- Project typeStrategic Plan, part of Kirkland's Comprehensive Plan
- Project scheduleJanuary 2021 - August 2022
- Contractor nameGreenPlay LLC (now BerryDunn, effective Jan 1, 2022)
UPDATE (06/22/2022):
The Parks and Community Services Department has been gathering community input and working to update our Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan. We are in the final stages of the process. City Councilreviewed the PROS Plan at their study session on June 7, 2022. Staff and BerryDunn are integrating feedback and will return to City Council later this summer for adoption.
DRAFT PROS Plan 2022-05(PDF, 17MB)
DRAFT PROS Plan Appendices 2022-05(PDF, 15MB)
What is the PROS Plan?
The Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan is a six-year guide and strategic plan for managing and enhancing park and recreation services. It provides a vision for Kirkland’s park and recreation system and establishes a path forward for providing high quality, community-driven parks, trails, open spaces and recreational opportunities. The PROS Plan creates a framework that will allow the City to respond to new opportunities as they arise, and to ensure that parks, facilities and recreation programs meet the needs of Kirkland’s residents, employees and visitors now and into the future.
The City of Kirkland will be updating the PROS Plan in 2021. The current plan was updated in 2015 to comply with State grant eligibility requirements. The PROS Plan needs to be fully updated to reflect substantial growth and changes in the community and to the park system. Three additional scopes of work will be conducted and integrated into the PROS Plan:
- Community needs assessment
- ADA evaluation and transition plan
- Athletic field use and demand analysis study
Americans with Disabilities Act Evaluation and Transition Plan
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) evaluation was performed by Bureau Veritas as part of the PROS Plan update using methods and procedures consistent with good commercial and customary practice for assessing compliance with the Title II provisions of the ADA and applicable state and local requirements. The ADA Transition Plan serves as a pragmatic application tool that identifies existing and future accessibility needs, document accessibility facility standards, and provide design criteria for future facilities development. Accessibility assessments were conducted at 52 parks and facilities. This report includes summary tables of identified barriers with associated costs.
City of Kirkland Parks and Community Services ADA Title II Transition Plan(PDF, 2MB)
Community Needs Assessment Survey
The purpose of the community needs assessment survey was to gather community feedback on Kirkland parks, recreation facilities, amenities, future planning, communication and more. In September 2021, GreenPlay LLC in conjunction with RRC Associates mailed 4,864 postcards and 4,822 statistically valid surveys to Kirkland community members to get the needs and opinions of both non-users and users of parks, recreation facilities, and programs in the community. A total of 656 invitation surveys were completed with a /- 3.8% Margin of Error.
A follow-up "open link" survey where the rest of the community was encouraged to respond was made available to the entire community in October 2021. A total of 2,345 open link surveys were completed by community members. This survey research effort and subsequent analysis were designed to assist in the development of a PROS Plan that reflects the community's needs and desires.
PROS Plan Community Needs Assessment Report(PDF, 8MB)
Open-Ended Comments from Community Needs Assessment(PDF, 1MB)
Dog Off-Leash Areas
On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, community members were invited to attend a virtual community conversation meeting about dog off-leash areas.
How do you want to play in Kirkland? Throughout 2021, we hosted focus groups, interviews, community conversations and survey opportunities so that, as a community, we can imagine the future of Kirkland’s parks, recreation and open spaces. Keep checking this page for more information, and in the meantime, be sure to sign up for our email list. Please also share the information with your neighbors.
Title VI: Kirkland’s policy is to fully comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by prohibiting discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex in the provision of benefits and services resulting from its programs and activities. To request information from this document in another language, please contact the Title VI Coordinator at titlevicoordinator@kirklandwa.gov or 425-587-3831.
Together, let’s play it forward!