09-970Council File # 09��0
Green Sheet # 3075016
RESOLUTION
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4 BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Saint Paul, hereinafrer referred to as the "ApplicanY' act as legal
5 sponsor for the project contained in the Flood Damage Reduction Grant Assistance Program
6 Application submitted on August 6 2009 and that the Director of Saint Paul Pazks and Recreation is
7 hereby authorized to apply for the Departrnent of Natural Resources for funding of this project on behalf of
8 the Applicant.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Applicant has the legal authority to apply for financial assistance,
l0 and the institutional, managerial and financial capability to ensure adequate acquisition, maintenance and
i i protection of the proposed project.
IZ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Applicant has not incurred any costs, and has not entered into any
13 written agreements to purchase property proposed by this project.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Applicant has not violated any Federal, State, or local laws
15 per[aining to fraud, bribery, graft, kickbacks, collusion, conflict of interest or other unlawful or conupt
16 practice.
�� BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon approval of its application by the state, the Applicant may enter
i8 into an agreement with the State of Minnesota for the above- references project, and that the Applicant
19 certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the contract agreement.
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z 1 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Director of Saint Paul Parks and Recreation is hereby
22 authorized to execute such agreements as are necessary to implement the project on behalf of the applicant.
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JepartmentlO�celCouncil: Date Initiated:
PR_ParksandRecreation 07-AUG-09 Green Sheet NO: 3075016
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' Don Varnev
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Document Contact: Kris W
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Approval and adoption of Council Resolution to allow the City to enter into an agreement with the Department of Natural Resources.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R):
Planning Commission
CIB Committee
Civil Service Commission
A Staff
Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Following Questions:
1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this person/frm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current ciry employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet.
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Whq What, When, Where, Whyj:
State funding has been designated for the City to participate in the DNR's Flood Damage Reduction Grant Assistance Program. The
program will provide matching construction funds for Mississippi River revehnent restoration projects as well as funding for planning
and implementation of other flood damage reduction efforts.
AdvanWges If Approved: -
Participation in the program will provide matching funds required [o acceot $2.6M in Federal transportation enhancement conshuction
funds.
Disadvantages If Approved:
None
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
Council approval is required to execute an agreement with the DNR for the Grant Program. Without this authorization, grant funding
and the matching $2.6M matching consriuction funds will be forteited.
Total Amoun[ of $0.00
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Funding Source:
Fi nancial Information:
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Grant Application Form
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FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROGRAMS
HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT APPLICATION
Application Date:
Local Unit of Govemment Applicant: City of Saint Paul
Authorized Agent: Jodv Martinez, Mana¢er Desip_n and Construction, Parks and Recreation
Address: 25 West Fourth Saint Paul, MN 55102 Ramsev
Nvmber & Street Ciry/Smre Zip code Cwnry
Phone No:L651) 266-6424 FaY No:( 651 ) 292-7405 Cell Phone:(�
E-mail address: Jodv.Martinez c(�ci.stroaul.xnn.us
Contact person (if different from authorized
Address:
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Pro'ect Fundin Breakout
Total Estimated Project Cost $9,540,564.00
Amount Requested From DNR Waters $3,800,000.00 ($3.8 million)
Amount from other state agencies $ 77,180.00 ($77.18 thousand)
Total shaze of all local govemment sources $1,746,248.00 ($1.746 million)
Estimated in-kind match
Federal share $3,846,100.00 ($3.84 million)
Private share $ 70,000.00 ($70 thousand)
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Check the following types of flood damage reducrion acrivities included in project along with a
quanrity (if applicable) and cost or percentage of total project costs.
Acrivity Quanti Cost or Percentage
Acquisition Number of Homes
Levee Miles
Levee Improvement Lineal Feet
Floodwall Lineal Feet
Ring Dike Number of Ring
Dikes
Ring Dike Improvement Number of Ring
Dikes
Flood Storage Easement Acres
Impoundment Acre Feet
Impoundment Improvement
Flood Warning System
Feasibility Study
Flood Insurance Study
Floodplain Mapping
Geographic Information System
Hydrology / Hydraulic Study
Other Estimates; bids not in
� -Shoreline armoring & overlook 4,416 Lineal Feet $4.2 million
� -Flood tolerant/ flood resistant $575,000
park pavilion infrastructure.
� -Master planning "Great River $1.66 million
Park system including acquiring
land, pre-design, design,
construction, furnishing and
equipping river park development
and redevelopment infrastructure
along the Mississippi River in
Saint Paul.
"Great River Park is a collective term for more than 20 units (individual parks, trails, reserves
and overlooks) comprising 3,500 acres within Saint PauPs Mississippi River valley.
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Project Narrative
(Please attach resolutions authorizing application and signature, a map of the site, highlighting
area(s) damaged and the Zocation of the proposed project.)
I. a.) Briefly describe and itemize the damage(s):
The revetment along Saint PauPs Upper Landing is 50 years old, is badly deteriorated and failing
in multiple locarions. The concrete revetment slopes sharply to the Mississippi and is considered
an unsafe pedestrian edge for the Upper Landing Pazk and Samuel H. Morgan Regional Trail.
The shoreline protection project will help protect $223 million of recent public and private
investment along the river edge and prevent potential costly emergency repairs, improve water
quality and river ecology. (Investment includes Upper Landing housing and commercial
development, Shepard Road, Upper Landing Park, West End Park, Samuel H. Morgan Regional
Trail, and Chestnut Plaza.) The proposed stone rip-rap is safer, more cost effecrive to maintain
and more ecologically friendly than the existing revehnent and is recommended by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
In 2002, the year Harriet Island Regional Park completed a$15.4 million renovation, the park
was under sis feet of flood water, flooding park lawns, site furnishings, park pavilion, resh
catering facilities, ticket booths, etc. Fittingly, a bronze sculptural ariwork that graced a park
gateway/flood levee opening was a representation of raging flood waters imbedded with objects
that might be swept away by the flood, including a chair, a book, and a child's doll.
This year, the year after a$5.4 million renovation of Raspberry Island Park was completed, light
fixtures, benches, the lawn sprinkler system and stairs at the lower end of the island were under
flood water. Two years after the Samuel H. Morgan Regional Trail was completed, 800 feet of it
was under flood waters. The year after Chesmut Plaza was completed the lower end of the new
fountain system was under flood water. Crosby Farm, Hidden Falls, Pigs Eye, and Lilydale
parks, and river edge trail systems are repeatedly under flood waters.
Saint Paul has reached its allowable limit for protecting flood plain lands by levee or raising
sites. Flood plain parkland, park infrastructure, trails, and public realm flood plain development
must be designed, built and managed with the understanding that they will flood. Well planned
park programming, facilities design, management systems, and maintenance and clean up
systems for the river park system are critical to providing the best service to visitors, managing
public safety and keeping maintenance costs as low as possible.
b.) Describe the repetitive nature of the flooding:
Historic floods of record have occurred in 1952, 1965, 1969, 1993, and 2001. Floods less severe
than these have inundated Saint Paul's river valley parks and trails on a far more frequent basis,
just a few examples immediately above in I. a.
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CITY OF SAl1�iT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 WHEREAS, fhe Twin Gities region has been alloca#ed Surface Transporta#ion Program (STP),
2 Congesfion MitigatioNAir Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ}, Transportation Enhancement
3 Program {TEP} and Bridge Rep(acemenf {BIR} funds under fhe Transportation Equity Act for the
4 2is# Cenfury ('fEA-2i); and
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fi WHEREAS, the Metr�politan Council is soliciting projects to be funded under STP, CMAQ, and
7 TEP and the Minnesota Department ofi Transportation (MnlDOT) is soliciting projects for funding
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WHEREAS, this solicifation wili award Federal funds for projects or programs for Federal Fiscai
Years 2005 or 2006: and
WHEREAS, projects approved for TEA-21 funding wip require the su6rnitting agency to provide a
local match of at teast twenty percent; and
WHEREAS the Department of Parks and Recreation, P}anning and Ecanomic Developmenf and
Public Works have reviewed the qualifying and ranking criteria for the STP, CMAQ, TEP, and BIR
programs, and based on fhe qualifying criferia, city programs, plans and needs, submit the
eighteen (i 8) projects or programs on AT['AGHMENT "A" for submittaf to the Metropolitan Counci!
or Mn/DOT for review, rating and recommendatlon for TEA-21 funding.
THEREFORE, BE IT RE50LVED, that the City Gouncil has reviewed fhe eighteen (78) proposed
projects or pragrams, lisfed on ATTACNMENT "A", and approves that they be submitted to the
Metropolitan Council and Mn/DOT for review and possible funding.
Reauested by Deaartment oi:
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ATTACHII�NT "A"
8/21/2001
List of Eighteen (18) Projecfs and/or Programs fo be Submitted for TEA-21 Funding:
Parks Submittals:
1. Phalen Reaional Pazk Ped 1 Bike TrailSvstem: Federal Request: $1.0 Million
Pedestrian and bicycle trail implementation within Phalen Regional Park including new
irails, signage, seating azeas, erosion and slope ragair and landscaping.
2. Como Re¢ional Pazk Ped / Bike Trails: Federal Request $68Q,000
Completion of the pedestrian and bicycie trail system cvithin Como Regional Pazk
including trai] signage, benches, bicycle racks and landscaping.
3. Como Re?ianal Park Remote Pazkins Shuttle and Intemal Transit System:
Federal Request: $2.$ million
Implementation of a shuttie system beriveen the State Fairgrounds Como Avenue park'sng
azea and Como Regional Pazk along the historic Como-Harriet Interurban Streetcar Line,
including an internai shuttle loop linking the park's major features.
4: C4mo ReQional Park Histodc Feature Rehabilitation: Faderai Request: $1.0 Msllion
Rehabilitation of historic pazk features witkun Coma Reaianal Park including the
Aquarium, Mannheimer IvIemoriat, Schiller Mnnument and the Lily { Frog ) Pond
Eaedra / Overlook.
5. Lo�ver Phalen Creek Trail and Pedestrian Bridee Development:
Federal RequesC $3.04 Million
Comptetion of the Lower Phalen Creek Rea,,ional Trail behveen Conunercial Street and
the East Bank Niississippi River Red onal Trail Comdor. The project includes
construction of a pedestrian and bicycls traii includin$ trail signage, seatin; azeas,
landscaping and a trail bridge over Wamer Road.
6. ITistoric Upper Laadin¢ Plaza: Federai Request: $1.4 Million
Reconnect the community Yo the Mississippi anci interpret the old steamboat landing and
railhead on the lustoric Upper Landing at Chestaut Street — adjacent ta the East Bank
Mississippi River Rea onal Trail and GreaY River IZoad.
�blississinpi Commereiai Navieation Overlook: Federal Request: $36Q,000
Create an overlook for viewing and interpreting commercial river aperations at tha IJpper
Landin� barge ileetina area {river mile 540.5) — adjacent ta the East Bank IvIississippi
River Reaional Trail and Great River Road.
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Mississippi River Bank Restoration: Fedaral Request: �1.0 Million
Develop a naturalized revehnent at the batge fleeting azea (river miles 840 -841) adjacent to
[he East Bank Mississippi River Reo onal Trail and Great River Road.
9. Historic Citv House Adantive Reuse: Federal Request: �1.0 MiIlion
Adaptive reuse of the historic City House and Sack House adjacent co the East Banic
Mississippi River Rea onal Traii and the Grent River Road.
,� �. Upper Landine Pazk River Batil:Improvements: Federal Request: $1.Q Million
- River edge improvements at Upper I.anding Pazk node on the East Bank Mississigpi
River RegionaI Trail adjacenY to the Great Ri��ar Road and Science Museum of
Minnesota.
PED Submittals:
10. Trout Brook - Lotiver Phalen Greenwav Trail Developmeat: Federal IZequest: u� 1.5 M
Design & construct 3 mile Trout Hrook Greenway trail, connectina County's Trout Brook
Trail at the Ciry's northern boundary to 4th 5treet neaz L.owertown. The Trout Brook
Greenway Trail �viU link with the regionai Gateway Trail, Bruce Vento Reaional Trail,
and proposed Lower Phalen Creek Pmfect trail.
11. River Bluff Acquisition & Preservadon: FedecaJ Request: $500,�00
' Acqu'ue steep slope parcels along Highway 61, which is part of the Great River Road
from Itasca, MN ro L.ouisiana.
32. Concord Bike Trail Connection and Streetscaoe: Federal Reqvest: $I.0 Million
Repave Concord St. and lay strigiug to include bike lanes along Concord and WaUasha to
cannect to Dakota Counry Regional Trail, Downkown Saint Paul (via Wabasha), and tl�e
Lilydale bike trail (via the Mississippi River Pmmenade/Fiarriet Island). Inelude curb
bump-outs at key intersections to calm tr�c and pavers at high traffic cross tivalks.
When middle tuming lane is not necessary along Concord St. from the Hightvay 52
bridge �vest to the intersection of Wabasha St., add tree-lined boulevard.
Public Worlcs Submittals:
13. Earl Straet Bridae Reconsuuc6on: Federal Request: $3.4 Miliion
This project which was selected previously needs to be resubmitted due to
an increased project estimate. Current estim2tes indicate an additional $1
million aligible federal funding above the capped program amount. Assuming
the project is approred, this action w11 not affect the curtent
construction schedule.
I4. Burr Street Bridee Reconsavction: Federai Request: SI.B Million
The Burr Street Bridge is prasentIp closed and scheduled for demolition in
2002. If this grojsct is agproved for federal funding, the local match of
approximateI_y the same magnitude would need to he considered in the 2004 4r
2045 CIB process.
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I5. Como Avenue Bikewav Proiect: F'ederal Request: $750,400
Sign and stripe on-street bike lanes, sign share roadways, adjust traffic control devices
and remove street pazking in areas of critical width to create a bicycle transportation route
Iinking Downtown Saint Paul, Summit Avenue, I.ake Como, Gateway Trail, and the
Mississippi River.
16. Avd Mill Road off-street Bicvcle/Pedestrian Trail: Federal Request: $1.0 Million
Construct an off road bicyclelpedestrian trail along the east side of the Canadian Pacific
Railway {formerly Short Line) from Scheunaman and Laurel ( just south and east of Selby
and Hamline} to about Benhill Rd. and Vicioria. On street sid age north to Selby and
Hamline and also sonth on Victoria to Palace (connection to 35E reo onal bike trail).
Submittal af this project is pending Rail Road approval.
17. Selby Avenue Enhancemant Project Phase I: Federal Reyuest; $1.0 Million
T6a scope of tha project is to narrow Selby Avenue form 46-50 feet wide to 38 feet wide
be[tiveen I.exington and Snrnnvt. Tlris will increase the boulevard/sidewalk area from 7-8
feet to 11-14 feet while �roviding su�cient tr�c lanes with pazking on both sides of the
street. Bumpouts will be added to intersecdon corners where possible, furtlier reducing
the street crossinp. Phase I liinits aze between Grotto and Mackubin.
1S. Selby Avenue Enhancement Proiect Phase II: Federa2 Request; �1.0 Million
Phase II Iimits aze between Victoria and Grotto and IvFackubin to Arundei.
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II. Describe the proposed project and its objective:
(Please include project Zocation, a Zist of funding sources, how local funding wilt be
obtained and identify implementing parties and their roies.)
• Insta114,416 feet of stone rip-rap shoreline protection and an azmored river overlook
along Saint Paul's Upper Landing, on the Mississippi's left descending bank between the
Wabasha Street Bridge and the Smith Ave. High Bridge.
Funding comes from 3 federal TEA-21 grants totalling $2.66 million and state bonding
funds through a Minnesota DNR FDR grant. The project will be designed and managed
by Saint Paul Parks and Recreation.
For a decade Saint Paul has worked to redevelop the Upper Landing site, transforming 21
acres from a highly polluted Super Fund site to a vibrant riverfront housing community
with two parks, riverfront regional trail, connecting plaza and, park pavilion in the
National Register Municipal Grain Terminal, totaling over $200 million in investment.
The fmal piece of this effort is the renewal of shoreline protection along almost one mile
of the Upper Landing river edge. Federal Transportation dollars have been approved for
the project. The replacement rip-rap is recommended by the Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources and U. S. Army Corp of Engineers as a more structurally stable,
environmental enhancement that will be,easier to maintain than the failing 50-year old
concrete revetment.
• Design and install flood tolerant restroom and food service facilities in the National
Register Municipal Grain Terminal comple�park pavilion.
Funding for the Municipal Grain Terminal complex project comes from a$1.186 million
TEA-21 gant; HRA $1.55 million; City STAR grant $200,000; DEED $77,180;
McKnight Foundation through Historic Saint Paul $40,000; Mississippi River Fund of the
National Park Service $15,000; CHS Foundation $15,000; HRA $10,000; Cultural STAR
$21,000 and state bonding funds through a Minnesota DNR FDR grant. The project will
be designed and managed by Saint Paul Parks and Recreation
Designing and installing restroom and food service facilities for shuctures within the
flood plain is a critical part of Saint Paul's river&ont revival, though not without
problems. Aarriet Island Regional Park flooded to a depth of 6 feet in 2001, the year
after a$15.4 million pazk renovation was completed. The restrooms and food service
facilities were designed and installed to withstand and recover quickly from floods. The
facilities were open for the public within two weeks of the water receding. The goal of
this project will be to design and install simIlar flood toleranY/flood resistant facilities at
the newly renovated National Register Municipal Grain Terminal complex.
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• Develop a comprehensive Great River Park master plan for units of the Saint Paul park
and trail system lying along the Mississippi River.
Funding comes from local capital improvement bonds and state bonding through a
Miuuesota DNR FDR grant.
Master plan development, including parks and open space plavning, sustainability
planning, and management systems plauning will be overseen by Saint Paul Parks and
Recreation in partnership with the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation. State and federal
agencies and regulators, district councils, stakeholders and citizens will have input
throughout the process. Agencies, regulators and consultants will address critical flood
zone design, construction, management and ecological issues as key parts of the master
planning process all with a fundamental goal of minimizing and mitigaring flood effects
and recovery costs..
Over the past decade, Saint Paul has invested over $25 million in riverfront park and trail
development at Harriet Island, Raspberry Island, and the Upper Landing. Program
development, park design, and management have attended to flood plain issues. As an
example, during the 2001 flood, pre-planned flood emergency plans moved quickly into
acrion as flood waters were predicted; electrical systems were disconnected (major
electrical components had been installed in high roof spaces); food service equipment
was removed from the site, barges were pazked upstream to deflect floating debris, and
barricades were installed. Good flood zone design and well thought out flood
management plans resulted in minimal damage, less costly cleanup and extremely fast
return to service for this major regional park.
Similar thoughtful and technical design and management planning for over 3,500 acres of
park, trail and pubic realm open space is a goal of the Great River Park master plan.
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III. a.) Summarize the alternative flood mitigarion measures that were considered to
achieve the desired benefits.
The shoreline protection system was chosen following recommendations from the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources and the U. S. Amiy Corps of Engineers regarding ecological
benefits and minimal long term maintenance costs. Saint Paul has been replacing sh�etches of old
concrete revehnent with stone rip-rap along the downtown river&ont area over the past dozen
yeazs.
Public improvements to the historic Municipal Grain Terminal park pavilion will generally
follow the successful desigis of facilities at Harriet Island, which have proven to stand up well in
flood conditions, with the ability to be put back in seroice quickly after flood events.
One of the intents of the Great River Park master plan is to gather expert input about measures
that will insure that Saint Paul riverfront parks and trails are as flood tolerant as possible.
b.) Is the proposed project the least environmentally damaging alternative that is feasible
and prudent? Why?
The proposed new rip-rap was recommended by the Army Corp of Engineers and the Minnesota
Deparhnent ofNatural Resources as environmentally sound and easier to maintain than the
failing 50-year-old concrete revetment. This rip-rap has been successful installed on other
reaches of Saint PauPs downtown riverfront over the past dozen years.
One of the intents of the Great River Park master plan is to gather expert input about measures
that will insure that Saint Paul riverfront parks and trails are as environmentally sensitive as
possible.
(If project iequires a mandatory environmental review)
c.) Has an environmental review been completed for the proposed project? If not, is an
environmental review part of the application proposal?
Environmental review requirements for the shoreline project have been met in the completed
project memorandum. A permit-required mussel survey is cunently underway to determine the
presence of an endangered species within the project area. The survey results will determine
what, if any, action is required to provide endangered species protection during construction.
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IV. Describe and itemize the costs (including environmental and natural resource costs)
associated with the project:
(Please include a budget/cost scheduZe. If the pr-oject will be completed in phases, please
include a phasing schedule for the project.)
Environmental costs do not need to be quanrified in terms in money.
Shoreline Protecrion Project:
Construction Estimates:
Mobilization, Demolition
Structures, utilities, fumishings
Rip Rap, erosion control,landscaping
Construction Total
Design, Engineering, Testing, Inspection.
Sub totai Shoreline Protection Estimate
Flood resistant user facilities at Cityhouse/park pavilion.
Design, Engineering.
ConsYruction
Headhouse Facilities Sub-total
Crreat River Pazk Master Planning
Inventory and analysis, aqusirion
Parks and Open Space
Access and Connections
Strategic acquisitions
Sustainability Strategies
Management Strategies
Public Participation/Project Mgmnt.
Master Planning Sub-Total
$ 804,036
$ 785,036
$1,735,217
$ 3,324,205
$ 900,000 - $1,400,000
$ 4.2 M — 4.7 M
$ 70,000
$ 505,000
$ 575,000
$325,000
$300,000
$190,000
$500,000
$100,000
$110,000
$135,000
$1,660,000
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V. Describe and itemize the benefits (including environmental and natural resource
costs) associated with this project:
(PZease describe the anticipated resuZts of this project.)
Environmental benefits do not need to be quanrified in terms of money.
• The shoreline protection project will help protect the new 21-acre, $200 million Upper
Landing housing community — 700 housing units, coffee shop, warkout center, two parks,
riverfront regional trail, connecring plaza, and park pavilion from shoreline erosion. The rip-rap
is ecologically beneficial, providing an environment for river flora and fauna communiries to
establish themselves naturally.
• The bathrooms and catering facilities in the historic Municipal Grain Terminal park
pavilion will provide comfort and service to individuals and groups using the regional trail,
adjacent riverside parks and the pazk pavilion, helping provide a pleasant riverside experience
and helping create new river stewazds. Properly designed and installed, the facilities will help
reduce maintenance and clean up costs following flood events.
• The Great River Park master plan will prepare inventories of endangered and threatened
species, invasive species, tree canopy gaps, bluff erosion sites and brownfields. The master plan
will include critical sections on flood plain management, endangered and threatened species
management, scenic beauty, sustainability strategies and stewardship plans. Landscape and
habitat reclamation, restoration, and/or enhancement will be key components of the plan.
Appropriate programming/usage of the resource and ongoing management and maintenance will
have similar focus.
The overall goal of the master plan is to help plan, create and manage a comprehensive 17-mile
long Great River Park system that is more nahual, more urban and more connected. Properly
planned, implemented and managed, the system will benefit the city as an asset of regional
significance and impact — a model of public realm improvements and management, sensirive to
unique flood plain issues that provide recreation, scenic beauty and adjacent economic
development while managing ecological and maintenance issues with equal attenrion.
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VI. List opportunities for public involvement and describe public response to the
proposed project:
Saint Paul has a history of community involvement in major river&ont planning and project
development. The Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework engaged hundreds of
individuals, organizations and agencies in a mulri-year process that helped develop a set of
principles and vision for the riverfront downtown — a Framework for economic and ecological
development that has helped direct and shape over $1 billion of public realm and private
development in the river&ont downtown over the past dozen years. (The Framework won an
internarional Top Honor Award for waterfront planniug in 1997 from the Waterfront Center in
Washington D. C.)
Beginning work on the full river comdor a decade later, the community was again engaged in
creating a set of principles and a vision that will drive work on the Great River Pazk master plan.
Projects such as shoreline protecrion and saving and reusing the historic Municipal Grain
Terminal complex have been the result of community engagement processes.
a.) Describe partners (if any) and their role in this project.
Great River Park visioning has been driven, in part, by actions and participation of citizens of
Saint Paul in a series of community meetings; the Saint Paul City Council; river-adjacent Saint
Paul District Councils 1, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 17; Minnesota Audubon SocieTy — Mississippi
River Campaign; Capitol Area Architectural Planning Boazd; Capital City Partnership,; Friends
of the Mississippi; Friends of the Parks and Tails of St. Paul and Ramsey County; Great River
Greening; Public Art Saint Paul; Ramsey County Parks and Recreation; Ramsey-Washington
Metro Watershed District; RiverCentre Convention & Visitors Authority; Saint Paul Port
Authority; Saint Paul Port Authority; Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation; Science Museum of
Minnesota; and University UNITED. Consultants included Ken Greenberg; JJR; University of
Brirish Columbia School of Community and Regional Planning; Phillips Preiss Shapiro
Associates; DWA; the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium; and Confluence
Greenway Project — Trailnet St. Louis.
Moving into master planning, a similar collection of local, national and international individuals,
organizations, agencies and consultants will be engaged. Because of the technical aspects of the
master plan, the technical and regulatory expertise of additional agencies and organizarions will
be sought including the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; the U. S. Coast Guard;
MPCA; and Watershed Districts. The Request for Proposal for consultants will stipulate the
necessity for technical expertise is ecological, watershed, and flood plain design and
management issues.
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VII. Flood Insurance: Do the local government units within your jurisdiction participate
in the National Flood Insurance Program?
The City of Saint Paul is self-insured for physical property damage. This is one of the
imperarives of developing programs, faciliries, and management procedures that create the most
flood toleranU flood resistant park and trail faciliries possible in and along Saint Paul's
Mississippi River valley.
VIII. Zoning Ordinances: Is your local government unit administering a state approved
shoreland ordinance and flood plain ordinance?
The City of Saint Paul River Corridor Overlay District and its subclassifications, are map overlay
districts, designed to provide comprehensive floodplain and river bluff management for the city
in accordance wiYh the policies of Minnesota Statutes (Chapters 103 and 116G), Minnesota
Regulations (MEQC 54) and Governor's Executive Order No. 79-19.. Any construction or
development acrivity plans in the River Corridor must comply with the corresponding zoning
districYs code.
IX. Is this proposed study, plan, or project identified in a comprehensive local water plan
prepared under M.S. Chapter 110B or 112 or M.S. 473.875-473.883?
The project and plans are not specifically identified. However, it is anticipated that elements of
the Great River Park master plan will conform to the goals and objectives of the water chapter of
Saint Paul's Comprehensive Plan. Watershed districts that include Saint PauPs Mississippi River
valley will be included as participants in the master planning effort.