Visioning Workshop
GROW

Kenneth City began as 340 acres of pasture land with 58th St. North serving as a foot path to 38th Ave. North. It was
incorporated April 30, 1957 as a tax-free community of single family homes.
Many of the town’s identifying features were built in the late 1950s into the
1960s. For example, Dixie M. Hollins High
School opened its doors in September
1959. Winn Dixie opened in December that same year.
Kenneth City Town Hall
In recent years, some of the aging infrastructure has been addressed, but a look around town shows the age of many of the buildings, both commercial and residential. The major commercial corridors are showing their age, especially on 54th Avenue North. The recent economic recession plummeted our property values. Home values are very slowly creeping upwards, but condo values continue to fall and the overall look of the neighborhood is deteriorating.
It is in Kenneth City’s best interest to work cooperatively with both residents and merchants to have a vision for revitalizing our community. It is our desire to GROW Kenneth City—not bigger, but better!
Therefore, in 2012, the Kenneth City Council agreed to earmark funds generated from the Red Light Camera program for revitalization efforts.

The Red Light Camera Fund currently has approximately
$650,000.
We, as a community, we need to decide how we would like to spend these funds.
How do we beautify our community to attract more businesses and increase our home values?

Options will be presented today and you will each have a chance to vote for the items you believe will give us the most
and lead us toward
an overall improved image for KC.
Goals to GROW

62 nd St & 49 th Ave
Opposite Dixie

Project #1 – 54 th Ave N
1. Install (4) landscaped medians
2. Establish the entry points to Kenneth
City with monument signs on both the east and west end.
Project Cost – approx. $200,000

Project #2 – 54 th Ave N @ 58 th & 62 nd Sts.
Visually enhance and increase pedestrian safety
Establish clearly marked pedestrian crosswalks at 58 th St. and
62nd
St.
Project Cost - $100,000

Project #3 – 54 th Ave N
Visually enhance and increase pedestrian safety
Enhance appearance and increase safety by installing decorative street lighting
Project Cost - $140,000
Photo taken from Sternberg Lighting

Make major corridors more transit friendly
Project #4 – 54 th Ave N
1. Install attractive bus shelters with seating and no advertisements.
Bus shelter (image taken from http://www.duo-gard.com/project-gallery/bus-shelters/1433
Project Cost - $ PSTA
Partnership ?

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Project #5 – Additional Parking
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Increase parking opposite Town Hall while retaining green space with reinforced grass paving
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Increases use of the park
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Does not increase impervious surface ratios or stormwater runoff
Green building method
Project Cost - $40,000

Project #6 – Sidney Colen Park Renovations
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Rededicate Carl Schleck Park to Sidney
Colen Memorial Park
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Create a new monument honoring the town’s founder
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Relocate Carl Schleck monument to a
Carl Schleck Memorial Garden within the new design of the park
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Complete the walkways to nowhere” for consistent flow patterns and access to parking
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Update landscaping and irrigation
Project Cost - $75,000

Project #7 – Lake Thomas Dock/Boardwalk
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Handicapped accessible walkway leading to dock OR shoreline boardwalk
Project Cost - $25,000

Project #8 – 46 th Ave. East and West Greens
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Widened sidewalks
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Additional seating
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Decorative lighting
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Increased power outlets for festival usage or holiday lighting
Project Cost - $125,000

Project #9 – Walking Paths
• marked walking paths
• distances of 1 – 5 miles
• map directing to town features such as:
- Lakes, playgrounds, businesses
Project Cost - $15,000 DOH
Funded ?

Project #10 – Town Signage
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Establish our boundaries
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Welcome visitors and passers-through
• Help change the overall appearance of town
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Aids in rebranding the town
To be located at:
1. 58 th St (N & S)
2. 46 th Ave (W)
3. 66 th St (N & S)
4. 62 nd St. (N & S)
5. Refresh historical signs
Project Cost - $20,000

Project #11 – Baseball Field
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Modernize baseball field
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Remove backstop
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Low rise, decorative fencing along 46 th Ave.
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Picnic tables
Project Cost - $25,000 infrastructure

Project #11 – Tennis & Basketball Courts
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Modernize courts
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Install tennis court backstop
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Reconfigure for multiple uses
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Portable skatepark
Project Cost - $100,000 infrastructure

Project #12 – Tennis & Basketball Courts
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All-weather covers for both the basketball and tennis court
Project Cost - $100,000 infrastructure

Project #13 – Spray Park
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Renovate bathroom, remove shuffleboard courts, install spray park
Project Cost - $125,000 infrastructure

Project #14 – DPW Murals
Project Cost - $5,000 contest?

Project #15 – Façade Grants
 Encourage businesses to improve their facades along 54 th Ave N and 66 th St. N
 Businesses could apply for $2,500 if they spend $5,000 or $750 if they spend $1,500
 Works on 1 st come, 1 st served basis
Project Cost - $30,000 over 2 years

Kenneth City is a small town.
How can we enhance the town’s appearance and give it that small town feel in a way that will encourage businesses to open here?
Which of the projects presented will encourage property owners to beautify their properties so the whole town starts to look better?

What do you want Kenneth City to look like?