la crosse cruise line landing conceptual design

LA CROSSE CRUISE LINE LANDING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

2020-JANUARY 21 PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

AGENDA

Project Scope

Project Objectives

Potential Usage

Opportunities/Constraints

Preferred Alternative and Impacts

La Crosse Cruise Ship Landing Stakeholder Meeting2 smithgroup.com

PRESENTATION

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

PROJECT SCOPE


PRIMARY TASKS

City, Cruise Line, and Stakeholder Coordination and Discussions

Structural, Hydraulic, Ecological, and Archeological Investigations

Waterfront and Upland Alternatives Investigations

Preliminary Design Development

Permit Applications

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Maximize berthing capacity and flexibility for a range of vessels.

Accommodate Cruise Lines requirements

— American Cruise Lines

— American Queen

— Viking

Construction: 2021 at the earliest (budget dependent)

Negotiate mutually beneficial agreements with potential users


CITY OF LA CROSSE GOALS

PROJECT OBJECTIVES


CRUISE LINE GOALS

Welcoming experience for passengers

Accommodate users with mobility challenges

Accommodate up to four 54-passenger coaches per vessel for upland excursions

Provide easy access for fresh water, sewage pumpout, trash offloading, food delivery, and package uploading and offloading.

POTENTIAL USAGE


TYPICAL CRUISE SHIP

POTENTIAL USAGE

LANDINGS:

— Late spring/early summer – 1 to 2 days per week

— Late summer/early fall – 3-4 days per week.

CAPACITY

— 180 -200 passengers per vessel

Docking typically for 1 day – occasionally overnight.

Passengers disembark and board buses for upland excursions.


POTENTIAL USAGE

OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS


RIVERFRONT

Floodplain Impacts

Ecological Impacts River Currents

Structural Condition



UPLAND

Efficiently Provide Accessible Bus Staging Areas

Minimize Impacts on Popular Riverside Park Attractions

Minimize Parking Impacts



RIVERSIDE PARK ENHANCEMENTS

PRELIMINARY ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED


EXISTING CONDITIONS

PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE


PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

New seawall

New fill and landing terrace

Upper wall and railing

Upper walk



LAND SIDE IMPROVEMENTS

New seawall



Upper walk

Upper walkUpper walk

Upper walk



New seawall

Upper wallNew fill and

landing terrace

New seawall


New seawall



FLOODPLAIN IMPACT ANALYSIS

RIVER FLOODPLAIN

RIVER SECTION

100-YEAR FLOOD ELEVATION = 642.9

Project Limits

Proposed floodplain fill area

HYDRAULIC MODELING CONCLUDED THAT THE PROPOSED FILL WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD ELEVATIONS.



IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE

TASK

2020 2021

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS

PERMIT APPLICATIONS

SUBMITTAL TO AGENCIES

PERMIT REVIEW

PERMIT ISSUANCE

BID DOCUMENT PREPARATION

ADVERTISE FOR BIDDERS

OPEN BIDS

PROJECT CONSTRUCTION

PRELIMINARYDRAWINGSAND PERMITAPPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY MID - APRIL

ADVERTISE FOR BIDDERS IN WINTER, 2021

BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN SUMMER, 2021



“ORDER OF MAGNITUDE” COST

ITEM ESTIMATED COST

MOBILIZATION AND SITE PREP $300,000

SEAWALL AND DREDGE $3,800,000

LANDING TERRACE AND SITE WALL $650,000

UPPER WALK, RAILING, AND STAIRS $250,000

AMENITIES AND UTILITY ALLOWANCES $200,000

LANDSCAPE AND AMENITIES $100,000

CONTINGENCY $1,000,000

TOTAL $6,300,000

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