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Evanston staff outlines parks CIP priorities; council seeks clarity on Twiggs Park funding
Summary
City Engineer Laura Biggs outlined the three-lane approach in Evanston’s parks CIP — renovating long-neglected “legacy” parks, funding modernization to prevent failures in other parks, and investing in new amenities — and said staff will allocate modernization funds within the budget approved by council.
City Engineer Laura Biggs told the City of Evanston’s Administration and Public Works Committee that the parks capital improvement program (CIP) for 2025 groups projects into three categories: full renovations of “legacy” parks that have not had substantial investments since 1998; ongoing modernization funds to fix amenities in non-legacy parks to prevent future failures; and funding for new amenities to meet changing community needs.
Biggs said staff had identified 11 legacy parks and that Larimer and Independence parks have been completed and remain in final punch-list work. She said the city is starting work this year on Cartwright, Chandler, Filbrick and Fitzsimmons parks and hopes to address the remaining legacy parks…
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