The Return of the Sammamish Valley Regional Park

1. The Return of the Sammamish Valley Regional Park

2. Facilitating healthy lives through active recreation parks • Offering alternatives to the proposed land swap • Helping to find a solution where everyone benefits 2

3. Forward Thrust King County Sammamish Valley Regional Park in 1969

4. Dismantling the Park – Sixty Acres West Sold in 1986 4

5. Dismantling the Park – Sixty Acres South Sold in 2006 5

6. Future Sammamish Valley Regional Park - a Trail and a Leased Property 6

7. The Big Picture Muller Parcel C Muller Parcel B Sammamish Valley Trail City of Redmond Benaroya Muller Parcel A (Sixty Acres West) Sixty Acres North Sixty Acres South 7

8. Current Land Swap Scenario Muller Parcels B and C to King County Sixty Acres South to LWYSA 8

9. Current Situation Sixty Acres South Users • Soaring Society premier site at risk • Organized recreation – quality and quantity – reduced • Unscheduled passive use at risk King County • Forward Thrust legal challenge • Surplus process legal challenge • LWYSA and KC: MOU at risk Lake Washington Youth Soccer • Long legal process & expense • Continuing service of Muller debt and operating distraction • Continued bad publicity as “soccer bullies” 9

10. A Proposal for a Restored and Expanded Sammamish Valley Regional Park King County Technical College Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field Equivalent Capacity) King County? King County City of Redmond King County 10

11. Lighted Synthetic vs Grass Field Comparison • Sixty Acres North Grass Field = 525 Playable Hours(5-month usage) • Sixty Acres South Grass Field = 346 Playable Hours(3-month usage due to other passive use) • LightedSynthetic Field = 3053 Playable Hours(12-month usage) 17

12. Lighted Synthetics Solution Three Times Better than Grass Field Solution 7-Grass Field Solution: • Capacity = 6 fields* • Estimated Usage= 4 fields** 3-Lighted Synthetic Fields Solution: • Capacity = 16.4 fields*** • Estimated Usage (75% Capacity) = 12.3 fields Results: • Grass Fields yield 1/3 estimated usage of Lighted Synthetics • Potential additional income is $180,000 annually (billable at $50/hr) * Measured in net Sixty Acres North Grass Field equivalents ** Usage diminished from 5 months to 3 months due to other passive uses *** MPTC = Maximum Peak Time Capacity, assuming play 6pm-10pm weekdays, all day weekends. 18

13. Winners • Soccer Association • Sixty Acres Users • City of Redmond • King County • Technical College • General Public 19

14. Feedback Valley Estates & Soaring Society • Enthusiastic about proposal • Strong support for lighted synthetic fields on Benaroya Lake Washington Youth Soccer • Plan must sell off all interest in Muller Parcels B and C • Support lighted synthetic fields on Benaroya King County • Plan must address FPP interests on Sixty Acres West • Support lighted synthetic fields on Benaroya • Willing to investigate further City of Redmond • Benaroya site low priority - funding and planning well off in future. • Parks would embrace helping to plan a great park w/LWYSA & KC • Synthetic field decision premature - depends on park plan.  • Don’t want to rush a solution without proper planning & public input 26

15. Cooperative Development Redmond: Parking, rest rooms, access, other non- field amenities King County & LWYSA: Synthetic surfaces with lights 27

16. Other Potential Support • Bonds City revenue or non-profit • Sponsors & Corporate Neighbors Medtronic, Willows Run, Boeing, Microsoft • Donations Soccer & other outdoor recreation enthusiasts • Grants Government & private charities 28

17. Everyone Wins! KC Farmland Preservation Technical College Three Lighted Synthetic Fields (16 Grass Field Equivalent Capacity) King County Parks & LWYSA Parks Users & General Public Redmond Parks & LWYSA Existing Park Users & Valley Estates 29