Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/11/2018

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CURA RCP: Scoping Meeting for Greenway and Community Center Projects I ARCH 3250 Friday, December 1, 2017 I Eddy Lake Room, Ramsey Municipal Plaza Attendees: Mark Riverblood, Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent; James Wheeler, Course Instructor; Mike Greco, RCP Director; Dan Herrera, RCP Program Associate Course Description. Architecture Workshop — Community Landscapes and Architecture (ARCH 3250- 001) is an undergraduate class co -taught by James Wheeler and Joseph Favour. The class focuses on teaching students how to work with community partners and design green infrastructure and space. 20- 24 students will be working in interdisciplinary teams of three with two teams on each project. The class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 am — 12:00 pm. Mark and RCP are invited to frame the project to the class and field questions in the beginning of the term. Important Dates Mark and RCP will visit the class on January 17, 19, 22, 24, or 26 depending on James' schedule Mid -Semester Check -in Presentation will occur on March 5, 7 or 9 Both of the above mentioned events will occur between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm. The class's meeting location is has not yet been decided. Project 4 — Community Center Plan • The City of Ramsey is looking to build a community center for its residents, and is investigating whether this should be done in a centralized or decentralized model. Students in fall semester classes are currently researching what would be involved in either model • The initial idea for the involvement of this class was for students to retool the Flagship Fitness proposal to make it meet the needs of Ramsey as a centralized community center o The Flagship Fitness plan has since been abandoned, but the location is still secured o Students could focus on the building and its uses ■ Specifically look into sustainable building practices, such as the construction of a green roof, etc. • If the city decides to use the decentralized model, the buildings' uses must be flexible and avoid redundancy. • Because residents in northern Ramsey have a strong preference to maintain their rural character, they would likely be opposed to building community center buildings o Instead, the city could turn the underutilized city -owned parcels in that area into public recreation areas that maintain the rural characteristic of northern Ramsey, such as edible landscapes ■ Students should look to see what gaps exist in recreation resources around the city, and how those gaps can be met in these dispersed parcels, as well as how to connect residents to these recreation areas