City of McCleary Comprehensive Park and Recreation Plan 2008 - 2014 CITY OF McCLEARY COMPREHENSIVE PARK AND RECREATION PLAN June 25, 2008 McCleary City Council Mayor Wallace Bentley Position 1 Ray Boling Position 2 Don Hays Position 3 Chris Vessey Position 4 Richard Vatne Position 5 Helen Lake McCleary Planning Commission Jeff Catterlin, Chair 2008 Evert Challstedt, Chair 2007 Ben Ator Nancy Koeppen Paul Custis Contributing Staff Busse Nutley, City Administrator Todd Baun, Public Facilities Manager Colin Mercer, Webmaster CITY OF McCLEARY COMPREHENSIVE PARK AND RECREATION PLAN 2008 Table of Contents 1.0 SUMMARY............................................................................................................. 5 2.0 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 8 Basic Concepts........................................................................................................................... 8 Plan Development ..................................................................................................................... 8 Plan Outline............................................................................................................................... 9 3.0 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES............................................................................... 11 Relation To State Policy ......................................................................................................... 11 Relation To Local Plans.......................................................................................................... 11 Goals......................................................................................................................................... 13 4.0 EXISTING PARKS AND FACILITY INVENTORY......................................... 16 City of McCleary..................................................................................................................... 16 Recent Improvements To City Park And Recreation Facilities.......................................... 17 McCleary School District No. 65............................................................................................ 17 Grays Harbor County.............................................................................................................18 State of Washington................................................................................................................ 19 Federal ..................................................................................................................................... 20 5.0 CITY PROFILE ................................................................................................... 22 History...................................................................................................................................... 22 Location ................................................................................................................................... 22 Population................................................................................................................................ 23 Age Distribution ...................................................................................................................... 24 Income...................................................................................................................................... 25 Comprehensive Land Use Plan And Zoning ........................................................................ 25 Natural Resource Base............................................................................................................ 27 6.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ................................................................................. 32 Survey....................................................................................................................................... 32 Public Hearings ....................................................................................................................... 34 7.0 DEMAND AND NEED ANALYSIS ................................................................... 36 Trends ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Application Of Standards....................................................................................................... 37 8.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................... 44 Recreation Site Recommendations ........................................................................................ 44 Recreation Facility Recommendations.................................................................................. 45 Recreation Maintenance Recommendations ........................................................................ 47 Recreation Program Recommendations ............................................................................... 47 9.0 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.......................................................... 48 Potential Funding Sources...................................................................................................... 48 10.0 PLAN ADOPTION .............................................................................................. 51 Planning Commission .............................................................................................................51 City Council............................................................................................................................. 51 APPENDIX A: PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY.............................................................. 52 APPENDIX B: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES ............................................ 67 APPENDIX C: RESOLUTION 565............................................................................... 69 TABLES Table 3.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 Table 4.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 Table 5.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Table 5.2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Table 5.3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Table 6.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 Table 6.2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 34 Table 7.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 Table 7.2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 38 Table 7.3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 Table 7.4 ...................................................................................................................................................... 41 Table 7.5 ...................................................................................................................................................... 41 Table 7.6 ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 Table 9.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 49 MAPS Map 4.1........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Map 5.1........................................................................................................................................................ 23 Map 5.2........................................................................................................................................................ 27 Map 5.3........................................................................................................................................................ 29 Map 5.4........................................................................................................................................................ 30 Map 5.5........................................................................................................................................................ 31 1.0 SUMMARY The 2008 City of McCleary Comprehensive Park and Recreation Plan serves as an expression of the community’s objectives, needs and priorities for recreation planning. Developed in conformance with the Washington Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), this update of the 1997-2001 Plan provides