SEQUIM — Everyone in Sequim should be able to walk to a neighborhood park, said Parks Master Plan subcommittee co-chairwoman Liisa Fagerlund.
The City Council agreed and unanimously approved the master plan Monday night.
The plan suggests a special fund for open-space acquisition, a new “eco-tour” park, four tennis courts at Carrie Blake Park and a quarter-million dollars’ worth of neighborhood park land, among many other things.
To figure out where to locate those parks and what facilities to put in them, “we will be surveying the community in the next months and years,” Fagerlund said.
“Our work is not finished.”
The Parks Master Plan proposes setting aside more places for dog-walking, picnicking and bicycling, and it cites state surveys listing those activities among Washingtonians’ favorite outdoor pursuits.
The plan also suggests establishment of an “eco-tour park” on the beach south of Whitefeather Way on West Sequim Bay Road.
City general fund monies, state and federal grants, donations and “unknown” sources would supply the $300,000 for the eco-park, the $260,000 for the tennis courts and the $250,000 for neighborhood park land.
The plan is accessible on the city’s Web site, www.ci.sequim.wa.us, and copies can be picked up at City Hall, 152 W. Cedar St.
