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Baldwin Park approves Ana Montenegro pocket park on former industrial lot
Summary
Council unanimously approved a general plan amendment, zone change and design review to build a roughly 9,000-square-foot pocket park (Ana Montenegro Park) at Main Avenue and Joan Bridge/June Bridge; project includes a restroom, play structures, shade and security lighting and is subject to a mitigated negative declaration under CEQA.
The Baldwin Park City Council voted unanimously Oct. 15 to approve a general plan amendment, zone change and design review to convert a vacant, city-owned industrial parcel into a roughly 9,000-square-foot pocket park to be named Ana Montenegro Park.
City planner Nick Baldwin told the council the city is deficient in park acreage — about 0.3 acres per 1,000 residents compared with a county average of 3.3 acres per 1,000 — and the proposed park would add play equipment, shade structures, five large shade trees, a 500-square-foot men’s and women’s restroom building, decorative walls and an…
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