A Place to Play
This 82-acre sports field complex in Santa Rosa is constructed on a reclaimed water storage pond site owned by the City of Santa Rosa. Carlile Macy, along with the local sports associations, took the lead in promoting the reuse of the site for recreation and guided the City in the planning of the site as well as assisting a fund-raising effort for development funds. Our landscape architecture staff designed the master plan for the park and led the City through the approval process. This park is a model for effective reuse and recycling of water. In addition, reclaimed water is stored in a reconfigured and redesigned lake that is used for irrigation for the sports fields as well as wildlife habitat.
The park master plan features these elements:
- Tournament quality soccer and baseball fields
- Basketball courts
- Sand Volleyball, bocce ball
- Skateboard park
- Horseshoe pits and shuffleboard
- Play equipment and picnic areas
- Reclaimed water pond serves as wildlife habitat and irrigation supply
Design features
- Athletic field development on very heavy clay soils
- Extremely flat site adjacent to a creek with similar requirements for storm water filtration
- Master plan phased over a number of years
- Engineering infrastructure integral to development of park
- Play equipment and other park program elements blended into a park master plan with athletic fields
- Parking disaggregated throughout the site for easy access to fields
- Restroom/concession building
Design innovations
- Use of reclaimed water for irrigation of fields
- Bird sanctuary within the park
- Highly successful soil conditioning process for heavy clay soils on athletic fields
Role of Carlile Macy
- Preparation of park master plan
- Worked closely with the City to produce necessary CEQA documentation
- Preparation of topographic survey
- All civil engineering for utilities and engineering infrastructure
- All landscape architecture and field design
- Coordination of all subconsultant work
- Assisted the City with bid document preparation
- Assisted the City with logical phasing solutions
- Obtained all necessary permits
- Cost estimating
- Construction staking
- Construction administration