The next public workshop in planning for the De Anza Revitalization Plan will be Thursday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. at Mission Bay High School, 2475 Grand Ave.
A mini-workshop on a “reimagining” for the 120-acre project area, which includes a special study area in the Mission Bay Master Plan plus the surrounding area to the north and east, including ball fields, the Mission Bay Golf Course and portions of De Anza Cove, was held Dec. 9. Consultants then broke ad hoc committee members into two small groups to brainstorm ideas on recreation, the environment and land use and activity in the park.
Suggestions committee members came up with Dec. 9 included the need to balance park uses with available open space; consider creating an info/interpretive center; the need to do a hydrology (water) study; encourage ecologically oriented recreation; find ways to protect and enhance the natural environment; create more pedestrian and nonmotorized vehicle connectivity within the park; allow coastal marshland to grow back naturally; and re-establish a connection between the park area and Rose Creek.
This first full workshop will provide information about the project such as background on the boundary and purpose of the project, an overview of the project process and timeline and end products.
The workshop will be conducted in an “open house” format, with opportunities for public input at “topic stations.” Each topic station will have short presentations on focused topics, such as natural resources, transportation, existing uses, recreation and graphics to gather initial input on key issues and priorities.
The project’s website, deanzarevitalizationplan.com/, will be updated as the planning process progresses.
The effort to redevelop the regional park was delayed by a decadelong court battle between the city and residents of the 500-unit De Anza Cove Resort mobile home park, a 75-acre park on prime real estate jutting into the water in Mission Bay Park west of I-5. Ultimately, the city reached a $3.6 million settlement agreement on one of three lawsuits involving current and former mobile home park residents allowing them to relocate.