Below are a Meeting Notice and a concept drawing. |
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Hagerman area residents, business people, organization officers and members and representatives from state and federal agencies are invited to attend a meeting on Monday, December 12, 2005 at the Hagerman Senior Center at 7:30 P.M. to further develop a proposal for a Hagerman Civic Center. Below is a concept drawing of a building that includes most of the facilities that were mentioned under the "shoot for the moon" starting place that was discussed at the first proposal development meeting. The purpose of this concept drawing is to generate more specific comments on needs, to begin discussion on project costs and funding, to gage public interest in pursuing a project and perhaps to identify the steps required to move the project forward. |
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Below are the notes from the August 15, 2005 Special Gem Community meeting held to begin a public discussion and process aimed at developing a proposal to build a Civic Center that would house the City Hall, Library etc. |
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Meeting participants were Doris Gridley, Wilma Butigan, Marilyn McGillis, Dale Scott, Barbara Stobart, Mary Valentine, Wendy Umek, Nick Tzanakakis, Mike Scott, Pete Weir, John Mason, Jim Scott, Lonnie Johnson, Pete Adkison and Carleen Herring. The meeting began shortly after 7 P.M. with a brief introduction by Jim Scott who serves as the Chairman of the Gem Community Committee. He explained the role of the Gem Community Committee and reported that the Mayor appoints the Gem Committee and Hagerman IDEA, Inc. has been appointed to perform the Gem Community function for the City. He went on to point out that the basis for Gem Community efforts is the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Scott cited the following excerpts from Hagerman’s 1995 Comprehensive Plan that may relate to the task at hand:
Mr. Scott concluded his remarks by reporting that the recent Nez Perce water agreement, with which most local people are familiar, included a proposal for mitigation dollars to offset the negative economic impacts suffered by Hagerman and other communities due to the drying up of the Bell Rapids project. He pointed out that the US Congress apparently supports this aspect of the agreement and federal funding is expected in the Fiscal Year 2007 budget. The earliest that the Federal FY 2007 budget could be approved is October 2006. A process to apply for a share of those dollars will be developed and administered by Idaho Commerce and Labor. Carleen Herring from Region IV Development introduced herself and explained her role in community development. Carleen facilitated the remainder of the meeting. She began by asking what the community needed, a “brainstorming session" to identify what the community needs produced the following items:
At this point Carleen pointed out that there are various funding sources for the above project work and that successful competition for grant or special program funds requires: a proposal that is broadly supported by citizens; has value for, and draws participants from, multiple entities; and, responds well to any criteria specified by the grantor. She indicated that the Civic Center idea should be able to meet this criteria and asked the group to expand on that item. Participants identified the following:
A prioritization process indicated that a shared facility was a priority and that the majority of the participants were interested in library facilities. Carleen then asked the group to further identify some of the needs that a shared facility could meet. The following comments were recorded:
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