Sunnyside Community Park Survey Coming

Background:  Los Osos suffers from a shortage of community parks, with just one six-acre park serving the entire area. The 12-acre Sunnyside School property, located next to the existing park in the heart of Los Osos, is for sale and represents a unique opportunity. If the community acquires it, most of the Sunnyside property would become parkland providing new fields, playgrounds, open spaces, and other park amenities.

What’s Happening  

A professional community survey using statistically valid methods will soon be gathering opinions about:

• Interest in turning Sunnyside School into a community park.
• Support for a $15 monthly parcel tax per household to fund the purchase, operation, maintenance, and improvement of Sunnyside, with the purchase cost component (about 45%) sunsetting in 15 years. 

How You Can Get Involved:

• If you receive a survey invitation, please participate. It’s time sensitive.
• Expect the survey between August 18 and August 28.

Why Your Opinion Counts

• It will help guide decisions about Sunnyside and a new park.
• Help determine the future of green space and recreation in our community.
• If support is insufficient, Sunnyside will be developed privately.

What’s Next

• Survey invitations coming soon by phone, text, or email
• For more information see locac.info or losososcsd.org
• Follow the Facebook and Instagram Support Sunnyside Park pages for updates

History

Los Osos CSD in partnership with LOCAC (Los Osos Community Advisory Council), had a Town Hall meeting on March 22nd regarding the potential purchase of Sunnyside School to enhance community parks and services in Los Osos. 

The 12-acre Sunnyside School site could host many different community amenities - playing fields and other active recreation, open space, as well as buildings to meet various community needs.  With the SLCUSD (San Luis Coastal Unified School District) interested in selling the property, it is time for the community to express its interest.

At the meeting a project overview, history, background, site analysis, design options and cost analysis were all discussed, with a time for a Q & A at the end. 

Wallace Group will be providing the District with a summary from the meeting, and it will be posted on this webpage once it is received.