Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
Beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019
Last updated:
4/11/18
Parks and Recreation Department
The mission of the Parks and Recreation Department is to maintain clean, green, safe, accessible and well-programmed park land for the City's residents.
Christopher Cook, Commissioner
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Boston’s parks and open spaces provide environmental, recreational, social and economic benefits to the City’s residents and visitors. The City will make a robust investment in urban signature parks projects reflecting the Walsh Administration’s priority focus in this area. Many of these investments tackle environmental justice issues and have the ability to stabilize neighborhoods. Ongoing capital investment in parks, playgrounds, and other recreational areas utilized by the City’s visitors, youth and families, help to protect and enrich a park system that is among the nation’s best.
FY19 Major Initiatives
- Construction will begin at Noyes Playground in East Boston, Reservation Road Park in Hyde Park, Garvey Playground in Dorchester, and McConnell Playground in Dorchester.
- Construction will also begin at the Paul Revere Mall. This project will improve accessibility, repair the fountain, restore the plaques, planters, brick walls and paving, and will improve drainage.
- The Franklin Park Pathways Improvement project which will improve park access and expand recreation for park users will be completed this year.
- Funding for Phase 2 improvements at Harambee Park and Smith Playground are added in this year’s capital plan.
- Begin construction of the 45 acre Harambee Park with field renovations, pedestrian pathways and envirnonmental improvements.
- The pathways around Jamaica Pond will be repaved this year.
- Construction will be completed this fall at the new Martin Richard Park in South Boston.
- Begin construction of major park renovation projects at Smith Playground in Allston.
- Begin design for projects at Ryan Playground in Charlestown, Mary Hannon Playground in Roxbury, and Reservation Road Park in Hyde Park.
Parks and Recreation Department - Active Projects
| Category | Project | Location | Status | FY19 Projected | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Space | Amatucci Playground | Hyde Park | New Project | 60,000 | 500,000 |
| Open Space | Back Bay Fens Westland Avenue Entrance | Fenway/Kenmore | In Design | 700,000 | 1,069,985 |
| Open Space | Beauford Playground | Roxbury | New Project | 50,000 | 450,000 |
| Open Space | Boston Common Master Plan | Beacon Hill | New Project | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| Open Space | Boston Common Tadpole Play Lot | Beacon Hill | In Design | 0 | 150,000 |
| Open Space | Boston Common Utility Study | Beacon Hill | In Design | 7,100 | 100,000 |
| Open Space | Bussey Brook Wall | Jamaica Plain | In Design | 500,000 | 600,000 |
| Open Space | Cassidy Field | Allston/Brighton | In Design | 1,000,000 | 4,415,000 |
| Open Space | Cassidy Field House | Allston/Brighton | In Design | 1,500,000 | 2,752,000 |
| Open Space | Christopher Columbus Park | North End | In Design | 200,000 | 260,000 |
| Open Space | Court Renovations | Citywide | Annual Program | 750,000 | 8,767,444 |
| Open Space | Dewitt Playground | Roxbury | In Design | 150,000 | 1,780,000 |
| Open Space | Doherty-Gibson Playground | Dorchester | To Be Scheduled | 100,000 | 1,120,000 |
| Open Space | Dorchester Park | Dorchester | New Project | 60,000 | 500,000 |
| Open Space | Downer Avenue Park | Dorchester | In Design | 600,000 | 1,150,000 |
| Open Space | Dudley Town Common | Roxbury | To Be Scheduled | 0 | 972,000 |
| Open Space | Edwards Playground | Charlestown | In Design | 500,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Open Space | Field Lights at Various Parks | Various neighborhoods | New Project | 350,000 | 2,700,000 |
| Open Space | Flaherty Park | South Boston | In Design | 250,000 | 715,000 |
| Open Space | Franklin Park Master Plan | Various neighborhoods | New Project | 100,000 | 800,000 |
| Open Space | Franklin Park Master Plan Update | Roxbury | Study Underway | 15,000 | 75,000 |
| Open Space | Franklin Park Pathway Improvements | Various neighborhoods | In Construction | 2,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Open Space | Frog Pond | Beacon Hill | In Design | 100,800 | 150,000 |
| Open Space | Frog Pond Master Plan Study | Beacon Hill | In Design | 75,000 | 150,000 |
| Open Space | Garvey Playground | Dorchester | In Design | 861,544 | 5,000,000 |
| Open Space | General Parks Improvements | Citywide | Annual Program | 750,000 | 5,941,515 |
| Open Space | George Wright Clubhouse Phase 2 | Hyde Park | In Design | 1,250,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Open Space | George Wright Clubhouse Study | Hyde Park | Study Underway | 70,000 | 120,000 |
| Open Space | George Wright Golf Course | Hyde Park | Annual Program | 200,000 | 2,931,698 |
| Open Space | Green Infrastructure Plan | Citywide | In Design | 33,567 | 100,000 |
| Open Space | Harambee Park Master Plan Implementation | Dorchester | In Construction | 1,750,000 | 2,700,000 |
| Open Space | Harambee Park Phase 2 | Dorchester | New Project | 300,000 | 3,500,000 |
| Open Space | Historic Cemeteries | Citywide | Annual Program | 140,000 | 2,384,117 |
| Open Space | Hobart Playground | Allston/Brighton | New Project | 15,000 | 150,000 |
| Open Space | Holborn Street Playground | Roxbury | New Project | 50,000 | 400,000 |
| Open Space | Jamaica Pond Dock Rehabilitation | Jamaica Plain | In Design | 0 | 210,000 |
| Open Space | Jamaica Pond Pathways and Perimeter Improvements | Jamaica Plain | In Design | 3,650,000 | 4,770,000 |
| Open Space | Justice Gourdin Veterans' Memorial Park | Roxbury | In Design | 200,000 | 930,000 |
| Open Space | Kelleher Rose Garden | Fenway/Kenmore | In Construction | 20,000 | 250,000 |
| Open Space | Lambert Avenue Playground | Roxbury | New Project | 60,000 | 500,000 |
| Open Space | Langone Park and Puopolo Playground | North End | In Design | 750,000 | 6,160,000 |
| Open Space | Liberty Tree Plaza | Chinatown | In Construction | 42,259 | 1,187,086 |
| Open Space | Martin's Park | South Boston | In Construction | 0 | 7,000,000 |
| Open Space | Mary Hannon Playground Phase II | Roxbury | In Design | 653,000 | 896,000 |
| Open Space | McConnell Playground | Dorchester | In Design | 1,261,700 | 3,790,000 |
| Open Space | Moakley Park Master Plan | South Boston | In Design | 90,000 | 180,000 |
| Open Space | Mt. Hope Street Parcel | Roslindale | In Construction | 10,000 | 60,000 |
| Open Space | Muddy River | Fenway/Kenmore | In Design | 610,000 | 89,305,642 |
| Open Space | Noyes Park | East Boston | In Design | 2,110,000 | 4,770,000 |
| Open Space | Odom Serenity Garden | Dorchester | In Design | 0 | 550,000 |
| Open Space | Olmsted Park Landscape Restoration | Jamaica Plain | In Design | 16,660 | 679,000 |
| Open Space | Orton Field | South Boston | New Project | 50,000 | 510,000 |
| Open Space | Parcel Priority Plan | Citywide | To Be Scheduled | 45,000 | 90,000 |
| Open Space | Park Planning Studies | Citywide | Annual Program | 50,000 | 332,383 |
| Open Space | Parkman Playground | Roslindale | In Design | 750,000 | 1,740,000 |
| Open Space | Paul Revere Mall | North End | In Design | 500,000 | 2,931,476 |
| Open Space | Peter's Park | South End | In Design | 0 | 370,000 |
| Open Space | Public Garden Lagoon | Beacon Hill | In Design | 100,000 | 1,085,428 |
| Open Space | Ramsay Park | South End | In Construction | 1,500,000 | 2,395,500 |
| Open Space | Reservation Road Park | Hyde Park | In Design | 1,200,000 | 4,630,000 |
| Open Space | Ringer Park Master Plan | Allston/Brighton | New Project | 0 | 75,000 |
| Open Space | Robert G. Shaw/Fifty-Fourth Regiment Memorial | Beacon Hill | New Project | 500,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Open Space | Ross Playground | Hyde Park | In Construction | 24,600 | 1,220,000 |
| Open Space | Sherrin Woods Urban Wild | Hyde Park | In Construction | 500,000 | 600,000 |
| Open Space | Smith Playground | Allston/Brighton | In Construction | 2,200,000 | 6,285,000 |
| Open Space | Smith Playground Phase 2 | Allston/Brighton | New Project | 100,000 | 2,480,000 |
| Open Space | South End Library Park | South End | In Design | 0 | 225,000 |
| Open Space | Stonehill Playground | Hyde Park | New Project | 60,000 | 500,000 |
| Open Space | Street Tree Planting | Citywide | Annual Program | 700,000 | 8,397,943 |
| Open Space | Thetford Evans Playground | Dorchester | New Project | 60,000 | 500,000 |
| Open Space | Titus Sparrow Park | South End | To Be Scheduled | 0 | 1,980,000 |
| Open Space | Urban Wilds Renovations | Citywide | Annual Program | 352,000 | 3,562,589 |
| Open Space | Walker Playground | Mattapan | New Project | 60,000 | 600,000 |
| Open Space | William Devine Clubhouse Roof Replacement | Roxbury | To Be Scheduled | 1,529,362 | 1,679,362 |
| Open Space | William Devine Golf Course | Roxbury | Annual Program | 200,000 | 2,960,065 |
| Department total | 34,542,592 | 230,091,233 |