Staff is recommending selling Lampman Park and using the proceeds to fund park development. With the bond failing and PRPL moving away from Park District One funding and back to the General fund, development funds for parks are difficult to find. PRPL staff have applied for numerous grants, including the IRA Forestry grant, water conservation grant, RTP grants working with Trail Net, along with numerous smaller grants to help fund programs. The staff has coordinated closely with Partners for Parks foundation to encourage private funding options. Selling Lampman Park and using those proceeds to fund development is one more way to acquire funding for development. Staff recommends using the proceeds to finish constructing Centennial Park. Centennial still lacks a playground, shelter, court space and the concrete trail through the dog park has never been completed, 

Proposals to sell Lampman Park have been around since 2009 when the original list of parkland for disposal list was created. There was an informal straw poll done for the surrounding neighbors and the majority said not to develop the park and sell off the land. There have been a number of proposals to rezone the parcel and different options for selling the land since then.  
There is another proposal that is going to come forward from Homefront, to have the City donate the land to them to develop housing.

Staff is looking for direction on which way to proceed, or retain ownership until a future date.

The proceeds of the sale of Lampman Park could be used to develop Centennial Park.

The Parks Department recommends the sale of Lampman Park and the proceeds be applied to completing Centennial Park.