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Tiburon advances designs for wetlands-to-park project and three neighborhood parks
Summary
In a joint session with the Parks & Open Space Commission, the council authorized final design work for the Richardson Bay sanitation-pond site and directed further design work on three neighborhood parks (Belvon mini park, Cypress Hollow and Belair/Bair). The Richardson Bay concept — basketball, sand volleyball, picnic and lawn areas, and bike-path options — drew strong public support and debate over how to reroute cyclists.
The Tiburon Town Council and the Parks & Open Space Commission voted on March 4 to move several park concepts from preliminary design to final design and environmental clearance.
The largest proposal — the former Richardson Bay sanitation-pond site — envisions a waterfront park with a basketball court, one or two sand-volleyball courts, terrace seating, a picnic/shade pavilion, a ball wall and reconfigured bike circulation. Consultant RHAA presented community feedback and two bike-route alternatives to keep high-speed bicycle traffic off single pedestrian walkways: regrade and widen an upper path or pave an existing lower waterfront path. RHAA’s outreach found strong support for active amenities; the consultant offered a high-level construction estimate of roughly $1.43 million for the complete scheme, while noting alternates to…
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