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Fife plans April 19 spring festival and April 26 Parks Appreciation Day; board to staff booths and serve hot dogs
Summary
Staff previewed the spring festival/egg hunt April 19 (hunt at 10:05 a.m.; gates open 9:30 a.m.; sponsors Sound Transit and Fife Lions Club) and Parks Appreciation Day April 26 (9 a.m. to noon) for which the board selected 5 Acre park and a Costco hot-dog lunch for volunteers.
City staff told the Parks Advisory Board on Feb. 5 that the spring festival and egg hunt is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, with gates opening at 9:30 a.m., an age-group egg hunt beginning at 10:05 a.m., and event teardown at 12:30 p.m. The hunt will use the football fields and will be split into simultaneous age groups for children ages 0–12. Current sponsors are Sound Transit and the Fife Lions Club; confirmed vendors include TNT Espresso and a mini-donut vendor, and Renders Photography will operate a photo booth.
Staff asked whether the board wanted to staff a Parks Advisory Board table as in prior years and whether the board wished to distribute the novelty ears the board has given out previously. Board members volunteered for booth shifts between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.; several said they could cover part or all of the time and asked staff to send a reminder email closer to the event. Staff also said the department will revisit the type of prefilled eggs after dissatisfaction with the vendor-provided eggs last year.
The board also set Parks Appreciation Day for Saturday, April 26, with volunteer work from 9 a.m. to noon followed by lunch for volunteers. The board chose 5 Acre park as the work site for 2025 and opted to provide hot dogs from Costco for the volunteer lunch, citing the low-prep approach and previous success with that arrangement; staff said the food had been purchased and transported in hot boxes in prior years to comply with meal-service guidance without a separate health-inspection requirement.
Board members discussed other off-site meeting and event logistics: the community park board off-site meeting is scheduled for Aug. 6 and staff recommended Colburn Park as a potential venue but said the location could be changed as project timelines solidify. The board also agreed to continue advertising vacancies for open commission seats and asked staff to present examples of recruitment language at the March meeting.
