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C]„~n For,um ~, 0n the 23rd of actober ~ 990, the Committee hosted ' and city staff and the consultant advertised and conducted,.a public design evaluation forum with interested down w to n retailers, property owners, neighborhood residents, and other interested artier a t the storefront desi n studio on East Br P • g oadway. The consultant organized and dis la ed the results of the Committee's evaluations P, y • • vn the walls of the storefront studio and within a handout booklet provided to all attendees. aver ~ 1 a people signed up and participated in two evenin ublic forum sessions. With the consultant's facilita i ' ' g ~ ton, the participants were organized into small work .rou s of 15- 2o persons er table to review and ravid ' ' ` P P p e criticirms and suggestions on ~ } t e gateway and corridor entry concepts, 2} 3 alternative street access conce is that locat p ed traffic streets, access/parking/pedestrian streets, pedestrian-onl streets, and the convertible street at different laca i y t ons on Willamette, Broadway and dive Streets, and 3} an accessibility matrix that defined and .illustrated the im act of the above streets on v r' P a sous generic design configurations, The groups were encouraged to provide detailed criticisms or su estions Burin the small group sessions. At the end of the sessions, each small group I ed rou mem ers on which conce is were to '~ ' ~ g P p be eliminated or studied further by the Downtown Desi n Committee, Each small work rou 's evalu ' g anon comments and scores were recorded by .. g P particrpatrng Downtown Design Committee facilitators and summarized b the consultant into tabular form far review, y The participants also com feted a surve at the end of h ' . , P , y ~ , t e sessions that asked the reasons far their particrpatron in the forum, their o rnrons conceenin the condu of th P • ~ g c~ and usefulness e session, and their characteristics concerning their interests and use of the downtown. The information developed from the desi n forum and the exhi i . g b ted concepts were reviewed, discussed, modified, redefined, and eventuall narrowed in sea a to the Committee's satisfa i n y P ct o following a number of detailed workshops involvin the Committee, ci staff, and consultant. g ,. The consultant used the results of the Committee's work sessions to refine an detail d develop . ed concepts dealing with ~) streetscape furnishin sand treatments to be moor orated in ~ g p to the pedestrian, convertible street, plaza and intersection areas establishing the district corridor gateways, 2}final street sidewalk and street confi ' gurations, and 3} a series of passive/active redevelo ment conce is for the laza E' ui ' and h P P p q table Building, t e packing lot between the mall and Park Blocks. Desi n Forum~2 ~_ ~n the 18th of November 1990, the Committee advertised and hosted a secon ublic d d two-part p esign evaluation forum at the Hilton Conference Center with interested downtown retailers, property owners, neighborhood residents, and other interested artier. P Approximately 20 persons signed up on a first come basis and artici ated Burin h artof thefo .. P ,P t efirst p rum which was conducted to allow participants to ravide o en-en ed resentations of their indiv ' ~ • P P P •idual proposals, criticisms or suggestions to the members of the Downtown Design Committee. About 15 persons made resentations describin th i exce Lions con r P g e e p ce ns, and suggestions on the process and eesultin desi n conce ts. g g P About 2b persons participated in the second art of the (arum which consiste con •• P dafa sultant facilitated review of the streetscape elements, final alternative street 4