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2 • T he C lackamas P rint
M arch 3, 2004
Mall proposes expansion
campus
Town Center seeks public money for additions
All reports are
taken from
CCC’s campus
safety incident logs.
Summaries are edited for
clarity, not content.
Karlin Johnson
N ews E ditor
Plans to renovate and expand
the Clackamas Town Center mall
may not pull through due to lack
of funding.
The 240,000 square foot addi
tion would include remodeling
sections of the mall into open-
air walkways, plazas and restau
rants for pedestrians to enjoy. A
larger theater would also be
added, with
16-18 movie
screens, and there are hopes for
a five-floor parking garage.
The expansion is estimated to
bring in an additional one mil
lion customers on top of the 12
million that already visit the mall
each year. With such an increase
in customers, parking will be an
important part of the addition.
According to Karen Butler of
General Growth Properties (the
majority owner of the mall),
county money will help pay for
the expansion, but not all of the
plans are possible without the
help of public money.
This money would come from
the urban-renewal district that sur
rounds the mall. The district gets
its money due to tax-increment
financing. This means that proper
ty values arc set when the district is
created, developments increase
property values and the additional
property taxes arc saved for
improvements within the district.
The lack of sufficient funds
stems from the fact that the area
planned to house the parking
garage falls just outside of the
urban-renewal district.
According to Clary (look, the
county’s development agency
manager, the boundaries of the
proposed mall, property would
have to change in order to bring
the parking garage inside the dis
trict.
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If money from the public is provided, plans to reconstruct Clackamas Town Center would
include outdoor walkways and entrances to shops, as well as a 16 to 18 screen theater.
According to Kyle Gorman,
executive officer of Clackamas
County I'’ire District 1, the fire dis
trict is concerned that with prop
erty tax money being diverted into
urban-renewal projects, the area
will be too expensive to serve.
The areas of the proposed
mall that-lie outside of the dis
trict would immediately increase
the area’s assessed values,
according to Cook. He also said
that the county may reduce the
size of the urban-renewal dis
trict after the mall expansion is
finished.
The proposed mall also faces
safety risks.
David
Bradley
of
the
Southgate Planning Association
is concerned about congested
traffic, especially during the hol
idays.
Martha Waldcmar of the
Sunnyside United Neighbors
worries that pedestrians will be
more at risk between the mall
stores and Sunnyside Road, as
well as having to cross Sunnyside
to get to the Clackamas
Promenade.
These issues, however, are
being addressed. According to-
Butler, the mall planners will
consider
reconstructing
entrances to make them more
easily accessible, perhaps even
moving the transit center.
Although money issues are
temporarily impeding progress
for this expansion, the first
stages of planning are well
underway.
Information in this story is
from The Oregonian.
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Brennan honored by colleagues SALEM: Young parents
meet with Kulongoski
JEFF SORENSEN C lackamas P rint
President Joe Johnson, along with deans and colleagues, honored Forensics Coach
Kelly Brennan and his Speech and Debate team last week in a ceremony with
sparkling cider and cake. Over the past eight years, under Brannan’s direction, his
teams have earned many awards. Last year alone, the team won more than 2,000
individual awards. (From left) Dian Connett, dean of instructional services; Kay
Slusarenko, associate dean of arts/humanities/social science; David Dickson,
associate dean for college advancement; Johnson; Brennan; Frank Harlow, com
munications and theater chair; Beth Hodgkinson, division secretary;' and Jane
Rickenbaugh, retired communications and theater chair. Johnson and Brennan dis
play the second place trophy that the team recently earned at the Spokane Falls
CC tournament. “I think Kelly’s a remarkable person, a wonderful instructor and
an excellent example of someone who loves what he does,” said Slusarenko. “He '
inspires not only students, but his entire department to be the best they can be
and he does that by example and that’s the best of what a faculty member can
contribute to an educational environment for students and his peers.”
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After meeting with the gover
nor, the students took a tour óf
the capitol building, the House
of Representatives and the
Senate, as Schmidt talked about
the history and purpose of each.
Student Rebecca Grace had
visited the capitol building with
a school group before but
enjoyed her second visit.
“1 hadn’t gotten to sec the
Senate room before, so that was
interesting,” she.said. “|It| Was
fun to meet the governor and a
judge. 1 was impressed that the
governor took time to talk to
us.”
For student Jessica Wells,
meeting with Gov. Kulongoski
was the highlight of the trip.
“He was very nice,” Wells
said. “He focused on us and
seemed to really care about us.”
Before heading home, the
students returned
to
the
Supreme Court building with
Justice Durham to see the actual
courtroom.
“This room is a very special
one,” he said. “I’m-very pleased
to have you come today.”
Justice Durham told the stu
dents about his education and
appointment to the Supreme
Gourt by former Gov. Barbara
Roberts, who spoke to the'
YPOP class several weeks ago.
“We’ve been very fortunate
to have |Roberts| in leadership
in this state,” said Justice
Durham. “In 25 years, one of
you could be a judge.”
According to Instructor
Wendy Heinz, discussions with
the justice and. the governor
helped students realize that
those in the capitol are real peo
ple with backgrounds similar to
their own.
“They were inspired to think
about careers in politics and
law,” said Heinz. “They realized
it’s possible for them to one day
sit in one of those scats or to
have their picture on the wall.”
“My highlight was when we
went in the Supreme Court
room and sat in the judges’
chairs,” said student Monica
Escobedo. “In the desk drawer
we read about the first hearing
that was held on March 2, 1914.
One of the judges wrote it in
there about 90 years ago.”
The trip was exciting for the
teachers as well.
“It was a highlight 'of my
teaching career,” said Linda
Durham.
KULONGOSKI