Just received this, and have not yet had a chance to read the whole thing. But...a budget item of $1.5M for artificial turf? (See page 14 for the whole $4.4M budget.) What the...? And this was sent to the "Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program?" If this was sent in and requested in November 2004, why are the surveys of the HMB citizenry just happening now, to "ask" for what ammenities would be desired at the park? Fait accompli and lip service?
From Page 1 of the application:
"The proposed public park will consist of three soccer fields, one baseball/softball field, two tennis courts, a basketball court, a skate park, turf areas for active and passive recreation, a paved loop trail around the park, bocce ball courts and horseshoe pits, picnic areas, youth and tot play areas, bicycle parking, two restroom buildings, a 50 car parking lot and a maintenance yard."
And from Page 8.
"Annual Visitation: The estimated annual visitation of the park is 100,000 people, or 500,000 hours of use. As the only community park and soccer field facility in the region, which is geographically isolated from the rest of the S. F. Peninsula, the park will see numerous annual visits by a large percentage of the Service Area's population of 21,837."
100,000 annual visitors.
With fifty parking spaces.
And Stone Pine Road as the only access.
With all traffic coming up through the stop sign at the corner of Stone Pine and Main, which already backs up from Hwy 92 any time there are more than a handful of cars on the road.
*shakes head*
Here's the whole thing (15MB download):
HMB Community Park Soccer Grant Proposal November 2004
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