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<br /> <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Parks & Recreation Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Bryce Shearen, CPRP, Parks & Recreation/Community Services Manager <br /> <br />DATE: October 7, 2021 <br /> RE: Rondeau Park Improvements <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />For information purposes only. No action is requested. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Rondeau Park is a 3 acres Neighborhood Park located along Jackson Street north of Little <br />Canada Road. The park has a playground that was installed in 2003, a half-court basketball <br />court, a drinking fountain, benches, and a paved loop trail and connection to nearby single- <br />family housing and multi-family housing units. The park is also in a Qualified Census Tract <br />(QCT). To qualify for a QCT there must be 50 percent of the households with incomes below 60 <br />percent of the Area Median Gross Income (AMGI) or have a poverty rate of 25 percent or more. <br />Since the park is a QCT there may be funds available for the park improvements. <br />The existing trail system within the park needs replacement, there are some drainage issues near <br />the basketball court, the playground is also nearing the end of life, and there are opportunities <br />identified in the Park Master Plan that could be implemented in the proposed project. With these <br />factors in mind and a potential funding source for the project, staff is working on a project that <br />can be bid over the winter and ready for the 2022 construction season. <br />If this project continues to move forward, staff will be working on a potential playground grant <br />similar to the Spooner Park project. One of the grants has a deadline of November 2. With the <br />deadline before the November Parks & Recreation Commission meeting, staff is proposing to <br />utilize an online survey tool to get feedback from the Commission on playground designs, colors, <br />etc. Additionally, staff will be working on a community engagement plan to hear what the <br />community and neighborhood would like to see in their next park over the next month and <br />possibly longer on items that are not time sensitive with a survey and a open house at the park to <br />get feedback. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />• Draft Rondeau Park Upgrade Plan Sheet <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />