Nearby residents to the proposed Redmond Bike Park on Education Hill officially filed appeals with the City of Redmond Wednesday afternoon, right before the 5 p.m. deadline, according to city officials.

Approximately 30 residents were part of appeals to the city’s site entitlement plan and the State Environmental Policy Act‘s (SEPA) determination that the park would not have a significant environmental impact.

The appeals will go before a hearing examiner and will probably not be heard until August, according to Carolyn Hope, a senior park planner for the City of Redmond.

“I understand the hearing examiner’s schedule is very busy and we also need to publish notice of the hearing, so it is likely that it will be in August,” Hope said.

The park would sit on two acres of a seven-acre wooded property near Hartman Park, which for the past two decades neighborhood kids have built dirt ramps and jumps for recreational use. The plans call for building five dirt-jump style trails for BMX and mountain bike riders.

But opponents say if the park is expanded it will attract more noise, crime and traffic, which will ultimately lower property values. Opponents also have concerns the proposed landscape plan will “not only lessen the aesthetic richness of the beautiful park as it is now, but also decrease the mitigation of noise throughout the surrounding neighborhood,” according to the submitted SEPA appeal.

“The proximity to private homes, the lack of efficient traffic and parking planning, and the inability to easily patrol and monitor activities in the Park will result in a significant nuisance to the residential neighborhood, driving hazards, a lack of parking in from of private homes, and a safety issue due to a high volume of non-local, transient visitors,” the appeal went on to say.

Opponents also say they were not properly informed by the city and the park plan infringes on the nearby wetlands.

As a solution, opponents would like to see the location of the park moved away from residential homes or keep the park in the current location, “but scale down the size of improvements,” the appeal said.

The city planned to begin construction of the park this month, but cancelled last weekend’s work parties after hearing about a possible appeal.

Harold Zeitz, one of the more outspoken opponents, said he is uncertain if the hearing examiner will favor the appeals, saying in a e-mail, “logic doesn’t always hold true.”

If the appeal is denied, Zeitz said opponents will file an appeal with the Redmond City Council and to King County Superior Court, if the appeal to council is denied, which will delay the construction plans even more.

Opponents of the park have created a website, stating their concerns at http://redmondbikejumppark.com/wp.