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Contents 1 to do 2 June 25 meeting feedback 2.1 John Miller 2.2 Diane Schell, City Auditor 2.3 Mark Lindquist (notes from meeting) 3 Final presentation design areas 3.1 Highway 3.1.1 overall plan 3.1.2 landscaping 3.1.3 other design ideas 3.2 Entry point(s) 3.2.1 Signage and wayfinding 3.2.2 landscaping 3.2.3 street lights and furniture 3.2.4 drag bucket 3.3 Downtown 3.3.1 Facade plan 3.3.2 Infill plan to capture historic character 3.3.3 Adaptive reuse suggestions 3.3.4 Streetscape plan 3.3.5 Traffic and parking 3.4 Neighborhoods 3.5 Traffic & transportation 3.6 Tourism 3.6.1 outdoor activities (hunting/fishing) 3.6.2 damn visitors 3.6.3 casual tourists 3.6.4 commuters 4 Potential collage images 5 Precedents 5.1 Railway crossing 5.2 Tourism 5.3 Dundalk, ON, Canada 5.4 Collingwood, ON, Canada 6 Preliminary presentation 6.1 Orientation 6.2 Context 6.3 Boards 6.4 Site Boundaries 6.5 Existing Vegetation 6.6 Materiality 6.7 Connections 6.8 History 6.9 Existing Infrastructure 6.10 Programmes 6.11 Ecology 6.12 Cultural Significance 6.13 People Response 6.14 Proposed Developements 6.15 Environmental Values 6.16 Site SWOT 6.16.1 Strengths 6.16.2 Weaknesses 6.16.3 Oppertunities 6.16.4 Threats 6.17 Significant Landmarks 6.18 External links

to do

• digital model

animation - at minimum animation down Lincoln Ave, potential for before and after, if possible entry from highway into town as well

• Masterplan
• detail plans/sections

for at least three different detail projects - perhaps one for each zone that we outlined in the preliminary presentation

• 2-3 sketches or photomontages for each detail plan

this is what the community will respond to so they need to be convincing

• others?

June 25 meeting feedback

John Miller

• During their first visit I believe there were a number of photos taken by the group. It seems it would have been quite easy for some of those pictures to be part of the power point and then overlayed with possible beautification or improvement opportunities. There was talk about looking down the long main street from the entrance, but could not a picture of same have been presented and a few options including lining the entrance and street with trees, flower bed or whatever?

• There is the open space between the daycare center and drugstore that certainly could be a park/recreation area as well as the small park with the veterans memorial, both great opportunities for beautification that might provide uniqueness to our competing cities. There should be open space soon between the funeral home and the Bobkat when the rundown buildings now there taken down. I believe one of the positives of the small town is ability for adults and kids to walk freely downtown for shopping, get the mail, etc. and small beautified resting / gathering places make a lot of sense.

• I noticed signs on 94 saying RV park next exit. We have a RV park within walking distance of public swimming pool and golf course, but that needs “identification” and beautification as well

Diane Schell, City Auditor

• From all the feedback I am getting, the people want to see a picture/drawing of what they should do to beautify Underwood. They are ready to start working on something and they want to know where to begin. I was told by some attendees that they don't care if the drawing/plan is elaborate and we don't have money for it now, they felt they could raise the money, they just wanted to be told where to start... They wanted to SEE something. They are thinking of ideas also.

Mark Lindquist (notes from meeting)

• what can be done in the immediate term and at a small scale for immediate impact
• what to do with the middle zone between downtown and highway
• manipulate golf course access/movement through the town?
• uniformity of main street (actually Lincoln Avenue)
• connection to Highway 83
• sidewalks - residential vs. main street
• commuter rail line
• parking (ie. turtle lake, looks busier)
• precedents at various scales for each zone
• walkability
• destinations - golf course, pool, high school

Final presentation design areas

Ultimately team the representation needs to be readily understandable by the average Underwoodian, therefore I think we are leaning towards photomontage, perspective sketches, and models (digital or physical). Thoughts?

Highway

overall plan

Conversation between John and I

John,

As you are a concerned member of the community, and a visionary in what you are doing for this community I was wondering if you have thought of some more advantageous locations for your building. I am just afraid that your building might kill the last remaining businesses in the town. And I know you wouldn’t want to do that.

Imagine a location that attracts more business, while also helping to grow and spur the community. I know you are a business man, and have probably considered all the options. But here are just some more community/business friendly locations you might want to look at. As for making a building as inexpensively as the idea you already have I think there is a way to get it done.

One possible location could take advantage of the many visitors to the bucket. As you know “the bucket” needs to be placed where it will attract the most visitors while helping out the community in the best way possible. Your building could be placed where after Suzie and Billy Q. get done hopping around in the bucket, your building is right there for them to either get a juicy hamburger, or grab a melting ice-cream cone to go.

I thank you for your serious consideration of these options, and you can e-mail or call me anytime you like.

Alex Gore

HIS RELPY

Hi Alex; I think the rate and number of hours are reasonable so you should proceed. I'm sure we'll have some suggestions to make to your first drawing.

There is a significant contingent of people that think that there needs to be more business on the highway. I don't think there is much of a threat to existing businesses, because; there really is no motel now (it can be converted back to apartments); there is no lounge for non smoking, foul language sensitive people to frequents; and the restaurant really could be more of a steak house, dinner type business.

The existing restaurants will fail unless they change their ways and schedules anyway. Maybe some competition and a different niche will encourage them to work harder to satisfy customers.

I believe the cost of a new building and new location would be prohibitive.

I may be wrong, but that's how I see it now.

John

landscaping

other design ideas

Entry point(s)

Signage and wayfinding

landscaping

street lights and furniture

drag bucket

Downtown

Facade plan

Infill plan to capture historic character

Adaptive reuse suggestions

Streetscape plan

Traffic and parking

Neighborhoods

Anything needs to be done?

Traffic & transportation

• parking
• Bikeways
• Sidewalks

Tourism

outdoor activities (hunting/fishing)

damn visitors

casual tourists

commuters

Potential collage images

Precedents

Railway crossing

Tourism

Dundalk, ON, Canada

• http://www.greycounty.ca/communities/dundalk.cfm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundalk,_Ontario
• http://www.dundalk.ca/

Collingwood, ON, Canada

• http://www.town.collingwood.on.ca/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood,_Ontario

Preliminary presentation

Orientation

Image:Underwood proximity issue.pdf

 Can anyone help name these buildings and roads?  Download the pdf pls.

Context

http://www.city-data.com/city/Underwood-North-Dakota.html

     Population (year 2000): 812. Estimated population in July 2005: 739 (-9.0% change)
     Males: 388 (47.8%), Females: 424 (52.2%)

     Median resident age: 46.4 years 
     Estimated median household income in 2005: $42,400 (it was $35,250 in 2000)

Underwood Information http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=52925

Boards

Site Boundaries

Existing Vegetation

Materiality

Connections

History

http://www.rwf2000.com/ND2/UNDHist1.htm A History with pictures

http://www.rwf2000.com/ND2/Bank.htm#top The Great Underwood Bank Robbery Story

Existing Infrastructure

Programmes

Ecology

Cultural Significance

People Response

Proposed Developements

Environmental Values

Site SWOT

Strengths

Weaknesses

Oppertunities

Threats

Significant Landmarks

External links