This project will enhance the park’s role as a community event space with additional improvements to the Hoover Pavilion patio, a wedding gazebo, and improved gardens to better serve the community need for weddings, reunions and quinceañeras. Additionally, rehabilitation of existing open-air shelters and the addition of two new shelters will accommodate more family gatherings in the park. This project includes supportive infrastructure improvements such as new utility mains, parking areas, park lighting and the addition of traffic-calming measures. The project also proposes the addition of multi-use pathways throughout the park, which will be part of a larger trail network connecting neighborhoods to the park.
The ORLP program provides matching grants to cities for park projects in underserved communities. These investments enable cities to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks, and form connections between people and the outdoors. The maximum amount of funding available per application is $15 million and requires a 50/50 match from the applicant.
The 50% matching funds from the City will come from a variety of sources. These can include in-kind labor, donations from outside entities, offset of construction costs utilizing City resources and labor, and City at large contributions. Depending on funding levels there is a tremendous amount of flexibility in this plan to allow for extended construction periods, and “phasing” of amenities with an understanding that there is a base package that will need to be completed. By approval, the City is committing to finding the funding resources required as described above.
