LAKE FAIRFAX PARK TRAILS PARKS 3 2 4 4 2 7 miles TOTAL - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LAKE FAIRFAX PARK

TRAILS PARKS 3 2 4 4 2 7 miles TOTAL VISITATION 1 7 ,7 5 4 ,7 8 8 LAND 2 3 ,3 0 0 + acres

Enhance Citizens’ Quality of Life Through: • Natural & Cultural Resource Stewardship • Recreational Opportunities • Quality Facilities & Services

Where do Refinement Where are How do we we want to and we now? get there? be? Adoption

Park Classification System COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Provides a general framework intended to guide open space and public facilities planning Park Authority System includes: Local Parks – District Parks – Countywide Parks – Resource-Based Parks Park Classification provides an indication of: -Appropriate uses -General park size range -Typical facility types -General park experience

▪ ESTABLISHES PARK PURPOSE AND CLASSIFICATION ▪ DESCRIBES EXISTING CONDITIONS AND CONSTRAINTS ▪ DESCRIBES THE DESIRED VISITOR EXPERIENCE ▪ DESCRIBES THE PARK FEATURES ▪ IDENTIFIES DESIGN CONCERNS TO BE ADDRESSED AT DEVELOPMENT STAGE

PARK AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

PARK AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING PUBLIC Today DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

PARK AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION FALL 2017 / WINTER 2018 MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

PARK AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WINTER 2018 REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

PARK AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT SPRING 2018 INFORMATION MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

PARK AUTHORITY SPRING 2018 BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

PARK AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT WINTER 2018 MEETING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

WINTER 2018 PARK AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVAL 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REVISIONS TO PUBLICATION OF DRAFT MASTER DRAFT MP PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION MEETING OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN

AT A GLANCE ▪ POPULAR COUNTYWIDE PARK DUE TO THE DIVERSITY OF FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED ▪ ESTIMATED 893,781 VISITORS LAST YEAR ▪ POPULAR VENUE FOR FESTIVALS INCLUDING A LARGE 4 TH OF JULY CELEBRATION ▪ ONE OF TWO FAIRFAX COUNTY PARKS TO INCLUDE A SKATE PARK ▪ WATER MINE DRAWS VISITORS FROM AROUND THE REGION ▪ LARGE PORTIONS OF THE PARK ARE PROTECTED NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS ▪ LARGEST AMOUNT OF PICNIC FACILITIES AT ANY FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK ▪ 3 PARCELS WERE RECENTLY PURCHASED BY FCPA, ADDING APPROXIMATE 5 ACRES TO THE PARK

PARK LOCATION

1937 AERIAL 2017 PROPERTY LINE

HISTORY ▪ FIRST OWNERS OF RECORD WERE JOHN WARNER AND JOHN GRANT, WHO WERE GRANTED ADJACENT TRACTS ON DIFFICULT RUN BY THE NORTHERN NECK PROPRIETARY IN 1731. BY THE TURN OF THE 19 TH CENTURY, JOHN SWIFT HAD ACQUIRED MUCH OF THIS LAND FOR HIS ESTATE, ▪ CALLED “LONG GLADES”. ▪ DURING THE 1920’S, JOSEPH WHEELER ACQUIRED THE MAJORITY OF THE P ROPERTY OF WHAT TODAY WOULD MAKE UP LAKE FAIRFAX PARK. ▪ WHEELER WAS A DAIRY FARMER, OWNED A MILLING BUSINESS AND A FARM SUPPLY STORE. HE WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER IN LOCAL CITIZENS ASSOCIATIONS AND HOSTED SEVERAL EVENTS, SUCH AS DANCES AND HORSE SHOWS AT THE PROPERTY. ▪ AFTER WHEELER PASSED AWAY, MACK CRIPPEN AND HIS WIFE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, CREATED A DAM, AND DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY AS A RECREATION AREA. ▪ CRIPPEN’S PROPERTY WAS CONVEYED TO THE FAIRFAX PARK AUTHORITY IN 1966. ADDITIONAL PARCELS WERE ACQUIRED OVER THE YEARS TO CONSITUTE THE AREA THAT MAKES UP THE PARK TODAY.

THE PARK TODAY

NATURAL RESOURCES

FACILITIES

FACILITIES

PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

2001 MASTER PLAN REVISION

IMPROVEMENTS SINCE 2001 MASTER PLAN

EXISTING USE AREAS

WHY DEVELOP MASTER PLAN REVISION NOW?

POTENTIAL NEW FACILITY IDEAS

NEXT STEPS IN PLANNING PROCESS

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CONTACT INFORMATION parkmail@fairfaxcounty.gov Adam Wynn, Project Manager Planning & Development Division, FCPA 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 406 Fairfax, Virginia 22035 703-324-8753