HARBOUR-8 PARK EXPANSION – CONCEPTUAL / SCHEMATIC DESIGN REPORT RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA 7 / 1 / 21 © Pogo Park 2021
CONCEPTUAL / SCHEMATIC DESIGN REPORT DESIGN REPORT “The vision and the dream has come true. Created in the minds of Table of Contents & Quotes
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residents, Harbour-8 Park will play a vital role in bringing physical,
Report Introduction
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recreational, economical, and social benefits to our community.”
Project History & Background
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Doris Mason — Vice-President, Iron Triangle Neighborhood Council
Development of Harbour-8 Park
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Project Understanding & Approach
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Design Process Images
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Harbour-8 Park Overviews
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Entry Archways
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neighborhood is actually involved — instead of just people from other places.
Harbour Hall
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Because when people help you build things, they take ownership for it.
Fun Zone
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People will treat it better when they feel they had a part in it.”
Sand & Water Play
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Brandon Harris — Pogo Park Community Development Team
Tot-Lot
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Zip Lines
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BBQ & Picnic Area
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Bike & Walking Path
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Information Station
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doesn’t wait for someone else to come and do something for us.
Lillie Mae Jones Memorial
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This is the Richmond that rolls up our sleeves and we do it for ourselves.
“I feel that all neighborhoods need to have projects like this where the
“Pogo Park is the new Richmond — the Richmond that
I’ll look for this to be replicated all over town.” Mayor Tom Butt — City of Richmond
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The Conceptual / Schematic Design Report for Richmond’s Harbour-8 Expansion Project is
UNIQUE DESIGN / BUILD PROCESS:
comprised of three parts:
Pogo Park approaches the redesign and rebuilding of city parks in a radically new way: instead of hiring
PART 1: Project History & Background PART 2: Pogo Park’s Unique Mock-Up Design Process
professionals from outside the community to design and build a park “for” the people, Pogo Park hires a core team of community residents - those who know their neighborhood best - to design and build the parks themselves under the expert instruction of local Richmond contractors and artisans.
PART 3: The Final Conceptual / Schematic Design This Conceptual / Schematic Report details the developmental history of Harbour-8 Park, Pogo Park’s unique Mock-Up design process, and the final renderings and plan for the Harbour-8 Expansion Project. POGO PARK – WHO WE ARE: Founded in 2007 and based in Richmond, California, Pogo Park is a grassroots community development corporation registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. OUR MISSION: Transforming lives by transforming public space. WHAT WE DO: Pogo Park transforms blighted, neglected, and little-used city parks in Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood into safe, beautiful, and green public spaces for children to play and for the community to gather. After 14 years of operations, Pogo Park has transformed two Iron Triangle parks: Elm Playlot and Harbour-8 Park. Pogo Park has partnered with Iron Triangle business Scientific Art Studio to work with a core team of community residents to plan, design, and build these two parks by hand.
Project Partners:
POGO PARK 909 Ohio Avenue Richmond, CA 94804 (510) 215-5500 pogopark.org
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PART 1: PROJECT HISTORY & BACKGROUND LOCATION: Harbour-8 Park is located on a two-block section of the Richmond Greenway between Harbour Way and 8th Street in Richmond’s historic Iron Triangle neighborhood. COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP:
Elm Playlot
Harbour-8 Park is being developed by a unique 14-year collaborative partnership between Pogo Park and the City of Richmond and Pogo Park, a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For over 14 years, Pogo Park has worked shoulder-to-shoulder with a team of community residents to reclaim broken and little-used Iron Triangle parks – and transform them into safe, green, and vibrant public spaces for children to play.
Yellow Brick Road
ELM PLAYLOT: Pogo Park’s first Richmond city park project was the transformation of Elm Playlot, a small “pocket park” that lies in the very heart of Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood. When Pogo Park started its work there, community residents described Elm Playlot as “dirty, dull, and dangerous”: Dirty – Elm Playlot was littered with hypodermic needles, gun casings, broken glass, used condoms, dog feces, and debris. Dull – Except for an awkward plastic play structure and a set of swings, there was little for children to actually do. Dangerous – The park was a magnet for people who dealt drugs, took drugs, fired guns,
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dumped trash, drank, and trained pit bulls to fight.
Pogo Park’s 3 Projects in the Iron Triangle Neighborhood.
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REBUILDING WITH A WORKFORCE OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS: To reimagine and rebuild Elm Playlot, Pogo Park hired, trained, and empowered a team of Iron Triangle residents – those who know their neighborhood best – to plan, design, and rebuild Elm Playlot from the ground up. PARTNERSHIP WITH SCIENTIFIC ART STUDIO: To rebuild Elm Playlot with a workforce of community residents, Pogo Park partnered with Scientific Art Studio (SAS), a local Iron Triangle business and world-renowned design and custom fabrication studio. SAS is famous for building the iconic Giant baseball mitt at the San Francisco Giants ballpark. Over the past decade, SAS has become increasingly passionate about designing cutting-edge, thrilling, and dynamic children’s play environments, creating a new definition of what is possible in a playground. To date, SAS designed and built the next generation of children’s play environments for a diverse set of clients including the San Francisco Zoo, Oakland Zoo, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sonoma County Children’s Museum, and the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center. Twelve years ago, SAS opened their studio to Pogo Park to provide a sheltered and supportive environment for Pogo Park’s Community Development Team (CDT) to learn how to design and build play elements and environments for city parks and playgrounds themselves. PARTNERSHIP WITH LAWRENCE CONSTRUCTION INC.: Lawrence Construction Inc. is owned and operated by Tom Lawrence, a master craftsman, builder, licensed general contractor, and one of Pogo Park’s long-time trusted partners. Lawrence Construction features a state-of-the-art custom woodshop with dedicated shop space for creating built-in cabinetry, furniture, windows, and doors – all using sustainable materials. Lawrence Construction employs a team of skilled artisan wood workers and knowledgeable builders.
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APPRENTICE & MASTER BUILDER MODEL: Pogo Park and SAS adopted a proven, old world “Apprentice/Master Builder” model to rebuild Elm Playlot. Pogo Park’s Community Development Team of “Apprentices” worked alongside SAS’s team of “Master Builders,” skilled artisans, craftsmen and tradesmen. In the process, Richmond residents earned a living wage while re-making a city park that would benefit their own children and the larger community. While designing and building Elm Playlot, CDT members also discovered their own skills and talents while acquiring a diverse set of transferable skills: woodwork, metalwork, sculpting, casting, modelling, and much more.
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HARBOUR-8 PARK – HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT Following the successful renovation of Elm Playlot, Pogo Park turned its efforts in 2013 to
Stage 5: 2018 – Designing, carving, and installing an iconic 14 foot totem pole at the 9th Street/Greenway
transforming a littered and abandoned two-block section of the Richmond Greenway (between
entry (via a $5,000 grant from Richmond Arts & Culture and $20,000 in private and in-kind donations).
Harbour Way and 8th Street) into “Harbour-8 Park.” To develop Harbour-8 Park, Pogo Park used the same successful approach and process used to redesign Elm Playlot: hiring, training, and
Stage 6: 2019 – Designing/Building the “Harbour-8 Improvement Project” that includes the following
empowering community residents who live in the neighborhood to design, build, and maintain
new features: entry archway/gateway at Harbour Way, 100 foot brick wall with seating at the bus stop,
this new park themselves.
Community Plaza, Rain Garden, and “Mini Play Field” (via $600,000 Housing-Related Parks Program grant
and $315,000 Community Development Block Grant).
Over a seven year period, Pogo Park raised the funds from a mixture of grants, donations, and earned income needed to develop Harbour-8 Park in seven major stages:
Stage 7: 2020-2022 – Design/Build the Prop 68-funded “Harbour-8 Expansion Project” (The focus of this fee proposal to the City of Richmond).
Stage 1: 2013 – Removing debris; mulching the grounds; providing
daily cleaning and maintenance (via $50,000 in grant funding from SD Bechtel Jr. Foundation, The California Endowment). Stage 2: 2013-14 – Building a 525 foot fence wall for a mural; hiring local graffiti artists to create a mural (via $10,000 in donations and a $5,000 grant from the city of Richmond’s Arts & Culture). Stage 3: 2015 – Designing and building a new children’s play area (via a $200,000 grant from Trust for Public Land). Stage 4: 2016-17 – Designing and installing a bioswale/rain garden, building community garden, and planting 21 oak trees of different species from around the world to create the “International Oak Forest” (via a $75,000 Urban Greening grant from California Natural Resources Agency).
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SOURCE OF REVENUE:
POGO PARK BRINGS GRANT FUNDING TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND:
To continue its work transforming little-used parks in the Iron Triangle, Pogo Park raises
To date, Pogo Park helped write and submit 11 grant applications on behalf of the City of
revenue from three sources: foundations, donations, and earned income. To generate
Richmond that secured a total of $28.5 million in capital funds.
earned income, Pogo Park prepares and submits grant applications for park improvement projects on behalf of the City of Richmond. In turn, the City contracts with Pogo Park to
POGO PARK GROWS IN EXPERIENCE & CAPACITY:
perform a portion of the work.
Over the past decade, Pogo Park helped to design, develop, and rebuild two city parks in Richmond: Elm Playlot and Harbour-8 Park. In the process, Pogo Park learned how public
MONEY FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY:
works projects work, learned how they are administered, and built successful collaborative
When grant applications that Pogo Park prepares and submits on behalf of the City of
relationships with a myriad of professional consultants and with key people in every major City
Richmond are funded, the City channels grant funds to Pogo Park through Design/Build
department. With this experience, Pogo Park is now fully prepared to assume responsibility to
contracts. In turn, Pogo Park hires and trains community residents to perform a significant
lead, drive, and manage the Prop 68-funded Harbour-8 Park Design/Build Project.
portion of the Design/Build work themselves. As a result, significant monies raised for Richmond capital projects flow directly into the community. Benefits to the City of Richmond and its citizens are maximized through contracts with local businesses along with training and living-wage employment for local residents.
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PROJECT UNDERSTANDING & APPROACH
PROP 68 GRANT DELIVERABLES: Per the State’s grant agreement, the City is required to design and build the following new
PROP 68 BACKGROUND & CONTEXT:
features at Harbour-8 Park:
Working in concert with community residents and on behalf of the City of Richmond, Pogo
- A Community Hall
- A Children’s Play Area
- A Restroom
- Entry Gateways
- A Zip Line Area
- A BBQ & Picnic Area
- Lighting
- Bike & Walking Path
- Landscaping
- Surveillance Cameras
- Public Art
Park submitted a successful $8.5 million “Prop 68” grant application to the State of California Parks and Recreation Department for the Harbour-8 Expansion Project. Out of 478 applications, the Harbour-8 Park Expansion Project was only 1 of 62 projects funded – and only 1 of 9 that received the State’s maximum grant award of $8.5 million. A major reason why the State awarded the Prop 68 grant to Richmond is because of the City’s unique 13-year partnership with Pogo Park. The State wants their Prop 68 grants to design and build new parks to become vehicles for jobs, opportunity, and economic development in lowincome communities. The State supports the City and Pogo Park’s process of: a) Directing grant funds into the community to hire, train, and empower community residents to do a significant portion of the work themselves; and b) Awarding contracts and procuring materials locally from Richmond businesses. The combination of directing grant funds to create local jobs and contracts with local businesses will spark and foster economic development in one of Richmond’s most under-resourced communities. After over a decade of experience working with the City to transform city parks via Pogo Park’s unique Design/Build process, Pogo Park is now prepared to assume the lead role in managing and directing the Harbour-8 Park Expansion Project from start to finish.
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PART 2: POGO PARK’S UNIQUE MOCK-UP DESIGN PROCESS
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PART 3: THE FINAL CONCEPTUAL / SCHEMATIC DESIGN
1. Entry Archway 2. Harbour Hall 3. Fun Zone
4. Sand & Water Play 5. Tot-Lot 6. Zip Lines 7. BBQ & Picnic Area
8. Restrooms 9. Bike & Walking Path 10. Information Station
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ENTRY ARCHWAYS There will be three new entry archways designed and built for the Harbour-8 Park Expansion Project. These three new archways will be located at the park’s entrances on 8th Street, 9th Street South, and 9th Street North. They will complement the existing archway, designed and built in 2019, at the park’s entrance on Harbour Way.
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ENTRY ARCHWAYS
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HARBOUR HALL Harbour Hall is a hand-built and hand-crafted, Community Hall that is one of the defining new features of the Harbour-8 Park Expansion Project. Community residents want this building to be “iconic” and “different from any other typical building.” Harbour Hall will include a kitchen, office, bathrooms, and storage. The Hall can be used for classes, meetings, parties, and events.
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FUN ZONE The Fun Zone is an active play area that features a thrilling 25-foot climbing structure, a pair of disc swings, an “old-school” merry go round spinner, an in-ground trampoline, and a seating wall that encloses the entire playground. The Fun Zone is the heart of the Harbour-8 Park play area.
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FUN ZONE
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SAND & WATER PLAY AREA The sand and water play area lies inside the Fun Zone and features a grassy hill with a water feature at the very top. Children can play with and in the water as it flows down the hill and into the sand pit where children can get lost in the joy of digging, scooping, and making sandcastles.
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TOT-LOT The tot-lot is an enclosed, protected play area for young babies and toddlers. This dedicated tot-lot is a safe place for our youngest children to develop the physical, cognitive, linguistic, social / emotional and creative skills they need to develop into healthy human beings. The tot-lot will feature places for children to crawl, hold onto objects to stand up, climb and roll down.
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TOT-LOT
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ZIP LINES Harbour-8 Park features two zip lines: a large, long zip line for big kids and a smaller, ADA-compliant zip line for small children and children with disabilities. In 2014, Pogo Park installed a zip line at Elm Playlot – that zip line has become the park’s #1 most utilized and beloved feature. We aim to continue the zip line fun at Harbour-8 Park!
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ZIP LINES
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BBQ & PICNIC AREA There are three new BBQ / Picnic Areas at Harbour-8 Park that people can reserve for private family gatherings, parties, and celebrations. Each area is equipped with picnic tables and benches, a custom-made BBQ with cement countertops, and a sink.
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BBQ & PICNIC AREA
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BIKE & WALKING PATH The Greenway’s bike and walking path will curve slightly to the north at 9th Street to: a) slow down bicyclists and b) expand the footprint of the play area. Additionally, there will be a bridge over the existing bioswale area that resembles a boardwalk.
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BIKE & WALKING PATH
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INFORMATION STATION The Information Station will be staffed with a person who answers questions from the public, checks out balls and equipment, keeps track of reservations, and keeps an eye out to ensure that Harbour-8 is a safe outdoor space for the entire community to enjoy.
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LILLIE MAE JONES MEMORIAL Harbour-8 Park will feature a sculptural tribute to an early pioneer for Harbour-8 Park. Lillie Mae Jones was the original advocate for the Richmond Greenway and a champion for community improvements throughout Richmond and specifically in the Iron Triangle, where she lived.
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