A Parks Master Plan Public Workshop was held last night to discuss ideas for enhancements to all of Palmetto Bay’s parks. Randy Hollingworth from Bermello Ajamil & Partners, the architectural firm chosen to update the Village's Parks Master Plan, gave a presentation to introduce his firm’s work insofar for each facility.
Mr. Hollingworth first described the steps of the process, which include creating a needs assessment to examine issues and opportunities, examining Master Plan options and programming, finalizing the Master Plan, and adopting the Master plan. He then described proposed renovations and additions to each park, including Coral Reef Park, Perrine Wayside Park, The Woods on 168th Street, Perrine Community House, Thalatta Estate Park, Ludovici Park, and Palmetto Bay Park.
Mr. Hollingsworth showed a list of ideas for each park, which included a number of Village Council resolutions adopted in 2019, then announced the next steps the firm would take in the near term. These were:
- Summarize the needs assessment based on input from the workshop and from a community opinion survey
- Generate design concepts and improvements to the parks based on Village resolutions and survey results
- Hold a second Community Workshop to present the survey results and get input from the community on the plans in progress
Residents at the Workshop were invited to give their input, which ranged from questions about resiliency and sustainability to expressed desires about creating a unique identify for our parks and placing an emphasis on protecting and restoring native species of flora, such as pine rockland.
The Workshop ended with table sessions where participants were invited to view the proposed plans for all parks and add comments on different colored Post-It notes to show the amenities they liked and the improvements they would like to see done differently.
A final public workshop to gather resident input is scheduled for Friday, September 30th starting at 7 pm at Village Hall. Until then, a public survey is open to collect ideas from residents in advance of the workshop.
Please scan the QR code below to access the survey.
