On Thursday evening
approximately 30 participants attended the second community meeting hosted at
the Assembly Chambers. The meeting was kicked off by Brad Ryan,
Borough Public Facilities Director who gave an introduction and overview
of the project.
Brandon Ivanowicz,
Project Engineer with PND Engineers, Inc. presented five concepts that were
developed for the boat launch facility and were based around comments received
on the previously selected preferred Concept No. 1. The five concepts evaluated
passenger parking stall sizes, pedestrian access, vehicular circulation and
additional landscaping. Project funding
sources and a procurement schedule of the anticipated funds was presented, as
well as conceptual budget estimates for each of the five options. A preliminary project schedule through to final
project completion was presented.
The entire presentation can be downloaded at the link below.
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Chris Mertl, Landscape
Architect with Corvus Design presented revised plans for Harbor Park which
addressed the location of the covered shelter and memorial, the addition of
picnic tables, barbecue pits and other park amenities.
Following the
presentation there was a brief question and answer period in which the public
asked the engineering and design team questions about the concepts and provided
input. Items of discussion focused on project costs, vehicular circulation, pedestrian
circulation around the seawalk, reduction of landscaped islands in the parking
lot, and minor enhancements to Harbor Park.
Following the question
and answer period, by a show of hands from the public, the consensus was that
either Option 1A or 1C was the desired conceptual layout. The community meeting was concluded at 6:30
pm.
Over the coming weeks, the planning and
engineering team will update the preferred plans based on the input received
and present revised concepts and revised costs at the third community meeting
to be announced in the coming weeks.
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