Fwd: Meeting recording

[Bryan Wilson]

I believe below to be the meeting recording with Congress Park Neighbors where I specifically asked about bike access through Congress Park.
Directed by the planner in attendance to just bike along the sidewalk to the South of the Swimming Pool which is where there will be both a Pool Entrance & Playground access.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 8:57 AM Bryan Wilson <pres...@congressparkforall.org> wrote:

Hello Congress Park for ALL!

I'll get right to the point.
The Congress Park Pool & Playground areas are getting updated, but there is NO PLAN for Bike through access.

This will effectively make 9th Ave a dead-end for Bikes.
How do you bike to Cheesman Park?
How do you bike to the Denver Botanic Gardens?
How will you bike to the new AMC theater area on the other side of CO Blvd?

Email is below from Congress Park Neighbors Association.

We also posted on Social Media. 
Any Boost & Involvement would be appreciated.

CP Pool Facebook Post
CP Pool Nextdoor Post
CP Pool Twitter Thread

Regards,
Bryan Wilson

on Behalf of Congress Park for ALL

pres...@congressparkforall.org

(303) 395-9273

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From: Congress Park Neighbors <cpnmai...@congressparkneighbors.org>
Date: Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 12:39 PM
Subject: Hi Bryan Jackson St. storm drain info
To: Bryan <bryanjw...@gmail.com>

Storm drain, Congress Park Pool, Nature Play in City Park, Short Term Rentals

Please share this information with your neighbors who may not have subscribed to us. The Winter 2021 Edition of the Congress Park News is available here. We thank all our volunteers who deliver our newsletter door to door and those that volunteer their time to write articles Winter 2021 Please support our advertisers. They make our newsletter possible.See them ***HERE*** Jackson Street Storm Drain, The Week Ahead The Week Ahead: February 22, 2021 Weather permitting, crews are scheduled to remove and replace the City’s existing sanitary sewer pipe in E. 14th Avenue from February 22-24, 2021. A sanitary sewer bypass will be installed to temporarily accommodate homes and businesses in the project area. Beginning in early March, “no parking” signs will be in place on the north half of the east side of Jackson Street between E. 13th and E. 14th Avenues to accommodate construction traffic as necessary for contractor access and safety. Impacted residents will be notified directly. Crews will continue storm pipe excavation and installation in the south end of the National Jewish Health (NJH) parking lot and under E. 14th Avenue. During this phase of construction, which is expected to be completed in May or June 2021: Full lane closures of E. 14th Avenue will be required between Garfield and Harrison Streets to ensure the safety of the construction crews as they install the pipe twenty-two feet below ground. The intersections of Garfield and 14th and Harrison and 14th will remain open to through traffic. Local vehicular traffic will be maintained in the area, with the exception of the closure at E. 14th Avenue and Jackson Street. Sidewalks on the north side of 14th between Garfield and Harrison will be closed, while sidewalks on the south side of 14th will remain open. Access to residences and businesses will be maintained during construction. In addition to installation of the new stormwater pipe, you may have noticed increased construction activity and traffic signage in the area generally. This is due to multiple, critical public works projects occurring simultaneously, including lead service line replacement as part of Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program. Please direct questions about the Lead Reduction Program to le...@denverwater.org or contact Denver Water’s customer care at (303) 893-2444. Construction is also underway by NJH on its new Center for Outpatient Health in the former patient parking lot, situated at E. Colfax Avenue, between Jackson and Garfield Streets. For more information about this project, please visit https://nationaljewish.org/center-for-outpatient-health/overview. *If you think this construction information would be helpful to your neighbors, please forward this email to them and suggest they sign-up to receive future updates at ccd.constru...@gmail.com. Thank you!   During this stressful time of COVID, all our businesses need support. Please patronize  our merchants on East Colfax (both sides), 12th Avenue, Colorado Blvd and 8th Ave by purchasing take out and gift cards from our many service related businesses.   For a quick review see the table of contents below Table of Contents Congress Park Neighbors had 3 speakers Congress Park Design and Pool 00:01:57     Christopher Schooler, Jay Henke and Elizabeth Romanowski Denver Parks and Recreation provides a brief update on the playground design project. They will spoke to the ‘Preferred Alternative’ design which was developed from 3 iterations presented with public forums. They also presented the timeline for construction documents. They were joined by members of the DPR Pool Design Team to get a brief update on the construction that will be starting in the next month.   Questions 00:19:06   Jacqueline Altreuter 00:32:56 Project Lead for DMNS Nearby Nature in City Park https://www.dmns.org/natureplay This project will restore portions of the historic DeBoer Waterway as a sustainable creek bed with water that runs the course of natural play experiences, based on Colorado’s eight ecosystems. The community’s voice is guiding project design . Prior community feedback has led to design concepts that include multi-sensory, self-directed, inclusive, multigenerational, multi-seasonal play, along with opportunities for learning, respite and engagement through authentic, natural, playful experiences for people of all ages and abilities. 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