III Background - Meeting Minutes - Boston Redevelopment Authority

MEETING #2 cont.
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I I I B a c k g r o u n d - M e e t i n g M i n u t e s
being presented in these first several meetings. Rebecca agreed to make appropriate
changes and redistribute a new schedule (see “West End Area Planning meeting
schedule UPDATE” below).
Participants then separated into 10 small groups to discuss the question:
In thinking about the future of the West End Area, what values do you want
to be sure are represented and carried out through planning and development
efforts?
Groups were asked to think about the answer to this question as it pertains to the
following elements:
1) Character and Livability
2) Activity and Use
3) Access and Circulation
4) Relationship to surrounding areas
Rebecca polled the audience to see how everyone felt about the idea of adjusting the
evening’s agenda by moving the scheduled zoning and urban renewal presentation/
discussion to a later meeting, and instead devoting the remainder of the evening to the
reports from the breakout groups. There was consensus to do this.
The attachment in your email entitled “Charts-meeting #2” contains the notes from
each of the 10 groups. The attachment “Summary of individual responses at West
End meeting 2” details the responses we received from the eighteen participants who
submitted their own written answers to the same questions discussed in the small
groups.
GROUP RESPONSES: VERBATIM NOTES
GROUP #1
Special about West End
• Open Space
• Accessibility to neighborhoods and amenities
• Combined urban/suburban qualities
• Park-like atmosphere
• Sense of Community
• Unique identity
• Pedestrian thoroughfares
• Quality views for many residents
• Sense of safety
• Diverse population