Brown Recommended for N. Main Group
At its May 23, 2012 meeting, the Ann Arbor public art commission (AAPAC) unanimously recommended that Connie Rizzolo Brown be nominated for a position on a task force to study the corridor along North Main Street and the Huron River. That recommendation will be forwarded to mayor John Hieftje.
The task force was established by the city council at its May 7, 2012 meeting, with membership to include the following: one member of the park advisory commission, one member of the planning commission, one resident representing the Water Hill neighborhood, one resident representing the North Central neighborhood, one resident from the Old Fourth Ward, one resident representing the Broadway/Pontiac neighborhood, two business and property owners from the affected area, and one member of the Huron River Watershed Council.
At its May 21 meeting, the two sponsors of the resolution that created the task force – Ward 1 councilmembers Sabra Briere and Sandi Smith – proposed adding three additional representatives: a member of the city council, someone from the boating/fishing community of river users, a representative from the Huron River Citizens Association. Tony Derezinski (Ward 2), who also serves on AAPAC, then proposed an amendment to add an AAPAC member to the task force. The AAPAC addition was passed by council on a 6-5 vote. [See Chronicle coverage: "Positions Added to North Main Task Force"] Appointments are expected to be made at the council’s June 4 meeting.
At AAPAC’s May 23 meeting, Derezinski told commissioners that “basically, we need someone at the table.”
The task force is charged with delivering a report to the city council more than a year from now – by July 31, 2013 – that describes “a vision to create/complete/enhance pedestrian and bike connection from downtown to Bandemer and Huron River Drive, increase public access to the river-side amenities of existing parks in the North Main-Huron River corridor, ease traffic congestion at Main and Depot at certain times of a day and recommend use of MichCon property at Broadway; …”
Earlier than that – by the end of 2012 – the task force is to make recommendations on the use of the city-owned 721 N. Main parcel.
Brown has served on AAPAC since early 2009, and has chaired the commission’s projects committee. She is a principal of Rizzolo Brown Studio, an Ann Arbor architecture firm.
This brief was filed from the basement conference room of city hall at 301 E. Huron, where AAPAC held its meeting. A more detailed report will follow.
Yipe! I forgot all about this election. It’s a school board election. There are two four-year seats, each with one candidate (so each running unopposed), but there is also a two-year seat that there are two candidates for.
More information here.
Adam J. Hollier is still on the ballot as running against Ravi Nigam, but Hollier dropped out of the race several weeks ago.
12:30 Second Baptist Church … NO VOTERS!… other than 2 poll workers an 17 absentee ballots. Gonna be a loooong day
Doh! thanks Mary. Fellow Chronicle readers, here’s the story Mary wrote about the election last month.
There’s something you need to do re. the tab on the ballot for it to work on the Automark. If I remember, it means directly disobeying the instructions on the tab.
My automark notes from last year.
In short, tear off the tab. The machines are supposed to be programmed to ignore the tab, but they have been wrong the last few times I voted. It’s a matter of programming the machines to know how long the ballot is. Note that the “sample ballot” they test the machine with doesn’t have the tab on it.
Problem detailed in the AutoMARK troubleshooting guide.
I was the first voter at the Coliseum (4:3) at 9:30 AM.
My son worked at Mary St (4:2). They had 8 voters all day. His comment “We exceeded all expectations!” He also made a remark about using boredom as a path to spiritual enlightment.