City of Charlotte
Finchley-Purser/Shamrock Hills
(formerly Shannon Park)
Neighborhood Improvement Project
Minutes of Public Meeting #2
Meeting Date:
Thursday, May 14, 2009; 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Location:
Eastway Drive Church of God
1131 Eastway Drive, Charlotte, NC
Prepared By:
Walter Turnbull, Turnbull Sigmon Design (Design Consultant)
Project Team
Attendees:
Mark Grimshaw, Project Manager, EPM
Tom Sorrentino, Senior Engineer, CDOT
Chad Nussman, Charlotte Stormwater Services
Walter Turnbull, ASLA, Principal, Turnbull Sigmon Design
Justin Simpson, Engineering Assistant, Turnbull Sigmon Design
Josh Motes, Engineering Assistant, Turnbull Sigmon Design
(Guest) Jane Taillon, Charlotte Code Enforcement
1.) General Description
The purpose of the meeting was to continue the public involvement portion of the FinchleyPurser/Shannon Park (formerly Shannon Park) Neighborhood Improvement Project. The design
consultant presented the comments from the first public meeting, explained the improvement design
process and resulting plans that addressed those comments and presented the cost estimates in the
form of three Scenarios. Small groups discussed the plans and cost estimates and voted for the best
Scenario. In addition to the Project Team, 12 neighborhood residents attended representing
Delgany, Dora, and Finchley Drives; Foxford Place and Glenville Avenue within the neighborhood.
The attendees were provided with an agenda and a meeting handout for their reference that
contained the following:
Meeting #2 Flow Chart
Comments from Public Meeting #1 (sorted by table and street; categorized by type)
11x17 “Total Comments” and “Applicable Comments” maps illustrating the comment
types and their relative location within the neighborhood.
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The “Neighborhood Action Toolkit” (A document prepared by Walt Turnbull to assist the
neighborhood volunteers and residents in their pursuit of solutions to their voiced
concerns and comments that are outside the scope and funding of the NIP.)
Preliminary Cost Estimates of the three Scenarios “A”, “B” and “C”.
2.) Opening Remarks
Mark Grimshaw opened the meeting by thanking everyone for attending, briefly explained the
purpose of the meeting and outlined the evening’s agenda. Mark introduced the various City and
Consultant team members in attendance and then gave control of the meeting to Walt Turnbull for
his presentation.
3.) Main Presentation
Walter began by also thanking those in attendance, describing in brief the evening’s activities and
introducing his PowerPoint presentation. The presentation would describe the steps taken since the
first public meeting and explain the materials that their firm had prepared to illustrate the proposed
improvements. Following a brief review of the NIP Implementation and a recap of Public Meeting
#1, Walt presented the comments that were generated by the first public meeting. His slides showed
how the total comments were color-coded and categorized by type and listed by street. A colorcoded map showed the specific locations of all comments. Next, Walt explained that some
comments or concerns were beyond the funded scope of the NIP and would require volunteer
actions by the neighborhood. These concerns were grouped according to the City department or
service responsible for their coordination. At this point, Walt explained that their Neighborhood
Action Toolkit in their handout was intended to be a reference for the neighborhood as they pursued
these concerns and their resolutions with the City. As before, Walt displayed a second, color-coded
map that showed those comments that remained available for NIP funded improvements. Next,
Walt described the proposed improvements by displaying the Storm Drainage Improvement
Analyses and the Overall Improvement Plan. These plans also were on each of the small group
tables for the resident’s inspection. Finally, Walt presented and explained the Cost Estimates of the
three different combinations of street improvements in the form of Scenarios. Walt then invited the
residents to comment or ask questions. Walt concluded by asking the residents to join one of the
three tables, review the plans and cost estimates they had before them and to vote on which
Scenario they felt best allocated the NIP funds within the neighborhood.
4.) Small Group Discussion
Residents and team members formed around three tables, each with improvement plans and cost
estimates and began to discuss their pros and cons. The small groups interacted for nearly 30-40
minutes while suggesting additions or deletions from their favorite Scenario choice. At the end,
each table recorded their vote for one of the Scenarios on their table’s Comment and Voting Sheet.
Mark Grimshaw concluded the group discussion by asking each table to declare the Scenario for
which they had voted.
5.) Adjournment
Mark explained the next steps in the process, invited everyone back to the third meeting to be held
in July and thanked all for attending and providing their valuable participation. The Public Meeting
#2 concluded around 8:30 pm.
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