Fall City Metropolitan Park District (FC Park District)

What is the Fall City Park District?

The Fall City Metropolitan Park District was voted in by area residents on February 3, 2009 to represent local interests for park and recreation services. The park district represents a specific geographic area similar to that of a fire, school, or water district. There are 3775 registered voters that live within the Fall City Park District.

What is the Fall City Park District currently doing?

The FC Park District is governed by five elected commissioners that have been meeting monthly since March 2009. They are currently working on "setting up shop" for the new park district. In addition to the monthly meetings, three standing committees have been formed to address the initial phase of the newly formed park district.

• Administrative Committee
• Vision, Mission, and Goals Committee
• Park Lands Committee

The commissioners have had several additional meetings to introduce and establish the FC Park District with area stakeholders. These meetings have been held with King County Parks (KC Parks), the Snoqualmie Tribe, and the Snoqualmie Valley Regional Task Force. Status updates have also been provided at the Fall City Community Association meetings.

What is the status of Fall City Community Park?

After meeting with KC Parks, it was apparent that KC Parks has currently ceased its efforts to divest itself of Fall City Community Park (FCCP). On February 13, the Snoqualmie Tribe withdrew its offer to take ownership of the park. With these developments, representatives of KC Parks expressed their willingness to maintain ownership and management of FCCP for the time being.

At this same meeting, KC Parks and FC Park District expressed their desire to work cooperatively in consideration of a wide range partnership options from the outright transfer of FCCP to simply sharing duties of maintenance and program administration without actually transferring ownership. A partnership approach between KC Parks and FC Park District would allow KC Parks to continue with the day to day maintenance of the FCCP, including the ball fields and equestrian arena. KC Parks was also receptive to working with FC Park District to better address maintenance priorities as well as partner on potential enhanced services.

Board members from FC Park District, Snoqualmie Tribe, and KC Parks also recently met to discuss partnering opportunities for the Tribe's recently awarded grant from EPA, which would be applied towards river front natural area restoration. Stay tuned for more information regarding this exciting development.

What are the goals of the Fall City Park District?

The FC Park District Commissioners are in the process of developing the vision, mission, and goals for the District. The short and long term goals will form the foundation for the district's future for parks as well as form the basis of a fiscal budget and corresponding levy rate. This planning process will take place over the course of the summer and fall of 2009. Public input is very important as priorities and the future direction of the district are established.

Please share your thoughts on the district's mission and goals in one of the following ways:

• Meeting: Attend one of our regular meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month
  7:00 pm at the Fall City King County Library (33415 42nd Place SE)
• E-mail: info@fallcityparks.org
• US Mail: Fall City Metropolitan Park District, PO Box 1180, Fall City, WA 98024

Thank you!
The Fall City Metropolitan Park District Commissioners