FROM:
Kevin MacLeod, Recreation Coordinator and Sean Condry, P.E., Public Works Director
SUBJECT:
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Proposed Hilldale Pocket Park Project
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RECOMMENDATION
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That Council receives an update for a proposed pocket park on Jordan Avenue between Hilldale Drive and Forbes Avenue and provide direction to staff.
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BACKGROUND
In 1977 the Town Council closed Jordan Avenue at the corner of Hilldale Drive due to concerns about traffic and speeding in the area. The posted 15-mile speed limit was unenforceable by the police department and did not have the desired result of slowing traffic. As a result, resolution No. 1710 was passed leaving Jordan Avenue open at the United Markets loading area to emergency vehicles and one-way eastbound traffic. The Resolution left an unused portion of Jordan Avenue to the west of the United Markets loading area. Aside from Jordan Avenue neighbors parking their cars in this area the space has gone unused. In the past 5 years a group called Friends of Jordan Avenue have requested the Town build a pocket park in this area and beautify an otherwise abandoned section of Jordan Avenue.
DISCUSSION
The Town of San Anselmo hired an intern for the summer of 2022, Ella Acker, supervised by the Recreation Department, to work on the Hilldale Park Project and survey neighbors in the Jordan Avenue area, as well as other residents in the larger San Anselmo area. A hard copy flyer for the survey was mailed out to 268 addresses in a 700 sq. ft. radius surrounding the proposed park location on June 9, 2022, and the survey link was in the Town Manager's Newsletter for 4 weeks. The Town received 162 survey responses, largely in favor of the proposed pocket park. We have attached the survey results, Attachment 1.
* 125 of the 162 respondents answered they would like a pocket park on Jordan Avenue
* 53 of the respondents indicated they would be willing to contribute additional time and/or money to the project
* 76 of the re...
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