BUFFER PARK OLymPIc BLVD Santa Monica, CA Recreation and Parks - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BUFFER PARK OLymPIc BLVD Santa Monica, CA Recreation and Parks STEwarT ST Commission maINTENaNcE facILITy buffer park EXPOSITION BLVD DOrcHESTEr aVE November 21, 2013 yOrkSHIrE aVE STEwarT STrEET Park DELawarE aVE MIA LEHRER + ASSOCIATES

City of City of City Context Santa Monica Los Angeles BUNDY DRIVE E V A O I H Stoner O Park Amenities E V Park A O D A R O Park Drive Park - 0.34 acres Yahoo Center Park - 3.5 acres L O C • Thirty-Eight Community Garden Plots • Two Tennis Courts • Half-Court Basketball Court • Grass Area E V A A • Children’s Playground W O I • Volleyball Court E Stewart Street Park - 3.8 acres D V 10 minute walk A V • Five-Station Fitness Course L A B K A • Children’s Playground Area With Children’s S A C I R N B O E N Swings M A T N A Virginia Avenue Park - 9.5 acres • Youth Baseball/Soccer Field S • Park Center BUNDY DRIVE T • Basketball Court S STEWART ST Y A W • Teen Center • Restroom Building D A O R • Thelma Terry Building B • Old Concession Building (Used For League Park • The Patio Building Storage) E Yahoo Drive V A O • Branch Library (Under Construction) D Center Park A • Thirty-Two Off-Street Parking Spaces R D O L V B C Park L P I • Two Regulation Basketball Courts W/Lights M O 5 minute walk L Y O C 26TH ST • Large Lawn Area Clover Park - 17.9 acres • Two Playgrounds C • Ninty-Five Off-Street Parking Spaces E N T • Splash Pad (Seasonal) I N E L A • Picnic Tables A V • Picnic Tables & Seven Bbqs DORCHESTER AVE E DELAWARE AVE EXPOSITION BLVD YORSHIRE AVE • Sixteen Bbqs • Saturday Farmers Market • Two Playgrounds • On-Site Parking in Two Parking Lots VIRGINIA AVE Stewart • Two Restroom Buildings Street 26TH ST • Two Multi-purpose Fields With Lights E STEWART ST V A Park N • Two Tennis Courts With Lights A G I H C I • One Basketball Court (2 hoops) With Lights M • One Sand Volleyball Court CLOVERFIELD BLVD • Fifteen-Station Parcourse • Walking Path 29TH ST 10 FREEWAY E V A S A PICO BLVD S N A 27TH ST K 26TH ST Virginia Avenue Park CLOVERFIELD BLVD PEARL ST 23RD ST 22ND ST 21ST ST OCEAN PARK BLVD Clover Park

Scale study S cale study exploring comparable linear parks in Santa Monica. buffer park Scale Study le le buffer park – 2.35 acres Scale study exploring comparable acreages of local parks in Santa Monica. Size Study Study Palisades Park, Santa Monica CA Virginia Avenue Park- 9.5 acres Stewart Street Park- 3.8 acres Barnard Way Linear Park, Santa Monica CA Barnard Way Linear Park, Santa Monica CA

What Kind of Park for The Neighborhood? Workshop #1 December 18, 2012 Program options, surveys and discussions

What Kind of Park for The Neighborhood? Workshop #1 December 18, 2012 reSulTS 1. cOmmuNiTy programs users a park FOr: 82% COMMUNITY 38% HOW WOuld yOu Will yOu cOmE piCNiC ArEA ECOLOGY 21.5% COMMUNITY gET THErE? WiTH yOu pETS? GARDEN 59% COmmUNiTy lAwN PLAY 20.5% OFF-LEASH 33% AREA SPORT 14% 8% 14% gArDEN ClUB 6% 0% CULTURE OUTDOOR YOGA 4% YES NO MAYBE CONSENSUS 2.EcOlOgy WALK BIKE OTHER DRIVE ADVOCATE BUTTErfly gArDEN WHO Will yOu gO TO THE park WiTH? ENvIRONMENTAL 3.play NATiVE plANTS EDUCATION DEmONSTrATiON gArDEN Friends Alone 13% 6% 4.SpOrT 5.culTurE hEriTAgE DISCOvERY wATEr plAy rEflECTiON PLAY Friends and Family jOggiNg pATh 54% 27% Family PICKLE BALL EvENT SPACE ExERCISE PLAzA piNg pONg TABlES

understanding Scale - Placing Programs Workshop #2 March 6, 2013 Conceptual Site Plans

understanding Scale - Placing Programs Workshop #2 March 6, 2013 reSulTS STEwarT ST mAiNTENANcE FAciLiTY HiGH TRAFFic DOG RELAX GATHER & PLAY GROW & LEARN LOW TRAFFic EXPOSITION BLVD aVE DOrcHESTEr aVE yOrkSHIrE EXISTING STrEET TrEES cOmmuNiTY AXis What we heard... • Exercise equipment incorporated into a “looping” trail system • Play next to Gather for people to a place to watch and relax while kid’s play • Preference for an unconventional sidewalk - No concrete sidewalk • Learning Garden instead of a Community Garden • Suggest gathering space at end of Yorkshire (on axis) • Some buffer trees along Stewart • Discovery Play next to Gather • Screening the maintenance yard as much as possible

Collect Comments on Proposed Plan Workshop #3 May 11, 2013 TELL US WHAT YOU THINK BUFFER PARK WORKSHOP #3 - MAY 11,2013 WHICH 3 PARK ROOMS WILL YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME IN: THE COMMUNITY PAVILLIONS THE GROVE THE ROCK GARDEN THE WATERSHED GARDEN THE LEARNING GARDEN THE BIRD GARDEN THE FOREST THE MEADOW WHAT KIND OF DEMONSTRATION GARDEN WOULD YOU PREFER: AN ETHNOBOTANY GARDEN CALIFORNIA PLANTING COMMUNITIES ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? MIA LEHRER + ASSOCIATES BUFFER PARK | CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Collect Comments on Proposed Plan Workshop #3 May 11, 2013 reSulTS WHAT KIND OF DEMONSTRATION YOUR FAVORITE ROOM GARDEN WOULD YOU PREFER? THE mEadOW 14.5% (19) THE WaTErSHEd gardEN 13.7% (18) THE bird gardEN 13.7% (18) THE FOrEST 13.7% (18) 52% (13) 56% (14) THE rOck gardEN 12.9% (17) AN ETHNOBOTANY CALIFORNIA PLANT THE lEarNiNg gardEN 12.9% (17) GARDEN COMMUNITIES THE grOvE 9.1% (12) THE cOmmuNiTy paviliONS 9.1% (12) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS NO DOG PAR K (7) YES TO DOG PARK (3) SOLID ROOF ON PAVILIONS FOR RAINY DAYS (2) EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD / I LIKE EVERYTHING (5) NO VEGETABLES - FLOWERS ONLY (2) QUIET PLACE TO MEDITATE AND SIT (2) NO FICUS TREES (4) SOLAR LIGHTING / SOLAR PANELS (2) TRACK (2)

SCHeMATIC SITe PlAN N Not to Scale STEWART STREET EXPOSITION BLVD The Meadow The Learning Garden The Community The Grove Pavilions The Bird Garden The Forest The Rock Garden The Watershed Garden

KEY MAP Ficus Tree Ficus Tree Ficus Tree THE GROVE Ex. Tree STEWART STREET Berms Berms Ficus Tree Ficus Tree Ficus Tree VIEW 1 Ex. Tree Berms Berms Ficus Tree Ficus Tree Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Sidewalk Stabilized Decomposed Granite Sidewalk N EXPOSITION BLVD

The Grove The grove is about shade, transition and buffer. when one arrives at The grove they are in the transition zone of the park, decompressing from Stewart Street, with its high traffjc, into the quiet park. The visitor enters the park through earthen mounds up to 3 feet in height. large ficus trees, celebrated by the City for their health and environmental benefjts, are located here where there is room to accommodate their growth habit. A wide, stabilized decomposed granite path guides circulation through the space and invites people in the park, into the next room, the watershed garden. The grove is designed to be a passive space, a place where people pass through or lay on the landforms to take a break in the shade.

KEY MAP Landform THE WATERSHED GARDEN Large Flat Boulders Stabilized Decomposed Granite Path Large Flat Boulders Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Stabilized Decomposed Granite Sidewalk EXPOSITION BLVD N

The Watershed Garden The watershed garden is a seasonal performative garden. The space is sunken and is designed to collect and fjlter the site stormwater before it gets released into the storm drain system. planted with riparian grasses and shrubs, the garden will fjll in during the rainy season. In the summer the dry garden will become a serene garden for people to enjoy and explore. large boulders will offer informal seating opportunities and Sycamore trees will shade visitors. in the center of the garden is a raised path, built like a jetty, that allows for circulation through the garden.

KEY MAP THE BIRD GARDEN Planted Landform Bird Tower Bird Bird Tower Tower Exercise Station Bird Tower Exercise Bird Exercise Station Station Planted Islands Tower Bird Tower Exercise Station Bird Tower Exercise Station Exercise Station Planted Islands Ex. Pine Tree Bird Ex. Pine Tree Tower Exercise Station Planted Islands Ex. Pine Tree Ex. Pine Tree Stabilized Decomposed Granite Sidewalk EXPOSITION BLVD N

The Bird Garden The Bird garden is a garden of wonder where visitors are invited to observe and listen to the many and diverse birds species of the region. A mixed forest is proposed here, keeping and building upon the beautiful existing pine trees at this location as well as adding trees that support bird habitat. mounded planting islands will support butterfmies and birds of all kinds with food and nesting opportunities. A series of bird towers, simple trellis structures planted with vines, will provide a third opportunity for bird habitat in this garden. joggers and visitors can also exercise here on the seven exercise stations provide along the path. T wo of these stations will be ADA accessible, ensuring the goal of creating a garden for all.

KEY MAP Stabilized Decomposed Granite Path Planted Slope THE MEADOW Large Steps Low Retaining Wall Stabilized Decomposed Granite Sidewalk EXPOSITION BLVD N