HomeMy WebLinkAboutRecreation and Parks Master Plan June 2019Presenters:Gene Bolinger| Principal-in-Charge
Michael Moonan | Team Leader
Town of
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Recreation & Parks Master Plan
June 6, 2019
▪Town of Nantucket
▪Weston & Sampson
▪Various Stakeholder
Groups
▪Nantucket Residents at
Large
Project Participants
▪Inventory recreation facilities
▪Confirm existing conditions
▪Engage the public
▪Establish recreation facility
needs
▪Develop a strategic plan to
upgrade existing facilities and
develop new facilities on a
site-by site and town-wide
basis
Project Goals
▪Provide, safe, high-performing,
gender equitable and multi-
generational facilities
▪Establish funding and phasing
strategies
▪Complete preliminary designs
for Tom Nevers Park
Project Goals
JETTIES BEACH
HULBERT AVE. AND EASTON STREET CIRCLE
CHILDREN’S BEACH
LINCOLN CIRCLE
COFFIN PARK
MILL HILL PARK CONSUE SPRINGS
TOM NEVERS PARK
DELTA FIELDSNOBADEER
ATHLETIC COMPLEX
FISHERMAN’S BEACHSURFSIDE BEACH
WINTER PARK
DIONIS BEACH
Project Sites
Information Gathering and Public Input:
▪Interviews and site visits DPW/WSE staff Oct 1. 2018
▪Site visits WSE staff Nov. 1, 2018
▪Interviews with stakeholders Nov. 15, 2018
▪Public engagement meeting No. 1, Nov. 15, 2018
▪Various phone conversations
▪Public engagement meeting No. 2, Jan. 17, 2019
▪Public Survey, May, 2019
General Observations and Overview
Tom Nevers Park
BASEBALL
FIELD
SOFTBALL
FIELD
STREET
HOCKEY COURT
PLAYGROUND
PARKING
DIRT BIKE
TRACK
JFK BUNKER
BLUFF & BEACH
BEACH
PARKING &
ACCESS
SUPPORT
BUILDINGS
MULTI-USE
FIELD
PLAYGROUND
PARKING
Winter Park
ELEVATED
WALKING TRAILS
WETLAND /
SWAMPY AREAS
Coffin Park
SUPPORT
BUILDING &
PLAYGROUND
LAWN BEACH
Children’s Beach
TENNIS
RESTAURANT
PARKING
PARKING
PLAYGROUND
Jetties Beach
PARKING
GRASS
PLAYING FIELD
SYNTHETIC
TURF FIELD
GRASS
PLAYING FIELD
TENNIS
PARKING
Nobadeer Athletic Complex
BASEBALL
FIELDS
Delta Fields
LACROSSE
LACROSSE
Surfside Beach PARKING
SUPPORT
BUILDING
DUNES
BEACH
BIKE PARKING
Hulbert Ave. and
Easton St. Circle
Consue Springs
LINCOLN CIRCLE
Lincoln Circle
Fisherman’s Beach
LAND TRUST
OVERLOOK
DUNES
BEACH
PARKING
Dionis Beach
PARKING
BEACH
DUNES
SUPPORT
BUILDING
BEACH
ACCESS
YORK STREETWALKING
TRAILS
LAWN
Mill Hill Park
User Matrix
User Matrix
Overall:
▪Improve ADA accessibility
▪Improve parking at most sites
▪Renovate/upgrade or build new support
buildings
▪Install amenities such as drinking fountains,
bike racks, benches etc.
▪There is an opportunity to incorporate natural
play into the parks, similar to Cod Fish Park
▪Desire expressed for a bike playground
▪Some desire a “one stop shop” website for
on-island parks and recreation related events
▪Parks/DPW need housing for staff
General Observations, Wants, Needs
Overall:
▪Desire to have car charging stations at
parks/beaches
▪Vandalism, trash and dog waste are issues
▪Some sites could use security cameras
▪Storage space is needed at all facilities
▪Resiliency and sustainability will be important
during planning
General Observations, Wants, Needs
Beaches:
▪Great assets to the community
▪Improve ADA accessibility
▪Improve, organize parking
▪Upgrade/renovate support structures
▪Improve drainage and runoff
▪Most are overused and access can be difficult
▪There are conflicts between users and abutters
▪Access, wayfinding and identification signage
could be improved
▪Jetties Beach floods up to the tennis courts
▪Tennis and sailing programs work together
General Observations, Wants, Needs
Passive Recreation Sites:
▪Improve ADA accessibility
▪Improve parking
▪Upgrade/renovate support structures
▪The sites are not used or developed to their
potential/capacity
▪Access and identification could be improved
▪Connect Consue Springs with the bike path
▪Improve access to sledding at Mill Hill Park
General Observations, Wants, Needs
Active Athletic Facilities:
▪Improve ADA Accessibility
▪Some sites have sufficient facilities (Delta Field)
▪Upgrade/renovate support structures
▪Improve turf condition at all athletic field properties
▪Improve drainage problems at some of the fields
▪There are scheduling conflicts for desired locations
▪Provide more places for the running population,
indoor and outdoor
▪There is a desire for an indoor athletic complex
▪Youth soccer needs more space
▪Tennis needs more support facilities
General Observations, Wants, Needs
Active Athletic Facilities:
▪Jetties Beach access drive could be upgraded to
be more inviting and identification signage could
be improved
▪Playgrounds could be amended or renovated
▪Tom Nevers Park is in need redevelopment and is
underused
▪There is a desire to restore the JFK bunker at Tom
Nevers Park
▪Town may need a full-time events/activities/camp
programmer
▪Identification signage could be improved
General Observations, Wants, Needs
▪Overall quality of recreation facilities: about a 50/50 split between respondents describing
overall quality of recreation facilities as outstanding/adequate versus needing improvement
▪General assessment that Tom Nevers Park needs improvement across the board
▪The amenities at Nobadeer and Fisherman’s Beach are identified as below average or poor
▪In terms of passive recreation sites, respondents identified Consue Springs needing the most
improvement
▪45% of respondents believe passive recreation improvements should be added at Lincoln
Circle or Hulbert Ave and the East Street Circle and 25% believe they should be improved with
active and passive recreation
▪Additional indoor facilities (various activities) continue to top the list as the most pressing
need
Survey Results
Various Requested Sports | Activities
▪Playgrounds
▪Mountain bike and hiking trails
▪Track or walking track (indoor and outdoor)
▪Swimming pool not shared with schools
▪Tennis courts
▪Basketball courts
▪More Lacrosse/Soccer space
▪Year-round bathrooms, not just at parks
▪Dog Park
▪Boat ramp
Survey Results
▪Pickleball
▪Improved skate park
▪Open play fields
▪Rock climbing
▪Shade shelters
▪Gym/fitness equipment at parks
▪Bocce
▪Public golf
▪Winter uses
PARKING
GRASS
PLAYING FIELD
SYNTHETIC
TURF FIELD
GRASS
PLAYING FIELD
TENNIS
PARKING
▪Contribute your thoughts
tonight
▪Stay in touch with the project
▪Reach out to others who would
be interested
▪Attend our next meeting
▪Help define the path forward to
well-performing recreation and
park facilities
How You Can Help!
▪Meet with any remaining
project stakeholders
▪Further develop these
schematic improvement plans
▪Development schematic
improvement plans for each
site
▪Establish costs + priorities
▪Establish implementation
strategies (funding/phasing)
Next Steps
Issues | Wants | Needs | Visions
Open Discussion
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