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i <br /> - <br /> forces thathave shaped the West Broadway area.. Information from HDR was assisted by two subconsultants: EcoNorthwest advised <br /> all of these sources was extremely valuable in enabling committee the Committee on market dimensions and the economic feasibility <br /> members. to clarify and refine their recommendations in an iterative of redevelopment, and business. transition strategies; Venerable <br /> process, leading up to the final recommendations contained in this Properties, LLC, evaluated the architectural condition and historic <br /> report. merit of two structures~in the target area (current Shaw-Med and Taco <br /> Time buildings). _ <br /> The WBAC was assisted by an independent urban planner/facilitator; <br /> HDR Town Planning, contracted to help facilitate the committee's At the two workshops the public was given an opportunity to ' <br /> recommendation process and to help produce the. report. The present the committee with their ideas for West Broadway. At the <br /> consultant provided numerous examples of uses commonly found August 4th workshop the WBAC solicited ideas for each of the five <br /> in dense urban neighborhoods, parking strategies, open space elements during athree-hour interactive session that yielded over <br /> types; as well.as design elements from other successful downtowns. 100 numerical evaluations and. commentary. Subsequently, with. <br /> the benefit of the public input, the committee debated the relative <br /> benefits and drawbacks of a series of draft recommendations, and f-- <br /> ~ proposed a number of qualifications or elaborations to these to give <br /> them. greater specificity. <br /> The WBAC's draft recommendations, entitled Core Recommendations, <br /> ' and the supporting or qualifying .information for. each, called <br /> "qualifications and elaborations', were evaluated by the public during <br /> a second workshop on August 22nd, where about. 165 participants <br /> discussed the. merits and potential impacts of each. Attendees . <br /> provided both numerical evaluations and commentary, which <br /> confirmed public supportfor all of the WBAC's draft recommendations <br /> by significant. majorities (these. data are reported. in Appendix A). At <br /> the same time, the WBAC noted a few areas of more widely diverging <br /> l~ opinion, including the appropriate use and configuration of possible <br /> ' open space across from the Library, and the importance-and feasibility <br /> - ~ ° ~ of historically restoring the Shaw-Med (Public Market) and TacoTime <br /> ' ~ ' <br /> h - (First National Bank) buildings, as opposed to redeveloping the sites. <br /> ' , , _ F ~ The. committee's recommendations on these topics are .discussed <br /> in more detail in the Concluding Remarks to this report, and the <br /> Community participation -August22, 2007 ~ _ ' <br /> <br /> 4 I ~ .uiive ~t~n'",rnanF <br /> <br />