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Parks staff outline Legacy Park grant timeline; playground options to be chosen by local schoolchildren
Summary
Parks staff said permitting for the Legacy Park grant project begins this year, a pump track could be finished by summer, and playground design will be narrowed to two county‑selected options before being voted on by local elementary students.
Savannah Clement introduced a parks update and turned the presentation over to Alyssa Dunn, who said the long‑anticipated Legacy Park grant project will advance this year with permitting, cultural‑resource studies and initial construction steps. "This is the year that we've been waiting a couple years for. It's our big grant project is gonna start," Dunn said.
Dunn described a two‑year phased approach: permitting and cultural resource review this year, with a pump track hoped to be completed by the end of summer and playground planning to start this fall for execution in a subsequent year. She said grants through "RCO" (as referred to in the presentation) and rural‑development funding are part of the current funding plan and cautioned that RCO grant cycles can take two to three years before an award is known.
On community engagement, Dunn said the county will choose two playground design options and then local elementary students will vote on which to install. Staff also discussed possible ancillary projects such as kayak or small‑boat launches, fishing piers and paved trail connections; ownership and maintenance responsibilities for some features — specifically a restroom near Cougar Park/Hog Island described in the discussion — may fall to other entities, and staff said they would research original maintenance commitments referenced in earlier contracts.
Commissioners asked about jurisdiction for riverbank and island parcels and whether Pacific Corps (transcript reference) or the Port of Woodland had prior maintenance obligations; staff said the county would research contract histories and report back. The parks staff also noted operational items such as camp host placements, pavilion/picnic reservations and summer staffing that will return to the board for discussion on scheduling and budget impacts.
Staff emphasized the cultural resource study requirement before any ground‑disturbing work and said the parks team will return with more detailed timelines and grant‑application information.
