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specifically focussing on that objective. <br /> 5. Create new wetlands /reestablish old wetlands - -by removing <br /> mounds created 30 - 35 years ago. Both locations shown for <br /> creation - -south and southeast of the major ash forest - -are <br /> opportunities to expand the largest block of wetland in the park. <br /> Enlarging an existing area is judged preferable to creating a new <br /> non - contiguous area. Some of this work may be done in <br /> conjunction with mitigation requirements for the park- and -ride <br /> facility. <br /> 6. Park entry plaza /29th Avenue terminus -- Landscape <br /> architectural treatment is desirable to create the park entrance <br /> and visually terminate the street. A more formal design with <br /> opportunities for ornamental floral display would be appropriate. <br /> 7. Amazon Parkway widening -- necessary a short distance south of <br /> 24th Avenue to go with widening the parkway between 24th and 19th <br /> Avenues. This project, not scheduled, is included in the City's <br /> transportation plan to accommodate increases in southbound <br /> traffic to 24th Avenue, at which point a significant portion <br /> turns east or west. The lane alignments on the south side of <br /> 24th will have to adjust to the east, displacing the current <br /> approach to the jogging trail, and requiring a bridged approach <br /> to the trail about 200' - 300' upstream. <br /> 8. Century Ball Field - -to be reoriented when rebuilt to better <br /> fit with other improvements and boundaries. The old backstop is <br /> deteriorating and needs replacement. The diamond will be <br /> downsized to a maximum 80 foot base path for youth baseball. It <br /> can also accommodate 70 foot baseball and 60 foot softball base <br /> paths. A new softball diamond, shown to the south of this field <br /> in earlier plans, is not included in this plan out of <br /> consideration for activities desiring large open spaces, such as <br /> kite flying events. <br /> 9. New multipurpose sports field - -The area between the Century <br /> infield and Amazon Bike Path is large enough to accommodate one <br /> adult sized multipurpose athletic field, or two youth sized <br /> soccer fields. This area, regraded twice during the history of <br /> the park and semi - improved for athletic play, has potential for <br /> wetland restoration. Because of previous disturbance (graded <br /> twice during the history of the park), and because of <br /> surrounding development and usage by both park and school <br /> activities, this area is not judged to be a high value natural <br /> resource area, and therefore appropriate for continued and <br /> enhanced athletic fields. <br /> Athletic field lighting, once proposed for these fields as a <br /> replacement of lighted fields at Chanced Park, is not a part of <br /> the final proposal. Staff feel that the cost of adding lights to <br /> the proposed fields, which can not be arranged for efficient <br /> 5 <br />