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Approve Tree and Asphalt Replacement Plan for Jackson Park
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Approve Tree and Asphalt Replacement Plan for Jackson Park
BACKGROUND
On September, 12, 2019, the Recreation and Parks Commission discussed a play area at Jackson Park and also directed staff to bring back a maintenance plan for Jackson Park that addressed the asphalt pathways and trees.
This report provides information and location of the existing trees, a plan and options for replacing trees and the proposed areas of asphalt pathway to be replaced in 2020 (Exhibit 1).
DISCUSSION
Pathway Asphalt Replacement
The Alameda Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD) is allocating $80,000 toward asphalt replacement this fiscal year for Jackson Park. The areas noted in red on Exhibit 1 highlight which pathway locations will be replaced with this funding allocation. The asphalt replacement will occur in 2020 and specific locations may vary slightly based on field conditions. The areas being replaced are the most degraded areas and pose the highest safety risk. It includes a large portion of the asphalt pathways on the southern portion of the park and approximately half of the pathways in the northern half between San Jose Avenue and Encinal Avenue. ARPD will allocate additional funding in the next two fiscal years to complete the asphalt replacement at Jackson Park.
Trees
The sycamore trees along the streets where there are no sidewalks are under Public Works' responsibility. Any trees either within the park or located on the park side of sidewalk/pathway are ARPD's responsibility. The ARPD Parks Foreperson met with an arborist from West Coast Arborists, the City's tree management company, who stated that all of the sycamores at Jackson Park are declining due to the following factors:
* The planting locations between street and pathway were a poor choice becaus...
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