survey results presented at charrette by draper

8/8/2019 Survey Results presented at Charrette by Draper

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Roanoke Park Charrette

Starting Points:Shaping the Future


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Guiding principals

Roanoke Park Charrette Oct. 9, 2010

1. Honor Kesslers City Beautiful Vision

2. Restore the park to its former grandeur

3. Respect history while embracing the future

4. Maintain ecologically, geological and

environmentally balance

5. Enhance the quality of life and value of adjoining

neighborhoods

6. Encourage the use of the park by creating a

secure environment

7. Maintain park improvements and attractiveness

8. Support (and expand) the use of Roanoke

Community Center

9. Maximize the opportunity for both public and

private donor support

10. Expand the parks beauty by engaging of all the

senses; smell, touch, sight, hearing


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Neighborhoods



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Active vs. passive recreation


Predominately passive 12.1%

Somewhat more passive 18.4%

About half active, half

passive 48.1%

Somewhat more active 14.1%

Predominately more active 5.8%

No Opinion 1.5%


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Whos responsible?


Many feel parks and recreation

are responsible

Many support partial

neighborhood responsibility

Seek out public/private funding

Minimal support for renting out

park


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Willingness to help



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Features: Kid friendly


Needs to provide for our

children

Picnic areas

Playgrounds

Places to romp


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Features: Character of park


Maintain current character

Natural but well-groomed

Clear and expose natural

bluffs and outcroppings

Reforestation

Drastic thinning around

major trees and rockformations

Areas of native grasses


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Features: maintenance &security


Improved security

Improved maintenance

Strategically located trash

containers

Homeless created a

security issue / Concern

about displacing homeless

Challenge parks

department to bettermaintain, especially after

reclaimed from overgrowth

Drinking fountains


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Features: community center


Added classes and

programs: especially

art, conservation,

landscaping,environmental

Parks department

needs to assist in

improving staff attitude


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Features: supported


Formal garden within naturalsettings

Volunteer-maintained specialgardens

Memorial planting programs

Pool and/or water feature

More seating and picnic areas

Public art

Completed sidewalks

Add hiking trails

Improved access fromValentineNeighborhood


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Features: not supported


off-leash dog park

additional parking(could be reduced)

city-wide Rockfest-

typeevents


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Activities: events


Favorevents over

sports

Especially Dance

in the Park


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activities: music


Jazz/

blues

Chorales/

chamber

Contemporary/

robustOther

Strong desire 41.9% 33.7% 21.1% 33.1%

Somewhat appealing 33.8% 36.7% 31.1% 28.6%

Dont care either way

17

.7

%23

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%23

.7

%26

.9

%

Only if most want it 3.5% 5.1% 11.6% 6.3%

Strong objection % % 12.6% %

Second most popular

Interest in amphitheater for music and culturalperformances

Lightly amplified - dont disturb neighbors

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