Meeting scheduled to gather input on a new neighborhood park

Vancouver, WA – Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation and Clark County Public Works will host a public meeting about the Stanton Neighborhood Park development project on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Clark County Sheriff’s Office West Precinct classroom, 505 NW 179th St. in Ridgefield.

Stanton Neighborhood Park is located at 17410 NE 29th Ave., south of NE 179th Street in the Fairgrounds neighborhood. The property is currently undeveloped and has a rental house on it. Preliminary planning and design work began earlier this spring. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2010 if funding is available.

Public input at this stage is very important, and all interested neighbors are encouraged to attend. At the public meeting, project staff will present several development options for review, discussion and input from neighbors. Comments gathered at the public meeting will help in preparing a proposed concept plan based on funding, site requirements and neighborhood priorities.

Neighbors unable to attend the public meeting may still participate in the process. All the presentation materials will be posted on the project Web page along with an electronic comment form starting the afternoon of June 25. All comments must be received by July 8. The project Web page address is: www.clarkparks.org/projects/stanton.htm.

Design and construction of Stanton Neighborhood Park is funded by park impact fees, which are paid whenever new homes are built, and by the real estate excise tax, which is paid whenever property is sold. The Greater Clark Parks District, a special district approved and funded by voters in the unincorporated urban area of Clark County in 2005, will fund maintenance of the park.

For more information about this project, please contact Elizabeth Jordan at (360) 619-1121, or by e-mail at Elizabeth.Jordan@cityofvancouver.us.