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Commission delays South Park Drive decision after public outcry; asks staff for parking alternatives and cost/impact data
Summary
The Park and Playground Commission voted to postpone a decision on South Park Drive redesign, directing staff to return with parking counts, cost estimates, emergency-access analysis and a variant of the staff-preferred option that reduces visual and neighborhood impacts.
The Park and Playground Commission postponed action on a proposed redesign of South Park Drive, instructing staff to return with additional analysis of parking alternatives after extensive public comment and a split vote on a staff-recommended option.
Public Works engineering staff presented two design alternatives: Option 1 would widen portions of South Park Drive to add a separated bi‑directional multi‑use path while retaining vehicular access and formalizing parking (the staff presentation estimated a net gain of parking spaces in the plan’s current form). Option 2 would fully close South Park Drive to vehicles and rely on new or reconfigured parking access points from Woodland Avenue and at Sycamore Field. Staff stressed that Option 2 was added at the direction of the city council to explore a full-closure scenario; staff also said council-directed funds exist to support the project and that construction sequencing is linked to Peterson Memorial Drive rehabilitation.
Numerous Woodland Avenue and nearby residents told…
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