resolution designating an urban public park location on the library lot site - revision 1

8/12/2019 Resolution Designating an Urban Public Park Location on the Library Lot Site - Revision 1

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Resolution Designating an Urban Public Park Location on the Library Lot Site.

Whereas, City Council approved a resolution (R-07-517) on 11/05/07 directing theDo nto n Develop!ent "uthority (DD") to prepare a ritten reco!!endation #orconstruction o# a $outh %i#th "venue underground par&ing garage hich ould include'a ove ground, in the short-ter!, sur#ace pu lic par&ing, and support in the long-ter!develop!ent hich could include, ut is not li!ited to, a residential, retail and/or o##ice

uilding(s) and a pu lic pla a along either %i#th "venue or the ne ly constructed street*+ Whereas, he DD" presented a site plan #or the $outh %i#th "venue ar&ing .arage(located at 1 $outh %i#th "venue) hich City Council adopted (R-0 -0 1) on 02/17/0

ithout addressing the repeated, !ultiple pu lic co!!ents (e3g3 during the 10/14/0'6pen ouse+ and 10/21/0 lanning Co!!ission !eetings) re8uesting a pu lic pla aor green space instead o# the sur#ace par&ing spaces in the design* Whereas, he City o# "nn "r or issued Re8uest #or roposals 974 #or develop!ent o#City-o ned property on top o# the ne par&ing structure at 1 $outh %i#th "venue in

"ugust, 200 and the R% called #or proposals that ould include a ene#icial use o# thesite such as a pu lic pla a, as ell as provide a positive #inancial return or e #inanciallyneutral, to the city hile de!onstrating a clear ene#it to the co!!unity and t oproposals #or par& develop!ent #or the site ere a!ong the su !issions* Whereas, "nn "r or lost its historic central, civic open space hen the old CountyCourthouse and its la n ere replaced and again, !ore recently, hen the !odest City

all la n as sacri#iced to uild the ne :ustice Center addition* and Whereas, he ;i rary ision ? olicy %ra!e or& #or Do nto n "nn "r or (Calthorpe

"ssociates, 200 ) oth called #or the creation o# a su stantial, ' o n $8uare+ type o#pu lic par& or pla a on the ;i rary


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Whereas, he City Council also stated (R-11-114) 04/04/11 that any #uture planning andproposals #or this (sur#ace level o# the ;i rary ;ane) site shall include a ro ust pu licprocess* Whereas, he DD" oversa construction o# the ;i rary ;ane underground par&inggarage structure, co!pleted in 2012 and resulting in the net addition o# over 500 par&ingspaces, a ne , !id- loc& through street, and including ele!ents o# in#rastructure tosupport #uture develop!ent either on or adFacent to the ;i rary ;ane ar&ing $tructure* Whereas, City Council authori ed the DD" to develop a plan to redevelop do nto ncity-o ned parcels including the sur#ace level o# the ;i rary ;ane ar&ing $tructure (R-11-12 ) on 04/04/11* Whereas, he DD" #ollo ed City CouncilAs direction and i!ple!ented a process calledConnecting Willia! $treet (CW$) including an online survey that received over 2,000responses and !ultiple #ocus groups as ell as pu lic !eetings* Whereas, he pu lic input received y the DD" through its CW$ process as stronglyin #avor o# additional pu lic open space in the do nto n* Whereas, he DD" presented its report to City Council on 1/14/1 , including thereco!!endation #or an eGpanded pla a north along %i#th "venue at the CityAs discretion* Whereas, City Council too& no action on the DD" CW$ lan, instead re8uested that the

ar& "dvisory Co!!ission ( "C) study and !a&e reco!!endations regardingdo nto n par&s and open space* Whereas, he "C #or!ed a Do nto n ar&s $u co!!ittee and conducted a processthat included a survey that received 1, 00 responses and !ultiple pu lic !eetings*

Whereas, he pu lic input received y the "C as seventy-siG percent (7 H) in #avoro# having !ore do nto n par&s and open spaces, strongly in #avor o# a large par&/openspace, !ore than !ediu! or s!all, and indicated that the #irst choice site #or a pu licpar& is the sur#ace level o# the ;i rary ;ane $tructure* Whereas, City Council accepted the reco!!endations received #ro! the "C (R-1 -

0) on 11/07/1 , adopted the! as guidelines including the reco!!endation that 'apar&/open space e developed on the ;i rary ;ot that ta&es advantage o# the #leGi ilityo##ered through te!porary closures o# ;i rary ;ane, he si e o# this space shouldeGceed the proposed allocated open space in the Connecting Willia! $treet study(5,000 s8uare #eet)*+

Whereas, City Council also approved "CAs other reco!!endations including, ut notli!ited to, the i!portance o# 'place!a&ing+ principles and the 'activation+ o# ur an pu licspaces through pedestrian tra##ic, relationship to adFacent properties, activities desired

y the co!!unity, and #unding #or !aintenance and security, as ell as closeconsultation ith the "nn "r or District ;i rary (""D;), and #urther pu lic inputregarding the design and uses o# do nto n pu lic open spaces* Whereas, he principles o# 'place!a&ing+ include the ele!ents cited y the "C such

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as 'access and lin&age, co!#ort and i!age, uses and activities, and socia ility,+ ut theconcept o# place!a&ing is etter understood as an ongoing, iterative creative processthat cele rates the co!!unity through the trans#or!ative use o# a particular pu licplace* Whereas, the "CAs survey sho ed a pre#erence #or a co! ination o# pu lic and private#unding #or the ne ur an par& and City CouncilAs vote to designate the speci#ic location#or a pu lic ur an par& ill ena le #undraising e##orts to ard the costs o# the design,construction and !aintenance o# that par& to proceed* Resolved, hat City Council approve the reservation o# the site #or an ur an pu lic par&o# approGi!ately 12,000 s8uare #eet on the sur#ace o# the ;i rary ;ane $tructure

ounded y the %i#th "venue side al& on the est, the ;i rary ;ane $treet cur to thesouth, the estern entry to the central elevator to the east, and the southern cur o# theservice alley on the north (see t o related site plans) 3 his portion o# the sur#ace o# the;i rary ;ane $tructure shall e added to the R6$ lan and re!ain a City-o ned,pu lic par&* Resolved, that the City ill encourage the creative use o# this space to co!!ence on anoccasional asis during the transition #ro! par&ing to pu lic par& even e#ore the ur anpar& design and installation or& is co!plete, and here y re8uests that Co!!unity$ervices and the ar& Depart!ent or& together ith DD" and the ""D; to encouragegroups to reserve the space #or pu lic activities including, ut not li!ited to, cra#t #airs,

oo& #airs, #ood carts, #ine arts per#or!ances, and other activities and consider!odi#ication o# per!it re8uire!ents in order to eli!inate #ees #or those see&ing to put onpu lic progra!s on the ;i rary ;ane site*

Resolved, that the City ill or& ith the developer o# the re!aining portion o# the;i rary ;ane site to ensure that the designs #or oth spaces, an ur an pu lic par& andthe adFacent develop!ent, co!ple!ent and support each otherAs success#ul uses*

Resolved, hat all develop!ent on the ;i rary ;ane site, hether pu lic or private, illproceed in close colla oration ith neigh oring properties and usinesses including, utnot li!ited to the "nn "r or District ;i rary, %irst Bartin Corporation, the niversity o#Bichigan Credit nion, the Inter-Cooperative Council, and the usinesses #ronting on%i#th "venue and ;i erty $treet3 ossi le goals o# this colla oration include Reorientation o# the physical design and uses o# these adFacent properties so that they

help to create pedestrian interaction ith the pu lic par& on the ;i rary ;ane$tructure,

Creation o# pedestrian al& ays that connect the ;i rary ;ane $tructure and pu licpar& to ;i erty la a, ;i erty $treet and Willia! $treet*

Discussion a out incentives, such as pre!iu!s or su sidies, that the City or DD"!ight o##er to encourage oth physical reorientation and pedestrianaccess/ease!ents through adFacent properties, and

Consideration o# possi le Foint develop!ent on the ;i rary ;ane $tructureAs re!aininguild-a le portion3

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