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.
I saw this, too! Any additional reportage about what they were doing there? The house they raided seemed like a drug house to those of us who live in the neighborhood. Wondering if it really was.
Where is Rosewood?
Rosewood is off of S. Industrial, connects to Packard. Won’t show up on Google Maps unless you know it’s “Rosewood St.”.
But I saw a cop car going in exactly the opposite direction, westbound on W. Stadium, which would be away from S. Industrial! Was there more than one thing going on at the same time?
We saw a few huge Escalades with tinted windows in our neighborhood also, NW AA near Mack and Forsythe Schools. Any word on that?
I first passed by the house on Rosewood about 8:15 AM. on March 30. Police were just sort of milling around on the porch and front lawn. Nobody was on “high alert.” When I returned at about 8:30. Everyone was gone.
According to Chief Jones, Lawnet did a raid, because it has been a problem location. Drugs and a sawed-off shotgun were removed from the scene.
Thanks for following up, Dave. I wonder if someone was arrested. That house constantly has teenagers and young twenty somethings hanging around in knots. Cars pulling up and leaving. Sure looked suspicious. Glad they got that shotgun off the street.
Sure wish we had a local newspaper!