A Reston Association spokeswoman says a proposed $15.8 million recreation improvement package is just at the idea stage right now.

The packed of improvements was suggested at a February meeting by Parks and Planning Commission members. The group has put together a sort of "wish list" of improvements and facilities, which got the attention this week of Reston2020, an advocacy group.

On the list of potential projects: The widely discussed $3.8 million indoor tennis facility, $7 million for a 50-meter indoor pool (in conjunction with Reston Community Center, which operates the current indoor pool and has identified the pool project as one of their needs), $1 million to improve existing pools, and money for improvements to paths, public art installations, playgrounds, and ballfields.

"The idea of a recreation funding package is just that, an idea," says RA spokeswoman Amelia Townsend. "It is something that both the Parks and Planning and the Tennis Advisory Committees have discussed as a possible way to provide funding for capital improvements that have been discussed for some time in the community, but have not been funded. "

Like any wish list, there may be a gap with what actually happens (did Santa always bring YOU a pony?). The suggestion will be discussed at the May 26 RA meeting.

Any item or any list for consideration would go through a vetting process with the RA Board  the community, and would need approval from the board, and, depending on the costs,  a referendum of the membership, said Townsend.

The last costly recreation idea, the $65 million indoor tennis facility at Brown's Chapel Park,  unraveled in 2009 because of cost and size. Meanwhile, RA is still discussing the pros and cons of putting the idea for the $3.8 million indoor tennis facility at Lake Newport to a referendum later this year.