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Cameron Run Park Planning & Conceptual Design CAMERON RUN PARK PLANNING & CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FINAL REPORT September 2017 City of Alexandria Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities Park Planning, Design & Capital Development September 2017 CAMERON RUN PARK PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FINAL REPORT Table of Contents Table of Contents i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I Background I Process I Recommendation III FINAL REPORT 1 Introduction 1 Project Process 3 CommunityMeetings&Activities 4 StakeholderMeetings 5 Survey1(online)Summary 6 Survey2(online)Summary 8 Conceptual Diagrams 9 WaterParkwithMajorStructuralChanges 10 AquaticCenter(Indoor)and1Multi-SportField 11 WaterParkwithImprovements 12 Multi-SportFieldPark 13 OpenSpace/NaturalParkArea 14 OlympicPool(Outdoor)and1Multi-SportField 15 ToLeaseorNottoLease 16 LeaseOptions 16 CityOperatedParkOptions 17 NOVAParksMembership 18 FinancialOperationsSummary 19 Conclusions 20 ConsiderationsforDeterminingHighestandBestUse 20 HighestandBestUseofCameronRunPark 23 PotentialPathForward 24 FromHighestandBesttothefutureCameronRunPark 24 LeasePhasing 26 APPENDIX A: MEETINGS 29 StakeholderMeeting1:EisenhowerPartnership 29 CommunityMeeting1 38 StakeholderMeeting2:AlexandriaBeautificationCommission 45 StakeholderMeeting3:AlexandriaTreeStewards 50 2x2ConferenceCallwithParkandRecreationCommission 55 StakeholderMeeting4:FederationofCivicAssociations 58 Walk&Talk-WalkingTouraroundCameronRunParkArea 59 StakeholderMeeting5:YouthSportsAdvisoryCommittee 60 EasterEggHuntatCameronRunRegionalPark 61 CommunityMeeting2 62 CityofAlexandriaEarthDayCelebration 66 APPENDIX B: WRITTEN FEEDBACK 67 i CAMERON RUN PARK PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FINAL REPORT APPENDIX C: SURVEY 1 77 Survey1 77 APPENDIX D: SURVEY 2 135 Survey2 135 APPENDIX E: Conceptual Plans 157 WATERPARKWITHMAJORSTRUCTURALCHANGES 157 AQUATICCENTER(INDOOR)AND1MULTI-SPORTFIELD 158 WATERPARKWITHIMPROVEMENTS 159 MULTI-SPORTFIELDS 160 OPENSPACE-NATURALAREAPARK 161 OLYMPICPOOL(OUTDOOR)AND1MULTI-SPORTFIELD 162 LEASEOPTIONSVS.CITYMAINTAINEDOPTIONSCOMPARISON 163 APPENDIX F: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 165 CameronRunRegionalParkFinancialCondition 165 APPENDIX G: COST ESTIMATES 177 APPENDIX H: NOVA Parks Concept Plan 185 APPENDIX I: Eisenhower Partnership Plan 195 APPENDIX J: RELATED PLANS AND STUDIES 201 ii CAMERON RUN PARK PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FINAL REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background In 1981, the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (now referred to as NOVA Parks) entered into a 40 year lease agreement with the City of Alexandria for a parcel of land on Eisenhower Avenue referred to by the City as Cameron Run Park for ten dollars. Conditions of the lease included development of a “wave action swimming pool and associated support facilities, landscaping and lake improvements.” The lease is set to expire in 2021, and NOVA Parks has requested a new or extended lease of the property to continue operations of their Regional Park on the site which include a wave pool, spray area, water slides, children’s play areas, mini golf course, batting cage, picnic pavilions and CONCEPTS ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT FINAL PLANS related amenities. EXISTING PAVILION RESOURCE NOVA Parks is made PROTECTION EXISTING EXISTING AREA (RPA) PARKING up of six (6) local cities AREA WARDS BATTING 10.3 ACRES and county members. WOODS CAGE NATURAL Membership fees are AREA currently $4.46 per resident. The City of Alexandria ANIMAL TOWNES paid a membership fee WELFARE LAKE AT of $664,058 in 2016. As LEAGUE OF COOK CAMERON ALEXANDRIA PARKE population increases EISENHOWER AVENUE citywide, so will the membership fee paid to EXISTING LAKE COOK CAMERON RUN CAMERON RUN MINI-GOLF IMPROVEMENTS NOVA Parks. PROPERTY LINE COURSE ARE OCCURING EXISTING 25.8 ACRES UNDER EXISTING GREAT WAVES SITE AREA SEPARATE PARKING AREA PARK At a public hearing in June MINUS RPA = CONTRACT 15.5 ACRES 495 2016 to discuss the lease 100'50' 0 100' extension with NOVA Parks, Alexandria City Council heard from many residents and stakeholder groups, some of whom offered Cameron Run Park Existing EXISTING CONDITIONS Conditions alternative uses for the park, and some who supported the current use. City Council requested that a public engagement and planning process be performed to determine the highest and best use of the Note: “Wards Woods” is a park space for the residents of the City of Alexandria now and into the future. (Links to City Council community name for the docket items are located in Appendix J: Related Plans and Studies.) The Department of Recreation, area. It is not an official Parks and Cultural Activites (RPCA) requested proposals for "assistance in facilitating a community- City recognized name. driven public planning process to develop a feasible conceptual plan (Plan) for the Cameron Run Resource Protection Area Regional Park". (RPA) is taken from the City of Alexandria GIS RPA layer. Process Hired consultant, Michael Baker International, performed the Cameron Run Park public engagement and planning process from February 2017 to May 2017. Engagement activities designed to obtain significant input into the determination of future potential use included stakeholder group meetings, open community meetings and workshops, representation at public events where the process was presented to the public, a City hosted website where all materials were shared with residents and stakeholders, and two interactive digital surveys. The two surveys and associated community meetings were invaluable tools for understanding the desires of Alexandria residents. The initial survey and meetings focused on education and developing an overall understanding of community issues and concerns associated with the existing use of the parcel. The second survey and a series of community meetings included alternatives that reflected Alexandria residents’ issues and suggestions. The alternatives were presented in diagram form so that I CAMERON RUN PARK PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FINAL REPORT residents could visualize how the various uses or changes suggested for the parcel would work on the site. Residents were then asked to rate the diagrammatic options and park elements based on their understanding of need and relative cost. Forty-two (42) percent of the respondents of the second survey selected options that retain the existing water park in some form, while fifty-eight (58) percent of respondents chose options presented that eliminate the existing uses. The six (6) conceptual diagrams were ranked as follows based on the input received: Stakeholder Meeting, • 27% (Existing) Water Park with Major Structural Changes February 21, 2017 • 25% New Aquatic Center with Multi-Sport Field • 15% (Existing) Water Park with Improvements • 12% Open Space/Natural Area Park • 12% Two Multi-Sport Fields • 9% (Outdoor) Olympic Pool with one Multi-Sport Field. Alexandria residents also communicated their priorities and ranking of park elements through the surveys. The synthesis of all the public engagement activities gives a clear vision of the community’s ideals for the highest and best use of Cameron Run Park. They include: • A park that serves the needs of Alexandria residents • A space that provides year round activities through creative uses of the existing infrastructure including the parking area such as festivals, temporary ice skating, sports “Bubble” structures, and community programs • A park that provides natural paths with environmental education signage that are also suitable for recreational/fitness biking, walking and running • A park that provides family entertainment for a reasonable cost, and some amenities for no cost • A park that is well maintained • A park that contains an aquatic facility which could include the existing facilities or new indoor facilities • A park that provides these amenities without undue burden on the City’s resources, and/or generates revenue in accordance with RPCA’s Cost Recovery Policy Parks in the Eisenhower corridor including Cameron Run and Hensley will need to accommodate not only the current needs of Alexandria residents but also the future needs of new residents. Two small area plans for the Eisenhower corridor forecast a profound increase in population and development. The Eisenhower West Small Area Plan includes an additional 9.3 million square feet of new development by 2040. The Eisenhower East Small Area Plan includes an additional 6.5 million square feet of development. These plans as envisioned will add approximately 12,000 more people, more uses and more businesses to the corridor who will need recreational activities and land uses. After the projected 2045 buildout of the Eisenhower West Plan, an additional 10,000 residents are expected. These future residents and users will be able to walk, jog or bike to Cameron Run Park in addition to using vehicular modes of transportation – a significant change in overall character of the corridor. With the future physical attributes of the park articulated, the City will need to decide: 1. How to move forward with transforming the park over time into a space that responds to the input from the community and future development, and 2. Whether to lease the parcel or provide City-run park operations at Cameron Run Park to achieve community’s goals. II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recommendation Through this study, the recommended path forward is a short-term lease not exceeding 10 years that addresses as many of the concerns of Alexandria’s residents as possible while utilizing as much of the existing infrastructure as possible. The initial short-term lease is viewed as the initial phase of
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