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City Council approves bike share and downtown handicap spaces BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE During the Monday, April 20, City Council meeting, the Welcoming City resolution was pulled from consideration, but the following items were approved: *A resolution of sup port for the National Cycling Center, working with Zagster, to start a Bike Share Program. There are 10 planned bike share sta tions holding 50 rentable bikes across the city in the first phase. There’s no cost to taxpayers, as the city will only provide minor site preparation and encroachment agreements. Initial sites include down town, Salem Lake, Quarry Park and Old Salem. *The placement of four on-street handicap parking spaces at the downtown intersection of Cherry and Fourth Streets. While those with a handicap pass can park anywhere for free downtown, many aren’t awarS of this or have diffi culty finding an unoccu pied space. More on-street handicap spots may be added in the future. *The creation of a nine-member Urban Food Policy Council, which will advocate for food policies that will help with hunger, food insecurity and lack of access to healthy food in the city’s urban core. Members of the council will be appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council. *The city will acquire the 165-acre property of the closed >Long Creek Golf Course. The city will work with residents to fig ure out what kind of recre ational purpose the land will have. The city will buy 100 acres for $503,000 using park acquisition gen eral obligation bond money. The remaining 65 acres will be purchased by The Conservation Fund for $236,500 and donated to the city in 2018, after it receives a grant to reim burse the purchase. *A loan ranging from $400,000 to $500,000 for construction of the Enclave n, a 96-unit apartment complex on Bethania Station Road. A total of 24 units will be affordable to those making 30 percent of the area median income (AMI) and the rest will be affordable to those making 60 percent of AMI. The amortized loan has a pro posed minimum term of 15 years. Financing for the project also includes a bank loan and state funds. City Council Member Derwin Montgomery speaks at a rally for the Welcoming City resolution held in front of City Hall on Monday. Welcoming from page Al scared of? They’re scared of us. They’re scared of power: They’re scared we’re coming together. They’re scared we’re pay ing attention.” Both City Council Members Dan Besse and Derwin Montgomery spoke strongly in support of the resolution. “We have passed reso lutions in the past that have said similar things to what we will say tonight and if there’re members on the council tonight who decide not to vote, then we must ask ourselves the question: Did they lie on their last vote or is this one a lie tonight?” said Moritgomery. Besse said that when it became uncertain what the outcome of the vote would be, he decided to pull the resolution, rather than risk the message that a defeat would’ve sent immigrants and refugees in the com munity. However, it was pulled with only a vague explanation by Mayor Allen Joines that Besse would continue working on the issue. Frustrated supporters, used the com ment session to accuse the council of choosing their fear of the General Assembly over their own constituents. Only after the comment session, did Besse and Montgomery reassure them the resolu tion wasn’t dead and that they’d be working to gar ner support for it. Besse said he believed that a larger coalition of supporters would make it harder for lawmakers to retaliate. He was unsure when the resolution would come back or even if it would still be a resolution or simply a joint statement that wouldn’t need City Council approval. Whatever the fate of the resolution, supporters are planning to take action. “Regardless of what our city decides, we have many sanctuaries in our city,” Rabbi Mark Strauss Cohn said last week. “Regardless of what some politicians value, we value being welcoming in this city.” At last week’s event, Rev. Craig Schaub of Parkway United Church of Christ said a meeting will be held at his church on Monday at 7 p.m. to dis cuss plans for an immi grant legal defense fund and an interfaith rapid response network of peo ple to act as public witness to immigration enforce ment actions. He said they’d even discuss offer ing sanctuary to those at risk of deportation in places of worship. Federal law i says that anyone knowingly harboring an undocumented immigrant in any place, even a church, can face prison time. Deportation Photos by Todd Luck Danny Timpona speaks at a rally for the Welcoming City resolu tion held in front of City Hall on Monday. 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