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Public works director seeks Measure A funds for Green Bay School Park overhaul, Piper dugout shade and court resurfacing
Summary
Julian Skinner, Larksburg Department of Public Works director, presented three parks capital projects proposed for FY2026–27 — Green Bay School Park improvements (~$120,000), Piper Park dugout shade (~$50,000) and tennis/pickleball resurfacing (~$160,000) — funded primarily from county Measure A allocations; commissioners asked about community outreach, funding banked for other projects and next steps.
Julian Skinner, the city’s Department of Public Works director, told the Parks and Recreation Commission that staff proposes three parks capital projects for fiscal year 2026–27 and is seeking feedback to pass to the city council.
"What we're looking for to complete that work is about $120,000," Skinner said, describing the first project — a carryover overhaul at Green Bay School Park that would redo the basketball court, repair pathways and update mismatched pathway lighting. He said outreach shows residents generally want to keep the park’s informal turf but want improvements to the court, paths and lighting.
Skinner outlined two smaller projects proposed for the same cycle: shade structures for four softball dugouts at Piper Park, estimated at about $50,000 to cover new overheads and possibly stronger fence posts, and resurfacing of tennis and pickleball courts at Piper and Centennial, estimated at about $160,000 in total (roughly $120,000 for Piper and $40,000 for Centennial). He said coordinating surfacing work for both sites creates economies of scale.
The projects rely chiefly on county parks Measure A allocations. Skinner said the city currently has roughly $450,000 banked in the Measure A account, with an additional approximately $200,000 expected across the current and next fiscal years — "so we got about $650,000," he said — and proposed the three projects be funded from that balance.
Commissioners asked several follow-up questions. One asked whether local softball groups might partner to fund a scoreboard; staff encouraged outreach to user groups. Commissioners also asked how these projects map to the city’s mini parks action plan and requested an earlier workshop in the CIP timeline so the commission could review priorities before the council presentation. Skinner recommended a session earlier in the budget cycle to preview the mini parks action plan and CIP recommendations.
Skinner also said a separate community‑led Magnolia Avenue site is under early geotechnical review; if due diligence shows the site is feasible it would be added to an "unfunded projects" list appended to the CIP, he said.
No formal vote on the CIP projects occurred at the meeting; Skinner said the next steps are to refine scopes with landscape architects, return to the community with design proposals and then develop construction documents if funding is secured.
The commission requested staff return with additional detail on engineering needs and to convene a workshop on the mini parks action plan ahead of the council’s CIP review.
