| decisions regarding enhancements might be made at the Council level, |
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| so he wanted to target the Livernois project. In the packet, there were |
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| some drawings created by Spalding DeDecker. They were contracted to |
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| give the City an idea of what type of enhancements could be incorporated |
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| in the area, and he noted the Veterans Memorial Pointe park on the |
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| corner. The City owned the southwest and southeast corners, and |
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| through a Green Space dedication, part of the northeast corner. There |
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| were some things that the RCOC and MDOT would approve as part of the |
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| bridge design that really would not add additional cost to the project. The |
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| Local Bridge Program would pay to replace the bridge, but they would not |
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| add components like pedestrian lighting, decorative railings or stamped |
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| concrete, for example. One thing they could do was incorporate a pattern |
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| on the outside of the bridge. Mr. Davis reminded that there were not only |
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| drivers or pedestrians to consider, but people who used the Clinton River. |
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| There was an annual event, called Paddlepalooza, where people in |
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| canoes and kayaks exited the River by the Rivercrest Banquet Center. |
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| Staff would like to propose some enhancements for people using the |
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| River for recreation. He showed a picture of what a decorative pattern |
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| could look like on the bridge. The RCOC could incorporate the pattern, |
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| which was a rectangular stone face of varying sizes, at no additional cost. |
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| In some of the discussions, they talked about whether they should |
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| incorporate the City’s logo from the River or the road side. The Clinton |
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| River Watershed Council was on the southwest corner, and maybe they |
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| would want to add a canoe or fish logo or something that could be |
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| stamped into the bridge. That would be an extra cost the Planning |
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| Commission could decide to recommend. He showed a picture of a |
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| barrier railing, which would be part of the bridge. He next showed the |
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| Tienken bridge over Stony Creek, in the Historic District, which would be |
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| similar to what the RCOC was proposing. They wanted to close the |
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| openings in the railing because when they plowed snow, it got pushed |
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| onto the pathway. They did not have to go with the standard color or |
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| design for a railing on top of a concrete barrier for Avon. The RCOC |
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| included the Tienken railing, which was somewhat decorative and |
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| vintage-looking, which the Historic Districts Commission liked. It would |
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| not be proposed for the Avon bridge. He suggested they might want to |
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| consider a matching, decorative, colored railing for the River side for |
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| Avon. He would like input from the Commissioners about what type of |
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| railings should be associated with the bridge. He warned that the more |
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| decorative, the more costly it would be. The project would also have |
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| some pathway construction, and they would take the opportunity to |
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| complete a couple of links. There was a pathway project in the CIP to |
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| construct the pathway east of the limits of the bridge and to fill a gap on |
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| the north side to the Rivercrest driveway, which would also be done for the |
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| south side. He showed the wooden railing, which had garnered some |
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