MCC Adams Grant Task Force

Economic Development Council

Meeting: August 24, 2007, 9:30 am

Grace Gouveia Building

 

Present:  Acting Assistant Town Manager/Grant Administrator Michelle Jarusiewicz, Steve Melamed/PEDC, Bonnie Adams Campbell/PEDC, David Gardner/Interim Director of Tourism, Lisa Bowden/Cultural Development Coordinator, Chris McCarthy/PAAM, Jim Bakker/PMPM, Candy Collins-Boden/Chamber, Judy Cicero/Chamber, Margaret Murphy/FAWC, Debbie DeJonker-Berrry/Library, Paul DeRuyter, Sharon Lynn/Town Manager, Pru Sowers/Banner Reporter, Sandy Turner/DPW, Russ Kleekamp/Stearns & Wheler

VSB Members [joint meeting]: Rob Tosner, Laurel Gaudazno/PMPM, Hersh Schwartz, Michael Peregon, Mick Rudd, Kathleen Fitzgerald,

 

Repaving Commercial Street & Streetscape Project:  Deputy DPW Director Sandy Turner and Russ Kleekamp from Stearns & Wheler presentation – preliminary design report/conception plan to be submitted to BOS meeting in September; met with Disabilities Commission regarding ADA compliance

  • Need input from MCCTF, Historical, and others
  • Still working on the scope of the work possibly beyond Commercial Street
  • They have reviewed the ICON report and understand that not everything is being included

 

Russ presentation:

  • Construction measures
  • Phasing, timing, sequencing
  • Aesthetics – what is going in there is what they need for input 
  • Types of sidewalks, crosswalks, materials – concrete or granite
  • Min – 3’ sidewalk – ideal is 5’
  • Encroachments
  • Agenda – last meeting in Sept.

Candy – comments about signage committee work focusing on the Visitor’s perspective as they navigate Provincetown

Sandy – location of signage – ADA, maintenance, production

Jim – encroachment – eliminate the sidewalks – paint with marks – eliminates the need for shoveling – just plow it all – no one uses them

Russ – drainage issue

Sandy – parking issue, liability

Michael – reduce signage

Sandy – signage is an ongoing nightmare

10:55 am: VSB members adjourned from Grace Gouveia building to reconvene at Town Hall to continue their meeting.

 

MCC Adams grant 2008:

Letter of Intent due 9/7/07: this is a placeholder notification form that I will file with MCC indicating that we intend to apply,

Draft application due 10/5/07,

Final Application due 11/5/07

For 2008, proposed activities for MCC Adams grant application include the continuation of the Town’s efforts under its 2007 Streetscape Path to Culture: Wayfinding & Storytelling  with a focus on two areas: (1) implementation of the Streetscape Improvements and (2) making the connections through collaborative efforts and packaging to promote tourism and economic development by offering more variety to the visitor experience, extending the season, and improving visitation at existing venues

 

Adjourned 11:20 am

 

MCC Adams grant activities funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council Adams grant