While Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde, and Colorado’s other national parks get the hype, Colorado’s 42 state parks are particularly significant economic engines for communities across the state. To note, it’s estimated that the economic contribution of Colorado’s state park system rings in at about $1.25 billion. Other parks also bring in plenty of customers, and dollars, such as Golden Gate Canyon State Park in the foothills at Golden, or Staunton State Park in Pine that recently added more than 30 miles of trails to its wilderness.
you all have it in your package, and you can see certain sections are more fleshed out than others. partially that is because ggnra is in the process of going through nepa, and their timeline is different than ours. the ceqa document is going for appropriation today. the nepa process will stretch out into the spring. but we posted this document on december 1, and we are looking to get public input over the next month so that we can incorporate anything we may have missed or different perspectives from the community. we would also, of course, love to have input from the commission. ultimately, we will come back and present a final plan to you. also, it is important to note that drafting this document in some respects served as a wonderful preparation exercise for us. we will be drafting parks special event permits both for the 2012 event and the 2013 events. this helps us get our head around what will be included in that period that will come back later because we will need mu
yes. it is 14 blocks and there is part space on both sides. that one showed a decrease of 16.9% according to your numbers. that is correct, but the thing about park presidio boulevard is is a cleanliness issue. there are trees and very few elements. there are 14 elements in the standards. for a park with only one or two elements, those one or two elements can heavily skewed the overall property. that s my point. you look at the rest of your properties, it is unique. i m wondering if this is something you can take out of your metrics and measure it to account for what exactly you have described. it does sku when you have one or two measures and it s not taking that it doesn t match with your other properties. huf i would like to comment on this point because it s an interesting one. the methodology it took a number of years to come to an agreement. we started in 2003 and the evaluations didn t start until 2006. there are going to beat huge variations in the
will be coming back to you guys for that. commissioner lee: what happens to soccer? we will not be able to have soccer on the marina green, obviously, during the life of the 2012 event, and plans are in place actually to accommodate the teams also. i think it is a good report. i know you are paying close attention to keeping costs down, since some poor soul has to raise the money to pay for it. and he is keeping very close tabs on rec and park s costs. it does exactly what you said, gives us a chance to get our hands around what is coming. as you know, final plans are not yet in place. it gives a framework within which things will happen. congratulations. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed, and we are on item 3, the general managers report. i will be brief, commissioners. just a few short in the words of warren hellman, hot dog. katie is going to give you a budget update. we are heading into the budget season. and to
it is 14 blocks and there is part space on both sides. that one showed a decrease of 16.9% according to your numbers. that is correct, but the thing about park presidio boulevard is is a cleanliness issue. there are trees and very few elements. there are 14 elements in the standards. for a park with only one or two elements, those one or two elements can heavily skewed the overall property. that s my point. you look at the rest of your properties, it is unique. i m wondering if this is something you can take out of your metrics and measure it to account for what exactly you have described. it does sku when you have one or two measures and it s not taking that it doesn t match with your other properties. huf i would like to comment on this point because it s an interesting one. the methodology it took a number of years to come to an agreement. we started in 2003 and the evaluations didn t start until 2006. there are going to beat huge variations in the types o