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Park Planning & Stewardship Division Park Planning Section 2020 Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan Update Paste, resize and crop pictures to fit across the page then send to back behind the color bar frames M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks

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Park Planning & Stewardship Division

M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks

2020 Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan Update

Presentation to Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee December 10, 2019 Chuck Kines, Park Planner/Coordinator

Park Planning Section

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  • Inform you about the master plan scope and schedule
  • Discuss planning process, community engagement
  • Solicit your ideas for improvements, changes and upgrades to the park
  • Respond to your questions and concerns

Why are we here? W What do we want fr from you?

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Wheaton Regio ional l Park rk and Vicin icinit ity Aeri rial

Randolph Road

M

Arcola Avenue

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Th The Park rk Today

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Dis istin inct Park rk Activ ivit ity Areas

  • 1. Brookside Gardens
  • 2. Shorefield Area
  • 3. Rubini Athletic Complex
  • 4. Biodiversity Area/Forest
  • 5. Maintenance Yard
  • 6. Equestrian Riding Center
  • 7. Brookside Nature Center

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Dis istin inct Park rk Activ ivit ity Areas

  • 1. Brookside Gardens
  • 2. Shorefield Area
  • 3. Rubini Athletic Complex
  • 4. Biodiversity Area/Forest
  • 5. Maintenance Yard
  • 6. Equestrian Riding Center
  • 7. Brookside Nature Center

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4

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What can people le do in in Wheaton Regio ional l Park rk? Shorefield Area

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Dis istin inct Park rk Activ ivit ity Areas

  • 1. Brookside Gardens
  • 2. Shorefield Area
  • 3. Rubini Athletic Complex
  • 4. Biodiversity Area/Forest
  • 5. Maintenance Yard
  • 6. Equestrian Riding Center
  • 7. Brookside Nature Center

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4

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What can people le do in in Wheaton Regio ional l Park rk? Rubini Athletic Complex

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Dis istin inct Park rk Activ ivit ity Areas

  • 1. Brookside Gardens
  • 2. Shorefield Area
  • 3. Rubini Athletic Complex
  • 4. Biodiversity Area/Forest
  • 5. Maintenance Yard
  • 6. Equestrian Riding Center
  • 7. Brookside Nature Center

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4

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What can people le do in in Wheaton Regio ional l Park rk? Brookside Gardens and Nature Center

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Dis istin inct Park rk Activ ivit ity Areas

  • 1. Brookside Gardens
  • 2. Shorefield Area
  • 3. Rubini Athletic Complex
  • 4. Biodiversity Area/Forest
  • 5. Maintenance Yard
  • 6. Equestrian Riding Center
  • 7. Brookside Nature Center

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4

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What can people le do in in Wheaton Regio ional l Park rk? Forest and Equestrian Riding Center

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Pu Public blic Inp Input O ut Opp ppor

  • rtun

tuniti ities es

2015-2016 June 2016 SUMMER 2016 Winter 2018 FALL 2019 – SPRING 2020

Attend Community Events and Meetings including Taste of Wheaton, Friendship Festival, and the Recreation Advisory Board

Issues and Outreach Public Meeting #1 Plan Concepts to the Community for Input Public Meeting #2 Plan Recommend- ations to the Community for Input Targeted

  • utreach to

broader diversity of stakeholders Focus on communities within 1 mile

  • f the park

Plan lan Sc Schedule le

*NEW*

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Publi lic Outreach versus Co Communit ity Engagement

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  • Specific project
  • Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan
  • Defined timeframe
  • Goal is to present draft plan to the Planning Board in Fall

2020

  • Solicit input
  • Broader effort to inform the larger community about the

plan

  • Ask for their feedback

Publi lic Outreach

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  • Communities within 1 mile of the park
  • Build relationships, initiate a dialogue
  • Long-term, on-going process
  • Collaborative Master Planning
  • Advocacy
  • Implementation
  • Form a strong network
  • Residents
  • Community organizations
  • Businesses
  • Particularly focus on communities that have typically been

less involved in park planning

  • Latino/Hispanic
  • Asian/Asian-American
  • Black/African-American

Co Communit ity Engagement

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Resource Atlas

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Reso source Atla tlas – Bio Biodiv iversit ity Area

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Topography

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Service delivery needs

▪ 2030 Projected Population Density/Acre Recreational and Regional Parks and Agricultural Farm Park

Park rk Analy lysis is

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Demographic ics*, approxim imate 2-mil ile radiu ius of f th the park

37% 27% 22% 11% 3%

Demographics within 2 miles of the park

White Hispanic/Latino Black Asian Other

Households with primary language other than English

81,288 43%

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Demographic ics*, Im Immedia iate vic vicin init ity of f th the park

33% 32% 20% 12% 3%

Demographics within 1 mile of the park

Hispanic/Latino White Black Asian Other

Households with primary language other than English

27,902 48%

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  • Improve trail connectivity, walkable access and pedestrian safety
  • Identify opportunities for adding new facilities, including rectangular ballfields
  • Identify opportunities to re-purpose aging or defunct facilities
  • Address more current or emerging trends (futsal, pickleball, bike/ped safety garden)
  • Correct the issue that park is hidden and doesn’t have a “front door” (including signage)
  • Address reality that much of the park functions more like a local/community park

For r what iss issues are we takin ing a clo lose ser lo look?

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DRAFT Wheaton Regio ional l Park rk MP O Obje jectiv ives:

Protect and enhance natural areas Provide additional recreation amenities to better serve diverse communities Improve access, visibility and wayfinding Improve and expand regional trail connections and the existing trail system Create a unifying theme of architecture, landscape, and signage Improve parking and traffic circulation, pedestrian safety, and ADA compliance Emphasize historical, cultural and natural resources interpretation Improve maintenance and operational efficiency Pursue acquisitions to expand and improve the park

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Pub Publi lic c Input O Input Oppor pportuniti tunities es

FALL 2019 – SPRING 2020 FALL 2020 FALL 2020

Targeted

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broader diversity of stakeholders Focus on communities within 1 mile

  • f the park

Staff Draft Plan to the Planning Board Planning Board Public Hearing Work Session(s) and Plan Adoption

Plan lan Sc Schedule le

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Th Thank you!

Charles.Kines@MontgomeryParks.org 301-495-2184