Letter to the Editor: Vote Yes on Prop 1 to fund community members’ top priorities for Parks, Aquatics and Recreation
Monday, October 21, 2019
To the Editor:
In a 2016 survey and public meetings, community members prioritized park facilities for the 2017 Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan. Shoreline residents prioritized investments in nature trails, small neighborhood parks, paved walking/biking trails, and indoor aquatic and recreation center. Furthermore, the community rated upgrading existing parks and building a new indoor aquatics center as the top actions the city should take to implement the PROS Plan.
After the adopting the 2017 PROS Plan, the city convened a stakeholder groups to make funding recommendations to the City Council. The stakeholder group prioritized park projects for funding that improved accessibility based on location, age, income, and race as well as the need to fulfill parks level of service goals described in the PROS Plan. The park improvements in Prop 1 are located in neighborhoods with less access to key features like playgrounds and spray parks, walking paths, pickle ball and basketball courts, and picnic shelters.
Many of our parks require significant re-investments, as they were developed more than 20 years ago. Shoreline is forward thinking, trying to plan and build new facilities that align with facility life cycles, the growth of the city, and the needs of the community.
These investments in our community will improve the quality of life for all of our deserving residents. Our plans strive to allow every resident to live within a 15 minute walk to a park, to have access to facilities that allow for a healthy and active lifestyle and to build community.
For more information about projects proposed in Proposition 1, please visit the city’s website. Additional details are available here.
Carolyn Hope
Shoreline Resident















