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FOURTH, I FEEL GOVERNED BY STATEMENTS WHICH I HAVE PREVIOUSLY MADE WITH
<br />RESPECT TO HOUSING PROJECTS OF ANY DESCRIPTION, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. DURING
<br />MY CAMPAIGN, ON APRIL I9, 1972, I PUBLISHED A STATEMENT IN THE DAILY .PROGRES~
<br />AS FOLLOWS:
<br /> I AM UNALTERABLY OPPOSED TO THE LOCATION OF LARGE
<br /> HOUSING PROJECTS -- REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE PUBLICLY
<br /> OR PRIVATELY OWNED -- IN SETTLED RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF
<br /> OUR COMMUNITIES · . (WE SHOULD) EXAMINE (THESE REQUESTS)
<br /> IN LIGHT OF THEIR IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ANY
<br /> HOUSING WHICH IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED -- PUBLIC OR
<br /> PRIVATE -- SHOULD BE IN SMALL, LIVEABLE UNITS,
<br /> MUST NOT UPSET EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN ANY AREA OF
<br /> TOWN, AND I WOULD FAVOR TOWNHOUSE TYPE CONSTRUCTION.
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<br /> I ASSUME THAT SOME PEOPLE COST THEIR VOTES FOR ME AT LEAST IN PART IN
<br /> RELIANCE UPON THAT PUBLISHED STATEMENT, AND I AM VERY STRONGLY
<br /> GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES EXPRESSED AT THAT TIME.
<br /> FIFTH, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD APPLY A '' RULE OF REASON '' TO THESE
<br /> SITES AND THAT CRITERIA WHICH MOST REASONABLE PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER
<br /> REASONABLE SHOULD BE APPLIED. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
<br /> HAS, AT OUR REQUEST', SUGGESTED CERTAIN CRITERIA AND HAS EVALUATED A LARGE NUMBER
<br /> OF POSSIBLE HOUSING SITES AGAINST THESE CRITERIA. THE CRITERIA
<br /> EMPLOYED ARE: BUILDABILITY (CONTOURS, SOIL CONDITIONS, FLOOD PLAIN,
<br /> TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.); PRESENT ZONING; RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS; SITE SIZE~
<br /> AVAILABILITY OF MASS TRANSIT; ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES;
<br /> AVAILABILITIES OF UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ACQUISITION COST;
<br /> DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS (COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE VI OF THE 1964 CIVIL
<br /> RIGHTS ACT); PAST HISTORY~ AND ACCESS. EACH OF A LARGE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL
<br /> SITES HAS BEEN RATED ACCORDING TO EACH OF THESE CRITERIA AND, WHILE I
<br /> DO NOT CONSIDER THESE RATINGS TO BE CONCLUSIVE, THEY ARE GUIDELINES. IN
<br /> ADDITION TO THESE CRITERIA, I HAVE ALSO ENDEAVORED TO DETERMINE THE AFFECT ON
<br /> EXISTING SCHOOL POPULATIONS.
<br /> SIXTH, I BELIEVE THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE ONLY ELECTED BODY TO CONSIDER
<br /> THIS MATTER, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO GIVE GREAT WEIGHT TO THE VIEWS
<br /> OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS THE PUBLIC WHO WILL LIVE IN THE UNITES AND IT IS
<br /> THE PUBLIC WHO WILL, ULTIMATELY, PAY THE PRICE FOR THESE UNITS. I HAVE
<br /> MET WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARIOUS NEIGHBROHOODS, HAD PERHAPS FIFTY
<br /> TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH INTERESTED CITIZENS AND HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT
<br /> TWO DOZEN PIECES OF WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE- I HAVE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC
<br /> HEARINGS AND HEARD THE AGRUMENTS AS WELL AS THE THREATES OF LIGIGATION --
<br /> WHICH ARE, IN MY OPINION, ILL-CONVEIVED, UNFOUNDED AND IN POOR TASTE. I
<br /> HAVE CONSIDERED ALL OF THIS MATERIAL EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. I MUST CONFESS
<br /> TO EXPERIENCING THE GRAVEST 'SORT' OF DISAPPOINTMENT THAT, EXCEPTING
<br /> MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, THE
<br /> pROPONENTS OF THIS HOUSING HAVE BEEN DISTRESSINGLY ABSENT AND SILENT. FOR
<br /> YEARS A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE CRIED,.BEGGED AND PLEADED FOR THIS
<br /> HOUSING TO BE LOCATED ON SCATTERED SITES. BUT WHEN IT IS UP TO US TO
<br /> HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, TAKE A LOT OF FLAK AND ABUSE, WHERE ARE THE
<br /> ADVOCATES? IT IS UPSETTING TO BE DESERTED AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
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<br /> BASED UPON ALL OF THE FOREGOING, I HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
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<br /> MICHIE DRIVE. I SUPPORT THIS SITE.
<br /> ~A~_RRETT-~IXTH STREEt. I SUPPORT THIS SITE IF THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS
<br />REDUCED TO 35 AND IF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE
<br />LEAGUE ARE IMPLEMENTED.
<br /> CLEVELAND AVrENU~. THERE MAY BE POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED
<br />WITH THIS SITE. I AM INFORMED THAT THEY CAN BE MANAGED. WHILE SOME
<br />NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOISITION HAS APPEARED, THE MODERATE DENISTY PROPOSED FOR
<br />THIS SITE WILL NOT, IN MAY OPINION, HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE
<br />SURRDUNDING AREAS AND I SUPPORT THIS SITE AS PROPOSED.
<br /> ~IVERSI-DE '(JESSUP) SITE.. DESPITE POOR ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES
<br />VIA EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORAT'ION, THIS SITE IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE NEIGHBOR-
<br />HOOD, AND I SUPPORT IT TO'..THE EXTEND OF 26 UNITS·
<br /> CHESAPEAKE STREET· I HAVE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THAT I WILL NOT SUPPORT
<br /> THIS SITE WHICH WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT AN UNUSUAL AND, I BELIEVE, UNIQUE
<br /> EXISTING COMMUNITY.
<br /> ~A,DISON AVENUE. THIS SITE PRESENTS THE MOST DIFFICULTIES FOR ME. THE
<br /> SITE RECEIVED NO MORE THAN THE MODERATE GRADES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
<br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IT IS PRIMARILY A SINGLE-FAMILY, OWNER OCCUPIED
<br /> NEIGHBORHOOD, THOUGH THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. WE ARE INFORMED BY THE CITY
<br /> ENGINEER THAT THE PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE PLAGUED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN TIMES
<br /> OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE MANAGED. I WOULD HOPE THAT THE OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS
<br /> WHICH THE CITY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR ~ADISON AVENUE WILL BENEFIT THE
<br /> ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD AND AMELIORATE THEIR PROBLEMS. I CANNOT SUPPORT
<br /> THE MAXIMUM SUGGESTED 42 UNITS, AND COULD NOT SUPPORT MORE THAN 16 OR t8
<br /> UNITS. I COULD VOTE FOR THOSE UNITS ONLY IF GIVEN ADEQUATE ASSURANCES
<br /> THAT THE PROPOSED DUPLEXES WILL BE LOCATED AT THE WESTERN-MOST END OF THE
<br /> PROPOSED SITE. FURTHER, THE SITE PLAN AS FINALLY DEVELOPED MUST, IN MY
<br /> OPINION, RETAIN AS MANY OF THE EXISTINT TREES AND AS MUCH OF THE GROUND,,
<br /> COVER AS FEASIBLE.
<br /> IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE COUNCIL '' APPROVAL''WHICH IS GIVEN TONIGHT
<br /> SHOULD BE CONSIDERED APPROVAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING THE AUTHORITY TO
<br /> PROCEED TO OBTAIN HUD REVIEW. BEFORE FINAL CONSTRUCTION PROCEEDS, I
<br /> WOULD HOPE THAT THE DETAILED SITE PLANS AND ELEVATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED
<br /> TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
<br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE ADHERED TD.
<br /> IN THE EVENT ANY PORTION DF THIS PROJECT IS NOT APPROVED BY HUD, I WOULD
<br /> HOPE THE AUTHORITY WOULD ENDEAVOR TO PLACE THE '' CUT'' UNITS ON CHERRY-FIRST
<br /> STREET, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY REFERENDUM.
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