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Hollydale park grand opening set; residents push splash pad funding and students seek trip support
Summary
Hollydale Community Park will open publicly Jan. 30 at 4 p.m.; meanwhile the city’s Leland R. Weaver Library is closed for renovation and Hollydale Library is providing expanded services.
Hollydale Community Park will have a public grand opening at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, the city’s parks director told the council. The park’s address is 12221 Industrial Avenue, and staff said door-hanger notifications and social-media notices have been distributed to nearby residents.
Library staff announced that the Leland R. Weaver Library is closed for renovation and should reopen in the fall. In the meantime, Hollydale (Holly Dale) Library is adding programs and has expanded hours; staff said they will provide flyers and website content for the city to post.
Public commenters also pressed two parks-related items: a resident asked the council to add a proposed splash pad at Southgate Park to the next council agenda and to pursue Measure A, competitive grants and CDBG funding. Chingus Dominguez said Measure A allocation and competitive grants can pay for construction and planning; he asked the council at a minimum to fund plans and design (he cited a figure of $135,000 for plans/designs for a roughly 3,000-square-foot splash pad). He urged the council to place a splash-pad planning request on the FY24–25 capital improvement list and to seek grant funding in spring 2025.
Separately, Roger Soddy, a Southeast High School coach, said he is organizing a 16-player volleyball trip to Oahu over spring break and sought city support or donations; he estimated average cost per player at about $2,000. Parent Marisol Catintero said students had raised $255 through recycling and other fundraisers and continued to solicit donations; fund-raising deadlines were described as early March.
Why it matters: parks, open-space funding and library access are visible, immediate services for families and children. Residents asked the council to move a splash-pad planning item forward and to consider a mix of grant and local funding.
Ending: staff said they will forward splash-pad materials to the appropriate city contacts, post library program flyers, and work with parks staff and volunteer groups to support youth fund-raising and outreach.
