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Options for relocation of the Central Park basketball courts in San Ramon are set to be reviewed during a Parks and Community Services Commission meeting this week.
The courts were demolished early last month prior to the groundbreaking of the new city hall building at the southeast corner of Central Park at Bollinger Canyon Road.
The commission held a public meeting back in August during which city staff presented four areas within Central Park where the courts could be relocated. At the end of that meeting, staff decided to continue scouting areas throughout the city and return at a later date for another public hearing with any new findings.
The 24-hour lighting at the courts is a component the commission plans to retain. According to city officials, the full-day illumination is what makes the Central Park courts unique in comparison to San Ramon’s other lit fields and courts — which all turn off lighting at 10 p.m.
Other amenities such as parking and restroom accessibility are also being reviewed as factors in finding a new suitable location.
The commission meeting is set for this Wednesday (Oct. 8) at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at 2222 Camino Ramon in San Ramon.
Residents can also provide written input to Parks@sanramon.ca.gov
I hope they consider bulldozing the skate park and putting them there. It would not be a loss.
They should have thought this through before they bulldozed the basketball courts. City Hall should be somewhere else.
We are mourning the loss of use of the skate park during construction. Do not eliminate it! My kids have been skating there since the day it opened. They have meet all their best friends at that park. They have learned valuable life lessons there. They have found a passion that is pulling them around the globe. Thank you San Ramon for having a place where kids can participate in a sport that is not micro managed by tiger parents.
The “lurkers” are the problem. Not the skaters.
When you develop a plan for a new facility, it is considered good professional practice to address any facilities which are displaced. This is usually part of the environmental study required for such projects. Either SR ignored doing such a study or simply added in what was felt would justify such a fiasco and deal with these “little oversights” later. Someone should be ashamed this ever happened. I have yet to hear who the project manager is on this job. They are probably ashamed and afraid they’ll lose their job, as they probably should.
Pull down the existing City Hall before the new Hall is completed. Then maybe they’ll get the idea!
Maybe the real purpose was to end the 24 hour courts, but they couldn’t do it above-board.
Personally, I don’t see any valid need for 24 hour courts…..and a bit of downside, as well. But that’s just my opinion.
Go home, go to bed, live when the sun is up!
This is a damn shame, and indicates the decision wasn’t thought-out and by people who weren’t aware of the significance of the Bollinger basketball courts.
Here are a few reasons why they need to rebuild it:
– This court was the Bay Area’s “Rucker Park” or “Venice Beach”, an attraction and community staple which was one of the most popular courts in the Bay Area that spanned several decades.
– Crowds and groups of people of all ages came here. You had your high school kids, college kids, after-work crowd, Saturday morning middle-age crowd, etc. MANY people affected.
– It hosted some of the best and most dependable basketball competition in the Bay Area. High school and college level competition was common.
– Lighted courts are a must because people play at all times, especially the popular after-work crowd.
They need to rebuild it ! Tennis courts, softball field, or the field next to the old courts are potential spots to put them there.