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Park and Recreation Commission <br />Meeting Date: 01/11/2024 <br />Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Promote economic growth and development. <br />Information <br />Title: <br />The Waterfront - Trails and Trees, a 2024 CIP <br />Purpose/Background: <br />5. 3. <br />As part of the city's community park system, a water -centric park known as The Waterfront has been <br />envisioned for more than a decade in Ramsey's downtown. This Fall, the mass grading for the park was completed <br />and final seeding will occur in 2024. Last Winter, the Park & Recreation Commission performed a detailed <br />analysis of how a park building could best serve the community— this process resulted in a concept for an <br />approximate 37,000 gross square foot two-story building, consisting of mass timber construction; and including <br />dining, fitness, large indoor play area, gallery, and banquet space. The structure with proposed indoor and <br />outdoor program areas is essentially a modern community center, with outdoor water -play elements replacing a <br />traditional public swimming pool. <br />The purpose of this case is to consider recommending to City Council proceeding with trail construction <br />circumnavigating the approximate 7 acre pond that is in place now. The first attachment details the scope of that <br />proposed work, (but does not identify costs for tree installation). <br />Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: <br />For the meeting, staff will review all the progress in The COR, all the different layers and value of the proposed <br />Waterfront park and community center, together with the considerations and goals of the trail project specifically. <br />Funding Source: <br />This case does not authorize funding per se. The primary funding for the proposed trail and related elements <br />would be from the Park Trust Fund, and would occur following a formal recommendation from the Park & <br />Recreation Commission to City Council at a later date. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends a discussion on the benefits of moving towards construction of the trails for The Waterfront in <br />2024, and supports the motion below. <br />Outcome/Action: <br />Motion to recommend to City Council authorization of the preparation of Plans and Specifications for the trail <br />and related elements for The Waterfront, and obtaining bids for the same. <br />Attachments <br />2024 Waterfront Trail Plans <br />Trails sans trees <br />2024 CIP worksheet <br />Building program description <br />