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'i <br /> ~ 4 h <br /> Committee Meeting Input ~ j <br /> Each of the nine WBAC meetings offered an opportunity for public ~ t y~'.~~.F ` <br /> comment. Comments received include the following examples: ~ ~ ~ <br /> Potengal <br /> Hote15 [e X <br /> , <br /> Robert Canaga suggested that "the .community has amazing , ' ~ 3p <br /> opportunity to create something to be proud of and something that ~ v< " ~ ~ ~ . <br /> - will generate revenues. Visitors come to my gallery and asked me T3~9o'°` ~ `~~~~`S~~ <br /> - Dente, ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ , <br /> where downtown is, and m res onse is - ou're here:' <br /> Y p Y 5 h, T.~ <br /> No <br /> David Gusset stated that he"believes there are buildings on the block ~ Ab <br /> worth .preserving that. could be refaced. and brought back to their, - - <br /> . <br /> original glory:' ~ = ~o~'e~` <br /> ' <br /> . ' t ` <br /> ;;;,;s, <br /> Art Paz presented architectural drawings of his conceptforan elevated • <br /> Scheme 1 <br /> .public plaza across the street from the library.. ~ _ ~ <br /> Teresa Montes and Eliza Sampedro, representing Leadership Education Workshop One, Citizen scheme l <br /> Adventure Direction (LEAD), read a letter written by Lisa Warner. in <br /> support of "providing teen opportunities downtown', and suggested <br /> that"the City needs to create more places for youth:' , <br /> .Tom Amos said he had spoken with the business owners that would be ~ <br /> • <br /> - <br /> affected by the projected development,. and wondered "if developers ~ - ~ ~ <br /> could approach the businesses that would be affected and put a ~ <br /> hand out there; to give more community inclusion. He concluded by ~ - ~ - <br /> saying that he"definitely supports change in the downtown:' ~ <br /> l . <br /> - <br /> Mark Gillem suggested that great cities featured open space in_the w <br /> downtown areas, and said "Downtowns need open spaces and those ' <br /> spaces should. be large, not small:' ~ <br /> C <br /> .Table Discussion during the WBAC Workshop, August4, 2007 <br /> <br /> 16, '.~i~liclripul <br /> <br />