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Autumn Grove Park <br />Implementation Planning Session One <br />4 March 2013 <br />Page 3 <br />General park improvements <br />Shade the rink—put trees on/around south sides of the hockey rink to shade it <br />during the summer <br />Mow/maintenance plan—when laying out the trees and structures, plan the <br />maintenance; ex: what is the mower deck width for spacing? <br />Grove in the Grove: focus on having a good variety of trees (leaf colors) <br />Sketch layout of park improvements indicating parking near Lydia, <br />volleyball/sand court to west of parking area, four small soccer fields on the west <br />side of the park, a splash pad/play structure/shelter situated in the middle of the <br />park, tennis and basketball courts on the east side of the park, and parking to the <br />north; a pathway is shown around the perimeter and through the middle of the <br />park <br />Safety—off-street parking is safer than on -street parking <br />Building and shelter <br />Hand/leaf tiles—"buy' a tile for hand or leaf print and have community event <br />(with Northern Clay Center?); the the shelter with autumn -colored leaf (or hand <br />prints) tiles or as part of the structure <br />Arts room, indoor yoga/exercise area—part of shelter with meeting rooms/ have <br />a space where art programs (sink) (visual art, primarily) could be run year-round; <br />(for all ages); maybe a music space as well for small groups to practice; also <br />indoor space for exercise programs (yoga, etc.) year-round (instead of all <br />programs located at Fairview Community Center) (for all ages) <br />Special features <br />Bicycles—make sure pathways observe lanes for both walkers/runners and <br />bicyclists <br />Park programs <br />Autumn Grove leaf event—build a program around "autumn" (leaf pile, leaf <br />painting, leaf tiles/pot raku firing <br />Other <br />No ideas offered <br />General park improvements <br />Recreational skating space—space for skaters separate from hockey <br />Dog friendliness/accommodation—spray for nettles, burrs, weeds; dog bag <br />station; dog watering (spigot below drinking fountain) <br />Park benches—spaced throughout the park especially near path and in wild place <br />to enjoy nature <br />Fire pit—space for fires, pit or open fireplace; ex: stone ring like at Como; grills? <br />Lighting—plan lighting; draw circles of light on map; timer button on skating rink <br />light <br />Signage—street crossing <br />Building and shelter <br />No ideas offered <br />Special features <br />