Amador County – The Amador County Recreation Agency and the Jackson City Council are taking input from the public on what they want in Jackson in terms of a park or other facilities at the Oro De Amador park property.
The city and ACRA are teaming to get a grant for the revitalization of the park, and ACRA Executive Director Tracey TownerYep said public meetings will be held to take input on the Oro de Amador Property in Jackson. A couple of those sessions are next week.
Towner-Yep said Monday that the “Amador County Recreation Agency and the city of Jackson are applying for grant funding through California State Parks for a new park development in Jackson.” She said the city and ACRA “are currently holding public meetings to get the opinions of Jackson residents to ensure that the park we build is the park that you want.”
City Manager Mike Daly said a couple of city council committees have looked at developing ballparks at Oro De Amador, to supplement Detert Park, the only city ball field. Another idea was interpretive trails, or a trail system connecting the tailing wheels, which could easily connect with the rest of town. Daly said there have been thoughts about a skate park, or an approved aquatic facility, though the latter would require high operational costs.
Daly said the key to the project is grant funding, and ACRA would be lead agency in seeking the highly competitive Proposition 84 recreation grant, through the California Department of Park & Recreation. The grants max out at $5 million.
Oro De Amador Park is a 160-acre property between New York Ranch Road and North Main, which the city acquired in December 2006 for free from Chubb Insurance Company, which acquired it after a real estate foreclosure in the mid-1980s.
Towner-Yep said the “meetings and public input are necessary to qualify for the funding so please help us by coming to a meeting or filling out a survey online.”
Two upcoming meetings are next week. The issue is on the Jackson City Council agenda at their meeting starting 7 p.m. Monday, March 14 at the Jackson Civic Center. ACRA and the city will also host a kiosk outside City Hall from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, during Dandelion Days.
People may check the ACRA website or Facebook for more information and more upcoming meeting dates, or they can call (209) 223-6349.
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