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i 1968. R-2/10A zoning would allow a continuance of single-family residences and duplexes, with multiple-family dwellings allowed, up to ten units per acre on larger lots. The rezoning will -_ provide some development flexibility in the area, yet maintain low density. Property owners and occupants have been notified twice and staff has attended two Whiteaker Community Council meetings to discuss this proposed rezoning. Two lots on Monroe Street north of 1st Avenue are included at the request of the i property owners. Mr. Jacobson distributed a memo to the coun- cilors he had just received. No ex parte contacts or confl icts of interest were declared. Staff notes and minutes were entered into the record. Public hearing was opened. Speaking against the rezoning: JoLu Roberts, 2775 Friendly Street, stated that the Whiteaker Refinement Plan is a plan put together by members of a non-profit . corporation, the Whiteaker Community Council, Inc., and was adopted ty a vote of any person 12 years or older with no check of residency. The Oregon courts upheld that children cannot be allowed to vote in regard to property rights of others, so the Planning staff has no jurisdiction to submit to the council this down-zone proposal without all property owners participating. She stated that the City has sponsored the budget of the WCC for the past four years. She stated that in the last four years, the City e has given $2,557,000, another $3 million has been put into rehab- ilitated housing, and NCAT has donated another $150,000, for a total of almost $6 million going into the Whiteaker area through a so-called IIneighborhood" committee. She asked where the money , has gone as she does not feel there has been $6 million worth of . act ion. She thinks that after four years with the $6 million, subtracting $3 million that went into rehabilitating housing, they are entitled to more than down-zones, condemnations, urban farms, and the highest crime rate in the state of Oregon. They are requesting that the council drop the WCC, Inc., as a neighborhood organization on the grounds that they do not represent anyone but City staff, they are incompetent, and they do not deserve the honor the council has bestowed so unlawfully upon them. LaVerne Edwards, 1260 President Street, stated that there is a conflict of interest regarding the Whiteaker Neighborhood with the City Attorney's office and this has been brought to the attention of HUD. This neighborhood has received millions of dollars. She does not understand why land is zoned in one manner, then rezoned, and then other land is zoned for the prior use. . 7/14/80--2