20 - Year Growth Plan - City of Kendleton

2.3 Public Outreach - Second MeetingAt the final community outreach meeting on November 19, 2011 EHRA coalesced theopinions, comments, visions and goals into a series of visual preference exhibits. 33guests were in attendance and listened as EHRA presented a slideshow describing howthe visual preference survey will affect the outcome of the 20-Year Growth Plan. TheAttendees again used the marker voting method to provide feedback on what styles andelements would create the kind of Kendleton envisioned by the CPT and residentspreviously.Figure 2-9: November 19, 2011 public outreach meeting photosAs shown in Table 2-C, the visual preference survey voting results indicate that thecommunity desires walkable streets versus the look of strip retail, a natural landscapefeel, and prominent public art displays.Table 2-C: Visual Preference Survey ResultsDowntown StreetscapeWalkable streets (pedestrian scale, benches, low-rise buildings) 47%Transit/Commercial oriented streets (easy access parking, suburban style shops) 53%NeighborhoodsLow Density (single family homes, large lots ) 67%Medium Density (single family homes, suburban style) 14%High Density (apartments) 19%Manufactured Homes 0%LandscapingNatural setting (tree and shrub groupings, taller native plants versus mowed areas) 47%Park-like (somewhat manicured, treed walkways) 53%Parks and ActivitiesOutdoor Festival oriented activities preferred using existing parks.Public Art and Museums“Old-town” feel desired strongly over urban style. Murals desired strongly over individual artworks.Throughout the public outreach process EHRA collected input from meeting attendeesby written response as well. During sit-down meetings, either with individualstakeholders or CPT members, such feedback was obtained in meeting notes. Duringpublic outreach meetings, group exercises resulted in cataloguing bulleted/condensedfeedback performed by the facilitators and comment sheets were solicited at the end ofeach meeting. Appendix B contains this feedback and illustrates the breadth of visionthat the community considered. Many of these ideas and suggestions have becomegoals with corresponding action items and are discussed in Section 11.20-Year Growth Plan 9