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Tour of Culver City Parks and Facilities.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 - Tour of Culver City Parks and Facilities
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Veterans’ Memorial Park*
Parks & Playgrounds Programs:
• All week – Carrom games; equipment
check out
VMB Improvements:
• Air conditioning upgrades to the Auditorium
and Rotunda Room
• Energy-saving lighting (solar tubes)
installed in 2
nd
floor Administrative Offices
• Repairs to tree root damage of parking lot
asphalt
• One pair of ADA compliant electric,
automatic doors installed at entry/exit
between Recreation Office area and Patio
area, funded by Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG)
VMB Commitments (funded and scheduled):
• Replace seats in Auditorium (excluding
Balcony)
• Refurbish main restrooms and basement
class rooms
• Aesthetic improvements to selected
meeting rooms
Park Improvements:
• Age 2 to 5 Playground completed
• Main softball diamond infield leveling
project
• Tennis Courts resurfaced and restriped,
new nets
Park Commitments - CIP’s (funded and
scheduled):
• 2 New drinking fountains,
• Replacement picnic benches at the pavilion
Coombs Park
• Ongoing maintenance
Carlson Park
Improvements:
• Sculpture and Planter restoration: public
art, irrigation and planting
• Painting of picnic tables
October 22, 2011 – Tour Itinerary
8:30 AM Meet at Historical Society
9:00 - 9:30 AM Veterans’ Memorial Park
9:40 - 9:55 AM Coombs & Carlson Parks
10:05 - 10:20 AM Lindberg Park
10:30 - 11:00 AM Fox Hills Park
11:15 - 11:30 AM Blair Hills Park
11:45 - 12:15 PM Syd Kronenthal Park
12:30 - 1:00 PM Teen Center & Plunge
Parks & Playgrounds General Staffing Hours*
Season Monday - Friday Saturday - Sunday
School
Year
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM;
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Summer
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM;
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM;
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
*Indicates Park with Parks & Playgrounds staff.
Lindberg Park*
Culver City After School Program (CCARP):
• Monday – Friday: immediately after school
until 6:00 PM
Parks & Playgrounds Programs:
• Monday & Tuesday, 3:45 to 5:45 PM –
Board Games
• Wednesday, 3:45 to 6:45 PM – Soccer
• Thursday, 3:45 to 6:45 PM – Football
• Friday, 3:45 to 6:30 PM – Basketball
• Saturday & Sunday – Carrom games;
equipment check out
Improvements:
• Play Equipment: repairs/replacement parts
• New additional play pieces: Spica
• Playground surfacing repairs
• Softball diamonds: New chain-link
backstops; infield leveling, skinning,
irrigation
• New Tennis Courts surfacing, striping,
netting, windscreens
Commitments - CIP’s (funded):
• New PAR exercise equipment
• New Tennis Courts windscreens and
surfacing
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - Tour of Culver City Parks and Facilities
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Fox Hills Park*
Parks & Playgrounds Programs:
• Monday & Wednesday, 3:30 to 6:30 PM –
Carroms
• Tuesday & Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 PM –
Chess
• Friday, 3:30 to 5:30 PM – Paddle Tennis
• Saturday & Sunday – Carrom games;
equipment check out
Improvements:
• New softball practice diamonds chain-link
backstop
• Tennis and paddle tennis courts resurfaced
and restriped, new windscreens
Commitments - CIP’s (funded):
• New PAR exercise equipment –50%
completed/next phase currently out to bid
• Benches, BBQ’s, Picnic Tables – ongoing
replacements of old with new
• Joint Sponsorship Funding Project with Fox
Hills Neighborhood Association: restore
basketball courts to fulfill unmet needs for
youth Basket Ball leagues, practice courts
play and revenue generation for the City
Blair Hills Park
Improvements:
• New softball diamond chain-link back stop
• New painting of picnic shelter and
restrooms
• Playground surfacing repairs
Syd Kronenthal Park*
Parks & Playgrounds Programs:
• All week – Carrom games; equipment
check out
Improvements:
• New softball diamond fencing: backstop,
dugouts, benches, backboards
• Tennis Courts resurfaced and restriped
• Chain link fence repairs at tennis courts
and around park
Commitments - CIP’s (funded):
• New PAR exercise equipment to replace
outdated wood equipment
Teen Center at Veterans’ Memorial Park
Hours of Operation:
• Monday – Friday, 2:00 to 6:30 PM
Installation of ADA lift and ADA steps to the
Municipal Plunge funded by CDBG
• Closed on days when school is not open
Programs, Activities and Amenities:
• Youth Empowerment Group
• U.C.L.A. Homework Assistance
• Computer Lab
• Game Room
• College Career Jump Office
• Service Learning Hours
• Special Events & Field Trips
• Music Room
• Lounge with Large Screen Television
The Plunge at Veterans’ Memorial Park
Improvements:
• Three sets of ADA-compliant electric,
automatic doors installed at facility
entries/exits, funded by Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• Installation of ADA lift and ADA steps to the
Municipal Plunge funded by CDBG
• Installation of Variable Frequency Driver to
decrease the energy usage by the pool
motor at the Plunge
Commitments - CIP’s (funded):
• Locker Replacement Project – installation
of rust resistant lockers in men’s and
women’s locker rooms at the Plunge,
funded by the Redevelopment Agency