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04 <br />Everett Parks and Recreation Parks <br />Washington State Recreation and Conservation <br />Office <br />Planning activities for renovations and new park developments <br />are required to include the following to be eligible for grant <br />funding as per Washington State Recreation and Conservation <br />office. <br />Park Plans must include <br />1. Goals and objectives <br />2. Inventory of facilities <br />3. Public involvement <br />4. Demand and needs analysis <br />5. Capital Improvement Program <br />6. Adoption. <br />1. Goals and objectives. The plan must support the agency's <br />habitat conservation and/or park and recreation mission, <br />including the current project, with broad statements of intent, <br />or goals. Goals describe desired outcomes. An example is to <br />"make athletic fields more accessible" or to "provide mule deer <br />habitat." <br />Objectives, on the other hand, are both measurable and more <br />specific. Include objectives to help describe when a goal has <br />been attained. An example of an objective is to "create six <br />athletic fields in East County" or "acquire 300 acres of mule <br />deer habitat near the North Creek Planning Unit." <br />2. Inventory. Depending on the project to be submitted, an <br />"inventory" or "planning area description," refers to: <br />A description of the planning or service area, including the <br />physical setting and conditions, and relevant demographic, <br />program, and resource information <br />Non -capital projects (BFP and NOVA planning) <br />A description of the planning or service area, including the <br />physical setting and conditions, and relevant demographic, <br />program, and resource information. <br />The purpose of an inventory is to help complete a picture of <br />the area's needs. Depending how the applicant defines its <br />planning needs, the inventory may include a map of the area's <br />facilities, or if funds are needed to complete a plan, the map <br />may show the area to be planned. The inventory may include <br />a comprehensive account of the area's facilities, lands, <br />programs, and/or condition. It also may include local, state, <br />federal, and private facilities and extend beyond the <br />applicant's jurisdiction. The inventory may be completed in a <br />quantitative or a qualitative (narrative) format. <br />Habitat conservation elements may assess habitat types, <br />certain species, threats, ownership(s), and historical gains or <br />losses. Distribution maps may be included. <br />3. Public involvement. Include a description of how the <br />planning process gave the public ample opportunity to be <br />involved in plan development and adoption. Try and select <br />methods that support the planning strategy. Even your best <br />efforts sometimes may not give you sufficient information, <br />data, or results. For example, you may have limited responses <br />on a survey or a poor turnout <br />Capital projects (Land acquisitions and/or developments, Good documentation of community involvement and support is <br />renovations and restorations) important since it is one element used in evaluating grant <br />A report on the supply and condition of existing recreational applications. <br />opportunities, habitat conservation species, and/or land types <br />6 Everett Parks and Recreation <br />