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Page 8 °ort»and Observer Thursday. D ecem ber 7 , 1978 Our environment: LCDC faces challenge by C atherine Stegner M em bers o f the Joint Legislative L a n d Use C o m m itte e , a stand ing c o m m itte e o f state representatives and senators, are now w orking on changes in w ording that could well Stokes teaches Black History P o r tla n d C o m m u n ity C o lle g e ’ s course in A fr o -A m e r ic a n H is to ry w ill be o ffere d w in ter term at the Sylvania C enter, 12000 S .W . 49th Avenue, on Tuesdays and Thursdays fro m 1:00 to 2:30 p .m ., says instruc to r Julius Stokes. T h e course attem pts to put in to h is to ric a l p erspective th e reasons why Blacks have always experienced m o re " t r i a l s . s u ffe r in g s , a n d misery , ” says Stokes. I t begins w ith a lte r th e L a n d C o n s e rv a tio n an d D evelopm ent C o m m issio n ’s role in the state’ s land use planning process. O re g o n vo ters, h o w ev er, tu rn ed d o w n an a tte m p t to ta m p e r w ith L C D C when they voted nearly tw o to o f co n c e rn a m o n g lo c a l o f f ic ia ls w hen z o n ir g c h an g es caused problem s, and that notice was not given to owners when those changes in zoing were made. R o g e r K ir c h n e r , in f o r m a t io n co o rd in ato r fo r the D e partm en t o f L a n d C o n s e rv a tio n an d D e v e lo p m e n t (th e a d m in is tr a tiv e a rm o f L C D C ) , says the Joint C o m m itte e is t r y in g to re s p o n d to these c o n cerns. " Y o u have to p e rfo rm a balancing act. H o w do you fac ilitate citizen in volvement? T h e com m ittee is find ing it's not as easy as changing a sentence to m ake it clearer. K irchn er says L C D C had several p ro v is io n s as p a rt o f its o rig in a l goals addressing types o f notice to be g iv e n to p r o p e r ty o w n e rs w h e n zoning decisions were m ade by the L C D C b oard , but that the A tto rn e y G eneral asked that they be deleted because he felt the C om m ission had no a u th o rity to direct local govern- one against B a llo t M easu re 10. A sim ilar in itiative was also defeated in 19 76 . T h e p e o p le h a v e in d ic a te d c le a rly th ey do n o t w an t L C D C ’ s goals and guidelines abolished. Changes being considered by the Joint Com m ittee would affect L C D C G o a l 1 (C itize n In v o lve m e n t); G o a l 3 ( A g r i c u l t u r a l L a n d s ); G o a l 10 (H o u sin g ); G o a l 14 (U rb a n iz a tio n ), and G oal 16 (E stu arin e Resources). T h o s e o p p o sed to L C D C h ave lo n g c r itic iz e d w h a t th e y see as in a d e q u a te p u b lic p a rtic ip a tio n in the land use planning process. Since 1973, when Senate B ill 100 es tab lis h e d the s e v e n -m e m b e r lay c o m m is s io n , d is g ru n tle d p ro p e rty owners have com plained about lack ments to n o tify anyone. " T h is n o tific a tio n p ro b le m has been looked at in the 1975 and 1977 legislative sessions,” K irchner adds. " I t 's not easily resolved. H o w can you d e te rm in e w ho a c tu a lly owns p ro p e rty ? M a n y p ro p e rtie s h ave m ortgages held by banks and the n o tificatio n s w ou ld end up in the b a n k .” O n e o f th e m o re c o n tro v e rs ia l issues is the A g ricu ltu ral Lands goal. D e p a rtm e n t s t a f f m e m b e r R o n Eber says proposed changes in G oal 3 w o u ld a lt e r th e d e f in it io n o f ag ricultural land. " T h e current goal says that Class I th ro u g h I V soils (a c la s s ific a tio n system used by the U .S . Soil Conser vation Service) are presumed to be agricultural lands. A m endm ents now being considered by the Joint C o m m ittee call fo r a second analysis by local o ffic ia ls .” T h is second analysis w o u ld a d dress th e p o te n tia l fo r m a k in g a p ro fit fro m the land i f it rem ained in ag ricultural p ro du ctio n, and would allow changes in m arket conditions to affect zoning decisions. “ I f I ’ m grow ing w heat, fo r exam p le ," E b e r e x p la in s , " a n d w heat prices go bad, the land could be sub divided. But that never gets to the q u e s tio n o f w h e th e r I sh o u ld be grow ing something else.” Joint Legislative L an d Use C o m m ittee m em ber N ancic Fadeley (D - Eugene) says proposed changes in the H ousing G o a l (10 ) w ould attem pt to m ake sure there is sufficient lo w cost housing fo r the people o f the state. " I t w o u ld p erm it m o b ile homes a n d a p a r tm e n ts o n la n d n ow d esig nated f o r single fa m ily resi dences.” As the only state representative on the com m ittee w ho voted fo r Senate B ill 100, F ad eley is su p p o rtiv e o f L C D C ’s o r ig in a l g o a ls and guidelines. " T h e re was a real good reason to delegate au th o rity to L C D C , ” she says. " I t takes too much tim e and e x p e rtis e w ith a ll th e th in g s th e Legislature has got to attend to , to com e up w ith new goals. " T h e Land Use C o m m ittee is very c o n s e rv a tiv e . A ll o f the changes, w ith o n e e x c e p tio n , h ave p r e tty much been in opposition to w hat the people expressed w ith the defeat o f M easure 10.” Since L C D C itself is supposed to am end its goals, it is unclear w hat e f fect th e c o m m itte e ’ s am en dm en ts w o u ld have on the fin a l land use p la n n in g process. T h e L eg islature co u ld change the statute and then am end the goals, or pass a law or resolution requiring L C D C to m ake changes in the goals and guidelines. W h a te v e r it decides to d o , the Legislature w ill be treading on thin ice. As Eber says, “ They w ould be d o in g ju s t w hat the p eo p le o v e r w helm ingly voted d o w n .” an exam ination o f the A fric a n roots o f Am erican Blacks and ends w ith info rm ation about the role o f Blacks in the 1970's. Stokes believes it is im p o rtan t for the course to begin w ith the study o f A fric an cultures. " F o r a long tim e there was an im age that A frican s had contributed nothing to the w o rld . U p to the 1960's textbooks usually began their study o f Black w ith slavery. But we need to understand what existed before that tim e ,” he says. Students in the history class, which carries th re e college c re d its , re ad “ F ro m S la v e ry to F r e e d o m .” A fro -A m e ric a n H is to ry has been offered at P C C fo r several years, and S to kes b elie ve s it is h e lp f u l f o r anyone w anting to understand the role and status o f Blacks in m odern A m erican society. I t w ill be o ffered again spring term at the Cascade C enter, 705 N . Killings w o rth . F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n , contact the h is to ry d e p a rtm e n t a t P o r t la n d C o m m un ity College, 244-6111. Meet, elect T h e Portlan d C h ap ter o f the A . P h ilip R and o lp h In s titu te w ill hold an organizing meeting on Decem ber 9, 1978 at 3:00 p .m . at the E lks C lu b , 6 N . T illa m o o k . F o r reservations call Julius W illia m s , 28 1-1 638 . T h e A . 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