Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 187
CULVER WEST
ALEXANDER PARK
STORMWATER OPPORTUNITIES
PROPOSED
1
(Planned) Replace basketball court.
2
Replace outdated play equipment, and
study inclusion of play equipment for bigger
kids or teens.
3
Resurface toddler playground.
4
Increase planting area where possible.
5
Add fabric sun shades over the basketball
court.
6
Add two rentable picnic pavilions.
7
Install additional seating around the pooch
path.
8
Plant additional canopy trees (native or
climate adapted species).
9
Create two additional picnic groves.
10
Remove the nonfunctional turf along
Moore St. and replace it with low-water use
adapted or native plants and increase street
trees.
11
Add a rain garden (low flow diversion
to a dry basin) with native planting and
educational signage in the unused triangle
of lawn between the paddle tennis courts
and cul-de-sac as well as adjacent to the
playground.
12
Replace tall chain link fence and add an
upgraded lower fence around the park.
13
Green the alley connecting the park to
McConnell Blvd. and create a new park
gateway.
14
Renovate the current recreation building
and address foundation issues. Replace
wood flooring and update interiors.
Buildings need to be able to meet code
for emergency shelters for all proposed
updates.
15
Consider rebuilding the recreation facility if
the foundation repairs are too costly or are
untenable.
16
Install photovoltaic shade structures or
permeable paving in the parking lot.
17
Create an outdoor community space
that could host gatherings and arts
performances.
18
Add a fenced dog run.
POTENTIAL NEW REGIONAL STORMWATER
OPPORTUNITY
Although Culver West Alexander Park does not
trigger LID requirements due to the limited
redesign proposed, this park was identified
as a good potential location for a new regional
stormwater BMP for water quality benefits. The
neighborhood north of the park appears to be
within the tributary area of a catch basin in Wade
Street at the northern end of the park. The City
may consider capturing stormwater flows from
this neighborhood, for example using reverse
parkway culverts on both sides of the cul-de-sac
upstream of the existing catch basin. Stormwater
capture systems could include a combination of
rain gardens and underground infiltration systems
depending on site-specific conditions. This could
result in increased stormwater compliance benefits
consistent with those noted in the City’s SWQMP.
EXAMPLE FEATURE TREES
Calocedrus decurrens Brachychiton populuneus Quercus agrifolia
Incense Cedar
Bottle tree
Coast live oak
*Native species
*Native species
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