Community Centers Decarbonization and Electrification (Decarbonization Package One)

Updated: May 5, 2025

Early 2025

In 2023-2024, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) worked with Ecotope Inc. and completed a feasibility study. FSi Engineers is under contract with SPR as the design consultant and is working on the design. SPR is working on hiring a GC/CM contractor to start preconstruction services in summer 2025.  

Schedule 

Planning: 2024 
Design: Early 2025 – Summer 2026 
Construction: Summer 2026 – Summer 2027 

Budget

The current total approved budget is about $10.5 million. The construction contract is estimated to be $7.5 million.  

Project Description

SPR is vital in advancing the City of Seattle's efforts to respond to climate change. Thus, under Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives of SPR’s 6-Year Metropolitan Park District Cycle 2 (2023-2028), five SPR facilities including four Community Centers and one Maintenance Crew Headquarters will be electrified with Decarbonization Package One, which is a bundled project aimed at decarbonizing existing fossil fuel using equipment, improving general energy performance, and electrifying these facilities, to transform their energy profiles. The facilities included in this bundled project are:  

The scope includes decarbonization and necessary electrical upgrades for the added electrical loads. A reroof project at Van Asselt CC and installation of (20) Level-2 EV chargers at Genesee Maintenance Crew Headquarters are also included. SPR is also looking at improvements on overall energy performance, EV Charging at CCs, Photovoltaic (PV) Installation, and other desired scopes. Minimize service disruptions during construction as much as possible is one of the project goals.  

The project will utilize General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM) contracting procedure defined in RCW 39.10. The use of the GC/CM process for this project was approved on December 10, 2024, by the Internal Review Committee (IRC) and Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) of the City of Seattle.  

Parks and Recreation

AP Diaz, Superintendent
Mailing Address: 100 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109
Phone: (206) 684-4075
Fax: (206) 615-1813
pks_info@seattle.gov

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