The Meeting was opened with a very brief review of project goals, scope and schedule by Suzanne Little followed by attendee introductions around the room. We then listened to presentations by stakeholder groups:
Stakeholder Group Presentations
Lars Spurkland, East High School Skiing :
- Use trails until grooming stops
- 70 kids, 3-4 days/week
- Desire for:
- Signage to show multi-use vs. skier only use (internal loop)
- Ideally a lit loop on north (minimum of out and back on multi-use trail)
- Currently 4 fields for kids (8v8)
- Significant potholes in the soccer fields
- Use heavy – 565 kids playing soccer – M-F 5 PM to 10 PM – one game per hour – Tournaments on weekends – 120 kids @ changeover
- Desire for:
- Improve Soccer Fields
- Improve Parking
- In 10 years could use another soccer field
- Partnership: Currently maintain fields during summer for soccer use
- 274 ATA members
- 4 tennis courts at RJSP currently (would love to have tournaments at these courts but they are dilapidated)
- Desire:
- Four courts ideal
- Recommend resurface 2 courts
- Partnership: ATA willing to partner to take care of nets and wind screens
- 227 Teams (ages 10 to 80+) with approx. 4,000 players
- Desire:
- Bathroom / Storage Building – recommends refurbishing and ASA would maintain bathrooms
- Also needs additional portable toilets – just one ordered currently
- Recommends using the treed area south of the tennis courts for parking
- Chip seal parking, and ideally indicate parking stalls
- Partnership: Currently spend $100,000 / year on maintenance
- Weekdays in Winter 6:30 – 7:30 and 10 – Noon on Saturdays – 50 to 100 skiers
- Lack of off-season maintenance creates poos skiing conditions (dirt surface trail has frost heaves and dirt mounds up in the middle of the path)
- Needs consistent winter grooming
- Likes narrow wooded trails
- Desire:
- Would like lighted trails in a loop
- Would like curly part of the trail (internal loop) to be groomed and lit
- A trail-head is needed on the North side of the park with a kiosk and a park map
- Selective widening of trails
- Suggest grooming the soccer fields in the winter for skiing
- Partnership: NSAA might be willing to maintain
- Wishes to have lit trails
- Appreciate recent improvements, and walkable trails in winter
- Desire:
- Lighted trails would be nice
- Fenced dog area (doesn't need to be large)
- Partial fence along Boniface
- Partnership: Users actively try to keep park clean
- Traditionally summer use for Day Camp, but will no longer be using for such
- Uses park about twice per summer with 60 to 100 attendees for an event
- Has an RJSP map for it's beginner to intermediate users
- Desire:
- Minimizing alterations to little used areas of the park that are ideal for orienteering
- Would like an 18-hole disc golf course to be considered
- Very popular activity with 15-20 year olds
- Available course space lags behind demand
- A course could be ready for installation within 1 year (perhaps in area that Girl Scouts are vacating)
- 100 rounds of play a day might be expected during the summer
- 1 or 2 official events per year, and maybe a weekly league night
- ADGA would maintain the course and there is a potential partnership with King Career Center for maintenance and improvements
The Stakeholder presentations took longer than anticipated so Committee Members were asked to send their top 5 priorities to Suzanne by Friday, February 4th. The results would then be compiled and we would use the 3rd meeting to achieve a prioritized plan.
IMPORTANT - VIP MEETING #3 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 23RD FROM 6 – 8 PM AT WILLIWAW ELEMENTARY LIBRARY – please adjust your calendars.
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