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Vote NO White Cliff
By Jackie Williams
September 30, 2006
Saturday
Dear Sitnews,
The White Cliff Project is to save the 75 year old building and
the intended uses for seniors, arts and public spaces are rolled
into the project but they are NOT one issue. Ballot Proposition
1 is to remodel and maintain the building only. Buildings can
be remodeled regardless of condition even with good contractors
existing problems are found when dismantled. Are you ready for
Schoencliff , if not vote NO? Let s see how the consolidation
vote goes, then either way, put a new proposition/building on
the ballot.
The intended uses and library need a home and a center for all
is a great idea still we should not make the uses fit this old
building but build a new building specifically designed for the
uses. An honorable tribute to White Cliff can be integrated into
a new building using artifacts from the old building and call
it the White Cliff Heritage Center.
Already, much has been done to acknowledge, and save the heritage
and characteristics of Ketchikan s past alive. Now is the time
to quit looking backward at our past as the only view in town
and quit going into the future lead by our rear ends... let us
turn around to face and embrace the future as we go forward in
our community.
The estimate (read the small print) for the conceptual plan
(not a blueprint) is a huge cost and a new building would be
too. How many grants have been applied for, received or tuned
down, for remodeling the 75 yr old building? How does remodel
vs. new play into the grant opportunities?
Go to the White Cliff Center Web site SEPARATE THE ISSUES of
the building/intended uses then read it all. www.ketchikanarts.org/whitecliff
Points to Ponder :
Cost to demolish:................................$4 million
Cost for abatement of current building...........$1.1 million
Cost to remodel:.................... (estimate) $14.8 million
Financiers: Ketchikan Gateway Borough............$12 million
Property given away ................FREE
$0
City of Ketchikan........................$500 thousand
Celebration & Fairweather Funds..........$469 thousand
Grants................(not yet obtained) $2 million
Annual Operating Budget.................
........$435 thousand
KGB annual operations and maintenance....$288
thousand
Users annual payments.................. $147 Thousand
Vote No on "Schoencliff",
Jackie Williams
Ketchikan, AK - USA
Received September 27, 2006 - Published September 30, 2006
About: "Citizen and voter, future senior citizen."
On the Web:
Proposition 1 - Sales Tax Increase:
For the full text of Ordinance No. 1403 click here
http://borough.ketchikan.ak.us/clerks/documents/1403.pdf
Proposition 2 - Bonds: For
the full text of Ordinance No. 1404 click here
http://borough.ketchikan.ak.us/clerks/documents/1404.pdf
White Cliff Project
http://www.ketchikanarts.org/whitecliff
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