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Arlington Public Spaces System Overview – Department of Parks and Recreation

Study Committee Meeting #6

Presentation Outline     

Public Spaces System Overview Strategic Planning Inventory of Our Assets Who & How Uses DPR Facilities Opportunities For The Future

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Public Spaces System Overview

PARKS & NATURAL RESOURCES FACILITIES

ARTS, CULTURAL & HISTORIC RESOURCES

URBAN PUBLIC SPACES & STREETSCAPES

PUBLIC SPACES SYSTEM

OUTDOOR ACTIVE FACILITIES & SPORTS

INDOOR FACILITIES

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Parkland in Arlington County By The Numbers PARKLAND WITHIN ARLINGTON COUNTY – 2,259 ACRES TOTAL

 County-owned parkland: 918 acres

40.6%

 Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NVRPA)-owned: 145 acres  Federally-owned: 1,150 acres Includes:

 Arlington Cemetery  George Washington Memorial Pkwy  Iwo Jima Memorial  Theodore Roosevelt Island

 Public Access Easements: 30 acres

Countyowned

County NVRPA NVCT

918 acres

1,150 acres

Easements Federal

 Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT) Easements: (16 acres) 145 acres 30 acres

16 acres

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County-owned Parkland TOTAL COUNTY-OWNED PARKLAND = 918 ACRES/ 142 PARKS

7 parks = 25 + acres 21 parks = 10-25 acres 62 parks = < 2 acres

15 parks = 5-10 acres

37 parks = 25 acres

 Natural Resource Conservation Areas: 130 acres (14 % of Total County-owned Parkland)  Resource Protection Areas: 245 acres (27 % of Total County-owned Parkland)

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Successful Public Spaces System Requires Strategic Planning LAND ACQUISITION IN ACRES (1995-2014) A c r e s

25 20 15

21.84 16.86

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13.34 9.27

5 0

2.5

6.25

1.96

0

3.37

0.94

EXAMPLES : FY 1995-1996 Total: 16.86 acres

FY 2003-2004 Total: 21.84 acres

FY 2009-2010 Total: 13.34 acres

 10.6 acres: Fort Bennett Park  4.8 acres: Fort C.F. Smith  0.9 acres: Douglas Park  0.1 acres Clarendon Triangle  0.06 acres Butler Holmes Park  0.4 acres Chestnut Hills Park

 21.45 acres: Long Bridge Park  0.22 acres: Bluemont Junction Park  0.17 acres: Benjamin Banneker Park

 0.08 acres: Drew Park  11.15 acres: Long Bridge Park  0.14 acres: Bon Air Park  1.00 acres: Henry Wright Park  0.6 acres: Mosaic Park  0.25 acres: Maury Park  0.12 acres: Mosaic Park

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Meeting Future Needs Through Strategic Acquisition  Land Acquisition criteria and sites are identified in the PSMP Douglas Park FY 1995-1996  0.9 acres (1602 S. Quincy Street) FY 2013-2014  0.21 acres (1700 S. Quincy Street)

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Public Spaces Identified In Sector Plans Example: Crystal City Sector Plan

Crystal City Sector Plan

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Projects Underway CIP Projects:      

Master Plans:

Lubber Run Community Center Virginia Highlands Park Dawson Terrace Community Center & Park Stratford Park Thomas Jefferson Park Three new synthetic field locations

 Mosaic Park  Long Bridge Park  Bon Air Park  Four Mile Run Park  Jennie Dean Park

Jennie Dean Park and Area Map

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Arlington County Assets

PARK & NATURAL RESOURCES FACILITIES

OUTDOOR ACTIVE FACILITIES & SPORTS

INDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES

URBAN PUBLIC SPACES & STREETSCAPES

ART, CULTURAL & HISTORIC RESOURCES

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PARK & NATURAL RESOURCES FACILITIES NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AREAS

COMMUNITY GARDENS

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7

sites

sites

 130 acres

 225 individual plots

PICNIC SHELTERS

30

TREES

 Street Trees (19,000 trees-estimate)  County-wide Tree Canopy Coverage: 40%

 16 Rentable  14 Non-rentable

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PARK & NATURAL RESOURCES FACILITIES

PLAYGROUNDS

SPRAYGROUNDS

126

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DOG PARKS

8 sites

RESTROOMS

27

AMPHITHEATERS

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73 (Parks)  Restroom structures 3 (Public

access easements)

50 (APS)

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OUTDOOR ACTIVE FACILITIES & SPORTS Fields DIAMOND FIELDS

RECTANGULAR FIELDS

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44 26

(Parks)

1

synthetic

Fields Use For:  Baseball  Softball  Kickball  Drop-in play

6 (APS)

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COMBINATION FIELDS

(Parks)

16 (APS)

9 synthetic

4 synthetic

Fields Used For:  Football (tackle & flag)  Soccer  Lacrosse  Field Hockey  Rugby  Ultimate Frisbee  Kickball  Drop-in play

19 7 (Parks)

12 (APS)

All Diamond & Rectangular Sports Depending on Season/Time of the Year

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OUTDOOR ACTIVE FACILITIES & SPORTS Standard Field Sizes & Amenities

230’

350’

Soccer 80,500 SF 1.85 acres

190’

172’

372’

Football 63,984 SF 1.46 acres

400’

Lacrosse (w) 76,000 SF 1.74 acres

140’

220’

370’

Lacrosse (m) 81,400 SF 1.86 acres

380’

Ultimate Frisbee (regulation) 50,400 SF 1.16 acres

Baseball (NCAA regulation) Approximately: 109,000 SF 2.5 acres

 When renovated, fields are brought up to current standards  Other amenities have to be included, such as parking, restrooms, etc.

Notes: Dimensions include standard run-off space outside of playing field dimension. These are interim design standards and are to be updated per working DPR park design standards.

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OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVE FACILITIES & SPORTS OTHER FACILITIES

 Practice Tennis Courts (1/2 courts)

SKATEBOARD PARKS

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 Bocce Courts

3

 Handball Courts

2

 Pétanque Courts

5

 Pickelball Courts

2

1 Available for drop-in skate during open hours & special skate events

COURTS

 Basketball

91

(Parks)

 Tennis (full size)

87

(Parks)

 Volleyball

10

49

67

10

(Parks)

42

(APS)

20

(APS)

0

(APS)

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INDOOR FACILITIES

COMMUNITY CENTERS

15 15 Centers & Indoor Bubble • 5 Joint Use • 7 DPR Stand Alone • 3 Smaller Facilities • Gunston Bubble

SENIOR CENTERS

AQUATIC CENTERS

6  5 Within community centers  1 within senior residential living facility (Culpepper Gardens)

NATURE CENTERS

4 3 Indoor (APS)

3 1

Outdoor (NVRPA)

2

(Countyowned)

1

(NVRPA)

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URBAN PUBLIC SPACES & STREETSCAPES This image cannot currently be displayed. This image cannot currently be displayed.

County (C) & Non-County (NC) Owned Urban Public Spaces Examples:  Penrose Square (C)  Clarendon-Barton Interim Open Space (NC)  Gateway Park (NC)  Arlington Mill Plaza (C)  Pike Park (NC)  Welburn Square (NC)  Pentagon Row (NC)

Penrose Square (C)

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Clarendon-Barton Interim Open Space (NC)

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Welburn Square (NC)

Gateway Park (NC)

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HISTORIC RESOURCES This image cannot currently be displayed.

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Historic resources located within parks or used as community centers: Examples:  Fort C.F. Smith  Fort Ethan Allen  Dawson Bailey House (Dawson Terrace Community Center)  Carlin Community Hall  Reeves House  Maury School  Boundary Stones

Fort Scott Park

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Benjamin Banneker Park: Boundary Stone

Maury School

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Who & How Uses DPR Facilities?         

Sports Classes Camps Early Childhood Elementary Youth Teens Seniors Therapeutic Recreation Special Events

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DPR & APS Partnership Shared Use Facility – Priority use to APS and associated parties; typical use by DPR/community on some evenings, weekends, and summers • DPR schedules classes and sports leagues in APS gyms, fields, and classrooms • Summer camps operated in 25 DPR managed locations and 18 APS managed locations • DPR schedules nearly 10,000 hours of activities in APS indoor locations Hours in APSFacilities Hours

FY11 7,638.94

FY12 8,479.11

FY13 9,936.20

FY14 9,900.32

APS uses 21 County Fields, 30 Courts, and Playgrounds for sports teams, recess, physical activity classes, and scholastic teams

Joint Use Facilities –Used by APS and DPR /community year-round; governed by a Memorandum of Agreement. (5 facilities)

DPR Coordinates Facility Schedules for Sports and Recreation Space ( both County & APS)

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Sports and Recreation Facility Usage  Facility reservations have increased 11% from FY 2013 to FY 2014  DPR Schedules fields to total capacity and beyond recommended field use standards  County frequently turns down field requests due to space constraints  DPR changes a field’s purpose through combination fields (e.g.; soccer in the fall and baseball in the spring)  Community Center hours continually increase as the demands from indoor programs and services grow Scheduled Hours Combination Rectangular Diamond Community Spaces Hours

FY11 10,383 20,303 21,243 85,883

FY12* 11,771 17,785 19,678 95,456

FY13* 12,262 16,966 19,509 142,726

FY14 15,200 20,717 26,759 152,452

% Increase (FY 11-14) 46% 2% 26% 78%

* Numbers fluctuate due to closing of facilities for capital projects and maintenance/ renovations

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Sports & Recreation Facility Demand  DPR administers 22 seasonal youth & adult sport programs (often full or on waitlists due to space capacity)  DPR had over 25,000 total registrations in Enjoy Arlington class programs in FY 2014 & nearly 4,000 seniors are registered in OSAP classes  Camps operated in 25 DPR locations and 18 APS locations last year (~12,000 camp participations)  APS uses 21 fields and 30 County Courts for recess and/or physical education and space for 70 high school and 16 middle school scholastic sports teams  Bishop O'Connell uses County fields and courts for 10 sports teams

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Sports & Recreation Facility Demand  18 County affiliate groups provide services to Arlington youth and adults  Two universities (GW & Marymount) use DPR through Memorandums of Agreement  Major special events  External Sport Leagues (e.g., 7 Social Sport Leagues)  Private organizations, colleges, and community members reserve fields, picnic shelters, multi-purpose rooms, gymnasiums , plazas, and courts

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Constant Demand & Growth: Examples  Classes experienced a 34% increase and youth sports a 33% growth from FY 2011 – FY 2014.  Demand outpaces availability of space & time. DPR limits programming, implements undesirable start/finish times for youth programs, and reduces community drop-in  Affiliate programs and other external groups also limit their program offerings/size  DPR denies many individuals and organizations from reserving recreational space

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Key Points  Population increase has direct impact on park facility use and puts pressure on preserving open space  County does not have enough indoor & outdoor park and recreation facilities to meet current or future needs  Diverse community runs across of full spectrum of ages & needs  Maximizing capacity through partnerships, building up, lighting, synthetic turf, etc., to meet demand  Land acquisition needs to be strategic

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Opportunities For The Future  The PSMP Update will include land acquisition strategies & key parcels to be acquired  Continue current partnerships with universities, non-profits, athletic groups, and promote additional ones  Explore opportunities for temporary public spaces (BID’s & Other partners)  Develop strategies to increase public access easements on private properties  Remain mindful of the changing needs of the community and find creative and sustainable ways to meet the growing demand (shared facilities; multi-purpose centers; rooftop parks, etc.)

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THANK YOU!!!

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