[Music] design of the new Fred Richards Park is underway the Confluence company began work in June to transform the former Fred Richards Executive Golf Course on parklon Avenue into a 43 acre multi-use Park the park will consist of three key areas the central green nature bank and Great Lawn there is also a panhandle in the northern part of the Park known as the loop so this process has been going since um engaged in 2016 and you know the closing of the Fred was big for the community um so it's taken us a long time to get to this point but it's really exciting moving forward again taking all that visioning and um the original Concepts and really making them a reality now that we have the funding and the support to do so some changes have been made to the original plan instead of renovating the clubhouse to include new restrooms and food service Confluence recommends a new centrally located Park pavilion be constructed the primary entry Drive parking courts and playground have been reoriented to minimize impacts on Wetlands council members gave their feedback on the initial design at a meeting last month work will continue to refine the concepts after designs are completed construction documents will be created for bidding the Parks and Recreation Department hopes to break ground for the project made possible by a local option sales tax next year