The FY25-30 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for the Department of Recreation reflects a continuing effort to provide recreation facilities and program services for all populations to participate in leisure activities. Emphasis is placed on increasing program opportunities for populations with special needs such as youth, senior adults, and persons with disabilities. Currently, the Department of Recreation is responsible for managing the following facilities: seven senior centers, 23 community/neighborhood recreation centers, six indoor and seven outdoor swimming pools, Good Hope Spray Ground, and a recreation warehouse.The latest Recreation Facility Development Plan, 2010-2030, contains several Recreation initiatives, including a...
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
The FY25-30 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for the Department of Recreation reflects a continuing effort to provide recreation facilities and program services for all populations to participate in leisure activities. Emphasis is placed on increasing program opportunities for populations with special needs such as youth, senior adults, and persons with disabilities. Currently, the Department of Recreation is responsible for managing the following facilities: seven senior centers, 23 community/neighborhood recreation centers, six indoor and seven outdoor swimming pools, Good Hope Spray Ground, and a recreation warehouse.
The latest Recreation Facility Development Plan, 2010-2030, contains several Recreation initiatives, including a comprehensive facilities assessment for all existing sites in the FY25-30 CIP. The plan covers community/neighborhood recreation centers, senior centers, and indoor and outdoor pools, and was the primary reference guide for long-range recreation capital facilities development through 2030. The Recreation Facilities Refurbishment projects in the recommended FY25-30 CIP are consistent with this plan.
The Department of Recreation, the Revenue Authority, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) together provide the residents of Montgomery County with a variety of public leisure and recreational amenities: parks and athletic fields; community recreation centers; indoor and outdoor swim facilities; golf courses; indoor ice rinks; and indoor tennis facilities. Expenditure and revenue data are presented at the end of this section.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Complete construction of the Silver Spring Recreation and Aquatic Center.
- Fund design and construction of a new Western County Recreation Center to serve the Town of Poolesville and neighboring communities in Western Montgomery County.
- Add funds to support remaining renovation project work at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Indoor Swim Center. Reconstruction of the pool deck will be completed for compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
- Add funds for Net Zero energy conservation measures and to replace masonry, windows, and other building envelope components of the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center.
- Add funds to the Recreation Facilities Refurbishment projects to ensure that all indoor pools, outdoor pools and recreation center facilities are refurbished through repair or replacement of facility components.
- Program construction funding for the Swimming Pools Slide Replacement project to ensure safe pool operations.
- Add funds for a new Recreation Asset Replacement project to replace assets such as bleachers, kitchens, marquees, and partitions to ensure recreational assets are maintained.
Contact Robin Riley of the Department of Recreation at 240.777.6800 or Alicia Singh of the Office of Management and Budget at 240.777.2780 for more information regarding this department's capital budget.
CAPITAL PROGRAM REVIEW
Fourteen ongoing projects totaling $154.3 million comprise the six-year capital program for the Department of Recreation, representing a $21.8 million or 16.4 percent increase from the amended FY23-28 total six-year cost of $132.5 million. The cost increase results primarily from new projects that include the Western County Recreation Center, Recreation Facilities Asset Replacement, Recreation Facilities Playground Replacement, Recreation Facilities Refurbishment - Indoor Pools, Recreation Facilities Refurbishment-Centers, and the Recreation Facilities Refurbishment-Outdoor Pools projects, a new cost estimate for the Holiday Park Net Zero Initiative project, and cost escalation for the Recreation Refurbishment projects, offset in part by the completion of the Silver Spring Recreation and Aquatic Center project and savings from the Wall Park project. The Department of Recreation's FY25-30 CIP is funded primarily by general obligation bonds.
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