1-22-25 Parks Commission Meeting Packet

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STAFF REPORT DATE: 01/22/2025 Motion AGENDA ITEM: Pebble Park Parking Expansion TO: PARKS COMMISSION SUBMITTED BY: Adam Swanepoel, Assistant Public Works Director REVIEWED BY: Marty Powers, Public Works Director BACKGROUND: Due to the addition of new pickleball courts, playset and soccer field reservations in Pebble Park, parking has become more challenging, resulting in a disruption of the traffic flow in and out of the park because of the narrow drive aisle. With the pickleball courts located close to the park entrance, staff have observed that parking has spilled over into the drive aisle and along the west side of the parking lot resulting in users having minimal space to back up or turn around. ISSUE BEFORE PARKS COMMISSION: Would the Parks Commission like to expand the existing parking lot at Pebble Park and replaced the hillside with wildflowers and plant up to four mature trees. PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS Pebble Park’s parking lot is a gravel lot that currently serves a number of attractive amenities within the park. Current users of the pickleball courts, pavilion, baseball field and soccer area find this area fills up quickly in the summer months. Expansion of the parking area is being considered to provide a larger parking area. The west side of the parking lot is a densely overgrown hill consisting mainly of buckthorn and Ash trees. In 2024 public works staff removed much of the infected Ash trees and trimmed several of the other low hanging tree branches into the park. With the removal of the dense vegetation this exposed the hillside and opened the area for additional parking. Staff is recommending the removal of the remaining vegetation and smaller trees in this area to expand the parking lot. Staff would remove dirt from an area of 30x150 feet from the current lot into the hillside to make it uniform and freed of roots/debris. Public works staff would remove the dirt and fill in the parking area with recycled asphalt. A series of boulders would be placed near the base of the hill to prevent runoff and serve as a retaining wall to minimize the slope and create a boarder for parking. Staff is recommending seeding the disturbed hill with perennial wildflowers. These flowers would grow back every year creating a colorful hillside. Staff would also recommend planting four mature trees for shade within the park since the removal of numerous ash trees and cotton wood trees in 2023. Trees $1000 Wildflower Seed Mix $500 Erosion Blanket $200 TOTAL $1700