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September 2011, Volume 14, Issue 8

MVCC NEWSLETER

Published Monthly Free by the Midtown Ventura Community Council

y David Ferrin

At our August General Meeting Scott

Boydstun with Haady Lashkari gave a

resentation including a y-by of the

new Community Memorial Hospital

CMH) design and more detailed

drawings of the overall landscape

design including the public art design

or the new park in front of thehospital.

Loma Vista Street will be transformed

long the hospital property with

new center medians and median

rees. Bioswales, landscape elements

designed to remove silt and pollution

rom surface runoff water, will border

he street side of the curb along both

ides of Loma Vista and will alsoontain trees. A mural by Millard

Sheets that is currently located in

he interior courtyard of the existing

hospital will be restored and relocated

near the entrance of the new hospital

s a part of a waterwall/waterfall

eature. Trees and a water wall

lement made of mosaic glass tiles

creen the elevated dining terrace

long the Brent Street frontage

with shrubs screening the parkinglong Cabrillo Drive to the south.

The healing gardens are landscaped

paces that occupy the space between

he new and old hospital on the Brent

Street side. They are separated by

n enclosed walkway that connects

he two buildings with the internal

garden being more private. Some of

he features in the healing gardens are

private seating

areas, multiple

pond elements,

waterfalls and

fountains,

a physical

therapy area and

vertical screens.

Separating

the healing

gardens from

Brent Street isa vine-covered

screen wall and

a wide sidewalk

with a grouping

of trees and

landscape

elements that

break from the

normal sidewalk

experience.

The new

public park is

to be located on the south side of

the hospital across from the main

entrance and is bounded by access

roads and parking on three sides and

the back of the buildings along Main

Street on the southwest side. The park

consists of four main components,

semi-private sitting areas alongthe long sides of the park, a water

feature at the southeast end along

Cabrillo Drive, a labyrinth at the

northwest end along Hospital Way,

and a large central plaza. A Labyrinth

is a single path walking experience

that many world cultures have used

for thousands of years as symbols

of hope, healing and spirit. All civic

projects are required to have a pub

art component. Last year the City o

Ventura facilitated an artist selecti

panel to interview over 25 artists a

to make a recommendation to the

hospital.

Of four nalists, the panel selectedthe design team Didier-Hess,

to provide a landscape design

intervention for the park. Their

design re-imagines each of the fou

elements and brings them together

a cohesive group. Six sitting areas

three on each side of the main plaz

are three-dimensional perforated

garden niche objects,

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Community Memorial Hospital Renderings

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David Ferrin, Chair: 653-5088

Pamela Hazard, Vice Chair: 570-7423

Karen Flock, Treasurer: 407-2716

John Jones, Corresponding Secretary:628-2520

Nora Paulson, Secretary: 677-7300

Dan Long, Historic Chair: 653-6573

Jerome Holt, Community Pride:453-8513

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each a different shape and color.

The water feature is designed to

ebb and ow like the tides, sloping

up to the plaza like a beach. The

abyrinth, rather than being at with

a pattern in the pavement, is three-

dimensional, stepping down toward

he center and capable of being usedas an amphitheater. The central plaza

pace is formed by tile patterns that

are loosely based on chromosomal

alignment during cell division. The

water feature and labyrinth serve as

cells that are dividing into the center

plaza, an effect that unies the three

elements. Adding an interactive

dimension to the park, Didier-Hess

proposes inscriptions at various

ocations on the site that lead tomultiple clues. Each puzzle is solved

when all of the clues are collected.

This interactive feature can provide

a needed distraction for people of

all ages that have a loved-one in the

hospital. With Didier-Hess as part of

a new commercial project at the

2100 Block of Main Street will b

presented by Donald Jensen Own

and Tim Wallace, Architect. We

will be evaluating the project usi

our revised MVCC Environment

Design Checklist. Have a voice

in your community by joining us

Continued efforts to create a park

space (landscaping improvement

in an underutilized Midtown par

lot (it will still be a parking lot athe improvements), the MVCC i

the process of furthering the desi

of the park, incorporating many

the comments that weve heard f

the community. New drawings w

be introduced in the near future.

like to recognize local landscape

architect, business owner and

Midtown resident Brian Broders

who will be contributing his taleto this grass-roots community ef

We are very fortunate to have hi

help along with many other that

working on this project. If youd

like to know more about Midtow

Commons Park visit http://www

midtownventura.org/park.html a

you are interested in being involv

in the park project please send an

email to David Ferrin at dferrin@

midtownventura.org or call 653.You can also visit our Facebook

to share your comments.

As written in previous Newslette

there may be a storm water mitig

component to the project that wo

be paid for by developers needing

comply with a new state law requ

storm water to be mitigated for c

new developments. The city is in

process of determining if the on-

the design team, the park will be a

community treasure indeed.

Scott Boydstun, Principal Architect

with Rasmussen and Associates, is

the design architect for the CMH

project. In addition to presenting at

our August meeting Scott made a veryinformative retail window display

advertizing presentation at our June

meeting. We appreciate the time Scott

has dedicated to us with all of his

other responsibilities including city

Planning Commissioner and Chair of

the Design Review Committee.

Haady Lashkari was promoted

earlier this year from Assistant

Vice President of CMHS to ChiefAdministrative Ofcer of Ojai Valley

Community Hospital. From the

beginning of the planning process

of the new CMH hospital Haady

has been very giving of his time

and eager to inform and involve the

community about the new hospital

every step of the way. Haady, we

congratulate you on your promotion

and thank you for being such a greatMidtown community member.

The CMH groundbreaking ceremony

will be held Wednesday, September

14, 2011 from 5:30-7 pm at the new

hospital site and Midtown residents

are invited. RSVP is requested by

September 9 by calling 652.6307

or online at www.shealth.org/

groundbreaking .

Shana Epstein, Ventura Water

General Manager of, is coming to

our September 8 General Meeting

to explain and discuss the Water

Efciency Program and the pending

Santa Clara River Estuary Settlement.

Also attending is Interim City Clerk

Elaine Preston who will be informing

us about the upcoming City Council

election and the role of the City Clerk

during the election. Additionally,

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oil conditions are suitable for the

elow grade storm water mitigation

ystem. This proactive approach by

he city will make it easier for much-

needed developments to occur in

Midtown and may be able to serve

s a funding source for the landscape

mprovements.

We dont have a funding source yet

nd we are not seeking funding from

he city for the parking lot landscape

mprovements. At this point the

torm water mitigation system and

grants that we have applied for are

possible funding sources. If these

dont come through (and even if

hey do but not enough) we will rally

ommunity support to build the parkwith donated labor and materials.

So far, with the help of community

outreach by many of our members,

weve had great support from the

Midtown community and many city

eaders. Since we need city approval

o build anything on the site, we are

working with city staff members and

ommissions including the Parks &

Recreation Commission to navigatehe process.

Upper Right Image: Mural to be placed in the New

ommunity Memorial Hospital Building.

ower Right Image: Rendering for new park to be built

n front of the New Community Memorial Hospital

uilding.

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