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12 . . <br /> Staff Report <br /> Jackson Park Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone <br /> A. Introduction: <br /> This action affects Jackson Park, located at 17th Street and Chestnut. <br /> The proposed action on an adjacent, 1.2 acre, City owned,vacant property is to amend the <br /> Comprehensive Plan map designation from 1.6 (Multiple Family)to 2.0 (Parks/Public Open Space) <br /> and to rezone the property from R-3 (Multiple Family)to P (Public Park Zone). <br /> B. Background: <br /> 1. The plan for the property is to develop it as a community garden,while integrating it into the • <br /> overall Jackson Park site. <br /> 2. Jackson Park is in the Delta Neighborhood,near the northern border of the Riverside <br /> Neighborhood. Staff met with both the Delta and Riverside neighborhoods regarding this action to <br /> explain the project, answer questions and share ideas. Present were both the Parks Department <br /> and the Planning Department to provide information to the two neighborhoods. <br /> 3. Cost of improvements to the neighborhood park portion of Jackson and the community garden is <br /> being paid in part through grants received by the Parks Department. <br /> 4. No correspondence has been received to date. <br /> 5. The Parks Department has been working with Utilities regarding storm and sewer flow and <br /> possible storm water storage near(or under)this site. <br /> • <br /> 202 <br />