Town Center Urban Renewal:

• LaVerne Gray, Maryland Dept. of Planning

SHA:

• Yolanda Takesian
• Lindsay Schneider
• Claudine Myers
• Rob Pierce
• Christian Bisson

Roundabout Exit

Christian: Design Process, will take about 8 months. Process is described in the book When Main Street is a Safe Highway, p. 4.

Q & A

Michelle : SHA traffic observations, data?

Yolanda : What are the pedestrian goals?

Fred: WSSC box in island.

Keith: Not enough parking for business.

Lindsay: MNCPPC looking into parking and bicycle compatibity.

Michelle: Handicap access, sidewalks.

Fred: Art inside bus shelters.

Yolanda: OK, city owns shelters.

Yolanda: Birds, utility poles?

Ed: Artspace project could move poles then?

Project Elements

Fred: Grand entrance treatment at Eastern. Bump outs create sites for public art displays.

Alta: Facades?

Yolanda: Baltimore County has a program for facades. Contact:

Alta: Bump-outs.

Keith: Effect on parking?

Jose: Pave with cobblestones?

Fred: Narrow visual field at roadway.

Rob Pierce: Streetscapes slide show.

-Port Deposit
-Sharpsburg
-Towson - outdoor cafe space
-Hancock

Bryan: Angled parking? Raised planting beds.

JoAnna: Something other than railing for elevated sidewalk at old police station.

Lindsay: Set Public meeting for Thursday, Dec. 5, at St. James Church

Format for the meeting?

Presentation vs. visual display setup for browsing.

Fred: Should develop exciting questions in advance of the meeting.

1. Grand entrance treatment at Eastern Ave. Arch? Monumental sculpture?
2. Bump-outs to slow traffic. Create destination.
3. Bump-outs for art, sculpture, plantings.