Downtown Redevelopment - All Comments

re: Sweet 16

Cmiller — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:52:43 GMT

Will,

As a resident of the historic downtown area, I'm extremely interested in this project. I understand this is still the development phase and there are many issues to work out but do you realistically see this coming to fruition? Do you really see this redevelopment taking place as envisioned?

Thanks,

Chris Miller

re: Sweet 16

Will Hampton — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:37:09 GMT

@Tower104

That's the former Community Center/Senior Center site you are referring to. What should go in that space -- park, plaza, water feature, retail/dining, etc. -- will definitely be addressed during the planning process.

re: Sweet 16

bwiseman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:44:30 GMT

Just a couple of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles that should help parking garage safety:

- Install convex mirrors in stairwells

- Adjust parking garage lights so that the source/lamp is parallel with the girders. In other words, drop the fixture down so that the source is not shielded by the girders. This will grealty improve lighting and drastically reduce shadows.

- Install a camera system within the garage at key locations (stairwells, entrances, each floor). Even if the cameras are faux, they should deter criminal activity.

- Install Metal Halide lighting

*** These standards, along with painting the interior walls of the garage a bright color, should greatly improve safety and the feeling of safety for the users.

re: Sweet 16

Tower104 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:29:29 GMT

I recently attended one of the PARD's open houses and was very impressed with a photograph they were displaying of a potential proposal to the grassy area just west of city hall. I feel that the aforementioned area needs to be more of a gathering space with some type of interesting water feature than a patch of nearly dead grass.