Rolling in grills, blasting music and providing great eats donated by local restaurants, the Vision Greenwood Park Committee hosted its second of three public meetings at the current Greenwood Park on Sunday, Aug. 30.

The committee presented Site Workshop’s four alternative park designs depicting many of the popular ideas that were brainstormed by the community in July.

“We’re in the second step of the process,” Mark Brands, Site Workshop architect said. “We’ve got a range of options, each option shows the two acquired residential lots and the unacquired parcels that could potentially be a part of the future solution.”

In 1999, Seattle Parks and Recreation first purchased 2.2 acres for the park, which was the former home to Otani Greenhouses. In 2000, the community applied for and received a Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund grant to develop a site plan for the park.

The 2000 Pro Parks Levy provided $1.2 million to implement the plan and build the park. In August 2003, the new park opened.

Also in 2003, with money from the Pro Parks Levy Opportunity Fund, Parks purchased an additional one-third of an acre to add to the park’s footprint. In November 2008, the community came together once again to develop a plan for the two most recently purchased parcels and formed Vision Greenwood.

The group also received $15,000 from the Neighborhood Matching Fund grant in March for the long-term planning development of the four plots. Mark Brands and Clayton Beaudoin from Site Workshop, a local landscape and architecture firm, were hired to help with the designing process.

Held in an open-house style, neighbors were given the opportunity to wander through and give opinions on the designs while Site Workshop surveyed the feedback on Sunday.

The four options included a variety of passive and active recreational opportunities, Brands said.

Ideas that were incorporated in the designs included a P-Patch, basketball courts, star gazing plaza, mini golf and in particular layers of circulation going back to the swale that Brands said had been neglected on the left side of the park.

At the previous brainstorming meeting, neighbors showed great concern for the swale along Evanston on the west side of the park. Some suggested installing native plants to be used to filter storm water.

Many of the added features to the park were chosen due to their active, fun and adventurous nature, Brands said.

“We’re trying to hit the demographics that aren’t represented well -- seniors, elderly folks and teens,” Brands said. “Right now it does a wonderful job with the young families.”

Also included in the designs were more safety features.

“We’re trying to improve the view and increase activity in the park so it helps with safety,” Brands said.

The final public meeting for the development plan is Oct. 5 at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St. from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. where the neighborhood’s preferred design will be reviewed.