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1907-08 West Lagoon (Duck Pond) was extensively remodeled including a change in configuration from a naturalized shape to a near oval, 1980s and 1990s. The covered shelter and chain link fence are not original. <br />Only remnants of a path system were recorded by WPA, 1938. 1910 Reynold’s horse watering trough, relocated from downtown South Bend, 1937. Fill added and installation of double flight of concrete steps along west bank of West Lagoon, 1916. Carriage drives redesigned, unknown date. Leeper Park West <br />COA 2015-0302A approved “Create a Garden in four sections totaling about 3000 sf including all plants; include an 8 foot wide ADA standard concrete sidewalk-initially 500 feet long; one monument circle and 2 flanking garden observation/education pads to be added per diagram submitted. Install 8 +/- historic lights of the style of Leeper Park East to be installed along the 8 foot wide walk: 1 on each side of the 3 bump outs along the walk, 1 close to Lafayette and 1 close to the northwest corner end of the current phase of the walkway. 8 +/- durable quality public benches; 4+/- umbrella tables near tennis court; opportunities for <br />public art along the garden walk. Subject to approval by the Parks Board. All the garden plant and vegetable plant options to be agreed upon by Parks Department/Board, Madison School and HPC Staff to conform to the Standards and Guidelines adopted for Leeper Park. Abstain from planting fruit trees at this time.” COA 2008-0306 approved installation of an “Odor Garden” with blower piping and underground odor control bed <br />to treat sewer gas. Surface odor control bed planted as flower garden. Area will be restored to grass if and when the system is taken out of service. COA 2007-0605B approved “Renovation of Tennis Courts, Pavement and Fence replacement, expansion of Court pavement approximately 20' to South; removal of 17 trees in the South per Brent Thompson and replace with 12 Cypress per Brent Thompson. Plant to the north of the fence 5 deciduous trees.” A parking lot south of the Tennis Center was added during the Madison School renovation along with lighting <br />without COA, 1998. The 1936 WPA shelter house was replaced with the present recreation building, 1970. Fill added for installation of Riverside Drive, 1910 and 1938. APPLICATION ITEMS: “New site furnishings, lighting, and planting in Leeper Park.” DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Under the direction of Venues, Parks and Arts, the work proposed to Leeper Park has been designed by Jonathon Mooney, RLA, LEED AP, Senior Landscape Architect with Lochmueller Group, having expertise with historic landscapes and specific to George Kessler’s historic landscapes. See Attachment A, Project Description: 1. Lighting 2. Interpretive sign design (content to be prepared at a later date) <br />3. Furnishings and garden ornaments 4. Planting design STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: <br />9.0 LANDSCAPES – STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR LEEPER PARK 9.1 Introduction 1. In these guidelines the verb Should indicates a recommended course of action; the verb Shall indicates those actions which are specifically required to preserve and protect significant architectural elements. 2. The intent of these standards and criteria is to preserve the overall character and appearance of Leeper Park including its spatial organization, topography, vegetation, circulation and features. 3. The standards and criteria acknowledge that there will be changes to the landscape and are intended to make the change sensitive to the historic character of the landscape. 4. Each property will be separately studied to determine if a later addition(s) and/or alteration(s) can, or should, be removed. 5. Since it is not possible to provide one general guideline, the following factors that will be considered in determining whether a later addition(s) and/or alteration(s) can, or should, be removed include: a. Compatibility with the original property’s integrity in scale, materials, and character. b. Historic association with the property. c. Quality in design and execution of the addition/alteration. d. Functional usefulness.