Upper Harbor Terminal . North Minneapolis Park Agenda 1. Agenda - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Upper Harbor Terminal

North Minneapolis Park

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1. Agenda Overview and clarifications 2. Project Updates 3. Timeline 4. Overhead Powerline Update 5. North Minneapolis Park Exercises 6. Group Discussion 7. Public Comment Period 8. Adjourn

Agenda

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Park Design Process

Design + Operations Program Model

Community Advisory Committee

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Previous Community Engagement

Continued Community Engagement

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CAC Timeline

• December
• Northside Park brainstorm
• Discuss direction of park program and design
• January
• Show draft program model (key components to be included in the park), site analysis, and industrial

structures options

• Design workshop (CAC and public invited)
• February
• Draft park concepts
• Timeline may vary depending on engagement around park concepts
• March - May
• Refine park concepts and narrow alternatives to preferred park concept

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Overhead Utilities/ Powerline Update

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Options 1 and 2

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Option 3

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Overhead Utilities/Powerline Discussion

• Option 1: Maintain overhead line over parkway
• Requires 1 (likely monopole) near river and 1 back near tracks, 2 poles total
• 1 pole on park land
• Option 2: Bury line under parkway
• Requires 2 transition poles near the river and 2 back near the railroad tracks, 4 poles total. Poles may need

to be fenced and are more visually obtrusive than the monopoles.

• Costs additional funds ($20K+) for study to determine if feasible. May not be feasible.
• Costs additional funds to bury (estimated $3+ million) would reduce MPRB construction budget of appx

$7.75 million. Cost cannot be fully determined without paying for the additional study.

• Option 3: Full span line from Xcel to near railroad tracks
• Requires 1 or 2 poles near the tracks
• No poles on park land
• Line is over an area of park land and is at a higher elevation
• Cost is comparable to Option 1

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Northside Park