That makes a lot of sense to me, so I'd support that.
Would we still prepare for some sort of delegation to speak to council in
May? Also, I have us on the agenda for DAAC at the end of May....do we
still want to do that? I think it's likely worthwhile myself. I'd love to
hear what others think though.
On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 at 15:35, Sam Nabi <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have submitted a delegation request for the May 27th Kitchener council
meeting. They haven't confirmed yet but I expect to get that confirmation
in the next few days.
Referring to the diagram in our last meeting minutes, we were thinking of
a Phase 1 potentially implemented this summer:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzsYnRrW7dqCAKPL-Sk_ANIuaFAk67yoPXSNLRbLWfU/edit?ts=5cbb81f6
After talking with Barry Cronkite again, and getting more details about
Charlie West construction needs, I think we will get a lot of pushback
trying to implement this so quickly. The concrete trucks will be driving up
and down that area almost every day – that's more frequently than I would
have imagined.
Sarah Brown pointed out that the city's Placemaking Challenge Grant is
open for submissions – what if we prepared an application for this grant,
say $2000, to transform the space for a temporary pop-up weekend? The
Placemaking Challenge weekend in September 27th. This still lets us animate
the space in a really fun, active planned event.
I'm thinking we can buy a bunch of sod and grass over the Phase 1 area of
Gaukel Street. A really transformative, but temporary, intervention. This
would set the stage for a more permanent road closure in November.
What do you all think about this plan? We would have to get moving on our
Placemaking Challenge grant application and council presentation, but I
want to make sure everyone's on the same page.
Sam Nabi
sam@xxxxxxxxxxx
226-988-4137
