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September 7, 2005 Master Plan Advisory Committee (MPAC) Meeting
Date: September 7, 2005
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Town Hall Conference Room
Attendees: George Katsoufis (GK), Dick Howard (RH), Virginia Adams (VA), Jack Russell (JR),
Ben Tafoya (BT), Jonathan Barnes (JB), Susan DeMatteo (SD), Chris Reilly (CR), Pete Smargon (PS)
Agenda & Discussion
1. JR's presentation
The Committee discussed Jack Russell's presentation on the master plan to the Downtown Steering
Committee. CR said Jack did a great job and there were only some minor editorial comments on the
presentation itself involving the graphics, etc. CR said he would look into getting some better graphics
and mentioned that they need to run the presentation off of his personal laptop, which is ready to give up
the ghost. He asked that the Committee to expect that there may be some technical difficulties with the
powerpoint presentation and anyone presenting should be prepared to wing it off the hard copy. Jack
offered his on-slide notes for fixture presentations and CR said he would update the presentation and
distribute.
2. Implementation Chapter
The Implementation Chapter was reviewed; CR had assembled the draft submissions into one document
for distribution and review. He had not received any comments back. As of the meeting he had received
chapters on Character and Identity, Housing, Open Space and Transportation. JR and VA presented
chapter drafts for review. Each Chapter was reviewed and grammatical and Symantec edits were made.
CR pointed out that there were a variety of formats still in play, and although each was exceptional in its
own way perhaps a uniform format should be agreed upon. Several others lobbied on behalf of their
stellar formats and it was acknowledged that the choice would be difficult with so many outstanding
entries. This weighty topic was put off until the Chapters were reviewed.
JR noted that many of the action dates were already looming and needed revision. The frequency of
action dates early in the implementation process was questioned and it was agreed there would have to be
some consideration to a practical timetable. RH noted that the dates reflected the Priority Action list,
which was only the first stage in the overall implementation. Implementation of several Priority Action
items was already underway, such as the downtown mixed-use zoning. As previously discussed the intent
was to have a periodic evaluation of the implementation efforts by the CPDC so that new priority action
items could be identified and engaged as existing ones were achieved or revised. However, the draft
implementation chapter was becoming dated so it was agreed that the action dates would receive a final
review once the Chapter was finalized. As an example GR commented that some of the action items in
the Housing chapter were already substantially completed so they should be removed.
The rest of the Implementation chapters were reviewed and it was agreed that CR would edit and finalize
the draft for review at the next meeting on September 19. CR requested that VA and JR send the
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electronic versions of the hard copy they had submitted to the Committee so he could incorporate into the
Chapter.
3. Action Items
(1) CR to update the Implementation Chapter
(2) CR to finalize presentation with notes for distribution
(3) MPAC to finalize Implementation sections
4. Next MPAC Meeting
Monday, September 19th, 7:30-9:30pm, Conference Room
Topic: Continue Implementation Chapter effort, prepare for BOS presentation the following evening
(9.20) and discuss presenters and presentation schedule.
All meetings are scheduled to begin at 7:30pm in the Town Hall Conference Room
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