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The CPN community
will vote this November to decide whether CPN should build an indoor recreation
center. A CPN citizen's committee has been working with the recreation
consultant on design of a scientific poll of CPN residents, and a feasibility
study for the project, and will present a "proposal" early this
fall. Once the proposal is defined, then residents will have answers to
many questions that are being asked today, such as the specific amenities
that would be in the facility, and the amount of each homeowner's current
taxes and/or homeowner dues that would be allocated toward the recreation
center.
In July,
an independent research firm conducted a scientific poll of CPN residents.
Leisure Vision, a division of the ETC Institute in Olathe, Kansas, has
designed and administered more than 600 research studies across the United
States for a wide variety of public facilities.
The goal
of the CPN survey is to have an independent, statistically valid public
opinion survey which the Recreation Center Committee can use to formulate
a proposal that matches the CPN community's interests, and to identify
questions and concerns that should be addressed. The poll is not intended
to serve as a referendum on the project itself; this will take place during
the November election.
The professionals
at Leisure Vision determined the methodology for the survey. A telephone
survey was conducted that reached 300 homes in CPN, which were randomly
selected in accordance with methodologies used for statistically valid
surveys. Leisure Vision will tabulate the results and produce an independent
report of the findings. The Recreation Center Committee will use the results
in formulating the proposal.
The Recreation
Center Committee is also busy this summer working with the recreation
consultant, evaluating demographics, recreation trends, the costs and
revenues that would be associated with an indoor recreation center, and
financing options, and the taxes and/or homeowner dues that would be allocated
to the recreation center. Virtually all of the public recreation facilities
throughout Colorado receive a portion of funding from taxes and/or dues
(the exception is the Apex Center in Arvada, a large facility which draws
attendees from throughout the state, and is subsidized with revenues from
their ice arena). The committee will work with a detailed analysis of
the CPN community's tax base, including the tax revenues from the commercial
properties; until these complex calculations are completed, no one can
calculate an accurate "cost per home."
By September,
the committee will use these facts and the results of the community survey
to develop a definitive "proposal" that the CPN community will
have a chance to vote on in November. give us answers to many of the specific
questions that are being asked today, such as what would be in the facility,
and what the costs would be. Specifics about the proposal will be covered
in the October newsletter.
How do
I get more information on CPN parks and recreation planning?
- Read the
next CPN Connection newsletter, due out in early October
- Send an
email to recreation@castlepinesnorth.org
- Or call
Judy Dahl at (303) 688-8550
- Check
back online
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