Karen Hornaday Park Improvements - City of Homer

Homer's popular Karen Hornaday Park encompasses baseball fields, a day use/ picnic area, a playground, a campground, and a creek on almost 40 acres. It also hosts community events such as the Highland Games. The Karen Hornaday Park Master Plan, updated and approved in 2009, sets forth goals and objectives to be accomplished over a 10- year period. Presently, Phase 2 improvements providing safe and inclusive access to the park and its essential facilities are underway. Thanks to volunteer eff orts and HART Program funding, significant trail access improvements were completed in 2018: (1) an access trail along Fairview Avenue on the southern border of the park that extends up into the park along the park access road, and (2) the Woodard Creek Nature Trail provides pedestrian access from Danview Avenue and allows people to enjoy and appreciate Woodard Creek. In 2019, the City plans to adjust the road alignment entering the park, and better delineate the eastern overflow parking area. This will increase pedestrian safety from the parking areas to the main portion of the park. Phase 3, is the replacement of the central restrooms for the park, and increasing ADA accessibility to the restrooms, parking area and main picnic facility. The current restrooms are well past their useful life and will need total replacement in the near future. The travel surface from the parking area to the restrooms and the main picnic shelter is too steep and uneven for universal access. This phase includes rebuilding ADA compliant restrooms, parking spaces, path to restrooms, path to the picnic shelter, and paved area around the BBQ's and fire pit area. The project is included in the city's 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). As June 17, 2022, information regarding a design firm and the general contractor selection timeline has not been disclosed. A firm construction timeline has not been established. *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.

Park/Playground, Renovation.

Division 11 -	Equipment, Play Field Equipment and Structures, Playground Equipment, Play Structures.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Selective Clearing, Grading.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Athletic and Recreational Surfacing, Site Improvements, Fences and Gates, Planting.
Division 33 -	Utilities.