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Home My WebLink AboutEA 15-04; Calavera Hills Community Park; Administrative Permits (ADMIN) (2)PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPLICATION FORM FOR EARLY ASSESSMENT BY THE SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM THIS SECTION FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT USE ONLY PROJECT (EA) #; Q ^ DATE SUBMITTED: g , . {<^ PLANNER: j^gUxJ) PROJECTPROPONENT/DEPT CONTACT^ SIGNATURE: Kasia Trojano^ska, Park Planer, Parks & Recreation Department muii DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SIGNATURE: Please type your responses in the boxes provided below. The form may be expanded to accommodate as much information as you choose to provide. PROJECT NAME/TITLE: Calavera HiUs Community Park: Community Gardens, Gateway Improvements & Picldeball Courts Have you submitted any previous early assessment applications for this project with Planning staff? If so, please attach a copy of the original request and the Planning Department's response. No Is the project part of an approved CIP budget or a fliture CIP budget? If so, please provide the CIP Project #. Calavera Hills Community Park: Community Gardens - not a CIP project Gateway Improvements - CIP # 46011 Pickleball Courts - future CIP for fiscal year 2015/2016, no CIP number assigned yet List any previous and/or anticipated future Planning Commission or City Council actions (e.g., pennit approvals, activity authorizations, etc.) related to tliis project. These projects were included in the Parks & Recreation Department's Needs Assessment and Comprehensive Action Plan which was accepted by the City Council on December 17, 2013 and both are included within that document's list of "Short Term Action Items (0-3 years)". List any previously certified environmental documents (e.g., EIRs, Negative Declarations). N/A List any technical studies that have been prepared or that you anticipate will be prepared (e.g., biology, archeology, traffic, noise, etc.). Parks and Recreation Need Assessment and Comprehensive Action Plan Geotechnical Report by Ninyo & Moore Land Development Engineering Review Is the project on City property? If not, has property owner authorization or an easement been secured? Project is on the City's property Identify the project location. Include specific parcel numbers if possible. Project is located in the NE Quadrant, at the intersection of the Carlsbad Village Drive and Glasgow Dr; Gateway Improvements and Pickleball Courts project on parcel number APN 1671013500; Community Gardens on parcel number APN 1671010700 if \ Identify the project schedule. List critical and desired milestones including dates in the development review and construction process (e.g., public hearing dates, grant application submittal deadlines, public workshops, construction phasing, etc.). Schedule for the Calavera Hills Community Park Gateway Improvements is attached [Exhibit 4] Early Assessment For City Projects - Revised 1/3/11 Page 2 of4 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL - Describe the project ui as much detail as possible. Use as much space as needed. Attach additional sheets (drawings, etc.) if necessary. Be sure to identify, if applicable, estimated quantities of grading (including import/export), construction staging areas on and offsite, areas of sensitive vegetation, unique construction teclinologies, proposed facility technologies and byproducts, and any public art component. If preliminary or conceptual plans or exhibits are available, please include two sets with this transmittal. Calavera Hills Community Park Community Gardens The community garden is located at the south end of Calavera Hills Community Park in north east Carlsbad, utilizing a small passive area of lawn that previously saw little use at the park. The lawn was cleared for the new gardens that includes 26 planter beds for communal use and residents, who can lease to grow their own fruits, flowers and vegetables. Decomposed granite or wood chip pathways separate the beds, and some planter beds are handicapped-accessible. The new garden also include irrigation, composting bins, benches, and a group picnic area for gardening classes and other small gatherings. [Exhibit 1]. Calavera Hills Community Park Pickleball Courts After reviewing several of the city's parks, staff identified a feasible location for the addition of pickleball courts at Calavera Hills Community Park, Specifically, the location is an underutilized area north of the existing lighted tennis courts and community center, and south of the existing multi-use sports field. Staff worked in conjunction with a consulting landscape architecture firm to create a proposed concept plan of the area, which includes: six lighted regulation-size pickleball courts, walltways, spectator seating, and perimeter landscaping [Exhibit 2]. Calavera Hills Community Park Gateway Improvements When Calavera Hills Community Park was constructed, the future Fire Station #3 was sited adjacently, on the lot at the southwest corner of Carlsbad Village Drive and Glasgow Drive. That lot remained vacant throughout the subsequent years, and Fire Station #3 was recently re-sited to the lot on the southwest corner of Trailblazer and Wind Trail ways, adjacently to the future Robertson Ranch Community Park. With Fire Station #3 re-sited, the vacant lot became available for the creation of an entryway to Calavera Hills Community Park. Staff worked in conjunction with a consulting landscape architecture firm to create a proposed concept plan of the entryway, which includes: a looped walkway with exercise stations, a covered picnic area, enhanced seating, monuments signs, decorative lighting, passive turf, and perimeter landscaping. [Exhibit 3], The proposed projects would not change or delete any project condition, feature, facilify or amenity that is considered essential to design, quality, safety and function of the Calavera Hills Community Park. The proposed pickleball courts represent an upgrade in the recreational features provided at the park and the proposed park entry project improves upon the park's compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood by transforming an empty, vacant lot into a decorative and inviting improvement. Although the addition of the 0.52-acre site for the park gateway project would change the boundary of the 16.8-acre park (a 3.1% increase), the improvement would not add a new land use to the master park site plan. Our understanding is that per C.M.C. 21,42.140.100 c, this land addition can be approved administratively by the City Planner because it does not increase the maximum anticipated site area by more than twenty percent of what was anticipated on the master park site plan. The proposed improvements do not involve the addition of a new land use in that both of the projects are consistent with the variety of uses that would be found in an active community park. The proposed improvements will comply with the applicable development standards of the Carlsbad Municipal Code for the Open Space Zone; will not result in any significant environmental impact and/or require additional mitigation; and will not result in any health, safety or welfare impacts. There were no major issues or controversies associated with the original Calavera Hills Community Park project which would be exacerbated with the proposed projects. These projects are features that are desired by the community, they fulfil the needs identified in the department's recent Needs Assessment and Action Plan, and both projects are included in the list of "Short Term Action Items (0-3 years)". Lastly, both of these projects are in alignment with the community value of "Access to recreation and active, healthy lifestyles" and likewise, are in alignment with the department's vision "To strengthen community connectivity through world class offerings and exceptional customer service." Early Assessment For City Projects - Revised 1/3/11 Page 3 of 4 nity Paik Gateway Improvement) Duration Start Kiclc-off Meeting 1 day Survey 5 days 80% Construction Documents 8 wks Landscape Architect 8 wks Hardscape Plans Irrigation System Planting Design Shade and Site Furnishing Gvil Engineering Existing Conditions Plan Grading and Drainage Pla Erosion Control Plan/ SWI Site Electrical 8 wks Exterior Lighting Design Title 24 Compliance Load Calculation Single Line Diagrams Board Schedules Specifications and Cost Estir 80% Submittal 1 day City Review 2 wks 100% Final Plans 4 wks Construction Documents Specifications Cost Estimate _J00% Submittal l day City Review 2 wks 'Bidding and Award Phase 45 days Construction Admin Phase 6 mons RFI Responses Wed 12/10/l.Wed 12/10/1- Monl2/15/l.Frl 12/19/14 Fri 12/19/14 Thu 2/12/15 Frl 12/19/14 Thu 2/12/15 8 wks Fri 12/19/14 Thu 2/12/15 Fri 12/19/14 Thu 2/12/15 Frl 2/13/15 Fri 2/13/15 Mon 2/16/15 Fri 2/27/15 Mon 3/2/15 Fri 3/27/15 Tue 3/31/15 Tue 3/31/15 : Wed 4/1/15 Tue 4/14/15 Wed 4/15/15 Tue 6/16/15 : Tue 6/16/15 Tue 12/1/15 jmber iJanuary i February •••lircn iApril iMay June July August September .i2/7 12/1412/2n2/28_.l/4.. 1/11.1/18 1/2S 2/1 2/8 , 2/15; 2/22 3/1 , 3/8 . 3/15,3/22 . 3/29 4/5 4/12 ,4/1914/26 . 5/3 ^5/10 5/17, 5/24 5/31 6/7 6/14 6/21 6/28 7/5 7/12 7/19,7/26 .8/2 ,8/9 8/16, 8/23 ;8/30^ 9/6 9/13 October 9/20 9/27.10/4 10/11.10/1810/25 November 11/1 11/8.11/1511/2211/29 Project: Calavera Hills Parfc Projec Date: Fn 4/17/15 Task Split Milestone Summary Project Summary External Tasks External Milestone Inactive Task Inactive Milestone Inactive Summary Manual Task Duration-only Manual Summary Rollup i Manual Summary ' Slart-onfy I Finlsh-o Deadlint Prog res: Yamada and CALAVERA HILLS COMMUNITY PARK PROPOSED PICKLEBALL COURTS CONCEPT PLAN FEBRUARY 11,2015 C City of Carlsbad CARLSBAD VILLAGE no UNDSCAPE BOULDERS WITH ROUNDED-EDGES IN WARM EARTHTONE COLORS. HAND-SELECTED AND PLACED IN THE FIELD. SIZES RANGE FROM 5-FT. DIAMETER DOWN TO 2.S-FT. DIAMETER. OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT CLUSTERS FOUR COMPAa GROUPS OF COMPLEMENTARY CONDITIONING EVENTS, SET IN A FIELD OF POURED-IN-PLACE RESILIENT SURFACING. THE CLUSTERING OF EQUIPMENT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIALIZE WITH OTHERS WHILE WORKING OUT, AS COMPARED TO SOLITARY STATIONS SET ALONG THE PATH. RESILIENT SURFACING WILL BE IN A WARM EARTHTONE COLOR TO COMPLIMENT OTHER COLORS IN PROJEa. CONCRETE BANDS SURROUND THE PERIMETERS OF EACH RESILIENT SURFACING AREA THAT ARE EXPOSED TO ADJACENT TURF/LANDSCAPE (TYP). PICNIC TABLES ADA COMPLIANT PRECAST CONCRETE TABLES (4 TOTAL), INTEGRAL COLOR CONCRETE IN WARM EARTHONE COLOR, SET4-FT. APART ON ALL SIDES FOR ADEQUATE CLEARANCES. NEW BRISBANE BOX STREET TREES TO MATCH EXISITING TO THE WEST. PARK MONUMENT SIGN I SIGNIFICANT FEATURE WITH ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AND NIGHT LIGHTING. ENHANCED INTEGRAL COLOR CONCRETE PAVING 'B' IN WARM EARTHTONE COLOR, OUTSIDE BANDS IN SAME MONOLITHIC POUR BUT WITH DIFFERENT TEXTURE (TYP). ENHANCED INTEGRAL COLOR CONCRETE PAVING 'A' IN WARM EARTHTONE COLOR (TYP). o o VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ENTRY ON EAST SIDE ALLOWS CITY TO SERVICE PICNIC AREA AND SHADE STRUaURES. SECURED WITH REMOVABLE BOLLARDS. ^^^1 CONCRETE B,',.'v:3/r.-0>/; ( JRB M IN NATURAL GRAY COLOR AND 9-IN. WIDTH (TYP). TENSILE FABRIC SHADE STRUaURES IN BRIGHT COLORS OVER OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT (TYP). ACCESSIBLE PATH-OF-TRAVEL CONNECTS TO EXISTING PAVING TO THE SOUTH. 'A STREET TREES NEW STREET TREES ALON GLASGOW DR. PARK BENCH WITH ADJACENT ACCESSIBLE SPACE ON CONCRETE PAD. 10' 5' 0 10' 20' 30' QfSiAPmc SCALE I". l0'-0" Wimmer Yamada Pniinhnw CALAVERA HILLS COMMUNITY PARK NORTHEAST LOT ENHANCEMENTS CONCEPT'C 09-25-14 City of Carlsbad