09/20/1988 - Minutes �^~`N ^—~
CITY CENTER PLAN TASK FORCE MEETING
Tuesday, September 20, 1988
7:00 p.m. — Town Hall Conference Room
MINUTES
Present:Members Stuart Cohen, Mike Marr, Pam Juarez, Joy Henkle
Present:Council Members Valerie Johnson
Present:Consultants Joe Percival, Mike Cannon, Bob Moore, Bart Gutherie
Present:Others Duane Roberts, Liz Newton, Peggy Weston Byrd, and Bob
Bledsoe
PARK CONSULTANT
The first portion of the meeting the Committee met jointly with the Park
Board to hear a presentation on Fanno Park by Murane and Associates.
Dr. Graham' Park Board Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. , and
turned the floor over to the park consultants . Joe divided the park into
three sections. The section near Main Street would include an amphitheater
arid Town Square. Some of the businesses located adjacent to this portion of
the park, such as Stash Tea, over time would likely develop some connection or
relation to the park . Other businesses, such as Burnham Business Park, should
be screened off from view by plantings along their property lines .
Other recommendations included providing garden space near the Senior Center'
and redesigning Ash Street to connect with Main on the western nide of the
park rather than crossing the park to connect with Burnham. A water garden
would be developed near Civic Center. A playground near Chelsea Subdivision
and""edeotrian path system extending the length of the park were other major
design featureo .
After, moving to the modular conference room, the Committee met with the design
consultant, Bart Gutherie.
DESIGN CONSULTANT
In response to a question by Stuart, Bart indicated that he will prepare
agendas and briefing materials for review in advance of workshops scheduled
with the Committee. However, he does not anticipate that a lot of preparation
on the Committee' s part will be necessary for the workuhopo .
The remainder of the meeting was consumed by a brainstorming exercise. This
involved each person writing ideas on cards and having all the cards taped
onto a large piece of cardboard . The first of ten questions was to describe
the qualities that make downtown unique. This led to a long discussion of the
goals and purposes of the design study.
Time ran out before the exercise could be completed. It was decided to
reconvene the meeting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, September 27, in order to complete
the exercise.
The meeting was adjourned at 0:45 a.m.
Respectfully submitted by Pam Juarez.
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