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Parks staff discuss preliminary talks with packaging company near White River Park
Summary
Parks staff described early discussions with a nearby packaging business seeking site access that could affect trail corridors and park access; staff said any land use would require quid pro quo and further review.
Parks staff briefed the advisory board on preliminary conversations with a business north of White River Park that is seeking to expand and needs a paved access drive across park property for large equipment deliveries.
A parks presenter said the business, described as a packaging and printing operation, has heavy presses that require delivery access and that the company’s proposed loading-dock access would mostly be on private property but would use a short access drive that crosses park land. The staff presenter said the access drive would be about 20 feet wide and paved, and that providing access during the company’s construction could also create a future trail corridor or trailhead, offering a potential partnership benefit to the park.
“We actually did talk about that. They they will seem to think that that was okay...We talked about, you know, we we talked about this being a park spiced and did they have any issues with that and they did. You know, their their employees would probably come out and have lunch...So that that is a possibility,” the parks presenter said.
Staff said the company’s work could also improve park access for invasive-plant removal and grant-related restoration work, but emphasized the talks are preliminary. The board heard that any arrangement would require a quid pro quo in exchange for use of park property and that staff will return with more detailed proposals and legal and land-use analysis if discussions proceed.
