Rec & Parks acknowledges Quimby challenges

Rec & Parks GM briefs CM LaBonge on Quimby funds.

Councilmember LaBonge, who chairs the Arts, Parks, Health & Aging Committee, held a special meeting to learn the status of $120 million in Quimby Funds that are collected from developers to build parks. Jon Kirk Mukri, general manager of the Dept. of Recreation and Parks, sought to allay concerns that his staff wasn’t moving on all fronts to site and build parks in qualified areas of the city by outlining various projects either in the pipeline or under consideration. The challenge has been an accurate tracking process to keep Quimby data current, which is being addressed with a new computer system, he said.