PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles will present four options for a Lincoln Park master plan at a Port Angeles Parks and Recreation and Beautification Commission special meeting Wednesday, port staff said Monday.
Members of the port commission and staff will be present at the meeting at 6 p.m. in Port Angeles City Council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.
Four options were developed by HBB Landscape Architecture in response to public input received during a public forum Nov. 30, said Jeff Robb, port executive director, during a port commission meeting on Monday.
The city panel can make a recommendation to the City Council of which of the four options should be selected — or it could
reject all of them.
“This upcoming meeting is yet another avenue for the public to voice their options and hear what their neighbors have to say,” said Richard Bonine, Port Angeles recreation services manager.
The port is proposing that most of the trees in the park, which is owned by the city of Port Angeles, be removed in 2013 or 2014 to maintain a safe landing approach for a runway at the port’s adjacent William R. Fairchild International Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration has said some trees that have grown into the flight path must come down to maintain the current landing approach for runway 26.
Since the trees are in a city park, on city property, the city has the final say on what happens to the park.
Using a $150,000 FAA grant, the port hired the park designers to create a master plan for a newly designed Lincoln Park that would be acceptable to the city and its residents.
The four options were released at the Port of Port Angeles Commission meeting Monday morning.
Concept Plan 1 includes a dog park, botanical garden display, two large neighborhood park areas with playgrounds, open lawn and picnic areas, parking in two areas, a BMX bicycle park and BMX expansion area.
Concept Plan 2 includes two neighborhood park areas, open space, a dog park and dog park expansion area, BMX bicycle park and BMX expansion area, and parking in three small areas.
Concept Plan 3 includes one large and one small neighborhood park areas, a small dog park, a “technical sports” area for BMX bicycles, trails, climbing, zip lines, etc, and an amphitheater with parking.
Concept Plan 4 includes a smaller technical sports area, one large and one small neighborhood park area, an educational use area with outdoor seating with a stage and fire pit, parking in three small lots, and a small dog park.
All four options include variations on natural pond and wetland areas, which already exist on the property, and improved handicapped accessible connector trails.
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