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Brook Lake master plan accepted by parks committee; plan needs funding
Summary
The committee voted to forward the Brook Lake master plan to the April 21 council agenda; staff emphasized the plan reflects 16 months of community engagement but does not include funding, and noted priorities such as boardwalk extensions, education/interpretation and improved bus access for school salmon releases.
Planning staff presented the Brook Lake master plan and asked the committee to accept the document and incorporate it into the Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) plan. Jason Gerwin summarized three public design meetings and said the plan packages community priorities—an extended boardwalk to circumnavigate Brook Lake, interpretive and educational features, historic preservation elements, and improved access for student salmon releases.
Gerwin and council members noted the plan is a policy-level document without committed funding. "Master plan is just a nice picture with a bunch of great ideas on it. None of this has funding," Gerwin told the committee, stressing the plan will be added to the city's capital project list and prioritized as funding becomes available.
Council members raised safety and design concerns (sight lines, parking placement and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles) and asked whether arts‑project set‑asides (2% for public art) would be embedded in future project budgets; Gerwin said art has historically been included on new projects and would be considered as projects move toward implementation.
The committee voted to forward acceptance of the Brook Lake master plan to the April 21 council agenda; the motion passed by voice vote.
