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Doogan Park Redevelopment Plan
History
On August 21, 2023, staff presented a conceptual plan (attached) for the redevelopment of Doogan Park to the Committee of the Whole (COTW). The initial plan included 10 lighted pickleball courts, a restroom building with two restrooms, two bocce ball courts, a playground, pavilion, half-basketball court, sledding hill, 360’ x 210’ soccer field, 60’ baseline baseball field and parking lot improvements.
The COWT unanimously approved recommending the concept to the Village Board.
On September 5, 2023, the Village Board approved the conceptual plan.
The development of the conceptual plan was the result of input derived from a public engagement session on July 12, 2023, as well as input from the August 1, 2023 Recreation Advisory Board (RAB) meeting.
Specifically, postcards were mailed to 259 residents living with 1000’ of Doogan Park inviting them to an engagement meeting. Additionally, staff connected with the pickleball community encouraging participants to attend the meeting.
Wight & Co., along with Village staff, hosted the public engagement session to garner input on two conceptual plans for the redevelopment of Doogan Park. Approximately 37 attended providing a variety of input related to pickleball, a playground, parking, vandalism concerns and other potential park elements.
Wight & Co. incorporated this input into a second concept which was presented to the RAB during the August 1, 2023, meeting. Approximately 17 attended the meeting providing additional input on the Doogan Park redevelopment plan. This included expressing appreciation for taking public input into consideration, a desire to include infrastructure to support the installation of lights for the pickleball complex, interest in providing input to the playground, a desire to include a half basketball court in phase I, concern of a future skate park at Doogan Park and a desire to add one additional bocce ball court for a total of two.
The RAB...
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