Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
City seeks community input on hardscaping Civic Park’s center plaza; tight timeline for Winter Wonderland
Summary
City staff asked council for direction to pursue community engagement and feasibility on converting the 4,000‑square‑foot lawn at Civic Park to hardscape (pavers, stamped concrete or lithocrete). Staff said a compressed schedule is needed to implement work before the ice rink foundation is built in November.
City staff told the City Council on Sept. 16 that converting the center rectangle at Civic Park — an iconic 4,000‑square‑foot lawn framed by walkways in front of the Civic Auditorium — to a hardscaped plaza would reduce annual damage from heavy event use and could cut recurring resodding costs (staff estimated roughly $67,000 a year to resod the site after Winter Wonderland). The council asked staff to run an expedited public‑engagement effort on design options.
Director of Engineering Frank Zenteno and Communications Manager Brian Johnson outlined three tiers of hardscape…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
