TO: RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION
FROM: CAMERON HARDING, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR
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REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE DOMINGUEZ PARK PLAYGROUND CONCEPTUAL PLAN
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BACKGROUND
Dominguez Park is a 24-acre park located at 200 Flagler Lane between 190th and Beryl Streets. The park includes play and picnic areas; a dog park; Heritage Court that includes the Historical Museum and the living history Morrell House; and two little league baseball fields. There are two primary projects listed in the Capital Improvement Program for this location including improvements to the dog park and northern edge of the park; and replacement of the playground equipment and enhancements to the play area including pathways and landscaping. The existing playground, located at the south west corner of the park, has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced to ensure the community's safe use of this popular recreation amenity. Efforts to renovate the playground area are being spearheaded by the Community Services Department.
In May 2018, the Recreation and Park Commission ("Commission") approved an outreach plan to discuss replacement of the play equipment. Outreach began in August 2018 with the results presented to the Commission in December 2018. That discussion raised concerns about the area surrounding the play equipment, which resulted in the adoption of a broader scope of work to include landscaping and the adjoining pathways.
In December of 2019, a landscape architect was engaged through an on-call contract with the City to develop a conceptual design for the reimagining of the 1.25-acre area around the play equipment. A copy of this conceptual plan is included as Attachment 1.
The following priorities were provided to the landscape architect to inform the conceptual design:
* New playground equipment
* Rubberized surfacing
* New pathways and trail layout
* An adjoined playground incorporating th...
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