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AGENDA ITEM - 3B <br />'It <br />-AII�)E_N HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: December 9, 2024 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Jessica Jagoe, Interim City Administrator <br />FROM: David Swearingen, P.E. Public Works Director / City Engineer <br />Lucas Miller, Assistant Public Works Director <br />SUBJECT: 2025 Park Improvement Project — Landscape Improvements at Freeway Park <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />$230,000 — Arden Oaks Park $419.565.78 PIR — Parks <br />$245,000 — Freeway Park Total to Date SLP — Lions Club Donation <br />$475,000 Total <br />Council Should Consider <br />Council should provide direction to staff on what they would like to see as a barrier to the on - <br />ramp at Freeway Park. <br />Backiround/Discussion <br />The planning and design for the 2025 Park Improvement project continues at both Arden Oaks <br />Park and Freeway Park. Identified in the project was to remove the existing guardrail and explore <br />options for a natural screening and barrier from the highway ramp. This was also supported by <br />the community through the engagement process, where there were safety concerns with the <br />current hill being very accessible and having the potential to draw children to play on the hill. <br />With the proximity to the on -ramp, creating a barrier from the playground area to the hill would <br />provide additional measures of keeping wondering children away from the on -ramp and traffic. <br />There are many different options that the city could implement on the hill to achieve a barrier, <br />but offering a different landscape area would not only create a barrier but provide environmental <br />benefits as well. <br />The attached figure shows the existing conditions at Freeway Park and different options that <br />could be implemented with landscaping. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />