This project funds design and construction of new park facilities and amenities. Improvements may include, but are not limited to, picnic shelters, seating, courts, hardscape, activation support features, parking, landscaping, walkways, exercise equipment, recreational and site amenities, retaining walls, dog exercise areas, park management support elements, utilities, site work, buildings and other park structures, signage, etc. and are often combined with other projects.

The increase is due to the addition of increased State Aid funding for Centerway Local Park in FY25, along with the inclusion of expenditures for FY29 and FY30 into this ongoing project.

2022 Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan. The 2005 Land Preservation, Parks and Recreation Plan. Individual Area Master Plans. Community requests.

Prior year partial capitalization of expenditures through FY16 totaled $2,345,000. The fiscal note has been updated to reflect the addition of $150,000 in State Aid funding, attributed to a $1,150,000 increase in State Bond Bills through the legislative Bond Initiatives program.

Expenditures will continue indefinitely. M-NCPPC asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.