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.;Sent Jy: BASELINE; 510 420 1707; Nov-12-99 9:01 ; Page 2 q � An assessment of the community's potential interest at the site was developed as part of a Plain for Stakeholder Involvement,Environmental Master Plan,City of Stockton(Buethe, 1997). Activities for assessing interest in the project included: initiating contacts with regulatory agencies to present an approach to environmental assessment and restoration of the Stockton WaterfrontArea(including Weber Block),and holding numerous public participation activities. Public participation activities included an. initial workshop to introduce the Stockton Watertroat Committee (Waterfront Committee)to the Brownfields Project(including the Phase II investigation at Weber Block and the Environmental Master Plan). City staff provides updates on the project,specifically Wcber Block, at every monthly meeting. The Stockton Waterfront Committee is considered to be the City's official representation of various interest groups in Stockton. Additional meetings with the Waterfront Committee are planned. other meetings were held with potential lenders and developers to explore opportunities for redevelopment of sites within the blas ter Plan Area and u they tasks. s(including newspaper articles,press releases,ads,and informational tlier�)are Media presesltattoit ( S news P P Stockton e for redcvelo rnent of the S W armed for the purpose of increasing awareness of opportunities P pi PrP Environmental Master Plan Area(Buethe, 19517). Stockton Waterfront Committee x to bring The Stockton Waterfront Task Force was created in �'. . ' together representatives of the City,business leaders, financial institutions,developers,and special interest groups to help develop a plan for the waterfront area. The Task Force, later known as the Stockton Waterfront Committee,meets monthly in a public forum that allows for attendance by the public. The Stockton Waterfront Committee created a strategy for development of the waterfront area called the Waterfront Revival Vision and Action Plan. This Plan was adopted by the Stockton City Council work to guide d evelo�merit of the Stockton waterfront and to 199G.This document laid out the fraane S P I� identified specific key projects that the Waterfront Committee believed should be undertaken to "create an environment that invites private sector investment to the Waterfront." One of the key Projects identified was redevelopment of Weber Block. All designs for redevelopment in the waterfront area must be a development .or d b the Stockton Waterfront Committee to approved Y be implemented. Weber Block Redevelopment Following the Waterfront Committee's recommendations for Weber Block, the City of Stockton purchased the property and secured grants and loans from the Department of Housing and Urban DeveloP merit's Economic Development Initiative program to fund design and construction for proposed redevelopment of Weber Block. The City later contracted with HDR Engineering to. design Weber Block. The designs process was divided into two phases, the development of design concepts,and the final design and preparation of construction documents. The purpose of the first phase of the design was to develop an initial design concept for the Weber Block based on the Waterfront Committee's V ision and Action Plan and to present the concept for public review and comment- The HDR team then refined the concept based on public input received and presented a fs'nal design concept to the 973 69sek pea.-N- I M99 31