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Capital Projects Update (Philip Vitale, Deputy Director of Capital Projects)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Cultural Arts Commission receive an update on the New Park at Linden Avenue and Pine Avenue, the Karyl Matsumoto Plaza, and the Centennial Way Trail Park South projects.
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New Park at Linden and Pine
In November 2023, the City engaged with landscape architect MIG, Inc. to provide landscape architecture, design, and community facilitation services for the New Park at Linden Avenue and Pine Avenue project.
In February and March 2024, MIG, Inc. and the City of South San Francisco together conducted background interviews with Vice Mayor Eddie Flores and key community stakeholders (Comunidad Inmigrante - Olga Perez; Friends of Old Town - Hermes Monzon, Dana Abarca, Brittany Burgo; Amoura's - Bassam Sam Shihadeh) to determine ways to engage the community through events, platforms, and engagement materials for feedback on the new park project.
In April 2024, two new bulletin board kiosks were installed at the project site for the City to share project information and engagement materials as well as advertise engagement events.
The Visioning Phase of community engagement kicked off in early April with an Open House & Listening Session on April 13 at 616 Linden Ave. with more than 75 participants attending. A Pop-Up Event on May 1, also held at 616 Linden Ave., had more than 50 participants attend. Information about these events were posted on the project webpage, mailed to nearby residents and published through eblasts. A Merchant Roundtable meeting was held on May 30 at Amoura Restaurant with attendance from a handful of local and long-standing merchants.
The Visioning Phase allowed participants to rank program preferences related to play, gathering, events, and art. Circulation options were explored as well as special considerations for local businesses. The top three art preferences were Interactive Art,...
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