St. Louis City Ordinance 64014
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| * Objective | Improve the Forest's environmental and aesthetic quality while allowing safe recreation and educational use |
| * Vegetative Management | Support MODOC plans for vegetative management and nature trail operation |
| * Nature/Trail Center | Expedite MODOC's nature/trail center at / near the Government/Wells intersection |
| * Public Safety | Ensure public safety in isolated areas |
| * Trails | Design paths to function as public trails as well as service and security access routes |
| * Wells Drive | Make Wells Drive a one way entrance from Skinker to Government Drive with a parallel bike/pedestrian entrance |
| * Skinker Avenue / US40 | Use plantings to reduce the visual and audible impact of area roads and highway 64/40 |
| * Kennedy Forest | Improve erosion control, sediment filtration and water quality control |
| * Surface Drainage | Redesign the surface drainage system to improve the water quality of the lake system |
| * Exercise Station | Maintain existing Par Course Exercise Station |
| * Play Areas | Improve and expand children's play areas, including Turtle Park |
| * Comfort Station | Maintain existing comfort station for area users |
| * Streetscape | Improve sidewalk and streetscape treatments along Oakland |
| * Tamm Bridge | Improve Tamm Bridge with decorative paving, lighting, railings, etc. to create a pedestrian gateway at Oakland |
| * Clayton Road | Remove or consider modifying remnant of Clayton Road to create a small parking area if it meets the criteria of no net loss of open space |
| * Objective | Relocate five golf holes away from the Art Hill / Grand Basin area to create open space for passive recreation and special events | |
| * Trails | Create pedestrian pathways and overlooks at the crest of Art Hill | |
| * Landscaping | Use paths and plantings to frame Art Hill and the Art Museum | |
| * Landscaping | Create informal spaces to the east and west of Art Hill and Grand Basin, tied to the lagoons there | |
| * Landscaping | Provide evergreen and upland forest plantings to provide winter seasonal color | |
| * Art Hill | Provide seasonal amenities and safety features to facilitate safe winter recreation | |
| * Site Furnishings | Reconstruct Grand Basin walls and stairs | |
| * The Promenade | Use decorative paving, plantings, canopy trees and other aesthetic features to create "The Promenade" at the base of Art Hill around the basin | |
| * Trails | Improve pedestrian links to Post Dispatch Lake | |
| * Grand Basin | Provide opportunities for improved public boating | * Grand Basin | Consider lighting of fountains and other basin features for dramatic visual effects |
| * Site Furnishings | Install provisions and facilities for a temporary performance stage in Grand Basin for occasional special events | |
| * Landscaping | Improve adjacent areas for picnics, special events and passive recreation | |
| * Auto Parking | Reconfigure existing parking lots at the top of Art Hill |
| * Post Dispatch Lake | Dredge and expand the lake |
| * The Islands | Restore former islands and dramatic vistas |
| * Post Dispatch Lagoons | Improve water links to Grand Basin |
| * Post Dispatch Lagoons | Improve water quality, aesthetics and environmental quality |
| * Post Dispatch Lake | Deter water fowl use of this area |
| * Post Dispatch Lagoons | Improve water link and flow to the River Des Peres Lagoon |
| * Post Dispatch Lake | Utilize lake volume to attenuate the rate of stormwater run off through the drainage system | * Pathways | Improve / expand the path system to link to area landscapes, islands and major park uses |
| * Site Furnishings | Create a pedestrian plaza at the base of Government Hill |
| * The Isthmus | Utilize lake volume to attenuate the rate of stormwater run off through the drainage system |
| * The Clearing Create | "The Clearing" at the termination of the central isthmus and Government Hill axes, highlighted by canopy and ornamental trees and public art |
| * Boathouse | Demolish existing buildings | * Boathouse | Provide a new boathouse with possible food concession and all season programming |
| * Log Cabin | Consider adaptive re use, removal or relocation |
| * Landscaping | Use vegetation and stone outcroppings to enhance naturalistic cascading character |
| * Spillways | Lagoons Improve water quality, aesthetics and wildlife habitat |
| * Pavilion | Create a small pavilion to serve area users |
| * Spillways Bridge | Restore the existing pedestrian suspension bridge |
| * Picnic Shelters | Create an informal woodland and island area with picnic related site furnishings and dramatic water edge plantings | * The Island | Restore and/or provide new pedestrian bridges to access The Island |
| * Trails | Provide a path connection to Grand Basin area and its promenade |
| * Landscaping | Repair and restore the (World's Fair) Pavilion and scenic beauty of the hillside |
| * Landscaping | Increase evergreen and flowering ornamental plantings |
| * Trails | Accentuate relationships and access ways between World's Fair Pavilion and surrounding landscapes and architecture |
| * Site Furnishings | Define small respite sites to the east and west of the hill with public art and other small scale furnishings |
| * Pavilion | Increase use as a flexible, all season, affordable facility with improved food service, restroom and visitor amenities |
| * Landscaping | Accentuate the scenic overlooks from the building |
| * Roadways | Improve vehicular and pedestrian access |
| * Auto Parking | Redesign parking areas for improved aesthetics and efficiency |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Trails | Connect the Cascades to the rest of the passive open space, path and water systems |
| * Landscaping | Install lush understory plantings |
| * Landscaping | Maintain existing alee (double row of trees) along Lindell |
| * Trails | Provide a dual path and passive open space along the northern golf course edge to serve neighborhood residents and provide a landscape buffer |
| * Grand Drive | Remove Grand Drive from Lagoon Drive to the Missouri History Museum |
| * Des Peres Drive | Remove Des Peres Drive |
| * Trails | Provide a soft surface path linking Des Peres Avenue to Grand Basin |
| * Golf Course | Relocate five golf holes away from the Art Hill/Grand Basin to create open space for passive recreation |
| * Golf Course Lagoons | Improve drainage and golf course quality with new lake system and wetlands. The water level will fluctuate within the lake /wetlands system and the water may be used for irrigation purposes |
| * Landscaping | Landscape to be more naturalistic and responsive to the topography and proposed water system |
| * Grand Drive | Remove Grand Drive between Forsyth entrance and DeBaliviere entrance |
| * Golf Maintenance Building | Consider relocating the maintenance building to a visually unobtrusive hillside location |
| * Golf Course | Redesign Municipal Golf Course to maintain existing southern boundary adjacent to the existing Valley Drive Missouri History Museum Muny |
| * Auto Parking | Reconfigure and expand Twin Lots for shared parking |
| * Museum Circle | Redesign roadways to relocate parking to south of the building and provide visitor drop off to the north |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Museum Circle | Create one way traffic circle around the Missouri Historical Museum |
| * Cabanne House | Provide visitor amenities and continue public rental through Saint Louis Ambassadors |
| * Landscaping | Enhance wetlands or meadows to create a park entrance gateway |
| * River Des Peres Lagoons | Provide sediment filtration measures to improve water quality |
| * River Des Peres Lagoons | Provide some water retention capacity |
| * Government Drive | Convert Government Drive to pedestrian path between Sigel Statue and Union Entrance and utilize for one way Muny egress |
| * Union Drive | Repair balustrades at Union/Lindell Boulevard entrance |
| * Lindell Pavilion | Maintain Lindell Pavilion as an active recreation support facility, with visitor services such as park maps and literature, concessions, lockers and showers |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Parks Dept. Buildings | Provide necessary building maintenance |
| * Pagoda Lake Lagoons | Provide additional lagoon system through Pagoda Lake and Angel Pond |
| * River Des Peres Lagoons | Maintain water flow under the Muny |
| * Landscaping | Provide ornamental site furnishings and formal decorative plantings |
| * Bandstand | Improve access to Nathan Frank Bandstand for public events |
| * Landscaping | Provide landscaping to integrate the facility into its surroundings |
| * Dwight Davis Racquet Courts | Maintain existing lighted racquet sports facilities |
| * Auto Parking | Remove existing angled parking and provide a drop off area |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Langenberg Field | Relocate rugby fields to Central Fields |
| * Langenberg Field | Create two athletic fields |
| * Langenberg Field | Provide unstructured / non permit active recreation use |
| * Langenberg Field | Utilize as active recreation overflow space on peak days |
| * Landscaping | Utilize plantings and wetlands to enhance aesthetics and control erosion |
| * Traffic Control | Coordinate operational needs with the History Museum, Jewel Box, Dwight Davis Tennis Center and the Parks Department to avoid conflicts for parking and access |
| * Deer Lake | Expand the lake area and connect to adjacent water bodies |
| * Wildlife | Provide some deeper pockets for winter fish survival |
| * Wildlife | Change lake elevation to deter upstream migration of certain fish species to surrounding lagoons |
| * Wildlife | Investigate potential for MODOC fishing programs / stocking |
| * Site Furnishings | Improve spatial definition and visual axes to surrounding public art |
| * Management Operate | as multi use facility for active and passive recreation and special events |
| * Confederate Circle | Remove Confederate Circle |
| * Linear Meadow | Redesign and reprogram area for unstructured recreation |
| * Cricket Drive | Remove Cricket Drive from Lindell Boulevard to Lagoon Drive and convert it to a path entrance |
| * Exercise Station | Relocate the par course exercise stations from west of DeBaliviere to this area |
| * Play Lot | Renovate the existing children's play area northeast of Lindell Pavilion |
| * Racquet Courts | Improve aesthetics around the existing handball, racquetball and cork ball courts |
| * Landscaping | Create an overlook plateau and redesign plantings around the Daughters of the Confederacy monument |
| * Landscaping | Enhance plantings around lake to emphasize symmetrical effect |
| * River Des Peres Lagoons | Expand portions of lagoon to increase water flow and peak water level capacity |
| * River Des Peres Lagoons | Enhance lagoon's naturalistic river character |
| * River Des Peres Lagoons | Provide sediment filtration measures to improve water quality |
| * Wells Drive Bridge | Build new bridge along the former Wells Drive and re route the existing bike path |
| * Grand Drive | Accentuate views from automobiles using Grand Drive |
| * Fishing Lakes | Maintain separate lakes for MODOC youth fishing programs |
| * Hatcheries Building | Utilize existing hatcheries building for MODOC and other operations |
| * Roadways | Improve vehicular access |
| * River Des Peres Lagoons | Re connect area lagoons to form an oxbow |
| * Grand Drive Bridge | Rebuild a former bridge near Grand/Jefferson Drive intersection with a new pedestrian/bike path below to access the Round Lake area |
| * Comfort Station | Renovate or replace the comfort station as a path support center, with park information/maps, secure, attended public toilets and potentially a small concession | ||||
| * Auto Parking | Provide off street parking (+/ 30 cars) if this meets the no net loss of open space criteria | ||||
| * Steinberg Rink | Upgrade Steinberg to improve use as an all season facility |
| * Steinberg Rink | Increase active recreation uses |
| * Trails | Redesign bike and pedestrian paths to improve access to and from |
| * Passive Recreation | Increase passive recreation opportunities, including possible MODOC nature related educational programming |
| * Steinberg Lagoon | Create a lagoon to the west of Steinberg Rink and link it with the existing lagoons north of the rink and with Jefferson Lake to the south | ||||
| * Steinberg Lagoons | Create public fishing in area water bodies | ||||
| * Auto Parking | Relocate the existing parking lot to the area immediately south of the building | ||||
| * Bike Parking | Provide adequate bike parking to serve path users | ||||
| * Wells Drive | Remove Wells Drive east of Jefferson Drive and replace with bike/pedestrian paths | ||||
| * Wetlands | Provide some wetlands/meadows to help control water levels and erosion | ||||
| * Steinberg Rink | Consider using Steinberg roof as a children's play area and observation deck | ||||
| * Steinberg Amphitheater | Investigate using hillside behind Steinberg as an outdoor amphitheater | ||||
| * East Park Edge | Improve the aesthetics and function of the eastern park edge for automobiles, pedestrians and bikes |
| * Pedestrian Crossings | Improve pedestrian crossings along Kingshighway |
| * Streetscape | Coordinate with the City and the BJC Hospital Complex to improve Kingshighway sidewalks, plantings, site furnishings, tree uplighting signage |
| * Bike Paths | Provide a new bike path from West Pine to Barnes Hospital Plaza |
| * Forest Park Parkway | Redesign Forest Park Parkway / Kingshighway intersection to allow easier parkway access and improved pedestrian and bike path circulation |
| * Auto Parking | Maintain street parking for the park along the west side of Kingshighway |
| * Lindell | Intersection Improve landscaping and overall spatial character of the Lindell and Kingshighway corner as a major pedestrian entry |
| * Jefferson Lake | Make improvements to lake and lake edges to enhance public fishing access |
| * Jefferson Lake Outfall | Connect lake to River Des Peres lagoons and the rest of the linear water system |
| * Landscaping | Extend and enhance unique landscape features around the lake |
| * Jefferson Drive | Remove Jefferson Drive south of Wells Drive and replace with path |
| * Bowl Lake Outfall | Create a dramatic cascading water input at the south end of the lake |
| * Faulkner Drive | Widen Faulkner Drive to allow safe street parking on both sides |
| * Paths | Provide a pedestrian path to the Science Center |
| * Paths | Redirect the bike path to a new crossing at Faulkner and Clayton |
| * Hudlin Courts | Barnes Hospital to continue to maintain lighted racquet sports facilities and children's play areas |
| * Barnes Plaza | Improve roadway function and aesthetics of Barnes Plaza and Euclid Avenue |
| * Clayton Road | Remove a portion of Clayton Road to create a reconfigured Barnes Plaza entrance |
| * Clayton Road | Convert removed roadway into pedestrian and bike paths |
| * Kingshighway | Coordinate with BJC regarding Kingshighway improvements |
| * Landscaping | Create a unique, naturalistic and intimate landscape setting |
| * Highway 64/40 | Create an earthen berm at the southern end of the lake to screen Highway 64/40 noise and visibility |
| * Bowl Lake Outfall | Create a water outfall at the northern end of the lake |
| * Seven Pools | Accentuate the Seven Pools area with plantings, pedestrian path access and a restored stone bridge |
| * Paths | Re route the bike path to a new crossing at Faulkner |
| * Programming | Partner with the Saint Louis Science Center and potentially the Central Institute of the Deaf on outdoor programming activity |
| * Bowl Lake | Provide sediment filtration measures to improve water quality, aesthetics and wildlife habitat |
| * Auto Parking | Redesign surface parking to maintain existing spaces and improve access and safety |
| * Programming | Investigate potential for new natural sciences and outdoor education programming |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Kingshighway | Consider long term redesign option of tight diamond interchange to reduce amount of park open space used |
| * Programming | Limit activities to those which are essential to Forest Park and reduce the size of the complex |
| * Parks Department Yard | Reduce the size of the existing dirt hill or convert it to passive recreation |
| * Bike Paths | Re route the bike path south of the complex to alleviate dangerous road crossings |
| * Parks Dept. Buildings | Improve overall aesthetics and building maintenance |
| * Parks Dept. Historic Buildings | Maintain and renovate historic buildings |
| * Athletic Fields | Improve operational flexibility, environmental quality, participant and viewer comfort/convenience and aesthetic character |
| * Baseball Fields | Relocate backstops and dirt infields into the tree lined edges, leaving a green swath down the center |
| * Spectator Areas | Create improved spectator areas around the perimeter |
| * Landscaping | Install formal perimeter plantings to minimize visual impact of backstops and dirt infields and diffuse some traffic noise |
| * Support Facility | Provide an active recreational support facility to serve Aviation Field |
| * Auto Parking | Expand vehicle and bike parking along Clayton Road |
| * Police Station | Retain the current use and renovate the Mounted Police Station |
| * Programming | Consider long term relocation of the Mounted Police to another Park site and reprogram the building |
| * Auto Parking | Widen existing road and provide parking |
| * Highway 64/40 | Provide a landscape buffer along Highway 64/40 |
| * Picnic / Play Area | Consider providing picnic / children's play area near Science Center |
| * Comfort Station | Consider adding a new comfort station for area users |
| * Streetscape | Provide improved sidewalks and streetscapes along Okaland |
| * Kingshighway | Improve aesthetics of Kingshighway entrance area with landscaping and site furnishings |
| * Macklind Underpass | Improve the Macklind underpass and highway overpass bridge for pedestrians and bikes |
| * Landscaping | Implement plantings which minimize the noise and negative visual impact of Highway 64/40 and other major roadways and transportation systems |
| * Athletic Fields | Improve operational flexibility, environmental quality, participant and viewer comfort/convenience and aesthetic character |
| * Baseball Fields | Relocate backstops and dirt infields into the tree lined edges, leaving a green swath down the center |
| * Rugby Fields | Relocate three rugby fields from Langenberg Field to the northeast end of the space |
| * Spectator Areas | Create improved spectator areas around the perimeter |
| * Landscaping | Install formal perimeter plantings to minimize visual impact of backstops and dirt infields |
| * Central Fields | Reconnect tributary stream to the lagoon system |
| * Support Facility | Upgrade existing building facilities to serve as an active recreation support facility with attended lockers, shower and toilet facilities and, potentially, a small concession |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Programming | Negotiate amended lease |
| * Programming | Operate as a public conservatory with formal external gardens |
| * Bike Parking | Provide significant quantities of bike parking to serve path users |
| * Pedestrian Path | Provide pedestrian path link to the upper Muny parking lot |
| * Programming | Consider use for pre Muny events |
| * Programming | Coordinate evening special events with the Muny and Parks Department to avoid conflicting demands for parking and access |
| * Programming | Improve the forest ecosystem and aesthetics while allowing safe recreation and educational use |
| * Landscaping | Provide natural canopy and other plantings |
| * Water Courses | Implement naturalistic erosion control plantings along intermittent tributaries |
| * Vegetative Management | Consider incorporating area under MODOC's Kennedy Forest vegetative management and nature trail agreement |
| * Carr Lane | Remove Carr Lane and replace with a dual path |
| * Water Distribution | Replace existing water lines with new, relocating lines into a "utility corridor" where possible. Install required fittings and connections. Install new fire hydrants. |
| * City Electrical System | Replace existing high and low voltage electric lines with new lines in conduit. Relocate lines into a "utility corridor" where possible. |
| * Street Lighting | Remove and relocate existing street lighting to fit the new street pattern. Replace conduit wiring and fixture bases. |
| * Linear Water System | Provide integrates system design for the linear connected water system, and all adjacent landscapes, street improvements , pathways and bridges. |
| * Reforestation | Provide a computerized tree inventory for all areas of the park. |
| * Master Plan | Provide professional program management to coordinate the activities of the City, cultural institutions and other agencies in the successful execution of the Forest Park Master Plan. | ||||
| 1ST READING | REF TO COMM | COMMITTEE | COMM SUB | COMM AMEND | VOTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/17/97 | 01/17/97 | T&C | |||
| 2ND READING | FLOOR AMEND | FLOOR SUB | VOTE | PERFECTN | PASSAGE |
| 01/24/97 | 01/31/97 | 02/07/97 | |||
| ORDINANCE | VETOED | VETO OVR | EFFECTIVE | ||
| 64014 | |||||