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SHEET COMMENTARY SHEET g OF 23 STATION 1512+00 TO STATION 1632+00 REACH FOUR The five major parks associated with the 1 inear trail system are Ruby Hill Park, Grant Park, Frontier Park, Pasquinel's Landing Park and Overland Park. The plan recommends adding boat landings in Grant Park and pasquinel's Landing Park to improve river access. The plan also proposes developing the Montana City Historical Cabin within Frontier Park. A variety of improvements are proposed for Overland Park located on the east bank north of Florida. The plan calls for addition of a picnic shelter and construction of a guard rail on the east side to prevent vehicles from randomly crossing grass areas. Moreover, the park site provides an excellent opportunity to improve wildlife habitat and create fishing areas. The plan proposes planting dense ground cover, building artificial nesting boxes. and stocking the pond with fish. Retaining walls recommended in the Volume I Phase B Report to improve flood carrying capacity provide the opportunity to create new wet 1 ands south of Sanderson Gul ch and north of Evans Avenue. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I IV-27 The Recreation Plan proposed for this segment of the South Platte River is based on the engineering drawings in Vol. I of the Phase B Report. As the engineering drawings are revised and refined, the plan proposed here will need to be reevaluated and modifi ed if necessa ry to accommodate flood control measures. The land uses in this segment include commercial, industrial and residential developments as well as a publ ic Service Company generating plant and Overland Golf Course. For the most part, corridor boundaries are established by existing roads. A linear park and several special parks have already been developed in this segment by the Greenway Foundation and the City of Denver. The linear park consists of a west-bank trail that crosses the river south of Evans Avenue and continues along the east bank unt il a poi nt north of Flori da Avenue, where it aga in crosses the ri ver to the east bank. Although many impediments to boating have already been removed by the City of Denver, a five-foot rubble dam at the south end of the segment should be notched. Both dams further north in the segment have boat chutes. However, boat landings are proposed for each side of all three dams to allow boaters to portage. The plan proposes construction of an opposite-bank trail system in this segment as well as improvements to existing special parks. The opposite-bank trail is needed to accommodate the heavy use expected through Denver, the heart of the metropolitan region. The proposed trail continues along the east bank from the previous segment to the existing trail at the pedestrian bridge. On the other side of the bridge, the trail continues north along the west bank crossing underneath Evans Avenue and Florida Avenue with ramps to street grade at both crossings. The proposed trail again connects to an existing trail and pedestrian bridge then continues on the east bank, cross i ng underneath South Santa Fe Dri ve. The plan also proposes a connecting trail to Lakewood along Sanderson Gulch and an on-street connection to the Harvard Gulch Trail that provides access to neighborhoods on the east. Addition of a pedestrian crosswalk and signal at Huron Street is proposed to further improve pedestrian access to the tra il .