5157-25 Resolution Approving and Adopting the LaSalle Park Neighborhood Plan

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Neighborhood Landuse Timeline tea. , K ,. .r uv, - • .L 1-1.i 0 I Y.= b y a`shti:l l ik .- _ HILL AND LAME AT IASALLE—An an sad aheh represents one,,I As Nile inlmne 4 wane lake.calked Beat Lake.aid a . meads The lake senea as a storm a ater m - _ . - .— MMIIIIMM 1961- 1969 1980-2000 2000-Current Beginning of LaSalle Park and EPA Clean-up Investing into the Future Restoration of Beck's Lake In 1984 the Bendix Corporation informed the EPA In 2002.the Weed and Seed plan articulated a vision Transformed from a one-time dump site with addition of past dumping activities,and it begins testing for the future.goals to make the vision a reality.and of 10.00o cubic yards of fill and soil the 32-acre LaSalle activities making periodic assessments initially addressed key restoration needs of the neighborhood Park is established in 1961.The park included athletic concluding that no further action is warranted.In 2oog. over the next ten years.Recommendations included fields,a playground area.shelter house,and a wooded the EPA conducted an expanded site inspection, supporting new owner-occupied housing and picnic area to the east finding elevated levels of arsenic and other known improving the park Additionally,the 2014 West Side contaminants which results in the EPA adding Beck's Main Streets plan.which was focused on mainly The LaSalle Recreation Center opened in 1967 Lake to its national list of"Superfund'sites in 2013 corridors and public spaces,outlined a vision for providing spaces for a variety of recreation plus locker leading to a remediation strategy. The City and an expanded LaSalle Park The plan also looked rooms.Lounges,storage,activity and other meeting Honeywell(the corporate descendant of Bendix) for opportunities to stabilize the neighborhood spaces.The center was re-named in honor of former entered into an agreement to study and determine with additional new residential and/or rehabilitated center director Charles Black in 1ggg. the extent of contamination and identify plans for residential.A series of streetscape improvements remediation.The EPA announced an agreement with along the Western Avenue commercial corridor were At the urging of residents,Beck's Lake is restored Honeywell and the City for short-term clean-up.In completed in 2015.2017.and in 2o1g, in ig6g.The 8-acre excavated site would serve as 2022,the top two feet of soil was removed and refilled storm/surface water retention pond.A sledding hill is with new soil within designated areas. Charles Black Center improvements were completed also constructed on the western edge of Beck's Lake in 2018 to accommodate a wide range of programing constructed either of filldirt.demolition debris,or both activities followed by a 2-million-dollar renovation to LaSalle Park adding several new outdoor features including new paths.a roller-skating loop.new shaded seating areas,a second pavilion and picnic area.