Sylvan Way Acquisition Pro Parks Project Information
Sylvan Way in the Delridge Neighborhood
Click to skip down to:
PROJECT STATUS
EVENTS:
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Donald Harris, Acquisition and Property Services
Manager
Seattle Parks and Recreation
800 Maynard Ave. S., 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98134
(206) 684-8018
donald.harris@seattle.gov
Alternate sites purchased in the Longfellow Creek watershed. |
March 2007
This Levy acquisition project targeted a portion of a large undeveloped
site on Sylvan Way in the Delridge neighborhood, adjacent to the Longfellow
Creek greenspace.
After lengthy negotiations with the property owners, Parks was unable to
reach agreement to purchase and preserve a portion of the property. The
site is now being developed with housing.
Parks had successfully applied for King County Conservation Futures Tax
(CFT) matching funds toward this project. When the Sylvan Way site became
unattainable, the County approved acquisition of alternative properties
in the adjacent Longfellow Creek greenspace. In 2005, the CFT funds were
applied toward the acquisition of two properties totalling 1.04 acre in
the Longfellow Creek watershed. The properties are outlined in red on the
map below.
| LOCATION |
Sylvan Way in the Delridge Neighborhood
|
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Pro Parks Levy targeted the purchase of a portion of a property along
Sylvan Way in the Delridge neighborhood as a Neighborhood Parks Acquisition
project.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Parks acquisition staff worked closely with the Sunrise
Heights Neighborhood Association regarding the Sylvan Way acquisition
project. Staff also met with the Delridge Neighborhoods District Council,
the Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee, and the King County Conservation
Futures Tax Citizens Committee regarding the project.
|
