Department Of Recreation, Parks And Cultural Activities Seeks Community Input On Del Ray Gateway Project/Colasanto Spray Park Design

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Feb 24, 2021 at 4:41 PM

Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities
Seeks Community Input on Del Ray Gateway Project/Colasanto Spray Park Design

For Immediate Release: February 24, 2021

The City of Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks and
Cultural Activities will redesign the existing Colasanto Pool, closed since
2010, at 2700 Mount Vernon Ave. The City has selected and hired a design team
led by LSG Landscape Architecture through a procurement process, which
concluded at the end of 2020.

The City invites the community to provide input on the
project through a virtual meeting on Thursday, March 4 at 7 p.m. Input received
at the meeting will be used to direct the project, which will go through an
iterative community design process. For questions, please see the project web page
or contact Bethany Znidersic, Acting Division Chief, at bethany.znidersic@alexandriava.gov or
call 703.746.5492.

LSG will build on the recommendations from The Del Ray
Gateway Project community survey started in 2016 and the City’s 2012 Aquatic
Facilities Study. The 2012 study recommended that the old pool be converted
into a spray park. The design project will focus on the redesign of the current
pool. Future projects will design and construct other components of the Del Ray
Gateway Project site including The Nancy Dunning Memorial Garden.

The improvements will be designed and built through the City
of Alexandria’s Capital Improvement Program and a Community Matching Fund
partnership with The Del Ray Gateway Project.

The City anticipates that the design will be completed by
the end of 2021. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2022.

Register in advance for this meeting at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dBUvxQRuSZ6aLoUa37Mq6Q.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the meeting.

You may also participate in the public hearing by phone:

• Call in number: 301.715.8592
• Meeting ID: 964
  9205 6520
• Passcode: 287746

A video recording of the community meeting will be available
on the project webpage following the meeting.

In response to CDC guidance related to COVID-19, there will
be no in-person public meetings and all engagement will be conducted virtually
through online platforms pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3708.2(A)(3),
the Continuity of Government ordinance adopted by the City Council on June 20,
2020 or Sections 4-0.00(g) in HB29 and HB30 to undertake essential business
until further notice.

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact ana.vicinanzo@alexandriava.gov or
call 703.746.5494, Virginia Relay 711.

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This release is available at alexandriava.gov/120586

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria.The views expressed here are the author’s own.