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Parks board reviews 2019 master-plan task list, identifies completed items and near-term priorities
Summary
The board reviewed the 2019 parks master-plan task list, noted numerous completed items (gazebo, disc golf, paved access, dog park access) and categorized many items as ongoing maintenance, future capital projects, or not currently feasible.
At the meeting the Pacific Parks Board worked through the 2019 parks master-plan task list and the compiled public-participation notes included with the packet. Board members identified several items as complete, marked routine maintenance items, and flagged larger capital items for future budgeting or further study.
Items the board marked complete or substantially complete include the Adam’s Garden gazebo, disc golf course, paved access to the dog park, several ball-field repairs, and multiple parking-lot resurfacing and striping efforts. The board moved several items to “ongoing maintenance” status, such as resetting memorial brick pavers, annual parking-lot sealing, graffiti removal, and routine wall/handrail repair.
Board members discussed items that remain long-term or infeasible in the near term: a community center and additional full-size ball fields require new property or significant funds and were not prioritized, an amphitheater was judged impractical for City Park, and a permanent year-round recreation center was noted as cost-prohibitive at present. The proposed amphitheater from older plans was considered “not doable” at City Park now. The skate-park project was noted as an ongoing committee effort with grant timelines; the skatepark committee continues design and contractor selection work with a grant completion deadline in 2026.
Other discussed topics included interpretive signage for the sandstone bluff and Route 66 history, restoring or improving the Hawthorne pond water feature, potential reuse of an observation telescope reportedly in city storage, and whether fishing at some ponds should be allowed (the board discussed past catch-and-release derbies at Hawthorne Pond and the need for signage about consumption risk because some ponds are runoff features).
The board asked staff and committee leads to mark items that are complete, keep a list of in-process tasks for budgeting, and remove items that are no longer feasible. No formal vote beyond the review was taken; the discussion will feed the parks budget and planning process for the coming fiscal year.
