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2002 Concept Plan Alternatives <br />This section is based on the result of the work done with the stakeholders back in 2002. The • <br />concept plan alternatives provided a platform for the development of the 2002 recommended end <br />use plan, which is presented in the following section. <br />The concept plan alternatives were: <br />1. 2002 Proposed Concept Plan 1-A: Landscape Restoration <br />2. 2002 Proposed Concept Plan 1-B: Landscape Restoration <br />3. 2002 Proposed Concept Plan 2: Recreational <br />4. 2002 Proposed Concept Plan 3: Commercial/City Park <br />Proposed Concept Plan 1-A: Landscape Restoration <br />Goal: The goal of this concept is to restore the landscape environment with minimum contact by <br />users. <br />Features for this concept would include natural areas, a nature center, hiking trail and lookout <br />pavilion. This concept would utilize the existing facility access and parking. Anew <br />visitor/nature center or a renovated building would be located adjacent to the parking. A <br />secondary access and parking would be located at the Commercial Asphalt and Co. Plant. A <br />looping hiking trail, constructed on gravel base, would be developed that could also become a <br />cross-country skiing trail. Lookout pavilion would be installed along the looping trail to take <br />advantage of the various vistas. The areas at the top would be "sectioned out" to create "outdoor <br />rooms" for different plant communities. A trail would connect these areas to the overall trail <br />system as well as to the existing trail. The top elevation would also be gradually sloped to <br />maximize the views. Native plants with spreading roots system should be used and in areas <br />where needed, these plants should be planted in earthen berms to prevent root penetration to the <br />subsurface membrane. <br />Proposed Concept Plan 1-B: Landscape Restoration <br />Goal: The goal of this concept is similar to 1-A which is to restore the landscape environment <br />with minimum contact by users. <br />Features of this concept would include natural areas, hiking trails, native plantings and lookout <br />pavilions. This concept would utilize the existing access to the facility with parking. A second <br />access road and parking would be located at the southern edge of the property off 221st Avenue. <br />A looping trail would connect the lookout pavilions, which would be installed to maximize the <br />views from the site. Earthen berms would be constructed to capture the geologic features of the <br />region. Native plants would be planted with wild flowers and grasses on the berms and slopes, <br />and overstory plants as buffer around the perimeter of the site. <br />• <br />10 <br />