{"id":4299,"date":"2022-06-22T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/22\/action-alert-bothell-capital-facilities-plan-survey\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T10:46:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T10:46:41","slug":"action-alert-bothell-capital-facilities-plan-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/action-alert-bothell-capital-facilities-plan-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Alert: Bothell Capital Facilities Plan Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull has-subtle-background-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do (5 minutes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bothellcfp.com\/bothell-capital-facilities-plan_en#survey\" target=\"_blank\">City of Bothell Capital Facilities Plan Survey<\/a> web page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on &#8220;Take Survey&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When asked &#8220;<em>As we plan for projects related to community and recreation, what is most important to you?<\/em>&#8220;, please rank &#8220;<em>Inclusive multi-generational play areas<\/em>&#8221; as your top priority.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When asked &#8220;<em>As we plan for projects related to community and recreation, what is most important to you?<\/em>&#8220;, choose &#8220;<em>Athletic facilities, both indoor and outdoor<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When asked &#8220;<em>What are your top 3 priorities for capital facilities?<\/em>&#8220;, please rank &#8220;<em>Quality of life and recreation<\/em>&#8221; as your top priority.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To the open question &#8220;<em>If your priorities for capital facilities were not listed above, please share them here<\/em>&#8220;, ask for &#8220;<em>A cluster of 8 to 12 pickleball courts with lights<\/em>. (See <em>PROS Plan 2020, p.84<\/em>)&#8221;.  Don&#8217;t skip the &#8220;Pros Plan&#8221; part. It is there to stress that this is not a totally frivolous request since it&#8217;s actually part of their own plans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete the survey and ask a few friends to do the same.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Bothell wants to know where they should spend your tax money next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They update their Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) every two years. The 7-year plan prioritizes <strong>millions of dollars\u2019 worth of capital improvement projects<\/strong>, including those related to buildings, <strong>parks<\/strong>, bridges, roads, and water\/sewer\/stormwater pipes. Projects are drawn from existing plans, including the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.bothell.wa.us\/305\/Imagine-Bothell-Comprehensive-Plan\">Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.bothell.wa.us\/1176\/Canyon-Park\">Canyon Park Subarea Plan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bothellwa.gov\/323\/Downtown-Subarea-Plan-Regulations\">Downtown Subarea Plan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.bothell.wa.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/8115\/Wastewater-Comprehensive-Plan-2018\">Wastewater Comprehensive Plan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.bothell.wa.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/11954\/2021-Storm-and-Surface-Water-Master-Plan-Update-PDF\">2021 Storm and Surface Water Master Plan Update<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bothellwa.gov\/286\/PROS-Plan\"><strong>PROS Plan 2020<\/strong><\/a>. That last one, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bothellwa.gov\/286\/PROS-Plan\"><strong>PROS Plan 2020<\/strong><\/a>, is their <strong>P<\/strong>arks <strong>R<\/strong>ecreation and <strong>O<\/strong>pen <strong>S<\/strong>pace <strong>P<\/strong>lan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately for us, the Bothell PROS Plan talks about building a cluster of outdoor pickleball courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group has-subtle-background-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><em>Bothell currently has no dedicated pickleball courts available within public parks, but there are several multi-sport courts that accommodate this use. Outdoor pickleball should be considered at new community parks. Pickleball courts can be more successful if <strong>clustered <\/strong>as a sports complex rather than spread individually throughout the park system since this<br>grouping promotes leagues, tournaments and related social interaction. <br>&#8212; Bothell PROS Plan 2020, p.84.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let&#8217;s ask for a cluster of 8 to 12 pickleball courts with lights.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bothell currently has a few pickleball courts sprinkled throughout its Parks system. Isn\\&#8217;t it time for it to provide a better pickleball venue?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1.jpg",2560,1216,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1-300x143.jpg",300,143,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1-768x365.jpg",768,365,true],"large":["https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1-1024x486.jpg",1024,486,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1-1536x730.jpg",1536,730,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/megaphone-scaled-1-2048x973.jpg",2048,973,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Kate Van Gent","author_link":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/author\/kate-van-gent\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Bothell currently has a few pickleball courts sprinkled throughout its Parks system. 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