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Council hears multi‑phase Clark Park plan emphasizing stormwater fixes
Summary
Staff outlined a three‑phase Clark Park plan: near‑term stormwater infrastructure to stop erosive drainage, a playground concept‑design phase with 3D renderings, and landscape‑architect‑led athletic‑field design; a staff estimate of $1.25 million in 2024 dollars likely understates total costs.
Assistant City Manager Mac Cortell presented a three‑phase plan for Clark Park that prioritizes an immediate stormwater infrastructure project, followed by concept design for a new playground and later designs for athletic fields.
Cortell told the council that his investigation found "about 85% of Bolander Field and about 70% of Clark Park is all draining to that one point," and that staff have a verbal agreement with the Buckaroo organization to grant a stormwater easement allowing the city to run a pipe to the north‑side creek. He said the city will work with its engineer of record, Dyer Partnership, on design and hopes to begin construction after Celebrate Molalla to avoid disrupting summer events. Cortell cautioned that the parks master‑plan estimate of $1.25 million (2024 dollars) was an early, uncertain figure and that the full three‑phase program would likely exceed that amount once scope is defined and public engagement is complete.
