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Current Status
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission approved the proposed concept plan for the park in October 2009, and staff has begun final design and permitting. Construction is scheduled to begin early 2011, if funding is available.
Park Name Approved
Stanton was last name of the previous property owners, and was a placeholder name used by staff to identify the property prior to development. During the public outreach process for the park development, neighbors were invited to suggest names for the park. They were then asked to vote for their favorite through this Web page, by telephone and through a survey included in the Fairgrounds Neighborhood Association's monthly newsletter mailings.
"Kozy Kamp Neighborhood Park" received the most votes. Staff recommended the name change to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission in November 2009. The Advisory Commission voted to ask the Board of County Commissioners to approve the new name. On January 5, 2010, the Board of Clark County Commissioners officially approved the name change as part of its Consent Agenda.
According to the book “Naming Clark County” by Pat Jollota, Kozy Kamp was the name of a tourist motor camp and rest area once located near what is now the intersection of Interstate 5 and 179th Street. The “Kozy Kamp” was used by motorists traveling through western Washington before Interstate 5 was built. No trace of the camp remains, but the name still appears on maps of the area, a local tavern, and was the name of a local Washington State Department of Transportation engineering field office up until 2002-03. The unique spelling probably references a popular brand of trailer-mounted, pop-up camper manufactured in Portland, Oregon starting in the 1930s.
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Project Description
This 5-acre property is located at 17410 NE 29th Ave., a few blocks south of Northeast 179th Street in the Fairgrounds area. It currently has rental house and a few other structures on it and is closed to public access. The county will remove the house and the other structures and salvage or recycle the materials before construction starts. The property is flat and grassy with a handful of trees around the perimeter.
The approved concept plan for this park includes:
- Paved, handicapped accessible loop trail with multiple access points
- Small playground
- Small multi-purpose sports court
- Natural playscape hill with trunk maze, habitat/native plan garden and slides
- Informal open lawn play area
- Picnic tables and benches
- Additional trees and other landscaping
- Space for an unfunded future gazebo or small picnic shelter
- Garbage cans, bike rack and signage
Why is this park being developed?
This property was originally acquired by Clark County with the intention of developing it as a neighborhood park once funding was available to maintain it. In 2005, voters in the unincorporated urban area of the county approved a ballot measure that created the Greater Clark Parks District. This special taxing district provides maintenance and operations funding for 30 new neighborhood parks, five new community parks, seven miles of new trail and additional youth sports fields. Kozy Kamp Neighborhood Park was one of the 30 neighborhood park properties that were identified as being part of the Greater Clark Parks District during the campaign. It is now being developed as part of this program.
Project Schedule
Spring-Summer 2009: Planning and preliminary design phase; public feedback obtained; proposed concept plan developed.
October 2009: Proposed concept plan presented to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission for approval; planning phase ends; final design and permitting phase begins.
Fall 2009-spring 2010: Design and permitting phase substantially completed.
Early 2011: Construction scheduled to begin if funding is available. Please note that this schedule is approximate and is subject to change.
Public Participation
Project staff rely on public participation to help guide park layout during the design process. Your input will:
- Help us understand and respond to the needs and concerns of your neighborhood.
- Help us understand which park features are most important to you and your neighbors.
- Help us learn about the potential for community fundraising and volunteer project to add features to the park.
The first project newsletter and comment form was mailed out to neighbors in May 2009. Several different develoption options were then presented to neighbors for review and input at a public meeting on June 24, 2009, and through this Web page. The updated proposed concept plan for the park was mailed to neighbors in a newsletter in August 2009, and was posted on this Web page, for additonal input through Sept. 7, 2009. In addition, neighbors are currently being asked to vote on a name for the park.
For regularly updated information about this project, sign up for the project e-mailing list by filling out the electronic form at the bottom of this Web page.
August 2009 Proposed Concept Plan Newsletter (810 kb PDF)
June 2009 Public Meeting:
May 2009 Newsletter and Comment Form Mailing:
Project Funding
Design and construction of Kozy Kamp Neighborhood Park is funded by park impact fees, which are paid whenever a new residential property is developed, and the real estate excise tax, which is paid whenever property is sold. Maintenance of the park will be funded by the Greater Clark Parks District, a special district approved by voters in the unincorporated urban area of Clark County in 2005.
Contact Information:
Elizabeth Jordan, Project Manager
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation
Phone:
360-619-1121
E-mail: Elizabeth.Jordan@cityofvancouver.us
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