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PlanningBoard | 2005-03-14 | 3 | PRELIMINARY DRAFT Subject to modification prior to approval by Planning Board 8. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS: 8-A. Study Session Theater (DSD/JA). Study Session to review revisions for Design Guidelines to construct a new 7-screen Cineplex and 352-space parking structure on the Video Maniac site. This site is located at 2305 Central Avenue within the CC - CCPD, Community Commercial and Special Planned Development Districts. (Continued from the meeting of February 28, 2005.) Ms. Kohlstrand advised that she would recuse herself from this item because she was a principal with the firm of EnviroTrans Solutions, which prepared the traffic analysis for the combined parking garage/theater analysis. Ms. Leslie Little, Development Services, advised that with Ms. Kohlstrand's absence from the discussion, there would not be sufficient Board members to act on this item at this time. Ms. Cormack advised that because Mr. Lynch had not yet arrived, there would not be quorum for this item, and suggested that Item 8-B be heard before Item 8-A. President Cunningham advised that public testimony would be heard, and that no action would be taken by the Board. The item would be heard by City Council on Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Ms. Little provided a status update on the theatre design following the last public testimony and Board comments. She noted that concerned parties would like the word "contemporary" to be removed from any description of the building; the balance of the definition came from the Secretary of the Interior's standards, including the word "contemporary." Item C-3 specified a general vertical emphasis, and she did not believe that there was community consensus regarding that design element. Item C-4 addressed the lobby projection on the second floor, and she believed that element has engaged people's imaginations about the additional activity at the theater. Other issues included studying the public space along Oak Street, widening the sidewalks; public parking and a bike route would be accommodated along the street. Bike racks would be included in the parking garage. Mr. Michael Stanton, project architect, provided an update on the parking structure. The public hearing was opened. Mr. Carl Minns, 1820 Hibbard Street, would like to see a more pragmatic approach for a theater, with no more than three screens. He would like to see an emphasis on the restoration and preservation of the existing theater. Planning Board Minutes Page 3 March 14, 2005 | PlanningBoard/2005-03-14.pdf |