Meeting Minutes - Office of Planning & Budgeting (OPB)

University Landscape Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
Thursday – March 10, 2011 UW Club, Lower Level
circulation from the intersection 15 th Ave NE and NE 45 th St is rerouted through the parking lot to the main
plaza on the west side of the building.
Committee comments:
The Committee was disheartened to see what could be a jewel of a building surrounded by parking.
They recommend the entire site, from Memorial Way on the east, 45 th at the north, 15 th on the west, to
the 43 rd St. pedestrian mall, be studied in greater detail with flexibility toward retaining parking.
Connectivity between the building and landscape needs to be much stronger, more direct and obvious.
Preference for service entry not along Memorial Way.
The site study should explore potential future development capacity, with a primacy of connectivity
and within the context of the campus as a whole. The best use of the land is not optimized by the
current design and connections back to campus are not reinforced when surrounded by parking.
Committee Action: Jill made a motion, and Jennifer seconded the motion, to not
recommend approval of pre-design and request further study with strong concern for the
following:
Study the site with particular attention to development along the Memorial Way
entrance and defining the edges of campus.
Site should be looked at with flexibility toward parking.
Preference for service entry not along Memorial Way.
Connectivity between buildings and landscape needs to be very strong, direct and
obvious.
Allow for site capacity as another development site.
Primacy of connectivity of this site and within the context of campus.
End of Minutes - meeting adjourned at 4:00
Meeting notes prepared by: Kristine Kenney
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