Management Capacity, Consistency, and Clear Responsibility: Subthemes and Illustrative Quotes
| A design must be calibrated to maintenance capacity | when you do any project in the public realm, find out what the level of maintenance capability is, and that has to be part of your design. |
| “How will they be maintained?” is a question they always ask. We ask that question of our clients as well. If it can’t be well‐maintained, we can’t put it at the front door. | |
| Maintenance must be consistent for long‐term success | So much of a site’s success is dependent upon the maintenance that’s done over the time after the shine has worn off, so to speak. And if it’s not maintained and kept in good functioning condition, it can deteriorate just due to time. |
| It just needs to be routine maintenance. It would be less of a job if they did it more often, right? If they clean this out once and for all and started fresh. | |
| Maintenance responsibilities must be clear for long‐term success | Now, in terms of what doesn’t work it’s more on the management side: There really needed to be a better agreement between watershed management and parks as to the management of this. |