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CIO <br />Everett Parks and Recreation Parks <br />Park Master Plan <br />A Master Plan is intended to provide planning, site <br />programming, development guidance and direction for what <br />kind of development can occur in parks or open spaces. <br />The development of a master plan may be triggered by: <br />• An improvement that changes the use of, or has a <br />substantial and direct impact on, a use/space <br />designation as represented in an existing master plan <br />• A proposed development that directly or indirectly <br />impacts the park <br />• A proposed change to the park that may require a <br />SEPA or Conditional Use Permit <br />• Acquisition of new property or development of a new <br />facility <br />• Partnership and funding opportunities. <br />A park master plan shall include the following elements to <br />meet the requirements of funding agencies and address <br />issues required as part of the SEPA process. <br />14 <br />Goals, objectives <br />a. A clear process that encourages community <br />involvement from inception of a new idea to <br />final completion of a planning document <br />b. A record of community values and goals for the <br />public space <br />c. A commitment to the outcome of developing a <br />park that meets park standards <br />d. Development of a business plan when <br />appropriate that includes: <br />L A financial assessment of existing and <br />projected operating costs <br />ii. Market and financial analysis of the <br />value of potential future programs <br />iii. Pro -formas for core program or building <br />development <br />2. Inventory <br />a. Site analysis of existing conditions, <br />opportunities and constraints <br />i. Traffic impacts, mass transit locations, <br />trail connections <br />ii. Solar impacts, views and habitat areas <br />iii. Critical areas, slopes, soils, drainage <br />patterns <br />iv. Utilities <br />3. Public involvement -The community involvement <br />process relies on citizens working with city staff to <br />reach a consensus on how public spaces shall be <br />planned. <br />a. Park staff will identify park users, neighbors and <br />all known interested citizens and establish a <br />project mailing list. <br />L Request mailing list of community <br />members from Office of Neighborhoods <br />for neighborhood park projects <br />ii. Sepa applications for projects requires <br />that contiguous property owners be <br />notified, all properties that touch or abut <br />the subject property along a point or a <br />line shall be included. Properties that <br />are across a street or right-of-way from <br />the subject property are not considered <br />contiguous <br />iii. When appropriate establish Citizen <br />Advisory Committees for large-scale <br />projects involving sighting and designing <br />of new facilities <br />Everett Parks and Recreation <br />Ln <br />