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building, parking arrangem ents and
the type o f amenities offered. NECDC
and O N E Corp, are looking for com ­
munity input on the final plans.
At a meeting last week, C hanna
G race, one o f O N E C o rp .’s three
owners, said she was looking for a
“grass roots up” process in designing
the project.
The corporation has hired Don
Stastny Architects, 4 114 N. V ancou­
ver Ave , to take public com m ents on
the project and prepare a draff pro­
posal that can be review ed at a sec­
ond public m eeting in late March.
“ We consider ourselves a socially
responsible affordable housing com ­
pany,” G race said “ We want to d e­
velop decent, quality, safe, sanitary
housing that not only looks nice, but
makes people feel good, som ething
that blends in with the fabric o f the
community. We will endeavor to lis­
ten to what you have to say.”
Based on wha, they’ve already
heard, she said, the project will be
geared to households earning 50 per­
cent or less o f the com m unity m edian
and som e to 30 percent or less. H ow ­
ever, it will not seek Section 8 subsi-
dized-housing tenants. Some o f the
units will have three and four bed­
rooms, since northeast Portland has a
shortage o f affordable family hous­
ing.
R o b G u ill.an earb y resident, indi­
ca te d he w as uneasy a b o u t the
project’s size and the am ount o f traf­
fic it might bring.
P ortland P olice C h ie f C harles
M oose, who lives on N ortheast G o­
ing Street, said he thought 60 units is
“high.” He also was concerned about
the building possibly cuttingoffview s
o f existing homes.
G race said that the building w ould
S ubsc ribe
to
be below the 80 units and 65 foot
height the zoning allows.
Stephen Foust, land use chair o f
the K ing N eighborhood Association,
told G race, “ If th e re ’s a way to have
a w indow through w hich (M oose)
can still see dow ntow n, h e ’ll ap p re­
ciate it.”
Foust said the project is in keeping
with the King A ssociation’s plans
and policies.
T he group agreed to have higher
density on N ortheast M artin Luther
K ing B oulevard, but not to have it
continue so that it m ade a "canyon”
o f the street, he said Instead, high
density housing zones should alter­
nate with the EX D m ixed-use zone,
w h ic h a llo w s o th e r k in d s o f
developm ent. Ironically, the O N E site
is zoned EXD. So is the Standard
D a iry b u ild in g on N o rth e a st
Stanton Street to the south, sched­
uled to be redeveloped for 67 hous­
ing units.
Eugene G ora, w ho ow ns a w eld­
ing shop near the O N E site, said he
w as less concerned about what was
built than how it w as managed.
A n o th e r n e ig h b o r , M a rg ie
Johnson, said, “ M anagem ent in this
town sucks. W hat happens if there
are problem s with your m anagem ent
com pany?”
G race said a local com pany would
m anage the building, but that O N E
w ould include a clause in its contract
that w ould allow them to replace the
m anagem ent ifth e re w ere problem s.
She also said that O N E might sell its
interest in the project to N ECD C
after five years.
O N E and N EC D C are currently
negotiating the purchase o f the prop­
erty and seeking financing for the
project. They hope to be able to
begin construction by the fall but,
G race said, “ W e c a n ’t turn a shovel
until the w hole ( financial) p o t’s co m ­
m itted.”
D espite som e concerns, most p eo ­
ple at the first m eeting seem ed to
view the project favorably.
M oose said, “The la n d ’s been va­
cant a long tim e - so welcom e. I’m
concerned that all o f Portland see
this as long lasting and som ething to
be proud of.”
An elderly neighbor, Fannie Free­
man, said, "M y kids used to sleep in
my yard. Now you can barely go in
your yard, let alone sleep there. I
hope these people wi II be good neigh­
bors and that the good tim es will
com e back. I ’ve lived here 4 1 years,
seen a lot o fch an g es, and this will be
for the best.”
Tightened On Cuba For Plane Shootings
President Clinton on Monday or-
dered sanctions against Cuba for the
downing of two private U S planes
including restrictions on Cuban dip­
lomats. suspension o f charter air trav­
el and a proposal to tighten the eco­
nomic em bargo on the Caribbean is­
land nation.
Appearing briefly in the White
House press room to announce what
actions he meant to take, Clinton ac­
cused Fidel C astro’s government o f
deliberately shooting down two un­
armed planes which it knew to be
unarmed and over international wa­
ters last Saturday.
“T hisshootingofacivilian aircraft
out o f the air was a flagrant
violation o f international law. It is
wrong and the United States will not
tolerate it," Clinton said
C uba’s government dismissed the
new sanctions, saying it would contin­
ue its current policies regardless.
"It just reveals the continuation o f a
policy o f hostility against our country,
that we face m oreofthe same, ’ ’ Ricardo
Alarcon, a senior figure in the Cuban
hierarchy and president o f the Nation­
al Assembly, told a news conference in
Havana.
Clinton listed five steps he was tak­
ing to punish Cuba including seeking
legislation to com pensate the families
ofth e four missing fliers from blocked
C uban assets and travel restrictions on
Cuban officials in the United States.
He also said he would seek prompt
agreement with Congress on legisla­
tion to tighten the existing U S em ­
bargo on Cuba, would expand Radio
Marti, the U.S. government broad­
cast service into Cuba, and would
suspend all charter air travel into
Cuba from the United States.
Reacting to Clinton’s decision to
seek agreement with Congress on
legislation to tighten the existing U.S.
em bargo against Cuba, A larcon said:
“ If he thinks that by doing this,
h e’s going to win more votes, then
good luck to him.
“ W e’re ready to carry on living
with or without the Helms-Burton
law,” he added The law is the pro­
posed legislation in Congress totight-
en the Cuba embargo.
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