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Board directs staff to preserve community green space while preparing RFPs for two vacant sites
Summary
Trustees endorsed staff recommendations to retain a 1.7-acre pocket park at Pleasant View and require minimum community-use green space and parking as part of forthcoming RFPs for Pleasant View and Sunview; board consensus included guaranteeing at least two soccer fields as a baseline at Sunview.
The Ocean View School District board on Jan. 27 reviewed staff recommendations for development-ready requests for proposals (RFPs) on two district-owned vacant sites and gave direction to preserve community recreational space.
Assistant Superintendent and Chief Business Official Keith Farrow outlined the district’s due‑diligence timeline and recommended community requirements to include: retaining a 1.7‑acre district pocket park at Pleasant View, requiring at least 2 acres of additional green space for youth sports/community use with 30 parking spaces (Pleasant View), and at Sunview requiring at least 2 acres of green space connected to the adjacent city park plus at least 50 parking spaces. Farrow told the board these figures would serve as a floor written into the RFP so developers know minimum expectations.
Trustees discussed athletic use, maintenance and neighborhood parking constraints. Several trustees asked staff to consult AYSO (youth soccer) about field sizing and to consider whether specifying a minimum number of full-size youth soccer fields (trustees expressed support for two full-size fields at a minimum) would be clearer than an acreage requirement. Trustee comments emphasized prioritizing youth use and protecting green space from being redeveloped entirely for housing. The board indicated consensus to proceed with staff’s recommended baseline while allowing staff to refine field-sizing and parking details during final RFP drafting.
Farrow said due diligence will continue (environmental and engineering work) and that RFP issuance requires a 90‑day proposal window; staff aim to return with proposals and recommendations before the end of the school year. He also reported that consultants (Proactive Engineering, TerraPhase, Oxbridge Development) and city planning departments are already engaged to align what is allowable and to make proposals market-ready.
Next steps: staff will finalize community‑space requirements and RFP language, consult AYSO and city staff about field configuration and constraints, complete property assessments, and issue RFPs under the timeline discussed.
