The Oakland City Council has previously considered potential litigation against Piedmont over Blair Park actions, and will do so again on December 20.
The proponents, Piedmont Recreational Facilities Organization (PRFO), made a polished presentation at the December 5 Council meeting resulting in a 4-1 vote for approving a new sports complex at Blair Park. Council Member Keating voted against the project, while Council Members Barbieri, Chiang, Fujioka, and Wieler voted in favor.
On Monday, December 5, 2011, at its 7:30 p.m. meeting the City Council will consider the Moraga Canyon/Blair Park proposals. Those interested can attend the meeting at City Hall 120 Vista Avenue in the Council Chambers. The meeting may also be viewed through live streaming of the meeting on-line on the City website or on cable at Channel 27 KCOM.
The following is a letter sent to the Piedmont City Council by a Piedmont resident –
Moving forward with Blair Park amounts to rolling the dice. What is gained by the gamble is clear. The organized soccer teams will get a large, artificial turf playing field that will allow them more practice time. > Click to read more…
City Administrator Weighs In: Thumbs Up for Moraga/Blair Park and Thumbs Down for Coaches Turf/Lights –
Numerous letters have been submitted in anticipation of the upcoming December 5 hearing on the Piedmont Recreation Facilities Organization (PRFO) proposal to develop Blair Park into a youth recreation play field. The pro correspondence focuses on a desire for local grassy play facilities alleviating the need for travel. The con correspondence points out pedestrian and vehicular safety issues and taxpayer impacts. Many neighboring residents voiced specific concerns. LINK: all Moraga/Blair Park materials
The City Administrator, Geoffrey Grote, recommends approval of the Blair Park construction if adequate mechanisms for funding and protection from legal liabilities are in place. He recommends denial of public funding of $650,000 for artificial turf and lighting for Coaches field at the current time due to substantial unfunded costs associated with water runoff and the City’s overall financial uncertainties. Read the full report . . . > Click to read more…
Powerpoint slides illustrate an alternative which Council Member Garrett Keating identifies as greener –
The Oraftik or “Park” Alternative offers the same field space with a more park-like setting along Moraga Avenue by enlarging Coaches Field. (See details given on 3/11/11 at p. 4-5.)
Council Member Keating recently analyzed the “greenness” of various options, including the Park option. However, on March 3, 2011 the City Council, with the exception of Council Member Keating, agreed that while both the PRFO and Park plans were viable options for developing Blair Park and providing much needed sports fields, only the PRFO has funding to construct the improvements. (At p. 7-10.) > Click to read more…
A resident asks whether the berm wall along Moraga Avenue will be a landscaped slope or an eyesore –
Members of the City Council,
Attached you will find copies of the brochures of SIERRASCAPE WALLS and TENSAR Earth Technologies, Inc. detailing the system that is proposed by ELS, Architecture and Design in their Final Proposed Master Plan and Additional Detailed Information.
As you can see, unlike the architects renderings and photo shopped pictures depict, this is a system designed as a cheap reinforced soil solution for grade separation > Click to read more…
An Open Letter
from Candidate Tim Rood Regarding His Position on Blair Park –A recent letter to the Piedmont Post inaccurately characterized my position regarding the proposed sports complex at Blair Park. I’d like to take this opportunity to set the record straight.
As a longtime soccer parent (as well as baseball and softball) I am completely sympathetic to the desire for additional field space in town and understand that the lease for the fields currently > Click to read more…
The City of Piedmont has released new information on Moraga/Blair Project cost estimates. The detailed estimated costs were provided by the proponents, Piedmont Recreational Facilities Organization (PRFO).
The following letter was submitted to the City Council by a Piedmont resident –
I. The Federal Highway Administration’s Roundabout: An Information Guide FHWA-RD-00-067 (FHA) states at page 179: “Mini-roundabouts are not traffic calming devices but rather are a form of roundabout intersection.” The EIR states the Moraga Avenue 85th percentile speed is 35 mph, the 2011 City survey found 38 mph on Moraga Avenue at Red Rock. > Click to read more…
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