The City of Kenai awarded a roughly $70,000 contract to architecture, planning, and industrial design firm Corvus Design to develop a master plan for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. The plan will provide a detailed account of what Kenai’s residents, government, and Parks and Recreation Department want to see developed over the coming decades.
Tyler Best, Kenai Parks and Recreation director, said the department and Corvus will spend the next year developing the plan before returning it to the City Council in January of 2026. “We’ll do a kickoff meeting with them and then develop a plan for the next several months to engage the community so the community can give feedback,” said Best at the Kenai City Council meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
City Manager Terry Eubanks said the plan is to use feedback from the community to guide Kenai’s City leaders in implementing plans to meet future needs and desires. Eubank also emphasized the importance of that community engagement.
“I just hope that the public takes the opportunity to participate in these things because it really is about listening to them and getting our so we understand what the community is looking for,” Eubank said.
Council member Sovala Kisena expressed his personal excitement about the new plan. “This one’s pretty special to me,” Kisena said. “I think this is a result of many, many years of work by several different Parks and Rec directors, especially Director Best and a number of Parks and Rec. Commissioners over the years, to have a single focusing goal. And so I’m excited to see this moving forward and excited to see what the community comes back with for feedback on a master plan.”
The city council’s resolution, passed by unanimous consent, green-lit a $69,866.75 contract with Corvus.