Request by Mayor Slay:

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DANFORTH FOUNDATION INVOLVEMENT

• Request by Mayor Slay
• Funding Great Rivers Greenway District
  Riverfront Master Plan.
• Funding Engineering work for realistic
  structural design of the Connector.
• Funding Design of the public space for the
  Connector.
• Assess potential financial resources/support.
• Recommendation on feasibility to proceed.

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DANFORTH FOUNDATION INVOLVEMENT

• Regional Priority
• Improving the Arch Riverfront.
• Themes
• What are the possibilities?
• Approach must be grounded in reality.

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ST. LOUIS CENTRAL RIVERFRONT

• Challenges
• Gateway Arch/Arch Grounds.
• Memorial status.
• NPS design control.
• Limited land area.
• River dynamics and conditions.
• Navigation issues/river commerce.
• Financing issues.
• Operating issues.

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ST. LOUIS CENTRAL RIVERFRONT

• Existing Conditions

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ST. LOUIS CENTRAL RIVERFRONT

• Objectives
• Tourist and resident destination.
• Attractions and amenities.
• Economic activity.
• Connections.
• Unique design.

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ST. LOUIS CENTRAL RIVERFRONT

• Current Status St. Louis Riverfront Master
  Plan
• Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) leading effort.
• Diana Balmori/HOK leading design and planning
  process.
• GRG and Danforth Foundation providing funding.
• Major theme Connectivity.

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ST. LOUIS CENTRAL RIVERFRONT

• Riverfront Master Plan Preliminary Concept

DRAFT

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ST. LOUIS CENTRAL RIVERFRONT

• Current Activities
• Assess feasibility of preliminary concept.
• Computer and physical modeling.
• Effects on River current.
• Effects on River sediment flow.
• Navigation simulator.
• Island protection system.
• Maintenance and operations analysis.
• Economic / venue analysis.

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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT

• Objectives
• Integrate Arch Grounds with Downtown.
• Create architecturally significant
  boulevard-like environment.
• Create space for public and special events.
• Provide safer pedestrian/vehicular movement.

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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT

• History
• Debated for past 40 years.
• Recommendation Downtown Development Action
  Plan.
• Approved by City Planning Commission December
  1999.
• Stakeholder consensus (2003).

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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT

• Challenges
• NPS design control view shed from Old
  Courthouse.
• NPS limitations on commercial activity.
• Maintaining traffic flow on Memorial Drive.
• Tunnel considerations.
• Financing issues.
• Operating issues.

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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT

• Existing Conditions

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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT

• Current Status Engineering and Design
• Danforth Foundation retained design/engineering
  team to
• Examine three structural options.
• Construction cost estimates.
• Construction timelines.
• Maintenance and operation cost estimates.
• Arcturis is project manager Jacobs, ARUP, ABNA
  and Vector Communications also on team.
• Quality design Retained Thomas Balsley and Leni
  Schwendinger.
• Detailed concept by early 2007.

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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT
Memorial Drive Configurations
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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT
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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT
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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT
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ARCH GROUNDS CONNECTOR PROJECT
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REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCEWhy is this Important?

• Great Cities Build on Community Pride

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REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCEWhy is this Important?

• Great Cities Build on Momentum/Add New Products

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REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCEWhy is this Important?

• Great Cities Connect the Dots

Downtown and Central Riverfront
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REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCEWhy is this Important?

• Great Cities Develop Meaningful Projects

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REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

• Regional Opinion Survey September 2005
• Overwhelming regional support (84) for
  revitalization of the riverfront.

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REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

• Regional Opinion Survey September 2005
• Support for variety of riverfront improvements
  strongest support for family oriented activities.

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REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

• Regional Opinion Survey September 2005
• Overwhelming support (76) for plan to cover
  depressed lanes of I-70.

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