By Daily Press staff
The Santa Monica and Parks Commission plan to go back to the drawing board to redesign a new park on Euclid Street.
The commission will review modifications to the park’s design, which will be located on the 1500 block of Euclid Street. The modifications are in response to comments received at the commission’s Feb. 17 meeting. The design team of Rios Clemente Hale Studios and artist Abbie Morganstein initially presented the Euclid Park design scheme to the commission based upon community input received at two public workshops held in October and December of 2004, and upon a survey to gauge park user preferences for amenities such as shade, seating, children’s playground equipment, gardening, security features and landscape planning. The commission took public comment and also recommended several changes. Some of those changes included making the park design more flexible, open, shady and natural looking. At its March 17 meeting, the commission will review the changes, take public comment, and provide input on the revised plan, which can be seen at www.smgov.net/ccs beginning. The commission’s formal comments will be transmitted to the City Council, along with a staff recommendation, in May 2005.
The park project has been in the works since 1998, as part of a combined parks and housing development. Next door to the planned park is the 13-unit Hacienda del Mar, a residence for people with disabilities run by United Cerebral Palsy (UCP). UCP renovated the historic 1928 brick Spanish Colonial Revival building and completed the construction in 2003. The development of Euclid Park is part of the City’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan, a 20-year plan for over $142 million worth of improvements to Santa Monica’s parks, open spaces and community facilities.
The meeting will be held at the Ken Edwards Center, 1527 Fourth St., at 7:30 p.m.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 15, 2005. Read the original PDF.