Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/10/1994

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_Perk Access Road (Pa;kwsv) The park road will ser~,e as access to the recreation ma and will be similar to residential street construction w/th "B" style concrete curbing and drainage devices. The road will also connect the residential areas to the west. The parkway will meander to facilitate tree preservation, enhance aesthetics and ensure safe vehicular speeds. Near the acuve destinations, there wil! be pull-off parking on both sides. In several areas, there will be mini putt- offs to oblige those with decenmalized destinations. (It should be noted that a frequent habil of industrial employees is to drive their automobile to a park setting to eat lunch, read, or converse in the relative solitude of their car.) The low volume mad speed of the pa.rkway dictate that there will not be the need for a paralleling, off-roadway n-ail. ]nlert~retive Directly nomh of the landfill itself, in the opening in the Norway pines, will be an interpretive sign/display. This display, located Iiteralty in the shadow of the landfill, will serve as a point of · -' ~',' education, and mm_inter of our impact upon the e'arr_h.. In,,.r The display should have both visual and det~ited elements for several age groups. It should speak to the many ecological econormc and polit/cal issues surrounding the landfill and the park's histoD'. A simulated cross-sect/on of the landr~Hl and ground water treatment system may be one element. Shelters Park shelters provide relief from weather extremes nero- the recreational users' destination and to sen, e as gathering points for social interaction. ~oposed for the Surzfish L~e EnvironmtntaI Education R~'rearion Area will be ultimate provision sn~lt~.s. T'm-ee shelters would be roof supported by comer columns with a hard surface floor. Tnt fourth shelter wi/] be a malt/pm-pose structure. a) The only large shelter proposed, for the park would have two basic elements. One half would be permanenfly enclosed with lockable doors and windows. The other half will be p:tma.,tiy an open air design. It would, however, have the capabiiiry of being enclosed by screen ~.ane!s during insect-laden seasons. Another seasonal adaptation would be iightwe~gnt windscreen with windows. Both halves would have individual a~cess to a large stone f'n'eplace and restrooms. The enclosed portion would also include a kitchenette. .Tnt above mtn. it/es and its proximiD, to the urban a.ma would make this snmcmrt armactivc and marker, able for m~nngs and ouasi-vfivate uses. It . . L, ~mi~t~ that the add/don of a 5a'erflace to this '~ "' , . ,acme3. cou.ld resuh in the City. deriving a fee of $75 and $!25 per reset,ed event, 4 e a famiiy reunion or ?aduarion activity. Cf ne Parks depa.rnmen~ would suppiy ',he An additional combined use could be as a warming house. (No true skating ~'",~.p~n,~n,~,~ '~ '" ~'~ is complete w/thom a c~c 'tdin, g fire!) /6,