SCOPE:
The Planning Board is required to adopt guidelines that detail the standards and requirements for recreational facilities under §59.6.3.7 of the Montgomery County Zoning Ordinance. The guidelines are necessary, per §59.7.3.4.E.1.f, to determine the adequacy of amenities as part of the development approval process, as applied through regulatory review of private residential development. An update to the 1992 guidelines was needed to address demographic shifts, changing development patterns in urban areas, and to integrate private systems of recreation with those provided through the public sector.
The project goal is to create contemporary Recreation Guidelines as web-based, interactive tools that will provide definitive guidance in the provision of recreation facilities. The new Guidelines will fulfill the vision of integrated, complementary systems of recreation within the County that utilize public and private resources to serve higher density residential areas featuring mixed-use development.
They will provide wider access and opportunity by joining individual on-site development to an area-wide connected system identified through the new web tool. The new Guidelines will offer an option for developers to fulfill recreation requirements required under site plan application by providing off-site local area amenities recommended in the Master Plan or Sector Plan, the Bicycle Master Plan, and the Department of Parks Facilities Planning documents.
The Guidelines serve as a framework that will encourage the provision of recreational amenities for residents and workers, embrace context in terms of architectural form and materials, and enhance and expand design solutions for effective, connective private and public spaces.
The intent is to develop flexible, yet predictable Recreation Guidelines that establish spatial and design intentions, as well as the quantitative technical standards for private sector recreational requirements. These Guidelines will be organized by building typology, geography and demographic needs.
PROJECT MANAGER: Mary Beth O’Quinn
LEVEL OF EFFORT: Continual through final published hard copy; management of staff training and orientation for the Maryland Building Industry Association; continued responder to user questions; maintenance of data, such as pubic open space, regulatory applications, master plan open space and recreation recommendations.
MILESTONES:
- Scope of Work: Planning Board Review
- Web Tool Development
- Background Analysis
- New Features Development
- Planning Board Briefing
- Working Draft: Planning Board Review
- Public Hearing Draft: Planning Board Review
- County Council Presentation
- Planning Board Adoption and Issuance of Publication
- Training
- Maintenance and Administration
- Processing of Amendments
| DATE COMPLETE | 2017 RECREATION GUIDELINES LIST OF TASKS | NOTES | |
| 1 | 10/1/2015 | Scope of Work: Planning Board Review | PUBLIC HEARING |
| Goals, Objectives, Timeline, Communications Plan | |||
| Server Set Up: Web Tool Plan, Initial Programming | |||
| 2 | 5/1/2016 | Background Research | |
| 1992 Methodology, Programming Approach | |||
| Demographics (Demand), Rec Facilities (Supply) | |||
| Recreation Analysis by Master Plan Area: Needs and Incentives | |||
| Analysis of Public Recreation Facilities: Parks, MCPS, Department of Recreation | |||
| Mapping: Master Plan Area, Parcels, Parks, Parks Facilities, MCPS, Trails | |||
| 3 | 9/9/2016 | Development of New Facilities List | |
| 4 | 10/5/2016 | Scenario Building | |
| Policy Implications, Facilities Valuations, Housing Types,
Densities, Geo-boundaries, On-Site/Off-Site Access, Age Category Exemptions |
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| 5 | 8/20/2017 | Web-Tool Programming | |
| Data formatting, mapping, graphics, GUI, testing (algorithm, file sizes, speed, printing) | |||
| 6 | 12/1/2016 | Custom Facility Tool Development | |
| Custom Facility Tool Determination Sequence | |||
| 7 | 9/16/2016 | Outreach | |
| Work Sessions: Maryland Building Industry Association | |||
| 12/15/2016, 1/9/2016, 9/16/2017 | |||
| 8 | 3/23/2017 | Publication Layout and Design | |
| Adobe Indesign template development, outline production | |||
| Graphics work: tables, charts, screen captures, facility illustrations | |||
| 9 | 10/15/2016 | Facilities Details and Specification | |
| Design and production of cut sheets & revisions | |||
| 10 | 3/16/2017 | Report Writing | |
| Staff Reports for Planning Board reviews, summaries of work sessions | |||
| 11 | 6/23/16 | Planning Board Briefing: Issues Discussion | PUBLIC HEARING |
| 12 | 10/29/2017 | Working Draft: Planning Board Review | PUBLIC HEARING |
| Web Tool Demonstration, Policy and Content Discussion | |||
| Approval as Public Hearing Draft | |||
| 13 | 11/17/2017 | Public Hearing Draft: Planning Board Review | PUBLIC HEARING |
| System Implementation Discussion, Review of Innovations and New Features
Approve with comments |
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| 14 | 1/12/2017 | Planning Board Briefing: MBIA Issues | PUBLIC HEARING |
| 15 | ? | Development of Walk Shed GIS Tool | |
| 16 | ? | Presentation to the County Council | PUBLIC HEARING |
| Web Tool Demonstration | |||
| 17 | 3/23/2017 | Planning Board Adoption of Recreation Guidelines | PUBLIC HEARING |
| Planning Board comments to be implemented and added to the Final Draft | |||
| 18 | 5/3/2017 | Finalize Recreation Guidelines Publication | To Complete 5/3/2017 |
| Revise graphics and layout; addressing of amendments | |||
| 19 | Finalize Web Tool | ||
| 20 | 6/1/2017 | Staff Orientation and Training | To Complete June 2017 |
| Staff: master planning, regulatory review, Parks, DARC | |||
| Maryland Builders Industry Association | |||
| 21 | On-Going | Administration and Maintenance, Processing of Amendments | On-going |