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Council approves consultant contract to fast-track parks upgrades including pilot dog park
Summary
The council authorized a contract with CSWST2 not to exceed $219,850 to design and fast-track priority park projects, including a pilot dog park, scoreboards and safety lighting; staff said lighting work will depend on permits and CEQA and that sports lighting is targeted by July 2026.
The East Palo Alto City Council voted Sept. 16 to authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute an engineering services agreement with CSWST2 to advance 8–10 priority parks projects, including a pilot dog park and replacement scoreboards at Jack Farrell Park and Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
Maurice Baker, introduced by staff as the community services manager, told the council the contract will fund consultant work to move a set of priority improvements forward. Jesse Marin, the CSWST2 project manager, said the consultant will work with staff to refine priorities, procurement and scheduling. "I'm Jesse Marin, project manager with CSWST 2, and we've had the opportunity to submit a proposal, to help complete, the priority projects in the pilot dog park," Marin said, adding the firm will focus on the elements the community wants completed first.
City staff and the consultant said the timeline depends on permitting and inspections by the building division; the consultant estimated sports lighting could be in place by the end of the city's fiscal year with a target of July 2026 for complete installation. Councilmembers asked about ancillary amenities such as restrooms at Bell Street Park; one member asked the agenda committee to consider an informational item on options to build a restroom there and seek potential reimbursement agreements with developers. The motion to authorize the CSWST2 agreement passed by voice vote.
Speakers (attribution whitelist): [{"name":"Maurice Baker","role_title":"Community services manager","affiliation_type":"government","affiliation_name":"City of East Palo Alto","first_reference":{"block_id_start":"SEG 101"}},{"name":"Jesse Marin","role_title":"Project Manager","affiliation_type":"business","affiliation_name":"CSWST2","first_reference":{"block_id_start":"SEG 161"}},{"name":"Gail Dixon","role_title":"Resident/Public commenter","affiliation_type":"citizen","affiliation_name":"not specified","first_reference":{"block_id_start":"SEG 288"}}]
Provenance: topicintro: {"block_id_start":"SEG 091","block_id_end":"SEG 176","evidence_excerpt":"we are hiring a consultant to help us with the 8 to 10 projects ... including the pilot dog park." ,"reason_code":"topicintro"}, topfinish: {"block_id_start":"SEG 335","block_id_end":"SEG 354","evidence_excerpt":"I make a motion to do so. ... All in favor, say aye." ,"reason_code":"topicfinish"}
