The meeting last Monday started off with a review of the updated plans for Gordon Commons. At the previous meeting in January a few committee members voiced concerns about the appearance of the facade facing Dayton St. They felt that it lacked a suitable amount of windows and wasn't appealing to pedestrians. In response, the design team added more landscaping and increased the amount of windows. They also incorporated the use of different surface materials to make the facade more interesting. The committee seemed pleased with the updates. The final plans will go before the city Planning Commission on March 23 and construction should start in December of this year or January of 2011. If this happens then the entire project will be completed in the spring of 2013.
Next, the board reviewed plans for the Charter Street Heating Plant. This new facility will replace the old heating plant and will run on natural gas and biomass making it much more environmentally friendly. The project would add rail lines and remove unneeded spurs between West Washington and Dayton. A draft of the plans will go before the Planning Commission on May 10 and the Urban Design Committee on April 7. There will be more specific plans drawn in the summer with a potential fall demolition. The start time is still unclear, 2011 at the earliest. The committee voted to approve their recommendation of the project.
Other updates:
Chazen Museum of Art - on schedule, opening fall 2011
East Campus Utilities - Park St. portion started 4 weeks ago
Hockey Swim Project - on hold for funding purposes
South Campus Union - a few weeks behind schedule, catching up
WI Institute for Discovery - on schedule, the exterior will be done in May and the sidewalks will be restored
Joe Klosterman, jfklosterman@wisc.edu
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Do you happen to have any pdfs of the plans?
Hi Samuel...I was able to find some images of the plans for the new Gordon Commons in the EIS report that was published in January. Here is a link to the report: https://fpm-www3.fpm.wisc.edu/campusplanning/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=NykwxWzPKcU%3d&tabid=68&mid=535
The plans included in this report aren't final but they're pretty close.
Unfortunately there aren't any plans for the new Charter Street Heating Plant available yet. At the committee meeting we reviewed images from a PowerPoint presentation. The project is still in the early stages so there aren't any plans available for the public yet. I will be sure to post the plans once they're ready for review.
Joe Klosterman
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