The Return of the Sammamish Valley Regional Park

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The Return of the Sammamish Valley Regional Park
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• Facilitating healthy lives through active
  recreation parks
• Offering alternatives to the proposed land swap
• Helping to find a solution where everyone
  benefits

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Forward Thrust King County Sammamish Valley
Regional Park in 1969

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Dismantling the Park Sixty Acres West Sold in
1986
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Dismantling the Park Sixty Acres South Sold in
2006
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Future Sammamish Valley Regional Park - a Trail
and a Leased Property
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The Big Picture
Muller Parcel C
Muller Parcel B
Sammamish Valley Trail
City of Redmond Benaroya
Muller Parcel A (Sixty Acres West)
Sixty Acres North
Sixty Acres South
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Current Land Swap Scenario
Muller Parcels B and C to King County
Sixty Acres South to LWYSA
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Current Situation

• Sixty Acres South Users
• Soaring Society premier site at risk
• Organized recreation quality and quantity
  reduced
• Unscheduled passive use at risk
• King County
• Forward Thrust legal challenge
• Surplus process legal challenge
• LWYSA and KC MOU at risk
• Lake Washington Youth Soccer
• Long legal process expense
• Continuing service of Muller debt and operating
  distraction
• Continued bad publicity as soccer bullies

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A Proposal for a Restored and Expanded Sammamish
Valley Regional Park
King County
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County?
King County
City of Redmond
King County
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A Proposal for a Restored and Expanded Sammamish
Valley Regional Park

• Sixty Acres South
• KC retains as part of Sammamish Valley Regional
  Park
• KC honors commitment to Forward Thrust voters
• KC accepts SASS Community Partnership Grant
  proposal
• KC retains for passive recreation
• KC preserves for general use by all King County
  residents

King County
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County?
City of Redmond
King County
King County
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A Proposal for a Restored and Expanded Sammamish
Valley Regional Park
King County
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County?
King County
City of Redmond

• Sixty Acres North
• KC retains as part of Sammamish Valley Regional
  Park
• KC LWYSA continues with existing lease dual
  stewardship
• Lease terms and conditions remain verifiable
• KC retains for active recreation
• KC preserved for the general use of all the
  residents of KC

King County
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A Proposal for a Restored and Expanded Sammamish
Valley Regional Park

• Parcel B
• All or part of Parcel B sold to Technical
  College
• Technical College uses site to expand
  horticultural programs
• Possible addition to park for pea patch,
  public agriculture, and access.

King County
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County?
King County
City of Redmond
King County
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A Proposal for a Restored and Expanded Sammamish
Valley Regional Park

• Parcel C
• King County buys Barn and Parcel C from LWYSA
• King County leases Barn to Technical College
• Possible addition to park for public agriculture
  access.

King County
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County?
King County
City of Redmond
King County
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A Proposal for a Restored and Expanded Sammamish
Valley Regional Park
King County
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County?
King County
City of Redmond

• Sixty Acres West
• KC acquires Parcel A
• KC returns Sixty Acres West to Sammamish Valley
  Regional Park
• KC honors Forward Thrusts commitment to voters
• KC exercises its contract right removes
  Farmland Deed Restriction from property
• KC removes Athletic Field Restriction with
  amendment by KC Council
• KC renovates to allow for active open space use
  
• KC provides access to non-mainstream sports

King County
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Initial Proposal for a Restored and Expanded
Sammamish Valley Regional Park
King County
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County?
King County
City of Redmond

• Sammamish Valley Neighborhood Park Property (aka
  Benaroya)
• City establishes long-term goals for park
  development
• City and LWYSA partner to develop 3 lighted
  synthetic fields
• City develops Neighborhood park with access,
  parking, and other park amenities

King County
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Lighted Synthetic vs Grass Field Comparison

• Sixty Acres North Grass Field 525 Playable
  Hours(5-month usage)
• Sixty Acres South Grass Field 346 Playable
  Hours(3-month usage due to other passive use)
• Lighted Synthetic Field 3053 Playable
  Hours(12-month usage)

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Lighted Synthetics Solution Three Times Better
than Grass Field Solution

• 7-Grass Field Solution
• Capacity 6 fields
• Estimated Usage 4 fields
• 3-Lighted Synthetic Fields Solution
• Capacity 16.4 fields
• Estimated Usage (75 Capacity) 12.3 fields
• Results
• Grass Fields yield 1/3 estimated usage of Lighted
  Synthetics
• Potential additional income is 180,000 annually
  (billable at 50/hr)
• Measured in net Sixty Acres North Grass
  Field equivalents
• Usage diminished from 5 months to 3 months
  due to other passive uses
• MPTC Maximum Peak Time Capacity, assuming
  play 6pm-10pm weekdays, all day weekends.

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Winners

• Soccer Association
• Sixty Acres Users
• City of Redmond
• King County
• Technical College
• General Public

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Winner 1 LWYSA

• Sells Muller Farm to retire debt and fund
  synthetic field development with City of Redmond
• Gains hard-to-get support for lighted synthetic
  fields
• Frees itself to focus on primary mission of youth
  soccer
• Gains good publicity from County, City, park
  users, and soccer community

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Winner 2 Sixty Acres Users

• SASS, rocketeers, dog folks, scouts, electric
  plane flyers, hot air balloonists, equestrians,
  kite flyers, et al., continue to use site
• Premier soaring location is preserved
• Site preserved for general use of all King County
  residents

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Winner 3 City of Redmond

• Addresses Valley Estates quality-of-life concerns
  
• Accelerates creation of North Redmond Park
• Gains non-profit funding partner, saving money
• Retains unique soaring passive recreation park
• Gains good publicity for good work

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Winner 4 King County

• Reinforces commitment to parks
• Meets goal to assist Technical College in
  expanding horticultural program
• Receives income from lease of Barn on Parcel C
• Reinforces commitment to farmland preservation
• Gains good publicity from park users, soccer
  community, and other partners

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Winner 5 Technical College

• Obtains property for horticultural program
  (Parcel B)
• Obtains long term agreement to use Barn (Parcel
  C)
• Releases current horticultural property for other
  uses
• Provides opportunity to expand horticultural
  curriculum

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Winner 6 General Public

• Retains use of Sixty Acres South
• Obtains increased access to Sixty Acres North
• Recovers use of Sixty Acres West
• Gains renewed commitment to Forward Thrust legacy
  
• Gets a bigger, better park

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Feedback

• Valley Estates Soaring Society
• Enthusiastic about proposal
• Strong support for lighted synthetic fields on
  Benaroya
• Lake Washington Youth Soccer
• Plan must sell off all interest in Muller Parcels
  B and C
• Support lighted synthetic fields on Benaroya
• King County
• Plan must address FPP interests on Sixty Acres
  West
• Support lighted synthetic fields on Benaroya
• Willing to investigate further
• City of Redmond
• Benaroya site low priority - funding and planning
  well off in future.
• Parks would embrace helping to plan a great park
  w/LWYSA KC
• Synthetic field decision premature - depends on
  park plan. 
• Dont want to rush a solution without proper
  planning public input

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Cooperative Development

• Redmond
• Parking, rest rooms, access, other non- field
  amenities
• King County LWYSA
• Synthetic surfaces with lights

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Other Potential Support

• Bonds
• City revenue or non-profit
• Sponsors Corporate Neighbors
• Medtronic, Willows Run, Boeing, Microsoft
• Donations
• Soccer other outdoor recreation enthusiasts
• Grants
• Government private charities

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Everyone Wins!
KC Farmland Preservation
Technical College
Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field
Equivalent Capacity)
King County Parks LWYSA
Parks Users General Public
Redmond Parks LWYSA
Existing Park Users Valley Estates