Issaquah’s Central Park, a staple of the Issaquah Highlands neighborhood, is on track to get a makeover.

At the June 27 Park Board meeting, the board unanimously voted in favor of the Central Park Site Development Plan. The decision came five days after Parks Department members presented the proposed plan to Issaquah Highlands residents at a town hall meeting.

Thanks to the $10 million 2013 park bond, approved by 77 percent of voters, the Parks Department has been able to craft a plan to make the park more versatile and able to be enjoyed by all different types of people. From the bond, $1.55 million will go to the new and improved Central Park.

A final cost of the park is not yet known, City Park Planner Jennifer Fink said in an email.

The development plan turns the current open field with baseball diamond — known as Pad #1 — into two multi-purpose fields with artificial turf instead of grass. The current park has five fields, only two of which are artificial turf.

“Converting natural grass fields into turf improves the year-round play-ability of the site,” Fink said.

A citizens advisory committee made up of local baseball, soccer and lacrosse athletes, city staff and project designer Andrews Landscape Architects came up with the layout for the fields. The turf fields will be painted with stripes for soccer and lacrosse, but will also include a baseball diamond. Lighting will be installed around the pad.

The Parks Department initially presented the Pad #1 plan to citizens at a town hall meeting in autumn 2015. Residents expressed disappointment at the open grassy field in Pad #1 being taken away, and wished for a replacement.

As a result, planners turned their attention to Pad #4 , the undeveloped land across the park access road from Pad #1. The new plan has Pad #4 stepping in to fill Pad #1’s shoes. Pad #4 would become a traditional park, with picnic shelters, an amphitheater, parking and a new community building, and the open play space that Pad #1 has provided until now. The Park Board approved the Pad #4 plan at the end of April.

Also in response to citizen comments last fall, the Parks Department plans to ask the city for permission to add parking to the park and make traffic improvements.

Pad #1 will receive funding from the bond allocation, as well as from park mitigation fees and multiple grants.

“We are currently working to bring the Central Park Pad #1 project in line with our central budget,” Fink said. However, she said, “Pad #4 projects are currently unfunded.”

The public has not only been active in the town hall discussions, but also in the choice of park decoration. Artist Lydia Aldredge designed a variety of concepts of artwork for Pad #1, and residents gave their feedback through an online survey on the city’s website.

“Which artistic elements will be in the final project…are still not decided,” said Autumn Monahan, assistant to the city administrator, in an email.

The Parks Department hopes to begin the project next year, if all goes well.

The land for Central Park was given to the city in 1993 by Port Blakely Communities.