Item 27 - Conceptual Design Services for Dog Park Project

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SANTA ANA DOG PARK, CITY OF SANTA ANA DVD 10 UNDERSTANDING OF NEED For any community inspired design program, David Volz Design envisions a robust community engagement process. Our initial community meeting will be a participatory community brainstorming session focused on gathering ideas for developing a park master plan. Our preparation for this input will include site reviews and analysis of the plans and documents related to this park site. We will gather “seed” ideas from city staff and from our own site reviews. Our team will assist in the preparation of notices and graphics to get the word out - to invite the community to help design their park. We will begin the initial workshop with an on site tour of the park to clearly identify the setting. To foster the “brainstorming” session, our team will introduce “seed” ideas that will encourage thoughtful responses and open the discussion for brainstorming and continued idea generation. We will look to the community for ideas about possible improvements, including ideas for enhancement, family recreation and complimentary opportunities to develop the design of an outstanding park plan. The DVD team will take the ideas and inspirations received from the community at the initial design charrette meeting and refi ne the ideas and proposed elements into initial concept plans. These conceptual layouts will be presented to city staff in an idea consolidation meeting. The best ideas and themes will then be refi ned into conceptual plans for the community to consider. The second community workshop will be a bit more formal. The refi ned initial concept plans will be presented, and the ideas reviewed. We will look for agreement from the participants on the elements which will become a part of the draft master plan. Comments and input will be received to refi ne the park’s vision and program and to obtain consensus for the improvement elements for the park. Following this vision consolidation meeting, a draft master plan and draft design report will be prepared. This plan will then be presented to the public and the Commission or Council for review and comment. Upon the city leader’s direction a fi nal master plan will be prepared. The Master Plan, which will be the focus of our planning eff orts, will be the culmination of the community’s ideas being honed into a fi nal graphic representation of the best development strategy for this park. A report will also be prepared outlining the input process and describing the program and development elements. Also, a preliminary construction budget will be a part of this project report. The community workshops that DVD facilitates are the best medium for fi nding out what the citizenry desires. Allowing the community to stand in a place of ownership aids in a smooth planning process. In the long term, this ownership translates into projects that are sustained by the community.