Louisville parks board recommends at least 1.5 acres for each Centennial Valley park
The advisory recommendation would expand the two proposed parks from 0.75 acre combined to at least 3 acres and require amenities and safer connections for walking and biking.
Louisville’s Parks & Public Landscaping Advisory Board unanimously recommended that two proposed Centennial Valley parks each cover at least 1.5 acres, expanding their combined minimum from 0.75 acre to 3 acres. The board’s [Sept. 2 minutes](https://louisvilleco.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetAttachmentFile(fileId=5593) record the recommendation to the Planning Commission and City Council; it is advisory, not final approval.
The board recommended keeping the parks generally in the locations shown in the plan and requiring shade structures with picnic tables, restrooms and playground equipment. It also recommended requiring the parks to connect seamlessly to the multimodal transportation network.
For future development applications on parcels B1, C, F1, G3 and L2B, the board recommended requiring a comprehensive plan for travel by different modes. The plan would include street designs under Complete Streets standards, traffic-calming measures and analysis of pedestrian and bicycle crossing safety on routes linking homes with parks, transit facilities and regional trails.
The proposed parks are associated with parcels F1 and G3. City project information says the amendment would not settle the parks’ final locations, designs, ownership or maintenance; those details would be addressed in later development applications. At the Sept. 2 meeting, staff said the developer would initially pay for the parks, while long-term ownership and maintenance remained undetermined.