Closing Market Square to public parking. Creating phone lines for vendors' credit card transactions. Cleaning up downtown sidewalks.

These changes and others are the ones that a committee of nine stakeholders decided should be made to downtown Roanoke's farmers market Tuesday evening during the final of three public meetings convened to discuss the market's future.

But the group, which includes downtown business owners, market vendors and city officials, couldn't agree on how these changes will be made and who will make them.

The meetings, led by professional mediator Frank Dukes, were designed to reach a conclusion about the future use of Market Square in downtown Roanoke. Concerns arose several months ago when ideas were leaked that certain renovation concepts for Center in the Square, a downtown arts organization, could involve closing Market Square to farmers market vendors and public parking.

The city hired Dukes, who is the director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia.

However, since the meetings began in early June, the discussion has moved from potential transformation at Market Square to suggestions for the entire farmers market, including Market Street.

Near the end of Tuesday's meeting, there was heated discussion about which organization should be in charge of making sure these proposed changes occur.

Tom McKeon, chairman of Downtown Roanoke Inc.'s board of directors, said that DRI, an advocacy organization, is capable of overseeing the suggested changes to the market area. The ideas include improving trash pickup, cleaning up sidewalks, closing Market Square and other market areas to allow only pedestrian access, and hiring a nighttime manager for the market.

But Brian Townsend, assistant city manager for community development, said the city should take responsibility for doing the jobs it already holds, such as trash pickup and other cleanup measures.

"I have some concerns about the structure and DRI's history of being an advocacy group, not a doing group," Townsend said.

Other members of the committee spoke up.

"The reason we called this meeting in the first place is because no one agrees," said Carole Hughes, owner of La De Da, a boutique on Market Street.

She said that she wants the group to be able to present their ideas to decision-makers and help to smooth further communication.

"I just don't want it [ideas for change to the market] to fall through the cracks," she said.

Dukes suggested preparing a report that the committee can review soon and later send to Roanoke City Council. The committee decided to hold another public meeting Aug. 14.

Likely, the council's next review session won't be until September, Townsend said.