Santa Fe Park Improvements Project
See Lake Carriage Way Park Improvements
April 2024
- The project was sent out for public bid on April 16
- 3 bids were received and opened on April 30
- Wight and Company representatives will review the bids and provide the park district with a recommendation letter for the Board to consider at the May 8 meeting
March 2024
- Additional survey work was conducted in order to correctly finalize bid documents.
- Soil borings were performed to evaluate the condition of existing soil on site.
- Wight & Company representatives reviewed plan sheets with the park district to update project plans and small adjustments were made.
- The current timeline remains for the project bid to open in April with park district board approval scheduled for the May meeting.
Playground equipment layout shown:
February 2024
- An initial community input night was held on December 5, 2023 to gather information related to the wants, needs, and thoughts on potential improvements to the park.
- That information was shared in January with representatives from Wight & Company (Landscape Architects) who will be designing the project.
- Wight & Co. presented staff with 3 general concepts for layout in early February and one concept was selected.
- Wight & Co. requested playground equipment proposals from multiple manufacturers.
- A second community input night was held on February 19, 2024 to share the various equipment designs with the community and gather additional feedback.
- Wight & Co. will refine the selected concept and equipment , incorporating the new feedback
- The picture below is the design concept for the park. The general shape pays homage to the old Santa Fe Speedway and incorporates "tracks" of 2 different lengths in the oval shape. Please note: the playground equipment is NOT proposed equipment and is simply used as a placeholder.
