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Summary Description: The combined Lions Wayside and DeLucchi Parks create a major open space serving immediately adjacent neighborhoods and form an eastern gateway to downtown. The Master Plan for the Downtown Parks and Trails System identifies numerous public art opportunities for these two parks, none more important than the plaza areas on both sides of Neal Street. The DPTS cites possible features including "...one flagpole, a drinking fountain, shade trees, seating, trash receptacles, planter pots, and special lighting." All of these elements, as well as the paving treatment, are opportunities for an artist to design. Even more significantly, the Master Plan suggests that there be a fountain in either or both of the plazas. The best opportunity here is for a unified artistic approach that includes all aspects of the plaza. Such an approach would commission an experienced artist in landscape and open space design to work with a landscape architect in developing a suitable plan. This approach assumes that when the park is redesigned there will be project costs for the plaza (such as a paving budget, etc.) that will form the basis of the art budget. Should budget constraints prohibit such a comprehensive treatment, any of the individual elements cited above could be designed by an artist as a stand alone art element. The fountain should be the element of highest priority for design by an artist. Audiences: Residents of the adjacent neighborhoods will be the most frequent users of the park and visitors to downtown will be the secondary audience. The plaza can accommodate people waiting for a bus and could be a gathering spot if the hard surfaces are extensive enough. Budget: $200,000-$400,000 for the entire plaza (supplemented by landscape budget) $150,000 fountain (supplemented by landscape budget) $10,000 flagpole $30,000 design fee only (for artist) Timeframe for Construction: Design: one year Construction and installation: six months to one year Site requirements/constraints: The existing parks are almost neutral sites that can very easily accommodate a broad array of design interventions. A fountain will require on-site public utilities. Potential Co-sponsors, Partners, Collaborators: Local nurseries and greenhouses, Livermore-Amador Valley Garden Club 12