that although the Civic Square may be comprised of separate buildings, it will still look and function like one unified campus.

The intent of the organizational site plan is to define spaces (i.e. where things can go) and opportunities for connectivity, not dictate the level and quality of the final product. The following bullet points describe the elements, their intent and opportunities that were presented by the conceptual site plan:

• Extending the Civic Esplanade;

• Enhancing the East/west Connection;

• Senator Croll Park / Tourism Bureau Linkage; and,

• Closing City Hall Square East Roadway.

The concept was presented to Council on May 8th 2014 and formed the basis for the design of the treatments immediately surrounding the new City Hall building. This included the closure and design of the portion of City Hall Square East between the new 350 City Hall building and 400 City Hall building.

Currently, the new 350 City Hall surrounding site has been constructed as per the approved site plan drawings for the new 350 City Hall Building. The next step in unifying the campus concept will be to design the City Hall Square Plaza, and reviewing the Civic Esplanade and how the entire project will tie into the riverfront and the surrounding downtown.

ICIP Grant

On October 30, 2019 City Council authorized administration to submit an application for the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program – Community Culture and Recreation Stream (ICIP-CCR) grant program. The City Hall Square Plaza and elements of the Civic Esplanade were included as part of the Connecting People and Places project that was submitted.

The Connecting People and Places project consists of a continuous connection from City Hall’s new City Hall Square Plaza to Windsor’s riverfront parks with enhancements based on the attributes outlined in the Central Riverfront Implementation Plan (CRIP) and heading east to a new parkette and the gateway to the Walkerville district. The submitted project consists of multiple segments, including:

• City Hall Square Plaza;

• The Civic Esplanade;

• Pedestrian Crossing at Riverside;

• Festival Plaza;

• Great Western Park, and;

• Walkerville Parkette and Gateway.

The City was advised that our project submission was not recommended by the Provincial review committee on August 7, 2020. As such all placeholder funding required to make up the $20.7M in City funding for the projects is no longer applicable