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Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment & Cost Analysis

Completed Summer 2020!

Scope of Work

View through trees overlooking the city

This Parkwide Needs Assessment and Cost Analysis project seeks to build upon the existing 2015 Capital Improvement Plan by identifying additional needs and providing cost estimates for the highest priority project areas for Buena Vista Park. The project will incorporate the Capital Improvement Plan, community needs, and maintenance needs, while considering the circulation and hardscape, erosion control and water management, and forest management. A key stakeholder in this project will be the Buena Vista Neighborhood Association (BVNA), who is providing a grant to RPD to undertake this work.

Funding

Grant – Buena Vista Neighborhood Association $50,000

Budgetary Add-Back $50,000

Recreation & Park 2012 Bond Funding $162,952

TOTAL $262,952

Community Meetings (1-3) November 2019 through June 2020

Final report issued Summer 2020

Community Partner: Buena Vista Neighborhood Association

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Project Updates

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Buena Vista Park Improvements | Soil Sampling at Buena Vista Park Begins March 17

REMINDER: Starting the week of March 17, construction crews will begin drilling boreholes in Buena Vista Park to collect data on the subsurface conditions. This work will involve short, intermittent trail closures and detours at various areas around the Read on…

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Buena Vista Park Improvements | Project update, March 2025

Soil Sampling at Buena Vista Park Begins March 17. Starting the week of March 17, construction crews will begin drilling boreholes in Buena Vista Park to collect data on the subsurface conditions around the park for upcoming project work. This work will Read on…

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Buena Vista Park Improvements | Project update, February 2025

This project is currently in the planning phase, which includes mandatory regulatory and compliance work, as well as important on-the-ground testing to inform the design. Planning often appears quiet to park-goers, but things are very active behind-the Read on…

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Buena Vista Park | Project update, July 2024

The design team is assembled and engaged in early planning of the project. The scope of work includes repairing all paved pathways, as well as making improvements to the park’s drainage and stormwater management features to reduce erosion. Read on…

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Buena Vista Improvements - Project Update 1/21!

The Public Works design team in now engaged for this project and . . . Read on…

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Thank you for attending the Buena Vista Park Improvement Project Meeting!

Thank you to all those who attended the July 12, 2022 Community Meeting. . . Read on…

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Buena Vista Park Improvement Project Virtual Community Meeting July 12th!

Please join us for a virtual community meeting to review the findings of the 2020 Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and . . . Read on…

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Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and Cost Estimate Update 10/7!

A presentation of the Needs Assessment . . . Read on…

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Buena Vista Community Meeting 6/2/20 Notes and Presentation

Thank you to the 80 community members who stepped into the unknown with the Project Team . . . Read on…

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Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and Cost Analysis Final Report is Published!

Thanks to the community and the project team, we are proud to present . . . Read on…

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Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and Cost Analysis Virtual Meeting #3

With current social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rec and Park is continuing community engagement virtually. Read on…

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BUENA VISTA PARK- 2ND COMMUNITY MEETING ON FEB 24

The second community meeting for the Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and Cost Analysis project will be held on Monday, February 24 Read on…

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BUENA VISTA PARK – COMMUNITY SITE WALK!

Please join us for a community site walk as part of the Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and Cost Analysis project. Read on…

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BUENA VISTA PARK – COMMUNITY MEETING

The first community meeting for the Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and Cost Analysis project will be held Read on…

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Buena Vista Park | Project update April 2024

We have nearly completed assembling our Design team. The scope for this project includes renovation of all paved pathways, as well as drainage/stormwater management solutions to reduce erosion of hardscape and natural areas. The preservation plan aims to Read on…

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Buena Vista Park | Project update February 2024

We will be partnering with SF Department of Public Works’s Bureau of Landscape Architecture to design this project. We aim to complete the design process this year and begin construction in 2025. Read on…

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Buena Vista Park | Project update August 2023

The topographic survey for this project has been received and we are coordinating with the Department of Public Works to bring a Read on…

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Buena Vista Park | Project update June 2023

A quick update on the Buena Vista Park Improvement Project, a construction project slated for 2025 that will make extensive improvements to the paved path network throughout the interior of the park. The topographic survey Read on…

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Buena Vista Improvements - Project Update 1/21!

The Public Works design team in now engaged for this project and . . . Read on…

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Thank you for attending the Buena Vista Park Improvement Project Meeting!

Thank you to all those who attended the July 12, 2022 Community Meeting. . . Read on…

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Buena Vista Park Improvement Project Virtual Community Meeting July 12th!

Please join us for a virtual community meeting to review the findings of the 2020 Buena Vista Park Needs Assessment and . . . Read on…

Documents & Materials