6/26/2009
Meeting to gather input on Covington Neighborhood Park
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Elizabeth Jordan, Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation
Phone: (360) 619-1121
Elizabeth.Jordan@cityofvancouver.us
Jilayne Jordan, Clark County Public Works
Phone: (360) 397-6118 ext. 4949
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Vancouver, WA – Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation and Clark County Public Works will host a public meeting about the Covington Neighborhood Park development project on Tuesday, July 7, 2009. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Covington Commons Apartments community building, 9703 NE Covington Road, Vancouver.
Covington Neighborhood Park is located at 6916 NE 94th Ave., on the south side of 71st Street in the Maple Tree neighborhood. The 4.2-acre park is currently undeveloped and features open fields with a few trees. Preliminary planning and design work began earlier this spring. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2010 if funding is available.
Public input at this stage is very important, and all interested neighbors are encouraged to attend. At the public meeting, project staff will present several development options for review, discussion and input from neighbors. Comments gathered at the public meeting will help in preparing a proposed concept plan based on funding, site requirements and neighborhood priorities.
Neighbors unable to attend the public meeting may still participate in the process. All the presentation materials will be posted on the project Web page along with an electronic comment form starting the afternoon of July 8. All comments must be received by July 15. The project Web page address is: www.clarkparks.org/projects/covington.htm.
Design and construction of Covington Neighborhood Park is funded by park impact fees, which are paid whenever new homes are built, and by the real estate excise tax, which is paid whenever property is sold. The Greater Clark Parks District, a special district approved and funded by voters in the unincorporated urban area of Clark County in 2005, will fund maintenance of the park.
For more information about this project, please contact Elizabeth Jordan at (360) 619-1121, or by e-mail at Elizabeth.Jordan@cityofvancouver.us.
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