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8 November 2013 <br />RaeAnn Gardner <br />City of Elk River <br />Master City -wide Gateway and Wayfinding Proposal <br />Sub Consultant Hoisington Koegler Group Inc.(HKGi) <br />Hoisington Koegler Group <br />As an award winning planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm with offices in <br />Minneapolis. Established in 1982 HKGi is an S corporation with a staff of 10 Landscape Architects <br />and 4 community planners. For the City of Elk River Signage and Wayfinding Plan, HKGi brings <br />extensive experience in parks and recreation, community participation, transportation planning, <br />landscape architecture and wayfinding. Our knowledge of the City of Elk River, the <br />neighborhoods, the Elk River Parks and Recreation System Plan and park and recreation visitor <br />behavior which will help inform wayfinding design at the City of Elk River. <br />Services: <br />1. Assist VCI and the City of Elk River in the location and site design of gateways signs, major <br />park identification signs and specialty park signs. <br />2. Assist with the location of secondary signs. <br />3. Provide off -site and on -site review and analysis of city -wide and park and trail Way- <br />finding needs - destinations, origins, routes, sight lines, identity, safety, landmarks, visual <br />and landscape character, and decision making. <br />4. Assure integration of the way- finding plan with the Elk River Park and Trail Master Plan. <br />5. Assist VCI with sign hierarchy and the sign master plan. <br />6. Provide supporting landscape architecture design. <br />Grant and Funding Strategies <br />HKGi will assist in identifying potential sources of funding, such as grants and sponsorships, for the <br />installation of city -wide and gateway signage. Insight gained from the research will be used to <br />inform the components of the master plan to ensure the city is positioned as strongly as possible for <br />future grant applications. Once grant and funding sources are identified, HKGi is available to assist <br />with writing specific grants or creating marketing materials (as part of an additional services <br />contract or on an hourly basis.) <br />Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. <br />Greg Ingraham Project Planner <br />Assistance and coordination of wayfinding and city -wide signage with the park and trail system. <br />Amy Bower Landscape Architect <br />Site design and landscape architecture for gateways signs, major park identification signs and <br />specialty park signs <br />a3a Rita Trapp Grant and Funding Specialist <br />Project Experience Examples <br />Elk River Wayfinding Concept Plan <br />Elk River Commons Park <br />Como Park Signage Plan (w /VCI) <br />Anoka and Dakota County SHIP grant writing <br />