Item 3. RHAA 2015-12-03 MeetingCITY OF
CUPERTINO
PARKS, OPEN SPACE,
AND RECREATION
MASTER PLAN
RHAA, Principal in Charge
Barbara Lundburg
RHAA, Resource Principal
Cordy Hill
RHAA, Project Manager
Lauren Knight
Who Are We?
Project Team
Applied Development Economics
Doug Svensson
The Sports Management Group
Julie Spier
The Sports Management Group
Lauren Livingston
The Sports Management Group, Architect
Mark Schatz
Presentation Outline
Understanding Who You Are
Establishing an Understanding
Public Engagement
Understanding Core Values
Creative Vision
Creating a Flexible and Balanced Park System
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy
•Review planning documents
•Review parks, maintenance
standards and policies
•Park infrastructure
•Evaluate Capital Improvement
Program
•Evaluate existing funding sources
•Evaluate programs and services
POLICIES AND STANDARDS REVIEW
Understanding Who You Are
Establishing an Understanding
•Tours of existing parks and facilities
with City staff and operations crew
•Begin to identify preliminary
opportunities and constraints
•Begin to identify potential to
improve or expand parks, facilities,
and programs
•Begin to identify sustainability
opportunities
•Begin to identify maintenance and
operations issues
EXISTING PARKS & FACILITIES INVENTORY &
ANALYSIS
Understanding Who You Are
Establishing an Understanding
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Public Engagement
Understanding Core Values
•Input Process
•Outreach Tools
•Definition of Needs
•Identify Community Goals and
Desires
Intercept Surveys at Community Events
Stakeholder Interviews/Focus Groups
Community Block Leader Meetings
Web Outreach & Social Media
Public Engagement
Advisory Committee: Parks & Recreation Commission
Community Survey 2016
Community
Needs & Goals
Understanding Core Values
Creative Vision
Creating a Flexible and Balanced Park System
•Analyze and evaluate input from
public engagement
•Community desires balanced with:
•codes (accessibility, safety, etc.)
•regulations
•changing trends
•new directions in recreation
•Ensure variety of programs and
facilities that meet community’s
needs
•Identify locations where additional
capacity is needed to meet current
and future needs
FLEXIBLE AND BALANCED PARK SYSTEM
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy
•Building on the established goals
and objectives from the Recreation,
Parks, & Open Space element of the
General Plan and other adopted
plans
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy
DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN
•Includes
•Action Item
•Why It Is Recommended
•Possible Locations
•Funding Sources
•Time Frame
•Long, Medium, & Short
Term Actions
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy
•Develop Matrix of Action Items
giving weighted priority based on:
•Needs
•safety/security
•accessibility
•code compliance
•Desires of Community
•Programming & Service
Gaps
•Physical Space
Requirements
•Financial & Operational
Impacts
•Available Funding Sources
PRIORITY OF ACTION ITEMS
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy
•Bubble diagram for each park
based on physical space and
proposed programs
•More developed concept designs
for:
•Memorial Park
•Quinlan Community Center
•Senior Center
•Sports Center Area
BUBBLE DIAGRAMS
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy
•Estimated costs for major capital
improvements
•Operating costs to staff and
maintain new facilities
•Proposed phasing based on
priorities
•Explore potential funding sources
COST ANALYSIS
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy
•Successful road map for the future
of parks, recreation facilities, and
programs
•Short, medium, and long range
recommendations
FINAL REPORT
Project Schedule: Looking Ahead
•City Policy & Standards Review Report
•Inventory & Analysis Report of Existing Parks, Facilities, & Programs
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS
•Bi-weekly working session meetings with City staff and consultant team
•Regular updates to Parks & Recreation Commission
•Community meetings, Block Leader Meetings, etc.
•Various presentations to City Council, Parks & Recreation Commission, Planning Commission and other
relevant City bodies for progress updates and feedback
UPCOMING MEETINGS & PRESENTATIONS
•Confirm Outreach Methods
•Develop Survey for Community Outreach
•Develop Questions for Addition to Community Survey 2016
Public
Engagement
Understanding
Who You Are
Understanding Who You Are
Establishing an Understanding
Public Engagement
Understanding Core Values
Creative Vision
Creating a Flexible and Balanced Park System
Establish a Direction
Realistic and Sustainable Implementation Strategy