The Committee for Soap Lake Parks is asking for your help in updating the Soap Lake Parks and Recreation Plan. An updated Parks and Recreation Plan, developed with public input, is essential in obtaining money to fund park and recreation projects.

If you are a resident, your input is crucial. The Parks and Recreation Plan will be a guide for the care and improvement of our beaches, parks, trails, and related facilities. Help us make the most of our beautiful location and what it has to offer those who live here. If you are a visitor, please fill out the survey wherever it applies. Your input will provide important data in looking for ways to provide visitor's programs, amenities, and facilities to enhance your stay with us on the shores of Soap Lake.

Please don’t hesitate to fill in the comment areas. We welcome your ideas.

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* 1. Do you live in Soap Lake?

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* 2. How many adults 65 years old and over live in your home?

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* 3. How many children under 18 years old live in your home?

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* 4. How long have you lived in Soap Lake?

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* 5. Do you rent or own your home in Soap Lake

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* 6. Have you or a family member visited any of the Soap Lake Parks or facilities in the past year?

  Yes No
Elder Park (Veteran’s Park)
Smokiam Park (East Beach)
West Beach
Lava Links Golf Course
Skateboard Park
Basketball Court

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* 7. What have you enjoyed doing at Soap Lake Parks or facilities in the past year?

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Picnic
Exercise
Swim
Soak in mineral waters
Use lake mud
Enjoy the views
Spend time outdoors
People watch
Bird watch
Explore the outdoors

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* 8. About how many times in 2014 did you or a family member use the following parks or facilities:

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* 9. Overall how do you rate the physical conditions of Soap Lake parks and facilities?

  Excellent Good Fair Poor I don't use this park
Elder Park (Veteran’s Park)
Smokiam Park (East Beach)
West Beach
Lava Links
Skateboard Park
Basketball Court

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* 10. If you did not use the Soap Lake parks or facilities in the past year, what are the reasons?

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* 11. Do you currently use the Soap Lake Schools for indoor or outdoor recreation?

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* 12. Do you currently use the tennis courts on 2nd Ave by the High School ?

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* 13. Do you or a family member currently use the skate board park?

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* 14. Is the skateboard park valuable to the City of Soap Lake?

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* 15. Is the basketball court valuable to the City of Soap Lake?

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* 16. Please choose the top 5 organized activities you would like to see offered at the parks.

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* 17. Would you pay a fee to use the park bathrooms to keep the bathrooms maintained and open longer hours?

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* 18. Would you use the school gym or outside school sports facilities and grounds for physical activity (organized or open gym) on a regular basis if it were available outside of school hours?

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* 19. Please choose the top 4 things you and your family would use at the parks.

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* 20. Do you prefer the beach front parks to keep their current level of landscaping or plan for upgraded landscaping?

  Current landscape Upgraded landscape I do not use this beach
Smokiam Park (East Beach)
West Beach

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* 21. Would you like to see improvements to the informal trail along the lake shore that links Smokiam (East Beach) to the Library and West Beach Park?

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* 22. Please choose the top 3 amenities you would like to see on trails in Soap Lake.

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* 23. If bicycles were available in Soap Lake, would you rent a bicycle in Soap Lake?

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* 24. Chose the top 3 improvements or changes to the Restroom Facilities at the Parks you would like to see.

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* 25. Choose the top 4 repairs or improvements you would like to see at West Beach.

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* 26. Choose the top 3 repairs or improvements you would like to see at Smokiam Park (East Beach).

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* 27. Choose the top 3 repairs or improvements you would like to see at Elder Park.

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* 28. Would you use any of the following:

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Art and History Walking Tour
Boardwalk along the lake
Rock Climbing Wall
Interpretive/Historical Kiosk
Water Trail
Non-Highway Bike Trail between Ephrata and Soap Lake

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* 29. If the City of Soap Lake were to develop new structures at existing parks or new programs for existing parks, what would be the 3 most important things for the City of Soap Lake to consider?

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* 30. Are you in favor of a bond to create a budget for a Soap Lake Park and Recreation Program?

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* 31. Are you willing to volunteer and participate in Soap Lake Parks community clean up events?

  Yes No
Once a year
Twice a year
Monthly April thru Sept.

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* 32. Do you walk or bike existing trails and sidewalks in the City of Soap Lake and/or the surrounding are?

  Yes No
For leisure/health
To go to Post Office
To Shop
To go to the Library
Conduct other Business
To go to Work

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* 33. Check all of the barriers you experience for when walking or biking from your home to Parks or other destinations in Soap Lake.

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* 34. How physically active are you?

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* 35. What winter activities would you like to have available in Soap Lake?

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* 36. What two organized activities (sport or recreation type activities) would you like to have available in Soap Lake?

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* 37. What two types of park or recreation facilities would you like to have available in Soap Lake?

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* 38. Please leave any comments you have about Soap Lake Parks.

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