While it is clear that the current momentum to create a neighborhood park for Moorland is driven by the community’s response to the Andy Lopez shooting, Sonoma County Regional Parks planner Scott Wilkinson explains that the land for it has long been intended as a park site.

  The park site is bounded on the west site by the railroad tracks that will soon be used by the SMART trains. Even so, this urban location has a notable natural presence, observes JCAL activist Francisco Saiz.

Below is the schedule of meetings for the park planning timeline:

Community Design Workshop 1

Project introduction, Site Analysis and Park Programming
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 - 6:30 p.m.
Park site: 3390 Moorland Ave., at the northwest corner of West Robles and Moorland avenues

Subsequent Workshops (All start at 6:30 p.m. Locations to be determined.)

Sept. 17 - Workshop 2 - Creating Conceptual Park Designs

Oct. 8 - Workshop 3 - Evaluating Alternatives and Choosing a Preferred Plan

Nov. 12 - Workshop 4 – Refining the Draft Master Plan*

Anticipated Project Timeline

August – December 2015 - Master planning

January 2016 - Board of Supervisors approve master plan 

February – May 2016 - Project Engineering and bidding

Summer 2016 - Construction begins

Original Source