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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGateway.pptlow. Cm .1FW.Y Council Work Session 6 Tonight's Objectives: • Review activities since the April work session • Discuss design • Discuss parameters for aesthetic and landscape treatments • Seek direction on: • Alignment and sidewalk at north end • Trail option along the retaining wall low. Cm .1FW.Y Agenda: Council Work Session 6 • Design update • Aesthetics and landscape parameters • Trail options at Dubuque Street retaining wall low. Cm Design Update Mayflower to Taft Speedway ■ Dubuque Street • Roadway alignment • Impact minimization to residential properties • Sidewalks ■ Iowa River Trail and east sidewalk — Mayflower to Foster • Alignment • Elevation �low� Cm Realigned Dubuque Street Extent and Goals • Mayflower to Foster • Minimize retaining wall • Minimize residential impacts • Design curves for traffic calming • Improve intersection geometry • Assess east sidewalk I I lows Cm �mr�r ■ • goo as No snow Dubuque at Ridge Road I Realigned Dubuque Street • Sweeping curves signal transition • Improves Taft Speedway and Ridge Road intersections • Ridge Road intersection stays in existing location • Eliminates retaining wall at 1818 N. Dubuque • Provides better opportunity for easterly sidewalk continuity to Foster • Mayflower bus pull off and crosswalk improved • NB lanes /bus pull off are parallel to front of Mayflower • No difference in cost or elevation low. Cm .1FW.Y East Sidewalk • Cliff Apts to Foster • Within existing ROW • Continuity provided • Save -- $18k today ■ Pay ~ $152k in future 0 0 Dubuque South of Park Road Includes retaining walls 2' to 5'. Brown to Park Wider sidewalk on east side ■ No impact to structures • 729 N Dubuque • 804 N Dubuque ■ Existing parking maintained • 816 N Dubuque low. Cm .1FW.Y Aesthetic Concepts • Trail connections • Railing concepts • Potential bump -outs and seating • Street and bridge lighting ■ Plantings ■ Bio- swales and median drainage low. Cm What we heard previously... Prioritized list of project elements Bridge ■ Bike/ pedestrian traffic accommodations — under / over / on the bridge • Bumpouts on bridge • Seating • Overlook • Fishing (widen sidewalk) • Integrate aesthetics with Hancher Auditorium design and surrounding environment Site Analysis Workshop held March 4, 2011 • Multi -modal safety improvements • Enhance urban parkway character • Median — function /aesthetics • Landscape— urban character • Non - parallel alignment of Dubuque St NB and SB lanes • Preserve viewsheds • Traffic calming Amenities /Features • Views of river, termini (i.e. boathouse from bridge, Park Rd at Dubuque St, etc) • Preserve corridor character • Natural setting • No Disneyland ■ Lighting— street/ pedestrian • Reduce glare • Provide safety • Understated • Night Sky compliant ■ Trail / Pedestrian Connectivity Foster Segment • Clustered tree massings • Emphasize traffic calming • Extend wooded hillside to Dubuque Street • Preserve significant existing trees Mayflower Segment • Define the room with tree massings at perimeter, buffer undesirable views • Emphasize relationship of Mayflower to Terrel Mill Park • Low - maintenance median plantings with color, texture, purpose HI • • rrrr�Yl�P.�.rl�rs r. r.r IIOw. Cm .TFW.Y Bridge Aesthetics Options - Lighting „ll T i A i i II'll "" u10111 low. Cm .TFW.Y Railings Options Oft till - - - - -- - - - -- 11 -- - -- �.L mom S j�