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Edmonds parks department proposes higher ADA spending, emphasizes deferred‑maintenance recovery
Summary
Parks staff presented a six‑year capital plan that prioritizes deferred maintenance and ramps up the ADA program; staff warned severe staffing and budget cuts if a municipal levy fails, and identified Shell Creek restoration and Coast Guard‑required buoys as near‑term priorities.
Angie Fester, Parks, Recreation and Human Services director for the City of Edmonds, and parks staff presented a proposed six‑year parks capital program that emphasizes stabilizing deferred maintenance before starting new projects.
The plan is a planning document, Fester said, not a budget: it lists projects to make them eligible for grants and to guide future budget requests. "This plan is a planning document. It's not a budget document," she told the planning board.
Shannon (parks staff), the presentation lead, said the department is operating with significant staffing reductions and mounting deferred maintenance. "Simply put, our parks are deteriorating," Shannon said, listing overflowing trash receptacles, failing playground surfacing, a recently repaired…
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