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Before you begin to design a recreation area or facility you need to know how it would fit into the overall demands or needs of the community and its citizen's or leisure service consumer's. A Master Plan is a comprehensive document that identifies an organizations' planning; land acquisition; development and management of the resources, programs and facility needs. It is used to guide the decision making process for the sponsoring organization for 5 to 10 years. The Master Plan is a culmination of a wide range of information collection techniques. The Master Plan has two basic components: data collection and data utilization. The primary goal of a Master Plan is to "Plan With, Not For" the community. To allow the community leaders to make both short-term and long range decisions regarding parks and recreation based on researched facts which eliminates or greatly reduces the impact of personal bias or special interests.
Learning Objectives:
 | identify the role and importance of a Master Plan; |
| identify the specific components included in a Master Plan; |
| explain the techniques used in supply; demand; population; and standards analysis; |
| identify the steps involved in the "planning process;" |
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Textbook Reading: Chapter 1 - Planning Facilities: Master Plan, Site Selection, and Development Phases (pp.3-18) |
Additional
reading: Land Use Article
On-line Lessons: Master Plan's vary with the community
or organization which produces it, but most have a common core of information. The common
components of a Master Plan are shown below. Examples of a Master Plan and a
Market Feasibility Study can be viewed at American Falls Master Plan
and YMCA Market Study. Please work through each of the eight
topics listed below in numerical order.
| Sponsoring Agency |
| Parks & Recreation Department |
| Master Plan |
| Parks & Recreation Department |
| Other agencies offering recreation services |
| Population growth and distribution |
| Age, ethnicity, income, education, gender and occupation |
| Random citizen demand for recreation services |
| Nonrandom citizen demand for recreational services |
| Program participation data |
| Standards for park & recreation agencies |
| Specific agency action plan |
| Time frame for agency action plan |
7. Cost Analysis & Financial Strategies
| Park and Recreation Department budget history |
| Budget comparisons with other similar departments in other cities |
| Estimated costs for Master Plan recommendations |
| Actions of highest priority |
| Other recommendations |
Related
Reading: Park
Development Impact Fees
Once you have completed all the topics in this module, you should:
Go on to Module Two: Community Recreation Centers
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