Floyds Fork Greenway Presentation of Greenway Concept & Trail Alternatives: Public Meeting #2 June...

Floyds Fork Greenway

Presentation of Greenway Concept & Trail Alternatives: Public Meeting #2

June 13, 2007

Floyds Fork Greenway…at the Edge of the 21st Century




21st Century Parks, Inc.

Who Is Creating the Greenway?

Future Fund, Inc. Louisville Metro Parks



21st Century Parks, Inc.

Who Is Creating the Greenway?

Future Fund, Inc. Louisville Metro Parks

Kentucky Transportation

Cabinet

Federal Highway Administration

Key Stakeholders

Metropolitan Sewer District

Trust for Public Land

Jefferson CountyPublic Schools

Public

Input

Kentucky Transportation

Cabinet

Federal Highway Administration

Key Stakeholders

Metropolitan Sewer District

Trust for Public Land


WRT Team

Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC Park and Open Space Planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban Design

John Milner Associates, Inc.

Cultural Resources, Regulatory Compliance

Biohabitats, Inc. / Eco-Tech, Inc.

Natural Resources

HNTB Corporation

Regulatory Compliance, Structural Engineering

Burgess and Niple Engineering

Civil Engineering


Agenda

• Introduction

• Inventory and Analysis Conclusions

• Recreation Needs Analysis and Feedback

• Action Program

• The Greenway Concept

• Metro Loop Trail Alternatives

• Public Feedback


Communication Goals for Tonight’s Meeting

Tonight’s presentation will explain:

– What we mean by a “greenway”– Where the parks and open spaces are, and who owns them – What is the “big idea” that underlies the greenway concept plan– Where the Metro Loop trail will be, and what alignment alternatives

exist– What activities might occur in the park


Key Points

1. Water: Floyds Fork is the most important feature of the Greenway.2. Green Infrastructure: The Greenway is a 21st Century Community Life

Support System, as critical to successful, sustainable community development as roads, sewers, utilities and schools.

3. Diverse Goals: The Greenway will give visitors opportunities to experience many different recreational activities woven into a variety of natural, cultural and agricultural resources.

4. Varied Character: The Greenway will change subtly in character from north to south, from culturally-based and active recreation to naturally-based and more passive recreation.

5. Firm Foundation: Greenway Plan is derived from public input and the opportunities and constraints of existing natural and cultural resources.


OCTOBER ‘06 FEBRUARY ‘07

Phase 1: Project Initiation

Inventory and

Analysis Summary

Land Ownership Analysis

Park and Open Space Needs

Analysis

Natural Resources Analysis

Cultural and Scenic

Resources Analysis

4Land

Acquisition Concepts

Activity and Facility

Programming

Water Quality/Habitat

Concepts

Interpretive Framework Concepts

Concept Alternat-

ives

Select Preferred

NEPA / CE Process

Schematic Design Process

Draft Master

Plan Documents

FinalMaster

Plan Documents

Phase 2: Inventory & Analysis

Phase 3: Conceptual Alternatives

Phase 4: Master Plan Dev.

Phase 5: Draft & Final Plan

Public Forum

Public Forum

Public Forum

Public Forum

Park Components

Park System Recommenda-

tions

Implementation Program

Design Guidelines

Data Collection and

Review

Stakeholder Interviews

Tour of Floyd’s Fork

Basin

JUNE ‘07 FALL WINTER

The Planning Process


For Future Public Review

This presentation is focused on understanding the greenway and the trail system.

In the fall there will be opportunity for public review of: • Potential locations for recreation uses and facilities• Potential locations for environmental education and interpretation of

historic sites• The park road system


What is a Greenway?

• A linear open space frequently located along a watercourse

• A mix of park, recreation, conservation, and transportation features

• A range of public, non-profit, and cooperative ownership types

• A wide range of activities and land management approaches

• A community amenity and frontage for adjacent development


Summary of Inventory and Analysis

Aerial oblique photography by Michael Mason Frank


Supports Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement


Project Area

• Greenway project extends from Shelbyville Road to Bardstown Road and includes over 2500 acres of publicly-accessible, protected land owned by Louisville Metro Parks, 21st Century Parks and Future Fund, Inc.


The Shape of the LandThe greenway is strongly shaped by the bottomlands, valley walls and plateau.

Plateau Valley Bottom Rolling UplandsValley Walls

Valley Walls

Floyds Fork


Inventory and Analysis TopicsThe plan is based on a broad and evolving understanding of the planning context and the natural and cultural resources of the project area.

Prehistoric Cultural Resources

Archaeology

Historic Cultural Resources• Historic Architecture• Cultural Landscape• Thematic Resources

– Transportation– Residential– Religious / Military / Ethnic– Agricultural

Natural Systems• Geology• Groundwater Hydrology• Surficial Hydrology• Soils

– Depth to Bedrock– Hydric Soils– Prime Agricultural Farmland

• Vegetation• Land Cover• Rare, Threatened and

Endangered Species • Habitat Sensitivity / Potential

Analysis

Contemporary Planning Context • Land Cover • Community Form • Viewshed Analysis• Design Review Overlay District

Regulations• Regulatory Framework• Transportation Projects• Utilities• Special Places and Recreational

Facilities


Analysis Summary

• The northern greenway is more developed, accessible, and fragmented than the southern greenway.

As a result of this:• There are more opportunities for easily accessible

active community facilities in the north.• There are more opportunities for conservation-based

activities in the south.

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