SPLOST Project List

Mission:

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Department of Recreation,

Parks and Cultural Affairs

To provide safe parks and facilities, enhance the quality of life as a provider of

recreation and cultural experiences and ensure a customer focused parks system.

Project list overview

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Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

Parks and Recreation are essential elements of DeKalb County’s quality of life, and their importance will only

increase as the County becomes denser and more populous. In 2001 and 2006, Park Bond dollars contributed

millions of dollars for parks and greenspace projects in DeKalb County, paying for the development of new parks,

new recreation centers, renovations to existing parks, and a variety of amenities including picnic areas, pavilions,

multi-purpose trails, multi-purpose courts, boardwalks and lakes, playgrounds, sports fields, tennis courts,

aquatic facilities, a skate complex and a dog park.

The 2015 SPLOST programs will give residents a chance to enjoy DeKalb's precious natural resources, now and

in the future. With 112 parks and 6,638 acres of land, significant areas of natural and cultural resource

protection, and provision of park and recreation programs, services, and facilities the department’s proposed

SPLOST Projects is a blueprint for renewing DeKalb park facilities for current and future citizens and visitors of

DeKalb County.

The projects will set a course for the delivery of Parks and Recreation services in DeKalb County for the next five

years and beyond. The recommended action strategies will ensure DeKalb County remains a great place to live,

work and play.

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Park Development & Playgrounds

Repair, design and install trails, site furnishings, courts, new design fishing piers,

interpretive signage, outdoor classroom, parking, pavilion, trash receptacles,

playground, garden area and amphitheater at Bouldercrest Park; Brookside Park;

Ellenwood Park / 46 Acre Park; Fork Creek Mountain Park; Midway Park; Oak

Creek; Plesantdale Park; Rainbow Park/Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center;

Shoal Creek 1 Park; Shoal Creek 3 Park; Tobie Grant; Truelove Park; Flat Shoals

Park; Henderson Park; Lithonia Park and Tucker Recreation Center.

$8,400,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

1- 5 years

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Athletic Fields

Installation of restrooms, irrigation, fencing, sod, redesign fields,

lighting, soccer fields, backstops, update wooden light poles at

Avondale Dunaire Park; Southeast Athletic Complex; Truelove Park;

Kittredge Park Phase 2; Exchange Park; Lithonia Park; Midway Park

and Shoals Creek I.

$10,500,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

2-4 years

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3/17/2016

Renovations/ Roof Repairs/Picnic Shelters /Pavilion

Implement Standards of Care by repairing roofs, playgrounds, trails, restrooms,

trees, HVAC, utilities, security, building renovation, sidewalks, new

playgrounds, driveways, pavilions and site furnishings at Community

Achievement Center (CAC); Chapel Hill Park; DeKalb Memorial Park; Glen

Emerald Park; Gresham Park; Kelley Cofer Park; N.H. Scott Park; Emmie

Smith; Lou Walker Park; Rock Chapel II; Summergate Park and Truelove Park.

$10,600,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

1- 5 years

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Recreation Centers (New Recreation Center/Complex)

Modernize and construct recreation centers to incorporate an

interpretive center, education center, community building,

gymnasium, and elevator; renovate facilities in accordance with

Master Plan at 46 Acre/Ellenwood Park; Arabia Mountain Nature

Center; Fork Creek Mountain Park; Lucious Sanders; Mason Mill

Park; Midway Park and Tobie Grant Park.

$21,500,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

3-5 years

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3/17/2016

Swimming pools, spray pads with interactive features and therapeutic

pools. Modernization of all of the existing swimming pools should be

updated to meet current standards.

Improve or install pools, spray pads, spray parks at Lithonia, Lou

Walker, N.H. Scott and Gresham Parks.

$4,000,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

2-3 years

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3/17/2016

Improvements to 18 Lakes and Dams

Widen dam crest, locate seepage, install internal drains, remove vegetation,

install internal drains, install new spillway, replace low level drain, provide

freeboard, remove debris and stabilize spillway, install trash racks, divert

surface water from dam, install observation wells at Arabia Mountain Park (2

Lakes); Exchange Park; Glen Emerald Park; Hairston Park; Henderson Park;

Hidden Acres Park; John's Homestead; Kelley Cofer Park; Wade Walker Park

and Mystery Valley Golf Course.

$6,000,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

2-4 years

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3/17/2016

Court Surfacing

Resurface tennis courts, basketball and netball courts at Bouldercrest

Park; Glen Emerald Park; Midway Park; Shoal Creek I Park; Shoal

Creek II Park; Wade Walker Park; County Line Park and Henderson

Park.

$2,000,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

1-5 years

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3/17/2016

Acquisitions

Expand land acquisition according to the “benchmark standard for

park acreage” recommended for DeKalb County as referenced in the

Master Plan 2010-2020.

$7,000,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

5 years

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Resurfacing/Paving/Trail Repair

Paving/resurfacing of all sites relating to parking, driveways &

sidewalks, trails and new trail construction.

$3,000,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

5 years

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Boardwalks/Piers

Fishing piers, boardwalks, overlooks, etc. at Barker Bryant Park;

Chapel Hill Park; Kelly Coffer Park and Henderson Park.

$1,000,000

Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

2 years

Estimated project list cost

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Department of Recreation, Parks

and Cultural Affairs

Project

Estimated Cost

Park Development & Playgrounds $ 8,400,000

Athletic Fields $10,500,000

Deferred Maintenance/Roof Repairs/Picnic Shelters/Pavilion $10,600,000

Recreation Centers (New Recreation Center/Complex) $21,500,000

Swimming Pools, Spray Pads with interactive features, therapeutic pools) $ 4,000,000

Improvements to 18 Lakes and Dams $ 6,000,000

Court Surfacing $ 2,000,000

Acquisitions $ 7,000,000

Resurfacing/Paving/Trail Repair $ 3,000,000

Boardwalks/Piers $ 1,000,000

Total $74,000,000

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