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DF/ <br />June 4, 2025 <br />Mr. Mark Riverblood, <br />Parks & Asst. Public Works Director <br />City of Ramsey <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />RE: Design Proposal - The Waterfront Water Play & Partial Park Site <br />Dear Mark, <br />We understand the City of Ramsey is ready and excited to design, build, and enjoy a community <br />architectural water play feature — one that brings families and children together to recreate on warm <br />days in the center of the community they call home. This outdoor water play will be a key amenity <br />within a larger park called The Waterfront. <br />The Waterfront, a long planned public parcel originally master planned as part of "The COR at Ramsey" <br />is taking shape. Envisioned as an extension of The Draw, The Waterfront has an axial alignment with the <br />Municipal Center to the south and The Draw to the east. The Waterfront's newly created central water <br />feature functions as a critical 7+ acre stormwater management water body receiving runoff from <br />surrounding parcels and roadways. Extending recreational opportunities for residents and visitors — we <br />planned and developed construction documents for the trail system which now circumnavigates the <br />pond and connects to surrounding neighborhoods including trails leading east to The Draw. <br />The long-term vision adds a community building at the southeast corner of The Waterfront and is <br />intended to support a restaurant, community rooms, indoor play space, fitness, restrooms, changing <br />rooms, and concessions. Immediately adjacent to this facility are planned outdoor amenities including a <br />beer garden, small kayak/SUP marina, plaza, stormwater management features, earthen berms, <br />landscaping, and gardens. <br />The water play feature will have a strong relationship with the future community building but will come <br />online a year or more prior to the building. These contrasting timelines necessitate coordination and <br />planning with your building architects to understand the desirable building site layout, approximate <br />footprint and intended outdoor amenity spaces. That understanding and planning will provide the <br />insights needed to locate the water play feature for 2026 construction, while allowing a buffer to <br />construct the building at some point in the future. The building site development can then stitch the <br />two projects together as seamlessly as possible. <br />DAMON FARBER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 310 South 4th Avenue, Suite 7050, Minneapolis, MN 55415 <br />