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.
As of 10 a.m., their site is back up.
I’m jealous. No paper delivery today. None Sunday. Hmm, maybe I should check the acorns in the backyard, maybe there’s a “dot com” on one of them with a scroll inside . . . .
Fountain St. has an awesome delivery team — thanks, Remy and family!
Does anyone know – are they only delivering paper copies to people who had Ann Arbor News subscriptions?
Well in my case they are not delivering paper copies, and I have an Ann Arbor News subscription that was transferred. But I have yet to get a carrier delivered paper. Last Thursday’s paper was delivered by a manager and I had to ask for the previous Sundays. Yesterday’s paper is still a no show. 7 phone calls, 2 e-mails, and I’m told the carrier can’t find me. And the e-mail complaints (which for some reason go to Grand Rapids) are unanswered.
I don’t know who is doing the delivery, but really, it shouldn’t take over a week to find an address in Ann Arbor. And a manager could even draw a map for the carrier.
I was sputtering about not getting Sunday’s paper until I saw something under the van at the bottom of the driveway while I was out weeding . . . Saturday when driving home from Whole Foods I was behind a car swerving and weaving down Mosley and then Third; the driver was hurling rolled-up papers (I’m not sure whose) out the passenger window, sometimes actually reaching the driveway. I wonder if the days of porch delivery are gone. “Your hurled source” comes to mind.
I got mine Sunday in the driveway and the subscription was a carry over from my A2 News balance. I checked out the online subcription management page at a2 dot com and the amount credited to my account is correct.
The paper came early…not sure when but I’m guessing before 6 a.m.
Today we got a plastic-bagged roll of advertising flyers with a cover sheet from AnnArbor.com – not even the minimal content the old FFF distributions had. This is really offensive. Wonder how one “unsubscribes”.