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Maintenance Standards recruitment and training capabilities and the condition of facilities to efficiently direct and balance resource allocation Parks has adopted five guidelines for providing a condition standard for all facilities. The guidelines help determine capital improvement priorities, work schedules for maintenance and Safe Parks and CPTED establish a benchmark for providing a quality experience to all park visitors. "So-called undesirables are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem... The best • No weeds in the parks way to handle the problem of undesirables is to make the • No litter in the parks place attractive to everyone else."--William H. Whyte • Well-maintained grass and hedges • Timely graffiti removal Park designers, maintenance staff, operations staff and • Well-kept facilities (buildings, benches, play structures) citizens all have a vital role to play in creating safe park environments. The key factors to consider when dealing with Best Management Practices for Sustainability park safety are summarized below: • Be responsive to local conditions, including topography and site context when managing facilities and • Improve the park appearance to reduce the designing capital improvements perceptions that a park is unsafe. That will increase • Encourage the use of environmentally sustainable park park use and improve safety. Good maintenance is development practices, materials and green building crucial to maintain perceptions that areas are low risk. techniques (LEED) Vandalism can contribute to perceptions of fear • Promote environmentally sustainable landscape because litter, graffiti and broken furniture all suggest a designs that minimize surface water runoff, the use of place is uncared for and possibly unsafe. chemicals or equipment • Develop an easy to understand park layout that • Encourage naturalization of park spaces to provide allows people to orient themselves and visualize habitat and reduce maintenance where appropriate escape routes and areas of possible hazards. • Develop accurate descriptions of the size, location and • Provide lighting to enhance perceptions of safety and condition of the areas that are maintained to encourage increased legitimate park activities which will allow for efficiency in maintenance practices greater nighttime surveillance. • Provide a level of stewardship of parks and open space • Clear sightlines enhance perceived and actual safety that meet an appearance expectation of the public and by helping park visitors to see what is ahead and protects the quality of the environment around them. • Determine the amount of staff that are available, • Physical access should be maximized by providing equipment condition and availability, volunteer users with a choice of legible routes to and from areas. • 41