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Parks staff detail Plaza Veracruz overhaul, Shoreline improvements and golf-course paving; state funding pledged for Ambassador Park
Summary
Staff updated the commission on capital projects, including Plaza Veracruz building upgrades, Shoreline Park accessibility and restroom work, a $1.3 million paving project at the municipal golf course, and preliminary design funding for Ambassador Park with about $750,000 committed toward construction.
Department staff presented a broad capital-projects and programs update to the Parks and Recreation Commission on Wednesday, highlighting recent and upcoming work across city parks.
Kevin Strasburg summarized facility upgrades completed or underway: the Plaza Veracruz community building is being retrofitted with new mechanical and electrical systems and an accessible kitchen and restrooms; parking-lot and path work was completed at Alameda and La Mesa parks; and Shoreline Park received new accessible routes from parking to park walkways as well as reworked upper and lower parking-lot connections and a new accessible picnic area. Strasburg said restroom remodels included barrier removal and interior reconfiguration to improve ADA access.
Tina Nelson reported on golf-course infrastructure, saying the department completed a major paving project for the maintenance road and yard — “a $1,300,000 paving project” — and that work was more than 90% complete. Nelson noted improved drainage and new shade structures for equipment storage. She also said the Park Foundation, acting as fiscal agent, secured a $25,000 donation from the Alphate Foundation for a solar-powered monument clock installed at the golf course.
Staff also discussed Ambassador Park (formerly part of a multi-year concept and redesign effort), which the department is advancing with preliminary design funding from the State Coastal Conservancy. “They’re also committed to funding construction documents… and about $750,000 towards construction,” staff said. The commission will receive a concept-design update in October as the project moves toward planning review.
Commissioners asked about renewable energy at park facilities, accessible beach paths and the timeline for a potential kiddie-pool project; staff said they will prioritize accessibility in future capital plans and noted the department has secured more than $3 million in community development block grant (CDBG) funding across recent projects.
The report covered routine but material infrastructure work staff described as essential maintenance and accessibility improvements; commissioners thanked staff and asked that progress continue to be reported at future meetings.
