Reston 2020: Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities Working Group Minutes of Meeting on April 8, 2010 The group met at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Asril 8, at Reston Community Center Hunters Weads. Present were: Leila Gordon, Chair Gordon Gerson, Reston Masters Swim Team Jeff Wright, resident Thomas Ward, RCC Deputy Director Mion Matthews, Reston Association President and CEO Victor Van Rees, Resident Larry Buller, Reston Association Director of Parks and Recreation Carol Ann Bradley, Chair, RCC Board of Governors John Acati, President and CEO of Greater Reston Arts Center ‘Anne Delaney, Public Art Manager, Initiative for Public Art Reston Jay Monroe, Co-Chair, Reston Association Parks and Recreation Planning Advisory Committee David Robinson, Co-Chair, RA Parks and Recreation Planning Advisory Committee Tammy Petrine, Reston 2020 Urban Design and Livabilty Working Group Reston Citizens Association Board member Dick America, resident People introduced themselves around the room and described the organization they are affliated with if applicable. The agenda for the evening was to brainstorm about parks, recreation and public facies the community stil needs; discuss issues related to their location and features; and determine the next steps and follow-up meeting date, Following is the list as it unfolded of the amenities desired, The group determined it would review the list electronically, and then return their individual top § priorities to get a Sense of the most, desired facilities. The list = Bigger, better indoor pool (50-meter with moveable bulkhead) Indoor tennis courts More 80-foct baseball fields with lights Alarger stage Indoor recreation courts; for basketball, volley ball, etc Exercise rooms; for fitness classes, yoga, pilates, dance, etc. More connections of existing trails for walking/biking and new ones cannecting to new development Dog parks Children’s Science Museum Memorial Garden/Space with public art Skate park (more) Batting cages More space for fine art classes Artist studios ‘ADA accessible playgrounds Rectangular playing fields for lacrosse, cricket Housing for artists (affordable) Specifically designed outdoor music venues Connections between public spaces and facilities; Le. way-finding markers, public art, landscaping, ete. Mental and public health facilities People-friendly bus shelters Places that accommodate temporary events and public art installations:Modernized and bigger library; appropriate space that can be used for tutoring Urban parks; creatively designed park and ecosystem locales Post-secondary education facilities/programs Indoor meeting space for self-organized groups and social activities Senior adult and disability respite care facilities In discussion of issues surrounding these types of facities and amenities, these were consensus thoughts regarding principles that should be followed in thinking about them Education related facilities and infrastructure should be located around a metro stop, ‘consensus was that given the NVC presence already there and the fact that itis the first stop planned, these might best be located at the Wiehie Avenue stop to provide for non- rush hour trips on metro and more lively pedestrian and retail experiences, Parks will need to be designed creatively (linear urban parks for example) to fit within the limitations of litle to no new available land on which to create them. ‘A Performing Arts venue would be most desirable at the Reston Parkway station co- located with Town Center to take advantage of the clustering of restaurants in that area and its established reputation for being the center of Reston “nightlife.” Might be good option for a significant developer proffer, or locating on a ground floor of a high-rise building at the Metro stop. ‘New facilities and connections between them should also provide for wis access. North Town Center areas identified now with government and social services should be master-planned to create a "public campus" that would house services and amenities ike the Library, a Children’s Science Museum, Public Health programs, etc. The group recognized there is @ great deal of building related to @ new police sub-station that is regulated and may not offer a lot of room for creative design approaches, but there should be effort to integrate it within its surroundings to the degree possible. Where possible, Reston should seek to get the most “bang” out of publiciprivate partnerships; we should urge cooperation with developers on creating the best possible array of amenities whenever they Seek higher densities and related options from the zoning processes, We recognized that locating an indoor pool and indoor recreation courts is not going to be easy because of the sheer sizes of these fecilty features. There was discussion of the potential at Baron Cameron Park, and planning landscape, outdoor recreation fields, community gardens, etc. along with a facity so there is integration between indoor/outdoor environments for both active and passive recreation. Another ‘mentioned was locating an indoor recreation facility in the North Town Center campus” by consolidating and master-planning features there. Conversion of existing facilities in Village Centers was also discussed Use of "air rights" to create mote interesting and multi-purpose new facilities and developments was discussed and seems like something well worth pursuing ‘As much as possible, public facilities and gathering locations should be co-located with Metro stops. To support public facilities and neighborhood to neighborhood travel, 2 ‘more robust and Reston neighborhood oriented small circulator bus system should be encouraged. Getting people in and out of neighborioods, as weil as to and from neighborhoods/metro stops would be critical 0 reducing parking demand and single- occupant car trips. Universal design should be incorporated in new residential building Public facilities should be located throughout the community to better connect Reston neighborhoods and north/south geography: they should be visually beautiful and environmentally sound, Public Art should be a feature of any and all public facilities and public gathering spaces. Working Group Process and Timeline We discussed the next stens with respect to the Reston Master Plan Special Study Task Force schedule and the Reston 2020 Committee. We agreed that this list would circulate among theWorking Group members for both purposes of comments, edits, changes to the minutes and prioritizing the five most important new public facilities given the knowledge and background of the group, Once those are identified, we will work electronically to assemble data currently available in the various studies and surveys that Reston Association and Reston Community Center, as well as the Fairfax County Park Authority, have assembled for compilation for study, and for conclusions that are relevant to prioritizing public facility related elements of the Task Force efforts. We reviewed the current meeting timetine and determined we could put his together and present a draft report to the Working Group in about a month, and thus scheduled our next meeting for May 6, at 7:00 p.m. at RCC Hunters Woods. (Our meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m