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6/29/20101 Bean and Allard Farms Project History City contact Property Owner Year Cons. & Farming Recreation Conservation Commission Beans 1974 YES Planning search for farmland opportunities
1998+ YES Planning Goulet/Allard 2006 YES Recreation, working w/Planning Goulet/Allard 2007 YES YES Recreation searching for recreation sites: 2007-YES Island Road, State Hospital, Sheldon
Field, Smith Voc at VA, Venturers’ Field Rd, Allard 2008 CPA funding for citywide recreation assessment 2008 YES Assessment completed 2009 YES Planning, working w/Recreation Beans 2009
YES Planning, working w/Recreation Goulet/Allard 2009 YES YES Planning and Recreation with Trust for Public Land Beans and Goulet/Allard 2010 YES YES Closing (anticipated) Late 2009
to early 2010 1971=3,688 acres 1985=3,440 acres 1999= 3,177 acres 1971 1999 Recreation Assessment 1. Limited options 2. Some sites for 1-2 fields 3. Extremely limited for colocated fields
Recreation Field Deficiencies 20+ leagues, 3,500+ players, limited fields • The shortage effects 100s of kids and adults • No opportunity to rest and repair fields Field Needs • Six
multipurpose fields (soccer/related) – includes one field to rotate out of usage to repair • Two baseball fields – one 60’ and one convertible to 90’ Environmental Justice
6/29/20102 Bean Farm: from southwest Courtesy of Richard Shephard, Aerial Photography Bean/Allard Farms: from Look Park Courtesy of Richard Shephard, Aerial Photography Allard from northwest
Courtesy of Richard Shephard, Aerial Photography Allard from Meadow St Courtesy of Richard Shephard, Aerial Photography Mill River at Allard Farm Courtesy of Richard Shephard, Aerial
Photography Bean Maximum Regulatory Buildout
6/29/20103 Bean Easy Market Rate Solution Allard: Maximum and Market Solution Combined Farms Option Public Involvement • Four public hearings • 16 additional public meetings • Four City
Council discussions • Conway School of Design brainstorming • Bean/Allard Farm Task Force Bean/Allard Task Force • Ward 7 City Councilor: Gene Tacy • Conservation Commission: Kevin Lake
• Recreation Commission: Carol Bertrand • Agriculture Commission: Richard Jaescke • Zoning Revisions nominee: Peter Flinker – Conservation Commission alternate: Valerie Vignaux – Recreation
Commission alternate: Jody Lemoi – Agriculture Commission alternate: John Omasta – Zoning revisions nominee alternate: Donna Lilborn Traffic Data • Collected existing counts • Scheduled
new counts (2 Meadow, 2 Spring) • Working on model of trip direction • Collecting data on trip generation • Traffic meeting BEFORE full design
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