Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan
Imagining the Future of Mountain View Parks and Recreation
Mountain View’s parks and recreation programs are an essential part of what makes this City a great place to live, work and play. While this has always been true, access to open space has become even more important as the community sought wellness and connection during and coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a lot to love about Mountain View’s parks and recreation programs, with well-used established parks and new parks being constructed such as Fayette Park, which opens in mid-October. In addition, seven new park sites are currentlyContinue reading
Imagining the Future of Mountain View Parks and Recreation
Mountain View’s parks and recreation programs are an essential part of what makes this City a great place to live, work and play. While this has always been true, access to open space has become even more important as the community sought wellness and connection during and coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a lot to love about Mountain View’s parks and recreation programs, with well-used established parks and new parks being constructed such as Fayette Park, which opens in mid-October. In addition, seven new park sites are currently identified, and staff has the capacity to complete the construction of one to two new parks a year. Even with these plans for park expansion, there is a tremendous opportunity to reimagine our parks and programs to provide enhanced amenities and recreational offerings to meet the evolving needs of the community and to create better access to open space in underserved areas such as Monta Loma, Rex Manor, Whisman and other neighborhoods north of Central Expressway, as well as the Central and San Antonio areas.
To seize this opportunity, the City is developing a Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan. This Plan, one of the City Council’s top priority projects, will guide the future of the City’s park and open space resources, community facilities and recreation programming. Your creative ideas and input are key to shaping an innovative plan that is responsive to community needs and will accomplish a bold new vision for our parks, facilities and programs.
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April Websterabout 1 month agoLinear parks distributed throughout the City
Linear parks provide value and should be considered as part of the overall, high level strategy for the spatial distribution of parks in Mountain View. They serve to supplement park access to help ensure more equitable access within walking and biking distance. It also aids in creating pollinator corridors.
1 comment8bkenglandabout 1 month agoIn all of our parks, we need, in addition to trash receptacles, those for recycling and compost too. Consider our City sustainability goals.
Recycling and compost in parks
1 comment10Vivekabout 1 month agoWalkable parks in each neighborhood with greenery, trees for shade, unstructured play areas and not hardscape.
Walkable parks in each neighborhood
0 comment10J. Yinabout 1 month agoExpanding on Marni's W's idea, more ped connections in general, btw Downtown, village centers, schools, and parks and our neighborhoods.
The more access we have to walk between where we live and the places we usually drive to will go a long way towards being a viable alternative to driving.
0 comment2J. Yinabout 1 month agoImagine a vast network of pedestrian paths that prioritized the pedestrian experience throughout MV.
What makes a good pedestrian experience? When you can COMFORTABLY and SAFELY walk to DESTINATION/S within WALKING DISTANCE so that it becomes the preferred way to travel around the city more often than not. Includes, but is by non means limited to: trees for shade, wide enough walkways, buffer from cars or no cars at all, buffered from fast cars (whether cars go slower or buffer is greater), slow car speeds at crossings, minimal distance to cross at intersections using curb bump-outs, minimal curb cuts, minimal utility obstacles, quiet enough traffic to talk to hold a conversation with someone walking next to you, native greenery to support native wildlife, things to do along the way, places to go/destinations within walking distance, diversity of walkway-scapes but with continuity along a stretch of a pedestrian corridor, areas to rest, aesthetically pleasing views whether architectural or natural, walkable corridors connecting the city's amenities to neighborhoods, etc.
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Project Kickoff
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Community Input
Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan is currently at this stageStarted in August 2023 and ongoing
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Intercept Surveys at Community Center, Senior Center & Teen Center
this is an upcoming stage for Parks and Recreation Strategic PlanOngoing through December 2023
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Site and Program Assessment
this is an upcoming stage for Parks and Recreation Strategic PlanOctober 2023 onwards
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Statistically-Valid Community Survey
this is an upcoming stage for Parks and Recreation Strategic PlanEarly 2024
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Online Community Survey
this is an upcoming stage for Parks and Recreation Strategic PlanEarly 2024
Upcoming Community Input Opportunities
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December 04 2023
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December 13 2023
Project Contact
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Documents
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Recreation Plan 2008 (10.3 MB) (pdf)
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Parks and Open Space Plan 2014 (1.59 MB) (pdf)
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August Meetings All languages Flyers (2.55 MB) (pdf)
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Aug 21'2023 (In Person) Meeting Presentation and Community Polling Results.pdf (10.8 MB) (pdf)
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Aug 21'2023 (Virtual) Meeting Presentation and Community Polling Results.pdf (10.7 MB) (pdf)
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Aug 22' 2023 (In Person) Meeting Presentation and Community Polling Results.pdf (10.3 MB) (pdf)
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Aug 22' 2023 (Virtual) Meeting Presentation and Community Polling Results.pdf.pdf (10.6 MB) (pdf)