Creating Climate-Smart Cities Through Multiple- Benefit Green Infrastructure. Building community through community-based design

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1 Creating Climate-Smart Cities Through Multiple- Benefit Green Infrastructure Building community through community-based design CALIFORNIA LAND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE California Endowment, Los Angeles, California: March 9, 2016

2 The Trust for Public Land Photo: Julia Stotz Photography Land Conservation

3 Climate-Smart Cities Images: The Trust for Public Land

4 Fitness Zones Photo: Kevin Scanlon

5 Urban Parks and Playgrounds Photo: Annie Bang

6 Creative Placemaking Photo: Julia Stotz Photography

7 Boeddeker Park Vegetated swales Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Photo: Matthew Milman

8 PROJECT TIMELINE Boeddeker Park

9 PROJECT TIMELINE Boeddeker Park

10 SITE SELECTION Boeddeker Park

11 SITE SELECTION Boeddeker Park

12 Existing conditions Photo: The Trust for Public Land

13 Existing conditions Photos: The Trust for Public Land

14 Existing conditions Photos: The Trust for Public Land

15 Existing conditions Photo: The Trust for Public Land

16 PROJECT TIMELINE Boeddeker Park

17 PARTICIPATORY DESIGN Boeddeker Park Community workshops Focus groups : seniors, youth, children Events Meetings and presentations Translated flyers

18 Participatory design Photos: The Trust for Public Land

19 Participatory design Photos: The Trust for Public Land

20 Site design

21 PROJECT TIMELINE Boeddeker Park

22 CONSTRUCTION Boeddeker Park Construction update flyers Update meetings Temporary art Volunteer events Construction tours Community employment Opening event 3/17/2016 Photo: The Trust for Public Land

23 Construction Photo: The Trust for Public Land

24 Construction Photo: The Trust for Public Land

25 Construction Photos: The Trust for Public Land

26 STEWARDSHIP Boeddeker Park Community advisory committee Community meetings Surveys Photos: The Trust for Public Land 3/17/2016

27 Opening event Photo: Jamie Hopper. Courtesy of SF Recreation and Park Department.

28 Opening event Photos: Jamie Hopper. Courtesy of SF Recreation and Park Department

29 After event Photo: Jeremy Beeton

30 After event Photo: Jeremy Beeton

31 After event Photo: The Trust for Public Land

32 Multiple benefits Photo: Jeremy Beeton

33 Vegetated swales Recycled rubber play surfacing Photo: Jan Eiesland. On-site storm water treatment

34 Passive Cooling Vegetated Geothermal swales Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Recycled rubber play surfacing Energy conservation Photo: Matthew Milman

35 Vegetated swales Energy-efficient Clubhouse insulation is made with recycled lighting jeans with daylight sensors Park benches are made with salvaged wood Play area surfacing is made with 100% recycled rubber Recycled rubber play surfacing Design that incorporates use of existing elements, where possible, including soils and plants Many items were salvaged and re-used by Rec Park at other nearby parks Photo: Matthew Milman. Material selection local, reused, recycle

36 Vegetated swales Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Recycled rubber play surfacing Photo: Jamie Hopper Mental health

37 Vegetated swales Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Recycled rubber play surfacing Physical health Photo: Play area-alejandra Chiesa, Fitness class-jan Eiesland, Play Close-up-Jeremy Beeton.

38 Vegetated swales Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Recycled rubber play surfacing Photos: The Trust for Public Land Community building

39 Vegetated swales Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Recycled rubber play surfacing Community building Photos: The Trust for Public Land

40 Vegetated swales Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Recycled rubber play surfacing Photo: Matthew Milman Boeddeker Park

41 Avalon Green Alley Network Energy-efficient lighting with daylight sensors Recycled rubber play surfacing Image: The Trust for Public Land and SALT Landscape Architects

42 ISSUES Avalon Green Alley Health issues Highest rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease in Los Angeles County Park poor 0.42 acres of park space per 1,000 residents Water pollution Runoff to Los Angeles River Limited tree canopy Dumping and blight 3/17/2016 Photo: The Trust for Public Land

43 ENGAGEMENT Avalon Green Alley Photo: The Trust for Public Land

44 Green Team Photos: The Trust for Public Land

45 Alley Cleanups Photos: The Trust for Public Land

46 Community Design Photos: The Trust for Public Land

47 Placemaking Photos: The Trust for Public Land

48 Placemaking Photos: The Trust for Public Land

49 Political support Photos: The Trust for Public Land

50 Stewardship Photo: The Trust for Public Land

51 Groundbreaking Ceremony Photo: Jose Lozano Photographer Los Angeles Sanitation

52 Multiple Partners Photo: The Trust for Public Land

53 Previous conditions Photo: The Trust for Public Land

54 Previous conditions Photo: The Trust for Public Land

55 IMPROVEMENTS Avalon Green Alley Best Management Practices Permeable pavement Infiltration trenches Green infrastructure Art Trees, shrubs, and vines Decorative pavement, poetry, murals Pedestrian-Only Zone 3/17/2016 Photo: The Trust for Public Land

56 Completed Phase 1 Photo: Jose Lozano Photographer Los Angeles Sanitation

57 Completed Phase 1 Photo: Jose Lozano Photographer Los Angeles Sanitation

58 Community art Photos: The Trust for Public Land

59 Design Rendering Phase 2 Alley Closure Image: SALT Landscape Architects

60 ENGAGEMENT Lessons Learned Relationships Build ongoing, permanent relationships Collective Vision To pursue a collective vision for the benefit of a community Respect and Trust Requires understanding, respect, and trust Time Time and this needs to be built into the process Framework Framework for continuity and evolution after the project is built Flexibility Design a process that allows for flexibility 3/17/2016 Photo: The Trust for Public Land

61 Thank you Alejandra Chiesa Program Director San Francisco Natalia Gaerlan Project Manager Los Angeles ext 12 3/17/2016 Photo: The Trust for Public Land

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