[AmazonSteeringCte] Fw: draft of letter to 4j

[Kevin Shanley]

We should question how the Willard site will cost less. They still have to
demolish the old buildings and the site also has elevation change to deal
with, which is costly under current ADA rules. The Willard site is about
9.79 acres and the Camas site is 7.12 acres which may make the construction
phasing a little bit easier (it may be cramped to build a new building on
the Camas site while keeping the school in operation).

 

The Camas site:



 

 

The Willard site at the same scale:



 

From: Steering.cte [mailto:steering.cte-bounces at lists.amazonneighbors.org]
On Behalf Of Randy Prince via Steering.cte
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 11:35 AM
To: steering committee Amazon Neighbors
<steering.cte at lists.amazonneighbors.org>
Cc: Randy Prince <randyprince24 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [AmazonSteeringCte] Fw: draft of letter to 4j

 

You got all in there--walkability, lack of planning, voter trust--good job!
I'll support that.

 

Randy

 

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From: Rachael Latimer <rachaellatimer at gmail.com
<mailto:rachaellatimer at gmail.com> >
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 11:29 AM
To: Kara Steffensen; Kevin Shanley; Randy prince; Jay DeKalb; Robert
MacConnell
Subject: draft of letter to 4j 

 

Hi everyone, 

 

below is a draft of a letter I believe we should send to 4j and copy our
city councilor, Alan Zelenka. Southeast Neighbors chair, David Monk, has
said he has confidence that SEN will support a letter of this nature. Please
provide edits/feedback.

 

-Rachael

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The Amazon Neighbors Association (ANA) strongly urges the 4j board to
present options and prioritize the rebuild of Camas Ridge Community
Elementary in it's current location.

 

ANA has consistently partnered with and supported our schools and members of
the 4j board. Prior to the last 4j board election, we hosted a forum for 4j
board candidates in conjunction with Safe Routes to School. The primary
topic that candidates addressed was the importance of safe walking and
bicycling routes to school. ALL candidates agreed that this was an important
topic and creating and retaining these transportation options for students
was important to the health of the community. The proposal to relocate Camas
to the previous Willard site would greatly diminish the ability of students
to safely walk and bike to school, by introducing busy and congested streets
to students' commutes. Many families would be forced to drive their students
to school, adding even more traffic to 24th and 30th avenues and the
surrounding neighborhoods.

 

The most recent presentation by 4j referenced the millions of dollars it
would cost to rebuild Camas in it's current location. Voters just approved
the largest ever bond measure that highlighted replacing multiple schools.
There was no mention of even the possibility of relocation. Why is this? Had
4j not accurately estimated the cost of replacing the schools?  Was the
district purposely keeping this new-to-the public possibility a secret? This
is a major breach of trust and carries with it the potential to shake the
confidence of voters. 

 

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