Kenmore Sound

Community · Occurred · Outcome pending · Sep 2, 2025

Kenmore Planning Commission agenda listed draft 2025 PROS Plan for Sept. 2 discussion

The Planning Commission's Sept. 2, 2025, agenda listed the draft Kenmore Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Plan for discussion, and the full draft document was published with the meeting materials 1.

What the records say

The Kenmore Planning Commission's Sept. 2, 2025, agenda included one substantive item: 'PROS Plan Draft — DRAFT 2025 Kenmore PROS Plan' 1. The 132-page meeting packet also contains the full draft plan itself, covering goals and policies, park and trail inventories, proposed amenities such as sport courts, a dog park, and a recreation center, and an implementation chapter 1. The Aug. 26, 2025, meeting minutes included in the same packet show the commission had been reviewing the draft with consultant Beckwith Consulting, and the minutes' Next Steps section lists additional discussion on Sept. 2, Sept. 16, and Sept. 23, a public hearing and recommendation on Oct. 7, and a recommendation to the City Council on Oct. 20 1. The available records do not establish what happened at the Sept. 2 meeting 1.

  • The Sept. 2, 2025, Planning Commission agenda listed 'PROS Plan Draft — DRAFT 2025 Kenmore PROS Plan' as its sole agenda item under 'Agenda Items' 1.
  • The meeting packet includes the full draft plan, which inventories existing parks and facilities and proposes additions such as new basketball/pickleball courts, a community garden at Wallace Swamp Creek Park, a Kenmore-Bothell dog park, a proposed recreation center, and a potential cultural center 1.
  • The Aug. 26, 2025, minutes in the packet record a Next Steps schedule: further PROS discussion on Sept. 2, 16, and 23; a public hearing and recommendation on Oct. 7; and a recommendation to the City Council on Oct. 20 1.
  • The available records do not establish the outcome of the Sept. 2 meeting 1.

Why it matters

The draft plan states that Washington's Recreation and Conservation Office requires the PROS Plan be updated at least every six years for the city to qualify for certain state and federal park, open space, and trail grants 1. The draft's implementation chapter contemplates funding tools including park impact fees, a possible metropolitan park district with a voter-approved continuous levy, and a voter-approved property tax levy 1. The Aug. 26 minutes recorded a schedule pointing to a public hearing and recommendation on Oct. 7 and a recommendation to the City Council on Oct. 20, but the available records do not establish what happened at those steps 1.

What changed / what's next

  • The draft 2025 Kenmore PROS Plan was scheduled for Planning Commission discussion at the Sept. 2, 2025, meeting, with the full draft document published in the meeting packet 1.
  • The records do not show what the commission did with the draft on Sept. 2; the commission's own next-steps schedule pointed to a public hearing and recommendation on Oct. 7 and a recommendation to the City Council on Oct. 20 1.
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.