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Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Draft JCPRAB Chimacum Park Policy Recommendation
From Sub-Committee Meeting Held February 26, 2020
Draft Working Document
In Attendance: Malloree Weinheimer, Vern Bessey, Marianne Walters
Staff: Matt Tyler, Libby Masaracchia
Background
History (See separate document)
JCPRAB has been studying, advocating for, and completing service projects at Chimacum Park since
2017
o Service projects
o Meetings on site
o Parks tours
Other county campgrounds can fill up during busy season weekends
Lower Oak Bay Campground is located in part on a changing sand spit, 4 campsites have been
removed in the last 10 years, increased flooding could change the sand spit further in the future
Forestry project is planned for 2020
Policy Options and Alternatives
Look at adjacent properties for a variety of park, open space, and community uses, enlarge the park
Consider licensing to a concessionaire or contractor to develop Chimacum Park
o Think of a variety of goals including education, seasonal worker housing, glamping, etc
Chimacum Park is important in creating interconnected parks, non-motorized trails, recreational
facilities, schools, retail, non-profits, farms, restaurants etc
Keep what we have is a main goal from the 2015 PROS Plan Update
Expand what we have, especially specific activities like camping
Forestry
o Thin with the goal of campground layout
o Thin with the goal of skid trails being useful when left
o Replant with hardwoods for forest health and park purposes
Maple, alder, dogwood, Garry Oak,
o Replant for road noise
Expand the park and campground into neighboring property
o Retain a park buffer
o Consider trails
o Increase number of sites to 30
o Septic, electric, water, data
Campground Scope
o Showers, hook ups, year-round
o Tourism, out of town
o Cycling in site, walk in sites
o RV’s
o Yurts/cabins
Non-motorized transportation corridor
o Walk to school
o Bicycle
o Connect to Anderson Lake
Historical values
o Respect and interpret historical values
o Conserve the shelter
Actions
JCPRAB to consider and have the option to vote recommend the policy and transmit to the BoCC
Discuss with Kate Dean
Talk with staff about how to proceed
Incorporate into the PROs Plan
Short Term
Support and engage with staff for ongoing maintenance
Install sign
Restore and repair the shelter
o We will lose the building soon
o Staff will try for capital money to restore and roof in 2021
Open the Campground with primitive services in 2021
Hold a forestry outreach meeting
o Idea of fundraising for the shelter
Parks Improvement to hold money
Return it if we don’t do it