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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-15; Parks & Recreation Commission; 1007-5; Skatepark Subcommittee ReportPARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION - AGENDA BILL AB#1007-5 MTG. DATE: | 10/15/07 STAFF: | STEYAERT SKATEPARK SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT INFO ACTION RECOMMENDED ACTION : Receive staff report and Skate Park Subcommittee comments and make a recommendation to the City Council as to if there is an appropriate site for a Skate Park facility. ITEM EXPLANATION: On July 17, 2007, staff presented a proposal to the City Council from the Parks and Recreation Commission to expand the existing Skate Park at the Safety Center. Several questions came out of that meeting and the Council directed staff to 1) work on further exploring the costs involved with the proposed expansion and 2) work with the Parks and Recreation Commission to evaluate potential sites for an alternative skate park. The alternative would replace the existing facility should it become displaced as a result of current design efforts to locate needed City uses at the Safety Center (Fire and Police Training and Public Works). Concerning number 1 above, staff recently received additional information supplied by Commissioner Cooper for costs given to him by a contractor to expand the Skate Park at the Safety Center. Staff will be evaluating in detail these costs and will report back to the City Council. Related to the issue of appropriateness of sites, staff has been working with the Skate Park Subcommittee (Craig, Cooper, and Hubbard). Staff met with the subcommittee and reviewed several potential sites and included them on a rating sheet (Exhibit 1). From this list, the subcommittee chose six sites to consider, all in the northwest quadrant of the City: 1. Zone 5 Park (future expansion area) 2. Veteran's Memorial Park (future) 3. Cannon Lake Park (future) 4. Pine Park along Madison Street (future expansion area) 5. Hosp Grove Park on the corner of Marron and Monroe (future expansion area) 6. Abandoned Reservoir on Buena Vista Way The subcommittee, Recreation staff, and two Planning Department staff members then conducted a site tour of the six sites. The subcommittee has recommended the Reservoir site as the first choice and Hosp Grove as the second choice. EXHIBITS: 1. Rating sheet 2. Skate Park short-list site options c(N 06 EXHIBIT I it5ft % *I co (0 T3re rea. Q)0) 4 rea. jre o <D I 30) 0) 10a 2 re •ocre o TJ _re £ O)if a> re reO •Z-to tn re EXHIBIT 2