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Mr. Joel Hanson April 30, 1996 Page 3 Business and property owners will be the primary focus of these meetings, but meetings with others (such as the Round Lake Association) would also be beneficial. 2.1 Meet with business and property owners, and others as defined by the City; record results of each meeting. Products • summary of meetings with property owners /developers 3.0 Explore what is possible... With the foundation of information provided by the community, along with the information gained from tours and background provided by the City, HKGi will begin to develop concepts for the Rice Street/Little Canada Road area streetscape. Several alternatives will be prepared to demonstrate a range of possible solutions, and to provide a means of evaluating potential directions when no clear solution is evident. Although this project calls for a streetscape design, it is not enough to consider aesthetic improvements alone. HKGi will explore redevelopment or re -use opportunities in the project area (outside the previously studied area of the Rice Street/Little Canada Road Development Guide), ensuring that the solution is a comprehensive improvement for the community instead of merely a cosmetic plan that ignores important land use, circulation or community image concerns. Each alternative might have different implications in terms of aesthetics; land use /activity considerations; relationship to other community features; transit; function; cost; maintenance considerations; or the means of implementation. Alternative concepts will be reviewed by the City Council or other designated City authority and a preferred alternative (or the best aspects of any alternative) will be selected. The results will refined into a final schematic design for the streetscape in the next task. 3.1 Explore a range of alternative concepts for streetscape enhancements in order to identify the broadest range of possible solutions. 3.2 Develop general cost estimates for each alternative. 3.3 Meet with City staff /City Council or other designated City authority to review alternatives and select a preferred alternative (or define the best aspects of each of the alternatives). Products • concept alternatives • cost estimates related to each alternative • summary of comments on concept alternatives 4.0 Define how the streetscape will look and function... Once a direction has been selected by the community, HKGi will refine the plan to reflect the level of detail needed to ensure continuity through implementation. The plans will reflect the spatial and dimensional requirements of streets, pedestrian ways and rights -of -way; the qualities of the street; the character and location of special streetscape features, such as small parks, public art locations, signage or "gateway" elements, transit stops and pedestrian Page 8