H-7 River and Theatre CommentsLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
o[ ~ Unite~ States
OF SALINA
Febz~ 14, 1972
I ~ ti-s. R.L. Ja~iucs, president o£ tho Sa!~ma L~au~.o of Uo:.~on Vo'Mrs.
Lu the co:::~a~ity.
In 1968 o'~ !stol pz'o~ %,;~ "A s'b~y a~d ov~uation of S~a~s needs
sys%~:n a~d rocroa'bi.~ faculties. ~o of tho thZugs ~:m::~crs !o~au~cd ~
thio s'bl~Cr was the ~:~ort~mcc of pi~so~Jmg "Ci~on spa~u" ~.ficrovor
~.t~rs, ~ hops you ~ ~considor tho docisic~ z-ogar~h~g ~:~o co.:n:~mity
%~ re~!~e thoro ua'o ~r~ry puob!or~ you~ ~ com:~.ssiouers~ h,??~o So cc.,~sicT~r
on such a pl~3joct, }to~vcr wo ~%e you ~ %:~ko tho "f~' sit;h~odu viou of
this ond not ~ ~ ~o closely tiod to what apFo~x's ~ ~ ocouo::v at
~e prc~cnt ~':o. ~o~ is ~,uch corz-~ity ~.~st Ln c!oo:~g ~o tho
~z'~r ~ad ~volop~:g 'd~e rip,or bc:-:i:o. ~is is o~ opportunity to ~
~Str'~:rn'k~! ~ ~hat c,v~d bo tho f~st s'~p ~ tr~unsfon:~:g tho Snoi~
l'~s. R~L. J~iuos) Pm~sidont
~c.g~ of Uo~n Vo'~ors of S~
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THE ORIGINAL AGRE~.,.'.,ENT..AND I B~,IEVE ORIGINAL INTENT..CALLED FOR TBE C.T.O. ~0
BUILD ~,'ITH PRIVATE FUNDS ON I,AND..O~?qED BY T~ CI~Y.. A T~'A~ BLDG. T~ C.T.
DID NOT C~OSE ~0 BUILD ON LAND..05~D BY T~ CI~..BUT INST~tD ?,'ORNED OUT AN
AGREemENT W~E-BY MR. VANI~ P~C~SF~ A SI~ T~T ~'AS ~?U~ALLY ACCEP~BLE
~.OTH PAR ~h~S ·
I ~N' T BELIEVE THeE IS A~Y DISAGRE~'~ENT ON THE PART OF T~S CO~..9~ISS~ON IN
WANR%NG ~0 CQOP~ATE..%~TH-IN L~I~ AVAI~BLE,~ THIS PROGR~'i.
T~ CO~v~.'!ISSION ~S SAID~Di~- ~3AN ~V~ ~ILL BE US~..WHERE ~SSIBLE IN SI~
CLE~NCE...COI.$~ISSION~ LOSIK ~S A PLEDGE ~0}~ A PRIVATE P~ ~ ASSIST IN
SI~ D~OLI~ON..T}~ CO}~ISSIO},] ~AS Al.SO STAT~ THEIR V¥ILLINGNESS ~R ~{DSCAPING
AND PA~NG OF T~ ~F~.
T~ MET~DS T~ CI~I C~OS~ ~ SUPPORT T~S PROGRJJ~J IS FAIRLY OPEN..BE IT GRFEN
~RFA, WALKI~fAYS~ PAVING ECT. IT'S ~!OT A QUFSTION OF i%~HAT %%'E ~;~I!:L ~...BUT RATH~
}DW YUCH ~ CA>~ ~.
THE PAVING PROMOSAL OR PLaiN "A" ~R 923,000z ~LLO%',~ T~ ASSt~A}~ .... FROY S~FF
OF ADEQUATE P~KING AT TP~ PR~ENT LOCA~QN. IF T~ THF~2~ GROUP ~'ES NOT
WANT T~S PAVING THEY S~ULD LET US KNO~,~. PLAN "A" ALLO~VS 8700 S.F. OF GREEN AR~.
THE ALTERNATE PLAN PROVIDED 9~OOS.F... OR A DIFFERENCE OF ONLY ]600 S.F. OF G.A.
AND I~ORE T~N TWICE THE EOST. TE;C RIV~ BAlK ADJACENT
RECEIVE T~ S~E AT%E~'.~TION AS T~ R~T OF T~ RIV~ IN THE CI~ %¥~N %~E GET A
PROP~ PRO GRAI~.
THIS IS A ~2~UNI~% PROJECT, P~PLE WHO }~VE AND ~'ILL CON'~IBU~ FI~A~CIALLY
T~ BLDG...!i'ANT ~O K~0%~ THE COST. PAR~-~ ¥~ ~VE AND WILI, CON~IBU~ ~WARD SI~
PREP~ATION..%¥ANT ~0 K~OW T~ COST. T~ CI~ ALSO ~dUST KNOI¥. %%'~T~ THE
PLANNING IS FAR-SIGHT~ SHORT-SIG'H~ OR ~YD-SI~>H~D ...ISN'T THE SOLE
DE~MINA2%ON. %~ ~t~' T KNOig W~T AI.L V~E CAN OR SMOULD ~ U:,'L~S WE KNOW
W~T IS FgPECT~ .... Ab~ ... ~';~ I~UCH li%I~L IT ~ST IS NOT A QUEStiON YOU AS~ lAST.