VOTE YES FOR THE PARKS, RECREATION, POOL, AND OPEN SPACE BONDS!

Bond proceeds will be used to repair and improve 41-year old Julius Boehm Pool, improve existing city parks, enhance recreational opportunities, and acquire open space.

A YES vote will save Julius Boehm Pool, Issaquah’s only public pool and an important community asset – one that serves Issaquah’s children, teens, adults, and seniors.

Approving the Park Bond will increase recreational opportunities in Issaquah by providing financing to (1) add a new all-weather artificial turf field in Central Park; (2) improve field drainage at Tibbetts Valley Park and the Community Center Green for increased usage during our rainy seasons; (3) replace aging playground equipment at two neighborhood parks; and (4) continue improvements to the new “Confluence-Area” park located near downtown Issaquah. 

Bond proceeds will provide the City with funds to acquire land to add to the City’s “green necklace” of parks and trails, preserve open space, protect salmon and wildlife habitat, and mitigate problematic storm-water runoff.   These priorities are increasingly important due to the skyrocketing growth in our community. 

The Park Bond will benefit every Issaquah citizen by enhancing our existing resources and supporting a variety of healthy recreational activities. 

VOTE YES!

$5,000,000 ‘life support’ of 40 year old Boehm pool pays for
- Repairs to mechanical systems
- Replastering the pool
- An elevator to the upper viewing area
- Larger locker rooms

What stays the same, with no improvement
- Small pool with no children’s spray area or water slide
- Small parking lot
- No outdoor area for sunny summer days
- Stuck on the south edge of Issaquah
- Blocked by the day-long congestion of Front Street

Compare this to Sammamish, where $30,000,000 will get a new pool and community center, located in the heart of Sammamish, with ample parking and good access.

Issaquah citizens and taxpayers deserve a better bond measure, one that addresses the needs of both old and new Issaquah.

Vote NO and send the Parks department back to the drawing board for a bond measure that fills the needs of all Issaquah, not just the vested interests.

Get more information on this bond measure and alternatives at
http://issaquahparks.info

The opposition advocates for a new aquatic facility in a new location and at a significantly higher cost, presumably abandoning the existing pool.  But $5,000,000 of Bond proceeds will allow Issaquah to thoughtfully repair and upgrade the existing pool.  A YES vote does not preclude additional improvements or a new aquatic facility at a later date – rather, a YES vote saves an existing resource and should extend the pool’s life by at least 25 years.

Statement submitted by: Danielle Githens, Marilyn LaCelle and Tim Flood

The lion's share of Parks and Open Space investment in last 10 years is for the Olde Town and Squak subareas.
Park Pointe $5,000,000, McCarry Park $1,300,000, Confluence Park $1,000,000, Pritt Property $850,000, Squak open space $5,000,000.

The recent subareas ( Montreux, North Issaquah, I-90, Providence Point, Talus, Issaquah Highlands, and Greenwood Point ) are relegated to cash cows.

$5,000,000 for Boehm pool is more of the same.

Statement submitted by: Chris Hawkins http://issaquahparks.info

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60% yes vote and a minimum turnout of 6,479 (Washington Constitution, article VII, section 2(b))