FW: McDowell Road Redevelopment Plan

[andrea.delgaldo at highstream.net]

Hi All,

Count me in. I will also try to have members of the Fight Back SW Traffic
Committee attend.

A

Quoting Stephen Procaccini <steve at maps4u.com>:

> Hi – this could be quite important to Greater Coronado, and perhaps
> could lead to improvements for
> our share of McDowell Rd.
> I hope to attend but am not sure yet if I can.  Anyone interested?
> Thanks, Steve P.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Vogel [mailto:macvogel at bigplanet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 4:02 PM
> To: Gerry McCue; Steve Dreiseszun; Steve Procaccini; Tom Shaffer; Bob
> Cannon; Lance Rampy
> Cc: Ron Pick; Diana Kem; Liz Kally; Simmons, Jeffrey; Todd Templeton;
> Kelly Larabee
> Subject: McDowell Road Redevelopment Plan
>
> Hi All,
> Question:  Are you available on Thursday, June 29, at 4PM to meet with
> Doug Lingner to move ahead with the McDowell Road Redevelopment Plan?
> (Mayor Gordon’s State of the  City presentation at the Orpheum is at
> 5PM, so you may be downtown anyway.)
>
> Background:
> In January/February, we exchanged several emails regarding a McDowell
> Road Redevelopment Plan.  A group of us met with various City
> Departments including City Manager’s Office, Historic Preservation,
> Streets, and Neighborhood Services.  The recommendations of the City
> staff were:  1)  TEA-21 grants are limited in size and require lots of
> advance paperwork; 2)  key components of the attached concept are
> implementable and could be pursued with specific City Departments or
> other public Agencies.
>
> Updates:
> 1)  The Bond election approved $2.6 Million for a review of options for
> the Fairgrounds, in case the State decides to sell the property and move
> the State Fair to an outlying location.
> 2)  We made good progress in crime control, and NSD implemented a series
> of inspections, code enforcement, that ultimately led to an “abatement
> action” against a 32 unit apartment complex on the North side of
> McDowell between 13th and 15th Avenues.
> 3)  The City Council on June 21 initiated an extension of the Historic
> Overlay to include McDowell between 11th and 15th Avenues.
> 4)  ASU Downtown’s opening on August 21 will have a major impact on all
> of the historic neighborhoods around McDowell.  Dean Wellington Reiter
> of the College of Design made a presentation to the Encanto-Palmcroft
> neighborhood on Monday.  He subsequently indicated that the College’s
> Community Design Studio may be willing to work on a McDowell Road
> Redevelopment Plan.  For info on this program, please see:
> http://www.asu.edu/caed/JUDP/html/JUDPMission.htm
>
> Proposal:
> Councilman Lingner is willing to discuss McDowell Road next Thursday at
> 4PM.  Encanto-Palmcroft has already conveyed its concerns about the
> Historic Overlay to Councilman Lingner.  Since Councilman Lingner’s time
> is limited, I thought the time could be used to discuss an overall plan
> for McDowell Road.  Doug Lingner was very much involved two years ago in
> the discussions about the Fairgrounds, and was the principal mover in
> including the $2.6million in the Bond election.  A McDowell Road
> Redevelopment Plan dovetails nicely with the budgeted work on the
> Fairgrounds, and could be a nice milestone for our Vice-Mayor, who now
> has a new interest in Historic Preservation.
>
> The attachment was used for our February meeting and needs to be
> updated.  Please let me know if: a) you continue to be interested; and
> b) are available next Thursday at 4PM.
> Martin Vogel
> phone (602)200-1025
> fax      (602)200-1024
>
>
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