Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 163
CULVER CITY PARK
STORMWATER OPPORTUNITIES
PROPOSED
1
(Planned, Fall 2024) Improve the upper
fields and Bill Botts Field.
2
Install pile-driven fencing.
3
Add a jogging track around the fields.
4
Install grass per the recommendations in
the Turf Consultant’s Report on Park Fields
in Culver City, see page 39.
5
Layout four fields at Bill Botts by rerouting
existing road and reconfiguring existing
parking. Include stormwater capture to
meet LID requirements triggered by these
improvements.
6
(Planned) Convert path and playground
lighting to LEDs. This CIP was awarded
$300,000 by the City Council. Select
lighting with glare shields and dark skies
certification.
7
Remove invasive vegetation such as castor
bean and black mustard.
8
Select drought-tolerant, locally native
vegetation for new or replacement
plantings to enhance park identity.
9
Improve the existing conditions of BoneYard
Dog Park, consider surfacing alternatives.
10 Add planter boundaries to surround the
existing trees in the park to help protect
their roots and prevent erosion.
11 Add new trees in the dog park in protected
planting beds.
12 Replace electrical infrastructure.
13 Create an outdoor gathering space with
camp-style log seating near the ropes
course.
14 Designate the upper fields to be used for
soccer only, and designate the updated Bill
Botts fields to be used for softball/baseball
only to allow for scheduling clarity and turf
regeneration between playing seasons.
17 Add a cafe and outdoor seating area near
the racket sports area.
18 Rebuild an ADA accessible nature walk
ramp with multiple viewing platforms
and rest areas with an elevated deck
construction. Include staircase connections
between each of the platforms.
19 Add hiking trails to activate the northern
slope that is underutilized. Stabilize this
slope.
20 Add an open-air pavilion nature center
near the lower picnic area. Buildings need
to be able to meet code for emergency
shelters for all proposed updates. Include
stormwater capture system to meet LID
requirements.
21 Include three new rentable picnic groves
alongside the nature center.
22 Consider upgrading snack bar and
restrooms.
For information on the Feasibility Study concepts
for Culver City Park, see page 40.
ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Culver City Park has more significant proposed
redesigns, including a new Nature Center, Sports
Courts and a new roadway around Bill Botts sports
field. Due to existing land uses and drainage
conditions at Culver City Park, it is anticipated
that infiltration of stormwater may be infeasible.
Therefore, it is assumed that lined rain gardens/
biofiltration systems with underdrains will be
required to treat stormwater flows on-site, although
this approach may change as part of final design
of park redevelopment.
EXAMPLE FEATURE TREES
15 Create an outdoor community space in the
current CalTrans storage area.
16 Convert storage area near lower playground
to become picnic grove and racket sports
courts, which would be possible if additional
storage is located off-site, such as at Cougar
Park. Include stormwater capture system to
meet LID requirements.
Quercus agrifolia
Coast live oak
*Native species
Heteromeles
arbutifolia
Toyon
*Native species
Juglans californica
California walnut
*Native species
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