City of West Sacramento
Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan
| Location: | Year Completed: | Project Type: | Partners: |
| West Sacramento, CA | 2019 | City-wide Parks and Recreation Master Plan | ETC Institute |
The City of West Sacramento Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan was developed to provide the organization a roadmap for the future using knowledge gained from community input, park and program inventory review, comparison to national standards and trends and an assessment of the current economic and political climate. The planning process incorporated a comprehensive series of discovery and analysis strategies to understand the workings of the organization and included a strong community engagement process. Several strategic recommendations resulted from this effort and were aligned into the eight major categories of implementation actions found in this Master Plan.
West Sacramento is a growing community and based on population projections will continue to grow, and, while growth can be positive, it can also stress the existing park system if strategies and policies are not in place to meet the new growth. As of today, the City lacks sufficient park land to meet the needs of residents particularly in neighborhood and community park types. As a result, other amenities provided through these park types are in shortage such as athletic fields, publicly-accessible tennis courts, and reservable picnic shelters. While most will require long-term solutions, some areas of improvement in the short-term can be accomplished with enhanced partnerships such as joint-use opportunities with WUSD as well as close coordination with the development community.
To ensure that the City has a plan for capital projects, a three-tier approach was developed that organizes projects into ‘Sustainable’, ‘Expanded Services’ and ‘Visionary’ projects. Each of these approaches provides a way to categorize and prioritize projects which ultimately furnished a comprehensive capital improvement plan totaling $179M to be accomplished over the next 10 years. Additionally, this Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan includes a system-wide approach for accomplishing short and long-term goals, initiatives, tactics and measurements to ensure that as the City grows in population, the Department does so as well – effectively, efficiently and sustainably – while providing world-class services, programs, parks, and facilities to the community for many years to come.
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