Agenda

Niagara River Greenway

State Parks Standing Committee  

May 7, 2008

NYPA, Power Vista

3rd Meeting of Parks Standing Committee

1.  Welcome and Introduction

2.  Review and approval of minutes from January 18, 2008

3.   Presentation by Al Nihill, Capital Facilities Manager, NYSOPRHP

-Status of (year 2007) funded projects

-RFQ’s update on consultant teams selected to prepare plans and specifications for the greenway projects.

-Overview of NYSOPRHP Greenway Planning Process

-Relation to and integration of greenway projects with other ongoing planning studies.

-Goat Island Restoration Plan (w/Trowbridge & Wolf).  (This study has started and needs to be completed before we can prepare plans and specifications for work on Goat Island.)

-Niagara Gorge Trail Plan.

-Overview of project implementation schedule for Greenway Projects (07-08).

-Development of Concept Plan cost estimates

-Greenway Commission Consistency Reviews

-Pre-planning and Environmental Reviews

-Preparation of plans and specifications

-Construction.

-Status of Niagara Gorge Rock Stabilization Program

4.  Next Meeting

                        -Thursday, August 21, 2008

5.  Public Comment

6.  Meeting Closure