Design concepts input summary

• The Park should be green foreground to the new civic center buildings for framed and enhanced views from downtown
• Create strong visual and pedestrian connections between the park and the civic buildings
• Allow for easy pedestrian access and flow between downtown and civic buildings
• Maximize views into the park from the adjacent roads
• The park should have multiple uses as well as serve as a passive use and view type facility
• Maximize shade opportunities
• Preserve and incorporate existing healthy mature trees into the new design where possible. Consider contract growing large specimen trees for replacement of trees that need to be removed
• Emphasis on water conservation in selecting new plant materials and designing new irrigation system

Program Elements

• Accommodate large single outdoor performance events
• Small outdoor event space for weddings, parties, performances, etc.
• Vender use by Farmer's Market
• Annual Cornfest use of all or part of the park space
• Park history interpretive area
• Brentwood historical agricultural interpretive area
• Rose garden
• Keep existing play area and add small interactive water play feature
• Central turf meadow area
• Small arboretum element
• Group picnic area
• Relocate gazebo

 

 

 

 

 

Every effort is being made to save those trees that are healthy and have a decent life expectancy (good to moderate suitability).  If a healthy tree resides in a location that will be part of the campus, it will be relocated.  For additional information on the part trees, please see the Final Tree Report