The draft park master plan was presented to the Community Services Commission on December 14, 2022. 
The draft document is available for review HERE. 
Comments can be submitted by email December 16, 2022 - January 8, 2023 to [email protected] or at the January 11, 2023 Community Services Commission meeting. 
The updated draft plan is tentatively scheduled to be presented to City Council for consideration in January 2023.  

PROJECT TIMELINE:

In March 2012, the County of San Diego notified the City of La Mesa of the availability of the former Lemon Grove Road Station, a 2.84 acre site on the northwest corner of Waite Drive and Murray Hill Road in La Mesa.  The property had undergone environmental cleanup in April 2000 and in December 2011, the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) signed off and closed the case. As part of its due diligence, the City of La Mesa hired an outside consultant to conduct an Environmental Site Assessment of the property to confirm there were no remaining hazardous materials.

On July 2012, the site was purchased by the City for $650,000, over the course of 4-year period using park impact fees which are designed to mitigate the impact of new development on municipalities, existing facilities and infrastructure for residential developments.

The 2012 City of La Mesa Park Master Plan identified a future park at Waite Drive and Murray Hill Road as a valuable option for a potential park site to partially meet the City’s neighborhood park deficiency. 

Over the past few years, the property has been used intermittently by City contractors and partner agencies for construction material laydown.

In December 2021, the City received funding through the California State Department of Recreation Local Assistance Specified Grant program to create a master plan for the proposed park.

A community workshop was held on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 via Zoom to provide information for the plan to build a new park, introduce existing conditions and future opportunities and to gather input and priorities. The workshop was followed by a survey to gather additional information from the public (From March 16 - April 11, 2022) 

View the March 16, 2022 workshop HERE 
View the March 16, 2022 workshop presentation slides HERE

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