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Request for Council Action
Prepared By: Ron Moorse
Council Work Session Date: November 19, 2008
Parks and Park Amenities
Budgeted Amount:
Actual Amount:
Funding Source:
Supporting Documents:
1. Memorandum dated November 17, 2008 from Ron Moorse
2. Materials provided by HKGI
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MEMORANDUM
DATE:
November 19,2008
SUBJECT:
Mayor and City Council
Ron Moorse, City Administrator ~7
Parks and Park Amenities
TO:
FROM:
Back2round
The discussion regarding parks and amenities will be in the form of a hands-on workshop on
public amenities related to the central open space. An outline of the workshop is attached.
Council Direction ReQuested
It is intended that, through the workshop, we will gain a general understanding of the Council's
direction for the central open space amenities, and their general locations on the plan
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Central ODen SDace Amenitv Workshop
The First half of the meeting will have dealt with the medians, bridges, lighting, pond configuration and
pond edge conditions. The second half of the meeting on November 19th will be dedicated to a hands on
workshop on public amenities related to the Central Open Space.
Intent: The goals of the workshop are to gain a better understanding of the desired pond configurations
and how they are located within the Central Open Space and to explore the types of amenities that
might be included within the Central Open Space at TCAAP and their potential locations within that
system.
The Workshop: A scaled plan (at 1"=30') of the Central Open Space will be unrolled on the table. The
drawing will include adjacent land uses, roads and associated parking bays adjacent to the Central Open
Space. The Council will be given a number of "to-scale" park amenities and pond configurations (on
foamcore) to choose from. Participating Council members can then select the amenities they feel are
most appropriate for TCAAP and place them on the plan in the locations they also feel are most
appropriate.
We will spend roughly 30 minutes placing the various amenities on the plan and then spend the
remainder of the time discussing potential benefits and drawbacks of the scheme developed. We will
then reveal the costs of the amenities and give the Council an opportunity to revisit the plan and decide
what amenities are a priority and which may be left for the future.
The Result: At the end of the Workshop we hope to have a general understanding of the Council's
direction for the Central Open Space amenities along with their general locations on the plan.
What's Next: The information we gather at this meeting will provide a foundation for the conceptuai
development of the central open space. At subsequent meetings we will return to the Council for
further review and consideration of park plans that reflect the input the Council provides during this
workshop. 'To-scale' pieces of the amenities listed below will be provided to the Council for the
workshop. We will also have blank pieces available for any amenities the Council would like to add.