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Commissioners press staff for clearer outreach on 28th & B Skate Park renovation and survey
Summary
Staff said the wood ramps at 28th & B are unsafe and will be replaced with concrete in a phased Measure L project (first-phase funding ~ $750,000); commissioners criticized the live survey’s question design and asked for better outreach to users before removing wood features.
Jason Wiseman, park planning and development manager, told the commission the existing wood ramps at the 28th & B Skate Park were built for a one-time event nearly 20 years ago and have deteriorated into safety issues. "We cannot continue to maintain those ramps. They become safety issues," Wiseman said, and described a phased plan to replace wood ramps with concrete and open the park to year-round public use.
Commissioner Vasquez and others criticized the project's online survey for limiting respondents to selecting a single three-hour time block and for not being explicit that the old wood features would be removed. Vasquez asked whether staff could pause or expand the survey to make intent and timeline clearer to users; Wiseman said the city commissioned California Skateparks to guide the survey and that the vendor needed survey results to produce an initial design, after which additional community workshops and outreach would occur.
Wiseman said the first phase of construction has roughly $750,000 available and will be phased based on design and funding; staff pledged to investigate additional outreach and to consider adding clearer context about ramp removal and the phased timeline in the survey.
