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<br />processing them. Included in the park
<br />program was a connection to the area
<br />horse trails, a large picnic gazebo with
<br />open play areas associated with it, two
<br />tot lots, a small parking lot and a
<br />butterfly garden and retention area that
<br />is enhanced as a cypress dome. Surveying
<br />services included topographic and as-
<br />built surveys.
<br />Coral Springs Sportsplex - A 25 -acre
<br />recreadonal park expansion project
<br />requiring boundary and topographic
<br />surveying and mitigation design and
<br />jurisdictional wedand determinations.
<br />Wedand Rapid Assessment Procedure
<br />(WRAP) and Wedand Benefit Index (WBI)
<br />assessments, and permitting with the US
<br />Army Corps of Engineers, South Florida
<br />Water Management District, and Broward
<br />County.
<br />Linear Park at Weston Town Center
<br />- This 30 -acre mixed -use project included
<br />retail, office, residential and future
<br />governmental services. Other key
<br />elements for Weston Town Center
<br />include a winding 1.5 -mile lakefront linear
<br />park with band shell and an interactive
<br />fountain. The design process for this
<br />project included the preparation of Master
<br />Design Guidelines for the entire project
<br />and all the varied uses. In addition, this
<br />pedestrian-oriented "soul' of the City of
<br />Weston included a highly central retail area
<br />with themed landscaping, specialty paving
<br />design, site furniture, and irrigation. Award:
<br />Broward Beautiful Second Place for Large
<br />Commercial Establishment Broward County,
<br />1004
<br />City of Miramar Forzano Park
<br />Improvements Phase I - The City of
<br />Miramar plans to improve an existing 13-
<br />acre active park to convert sport usage
<br />and to improve operating conditions.
<br />The existing baseball clay infields, outfield
<br />and football field grass will be removed
<br />and modified to provide additional
<br />football /soccer field space. Park
<br />amenities also include volleyball courts
<br />and a community center. As a
<br />subconsultant co R.J. Behar, Miller Legg
<br />will provide planning, landscape
<br />architecture, irrigation design and
<br />topographic survey.
<br />City of Miramar River Run Park
<br />Improvements - The City of Miramar
<br />plans to improve this 8-
<br />acre neighborhood park, to include
<br />additional parking, trail and pavilion
<br />improvements and other miscellaneous
<br />amenities. Partial funding for the trail
<br />improvements include grant funding
<br />obtained in part from a Florida
<br />Department of Environmental
<br />Protection, Recreational Trails Program
<br />Grant. As a subconsultant to R.J. Behar &
<br />Associates. Miller Legg provided a fast
<br />track schedule, survey for the grant
<br />submittal. In addition, additional survey
<br />services, planning, and landscape
<br />architecture will be provided for the
<br />improvement to the River Run Park.
<br />C -I I Canal Trail - This 1.5 mile project
<br />consists of a pedestrian trail and an
<br />equestrian trail that run within the South
<br />Florida Water Management Districts
<br />( SFWMD) right -of -way for the C -I I Canal.
<br />The trail system links the City of Weston
<br />to the existing extensive trail system within
<br />the adjacent Town of Davie. Extensive
<br />negotiations and coordination between the
<br />City and SFWMD were required to
<br />facilitate the design and use of this public
<br />green space. This linear park serves as a
<br />transition between Weston's residential
<br />communities and the Griffin Road
<br />corridor. Key design elements of this trails
<br />project included the development of
<br />overstory canopy, right -of -way drainage,
<br />and segregated use areas for pedestrian
<br />and equestrian users. Services provided
<br />included landscape architecture. planning
<br />engineering and permit coordination.
<br />City of Oakland Park Parks &
<br />Recreation Master Plan - Miller Legg
<br />was the City's Planning and Design
<br />consultant responsible for preparing a
<br />20 -year Master Plan for its city-wide
<br />Recreation Programs and Parks. This
<br />City of 44.000 residents has a system of
<br />24 -parks and recreation facilities with a
<br />staff of 45 responsible for maintenance
<br />and management Miller Legg prepared a
<br />Master Plan with an implementation
<br />approach which will rake the City to the
<br />year 2030 in updates to the recreation
<br />element of the comprehensive plan and
<br />physical development of many new parks
<br />while systematically updating the existing
<br />inventory. This project approach
<br />included development of an inventory of
<br />existing facilities and resources, creation
<br />of a customized web site for
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<br />communication with the public,
<br />inventorying existing residents and
<br />community stakeholders, development of
<br />physical plans, and establishment of
<br />budgets and schedules for
<br />implementation over a 5 -10 -20 year time
<br />frame. The entire project required six
<br />workshops, interviews with all public
<br />officials and current City Commissioners
<br />in order to establish support for
<br />adoption of the plan within a 12 month
<br />time frame.
<br />Long Key Natural Area/Habitat
<br />Restoration Project - The Long Key
<br />project is a wedand mitigation project that
<br />was developed in cooperation with the
<br />Broward County Parks and Recreation
<br />Division, to be consistent with the
<br />resource management goals for the Long
<br />Key Natural Area (formerly known as the
<br />Flamingo Road Environmentally - Sensitive
<br />Lands (ESL)/ Kapok Tree). The total on-
<br />site mitigation is approximately 30 acres,
<br />encompassing marsh creation, marsh
<br />enhancement, upland buffer creadon and
<br />upland buffer enhancement This mitigation
<br />was required by the US Army Corps of
<br />Engineers, Broward County, and the South
<br />Florida Water Management District The
<br />project supports a wide variety of wetland
<br />dependent avian species. Planted and
<br />recruited native plant species provide
<br />habitat for a variety of faunal species,
<br />including a number of state and federally
<br />listed species. Awards. Award of Excellence,
<br />American Society of Landscape Architects,
<br />Florida Chapter, 2003; Landscape Architecture
<br />Award, Florida Nursery Growers & Landscape
<br />Association, 2003; Engineering Excellence
<br />Honorable Mention, Florida Institute of
<br />Consulting Engineers, 2002
<br />Plantation Volunteer Park Wetland
<br />Area - The purpose of this project was
<br />to restore and create wetland mitigation
<br />areas within a City park within a 1,000 -
<br />acre community known as Plantation
<br />Acres, located in Plantation. This area
<br />serves as a Consolidated Off -Site
<br />Mitigation Area to compensate for future
<br />impacts to all remaining wetlands present
<br />within undeveloped parcels in Plantation
<br />Acres.
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