2016-2017 - Great Park Public Outreach Surveys

 An indoor multi‐cultural center with museum or library that can be toured

OPEN SPACE 

We need a place to sit and enjoy nature We need meandering tree‐lined paths

 Would like to see open space to just walk around

PUBLIC OUTREACH 

The 2004‐2010 public outreach talks about large areas, what happened?  When is the survey going to be posted online?  The meetings are a good thing, but we didn’t know about them. We just heard about this yesterday. We didn’t know about the other meetings  There is not enough information on the City website about the Great Park plans  I didn’t see the maps on the website  Most people haven’t heard of the Great Park  There needs to be a bigger effort from the City to advertise the park  How do we market the non‐sports features of the park? RUNNING/WALKING TRAILS  Upper Bee trails are too small and should be expanded to where the golf course is located  What thought is given to laying out park to include paths for a half‐marathon? It could connect to the Jeffrey Trail. We could also connect with other bridges; this would put the Great Park on the map  Try to link the pathways together with a permanent 5K or 10K course without vehicles interrupting. There could be races all the time  The trails are a great space for a marathon. They can connect to Jeffrey trail for a ½ marathon loop.  Please build super trails SENIOR COMMUNITY  The park is only for 20‐year‐olds and the City needs to start considering its senior community more  What will be the transportation options for the senior community at the Great Park? Seniors are not able to drive their car through the park and won’t be able to walk the entire distance either  Seniors need a program for transportation to the park  Irvine’s senior programs are limited  Seniors need accessibility; how do they get to the Great Park?  All of the features being developed (sports‐related) are geared towards kids, what about the seniors? Will there ever be a skate park incorporated into the Great Park?  Instead of spending more money on building sports parks, the City needs to build a skate park. By creating a skate park, no additional money will be spent on water and there will not be a need for the cancer‐causing AstroTurf  I’m curious how a skate park could be left off the plans when it was in the original plans. o What’s the best way to lobby for a skate park to be built?  Please use 1 acre to build a skate park  There needs to be a skate park. There’s too much grass  A skate park will add an artistic quality to the park. Art is hugely embedded in skate culture  What if we built a skate park that weaved throughout the park? It doesn’t have to be very big or nice SKATE PARK 

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