Item 6.1 - Community Park Usage and Needs AssessmentCITY OF POWAY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Dave Grosch, Councilmember
Barry Leonard, Councilmember
DATE: December 17, 2019
SUBJECT: Community Park Usage and Needs Assessment
We are seeking Council concurrence to direct staff to research and prepare options for City
Council consideration to conduct a usage and needs assessment for Community Park. We
envision the options presented to the City Council for consideration would include information
regarding the cost of performing the assessment, a proposed timeline given existing department
work plans and an already robust capital improvement program, as well as potential funding
sources.
The most recent needs assessment for Community Park was conducted in 2007, when the City
engaged a consultant to develop a Community Park Master Plan prior to the demise of
redevelopment.
Given the number of public capital improvement projects, and proposed private development
projects in and around Community Park, we believe it would be appropriate to conduct a new
assessment.
Some of the planned, proposed and recent improvements and developments in and near
Community Park include:
The new Mickey Cafagna Community Center;
Major improvements to the Swim Center;
The proposed Poway Commons development, which includes condominiums and senior
apartments; and
The ongoing Outpost development project that will include some residential units.
If our fellow Councilmembers agree, we propose staff explores a scope of work that would include:
An assessment of the usage of existing amenities;
Additional recreational activities/amenities not currently available at Community Park;
Future parking needs and drive-through access; and
A review of the City's current maintenance (facilities and landscape) costs, compared with
estimated future maintenance costs, with an eye toward reducing those future costs.
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