Bureau of Reclamation shelves proposal to turn park into parking lot

Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999 | 9:53 a.m.

The proposal raised the ire of city residents who feared the plan would have affected the historical character of the Park Street area, which is home to some of the oldest buildings in the town. The bureau's administration building, one of the original structures of the town, is across the street from Wilbur Park.

"We have pretty much taken that off of the tables," Bill Manning, the bureau's director of management services, said.

The bureau is still seeking a way to consolidate several hundred workers in one place. The sticky issue for the bureau is finding parking for all the workers nearby the administration building.

Manning said consolidation at the administration building is still being considered. Other options include moving a portion of the staff, now scattered around the city, into the administration building or relocating the entire staff to another location in Boulder City.

The bureau and the city have had a close relationship since the bureau built Hoover Dam in the 1930s. The administration building, the bureau's regional headquarters, overlooks the core of the city's downtown triangle, including Park Street and Wilbur Park.

Manning said the bureau is still considering a proposal to put some additional diagonal parking along Park Street.

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