Background
The City of Rochester is working with Highland
Planning to gather community perspectives and input about two City-owned sites
that were planned for new Rochester Police Department (RPD) Section
Offices and Neighborhood Service Centers (NSCs) on Lake Avenue at Ridge Rd. and
East Main Street near North Goodman St.
For more information about the history of these sites, you can read this document or watch this video . They contain high-level information about the two sites, including why
and how they were selected for RPD/NSC offices, summary of past public
engagement, information about the status of both sites, and some potential
paths forward.
Since 2015, the City has invested significant
time and resources into identifying the sites, engaging community members,
preparing the sites for redevelopment, and working with City departments to
design facilities that meet their specific needs. However, the events of 2020
prompted City Council to put the City’s redevelopment plans on hold.
Today, the City is seeking community
perspectives to inform how to move forward with these sites. Community input
will be considered alongside a number of other factors to determine how to move
forward with these sites.
How to Share Your Perspectives and Input
Survey: An online survey is available here and is open through October 6, 2021.
Open-House
Meetings: Two in-person public meetings were held, one for the Lake Ave
site (at the Edgerton R-Center on September 16th, 2021) and one for the East Main site (at the Ryan R-Center on September 2, 2021). These events were held outdoors in an
open-house format for COVID safety (with option to move indoors due to
inclement weather).
Virtual
Meetings: Two virtual public meetings were held as well, one for the
Lake Ave site and one for the East Main site. You can view recordings for the
virtual meetings at the links below:
East
Main Site Virtual Meeting, September 9th 5:30pm-7:00pm
Lake
Ave Site Virtual Meeting, September 21st 5:30pm-7:00pm
Email
list: To be added to the email list for this outreach effort, please fill
out this form.
Contact
For more information, contact:
M. André Primus
Highland Planning LLC
andre@highland-planning.com