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Council backs park design direction, asks for Murphy Park details and to keep gazebo optional
Summary
Design team presented three Murphy Park concepts tied to the downtown civic campus; council favored a plan with expanded green space and asked staff to preserve historical elements, consider removing some street parking, and return with detailed cost/schedule.
Design staff presented three concept layers for Murphy Park on June 24 as part of the downtown campus reinvestment project and asked the Glendale City Council for a design consensus to move into detailed design.
Don Bessler, director of engineering, introduced the project team and reminded the council that the park and the new civic campus elements are interdependent. Designer Michael Jacobs and landscape architect Nathaniel Kirby walked the council through the site analysis, public outreach in 2023 and 2024, and three options staff labeled Baseline (A), Baseline Plus (B) and Baseline Plus Plus (C).
Key issues identified in the site analysis included non‑ADA compliant brick paving with trip hazards, multiple mismatched light fixtures, a mix of benches (some historic or community-painted), donor plaques embedded in hardscape, and a mix of trees with some in poor…
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