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<br /> STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: 05/06/2025 <br /> CONSENT <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and Councilmembers <br />FROM: Assistant Public Works Director – Adam Swanepoel <br />REVIEWIED BY: Public Works Director – Marty Powers <br />AGENDA ITEM: Sunfish Lake Park Parking Lot Expansion <br /> <br /> <br />CORE STRATEGIES: <br /> <br />☒ Vibrant, inclusive, connected community ☐ Efficient, reliable, innovative services <br />☐ Responsive, transparent, adaptive governance ☐ Balanced Finances now and future <br />☒ Managed Growth ☐ Resilient Infrastructure <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In May of 2024 the Parks Commission heard from staff at the Sally Manzara Center regarding <br />their concern over the parking at Sunfish Lake Park. Starting with an early spring in 2024, the <br />number of park users exceeded its parking lot causing an overflow of vehicles. Throughout the <br />year staff has observed parking overflowed into the drive aisles of the park. The current parking <br />lot is a gravel lot that can comfortably serve up to about 30 vehicles. <br /> <br />ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: <br />Would city council like to expand the existing parking lot at Sunfish Lake Park? <br /> <br />PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: <br />The parking lot at Sunfish Lake Park is a gravel lot which currently serves a number of attractive amenities <br />at Sunfish Lake Park including nature trials, off road mountain biking and the Nature Center. Staff has seen <br />the parking lot overflow throughout the past year. With additional parking at the Elmo’s Pup Park entrance, <br />parking is still an issue typically on the weekends and in the evening hours. <br /> <br />Parking in this area is unmarked and users often space vehicles farther apart than one would normally see <br />in a striped parking lot. This is mainly due to users accessing bikes, strollers and pets from their cars. <br /> <br />Staff is recommending expanding the existing parking lot into two locations. The first area will add five <br />additional parking spots and would square up the northeast corner of the parking lot. The second area would <br />consist of removing the north end of the grass median to make for angled parking. Doing so will add up to <br />an additional 30 parking spots. <br /> <br />Public Works staff would remove the black dirt, gravel the new parking area and place rock boulders down <br />the center of the angled parking to eliminate traffic driving through the angled parking spots. A berm of <br />black dirt would remain at the north end of the island to direct traffic down the correct drive aisle as well <br />as serve as a location for any needed signage.