City of Columbia, Missouri
Meeting Minutes - Final
City Council
Conference Room
1A/1B
Monday, April 1, 2024
5:00 PM
Pre-Council
Columbia City Hall
701 E. Broadway
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Buffaloe called the meeting to order at approximately 5:00 p.m.
Northeast Regional Park Feasibility Study Presentation
Parks & Recreation Director, Gabe Huffington indicated that the Parks & Recreation
department have partnered with Ballard*King & Associates and introduced Darin Barr to
present Council with a presentation.
The components of this study consists of:
Review of Existing Information
Demographic Analysis
Participation Statistics
Trends
Public Input (focus groups)
Facility Program Recommendations
Operational/Business Plan Development
When discussing the demographics, Barr indicated that there are three service areas.
The primary service area is the City of Columbia, the secondary service area is Boone
County and the regional service area includes a 120-minute drive time.
Barr went on to discuss the trends both locally and nationally and the various focus
groups that were involved which included:
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Show-Me State Games
Pickleball Players
Turf Users - Sports Groups
Boone County Fair Board
City Parks & Recreation Staff Focus Groups
Roller Derby
Equine/Horse
Columbia Public Schools
Columbia College
He went on to talk about the building programming to include the activity hall, transition
space, multipurpose area and the Sapp building. Barr showed Council members graphics
of the existing site facilities and graphics of potential renderings.
Council and staff discussed the next steps.