Homestead Park plan.
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SNOHOMISH — In March, the City Council discussed the Homestead Park Master Plan to add amenities to the future westside park at 2000 Ludwig Road.
The project is scheduled to be presented for adoption by the City Council at its April 15 meeting, city public works director Nova Heaton said.
The Homestead Park Master Plan webpage mentioned the project is intended to create “a vibrant recreational space for the community.” This project looks to balance leisure, environmental responsibility, and community pleasure. That will include using various amenities and preserving the site’s natural qualities.
Much of the park’s funding will come from park impact fees, a city document stated. Last summer, the state Recreation and Conservation Office funded a $147, 324
grant to finish “the park master plan and design,” a city document stated. To meet the grant’s demands, “the master plan, cultural resources, and 30% design must be completed by June 30, 2025,” according to a city document.
The city made a request to focus on “the master plan and cultural resources assessment,” a city document reported. That was rejected in November 2024. They can try again when the budget is “approved by the legislature in late-April and effective July 1, 2025,” a city document reported.
Heaton, whose department also oversees Parks, said the city has worked toward the June 30 deadline for two years. When the city received the grant money, they did outreach before and after receiving the grant money. Also, they worked with a consultant.
Earlier this year, the city’s volunteer Park and Forestry Board examined the Homestead Park survey results and gave feedback about the survey results “about typical amenities in similarly sized parks,” a city document said. In February, the consulting firm GGLO discussed with the Park and Forestry Board about the master plan.
At a meeting at Koz on Weaver in February with 25 to 30 residents attending, much of the feedback was about ADA accessibility to the park and traffic and speed on the road. On March 20, there was a meeting at the City Projects Open House at Carnegie. At the March 26 discussion, the Park and Forestry Board made recommendations about the Homestead Park Master Plan.
The feedback from this discussion and from a community event were implemented into a revised master plan presented to City Council on March 18 and at a March Park and Forestry Board meeting.
Based on surveys, a disc golf course was one of the sought-after things. It ranked 4th on the online survey.
It is “a very small course,” Heaton said, and people playing disc golf said it is “a putting green” to hit short shots and get shots in the basket. That golf course is “not a full disc golf course,” she added.
Twenty-five percent of the park site is protected from development.
