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WATERWELL

ATHLETIC

COMPLEX

SITE LOCATION: MO Hwy. 9 & N. Broadway STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, & OPPORTUNITIES

CLASSIFICATION: Athletic Complex Located between Highway 169, Highway 9, and the Missouri River,
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 4 Waterwell Athletic Complex features 5 baseball diamonds, a football

North
PARK DISTRICT: field, and assocaited parking and sidewalks. There is also a playground
and a restroom/concession building. The complex is well-maintained
ESTABLISHED: 1990 overall, and provides some great natural shade from mature trees. Due
ACREAGE: 66.26 acres to the park’s location between highways and the river, there is only one
vehicular entrance to this park and no pedestrian access. KC Water
owns this property and it is operated by KC Parks. Opportunities for
PARK AMENITIES improvement include:
• Adding new KC Parks signage
• Benches (3) • Updating the site furnishings
• Bleachers/Grandstands (14) • Updating bleachers
• Concession Stands (1) • Replacing fabric shade cloth over bleachers
• Diamond Fields (1)
• Dugouts (10)
• Old Park Sign (1) PARK ASSESSMENT RATING
• Parking Lighting (16)
• Parking Lot (1) RATING KEY: 0-24 ACCEPTABLE; 25-49 POOR; 50-74 GOOD; 75-100 EXCELLENT
• Pedestrian Lighting (9)
• Picnic Tables (15) UNACCEPTABLE POOR GOOD ✓ EXCELLENT
• Playground (1)
• Rectangular Fields (1)
• Restrooms (Permanent) (2)
• Scoreboard (6)
• Sports Lighting (23)
• Trash Receptacles (47) Comfort/Character-25
Usability-12

Accessibility-15 Amenities-23 TOTAL SCORE

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