To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Breyana Brandt, Parks and Recreation Services Director
Prepared By: Breyana Brandt, Parks and Recreation Services Director and Ali Koenig, Management Analyst II
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Community Sports Fields Discussion
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Receive a presentation and discuss the anticipated planning steps and resources required to analyze three specific locations as potential project sites for additional community sports facilities.
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Purpose:
City Staff will provide a presentation that includes information and preliminary research on the feasibility and options for additional community sports fields in Napa. This is in follow up to the April 2, 2024 Council report by the Parks and Recreation Services Department regarding community interests in expanded City recreational facilities. The contents of this report include background on the current inventory of recreational facilities in Napa, followed by the anticipated resources and timelines to further analyze three locations as potential project sites for additional community sports fields.
The potential project sites evaluated within this report include (1) South Jefferson, an undeveloped 58.2 acre parcel outside of City limits (South Jefferson Street and CA-29); (2) John F. Kennedy Park, a developed 203.7 City Community Park (2295 Streblow Drive); and (3) the former Harvest Middle School property (2449 Old Sonoma Road). These sites were selected based on community input and their capacity to support at least three multi-use sports fields.
Existing Community Sports Fields in Napa:
Community sports field planning in the City of Napa has had several noteworthy milestones. As a result of the following, the City has developed a lower quantity of recreation facilities within City property relative to comparable communities.
Beginning in the early 1980s, leadership from the City of Napa (City), Napa Valley Unified Schoo...
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