Friends of Anna Jean Cummings Park

Santa Cruz County Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services Commission meeting

At the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting on April 15, 2013, Parks staff presented a report with recommendations to the Commissioners about the disc golf course proposed by the Soquel High School disc golf club, as well as our proposal to dedicate the open space and improve the existing trails at AJC Park. Santa Cruz County Parks Director Betsey Lynberg offered the Parks Commissioners three options:

1. Develop plans for a disc golf course,
2. Develop plans for dedication and enhancement of the open space, or
3. Take no further action with regard to the proposals at this time.

The Commissioners did not take any of these recommended actions on the report, but rather "accepted and filed" the report, to consider at another date and time.

Monday, June 10, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Simpkins Family Swim Center meeting room
979 17^th Avenue, Santa Cruz
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Download the Agenda when it becomes available

About Anna Jean Cummings Park

Anna Jean Cummings Park (AJC Park) in Soquel, California—also known by some as "Blue Ball Park" for the public art work of four 9-foot blue spheres—is a 96-acre park offering a wide range of activities and facilities for all ages serving the surrounding neighborhoods, the local community, and the county of Santa Cruz. Established in 2001, it includes playing fields for soccer and baseball, picnic benches and pavilions, open space walking trails, and playgrounds.

The Friends of Anna Jean Cummings Park works to preserve the parks assets as envisioned in the Park Master Plan, with special attention to its open space trails and natural habitats, which contains a number of endangered species.

Anna Jean Cummings Park Conceptual Plan Goals

(from the Master Plan for AJC Park)

• Meet critical needs for active playing fields to serve the mid-county area
• Provide for community and neighborhood park needs
• Preserve open space and protect plant and animal habitats
• Retain the beauty and natural character of the property
• Locate access and active recreational uses to minimize grading and site disturbance as well as to respond to the concerns of adjacent neighborhoods