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Sustainable Cities Initiative Program Focuses on South Salem
Come share your insights, experience, and history of our neighborhood! The University of Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Initiative program has selected Salem as its focus city for the 2010-11 academic year and UO students are focusing on redeveloping the area of South of Mission* and they want your feedback!
Here’s how you can participate:
• Attend the UO Students' mid-term review Monday, November 1st from 2-4 PM at Pringle Community Hall. Please alert your neighbors and, if you have the opportunity, area businesses. The reviews work best when a broad group of perspectives are offered as feedback to the student work.
• Join us at the next SCAN meeting November 9th 6:30 at South Salem High School where a smaller group of students will come to speak to SCAN about their work.
• Attend the final review (yet to be scheduled).
*Redeveloping the Area South of Mission. The purpose of this project is to examine the redevelopment opportunities for the portion of the South Waterfront Urban Renewal Area located south of Mission. The project will result in suggested mixed use design concepts or a proposal for opportunity sites, each of which will take into account the constraints of the areas. Students will summarize land use or other constraints they face in preparing the design concepts, which may lead to revised design guidelines to help spur redevelopment of the area, taking into account its role as a key transition area from the predominant commercial use in the downtown and the predominant residential use of south Salem. Questions? Contact Courtney Knox 503-588-6178.
SCAN Parks Committee Report
October 13, 2010
Action Item: I move the SCAN Board approve using a portion of the $120,000 Fairmount Park improvement replacement funds from Public Works to complete the match for SCAN’s 2009-11 Salem Park Improvement Fund (SPIF) grant.
SCAN was awarded a 2009-2011 SPIF grant of $18,000 for school-age play equipment at Fairmount Park, subject to raising donations to match the grant. To date, SCAN has raised $5,638 in donations, plus a $1,000 grant from the Salem Parks Foundation. SCAN can allocate $11,362 from the Public Works funds to complete our $18,000 match. The play equipment that will be purchased with the SPIF grant and match is consistent with the improvement priorities of Fairmount neighbors and the new Fairmount Park Master Plan. Public Works and Parks staff have approved this use of the Public Works funds. Completing our match now for the 2009-2011 SPIF grant allows SCAN to apply for the next round of SPIF grants.
Action Item: I move the SCAN Board approve applying for a 2010-12 Salem Park Improvement Fund (SPIF) grant of $20,000 for Fairmount Park improvements consistent with the newly adopted Master Plan and improvement priorities.
SCAN has submitted a brief Letter of Intent to apply for a 2010-2012 SPIF grant for Fairmount Park improvements consistent with improvement priorities to be adopted as part of the new Fairmount Park Master Plan. The Letter of Intent was due by September 30. The grant application is due by November 19. SCAN Parks Committee will continue to work with Fairmount neighbors to identify the highest priority improvements to be funded with the new SPIF grant. The new SPIF grant will be matched with up to $20,000 from the $120,000 Fairmount Park improvement replacement funds from Public Works. Public Works and Parks staff have approved this use of the Public Works funds.
Bush Park Reservation Policy:
The SCAN Parks Committee met with Parks staff Keith Keever and Toni Whitler to discuss the proposed new reservation site in the lower Leffelle area of Bush Park. The Parks Committee asked staff to consider requiring a reservation for all large groups (over 50 people?) to use the Park. Currently large groups of 200-300 people use nonreservation areas of Bush Park, which can overwhelm park resources (e.g., picnic tables, restrooms, garbage cans) and cause conflicts between several large groups wanting to use the same area. Parks staff does not know beforehand when large groups will be using the Park, outside of the few reservation areas; or have any way to spread out the large-group use of the Park. Parks staff recognized the benefit of having a policy to manage large-group use of Bush Park, regardless of what area of the Park is being used. The SCAN Parks Committee will continue to work with Parks staff on a Bush Park reservation policy. A draft policy will be brought to the SCAN Board for review and approval before going forward to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and City Council.
Bush Park Rhododendron Planting:
The slope between upper and lower Bush Park is being cleared of Himalayan blackberries in preparation for a new planting of rhoddy’s and other shrubs. A walking path will wind through the new area. Volunteers and a generous donation from the Compton family of Pioneer Trust Bank have made this improvement possible and will fund the on-going maintenance of the area.
Roz Shirack, Chair
SCAN Parks Committee
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANAND CODE UPDATE PROJECT
Roger and Nadine Heusser
A portion of SCAN is in the Gaiety Hill-Bush’s Pasture Park Historic District. Many members of SCAN have been
concerned about the recent destruction of four registered historic homes near the intersection of Liberty and
Mission Streets. There are of course other instances of controversy, where for instance, windows have been
replaced with inappropriate new ones, or, lately a home in the district suddenly became a business and paved over the
lawn with concrete.
To address such issues, and to advance the City of Salem’s
goal of preserving significant historic resources in
Oregon’s state capitol, the city has initiated preparation of
a ten year historic preservation plan to update the historic
preservation code. A committee entitled the Historic
Preservation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has
been established to assist the city with this task. Roger and
Nadine Heusser are members of the TAC , representing
SCAN and our historic district.
The initial meeting of the TAC took place in March.
Interested folks from the city and the three historic
districts met to begin the update work. As an example of
things discussed, one concern raised was that so many
people still don’t know what the historic district means or
does, in spite of the fact that the Historic Landmarks
Commission sends out annual letters to all. One idea that
came from a citizen participating: a simple fact sheet to be
included in the documents new homeowners receive at
settlement–the one time folks can be counted on to sit
down and at least read through the sheaf of papers they’re
given. This idea would cost little and yet be an adequate
and timely notification.
So this and many other ideas, questions, concerns and
comments concerning anything related to their work area
are solicited by the TAC. Talk to your neighbors and
neighbors of SCAN living in the district (roughly High
Street at Oak south to LeFelle, and Leslie and Oak Streets
at Liberty east to High). Send your ideas and questions to:
Historic Landmarks Commission, City of Salem, 555
Liberty St. SE, Salem, OR 97301. Or send e-mail to
josborne@cityofsalem.net and rkeeney@cityofsalem.net.
Speak to the Heussers; needless to say we would like to
hear your ideas and comments as well. The Heussers live
at 1395 High Street, at the corner of High and Myers–the
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