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AGENDA MEMO
DATE:
May 25, 2010
TO:
Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Office of the City Manager
By: Thad Phillips, Community Services Director
SUBJECT:CITYPARKS IMPROVEMENT MASTER PLAN
RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council receive and file the Park Improvement Master Plan.
DISCUSSION
Council Member Marquez requested a city parks master plan. Staff has developed a
twenty (20) year master plan for capital improvement projects compiled from the needs
assessment list reviewed annually by the Recreation and Community Services
Commission and submissions from the Public Works Maintenance Division. The
Commission annually approves a priority list of approximately ten (10) projects that are
submitted for approval during the city’s annual budget review process.
The master plan includes potential capital improvements and amenities for each of the
twelve parks with a two (2) year phased implementation. Given that active recreation
space is limited within the Downey parks system, it becomes critical that existing
facilities are maintained and used to the fullest potential. The report includes:
20 year Park Improvement Master Plan (Appendix 1)
Park Descriptions and Recommendations (Appendix 2)
Field Permit Calendar (Appendix 3)
Instructional Class Offerings for Winter/Spring 2010 (Appendix 4)
Playground Inventory (Appendix 5)
Park Facility Inventory (Table 1)
Recreation Services (Table 2)
The focus of the master plan improvements are replacement of park irrigation systems,
turf refurbishing, renovation of athletic fields, ball diamonds, picnic shelters, picnic
tables, playground equipment, restrooms and parking lot improvements. Consideration
of adding and improving field lighting must also include a survey of nearby residents.
Park land utilization is essential and the services of an experienced landscape architect
and planning firm, together with experts in landfill management, civil and environmental
engineering will also be necessary. Costs estimates will also need to be prepared
FISCAL IMPACT
None at this time
CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA
Appendix 1
20 year Park Improvement Master Plan
Year 2Apollo Park
Turf
Replace irrigation system and sports turf
Install 3-phase booster pump and Calsense ET irrigation
controller system.
Ball diamonds
Provide 3 ball diamonds (reconfigure current fields)
Diamond #1 - dirt infield, no mound – 60 ft., 65ft., 70 ft., 80 ft, 90
ft. pegs, foul line min 300 ft.
Diamond #2 - grass infield, no mound, 50 ft, 55 ft., and 60 ft.
pegs, foul line 250-300 ft.
Diamond #3 - grass infield, mound, 60 ft., 65 ft., 70 ft. pegs, foul
line 250-300 ft.
Amenities
Lighting (Field lighting with Security lighting incorporated in the
pole)
Portable home-runfencing with sleeves for multiple distances
Spectator seating with shade structures built on concrete pads
Dugouts with storage
Bat holders installed inside the dug-outs
strd
Couplers placed near 1 and 3 base on outfield side.
Replace existing drinking fountains
Multipurpose building:
Field storage facility with 3 garages to secure park field
maintenance
DJAA Youth league storage
Additional restroom facility
Larger snack shack
Reconfigure Athletic fields
Two 300 ft. x 120 ft. fields for youth football with lighting
One 120 ft. x 40 ft. field for youth football
One 360 ft. x 175 ft. soccer field overlay with lighting
Picnic shelters
Add picnic shelters and tables in southeast area of park
Add/improve Security lighting
Along Smallwood Ave
Rives parking lot
Quill parking lot
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Add Walking trail
Perimeter of the park
Reprogramming of space
Convert the current shuffle board court area to storage to replace
Smallwood storage
Security
Install security cameras in park
Parking
Add parking spaces along Smallwood Ave.
Signage
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Add Electronic Marquee message sign
Bocce courts
Add lighting
Trash bins
Construct trash bin enclosures
Year 4 Rio San Gabriel Park
Replace ball diamond restroom building with new larger capacity
restroom building and snack shack
Remove or relocate basketball court away from residential area
Renovate and level athletic fields. Import topsoil, spread and
compact, adjust irrigation sprinkler heads to grade, amend soil
and hydroseed turf
Replace irrigation system. Install 3-phase booster pump and
Calsense ET irrigation controller system.
Replace current playground equipment and landing with youth
(5-12 years old) designed playground
Replace broken sidewalk area around playground area
Replace drinking fountain with vandal-proof handicapped
accessible version
Upgrade exterior of main activity room building (windows &
stucco
Install a designated walking trail with fitness equipment on the
perimeter of park
Expand south parking lot to create additional parking spaces in
south parking lot, slurry seal and re-stripe current lot to allow for
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additional parking
Resurface north parking lot and restripe
Add drinking fountain for east side of park at south ball field
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Year 6 Furman Park
Replace tennis court lighting and replace with new lighting with
remote access capabilities
Replace irrigation system. Provide 3-phase electrical power to
park (SCE). Install 3-phase booster pump and Calsense ET
irrigation controller system.
Install new playground landing surfacing
Install additional restroom building
Remodel building C
Provide drain tile and water proofing to prevent water seepage at
north wall building C.
Install a designated walking trail on the perimeter of park and
replace fitness equipment
Install new hardscape on east side of the park for summer
concert and community event vendors
Extend pergola (post and beam structure) and concrete
o
walkways north of building C to link concert venue to park
buildings.
Consider construction of permanent raised stage for
o
outdoor performances in lieu of Show Mobile.
Construct concrete walkway around north edge of Tot Lot
o
playground to link concert venue with Rives Ave. and also
providing a paved surface for food vendors.
Project should include lighting, electrical and landscaping
o
upgrades.
Replace current picnic shelters with same size picnic shelter
including new picnic tables
Remove Olive trees to prevent clogging of roof drains
Remove Mysore Fig trees by tot lot to eliminate root intrusions in
sewer lateral pipe joints.
Install Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) pipe liner in sewer lateral to
eliminate root intrusions and waste blockage
Renovate buildings
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Year 8 Independence Park
Add gates to both Skate Park entrances
Remodel Skate Park/Tennis Center restrooms to eliminate single
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occupant usage prone to vandalism. Combine two single
occupant rooms into one shared men’s restroom on west side
and one women’s restroom on east side.
Relocate irrigation and construct concrete paving between field
#2 and #3 to mitigate muddy soil in audience area
Create batting cage area
Create pitching cage area
Add electrical outlets by fields #2 and #3 for pitching machine
Upgrade field lighting
Add netting along field #3 to prevent balls from going into nearby
business
Install security lighting from playground area to Dunrobin Street
Re-design back parking lot to improve traffic flow and add
parking stalls. Resurface asphalt pavement and restripe for
increased capacity
Seal pavement and restripe west and north (Maintenance Yard)
parking lots.
Install a designated walking trail on the exterior border of park
grass boundaries,
include exercise area with fitness equipment near Fire
Department training area
Replace field restroom building with new larger capacity building
Increase height of the current fence along south side of park
Remove shrub hedges that create hiding places on south
property boundary and surrounding tennis courts.
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
YearTreasure Island Park
10
Replace irrigation system and renovate turf
Install a designated walking trail with fitness equipment on the
perimeter of park
Install new playground equipment and landing with youth (5 – 12
years old) designated playground
Replace water fountains with vandal proof features
Replace current picnic shelters with same size picnic shelters
including new picnic tables
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
YearBrookshire Park
12
Replace current playground equipment and landing with youth
(5-12 years old) designed playground
Replace current shelter with same size picnic shelter including
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new picnic tables
Replace drinking fountain
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
YearWilderness Park
14
Complete underdeveloped south park property – trail (Master
Plan San Gabriel River Trail)
Install lake aeration system
Renovate the activity room to allow for reservations
Replace existing HVAC unit in building with new unit
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
YearDennis the Menace Park
16
Replace current recreation building and restrooms and replace
with new same size building and restrooms
Install additional window in the front office to improve site lines
into park
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
refurbish the picnic shelter
Golden Park
Replace existing backstop and dugouts with new backstops and
dugouts including adding grass infield
Relocate outfield home-run fencing to a larger radius and
increase infield to accommodate play by older children
Install new sports field lighting
Install security cameras next to building.
Upgrade drinking fountains to make handicapped accessible
Modify entrances to exterior restrooms to mitigate public
urination problem behind masonry screen walls at doors.
Upgrade field turf
Replace existing park benches with new park benches
Replace two existing picnic shelters with (2) 20’x 20’ picnic
shelters and picnic tables
Replace decomposed granite (DG) path linking basketball court
with Prichard St sidewalk on west edge of park.
Existing DG path becomes a drainage flow channel during
o
heavy rain.
Erosion washes DG material all over the sidewalk on
o
Prichard and scours a channel in the upstream pathway.
Proposed pathway can be designed to meander around
o
trees and divert storm flows away from walking areas.
Construct dry creek bed with boulders, cobbles and
o
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California native plant materials to channel storm flows
away from walkway and mitigate erosive drainage.
Replace east perimeter landscaping with California native plants
Construct concrete slabs to permanently secure picnic tables
and trash cans
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
YearTemple Park
18
Replace current playground equipment and landing with youth
(5-12 years old) designed playground
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
YearCrawford Park
20
Replace restrooms with new restrooms (same size)
Install security alarm and video surveillance system to secure
restroom/activity building against vandalism. Or… demolish
restroom/activity building entirely.
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Replace picnic shelters and tables
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Appendix 2
Park Descriptions and Recommendations
Apollo Park
Park Name:
Classification: Neighborhood Park, 12544 Rives Avenue
15 acres
Acres:
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Athletic field (1) lights
Athletic fields (2) no lights
Barbecues (3)
Basketball courts: (2) outdoor, lights
Ball diamond: (1) dirt infield, lights, bleachers
Ball diamond: (1) dirt infield, no lights
Ball diamond: t-ball grass infield (2)
Bocce courts (2)
Open turf area: casual use
Parking spaces (170)
Picnic tables: (16)
Play areas: (1) play areas (2-5 & 5-12)
Play equipment, resilient surfacing and sand box
Shuffleboard (8)
Restroom buildings (2)
Snack shack
Volleyball courts (sand) (5)
Heavy daily use – general park usage and sports
Observations/
Comments:Youth Leagues – AYSO soccer U-5, CAL-South
soccer, DJAA, Major League softball, Ponytail,
Downey, Warren, St. Matthias, Calvary Chapel High
Schools. St. Raymond’s Elementary.
Outdoor basketball courts and volleyball courts heavily
used.
Open grass area is used heavily for picnics and social
gatherings.
Staff submitted grant application
Recommendations:Turf
Replace irrigation system and sports turf
Install 3-phase booster pump and Calsense ET
irrigation controller system.
Ball diamonds
Provide 3 ball diamonds (reconfigure current fields)
Diamond #1 - dirt infield, no mound – 60 ft.,
65ft., 70 ft., 80 ft, 90 ft. pegs, foul line min 300 ft.
Diamond #2 - grass infield, no mound, 50 ft, 55
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ft., and 60 ft. pegs, foul line 250-300 ft.
Diamond #3 - grass infield, mound, 60 ft., 65 ft.,
70 ft. pegs, foul line 250-300 ft.
Amenities
Lighting (Field lighting with Security lighting
incorporated in the pole)
Portable home-runfencing with sleeves for
multiple distances
Spectator seating with shade structures built on
concrete pads
Dugouts with storage
Bat holders installed inside the dug-outs
strd
Couplers placed near 1 and 3 base on outfield
side.
Replace existing drinking fountains
Multipurpose building:
Field storage facility with 3 garages to secure
park field maintenance
DJAA Youth league storage
Additional restroom facility
Larger snack shack
Reconfigure Athletic fields
Two 300 ft. x 120 ft. fields for youth football with
lighting
One 120 ft. x 40 ft. field for youth football
One 360 ft. x 175 ft. soccer field overlay with
lighting
Picnic shelters
Add picnic shelters and tables in southeast area
of park
Add/improve Security lighting
Along Smallwood Ave
Rives parking lot
Quill parking lot
Add Walking trail
Perimeter of the park
Reprogramming of space
Convert the current shuffle board court area to
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Park Descriptions and Recommendations
storage to replace Smallwood storage
Security
Install security cameras in park
Parking
Add parking spaces along Smallwood Ave.
Signage
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Add Electronic Marquee message sign
Bocce courts
Add lighting
Trash bins
Construct trash bin enclosures
Brookshire Park
Park Name
Classification: Mini Park, 12520 Brookshire Avenue
Acres:2 acres
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Barbeques (2)
Play Area (1) designed for ages 2-12 years of
age, swings in the sand area, climbing
apparatus (3),( tunnel, turtle, climbing); surface
turf
Picnic shelters (2)
Picnic tables (4)
Benches (3)
Observations/Summer and holiday drop in program partially funded
Comments:by Gangs out of Downey.
Recommendations:
Replace current playground equipment and
landing with youth (5-12 years old) designed
playground
Replace current shelter with same size picnic
shelter including new picnic tables
Replace drinking fountain
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Crawford Park
Park Name:
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Appendix 2
Park Descriptions and Recommendations
Classification: Neighborhood Park, 7000 Dinwiddie St.
Acres:2 acres
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Barbeques (6)
Basketball court (1) outdoors
Parking spaces (6)
Picnic shelters (4)
Picnic tables (5)
Play area designed for ages 5-12 years of age,
surface mainly sand
Restroom
Passive park
Observations/
Comments:
Recommendations:
Replace restrooms with new restrooms (same
size)
Install security alarm and video surveillance
system to secure restroom/activity building
against vandalism. Or… demolish
restroom/activity building entirely.
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Replace picnic shelters and tables
Dennis the Menace Park
Park Name:
Classification: Neighborhood Park, 9125 Arrington Avenue
Acres:7 acres
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Barbeques (6)
Parking spaces (47)
Picnic shelter (1) (capacity 60)
Picnic tables (22)
Play area designed for ages 5-12 years of age,
surface mainly sand
Restroom
Tether ball (1)
Observations/After school and summer drop in program and park is
staffed year round
Comments:
Daily heavy use and reservations
Recommendations:
Replace current recreation building and
restrooms and replace with new same size
building and restrooms
Install additional window in the front office to
improve site lines into park
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Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
refurbish the picnic shelter
Discovery Sports Complex
Park Name:
Classification: Youth sports fields park, 12400 Columbia Way
11 acres
Acres:
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Youth ball diamonds (2) dirt, lights
Youth Soccer fields (2) lighted
Parking spaces (155)
Restroom
Snack shack
Observations/Used by Youth Sports Leagues
Comments:
AYSO Youth Soccer
CAL-SOUTH Youth Soccer
DJAA baseball
Northwest Downey Little League
Downey Ponytail (Youth fast pitch softball)
Furman Park
Park Name:
Classification: Neighborhood Park, 10419 Rives Avenue
Acres:15 acres
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Athletic field (1) no lights
Activity/meeting rooms (2) (capacity 60 ea)
Ball diamonds (2) no lights
Basketball court (1) outside
Barbecues (11)
Fire ring
Kitchen
Parking spaces (67)
Picnic shelters (2) (capacity 60 ea)
Picnic tables (35)
Play area designed for ages 2-12 and South lot
playground for 5-12 years of age, surface sand
Restroom
Snack shack
Tennis courts (4) lights
Walking path
Observations/Summer concert series
Comments:Northwest Downey Little League
Summer Day Camps
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After school and summer drop in program and park is
staffed year round
YMCA Licensed Child Care
Specialty Summer Camps
KidsDay
Heavy use and picnic shelters reservations are
frequently reserved
Parking is limited
Recommendations:
Replace tennis court lighting and replace with
new lighting with remote access capabilities
Replace irrigation system. Provide 3-phase
electrical power to park (SCE). Install 3-phase
booster pump and Calsense ET irrigation
controller system.
Install new playground landing surfacing
Install additional restroom building
Remodel building C
Provide drain tile and water proofing to prevent
water seepage at north wall building C.
Install a designated walking trail on the
perimeter of park and replace fitness equipment
Install new hardscape on east side of the park
for summer concert and community event
vendors
Extend pergola (post and beam structure)
o
and concrete walkways north of building
C to link concert venue to park buildings.
Consider construction of permanent
o
raised stage for outdoor performances in
lieu of Show Mobile.
Construct concrete walkway around north
o
edge of Tot Lot playground to link concert
venue with Rives Ave. and also providing
a paved surface for food vendors.
Project should include lighting, electrical
o
and landscaping upgrades.
Replace current picnic shelters with same size
picnic shelter including new picnic tables
Remove Olive trees to prevent clogging of roof
drains
Remove Mysore Fig trees by tot lot to eliminate
root intrusions in sewer lateral pipe joints.
Install Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) pipe liner in
sewer lateral to eliminate root intrusions and
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waste blockage
Renovate buildings
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Gary P. McCaughan Gymnasium
Facility Name:
Gymnasium, 12544 Rives Avenue
Classification:
Acres:
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Activity/meeting room (1) (capacity 65)
Basketball courts (2) indoor
Parking spaces (Apollo Park 170)
Restroom
Staff offices
Volleyball courts (2) full
Observations/City Programs – Girls Basketball League, Coed
summer volleyball league, Coed summer basketball
Comments:
league, sports camps and clinics, pre-school sports
programs, coed spring basketball
Books and Hoops afterschool program
Recommendations:Gymnasium
Add electrical outlets on the East, West, South
walls of the Gymnasium for the scoreboard
controls
Replace the gym space divider (accordion wall)
Golden Park
Park Name:
Neighborhood Park, 8840 Golden Avenue
Classification:
Acres:7 acres
Developed
Status:
Existing Facilities:
Activity/meeting room (1) (capacity 100)
Athletic field (1) no lights
Ball diamond (1) dirt infield, no lights
Barbecues (5)
Basketball court (1) outdoor
Handball courts (2)
Kitchen (1)
Parking spaces (74)
Picnic shelters (3)
Picnic tables (24)
Play area designed for ages 5-12 years of age
and south lot playground designed for ages 2-12
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years of age. Surface mainly sand
Restrooms (2)
Snack Shack
Observations/After school and summer drop in program and park is
Comments:staffed year round
Walking path heavily used
Popular neighborhood park
Contract Classes held in community building
Recommendations:
Replace existing backstop and dugouts with new
backstops and dugouts including adding grass
infield
Relocate outfield home-run fencing to a larger
radius and increase infield to accommodate play
by older children
Install new sports field lighting
Install security cameras next to building.
Upgrade drinking fountains to make
handicapped accessible
Modify entrances to exterior restrooms to
mitigate public urination problem behind
masonry screen walls at doors.
Upgrade field turf
Replace existing park benches with new park
benches
Replace two existing picnic shelters with (2) 20’x
20’ picnic shelters and picnic tables
Replace decomposed granite (DG) path linking
basketball court with Prichard St sidewalk on
west edge of park.
Existing DG path becomes a drainage
o
flow channel during heavy rain.
Erosion washes DG material all over the
o
sidewalk on Prichard and scours a
channel in the upstream pathway.
Proposed pathway can be designed to
o
meander around trees and divert storm
flows away from walking areas.
Construct dry creek bed with boulders,
o
cobbles and California native plant
materials to channel storm flows away
from walkway and mitigate erosive
drainage.
Replace east perimeter landscaping with
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California native plants
Construct concrete slabs to permanently secure
picnic tables and trash cans
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Independence Park
Park Name:
Classification: Neighborhood Park, 12334 Bellflower Boulevard
Acres:13 acres
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Athletic field (1) lights
Ball diamond (1) dirt infield, lights
Ball diamonds (2) dirt infield, no lights
Barbecues (4)
Parking spaces (91 front, 43 back)
Picnic tables (9)
Play area designed for ages 5-12 of age,
surface mainly sand
Restrooms (6)
Skate Park
Snack shack
Tennis courts (8) lights
Observations/Downey Ponytail (Youth fast pitch softball)
Comments:Adventure Summer Camp
Skate Summer Camp
Downey Tennis Club
Recommendations:
Add gates to both Skate Park entrances
Remodel Skate Park/Tennis Center restrooms to
eliminate single occupant usage prone to
vandalism. Combine two single occupant rooms
into one shared men’s restroom on west side
and one women’s restroom on east side.
Relocate irrigation and construct concrete
paving between field #2 and #3 to mitigate
muddy soil in audience area
Create batting cage area
Create pitching cage area
Add electrical outlets by fields #2 and #3 for
pitching machine
Upgrade field lighting
Add netting along field #3 to prevent balls from
going into nearby business
Install security lighting from playground area to
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Dunrobin Street
Re-design back parking lot to improve traffic flow
and add parking stalls. Resurface asphalt
pavement and restripe for increased capacity
Seal pavement and restripe west and north
(Maintenance Yard) parking lots.
Install a designated walking trail on the exterior
border of park grass boundaries,
include exercise area with fitness equipment
near Fire Department training area
Replace field restroom building with new larger
capacity building
Increase height of the current fence along south
side of park
Remove shrub hedges that create hiding places
on south property boundary and surrounding
tennis courts.
Install Calsense ET irrigation controller system
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Rio San Gabriel Park
Park Name:
Classification: Neighborhood Park, 9612 Ardine Street
Acres:16 acres
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Athletic fields (2) lights
Ball diamonds (2) dirt infield, lights
Barbecues (5)
Basketball court (1) outdoor
Parking Spaces (140)
Picnic shelters (4) (1 has a capacity of 200)
Picnic tables (13)
Play area designed for ages 2-12, surface sand
Restrooms (2)
Snack shack
Observations/Downey Razorbacks (Pop Warner football)
Major League Softball (Adult Softball)
Comments:
After school and summer drop in program and park is
staffed year round
Weekday usage is higher than weekend due to sports
groups
Only park able to accommodate groups of 100-200 for
picnic shelter reservation
Recommendations:
Replace ball diamond restroom building with
new larger capacity restroom building and snack
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shack
Remove or relocate basketball court away from
residential area
Renovate and level athletic fields. Import
topsoil, spread and compact, adjust irrigation
sprinkler heads to grade, amend soil and
hydroseed turf
Replace irrigation system. Install 3-phase
booster pump and Calsense ET irrigation
controller system.
Replace current playground equipment and
landing with youth (5-12 years old) designed
playground
Replace broken sidewalk area around
playground area
Replace drinking fountain with vandal-proof
handicapped accessible version
Upgrade exterior of main activity room building
(windows & stucco
Install a designated walking trail with fitness
equipment on the perimeter of park
Expand south parking lot to create additional
parking spaces in south parking lot, slurry seal
and re-stripe current lot to allow for additional
parking
Resurface north parking lot and restripe
Add drinking fountain for east side of park at
south ball field
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Temple Park
Park Name:
Classification: Mini Park, 7132 Cole Street
.34 acres
Acres:
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Play area designed for ages 2-12 years of age
Recommendations:
Replace current playground equipment and
landing with youth (5-12 years old) designed
playground
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Treasure Island Park
Park Name:
Mini Park, 9300 Bluff Road
Classification:
Acres:4 acres
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Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Barbeques (4)
Parking spaces (24)
Picnic shelters (3)
Picnic tables (7)
Play area designed for ages 2-12 years of age,
surface sand and turf
Observations/City has applied for grant funds for park improvement
projects
Comments:
Recommendations:
Replace irrigation system and renovate turf
Install a designated walking trail with fitness
equipment on the perimeter of park
Install new playground equipment and landing
with youth (5 – 12 years old) designated
playground
Replace water fountains with vandal proof
features
Replace current picnic shelters with same size
picnic shelters including new picnic tables
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
Wilderness Park
Park Name:
Classification: Neighborhood Park, 10999 Little Lake Road
Acres:26 acres
Status:Developed
Existing Facilities:
Barbecues (9)
Lakes (2) fishing
Parking spaces (130)
Picnic shelters (3) (capacity 50 ea)
Picnic tables (31)
Play area designed for ages 2-12 years of age
and east area designed for ages 5-12 years of
age, surface sand and rubber
Restrooms (2)
Walking path
Observations/Annual fishing derby
Comments:Camp Hollywood Summer camp
Camp Wilderness Summer camp
High usage
Fishing
Picnicking
Popular for birthday parties
Recommendations:
Complete underdeveloped south park property –
trail (Master Plan San Gabriel River Trail)
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Install lake aeration system
Renovate the activity room to allow for
reservations
Replace existing HVAC unit in building with new
unit
Add uniform signage with rules and regulations
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Appendix 4
Instructional Class Offerings for Winter/Spring 2010
AGEAGE
CLASS NAME CLASS NAME
GROUPGROUP
Act Now Youth Piano - Individual Youth
Babies Love Music Preschool Hula Dance Adult
Ballroom Dance Adult Hula Dance - Beg Youth
Boot Camp Fitness Adult Hula Dance - Inter Youth
Ballet, Tap Jazz Youth Rhythm, Rhyme & Fun Preschool
Combo Dance- Tots Preschool Salsa Dance - level 1 Adult
Creative Dance Youth Spanish I Adult
Folklorico-Beg I Youth Spanish - Inter Adult
Folklorico-Beg II Youth Tai Chi - 1 Adult
Folklorico-Performing Youth Tai Chi - 2 Adult
Fun N Messy Preschool Tap - Beg Adult
Golf Adult Tap - Inter Adult
Junior Golf Youth Tap with Marti Wkshop Adult
Guitar Beg- Adult Adult Tap - Women Adult
Guitar Beg- Youth Youth Tap/Jazz Combo Youth
Indian Cooking Adult Theatre Dance Youth
Jazz Dance - Teen Youth Toddlers Love Music Preschool
Jazz Dance-Sr/Adult Adult Total Body Sculpting Adult
Jazz-Tiny Tot Preschool Total Body Sculpting Adult
Jitterbug Swing Adult Tots of Fun Preschool
Kids Love Music Youth Tumbling Youth
Martial Arts - Karate Adult Yoga Senior
Martial Arts - Karate Youth Yoga Adult
Piano - Group
Youth Zumba Adult
The City contracts with instructors to provide specialty recreational activities and
instructional classes. The city provides facilities at the Barbara J. Riley and
Community Center, Golden Park multi-purpose room, Apollo dance Studio,
Independence Park Tennis Center and Furman Park multi-purpose room.
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Water fountains (number)
Volleyball Court - Sand
Volleyball Court - Indoor
Trash cans (number)
Tennis Courts - Lights
Swimming Pool (DUSD)
Snack Shack (square footage if avail.)
Skateboard Facility
Restroom Structure
(max Occupancy) Reservable Buildings
Play Area
Picnic tables (number)
Picnic Shelters Reservable (max occupancy)
Picnic shelter (number)
Parking spaces (number)
Office/building square fee
Lake - Fishing
Kitchen
Fitness Course/Waking path
Fitness Center
Fire Ring
Basketball Courts - outdoor
Basketball Courts - Indoor
Barbeque (number)
Ball Diamond, t-ball - grass infield
Ball Diamond, dirt infield - no lights
Ball Diamond, dirt infield - Lights
Ball Diamond - grass infield
Athletic Field - no lights
Athletic field - Lights
Activity Building / Room
Total acreage
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Recreation Services
PROGRAM YOUTHTEENSADULT55+
SPORTS
AYSO Soccer
Bocce Club
CAL-SOUTH DOWNEY FC
City of Downey Leagues
Downey Dolphins
Downey Junior Athletic Association
Downey Girls Ponytail Athletic Association
Downey Razorbacks
Downey Tennis Club
Major League Softball
Northwest Downey Little League
Rio Hondo Golf Course
United States Tennis Association
West Downey Little League
SKATE BOARD
Independence Park
AFTER SCHOOL
ASPIRE
City of Downey Safe Place to Play
55+
Barbara J. Riley Community and Senior Center
FITNESS
Barbara J. Riley Community and Senior Center
Youth Sports Leagues are the primary provider of organized recreation activity. Sports
program opportunities are offered in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball, and
swimming. The City also supports youth sports through providing field space and Girls
Basketball League, Coed summer volleyball, coed summer basketball, sports camps,
clinics, pre-school sports programs and coed spring basketball.
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