Portland Observer, November 17, 1982 Page 3
METROPOLITAN
Street Beat
The plight o f our young is rarely ex­
amined by the press, but the Street Beat
asked the question, “ How would you ap­
praise the youth o f today?”
by Lan ita Duke and Richard Brown
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Cindy Rodd
A.P. Clerk
Sue Lonno
Homemaker
The kids today are worse.
There is so m uch crim e being
com m itted by the young. The
reasons are the economic condi­
tions like unemployment. Kids
need jobs, too.
Portland: How shall its services be provided?
I think they are worse. When
I was coming up I was bad but
they are worse. There is a lack
o f respect fo r schools and par­
ents. These in s titu tio n s are
going to have to get stricter.
Avery Robinson
Unemployed
I ’ m young myself and I think
people ought to judge us as indi­
viduals. I do not think parents
have as m uch respect now as
th e ir parents did. There was a
time when they took you behind
the house and dealt w ith you.
N ow a ll they do is ye ll at the
kids.
City plans urban service policy
The city o f Portland has released
a proposed U rban Services P olicy
which w ill be the topic o f a public
hearing by the C ity Council on De­
cember 9th. The Urban League o f
Portland w ill host a public meeting
on December 7th to review and dis­
cuss the policy.
The purpose o f the proposed
policy is to " c la r ify the C ity 's ap­
propriate role in providing m unici­
pal services such as water, sewers,
police and fire p ro te c tio n , woods
and parks, to the urbanized, unin­
corporated area around Portland.”
In 1980 a p p ro x im a te ly 130,000
county residents live in urban devel­
opm ents outside o f in c o rp o ra te d
cities, especially in (he area between
P ortland and Gresham. The exist­
ence o f these areas affects the peo­
ple liv in g w ith in the C ity o f P o rt­
land.
•Some services are provided by
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty w ith taxes
collected from all county residents.
T his means that the residents o f
Portland pay fo r their own city ser­
vices and fo r the services provided
unincorporated areas also—a form
o f "double taxation.”
•The C ity o f P o rtla n d contains
tax-exempt property that is used by
all county residents— the C o u rt­
house, government offices, parks,
libraries, ets.— placing a larger tax
burden on the re m aining taxable
property. In P ortland over 20 per­
cent o f the property is tax exempt.
•The effects o f inadequate ser­
vices in unincorpo rated areas can
spill over and affect the people o f
the City.
• Research has shown that fra c ­
tured m etropolitan areas have com­
paratively poor econom ic grow th
because they are unable to plan ef­
fectively. Portland makes up 25 per­
cent o f the region’s population and
is declining.
The proposed p o licty states that
the C ity w ill:
•E stablish and m a in ta in service
boundaries that define the portion
o f the region to be served by the
City;
• Reaffirm the C ity ’ s role as p rin­
cipal urban services provider in this
area;
•P ro v id e services outside that
area o n ly when this enhances the
C ity ’ s a b ility to serve its own resi­
dents;
•C oordinate w ith other ju ris d ic ­
tions.
The proposed boundaries, which
required an amendment to the C ity
comprehensive plan, are: the C o l­
umbia River and Washington State
line on the N o rth ; the U rban
G ro w th B oundary on the N o rth ­
west; the W ashington C ounty line
on the West; the Clackamas County
line on the south; to the east to in ­
clude the Johnson Creek drainage
basins.
The U rban League meeting w ill
be held December 7th, 6 p.m ., at the
U rban League O ffic e , 5329 N .E .
Union, Room 218. The C ity Council
hearing w ill be held on December
9th (248-4135 fo r inform ation).
Greg Brault
Maintenance Man
Jimmy Sheppard
Chemist's Asst.
They are smarter and exposed
to different types o f technology.
W hat kids are doing today I
used to dream about as a child.
The Portland Urban League’s Ca­
reer Awareness D ay, N ovem ber
13th, held at the University o f Port­
land, was fille d w ith enthusiastic
participants as well as students. The
program is a special p a rtnership
w ith in the c o m m u n ity o f school,
business and government leaders al­
low ing them to share with students
in fo rm a tio n on career o p p o rtu n i­
ties.
The Career Awareness Day is de­
signed to provide an overview o f the
w orld o f w ork, an idea o f skills re­
quired fo r various jo b categories,
and addition in fo rm a tio n on areas
o f specific interest.
The firs t U rban League Career
Aware Day was held in 1974 at the
Cascade Campus o f Portland Com ­
m u n ity C ollege, said Freddye
Pettet, Executive D irector o f P o rt­
land U rban League. Several h un­
dred students, teachers, and repre­
sentatives from business, education
and governm ent braved freezing
weather to meet and exchange infor-
m ation on career preparatio n and
opportunities.
The Career Awareness Day was
moved in 1975 to the campus o f the
University o f Portland, where it has
been held annually since that date.
Vern Chatman, Father o f Career
Day and spokesperson, said, "T h is
year’ s Career Day was a tremendous
success. The participation from the
students and the representatives o f
each company was exciting and en­
thusiastic, as well as inform ative.”
"A im le s s people have no d ire c­
tion and no goals,” said Herb Caw-
thorne, guest speaker fo r the m orn­
ing program. Dr. Matthew Prophet,
Superintendent o f the P o rtla n d
Public Schools, asked students to let
him know i f they have concerns
about adm inistration or curriculum
in their schools.
Participants ut this year’ s Career
Day included IB M , Cable Syscms
P a cific, the U n ive rsity o f Oregon
H ealth Sciences C enter, K A T U ,
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