Scissortail Park

[skanaly]

So since they have already cleared some ground, its just a matter of time now until the other land is bought and demolished right?

[skanaly]

And wasn't the covention center going where this "sub-station" is?. And the Ford site was going to be mixed use...but i love that location!

[MDot]

And wasn't the covention center going where this "sub-station" is?. And the Ford site was going to be mixed use...but i love that location!

Awhile back, yeah that was the "plan".

[Jchaser405]

Awhile back, yeah that was the "plan".

Does anyone know what happened to that plan? It seems to me that would be a far greater site (without sub-station relcation cost).

[Bellaboo]

And wasn't the covention center going where this "sub-station" is?. And the Ford site was going to be mixed use...but i love that location!

It was the plan until they started floating a 30 million dollar cost around to relocate the sub station.......

[mcca7596]

It was the plan until they started floating a 30 million dollar cost around to relocate the sub station.......

It will probably take at least that much to purchase the old Ford site.

[BoulderSooner]

It will probably take at least that much to purchase the old Ford site.

or maybe double that much

[Jchaser405]

Who owns the land in which the sub-station is currently located on? Private or State?

[Spartan]

OG+E, so...whichever category you think that fits under

[Pete]

I was crediting the committee for the way they have phased the park; first starting with a basic plan then adding programming later, after the surrounding area has begun to take shape, we see how things play out at the Myriad Gardens, etc.

The park committee can't do anything about where the convention center is located.

[kevinpate]

Somehow I keep hearing the Dixie Chicks singing Wide Open Spaces and that line about Room to make her big mistakes.

[skanaly]

It would be so much more better to have the CC where this "sub-station" is because that would leave lots of room for mixed use stuff on the ford site. If there were shopping areas, cafes, and offices with restaurants and stuff, that would be very "pedestrian friendly." Didn't the mayor/the city want the boulevard to be a place that everyone would want to go if they went downtown...It would also connect the myriad gardens to central park. Witch would make central park so much easier to get to from somewhere like the gardens, or the chesapeeke arena, or any other place. Having a Big convention center blocking that flow would leave the boulevard with taxis and buses, rather having tourists and peds.

If the CC went where i think it should be, then it would also bring lots more life closer to the shore...making the existing ground easier do stuff on

[OKCisOK4me]

^^^opinions have already been hashed on this one in the Convention Center thread. We feel your pain.

[skanaly]

But it's also about the park...like i said...the park would be separated in a way from the core of downtown

[MDot]

But it's also about the park...like i said...the park would be separated in a way from the core of downtown

He's saying we've already discussed this and everybody shares your opinion.

[OKCisOK4me]

He's saying we've already discussed this and everybody shares your opinion.

Thank you Mdot.

[Rover]

But it's also about the park...like i said...the park would be separated in a way from the core of downtown

THe two will be separated...regardless. Either by private development or by the cc.

[Spartan]

THe two will be separated...regardless. Either by private development or by the cc.

I think most all of us understand the inevitability of that. It doesn't mean that we all have to concede that it's the ultimate right thing to do.

[kevinpate]

I tend to look at it this way. Just because some OKC folk are over the city's long held inferiority complex doesn't mean their city father's are over it yet.

[mcca7596]

There will be a westbound off-ramp onto Robinson, but that's it.

[RodH]

There will be a westbound off-ramp onto Robinson, but that's it.

And there is no exit to Shields from westbound I-40.

[Urban Pioneer]

The Park Subcommittee did not meet this month. They did not make quorum. Some people were sick and the time had been bumped.

[Urban Pioneer]

I am going to put this on the park thread too. There is a TON of relevant information in this recording about what is being thought about the park and how C2S, the CC, and the Blvd to it.

http://soundcloud.com/moderntransitp...maps-3-transit

[Steve]

Thanks for posting this Jeff!

[Urban Pioneer]

No problem. It turned out so well that we intend to make it part of our standard practice to record these meetings. If we had a videographer willing to donate their time, we would make use of that as well.

I personally take great pride in the level of transparency that the streetcar/hub aspect of MAPS has had. I think that it contributes to people's support of our project.

Also, this particular meeting seemed as though it would hold a great deal of content that should be documented. We have an archival audio recording of a meeting regarding P180 issues/streetcar that could be put up too if people want it.