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2021 FRANKFORT PARKS, RECREATION, and HISTORIC SITES MASTER PLAN Frankfort, Kentucky 2021 FRANKFORT PARKS, RECREATION, AND HISTORIC SITES MASTER PLAN Frankfort, Kentucky June, 2021 DRAFTFRANKFORTKE U K DI ILLED DRAFT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2021 Frankfort Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Master Plan Frankfort, Kentucky Mayor and Commission Mayor Layne Wilkerson Commissioner Katrisha Waldridge Commissioner Kyle Thompson Commissioner Kelly May Commissioner Leesa Unger Parks, Recreation & Historic Sites Board Ann French Thomas, President David Cammack, Vice President Polly Coblin, Member Steve Pewitt, Member Judy Zeigler, Member Chuck Geveden Steering Committee (in alphabetical order) Robin Antenucci (Frankfort/Franklin Co. Tourist & Convention Commission) Steve Brooks (Frankfort Optimist Club Member; Club Nominee) David Cammack (Parks Advisory Board Member) Chea Coleman (Community Member) Suzanne Fernandez Gray (Arts & Culture Representative) Johnny Keene (Kings Center) Louis McClain (Community Citizen) Bill May (Former Mayor) Jim Parrish (Former Director) Joe Peach (Frankfort City Schools Athletic Director) Shawn Pickens (Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Director) Bobby Stone (Tree Board) Ann French Thomas (Parks Advisory Board Member) Kyle Thompson (City Commissioner) Leesa Unger (City Commissioner) Melanie VanHouten (Director, Josephine Sculpture Park) Eric WhismanDRAFT (Former City Commissioner) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS i Parks, Recreation, and Historic Staff Members (in alphabetical order) Brandon Caudle (Golf Course Assistant Superintendent) Alex Cunningham (Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Special Projects/Forestry Manager) Adam Curry (Golf Course Superintendent) Grant Grider (Park Supervisor) Jonathan Hockensmith (Park Supervisor) Michael Hockensmith (Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Deputy Director) David Newnam (Park Supervisor) Shawn Pickens (Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Director) Kirk Schooley (Golf Pro) Christian Wilkins (Park Supervisor) Consultant Team 2360 Chauvin Drive Patrick D. Hoagland, ASLA, Principal-in-Charge Lexington, Kentucky 40517 Keith E. Rodenhauser, AICP, GISP, SITES AP, (859) 268-1933 VOICE Project Manager (859) 268-3341 FAX Hannah Crepps, AICP, MUP, Planner Project No. 20068 Tom O’Rourke, Recreation Consultant June, 2021 Darrell Douglas, RLA, LEED AP, Park Designer Tyler Strader, Park Designer Lynda Gates, Administrative Assistant ETC (Survey Consultant) Jason Morado © 2021 Brandstetter Carroll Inc. All rights reserved DRAFT ii 2021 FRANKFORT PARKS, RECREATION, AND HISTORIC SITES MASTER PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE NEED FOR A PLAN before the pandemic began in the U.S., clear reporting existed on the value of parks and recreation. As Kentucky’s state capital, Frankfort is uniquely As civic spaces, parks act as operational hubs for positioned to showcase remarkable natural addressing chronic issues like physical inactivity and landscapes, uphold a rich historic legacy, and poor health. Having even a simple connection to champion local culture. The Parks, Recreation, and nature can relieve stress, improve mental health, and Historic Sites Department has a vital role to play in provide opportunities for interpersonal interaction.1 uplifting the capital city and already brings incredible Parks are part of hyper-local civic infrastructure (so- resources to the community. Known regionally for called “third-spaces”2) needed now more than ever, signature sites like Leslie Morris Park on Fort Hill and where citizens practice the “art of association” and Cove Spring Nature Preserve, the park system offers do the work of knitting communities together.3 residents a wide range of recreation possibilities. This 2021 Frankfort Parks, Recreation, & Historic Sites Master Plan will be critical to the city’s future. It clarifies the department’s own responsibilities and needs, as well as what partnerships can be leveraged to best deliver parks, facilities, and recreational choices to the citizens of Frankfort. Meant to instill focus, establish priorities, and inspire action over the next 10 years, this Master Plan was produced with guidance from an active steering committee appointed by the city. It is supported by robust data collection, including hours of in-person engagement, and affirms the special potential Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites has to be the community’s primary provider of recreation During the coronavirus lockdown, Frankfort’s parks facilities and experiences. became some of the only spaces available where residents could find solace and connection; the city’s Deferred maintenance, changing community needs, outdoor resources, like Cove Spring, experienced development goals, and operational feasibility are some of the highest visitation levels ever. As the all reasons enough for producing a future-forward Frankfort community enters pandemic recovery and plan. But even as the department looked head-on post-lockdown life, the city will have to choose how towards addressing these, the year 2020 ushered in to protect and amplify its precious park resources. an added and unprecedented layer of change and challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic that began in And Frankfort is not alone. What has emerged out the U.S. in early March of 2020 has impacted of the COVID-19 pandemic is the undeniably vital communications, procedures, and everyday routine role parks and recreation played – and will continue across all sectors of the economy. Besides dramatically to play – in the nation’s wellbeing and recovery. Six altering daily life, the effects of the coronavirus months into the pandemic, the National Recreation pandemic are shaping the future of communities in and Park Association published an extensive ways as yet impossible to fully understand. Even discussion of the myriad ways parks and recreation 1 National Recreation and Park Association, “Health and Wellness,” https://www.nrpa.org/our-work/Three-Pillars/health-wellness/, (December, 10 2019). 2 Redefining Infrastructure & Public Space. Reimagining the Civic Commons. 2021. https://medium.com/reimagining-the-civic- commons/redefining-infrastructure-and-public-space-2e311edfde68 3 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century (Cambridge, Mass.: AmericanDRAFT Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iii is both effected by and affecting the outcome of other entities (e.g., Frankfort Independent Schools, the pandemic.4 Agencies are adapting and finding Franklin County Schools, and the YMCA) either within creative funding solutions,5 boldly stepping into or near Frankfort. the critical work of bridging inequity, safeguarding physical and mental health, and ensuring access. This type of flexibility exemplifies the substance of the recommendations in this Master Plan. While it is impossible to decipher a single “correct” path into the post-pandemic future, this plan underscores the need for responsive action, elevated experiences, and reinforced civic infrastructure. As long-term economic impacts of COVID-19 manifest, there will be temptations and appeals to recover costs or cut spending. This Master Plan maps the beginning of multi-dimensional recovery where the Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Department is not only important but essential for building a strong, vibrant community in Frankfort.6 EXISTING CONDITIONS OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN FRANKFORT Demographic and Benchmarking Analysis For many residents, parks are primary entry points for interacting with the natural environment, and yet, as A strong, proactive approach to department is the case with Frankfort’s Dolly Graham Park, city’s operations requires knowledge and understanding of do not always invest equitably. As COVID-19 has community demographics. The findings of this Master made abundantly clear, equity fissures of social and Plan show 1) the population has remained stable economic magnitude persist but can be remedied and will likely see limited growth; 2) the community in part through fair, inclusive access to public is diversifying somewhat racially with the White parks, nature, recreation opportunities, and quality population growing slowest and the Asian, Hispanic, facilities. For all residents, whatever their background, and multiracial populations growing at higher rates; parks help provide a variety of passive and active and 3) the senior population (65+) will outpace outdoor recreational opportunities. Proximity to these children (under 18) in the city by 2025. Though there is valuable resources invariably improves community no certain way to prepare for changes resulting from health and wellness, not to mention creates more the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding past trends adaptable, robust local economies.7 As mentioned and projected changes will help identify present previously, Frankfort Parks, Recreation, and Historic demand for parks and recreation and be useful for Sites services are already a critical thread in the anticipating future need. city’s civic fabric and will continue to be crucial to Frankfort’s pandemic recovery. The analysis of existing conditions includes a benchmark comparison to 55 similar agencies using In Frankfort, the city maintains over 740 acres of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) parkland and 10 parks, including four Neighborhood Park Metrics database. The benchmarking shows the Parks and three Community Parks. The department department is paying about the same as benchmarks also oversees five Special Use sites, like the Capital for twice as many staff, while managing more acres City Museum and St. Clair Mall downtown. In addition
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