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BASS LAKE BASS LAKE REGIONAL PARK REGIONAL PARK EL DORADO COUNTY PARKS EL DORADO COUNTY PARKS Park Planning Workshop Park Planning Workshop The Parks Division worked with local park enthusiasts and neighbors to collaborate on a park
The Parks Division worked with local park
The following presentation highlights the
Neighbors and Neighbors and Park enthusiasts Park enthusiasts met at the Bass met at the Bass Lake Fire Lake Fire Station early Station early Saturday Saturday morning for a morning for a site tour and site tour and design charette design charette workshop workshop
Participants were provided Participants were provided with information describing with information describing the physical parameters of the the physical parameters of the future park site. future park site. This information included: This information included:
Slope analysis
Property boundaries
Current & future roadways
Presence of environmentally sensitive areas
sensitive areas
was distributed to all was distributed to all
Guide directed people Guide directed people to different sites to different sites throughout the throughout the property and property and encouraged folks to encouraged folks to write down what write down what struck them as struck them as interesting, important interesting, important
the property. the property.
BASS LAKE REGIONAL PARK
El Dorado County Parks
“TAKING PART” SITE AWARENESS TOUR October 6, 2001 Name _____________________________________
BASS LAKE REGIONAL PARK
El Dorado County Parks
“TAKING PART” SITE AWARENESS TOUR October 6, 2001 Name _____________________________________
The Guide Book The Guide Book
After the site tour it was back to the fire station to After the site tour it was back to the fire station to design the park! design the park!
Once the group returned to the fire station they Once the group returned to the fire station they were randomly divided into three groups. Each were randomly divided into three groups. Each group then went through a series of exercises to group then went through a series of exercises to determine what they liked and disliked about the determine what they liked and disliked about the site, what issues they saw as most important, and site, what issues they saw as most important, and what type of facilities should be developed. what type of facilities should be developed.
Each group was then asked Each group was then asked to present their views on to present their views on the different exercises. the different exercises. During the presentations, During the presentations, participants began to see participants began to see the similarities in each of the similarities in each of the concepts and worked the concepts and worked toward building consensus. toward building consensus.
The next The next exercise was to exercise was to design and design and place park place park facilities. facilities. Groups were Groups were given maps of given maps of the park site the park site and scale and scale models of models of different park different park features. features.
Groups were then Groups were then asked to present asked to present their ideal park their ideal park plans. plans.
This group centered This group centered facility development facility development to the southeastern to the southeastern corner of the corner of the property near Bass property near Bass Lake Road. They Lake Road. They show a trail and disc show a trail and disc golf course on the golf course on the northern portion. northern portion. One interesting One interesting feature proposed was feature proposed was the development of a the development of a ballfield on the west ballfield on the west side of the lake. side of the lake.
This group placed This group placed facility development facility development throughout the throughout the county owned portion county owned portion
course was located in course was located in the northwest corner the northwest corner and trail connections and trail connections toward El Dorado toward El Dorado Hills and Cameron Hills and Cameron Park were also Park were also described. described.
The third group The third group placed facilities placed facilities throughout the park as throughout the park as
located a nature center located a nature center and additional parking and additional parking
corner of the property. corner of the property. Group 3 also placed a Group 3 also placed a high priority on trails high priority on trails that connect features that connect features within the park and within the park and connect the park to connect the park to adjacent adjacent neighborhoods. neighborhoods.
The design consultant took The design consultant took the three designs and the three designs and incorporated each concept incorporated each concept into one consensus plan. This into one consensus plan. This plan was presented at a plan was presented at a second workshop where second workshop where additional comments were additional comments were
has now been approved by has now been approved by the County Board of the County Board of Supervisors and will be used Supervisors and will be used as the project description for as the project description for environmental analysis. environmental analysis.