These designation have two really significant items to note.

One, Northfield Pond Park is big, both in acreage (33 acres), but also precedent.

Previously designation of Northfield Pond Park was not considered because it was primarily intended for storm water detention – not as a park.  This designation opens the way for numerous other parks that were similarly viewed as “primarily for storm water detention.”

Also, the Martinez Park addition is important far beyond its size (which is tiny).  This parcel was previously firmly within the grasp of Denver Real Estate.  Given its location directly on Lakewood Gulch, Scott Gilmore was successful in getting Real Estate to recognize that it rightly should be park land.   This went to committee May 2, 2017