Mountview Park should be completed by May

Only the last phases of construction remain before the new city park in Cottonwood Heights is completed. City planning director Brian Berndt said he hopes to see the grand opening of the park in May of this year.

At a city council work session in December, Berndt reported all vertical building would be completed by the end of 2011. The final landscaping, including a boulder with a sign for the park and a hiking trail, will be finished by springtime.

Berndt also displayed tiles with painted pictures that will be used in the park restrooms.

“Local fourth graders did the artwork,” Berndt said, as he passed them around the room and council members admired the colorful images—including one depiction of Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore Jr.

“This is a five-star park,” Councilman Mike Peterson said. Peterson anticipates nominating the park for an outstanding new park of the year award after its completion.

“It would be well-deserved,” Peterson said. “This is a very unique park because of the collaboration [between city entities].”

The city received by lease the former Mountview Elementary School property from Canyons School District for a dollar a year. Cullimore said the park will have the highest quality of amenities because the city did not have to buy the land.

Although the park isn’t officially completed yet, the sledding hill is open now. Pending snowfall, residents can enjoy the park throughout this winter.