City of Tamarac Parks, Recreation, and Social Services Master Plan

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1 City of Taarac Parks, Recreation, and Social Services Master Plan Executive Suary Deceber 2014

2 Purpose Initially planned as a retireent counity by developer Kenneth E. Behring, the City of Taarac has always paid special attention to providing its residents with a high quality of life, sustained by high quality and responsive custoer service. Integral to this high quality of life are the recreation aenities and services that were at the forefront of the city s origins. As the city has grown fro a retireent counity of 250 hoes to a city of 60,000 residents, so too has its parks syste. The city s parks syste currently boasts over 180 acres of park land, three recreation centers, seven baseball/softball fields, three football/soccer fields, a dog park, and an aquatics coplex with an eight lane, 25 eter lap pool and interactive splash ground, just to ention a few of the aenities. The purpose of this Parks, Recreation, and Social Services Master Plan is to develop a 20 year plan that ensures that residents continue to enjoy a high quality of life that is supported by the high-quality parks and recreational progras and facilities they desire. Specifically, this aster plan seeks to: Establish a clear understanding of the current conditions of the city s parks, recreation facilities, and open spaces and assess their relevance to existing and projected populations; Assess and evaluate the Parks and Recreation Departent s current progras, anageent, and operations practices; Identify the counity s recreational and social needs and priorities; Establish a long range vision to address the identified recreational and social needs and priorities including park land; historical, cultural, and natural resources; recreation facilities; and progras; Establish a 5, 10, 15, and 20 year ipleentation strategy that includes a Capital Iproveent Plan (CIP), aintenance and operations standards and guidelines, and funding opportunities. To achieve this, the City of Taarac Parks, Recreation and Social Services Master Plan is organized into the following four sections: Existing Conditions Analysis - This section provides an understanding of the existing and planned conditions of the city, its population, and its parks and recreation syste. It includes a brief overview of the history of the parks and recreation syste, an inventory of the city s parks and recreation facilities, an analysis of relevant plans and studies, a deographics analysis, an analysis of the existing conditions of the city s park land and recreation facilities, and an evaluation of the current progras, anageent, operations, public relations, and arketing practices of the Parks and Recreation Departent. 2 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

3 Needs and Priorities Assessent - This section provides a coprehensive, counity participationdriven needs assessent process that uses proven qualitative, quantitative, and anecdotal analysis techniques to identify resident recreational and social desires, needs, and priorities. Techniques used include a variety of Level of Services (LOS) analysis, a statistically valid ail-in and telephone survey, an online survey, public workshops, and a series of oneon-one stakeholder eetings and focus groups. Long-Range Vision - Based on the findings fro the Existing Conditions Analysis and Needs and Priorities Assessent, this section establishes a long-range vision for the city s parks, recreation and social services syste that is grounded in industry best practices and counity input. This section also includes an estiate of probable costs for land acquisitions, park/facility developent, prograing/staffing, and operations and aintenance for the long-range vision. Funding and Ipleentation Strategy Based on the proposed long-range vision, the ipleentation strategy establishes a phased funding and ipleentation strategy to realize the proposed vision. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 3

4 Existing Conditions Analysis The purpose of this chapter is to gain a broad understanding of the current conditions of the City of Taarac s parks, recreation facilities, and trails. This chapter takes an in-depth look at the conditions, appearance and functionality of the existing parks and recreation syste as a snapshot for analysis. The Beginning of the City of Taarac Parks Syste Kenneth E. Behring s idea for the City of Taarac was to build a counity of single faily retireent hoes with the conveniences of a condoiniu. Specifically, these conveniences would include no aintenance for residents and access to a variety of recreation aenities where residents could enjoy life because aintenance was handled by others. Fro the city s inception to the present day, the parks syste has experienced several periods of expansion, with the largest taking place between 2005 and 2010 when the city passed a $15 illion Capital Iproveents Bond. This bond paid for a variety of parks and recreation iproveents and is largely responsible for creating the parks syste that the city currently enjoys. The Parks Syste As It Is Today The City of Taarac s parks syste today includes approxiately 184 acres of public park land spread throughout 21 sites across the city. The parks syste is linked by a network of streets, trails, bikeways, and transit routes. The city s parks syste is bolstered by an array of sei-private and private recreational facilities that Kenneth E. Behring and developers since hi have built in residential developents throughout the city. These 159 sites encopass 180 acres. While not considered public park land, these private recreation facilities continue to play a ajor role in the social, cultural, and recreational lives of residents and are therefore an iportant coponent of the parks syste. Special to the City of Taarac and iportant to the city s parks syste are the historical and cultural eleents that are located throughout the city. Over the last several years, the city has focused on celebrating its history and expanding its cultural offerings through a variety of eans including public art. The city currently boasts a variety of public art pieces ranging fro benches to fences to sculptures, ost of which are located within the parks syste. 4 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

5 Guiding Docuents One of the core initiatives of this aster plan is to provide a continuation of previously adopted plans and studies. Careful review and analysis of previous work ensures coordination with other official docuents that ay influence the developent of the aster plan. AECOM has researched ultiple sources of inforation such as: city, regional docuents and statewide docuents; area or facility specific studies and plans; and previous recreation aster plans. A listing, though not exhaustive, of significant city, regional and statewide docuents and area or facility specific studies and plans includes: City of Taarac Strategic Plan (2012) 2013 City of Taarac DirectionFinder Survey, Final Report Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan (2008) 2013 Statewide Coprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) City of Taarac Coprehensive Plan (Adopted 2008, Aended 2009) City of Taarac Biennial Budget Deographic Analysis The City of Taarac is growing, diversifying and becoing younger. The city needs to ensure that it is eeting the parks, recreation and cultural resource needs of its current residents equitably, while at the sae tie preparing plans for future growth by acquiring ore park land, establishing and enhancing joint-use agreeents with other parks and recreation service providers, and facilitating the provision of additional progras. Existing City Park Land Conditions Analysis A critical step in the Parks, Recreation and Social Services aster planning process is to evaluate the conditions of the City of Taarac s existing public parks. An observational review of the City of Taarac s existing parks and facilities was conducted using the following evaluation categories: 1. ACCESS: Proxiity, Access and Linkages 2. COMFORT: Cofort and Iage 3. USE: Uses, Activities, and Sociability 4. BUILDINGS: Buildings Architecture Each of the sites was scored in the above categories using a scale of 1 to 5: 1 = Well Below Expectations 2 = Not Meeting Expectations 3 = Meets Expectations 4 = Exceeds Expectations 5 = Far Exceeds Expectations Overall, the specific ain categories where the parks syste exceeded expectations included Cofort and Iage as well as Buildings/ Architecture. Categories where the parks syste et expectations included Proxiity/ Access/Linkages and Uses and Activities & Sociability. Following is a suary of key findings and observations for the parks syste based on the ain park evaluation categories. A table showing the parks evaluation suary can be found on the next page. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 5

6 City of Taarac Current Manageent and Operations Practices In addition to evaluating the City of Taarac s parks and recreation facilities, the anageent and operation of the Parks and Recreation Departent were also evaluated. Areas covered include: Cofort and A table suarizing the strengths and weaknesses of each of the above categories can be found on the next page. These findings are copared with national bencharks using a Parks and Recreation Trends Analysis. This helps provide an understanding of what the latest trends are in the parks and recreation industry, where the industry ay be headed, and how the City of Taarac Parks and Recreation Departent can prepare for what ight be ahead. and 6 C I T Y Manageent and Operations Practices Public Services Operations Recreation Progras and Services Access and Opportunities to Participate Public Relations and Marketing O F T A M A R A C

7 City of Taarac Area Current Manageent and Operations Practices Public Service Operations Recreation Progras and Services Access and Opportunities to Participate Public Relations and Marketing Strengths The staffing pattern for the Departent is lean and ost eployees cover a significant area of responsibility. The departent s supervisory staff has the responsibility for developing and onitoring their own budget. The departent has very strong record keeping regarding overall perforance and evaluation by the counity. The city s parks and recreation facilities are well aintained. Grounds Maintenance staggers its work schedule to cover evenings and weekends. Parks and recreation facilities aintenance can call upon the resources of the entire Public Works Departent when needed. Grounds Maintenance has a playground inspection progra in place that has a docuented inspection for. Facilities has a syste of onthly inspections of building operating systes and all buildings are inspected for cleanliness and safety daily The departent has a strong youth prograing ephasis with an after school progra during the school year and a suer cap progra. There is a significant Athletics Division that conducts a nuber of youth tea sports as well as adult tea sports progras. The departent provides a significant nuber of senior-based progras that are based out of the Counity Center, including a Trip Progra. Special events is another strength of the Parks and Recreation Departent with a wide variety of events offered throughout the year. The Departent has a strong coitent to providing a nuber of social service progras and services to the counity. The departent successfully provides progras for ost age groups. The Social Service Division has a critical role in providing a variety of services for residents of the counity that have specific needs. The departent has a coprehensive scholarship progra. There is a strong transportation progra for recreation progras as well as other iportant services. All progras and services are open and available to all people regardless of any ethnicity, gender or disability. The Parks and Recreation Departent recognizes the iportance of public relations and arketing and has taken steps to integrate this into its operations. There are established policies in place regarding the use of social edia in arketing efforts. There is also a recognition of the iportance and value in utilizing social edia as a echanis to proote parks and recreation progras and services. The Public Inforation Officer (PIO) has a docuent that outlines the use of city logos and provides guidelines on the layout of city inforational guidelines. There is a strong effort to have all staff actively involved in public relations and arketing of their areas. Weaknesses It appears that any job responsibilities are based on specific staff backgrounds and interests rather than on the requireents of the position and needs of the departent. Like any parks and recreation agencies, the departent relies on a significant nuber of part-tie peranent and part-tie teporary eployees to deliver services. The ability to grow progras and services is liited by the lack of facilities to support additional activities. The lack of a viable, coprehensive, aintenance plan for parks and recreation facilities is a ajor concern. Parks and Recreation services is split between three different departents or divisions. The contracting of building custodial services has been probleatic and needs to be iproved. Facilities staff work only until 4:30 p on weekdays so if there are any other building aintenance issues, an individual on call ust be notified. There are a very liited nuber of special needs progras that are offered. There are virtually no outdoor recreation progras available. Teen prograing is inial. There are liited education progras offered There does not appear to be a long-range progra plan in place to guide future prograing growth and provide a focus. There are inial changes in progra and service offerings on a seasonal basis. Locations for ost progras and services are the city s current recreation facilities that are all in the central area of the counity. There is a general lack of prograing that is directed at the faily unit. Senior services are not directed toward younger ore active seniors. There are liited progras specifically for people with disabilities. While the departent has a arketing plan, it is no longer current and needs to be updated. Soe efforts are rather disjointed and incoplete. Online registration is not currently being utilized for all progras and services that are offered in the Departent. The city s and Parks and Recreation web site is rather basic in its inforation and is not very user friendly. The Custoer Service Center is understaffed for their level of responsibility in serving the public. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 7

8 Needs and Priorities Assessent Building on the inforation gathered as part of the Existing Syste Overview, the project tea utilized innovative techniques to conduct a coprehensive citywide needs and priorities assessent. Techniques used are a cobination of qualitative and quantitative industry best practices that provide a syste of cross-checks to deterine the top needs and priorities for parks and recreation in the City of Taarac. The purpose of a needs assessent is to deterine the gaps between existing and desired conditions and services for parks and recreation. The City of Taarac Needs and Priorities Assessent incorporated a triangulated approach to identifying needs, eaning that various types of anecdotal, qualitative, and quantitative techniques were used to identify top priorities fro different perspectives. Additional qualitative needs assessent techniques included interviews, neighborhood workshops, focus group eetings, and an online survey. Additional quantitative needs assessent techniques included Level of Service (LOS) analysis for acreage, facilities, access and quality; a statistically valid survey; and benchark coparisons to siilar counities and national averages. Findings fro these different techniques were cobined with the findings fro the Existing Conditions Analysis to deterine top priority parks and recreation needs in the counity. The results of the interviews, public workshops, and focus group eetings can be found on the following page. Statistically Valid Survey A seven-page survey was ailed to a rando saple of 3,000 households throughout the City of Taarac. Approxiately three days after the surveys were ailed each household that received a survey also received an autoated voice essage encouraging the to coplete the survey. In addition, approxiately two weeks after the surveys were ailed, ETC/Leisure Vision began contacting households by phone. Those who had indicated they had not returned the survey were given the option of copleting one by phone. Guiding Docuent Review Population & Deographics Overview Individual Park Evaluations Counity Workshops O b s e r v a ti o n s Resource Context Evaluations Steering Coittee Qualitative Priority Needs Level of Service Analysis Stakeholder Interviews Q u a n tit a ti v e Citizen Opinion & Interest Survey Bencharking Online Survey The goal was to obtain a total of at least 500 copleted surveys. ETC/Leisure Vision exceeded that goal with a total of 522 surveys copleted. The results of the rando saple of 522 households have a 95% level of confidence with a precision rate of +/-4.0%. 8 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

9 Public Involveent Date Top Priorities City Coission and Staff Interviews May 20-22, 2014 Focus Group Meetings May 22, 2014 Iproveents to existing parks, including new aenities and facilities such as basketball courts, rest roos, shade, etc. A dog park on the east side of the City Additional parks and athletic fields, particularly in the east A unique attraction such as a zoo and/or signature facilities to draw people to Taarac Senior Focus Group (20 Participants) Additional bus trips Expanded progras for jazzercise, Zuba, cardio and other progras Indoor racquetball court Practice walls for racquetball, handball, and tennis Youth Focus Group (15 Participants) An outdoor public perforance space, such as an aphitheater A recreation center on the east side of the City A unique attraction such as a zoo or Ferris wheel ( soething that no one else has ) Additional athletic facilities Tennis and racquetball courts Splash pad Athletic League Focus Group (3 Participants) Basketball courts, including indoor courts Additional athletic fields, including tackle football and 3-4 soccer fields, particularly on the east side of town Volleyball courts Facilities Progras West Side Public Workshop East Side Public Workshop Parks and Recreation Advisory Coittee Workshop May 21, 2014 May 22, 2014 May 22, 2014 Outdoor swiing pools/water parks Outdoor aphitheater Indoor fitness and exercise facilities Youth football fields Indoor running/walking tracks Walking and biking trails Basketball/volleyball courts Off-leash dog park Counity center on east side Outdoor aphitheater Outdoor basketball courts Indoor fitness center Walking and biking trails Senior adult progras Youth sports progras Transportation progras (route, paratransit) Youth Spanish classes Coputer progras Adult fitness and wellness progras Social service progras (support groups, counseling, referral services, etc.) Water fitness progras Adult art, dance, perforing arts Special needs progras Pickleball Athletic fields for youth and adults A new Youth Recreation Center east of 441, west of Power Line Road Better public transportation to iprove access and equity Before-school progras (parents are dropping kids off before school and telling the to hide because the parents cannot afford before school care/ caps) A dog park on the east side of the City A high-tech library with Wi-Fi, coputer center, etc. Teen center/area with coputers, Wi-Fi, etc.; a place to socialize Separation between cyclists and walkers on the trail at Tephford Park Shade trees in parks Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 9

10 Bencharking Quality LOS Because there are no national standards for the level of service (LOS) provided by parks and recreation agencies, it is helpful to benchark the City of Taarac s parks and recreation syste against siilar-sized cities in Florida and the United States. Three Florida cities selected for bencharking were Coral Springs, Sunrise, and Deerfield Beach; La Mesa, CA was also selected based on siilar deographics. Level of Service Analysis LOS Analysis is an iportant quantitative needs assessent technique in parks and recreation syste planning. Inherently, LOS analyses are about citywide equity: are parks in the city equitably distributed? Are the parks of unifor quality, or do soe neighborhoods have parks with better aenities? There are four ajor ways that the project tea easures parks and recreation LOS in a city: N Acreage LOS - Measures acreage in a ratio to the city s population (acres/1000 residents) Facilities LOS - Measures facility capacity in a ratio to the city s population, and copares it against a standard or guideline Access LOS - Measures distance or travel tie to parks and recreation facilities. AECOM uses the existing roadway and pedestrian network to deterine access Quality LOS - Measures distribution of quality facilities across the counity All these LOS techniques were used for the City of Taarac Parks, Recreation and Social Services Master Plan and in coordination with the City of Taarac. 10 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

11 Suary of Needs and Priorities Assessent Findings fro the various needs assessent techniques were consistent. City residents are very supportive of the parks and recreation syste, and feel that it is an integral part of the high quality of life in Taarac. While residents are generally satisfied with the existing syste, any would like to see it expanded to provide ore equitable access, particularly on the east side of the city. Residents would also like to see it expanded to eet the needs of a growing and ore diverse population. Top priority facility needs include; indoor walking/ running track, outdoor aphitheater, indoor fitness and exercise facilities, picnic areas and shelters, off-leash dog parks, and walking and biking trails. Top priority progra needs include adult art/dance/perforing arts progras, environental progras, coputer progras, social service progras, and transportation. The following tables provide a suary of the top priorities for facilities and progras based on all of the techniques utilized in the Needs and Priorities Assessent. Suary of Needs Assessent Findings for Parks and Recreation Facilities Priority Continued Ephasis Special Interest Lower Priority Other Indoor Running and Walking Track Statistically Valid Survey Steering Coittee City Coission + Staff Meetings Focus Group Meetings Public Workshop - West Public Workshop- East Parks and Recreation Advisory Coittee On-Line Survey X X X Outdoor Aphitheater X X X X X X Nature Trails X X X Indoor Fitness and Exercise Facilities X X X Picnic Areas and Shelters X X X X Off-leash Dog Park X X X X X Walking and Biking Trails X X X X X X Playground Equipent X X X X X X Outdoor Swiing Pools/ Water Parks Open City Hall Peak Deocracy Survey X X X X Outdoor Pickleball Courts X X X Nature Center Indoor Basketball/Volleyball Courts X X X X X Racquetball Courts X X X X Youth Recreation Center X X Outdoor Basketball Courts X X X X X X X New Counity Center on the East Side X X X X X Iproveents to Existing Parks X X X New Parkland, Natural Area Acquisition Unique Attraction X X X X X Additional Athletic Fields X X X X Tennis Courts X X X Athletic Fields for Youths and Adults Bencharking LOS Acreage LOS Quality LOS Access LOS Facilities X Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 11

12 Suary of Needs Assessent Findings for Parks and Recreation Progras Priority Continued Ephasis Special Interest Lower Priority Adult Art, Dance, Perforing Arts Environental Progras Statistically Valid Survey Steering Coittee City Coission + Staff Meetings Focus Group Meetings Public Workshop - West Public Workshop- East Parks and Recreation Advisory Coittee On-Line Survey Open City Hall Peak Deocracy Survey X X X X Coputer Progras X X X Social Services Progras X X Transportation Progras X X X Senior Adult Progras X X Adult Fitness and Wellness Progras X X X X Water Fitness Progras X X X Youth Sports Progras X X City Special Events Youth Learn to Swi Progras X X Pickleball X X Cooking Class Youth Art, Dance, Perforing Arts Martial Arts Progras Youth Recreation Center Outdoor Basketball Courts X X X Bencharking LOS Acreage LOS Quality LOS Access LOS Facilities Individual Park Iproveent Findings In addition to identifying citywide needs, the planning tea also looked at iproveents for individual parks. The tea used aerial photographs of each of the city s parks, each with ajor facilities and eleents labeled and asked attendees to consider the following two questions for each of the parks: Are there any facilities that you believe are NOT USED/NOT NEEDED in each of the city s parks? What NEW Facilities, Aenities, Progras, and Iproveents need to be ADDED in each of the city s parks? An individual park iproveent diagra for Taarac Sports Coplex is shown on the following page. The nubers located adjacent to the responses represent the nuber of ties the response was heard in the public workshop. New Counity Center on the East Side Iproveents to Existing Parks Other New Parkland, Natural Area Acquisition Unique Attraction Additional Athletic Fields Tennis Courts Athletic Fields for Youths and Adults 12 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

13 Taarac Sports Coplex Priority: Need parking (6), parking garage with tennis on top Relocate water tank (3); include a shelter in its place Dry retention on the east side of the park with walking trail and picnic areas is not used (2) Parking closer to playground (2) Typical Iproved Pedestrian Connection More Parking Iproved Fields (Artificial Turf) Relocate Water Tank Other: Reove old playground on the north portion of the sports coplex it is not used that uch Restroo and concession south of the water tank should be rebuilt Need a net or soething to control soccer balls fro going into NW 77th Street Traffic caling near pedestrian crossings school zone type slow areas around parks to facilitate pedestrian crossing into city parks. Extra concession Add ore trees Frisbee golf Artificial grass fields (rectangle) No soking ordinance Picnic shelter for faily functions Area to play catch, hit balls Driving Range Putt-Putt Adult softball teas Sall boats, rentals to use on the lakes that surround the park, ore storage Eergency phone at skate park Signage for fishing pier Adult splash pad More frequent concession hours Putting green, ini golf Rentals putters, pickleball, skate gear, boats Festive paint on water tower/public art Multi-purpose Open Space Boat Rental Typical OnStreet Parking Iproved Fields (Artificial Turf) Traffic Caling/ Park Zone N Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 13

14 Long-Range Vision Highlighted by extensive public input, the Parks and Recreation Departent launched a workshop of visioning sessions to better understand the counity s aspirations for its parks and recreation syste. Cobining the results fro the workshop with previous steps allows the counity to provide a coprehensive vision for the future. Five key concepts for the updated fraework for the city s parks and recreation syste are shown below. Eleents that contribute to the five key concepts are illustrated, including city parks, private recreation facilities serving as Counity Recreation Areas, iproved connectivity through coplete streets, the future Taarac Village developent, and the potential location of a new counity center to provide access to residents living in the east side of Taarac. 1. Protect and enhance the private Counity Recreation Areas to eet residents changing needs. 2. Classify city-owned neighborhood and counity parks as City Parks, designed and prograed as public spaces to eet a wide variety of city-wide recreational, social, and educational needs. 3. Expand the existing syste of city parks to provide equity throughout the city. 4. Contribute to City Sustainability through the Parks and Recreation Syste. 5. Align City Progras, Social Services, Operations, and Maintenance with the Fraework Outlined Above 14 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

15 SAWGRASS EXPY UNIVE ROCK ISLAN Long-Range Syste Vision Legend # # # # Developed Park COCONUT CREEK # # Undeveloped Park MARGATE CORAL SPRINGS RA LR IDG S DR SPRING CORAL ED R Pocket Park 1 Taarac Coons 7 CO SOUTHGATE BLVD SW 71ST AVE KE TP A NORTH LAUDERDALE ID TAMARAC OR 5 FL SOUTHGATE BLVD N UNIVERSITY DR 6 Neighborhood Park 1 Caporella Aquatics Coplex 2 Gary B Jones Park for People and Pups 3 Veterans Park 4 Aquatics Annex 5 Chevron Park 6 Landings Park 7 Linear Park 8 Linear Park 9 Linear Park Extension 10 Sabal Pal Park 11 Wildlife Preserve 12 Waters Edge W ATLANTIC BLVD 2 EVERGLADES 1 Counity Center 1 Taarac Counity Center 2 Taarac Multi-Purpose Center 3 Taarac Recreation Center Broward County Park 1 Woodont/Bonaire Natural Area 3 4 CYPRESS CREEK RD W MCNAB RD 3 Counity Park 1 Caporella Park 2 Mainlands Park 3 Sunset Point Park 4 Taarac Park 5 Taarac Sports Coplex 6 Tephford Park POMPANO 7 LinearBEACH Park S EXPY NOB HILL RD AS SAWGR N PINE ISLAND RD 1 6 NW 62ND ST 10 FORT LAUDERDALE W COMMERCIAL BLVD 1 12 ROCK ISLAND RD 5 1 N PINE ISLAND RD N NOB HILL RD N UNIVERSITY DR LAUDERHILL I95 2 OAKLAND PARK SUNRISE LAUDERDALE LAKES W OAKLAND PARK BLVD WILTON MANORS 0 PLANTATION 1/ Legend City of Taarac Public Parks Developed City of Taarac Public Parks Undeveloped Everglades Coplete Streets School Sites Transit Routes Private Recreation Facilities Taarac City Liits Bikeways Parks Within 2 Miles of City Surrounding Municipalities Greeenways Major Road Barriers Trail Access Recreation and Open Space Non-Residential New Counity Center with 2-ile Service Area Residential Taarac Village Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 15

16 Each of the five key concepts is expanded upon in the Long-Range Vision Chapter. This includes hypothetical exaples of potential iproveents to existing city parks and private recreation facilities. Mainlands 6 After The iages on this page are illustrative exaples of iproveents that can be ade to Mainlands 6 counity recreation area. In addition to this hypothetical, graphic visualizations and plans are also included for Caporella Park and Caporella Aquatics Center. These recoendations are based on residents needs and/or lifestyles, and the assuption that the neighborhood ay wish to build new facilities. They ay also wish to provide new progras for fitness, education, and/or recreation. If requested by the neighborhood, the city could provide assistance through education on the process for design, peritting, construction, and/or prograing. Sketch 1- Mainlands 6 Plan Par k ing Dog Park Ex. On-Street Parking Pavilion Basketball Court s e Ga ble Ta Mainlands 6 Before -Str eet Po ing lex ist Ex op C On Ex. ol Playground Op en Sp a ce Pavilion LEGEND Design + Planning 16 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C Taarac Park Plan - Mainland Park Boundary Lights

17 Pavillion Pond Pond Level 3 & 4 Maintenance Level 2 Maintenance Level 1 & 2 Maintenance Proposed On-Street Parking Proposed On-Street Parking Open Space Open Space Splash Pad Ex. Playground Multipurpose Court Patio k e Kaya Cano ch Lanu Pavillion Drop Off Splash Pad k e Kaya Cano ch Lanu Ex. Playground Re-aligned Parking Lot Multipurpose Court Patio Drop Off Level 1 Maintenance Potential Future Alternative Caporella Park Maintenance Levels Re-aligned Parking Lot Level 1 Maintenance Potential Future Caporella Park Maintenance Levels Existing Caporella Park Maintenance Levels Boardwalk Bridge Boardwalk Bridge Design + Planning Taarac Park Plan - Caporella Park Design + Planning LEGEN Park Boundary Lights Taarac Park Plan - Caporella Park LEGEND Proposed Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Recoendations The Long-Range Vision Chapter provides 11 specific recoendations that build upon the five key concepts. Included are recoendations for parks and facilities, progras and services, operations and aintenance, access and opportunities, and public relations and arketing. Each recoendation includes specific lists of actions that can be taken to ensure that vision for the Taarac Parks and Recreation syste is realized, such as the recoendation for aintenance levels at Caporella Park shown above. The Long-Range Vision Recoendations for the basis for the Ipleentation Strategy, which outlines the 11 specific recoendations and strategies for ensuring that Long-Range Vision can be ipleented in accordance with the five key concepts. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan

18 Funding and Ipleentation Strategy In order to honor the key concepts defined by Taarac residents and advance the parks and recreation vision, identification of next steps is needed. As the final chapter of this aster plan, the Ipleentation Strategy includes developent of a general strategy and identifies tools that will help the Parks and Recreation Departent ove forward and achieve the visions stated in Chapter 3. The Long Range Vision Chapter outlined the following 11 recoendations for ipleentation of the Parks and Recreation Fraework (in no particular order of priority): Ipleentation of each of these 11 recoendations requires a different ix of funding and ipleentation techniques including capital, staff, policies, codes, partnerships, efficiency, planning, facilitation, coordination, and others. Exaples of these strategies are provided on the following pages. Also included is The SITES v2 Scorecard Suary, which is based on a voluntary set of guidelines and perforance bencharks for assessing sustainable site design, construction, and aintenance as identified by the Aerican Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). 1. Continue to Develop an Interconnected Network of Sidewalks, Bike Lanes, Multipurpose Paths, and Shared Roads. 2. Protect and Enhance Counity Recreation Areas (CRAs) to Meet Residents Changing Needs 3. Classify City-Owned Neighborhood and Counity Parks as City Parks, Designed and Prograed as Public Spaces 4. Iprove City Parks to Increase Citizen Use and Enjoyent 5. Acquire Additional Parkland for New Parks and/or Expansion of Existing Parks 6. Continue to Provide Recreation Progras, Social Services, and Facilities to Meet Residents Needs 7. Enhance Current Operations and Manageent Practices 8. Enhance the City s Grounds Maintenance and Facilities Maintenance Division to Maintain the City s Parks, Open Spaces, Right of Ways and Recreation Facilities 9. Differentiate Between Core, Secondary, and Support Progras and Services to Make the Best Use of City Staff and Resources 10. Iprove Access and Opportunities to Participate in Recreation Facilities, Progras and Services 11. Enhance Public Relations and Marketing 18 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

19 Alternative Funding Sources Funding Progra Grant Aount Match Requireent Types of Eligible Eleents Florida Urban Forest Health Initiative State Energy Efficiency Grant Progra Econoic Developent Adinistration (EDA) $24,000 no atch required Tree plantings, reedial pruning, reoval of hazardous trees. Category 1: ay not exceed 10% of $12.4 illion Category 2: sall counties (<50,000) and sall cities (<15,000) ay not exceed $250,000 variable ($216,927,370 available) no atch is required variable Progras that contribute to sustainable arket transforation, achieve significant energy and cost savings and create jobs, result in new or innovative approaches to reduce fossil fuel eissions, reduce total energy use and increase energy efficiency, and are capable of being financially self-sustaining. Public Works investents to support the construction or rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and facilities. Hazard Mitigation Progras n/a 2% Cost-effective hazard itigation activities prior to disasters that will reduce risk to people and property Culture Facilities $500,000 axiu award 1:2 Renovation construction or acquisition of cultural facilities. Florida Forever Progra (FCT) Florida Recreation Developent Assistance Progra $6.6 illion axiu $200,000 axiu Counities with less than 10,000- no required atch Counities with ore than 10,000-75:25 atch Grants up to $50,000- no atch requireent Grants ore than $50,000 and up to $150,000-75:25 Grants over $150,000-50:50 Acquisition of land for counity-based parks, open spaces and greenways that were identified as needs in local governent coprehensive plans. Acquisition and developent of recreational facilities. Highway Beautification $300,000 1:1 recoended Landscaping and other roadway beautification projects on federal and state roadways. Public Library Construction Grants Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Lowe s Neighborhood Grants Recreational Trails Progra (RTP) Aerican Deratology Acadey Grants Transportation Enhanceent Progra (TEP) Urban & Counity Forest $500,000 1:1 Developent of public libraries. $200,000 axiu 1:1 Acquisition or developent of recreational facilities. varies $200,000 for ixed-use and nonotorized trail projects $510,000 for otorized trail projects n/a 50:50, 60:40 or 80:20 (Higher atch results in additional points) $500-$8,000 50% $500,000 80:20 $10,000-$25,000 50:50 Neighborhood beautification projects, education progras and counity resources such as parks and safety progras. Projects that construct, renovate or aintain recreational trails, trailheads and trailside facilities. Projects developing shade structures in high-use public areas, with a concentration on facilities that serve children and seniors. Facilities for pedestrians and bicycles, safety and educational activities for pedestrians and cyclists, acquisition of scenic easeents and scenic or historic sites, scenic or historic highway progras, landscaping and other scenic beautification rehabilitation and operation of transportation buildings, structures or facilities, preservation of abandoned railway corridors, control and reoval of outdoor advertising. Tree ordinances, tree inventories, anageent plans, aster plans, in-house training, staffing, student internships, tree planting, tree protection, and aintenance projects, educational progras, Arbor Day progras, developing brochures and purchasing exhibits. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 19

20 Funding Progra Grant Aount Match Requireent Types of Eligible Eleents Aerican Recovery and Reinvestent Act (ARRA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Progra (BTOP) Water Project Grant Progra US Departent of Housing and Urban Developent ARRA Capital Fund Recovery Copetitive Grant Florida Office of Trade Touris and Econoic Developent Progra US Tennis Association Public Facilities Grant Major League Baseball Toorrow Fund Florida Clean Energy Grant no ax aount specified 20% $50,000-$3,600,000 not required but recoended at 50% Projects that provide new or expanded access to broadband service for consuers residing in underserved areas of the country, counity anchor institutions, public safety agencies, and stiulate the deand for broadband, econoic growth and job creation. Drinking water, wastewater, storwater, surface water recreation and other water anageent projects. varies ($1.93 billion available) 10% Purchase and redevelopent of foreclosed and abandoned hoes and residential properties. TBD none Infrastructure projects such as public gateways, water facilities, downtown iproveents and other facilities prooting econoic developent. $4,000-$50,000 20% Developent and renovation of tennis facilities located in underserved areas. Maxiu $50,000 50% Developent and renovation of baseball facilities in under-served areas. $500,000 none Counity Developent Block Grants (CDBG) n/a n/a Waterways Assistance Progra, Florida Inland Navigation District Historic Preservation- Special Category Grant Florida Boating Iproveent Progra (FBIP) Coastal Partnership Initiative (CPI) Boating Infrastructure Grant Progra $200,000 axiu 50:50 $350,000 50:50 $200,000 Projects with atching funds are awarded additional points Energy efficient progras, equipent, and arket transforation activities that increase the adoption of energy efficient technology and practices in Florida, and renewable energy progras, equipent installations and arket transforation activities that increase the generation of energy fro renewable resources and consuer deand for renewable technology in Florida. Rehabilitation and preservation of housing, water and sewer iproveents, street iproveents, econoic developent activities, downtown revitalization, parks and recreation projects, and drainage iproveents. Navigation channel dredging, channel arkers, navigation signs or buoys, boat raps, dock facilities, fishing and viewing piers, waterfront boardwalks, inlet anageent, environental education, boating safety progras, law enforceent equipent, beach re-nourishent, dredge aterial anageent, environental itigation and shoreline stabilization. Acquisition, preservation, protection, restoration, rehabilitation and stabilization of historical and archaeological sites, investigation of archaeological sites, photography, the preparation of easured drawings and other records that record historical/archaeological sites and properties threatened with daage or destruction, planning for eligible Acquisition and Developent activities, such as the preparation of plans and specifications. Boat raps, piers, docks and other ooring facilities, aquatic plant control, boating education, econoic developent initiatives that proote boating. $15,000-$50,000 50:50 Public access, creating rearkable coastal places, working waterfronts, and counity stewardship. $15,000-$1,500,000 (no specific iniu of axiu) Miniu atching funds of 25%, additional points are awarded to projects with higher atching funds Transient slips for these recreation boats, ooring buoy, day docks, floating docks, safe harbors, dinghy docks, fixed piers, fixed and floating breakwaters, retaining walls, bulkheads, channel arkers, buoys, directional inforation, support facilities designated for transient recreational boats such as restroos, pup-out stations, dockside utilities, fueling stations, recycling and trash receptacles, debris deflection boos, and one-tie dredging. 20 C I T Y O F T A M A R A C

21 SITES v2 Scorecard Project Nae: Project ID#: Date: SITES v2 Scorecard Suary YES? NO YES? NO : SITE CONTEXT Possible Points: : SITE DESIGN - HUMAN HEALTH + WELL-BEING Possible Points: 30 Y CONTEXT P1.1 Liit developent on farland HHWB C6.1 Protect and aintain cultural and historic places 2 to 3 Y CONTEXT P1.2 Protect floodplain functions HHWB C6.2 Provide optiu site accessibility, safety, and wayfinding 2 Y CONTEXT P1.3 Conserve aquatic ecosystes HHWB C6.3 Proote equitable site use 2 Y CONTEXT P1.4 Conserve habitats for threatened and endangered species HHWB C6.4 Support ental restoration 2 CONTEXT C1.5 Redevelop degraded sites 3 to 6 HHWB C6.5 Support physical activity 2 CONTEXT C1.6 Locate projects within existing developed areas 4 HHWB C6.6 Support social connection 2 CONTEXT C1.7 Connect to ulti-odal transit networks 2 to 3 HHWB C6.7 Provide on-site food production 3 to 4 HHWB C6.8 Reduce light pollution : PRE-DESIGN ASSESSMENT + PLANNING Possible Points: 3 HHWB C6.9 Encourage fuel efficient and ulti-odal transportation 4 Y PRE-DESIGN P2.1 Use an integrative design process HHWB C6.10 Miniize exposure to environental tobacco soke 1 to 2 Y PRE-DESIGN P2.2 Conduct a pre-design site assessent HHWB C6.11 Support local econoy 3 Y PRE-DESIGN P2.3 Designate and counicate VSPZs PRE-DESIGN C2.4 Engage users and stakeholders : CONSTRUCTION Possible Points: 17 Y CONSTRUCTION P7.1 Counicate and verify sustainable construction practices : SITE DESIGN - WATER Possible Points: 23 Y CONSTRUCTION P7.2 Control and retain construction pollutants Y WATER P3.1 Manage precipitation on site Y CONSTRUCTION P7.3 Restore soils disturbed during construction Y WATER P3.2 Reduce water use for landscape irrigation CONSTRUCTION C7.4 Restore soils disturbed by previous developent 3 to 5 WATER C3.3 Manage precipitation beyond baseline 4 to 6 CONSTRUCTION C7.5 Divert construction and deolition aterials fro disposal 3 to 4 WATER C3.4 Reduce outdoor water use 4 to 6 CONSTRUCTION C7.6 Divert reusable vegetation, rocks, and soil fro disposal 3 to 4 WATER C3.5 Design functional storwater features as aenities 4 to 5 CONSTRUCTION C7.7 Protect air quality during construction 2 to 4 WATER C3.6 Restore aquatic ecosystes 4 to OPERATIONS + MAINTENANCE Possible Points: : SITE DESIGN - SOIL + VEGETATION Possible Points: 40 Y O+M P8.1 Plan for sustainable site aintenance Y SOIL+VEG P4.1 Create and counicate a soil anageent plan Y O+M P8.2 Provide for storage and collection of recyclables Y SOIL+VEG P4.2 Control and anage invasive plants O+M C8.3 Recycle organic atter 3 to 5 Y SOIL+VEG P4.3 Use appropriate plants O+M C8.4 Miniize pesticide and fertilizer use 4 to 5 SOIL+VEG C4.4 Conserve healthy soils and appropriate vegetation 4 to 6 O+M C8.5 Reduce outdoor energy consuption 2 to 4 SOIL+VEG C4.5 Conserve special status vegetation 4 O+M C8.6 Use renewable sources for landscape electricity needs 3 to 4 SOIL+VEG C4.6 Conserve and use native plants 3 to 6 O+M C8.7 Protect air quality during landscape aintenance 2 to 4 SOIL+VEG C4.7 Conserve and restore native plant counities 4 to 6 SOIL+VEG C4.8 Optiize bioass 1 to EDUCATION + PERFORMANCE MONITORING Possible Points: 11 SOIL+VEG C4.9 Reduce urban heat island effects 4 EDUCATION C9.1 Proote sustainability awareness and education 3 to 4 SOIL+VEG C4.10 Use vegetation to iniize building energy use 1 to 4 EDUCATION C9.2 Develop and counicate a case study 3 SOIL+VEG C4.11 Reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire 4 EDUCATION C9.3 Plan to onitor and report site perforance : SITE DESIGN - MATERIALS SELECTION Possible Points: INNOVATION OR EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE Bonus Points: 9 Y MATERIALS P5.1 Eliinate the use of wood fro threatened tree species INNOVATION C10.1 Innovation or exeplary perforance 3 to 9 MATERIALS C5.2 Maintain on-site structures and paving 2 to 4 MATERIALS C5.3 Design for adaptability and disassebly 3 to 4 YES? NO MATERIALS C5.4 Use salvaged aterials and plants 3 to TOTAL ESTIMATED POINTS Total Possible Points: 200 MATERIALS C5.5 Use recycled content aterials 3 to 4 MATERIALS C5.6 Use regional aterials 3 to 5 KEY SITES Certification levels Points MATERIALS C5.7 Support responsible extraction of raw aterials 1 to 5 YES Project confident points are achievable CERTIFIED 70 MATERIALS C5.8 Support transparency and safer cheistry 1 to 5? Project striving to achieve points, not 100% confident SILVER 85 MATERIALS C5.9 Support sustainability in aterials anufacturing 5 NO Project is unable to achieve these credit points GOLD 100 MATERIALS C5.10 Support sustainability in plant production 1 to 5 PLATINUM 135 9/28/2014 * As provided by the Aerican Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Page 1 of 1 Copyright 2014 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan 21

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