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Your Ideas and Comments: June 8, 2005

Thank you to all who have submitted ideas for the future of Moran!!

Start talking and thinking, but what�s the rush? Rush led to almost giving it away for a hundred years. Most important idea: Don�t insist on a plan to go to voters by March if there are no good ones yet. One will come. Second most important: Don�t give it to any private group without ironclad guarantees that it and the land around it not be used for any but the stated purpose. YMCA for Moran and Shaws for City Market both fudged that one.

You should put only low income housing section eight because everyone deserves to have lakefront property.

Tear it down and grass it over to extend the park.

My idea is to leave the waterfront green. Tear down the plant!

Any publicly paid for building, etc., should be of equal access to the public. The YMCA isn�t accessible to all. Why not put the Parks & Recreation Department there and have a real public recreation center-one that all citizens can afford to utilize. Of course, there should also be food vendors there too!

I think they should have put the YMCA when it was up for vote. YMCA has a lot of programs for this committee not just for kids, for everyone. Please vote �yes� for this.

Thank you for this opportunity. I was a supporter of the YMCA project. Other ideas I support . . . tear down the old building and build new sailing center (private funds) or more park space (public funds). I absolutely do not support building a band shell. This would be worse than the Y. Reasons: excessive event parking, lots of idle non-use, especially in winter, mars beautiful waterfront and light/noise pollution.

Raze it! Not another nickel of taxpayers� money should be spent on this property. The Plant is an eyesore. Tear it down please.

My highest priority is year-round use of the waterfront. We need facilities that will attract a diverse portion of the community in winter as well as summer�athletes, dog walkers, seekers of solitude do not bring in sufficient use either to sustain the commercial ventures already there nor to justify being off the tax rolls. (I thought the YMCA an ideal arrangement.)

Keep the space as open land, accessible to the public. Trees, bushes, flowers, benches would be nice. Also parking!

1. A greenhouse on the roof of the lower portion of the building, facing south�for winter activities and as a cure for Seasonal Affective Disorder. 2. Rooftop dining. Dancing under the stars (summer only, of course).

The site could be used to construct low income housing which incorporates ecological/permaculture/sustainable design for instance solar power, gray water recycling to create a marsh ecosystem, wind power and so forth. Community gardens should be established on the waterfront! As we move into the future local food/garden space issues will continue to surface with more intensity in the public forum. The Intervale is already a huge start; let�s make Burlington a true model for sustainable urban planning and ecotourism!

Please reconsider the YMCA plan! It is the best, most viable option for the site. The Y wants to be a part of Burlington and there is no space for them. The Moran site needs to be �recreation use�. I feel very sorry that more wasn�t done to convince the public of the incredible opportunity for the city to have the Y pay for the renovations and the public could use it! We need the Y there, here within the Queen City. I hope the Y will be reconsidered (We use the Y as a family and the Community Sailing Center.)

Whatever goes in should be for all Burlingtonians, not something exclusive, or requiring huge fees. I would like to see a community center with indoor pool, ice rink and affordable family restaurant, a large outdoor picnic area and marina where locals who can�t afford boats could rent for a few hours on the day, and small venue for live performance both indoor and outdoor. There is a large need for all the above! Pat Stone.

Demolish the Moran Plant use all the extra taxes you are collecting this year. Expand the waterfront park. Allow for sailing center.

1. Tear down the existing building. 2. Landscape the area. 3. Park benches. 4. Allow street vendors.

I want to keep the land open, probably taking down the building. We need open space for Burlington residents and tourists. We don�t need more businesses, buildings and heavy traffic which development brings. Margaret Walbridge.

I would like to see the building torn down and create more green space with parking. I would also like to see the north forty turned into a waterfront recreation area. The city needs more access to the waterfront, most of all for the boaters. It would be nice to have these big fishing tournaments on the City waterfront. Could also be rented for boat/camper/car shows, company picnics. The City needs to wake up and see the money it could make from the waterfront. Definitely, not for low-income housing.

Above all, raze the building, take away the rubble and make certain no toxins remain. The city could have an annual contest for schools, clubs, NGOs, etc., for one year use for a public good (education, arts & crafts/small business, rehab, etc.) with a temporary structure (log cabin/A-frame/Geodome/etc.) to be given away or raffled off and then dismantled to make room for the next. This shares the pubic property with the public.

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