LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Westside Community Park Committee recently announced several projects completed during the 2016 construction season.
The largest of these projects was earthwork at the south end of the Jane Barnes Field. This area is the site of the future pump track, sand courts and skate park.
The work, completed by RB Peters over several weeks, involved grading to create a level area of about two acres with an engineered bank sloping to the turf playing fields.
Erosion control measures were installed in preparation for the winter rains. The combined cost of this work was approximately $25,000.
Major donations of time and materials were made by RB Peters and Kenn McCarty of Live Oak Belgians. Work is scheduled to resume this spring to construct the pump track.
Last spring members of the community gathered to plant 12 oaks trees in the Memorial Grove. That work was preceded by the installation of 300 feet of irrigation line to the tree area.
A bench donated by the Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Club was placed in the center of the grove on a concrete pad constructed as a donation by Gary and Derek Milhaupt of Sundance Tile. To complete the grove, 22 yards of wood chips donated by Lake County Waste Solution were spread around the trees.
Those being remembered by a tree planted in the Grove are listed on a beautiful mosaic sign created by local artist Chris King. The cost of this project was partially funded by those purchasing trees with the balance coming from the Westside Community Park Committee.
Thanks to the Grillin’ on the Green sponsorship of Sutter Lakeside Hospital, labor by the Kiwanis Club of Lakeport and the Lakeport Public Works Department, three pieces of outdoor exercise equipment were installed along the hiking/walking trail. This is the beginning of a planned par course.
The Rotary Club of Lakeport financed and installed 600 feet of irrigation line and planted 30 trees along the western edge of the Jane Barnes Field.
The Westside Community Park Committee installed four concrete benches that will eventually be shaded by the Rotary’s trees. Benches were donated by Tom and Ruth Lincoln, Ron and Judy Chadwick and the Rotary Club of Lakeport. The work on this project was funded by the Westside Community Park Committee.
The committee also purchased four sets of aluminum bleachers. The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport assembled and set up the bleacher at the baseball and softball fields.
The final project of the year took place in mid-November following the completion of the soccer season.
The Westside Community Park Committee rehabbed the turf on the Jane Barnes Field. This project involved aeration of the turf, over seeding with 1000 pounds of grass seed and the spreading of 173 cubic yards of compost. Jim Holmes donated three days of his time and tractor to help keep the cost down. The field rehabilitation cost $7,200.
The Westside Community Park is being developed by the nonprofit Westside Community Park Committee, a group of local volunteers, on land dedicated by the city of Lakeport as a public park.
The park is the home of the Konocti Youth Soccer League, the Lakeport teams of the Ukiah Men’s Soccer League, the Lakeport Lions’ Horseshoe League and Westshore Little League’s Junior League and Softball League.
Development is made possible by the donation of money, time and materials coming from members of the Lake County Community and from the Westside Community Park Committee’s annual fundraiser, Grillin’ on the Green, held in August.
Information about the Park can be obtained by visiting the committee's Web site at www.westsidecommunitypark.org .
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