2023 Parks and Recreation Aquatics Master Plan

City of Greensboro FACILITY AUDIT

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These site assessments will help the project team better understand the infrastructure needs and the decision-making process for renovating existing pools, removing existing pools, or reusing pool areas for other recreation amenities. Specific recommendations deriving from these site assessments include but are not limited to parking needs, site vehicular and pedestrian circulation, landscape and hardscape renovations, and overall placemaking recommendations to enhance the visitor experience at the site. The site assessment findings will also form the basis for equity assessment to ensure that the high-quality facilities are distributed equitably across the City and recreation needs of most vulnerable populations within the City are being met. METHODOLOGY Site assessments of Greensboro’s aquatic facilities took place on March 2nd, 2022. The project team, comprised of CPL Architects and Engineers, WTI, and McAdams, toured each facility and surrounding park for usability and appearance. Aquatics facilities included both spraygrounds and outdoors pools, and indoor pool, with each pool having an adjacent pool house / facility with changing rooms, showers, and operational rooms. According to City of Greensboro staff, all the aquatics facilities operate seasonally from Memorial Day to Labor Day. To evaluate the facilities and provide recommendations accordingly, each criterion was rated on a scale from 0 (feature or condition not present) to 5 (excellent condition/offering present) The following criteria was considered during the site assessment process.

Sense of arrival to facility from main entrance – Vehicular (0-5 points, average from the below) › Is it visually pleasant? Presence of visual clues to direct visitors to the facility? (0-5 points) › How is the condition of landscape and hardscape from entrance? (0-5 points) › Does the parking appear ADA accessible to the closest facility? (0: Not accessible; 5: accessible) Sense of arrival to facility from main entrance – Pedestrian (0-5 points, average from the below) › Is it visually pleasant? Presence of visual clues to direct visitors to the facility? (0-5 points) › How is the condition of landscape and hardscape along sidewalks/ paths to facility? (0-5 points) › Is the facility accessible/ walkable for pedestrians? (0-5 points) › Are there greenway connections visible from site? (0-5 points) › Do ramps, stairs, paths, and trails appear to be ADA compliant? (0-5 points) › Does the site feel safe? Safety hazards? Safety concerns from P&R? (0-5 points) › Landscape in compliance with CPTED guidelines? (0-5 points) › Adequate site lighting? (0-5 points) › Comfort facilities are present outside the main building - restrooms, seating areas, water fountains, bike racks. Condition of elements? › Crime Data: Refer to Equity Assessment, p. 24, for map and explanation of data. Note: Accessibility and Safety ratings have been determined based on the team’s review and perception of the site. Precise measurements have not been conducted to ensure compliance with Americans with Disability (ADA) or any other local, state, and national standards. Accessibility and Safety (0-5 points, average from the below)

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