Save 60 Acres

Anger at soccer deal sparks lawsuit - Seattle Times

The Seattle Times published an article by Ashely Bach today covering the current status of the dispute between the Seattle Area Soaring Society, the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association, and King County.

The most recent salvo in the struggle to save the park came from the Seattle Area Soaring Society along with other friends of 60 Acres South. The group filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, which asks for an order that would effectively boot the soccer association from Sixty Acres North, where it operates 17 fields.

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Northwest Parks offers an alternative

Northwest Parks has created an innovative proposal that represents a REAL win for passive and active recreation in the Sammamish Valley, as well as providing farm land for the Lake Washington Technical College. The proposal also returns 60 Acres West, which was originally purchased as part of Forward Thrust, back to recreation.

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For more information, please visit the Northwest Parks website at http://www.nwparks.org

A terribly disappointing revelation...

SASS President, Loren Steel, responds to the "terribly disappointing" revelation that King County intends to do an exclusive deal with Lake Washington Youth Soccer, effectively shutting out the many diverse users of 60 Acres South in favor of a single activity: youth soccer.

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Surprise! King County has a deal with LWYSA.

King County Parks Director, Kevin Brown, finally responds to Steel's requests for specific information.  The truth is out at last: King County has quietly engineered a deal with the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association.  Brown also offers SASS $100k to develop a permanent location at another site.

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T.J. Davis responds

CPG Program Director T.J. Davis responds to Loren Steel to advise that the Parks Division is working on a reply to his requests for specific information.

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Steel appeals to King County DNR Director

Despite several requests, SASS still had no response to questions regarding the County's true intentions with regard to 60 Acres South and specifically why their CPG proposal had been rejected. Loren Steel escalates the discussion to include King County Department of Natural Resources Director, Pam Bissonnette.

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Steel to Brown: "Please respond"

Almost two weeks after his request for information on the County's plans for 60 Acres South, there has been no response. Loren Steel asks Kevin Brown to "Please respond".

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Loren Steel requests specific information as to County's plans for 60 Acres

In his previous email, King County Parks Director Kevin Brown stated that the current status of 60 Acres South did not represent the "best and most appropropriate use" of the park. Loren Steel requests more specific information about King County's plans for 60 Acres South.

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King County Parks Director on the best and most appropriate use of 60 Acres South

King County Parks Director, Kevin Brown, advises that the current status of 60 Acres South, with its 30-year history of use for a diverse range of activities, "did not represent the best and most appropriate use of the site".

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Loren Steel requests clarification on rejected ADOP proposal

Loren Steel requests clarification as to exactly why the SASS ADOP (now renamed to CPG - Community Partnership Grant) proposal was rejected. He goes on to say that there has been no understanding that 60 Acres would be unavailable for SASS and that the proposal is an excellent fit with the "intended purpose of the CPG program".

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