The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About4C - Public hearing and consideration of plaques to be installed in Greenleaf Park and Scott CarpentCITY OF BOULDER r"'^ PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM ~ MEETING DATE: February 28, 2000 (Agenda Item Preparation Date: February 22, 2000) ~ P"`"' ~ AGENDA TITLE: Pubhc heanng and considerahon of plaques to be uvstalled m Greenleaf Park and Scott Carpenter Park REQUESTED BY: Chns Dropmski, Duector, Pazks and Recreation Ken Ramsey, Pazks Planning and Conshuct~on Supenntendent Mike Gurrola, Landscape Designer FISCAL IlbIPACT: $6,000 from the recommended achon If approved, the fundmg will come from those previously approved pro~ect accounts, wluch ultunately comes from Neighborhood Pocket Park Development Funding PURPOSE: Staff is requestmg Boazd approval of one plaque m Greenleaf Pazk recogmzing the Bradfield family and one plaque in Scott Carpenter Pazk recogniztng Mr Scott Carpenter BA K RO _ Greenleaf Park The PRAB discussed the nammg of tlus park site at rt's October 1998 meeting and at other meeungs in 1999 The pazksite was officially named Greenleaf Park in December 1999 At that Ume the Board requested staff to locate a plaque m the pazk recognizing the Bradfield fanuly, who had owned a lumber yard at the site for several years Scott Carpenter Pazk At a meetrng last fall, the Parks and Recreahon Advisory Board (PRAB) requested staff to invesngate the possibihry of uvstallmg a NASA artifact mto Scott Carpenter Park onto which a plaque honormg Scott Carpenter could be placed Research showed that NASA does not have any artifacts available for donauon and that other rtems could not be placed mto the park wuhout sigmficant costs ($30,000 to $50,000).These items such as a concrete sculpture were considered by the Board at a previous meeting AGENDAITEM# PAGE_ AN T.y I : Greenleaf Park ~*, Staff reviewed the most recent files on the Bradfield family that were compiled durmg the park ~-- naming process. TYus informanon was summarized mto the followmg proposed plaque text. The text has not been reviewed by the Bradfield fanuly. If the Board recommends approval it is expected that staff will review the text with the family Bradfield Fanuly Greenleaf Park is the former site of Bradfield's Building Products Center From 1966 to 1984, the Bradfield fanuly operated a lumber yard at this locanon Many of the supplies for the ongu~al houses, churches, and campus buildings throughout Boulder came from ttus lumber yard Miles Bradfield, the family's pauiarch, served the Ciry as President of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, Duector of Boulder Commumty Hosprtal, and President of Boulder Crvic Symphony Orchestra The Bradfield family has contmued iYs acnve role m the Boulder Commumty throughout the years The size of this cast bronze plaque is proposed to be 14 mches by 12 mches with an estimated mstalled cost of $2500 The selected location is as shown on Attachment A The plaque will be on a 12 to 15 mch high boulder m a planter bed across from the play area Tlus location was chosen because of the proxiuuty to the park walk system and to the play area where the plaque '"A could provide a tustoncal and educational element Scott Carpenter Park: At a meetmg last year, PRAB directed staff to invesugate the possibihty of mstallmg a NASA artifact m Scott Carpenter Park and placmg a plaque honormg Scott Carpenter on the artifact Research showed that NA3A does not have any artifacts available for donation Other items such as concrete sculpture or bronze rephcas could be placed mto the park. However, the estunates are $3Q000 to $50,000. These items were considered by the Board at a previous meetmg. Siaff is suggesting a bronze plaque, mounted onto an existmg brick wall as an alternative to a large sculpture with a plaque placed in the park Staff has reviewed a draft of the text with the Carpenter family members and will need to have Mr Scott Carpenter review final language Proposed plaque content is as follows -••,. AGENDAITEM# PAGE_ P'" ~a.- Scott Carpenter ~l~~Tl A fifth-generation Coloradan, Scott Carpenter was bom m Boulder, Colorado, 1 11 on May 1, 1925 In 1943, while a semor at Boulder High School, he ~oined the U S Navy as an aviation cadet and uamed until the close of World War II He then attended the Umversity of Colorado ~n Boulder from 1945 to 1949, when he rejomed the Nary, three credits shy of a Bachelor of Science degree m Aeronautical Engmeermg Followmg tus flight, and m recogniuon of lus accomplishments m aeronautical engmeenng, the Umversity granted lum a degree m 1962. Selected as one of seven Mercury astronauts m 1959, Lt Cmdr Carpenter flew the Umted States' second manned orbual nussion on May 24, 1962, ~~~~~~ pilotmg the Aurora 7 spacecraft through three orbits of the earth, reaclung a maximum alritude of 164 miles, and landmg m the Atlantic Ocean afrer four hours and fifry-four mmutes of flight. ~"""^ r..- The s~ze of ttus cast bronze plaque is about 24 mches by 36 mches with an mstalled estunate cost of $3500 on an exisung brick wall at the northwest entry to the play area There will be a bas rehef of Scott Carpenter m one comer and a picture of the capsule m the other. The selected locanon is shown on Attachment B Ttus locanon was chosen because of the volume of park users expected to pass Uus secnon on the way to the play area from the parkuig lot ~T FF F.CONIlI~NDATION: Staff recommends that the Board approve the text, s~ze and funding of a bronze plaque m Greenleaf Park as shown on Attachment A, allowmg for mmor changes of text if necessary to meet any requirements of the family Staff recommends that the Board approve the text, size and fundmg of a bronze plaque m Scott Carpenter Park as shown on Attachment B, allowmg for minor changes of text if necessary to meet any requuements of the fanuly ATTACI3NIENTS: A Greenleaf Park plaque location B Scott Carpenter plaque location ,~ ~,., AGENDA ITEM# PAGE GREENI.EAF PARK PLAQUE ~ Spru'~e. . : ~~. . \ ~ basketball •;~:• court .h' * ~ + O •+• r ~ ~ ~~• + O ~ a; . '~~' ~ Pu-QUE • :{. LOCATION ~ .~ ~ ~r-: sa8s': ~t~ .'~' + . .r.,l~• •I• •A ~h~. • play area , ~ .a. .• ~•. •.~•:•:•:. b . t. ; ~d~9e ~ e( & Wh1tefock p~fch ga~1d \ ~ Q ear~ dat~: 2_ZS~o ~ ~ ~-TTAC H M E N T A .• ~ . ~~~, 1 ~:~~' '' ~ '~~;~1, ~ ' ~- ~ . ~; ~. .1~ ~ J~t/~~y~r : J 1'', '.E.~%l,, g^`y , ~/~~{ '3-~. , . ~. 1 t` !~! ~.., • ~ ,~ i' . ~ ~-~, r-" !~ ~ ! I ! . . !`i~ I f *~~ .~ f,' ` • ~; ~.J ~ j I L, ~ ..ti f . , i. ' /'. ,~ ~,f~ , y~~•':;. ~~~i' . 'I~~ . ~ . "'/ :r' • ` i' ~ ~ W . . . «~nr . u.;~e~,, : y :.: t ~v r~,~ ~~t~,_ F . E II . ~' ~~~~~i!~~+~I ~III ~ ~il ~~~ i. ill II ~ ~ ' ~~~ :. ~ ,pu "~ait` . .. .x ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ - parking la~ ~~:-~:..; . ~:'; ..............:.~. ~ ~° plan~~ .. .."' .. . ...... ~ ... ~. . . . . =~~.-. .-. . . ~ ~ ~ =-. .. ~~~~. °~ . ~•: . .• P~~il~~l~ :...:.:.....:. ~~~.. pi~~r~~~~- ~.~::::...~~~ L~~~~-T'I~I~ . .~: . .~~::.:. .o:-::.:.- . i . . .-.=:=:=~=:=~= =:~:- - ~°~ . : : ~:~=~ . :0 - : .~. . .~- ------------=--- ------~ ~ . . .:........ : ..:.. ...::~:-=--:---:-:~r~~s--:=--~=-.- 1 ~•~~r+~' ' • •~.-•~•~ ~ ." '.'.'.'.' -.•..' • -~ - . . . . . ~ ^ w not to tcate 2~2A•2060 ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~.: .. ~~ ~ ~ .~~~~~ ~-~~J~ ~J ~! ~_~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~::~:~~ ~ rs ; w f~~~ - _1 t ~~l ~ % f ,~ ', -~ . ~ ~! ,_ ~ _ ~ ~..- ~~: y, ' ~, _ _ :, .. ~ ~ _ ~,~ r =-, , - _ ~ - ~~~„~ - f``r,~ ,h~ ; . E ~a } "._ ¢ f ~y ,-a` ' , µ ~-fy~ t.. . ... f 4: ~ ~ ~ 'S : , E f" 3,~ . d ~ I ~ ~ . ' ~ ) ~ t .3 ,~~ ~ ~ ~ e ~_' .. _~ ~y . +-5,: ~..~ ,~ ~ ?~~. - E ~ .~~. r -~ -_ ` ~~ - _ ~~ ~_= -_ ~-- .. ' ;~ ~t/ ' ~..\ '`o .. ... ,~Y . . .. _ ~ ~~~ir+r • . . . ... ' ~ ,'`~ _ ' - 2~ `~'..'... '-y.' a.'~~~~v ' . .. . ~ ~-..r--:' , .~ ,., - ,~ _~~ - -~.. ~ . . -'~~`''~. . __ . t.. .•' ._ .._ ' ~,: ..m~ "_ ~w I'` Su A(~~ ~ ~ ~ ' ' R e ' ~° ~ . n . .~;6 1r, y~. µ . x ~ ~MM: " ~ . . ~ t ~ ~ ~ ~~~ . ~ ~~~ . .... . . "p`°_~ _ _.... 4::,r,.«.o.a ..«?....~~.. wy ..... - ~~,:. ~A,~„~ . -- ,a. ...~,~. w - .. . ~ '. ~ .... ,.. ~~ ~ -. ~n '~ ~'^""., -' ~e', . ... . , . .. ~ ~ . .. . . ._ k .. . e rr r" ~'' 'SY ~ .. _' 6- x ~~.~.~ -w,y ~ ... : ~ j~ ~'+~yt„P.~~w'1 ~ ~ Rf."'Yb s{,~ '~~ ,~ afi lR'M.rvr~ ~~-4 ~.S .^r '~y1, ~l! ! ~ .F' ,~l ;;.r ~ Y ~-. ~ . ^'!~' a~'~ .} . 3~ yF-r .. • : .,. f ~ r.~v f~ Fh i C vl i ~ ,, ~ r ? '.~ ( ~ 4 .. ~ ~ ~ Q ~