Current Info: 

 

Wed Oct 26 2005 - The WDC Board releases plans for the Phase I component of the planned Riverpark Place Development.

 

This announcement is simply a restatement of previously released material and offer no new information as it pertains to The Harbor. Unfortunately, the "plans" submitted to The U.S. Army corps of Engineers clearly call for The Harbor to be  totally demolished and excavated as part of Phase I construction. Initial construction will also seriously impact other previously identified historic and archaeological sites as well as protected prehistoric Native American gravesites. 

 

Despite repeated overtures by concerted citizens and organizations seeking  assurances the previously agreed to preservation requirements will be enforced, none have been offered. Indeed public advocacy groups that are normally informed in advance of meetings and announcements pertaining to municipal projects that affect their interests, have been overlooked. 

 

During the course of this exercise, Mr. Ken Clay of the WDC Board of Directors did say that more effort should be made to work with concerned citizens groups in the future. He is aware of our preservation concerns, This is the first time a Metro Official has publicly expressed, albeit indirectly, that the community has not been adequately included in the process and that there are widespread concerns. We thank him for that. 

 

The design will now go to the U.S. Corps of Engineers and Metro Planning/Zoning, Land Design & Development Committee for design review...