Mayor Moore, [AL as night's mectng, the Quiney Park Board discussed the proposed Intergovernmental Agreement (0G) related to rvoriont development. Mos of our time was spent compiling 8 ist questions that would help us make an informed decision, The results ofthat process ar listed below. Please consider these as coming from the entre park board, not jst me Our next mestn Wednesday, Dee 4 so hat we have adequate time to review them, is Wednesday, December 11, 50 respectfully request that you provide answers by | ~The proposed IGA states tht you will appoint to vo at-large members. Your email earir today indicated you would be open to changes. I the Park Board insisted that one of those be appointed by the Park Board, would you agee to that? Yes, I would propose that the county ity and park distit each appoint a community member. So instead of we community members there would be thee, Ifyou feel tat would be ok, we can revise the agreement o reflect that change before the City, County and Park Distt vote onthe agreement, 2-$400,000— Even though the Park Distt is not contributing this point, we ask the following. ‘A. How do you envision the $400,000 being spent? It wil be sponta curled bythe agreement for ‘consultant services with Klingner& Assoeates, SWT Design, Convergence and meStrong (Consultant ‘Agreement tached), 8, Will you support using a small portion to survey the propery lines and easements along the rverfont fom Broadway tothe south boundary of Edgewater Pack? ‘The Scope of Work (Exhibit L) of the Agreement for Consultant Services includes toposrapical survey fiom Edgewater Prk to Bob Banger Park. The topographical survey will include indicating pacol and rightofeway information from parcel mapping and in-house data. The scope doesnot include detailed Property surveys and uilty locations that would typically be collected during the detailed design phase. '3~ Termination Clause - Pease clarify section 3. ‘A Ifthe IGA is agreed to and at some future time one party wants to terminate it, what i the process ‘cancel the agreement? The agreement ca be terminate! at anytime if given writen notice. I would imagine if board would vote to end the agreement and then senda eter accordingly, thus canceling the agreement. 'B. Would it be beneficial forall partes once an end date (sunset clase) porto adoption? Ie might tbe, but Lam not sue how long you'd wan it ince the timeline for the replacement ofthe Memorial ‘Bridge i id, this committee shouldbe there to guide IDOT on how it connocs the new ridge to pedestan/bike tails and how Main street will connect back to our its transportation network after the “Memorial Bridge removed, 45-Commitee's Authority A. What authority of powers will the committee have? The committe isa recommending body only if the committee recommends a project, expenditure, ete, it woul have to go before the governing bodies farther approval B, Can you provide examples of decisions that you anticipate the committee making I anticipate the «committee working with the architect and engineering team to envision a longterm pln forthe riverfront to prioritize projects and make recommendations on phasing. If there sa poet ha the body agrees should move forward, they would workout the deals on cost allocation, maintenance, ownership, eeCC. The IGA includes the phrase “to obtain and share services.” Please explain that further or provide examples of possible shared services. ‘The City, County, Park Distt are entered int the IGA and will be partnering in the hing of consultant to develop the Riverfront Master Plan "The Plan will engage the public inthe plang process and determine the feasibility of projects, review maintenance, sustainability, and governance Tissues. The expectation is this mult-juisdetionel partnership wll extend to project development. 5 Has there been any communication with the railroad company, which owns significant portion ofthe Fiverfron? If 0, please share whatever detils you deem appropriate. We have not had any Formal ‘Communications wit the Burlington Junction Raiload at thi time. Burlingon Junction willbe contacted ‘spat oF the mater planing process. 5 Boat Dock ‘A. What details are you willing to share about the possiblity of large boats docking in Quincy? This “summer we were contacted by American Cruise Lines (ACL) to possibly come to Quiney 14 tes throughout the summer and fll. We developed programming and transportation options to prepare the City for such a visit. The river depth fell to such a level that without a dock, it would not be possible for ACL to unload passengers in a way they felt would be good for them. ACL said they will take another Took at us inthe fate, 8. Do you have specific projections about the impact on tourism or the local economy? QACVB recently reviewed the tourism expenditure multiplier and willbe using $250 pe visitor per night for tourism tuavel. We now from surveys and the Quincy Next Stratego Pantha the riverfront corridor i one of the ‘most underused esses we have inthe community. With an actionable plan we can target investments to make the river the foal point in our community (C-Are you aware of informal commitments by riverboat eruse companies to use a new dock? Im not. D. Ifthe new dock is bul, who willbe responsible for maintenance? One of the necessities of ‘commissioning «plan $0 we know the exact cot to construct and maintain projeets throughout the riverfront. Ifa project were tobe funded each board would need to approve an agreement for operating and maintenance. E. How might those operating and maintenance expenses be paid? Please see above. This would be determined once a cost was known and the boards wanted to prosoed further. Before any plan implementation is pursued, agreements regarding maintenance wil be coordinated with all partis. 7—1fsomeone is opposed to any tax increase fr construction, operation, or maintenance ofa new dock, Pier promenade, or other major change to Clat Adams Park, wy shoul that person voein favor ofthis ‘agreement? We areata rica tage with IDOT and the replacement ofthe Memorial Bridge. They have requested we give them an actionable plan on how we want Maine Stee retuned tows ae the “Memorial Bridge is moved. They also would ike our input in connecting the new bridge to our ‘uanspocaton network, including bike and pedestrian tals. This will be ou only epportunity to have the State o lino atthe table and be wiling to pay forthe impacts of building anew bridge and removing ‘the Memorial Bridge. Without plan i place, IDOT will no fund any projets and once the proiet is losed atthe 100% ofthe cots wil be on the local nis of governments. Furthermore, there are stato ‘and Federal grant opportunites that are availabe to communities. With an acionabe plan where we know te exact cost to construct and maintain we could apply for those grants and bring moe investment in our community Thank you, John Frankenhoff on behalf ofthe Quiney Park Board of Commissioners