Title:
Title
Park Naming of McKinley Village Park Site ES3 as Russ Solomon Park and Park Site ES4 as Ricardo Favela Park
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FileID
File ID: 2018-01689
Location
Location: District 3
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution approving the Park Naming of McKinley Village Park Site ES3 as Russ Solomon Park and Park Site ES4 as Ricardo Favela Park.
Contact: Dennis Day, Landscape Architect, (916) 808-7633; Raymond Costantino, Division Manager, (916) 808-1941, Park Planning and Development Services, Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment.
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Park Location Map
3-Overall McKinley Village Parks Master Plan
4-Russ Solomon Park ES3 Master Plan
5-Ricardo Favela Park ES4 Master Plan
6-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment and the Parks and Recreation Commission recommend naming McKinley Village Park Site Park Site ES3 as Russ Solomon Park and Park Site ES4 as Ricardo Favela Park.
Russ Solomon Park - Park ES3, is a 0.68-acre neighborhood park to be named in honor of Russ Solomon, the legendary Sacramento resident who founded Tower Records and built it into a global music and cultural phenomenon. Park ES3 improvements will include a turf area, concrete table tennis, concrete walkways, shaded social spaces with benches, picnic tables and concrete tables and chairs, bike racks, pet waste stations, public art, shade trees and landscaping.
Ricardo Favela Park - Park ES4, is a 0.13-acre neighborhood park to be named in honor of Ricardo Favela, who was a professor of art at California State University Sacramento, an accomplished artist, and a founder of the renowned artists collective, the Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF). Park ES4 improvements will include shade trees, shrubs and groundcover, concrete walkways, a social space with a bench and a picnic table, public art.
Park sites ES3 and ES 4 will be under construction ...
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