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n It 0 APR -10-96 11:42 PM 1031 RIVERSIDE DRIVE 219 283 6314 11. Hazardous plants or portions of plants should be removed promptly, 12. Plants with diseases that are difficult or not practical to control or cure should be removed promptly to prevent their infection of other plants. 13. Mutilated or distorted plants should be removed. 14. Plant replacements should be added on a schedule that will insure a continuity in the landscape design. 15. Existing vegetation shall be protected adjacent construction activities by fencing the root system prior to the start of construction. 16. Future plantings of the main floral garden in the central section of the park shell be guided by the design of the main floral garden as laid out by George Kessler in 1912. 9.5 Circulation • (includes Roads, Paths, Parkways, Drives,' gaits, Walks, etc.) Refer to Sections 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.8, 9.9 and 9.10 for additional Standards and Criteria that may apply. 1. The following shall be preserved: Riverside Drive, Lafayette Boulevard, Park Lane (Foote Street), Bartlett Street, the Alleyway east of Michigan Street running north from Bartlett Street, all sidewalks, curbs, pathways around the duck pond(west lagoon), stairways, pathways in and around the Sunken Garden, and the footbridge from the mainland to the island. Alteration or addition of Roads, Paths, Parkways, Trails, Walks, etc. shall he based upon physical or historical documentation of these items as they existed from 1910 to 1940. 2. Original or later contributing layouts of walks, roads and paved areas shall be retained and maintained. 3. Alteration of existing or addition of new circulation layouts will be considered if it can be shown that better site circulation is necessary and that the alteration does not alter the basic concept of the historic landscape design. I 4. When replacement of circulation layouts is necessary, it should be based on physical or documentary evidence. _ P- 07 1