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<br /> .. I . . I II . I. <br /> ~.A.J <br />-- <br /> May <S, 2004 <br /> Subject <br /> Courthouse Square Conceptual Designs <br /> Recommendation <br /> Select a single design concept which will then be refined and presented at a future public <br /> workshop. <br /> Background <br /> The City's is planning to remove the annex building and restore the façade of the old <br /> Courthouse on Broadway, across from the Fox Theater. With the annex gone, the <br /> oDDortunity Will exist to create c. great public space for the community, which will bring <br /> pedestrians and new life and vitaiity to the Downtown area. <br /> Over the course of three pubiic workshops in the last several months, interested Redwood <br /> City residents and committee members have imagined, discussed, examined, and shaped <br /> several design alternatives for the Courthouse Square, yet a single concept has not been <br /> decided. <br />- <br /> The design contract with Freedman, Tung and Bottomley (FTB) only has budgeted funds <br /> remaining for the refinement of a single concept. Therefore, we have scheduled this joint <br /> study session to review 1) the pubiic process that has occurred, 2) the principles guiding the <br /> design of the plaza, and 3) the alternatives that have evolved out of the three public <br /> meetings. <br /> Michael Freedman of FTB will be making the presentation and asking Council for direction <br /> on a preferred alternative so the project design can move forward and be completed. The <br /> final refined and detailed concept will then be brought back for review and comment in the <br /> fourth and final public meeting before being presented to the Council for final review and <br /> approval. <br /> ~ Jl!~ <br /> Claudia II <br /> Communi Development Analyst Manager. Redevelopment City Manager <br />- <br />