park connector
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Briana BethelGlenn Bianco
Kristin CarminatiScott HarveyChris Welch
Park Connector
Park Enhancement
Prospective Use
Property Valuation and Taxes
• Crosswalk
• Push Button
• One single piece of sidewalk
Push
Button
CrosswalkSingle Section of
Sidewalk
• Actual Crosswalk Signal
• Park Sign
• Pathway linking crosswalk to park
Signs
Natural Path
1050 ft long, 3.5 ft wide.
2 Main Costs• Clearing costs: $145 per foot x 1050 ft = $152,250
• Pavement costs: $33.5 per foot x 1050 ft =
$35,175
Total Pond Walkway Costs:
$187,425
Walkway Ends 150 ft short of parking lot
2 Main Costs• Clearing costs = $145 per foot x 150 ft = $21,750
• Paving costs = $33.5 per foot x 150 ft = $5,025
Total Extension costs = $26,775
Total Walkway costs =$214,200
Poll of the Siena Campus Sample size: 30
• 97% were unaware of the park
• 63% were interested in utilizing the park Approximately 2,200 people
53% were interested in recreational benefits
47% were interested in aesthetic benefits
Exercise Benefit Formula # of users*% using*individual savings*used months
2,200 * .53 * 330 * 6/12= $192,000
Aesthetic Benefit Formula Contingent value*% using*# of users
11.5 * .47 * 2,200= $12,000
Justifications: easy access, utilization of the parks is desired for safe
living within a community’s recreational area
Single family homes adjacent to a trail:• 29% say existence of the trail increase the selling
price of their home.
• 57% of residents say that the trail make the home
easier to sell
• 29% were positively influenced by the trail near
the home they bought
Zoning• Zone 1: 10-15% increase
Includes 15 houses
• Zone 2:5-10% increase
Includes 15 houses
Taxes cancel out• Physical Expense
• Intrinsic Benefit