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e Park latin Distr Pa ict COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PALATINE PARK DISTRICT Palatine Park District Board of Commissioners Palatine Park District Administration Sue Gould Michael Clark President Executive Director Jay Cozza Trish Feid Vice President Executive Assistant Terry Ruff Elliott Becker Treasurer Superintendent of Finance and Personnel Staff Jennifer Rogers Tina Becke Commissioner Asst. Superintendent of Finance and Personnel Staff Nick Sawyer Ed Tynczuk Commissioner Superintendent of Parks and Planning Jim Holder Asst. Superintendent of Parks and Planning Steve Nagle Superintendent of Facilities Joshua Ludolph Project Team Asst. Superintendent of Facilities Hitchcock Design Group Planning and Landscape Architecture Keith Williams Superintendent of Recreation Heller & Heller Programs and Services Donelda Danz Asst. Superintendent of Recreation Williams Architects Architecture and Aquatics Issue Date: September 2015 2 PALATINE PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN Contents 05 Introduction 13 Chapter One: Assess: Inventory & Analysis 77 Chapter Two: Connect: Community Engagement & Needs Assessment 109 Chapter Three: Envision: Alternative Strategies 143 Chapter Four: Prioritize: Preferred Strategies 183 Chapter Five: Plan: Action Plan 201 Chapter Six: Appendix INTRODUCTION PALATINE PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN 3 4 PALATINE PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN Introduction Introduction From changes in leadership and administrative staff to shifting demographics, today’s Palatine Park District community looks very different than the Palatine Park District of 2005, the last time the District completed a comprehensive master plan. Planning Process Goals The planning process covers six key stages including Goals for this Comprehensive Plan include: Assess, Connect, Envision, Prioritize, Plan, and Implement. • Assess the existing park, facility, and The results of the initial five stages have been compiled programming conditions. and synthesized into this master plan document, while the • Determine community sentiment about existing sixth stage, Implementation, is to be completed through district services and facilities. the use of this document. • Identify park, facility, operational, and programming needs. The planning process began in the summer of 2014 with • Define strategic, measurable, and obtainable an extensive inventory and analysis of the Palatine Park District’s park and open space assets, indoor facilities, and goals and objectives. social and economic context. An analysis of the recreation • Outline a five-year action plan for programs gave insight into the services provided by implementation that also includes action items to the District. Next, staff, stakeholders, the Board of be completed after the initial five years. Commissioners, and community provided awareness of the issues and needs facing the Park District through How to Use the Plan various platforms. This master plan document should be used by the Palatine Park District staff and Board of Commissioners as a guide Upon completion of the inventory and analysis and to implement the primary action items over the next five community engagement phases, visioning sessions to ten years. The Action Plan should be thought of as a helped the planning team develop the comprehensive “working list” that will need to be updated annually. plan alternative strategies. After extensive input from the Board of Commissioners and staff, the alternative strategies were prioritized and incorporated into an action plan that will be implemented over the next five years with an outlook to the next ten years. 6 PALATINE PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT Chapter One Chapter Four Assess: Inventory & Analysis Prioritize: Preferred Strategies Chapter One provides a detailed inventory of all parkland, Chapter Four identifies the selected strategies, actions, open space, District facilities, schools, trails and relevant and improvements for the following categories: adjacent land uses. All District park assets are classified • Programs, Administration and Operations and quantified based on standards, size, location, • Parks & Open Space and amenities. Chapter One also documents the level • Facilities of service, equity mapping, facility comparison, and recreation programming analysis. Chapter Five Chapter One contains the individual park and facility Plan: Action Plan inventories. The park inventories catalog observations on Chapter Five outlines the highest priority preferred context, natural features, site characteristics, and users strategies into a five-year action plan. Strategies are and programs. The facility inventories catalog each indoor organized by Planning Initiatives, Organizational facility, documenting observations on site and facility Initiatives, Capital Improvements, and Capital conditions, general code compliance, programming and Replacements. The action plan designates when strategies users. will occur, how to accomplish them, and the leadership in charge of implementation each initiative. Chapter Two Connect: Community Engagement & Needs Assessment Chapter Six Chapter Two documents national, state, and local trends in Appendix parks and recreation. It also summarizes results from the Chapter Six contains raw data from the community needs MindMixer online forum, stakeholder focus groups, staff assessment, meeting summaries, and excerpts from other focus groups, and Board workshop. planning documents. Chapter Three Envision: Alternative Strategies Chapter Three identifies issues, concerns, and opportunities that arose during the previous two phases, justification or support information from the previous phases, and outlines all strategies discussed for demographics, parks and open space, facilities, and programs. INTRODUCTION PALATINE PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN 7 Lk Melissa Buffalo Crk F l y n n C r k M c District Profile D o na ldC M k rk cD r o C n t a l a l The Palatine Park District is a separate municipal governing agency established Ba d ldwin Crk S k r C C r o k McD nald for the purpose of providing parks, facilities and recreation programs for the rk r C community. Po pla Salt Crk The Park District is responsible for the maintenance, Integrity: Exhibiting trust and transparency in all Leadership: Encouraging opportunities and operation and administration of parks and facilities our actions, or in other words, what you do when professional growth for employees within a positive under its jurisdiction. you think no one is watching. culture and trustful environment while practicing open-mindedness and fairness to all involved. Being Mission – What We Do Communication: Creating and setting clear leaders in our community by promoting positive Our mission is to provide a variety of safe, expectations through timely and open conversation social influences through role modeling. enjoyable and affordable parks, programs and while effectively respecting the differences of recreational facilities that will enhance the quality others. Geographic Profile of life by promoting good health and well-being Located in western Cook County, the Palatine Park for all residents and visitors while being fiscally Accountability: Taking action and ownership for all District is approximately 35 miles northwest of Salt Crk responsible stewards of community assets and tax work responsibilities, obligations to those we serve downtown Chicago. The District is 21 square miles Salt Crk 1 inch = 6,000 feet and ensuring timely and effective follow through in FEET dollars. and encompasses residents from the Villages of 0 1,500 3,000 6,000 ° all we do. Legend Palatine, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Schaumburg, Poplar Crk Arlington Heights, Barrington, Deer Park, and the Pop Palatine Park District Parks la Values – How We Operate Collaboration: Seeking outreach and partnerships r City of Rolling Meadows. 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PoplarCrk 8 PALATINE PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN Dr ain a ge Ditch Lk Melissa Buffalo Crk F l y n n C r k Context Map M c D o na ldC M k rk cD r o C n t a l a l Ba d ldwin Crk S k r C C r o k McD nald rk r C Po pla Salt Crk Salt Crk Salt Crk 1 inch = 6,000 feet FEET Legend 0 1,500 3,000 6,000 ° Poplar Crk Pop Palatine Park District Parks la r C rk Trail Forest Preserve Golf Wellers Crk k r C r a Cemetery l Po p plarC o rk P PoplarCrk INTRODUCTION PALATINE PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN 9 Dr ain a ge Ditch Major roads in and around the District include Illinois-53 1960s. By 1964 the District offered approximately 40 on the east, Algonquin Road on the south, and Raab Road different recreation programs and classes and had an and Dundee Road on the North. Northwest Highway / annual park attendance of more than 55,000. Not only was IL-14 and the Union Pacific Northwest Railroad travel the golf course developed during the 1960s, but Maple northwest to southeast in the central part of the District, Park, Oak Park, Willow Park, Ashwood Park, and Birchwood cutting the District into distinct