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I~ ~ Cit" of La Porte Parhs & Open Space Master Plan 3.4 Inventory of Public Parks in La Po"'. La Porte has an extensive number of close-to-home type parks dispersed throughout the city. There are 12 neighborhood parks, seven of which are in the eastern section of the city (14th Street, Central, Pete Gilliam, Tom Brown, Ohio, Pfeiffer and Seabreeze), two in the south (Pine Bluff and Bay Oaks), two in the northwest (Creekmont and Glen Meadows), and one in the far west (Brookglen). The five community parks are distributed as follows: two in the far northwest part of town (Northwest and Lomax), one south of the airport (Fairmont), and two in the eastern half (Uttle Cedar Bayou and Northside). The only definite regional park inside La Porte city limits is Sylvan Beach Park; Little Cedar Bayou Park is considered a community park, but the wave pool is a regionally known and used facility. A description of each of these parks with its inventory is shown below. Also listed in the inventory are the Fitness Center and Special Programs Center, and the future west side park site, since there are several concepts already existing for its future development. 3.5 2008 Plan Update New Parks In the past 6 years, La Porte has added two parks; Spenwick Park, a .5 acre neighborhood park in the western portion of the city, and an as yet un-named 8.3 acre community park in the near western part of the city known as "Pond to Park': Two phases of three planned development phases have been completed which will ultimately convert this former detention basin into a City park with a perimeter jogging trail, picnic area, a permanent lake with waterfall, nature viewing station, and lighting for nighttime use. Joint Venture Sports Complex The joint venture sports complex that is planned with the City of Pasadena will be located on 99 acres of property owned by Pasadena, but within the City of La Porte's extra-territorial jurisdiction. The City of La Porte has entered into an Interlocal Agreement with Pasadena for design of this project and is fully expecting Pasadena to honor its agreement. Once the design has been completed, the two cities will enter into a second Interlocal Agreement for construction and operation of the proposed complex. Preliminary conceptual layouts show eight baseball fields and two shared fields for La Porte, with fourteen fields and two shared fields for Pasadena. The project is currently on hold while the City of Pasadena conducts an internal review of the project. When completed, this project, as was anticipated in the Master Plan, will Chapter J - Existing Parb. Page 12