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Mishawaka Avenue Streetscape Beautification Plan – 2007/2008 Update City of South Bend Division of Community Development 22 Photo 19: Median / Island Enhancements would serve to compliment existing bike lanesin order to ensure long term viability. These green spaces have been historically maintained by the City of South Bend Parks and Recreation Department. As these spaces are nothing more than strips of lawn, a mowing crew has been sufficient to provide this maintenance. With the addition of new plants and infrastructure, consideration must be given to an alternate source of maintenance in the likely event that Parks and Recreation does not have sufficient resources available. Extra effort should be made to reach out the adjacent landowners, such as IUSB and John Adams High School in order to ensure their buy in to this project. Utilizing input from other stakeholders, including the Botanical Society of South Bend would be considered essential to the planning process. Securing these and other partners to share the maintenance burden not only compliments this highly visible beautification project but it builds relationships between adjacent property owners by having them share a common goal, the beautification of Mishawaka Avenue. These proposed median improvements would effectively compliment other Avenue assets. These would include: Serving as an effective link between areas of adjacent green space (IUSB, Adams High School, & Greenhouse / Conservatories) Accentuating the presence of the Mishawaka Avenue bike lanes Separating opposing traffic lanes and lend to traffic calming through a perceived narrowing of traffic lanes. Create safe passages for pedestrians crossing the street by providing safe crossing facilities and/or forcing crossing designated areas The committee has projected that island enhancements begin in 2011 between Ironwood Drive and Twyckenham Drive, and continue in 2012 between Twyckenham Drive and the CN Railroad bridge. The resulting commercial corridor funding request in 2011 would be $100,000. In 2012 it’s anticipated that this request would be $120,000.Photo 20: Landscaped Medians provide considerable enhancement andwould complete the "boulevard" feel on the Avenue