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June 7, 2010To: Mayor Gerken and City CouncilorsFrom: Greg S. Brown, Parks & Recreation DirectorSubject: Summit Park & Ballfields – Continued Preliminary Master Plan ReviewStaff presents phasing alternatives and cost estimates for Council review and feedback.

Background

On March 1, 2010, City Council reviewed the preliminary master plan for the SummitPark and Ballfields site. The presentation that evening included a recap of the project, itsgeographic location, and the project planning to date resulting in the preliminary masterplan recommendation.In addition, staff from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) spoke about thepotential restrictions in and around the 375 foot wide BPA easement on the land, andprovided information regarding electric and magnetic fields (EMF) and there effects.BPA staff also noted that there will likely be a second line installed in the area sometimein the future, and it could be a higher voltage line (500KV) than is currently in place(230KV), and the restrictions could be different if that were built. Staff confirmed thatthe additional line was taken into consideration in the master plan.Furthermore, BPA staff said that at this point there is nothing to suggest that the Citycould not move forward with its proposal from a regulatory perspective.At the conclusion of the presentation, there was Council concurrence to move forwardwith the proposed master plan as recommended by the stakeholder group, and staff wasdirected to provide further information on the following items for Council’s next review:

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Investigate use of King County owned .23-acre parcel that is adjacent to the park that would allow for greater flexibility in design of Summit Park;

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Evaluate and compare the proposed synthetic turf option with natural grass;

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Review the location of the proposed multi-modal trail on the north side of theproperty and how it would link up to any future access road should that occur;

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Develop a phasing plan and associated costs for the first phase of construction;

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Receive necessary approvals to use BPA’s easement area for developing theproposed master plan;

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Take a further look at information regarding Electric Magnetic Fields (EMF) andhow to mitigate impacts.

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Compare costs of developing an access road off of SR169 with the proposedaccess road off of SE 276

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Discussion

Tonight, City staff along with members of the consultant team have returned to presentinformation requested by Council at the March 1

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meeting.

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Investigate use of the King County owned .23-acres adjacent to Summit Park.

Staff has been in contact with King County staff, and they are in favor of the City of Maple Valley using the parcel for developing the park. The preliminary master plan(Attachment 1, slide #2) reflects the anticipated use of the parcel. Given Councildirection, staff will begin negotiations on developing an easement agreement or theoutright transfer of the parcel with the County.

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Evaluate and compare the proposed synthetic turf option with natural grass.

The consultant has prepared a cost comparison (Attachment 1, slide #4) showing theinitial cost of each option which includes factoring in maintenance costs over a ten (10)year period. In addition, the comparison breaks down the cost per hour of use with eachoption.

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Review the design of the proposed multi-purpose trail on the north side of theproperty.

Should future development of the privately owned properties to the north or west of thepark site require an alternative access road connecting to the Summit Park site, a 30-footbuffer along the north boundary of the property has been built into the draft plan for afuture road. Adjacent to this buffer, is a 12-oot wide multi purpose trail. The consultanthas included a sketch (Attachment 1, slide #5) of the proposed section showing distancesbetween a future road and the proposed trail.

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Develop phasing plans and cost estimates for the first phase of construction.

The consultant has developed three (3) possible phasing plans and cost estimates(Attachment 1, slides #6, #7, #8, and #9) for Council’s consideration. All three phasingplans were presented to the stakeholders on April 26

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, and their unanimous choice wasphase 1B.

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Phase 1A

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include any sports fields. It does include one unlit tennis courtand associated utilities, entry road, parking, trailhead access, etc.

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Phase 1B includes one lighted rectangular sports field and associated utilities, entryroad, parking, trailhead access, etc. This option

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include a restroom orconcession stand. Portable toilets would need to be utilized until a restroom is built.

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Phase 1C includes one lighted rectangular sports field, one lighted youthsoftball/baseball field and associated utilities, entry road, parking, trailhead access,etc. This option

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include a restroom and concession stand.

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Receive approval to use BPA’s easement area for developing the proposed park.

The City submitted an application to BPA to request use of BPA’s right of way andreceived (Attachment 2) a land use agreement on May 17

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. The agreement stipulates theconditions that must be complied with to construct the proposed park. All conditions(other than a final grading plan) have been complied with in the preliminary master plan.Prior to construction, the City’s design documents will need to be reviewed by BPA, andmust conform to all specified conditions as outlined in the agreement.

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Take a further look at information regarding Electric Magnetic Fields (EMF)and how to mitigate that.

There are numerous studies that have been developed over the years regarding the effectsof EMF. I have included in your packet a fact sheet produced by the World HealthOrganization (Attachment 4), that address issues associated with exposure to EMF.In researching this issue with other area facility providers, no entities were found thathave policies or signage in place that warn facility users about possible effects of EMF,or that they will, or should expect, to experience nuisance shocks from high voltage lineson or near their facility. At this time, staff does not recommend that Council adopt policyto address this issue.

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