SPRINGFIELD — As police aim to curb a trend of teens performing bicycle stunts in traffic, city officials are considering potential sites and funding for a proposed bike and skateboard park.

Conceptual plans show two potential locations. One is on city land near the Springfield Boys and Girls Club on Carew Street, and a second is in Greenleaf Park off Parker Street in Sixteen Acres, behind the Greenleaf (Clodo Concepcion) Community Center.

The evaluation is in the early stages, and will rely on the city hiring a design consultant and getting more public input, said Patrick J. Sullivan, the city’s director of parks, buildings and recreation management.

“I think it’s a very doable project,” Sullivan said. “I think it’s just another recreation component that the public is looking for.”

Some of the city land near the Boys and Girls Club is under a 99-year lease to the club, and includes a baseball diamond. The city will need to discuss any plans for that site with the club, Sullivan said.

Wherever the park is located — if it is eventually built — dirt bikes and other motorized vehicles would be prohibited, Sullivan said.

Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said he supports building a bike and skateboard park in Springfield, and had directed Sullivan to begin the review.

He agreed it will be for pedal bicycles only. “It’s in no way a dirt bike park,” Sarno said.

The discussion about building a bike park comes as the return of warm weather has resurrected two issues that have dogged city officials in recent years: people riding dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles illegally on city streets, and groups of teens on bicycles riding dangerously in traffic.

The city’s police department said recently that it received more than 700 emergency calls about packs of riders on bicycles or dirt bikes and off-road vehicles between the start of spring and the end of fall last year.

Sarno said the city will study the pros and cons of the bike/skate park concept, as well as the potential locations, liability issues and “a proper program for kids to abide by the rules and regulations."

The conceptual plans will be shared with the city’s Park Commission on Thursday for its review and approval.

Sullivan said he anticipates the city seeking design funds for the bike park from the city’s Community Preservation Act Committee. The Preservation Act Committee uses money from a property tax surcharge each year to fund projects, including projects that offer recreational opportunities.

Then, the city would seek funding to build one or more bike parks, Sullivan said. Such funding could be available from the state or private groups, he said.

There has been interest from the community in a bike park in recent years, and Sullivan said he has been working with resident Betsy Johnson of the BikeWalk Springfield organization.

It will take an organized community group to help the city in overseeing and maintaining such a park, he said.

The city will have public meetings and confer with youth about the bike park plans, Sullivan said.

At-Large City Councilor Jesse Lederman said he also has met with Sullivan about development of the bike/skate park “as a resource for our city youth.”

“I am supportive of the development of such a space for positive activity by youth,” Lederman said.