City of Belfast
City Council Workshop
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 6:30pm
Belfast City Hall - Council Chambers
Coastal Walkway Project 

This is a City Council Workshop to discuss the Coastal Walkway Project.  They have invited the Parks and Recreation Commission, Pedestrian, Hiking and Biking Committee and the Harbor Advisory Committee to participate in this workshop. 

The goal of this work session is to do an overview of the project and to identify what steps need to be addressed to get us to a design drafting phase. Obviously dimensions, materials, accessories such as lighting, benches etc will need to be resolved but so will the location and type of connectivity to the Steamboat Landing Site. 

The Council has expressed the following desires even though there were not defined votes on any of these issues: 

1. That the project move quickly and be done this spring- I think that means all decisions made and drafting specifications for bidders by the latter part of January- for a bid opening in March with work to start at the end of April (Weather)

2. That we will have some type of Project Manager- certainly during construction

3. That the project should include lighting even on the temporary walkway through the Stinson property

4. That we should try to stay within the budget of $440,000

5. That the walkway should be attractive

6. That the City Council will be the lead Committee or group to oversee this project

 The public is invited to attend but not participate in this workshop.