New San Clemente Park Designs Up For Public Discussion Thursday

SAN CLEMENTE, CA — Before the San Clemente Beaches, Parks and Recreation Commission can move forward with designs for five different parks in the city, they want to hear from the public. Community members are invited to join the commission's special meeting Thursday, where members of the commission will review conceptual park designs for the following parks: Bonito Canyon Park, Linda Lane Park, Richard T. Steed Memorial Park, San Gorgonio Park and San Luis Rey Park.

Residents are asked to join the special meeting by tuning in to the city's livestream, and those who wish to provide public comment may do so by submitting their comment on the city's website.

The special meeting for the Beaches, Parks and Recreation Commission starts at 6 p.m. Thursday.

The proposed designs for each park are available on the commission's webpage. Here are some of the changes that the parks of San Clemente may see in the future:

Bonito Canyon Park, 1304 Calle Valle

• Upgrade baseball field lighting
• Consider additional access to parking "turf meadow" areas
• Review flex court options for tennis area

Linda Lane Park, 400 Linda Ln

• Consider moving restroom closer to playground
• Review vehicle access for emergency and city use

Richard T. Steed Memorial Park, 247 Av. La Pata

• Improve seating in baseball complex
• Add sport field lighting to large activity meadow
• Add restroom to activity meadow space
• Add pickleball courts or flex court space
• Build multi-use indoor/outdoor building within one of the activity meadows for large events, rentals and recreation programming
• Consider additional parking area

San Gorgonio Park, 2916 Via San Gorgonio

• Add restrooms located near pickleball courts/dog park
• Add court lights at pickleball and tennis courts
• Build a low fence around Picnic Tree Grove
• Consider adding a design element that would allow for space to be used for wedding ceremonies

San Luis Rey Park, 109 Avenida San Luis Rey

• Upgrade restroom