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 votes among those that filled out comment cards at the January 26th public meeting at the Coliseum. These results should be posted at http://www.rqdev.org later today. Then, late in the meeting, a straw poll of the 32-member SAC ranked the MARC a close second (by just a single vote) to the Blazers’ proposal.
Here’s the Portland Mercury Blogtown take: “Public input and a straw vote of the stakeholder committee members showed something of a surprise: support for the the TrailBlazer’s Jumptown proposal and Doug Obletz’s Memorial Athletic and Recreation Center is neck and neck.” More here: http://bit.ly/cAUp84
Stay tuned as a recommendation fromt the SAC to the City Council should be forthcoming soon.