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Steve Tyliszczak, Chair
planning@blackrockcc.org |
Albion Street Project
There are plans afoot to relocate the Southwest Health Agency to a new
building at the end of Albion Street. Additionally, this project will
include 35 low income housing units (two bedrooms per unit).
There are three zoning variances being sought:
We will provide more information regarding this project as it becomes
available.
Ellsworth Park - Proposed Improvements
On November 12, the BRCC and the Black Rock NRZ
sponsored a forum on the proposed improvements to Ellsworth Field.
Approximately 100 people attended the meeting at the Saint Ann's gym.
Ted Grabarz, Deputy Director of Public Facilities for the City of
Bridgeport was on hand and was kind enough to provide his notes for
distribution:
| Issue Raised |
Meeting Response |
Follow-Up |
| Parking Issues |
Parking wasn't part of Phase I program.
Will get meeting with Police Chief |
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| Number of fields has increased over the
years leading to over-use |
We recognized
that in the Master Plan and are attempting to make people aware
of all the other parks in City |
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| Suggestion of bleachers and solar panels |
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We can look at both |
| Too much noise |
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Police enforcement |
| Signage that prohibited dogs, alcohol and
gold has been removed |
It will be replaced |
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| Splash park concerns |
It will at least be an add alternate
so that it may be removed |
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| Suggestion of One Way street with diagonal
parking |
Previous studies indicated that it wouldn't
noticeably increase |
We will have City Engineer re-visit |
| Why does building have to be so big? Reduce
size. |
Toilet rooms, handicap accessible. Storage
close to work thus increasing city personnel productivity. |
Need to look at plan to reduce |
| Why doesn't building fit more into historic
character? |
Needs to be durable to last a long time.
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We will look at further detailing, size
reduction |
| Why can't use other areas to share parking,
i.e. St. Ann's |
Many communities are trying to do that to
reduce impermeable surface |
We will explore |
| Need to decrease police response time |
Will arrange meeting with Police Chief |
I will contact Auden Grogins |
| Need to meet the needs of the community as
a whole as opposed to just the Little League |
That's why we used the NRZ program |
Verify NRZ program |
| Why is there security lighting? Get rid of
it. |
Only shown at entrances |
Set on timers and will relook on removing |
| Is there a way to block off the street
during Little League times? |
It's a public road. Doubt we can do that |
More police enforcement |
| Create a "non-building" i.e. with berms,
etc. and depress building footprint to hide |
Issues with grade changes make it difficult
to do |
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| Move storage to the back of the site,
closer to boat yard |
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Can look at |
| Have lighting go off at 11 PM |
We can look at that |
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| Boat yard is beginning to intrude onto park
space |
We will look at |
Planning and Zoning issue |
| Building is ugly, make it more appropriate
to the Historic area |
We can look at changes and perhaps reduce
bulk |
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| Why can''t building be moved? |
Sewer connections and setbacks necessitate
general location |
Can we use waterless toilets, etc. and hide
building more with foliage |
Why is there
only one toilet per bathroom?
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To reduce maintenance cost |
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A PDF version can be downloaded
here.
What are Neighborhood
Revitalization Zones or NRZs?
In 1995, An Act Establishing a
Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Process was passed by the
Connecticut General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Rowland.
This law, the first of its
kind in the nation, established a collaborative process for
communities to work with all levels of government to revitalize their
neighborhoods.
Black Rock NRZ Planning Committee
Fairfield Metro Center Project
Click here
for up-to-date information on the Metro Center project.
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