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Board adopts four-step Recreation Facilities Investment Process to bring community input before contract approvals
Summary
Reston Association directors endorsed a new four-step process (Initiate, Engage, Evaluate, Execute) to guide recreation and facilities investments, including a three-tiered community engagement guide. The board directed staff to apply the process to 2024-funded playground work and to use it for larger items like the Lake Newport tennis project.
The Reston Association Board on Feb. 13 endorsed a revised Recreation Facilities Investment Process designed to ensure community engagement occurs before the board is asked to approve construction contracts.
What the board did: The board endorsed a four-step workflow staff labeled Initiate, Engage, Evaluate and Execute. The process replaces a prior internal "key decision point" approach and spells out three tiers of public involvement: - Communicate: for maintenance-level projects (staff updates to membership) - Consult: limited engagement such as targeted surveys (recommended for mid-level investments like playground replacements) - Involve: iterative, on-site workshops or charrettes for major investments (staff suggested 3-5 events for large projects like…
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