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The District serves a quiet forested bedroom community within the City of Lake Forest Park, at the north end of Lake Washington. A few excerpts from the Lake Forest Park Comprehensive Plan, 1994, shed light on the nature and character of “the Park” which the District serves: It was conceived as a unique residential community in 1909… Lake Forest Park always has prided itself on its fundamental character as a community of single family residences… Lake Forest Park gives one the feeling of tranquility and peace that a park engenders. Most of the community is supplied with water from a water district serving just our area. The water quality is remarkably pure and the aquifer seemingly inexhaustible. The aquifer is the area of large residential lots and undeveloped lots…to the north of the City. There is a significant history of citizen involvement in our community… Our residents are also noted for being environmentally sensitive… Lake Forest Park has generally kept its property levies under those of King County. We feel that we have carefully managed tax dollars to provide better police protection, better road maintenance and better service than can be provided by…. Lake Forest Park seeks to live in harmony with its neighbors. We are not eager for growth for its own sake. The City is also amenable to dialogues about contracting for certain municipal services without necessarily becoming part of the political identity of Lake Forest Park. “…wishes to remain a small, incorporated municipality whose city officials are known to most residents on a first name basis… Excerpts taken from Lake Forest Park Comprehensive Plan, 1994, Section II “A Vision for Lake Forest Park” – adapted from “Identity of a Community”, by R. Morrissey, dated 1991 The District, or its predecessor, has supplied water to its present service boundary since the 1940’s, when there was significant suburban residential development. There has only been incremental growth since this period, and that has been entirely through in-filling.
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