January 29, 2003

Livable Communities Steering Committee
by Jim Guidry

The City of Galveston Livable Communities Steering Committee reviewed a draft of a letter of understanding with the Brown Trust for a proposed transportation terminal on the Brown's parking lot at 25th Street and The Strand.

The letter acknowledges a discussion with Jack Brown in November.

"During that meeting it was clear that any future development would involve the Brown family to protect your existing revenue stream derived from parking activity on the site," said Wayne Cook, who attended the meeting with transportation consultant Barry Goodman.

The committee voted to ask Galveston City Council to appoint Historic Downtown Strand Partnership President David Murphy and Galveston Historical Foundation representative Leslie Sommer to the committee.

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