CITY OF COMMERCEAGENDA REPORTCITY OF COMMERCEAGENDA REPORT
CITY OF COMMERCE
AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF COMMERCE
AGENDA REPORT
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Item No.
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TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT: Parks Open Space and Master Plan Update
Meeting Date: October 25, 2022
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council will receive and file an update regarding the Parks and Open Space Master Plan project.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Commerce includes approximately 6.54 square miles of land consisting of various uses. With a vibrant yet intimate downtown core, a wide range of large and small businesses, prime residential neighborhoods, quality schools, and amenities. The City is continuously looking to improve its facilities and infrastructure for its residents, providing them with a high-caliber lifestyle. This effort includes improving the City’s parks to meet the current needs of residents as well as ensuring that the parks will meet the City’s future demands. The City currently does not have a Parks and Open Space Master Plan. In order to properly plan for a parks system that adequately serves its current and future population, on July 13, 2022, City Council awarded a professional services agreement to RJM Design Group, Inc. for the preparation of the City of Commerce Parks and Open Space Master Plan.
Scope of Work
RJM Design has been contracted to provide services to the City that will result in a comprehensive Parks and Open Space Master Plan that assesses current conditions of the City’s parks and open space and determine current and projected community needs to guide future capital improvement projects, recreational programs, and maintenance needs. Below you will find the scope of work that is being targeted:
Parks, Open Space, and Facilities Inventory and Evaluation Identify and evaluate the following parks on their overall conditions based on acceptable local, state, and federal standards. As part of this task, consultant shall identify undeveloped land, not necessarily owned by the City, which may have potential for recreational purposes.
Amenities
Identify existing park amenities and evaluate their overall conditions. Evaluation of present conditions should include, but is not limited to, the following amenities:
Seating
Restrooms
Picnic tables
Bicycle racks
Safety lighting
Stadium lighting
Drinking fountains
Playground equipment
Signage/Way-finding signage
Tennis courts
Trash receptacles and recycle bins
Parking lots
Looped walking trails within parks
Indoor and outdoor sporting facilities (e.g., baseball, basketball courts; soccer fields; gymnasiums, football, volleyball and handball courts; skate parks; etc.) Storage facilities
Connectivity and Accessibility Inventory
Develop an inventory on the walkability to parks from adjacent neighborhoods as well as walkability within parks; bicycling to parks (the City has an approved Bicycle Master Plan); and an assessment of accessibility for visitors. This includes, but is not limited to, identifying the following:
Accessibility to river beds.
Accessibility to and from parking lots and within parks for different ability groups.
Surrounding pedestrian and bike infrastructure leading to parks.
Average safe route distances leading to/from residences and/or nearby schools.
The number of park entrances and entrance locations.
Connectivity to mass transportation.
Recreation Programs Inventory
Provide an inventory and evaluation of existing recreational programs provided by the City of Commerce and by other area providers that utilize parks and associated sporting facilities. Identify established fees for recreational programs and provide a comparison of the City’s level of service with those of comparable regional cities.
Public Engagement Strategy
Provide a strategy for public engagement as a means to obtain input from residents and include them in the decision-making process, ensuring that the Parks and Open Space Master Plan’s findings and recommendations are true to the community’s needs.
Below you will find the dates of the scheduled community meetings:
Workshop #1 Wednesday, November 2, 2022 Bristow Park
Workshop #2 Saturday, November 5, 2022 Veterans Memorial Park Workshop #3 Thursday, November 10, 2022 Bandini Park
Workshop #4 Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Rosewood Park
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is not fiscal impact related to this item.
RELATIONSHIP TO STRATEGIC GOAL
The proposed action supports the Community Quality of Life focus area under the following Guiding Principle:
Guiding Principle 3: Maintain and prioritize improvements to city facilities and infrastructure in accordance with adopted master planning documents including Green Zone Implementation Plan to accomplish achievable annual and long-term goal.
Guiding Principle 4: Support and evaluate community services, programs and events that promote healthy and quality of lifestyles for our residents. Enhance public safety and social services through innovative programs that meet the need of the residents and business communities.
Prepared by: Greg Alaniz, Director of Parks & Recreation Respectfully submitted: Edgar P. Cisneros, City Manager 555Page 1 of 19