East End Community Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting Tuesday, April 6, :30 PM 8:00 PM Greater East End Management District 3211 Harrisburg Blvd.

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1 East End Community Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting Tuesday, April 6, :30 PM 8:00 PM Greater East End Management District 3211 Harrisburg Blvd. WELCOME/INTRODUCTIONS MARCH FOLLOW-UP ACTION ITEMS & RESPONSES CONSTRUCTION / PROGRESS UPDATE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS UPCOMING EAST END CORRIDOR MEETINGS/EVENTS

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7 METRO Solutions Arts in Transit: Magnolia Transit Center Station East End Corridor

8 Inspiration for Magnolia TC Station: East End Landmarks

9 Mary Lucking, Magnolia TC Station Conceptual Design, Windscreens

10 Mary Lucking, Magnolia TC Station Conceptual Design, Windscreens

11 Mary Lucking, Magnolia TC Station Conceptual Design, Windscreens

12 Mary Lucking, Magnolia TC Station Conceptual Design, Windscreens

13 EAST END CAB MEETING Tuesday, April 6, 2010 (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) Greater East End Management District 3211 Harrisburg Blvd. FOLLOW UP ACTION ITEMS FROM MARCH 2, 2010 CAB MEETING ITEM NO. ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY FOLLOW UP RESPONSE STATUS 1 TPSS options for painting the structure beyond basic Roberto Trevino, METRO The manufacturers of TPSSs offer a selection of standard colors which can be used on these systems. The color selection will be provided to the CAB. 2 TPSS photos, bring examples Roberto Trevino, METRO A TPSS rendering will be on display at the April 6 CAB meeting. 3 Site plan for MTC TPSS site Gary Brown, HRT No Site Plan has been developed yet. 4 Safety Training Update Mike Martinez, METRO METRO provided the HISD Crossing Guard Team Leaders (Supervisors) with an all day Construction Safety "Train the Trainer" session on Wednesday, March 31, Update on budget on East End line, what spent on what David Couch, METRO $506 million total budget with $89.5 million spent at the end of February What was budget Velasco Bridge? What is budget for Velasco underpass? David Couch, METRO For the Underpass, net is $10.2 million reduction based on using the exisiting underpass versus building the bridge. Page 1 04/06/10

14 EAST END CAB MEETING Tuesday, April 6, 2010 (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) Greater East End Management District 3211 Harrisburg Blvd. FOLLOW UP ACTION ITEMS FROM MARCH 2, 2010 CAB MEETING ITEM NO. ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY FOLLOW UP RESPONSE STATUS 7 Follow up on 2 resolutions on re-naming 2 stations, Magnolia and Altic Kim Williams, METRO Currently, METRO policy only allows stations to be named after street names. However, this policy is currently being reviewed in light of requests from the East End and others. A process to provide wide community participation in a process of the naming of stations is being developed. We will continue to update you on the station naming process. 8 Are there opportunities for further modifications to station art work? Sara Kellner The community is invited to provide their comments on the Cesar Chavez/67th Street Station between March 22 and April 22 at the East End Corridor office. An image of the design and a comment page is in your packet. An updated conceptual design for Magnolia Transit Center Station and a comment page is in the packet. Comments on this station artwork design are invited through April Arts in Transit - EE specifics Sara Kellner The budget for artwork fabrication and installation for the East End is $334,000. This includes the cost for the Downtown Transfer Station. 10 When can we see the renditions based on historians input? Sara Kellner At the April 6 CAB, there will be a handout included in the packet highlighting the images that the artist will be using, samples of two of those images as an element of the station artwork, and the revised color palette for the station artwork. Page 2 04/06/10

15 East End Corridor METRO Solutions Staff Contact List Stakeholder Affairs Representative Margarita Maldonado 6215 Harrisburg Blvd., Suite I Houston, Texas Office: (713) Cell: (281) Margarita.Maldonado@ridemetro.org Stakeholder Affairs Representative Linda Trevino 6215 Harrisburg Blvd., Suite I Houston, Texas Office: (713) Cell: (713) Linda.Trevino@ridemetro.org Construction Liaison Eddie Munoz 6215 Harrisburg Blvd., Suite I Houston, Texas Office: (713) Cell: (832) Heriberto.Munoz@parsons.com Small Business Engagement Manager for Facility Provider Arnold Villareal 1900 Main St., 13 th Floor Houston, Texas Office: (713) Cell: (713) av@theppgllc.com Community Outreach Manager for Facility Provider Sina Raouf 1900 Main St., 13 th Floor Houston, Texas Office: (713) Cell: (443) sina.raouf@parsons.com Manager, Stakeholder Affairs Mike Martinez 1900 Main St., 12 th Floor Houston, Texas Oficina: (713) Celular: (832) Mike.Martinez@ridemetro.org Corredor del East End Empleados de METRO Solutions Lista de Contactos Representante de Asuntos Comunitarios Margarita Maldonado 6215 Harrisburg Blvd., Suite I Houston, Texas Oficina: (713) Celular: (281) Margarita.Maldonado@ridemetro.org Representante de Asuntos Comunitarios Linda Trevino 6215 Harrisburg Blvd., Suite I Houston, Texas Oficina: (713) Celular: (713) Linda.Trevino@ridemetro.org Enlace de Construcción Eddie Munoz 6215 Harrisburg Blvd., Suite I Houston, Texas Office: (713) Cell: (832) Heriberto.Munoz@parsons.com Gerente de Compromisos de Negocios Pequeños Arnold Villareal 1900 Main St., 13th Floor Houston, Texas Oficina: (713) Celular: (713) av@theppgllc.com Vocera Comunitaria Sina Raouf 1900 Main St., 13 th Floor Houston, Texas Oficina: (713) Celular: (443) sina.raouf@parsons.com Gerente de Asuntos Comunitarios Mike Martinez 1900 Main St., 12 th Floor Houston, Texas Oficina: (713) Celular: (832) Mike.Martinez@ridemetro.org 02/02/10

16 Artists Conceptual Design Exhibition and Community Visioning: East End Corridor March 22 April 22, 2010 Please circle the name of the station that you are commenting on: Cesar Chavez/ 67 th Magnolia TC Your Name: Address: City: State Zip Code Phone # address: Want to receive e-newsletter? Yes/No If interested in text messages from us, please provide your mobile number: How did you learn about this event? NewsFlash Other: Received print invitation Newspaper article Please give us your written comments on the artists conceptual designs. Feel free to use additional pages. Please submit your comments by April 22, 2010 at 5:00PM CST at any Metro Corridor office or by to sk13@ridemetro.org. Thank you!

17 67th St/Cesar Chavez Station Harrisburg Blvd & Cesar Chavez Blvd Mock-up of a set of three glass windscreens featuring a quote from Cesar Chavez in either Spanish or English in the central panel, and paintings of ripe crops in the two side panels. Sketch of one side of the platform, showing the variety of plants covering the station in warm and vibrant colors. These are the quotes by Cesar Chavez that I am considering for the panels. I will have to choose six of the nine shown here, so if you have a preference, please tell us. The texts will all be both in English and in Spanish at the station. 1. "We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community...our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own." 2. "When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us. So, it how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life." 3. "What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it." 4. "It is not enough to teach our young people to be successful...so they can realize their ambitions, so they can earn good livings, so they can accumulate the material things that this society bestows. Those are worthwhile goals. But it is not enough to progress as individuals while our friends and neighbors are left behind." 5. "Perhaps we can bring the day when children will learn from their earliest days that being fully man and fully woman means to give one's life to the liberation of the brother who suffers. It is up to each one of us. It won't happen unless we decide to use our lives to show the way." 6. "We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral cause...if you use violence, you have to sell part of yourself for that violence. Then you are no longer a master of your own struggle." 7. "In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...we don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation." 8. "We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children. People who make that choice will know hardship and sacrifice. But if you give yourself totally to the non-violence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone. And in giving of yourself you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love." 9. "I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice." Punched steel railing designs Basket-weave concrete pavers Metro Solutions Arts in Transit Mary Lucking 15 March th St/Cesar Chavez Station Harrisburg Blvd & Cesar Chavez Blvd/67th St

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