Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

ECCL Presentation
3-14-09
9:30 – 10:45am
Emeryville Fire Station #2
Comments/Minutes:
Kevin Laven introduced Mark Schatz and Dara Youngdale from the Field/Paoli and
HKIT Architect Team.
Mark and Dara presented the power point presentation on the Center of Community Life.
Verbal comments/questions and answers given at the presentation included:
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Eugene Sway, 20 year resident, past co-president of PTO, architect.
o Joe Frantz was adamant about class and race issues dividing Emeryville, I
define Emeryville by east and west and split in socio-economic conditions
in each half, also 40% of our school’s participation is from Oakland and
are they being reached for comments, how are we addressing these
concerns?
The goal of the ECCL is to be open and accessible, not asserting
racism or classism, its open to all in the community. MLK day
festival was very open and vibrant, we feel this will continue to
happen here by providing a space that welcomes all neighborhoods
and groups in the community together. Postcards, meals, and
childcare are available for each meeting. We are presenting the
ECCL plans to each grade at the secondary school for questions
and comments to capture real user feedback from students who are
from Emeryville and Oakland.
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Also if we have 15-20 people per meeting, are we getting enough input?
We’ve had many more attend other meetings held, but we’re also
getting feedback from the community who can’t come to the
meetings. We had 600 people at MLK day that were able to view
the presentation, many people stopped by that day.
What about community organizing efforts?
The next phase specifically requires a community organizing
component. We realized that these types of meetings/presentations
are good and we’ve had many of them, but we need to reach out
even further.
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The master plan for the ECCL is out of date on current website, is an
amphitheater still in plans?
o No, site is too small for dedicated wing to a theater. We do have stages
and spaces for theater productions and seating for 300 roughly in the gym
and multipurpose room.