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■ 1.4 Planning Consultants ■ The City retained a team of consultants to assist in carrying out the planning process. The ■ team is comprised of the following firms: • Dahigrren Shard/ow and Uban(DSU), urban planners: facilitated the process, coo rdi- ■ nated the consultant team, and provided urban planning services; • EhiersandAssociates, experts in public finance: provided financial feasibility analy- ■ sis; • JMS Communications and Research(JMS), public relations: responsible for ■ implementing a communications and public outreach plan; • Hammel, Greeen and Abrahamson(HGA), architects and engineers: conducted ■ an analysis of the demolition costs for Apache Plaza; ■ • WSB and Associates(WSB), engineers: responsible for environmental analysis and remediation planning for Silver Lake; ■ • MaxrleidResearch, market research experts: provided market research for the project. ■ ■ 1.5 Steering Committee ■ The city appointed a twenty-six member project steering committee comprised of local residents to meet regularly with the planning consultants and provide input and direction to ■ the process. The role of the steering committee was to: • Represent a broad cross-section of community opinion; ■ • Serve as the primary working group for the Northwest Quadrant planning project; • Serve as the sounding board and reaction panel for the consultants and the City Council; ■ • Review, comment and advise the Planning Commission and City Council on key issues, plan alternatives, and policy questions. ■ It was not assumed that members of the steering committee would reach consensus on all ■ issues or agree with all parts of the consultants'recommendations to the City. It was repre- sented to them, however,that differing viewpoints would be recorded and transmitted to the ■ Mayor and the City Council. ■ Northwest Quadrant Redevelopment Plan St. Anthony Village Page 1.2 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■