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Santa Ana staff detail park maintenance, Sandpoint playground opening and three capital projects
Summary
City park and public-works staff told the Youth Commission they maintain about 370 acres of parks, announced the Sandpoint (Kaboom) playground is open, and outlined three capital projects: a new park at 10th & Flower, Cypress Fire Station restoration and Santiago Park Phase 2 (ribbon cutting next month).
City parks and public-works staff updated the Santa Ana Youth Commission on routine maintenance and capital projects during the Nov. 17 meeting, noting recent site work and an open playground at Sandpoint Park.
Parks Services Superintendent Jorge Acevedo said the city maintains roughly 370 acres of parkland and described day-to-day work such as hedge trimming, mowing, fertilizing and irrigation repairs. "Parks makes life better," Acevedo said, summarizing the department's stewardship priorities.
Acevedo highlighted the Sandpoint Playground built in partnership with Kaboom and other funders, saying the play space "is officially open" and includes new hardscape, ADA swings and rubberized surfacing with irrigation retrofits to improve accessibility. He also described a multi-week effort to rehabilitate the Lily Keane field: because the southern part of the city sits near the water table, crews imported soil to raise the field surface about 2–3 feet in places and re-excavated for new irrigation.
Public Works Senior Civil Engineer Robert Aguirre outlined three capital improvement projects. The 10th & Flower site is in the design and bid-advertisement phase and will combine several vacant lots into a park with a basketball court, playground, fitness equipment, a skate area and landscaping. Work began this week on the Cypress Fire Station Restoration Project to renovate a long-decommissioned building into a community-center-style facility with restored architectural features and interior program space, Aguirre said. He added that Santiago Park Phase 2 construction is complete and a ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for next month.
The presentations concluded without formal actions; the commission received the reports and moved on to planning items.
