1 6 09 Work Session Handout_Bee Branch Creek Landscpe DesignJanuary 6, 2009
City Council Work Session
Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Landscape Design Process to Date
3. Next Steps
=~ 4. City Council Feedback
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• Landscape Design Advisory Committee oct 15 I~
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Neighborhood Workshop #1 i
oct 22/23
- Hopes, Desires & Fears of P oject ~I
-Visual Preference Survey
• Landscape Design Advisor, Committee oct 29
• Neighborhood Workshop #2 Nov 5/6
- Three creek cross section alternatives
• Landscape Design Advisory Committee Nov 25
• Landowner Meeting Opportunity Dec 9
- Three creek cross Se~iion alternatives
Since Then -> Alternative Refinement
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• Primary -Flood Protection
• Secondary _ Community Asset
- Aesthetics
- Recreation
- Other
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Results from V1lorkshop 1
Hopes and Fears
Visual Preferences
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Hopes for the Bee Branch Creek
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this a a
~ Restoration priority
~~~ Park amenities (benches, tables)
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Road under railroad tracks
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~~ Bike path/Pedestrian accur~ r. ~ iodations 5
Aesthetically pleasing bridge structures 5
Low maintenance plantings 3
Safety (particularly child safety) 3
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Fears for the Bee Branch Creek Restoration .priority
Creating unsafe conditions for children 10
Extra cost to maintain creek 8
Unsecure "hang out spots" 5
Trash and debris 4
Lack of maintenance
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Visual Prefierence purvey
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negative Responses
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Workshop 2
Cross Section Alternatives
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Level Constrol Structure Concept
Fligh Wa#er Conti#io~s - I/Vi#h control Structure
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Water Level During Storm
Water Level After Storm
Possible Control Structure
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Neighborhood Cross Section Alternative 1
-with Control Structure
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Workshop 2
Neighborhood Cross Section Alternative 2
-with Control Structure Preferred
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Workshop 2
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Neighborhood CroSS Section Alternative 3
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Level Constrol Structure Concept
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Bee Branch Creek ~s~h st Mississippi
Basin River
Water Level During Storm
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Pendir~ ®eci~i®ns/~Ctions
® City Council Feedback
- Stage 1 Wide Wet Bottom with access
- Stage 2 Green Bottom with open access to creek
greenspace
Structures
- Secondary Uses
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