Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 40
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AND CULVER CITY PARK/BILL BOTTS FIELDS REDEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY
CITY OF CULVER CITY, CA
FINAL REPORT
JOHNSON FAVARO MARCH 1, 2024
FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR VETERANS
MEMORIAL PARK AND BILL BOTTS FIELDS
CULVER CITY VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AND CULVER CITY PARK/BILL BOTTS FIELDS REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLAN
CULVER CITY PARK/BILL BOTTS FIELDS
CULVER CITY VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AND CULVER CITY PARK/BILL BOTTS FIELDS REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLAN
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
BALDWIN HILLS STATE
PARK TRAIL
AYSO SOCCER FIELDS
ADULT SOCCER FIELD
SHARED WITH AYSO
(2) ROOFTOP PICKLE BALL
COURTS
SMALL LITTLE LEAGUE
FIELD
(165 FT)
PARK PROSCENIUM
NEW HIKE/BIKE TRAIL
AYSO SOCCER FIELDS
PRIVATELY OWNED
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
PARKING GARAGE
ENTRANCE/EXIT
(2) ROOFTOP PICKLE BALL
COURTS
PLAYGROUND
(NO CHANGE)
(2) ROOFTOP TENNIS
COURTS
3- COURT GYMNASIUM
LARGE LITTLE LEAGUE/
WOMEN'S SOFTBALL FIELD
(50/70 X 235 FT)
CONCESSIONS, RESTROOMS, STAIRS AND
ELEVATORS UP FROM
PARKING GARAGE
300-SEAT BLACK BOX
THEATER
AQUATICS CENTER
TERRACE AND
CONCESSION
CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
ARRIVAL COURT
STANDARD
LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS
CULVER CITY PARK
(NO CHANGE)
TOWER
BOARDWALK TRAIL
(NO CHANGE)
SKATE PARK
(NO CHANGE)
BASKETBALL COURT
(NO CHANGE)
CITY MAINTENANCE
FACILITIES (NO CHANGE)
BILL BOTTS FIELDS AT COMPLETION OF REDEVELOPMENT The four ball 昀椀elds accommodate boys and girls of all ages as well as women's softball. The soccer 昀椀elds accommodate both adult and AYSO play. The sports
courts annex accommodates any combination of pickleball, paddle tennis and tennis. The new hike bike trail ascents the hillside at a gentler rate than the existing boardwalk trail.
JOHNSON FAVARO March 1, 2024
PARKING LOT
(NO CHANGE)
500-SEAT THEATER
RECREATION POOL
ADVENTURE
(NO CHANGE)
COMMUNITY MEETING AND
EVENT CENTER
AQUATICS CENTER
POOL HOUSE
DOG PARK
(NO CHANGE)
PARKING GARAGE ENTRY/
EXIT (AT EXISTING CURB
CUT)
30 FT SETBACK AND ALLEY
PARK SITE AT COMPLETION New facilities occupy the north 1/3 of the park site, expanded park the south 2/3 of the site.
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Figure 33. The Feasibility Study recommended improvements
to Culver City Park. Source: Culver City Parks, Recreation, and
Community Services, Veterans Memorial Park and Culver City Park/
Bill Botts Fields Redevelopment Feasibility Study Final Report, Page
57, 2004.
Figure 34. The Feasibility Study recommended improvements to
Veterans Memorial Park. Source: Culver City Parks, Recreation, and
Community Services, Veterans Memorial Park and Culver City Park/
Bill Botts Fields Redevelopment Feasibility Study Final Report, Page
13, 2004.
Title: Veterans Memorial Park and Culver City
Park/Bill Botts Fields Redevelopment Feasibility
Study Final Report
Date: 2024
Prepared by: Culver City Parks, Recreation, and
Community Services
The study for Veterans Memorial Park recommended
to resolve needs by replacing the Plunge pool with
a 3-pool aquatics center built over a 350-space
parking garage, replacing the existing Veterans
Memorial Building with a arts and community
center including a 500-seat theater, a 300-seat
black box theater, a Historical Society exhibition
gallery, and a 400-seat banquet hall as well as a
recreation center with a 3-court gymnasium, adult
fitness rooms, children and teen multipurpose
classrooms, two rooftop tennis courts, and two
rooftop pickleball courts. It also studied reorienting
the existing sports fields at ground level.3
Summary: The Feasibility Study, completed
between 2023-2024, made redevelopment
recommendations and concept plans for the two
large-scale community parks within the Culver
City parks system, Culver City Park and Veterans
Memorial Park, to meet growing demands for
recreational and cultural spaces.
The study for Culver City Park recommended to
resolve needs by reorienting the existing baseball
fields to one level over a 400-space parking
garage, adding adult and AYSO soccer fields on a
separate level, creating a 3-court gymnasium and
multipurpose community classroom studios, and
building a sports court annex with an additional
100 parking spaces for pickleball, paddle tennis,
and/or tennis courts. Improvements to the Park to
Playa Trail connections were also proposed.2
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At this time the final plan is not adopted or funded
and there are no specific implementation plans
in place. Some community members during
the Feasibility Study voiced concerns about the
lack of demand for the arts facilities listed in the
study. However, Culver City arts groups, such as the
Culver City Arts Foundation, have voiced support
for the development of a municipal arts center for
Culver City.
