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CED-79-98 1 (1979-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazjq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION IIIIIII I I I II II l B-148736 LM09668 The Honorable Cecil D. Andrus The Secretary of the Interior 109668 Dear Mr. Secretary: We have completed ourfGeview of the National Park Service's urban national rec7eation area program 7 We directed our review primarily toward -the first t-nree areas to be designated by the Congress. These are Golden Gate-i-i near San Francisco, California; Gateway -in the harb~r-_ea of New York City, New York; and Cuyahoga Valley, near Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. We made the review to assess 41Q whether the program was meeting its objectives of providing recreational needs of urban populations and protecting and preserving significant natural and scenic settings near large cities. In summary, the three areas we reviewed were providing recreation for many urban residents. Also, the natural and scenic settings of the areas were being protected and pre- served. However, low-income, inner-city residents were not using the areas very often, and Federal costs could increase considerably if all the lands within the recreation areas that are now owned and protected by State and local govern- ments were to be donated to the Secretary. These matters are discussed in more detail in the following sections. At each of the three areas, we examined the recreation and preservation efforts and goals. At the Park Service's Washington, D.C., headquarters and its North Atlantic and Western regional offices, we evaluated the Service's plans, policies, procedures, and practices relating to urban national recreation areas. We also reviewed various data and studies; interviewed State and city recreation officials and representatives of community groups about the recreation needs of five inner-city neighborhoods in San Francisco, Oakland, and New York City; and obtained information from Interior's Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Army Corps of Engineers. We discussed this report with National Park Service officials, who generally agreed with the matters included herein. CED-79-98 (148570)

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