meetings, 681 open items and 237 motions is a complete record and an unreadable one. These are the ways in. Every count below is a tally of something written in a meeting digest, and every link lands on the meeting it came from.

Grouped 2026-09-09. 167 standing procedural items — adjournment, approving the agenda and the minutes — are counted but left out of the subjects, because they are the same at every meeting and would swamp everything else.

What the board spends its time on

Each item the board handled is filed under the first subject it matches, judged on its own title before its detail. 410 items matched no subject and are not counted here — they are still in the meetings.

  • Maintenance and repair

    Things that are broken, worn out, or waiting to be fixed.

    193 items across 50 meetings · 2020–2026

  • Money and budget

    Bonds, GRT, impact fees, grants and stated dollar figures.

    129 items across 46 meetings · 2020–2026

  • Master plans and design

    Master plans, concept alternatives, consultants and public engagement.

    99 items across 41 meetings · 2020–2026

  • Safety and policing

    Crime, lighting, fencing, supervision, and how safe the public said the parks feel.

    91 items across 38 meetings · 2020–2026

  • Trails and connectivity

    Trails, bike routes, wayfinding, and getting between places without a car.

    88 items across 37 meetings · 2020–2026

  • Programming and events

    Leagues, camps, classes, concerts and the calendar the department runs.

    79 items across 35 meetings · 2020–2025

  • Land, water and environment

    Acquisition, dedication, water use, trees and habitat.

    67 items across 27 meetings · 2020–2026

  • How the board runs itself

    Vacancies, quorum, elections, bylaws and the board's own procedure.

    64 items across 29 meetings · 2020–2026

  • Access and accessibility

    ADA, adaptive programming, parking, transit, and who can physically get in.

    57 items across 28 meetings · 2020–2026

  • Staff and operations

    Vacancies, hiring, contractors and who does the work.

    16 items across 14 meetings · 2020–2025

The parks it actually acted on

Named in a decision counts meetings where the park appears in the title of a motion, an open item, or a discussion heading. In passing counts the rest — a park named in an events calendar reads nothing like a park whose master plan was tabled, and ranking them together hid the difference.

What keeps coming back

Items raised at more than one meeting, matched on their wording. This is the standing action list a board member asked staff to keep in May 2026, built from the minutes instead of waiting for it.

If you only read one meeting

The meetings carrying the most business — open items plus recorded votes. Length is not importance, but an empty meeting is never the interesting one.

By year

  • 20265 meetings · 59 open items
  • 20257 meetings · 74 open items
  • 20248 meetings · 76 open items
  • 202311 meetings · 149 open items
  • 20228 meetings · 120 open items
  • 20218 meetings · 67 open items
  • 202010 meetings · 136 open items