A proposed master plan for the Ebenezer Road Park to include a lakeside pavilion, playground and walking trails—including access to trails serving nearby Noonday Creek Park—will be considered Monday by the Cobb Board of Commissioners.
The master plan proposal was put together following public information sessions in recent months. Most of the 17.5 acres on Ebenezer Road at Canton Road comprises a lake that the proposal indicates could be used for public fishing, and includes former homes that could be used for events.
The Ebenezer Road Park master plan is one of two on Monday’s agenda, including the new Furr Park on Old Westside Road in South Cobb (read about them here).
The lands were purchased in 2018 with proceeds from the 2008 Cobb Parks Bond referendum. The Ebenezer Road property had an open house for the public before master plan work was conducted.
They’re designed to be passive parks, with most of their natural settings preserved. At the entrance to the Ebenezer Road Park is a parking lot and the playground (in yellow).
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The master plan approval is meant to provide a guideline for build-out of the park, which would have to be approved and paid for separately by commissioners, and no timetable has been established.
It will be the second new passive park in Northeast Cobb in recent years, following the opening of Mabry Park in May.
The recent county land acquisitions include nearly 30 acres of Tritt property next to East Cobb Park. A master plan has not been commissioned for that land, which for now is designated green space.
Also on Monday, commissioners will hear a proposal to build an operations barn at the Hyde Farm property off Lower Roswell Road.
The former farmland has been preserved to re-establish its history as a working farm dating back to the early 1800s. The 2016 Cobb Parks SPLOST program includes funding for the barn, which would store farm equipment and supplies, and a low bid of $373,000 is being recommended.
Commissioners also will be asked to spend $572,687 to relocate and expand event parking at the Mountain View Community Center (3330 Sandy Plains Road), due to nearby construction of the Sandy Plains MarketPlace.
The new shopping center is going up on the former site of Mountain View Elementary School, and the community center shared some of the school’s parking space.
But the new development is private, and the community center’s parking lot is being moved to fit totally onto county-owned land.
The center has recently undergone renovations, but enabling it to serve as a venue for events including weddings, reunions and private parties also requires additional parking under county zoning codes.
Funding for that project also has been earmarked in the 2016 Cobb Parks SPLOST.
Monday’s meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta.
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