Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 169
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
STORMWATER OPPORTUNITIES
PROPOSED
1
(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.
2
Replace picnic pavilions. Add additional
rentable picnic pavilions.
3
Remove the central softball diamond to
create a multipurpose event space and
upgrade the corner softball field (move
bleachers from central field to corner
softball field, replace existing field lighting).
4
Add play pool and/or splash amenity next
to the existing Plunge Pool.
5
Renovate the Plunge Pool and locker/
shower facilities.
6
Upgrade the Scout House.
7
Convert the paddle tennis courts to an art
makerspace and gallery. Include stormwater
capture system to meet LID requirements.
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9
Remove the surface parking and add a
parking garage along Culver Blvd. with
racket sport courts on the rooftop and a
rentable gallery or cafe/restaurant space
along the street front to activate Culver Blvd.
Enhance the streetscape and street tree
planting along Culver Blvd.
10 Based on the current condition of Veterans
Memorial Building, any renovations would
trigger a series of code compliance issues.
The recommended path forward is to
demolish the building and create a new
facility rather than making piecemeal
improvements. This facility can match the
new cultural and performing arts building
that was proposed in the Feasibility Study
completed in March 2024. The Culver
City Arts Foundation could be a resource
for identifying funding opportunities.
Buildings need to be able to meet code
for emergency shelters for all proposed
updates.
11
Preserve the part of the building that is on
the historic register, the window on the
corner that overlooks Overland Ave.
12
Include rentable food and beverage space
on the parkside of the building and include
an outdoor cafe, restaurant, or plaza space in
some of the area where the surface parking
lot currently exists.
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18
Consolidate parking on the Senior Center lot
into a parking structure bordering Overland
Ave. Add racket sport courts to the roof of
the parking structure. Include stormwater
capture system to meet LID requirements.
Expand park space and activity areas on the
Senior Center property.
Make the on-grade street crossing safer with
a wide and signaled crosswalk across Culver
Blvd.
Add a freestanding pedestrian bridge
connecting the Senior Center and the new
Veterans Memorial Building.
Build a new teen center and gymnasium.
Include stormwater capture system to meet
LID requirements.
Add a second pool in the location of the
former teen center.
19 Add a community garden.
20 Add a loading zone and ADA parking.
21 Add a regional stormwater BMP per the
SWQMP.
For information on the Feasibility Study concepts
for Veterans Memorial Park, see page 40.
PROPOSED (STORMWATER)
Veteran’s Park has significant proposed redesigns
as part of the Parks Plan, including new parking
structures, an additional pool, reorganized sports
courts, and art areas. Due to these anticipated
redesigns, LID requirements are expected to be
triggered, and stormwater management on-site
will likely be required. Although Veteran’s Park was
identified as a location for a regional stormwater
capture BMP within the SWQMP, it is anticipated
that only a portion of the new/replaced impervious
areas would be able to be conveyed to this
proposed regional BMP within the baseball field
area. Therefore, the new Parking Structure north
of the Senior Center and the new Art Makerspace
and Gallery may need individual stormwater BMPs
to treat these areas.
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