The local authorities have officially agreed to pursue a collaborative regional aquatic center. This outcome is a direct result of the persistent advocacy shown by the signers of this petition. We will continue to monitor the planning process to ensure the final project serves the needs of our entire community.
April 29, 2024
A Regional Aquatic Center for Snoqualmie Valley: It's time for Si View, Snoqualmie, and SVSD to work together!
Final supporters
The undersigned Valley residents want Si View, Snoqualmie, and SVSD to put their time and resources toward a regional public aquatic center in Snoqualmie Valley.
The residents of Snoqualmie Valley need better access to aquatics. Our only current public pool, Si View Pool, is 86 years old and failing. Three bond proposals to replace it have narrowly failed with Si View MPD voters. Snoqualmie’s current YMCA project is stalled out with only half of the funding in hand. No remaining prospects to get the project fully funded remain except for taking on a large debt, and if built it would use tax funds to build a membership-based YMCA pool, not a public one.
Support for a public pool is high in Snoqualmie Valley and has been for some time. Si View MPD surveys indicate that better aquatic access has been a high priority of Valley residents for close to a decade. Votes to fund a public pool over the last 15 years in both Snoqualmie and North Bend have consistently gotten more than 50% approval. However, capital bonds need a notoriously difficult 60% approval to pass, and the cost of a pool can be a significant tax burden or capital investment for a single small municipality to manage on their own.
Valley cities and municipalities can only complete this project responsibly by working together. This means that Snoqualmie, Si View, SVSD, and any other interested regional partners must collaborate and develop a shared vision for a regional aquatic center and a shared responsibility for funding and operating it. There are many paths by which this goal could be achieved. By working together, they can better leverage available grants and other funding to make it affordable and equitable for the entire Valley.
Sign this petition to let your elected leaders know that you would like them to sit down together and work honestly and transparently toward this critical goal.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 11, 2024
February 8, 2024
The response to this petition confirms that regional collaboration remains the most viable path forward for our community. We have reached a significant level of support that demonstrates a clear mandate for our local leaders to finally sit down at the table together.
February 7, 2024
The petition has reached the one hundred signature mark. This initial level of interest underscores the widespread desire for a collaborative approach to our regional aquatic needs.
Reached 100 supporters
February 6, 2024
121 Comments
Each time I hear about the Si View pool bond failing in the Si View MPD in North Bend, I wish I could have voted for it! It's not possible living in Snoqualmie. We all should be able to vote and voice our support for a regional pool. The entire Valley needs a public aquatic center, and we need everyone to work together. Thanks!
My son attends Mt Si High school and it is terribly difficult for him and the swim team to practice. This year they were made to swim outdoors with temps in the 30s and at numerous locations across the Eastside each week... it was a nightmare and strikes me as odd considering the affluence and size of the population.
We have a high school swim & dive team but no pool. The kids freeze during meets at TPC, shaking with blue lips lined up for their event. Our family moved to the Snoqualmie Valley in 2005 excited for the plan for a public 25 yard pool for swim team and lap swimming.
A partnership between multiple organizers better spreads the costs through the region and allows for us to build a multi-use facility that meets the entire community's needs and not just one small part of that community.
Both of my children have learned to swim at si view pool and I can't imagine the stress of not having a local option for teaching our children how to be safe surrounded by all of the beautiful waterways in our area. I am 100% supportive of a plan for a community pool, however we can make it happen.
I'm in favor of a public pool and not opposed to something regional involving collaboration between the Si View MPD, City of Snoqualmie, and SVSD. I'm in favor of honesty and transparency regarding this goal (including being clear with potential tax payers on the cost of a regional pool -- because there will be one). The only way I know of to do this venture is to create an MPD under RCW 25.61.010 that roughly matches the footprint of the SVSD just for an aquatic facility (Tukwila has a special taxing district just for a pool). Speaking as a 6 year member of their Parks Board and 3 year member of their City Council, I doubt you will get the City of Snoqualmie to combine its considerable parks and open space assets with Si View MPDs parks properties all in one taxing district. That's why I say a pool-only MPD makes the most sense. I am equally in favor of Snoqualmie having it’s own community pool and Si View MPD having a new pool – and getting out of each other’s way rather than undermining each other’s individual bond efforts. That's also a form of collaboration that hasn't happened. I state this based on personal experience serving on the pro committee for the last two bond attempts in Snoqualmie where Si View MPD staff and supporters actively undermined Snoqualmie's campaign efforts with disinformation, which distroyed trust. That was over 15 years ago, but that sour memory lingers and doesn't help your efforts today. I’m truly curious if Si View MPD residents (representing 40% of the SVSD population) want a regional pool so badly that they would be OK with it being situated in Snoqualmie and throwing their tax dollars into a joint pot with Snoqualmie and Fall City residents to make that happen? I honestly don’t see this working valley-wide, if this ‘call to action’ for collaboration on a regional pool is all about getting the City of Snoqualmie’s population of 13,465 (30% of the SVSD) and Fall City area residents (another 10% of the SVSD) conceding a c
The Valley needs a competition pool that can be used by the Mount Si High School swim teams and other year-round swim programs with lessons for all ages. At LEAST 6 lanes, with diving blocks and a viewing area. The current rented outdoor pool for High School is not adequate for winter swim meets and closes often due to extreme weather and high winds.
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The local authorities have officially agreed to pursue a collaborative regional aquatic center. This outcome is a direct result of the persistent advocacy shown by the signers of this petition. We will continue to monitor the planning process to ensure the final project serves the needs of our entire community.
April 29, 2024
A Regional Aquatic Center for Snoqualmie Valley: It's time for Si View, Snoqualmie, and SVSD to work together!
Final supporters
The undersigned Valley residents want Si View, Snoqualmie, and SVSD to put their time and resources toward a regional public aquatic center in Snoqualmie Valley.
The residents of Snoqualmie Valley need better access to aquatics. Our only current public pool, Si View Pool, is 86 years old and failing. Three bond proposals to replace it have narrowly failed with Si View MPD voters. Snoqualmie’s current YMCA project is stalled out with only half of the funding in hand. No remaining prospects to get the project fully funded remain except for taking on a large debt, and if built it would use tax funds to build a membership-based YMCA pool, not a public one.
Support for a public pool is high in Snoqualmie Valley and has been for some time. Si View MPD surveys indicate that better aquatic access has been a high priority of Valley residents for close to a decade. Votes to fund a public pool over the last 15 years in both Snoqualmie and North Bend have consistently gotten more than 50% approval. However, capital bonds need a notoriously difficult 60% approval to pass, and the cost of a pool can be a significant tax burden or capital investment for a single small municipality to manage on their own.
Valley cities and municipalities can only complete this project responsibly by working together. This means that Snoqualmie, Si View, SVSD, and any other interested regional partners must collaborate and develop a shared vision for a regional aquatic center and a shared responsibility for funding and operating it. There are many paths by which this goal could be achieved. By working together, they can better leverage available grants and other funding to make it affordable and equitable for the entire Valley.
Sign this petition to let your elected leaders know that you would like them to sit down together and work honestly and transparently toward this critical goal.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 11, 2024
February 8, 2024
The response to this petition confirms that regional collaboration remains the most viable path forward for our community. We have reached a significant level of support that demonstrates a clear mandate for our local leaders to finally sit down at the table together.
February 7, 2024
The petition has reached the one hundred signature mark. This initial level of interest underscores the widespread desire for a collaborative approach to our regional aquatic needs.
Reached 100 supporters
February 6, 2024
121 Comments
For a city as big as Snoqualmie, given the tax revenues we generate, we should have a swimming pool. I take my kids to Bellevue every week and waste one hour in travel time. Please consider this request.
Each time I hear about the Si View pool bond failing in the Si View MPD in North Bend, I wish I could have voted for it! It's not possible living in Snoqualmie. We all should be able to vote and voice our support for a regional pool. The entire Valley needs a public aquatic center, and we need everyone to work together. Thanks!
My son attends Mt Si High school and it is terribly difficult for him and the swim team to practice. This year they were made to swim outdoors with temps in the 30s and at numerous locations across the Eastside each week... it was a nightmare and strikes me as odd considering the affluence and size of the population.
We have a high school swim & dive team but no pool. The kids freeze during meets at TPC, shaking with blue lips lined up for their event. Our family moved to the Snoqualmie Valley in 2005 excited for the plan for a public 25 yard pool for swim team and lap swimming.
A partnership between multiple organizers better spreads the costs through the region and allows for us to build a multi-use facility that meets the entire community's needs and not just one small part of that community.
Both of my children have learned to swim at si view pool and I can't imagine the stress of not having a local option for teaching our children how to be safe surrounded by all of the beautiful waterways in our area. I am 100% supportive of a plan for a community pool, however we can make it happen.
I'm in favor of a public pool and not opposed to something regional involving collaboration between the Si View MPD, City of Snoqualmie, and SVSD. I'm in favor of honesty and transparency regarding this goal (including being clear with potential tax payers on the cost of a regional pool -- because there will be one). The only way I know of to do this venture is to create an MPD under RCW 25.61.010 that roughly matches the footprint of the SVSD just for an aquatic facility (Tukwila has a special taxing district just for a pool). Speaking as a 6 year member of their Parks Board and 3 year member of their City Council, I doubt you will get the City of Snoqualmie to combine its considerable parks and open space assets with Si View MPDs parks properties all in one taxing district. That's why I say a pool-only MPD makes the most sense. I am equally in favor of Snoqualmie having it’s own community pool and Si View MPD having a new pool – and getting out of each other’s way rather than undermining each other’s individual bond efforts. That's also a form of collaboration that hasn't happened. I state this based on personal experience serving on the pro committee for the last two bond attempts in Snoqualmie where Si View MPD staff and supporters actively undermined Snoqualmie's campaign efforts with disinformation, which distroyed trust. That was over 15 years ago, but that sour memory lingers and doesn't help your efforts today. I’m truly curious if Si View MPD residents (representing 40% of the SVSD population) want a regional pool so badly that they would be OK with it being situated in Snoqualmie and throwing their tax dollars into a joint pot with Snoqualmie and Fall City residents to make that happen? I honestly don’t see this working valley-wide, if this ‘call to action’ for collaboration on a regional pool is all about getting the City of Snoqualmie’s population of 13,465 (30% of the SVSD) and Fall City area residents (another 10% of the SVSD) conceding a c
The Valley needs a competition pool that can be used by the Mount Si High School swim teams and other year-round swim programs with lessons for all ages. At LEAST 6 lanes, with diving blocks and a viewing area. The current rented outdoor pool for High School is not adequate for winter swim meets and closes often due to extreme weather and high winds.
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For a city as big as Snoqualmie, given the tax revenues we generate, we should have a swimming pool. I take my kids to Bellevue every week and waste one hour in travel time. Please consider this request.