Apponagansett Park has seen its share of visitors this summer, and those in charge are looking for ways to make it more accommodating to its users.

At a meeting of the Board of Parks and Recreation Monday night, members discussed plans for several potential projects for the park, which is home to the Gulf Hill Bucket and a weekly concert series during the summer. Among them were talks of constructing a pavilion to keep visitors out of the elements as well as a plan to add plants, trees, and park benches to the area.

Superintendent Tim Lancaster and the board discussed the idea of the pavilion, which would likely be either hand-built or in the form of a pre-assembled kit.

He said the hand-built version would be cheaper, but the kit, which would be more extensive, could cost around $65,000 at the most. The former option would cost approximately $30,000, he said, though no official cost estimates had been made.

Members discussed applying for Community Preservation funding for the potential pavilion.

“It would be something to keep the sun out, keep the rain out,” said member Joe Vieira, adding that he envisioned something where temporary walls could be pulled down to cut down on the wind in the spring and fall especially. “Plus it could keep the kids (at summer camp programs held there) out of the sun.”

Community Preservation funds come from a three-percent surcharge levied on residential property above the first $100,000 of assessed property. The state partially matches the locally-raised funds, which must be used for historic preservation, affordable housing, preservation of open space or recreation.

Vieira said that he and former Dartmouth Planning Director Donald Perry had constructed a plan to landscape the park, specifically along the street and around the ADA-compliant concrete pad near the Gulf Hill Bucket.

He said the existing willow trees planted along the road weren't likely to last much longer, and that trees more resilient to salt would replace them.

The hope, Vieira said, is to get people to donate money to put trees and park benches in, and that he’d already had some donors after putting the word out on Facebook.

He said plaques could be placed beneath the trees or the benches as memorials to those who frequented the park. He also said that the landscaping would be used to keep cars away from where people would gather.

“If we make this a nicer area, we’ll have more people that are willing to donate,” he said, adding that a later phase of the work could include putting a sidewalk around the periphery of the park. “If we build this up, it will be a lot nicer.”

The board unanimously approved a motion to present the application for Community Preservation Act funds to the town’s committee.