Littleton Center City of Littleton 2255 West Berry Avenue Littleton, CO 80120 Meeting Agenda City Council Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:30 PM Community Room Study Session Study Session Topics 1. Parks, Recreation and Trails final master plan presentation by Greenplay - a joint session with South Suburban Parks and Recreation Board ID# 16-73 Brief overview of Parks, Recreation, and Trails Master Plan Attachments: Littleton PRT MP Final Draft Document 4.15.16 2. Council/LIFT presentation and discussion on Urban Renewal in Littleton The public is invited to attend all regular meetings or study sessions of the City Council or any City Board or Commission. Please call 303-795-3780 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting if you believe you will need special assistance or any reasonable accommodation in order to be in attendance at or participate in any such meeting. For any additional information concerning City meetings, please call the above referenced number. City of Littleton Page 1 Printed on 4/21/2016 Littleton Center City of Littleton 2255 West Berry Avenue Littleton, CO 80120 Staff Communication File #: ID# 16-73, Version: 1 Agenda Date: April 26, 2016 Subject: Brief overview of Parks, Recreation, and Trails Master Plan Presented By: Mike Braaten, Deputy City Manager Greenplay, the City’s consultant, will be presenting the draft of the Parks, Recreation and Trails Master Plan to a joint meeting the City Council and the Board of Directors of South Suburban Parks and Recreation District on Tuesday, April 26. Staff wanted to call out some areas of the plan that Council may find most interesting and provide some additional information on the process/next steps. Council is encouraged to review the entire document, but the gist of the Plan can be found in the executive summary. The executive summary walks the reader through the planning process, the various analysis and inventory of sites completed and the consultant recommendations as a result of the analysis and outreach they conducted. The goals, action plan and suggested prioritization starts on page 8 of the executive summary. The full narrative on the recommendations starts on page 102 of the plan. In past study sessions and during staff review, it was requested that specific needs and recommendations be called out. This information is discussed starting on page 105 of the plan, “Level of Service Improvements” with specific analysis and recommendations for low-scoring park components and modifiers found in Appendix F, page 14. This information, combined with information maintained by SSPR will be useful in the future as the City and SSPR work to prioritize improvements at facilities in Littleton. Not included in the document, but provided to staff, is the statistically-valid survey report findings (reviewed at a joint study session earlier this year) and the full site inventory report. When the master plan is adopted, staff will post the adopted plan online and will include the survey and site inventory reports. Next Steps: Greenplay will make final revisions to the document and will present the plan to the Littleton Planning Board on May 9th. The plan is slated for City Council adoption on May 17. As part of the recommendations in the plan, the SSPR Board will be asked to adopt the plan as well at a future board meeting. City of Littleton Page 1 of 1 Printed on 4/21/2016 powered by Legistar™ Parks, Recreation, and Trails Master Plan DRAFT April 2016 Acknowledgements City of Littleton Mayor and City Council Bruce Beckman, Mayor, At Large Debbie Brinkman, Mayor Pro‐tem, District IV Phil Cernanec, District III Doug Clark, At Large Peggy Cole, At Large Bill Hopping, District I Bruce Stahlman, At Large (Term ended November, 2015) Jerry Valdes, District II City of Littleton Administration Michael Penny, City Manager Mike Braaten, Deputy City Manager Kelli Narde, Communications Director South Suburban Park and Recreation District Board of Directors John Ostermiller, Chair Susan Rosser, Vice Chair Pamela Eller, Secretary Michael Anderson, Treasurer Scott LaBrash, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer South Suburban Park and Recreation District Administration Rob Hanna, Executive Director Deanna Heyn, Deputy Executive Director Brett Collins, Planning and Development Director Dave Brueggeman, Parks and Open Space Interim Director Andy Jennings, Parks and Open Space Director JoAnn Gould, Recreation Director Teresa Cope, Communications Director Consultant Team GreenPlay, LLC Design Concepts RRC Associates For more information about this document, contact: GreenPlay, LLC, 1021 E. South Boulder Road, Suite N, Louisville, Colorado 80027 Telephone: 303‐439‐8369 Toll Free: 866‐849‐9959 Email: [email protected] www.greenplayllc.com Parks, Recreation, and Trails Master Plan i Table of Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 1 A. PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 1 B. PLANNING PROCESS SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 1 C. INVENTORY SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... 3 D. KEY ISSUES SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 7 E. GOALS, ACTION PLAN, AND PRIORITIZATION ...................................................................................................... 8 II. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ‐ THE PLANNING CONTEXT .................................................. 17 A. PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN ................................................................................................................................ 17 B. HISTORY AND OVERVIEW OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN LITTLETON .................................................................... 17 C. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................... 18 D. RELATED PLANNING EFFORTS AND INTEGRATION .............................................................................................. 18 E. METHODOLOGY OF THE PLANNING PROCESS .................................................................................................... 18 F. TIMELINE FOR COMPLETING THE MASTER PLAN ................................................................................................ 20 III. WHAT WE WANT – LITTLETON POPULATION, TRENDS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ....... 21 A. LITTLETON DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ................................................................................................................ 21 B. AGE GROUPS AND LIFESTYLE TRENDS INFLUENCING PARKS AND RECREATION ........................................................ 30 C. COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 36 D. RANDOM INVITATION AND OPEN LINK COMMUNITY SURVEY SUMMARY .............................................................. 38 E. OPEN LITTLETON COMMUNITY SURVEY SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 54 F. ORGANIZATIONAL AND MARKETING ANALYSIS .................................................................................................. 55 G. RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE ANALYSIS ................................................................. 57 H. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................... 58 IV. WHAT WE HAVE NOW – INVENTORY, ASSESSMENT AND ACCESS ANALYSIS .................... 63 A. INVENTORY ASSESSMENT AND LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 63 B. GRASP® METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 79 C. KEY LEVEL OF SERVICE FINDINGS .................................................................................................................... 81 V. KEY ISSUES FOR FOCUS .................................................................................................... 101 A. IDENTIFICATION OF KEY ISSUES .................................................................................................................... 101 B. RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................................. 102 VI. ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE ‐ GOALS AND ACTION PLAN ................................................. 123 A. GOALS, ACTION PLAN, AND PRIORITIZATION .................................................................................................. 123 APPENDIX A: INFLUENCING TRENDS .................................................................................... 131 APPENDIX B: PUBLIC OUTREACH SUMMARY ....................................................................... 149 APPENDIX C: OPEN‐ENDED SURVEY COMMENTS ................................................................. 151 APPENDIX D: SAMPLE SPONSORSHIP POLICY ....................................................................... 245 APPENDIX E: SAMPLE PARTNERSHIP POLICY .......................................................................