Liberty Lake Planning Commission hears parks, recreation and open-space plan update; outreach set through October

The Liberty Lake Planning Commission on June 11 heard a presentation on a parks, recreation and open-space plan update from Genevieve Dial, project manager at SCJ Alliance, who outlined an inventory and needs analysis, a public outreach schedule and a timeline aimed at making projects eligible for state grants and easy to incorporate into Liberty Lake’s comprehensive plan.

Dial told commissioners the consultant team is mapping park assets and conditions, assessing park tree canopy to meet Growth Management Act requirements, and developing a level-of-service analysis tailored to Liberty Lake that will combine quantitative standards with qualitative community preferences. “We want this plan to be representative of what we hear in the community. It's really your plan, and we're just facilitators of that information,” Dial said.

Why it matters: Dial said the update is timed to support near‑term capital planning — roughly a six‑year horizon for capital priorities — and to ensure proposals align with Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) grant eligibility and Growth Management Act…