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RSVP meeting, 9/17

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The city is mailing out notices of a meeting for Prior/Goodrich RSVP neighbors at 6pm on 9/17 at the Groveland Rec Center. Tom Stadsklev noted that any questions about the project are welcome, from assessments to lighting to rain gardens and tree trenches.

Lisa Falk-Thompson is also preparing a second letter to address many of the tree trench questions the city has been getting. A fix-up of those trenches is planned, including making them a bit shallower, making their slope gentler, and in some cases adjusting the soils used to ensure they drain properly.

RSVP Public Art Meeting, 5/22

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Regina Flanagan, Public Art Ordinance Administrator for Saint Paul, has invited residents of the Prior/Goodrich RSVP project to a meeting with artist-in-residence Marcus Young at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Avenue, on 5/22 at 6:30pm.

Here’s the invitation:

Hello Neighborhood Residents:

You have contacted me via email or phone or we have spoken about public art at the orientation meeting last Fall for the Residential Street Vitality Program (RSVP) and you expressed interest in meeting with the artist-team that will be working on the projects for your neighborhood. Here’s your opportunity! I am pleased to report that the team has been assembled and is just starting their work. (The following notice will also be broadcast through the District Council and I request that you share it with your neighbors, too. We are hoping for a good turnout and a lively conversation. Thanks.)

We invite residents in the Davern Jefferson I and II and Prior/Goodrich (District 14 – Macalester Groveland Community Council) RSVP project areas to a get-together to talk about public art opportunities for their neighborhoods.

Please join the design team – Marcus Young, City Artist in Residence, and artists Matt Olson, Brad Kaspari and Lisa Elias – on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Avenue (corner of Prior and St. Clair), Saint Paul, MN 55105.

In 2009, an ordinance was passed by the City setting aside one percent for public art because it strengthens public places and enhances and promotes Saint Paul’s identity as a livable and creative city and a desirable place to live, work and visit. This is the pilot year for integrating art into RSVP projects.

Marcus Young has been City Artist in Residence since 2006 and has created the popular Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk program which has touched all corners of the city, wherever sidewalks are being repaired or replaced.

The design team is just beginning their process and want to get to know the neighborhoods better. The team also wants to give residents a glimpse into how they are starting to think about public art. Like with Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk, the artists are exploring how art can be integrated systemically into street reconstruction. Later in their design process, the team will follow-up with a celebratory event that presents their design ideas.

We hope you can join us. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regina M. Flanagan, RLA, MA
Public Art Ordinance Administrator
City of Saint Paul
Offices of Financial Services
10th Floor, City Hall Annex
Saint Paul, MN 55102
P: 651-266-9159
Regina.Flanagan@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Position funded by Public Art Saint Paul

RSVP Meeting to discuss traffic calming and rain gardens, 12/7

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Some of us have requested a special meeting to discuss traffic calming and rain garden options that could be added to the 2012 Prior-Goodrich RSVP project. That meeting will be held 6:30-8:30pm, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 at the Hillcrest Recreation Center at 1978 Ford Parkway.

The neighbors on Lincoln Avenue will be talking about some ideas they are working on for their street, and how some of those features could be added around the rest of the neighborhood for a bigger impact on traffic. City and watershed district staff will be there to listen to the ideas and to help answer questions regarding what is feasible and what might work well for this neighborhood. Hope to see you there!

Lincoln Avenue Contacts: Eric Celeste, efc@clst.org, 651-323-2009 and
Steve Gorg, stevegorg@yahoo.com, 651-334-7624. City Project Manager: Lisa Falk-Thompson, lisa.falk-thompson@ci.stpaul.mn.us, 651-266-6117.

Meeting to Discuss Calming, 11/22

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Steve Gorg and Eric Celeste invite everyone to a meeting to discuss traffic calming options associate with the RSVP project. We will meet on Tuesday evening, 11/22, at 5:30pm at Eric’s house, 1993 Lincoln Avenue. Monica Beeman, a Saint Paul traffic engineer, and Russ Stark, our city council member, will both be present learn what we are thinking about and help answer questions. Whether you like options like curb bumpouts and traffic circles or not, please join us so we get a full sense of what the neighborhood wants to see. Contact Eric at 323-2009 with questions.

First RSVP Meeting for Prior/Goodrich Project

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Lisa Falk-Thompson, the project engineer for our “Prior/Goodrich RSVP” project, hosted the first public meeting about this project on Tuesday 11/15/11 at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church on Saint Clair. RSVP stands for the “Residential Street Vitality Program” in Saint Paul. It is the effort that puts real curbs and pavement on our neighborhood streets. Our RSVP project is being designed now (Fall 2011), will see construction begin in Spring 2012 (probably February), and should be completed by Fall 2012 (though a final pavement may await Spring 2013).

A number of utilities that run under the street will also be updated. Sewers will be checked, water mains will be replaced, gas lines will probably be updated, and electricity for street lighting will move underground to supply the new street lamps that are part of the project. Other utilities from the allies (cable, other electricity, phone) will not be moved under the street.

75% of the cost of RSVP is covered by the city and street improvement bonds, the other 25% is assessed to owners. Lisa expects the cost to owners will come in at about $60 per foot of street front property (a typical house has a 40 foot street front), but that cost may change before the assessment is made in Fall 2012.

We are starting a new “RSVP” section on this website to hold more details and contacts for our project.