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<title>Project Proposal</title>
<author xml:id="your_id_here">Samantha Wagner</author>
<version n="2" date="2016-08-09"/>
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<cover_page>
<title>City Center Park Redesign</title>
<author>JPP Egineering and Urban Planning</author>
<submit_date>September 1st 2016</submit_date>
<audience> To: Members of the Board of Trustees and residents of the city of Kirkland,
Washington </audience>
</cover_page>
<tbl_cont>
<section n="1">Introduction</section>
<section n="2">Background</section>
<section n="3">Purpose</section>
<section n="4">Action Plan</section>
<section n="5">Feasibility</section>
<section n="6">Conclusion</section>
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<intro type="abstract">
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<p>The city of Kirkland has published a local request for proposals regarding community
improvements at 111 Waverly Way. Currently the empty lot sits partially revamped and
partially baren and overgrown with brambles. Our proposal is to completely update
the existing park with modern features and sustainable structures. This space holds
immense potential to bring added value to the community and meet the needs of a
growing and diversifying neighborhood. This project proposal is broken down into
four distinct phases so as to allow for flexibility in developement as funds and
resources become available to the city. </p>
</intro>
<background>
<p>
<crnt_cond> Located at 111 Waverly Way in Kirkland, City Center Park currently
serves as the city's second largest communal gathering space within city limits.
The large plot of land has become overgrown with weeds and blackberry bushes.
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</crnt_cond>
<subj_hist> As the site of the former junior high school which burned down in 1987,
this land was left in disrepair for over a year before members of the local
neighborhoods banned together to bring purpose back to the land. Over the years
since the fire, different features have been added progressively. Starting with
the creation of the winding path up to a senic lookout point over Lake
Washington and then building<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">having an issue
with parallel construction in this sentence; I think you just need an
article (the) before building to fix this grammatical issue</note> a small
play ground out of local recycled materials. The potential of this space is
obvious to those who live around
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</subj_hist>
</p>
</background>
<purpose>
<p>
<scope type="when"> In the summer of 2017, the city of Kirkland hopes to begin
construction on the vacant lot turned community park in hopes of realizing its
value to the community and the organizations within it. </scope>
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<scope type="who"> When completed this project will bring greatly added value to the
city and to its residence in many forms<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">sych
as...?</note>. </scope>
<objective> The proposed project includes a multi-purpose turf sports feild<note
type="instructor" resp="#kgs">field</note> with a small grandstand seating
area to serve as a practice and game space for local teams. It will include an
ecofriendly play area<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">, created </note> by
updating and reinforcing the existing structure made out of local recycled
materials. The existing lookout point at the top of the park's hill will be
enhanced with a sculptural totem pole designed and carved by local artists and
craftsman. All of which will be surrounded by patches of community gardens for
town residents to manage and attend to.
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</objective>
</p>
<p>
<goal> Goals:</goal>
</p>
<p>
<goal>- Preserve, protect, and improve parkland and recreational
opportunities.</goal>
</p>
<p>
<goal>- Anticipate the needs of the changing community and structure programs and
facilities accordingly.</goal>
</p>
<p>
<goal>- Enhance the city’s arts, cultural and historic assets. </goal>
</p>
<p>
<goal>- Enrich the lives of residents.</goal>
</p>
<p>
<goal>- And build a healthier community. </goal>
</p>
</purpose>
<approach>
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<p>
<action>Our number one goal is to provide a safe and productive space that fully
utilizes all of the benefits that this land has to offer. Our proposed design
for City Center Park would maximize its usefulness to the community while
maintaining minimal costs to the city and its residence. The phases of this
project are broken up into four main catergories which can be constructed all at
once or in progression depending on finances and disruption to the surrounding
neighborhoods.<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">this fleibility seems very
important for a project like this</note> The first, and most critical phase
involves clearing the brambles that covers<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs"
>cover</note> this already well graded plot of land and removing any
remaining building debris and possible hazardous waste that may remain on the
site. The second phase includes structurally fortifying and updating the
existing recycled play structure and surrounding picnic spaces. This phase can
be followed by either the addition of a new multipurpose terf<note
type="instructor" resp="#kgs">turf</note> feild and small grandstand area or
improvement of the senic lookout ridge above with the addition of several plots
for community gardens for local residence to use. </action></p>
</approach>
<feasibility>
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<p>
<economic>Over the past five years the city of Kirkland has set aside a small budget
each year to be put towards city redevelopment and improvement projects.
Although this fund will not cover the entire cost of the project, it along with
a number of donations from members of the community and local companies will
cover the relatively low costs of this project. Much of the groundwork for this
park has already been laid over the past 20 to 30 years through the small
neighborhood improvement projects that have taken place. The main cost for this
improvement will be the leveling and placement of the sports field. Otherwise
art fixtures and building materials will be made of primarily donated or local
recycled materials.</economic></p>
<p><social>Socially, this community space would add exponential value to the surrounding
properties and to the lives of those living within and around the city of
Kirkland.<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">right, do you have any sources
that attest to the social benefits of public parks? Or of cities investing
funds into local improvement projects?</note> Removing any remaining
structural debris from the old school and reintroducing local plant life back to
the land would help to not only improve the local ecosystem and environment, it
would help to stabilize the soft soils and loose gravel that makes up the
existing ridge at the edge of the park. </social></p>
</feasibility>
<conclu>
<p> In conclusion, we believe that this park would add invaluably to the community. Our
design proposal provides an efficient and practical response to a number of the
problems called upon by local residents to be added or fixed. This space would
provide a space for youth sports leagues to practice, for local organizations to
meet, for children to play and for neighbors to gather. <!--text here-->
</p>
</conclu>
<references>
<citation n="1" style="MLA"> United States. National Park Service. "Learn and Explore
(US National Park Service)." U.S. Department of the Interior, n.d. Web. 02 Aug.
2016.</citation>
<citation n="2" style="MLA">"Online Parks Guide." City of Kirkland, Feb. 2014. Web. 02
Aug. 2016.</citation>
</references>
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<docReview>
<reviewer type="peer" xml:id="v_27"/>
<report type="peer" resp="#v_27">
<p> For project 2, Sam did a proposal for City Center Park Redesign in Kirkland,
Washington. The proposal goes over the history and current state of the park, as
well as what kind of redesigns should take place and how this improvement of the
park would benefit the community of Kirkland. Overall from what I read I thought
that there was strong foundation to the proposal and I felt like a lot of the points
being made came across well. Starting off with the background, I found that it was
very rich in detail and that a lot what was found in the subject history and current
state fit extremely well. Where I think the Background can improve is within
transitioning from fact to fact where you could write stuff between the elements to
help the audience digest the information better. I also feel that you can cut down
the subject history. For Purpose was somewhat confused by the, "hopes to begin
construction on the vacant lot turned community park in hopes of realizing its value
to the community", I think you clarify or reorganize that part it should be fine.
For the goals element I think that you can just head the section with "Goals:"
instead of "The goals of redesigning...", I think that it would look more
professional. And with your last goal you should start it with an action word so
there is a consistency with the other goals. I thought that your scope was strong
and to the point and also liked how you choose to present you goals and how they
were brief yet effective. For feasibility I thought that ideas were strong and the
flow was good. I felt that everything in that section made sense and fit well within
that element. I thought that your use of language throughout this proposal made
sense by using a more professional tone with your audience and also using some more
techincal language, but not too much that you may confuse the audience. Overall I
think that you have a very strong foundation for this project and just need finish
up the other sections.</p>
</report>
<reviewer type="instructor" xml:id="kgs"/>
<report type="instructor" resp="#kgs">
<p>This is an interesting project and seems perfect for the genre. There are a few
moments where I had questions or pointed out minor changes above; be sure to pay
attention to those. My other critique would be that there are times when the
proposal seems vague or non-specific, when more specificity might improve the
effectiveness of the document (e.g., in the economic section). The proposal may have
benefitted from some additional research into similar sized cities investing in
public parks--financial costs, benefits to the community, etc. Overall, though, this
is nice work.</p>
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