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15 <br /> Ef and-Cheeks School Park <br /> LAND USE ALTERNATIVES <br /> GENERAL <br /> The public process provided a number of interesting alternatives for the proposed <br /> joint use park. Based upon the information obtained during the initial public <br /> participation process, the staff and the recreation department of the County of <br /> Orange, two concepts were prepared that have a definite passive/active flavor to <br /> them. <br /> Concept-A <br /> The primary objective of Concept-A was to develop a park that provided a suitable <br /> mix of passive and active park activities. The site was analyzed from the perspective <br /> of providing recreation for the community and the elementary school both jointly and <br /> as individual entities. The uniqueness of the site provided a number of challenges as <br /> well as opportunities for the development of the site. Individual aspects of Concept-A <br /> are as follows: <br /> • This concept utilizes a single dual lane entrance to the park. This entrance road is <br /> located off of Richmond Road opposite the existing community center. This <br /> roadway establishes the entrance of the site with a major sign feature and <br /> decorative landscaping. The dual entrance road also leads to a structured drop-off <br /> loop adjacent to the entrance of the community center. This loop will be used <br /> primarily for dropping off senior citizens at the center. <br /> The entrance road leads to three separate parking areas that are strategically <br /> located to serve the different areas of the park development. The lots are planned <br /> to take advantage of key vegetation groups in the field. This plant material can be <br /> left in key areas to break up the asphalt pavement that is present with all of the <br /> parking areas. Where specimen tree areas are found care will be taken to <br /> preserve them by structuring the parking around them also. <br /> • Active recreation is located on the southern edge of the park site adjacent to the <br /> Bus Access Road and Richmond Road. Three new structured basketball courts <br /> are located at the southwest comer of the site near the two roadways. It is <br /> anticipated that these courts will be for adult use and they are located to take <br /> advantage of the visibility and noise reduction opportunities that this location <br /> offers. <br /> Two midget soccer fields are also present along the Bus Access Road. These <br /> fields are for youth up to 10 years old. Their sizes are 220' x 160' and they are - <br /> terraced into the landscape to take advantage of the natural terrain. One of the <br /> fields bridges the existing drainage channel therefore expanding the site for an <br /> additional field and in the process providing a physical tie of the two pieces of <br /> property. <br /> Woolpert Park Master Plan April 1997 <br />