2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond
With the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) begins a new era of long term, strategic, and fiscally responsible capital planning. Adopted by the Mayor and Board of Supervisors in 2005, the CCSF Ten Year Capital Plan prioritizes basic, critical capital projects that impact the publics safety and well being; places a strong emphasis on accountability and transparency; and most importantly,
demonstrates the highest levels of fiscal restraint and responsibility.
Like the CCSF Ten Year Capital Plan, the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond (the Bond) also embodies each of these principles. The bond focuses on the basic, critical needs of the park system, eliminating earthquake safety risks and renovating run down parks and playgrounds. To ensure continued voter confidence, the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond also includes a comprehensive set of public oversight and accountability measures.
For more information, please read our 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond - Planning Report (PDF)
Neighborhood Parks Repair and Renovation Program
A safe place to play for everyone! Through our Neighborhood Parks Program, part of the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, we are giving twelve of our most beloved parks the care they deserve. We have allocated $117 million of our Bond to fund park improvements to:
We will upgrade the parks landscape, amenities, playgrounds, buildings, and overall seismic safety in order to ensure their continued service to the Citys local communities for years to come.
San Francisco's waterfront is more than simply our city's border. At water's edge lies some of San Francisco's best recreational opportunities, our most engaging parks, and enormous potential to create one of the most vibrant waterfronts in the world. Through the Waterfront Parks Repairs, Renovations, and Development Program, we are creating new publicly accessible waterfront parks along port land on the eastern, southern, and northern sides of San Francisco. We envision a continuous waterfront walkway connecting a series of major open spaces, each with a unique recreational opportunity for all San Franciscans to enjoy.
For more information regarding this program, please check thePort of San Francisco website.
Bond Programs
In addition to neighborhood parks, the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond also features:
Construction, Program. Many of the citys park restrooms are in a state of severe dilapidation; some bathrooms require replacement, others require repairs, and some parks need restrooms. This $11.4 million would fund a restroom replacement, repair, and installation program. Sites will be chosen in coordination with the community,
through an open process guided by the Recreation and Park Department Commission.
The 2004 Recreation Assessment identified walking and biking trails as the #1 most needed recreational amenity; residents also cited hiking and visiting nature as the two activities in which they would like to participate in more often. The Park Trail Reconstruction program will restore trails and make capital improvements that allow residents to enjoy and experience nature in the parks.
The citys playfields have been loved to death overused due to a citywide shortage of soccer, baseball, and multi-use fields. Over the past two years, a successful public/private partnership between the Recreation and Park Department and City Fields Foundation has resulted in the renovation and replacement of playfields at
two parks. Each playfield is converted to artificial turf, increasing available playtime as well as conserving water. This $8.5 million continues that partnership.
Over 100,000 trees populate the citys parks and open spaces. These funds will provide for an assessment of the health and condition of this urban forest, as well as provide resources to enact the recommendations of the assessment and plant new trees.
The Community Opportunity Grants Program is a small capital grants program that allows residents, neighborhood groups and park advocates to initiate repairs and improvements in their parks by matching smaller public grants with other private gifts and grants.
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