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o�sou TH <br /> F dx <br /> :J b <br /> W eFacE � � <br /> y� a 1, a2 <br /> 1865 <br /> Office of the Mayor <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> Friday, October 19, 2007 <br /> 1:30 PM <br /> Prestigious stadium designer to create Coveleski plan <br /> Contact: Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications&Special Projects, 235-5855 or 876- <br /> 1564, Jeff Gibney,Interim Director of Community and Economic Development or Bill Schalliol, <br /> City Planner, 235-9371 <br /> The firm that designed Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards and Cleveland's Jacobs <br /> Field will create a conceptual development plan for areoriented entrance to Coveleski <br /> Regional Stadium and a new ballpark district in the downtown. <br /> HOK Sport Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo., will prepare a district master plan for the <br /> ballpark property and the adjacent blocks as well as a plan for improvements for the <br /> stadium itself after the Redevelopment Commission today approved a request by staff of <br /> the city's Department of Community and Economic Development. HOK also was the <br /> architect when Coveleski Stadium was built in 1987. <br /> "The goal of the project is to develop a neighborhood plan that includes both vacant <br /> parcels and, where possible, some of the notable nearby structures —and that also <br /> develops a strategy for long-term investment in the neighborhood,"said Bill Schalliol, <br /> the city's economic development specialist managing the project. <br /> The district master plan is one of four project components, including land acquisition, <br /> steps to enhance the stadium's facility and the creation of a budget for the overall effort. <br /> The Commission authorized the city to pay HOK Sport $45,700 to develop the district <br /> master plan and $30,350 for the stadium improvement plan. The city also will reimburse <br /> the firm for travel, lodging and other expenses in preparing its report. <br /> "This step represents only the first pitch by the city in what we see as a full season of <br /> comprehensive redevelopment of the baseball district," said Jeff Gibney, interim director <br /> of the city's Department of Community and Economic Development. "We believe that a <br /> first-rate conceptual redevelopment plan will bring in Big League outside private <br />