Translate[Archived] Question # 33: Improvements for Ewald Park are proposed in two separate capital projects. Can you provide an overview of the scope and timing of the overall Ewald improvements?
Question:
Improvements for Ewald Park are proposed in two separate capital projects. Can you provide an overview of the scope and timing of the overall Ewald improvements? (Mayor Wilson)
Response:
The Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities groups improvements together for individual parks where possible to achieve design and construction efficiencies and minimize community impacts. In conformance with this strategy, the improvements on Page 11.18 (Parks CFMP) ($340,000) and Page 11.23 (Playgrounds CFMP) ($657,285) of the FY 2021 Proposed Capital Improvement Program (CIP) are components of the phased implementation of the Ewald Park Neighborhood Parks Plan. The Neighborhood Park Plan for Ewald Park was endorsed in 2015 by the Park and Recreation Commission and modified in 2018 to incorporate a Parkour component. The recommendations are planned in the ten-year CIP in phases. Implementation of the 10 recommendations of the plan total $3 million to $3.8 million in 2015 dollars. An initial phase to remove the existing pool and pool house was funded in FY 2018 and has been completed. In FY 2020, a Community Matching Fund project was approved for $80,000 to design and install Parkour Equipment. This project is currently in the fundraising phase. The initiatives scheduled for FY 2022 and FY 2023 total $997,285 and will address the redesign of the park including all recommendations in the 2015 plan, early implementation of supporting park infrastructure such as utilities, and the implementation of the playground renovation, which is identified as one of the highest priority items.