Title/Name/Summary
Village Center Landscape Master Plan - Tree Preservation and Green Infrastructure Account
History
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
On February 4, 2019, the Village Board of Trustees approved funding for the Village to work with Hey and Associates to create a master landscape plan for the Village Center campus (see 2019-0007). To date, a landscape plan of any kind has never been created for Village Center, despite the campus being nationally recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with an AIA Certificate of Merit for Good Design. The result has been an inconsistent landscape aesthetic and higher than normal maintenance demands throughout the grounds.
Subsequently, on February 29, 2019, the Village Board of Trustees approved a conceptual master landscape plan for the Village Center (see 2018-0811) in conjunction with parking lot and entry plaza improvements. The conceptual master landscape plan was developed by the Development Service Department in conjunction with the Village Manager's Office and Parks Departments to help guide a Village Center Master Landscape Plan.
The Village Manager's Office, Development Services Department and Parks and Grounds Department then worked with the Village's landscape consultant Hey and Associates between March and June, 2019 to create a master landscape plan for the Village Center campus. The result of those efforts is attached for review and consideration by the Development Services, Planning and Engineering Committee and Village Board.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION and OBJECTIVE
The objective of the proposed Village Center Landscape Master Plan is to extend the architectural principles used to develop the Village Center buildings in to the surrounding campus, as well as incorporate goals of the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code, through the use of green infrastructure and sustainable landscape design. The proposed master plan, a rendering and an opinion of probable cost is attached for revie...
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