Category Overview
Local Parks grants help protect these symbols of vibrant communities, providing places for families to gather and play and promoting a healthy and active lifestyle in an era when people spend increasing amounts of their time inside. The WWRP is the largest source of local parks funding in Washington, helping communities fund the acquisition, development, and renovation of vital recreation areas and green spaces.
Project Highlights
King County DNRP Parks utilized this grant to design, permit and construct a trailhead parking lot on the east side of Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park. A cultural resouces survey was performed and reviewed by RCO and the tribes. This survey influenced the inadvertent discovery plan for the construction phase. The project constructed a 30-stall asphalt parking lot. A kiosk, informational and regulatory signage, two interpretive signs, sensitive area fencing, stormwater facilities, trail connection to existing trail system, restroom, two picnic tables, waste receptacles, bike racks, and landscape restoration were also constructed to support the trailhead. Permitting requirements included 1 acre of mitigation plantings to offset the development within the stream buffers. The first approved scope change included the reduction of 40 parking stalls to 30 stalls and 2 toilets in the restroom building to 1 toilet. A second scope change eliminated the CXT restroom building. A portable toilet was installed in its place. The A&E limit was increased to 35% to accommodate the increased costs related to stream buffer permitting conditions and coordination with the adjacent city’s road improvements. Three time extensions were granted on this project, due to extended permitting time.