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Town Hall Meeting
March 4th, 2003 |
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| Small Group Brainstorming Session Results March 4, 2003 Fort Bragg Town Hall Meeting Group 1 Make play to acquire the whole property like Big River did with donations from all over the country. GP must pay for ALL toxic cleanup - NOT Taxpayers. •Coastal Trail connected to 10 mile. •H.U.D. Housing for Elders and chemically sensitive persons with universal access. •Fairground Public Space for carnival, kite flying area and rodeo. •Native Americans should get a piece including their round house near the nursery. •Paul Stamets plan for self-sustaining agriculture. •City growth shaped in blocks with alleys - NOT like glass beach housing. •Need open space for water infiltration to keep salt water at bay. •Equestrian and bicycle foot trails. Group 2 Encourage as much local ownership as possible - keep the revenue from the land and use of land here. Should have a good relationship with the City for development. Pro-active stance should be taken by the City. Look at the ocean right here as major resource. JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! •Woodworking School. •Marine Research, Aquaculture study, develop food sources from the ocean. •Help the fishing industry to rehabilitate fish resource. •Education Colleges - expand marine biology department at College of the Redwoods. •Whole university based on marine sciences. •Native American issues have to be addressed. (NO casinos) •Small mill - worker owned and operated. •Railroad museum. •Affordable Housing. •Open Space - Access to ocean along the entire perimeter from Noyo to Pudding Creek. •Produce food - Organic farming and Sea farming/ kelp reforestation. •Solar/wind energy. •Job oriented light industry. •Juvenile Training School for troubled youth. Group 3 Deal with Accountability FIRST. •Hemp Farm as an eco-business providing material for fabric, food, oil, etc. •Sustainability of land. •Beyond the norm, healing the earth, growing food, mushroom remediation. •Use nursery to generate trees to restore the land before GP sells. •Historical information site. •Park, wildlands, arboretum, bushes and flowers. •Sea lion viewing point, fishing. •Signs explaining history. •Bring the wilderness back to reality - how it was before the White men came. •Salmon restoration. •Craft village - affordable live/work spaces for crafts people. •Hostel for travelers and students for affordable visitor accommodations. Group 4 Reality - private property will be bought and developed. How do we steer that? Enough money controls the land. Form organization (aka Mendocino Land Trust) to buy parcel or several parcels. Use this land to develop some of the various ideas put forth. VERY important:eco-tourism, coastal trail from Noyo to Pudding Creek. Designate part of tax base for maintaining coastal lands. •Information high tech park - REAL jobs. •Art Center. •Business incubator park to promote cottage industries. •Alternative energy/water treatment for our parcel - create REAL jobs. •Museum/Cultural Center/Education. •Indigenous logging and fishing, etc. Group 5 •Sustainable living and healing center with a salt water spa. •Native people given a larger portion of the land. •GP could be enjoined to give land for tax break or mitigation. •Not so much visitor serving facilities.Rather open land for business incubators/small businesses and affordable housing. •Develop a plan to be considered to heal the social and environmental damage including Native American community. Whatever is done does not contribute to further damage. •Noyo Community ideas: more land, museum/amphitheater, teach people about Native American culture. •Significant portion to be open space to educate ecological values. School to teach how to live ecologically. Demos of wind, solar, water purification. Artists participate in design and implementation. • Catering to a visitor's showcase, crafts center. Take old buildings and refurbish for showcasing the arts and retail. Animals grazing outside the showcase building from which fiber is used (sheep, goats). Demonstrations of jewelry making, spinning. Income from rentals and sales of crafts. Recycled lumber. Building a showcase of who we as artisans are and what we create. •Salt water healing center - 1000 visitors a day to float in salt water spa. All run on solar. •The site is a regional resource - Westport to Sea Ranch and inland. Sustainable energy and using resources ecologically and aesthetically. Water is the most important resource. Use rain and reclaimed waste water. • Landscape design - sustainable and native. Eco park attractive to specific kinds of tourists. Organic food, dye plants, rainwater harvesting, water filters, permaculture design. Cultural center for chamber music and other concerts. Film Productions on the site - CREATE JOBS. Low income housing. •Locally owned only, and sustainable. Create clear template and mission statement. Shift tourism to longer term stays with use of train and minimal use of fossil fuels. Mission statement - nonprofit organization to purchase land. Keep over half of the land open space. Restoration of headlands - native species, clustered buildings and co-housing. Make sure everybody is housed and fed. Soldiers Harbor - boats for visitors to get them here. Electric buses. Group 6 •Take the community pool planned for Green Memorial field out of the residential district and have it become a huge aquatic center that may include an Olympic size pool. Group 7 |
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