What We Heard: City and Borough of Juneau Parks and Recreation Master Plan Preliminary Findings December 2016 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 7 Master Plan Process .............................................................................................................. 7 Public consultation process .................................................................................................... 8 Emerging themes ................................................................................................................... 8 1. Master Plan Overview – Recreation in Juneau ...................................................................13 1.1 Objectives ...................................................................................................................14 1.2 Purpose of the Master Plan .........................................................................................14 1.3 Planning Process ........................................................................................................15 1.3.1 Master Plan Timeline ...........................................................................................15 1.3.2 Deliverables .........................................................................................................16 1.3.3 Exclusions ...........................................................................................................18 1.4 Community Partnerships .............................................................................................19 1.4.1 Programming .......................................................................................................19 1.4.2 Scholarships ........................................................................................................19 1.5 Community Engagement.............................................................................................20 1.5.1 Public Surveys .....................................................................................................20 1.5.2 PlaceSpeak .........................................................................................................20 1.5.3 Public Meetings ...................................................................................................21 1.5.4 Stakeholder Meetings ..........................................................................................22 1.5.5 Initial Group and Special Committee ....................................................................22 1.6 Next Steps ..................................................................................................................23 2. Results by Category ...........................................................................................................24 2.4 General Comments .....................................................................................................24 2.4.1 Funding Considerations .......................................................................................24 2.4.2 Facility Maintenance and Development................................................................26 2.4.3 Community Outreach and Partnerships ...............................................................28 2.4.4 Programming .......................................................................................................30 3 2.4.5 Cost of programs .................................................................................................31 2.4.6 Fireworks .............................................................................................................31 2.4.7 Appreciation .........................................................................................................32 2.5 Parks ..........................................................................................................................32 2.5.1 General ................................................................................................................32 2.5.2 ORV Use .............................................................................................................34 2.5.3 Field Use .............................................................................................................37 2.5.4 Dogs ....................................................................................................................40 2.5.5 Commercial Use ..................................................................................................41 2.5.6 Specific Parks ......................................................................................................41 2.6 Trails ...........................................................................................................................46 2.6.1 General ................................................................................................................46 2.6.2 Winter Use ...........................................................................................................47 2.6.3 Commercial Use ..................................................................................................48 2.6.4 Specific Trails ......................................................................................................48 2.7 Landscape Maintenance .............................................................................................53 2.8 Aquatics ......................................................................................................................53 2.8.1 Augustus Brown Pool ...........................................................................................54 2.8.2 Dimond Park Aquatic Center ................................................................................54 2.9 Treadwell Ice Arena and Ice Recreation .....................................................................54 2.9.1 Hockey.................................................................................................................55 2.9.2 Figure Skating ......................................................................................................56 2.10 Zach Gordon Youth Center .........................................................................................57 2.11 Youth Sports ...............................................................................................................58 2.12 Adult Sports ................................................................................................................58 2.12.1 Volleyball .............................................................................................................59 2.13 Mount Jumbo Gym ......................................................................................................59 2.14 Eagle Valley Center ....................................................................................................59 2.15 Jensen Olson Arboretum ............................................................................................60 2.16 Other Community Assets ............................................................................................61 2.16.1 Eaglecrest Ski Area .............................................................................................61 4 2.16.2 Dimond Park Field House ....................................................................................62 2.16.3 Juneau School District .........................................................................................63 3. Results by Mode of Consultation ........................................................................................64 3.1 Public Survey Results .................................................................................................64 3.2 PlaceSpeak Results ....................................................................................................64 3.3 Public Meeting Outcomes ...........................................................................................67 3.4 Stakeholder Meeting Outcomes ..................................................................................69 3.4.1 Aquatics Advisory Board ......................................................................................69 3.4.2 Discovery Southeast ............................................................................................69 3.4.3 Douglas Indian Association ..................................................................................72 3.4.4 Eagle Valley Center Stakeholders ........................................................................72 3.4.5 Eaglecrest Board .................................................................................................75 3.4.6 Friends of the Jensen Olson Arboretum ...............................................................76 3.4.7 Friends of Zach Gordon Youth Center .................................................................77 3.4.8 Gastineau Channel Little League .........................................................................78 3.4.9 Glacier Swim Club ...............................................................................................81 3.4.10 Government Agencies .........................................................................................81 3.4.11 Hoop Time Basketball ..........................................................................................81 3.4.12 Juneau Adult Hockey Association ........................................................................82