Park and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Date: October 21, 2021
To: Park and Recreation Advisory Board
From: Tim Behrendt, Street and Park Manager
Title
Update and discussion on Bridge Square Improvements in context of the Riverfront Enhancement Action Plan.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield Park and Recreation Advisory Board discusses and approves the final concept plan for the Bridge Square Improvement in context with the Riverfront Enhancement Action Plan.
Summary Report:
In 2014 the City created a Vision Plan for Bridge Square. As part of that vision plan, four alternatives were created for Bridge Square. Since the plan completion, no improvements have been made to Bridge Square.
Fast forward to 2018, as part of the City Strategic plan, the City created a Riverfront Enhancement Action Plan that was adopted in 2020. One of the early initiates in the plan is related to Enhancing and Activating Riverfront Parks. Bridge Square is an early initiative, so the City needs to review those four alternatives, understand what we have learned/changed recently for Bridge Square and come up with a final concept, cost, and implementation plan.
The City has hired the team of Bruce Jacobson, Bob Close, and Julie Aldrich to assist in this process. Their team has reviewed the 2014 Bridge Square Alternative along with the input/comments within the plan, met with City staff and developed a draft concept pulling features from the different alternative.
City Council gave initial feedback on this revised concept at the October 12 work session. The public input process would include context of the Riverfront Enhancement Action Plan, the Future Vision for Bridge Study (2014), and this current concept for input.
After public input is received, the project team will meet with Council to inform the Council of public input and provide an opportunity for Council collaboration on refining the preferred concept plan and provide project direction for the next ...
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