Hillside Community Project

Community-driven outreach and youth-led photo voice project identify the Leon young Pavilion as a community amenity and improvement priority.

December 2017

Community members voiced concerns about deterioration and possible environmental hazards with the Leon Young Pavilion. They requested demolition of the current structure and replacement utilizing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding.

The Parks Department tested the structure and soil for toxicity.  Tests did not reflect levels of toxicity hazardous for public use.

January  2018

Community Development offered to explore setting aside $150,000 of 2018 CDBG funding for the project.

February 2018

Both the Legacy Loop and Envision Shooks Run plans prioritize this area for infrastructure upgrades.   Due to anticipated improvements to the Shooks Run area and lack of opportunities for activation, PRCS did not feel it was appropriate to completely demolish and replace the pavilion at its exact location at this time.

PRCS offered multiple ways to invest CDBG dollars for the community to consider: 

1. Restore the current site; invest some funding to make the pavilion safe and renewed;
2. Explore other sites for a community amenity, including the South Shooks Run Playground space, Memorial Park or Hillside Community Center/Fountain Park;
3. Remove the pavilion now and look to fully redesign and renovate the site with the future Legacy Loop planning process;
4. Keep the pavilion and wait for future planning processes to redesign and renovate the site.

February – June 2018

Community members coordinated outreach events, activities and surveys to identify project priorities and opportunities for the Leon Young Pavilion site and CDBG funding.

June  2018

With no consensus on a project and location, Community Development reassigned the $150,000 to a competitive pool due to concerns that the funds could not be committed by the end of the 2018 program year. CDD expressed interest in making 2019 funds available.

August 2018

Open House held by City staff and two City Council members regarding Hillside area project updates, the Leon Young Pavilion, a Hillside community project to include the use of 2019 CDBG funding for a project, and homeless population updates.

September 2018

Public Meeting #1: Hillside Community Project and Leon Young Pavilion planning meeting and design activity where the community provided input on project opportunities.

November 2018

Planned Public Meeting #2:  Discuss community feedback received to date and present some options for community consideration and feedback.

Community Meeting #3: The community discussed the Action Plan presented.  The outcomes were an understanding of how the City would approach the project, how staff envisioned the space changing conceptually; and attendee’s opted to have the City proceed with the final design decisions as part of managing a contractor design/build team.

Phase I Environmental contractor hired, with the Phase I Report completed May 2019. 

Floodplain documentation performed and a Declaration of Restrictive Covent completed in late July-August.  Received

Request for Proposal (RFP) put out in August, posted 1 month plus an extension of two weeks for questions, proposals submitted, submittals reviewed, and contract signed with a Notice to Proceed (NTP) in November 2019.

Rehabilitation demolition and construction, pending weather delays

Turf reestablishment and irrigation retrofit