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I• <br /> specifica ly focussing on that objective. <br /> 'i5. Creat new wetlands/reestablish old wetlands--by removing <br /> Imounds cr ated 30 - 35 years ago. Both locations shown for <br /> creation- south and southeast of the major ash forest--are <br /> opportune ies to expand the largest block of wetland in the park. <br /> Enlarging an existing area is judged preferable to creating a new <br /> non-conti uous area. Some of this work may be done in <br /> conjuncti n with mitigation requirements for the park-and-ride <br /> facility. <br /> 6. Park ntry plaza/29th Avenue terminus-- Landscape <br /> architect ral treatment is desirable to create the park entrance <br /> <br /> ' and visua ly terminate the street. Amore formal design with <br /> opportune ies for ornamental floral display would be appropriate. <br /> 7. Amazo Parkway widening--necessary a short distance south of <br /> <br /> ~I 24th Aven e to go with widening the parkway between 24th and 19th <br /> Avenues. This project, not scheduled, is included in the .City's <br /> <br /> I, transport tion plan to accommodate increases in southbound <br /> traffic t 24th Avenue, at which point a significant portion <br /> turns eas or west. The lane alignments on the south side of <br /> 24th will have to adjust to the east, displacing the current <br /> <br /> !i approach o the jogging trail, and requiring a bridged approach <br /> to the tr it about 200' - 300' upstream. <br /> 8. Centu y Ball Field--to be reoriented when rebuilt to better <br /> fit with ther improvements and boundaries. The old backstop is <br /> dcteriora ing and needs replacement. The diamond will be <br /> downsized to a maximum 80 foot base path for youth baseball. It <br /> can also ccommodate 70 foot baseball and 60 foot softball base <br /> paths. Anew softball diamond, shown to the south of this field <br /> <br /> I~ in earlie plans, is not included in this plan out of <br /> <br /> ' considera ion for ~.cti~ities desiring large open spaces, such as <br /> kite flyi g events. <br /> 9. New m ltipurpose sports field--The area between the Century <br /> infield a d Amazon Bike Path is large enough to accommodate one <br /> adult siz d multipurpose athletic field, or two youth sized <br /> soccer fi lds. This area, regraded twice during the history of <br /> the park d semi-improved for athletic play, has potential for <br /> wetland r storation. B~'cause of previous disturbance (graded <br /> twice during the history of the park), and because of <br /> surroundi g development and usage by both park and school <br /> activities, this area is not judged to be a high value natural <br /> resource rea, and therefore appropriate for continued and <br /> enhanced thletic fields. <br /> Athletic field lighting, once proposed for these fields as a <br /> replaceme t 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 propo ed fields, which can not be arranged for efficient <br /> I <br /> 5 <br /> I <br /> <br />