Twin springs park project

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The 25- acre Twin Springs Park site was acquired by the City of Kenmore in 2016 from King County to be used for a public park and open space site. The park is located on the east side of 80th Ave NE between NE 192nd St and NE 195th St. Twin Springs Park is recognized as an ecologically rich site with wetlands, steep slopes, and existing forest. Based on these site characteristics and associated regulations, an early 2008 report anticipated that the park would serve as a neighborhood park, predominately remaining in an undeveloped natural state but with a narrow band of land that could be developed between the wetlands and forested hillside. This narrow band is intended to remain as a naturalistic park with limited built features to best allow for public engagement with the environment. As a neighborhood park, the site’s intended use is daylight hours from dawn to dusk. While the long-term vision for a neighborhood park includes trail improvements, we are excited to make near-term improvements (by fall 2021) that will allow us to open the park site to the public. It is intended that in the near future the focus will be on low-impact activities and build support for long-term improvements to the park once additional funding is secured.

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