<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">John</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">What is the rationale behind not turning on the fountain?</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Amanda<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: John Bazik <jsb@cs.brown.edu><BR>To: Jonathan Howard <jon@ceffect.com><BR>Cc: "Summit@sna.providence.ri.us" <Summit@sna.providence.ri.us><BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 9:28:06 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Summit] Signs and fountains<BR><BR>On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 05:03:37PM -0500, Jonathan Howard wrote:<BR>> One critical issue looms. The goal of filling the fountain with dirt and <BR>> making it into a planter got incorporated into the draft neighborhood <BR>> "plan" (more of a list, really) coming out of the neighborhood charette <BR>> held in September. I wasn't at that session, so I don't know how that <BR>> happened, but the Parks Dept. has long claimed that restoring the <BR>> fountain is either impossible or impossibly expensive. I imagine they <BR>> see this as a cheap way to resolve the
problem of a waterless fountain. <BR>> The plan is still a "draft" so we can lobby the Director of the Parks <BR>> Dept, Alix Ogden. I'll also ask the Dept. of Planning to ensure that <BR>> alternatives to the planter idea are offered. We may have this on the <BR>> agenda for our Jan. 21 meeting and will let you know.<BR><BR>I was there. I believe I said that restoring the fountain to working<BR>order was preferred by the neighborhood, but that plantings are preferable<BR>to nothing. I've been told repeatedly, and in no uncertain terms, that<BR>the fountain will not be turned on again. If I remember, the notion of<BR>having plantings hinges on neighborhood participation to maintain them,<BR>so it won't happen without our input.<BR><BR>However, I'll happily support an effort to get the water flowing again.<BR><BR>John<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Summit mailing list<BR><A
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