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Parks and Public Open Space Amenities <br /> The third organizing element of the Public Amenities Master Plan is the parks and public open space <br /> component of the Riverfront Development project. The master plan proposes significant improvements <br /> and expansions to Lowell Riverfront Park, creation of a new 3-Acre Park near the north end of the <br /> Riverfront Development site, and the construction of new picnic areas and interpretive viewpoints. <br /> The city of Everett has a goal established by city ordinance of meeting the U.S. Green Building Council <br /> Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) designation for new public construction. <br /> Although the architectural features proposed by the master plan do not meet the building size threshold <br /> in the ordinance mandating LEED designation, the Public Amenities Master Plan proposals will <br /> incorporate cost-effective, green building practices and address life cycle and maintenance costs in all <br /> site amenities. <br /> Lowell Riverfront Park <br /> The proposed improvements to Lowell Riverfront Park may be accomplished in phases, as the program <br /> dictates or evolves in the future. The park serves as a southern anchor and staging area for the <br /> Riverfront District, and will include formalizing and surfacing the parking area and creating a water <br /> quality treatment facility to address site runoff. Portions of the riverbank will be stabilized to forestall <br /> erosion and withstand foot traffic, and other areas will be graded and planted with native plant species <br /> to bioengineer an erosion-resistant, naturalistic bank, one that will be protected with a fence and <br /> provided with informational or interpretive signs. The park may support development of a future <br /> interpretive center, or a multi-purpose building that can function as a classroom, meeting space, group <br /> picnic facility, or other amenity. <br /> SECONDARY FIRE <br /> I ACCESS ROAD <br /> rPLANTING,/ _ I <br /> �I J i -/' SiOJFL SAI1ON' _ ✓ ���y a� M .y <br /> I • \ 1 <br /> /'1 (� - I ---� <br /> i Ufi�eLL ' ttSH T __ s <br /> r.a;D2N c �`` <br /> • J p • t <br /> ACCESS' <br /> TURNAROUND AND <br /> � .. ,. DROP-OFF <br /> —PARK ENTRY '• �. - • <br /> f - E PAVED <br /> REGIONAL <br /> TRAIL <br /> �.- <br /> INTERPRETIVEERNALOCATION <br /> — <br /> ALTERNATE LOGICNIC FOR <br /> SHELOR PICNIC <br /> �•'BENCHES SHELTER) <br /> - --DOUBLE BAY PAVED PARKING <br /> • PICNIC TABLES / VMTH PLANTED ISLANDS <br /> ; STABILIZED RIVERBANK <br /> FOR ACCESSIBLEPOR FISHING <br /> • STABILIZED RIVERBANK <br /> NOT ACCESSIBLE <br /> r <br /> Lowell Riverfront Park improvements. <br /> Riverfront Development Public Amenities Master Plan 37 <br /> 72 <br />