Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

ECCL Presentation
2/4/09
5:45am-7:00pm
Emeryville Child Development Center
Minutes/Comments:
Mayor Dick Kassis welcomed audience introduced Mark Schatz and Dara Youngdale
from the Field/Paoli and HKIT Architect Team.
Mark and Dara presented the power point presentation on the Emeryville Center of
Community Life.
Verbal comments at the presentation by the audience included:
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When is this facility going to be built and open to the public?
Estimation based on full funding is begin digging in 2011, with the
facility completed and opened in 2013
How is the facility being funded? Is the City paying for the whole
facility?
Funding will come from a partnership between the City and School
District sharing the costs. Funding is expected through a series of
grants, state school funds, and possibly a bond measure approved
by the voters. The City has committed $25 million to the project
and the District would provide the land in the proposed site.
How can we get the community involved? Many people I know didn’t
know about this workshop?
The City handed out fliers to all ECDC parents, in the community
public spaces, its website, and in the schools for this meeting. Due
to the low turnout, the City will increase its reach by sending out
by mail notification to all residents/businesses, create door hangers
for the neighborhoods near each meeting, as well as continue the
previous efforts. We as staff/architects need your help too to
spread the news by word of mouth to family and friends in the
area.