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California Parks and Recreation Society Statewide Awards Update (Greg Mediati, Director, Parks and Recreation Department)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Parks and Recreation Commission receive a presentation on the receipt of two awards from the California Parks and Recreation Society Statewide Award Program.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Each year, the California Parks and Recreation Society (CPRS) hosts an annual competitive awards program celebrating outstanding examples of quality facility and park design, programming accomplishments, effective communications, community leadership, and professional successes in the parks and recreation industry.
Parks and Recreation staff submitted two nomination applications in December and were recently notified of the receipt of among their most highly-competitive awards:
? Excellence in Design, Park Planning: Orange Memorial Park Sports Field
? Excellence in Design, Facility Design: Library | Parks and Recreation Center
Excellence in Design, Park Planning: Orange Memorial Park Stormwater Capture and Sports Field Project
Orange Memorial Park is the City of South San Francisco's flagship park - the heart of the community, which promotes physical activity, community building, socialization, and safe, equitable and accessible recreational opportunities.
While staff historically has dealt with long-standing maintenance challenges due to aging infrastructure, the field has been used by the baseball and softball community for decades. Soccer has not been scheduled on the field due to wear and tear on the field and potential use conflicts. For many years, the sports community has made requests for improvements both small and large to the field. Coupled with stress from on-going droughts and water restrictions, staff knew a new approach was necessary, and conducted a master planning effort to re-envision the field.
In 2018, an opportunity for funding arose in the form of a storm wa...
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