Seattle Parks and Recreation is holding a public meeting to give people a chance to meet with the design team for the Highland Park wading pool conversion to a spray park. It's been a nearly two year process to bring the plan to fruition but this public meeting, set for Wednesday, May 25 is the next step.

The design team will present an overview of spraypark features and wants to get feedback on how these features can be integrated into the Highland Park wading pool site. This renovation project provides for the conversion of the existing wading pool into a spray park as Identified in the Parks and Green Spaces Levy.

The meeting is set to last just over one hour from 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. at the Highland Park Improvement Club, 1116 SW Holden St.

Identified in the Parks and Green Spaces Levy, this project is allocated $635,000 for design and construction. Additional funding allocated to the project will allow for full water re-circulating systems which will provide better play experience and water conservation. Key considerations in designing the project are safety, water/energy conservation, and selection of spray features that the community finds engaging.

Seattle voters passed the Parks and Green Spaces Levy by a 59% vote in November 2008. The $146 million Levy provides acquisition funding for new neighborhood parks and green spaces and development funding for three wading pool conversion projects throughout the city.

For more project information, please visit:
http://seattle.gov/parks/projects/highland_park/pg_spray.htm
or contact Kelly Goold, 800 Maynard Ave S. Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98134
(206) 684-7021, kelly.goold@seattle.gov
visit us at seattle.gov/parks

For interpretation services at this meeting or for special meeting accommodations, please contact:
Karen O’Connor at 206-233-7929 or Karen.o’connor@seattle.gov