Section 10-A803. THE PARKS MASTER PLAN

 

In 2006, the District Department of Parks and Recreation drafted its first Comprehensive Master Plan since its establishment in 1942. Over the past 60 years, aspects of the park system have been addressed in strategic plans and other District reports, but there has been no overarching guide. The Draft Parks Master Plan sets the stage for a new and exciting future for park and recreation services and facilities in Washington. It provides strategic direction to address the public’s core issues and is intended to improve park management and operations in the city. It includes a detailed assessment of recreational needs in each of the District’s 39 neighborhood clusters, along with an assessment of the facilities serving each cluster. These assessments are intended to serve as tools for prioritizing future capital improvement projects. Specific outcomes of the Draft Parks Master Plan include:

 

•New service standards for parks, recreational programs, and facilities

 

•Comprehensive information on the recreational needs of DC residents

 

•Projections of expected future needs, based on growth and demographics

 

•Information on customer usage and satisfaction

 

•Identification of current and potential shortfalls

 

•Strategies for overcoming shortfalls, including land acquisition and programming changes.

 

The Draft Parks Master Plan includes seven strategic policy directives to guide park planning and programming during the coming years. These directives call for an enhanced identity for the District’s park system, new programs to serve a diverse community, improvements to facility condition, better communication, more effective financial management, improved partnerships, and greater accessibility and connectivity. It also includes specific action steps and priorities for implementing these directives.

 

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The provisions of Title 10, Part A of the DCMR accessible through this web interface are codification of the District Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital. As such, they do not represent the organic provisions adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia. The official version of the District Elements only appears as a hard copy volume of Title 10, Part A published pursuant to section 9a of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1994, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; D.C. Official Code § 1 -301.66)) . In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions accessible through this site and the provisions contained in the published version of Title 10, Part A, the provisions contained in the published version govern. A copy of the published District Elements is available www.planning.dc.gov.