Citizens’ Voices Minutes
December 13, 2006
Present: Ardie,
Dave, Tom, Malda, Bill, Tony, Tim.
Envision 20/20
Tom reported that the
Transportation Committee has postponed the discussion of a pedestrian bridge
over the river.
Tony told us that the 20/20
benchmarking project by MSU seniors is progressing. It will incorporate, where
appropriate, the benchmarking that the student did a couple of years ago for
CV.
We will continue &
review the original benchmarks.
Preservation of "the
valley" structures
Roger Sheffer
has over a 100 pictures of these structures, (from years ago or current?) Broad
St will probably be narrowed the next time that it is rebuilt or it may get a
boulevard down the middle. In the near future change to two way streets, Broad
& 4th, will have bump outs for pedestrian crossings at intersections.
Other topics discussed were
the value of the
Dave told us that the next
regional forum in February will be on DM&E if we can get appropriate
speakers.
Tony told us that the grant
request to the Initiative fund was sent off for $5000.
It is to be used for
1. advertising
for the forum
2. community
story project
3. civic
engagement project
We will skip the next
regular meeting. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 10, at 7:30 am
at the Coffee Hag.