City to hold Beaver Lake Park meeting Nov. 4
November 3, 2009
By Administrator
Residents will get one more chance to get the city’s attention about how Beaver Lake Park should or shouldn’t change.
The city is scheduled to review a master plan of the park at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at City Hall.
Acquired from King County in 2003, the park is 83 acres with three baseball fields, a pavilion, a picnic shelter, a lake, forested trails and a fenced-in, off-leash dog area.
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department is drafting a comprehensive overview of what it might change about the park in the future. The plan itself will cost $125,000, according to the city’s Web site.
The city’s 2010 budget has $1.75 million allocated for the first phase of changes to the park, though the council hasn’t decided what changes it wants yet.
The Berger Partnership, a Seattle-based consultant, has drawn up three alternatives for the park, all of which feature artificial turf athletic fields that could accommodate baseball, soccer and lacrosse.
At previous meetings, residents have criticized the proposed turf athletic fields and railed against the notion of adding lights to the fields.
Some of the other proposed features are an added parking lot at the corner of 244th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 24th Street, a sculpture park, a dock, a volleyball court and a new restroom with showers.
The plan should be complete this fall. The City Council would then have to approve the plan. According to the city’s timeline, the first phase of construction would begin after the spring of 2010.
To learn more about the proposed changes, go to http://www.ci.sammamish.wa.us/projects/BeaverLake.aspx.
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