"Sound Tests" (Including One Held on Thanksgiving Eve) Rather Than Working Collaboratively with the Residents
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they try to steamroll neighborhood concerns with expensive media campaigns and hopelessly flawed "sound tests" (including one held on Thanksgiving eve) rather than working collaboratively with the residents. Do they truly believe that there would be flO sound impact on our neighborhoods? Then perhaps they would be willing to give the city 100% of their profits from any concert that exceeds sound limits. Need any more information? Try this from a city official in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Polaris Amphitheater: "If you can avoid having this thing go in, do so. It's been a nightmare since it started here." Anna and Ralph Welch cc: Portland.SMTP1 ("[email protected]","chales@ci... From: Diane Dorfman <[email protected]> To: lO'[email protected]'" <mayorkatz@cLport... Date: 12/8/98 9:06am I am a resident of Kenton and I am strongly opposed to the proposal to build an amphitheater. Please attend to local decisions on this issue and vote against the amphitheater. North Portland needs local businesses, the closing of "drug" hotels, and more public transportation, not further ghettoization. Diane Dorfman NWREL, Rural Education Program' 101 SW Main Portland, OR 97204 503/275-9561 [email protected] 1304 N. Farragut St Portland, OR 97217 From: "Mattis Fine·Cigars" <[email protected]> To: Portland.SMTP1("[email protected]") Date: 12/8/989:16am Subject: Rose City Amphitheatre Dear Mayor Katz, I am writing this to encourage your support for the proposed amphitheatre. I am quite confident that this will improve the economy and promote community involvement. I would like to see the City of Portland go forward with the planning process, as it is an excellent opportunity for the Portland area. Thank you for you consideration, Jennifer Singley Vice President, Matt's Fine Cigars From: Michael Mills To: MYLlNLY, MYELlSA, MYJUDY Date: 12/8/9810:35am Subject: Amphitheater Editorial - Fwd FYI: The attached was sent to: "[email protected]" >>> Richard Ellmyer <[email protected]> 12/07/98 11 :39pm »> The Oregonian editorial "Keep raceway options open" (Monday December 7,1998), showed a lack ofresearch, poor judgment, an insulting disregard for thousands of citizens in North, Northeast and Northwest Portland, and worst Of all, an editorial bias supporting a wealthy advertiser. The Oregonian purposefully withheld meaningful information from the voters about their own sexually harassed reporter before the Packwood election. Now, the Oregonian again withholds relevant information from our community to protect one of its billionaire advertisers, Paul Allen. We accept this as a fact of business life but are distressed none-the-Iess. The editorial: 1. Conveniently omitted the Portland Planning Commission's rejection of an amphitheater at PIR. 2. Dismissed the "noise-plagued North Portland residents" without any mention of our organized opposition or the damaging effects on our neighborhoods. 3. Gave credit to Allen for making improvements to PIR which will be made anyway without his money. 4. Ignored the fact that as soon as Paul Allen realized their was serious opposition to his plans tobuild an amphitheater at PIR he went to Clark County. 5. Ignored the fact the Clark County Commissioners, who actively want an amphitheater, rejected his offer because he tried to bully them and would not compromise on anything. 6. Overlooked the fact that the civic process for such a major change in a Plan District should have taken one and a half to two years. Instead Allen pushed Francesconi to try to do it in only a few months, with minimum citizen involvement. Francesconi bought into it and then failed because home owners caught on to his scheme and protested. This is not how we do things in Portland. 7. Deliberately misstates the process by saying we should all talk together to work something out. That time has long passed. It didn't work. Our goals are mutually exclusive. We want a decent place to live, Paul Allen wants to make a buck at our expense. Make no mistake. If the City Council votes to amend the Plan District Report to include an amphitheater then there will be an amphitheater on Paul Allen's terms. Larry Hildebrand is either politically naive or cunningly obfuscatory in his support for advertiser Paul Allen. You choose. Richard Ellmyer 9124 N. McKenna Ave. Portland, OR 97203 289-7174 cc: MYVERA, MYSAM, MYBETSY, PDXBLDG.PLPO.PLCARY, MYOMB... From: "Johannsen, Daniel" <[email protected]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]... Date: 12/8/98 11 :07am Subject: PIR Amphitheater . Please don't kill the money making auto racing and other auto events at PIR for the sake of an amphitheater being pushed by the Big Money Guys. Its an obvious money looser for the people of Portland. Please approve the Planning Commission's recommendation to remove the ampitheater from the PIR Plan District plan. Dan Johannsen Membership Chairman Portland Triumph Owners Association From: <[email protected]> To: Portland.SMTP1 ("[email protected]") Date: 12/8/98 12:42pm SUbject: PIR Ampitheater 12/08/98 Dear Mayor Katz, I am writing quickly to voice my objection to the PIR Ampitheater. I love live music. My dream is to always live in a weathly, thriving community/city that is able to provide for its residents. I have made Portland my home because of this reason and because our city fosters community. Unfortunately, the PIR Ampitheater flies in the face of all that Portland is known for. Agean is not acting with clean hands in its correspondence with the North and Northeast neighborhoods and quite bluntly is ignoring the true impacts this venue will have on our community. - Noise controls will be impossible to enforce. - Traffic will jam on I 5, then spill onto neighborhood streets thus endagering the safety of residents and their children. - Property values in affected neighborhoods will plummet. - Residents will be forced out of their yards and into their houses for up to 40 events during the summer months - an equivalent of nearly six weeks. Please vote against any PIR ampitheater proposal. Agean's attempts to buy the neighborhoods off instead of working with the neighbors is a blatant symbol of their priorities - and what they care about - money. Like you, I care about my community. Thank you, Dain Nestel 839 N. Buffalo Street Portland, OR 97217 503-784-0784 From: <[email protected]> To: Portland.SMTP1 ("[email protected]") Date: 12/8/98 1:03pm SUbject: PIR-Amphitheater Klaus Heyne 41101 SE Louden Road Corbett, OR 97019 Tel. 503. 695. 3412 RE: PIR·Amphitheater Madam Mayor, Many of your constituents are probably unaware that aside of racing events, PIR each year makes its course available to quite a few driver education days. 3 Though less glamourous than the national race events PIR is famous for, these educational track days2, which are sponsored and paid for by local car clubs, law enforcement agencies and safe·driving organizations, help commercial drivers and regular commuters alike to better control their cars and navigate Portland1s streets and the state1s roads and freeways safely and with skill. I for one have benefited greatly from attending track days and have learned from instructors how to keep control over my car during unexpected emergencies. If the Portland City Council approves Paul Allen1s amphitheater as he envisions it on PIR grounds, his entertainment events would preempt a considerable number of driver education days. Therefore I hope that the Portland City Council will consider the lives saved and property damage avoided because of driver education days available at the only state-of-the-art track facility in Oregon which offers such safety instruction. Klaus Heyne Member, Oregon Region Porsche Club Of America From: "COLLEEN MCDONNELL" <[email protected]> To: Portland.SMTP1 ("[email protected]","chales@ci... Date: 12/8/98 1:56pm Subject: 12 Dec. City Council Meeting - Amphitheater Please vote No on the Amphitheaterproject. Keep the livability factor high in Portland. Vote no to noise, congestion, and neighborhood irate. Preserve the beauty and wildlife environment in Delta Park. cc: Portland.SMTP1 ("[email protected]") From: <[email protected]> To: Portland.SMTP1("[email protected]") Date: 12/8/982:57pm Subject: Re: Aliens PIR porposal-Reply Thank you for giving me a reply that voiced some un thought of views. I appreciate replys from "officials" and will keep active and up to date on such movements in both my communitiy as well as others which I feel passionate about Thank You Ryan Johnson From: lans <[email protected]> To: Portland.SMTP1 ("[email protected]","esten... Date: 12/8/98 3:02pm SUbject: Portland International Raceway Dear Mayor Katz and Council Members, I would like to voice my concern with the proposed theater at PIR. I am a student at Oregon State University and will be graduating in the spring from the Mechanical Engineering department. I was born and raised in the Portland area and have been racing at PIR with my father since 1986. Last year, I got the chance to drive a race car on PIR for the first time. I am very excited to do this again, but I am concerned Iwill not have the opportunity. If a theater is developed on the infield at PIR there will be several complications I hope people will consider. Several things will be destroyed if the proposal is passed. The motocross track would have to be destroyed. The wetland area would be destroyed. Amateur racing would be destroyed. This would include multiple road racing clubs and drag racing. Why put a theater at PIR? Whywould the people of Portland want an already rich man to get richer by using public land to build his facility and deplete the community of a diverse and popular recreation? Every weekend of the summer would need to be dedicated to some sort of activity at the theater to make it financially sound.