In light of the City’s and PAM’s response to the MARC Team’s letter to the City Council regarding the Memorial Coliseum Operating Agreement issues (see earlier posts), the MARC Team submitted the following letter to the SAC for consideration at the 3/23/10 meeting: Letter to SAC 03.23.10
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After a 2-1/2 week delay in the Rose Quarter/Memorial Coliseum process, Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Portland Arena Management (Portland Trailblazers) have responded. Their letters are here: PAM Letter 3.16.10 Mayor’s Letter 3.22.10 A reasoned response from the MARC team will be forthcoming soon.
On Friday, March 5th, MARC proponents submitted a letter to the Portland City Council requesting a delay in the Memorial Coliseum process. The letter is here: MARC Letter to City Council Final 03.05.10 On Thursday, March 11th, the Mayor Adams sent a letter to his colleagues on the Portland City Council announcing a delay in [...]
3.11.10, Noon. Mayor Sam Adams announced today that the City Council Hearing on Memorial Coliseum has been postponed. See the text of the Mayor’s statement here: MC OA letter to colleagues 3-11-2010
March 5, 2010 Proponents of the MARC today submitted a letter to the Portland City Council requesting a delay in the Rose Quarter Development Process to address overriding issues related to the existing agreement between the City and the Portland Arena Management (Portland Trail Blazers) for operation of Memorial Coliseum. The letter states in part: [...]
In response to recent inquiries from the local track & field community, we have taken a look at what it would take to incorporate a competition-ready, 200M banked running track and related infield venues into the MARC plan. At this time, this is assumed to be a “demountable” facility. However, if the project proceeds, other [...]
The Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting will be held at 5:00 today at PDC. Could this be the last chance for the MARC to out muscle the Blazers’ JumpTown plan? More information at http://bit.ly/ctYYGu Live video feed at http://bit.ly/csUkVR
February 10, 2010 The proceedings of last night’s Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) Meeting revealed just how relevant the MARC proposal has become in the discussion of the future of the Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Quarter. First, city staff revealed that the MARC received the greatest number of 1st, 2nd or 3rd place [...]
On February 2nd, the Board of the Evergreen Curling Club (ECC) voted to endorse the MARC. ECC plans to notify its members of the Board’s action and will publicly promote the MARC proposal. ECC’s support for the MARC is based on the consistency of the MARC with ECC’s mission and the fact that the MARC [...]
RESPONSE TO ISSUES RAISED IN PORTLAND ARCHITECTURE BLOG ON 1/19/10 marcpdx.org has taken a careful look at the blog post entitled “A Preservationist Perspective on Memorial Coliseum Plans” posted on the Portland Architecture blog (http://bit.ly/5m2cfG) on 1/19/10. Here is a response to some of the issues raised in the post: 1. Coliseum Seating THE BLOG [...]