INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK WELCOME! 5:30 pm Welcome and Staff Introductions 5:35 pm Project/Funding Process 5:40 pm Public Meeting Recap 5:45 pm Proposed Trail Alignment 6:00 pm Questions 6:30 pm Next Steps MEETING GOAL To understand the community engagement process to date and to review the proposed trail alignment as a result of the process.
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK Project Process PUBLIC REVIEW System d e S y s t e m - W i Master Plan Priority Project 2011 N e e d s programming needs C Community Neighborhood needs o Trail Project Application/Award 2014 - 2015 t n C o e m - geographic m x V u g Meeting #1: Project Kickoff May 2018 i n t s n historic i i t o i y m n Community m uses t a u s r e Meeting #2: Preliminary Alignment Nov 2018 g o Vision y tj o a i r n p l e m M o s t L i v a b h e l e T C a u l i t y a Meeting #3: Trail Alignment May 2019 P i n t A n i m a e S r i c a t c e A n Meeting #4: Trail Alignment June 2019 c n t i o v c e design . engineering . l , i e f e t a s B v t constructjon B y o u l n e d u Reg- n s h ulatory g , I e e V , e t d a i b F g PROJECT PRIORITIES l t Regulatory r e n a h Bodies a d n g h t e . c P r s o l a a t a e c y l f e l s . e e v , i V t S t t i a t y e a t r l c E a d v n PRIMARY . n o r i p n o t s e R , t n e m w e . e L l o f • Accessibility and connections a c r a e l • Directional signs g n Funding i d • Remove and restrict access to trails surrounding mounds O & M n Operations u source requirements Maintenance & F • Enhance the existing trail system (repaving/reconstruction) maintainable sustainable SECONDARY (bid alternates) • Pedestrian lighting • Enhancing views • Additional trails NOT IN PROJECT SCOPE • Tree removal along bluff line • Roadway improvements • Other master plan priorities
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK Funding Process STAKEHOLDERS FUNDING Requiring Agency: The trail reconstruction project will receive federal fund- FHWA Federal Section 106 of the National ing from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Historic Preservation Act Consulting Parties: State Historical Preservation Offjce (SHPO) Tribal Historic Preservation Offjces (THPOs): PURPOSE Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Lower Sioux Indian Community Any project receiving federal aid funding will require a Prairie Island Indian Community Santee Sioux Nation consultation process (National Historic Preservation Act Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate - Section 106) to consider the effects of their project on Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa historic properties. Upper Sioux Community Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community HR Green, Consultant to the City of Saint Paul Archaeo-Physics, LLC Consultant to the City of Saint MnDOT Metro State Aid St. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission National Park Service Friends of the Mississippi River Department of Natural Resources U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service General Public State Process: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) State Historical Preservation Offjce (SHPO) Offjce of State Archaeology (OSA) State Statutes: Field Archaeology Act MN Statute 138.31-42 (SHPO, OSA, MIAC) Private Cemetery Act MN 307.08 (OSA, MIAC) MN Historic Sites Act 138.661-138.669 (SHPO) MN Historic District Act 138.71-138.75 (SHPO)
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK Public Meeting #1 Recap INITIAL PROJECT PRIORITIES STAKEHOLDER PRIORITIES PRIMARY • Re-align trail near Willshire Place to pull it away • Accessibility and connections from the bluff for safety and maintenance • Directional signs • Remove and restrict access to trails surrounding mounds • Continue proposal to remove and restrict • Enhance the existing trail system (repaving/reconstruction) access to trails surrounding mounds SECONDARY (bid alternates) • Pedestrian lighting • Remove proposed loop trail west of Earl Street, • Enhancing views north of Mounds Blvd. • Additional trails (Outside of project scope) NOT IN PROJECT SCOPE • Tree removal along bluff line • Roadway improvements • Other master plan priorities Interstate 94 Highway 61 Burns Ave Earl St Warner Road Indian Mounds Regional Park
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK Public Meeting #2 Recap 1 4 5 3 2 2 PROPOSED • Re-align trail near Willshire and Urban to pull it away from the bluff for safety and maintenance • Remove and restrict access to trails surrounding the mounds STAKEHOLDER PRIORITIES • Maintain curvilinear form of trail • Maintain access to views. • Remove proposed path crossing open lawn at Plum • Show pedestrian ramp trail connections • No disturbance from I-94 to Earl Street • Minimize disturbance from Earl Street to TH-61
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK RESULTS OF STAKEHOLDER PROCESS (community meetings, federal, state and local government agencies) Curvilinear trail to remain 1 Maintain access to views and improve views 2 Minimize disturbance on sacred lands by following the existing alignment and limit 3 removals to the bituminous pavement while leaving the aggregate base in place 4 Remove trail to reduce proximity to bluff edge for safety and long-term maintenance Remove and restore the trail surrounding the burial mounds and along the bluff due 5 to historic (not visual) and existing (visual) burial mounds CLARENCE JOHNSON I-94 PLUM CHERRY MCCLEAN WILLSHIRE URBAN CLERMONT BURNS TH 61 5 1 2 EARL 2 5 WARNER 4 5 2 5 2 MEETING #3 RESPONSES • Keep benches in current location and orientation • 25 people attended - largely supportive - suggested to reach broader audience • Since then we’ve heard from a few community members about the proposed alignment and process
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK ALIGNMENT PLAN
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK ALIGNMENT PLAN
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK ALIGNMENT PLAN
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK ALIGNMENT PLAN
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK ALIGNMENT PLAN
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK ALIGNMENT PLAN
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK ALIGNMENT PLAN
INDIAN MOUNDS REGIONAL PARK TENTATIVE SCHEDULE 2019 2020 SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING SUMMER FHWA Approves Construction Documents Construction Tree Removal Bidding/Award FHWA Releases Funding for Bidding C omment P eriod e xtended J uly 12 th CONTACT BRETT HUSSONG BRETT.HUSSONG@CI.STPAUL.MN.US 651-266-6420
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