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Master Plan for Wapto Park


Summary
TOTAL
1 72nd Street & Rhododendron Garden 837,605 $
2 Lake & Concrete Walk Around Lake 1,361,370 $
3 Off Leash / Parking Lot & Entry 682,617 $
4 Bath House 1,604,468 $
5 Picnic Shelters & Play/Spray Grounds 535,440 $
6 Trails/ Boardwalks 556,830 $
Total 5,578,330 $
7 Caf Off 72nd 2,401,200 $
Notes
1. Estimates do not include escalation
3. Estimates do not include permit costs
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2. Estimates do not include soft costs for consultant fees, project
management and other costs to be borne by the owner
Master Plan for Wapato Park
1. 72nd Street & Rhododendron Garden
QTY. UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL Remarks
A Site Preparation
Construction Fencing, Tree protection, TESC 1 LS $5,000 $5,000
Subtotal $5,000
B Demolition
Demolish existing sidewalks 2,000 SF $2.00 $4,000
Demolish existing parking lot 39,000 SF $1.00 $39,000
Demolish dock materials 900 SF $1.00 $900
Hall & Tip Fees 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $48,900
C Earthwork & Subgrade Prep
Subgrade Prep & Grading new parking lot 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subgrade Prep & Grading street entry 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Subgrade Prep & Grading lawn sculpture area 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Import / Export Allowance 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $50,000
D Utility Improvements
Storm Drainage 1 LS $20,000.00 $20,000
Subtotal $20,000
E Asphalt / Concrete / Gravel Paving
Curb & Gutter:72nd street entry 100 LF $22.00 $2,200
Asphalt Paving: parking lot 36,000 SF $3.50 $126,000
Gravel Path in Rhododendron garden 1,100 LF $4.00 $4,400
Concrete Walks: 72nd street 6,000 SF $6.50 $39,000
Subtotal $171,600
F Structures
Gazebo in Rhododrendron Garden 1 EA $15,000.00 $15,000
Redecking fishing dock 900 SF $15.00 $13,500
Restroom renovation (BCRA) 1 LS $18,460.00 $18,460
Subtotal $46,960
G Site Furnishings
Benches: R. Garden 6 EA $800.00 $4,800
Tables: 72nd 6 EA $1,200.00 $7,200
Trash Cans 3 EA $500.00 $1,500
Boulders: rocks for climbing 3 LS $50,000.00 $150,000
Signage 1 LS $50,000.00 $50,000
Subtotal $213,500
H Irrigation
Irrigation Upgrades 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $10,000
I Planting
Landscape Restoration Allowance 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000 Hydroseed disturbed areas
New lawn 50,000 SF $0.40 $20,000 Hydroseed
Planting: Trees 20 EA $300.00 $6,000
Planting: parking lot 2,000 SF $5.00 $10,000
Subtotal $41,000
Total $606,960
General Conditions 11% $66,766
Overhead and Profit 7% $42,487
Design Contingency 20% $121,392
GRAND TOTAL $837,605
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Master Plan for Wapato Park
2. Lake & Concrete Walk Around Lake
QTY. UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL Remarks
A Site Preparation
Construction Fencing, Tree protection, TESC 1 LS $5,000 $5,000
Subtotal $5,000
B Demolition
Demolish miscellaneous concrete paving 2,500 SF $2.00 $5,000
Miscellaneous beach material 1 LS $1,000.00 $1,000
Hall & Tip Fees 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $11,000
C Earthwork & Subgrade Prep
Subgrade Prep & Grading for concrete walks 1 LS $20,000.00 $20,000
Subgrade Prep & Grading for retaining wall 1 LS $75,000.00 $75,000
Import / Export Allowance 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $100,000
D Asphalt / Concrete / Gravel Paving
4" Concrete Paving 32,000 SF $6.50 $208,000
Subtotal $208,000
E Site Walls
Concrete block walls at lakes edge 6,000 SF $15.00 $90,000
Rocks out croppings 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $100,000
F Site Furnishings
Benches 10 EA $800.00 $8,000
Picnic Tables 10 EA $1,200.00 $12,000
Trash Cans 5 EA $500.00 $2,500
Shelter 1 EA $15,000.00 $15,000
Outlook docks 2 EA $15,000.00 $30,000
Subtotal $22,500
G Lighting
Pedestrian walk Lights: around the lake 170 EA $2,000.00 $340,000
Subtotal $340,000
H Planting
Landscape Restoration Allowance 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Planting on the waters edge 15,000 SF $6.00 $90,000
Planting on hillside Alaska street 30,000 SF $6.00 $180,000
Planting- trees 30 EA $300.00 $9,000
Subtotal $95,000
I Lake
Beach area 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Water aeration system (Fountian & bubblers) 1 LS $100,000.00 $100,000
Subtotal $105,000
Total $986,500
General Conditions 11% $108,515
Overhead and Profit 7% $69,055
Design Contingency 20% $197,300
GRAND TOTAL $1,361,370
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Master Plan for Wapato Park
3. Off Leash/ Parking Lot & Entry
QTY. UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL Remarks
A Site Preparation
Construction Fencing, Tree protection, TESC 1 LS $5,000 $5,000
Subtotal $5,000
B Demolition
Demo existing picnic shelter 1 LS $2,000.00 $2,000
Hall & Tip Fees 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $7,000
C Earthwork & Subgrade Prep
Subgrade Prep & Grading- walkways 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subgrade Prep & Grading- Parking lot 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Import / Export Allowance 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $20,000
D Utility Improvements
Storm Drainage 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Sub Drainage 1 LS $30,000.00 $30,000
Water Service 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $50,000
E Asphalt / Concrete / Gravel Paving
4" Concrete Paving walkways 3,300 SF $6.50 $21,450
Asphalt Pavement for Maint. Entry Drive 1,500 SF $3.50 $5,250
Asphalt Pavement for parking lot 22,000 SF $5.00 $110,000
Cross Walk 1 LS $2,000.00 $2,000
Miscellaneous Gravel Path Improvements 1,500 LS $7.50 $11,250
Subtotal $149,950
F Site Furnishings
Benches 4 EA $800.00 $3,200
Tables 4 EA $1,200.00 $4,800
Trash Cans 2 EA $500.00 $1,000
Subtotal $9,000
G Structures
Restroom upgrades (BCRA) 1 LS $22,100.00 $22,100
Shelter in off leash area 1 EA $15,000.00 $15,000
Subtotal $22,100
H Fencing
Off Leash area 15,000 LF $15.00 $225,000
Subtotal $225,000
L Planting
Landscape Restoration Allowance 1 LS $3,000.00 $3,000 Hydroseed disturbed areas
Planting 1,200 SF $3.00 $3,600
Planting- trees 30 EA $300.00 $9,000
Subtotal $6,600
Total $494,650
General Conditions 11% $54,412
Overhead and Profit 7% $34,626
Design Contingency 20% $98,930
GRAND TOTAL $682,617
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Master Plan for WapatoPark
QTY. UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL Remarks
A Site Preparation
Construction Fencing, Tree protection, TESC 1 LS $2,000 $2,000
Subtotal $2,000
B Demolition
Hall & Tip Fees 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Subtotal $15,000
C Earthwork & Subgrade Prep
Subgrade Prep 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Import / Export Allowance 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $20,000
D Utility Improvements
Sanitary Sewer 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Water Service 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Electrical Service 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Utility pedalstal 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $30,000
E Asphalt/ Concrete/ Gravel paving
4" concrete 10,000 SF $6.50 $65,000
Subtotal $65,000
H Structures
Bath house & dock (BCRA) 1 LS $990,158.00 $990,158
Subtotal $990,158
I Site Furnishings
Benches 6 EA $800.00 $4,800
Tables 6 EA $1,200.00 $7,200
Trash Cans 3 EA $500.00 $1,500
Bollards 2 EA $500.00 $1,000
Portable stage 1 EA $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $13,500
L Irrigation
Irrigation Upgrades 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $10,000
M Planting & Topsoil
Landscape Restoration Allowance 1 LS $2,000.00 $2,000 Hydroseed disturbed areas
Planting- 5,000 SF $3.00 $15,000
Planting- trees 10 EA $300.00 $3,000
Subtotal $17,000
Total $1,162,658
General Conditions 11% $127,892
Overhead and Profit 7% $81,386
Design Contingency 20% $232,532
GRAND TOTAL $1,604,468
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4. Bath house
Master Plan for WapatoPark
5. Picnic Shelters & play/spraygrounds
QTY. UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL Remarks
A Site Preparation
Construction Fencing, Tree protection, TESC 1 LS $5,000 $5,000
Subtotal $5,000
B Demolition
Demolition of exsiting concrete walk 1,400 SF $2.00 $2,800
Demolition of existing parking lot 6,600 SF $1.00 $6,600
Demolition of existing volleyball courts 2 LS $5,000.00 $10,000
Miscellaneous utility demolition and capping 1 LS $1,000.00 $1,000
Hall & Tip Fees 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $30,400
C Earthwork & Subgrade Prep
Subgrade Prep & Grading at spray area 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subgrade Prep & Grading for new picnic shelter 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subgrade Prep & Grading volleyball courts 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Import / Export Allowance 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $25,000
D Utility Improvements
Storm Drainage 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Sanitary Sewer 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Water Service 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Electrical Service 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $50,000
E Asphalt / Concrete / Gravel Paving
4" Concrete Paving 6,400 SF $6.50 $41,600
Basketball court paving 4,200 SF $2.50 $10,500
4" Colored concrete paving 5,400 SF $10.00 $54,000
Gravel Path Improvements 3,500 SF $5.00 $17,500
Subtotal $123,600
F Structures
Shelter 2 LS $40,000.00 $80,000
Restroom 400 SF $250.00 $100,000
Shelter Pavilion renovation (BCRA) 1 LS $32,240.00 $32,240
Subtotal $100,000
G Play Equipment & Site Furnishings
play equipment 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Play surfacing-chips 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Spray pool equipment 1 LS $125,000.00 $125,000
Spray pool Pumping equipment & controls 1 LS $50,000.00 $50,000
Benches 10 EA $800.00 $8,000
Picnic Tables 10 EA $1,200.00 $12,000
Trash Cans 5 EA $500.00 $2,500
Drinking Fountain 1 EA $3,500.00 $3,500
Bike Rack 1 EA $500.00 $500
Signage 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
Subtotal $31,500
I Miscellaneous
Sand volleyball courts 2 EA $5,000.00 $10,000
Horse shoe pit 1 EA $500.00 $500
Subtotal $10,500
J Irrigation
Irrigation Upgrades 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $10,000
K Planting & Topsoil
Landscape Restoration Allowance 1 LS $2,000.00 $2,000 Hydroseed disturbed areas
Planting- trees 20 EA $300.00 $6,000
Subtotal $2,000
Total $388,000
General Conditions 11% $42,680
Overhead and Profit 7% $27,160
Design Contingency 20% $77,600
GRAND TOTAL $535,440
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6. Trails/Boardwalks
QTY. UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL Remarks
A Site Preparation
Construction Fencing, Tree protection, TESC 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $10,000
C Earthwork & Subgrade Prep
Clearing, grubbing 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Subgrade Prep & Grading 1 LS $75,000.00 $75,000
Import / Export Allowance 1 LS $10,000.00 $10,000
Subtotal $100,000
D Asphalt / Concrete / Gravel Paving
Gravel trail- 4' all trails 25,000 SF $4.00 $100,000
Subtotal $100,000
E Board walks
Wood platforms overlooks 2 EA $25,000.00 $50,000
Wood board walks- 4'wide 5,000 SF $20.00 $100,000
Subtotal $150,000
F Site Furnishings
Trash Cans 3 EA $500.00 $1,500
Signage/ interpretative on trail 1 LS $25,000.00 $25,000
Subtotal $26,500
G Planting & Topsoil
Landscape Restoration Allowance 1 LS $5,000.00 $5,000
New Planting: Specialty wetland/native 4,000 SF $3.00 $12,000
Subtotal $17,000
Total $403,500
General Conditions 11% $44,385
Overhead and Profit 7% $28,245
Design Contingency 20% $80,700
GRAND TOTAL $556,830
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Master Plan for Wapato Park
7. Caf on 72nd street
QTY. UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL Remarks
A Structures
Caf and patio 3,600 SF $400.00 $1,440,000
Subtotal $1,440,000
C Utilities
Storm Drainage 2,200 LF $50.00 $110,000
Sewer 250 LF $100.00 $25,000 0
Water Service 1 LS $15,000.00 $15,000
Electrical Service 1 LS $50,000.00 $50,000
Subtotal $200,000
H Art
Art 1 LS $100,000.00 $100,000
Subtotal $100,000
Total $1,740,000
General Conditions 11% $191,400
Overhead and Profit 7% $121,800
Design Contingency 20% $348,000
GRAND TOTAL $2,401,200
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Historical Outline of Wapato Park


By
Melissa McGinnis
September 16, 2005

Wapato Lake was formed approximately 15,000 years ago during the retreat of the
Frazier Ice Sheet. The lake was likely formed as a basin in glacial drift, created by a
block of ice which melted after the retreat of the main ice sheet. The area was once a
heavily forested rolling plain. Vashon Till underlies the area.

The Native American name for the lake was Wappato for a wild plant (sagittaria
latifolla) that grew in profusion around the lake. The plant produced small bulbs that
looked like potatoes. These thickened root stocks were an important part of the diet of
local Native Americans. The Indian Henry Trail from Mount Rainier to Commencement
Bay ran east of Wapato Lake and one branch of the trail led to Wapato.

Little is known of the early history of the lake. The U. S. Government Land Offices field
notes and map make no particular mention of the lake other than to note its existence at
the time of the original township and section survey in 1862,

The growth of Tacomas south end and the area around Wapato Lake was originally
dependent upon the construction, in 1888, of R. F. Radebaughs narrow gauge streetcar
line to Fern Hill, a small community located six miles south of Commencement Bay. This
line ran in the vicinity of South M Street near the Indian Henry Trail. Radebaugh had
come to Tacoma in 1881 when he and H. C. Patrick started the Tacoma Weekly Ledger
newspaper. That same year he purchased 80 acres on Wapato Lake where he built a
cottage. At that time there were only two families living between his Wapato home and
his workplace in downtown Tacoma. Radebaugh was carried to and from his office by
horse. In addition to his many investments and business interests, Radebaugh made
many judicious real estate purchases, including the purchase of an additional 280 acres
surrounding Wapato Lake.

Radebough bought out his streetcar partners and continued the Fern Hill line to Wapato
Lake where he planned to build a fashionable residence district. He platted the land, sold
large tracts, and developed Wapato Lake Park. He hired Ebenezer Roberts to oversee the
development. Roberts artistic sense and boundless enthusiasm soon began to make a
floral fairyland of the place. It was the beginning of real park work in Tacoma.

On June 5, 1889 a reporter interviewed Roberts about the contemplated improvements of
the Wapato Lake property. Roberts noted that at Hosmer Avenue there was a beautiful
wooded driveway, which was already graveled and graded down to the lake. He said that
it would not be long before Tacoma will possess a park rivaling the Princess Park of
Liverpool in attractiveness, the Bois de Bologne of Paris in beauty, and the Fairmount
Park in Philadelphia in natural scenery. Ornithology and zoology will be fully
represented in the magnificently adorned area. Carefully engineered driveways, shaded
bridal paths and sequestered walks will make the park a veritable Eden. A large
conservatory will be built at the north end of the lake. It will be more than 200 feet in
length and will be heated by steam. A large boiler will also be utilized in lifting water to
any part of the park. Everything appertaining to sport will be found there. There will be
several bowling alleys, tennis courts, croquet grounds. Billiard halls and racquet courts. A
pavilion and band stand will also be erected in this section of the park. To the west of the
Conservatory will be placed the deer park. An aquarium is also expected to be added to
this section of the park, which will contain representatives of the finny tribe. A large
number of swans and water fowl will be placed in the lake which will also be stocked
with trout. On the west side of the lake is platted seventeen lots. They are each 200 feet in
width, from four acres and a fraction in length on the north side to six acres and a fraction
on the south side.

Roberts noted that Wapato Lake Park is to be devoted to the public within certain limits.
All well-disposed people will be welcomed to enjoy the pleasures of the park without
charge, except where there is a call for those pleasures which cost money. It will
doubtless prove very attractive for picnics and all well-conducted parties will be made
welcome.

Roberts also described the vegetation. The native trees in the park are of great number.
They include pines, cedars, oak, silver fir, alder, ash, maple in varieties, poplar, dogwood,
crabapple in great variety and manzanita. Equally numerous are the shrubs. Among them
can be found the azelis, altheas, deutizia of many varieties, spireas and laurels. Ferns are
also very prolific and grown in great luxuriance and abundance. But none the less
important of the projected improvements is the nursery which is to be erected on the 40
acres of the drained lake bottom, east side of the main driveway approaching the lake. It
will be the largest establishment of the kind in the west. Propagating houses of immense
size will be erected, and a general nursery business of an extensive character will be
conducted. The rose houses will also be a special feature, growing every known variety.

By later that same month the park is evidently open to the public. On June 24, 1889 the
newspaper reports that the Tacoma & Fern Hill streetcars are now running to Hosmer
Avenue, the present entrance of Wapato Park. The article continues to report that the
people began coming early in the forenoon and kept it up all day. Everything was in
harmony, in keeping. Little children romped in the sand or played hide-and-seek, while
their mothers wore faces that showed they had forgotten for the moment household cares
and worries, and men of affairs lolled along shaded byways quite given up to the
enjoyment of the our. The park is rapidly becoming the most beautiful vista of landscape
in this section of the northwest. Its lake, a pure crystal sheet of water, its swimming
pools, where one can enjoy a luxurious bath, its lovely shaded walks, fringed on either
side by virgin timber, commend it to those in search of such pleasures as they can
afford.

The 4
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of July 1889 was an especially busy day at the park. The Tacoma & Fern Hill
railroad sold over 600 tickets each way to Wapato Lake Park and could have sold more if
the train could accommodate them. A neat house, containing several large dressing rooms
for bathers, had been started. Roberts noted that, I tried to get some bathing suits in
Tacoma but none were to be had; consequently a large number of people who wanted to
swim today were disappointed. Roberts also stated that there at the south end of the
lake will be a terrace 500 feet long and 100 feet wide. At the top of this terrace will be a
flower garden. The baseball ground will be built to the west of the terrace instead of east
of it as was first intended, the latter ground was found too hilly. A tidy refreshment stand
is now handsomely housed on the shore of the lake and several rustic summer houses
have been built in shady nooks.

On July 7, 1889 the Tacoma Ledger ran an ad for Wapato Lake Park:

Wapato Lake Park Beautiful Pleasure Resort
Boating and Bathing, Fine Pavilion with Dancing Platform, Picnic Grounds,
Summer Houses, and Delightful Shady Walks
First Class Refreshments
Take the Tacoma & Fern Hill Railroad
E. R. Roberts, Manager
This lake is the only body of water near Tacoma having a temperature
suitable for bathing. All other are too cold. Bring your bathing suits.

Business continued to boom during the summer of 1889 as evidenced by a newspaper
article on July 19, 1889 announcing that the Tacoma & Fern Hill Street railroad would
now run to Wapato Lake Park seven days a week, not just on weekends. Round trips cost
just 20. Features in the park now being promoted were a large bathing raft floored with
dressed lumber, diving spring board, refreshment pavilion, beautiful bridle paths, and
grottoes. Newspapers noted that Wapato Lake Park was fast becoming very popular and
that it is one of the prominent features of the City of Destiny. Even with all the
development taking place, plans did not include any considerable alterations in the
natural features of the park according to Roberts. The aim being to simply aid nature by
removing what may be objectionable to the eye and by planting attractions suitable to
such a place. The work of clearing near the south end of the lake for the glass forcing
houses is under way. Near the southeast corner there will be made ready for next season
grounds for an agricultural fair with a mile race course and for baseball and cricket
grounds, all enclosed by a high close fence with the motor line passing in front of the
main entrance.

The following summer it appears that development and activities are still making Wapato
Lake Park as popular as ever. A June 27, 1890 newspaper article described a picnic
hosted by Citizen Train. Citizen Train was George Francis Train, a friend of
Radebaugh, Tacoma booster and the man credited with name Tacoma the City of
Destiny. Train referred to Wapato as Tacomas Fir Tree Central Park. At this time
Ebenezer Roberts and his wife were still managing the park. Roberts took the picnickers
through his wonderful collection of plants in the largest greenhouse on Puget Sound and
Mrs. Roberts treated the children to ice cream. Radebaugh hosted a candy party on the
verandah of his homestead. Trains bungalow on the lake was ornamented with lovely
J apanese fans, spoils of his round-the-world trip, great umbrellas, beautiful J apanese
curtains were tacked on the wall inside and out, and curios that charmed the children.

Later that summer a visitor from Yakima described his visit to the park in a newspaper
article on August 11, 1890.
It is the property of R. F. Radebaugh and contains 344 acres. The surface is
undulating with here a high hill and there a low vale, and over almost all is the
primeval forest, not dense, but of mammoth firs, with great trunks rising to a
tremendous height and crowned with a dense foliage that canopies all below.
These grand old kings of the forest will doubtless stand as a comfort and a
pleasure to the multiplying thousands of the City of Destiny and a monument to
the mighty forest of Puget Sound for generations after they are shorn of their
glory for Mr. Radebaugh has determined to spare them for this wise purpose.

Easterly in the park is Lake Wapato, a beautiful little sheet of spring water
nestling among the hills. Around it, on a natural ridge, is a shade drive of about
two and one-half miles. On one side is a nicely appointed pavilion, dance
platform, boat and bathhouses. At the foot of the lake in a charming spot are two
large floral houses built in modern style. Once is complete and well stocked with
choicest of plants and flowers. To these will be added six more of equal size and
finish and when compete will stand in two rows and the arena between leading to
the lake will be covered with glass. Nearby is a beautiful white cottage, the home
of Mr. Roberts, the experienced florist in charge.

Here also will be erected an elaborate pavilion with boat and bathhouses and
finally a grand hotel. Not far away will be the zoological garden and deer park. . .
Large money has already been expended in beautifying these naturally handsome
grounds and in working out his ideal Mr. Radebaugh will expend many thousands
more on them.

On two prominent sites overlooking the lake are elegant residences of stone and
wood in pure Queen Anne style, large with spacious verandas, etc, and finely
finished with a variety of choice woods. These houses will be just alike in
structure will have ample and beautiful settings and when complete will be made
the homes of Messrs Allen C. Mason and R.F. Radebaugh.

Lake Wapato Park will always be free to the public and Mr. Radebaugh will
deserve and receive the blessings of the millions who in time will enjoy it.

The greenhouses at Wapato Lake Park were so prolific that floral parlors were opened
at 908 Railroad Street in Tacoma to display and sell the flowers and plants. Specialties of
the floral parlors were the cut flowers and floral designs for bouquets, weddings and
funerals. Theater parties could be promptly fitted out with hand bouquets and
boutonnieres.

A January 1, 1891 listing of building projects in the newspaper reported that Mason,
Radebaugh and George Mathews were all building house in Wapato Park.

The glowing reports and articles about the wonderful resort at Wapato Lake Park stop
appearing in newspapers in 1891. Ebenezer Roberts leaves Radebaughs employ in late
1890 and is hired by the City of Tacomas Board of Park Commissioners to oversee the
development of Wright and Point Defiance Park. The nation-wide depression which
began in 1891 hit railroads especially hard. Radebaugh sold the Tacoma Daily Ledger
and apparently suffered extreme financial loss during the depression which lasted
throughout much of the 1890s.

An April 9, 1899 newspaper article it is reports that the Wheelmans Club (bicyclists) is
debating two local projects involving the improvements to local lakes. Both American
Lake and Wapato Lake are being discussed. The Wheelmen have been discussing plans
to revive the onetime popularity of Wapato Lake. The Wapato Lake project has not
reached quite as much popularity, but numbers adherents quite as enterprising. The
grounds have been fitted up once and although somewhat in disrepair, could be improved
again with small expense. Wapato can be made an excellent bathing place, for although
the banks are muddy in spots, there is plenty of chance for good approaches. The
surroundings are not as fine as at American Lake but could be improved artificially. The
property still belongs to Mr. Radebaugh and is in care of a keeper, fenced away from the
public, but concession can be secured without great expense.

It is not known how much improvement the Tacoma Wheelmen did to Wapato Lake Park
but in 1906 another company had its eye on the property to develop Olympian Garden.
An October 6, 1906 article in the Tacoma Daily News announces that a new organization
called Olympian Garden has plans to develop an amusement and exposition enterprise
that will eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted on the Pacific coast.

The group proposed to erect a permanent exposition building for the display of the vast
resources of the Pacific coast. Also a spacious Stadium for the revival of the Olympian
games. This building will seat 12,000 people and will enclose a circular course 680 feet
in length and 280feet in width. This will be paved. The arena will offer a place for all
varieties of speed contests, athletic exhibitions, and numerous amusements, features of
the most modern and attractive kind, electric fountains, mirror mazes, electric theater,
cycloramas, scenic railway, etc. Besides the Stadium, the larger structures of the group
will include a permanent exposition building 110 by 450 feet; one of the amusement
feature buildings will be the castle 110 by 250 feet, the highest point being 50 feet for a
waterfall. Numerous smaller buildings will be erected.

It is the intention to begin work at once on the mammoth enterprise and have the
Olympian Gardens ready to throw open to the public by the first of J uly 1907.

The Olympian Gardens were never built at Wapato Lake. By 1910 the newly formed
Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma began discussing the possibility of incorporating
the area into the park district. In 1911 they recommend purchasing 110 acres but funding
was not available. Finally in 1920 Horace and Helen Scott donate 20 acres to begin the
acquisition of Wapato Park.

1920 to the Present
Metropolitan Park District of Tacomas Wapato Park
With the donation of 20 acres by Horace and Helen Scott, the Metropolitan Park District
of Tacoma began their ownership of Wapato Park in 1920. The following year the Park
District purchased an additional 17 acres from Caroline Menzel.

In March 1927 the Park Board begins discussing the development of Wapato Park and
Lake Wapato. The Park District now owned 37 acres around the lake. The Park Board
wants to focus their efforts on the four main parks in the system: Point Defiance, Wright,
Wapato and the newly acquired site at Titlow Beach. Rowboats are transferred to Wapato
from Point Defiance and plans are developed to construct a building for a caretaker,
dressing rooms, a store and a boathouse.

In January 1935 the Park Board accepts another 15 acres around Wapato from J . H.
Easterday. In December of that same year, the Park Board accepted 12 more acres at
Wapato Lake. The land was a gift from J oseph Kemp, the President of Oakwood
Cemetery. The Park District now owned 62 acres around the lake.

On March 1, 1936 the Tacoma Daily Ledger reported that the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) had dredged 180,000 cubic yards of mud from the lake leaving a
sand and gravel bottom. The muck will be used as top dressing for 65 acres of parkland.
The planned WPA work will result in a park that will rival Point Defiance Park in
attraction, if not in size. Plans included gondolas and rowboats, illumination around the
lake with log uprights and wrought iron arms, planting of native shrubbery and trees and
more formal landscaping at the entrances. The roads were to be lined with hundreds of
native shrubs, J apanese cherry trees and roses. In the past chlorine was used to keep
down disease in the lake but it is now hoped that the water will be as clear as crystal once
the mud is pumped out. There will be three entrances: one on the north via Alaska Street,
one on the south via 72
nd
Street and one on the east via South 68
th
and Sheridan.

On September 22, 1937 the News Tribune recorded the official donation of 7 1/2 acres of
wooded land from the Kiwanis. This area will be known as Kiwanis Field.

Wapato Park was the site of a major WPA work project. Sherman Ingalls, Metropolitan
Park District Supervisor at Wapato directed the project and designed the park
improvements. The WPA built bridges, boat and bathhouse, modern kitchen with hot and
cold water; installed electrical outlets; graded, leveled and seeded the park; built modern
ball fields, a sandy bathing beach, and a stone entrance; cleared roads and pathways, and
developed Alpine gardens and a lily pond.

The formal reopening was June 1938 when the Tacoma Ledger declares that Old
Swimming Hole of Half Century Ago Blossoms Out to Take Place Among Major
Attractions of Tacoma. 2,000 people attended the opening. The project cost $228,000.
The only complaint was that with all the work they had done the main entrance road had
not been improved or widened. A reporter compared it to a man who wears a two bit tie
with a five dollar shirt!

On July 20, 1939 a bronze tablet dedicating Kiwanis Field was unveiled.

On February 14, 1940 it was announced that Tacoma had been selected for the second
official community planting of rhododendrons by the Olympians, Inc. which was
arranging for the planting of a million rhododendrons throughout the state during the next
ten years. Fifty rhododendrons will be planted by Sherman Ingle, Park Superintendent at
Wapato Park. Later that year the Times reported that approximately 500 varieties of
tuberous-rooted begonias were being grown in Wapato Park under the skillful handling of
Bob Ellener.

Numerous newspaper articles during July 1942 report that a storm water sewer intended
to carry only surface water has also been carrying sanitary sewage into the lake.
Swimmers are developing rashes. Consequently, the Health Department closed Wapato
Park to swimmers on J uly 2, 1942 citing that storm sewers were dumping bugs into the
lake. The city appropriated $15,000 to construct a diversion sewer from Wapato to South
72
nd
and Aston Street. The money came from a $3,000,000 postwar sewer improvement
fund from bonds voted by the people.

On June 5, 1947 a public meeting was held to discuss opening Wapato Lake to
swimming. The Health Board warned of polio and swimmers itch in the lake and that
human waste from septic tanks was also a problem. The City Engineer promised to divert
the sewage from the lake. The Park Board pointed out that the lake had been stocked with
30,000 fingerling trout and any attempt to chlorinate the lake to improve water quality
would kill the fish. Fishing was stopped in the lake so that the fingerling trout could
grow. The bass were also removed because they destroy the young trout.

The Park Board said that testing will be done and if a dangerous condition exists a tile
pool will be built. Several on the city council were in favor of constructing a concrete
pool near the lake. In the past, the Park District staff chlorinated the lake by filling a
sterilized gunny sack with chlorinated lime and dragging it back and forth through the
swimming area until the water tests pure. This method would be made more fool proof by
the enclosure of the swimming area in a concrete wall to extend below the floor of the
lake. Planning is underway for a ball field in the northeast corner of the park.

The following year, on June 6, 1948 the Park District announced that Wapato Lake was
open again to swimmers. Superintendent Thomas Lantz hinted plans for an eventual
sanitary concrete pool at the park, close to the beach, where the waters could be
chemically treated and swimming activities would be under closer supervision were
under discussion.

On October 25, 1949 the City of Tacoma deeded to the Park District a 4.35 acre piece of
land plus approximately an equivalent water area making up the south end of Wapato
Lake.

On August 11, 1951 the Monday Civic Club dedicated a memorial plaque
commemorating one of the northwests pioneer familys generous donation to the park
system. Mrs. H.G. Scott formed the Monday Civic Club in 1910. The Scott home, which
at that time was situated on Wapato Lake, later burned and the stone which remained was
used to build the entrances, walks and bridges in the park. Horace Greeley Scott and J . S.
Kemp were instrumental in developing Wapato as a childrens park.

On March 9, 1953 the News Tribune reported that some residents around Wapato Lake
are upset about the planned condemnation of properties around the lake. Ads were run in
the paper asking the citizens of Tacoma to protest the condemnation proceedings. Later
that year the courts determined that the Park District did not have legal authority to
condemn property.

On August 13, 1953 Nace Field in Wapato Park was dedicated. Dr. A. G. Nace was a
civic leader and member of the Park Commissioners for 22 years. He moved to Tacoma
in 1903 and was an advocate of a well-rounded sports and recreation department. Nace
played football for UPS and at Willamette University where he was a medical student. He
also played professional baseball for two years.

A new fishing float was dedicated at Wapato Park on May 13, 1954. The float was made
possible by a partnership with the Tacoma Sportsmens Club Auxiliary. The float is 120
feet long with a top T of 100 feet.

During a Park Board meeting on May 28, 1957 a group of women protested the terrible
smell of Wapato Lake.

G.C. Casebolt and Company won the bid for beautification of Wapato Park on
September 13, 1966. The bid was $78,786 for landscaping, dock and other
improvements. The project was funded by a $80,000 special bond.

In March 1976 Evergreen College was hired to perform an environmental study of
Wapato Lake. Their report included the following information: In 1971 the
Metropolitan Park District hired a contractor to harvest coontail (ceratophyllum
demersum) a nuisance submergent aquatic plant. Approximately 83 short tons covering
ten acres were removed. A second cutting the next year yielded only .5 tons. Copper
sulfate treatments were attempted to control plankton and submergent macrophytes but
discontinued out of concern for water sports.

In April 1976 an Environmental Impact Assessment was written. It included the
following comments and information. It is of interest to note that agitation for the
development of a park came from men who had first used the lake as natural swimming
hole. They felt that development of a manicured park all the way around would preserve
everything that was best about Wapato Lake for generations to come.

Little Wapato Lake should more properly be referred to as a marsh.

City water is too high in nitrates to add to the lake water.

The October 1977 Draft Environmental Impact Statement reported that: At some time
before 1910 an outlet structure was built at the south end of the lake; it is uncertain
whether it was to raise the lake stage for recreation purposes or for flood control. Large
quantities of peat were dredged from the lake and laid over park grounds. Unable to
ascertain if it was to increase the lake or build up the park area. Also that in 1976, with
federal money from the Beautify America program, approximately two acres of shallow
marshland on the south shore was filled in and a picnic area built over the fill.

A proposed draw down of the lake was discussed at a Park Board meeting on April 18,
1978. Only the Tahoma Audubon Society protests.

On March 18, 1980 the Park District announced that Entranco Engineers have been hired
to oversee the clean up of Wapato Lake. The cost of pumping fresh water into Wapato
Lake for one year is estimated to be $30,000.

On May 4, 1986 Wapato Lake reopens to swimmers after 10 years of closure and $2
million in changes. In 1981 the lake was emptied and tons of sediment containing oil and
other pollutants were hauled from the bottom. A dike was built to separate drainage basin
at the north end from recreational area to the south. Later a pipeline to carry fresh water
was installed. During the summer an estimated 117 million gallons were added.

On April 12, 1988 the Park Board votes to institute parking fees and to close all parking
in the 46 car lot on South 72
nd
. Parking fees were instituted on May 5, 1988. They were
$1 for residents and $3 for non-residents. The reason cited for the parking fees was to cut
down on cruising.

On October 4, 1992 a grant of $18,000 was awarded by Simpson Tacoma Kraft
Company for high school students to study Wapato Lake.

In 1997 the lake is closed once again. This time due to toxic algae.

On July 13, 1998 the Park District announces that Wapato Lake is closed to swimmers.
Citizen posts a sign at Wapato proclaiming it Duck Poop Park.

On August 12, 2001 the historic pergola was restored based on original plans. The
uprights of the new pergola are made of concrete and fiberglass for durability. The top
section is still wooden.

On February 23, 2005 an arsonist starts a fire in the historic Bathhouse. It is seriously
damaged but not destroyed.

October 2005 The Park Board approves Wapato Park Master Plan for future
development.

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WAPATO PARK MASTER PLAN


STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, J anuary 26, 2005
5:30-7:00

In attendance:
Lee Fellenberg-parks
Greg Guild-parks
Michele Chapin-Resident
Vito Iacobazzi-parks
J ohn Pellessier- South End N.C.
Doug Fraser-planning
Kristi Evans-planning


1. Doug started introductions

2. Kristi explained the planning process and handed out a probable timeline.
Gave flyers for the first public meeting so they may hand them out.

3. Kristi walked through a history timeline which is still being worked on to fill
in some blanks- handout.

4. Asked to report on values, likes, dislikes and future visions:

WHY IS WAPATO PARK OF VALUE
South End Regional Park
Walkers
Fishing
Prominate feature on major arterial, great drive by
Plants and flowers
A meeting place
Great stand of trees
Swimming
History

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE PARK
Passivity
Walkers
Picnic areas
Weddings at the pergola
Fishing
Entry design-circle
Rhododendrons
Volleyball
Lake treatment when it was clean-quality
Feeding the water fowl

WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE ABOUT THE PARK
Feeding the water fowl
Water quality
Deterioration of the facilities
Lack of parking (during picnics)
Overgrown gardens
Blackberries
North end of the lake-pests
Patronage safety
Illicit activity

WANTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PARK
Exit road changes
Basketball courts
Picnic at Alaska need parking
Tennis
Lighting up the park
Lighting for security
Path work
Garden upgrades
Finish circle walking route
Wider walks for maintenance and many pedestrians
Continuity of assets
Revitalize bathhouse
Relocation of restrooms
Shoreline restoration
Viewing area for stone bridge
More parking interior/exterior
New special attraction
Water spray ground
Skate Park
Aerators for lake/fountain
Different access to shops
Utility upgrades
Drinking fountains

Next meeting tentatively set for Wednesday, March 23
rd



WAPATO PARK MASTER PLAN
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING #2
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 5:30-7:00

In attendance:
Michele Chapin-Resident
J ohn Pellessier- South End N.C./Community C.
Fred Brookshire- South End NC
Lee Fellenberg-parks
Debbi Hanson- Recreation
Doug Fraser-planning
Kristi Evans-planning


1. Doug started introductions, and process used to determine the 3
alternatives.

2. Kristi explained what was relayed during the public meeting and meetings
with stakeholders. Plus talked about the design principles.

3. Doug walked through the 3 alternatives and we received feedback.

A) Neighborhood Park Facility
B) Community Activity Park
C) Garden Theme

Fred- Prefer alt. B but, add these items from the other plans
- concession like in A
- 72
nd
corner garden improvement
- Water creek bed
- Dock spots for viewing

Michele- Prefer lat. B
- extent hours of operation
- have spray park in an area with full sun
- Concession like in A, but have a gate separation for the rest of the park
and night.

John- Prefer alt. B

Debbi- Prefer alt. B
- event space on C, intimate with concessions (portable ones also)
- caf on 72
nd
like in A, but make it unique since there is a strip mall
- do not put the skate park next to the caf
- no weddings

Lee- Concerned about the concrete patios around the existing shelter because
of the existing large trees.

Other: Possibly put the skate park at Alling, and the horse shoe venue and
Stewart Heights.




Next meeting set for Wednesday, June 22nd



WAPATO PARK MASTER PLAN
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING #3
Wednesday, J une 22, 2005 5:30-7:00

In attendance:
Debbi Hanson- Recreation
Doug Fraser-planning
Kristi Evans-planning


1. Kristi gave Debbi and walk around of the final proposed plan and the bath
house re design.

2. Debbi gave her thoughts and opinions on the activities and placements of
such activities to make for a sound plan.

3. Next steps to finalize the plan and present to the South End N.C, and then
to the park Board in August.







WAPATO PARK MASTER PLAN
PUBLIC WORKSHOP #1
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
6:30-8:30p.m.

In attendance:
See sign in sheet


1. Doug started introductions explained the planning process and timeline

2. Kristi walked through a history timeline and new and historic photos

3. Asked to report on values, likes, dislikes and future visions:

CHARACTER OF THE PARK (one word description)
Nature
Plain and dull
Lake Environment
Ducks and wildlife

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE PARK
Waterfall
Stone column at entries
Childrens play area
Walking/trails
That there was cleaning up of the over growth
Small bridge in wetland area
Children visiting the ducks
Swings
Lake
Birds
Turtles

WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE ABOUT THE PARK
Litter
Playground safety
Gravel paths
Lack of facilities
Fishing debris
Vandalism
Lack of signage (litter, restrooms)
Need more litter cans and recycling?
Need more benches
The back road is unpleasant to walk alone
Safety day /night (north area)
Homelessness
Water Quality


WANTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PARK(grouped by most popular)
Concessions

Off-leash
Restaurant/caf

Spray plaza
Community events
Beach sand area on Alaska street side
Interpretive signage-history/natural
Wooden decking to new over water (lookout)

Waterlife (wildlife) park
Bring night life into the park (lights and shops)
Amphitheater
Basketball

Botanical identification
Weddings
Bird houses on the north end
Statues/artwork
Picnicking
Security phones/cameras
Lighting around lake
Soccer
Meadows
Water quality to improve
Skatepark

Mind blowing feature
Lighting
Lake fountain
Movie nights
More vegetation
New bridge to cross center of lake
Flower gardens
Volunteer Landscape Projects
New walkway on 72
nd
Dredging lake to clean
Swimming pool
Possibly more parking
Accessibility

Bath house to become a theater
Screening debris piles in maintenance
Rowing activies/kayak
Sidewalk on Alaska street
Wapato Hill Park/Lake connection
Bait and tackle store
Selling bricks for a space in the park

Next meeting Wednesday, April 27
th
6:30



WAPATO PARK MASTER PLAN
PUBLIC WORKSHOP #2
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
6:30-8:30p.m.

In attendance:
See sign in sheet (47 signed in)


Doug presented the Design Principles and the three alternatives and results from
online survey

Opened to questions and answers


Questions, Concerns, Likes, Dislikes:

More fishing signs and they need to be in other languages

Restrooms are not usable-nasty

Quality of lake very important to fix

What about the issues that are happening now- what are you going to do now:
i.e., adult fishing, drugs, parking, homeless, under-aged drinking, feeding the
ducks

Would love a rental facility- revenue

Climbing rocks could be too much of a liability

No large amphitheater- too much noise (several comments)

Off leash - would love it

There are no sidewalks along the edges of the park, add sidewalks on the plan,
particularly along Alaska Street

Could only get behind the park plans if the parks were taken care of now and
kept clean

Not enough garbage cans- staff told patron that they were removed because
parks did not have enough staff to empty them

Cushman gate is never closed at night and a lot of night time activity is entering
here

What are the costs of the improvements? Need to know this in order to make
decisions of what to include in the plan.

What would be the highest priority of first phase?

Graffiti removal is not happening per city codes and parks staff is telling them
why paint it when they will do it again

Why new staff when we cant take of what we have

7028 Alaska- pile of asphalt on park property been there for 2 years please
remove

Concern about Coyotes in the park

Do not remove the bath house it is historical and would cost too much in permits
to build new.

What steps are being taken to improve water quality? Is the source of water all
storm drainage?

What is being proposed to deal with invasive plant materials?

Loitering and drinking is taking place in the back parking lot.

Expand the boardwalks around the lake to create a walking loop.

Peoples Recommendations
All plans combined: Participants put markers on the top three ideas they liked
best from any design

Fountains in the lake (17)
Board walks and overlooks (16)
Garden walk and nature trails (15)
Off leash at Nace (13)
Performance stage (6)
Lighted trail (5)
Boat House remain/food concessions
Meadows at Nace (4)
Walk near lake (concrete)
Gathering at Alaska (3)
Play/spray area
Caf 72
nd
Enlarged play area
V-ball/BB at parking lot
Basketball (houses) (2)
Leave existing back parking
Sidewalk at entry
Rental facility
Wetland edge (1)
Existing 72
nd
restroom
Skate Park
Police station
Boat rental
Event space at Nace
Sculpture area 72
nd
Horseshoes


Next meeting July 18, 2005South End Neighborhood Council



Wapat o Par k Mast er Pl an
Stakeholders and Meetings

Tacoma -Pierce County Health Department
Phone conversation 02/01/05
Ray Hanowell 798-2845
Metro: Kristi
In the summer months the bacterial quality is very high- not enough
circulation, e-coli is very high
Algae blooms are very toxic
Each summer J une-Sept. each week the swimming beach is tested for the
above items
The water needs movement. It could be augmented with city water and it
was done in the past but it was very expensive and was stopped.
Ray would like parks to post No Swimming signs on the swimming beach
at all times. This would mean that they would not need to conduct testing
any longer. As long as there are not signs they will keep testing.


Storm Water City of Tacoma
Phone Conversation:
City: Chris J ohnson
Metro: Kristi
DOT dumps water into the upper lake (water of the state)
Things Chris thinks would need to happen depending upon what type of new
development is proposed:
Waste load allocation-303D list
Water quality monitoring- how much water flows in and level flux
Additional parking- hydo period of wetland
Create a surface water manual
Detention-capacity?? Based on acreage
If discharging to city it would need analysis
Master Drainage Plan
Permit $9,000 plus $7,300 per acre

Recommends speaking with J ohn Burke








Public Works Environmental (Storm Water)
Meeting Feb. 3, 2005
City: Lorna Mauren, Christy, J ohn Burke, Dan?
Metro: Doug, Kristi
Walked through the site with there knowledge of the piping and working of the
system. They were not aware of the D.O.T. piping system out of the lake only
into the lake.

The surface water goes into Wapato Lake to Wards Lake through the
gravel pit into the Flett holding basin to Flett Creek wetland into
Chambers.
The water shed starts at 40
th
street
The city has no potential plans for Wapato. They do have some
recommendations:
Water quality testing by the Pierce Conservation District( Monty Mahan).
J ohn Burke will discuss this in next week meeting that is scheduled with
them.
Use the wetland as filtration and interpretive education area.

Contacts given:
D.O.T. Kyle Keon (360) 570-6743,
Ed Molash, Larry Schaffner (360) 570-6657



Tacoma Sportsmen Club
Phone Conversation 2/09/2005
Marian Smith
16409 Canyon Rd. E., Puyallup 98375
253-537-6151
Metro: Kristi

Mike Tubes in the club President
The Club has had the derby for 55 years and has always been a success
with virtually no complaints
The event is held the 3
rd
week of May ever year
The Bathhouse opr shelter is used for weighing of the fish and serving
hotdogs with pop.
They clean up after themselves and the shoreline as well.
The young fisherman fish from the dock or the shoreline bank, NO BOATS
The club donates $1500 for a match of $1500 from CTEP who stocks the
lake. The lake is stocked 1 week to 3 days before the derby with trout.
Last year the largest caught was 7 lbs.
This year the derby is set for May 14
th
.
CTEP, Dave Smith-Trout Lodge 360-893-7786

Phone Conversation 2/11/05 with Mike Tubs Chairman
Metro: Kristi
The Boathouse is falling apart and in disrepair, wiring, kitchen and not in
compliance, lucky the Health department has not come out to check on
them.
Trout Lodge does the stocking of fish.
The state also is to stock, but they have never seen them.
Would love to have move dock area.
There use to be a stage that the Ladies Auxillary had and it was nice to
use.
Bradley Lake in Puyallup has a nice derby facility and most people use it
now.
He thinks that most of the familys catching the fish during the derby do
not eat the fish.



D.O.T. Stormwater
Phone conversation 2/14/05
State:Brad Lingran- Environmental Services/Hydraulics
360-570-6732
Metro: Kristi

Area collecting water from 40
th
to Wapato to Wards Lake
This is a combined system with the City of Tacoma, 72 pipe
Do not check for water quality
Not aware of the outlet in the north lake piped under walkway to 72
nd
.
Will be returning the call with info he may collect from the files
Other possible contacts:
Ed Molash Research/stormwater 360-705-7496
Larry Schaffner Water Qualilty Team Lead 360-570-6657

Phone conversation 2/28/05
State: Brad
Metro: Kristi
The out fall at 72
nd
street next to the dock was installed jointly with the city
and he will send a copy of the contract.
He does not know anything about the other outfall in the upper pond or
about the dike, even though he was on site he did not travel as far as the
dike. (later found out that Metro Parks had the outfall and piping installed,
Entranco Plan)
He has not contacted the water quality in the office yet to find out if there
has been testing.




Tacoma Police
Phone voice mails 02/11/05
Officer Gary Keefer- desk 253-594-7981, cell 405-8042
Moved to desk job for awhile
Willing to talk about the sub station and safety in the park.

02/17/05 left a message to call so we may meet and discuss.



Public Works Engineering (Traffic)
Meeting February 23, 2005
City: Curtis Kingsolver
Metro: Doug
7&2
nd
Street Interchange at I-5 on-ramp is scheduled for redesign. This
may provide an opportunity for the City to get funding assistance from the
State for improving the last section of Alaska from about 60
th
to 72
nd
.
The City is currently in process of installing a new traffic signal at Alaska
and 72
nd
. This will also include crosswalks providing residents another
option to approach the park. There is some opposition from residents to
the south for concern of increasing traffic through the neighborhood.
It was thought that residents along Alaska may be vocal of any proposal of
drive access into the park at this location
Currently there are no proposed improvements on the 6-year program for
Alaska, 72
nd
, or Sheridan Streets. ( Councilman Stenger expressed a
concern for the lack of funding for sidewalks- $275m needed throughout
the City)
Opening current road access off 72
nd
to two-way may be possible but the
City may require that the throat be widened to accommodate turning
movements
Pedestrian Access Improvements- at the Sheridan entrance solar
powered flashers may be desirable ($6,000 to $9,000), along with
Playground signage and reduction of sped to 25mph. Hesitant to
provide painted cross walks without flashers. (encourage partnering with
neighborhood council to work on cost sharing)


Metros Parks(Leads) and Recreation Meeting
April 14, 2005
Metro : Doug
Ropes coarse
Water quality- coordinate with city: floating booms on northern lake? Used
to do this, city to dredge north lake regularly
2 trails- walk and bike
Entry at Alaska and 72
nd
needs improvement
Rip-rap hard edge to many decks
Walkway form main to Kiwanis (all ped xing off main road)
Improve drive back to main
Close off back parking lot
Improve aesthetics along 72
nd
. Street

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