Park master plan update june townhall meeting

Brookhaven Parks & Recreation Let’s Talk About Parks!

Mayor John Ernst Town Hall Meeting June 21, 2018

Town Hall Objectives

• Park Master Plan Update • Capital Maintenance Efforts • 2018 Park Survey Highlights • 2019 and Beyond

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Georgian Hills Park Before Park Master Plan

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Georgian Hills Park Phase I After Park Master Plan

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Murphey Candler Park Open Space Field Before Park Master Plan

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Murphey Candler Park Open Space Field After Park Master Plan

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Clacks Corner Park Before Park Master Plan

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Clacks Corner Park After Park Master Plan

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Master Plan Construction Project Updates • Skyland Park: Substantial completion date received from the contractor is July 6th, depending on the weather.

• Blackburn Park Open Space Project: City will be awarding project at the June 28th City Council meeting.

• Murphey Candler Park Parking Lot: Project is currently out for bid. Bids are due back into the City on June 29th.

• Lynwood Park Parking Lot: Project is currently out for bid. Bids are due back into the City on June 29th.

• Murphey Candler Lake Shore Stabilization: Project is currently out to bid. Bids are due back into City on June 29th.

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Master Plan Project Updates • Briarwood Park Master Plan: The master plan for the creative treehouse play zone has been submitted and reviewed

by Council Member representing that park. Next steps are putting together the bid documents and putting this project out to bid.

• Osborne Park Master Plan: The master plan and cost estimate have been delivered to the City along with the project cost estimate.

• Lynwood Park Master Plan: Plan is going through final revisions before being presented to the Council Representative.

• Brookhaven Park Master Plan: Plan has been presented to the Brookhaven Park Conservancy and comments from that meeting have been shared with GreenbergFarrow.

The consultant (GreenbergFarrow) will be working on revising the master plan based on the comments from the Brookhaven Park Conservancy group meeting.

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Capital Maintenance Efforts 2018 • Rebuilding of six (6) tennis courts at the Blackburn Park Tennis Center.

• Renovation of the Blackburn Park Tennis Center building.

• Repairs to the Murphey Candler Pool House (Water main repair) • New roof on the Briarwood Park Pool House

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Capital Maintenance Efforts 2017 • New HVAC unit for the Lynwood Park Gym. • Tennis Court Crack repair at Blackburn Park Tennis Center.

• New shade structures at the Briarwood, Lynwood Park and Murphey Candler Park pools.

• Installation of new backstop netting at Murphey Candler Park.

• Valvedere Drive Pedestrian Bridge Replacement

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2018 Parks Survey Recap: • 2014 Baseline survey was completed as part of the Comprehensive Park Master Plan.

• 2018 Park survey was conducted from May 1st – May 31st. The survey was advertised through the City of Brookhaven’s various social media outlets as well as the Brookhaven Reporter Newspaper.

• 24,667 surveys sent out.

• 853 Citizens responded to the survey. (Statistically valid sample)

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2018 Park Survey Preliminary Results

• The percentage of respondents indicating that the condition of the City parks was a barrier to parks usage dropped.

57% = 2014

24% = 2018

• The percentage of respondents indicating a concern about their personal safety was a barrier to park usage dropped.

30% = 2014

20% = 2018

• The percentage of respondents indicating a rating of “Good” for overall performance of the City’s park system increased.

14% = 2014

61% = 2018

• Concerning the question of willingness to pay higher property taxes to support the City’s parks system, 63% of respondents indicated Strongly / Somewhat support for additional funding versus 37% Strongly / Somewhat oppose paying higher property taxes.

• Final report will be presented to the Park and Recreation Coalition of Brookhaven (PARC) and the City Council shortly.

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2019 and Beyond • No more HOST revenue.

• New park construction NOT eligible for SPLOST funding.

• SPLOST funding for parks is only 15%. This funding can only be used for park maintenance. (Not Park Master Plan) • The City is looking at various funding mechanisms to present to City Council this fall.

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Efforts to Develop a Sustainable Funding Mechanism for Capital Improvements at the City Parks. • PARC – Since October 2017, the City has been having bi-weekly meetings with the PARC. Topics of discussion have included cost updates, project priorities and funding sources. reviewed the 60% Opinion of Probable Cost updates for remaining Master Plan projects.

Review of revenue streams for funding of the Master Plan.

Partnerships to include Resurgens and Georgian Natural Resources.

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Questions?

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Contact Information • Brian Borden, Parks and Recreation Director • (404) 637-0562 • Brian.Borden@BrookhavenGA.gov www.BrookhavenGA.gov Web link to the Site Specific Park Master Plan http://brookhavenga.gov/home/showdocument?id=3842 18

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