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Plan Commission adopts Quarry Park master plan, approves preferred concept
Summary
On Oct. 21 the City of Oshkosh Plan Commission unanimously adopted findings and recommended the preferred Quarry Park master plan, a conceptual design that emphasizes naturalized plantings, a central gathering area with surface-mounted musical play equipment, and limited infrastructure because of a closed landfill on site.
The City of Oshkosh Plan Commission voted 8-0 on Oct. 21 to adopt the findings and recommend the preferred Quarry Park master plan, a conceptual guide for long-term development of the neighborhood site.
The plan, developed with the city’s Parks Department and landscape consultant Rettler Corporation, calls for a simplified loop trail, a central gravel gathering circle with stone seating, naturalized prairie plantings with shallow-root species, and surface-mounted musical play equipment. Park staff and the consultant emphasized that the site contains a closed landfill, limiting subsurface work: the plan avoids foundations and deep-rooted plantings in the landfill area and identifies existing monitoring wells and vent pipes that will need coordination with consultants and the Department of Natural Resources for any changes.
Ray Mower, Oshkosh park director, introduced the project and turned the presentation to John Kinnear,…
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