2015–16 Dear Portlanders: Thank you for your recent commitment to repairing and improving Portland’s parks. In November 2014, you and an impressive 74 percent of Portlanders voted “Yes” for the Parks Replacement Bond Projects26 underway — the highest percentage ever for a Parks ballot measure. You became part of a long tradition of Portlanders who’ve built and maintained our city’s enviable collection of park facilities. In this fi rst full year of the Bond, from July 2015 to July 2016, we’ve laid the foundation for the work to be done. In this upcoming year, you’ll start to see tangible results in the parks. Replacement of the 70 to 90 year old mechanical systems at Grant Pool was the fi rst completed project, and next year, results will be visible across the city. Project1 completed About every nine years over the last century, Portlanders have invested in increasing, preserving and maintaining our park system by voting “yes” on parks bonds or levies. Before the 2014 bond, the last major bond was in 1994, meaning 20 years passed without signifi cant park improvements or address- ing dire repair needs. Portland Parks & Recreation anticipates a $248 million funding gap for major maintenance needs over the next 10 years. The $68 million in funds from the 2014 Parks Replacement Bond will not address all of these maintenance issues, but it is vital to fi xing, upgrading and replacing the most crucial of these needs. Projects18 ahead of As your Parks Commissioner and Parks Director, we are making sure the funds will be used wisely and schedule maximize benefi ts to the greatest number of park users. In this report, you’ll see how we are perform- ing in this fi rst year. We will continue to report back to you on our progress each year. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely, 4.5million dollars Commissioner Amanda Fritz Portland Parks & Recreation Director Mike Abbaté spent in the fi rst year To read the full Annual Report, visit parksreplacementbond.org Investment C O L U M B I A R Delta Park I V St. Johns E Community Center Urban Forestry HQ R = Bond projects breaking ground Kenton Park in 2016–17 W = Bond projects I 5 L breaking ground Forest Park L NORTH A in future years Maple Trail M Dawson Park Play Area, Peninsula Pool E Pier/Chimney Bridge = Additional T Trail Improvements, T Open Meadow Property NORTHEAST Investments E h Acquisition and K unamokwst Park, Thomas R Cully Park (in partnership with I many more V Verde), Fernhill Park Splash E R Pad, Colwood Acquisition and many more Argay Park Matt Dishman Wilkes Park Pool Grant Pool Forest Park Lower Macleay Trail 84 Couch Park North Park Blocks Pioneer 205 Ventura Washington Park Courthouse Park Rose Garden Square Mt. Tabor Parklane Colonel Summit Summers Park Park 26 CENTRAL CITY South Waterfront Mt. Tabor Lynchview Park Greenway, Portland Yard Tennis Center Bubble and many more Creston Park SOUTHWEST Ed Benedict Park Spring Garden Park SOUTHEAST Development, April Hill Westmoreland Park Lents Park Boardwalk & Trails and Redevelopment, Colonel Bloomington Park many more Summers Splash Pad and many more EAST Gateway Discovery and Luuwit Rieke Field View Park Developments, Glenwood Park 148th & Division Acquisition, Multnomah Arts Leach Botanical Garden Center (MAC) Sellwood Expansion, Parklane Park Pool Roof Development, Gateway Green Springwater Acquisition and many more Trail Pools Playgrounds Restrooms, Other Urgent Repairs Prevent emergency closures, stop water Replace or build 10 to 20 play structures Prevent closures; replace and repair leaks, improve water conservation and that are closed, at risk of closure or deficient; restrooms, roofs, and other failing Playgroundsenergy efficiency Trails7 are and included Bridges in the first issuance Poolsstructures throughout the system Replace or build 10 to 20 play structures Preserve access to natural areas and open Prevent emergency closures, stop water that are closed, at risk of closure or spaces by repairing trails and bridges leaks, improve water conservation and decient (at least $5M) (at least $5M) energy efciency (at least $5M) $5 Million $65 Million $5 Million $65 Million $5 Million $65 Million Accessibility Pioneer Courthouse Square Protecting Workers Remove access barriers in parks throughout Replace failing structures, fix leaks and Improve safety, make critical upgrades; city; recent report found tens of thousands cracks, make improvements at fix leaking roofs, update equipment at of ADA barriers across park system most-visited park maintenance facilities Protecting Workers Pioneer Courthouse Square Restrooms, Other Urgent Repairs Improve safety, make critical upgrades; Replace failing structures, x leaks and Prevent closures, replace and repair x leakingTrails roofs, and update Bridges equipment at cracks,Leveraged make improvements Funding at most restrooms, roofs, and other failing maintenance facilities (up to $10M) visited park (up to $10M) structures throughout the system Preserve access to natural areas and open PP&R invests other sources of funding for (at least $5M) $10 Million $65 Million $10 Million $65 Million spaces by repairing trails and bridges “growth” projects, which are not the focus $5 Million $65 Million of this Bond. Friends and accessibility improvements Accessibility Leveraged Funding Remove access barriers in parks Maijawelcome to provide text... visitors to Washington Park throughout city; recent report found tens of thousands of barriers across Kimberly Bown is a volunteer tour guide or strollers down and up steps at the Frank park system (up to $5M) at the Washington Park International Rose E. Beach Memorial Fountain. Instead, $5 Million $65 Million Test Garden, which receives over 500,000 they’ll be able to focus on the landscape visitors every year. Thanks to the Parks and views as they roll or walk the length Replacement Bond, the visitor experience of the garden via ramps and smooth will be enhanced as the Garden celebrates concrete, a gracious Portland welcome to its centennial in 2017. one of our city’s signature attractions. Along the main promenade, visitors will Read more of her story at: no longer have to lift wheelchairs, walkers parksreplacementbond.org Investing in our local Bond funding stays community in Portland to benefit o create a more equitable Portland, small businesses C O L U M B I PP&R has ambitious goals for ensuring “I know how to practice,” Naim Hasan A R T Delta Park I V St. Johns E that emerging small businesses, especially says of his success in sports and in busi- Community Center Urban Forestry HQ R = Bond projects those owned by women and minorities ness, and where he learned to practice breaking ground (known as MWESB firms), have the was in the pools, weight rooms and box- in 2016–17 Kenton Park opportunity to bid and work on our Bond ing gyms, and on the tracks and fields of W = Bond projects I 5 projects. The Bond Team has engaged Portland Parks & Recreation. Work ethics L breaking ground Forest Park L NORTH A in future years in extensive outreach so that consulting acquired there took him all the way to the Maple Trail M Dawson Park Play Area, Peninsula Pool E Pier/Chimney Bridge = Additional and contracting opportunities are widely 1988 Summer Olympics. T Trail Improvements, T Open Meadow Property NORTHEAST Investments advertised. Our goal is for future utilization Growing up in Irvington in the 1970s, E h Acquisition and K unamokwst Park, Thomas R Cully Park (in partnership with rates to continue to increase, particularly in Naim says, “I spent hours, days, most of The city’s many parks, Naim believes, I many more V Verde), Fernhill Park Splash E R Pad, Colwood Acquisition construction. my childhood at Irving Park; I swam at are good for his business not only as and many more Argay Park the Dishman pool before it was covered; photogenic backdrops but because they’re Matt Dishman Wilkes Park I learned how to box from Lee Jenkins evidence of a city that cares. He knows Pool Grant Pool at Dishman. So many park directors and that intention and ongoing effort lead to Forest Park Lower Macleay Trail personal trainers and instructors had a success—in business, on the road to the 84 % huge influence on my life: Roy Pittman, Olympics, or in maintaining the legacy of Couch Park North Park Blocks Ali Muhammad, Von Ray Johnson, Chuck parks this generation of Portlanders has 205 Percentage32 of professional Amato and Vede Simington.” inherited. Pioneer Ventura Washington Park Courthouse Park services contracts that Today, through his business, Naim “I’m proud of our conscious intent to Rose Garden Square Mt. Tabor Parklane went to Minority / Colonel Summit Hasan Photography, he is documenting upgrade our parks and provide the next Summers Park Women and / or Park 26 CENTRAL CITY Emerging Small the “before and after” of park projects generation of Portlanders with the gifts we South Waterfront Mt. Tabor Lynchview Park Greenway, Portland Yard Businesses funded by the Parks Replacement Bond. enjoyed as kids,” he says. Tennis Center Bubble and many more Creston Park SOUTHWEST Ed Benedict Park Spring Garden Park SOUTHEAST Development, April Hill Westmoreland Park Lents Park Boardwalk & Trails and Redevelopment, Colonel Bloomington Park many more Summers Splash Pad and many more EAST Gateway Discovery and Luuwit Rieke Field View Park Developments, Glenwood Park 148th & Division Acquisition, Multnomah Arts Leach Botanical Garden Center (MAC) Sellwood Expansion, Parklane Park Transparency Pool Roof Development, Gateway Green Springwater Acquisition and many more Trail ur work at Portland Parks & Recreation must reflect the Ocommunity’s needs and desires, as our parks belong to everyone. PP&R’s primary focus for the Bond program has been to hold true to the bond language—that was the contract made between us and voters.