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Woodbury Campus Site Design Continues to Evolve
Many architectural tasks have been completed to advance the Design Team’s work on the new Woodbury Campus. Specifically, due diligence to understand how to protect Doan Brook’s riparian zone and safeguard the new structure against any likelihood of flooding has been completed by the civil engineer. And, the landscape architect is defining a tree preservation plan and has created a landscape design diagram for areas that will feature new trees and shrubs/bushes. The landscape plan also includes designing for “hardscaped” spaces for outdoor learning and special events. Careful attention is being given to designing safe traffic circulation, parking patterns, pedestrian walkways and bike paths.
Ongoing design changes to the “massing” of the exterior of the building continues. Once completed, the massing study will lead into the creation of elevations and clearly defined heights of larger spaces (volumes), connection points to the 1918 building, the pedestrian scale of entryways, and the use of glass and natural light at entryways and circulation spaces.
Recreation Working Group to Merge with Newly Constituted City Recreation Committee
City officials and the Shaker Heights Schools agreed to combine the efforts of the Recreation Working Group with the City’s Recreation Committee.
The newly constituted Recreation Committee will add two permanent voting members who are School District representatives. These voting members will be in addition to the Committee’s existing resident membership and City Council members.
Among other agenda items, the Committee will set aside time at meetings to discuss topics of concern to the City and Shaker Heights Schools since the District owns and maintains many of the facilities used for recreation in Shaker Heights. Furthermore, in the next few years, the District and City intend to renovate or build facilities that will be used for recreation by the whole community.
Anyone who participated in the Working Group meetings during the last few years is encouraged to participate in future Recreation Committee meetings. The Recreation Committee will continue to meet via Zoom on the first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. The next meeting will be held on February 5. Notice of these meetings will be sent to individuals on the current email list and who participated in past Working Group meetings.
Over the next few months, as part of the District’s Long-term Master Facilities Plan, the Shaker Heights Schools will convene a subcommittee of the Facilities Advisory Committee to inventory and review the condition of the District’s indoor athletic spaces and outdoor play fields, clarify scheduling demand for practices and programs, and recommend procedures for the seasonal use of facilities. The subcommittee will complete its work by the end of the school year.
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