January 25, 2011Mayor and City CouncilCity of Columbia701 BroadwayColumbia, MO65201Re: owntown C!arrette Re"ort Recommendation#Mayor and City Council:$!e owntown %eader#!i" Council &%C' re#"ectfully a#(# t!at you ado"t t!e )owntown C!arrette Re"ort* "re"ared by +, -tudio, .nc/ of -t/ %oui#, Mi##ouri/ 0e areal#o "lea#ed to "re#ent our (ey recommendation# from t!e C!arrette Re"ort/ 0!ile t!ere are many e1citin2 acti3itie# in t!i# document, e3eryt!in2 cannot be a "riority/ 0e !a3e identified t!e followin2 "ro4ect# a# "rioritie#: -treet#ca"e 5n!ancement# Colle2e 63enue )urban boule3ard* Broadway 7 Colle2e entryway 0alnut 7 Colle2e inter#ection Broadway #treet#ca"e en!ancement# &1#t -treet 8 5t! -treet' Creation of a downtown $.9 di#trict Con#truction of t!e -!ort -treet "ar(in2 2ara2e t!at "re#er3e# 3e!icular and "ede#trian acce## to t!e :ort! ;illa2e 6rt# i#trict 9ormation of a downtown de3elo"ment entity to facilitate t!e#e and future C!arrette Re"ort acti3itie# &not addre##ed by e1i#tin2 or2aniublic $ran#it 6d3i#ory Commi##ion/ .nformation wa# #!ared at a "ublic o"en !ou#e &at City +all' on January 11, 2011, and t!e entire document continue# to be a3ailable for re3iew on t!e City@# web #ite/ On January 11, 2011, t!e Board of t!e Columbia -"ecial Bu#ine## i#trict relea#ed t!e followin2 #tatement re2ardin2 t!e owntown C!arrette Re"ort: A$!e Columbia -"ecial Bu#ine## i#trict i# #u""orti3e of all downtown "lannin2 effort#, includin2 t!e owntown Columbia >lannin2 C!arrette/ 0e under#tand t!i# i# a wor(in2 documentB t!e#e recommendation# are 3oluntary and may c!an2e a# circum#tance# c!an2e/$!e board i# 3ery e1cited about many of t!e "ro"o#al# included in t!i# "lan and we loo( forward to di#cu##in2 #"ecific initiati3e# a# t!ey are introduced/A 0e would li(e to #c!edule a wor( #e##ion to di#cu## detail# of our recommendation#/ $!an( you for your on2oin2 #u""ort a# we all #tri3e to furt!er en!ance downtown Columbia, t!e mo#t di#tincti3e element of our 2reat community/-incerely,Randy Cray, C!airowntown %eader#!i" Council