Recommended Plan for Pritchard Park

In support of developing a Schematic Park Design and Implementation Program for Pritchard Park, BIMPRD and the Pritchard Park Steering Committee, worked in partnership with the Urban Planning Department of the University of Washington. During the 2007 Spring Quarter, 11 graduate students from diverse disciplines developed alternative designs for Pritchard Park through a case-study based, interdisciplinary studio. Park visions were developed by small teams, incorporating design and planning skills, field and literature inventories, stakeholder interviews, geographic information systems, and strategic environmental planning and policy analysis. The UW studio, student-based work,was organized around two phases, as follows:

INVENTORY & ANALYSIS PHASE:  focused on inventory and analysis of the park features to inform and guide potential design concepts. This work was presented at City Hall to the public on May 4.

PARK VISIONS PHASE: focused on the development of schematic park-vision alternatives. Student teams and individuals generated alternative visions for the entire park site, integrating the different features, values and uses of the park into a complementary whole. These alternatives were presented to the Pritchard Park Steering Commitee and public on June 6, 2007 at Bainbridge City Hall.

PHASE III provided a synthesis from the creative efforts and public processes provided through the University of Washington’s Urban Design & Planning,  Center for Sustainability and six previous proposals. Public input and comments were received through October 5th, 2007.  On March 5, 2008 Pritchard Park Advisory Design Committee submitted a Recommended Plan for Pritchard Park to the Park District and City Council.

You can view the Recommended Plan submitted to the City Council and Park Board here.

• Report of the Pritchard Park Design Advisory Committee
  (Perry Barrett, Jennifer Sutton, and Advisory Committee)
  • Chapters 1-3
  • Chapters 4-8
  • Appendix A: Public Comment
  • Appendix C: History of the Site
  • Appendix D: Update on BI Japanese American Memorial
  • Appendix D1: Japanese American Memorial Phase III Review and Visioning
  • Appendix E: Suquamish Tribe Comments
  • Appendix F: Off-Leash Dogs, Water Camping, Boat Storage
  • Appendix G: Point Shoreline Restoration: Preliminary Feasibility Assessment
  • Appendix H1: East Bluff Shoreline Restoration
  • Appendix H2: West Rip-Rap Shoreline Restoration
  • Appendix H3: Milwaukee Dock Eelgrass Restoration
  • Appendix I: Suggested Playground Elements
  • Appendix J: Recommendations for Invasive Weed Removal
  • Appendix K: Comments from City Council and Park District Commissioners

• Access / Road Issues (Libby Hudson)
• Pritchard Park Interim Joint Operating Agreement 7:30 PM

You can view the University of WA Final Report here.

The public is invited to comment on this project.

For further information on this project, contact: Perry Barrett, Senior Planner, BIMPRD