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Commission discusses skate-park replacement, sports complex amphitheater and potential community theater
Summary
Commissioners discussed replacing the skate park, potential location and an amphitheater component of a proposed youth sports complex at Sunset Park; a commissioner also described a local proposal to grow a community theater project tied to the Sage Center and rec-center activities.
Commissioners and staff discussed park- and recreation-related amenities, including a skate-park replacement and a future sports complex at Sunset Park that could include an amphitheater as an early, earthwork-focused component. "That amphitheater... could facilitate a lot of different things," staff (Staff member (speaker 3)) said, noting an amphitheater may come sooner than a permanent theater building because it involves moving earth rather than constructing a full building.
A participant (Committee member (speaker 6)) described a local community-theater effort and said a small amphitheater or later theater building near the Sage Center and rec center would make sense because of parking and complementary programming. Commissioners flagged park master-plan work and sports-complex discussions as inputs for the Main Street interchange and broader parks planning.
