Park on horizon; bungalows to fall
The conceptual plan for the Southwest Cucamonga Park shows a basketball court, water play area, picnic amenities and other features. The design was made after a series of meetings that solicited resident input.
Rendering courtesy
of RJM Design Group
of RJM Design Group
The City Council approved a conceptual plan for Southwest Cucamonga Park last night and adopted a mitigated negative declaration. If you don't speak planning, it means the city believes the development of the park will not have any significant environmental impact.
This move makes the city one step closer to building a park on Madrone Avenue between 9th Street and Arrow Route. The city will now hold a series of public meetings to finalize the park plan and then begin construction. In two and a half or three years, a new city park will be in place.
In 2010, the city was one of 62 communities to receive a grant by the state Department of Parks and Recreation. It received $3.9 million to develop a park in the 3.4-acre property.
Currently, there are six 1950s-era bungalows constructed by Konstanty Stys on the site of the future park. Stys is known for constructing the Russian Village in Claremont. A cultural resources assessment was conducted last year and it was determined that the historic character of the bungalows have been compromised by changes made to the buildings and that they do not meet the criteria for California Register of Historical Resources or local historic designation.
However, the city plans to use at least 10 percent of the building materials to construct features in the park such as shade structures and paths.
And who will fund this Parks Maintenance. Funny this vote comes on the same night that we just heard that our LMD's are suffering, and sound business such as Spectrum are refusing to work in Rancho
I am always for building more parks in our open spaces than encouraging concrete structures to come up there!! So it was really a relief that we are going to see a great park being planned for the Southwest Cucamonga Park with a basketball court, Swimming Pools and picnic areas!! I am sure that the people will be thrilled with this plan and our children will see the greenery around them being protected which is what we should teach them to do!!