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<br />2. PROPERTY PURCHASE NORTH Of WASHBURNE PARK - 19TH AND AGATE - MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED
<br />SECONDED BY MR. CRAKES NOT TO PURCHASE THE fiVE LOTS ADJACENT TO WASHBURNE PARK AND
<br />THAT NO NORTHWARD EXPANSION Of THE PARK BE CONSIDERED.
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<br />THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER fROM DR. GLEN M. GORDON, PRESIDENT Of EDISON SCHOOL
<br />PTA, RECOMMENDING PURCHASE Of ADDITIONAL LAND ADJOINING WASHBURNE PARK ON THE NORTH
<br />FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING THE PARK. A LETTER SIGNED BY CARROL F. GATES, 3065
<br />FIRWOOD WAY, WAS ALSO READ EXPRESSING THE WRITER'S VIEWS IN fAVOR OF A REZONING
<br />REQUEST SUBMITTED BY MR. JACK WILKINSON. ANOTHER LETTER, SIGNED BY MARIE R. MASON,
<br />WAS READ WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT THE PARK REMAIN AS IT IS AND STATING THAT fURTHER'
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<br />EXPANSION WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE. SEVERAL PETITIONS HAVING 'APPROXIMATELY 120
<br />NAMES WERE PRESENTED AND PASSED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS RECOMMENDING fURTHER EXPAN-
<br />SION Of THE PARK SO THAT ADDITIONAL PLAY AREA COULD BE USED fOR fiELD SPORTS IN CON-
<br />NECTION WITH THE PRESENT PARK SITE. OTHER PERSONS IN THE AUDIENCE SPEAKING IN BE-
<br />HALf Of ENLARGING THE PARK AREA WERE MESSRS. ARTHUR ANDERSON, FORD NORTHRUP, McDANIEL,
<br />AND MRS. MARY RODMAN AND MRS. HERMAN HENDERSHOTT, ALL SUGGESTING THAT THE AQDITIONAL
<br />PROPERTY BE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY AND DEVELOPED INTO ADDITrONAL PLAY AREA FOR THE
<br />PARK. AMONG THOSE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE ACQUISITION Of ADDITIONAL PROPERTY
<br />WERE1MARIE.MASON, CARROL F. GATES, AND MESSRS. AXTELL, GEORGE TURNBULL AND WILKINSON.
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<br />AfTER SOME fURTHER DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE ORIGINAL
<br />MOTION AGAINST ADDITIONAL PROPERTY BEING PURCHASED WAS VOTED UPON AND CARRIED,
<br />MESSRS. DEVERELL AND HAWK VOTING NO.
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<br />3. REZONING TO R-3G 1943 AGATE AND SOUTH 50'X53.3' Of 1646 EAST 19TH, WILKINSON -
<br />DISCUSSION PROCEEDED ON :MR. WILKINSON'S REZONING REQUEST WITH MRS. LAURIS MOV1NG
<br />SECONDED BY MR. CRAKES TO GRANT THE REZONING TO R-3G. MR. WILKINSON SPOKE BRIEfLY
<br />REVIEWING THE ZONING EXISTING IN THE AREA THE PRESENT TIME AND SHOWING THE. COUNCIL
<br />A PICTURE Of THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. MR. BOB FRAZIER, REPRESENTING SEVERAL PER-
<br />SONS OPPOSED TO THE REZONING, DISTRIBUTED PICTURES AND SPOKE AGAINST THE REZONING.
<br />A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED REZONING WAS TIED, MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS.
<br />CHATT, SWANSON AND CRAKES VOTING YES; MESSRS. CHRISTENSEN, DEVERELL, HAWK AND PURDY
<br />VOTING NO, AND THE MATTER WAS HELD TO THE COUNCIL MEETING Of FEBRUARY 25,1963.
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<br />MRS. LAURIS READ A PREPARED STATEMENT CONCERNING ADDITIONAL INfORMATION SHE HAD RECEIVED ON THE
<br />POSSIBLE PURCHASE Of fiVE LOTS NORTH Of WASHBURNE PARK. THE OWNERS HAD SUGGESTED THE PURCHASE
<br />PRICE BE MADE IN TWO PAYMENTS, ONE DURING THE CURRENT fISCAL YEAR AND THE OTHER IN THE NEXT fiS-
<br />CAL YEAR. SHE ALSO STATED THAT MOST Of THE OWNERS WERE RATHER RELUCTANT TO SELL, BUT THAT THEY
<br />WOULD SELL TO THE CITY If THEIR TERMS COULD BE MET. .MRS. LAURIS OffERED THE SUGGESTION, REQUEST-
<br />ING THAT IT BE WRITTEN INTO THE MINUTES AND MADE A PART OF THE RECORD, THAT "WASHBURNE PARK BE
<br />PRESERVED IN ITS PRESENT CHARACTER AND THAT IT BE MAINTAINED AND DEVELOPED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD
<br />RESIDENTIAL GARDEN, A PLEASANT PLACE fOR A VIEW OF DISTANCE AND GROWING THINGS, FOR STROLLING,
<br />RESTING, QUI~T RETREAT FOR ADULTS AND FAMILY PARTIES OF THE VERY YOUNG, AND THAT NO BALL DIAMONDS
<br />OR COURTS NOR LARGE ORGANIZED PLAY AREAS BE INSTALLED."
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<br />MRS. LAURIS THEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO PURCHASE THE LAND ADJACENT TO WASHBURNE PARK,
<br />APPROXIMATELY fIVE LOTS, TO ENLARGE THE PARK.
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<br />COUNCILMAN CRAKES STATED HE THOUGHT $85,000 WAS TOO MUCH TO PAY FOR THE LOTS IN QUESTION AT THIS
<br />TIME. SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE STATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENT PARK KEPT AND
<br />ADDITIONAL AREA ACQUIRED TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AREA Of THE PARK, AMONG THEM BEING MRS. LEEPER
<br />AND ALSO MR. BOB SUMMERS, WHO STATED THAT LOOKING FORWARD ANOTHER TEN YEARS, THIS PROPERTY WOULD
<br />BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AND HE fELT IT SHOULD BE ACQUIRED NOW. COUNCILMAN HAWK AND OTHERS ALSO
<br />EXPRESSED THIS OPINION. THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION WAS ASKED WHAT USE THE CITY IN-
<br />TEND~D fOR THE ADDITIONAL AREA, AND HE STATED IT WOULD BE IMPROVED ACCORDING TO THE WISHES OF
<br />THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD. MRS. GEORGE TURNBULL FELT THAT IF THE PARK WAS ENLARGED AND PARK
<br />EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS FOR YOUNGSTERS INSTALLED THERE, SHE WOULD RATHER THE PARK BE KEPT AS IT
<br />IS AT PRESENT.
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<br />A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTION TO PURCHASE THE LAND NORTH OF WASHBURNE PARK. MOTION DEfEATED,
<br />MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN, CRAKES AND PURDY VOTING NO; MESSRS. CHATT, DEVERELL
<br />AND HAWK VOTING YES.
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<br />COUNCILMAN HAWK MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL THAT THE USE OF THE PARK BE REVIEWED BY THE STAfF
<br />AND STUDY GROUP AND A RECOMMENDATION MADE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />MRS. LAURIS MOVED TO PURCHASE THE LOTS, EXCLUDING THE INSTALLATION Of A BALL DIAMOND IN THE PRO-
<br />POSED AREA. lACKING A SECOND, THE MOTION DIED.
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<br />MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO APPROVE COMMITTEE ACTION IN ITEM 2 AGAINST THE
<br />PURCHASE Of THE LOTS. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. CHATT, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN,
<br />GRAKES;!AND PURDY VOTING YES; MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. DEVERELL AND HAWK VOTING NO.
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<br />MR. WILKINSON, IN DISCUSSION OF HIS REQUEST TO REZONE THE AREA AT 19TH AND AGATE TO R-3G, DREW AN
<br />OUTLINE OF THE AREA ON THE BLACKBOARD SHOWING THE VARIOUS R-3, R-I AND C-2 AREAS IN RELATION TO
<br />THE AREA REQUESTED FOR R-3G REZONING TO ALLOW APARTMENT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. MR. WILKINSON'S CON-
<br />TENTION WAS THAT THIS WAS A VERY GOOD PLACE FOR AN APARTMENT AND R-3G ZONING, STATING THAT THIS
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