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Northshore PSRA Aquatic Feasibility Study
Bothell, Washington
The Park and Recreation Service Area (PRSA) is the Northshore district located in the Seattle-Everett metropolitan area north and east of Lake Washington and encompassing the cities of Bothell, Woodinville, and Kenmore. Having previously identified an urgent and growing need for a new multi-use aquatic facility, in 2007 PRSA formed a work team of area representatives. Their goal was to conduct a study that would result in a specific facility scope, at a specific site location, and with specific costs for construction and operations that could be used to gain consensus among the public in the PRSA.
Northshore PRSA chose ORB Architects, now part of INNOVA Architects, as the aquatics consultant and architect for the study. The scope of ORB’s services was to build upon a 2003-2004 aquatics study that identified the need and program demand, with the goal of moving the ideas forward to a realistic proposal for an eventual Bond Ballot Measure.
Working closely with the aquatics work team, ORB assisted in narrowing the list of 22 previously identified locations for the facility to the five best options. Those five options were then scored on an objective list of criteria that was presented with public input to choose the preferred site.
ORB participated in several interactive project update, discussion, and feedback sessions with key stakeholders, community leaders, and citizens from throughout the PRSA. We presented key background information, hosted a discussion of aquatic trends, and elicited feedback and reaction to the specific facility scope, and conducted a full review of the top five site locations for the multi-use aquatic facility.
Finally, ORB completed initial Capital Cost and Operations estimates for a new multi-use aquatic facility to present to Northshore PRSA.
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