Corcoran Memorial Park

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Corcoran Memorial Park will be a neighborhood park in Bothell. It will have a playground, an off-leash dog area, parking and a picnic area for visitors and community members to enjoy for generations. Mr. Corcoran donated 3.43 acres for the park requesting an emphasis on character and physical development for youth.

HISTORY

On September 11, 2019, James W. Corcoran donated 3.43 acres of land he owned to the Snohomish County Parks & Recreation Division. The land is valued at $1,573,800 making it one of the highest valued land donations in the department’s 57 year history. The property will be known as the Corcoran Memorial Park in memory of Mr. Corcoran’s younger brother who died in 1970 shortly after serving in Vietnam with the 82nd Airborne Division; his nephew who perished in the SR 530 mudslide in 2014 as well as honoring the memory of other loved ones lost in a plane crash in 1960 while serving in the Navy.

UPDATES

  1. Current Status
  2. Work Completed

Updated 6/16/23

  • Concrete curbing and CDF base installed under the playground. 
  • Rubber Tile installation is out to bid. 
  • Boundary fence to be completed along east edge following removal of the tree. 
  • Parks Maintenance staff to continue landscape refinements to the North edge of the playground and install access paths.
  • Parks is also seeking to improve access for the neighborhoods to the North.

Corcoran Park will be opened to the public after all the following elements are completed:

  • Completion of the playground, surfacing and associated landscaping and access paths
  • Installation of the fence along the east boundary

Fall 2022 Updates

  • Jim Corcoran passed away on June 14, 2022, at the age of 81. His service was held at the Boys & Girls Club, where he had coached and sponsored athletic teams for many years, on 23 July 2022.
  • The playground structures were installed by a contractor in May 2022
  • The planned fall safety surfacing has been changed from Engineered Wood Fiber (EWF) “wood chips” to rubber playground tiles like Logan Park’s playground. This will have the following benefits:
    • Much better accessibility
    • Much less required maintenance
    • Longer serviceability 
    • Improved drainage
  • Parks Maintenance staff is installing the base rock and landscape portions of the playground. 
  • Bidding is being conducted by Purchasing Division for:
    • Rubber playground surfacing tiles have been acquired
    • Installation of a solid subsurface and the rubber playground tiles
    • Installation of the 6’ privacy fence along the east boundary is pending contract documents
    • Demolition of the property’s structures and other debris will go to bid shortly
  • The majority of the landscape elements have been installed including granite boulders, top soil, trees, and shrubs.
  • Future development elements are being evaluated based on the newly available space, limitations of the neighborhood & site access, and the stated needs/wants of the neighborhood as raised in the past public meetings. 

Corcoran Park will be opened to the public after all the following elements are completed:

  • Completion of the playground, surfacing and associated landscaping and access paths
  • Installation of the fence along the east boundary
  • Removal of all structures and debris

Park Construction Overview

Phase 1: Emphasis on addressing site safety and security as well as playground development.

Current Items of Consideration:

  • Off-leash dog area
  • Parking lot
  • Half-court basketball/sport court
  • Rebound wall/Traversing climbing wall
  • Gravel walking paths

Phase 2Other elements to be determined. These will be based on collected input and consider the capacities of the neighborhood streets and regulatory requirements/limitations of the area. 

CONTACT PERSON

Thomas Hartzell, Senior Park Planner

6705 Puget Park Dr.

Snohomish, WA 98296

(425) 388-6695

thomas.hartzell@co.snohomish.wa.us