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Mr. Wentz:
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<br /> you aren't going to have a house. And so this law is completely contrary to the
<br /> rights of a private 'individual; he has a home, and he sees someone's going to
<br /> smash the windows out of it if he doesn't put boards up to it, well then, he should
<br /> be allowed to put boards up to protect that house without having to pay the City
<br /> twenty dollars a month for it, you see?"
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<br />"Are there any other questions for Mrs. Raymer?"
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<br />Mr. Early:
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<br />"Mrs. Raymer and I have talked about some of these problems for a long time over
<br />the years, and I wonder if somebody from the Housing Authority or the Planning
<br />Commission would respond, at least partially, to her concern about tearing down
<br />good houses and also what she referred to in selecting certain blocks that had
<br />density while skipping other blocks that are apparently vacant. Would somebody
<br />do that?"
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<br />Mr. Wentz:
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<br />"I'll ask you ~o do that, Mr. Frye or Mr. Moore, but if you will keep it in the
<br />context of the entire plan and not in individual cases I would appreciate it,
<br />because I think that we should discuss the broad community approach in all of
<br />these answers to these questions."
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<br />Mr. Frye:
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<br />"Can you tell me what that means?~ (Laughter.) First of all, the two houses on the
<br />corner that you mentioned there, we have looked at extensively, the one which is
<br />not occupied yet, and if there is any way that those two homes can be saved, given
<br />the fact that they are new and somewhat consistent with the types of standards that
<br />are anticipated for the area, those will be saved. Unfortunately, they are put on
<br />regularly-sized lots which will prevent the maximum development of single family,
<br />townhouse, or multi-family housing in that area. With regard to the areas, and how
<br />much is clear and how much is not clear, each of these areas are better ~han fifty
<br />percent, both of them almost sixty percent clear at the present time, and they do
<br />comprise some natural boundaries for future development as well as lust the taking
<br />of cleared land for re-housing uses .... attempt to go into concentrated areas, al-
<br />though certainly one of the purposes of the program is to eliminate slums and blight
<br />as well as provide for housing opportunities, new development opportunities in the
<br />area."
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<br />Mrs. Raymer:"Well, regarding this now, there isn't any particular house in the block..."
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<br />Mr. Wentz:
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<br />"Mrs. Raymer, excuse me, if Mr. Frye has answered your question, we don't want to
<br />get into an open debate on this subject. He has satisfactorily answered that ques-
<br />tion, and ~m sure that he or the Planning Director will discuss the individual
<br />problems, but I would like ~o©keep this as it relates to the Community Development
<br />Plan."
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<br />Mrs. Raymer:
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<br />"Well, what I'm saying is, there's one particular block that is, there one block,
<br />now the three, the four that he has mentioned, that's very true, the one block this
<br />side of there, is solid with housing is what I'm saying. It's just the opposite.
<br />And the other thing I am saying is, what I would like to know is, why, since they've
<br />talked about having a central core, and having possibly a swimming pool and so on,
<br />why it is that they can't go right straight through Seventh Street to Third Street
<br />zn the ro~ right past the Jefferson Street School; that's the area that is cleared
<br />almost completely, see. And it's not going to be so much less expensive, the Fay-
<br />ette Street playground is on part of that, and on the one block there's nothing but
<br />the old bicycle shop and one house in that whole block. They could have four blocks
<br />right straight through there, that it seems they could interest some developer in,
<br />or that the central core possibly could be used for the pool, which we need very
<br />badly. That was one of the things that was discussed, one of the things that we
<br />really do need in this area is a swimming pool and recreation building to take the
<br />place of the one that was town down. The Beazley Foundation one that was torn down
<br />And there are so many children in this area that have no place to go, see. So if
<br />they would take those blocks through instead, they could take all three of these
<br />other blocks in place of that one for no more money than it would cost to clear
<br />that one, you see."
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<br />Mr. Wentz: "Thank you very much, Mrs. Raymer."
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<br />Dr. Holley: "Mr. Mayor."
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<br />Mr. Wentz: "Dr. Holley."
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<br />Dr. Holley:
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<br />"Before you go on, would you ask Mr. Frye if he would advise me...if he can...
<br />hearings that we should set the record straight on what we are actually attempting
<br />to accomplish. Is it not a fact that in this area of Southside I that we are
<br />attempting to restore that area with single-family dwellings?"
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<br />Mr. Frye:
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<br />"The plan calls for the development of single-family detached, garden apartments,
<br />or townhouses, depending upon the development opportunities...in financing the
<br />needs of the particular needs of the families being relocated at that time."
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<br />Dr. Holley:
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<br />"That is the part that I don't understand, when you say single family, because I am
<br />not a builder and I am a dentist, single-family, detached, garden apartments or
<br />townhouses. I haven't seen a townhouse yet that was detached. They all seem to be
<br />row houses, the garden apartments seem to be row houses, so is it either/or that
<br />will be here, so that those persons in Southside would understand that?"
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<br />Mr. Frye:
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<br />"Maybe I could put a comment in there. I didn't mean the "detached" to mean the
<br />townhouses, where obviously the townhouses are row-type housing. Does that answer
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