[Summit] yesterday's meeting

[Theresa Mathiesen]

Thank you for this summary, Art.
-- Elva

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Art Norwalk <art at norwalkcom.com> wrote:
> A substantial crowd (my guess is 75-100 people) gathered around the fountain
> as Parks Supt Bob McMahon stood on the edge of the fountain to speak.
>
> Bob recapped the history of the project, including meetings with SNA, and
> ended by acknowledging that his department had made a terrible mistake by
> not assuring wider awareness of the plan before work began last week. He
> said the idea in removing the two rows of trees to the east and west (Blvd
> and Hope St) sides of the fountain was to make the rejuvenated fountain more
> visible for both aesthetic and security reasons. And the idea in removing
> the inner ring of trees to the north and south was to allow more grass to
> grow while preserving shade. But he acknowledged repeatedly that those ideas
> had not been adequately communicated in advance.
>
> At the Mayor's direction, only two more trees will be cut down now to allow
> access for construction equipment and digging a utility trench between the
> pump house at the Hope St side and the fountain. Deadwood will be pruned out
> of the remaining trees and in some cases lower branches may be cut off to
> raise the canopy. A new landscape design planning process has been started
> and Bob promised that its results will be presented to the community for
> comment, likely by fall and definitely before any new work is done.
> Meantime, fountain restoration will proceed as planned.
>
> After speaking, Bob took questions and comments from everyone who wanted to
> express their views. He promised that the stumps of the eight trees that
> were cut last week would be removed promptly. Several speakers recommended
> that neighbors who wanted to keep up with local issues should sign up for
> this list and join SNA.
>
> At 09:18 AM 7/1/2010, you wrote:
>
> i was regrettably unable to go to the meeting last night... anyone
> have a recap?
>
> ktc
>
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