The Vashon Park District’s 530 acres and 48 properties are utilized by thousands of islanders on a daily basis. Your vote keeps them open. Point Robinson, Village Green, Community Pool, VES and Agren Playing Fields, Ober Park, Paradise Ridge Park, Tramp Harbor Pier, Burton Adventure Recreation Center, etc. are each VPD properties forming the recreational heart and soul of the island.
Vashon voters approved the current levy at 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value in 2015. This new levy will replace that at 45 cents – which is the equivalent of less than $19 per month for a $500,000 property. This levy is required to fund the Park District from 2020 – 2023. If this levy doesn’t pass, our parks and facilities will close.
The Vashon Park District has worked hard to get back on solid financial footing and today is debt free. The most recent state-run audit in December 2018 stated, “District operations complied with applicable state laws, regulations, and its own policies, and provided adequate controls over the safeguarding of public resources.”
More information on this levy and how your tax dollars will be spent, can be found here: https://www.vashonparks.org/. We appreciate your support.
Karl Stetson, Katherine Spelman, karl.stetson@yahoo.com
