Occupants / users of public park

I hate to follow a question with a question, but my first thought is how many FTEs are you assuming for your project? Based on MPR 5, (http://www.usgbc.org/node/1731546?return=/credits/new-construction/v2009/minimum-program-requirements) the project must have a minimum of 1 FTE calculated as an annual average. Are there staff at the park on a regular basis?

If the park is open to the general public, in addition the other project FTE's, then standard practice is to write a narrative explaining what you expect the usage to be...it will just be a guess, but as long as your numbers are well reasoned, it should be accepted. You could take into consideration factors such as population density of the surrounding community, proximity of schools, is the park likely to be in the travel path of people going shopping, are there factors that would draw people to the park in it's own right etc. consideration.

If the park is open to the general public, in addition the other project FTE's, then standard practice is to write a narrative explaining what you expect the usage to be...it will just be a guess, but as long as your numbers are well reasoned, it should be accepted. You could take into consideration factors such as population density of the surrounding community, proximity of schools, is the park likely to be in the travel path of people going shopping, are there factors that would draw people to the park in it's own right etc. consideration. I would increase your "transient" number, by what ever you estimate the number of park visitors to be, assuming of course the park pavilion fixture flow rates are the same as the rest of the project.