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Commission hears Lake Sammamish management-plan update emphasizing restoration and constraints on new development
Summary
State Parks staff reviewed Lake Sammamish's built and natural systems, the park's role in stormwater and biodiversity, restoration accomplishments, and the rationale for pursuing a management-plan update rather than the previously proposed master-plan developments.
State Parks staff told the Parks and Recreation Commission that Lake Sammamish State Park remains a regionally significant natural area that receives about 2 million visits a year and that new development proposals must be weighed against wetlands, mitigation costs and the park's role in regional stormwater and biodiversity resilience.
Planning manager Michael Hankinson and staff gave commissioners an overview of the park’s natural systems, ongoing restoration and the 2007 Commission vision that the park be "Washington's signature park for protecting and celebrating urban natural areas." Staff said the park covers about 524 acres, roughly 30% of which is developed; it includes more than 6,800 feet of shoreline, three creeks (Issaquah, Laffing Jacobs and Tibbetts), more than 400 acres of wetlands or wetland buffer, nine boat-launch ramps and about 2,200 parking stalls.
Hankinson summarized restoration and community…
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