2017-0627-ParksBoard

PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
RIVERFRONT PARKS & TRAILS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

JUNE 27, 2017

PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
RIVERFRONT PARKS & TRAILS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

AGENDA

Introduction
Project Overview
Howard Park
Seitz Park
Other Parks
Signage, Wayfinding & Materials
Riverfront Parks & Trails Connectivity Plan

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ABOUT THE PROJECT

A strategic plan for the City of South Bend’s Riverfront Parks andTrails systems, with a focus on the riverfront parks and trails
located in downtown.The strategic plan should:

• Reinforce trail and park systems as a network of facilities
• Ensure multi-functional and distinctive public open space to serve current and future needs
• Embrace ecological values associated with the corridor
• Embrace South Bend’s cultural diversity in the planning process
• Reinforce neighborhood connectivity with the river parks
• Support economic development opportunities
• Establish design standards for the entire system
• Establish designs for key priority locations

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• Over 2,000 on-line comments and survey
responses

• 32 focus groups and neighborhood meetings
over the last year

• 8 months of website promotion and feedback
tools at www.riverfrontparksandtrails.com

• 3 Community Forums – approximately 500
attendees (Sept, Nov, March)

• Several hundred sticky note comments on
specific concepts

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WHEELOCK PARK PROJECT AREA

PINHOOK PARK The project incorporates ~8 miles of the St. Joseph River
within the city limits, with a focus on the riverfront parks and
WOODLAWN PARK trails located in downtown.
KELLER PARK

BROWNFIELD PARK

LEEPER PARK MAIN ST

GWEN STIVER PARK EAST BANKTRAIL LASALLE AVEMICHIGAN ST
ISLAND PARK SEITZ PARK COLFAX AVE
WEST BANKTRAIL JEFFERSON BLVD
HOWARD PARK
VIEWING PARK MONROE ST

VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK SAMPLE ST

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PROJECT SCHEDULE

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SEITZ PARK

HOWARD PARK

NORTH

HOWARD PARK 8

NORTH

HOWARD PARK - EXISTING

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HOWARD PARK - PRECEDENTS

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HOWARD PARK

JEFFERSON BLVD.

8 1 2
7 5 1

32 ST.PETER STREET

LEGEND 7 4
4
1 PLAZA
2 NEW BUILDING 9 12
3 SPLASH PLAZA & ICE POND
4 CHILD PLAY AREA 6
5 EVENT LAWN 11
6 PASSIVE LANDSC APE
7 LOW WETLAND HABITAT N 10
8 MEMORIAL PLAZA
9 HISTORIC PARK BUILDING 11
10 SLEDDING HILL
11 FLEXIBLE PARKING SPACE
12 FESTIVAL STREET & ANGLED PARKING

FESTIVAL STREET AT ST. LOUIS AVE
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WETLAND HABITAT AT RIVER’S EDGE
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SPLASH PLAZA AND PLAY AREA
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WINTER AT THE ICE VENUE
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SEITZ PARK 18

NORTH

SEITZ PARK - EXISTING

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SEITZ PARK - PRECEDENTS

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SEITZ PARK COLFAX AVENUE

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3 NILES STREET
4
10
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LEGEND 5 11 WASHINGTON STREET
2 9
1 PLAZA 21
2 NEW BUILDING 7
3 NEW DEVELOPMENT ZONE
4 NEW PORTAGE STEPS 8
5 ELEVATED PLAZA
6 PARKING N
7 FISH LADDER
8 B ANDSHELL
9 NEW BRIDGE ACROSS EAST RACE
10 EAST RACE
11 NEW ENTRANCE AT NILES AVE.

PORTAGE AT ST. JOSEPH RIVER
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EAST RACE OVERLOOK
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EVENT AT THE SEITZ PARK PAVILION
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WHEELOCK PARK OTHER PARKS

PINHOOK PARK PINHOOK PARK SEITZ PARK
HOWARD PARK
WOODLAWN PARK
KELLER PARK 26

BROWNFIELD PARK

LEEPER PARK

LEEPER PARK GWEN STIVER PARK EAST BANKTRAIL
STIVER - PIER - ISLAND PARK ISLAND PARK SEITZ PARK

WEST BANKTRAIL HOWARD PARK
VIEWING PARK

VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK

PINHOOK PARK

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PINHOOK PARK - CONCEPT LEGEND 10 8
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1 ANGEL OF HOPE MEMORIAL
2 PLAY AREA FISHING DOCK
3 KAYAK / C ANOE LAUNCH
4 PAVILION 3 7
5 RENOVATED BEACH HOUSE 2
6 SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS RESTORE 46
7 REFURBISHED BEACH RIPARIAN EDGE 4
8 CROSSWALK TO CONNECT TRAILS
9 EVALUATE FEASIBILITY OF RESTORING 1

HYDRAULIC CONNECTION TO RIVER
10 PROPOSED BOLAND TRAIL

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LEEPER PARK

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4 5 85
6
1 10
3 7 15
2
9 13
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LEEPER PARK - CONCEPT LEGEND

1 CONNECTION TRAIL 4 OVERLOOK PLAZA 7 LAVENDER GARDEN 10 PROPOSED BRIDGE 13 PARALLEL PARKING
2 MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD 5 OVERLOOK AND BOARDWALKACCESS
8 BOARDWALK CONNECTION 11 DISPLAY GARDENS NEW COMFORT N
UNDER MICHIGAN STREET 14 STATION
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3 PLAY AREA 6 STUDEBAKER FOUNTAIN AND PLAZA 9 AMPHITHEATRE 12 NAVARRE CABIN 15 PEDESTRIAN REFUGE
ISLAND

GWEN STIVER, PIER, AND ISLAND PARK

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1 STIVER - PIER - ISLAND PARK
CONNECTION
SCULPTURE
CONCEPT LEGEND

1 SIGNIFIC ANT SCULPTURE /
WAYFINDING SIGNAGE

2 NEW MURALS ON EXISTING WALL

3 WIDEN TRAIL BETWEEN LASALLE AND
COLFAX

4 NEW SECTION OF PILE SUPPORTED
WALK
SCULPTURE
5 NEW WIDER RAMPEDWALK
6 REPLACE EXISTING WALK

RE-ESTABLISH NATIVE 7 NEW STAIRS TO ACCESS PLAZA BELOW
RIPARIAN EDGE WIDEN SIDEWALK,ADD BIKE LANES,

2 8 IMPROVE RAILINGS AND ADD PLANTERS
3 ON COLFAX BRIDGE

9 TABLETOP PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

4 SMALL NODE 9
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ACCESSIBLE PLATFORM

SELECTIVELYTHIN N 32

6 EXISTING TREES
AND VEGETATION

SIGNAGE ANDWAYFINDING

Trail Head Marker Trail Head Marker w/map Mile Marker
Banner
MajorWayfinding Sign MinorWayfinding Sign
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PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING FESTIVAL LIGHTING

LIGHTING

LANDSCAPE LIGHTING SEASONAL LIGHTING 34

CONTEMPORARY STYLING WOOD ALUMINUM

SEATING &
BENCHES

INTEGRATED WITH SITE DURABLE MATERIALS 35

FAMILY OF ELEMENTS RECYCLING/TRASH RECEPTICALS SPECIAL AREAS BOLLARDS

SITE FURNISHINGS

FOUNTAINS W/DOG BOWL BOTTLE FILLER DOG WASTE RECEPTICAL OUTDOOR CHARGING STATION 36

BIKE HOOPS - CONTEMPORARY BIKE HOOPS - STANDARD BIKE HOOPS - LOGO

BIKE 37
FACILITIES

BIKE REPAIR STATION

STANDARD METAL TUBE WOOD WITH MESH INSERT METAL TUBE WITH CABLE

METAL TUBE WITH PANEL INSERT FENCES &
RAILINGS

SITE SPECIFIC

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PUBLIC
ART

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SURPRISE
& DELIGHT

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RIVERFRONT PARKS AND TRAILS
CONNECTIVITY

A strategic plan to use and enhance the City of South Bend’s trail
system to build stronger connections along the river, and between
neighborhoods and the river.

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RIVERFRONT PARKS AND 42
TRAILS CONNECTIVITY

EXISTING NON-MOTORIZEDTRAILS
• Existing trails and connections

• Numerous on-road bike lanes
• Connections within South Bend and to

adjacent communities and destinations
• RiversideTrail, East BankTrail,West Bank

Trail, NorthsideTrail

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RIVERFRONT PARKS AND 43
TRAILS CONNECTIVITY

PLANNED NON-MOTORIZEDTRAILS
• Proposed trails and connections
• A mixture of on-road and off-road bike

lanes
• Improve neighborhood connections

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RIVERFRONT PARKS AND
TRAILS CONNECTIVITY

RECOMMENDED NON-MOTORIZEDTRAILS
• Recommended trails and connections in

addition to proposed trails
• Primarily off-road trails to improve

connectivity along the riverfront

1. Connect Riverside Trail to Leeper Park including boardwalk 1
under Michigan Street. 2

2. Connect Leeper Park to the East Bank Trail through a 3 5
pedestrian bridge across river 4

3. Improve the West Bank Trail at Island Park and the Century
Center

4. Connect the West Bank Trail along the Edgewater
neighborhood to create links with the Farmer’s Market and
Veteran’s Park

5. Connect Potawatomi Park to the river

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RIVERFRONT PARKS AND 1.7 MILE LOOP
TRAILS CONNECTIVITY
1.3 MILE LOOP
LOOPEDTRAIL SYSTEM
• Proposed loops of varying distances 1 MILE LOOP

1. 1.7 Miles, from Brownfield Park to Leeper Park .5 MILE LOOP .6 MILE LOOP
2. 1.3 Miles, from Leeper Park to an East Bank Trail 1.5 MILE LOOP

Connection
3. 1 Mile, from an East Bank Trail Connection to Stiver

Park
4. .6 Miles, from Stiver Park to Howard Park
5. .5 Miles, from Howard Park to the West Bank Trail
6. 1.5 Miles from Howard Park to the Farmer’s Market
7. 2 Miles, from the Farmers Marker to the Veteran’s

Memorial Park

2 MILE LOOP 45

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PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
RIVERFRONT PARKS & TRAILS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

www.riverfrontparksandtrails.com

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