-----Original Message-----
From: Michael S Almon [mailto:paradigm@ixks.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 1:16 AM
To: Amyx, Mike ; Paul Patterson; Michelle Leininger
Cc: Hack, Sue ; Highberger, Boog; Rundle, Mike ;
Schauner, David ; Brown, Aaron ; Tomc, Matt; Wellman, Emily ; Good, Janet;
Klingenberg, Gwendolyn; Huff, Kay; Zinn, Richard; Dave Corliss; Sheila
Stogsdill
Subject: Redraft SA Conditions from Neighborhood
Coalition
Dear Mayor Amyx:
Attached
is a draft copy of conditions rewritten by the Eastside
Neighborhood Coalition to be attached to the zoning of
the Salvation
Army facilities proposed for Lynn and
As you know, both parties submitted a list such as this
at the 3 May
2006 negotiations.
However, the Staff Report for the 6 June 2006 CC
meeting included only the Salvation Army list of
conditions as
"Attachment A".
The ENC list of conditions were not included, and staff
recommended only the conditions as proposed by the
Salvation Army. The
SA said on 6 June that their list "incorporated a
number of the
suggestions made by the neighbors", but that
amounted to only eight
words from our proposal - three "shall"s, and
"shall make every
reasonable effort" (in item #7).
While the Eastside Neighborhood Coalition has clearly
said that we would
welcome most of the Salvation Army proposed activities,
we still want
enforceable conditions on the potential for a transient
shelter or
community meal program.
Our attached rewritten zoning conditions have
indeed incorporated the bulk of their list
("Attachment A" from 6 June),
with two exceptions.
Items #2 and #3 disallow the transient shelter and
community meal program.
As such, the Salvation Army can readily
continue "to be the Salvation Army", because
they have repeatedly said
they are moving away from these services and over to the
homeless
rehabilitation services, which we commend.
Our list of conditions are also proposed as applied to
the zoning only,
with no reference to the site plan at all. Because you initiated the
rezoning on 6 June, the entire need and rationale for
cobbling
conditions onto a site plan is now rendered moot and
without merit.
David Corliss said at the 6 June CC meeting "Use
conditions on a site
plan are problematic", which has been our position
all along.
We believe that the recent City Commission decisions have
moved us all a
bit closer to mutually acceptable terms. We
feel it would be wise that
the next effort fully incorporate the ENC draft
conditions to avoid the
appearance of favoritism.
As I said at the 6 June CC meeting, the City
Code is not for the purpose of protecting the interest on
one party at
the expense of another party. While the Salvation Army may wish to
"avoid a UPR to gain stability and
predictability" as they said, doing
so puts the neighborhoods into a position of instability
and
unpredictability.
Thank you for your dedication to the
forward to strengthening both our neighborhoods and our
community
services in mutual respect. Feel free to contact any from the Eastside
Neighborhood Coalition if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Michael Almon
for the Eastside Neighborhood Coalition