Russian Jack Springs Park VIP Committee Holds Its Fifth Meeting - draft summary

The north Russian Jack Springs Park VIP committee held our fifth meeting last night. Previous meetings achieved sharing of historical and current information about current uses and needs in the park. A prioritization exercise in meeting #3 produced a rough listing of key areas where investment is needed.  In meeting #4, that list was prioritized with an understanding that it was a working document. 

Given several million dollars in value of work on the list from meeting #4, meeting #5 attendees grappled with the limited in-the-ground construction budget of $700,000 to assess what items would actually be funded to achieve some of the desired outcomes and which items would not receive funding at this time.  Meeting #5’s discussion led to the creation of supported priority list approved by the VIP Committee for the desired capital improvements using available funding (see photo below).

The design process will now begin in a collaborative project team effort.  The goal will be to design-smart and value-engineer to achieve as much as possible given limited funding. 

The nRJSP VIP Committee requested one more meeting to review the preliminary design, once it is available.  We anticipate the preliminary design will be available for review by the Committee in 40 to 60 days.

The group present at VIP meeting #5