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Sweetwater Valley Little League complex is a community benefits package provided by a design-built contractor, in partnership with Caltrans and the San Diego Association of Governments. At a construction cost of over 6 million dollars, project program for the six (6) acre site include parking for 150 spaces, three (3) 200-radius ball fields, a 300 feet radius ball field and meeting all ADA requirements. In the center of the complex, a community building was included in the project program, which included a concession room, community meeting room, restroom facilities and storage. Other site design features include backstops, covered dugouts, score keeper’s pavilions, electronic score boards, bleachers, drinking fountains, bike racks and a flagpole.
The Sweetwater Valley Little League complex informs and educates the public that landscape architects create places of community gathering and growth. The Sweetwater Valley Little League complex will for many years will provide place to help the many local little leaguers to learn the fundamentals of baseball, sportsmanship and teamwork.
Major design criteria of the project included the understanding that complex would be maintained through volunteer efforts and the funds provided by the Sweetwater Valley Little League. Therefore the project was designed to be sustainable, low maintenance and constructed with durable and long lasting materials. With all four ball fields being artificial turf, surrounding slopes native re-vegetation and interior landscape which includes shade trees and bark mulch only, the project requires little to no irrigation water, landscape maintenance and create no storm water pollution. With this sustainable and low maintenance approach, the project is truly functional, has a low financial impact to the community, environmental responsible and demonstrates a high level of skill and proficiency in the profession. The owner of the project is the County of San Diego, the landscape architecture firm is RICK Engineering Company and the Architect for the community building is Manuel Oncina Architects.