REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on a Contract for the Reed Street - Grant Street Sports Park Project and Related Budget Amendment
Report
BACKGROUND
The Reed Street - Grant Street Sport Park Project (Project) is located at the southwest corner at the intersection of Reed and Grant Street. The Project is approximately 10 acres consisting of a new community park facility that includes five lighted soccer fields (with multiple configurations), onsite parking lots, a multi-purpose community recreation building, a landscaped promenade and entry plaza, a children's playground with seating and picnic area, team gathering and spectator viewing areas, a maintenance building/yard, and a restroom building for the Raymond G. Gamma Dog Park (Attachment 1)
The Project is the result of a September 2013 Council goal "to enhance community sports and recreational assets with a particular objective to address the demand for additional soccer and community athletic facilities." The following are the milestone dates for the Project:
? March 2014: Youth Sports Needs Assessment completed
? May 2014: City purchased 8.75 acres of property adjacent to the Reed Street Dog Park for potential City Utility use
? February 2015: LPA, Inc. contracted to explore feasibility for athletic fields at several sites and to complete public outreach, design, and engineering
? October 2015: Council selected the Reed-Grant Streets site for Project after community, Ad Hoc Committee on Additional Soccer Fields and Athletic Facilities, and Parks & Recreation Commission input
? February 2016: Council approved Project's Schematic Design
? April 2016: Council approved Project funds
? October 2016: City purchased Reed & Grant Street parcels from SVP for park Project use
? December 2016: City purchased an additional parcel, 1750 Grant Street, to include in the Project
? February 2017: Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) completed and circulated for 30-day review pursuant to Califor...
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