Centre, the size of it, it has been maintained and kept. Theyre very few cities that have this Incredible Opportunity , so im really, really pleased to see that formality, that respect for what is there now being maintained, but at the same time, all sorts of new, interactive characteristics that are really important to draw people to serve the neighborhood, the residential neighborhood, but also to draw people from further out into this really special space. I appreciate from when we looked at the alternatives, i cant remember all their names, i really appreciate how you took a little from here and a little from there and made the best use of Public Comment and other comments to make what i think is a plan that is really developing nicely. For example, im glad to see the angled element of the corner of grove and martins. It would have looked great from inside, but i think would have been deadly to that corner. Im so happy to see the playground in whatever format is maintained. That pl
Find out actually who designed these buildings because dear old mr. Thorpe passed away before they were ever finished. Thank you. Anyone else like to make a Public Comment at this time . Closing Public Comment and bringing it back to the commission, anybody . Commissioner perlman . I would first like to ask, how do we follow up on mr. Hasses comments . Is that something the staff should do . We can certainly look into it. Theres obviously a number of projects that have occurred on the campus, so maybe as we explore future review, we can flush it out as a question. It would be good to get the record straight, because i know from the next project of the civic center, mr. Hasse has taken us to task about that. I wanted to comment about this project. I think we had looked at this at the arc quite awhile ago, and this has come quite a long, long way from the kind of massing studmassingstudy we were presend i think this is a nice building. The whole thing was odd to me because theres a fence
All, neither the commission nor staff will respond during Public Comment. If there is an item of interest to you that is not on the agenda and under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. If the fire alarms evacuate, you must exit the building in an orderly fashion. Please note the elevators will return to the first floor and are not available for use. If you need assistance out of the building make your way to the closest area of refuge which is directly across the hall in the mens washroom. Put the button on the speaker phone and staff will assist you. We are at item 2, president s report. President buell it is appropriate to welcome ashley summers, our new secretary of the commission. [ applause ]. Thank you. President buell were very fortunate in that ashley was legislative aide to supervisor katie tang and she worked in the Mayors Office and was a past member of prozak and even did some work for the recreat
Public comment and that is item 4. If the fire alarms evacuate, you must exit the building in an orderly fashion. Please note the elevators will return to the first floor and are not available for use. If you need assistance out of the building make your way to the closest area of refuge which is directly across the hall in the mens washroom. Put the button on the speaker phone and staff will assist you. We are at item 2, president s report. President buell it is appropriate to welcome ashley summers, our new secretary of the commission. [ applause ]. Thank you. President buell were very fortunate in that ashley was legislative aide to supervisor katie tang and she worked in the Mayors Office and was a past member of prozak and even did some work for the recreation and Park Department in the past. So weve got a real pro and we welcome her aboard. She has very big shoes to fill. On that note this is probably margarets last meeting here, but were going to drag her back at a future meetin
[ roll call ]. This is the recreation and Park Commission meeting of august 15, 2019. We welcome everyone here today and would ask that you please turn off Electronic Devices that may sound off during these proceedings. Please take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. If you would like to speak on any item today, we request but do not require that you complete a blue card. Unless otherwise announced by the chair, each person will have 3 minutes for Public Comment on each item. Please address your comments to the commission during Public Comment. In order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission nor staff will respond during Public Comment. If there is an item of interest to you that is not on the agenda and under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. If the fire alarms evacuate, you must exit the building in an orderly fashion. Please not