PLACE Design Task Force Minutes
 April 8, 2021 - 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 Neighborhood Development Services
 Zoom Meeting Webinar

 Members Present: Andrew Mondeschein (Chairman), Rory Stolzenberg, Lena Seville, Cliff Fox, Mark
 Rylander, Susan Perkins

 Staff Present: Patrick Cory, Carrie Rainey, Jeanette Janiczek, Alex Ikefuna

 CALL TO ORDER

 The Chairman called the meeting to order at 12:06 PM

1. CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE PUBLIC (5 minutes)
   No Contributions by the Public


2. WEST MAIN STREETSCAPE DISCUSSION (60 MINUTES)
    Jeanette Janiczek, Project Manager, presented the different phases of the West Main Streetscape
     project to the members of PLACE.
    There was a recent Council work session regarding the CIP Budget. City Council has instructed
     staff to have Phases 1 and 2 align with Phase 3.
    City Council is pushing back the schedule until after the school reconfiguration and its associated
     cost have been identified. Other funding opportunities for both projects is being pursued to
     determine if both projects are able to move forward.
    The schedule has been postponed to 2025 to align with Phase 3.
    There is $6.5 million shortfall primarily with Phase 2.
    There was a discussion regarding the different phases of the project. Staff answered questions
     from members of PLACE regarding the different aspects of the project.
    Phase 1 of the project is Ridge Street to Sixth Street, Phase 2 is Sixth Street to Eighth Street, and
     Phase 3 is Eighth Street to Roosevelt Brown Boulevard.
    The members of PLACE were very appreciative of the staff that provided an update to PLACE
     regarding the different phases of the project.
    There are going to be efficiencies in pushing the phases together. However, inflation could start
     to increase as the project is pushed further “down the road.”
    There has been a lot of investment in this project by the City.
    City Council does have the final responsibility to approve changes that are made and the
     conditions of the changes to the final project.

3. NEW MEMBERSHIP AND FUTURE SCHEDULE DISCUSSION (25 MINUTES)
    The discussion started with making PLACE meetings a quarterly meeting.
    There was widespread support for meeting quarterly.
    There was concern regarding the need for subcommittee meetings between the quarterly
     meetings.


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      There was a wide ranging discussion on the roles that PLACE can play within the City going
       forward. Topics of the discussion included community outreach and upcoming city projects.
      Mr. Rylander brought up the full rezoning with the consultants and the interest what the full
       zoning rewrite is going to look like.
      Staff recommended members of PLACE continue to pay attention to the work that the
       consultants are doing with the rezoning, land use, and the comprehensive plan.
      Staff also recommended members of PLACE send their notes and concerns to the consultant
       teams that is currently working on comprehensive plan.
      The Chairman noted there is a need to recruit new people to join PLACE.
      There was discussion regarding recruiting new members and the makeup of PLACE.
      Green energy was discussed as another opportunity for PLACE to get involved with in the City.
      The decision was made to not disband PLACE and to recruit to fill the opening spots on PLACE.

4. ANNUAL REPORT DISCUSSION (20 MINUTES)
    The members present decided there will be no memo of the past year given the COVID-19
     pandemic and the lack of PLACE meetings.


5. CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE PUBLIC (5 MINUTES)
   No Contributions from the Public

The meeting was adjourned at 1:53 PM




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