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INTRODUCTION SERVICE AREA VISION PARK PLANS IMPLEMENTATIONPLANNING PROCESS EAST OF THE RIVER PARK MASTER PLAN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 4: INITIAL PARK CONCEPTS AND PHASE 2 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Based on the extensive phase 1 input and the Data Jam in CAC #5, the expanded design team prepared the initial park concepts. During Design Week, the design team reviewed all the community engagement to date and hand-sketched one or two different concept ideas for each park. The team refined these sketches over the course of several weeks and then brought them back out to the community. The designs were intended to spur community discussion, test different ideas, and then be significantly revised in a later stage. The initial concepts were brought out to the community in several open houses scattered throughout the service area. The open house set-up was such that community members could gather around the different designs and discuss them with neighbors, at times even drawing new solutions right on the initial sketches. MPRB also met with some stakeholder groups during this process and initial concepts were available online with an accompanying survey. MPRB staff were also asked to weigh in on the concepts through two “in-houses” where the draft concepts were displayed for staff feedback from across the agency. Over forty staff attended each open house to provide comments and insights on the plans from a variety of perspectives including maintenance, aquatics, events, ecological management, and recreation. Technical advisors from other agencies were also invited to the open houses and for one-on- one conversations about the process as needed. The technical advisors included: • Metro Transit Planning • Met Council Parks • UofM Planning • City of Minneapolis Long Range Planning • City of Minneapolis Health Department • City of Minneapolis Public Works Transportation Planning • Hennepin County • City of St. Paul Parks and Bike/Ped staff • MnDOT • City of St Anthony • Minneapolis Public Schools • Mississippi Watershed Management Organization All input—on-line, open house, stakeholder, MPRB staff, technical advisor etc.—was entered into MPRB’s on-line survey system to generate detailed summaries for each park and ideas for the service area as a whole. The general input themes are included in the park packet for each park, in Chapter 4. 5: PREFERRED CONCEPTS AND PHASE 3 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Based on input about the initial concepts, the design team met again in a workshop to discuss revision of the designs. Each park was considered individually and in the context of the service area as a whole, with the draft guiding principles (see Chapter 3) also driving decision-making. The team produced a single “preferred concept” for each park. The service area- wide maps and charts were updated to reflect the preferred concepts. In CAC #7, members heard from MPRB staff about Operations and Maintenance at MPRB. This session was designed to provide the CAC with more detailed understanding of the maintenance needs and possibilities for the proposed park improvements. LOGAN PARK Concept A 7-1-2018 East of the River Park Master PlanNORTHBROADWAY STREETPLAYGROUND WADING POOL DIAMOND NEW NATURAL AREA UPDATED MULTIUSE FIELD NEW PICNIC AREA RECREATION CENTER NEW TERRACE SEATING AND EVENT SPACE TENNIS/PICKLE BALL STRIPING UPDATED BASKETBALL NEW PLAZA AND PERFORMANCE SPACE FRUIT TREES WALKING TRAILS IMPROVED SEATING BOULDER SEATING AREA JEFFERSON STREET MONROE STREET 29