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Board reviews proposed skate-park design guidelines; members press to include roller skating and shade
Summary
Staff presented skate-park design guidelines emphasizing site selection, safety, materials and multiple park scales; several board members urged the department to reframe guidelines as 'all-wheels' parks to include roller skating, bikes and scooters and to prioritize visibility and shade.
Planning staff presented draft skate-park design guidelines that lay out site-selection criteria, material preferences, scale categories and accessibility considerations for new skate facilities across the city.
Jared White, superintendent of planning, told the board that Dallas currently has two skate parks (Lakeland Hills and Bachman) and that a national service-level calculation would indicate a larger inventory is needed; he cautioned that those…
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