PARKLAND IMPROVEMENT EVALUATION FACTORS

Significant Physical or Natural Feature

• Designated critical environmental area
• Significant or unique environmental area
• Designated architectural or scenic landmark
• Significant historical or cultural resource
• Waterfront recreational resource
• Significant athletic resource
• Significant resource for children

Environmental and Community Value

• Protects, enhances or restores outstanding physical or environmental characteristics, natural areas or scenic resources
• Improves habitat conditions
• Improves or protects water resources
• Reduces run off or flooding
• Provides athletic opportunities
• Provides opportunities for children

Public Resource Value

• Restores an architectural or scenic resource
• Improves visual character or buffers undesirable views
• Improves educational, cultural or recreational use 
• Improves access to aquatic or forest environments
• Improves athletic use
• Improves use by children

Urgency

• Corrects an immediate threat to an important natural or historic resource
• Corrects a threat to a recreational resource

Area of Benefit

• Neighborhood
• Village/City/Town
• Regional/County

Level of Maintenance Required

• No or low maintenance
• Some/moderate maintenance
• High Maintenance

Maintenance Responsibility

• Nassau County
• Village/City/Town
• Private
• Requires no maintenance

Population Density in Vicinity of Proposed Improvement

• High
• Moderate
• Low

Number of Parks in Proximity to Proposed Improvement

• Few
• Average
• Many

Current Use of the Park

• High
• Moderate
• Low

Supplemental Funding Sources Available

• Actual or potential Town/City/Village funds
• Actual or potential New York State funds
• Actual or potential Federal funds
• Other funding sources

Note: In the evaluation process, consideration will also be given to other factors, among which are geographic location, urgency, timing or property acquisition and timing of project implementation. A list of properties/projects will be prepared for each program category after consideration of the evaluation factors described above, consistency with County policies and the requirements of the law which created the Environmental Program, and assessment of what combination of projects best meets the goal of the program.