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South Park Green Space Vision Plan
June 2014
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Public Outreach
5. Public Outreach.
Methodology........................................................................................................ 4
Community Forums ........................................................................................................ 6
Key Findings ........................................................................................................ 8
Concept Designs and Future Efforts
6. Recommendations
D ef i n i t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
How to use this Chapter ............................................................................................ 3
Table of Contents Connectivity ........................................................................................................ 6
South Park Community Center ............................................................................. 15
Duwamish Water way Park ................................................................................19
1 2 t h a n d E l m g ro ve S t re et E n d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3
5th Ave S. Street End ............................................................................................. 27
14th Ave S. Improvements................................................................................................... 31
South Park Plaza .................................................................................................. 36
Acknowledgments S. Rose St. Street End................................................................................................ 41
Agencies Concord Elementary School .................................................................................................... 45
Steering Committee Conclusions ........................................................................................................ 48
Consultant Team
7. Implementation and Next Steps
Roles and Responsibilities...................................................................................... 2
Project Background Funding Opportunities........................................................................................................ 2
1. Executive Summary........................................................................................................ 1
8. Appendix
2. Background Other Priority Sites
Project Needs........................................................................................................ 2 2nd Ave S. Street End ......................................................................................... 3
Opportunities........................................................................................................ 2 12th & Trenton Stair way and Overlook............................................................ 6
Project Goal........................................................................................................ 3 Marra-Desimone Park............................................................................. 9
Research Methodology................................................................................................. 3 R i v e rs i d e D r i v e S t r e e t E n d Pa r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
3. About South Park S. Southern St. Street End........................................................................................15
Contextualizing Maps................................................................................................. 2 C e s a r C h av e z Pa r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
Neighborhood History................................................................................................. 5 River City Skate Park ............................................................................................. 21
Demographics................................................................................................. 9 South Park Meadow ................................................................................................... 23
Green Space Resource Data................................................................................................. 13 Te r m i n a l 1 1 7 Re s t o ra t i o n S i t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5
Transportation and Circulation................................................................................................. 16 Va c a nt P ro p e r t y O p p o r t u n i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
CPTED - Public Safety and Design................................................................................................. 22 Supporting Maps and Documents
Feet First Walking Map ....................................................................................... 30
4. Related Plans and Policies SPU Neighborhood Projects Map and Schedule ..................................................... 31
Plans, Documents, and Findings................................................................................................. 2 DRCC Healty Communities Map ...................................................................... 32
South Park Public Ownership Map ............................................................................. 33
King County Green Stormwater Infrastructure Opportunities Map................................... 34
Terminal 117 Raingardens Map and Supporting Documents........................................... 39
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Acknowledgments
Agencies
Organization Name Job Title Organization Name Job Title
Bill Pease President Ed Pottharst Neighborhood Districts Coordinator
Meredith Hall Secretary
South Park Area Mike Calvert Treasurer Minh Chau Le Project Manager
Redevelopment Kevin Burrell Member-at-Large Yun Pitre Neighborhood Districts Coordinator
Committee Dagmar Cronn Member-at-Large
Marty Oppenheimer Member-at-Large
Jose Vasquez Member-at-Large
Jon Sloan Senior Environmental Project Manager
South Park Dan Bentler Vice President George Blomberg Environmental Planner
Neighborhood Dagmar Cronn President
Sally Del Fierro Community Relations Manager
Association Robin Govan South Park Seniors Coordinator
Bill Pease Member-at-Large
Peter Quenguyen Member-at-Large
Brian Dougherty Senior Transportation Planner
Becca Aue Capital Projects Director Jennifer Wieland Public Space Program Manager
Beth Purcell Board Member
Art Brochet Communications Lead
Diane Walsh Street Ends Intern
Kevin Burrell Executive Director
Elizabeth Loudon Associate Director
Sophorn Sim Community Outreach Coordinator Alison Crowley Environmental Remediations Advisor
Stephen Reilly Fund Development Manager
Faylene Neal Senior Public Relations Specialist
Bill Pease Office Manager
Mary Junttila Senior Capital Projects Coordinator
James Rasmussen Director Mary Mitchener Seattle City Light Project Manager
BJ Cummings Development and Policy Advisor
Jim Johnson Project Manager
Michael Shiosaki Planning and Development Division Director Sheila Strehle Media Relations
David Graves Senior Planner
Rachel Garrett Senior Public Relations Specialists
Pamela Kliment Neighborhood Matching Fund Coordinator
Carmen Martinez South Park Community Center Jeff Massie Project Manager
Chip Nevins Seattle Parks Acquisitions Manager
Kevin Proctor Clinic Manager David Peterson Principal Landscape Architect
Ninfa Quiroz Community Relations Director
Debbie Peters Assistant Landscape Architect
Yanin Gaytan Latino Senior Nutrition & Outreach Program
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Agencies (Cont) Steering Committee
Organization Name Job Title Dan Bentler Vice President of SPNA
Carmen Martinez South Park Community Center, Manager/Recreation Specialist
Beth Purcell Seattle Parks Board Member, landscape architect
Richard Gelb Performance Measures Manager
Marty Oppenheimer Member of SPARC, local business owner
Meredith Hall South Park Design Lab, Landscape Architect
David Graves Seattle Parks & Recreation, Senior Planner
Robert Foxworthy Regional Trails Coordinator
Becca Aue Seattle Parks Foundation
Kristine Cramer Water Quality Planner/Program Manager ll
Jo Sullivan Project Program Manager III
Consultant Team
Robin Kirschbaum Stormwater Lead/GSI Consultant
Organization Name Job Title
Dr. Zavala School Principal John Barker Principal LA
Barker Landscape Nicolas Morin Project Manager
Kate Ayers 5th Grade Teacher
Architects Brenda Snyder Landscape Designer
Peter Cromwell Landscape Designer
Jen Cole Safe Routes to School Program Director Studio 3MW Marcia Wagoner Principal, AICP
Urban Systems Cari Simson Urban Systems Designer
Seattle Police Department, Design
Officer Jonathan Kiehn
SW Community Police Team
Jim Diers Community Organizer
Monica Perez Community Member
Paulina Lopez Community Member
Community Members/ Mark Johnson Community Member
Stakeholders Isabel Mireles Community Member Victoria Raya Community Outreach
George Wheeler Community Member
Deb McNeil Community Member
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Project Background 1
Executive Summary Agency. Industrial bi-products have polluted the air, as well as
water and sediment of the Duwamish River, posing serious health
comprehensive network of walking and bicycling facilities to connect
them. This effort has involved meeting with the local residents and
threats to fish, wildlife and people. Local and regional transportation workers,businesses, and public agencies to better understand their
infrastructure crisscrosses the neighborhood with high levels of truck hopes, needs, and concerns. Bringing all of these stakeholders to the
and freight traffic, bisecting residents from adjacent amenities and table at the same time has facilitated important conversations about
making bicycling and walking unsafe. And, South Park residents have what can be done to address the neighborhood’s green space needs.
access to about one-tenth of the accessible green space than the
average person does in King County. The cost of all this has taken its The result is a set of recommendations for partnership opportunities,
toll on residents whose life expectancy is 8 years shorter than the funding sources, and priority sites to improve over the next five years.
average King County resident. Given the importance of open green Top priority sites identified by the community include:
space to the health of a community it is vital that efforts be taken to 1. South Park Community Center
ameliorate the situation. 2. Duwamish Waterway Park
Public spaces in cities have long been recognized as providing a wide 3. Shoreline Street Ends (12th Ave. S. & S. Elmgrove St., 5th Ave. S.,
The community in South Park has not been idle in the face of
range of benefits. From parks to greenways, sidewalks to public and S. Rose St.)
these issues. An actively engaged, tight-knit community has been
plazas, they supply a variety of services to both the environment and 4. 14th Avenue Corridor between S. Henderson St. and Dallas Ave. S.
instrumental in fighting for healthy public spaces; cleaner air, water
society. Green spaces offer ecological services by improving water and 5. South Park Plaza
and soil; better recreational opportunities,and other community
air quality, reduce energy usage by lowering the urban heat island 6. Concord Elementary
services. The result of these efforts is evident both in existing
effect, and increase wildlife diversity and health by providing habitat. 7. Walking and biking connections between all of the above
amenities and the magnitude of the work currently being completed
Not only does society benefit from these ecosystem services but
in the neighborhood. Yet, greater efforts are needed to bring South Most importantly, the Green Space Vision Plan is a tool for anyone
public open spaces can provide opportunities for social interaction,
Park in line with the rest of Seattle. who is looking to make open green space improvements in South
help reduce mental fatigue (improve psychological health), and
provide opportunities for exercise (improve physical health). Given With so much attention from multiple governmental agencies Park. It provides:
that roughly 80% of Americans live in urban settings where there is currently focused on South Park, now is the time to act. Clean up • Resources for anyone interested in the history of the
less access to these benefits, - it is particularly important to make sure of the Duwamish River can be a catalyst for the development of neighborhood
public green space is widely available and accessible. healthier public lands; new parks being built by the Port of Seattle • A summary of the most important open green space documents
at the T-117 site will support many other ecosystem and community and plans to date
Seattle’s South Park neighborhood, located in southwest Seattle on
services; and work by King County Transportation to replace the • Research about the existing conditions in the community
the western banks of the Duwamish River, is in greater need of public
South Park bridge can be a catalyst for improving access to existing • Community priorities for public space improvements and
green space than almost any other neighborhood in the city. South
and future amenities. All this work means South Park is salient in the concept designs for the top priority sites
Park’s tumultuous social, industrial, and environmental history has led
mind of public agencies and civic leaders who can be partners in the • An advocacy tool for getting funding
to one of the most underserved populations in the city in respects to
creation of a network of healthy, connected public spaces in South • Resources for funding and partnership opportunities
accessible public parklands and green space. However, this was not
Park, including parks, trails, greenways, sidewalks and community • Recommendations for anyone interested in taking the next steps
always the case. A meandering Duwamish River once supported tribal
gathering spaces. This critical window represents a once in a to improve open green space in the neighborhood
settlements and healthy subsistence; sediment moved freely, feeding
lifetime opportunity to improve the health of the environment and
the valley soils and providing the fertility to support an agricultural Because of all the work currently being completed in South Park,
community in South Park. What is now needed is a well-researched
community of orchards and greenhouses. However, as Seattle grew there is momentum to make a real, positive change. This as a
and organized series of recommendations from the South Park
so did the demands on the Duwamish River Valley. In time, the river once in a life time opportunity to not only improve the health of
community to guide future efforts.
was straightened to better support industry while settlements spread the environment but also the overall health of people living in the
across the basin. The South Park Green Space Vision Plan was created to fulfill these neighborhoods. This Green Space Vision Plan provides the scaffolding
needs. It is an important step for improving the quality of life in of to make these changes happen.
As the last remaining industrial neighborhood in the city, the growth
South Park. It takes stock of the public spaces in the neighborhood,
in South Park has come at a cost to the neighborhood.. Several
examines their quality, identifies gaps between sites, and explores
vacated shipping terminals on the river are so polluted they have
opportunities both for future parklands and open spaces, and a
been deemed Superfund sites by the Environmental Protection
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South Park Green Space Vision Plan Background
Project Needs
South Park, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city, is
located on the west bank of the Duwamish River, just across the
river from Georgetown. The neighborhood is a strong, proud and
tightly knit community with a rich history and strong industrial roots.
Festivals which take place annually in the neighborhood - most
notably Fiestas Patrias, Lucha Libre and the Duwamish River Festival -
are an expression of strong community spirit.
However, South Park also suffers from environmental inequities such
as lower than average life expectancies and less public green space
than other parts of the city. The Duwamish Valley Cumulative Health
Impacts Analysis shows that people living in the Duwamish Valley are
exposed to more pollution and live, on average, lives that are eight
years shorter than residents in other parts of the city. And, while it’s
a well-known fact that access to parks, trails and healthy recreational
opportunities correlate to improved health and happy citizens, an
average of only 40 square feet of accessible open space is available
to residents of South Park, versus the average of 387 square feet per
resident within Seattle City limits and up to 1100 square feet per
residents of some wealthier neighborhoods.
Opportunities
South Park is ripe with opportunity for improved community health
and well-being, most notably through the creation of new and
improved public spaces and parklands that better serve the needs of
residents and workers alike.
For example, the new South Park Bridge is scheduled to open this
year, and a new public plaza is planned at the base of the bridge.
South Park, the only community in Seattle with Duwamish riverfront
property, offers a unique opportunity for active community-centered,
riverfront public space. Once made up of Italian and Japanese
farmers, South Park maintains its connection with agriculture through
housing one of Seattle’s only protected farms - Marra Farms. Street
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ends along the Duwamish River present numerous opportunities for Research Methodology are engaged in projects on public land in South Park, including
small pocket parks catering to residents of the neighborhood and the City of Seattle, King County, Port of Seattle, and Washington
employees of local industry. Unimproved stairways located centrally The project team relied on several key tools and methods to gather State Department of Transportation. The research team met with
along the neighborhoods only hill provide access to expansive views the information that led to the recommendations in this report. They representatives from all of these agencies to understand what
of Mount Rainier and Downtown Seattle. Underutilized open space include: projects are underway, what public resources might be available,
within the neighborhood suggests opportunity for future parks which and how the public sector and the South Park community can work
embody the character of the neighborhood. And, the Port of Seattle, Census Data – Census data was gathered to understand neighborhood together to leverage public priorities and investments.
King County, City of Seattle and other property owners along the river demographics (i.e. who lives and works in South Park, ethnicity, ages,
household income, etc.). Field Research – The team spent a great deal of time exploring
are beginning to clean up contaminated sites and restore miles of the community by bike and foot in order to better understand the
shoreline habitat. Plan and Policy Review – The research team reviewed information information gleaned from all the other methods of research, and
Collectively, these projects on public land in an area of the city with on zoning within the neighborhood to understand where people live experience firsthand how South Park’s public spaces are currently
a dearth of green space provide a unique opportunity to bring parks, and work, and how land might be developed in the future. Also, many being used, and better understand how the open space network can
trails and connected green space into the balance. plans and studies have been completed over the past fifteen years be improved.
that are relevant to this planning effort. These documents, plans and
studies were all reviewed for relevant findings and recommendations,
which guide and inform this study and help it build upon this solid
foundation.
Project Goals
Transportation and Circulation Data: Various city transportation and
Seattle Parks Foundation - in partnership with the South Park Area traffic studies help illustrate where and how automobile, pedestrian
Redevelopment Committee, South Park Neighborhood Association, and bicycle traffic travels and uses the transportation infrastructure
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, Duwamish River Cleanup today. This data shows not only how all modes of transportation are
Coalition, Sea Mar Community Health Centers, and Seattle Parks using the street and trail network today, but where accidents occur
and Recreation - launched the South Park Green Space Vision Plan in most frequently, and where the gaps and “hot spots” in the bicycle
October 2013 as a way to give a needed voice to a community eager and pedestrian that, when addressed, will improve safety, mobility
to improve its built environment. and access for people trying to safely access parks, schools, the
library, community center, and other community resources.
The goal of the project was to engage local residents and businesses
to identify priorities for improved parks, trails, open spaces and Crime Statistics – City crime statistics were consulted to better
recreational facilities in South Park. Based on this information, a vision understand public safety issues facing the neighborhood, and to begin
plan for a network of connected green spaces has been developed to understand where designs solutions might best be employed in
for the neighborhood, as well as concept designs for the top priority public spaces to help improve safety.
opportunities. The plan is intended to serve as a guide and reference Community Outreach – This was probably the single most important
for South Park community groups, civic leaders, public agencies tool used to develop the recommendations in this report. We asked
and Seattle Parks Foundation to guide actions and investments over the people who live and work in South Park to tell us how they used
approximately the next five years. It is hoped that the development the neighborhood’s public spaces today (parks, trails, sidewalks,
and implementation of the South Park Green Space Vision Plan will playgrounds, community center, etc.), how these spaces could serve
contribute to improved public health and community well-being in them better, and what improvements they’d like to see to South
this neighborhood, and help maintain, build, create and strengthen Park’s public lands. Outreach was conducted in English, Spanish and
relationships between community members. Vietnamese in order to better reach all residents. Specific tools used
were surveys, one-on-one interviews, small focus groups and two
larger public forums.
Agency Stakeholder Outreach – This was also a very important
tool for informing the findings of this report. Many public agencies
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