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Agenda Item 18.

City Council Meeting

Meeting Date:	03/05/2019
FROM:	Bill Gallardo

Subject:

Wildcatters Dog Parks Proposed Concept Plans

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that the City Council approve concept plans and direct staff to begin the process of preparing cost estimates and construction drawings.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION

In 2015, due to extensive use and mandatory water restrictions, the condition of the turf at Wildcatters Dog Parks began to decline. In response, the City Council and the Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commission were in support of forming a dog park task force team in 2016 to address turf conditions and other needs. This task force was created and the group met several times with January 5, 2017, being the last until recently. During that 2017 meeting, the task force identified various elements that they felt were important:

No bark;
No concrete (except for mow curbs);
Add an extra drinking fountain at the east end of the large dog park; and
Their ideal plan would be to have synthetic turf and decomposed granite (DG) in the parks.

In 2018, the City Council and the Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commission were in support of making some necessary improvements to Wildcatters Dog Park sites and added the project into the FY 2018-19 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget.

Both Public Works and Community Services Departments solicited five different landscape architect companies to interview for the possibility of preparing concept plans for the park. After the interviews, NUVIS was chosen based on their experience with designing many dog parks throughout Southern California.

There have been various forms of community engagement to elicit thoughts and ideas about these proposed concept plans. Engagement has included:

January 24, 2019, meeting of the Dog Park Task Force
Recent outreach efforts at three different sites:
- Wildcatters Dog Parks (February 20, 2019 - A.M. and P.M.)
- The Tracks at Brea (February 6 and 21, 2019)
- Brea Community Center (February 5 and 13, 2019)
Concept plans and outreach site visits have been shared on the "Friends of the Brea Wildcatters Dog Park" Facebook Page.
The concept plans have been shared to a 325 person e-mail list made up of individuals who have expressed an interest in receiving more information about the parks.

There has been a tremendous amount of support from the community on moving forward with the proposed concept plans and excitement that improvements are forthcoming. Outcomes of outreach efforts will be shared by Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commissioners.

COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

At their February 25, 2019, meeting the Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commission unanimously supported the concept plans as presented.

FISCAL IMPACT/SUMMARY

This approval is for concept plans only and there will be no fiscal impact at this time.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

William Gallardo, City Manager
Prepared by: Sean L. Matlock, Deputy Community Services Director
Concurrence: Chris Emeterio, Assistant City Manager and Bill Bowlus, Public Works Superintendent