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Council directs staff to negotiate purchase of Dash Park expansion after presentation on splash pad design
Summary
After a presentation on a proposed Dash Park expansion that includes a splash pad and shelter, the council unanimously directed staff to negotiate purchase of the expansion area for $300,000 and to pursue a developer agreement tying construction and dedication to city ownership.
The Onalaska Common Council on July 8 directed staff to negotiate the city’s acquisition of the Dash Park expansion area for $300,000, with the parcel and public improvements to be developed by the property owner and transferred to the city when completed.
SmithGroup landscape architect Nathan Hilmer presented design plans for the expansion — showing a covered picnic shelter, restrooms, an accessible path, lawn space and a roughly 2,200-square-foot splash-pad/fountain area with interactive jets and “leaper” streams. Hilmer and city staff described the design intent, choices for surfaces and furnishings, water-usage choreography (push-button runs of roughly 90 seconds), vehicle-rated removable bollards for the alley, and…
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