The
Sonoma Community Development Agency (or CDA, the City's redevelopment agency),
will sponsor a second community workshop on the redevelopment of the 32 Patten
Street property on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 10 a.m. – noon. The
workshop will be conducted by Foothill Partners, the developer selected to
prepare a proposal for the site and will be held at the old station building at
32 Patten Street. According to City Manager Linda Kelly, the goal of the
second workshop “is to follow up on the first session, with a specific focus on
potential design alternatives for the redevelopment of 32 Patten Street.
Foothill Partners will have their Architect Brian Williams present to free-hand
draw and visually record the community's thoughts on schematics and design
proposals that emerge at the meeting.”
A
workbook containing background information on the property and proposed
development has been prepared and is available on the City’s website at the
following link: http://www.sonomacity.org/default.aspx?Pageid=455
In
anticipation of this follow-up workshop, Doug Wiele of Foothill Partners stated
"Our October 8th community meeting was intense, and regarded in the press
as negative, but I saw it as positive, an invaluable dialogue in setting
community standards for the property's development. I have similar
expectations for our upcoming follow up meeting on November 5th, that we will
start to focus in on design alternatives and that we'll start to build
consensus. I'm looking forward to it."
The
public is invited and encouraged to attend this workshop. Questions may
be directed to Doug Wiele of Foothill Partners by calling 916-939-9890 or David
Goodison, Planning Director, 707-938-3681. Comments may also be directed
to Foothill Partners at firehouse@foothillpartners.com.