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The Snohomish County Parks Advisory Board could take action Tuesday afternoon on plans to replace the former Wellington Hills Golf & Country Club with a regional sports complex.
The board's regular meeting agenda for Tuesday, Nov. 13, refers to the plan as follows:
- Parks Advisory Board potential action on the Wellington Hills County Park Master Plan
It's unclear what type of action the board will take, although Snohomish County officials released a revised concept design in mid-October.
The design for the 100-acre area at 7026 240th St. SE. shows seven activity fields (four with synthetic material) a community center, two playgrounds and picnic shelters. There is a large parking area, maintenance building and an area for storage.
Plans also call for a mountain bike facility, two dog parks (one for shy dogs and one for large dogs), picnic tables, community open space and a parking area.
More plan information is available on the Snohomish County website.
Earlier this year Snohomish County bought the Wellington Golf Course site from the University of Washington with $9.7 million of $70 million in Brightwater sewage treatment plant mitigation funds agreed to by King and Snohomish Counties.
Part of the negotiations and settlement agreement conducted in 2003 mandated the acquisition of a property within a four-mile radius from Brightwater for recreational facilities or improvements (any active recreation like a golf course, walking trails), community resource center, public safety improvement, habitat mitigation.
Neighbors in King and Snohomish Counties first heard of the Snohomish County Parks Department proposals for the golf course in a public meeting earlier this year.
Members of the group Neighbors to Save Wellington Park posted on Facebook Monday about the meeting, saying, "We need as many people as possible at this meeting!"
IF YOU GO:
- Snohomish County Parks Advisory Board Meeting
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
- Willis Tucker Park
- 6705 Puget Park Drive, Snohomish, WA 98296
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Snohomish County Reveals Revised Plans for Former Wellington Hills Golf Course
Woodinville Group Formed to Save Wellington Park
Wellington Golf Course Closes – For Good
Wellington Golf Public Hearing on Proposed Park
What action would you like the board to take during Tuesday's meeting? Tell us in comments.
For more information contact, Stephen Dickson, Special Projects Manager, (425-388-6442). He's the person overseeing the roads projects in and around the park. Looking over their latest Master Plan map, the only roads that appears to be reconfigured is the intersection of 240th and Route 9 (across from Costco) and 240th through the park. Unfortunately there is no data concerning traffic patterns or traffic load associated with the Master Plan map. My hunch is Highway 9 is going to be much more crowded on weekends and evenings during the work week - that's based on the number of proposed fields and the number of paved parking spots.
Anyone who wants to donate to the Neighbors to Save Wellington Park (legal fund) can go to the NSWP website http://neighborstosavewellingtonpark.blogspot.com and use the PayPal button for a contribution. For information about this issue or if you want to be part of the neighborhood effort to have a park which best represents this area of Woodinville, please email at SaveWellingtonPark@comcast.net
Todd Bailey