By Scott Unger • Of the News-Register • 

HLC to vote on request for church demolition

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CubFan

I hope the HLC does the sensible thing and either deny this or at the very least make them scale it WAAAAYYYY back. 2nd Street is a main thoroughfare in town and this will congest it. Also, the scale of this proposed building exceeds neighboring buildings and is contradictory to the historic charm of downtown McMinnville. Additionally, even though they have planned for SOME parking, it isn't enough, and it will displace a lot where downtown employees and shoppers currently park. It's a bad idea all the way around.

leo

Twenty is Plenty, 72 apartments in that block is way too many. If the contractors won't settle for less, the church should get someone else to build a small apartment complex that fits the style of the neighborhood.

Otis

Let me guess....all 14 letters are from folks that live nearby in single family homes?

Nimby

B

Not sure how anyone (including you Otis!) could drive down second street and believe that a highrise apartment would be appropriate there.

CubFan

B
Right on!

Bob

That area of the downtown business district is already at least 200 parking spaces short of parking spaces needed for employees and the customers who would be shopping on 3rd IF there was close/convenient parking for shoppers between and Johnson.

The Methodist Church building is a good location for that needed parking. Unfortunately with very limited citizen input our 2023 mayor and city council chose to direct over ten million dollars of taxpayer funded urban renewal money to Alpine development (and a majority of planning staff time?). So now the 3rd street project has been moved back to 2028? With a total budget four or five times the original estimate. While over $300,000 per year of taxpayer funded urban renewal still being spent on Alpine.

I may be in the minority. But shouldn’t our city council have completed the 3rd street renovation project - with added public parking before ever considering Alpine. I would love to see an independent developer take over Alpine (even at a loss). And have city council, city planing staf, and taxpayer urban renewal funds redirected to the3rd street project!

Otis

there will be parking under the building too and it's only 4 stories tall....not like it's 13 stories or anything like the high rise condos in PDX.

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