Important Community Forum Regarding Regional Aquatic Facilities ~
Your Participation Needed!  
 
Please attend one evening – January 28^th, 30^th, or 31^{st  (Details follow my email)}

NPRSA ~ Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, areas of unincorporated King County,
and unincorporated Snohomish County within the NPRSA boundries (roughly
the same as Northshore School District, but a different public sector entity).
 
As requested in the email below, I am forwarding this email through multiple avenues. 
I apologize for any unforeseen duplicate emails.
 
A Yahoo-blog, below my signature, exists promoting this subject, and the 
need to ensure a stable future for Northshore aquatics facilities (plural; new and existing). 

 

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Subject: Important Community Forum Regarding Regional Aquatic Facilities - Your Participation Needed!
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:27:55 -0800
From: bevans@...

Dear Community Member,

 

Community interest is continuing to build regarding the need for a regional aquatics facility in the Northshore Parks and Recreation Service Area (NPRSA).  A meeting was held on December 12, 2007 to begin discussion on how we meet our current and future aquatic needs.  Three more community meetings are scheduled this month; one each in Bothell, Kenmore, and Woodinville.  Please attend one of these meetings (see information below) and provide your input regarding this important topic.  Your ideas and comments will be critical as local City and County officials consider how we meet the increasing need for a regional multipurpose aquatics facility in our community.  Please forward this message on to anyone who has an interest in the future of aquatics in the Northshore area. 

 

Thank you,

 

Bill Evans, Parks Project Manager

City of Kenmore

(425) 398-8900

 

 

Important Community Forum & Feedback

 

Your Participation Needed This Month!

 

Swimming is the 2^nd most popular form of exercise and recreation in Washington.  But just as popularity has grown in aquatic safety, health, and recreation, our three public pools (built in the 1970’s) have closed, been torn down, or have aged and deteriorated to a point of great uncertainty about their future.  The Northshore area is at an important crossroad, and we need help from citizens and community leaders like you to develop a solution.  Please join us!

 

Potential Multi-Use Aquatic Center for ALL

 

Community Conversation and Feedback – Mark Your Calendar

 

Please join us for one evening – January 28^th, 30^th, or 31^st

 

MEETING AGENDA:

 

·       Needs growing but Pools Closing/Expiring

At a crossroad with needs; status of existing facilities; how did we get here?

 

·      Multi-Use Aquatics – Broader Appeal

Aquatic trends & opportunities – competition pool, leisure/wave pool, and warm water therapy pool.

 

·      Aquatics for All Ages

Safety, fun, fitness, health – programming opportunities for all – discussion.

 

·      Investing in Northshore Quality of Life – Accessible Recreation

Options for consideration – type of facilities, site location, costs – community feedback.

 

 

MEETING LOCATIONS:

 

Bothell – Monday, January 28^th, 6:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

 

City of Bothell Police Department

Community Room

18410  101^st Avenue NE

Bothell, WA  98011

 

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=18410%2B101st%2BAve%2BNE&city=Bothell&state=WA&zipcode=&homesubmit.x=0&homesubmit.y=0

 

 

Woodinville – Wednesday, January 30^th, 6:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

 

Carol Edwards Center

Evergreen Room, Building D

17401  133^rd Avenue NE

Woodinville, WA 

 

http://www.ci.woodinville.wa.us/ContactUs/DrivingDirections.asp

 

 

Kenmore – Thursday, January 31^st, 6:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

 

Northshore Utility District

Northshore Room

6830 NE 185^th Street

Kenmore, WA  98028

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=6830+NE+185th+St.+Kenmore,+WA&t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=47.760243,-122.251225&spn=0.013242,0.028925&z=15&om=1

 

 

Please set aside just one evening to join others for strong community representation from across the Northshore Parks and Recreation Service Area.  Residents are encouraged to attend the meeting closest to their community, but you are welcome to attend one of the other meetings if the other dates work better for your schedule.  Please RSVP to Lynda.Quinn@... or (425) 486-3256.

 

 

Additional Background:

 

Sorenson Pool in Woodinville, the area’s only warm water therapy pool, closed in 2003 and was torn down.  King County discontinued operations of St. Edwards Pool in Kenmore and the Northshore Pool in Bothell as a cost-saving measure in 2001.  Both St. Edwards and Northshore Pools are aged and currently operated on a year-to-year agreement with a non-profit agency and funded by a consortium of cities and agencies.  The Forward Thrust Bond, passed back in 1968 for the Northshore Pool, is nearly paid off; the lease is due to expire; and ownership will revert to the property owner by the end of 2010.  State Parks owns St. Edwards Pool, and has stated that providing land for community recreation facilities such as swimming pools and athletic facilities is primarily a responsibility of local government.

 

Last year, the city councils in Bothell, Kenmore, and Woodinville agreed to consider possible options for a regional aquatics center as part of the Northshore Parks and Recreation Service Area (NPRSA) that also includes unincorporated areas of King and Snohomish Counties.  The three cities joined together with King County, Snohomish County, the Northshore School District, and the Northwest Center (operator of the current Northshore and St. Edwards Pools) to form a regional working group.

 

Three years ago, an initial study was conducted to assess the aquatic needs and interests in a regional aquatic facility.  Building on that study, the regional working group has come together to explore and bring forward more specific options for community consideration.  Our goal is to work with citizens and the communities within the PRSA to build consensus on a potential site, agree on the general scope and scale of a multi-purpose aquatic facility, and review the likely costs and financial feasibility.

 

 

IT’S AN AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING, AND WE CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT FEEDBACK

FROM INVOLVED CITIZENS LIKE YOU. 

We hope to continue further community conversations and receive community feedback in the first half of 2008 – in time for elected leaders to assess whether it’s time to advance a ballot measure for voters in the Northshore PRSA to consider.

 

 

 

 

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