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Engineers present accessible 2,000‑sq‑ft stage plan for Talleyrand Park
Summary
Keller Engineers outlined a 2,000 sq ft stage at Talleyrand Park that includes an elevated, flood‑compliant slab foundation, reconstructed ADA parking stalls and a pedestrian walkway; the plan is ready for formal land‑development review after design in January.
Michael Pratt of Keller Engineers presented a concept plan for a 2,000‑square‑foot stage at Talleyrand Park, saying the structure would host music, dance and theatrical events and connect to the park's south parking lot by an asphalt pedestrian walkway. Pratt said the design includes an elevated slab‑on‑grade foundation with frost walls, masonry and stone exterior treatments, and a standing‑seam metal roof.
Pratt told council the project will require borough council approval, a conservation district erosion and sedimentation control plan, zoning and building permits, and that the structure will be elevated above the 100‑year flood plain to meet floodplain ordinance requirements. He said existing accessible parking stalls will be reconstructed in concrete because their current grade exceeds ADA limits and must be corrected as part of the code review.
The presentation included a discussion of parking options. Pratt said the south lot, the municipal lot near CVS, and on‑street parking along High Street should satisfy ordinance requirements for most events, and that additional shared parking arrangements are being discussed with nearby property owners. He also said the project would likely be exempt from stormwater rate and volume control because impervious coverage added by the stage is under 10% of the total lot area.
Council and residents asked about deed restrictions beneath part of the site and whether construction would disturb a mapped environmental plume; Pratt said the proposed footprint would avoid the restricted plume area and make no disturbance of that parcel. Planning staff noted the planning commission heard the presentation and gave generally favorable feedback; Pratt said the concept phase is done and the team anticipates beginning design in January with a February land‑development submission.
The presentation concluded with Pratt offering to appear before the water authority and other reviewing agencies as the design advances. No formal council action was taken during the work session; the project will proceed through the borough's land‑development review process.
