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Private Ownership and Maintenance
Some jurisdictions rely in part on private homeowners associations for maintaining
selected parks or open space areas. Delegating maintenance and programming responsibilities
to local community groups could reduce the overall cost burden on the LMPRD and shift certain
costs to the residents who most directly benefit from a particular facility. However, this
approach can result in problems in terms of consistent and adequate maintenance standards
and exclusion of the general public. Where homeowners groups consistently default in their
obligations, the parks agency may end up having to reassume responsibility for maintenance.
Coordination with Other Agencies and Organizations
It should be recognized that many agencies will directly or indirectly influence
the implementation of the parks and open space master plan. Close coordination and
cooperation with these agencies will play an important role in facilitating implementation of the
plan. Most directly, the Planning Commission’s role in integrating the parks and open space
concept into the Cornerstone 2020 Comprehensive Plan will be vital. Similarly, many of the
opportunities to secure open space without the expenditure of public funds rest with the
Planning Commission and its ability to regulate new development. In addition to coordinating
with the Planning Commission, MSD, and other Louisville Metro Government departments, the
LMPRD will need to interact with state and federal agencies, nonprofit groups such as Future
Fund, Inc. and Riverfields, and the many user and community groups which not only use the
parks system, but can also play a role in its improvement and maintenance.
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Kentucky Department of Local Government, Kentucky Recreation and Park Society, Municipal and County
Recreation Services Study for Fiscal Year 1993-1994, April 1994.
American Institute for Leisure Resources, Metro Parks Management Study for the City of Louisville, Kentucky,
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Louisville and Jefferson County Planning Commission, Directions: A Handbook of Planning Involvement,
November 1990
See: Tools for the Greenbelt. Pub.: Greenbelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA 1985
Environmental Law Institute, Wetland Mitigation Banking, 1993, Appendix
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