appendix A Summary of Public Input Approximately, 80-to-100 residents participated in the first round of Summary of MetroGreen public workshops. Three drop-in format meetings were held on the evenings of April 24, 25, and 26. The workshops were located at Public Workshops the Missouri Department of Transportation office in Lee’s Summit, St. Luke’s Northland Hospital off Barry Road, and the Sylvester Powell Community Center in Mission. Three more meetings were held in June on the 25th, 26th, and 27th. These workshops were held at the Gladstone Community Building in Central Park, the Brush Creek Community Center, and the Merriam Community Center. Approximately, 50-to-70 people attended these workshops. A final public meeting was held on October 24th in downtown Kansas City. Participants viewed a short video that explains the concept of greenways, the different forms greenways take, and the many functions that they perform. Also, available for public viewing were displays produced by area agencies, highlighting local and regional trails systems, proposed and existing. Visitors were encouraged to look at, write comments, and sketch ideas on regional and county maps that were produced especially for the workshops. Workshop attendees located areas that they felt needed bicycle and/or pedestrian connections. Digital photographs of the maps and comments are printed on the following pages. A comment form was also made available to participants. Results from these forms are displayed following the workshop maps. Comments from the workshops were incorporated into subsequent drafts of the MetroGreen Map that shows potential greenway locations. In addition, MARC staff, Greenways Incorporated, Patti Banks Associates, and local representatives attended the workshops to answer questions and solicit responses. Summary of Public Input A-1 Presentation of The following maps contain the notes and graphic illustrations received at the public meetings. The maps were printed on 36-inch by 48-inch sheets Working Maps of paper. The process of reducing the maps to fit on an 8-1/2 by 11 sheet limits graphic clarity; therefore, comments from each map are listed on the corresponding pages. Jackson County - April 24, 2001 • Money - TEA 21 - CMAQ, Recreation trails, Enhancements; Corps; EPA; FEMA Project impact; 3/8 cent sales tax - Lee’s Summit Parks; Little Blue Sewer District levy; Jackson County Stormwater - regional approach; Independence water company - contract; Local landmark parks funding; Private donations - foundations; DNR - nature, stormwater, 301 water quality; MDC - natural areas, wetlands, streambank trust fund, fee-in-lieu. • Bike Ped (Heart of America Bridge). • New bridge will be accessible (MO River). • New river bridge southbound will be accessible (MO River) - at Sugar Creek. • Historic sites (planned bike facility). • Existing park in Sugar Creek is Jackson Co. and MDC land. • Jackson Co. owns land corridor (Little Blue River). • Fort Osage Park. Where is it? Historic reenactment site. • Protected wetland (MO River). • Add Santa Fe Trail. • Many park boundary corrections were made. Some of the errors were due to GIS information while others were due to GIS files overlapping the parks layer. • 8-foot wide gravel trail along Little Blue River. • Existing Longview bike trail - 8' wide. • Jackson County owns land corridor along this stream (Little Blue River). • Lake Jacomo 5HP limit. • Longview Lake flood control & recreation. • Link to KATY Trail (Belton, MO). • Frisco Corridor to Clinton, MO. • 150th St. corridor (Grandview to Greenwood). • Lonview Lake to MO River corridor segment. • Add Lee’s Summit Trails and Greenway System. • Rock Island corridor to Pleasant Hill/Windsor (Ameren U.E.) possible light rail corridor rail w/trail (new MG corridor). • The following items were labeled: Sni-A-Bar River, Blue and Gray Park, Powell Gardens, Blue Springs Lake, Cement City Rd (beside MO River), Stadium Sports Complex, Brush Creek, Sewer Treatment Plant (between Blue Valley and Atherton Sibley). • Connections noted: Johnson County, Indian Creek and Brush Creek to Blue River to Missouri River. Missouri River levee trail, Little Blue River corridor. Connect the stadium complex to KATY Trail via Rock Island RR corridor. Blue Branch Creek from county line west to Little Blue River. Kansas City MetroGreen Plan A-2 Comment Map - Jackson County Summary of Public Input A-3 Clay and Platte Counties - April 25, 2001 • Instructions: Please indicate where you would like to see trails and greenways located. Draw on me. • Get Vivion Road plan. • Get GIS file of KCMO Major Street Plan (Bob Hurst City Planning and Development). • Old inter-urban rail corridor. AA Hwy to 108 Hwy. • North KC to Airport - Heart of America Bridge, along river to Parkville, 9 Hwy/Union Chapel Rd, Barry Rd, Tiffany Springs, 104 St, TWA facility. • Better corridor than 92/10. • Old rail line, talk to Aaron Schmidt. • Platte County P+2. • Interurban right-of-way from Liberty to Excelsior is mostly intact. • Excelsior Springs - historic destination. • Pharis Farm is shown in the wrong location and may be public land soon. • Rail corridor from Liberty to Kearney is used once a week - might be shared with MetroGreen. • Old Armour Road, 3 miles, inactive roadway from Chouteau Bridge (E) to Walker Rd (W). • Connection corridor * Line Creek / Riverside / Parkville - very important! • Greenway trails on Missouri River levees on Corps of Engineer, entire Platte County. • Routes highlighted include: along the Missouri River, Platte River, Little Platte River, Brush Creek, Second Creek, and Line Creek. Connections to Liberty, Kearney, Excelsior Springs, North Kansas City, and Smithville. • Items labeled: Platte River, Little Platte River, Jesse James Farm, Second Creek, Brush Creek, Line Creek, Searcy Creek, Midwest Baptist Seminary, Greenhills wildlife area, English Landing Park, Park at old Argosy Casino, Parma Park, Tiffany Springs Park, New (Marshall C.A.) Conservation Dept. Area, Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area, and a boat ramp near Weston. Kansas City MetroGreen Plan A-4 Comment Map - Clay and Platte Counties Summary of Public Input A-5 Johnson County - April 26, 2001 • Add South Community Park and Lone Elm Campground off US 169 to the map. • Link Lake Olathe to Cedar Lake, with a spur to the South Community Park and Lone Elm Campground, to Heritage Park, down Coffee Creek and down Blue River to KATY Trail - Important Link. • A Johnson County Central Park should be created where all of the greenways converge near the Prairie Center, Lake Olathe, Oregon Trail Park, Pine and Elm Park, West Santa Fe Park, Prairie Center Park and Ernie Miller Park. • Make a connection from greenway intersection with 135th Street around the Sunflower Munitions Plant to the south and around the west side to connect with Douglas County. • Greenway corridors up Indian Creek to the County Central Park and up Tomahawk Creek to St. Andrews Golf Course. • Bike lanes or other as road accommodates along 143 Street. • There needs to be a connection near Quivira Road north of 435 to Indian Creek. • Trailhead location at 95th Street and Mill Creek. • Add Prairie Star Parkway - trail is planned along the street. • 10 acre ISTEA park on Monticello. • 30 acre park south of the Wild Bill Hickcock Park. • Connect Shawnee Riverfront Park to Mill Creek. • Connection and safety bridge needed near I-435 at Wyandotte County border. • Add Blackfish Greenway to the map. • Roeland Park Community Center will be connected via greenway extension to 75th Street. • Retrofit Mission Road. • Contact Neil Holman, director at Shawnee Parks. • Road cyclists on an unidentified road between 135th and 143rd in Olathe. • Label Wolfe Creek. • Connect DeSoto to Gardner to Spring Hill via Kill Creek. Kansas City MetroGreen Plan A-6 Comment Map - Johnson County Summary of Public Input A-7 Wyandotte County - April 26, 2001 • Need legal bike access on river bridge at I-435 (next bridge is Hwy 92 at Leavenworth or in downtown KC). • Only bike access (E on 47th to connect to Mill Creek JOCO system) is at K-7 Hwy. • On-road trail suggested along Georgia Street. • Cross Kansas River (Heritage Trail). • Connection to MO (Turkey Creek). • Possible transit hub (Turkey Creek). • JOCO connect (need striping and signs) - 18th Street. • Bridge for peds and bike - at I-435 Johnson/Wyandotte County line, Kaw River. • Go to Mill Creek (from Lake Quivira). • Remove 1991 Vision route east of 435. • Show routes along 110th, railroad corridor along the Kansas River, levees along the Missouri River, Parallel Parkway, 55th Street, and connect Wyandotte County Lake to Leavenworth County. • Items labeled: MO River, Race Track, Woodlands, Wyandotte City Park, Sunflower Hills, Sandstone Amphitheatre/Agricultural Hall of Fame, Parallel Parkway, Heritage Trail, Roe Lane, Wyandotte County Lake. Kansas City MetroGreen Plan A-8 Comment Map - Wyandotte County Summary of Public Input A-9 Regional Map - Used April 24, 25, and 26, 2001 • Create a metro-wide “Share the Road” signage program and start today. • Wyandotte County (JCBC Weston Ride) to Weston and Atchinson. • Connections needed between Wyandotte County and Johnson County especially north of the river. • Pocket Park Transit Center near Kansas University Medical Center. • Link from Johnson County 51st and Lowell to KCK near Turkey Creek. • Connect J.A. Reed W.P. to Pleasant Hill to Windsor. • Incorporate trail design into planned corporate improvements (John Groddhouse) on Turkey Creek. • Note existing and proposed 4' sidewalks drawn in orange on the map around Raymore. • Possible rail from Raymore to Harrisonville. • Priority 1 trail from south of Raymore to countyline. • Harrisonville / Pleasant Hill connection via rail line. Kansas City MetroGreen Plan A-10 Comment Map - Kansas City Metro Region Summary of Public Input A-11 Platte and Clay Counties - June 25, 2001 • Add a 10' bike lane along Hwy 45 from I-435 and extend to Line Creek - priority one. • Add a priority 1 trail from Riverside-Young Park to English Landing Park. • Add Cooley Lake to the southeast corner of the map.