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12-17-2007, 03:09 PM
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http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1197865514170840.xml&coll=7
Public money - Metro's buying process faces review after critics question how much the agency pays Monday,
December 17, 2007
ERIC MORTENSON
The Oregonian Staff
Entrusted by voters with a big checkbook and high ideals, Metro has spent nearly $11 million for a pair of thickly forested parcels flanking Clatsop Butte in outer Southeast Portland, adding more than 100 acres to the area's preserved green space.
The purchase of 49 acres last summer for $5.1 million and an adjoining 53 acres in November for $5.8 million is being hailed by conservationists, neighbors and the Metro staff involved.
But Metro's past largesse has raised questions about whether it pays more than it should for land that may not have been developed anyway because of market conditions or site complications such as steep slopes. And the Clatsop Butte properties will be the first to undergo review by a 16-member citizen oversight committee that will issue an annual report on Metro's purchases.
**SCHNIPP**
Worth a read....not everyone on the other side of the river is a blind adherant to what Metro says and does...
Developing...
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1197865514170840.xml&coll=7
Public money - Metro's buying process faces review after critics question how much the agency pays Monday,
December 17, 2007
ERIC MORTENSON
The Oregonian Staff
Entrusted by voters with a big checkbook and high ideals, Metro has spent nearly $11 million for a pair of thickly forested parcels flanking Clatsop Butte in outer Southeast Portland, adding more than 100 acres to the area's preserved green space.
The purchase of 49 acres last summer for $5.1 million and an adjoining 53 acres in November for $5.8 million is being hailed by conservationists, neighbors and the Metro staff involved.
But Metro's past largesse has raised questions about whether it pays more than it should for land that may not have been developed anyway because of market conditions or site complications such as steep slopes. And the Clatsop Butte properties will be the first to undergo review by a 16-member citizen oversight committee that will issue an annual report on Metro's purchases.
**SCHNIPP**
Worth a read....not everyone on the other side of the river is a blind adherant to what Metro says and does...
Developing...