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Measure G funds renovation, playgrounds and park improvements across Napa City
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The Measure G Oversight Committee heard that Las Flores Community Center is under construction and multiple park upgrades (shade structures, playgrounds, pathways and restroom replacements) are moving from design into construction, funded by Measure G allocations.
The Measure G Citizen Oversight Committee on Monday heard that a slate of park upgrades funded by the city's Measure G transaction-and-use tax is moving from design into construction.
Brianna Brandt, the city's parks and recreation director, told the committee the Las Flores Community Center's long-planned renovation is now under construction. "It's been about 32 years since this building was built, and it has not been touched since," Brandt said, adding the work will modernize the gym, hallways, restrooms, kitchenette and classrooms and include exterior accessibility upgrades. Staff are aiming to reopen the center to the community by 2027.
Brandt described a series of related park investments: a $500,000 shade-structure program prioritized from community feedback, a $1.2 million Phase 2 playground and amenity package (Esther Deaver, Monarch and Solomon parks) awaiting council contract award in March, and a $300,000 Laurel Park project that relocated usable equipment from Fuller Park and will complete path and courts work this year.
Other projects include about $600,000 for Lake Park pathway and clustered outdoor fitness equipment, roughly $400,000 planned for Klamath Park rehabilitation with new picnic areas and tree planting, and a $250,000 landscaping initiative using five on-call landscape architecture firms to scope medians and planter-strip projects.
Brandt said a three-site park-restroom program has $500,000 for planning and construction funding expected next fiscal year to replace aging or portable restrooms at Fuller Park, Century Oaks and Westwood Hills. The city also allocated $500,000 to study potential splash-pad sites and $240,000 to expand recreation programs; Brandt noted 487 participants have taken part in mini sports programs so far this fiscal year.
The presentation reflected staff's effort to prioritize projects that have been long-standing community requests, Brandt said, and the committee discussed timelines and next steps. Several committee members praised the clarity of the presentation and asked for links to underlying project ledgers and a footnote clarifying the time frame for reported revenue figures.
The committee approved the oversight committee's inaugural annual report for public distribution with minor typographical edits; staff said the public-facing report will point readers to online project details for more technical accounting.
The oversight committee also noted a Measure G open house scheduled at the Harvest site on April 20.
