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Agenda Number: <br />CITY OF HUGO <br />PARKS COMMISSION REPORT <br />TO: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Commission <br />FROM: Shayla Syverson, Parks Planner <br />SUBJECT: Fable Hill Park <br />DATE: October 2, 2015 for the Parks Commission meeting of October 14, 2015 <br />1. INTRODUCTION: <br />The City of Hugo has been asked by the Fable Hill HOA to partner in purchasing a <br />playground for the new park in Fable Hill. Currently, a park shelter and landscaping is <br />being added to the property as a part of Fable Hill Fourth Addition phase 1. <br />2. BACKGROUND: <br />The future park has been discussed by the Fable Hill neighborhood, Len Pratt, and the <br />Parks Commission over the last several years. Since 2012, Fable Hill park development <br />has been included on the Park Capital Improvement Plan as a project for years 2017 or <br />2018. <br />Land Acquisition & Grading <br />At the meeting of March 9, 2011, the Parks Commission reviewed a park dedication <br />proposal for Fable Hill Third Addition. With the 5 new lots, park dedication was <br />received in the amount of $12,000. Following up on the previous additions in Fable Hill, <br />Outlot A was required to be dedicated to the City and improved at the time of grading on <br />the new lots. The future park property was graded and seeded with prairie grasses in the <br />summer of 2013. <br />Neighborhood Request for Improvements <br />At their meeting of July 10, 2013, the Parks Commission heard a proposal from the Fable <br />Hill HOA for improvements to be made to the park. The HOA representatives presented <br />a request for a shelter and playground to be built at the park. The Parks Commission had <br />additional discussion at future meetings and included Fable Hill Park Improvements in <br />the amount of $70,000 in their Capital Improvement Plan as a funded project in 2017. <br />-1- <br />Fable Hills Future Park <br />October 14, 2015 <br />