Board to take bids on Alton Baker golf course
By Rachel Runyan
Emerald Contributor
The Lam- County Board of
Commissioners has decided to
take land bids on the proposed
Alton Baker golf course, do
spite public outcry tft.it the de
velopment will interfere with
other park activities
The hoard sent revised re
quests for land use proposals to
businesses Oct 2, in hopes of
proving to golf course opposi
tion groups that the course will
not take the area away from
other reereelion.il uses
1'he proposal to build an 18
hole golf course pnlfit! acres m
the eastern section of Alton
Baker l’.irk has drawn oppose
tion from community groups
These groups claim the pro
posed course will affect the
quality of fogging, hiking, ca
hoeing .and other activities the
park supports
"The proposal has fleet! re
vvorded to make it clear that e\
isting uses are not to be detract
ed from in quality or other
ways," Commissioner Peter,
Thurston said.
The revised proposal states
that "portions of the COA (goll
opportunity area) have other
park uses such as running
trails, hike paths, 5-acre BMX
facility, and canoeway, which
must he incorporated into any
acceptable golf course plan."
At the head of the opposition
is ,i group will’ll Allan Baker
For Allot" Us which iws col
levied more than 5,(KK) signa
tures rejecting the proposal,
said tnemher Wes Bigalnvv
The golf course would be
built in .1 part at the park • 1
(in "opportunity area" that was
set aside for development in
the 1 dHt> master plan
A golf course was chosen
from other possible develop
nient options because it meets
the plan's criteria; that develop
ments generate''.revenue and he
Goinpatible with other re< be i
lion d uses, Thurston said
The hoard has not vet voted
on vvhi'ttier to build tie god
course, Thurston said, hut a
public hearing wall lie held in
the first two months of Teij to
discuss the selected proposal.
,'il■ ie will lie no other hear
digs on the subject until the
commissioners receive propus
als they believe indicate that
golf course can be built wit bout
infringing on other uses or en
dungeting park users Then the
committee will select a pmj»is
al.
Alton Baker For All Of Us
plans to light the proposal with
an initiative process to guar.in
tee county citizens a sav in the
matter.
"(liven that they're looking at
proposals, it's clear that one
may be accepted," Bigalow
said "The request for proposal
The lane County Board of Commissions hos decided to take land bids on the proposed golf course tor
Alton Boker Pork despite criticism that the course will interfere with the quality of biking, fogging,
canoeing and other activities in the park
shows they're not really inter
listed m tile primary Uses of the
pari.
"Should 40 pen ent of the
park tie used for a game that
only 15 percent of Americans
play7" Bigalovv said, adding a
lOit1) i itv park master plan re
port expel ted the area north of
the park to exponent e a ot per
cent population increase In the
next 20 years
Another major disagreement
between the two sides < one ' ins
the si/e of the park lligalow
said the master plan and maps
made from aerial photographs
show that the park is t '•< a :
This means the golf course
woulil t.ikn tip ■!() prn nut uf tho
park
Thurston said th.it the gull
course; would tnkr up onlv
about to p.n ent of the park,
basin! on cult illations bv the
AutoCAD t oniputiT blueprint
program, vvh rh calculated 4X1
acres of fwrk
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17. cumpluincut about what
ho said wore recant racially
motivator) arrests on Sept
27, when police tried to dis
perse a crowd in front of the
7-Uleven at the c orner of
13th Avnnui! and Alder
Street
Alluh-M u hham had said
there was a crowd of young
people hanging out in front
of the 7-Kleven on 13th and
Alder
When the crowd
con
sisting of lilt) white pnoplo
anci two black men re
fused to leave, polite mime
diately arrested one of the
b I a c k m e n , All a h
Miihh.imhad said Minnies
later police arrested the oth
er black man They searched
him and found Mat e
A police officer then
charged the other bint k man
with menacing her w ith the
Mace, when in fact it was
never drawn and never even
detected until the suspect
was in handcuffs, Allah
Muhhamhad said
"White people were w.ilk
ing around and calling them
pigs but instead they arrest
ed the two blai». guys who
weren't doing anything,” Al
lah M ihharnhad said
Cody Yarbrough. in. com
plained of police officers
who treat young people with
contempt because they look
different
"There's a lot ol cops that
come oft with this attitude
that we re all shit, something
that needs to be scraped oti
the boot of society.” he said
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