Proposal 3

The third proposal includes everything featured in the first two and incorporates additional amenities, while also making significant improvements to the park’s layout and traffic flow. The changes would make operations more efficient and would enable the City to support multiple events, programs, and sporting activities in the park simultaneously. These improvements include:

• Additional pathway connections allowing for onsite, self-contained fun walks and runs without the need for street closures or traffic control.
• Enhanced one-way traffic designs to improve flow between facilities.
• Ample parking and expanded open greens pace.
• A new large storage area south of The Cove to house equipment for events and activities that take place within the park.
• Instead of constructing Parks Maintenance facilities east of the Skate & Bike Court, a gated parks maintenance area would be built on the southeast side of the park. This would create a more efficient traffic flow. The area would include office space, secure storage, and covered parking.
• An additional parking lot would be constructed just south of the Parks Maintenance facilities, while the ramada there would be relocated to the east, near the southern center of the park. Significant improvements are planned for this area through a partnership project to honor veterans.
• Existing parking lots would be restriped to support one-way traffic flow and additional parking would be added.
• Howard Field would be moved east to the softball field in the Veterans Park Sports Complex. The field and parking lot on the north side of the park would be filled in with open green space. This would separate sporting activities within the Veterans Park Sports Complex, while providing additional space for public park activities and events in the park.
• Several small storage sheds.