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Bellevue council signals preference for Alternative F and formal name at Ashwood Park master-plan update
Summary
Councilmembers and the Parks and Community Services Board recommended a largely open 2.5‑acre design (Alternative F) and formalizing the longstanding name “Ashwood Park”; funding is from the city’s 2022 parks levy and construction is expected in 2027–28 pending environmental review and formal adoption.
Bellevue councilmembers on April 22 signaled consensus for a preferred concept — “Alternative F” — in the update to the Ashwood Park master plan and supported formally naming the site Ashwood Park.
The Parks and Community Services Board unanimously recommended Alternative F and that the park be formally named Ashwood Park. Eileen Cho, vice chair of the Parks and Community Services Board, told the council the board “unanimously voted to recommend Alternative F as the preferred, park design, and further, the board recommends formalizing the name of Ashwood Park to be the official name of the park.”
City staff described Alternative F as a design that preserves a large contiguous open lawn, adds a formal play area, provides a smaller off‑leash dog area, terraces for seating, restrooms, picnic shelters and a parking area of about 14–21 spaces. “In the middle, you see that we have restrooms and picnic…
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