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Riverfront Park seeks sign‑off for downtown zipline; shoreline permit decision pending
Summary
Riverfront Park staff and the selected vendor presented a permissible‑use agreement and safety plan for a dual‑line zipline from the CSO tank (Place of Truce Plaza) to Red Band Park, including vendor payments to the city and safety measures; the landing sits in a 50‑foot shoreline buffer and a hearing examiner decision is pending.
Riverfront Park staff and a private operator described a proposed downtown zipline project and asked the committee to note a conditional use and permitting path that remains unresolved.
Why it matters: The proposed attraction would be a permanent, privately built and operated amenity that uses city and park property, requires shoreline permitting and air‑rights agreements, and includes vendor payments to the city and a large liability requirement.
John Mook, Riverfront Park director, reviewed a vendor‑selected proposal from Epiphany Applied Concepts (doing business as Mica Moon) that would run a dual‑line zipline roughly 1,400 feet from the eastern edge of the CSO tank/Place of Truce Plaza to the eastern edge of Red Band Park. The landing is…
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