The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 21

City Dumps Wilshire Boulevard' For Stripless' Shaw 'ft The proposed 58-acre Fresno Fashion Fair shopping center at North First Street and East Shaw Avenue was hailed as the 'Mast opportunity to make Shaw another Wilshire Boulevard" and deplored as signifying the ''abandonment" of Fresno's comprehensive planning and revitalization program These comments were made during the marathon hearing yesterday by the City Council on the request for a zone approve a regional shopping center on gShaw inevitably would create a commercial strip all the way to the Fresno State College large-scale investment is not grounds fur a change of zoning and (he size of the Investment is not sufficient justification to place a commercial development in a spot which would not be in the best interests of the entire community develoier has not shown ahy the city should scrap its adopted plms to accommodate the shopping center FSC in master planning for 23000 students had relied on assurances by the city and county offinuls that the integrity of the College Community Plan would be maintained The renter cannot be accepted without destroying many See Shaw Page IB nesses rook the niiiropiione to present their views on the proposal Throughout nearly all of the consideration there was standing room only in the auditorium of the County Schools Administrative Building The council also heard proposed amendments to the College Community Plan but the two are so inextricably intertwined that the council heard all the way to the Fresno State College A large-scale investment is not grounds for a change of zoning and the size of the investment is not sufficient justification to place a commercial development in a spot which would not be in the best interests of the entire community The development has not shown why the city should scrap its adopted plans to accommodate the shopping center change so the center could go ahead on Shaw The first opinion is from Gordon MacDonald the developer and the other is from Edgar-do Conlini a partner in Victor Grucn Associates which produced the plan to revitalize Fresno's central core as the social cultural financial commercial and entertainment heart of the city In between there were varying degrees of opinion as 28 wit the full testimony on eirh before reaching a derision The rezoning for the center was voted down 6-1 with Councilman James Mandellu voting in favor Some of the college plan amendments were approved while others were postponed to a work session Among the arguments voiced by the opponents were: To approve a regional shov ping center on Shaw inevitably would create a commercial strip Council Voices Views Backzoning Of College' Holds Off Area Property Nears Future Plans commitments and so many promises that we do have a plan and that going to stick to it It seems to me that the inconsistency of having a regional center planned in what we have designated as a residential area has not been explained to my satisfaction I don't think that we can honestly say that change has compelled us to say that this can no longer he a residential area that we must revise our entire thinking Backzoning of about 200 acres' The motion to call the work stone Herndon undeveloped commercial session on the land use ''adont-ilow and Shields Avenues and 111 rfUu I I I RA MUfc I Gordon MacDonald of San- Members of the Fresno City Council in general affirmed their belief in the College Community Plan in the discussion which followed presentation of the request io ra zoning change to allow a 58-acre shopping center on Shaw Avenue Most of the councilmen in summarizing their stands before the vote was taken called for presrving the integrity of the plan Some were concerned also with the Impact of such a regional shopping center on downtown business Following are excerpts from their summations in the order in which the councilmen spoke: 82000 a Barbara the developer of the In Hem nity area will be taken up in work session to be scheduled rVl" vmp" wuh 6-1 vote with Mandella ManrfMlanriJj'by The plan was adopted proposed 58-acre Fresno Fash-a voting and county legisla 'ion Fair today said he will an- n0 i inf i i iJnniinr him Preen a nlana at The plan covers nearly square-miles bounded by Black- contemplates population Through his local associates It May Have Been The Longest PAUL There are a couple of things that bother me and one of them is the projection of $33 million worth of volume that this area will project We saw the figures today on what Fresno does in retail sales We also heard that our retail sales increase at the rate of some $5 million a year roughly What impact will $33 million in maybe a year or two have in this kind of economy? I'd like to mention the Ventura Fair I went to Ventura this summer I saw it and it's beautiful I also went downtown Downtown the city is leasing buildings for its departments so they don't have too many empty ones They have taken all the parking meters out of downtown they're giving everybody free parking and they are having problems Involving the City Council the city planning staff and the City Planning Commission Cutting back the total area zoned for commercial development and increasing the allocation for multiple-residential use are among the primary unresolved issues in amending the College Community Plan The community plan amendments were the subject of the morning portion of the lengthy hearing yesterday by the City Council in the auditorium of the County Schools Administration Building on the college plan and the shopping center application The adoption of the routine clarifications was by a 5-2 vote of the council with Councilmen James Mandella and Paul Wasemiller voting no MacDonald said: honestly feel that the future will prove that both the City of Fresno and I lost last I night say this without the slightest trace of bitterness I have made it a practice to accept the consequences resulting from my own acts am however very disappointed by the lack of judgment and foresight in my part that resulted in my becoming Involved with the City of Fresno shall make an announcement of my plans as they concern this area at a future date TED I believe as (Asst Planning Director) George Kerber said if we could roll back all the mistakes we've made (in granting previous commercial zoning) and grant this particular shopping center everything would be all right I'm wondering if this council would have enough or if they could or if they approve this 58 acres Fashion Fair because convinced myself that this is an excellent development Everyone who has seen it I think would agree it is an excellent development and would an asset to Fresno or any community where it might go We've been told there's about 150 acres too much commercial in this area already If you take 150 and add 58 more to it you then have 208 acres too much Now I'd be willing to consider granting this 58 acres letting them develop the shopping center as they want it and as they have outlined it on one condition: That is that this council immediately and simultaneously roll back In this vicinity 158 acres which is already commercial to begin to balance this community in that particular area Unless you do that I couldn't possibly support it city council hearing on the proposed amendments to the College Community Plan and the location of a 58-acre shopping center at North First Street and Shaw Avenue was (me of the lengthiest sessions in council history A total of 42 persons testified on the college plan amendments and on the center during the session which ran from 9 am to nearly 11 pm with some breaks Because the amendments and the rezoning request for the center were so intertwined the council heard the full testimony before taking up either for decision Some veteran observers cannot recall any hearing on a single issue running as long either under the old city commission or the new council-manager type of government Souza Pleads Guilty In Bookie Case THE FRESNO BEE DR CURTIS NAGEL I think we sometimes forget the basis upon which this total Frcsno-Cluvis Metropolitan Plan was developed It was developed to try to regroup some of our forces to stop and try to reverse a trend of ever-increasing taxes With the projection of growth that is sure to come we are going to have to extend public facilities further and further and further with ever increasing taxes And yet Fresno has reversed the tend of the higher tax rate and every evidence points to the fact that if this (College Community) plan is continued this trend will continue and the tax rate will be reduced There are many people in the City of Fresno who have planned shopping center developments which are now on the drawing boards 1 wonder how long it would be before any of them would develop and how much integrity would be left to the dry-having provided a plan they putting their investments an dthen having the rules change I think you (to the developers) woul serve as a real asset to the community I would hope that if this (rezoning) were denied to protect the integrity of a plan and of Shaw Avenue that you would See Council Page 3-B THE REPUBLICAN 1-B Fresno California Friday Evening January 28 1966 MAYOR FLOYD HYDE -I don't think we can sell short the importance of our word in planning and this is what concerns me As I listened to the presentations without any preconceived notions as to how this matter should be handled for the total community 1 don't think anyone really answered this to my satisfaction On the one hand there were broad statements by the applicants saying this will not violate your plan but no one really pointed out to me in what way it will not violate our plan It certainly violates the word of our planning as I see a matter of this scope and this when we've made so many Bids Are Called For Post Office In East Fresno Joseph Junior Souza 45 of 1838 Kern St an unemployed bartender who was caught up in a police bookmaking raid last August today changed his plea to guilty to one of six counts of accepting horse race bets Souza will be sentenced Feb 114 by Superior Court Judge Matt Goldstein Dismisses Five Souza pleaded guilty to accepting a horse bet on July 21 Judge Goldstein dismissed five other bookmaking counts in which Souza was accused of accepting on July 22 23 and 24 and Aug 4 and 14 The district office requested White Warns SCJC Time Is Running Out Expert Predicts Eventual End To Air Pollution Young Coalinga Killer Will Gel DiagnosticTests By Mike Hartman Supt Stuart White has warned trustees of the State Center Junior College District time is running out on efforts to meet booming enrollment problems He told the board Fresno City College must be ready to house Superior Court Judge Milo Dr George Martin a from Redding Shasta Popovich today ordered a diag- dismissal in the interest of 6000 students by 1969 and a third campus must be ready to ad-' County is optimistic that man i JTM 9 i it i 7 -V i a id ir te i is 1 I mit up to 1500 students by 1970 And he added by 1977 the third campus to be master-jOne probably would then be fi in time will learn to control his environment and not continue to poison it Bids will be opened in March for a new branch post office to serve the East Fresno area Rep Sisk of Fresnoj made the announcement today The new branch will be on East Tulare Street about 500 feet west of Clovis Avenue Postmaster Robert Sanders says the new building will have 7000 square-feet of floor space and a parking lot of 31333 square feet He says the branch will service an area generally east of Chestnut Avenue between East Shaw and East Church Avenues to the Sanger boundary lines The specifications for the new post office provide that the builders are to buy the site construct the post office and lease it to the postal department for a 10-year period with an option to renew for an additional 20 years planned for 6000 students couldinanced by an override tax be filled to capacity Expansion of Reedley College manWnd 'is 'pa'ymg ter- warning came last White noted can proceed on price for his own fojly in night in the form of an updated more leisurely schedule His pisoning streamSi the lakes He said as things now are go- figures indicate that Reedley probably will not hit the 3500 planned enrollment until 1976 at the earliest unless students are diverted from greater distances White's report shows an actual 1965 full-time equivalent enrollment of 4043 students at enrollment report projected to 1977 He stressed that his figures do not allow for Immigration into the district and are conservative It is essential" the superintendent declared the board resolve how it is going to finance the third campus and the air he breathes but from this staggering price is coming hard-earned lessons Martin spoke at the concluding meeting of the California Rural Health and Safety Conference held in the Fresno Hacienda Motel yesterday and Wednesday Other speakers included Charles Barnard McNelly Dr Heslep Dr Leon Mirviss and Dr Snyder Martin declared know justice Deputy Dis Atty Trank Weils said it was felt justice will be done with the change of plea and nothing more would be accomplished by going to Wells added he was sure the judge would have all of the information concerning the charges against Souza at the time of sentence and expressed doubt that the dismissal would affect the penalty Souza was arrested with six other Fresno men when police charged an investigation with agents of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control department showed he accepted bets in the Clover Club at 2039 Kern St Last month Souza pleaded i 1 1 in the Fresno Federal District Court to a charge of failing to buy an occupational wagering tax stamp required of bookies Federal Judge Crocker fined him $250 but granted his request to pay the fine at the rate of $25 a month Fresno This jumps to 5964 in White suggested that the cam is 1968 and 6462 in 1969 Reedley's FTE enrollment pegged at 1872 in 1969 Holding 1969 enrollment at the master-planned nostic study of 17-year-old William Frank Perkins of Coalinga before passing sentence on him for second-degree murder in the Oct 5 fatal bludgeoning of 15-year-old Mary Ann Mostek Perkins will be examined by psychiatrists counselors and penologists at the Vacavillee Stale Prison Reception Center Their recommendations as to whether Perkins should be committed to a California Youth Authority facility or prison will be forwarded to the judge The sentencing will be postponed for at least 90 days Assistant District Attorney William Daley said he feels the Adult Authority should retain control over the youth Later he explained the CYA would retain jurisdiction over the youth until his 26th birthday but he could remain on parole for the rest of his life under the control of the Adult Authority Pleaded Guilty Perkins pleaded guilty to second-degree murder midway in a jury trial Second-degree murder is murder without premeditation Despite his plea in his probation report Perkins indicated the death was accidental He said the girl asked him to drive her to a spot west of Coalinga near where her body was found He said they stopped the car to get some water when the engine began to get hot He said they got out of the vehicle walked around and began throwing rocks threw one rock that I that gases in the air which we 6000 would leave a surplus of Be Photo Tourney Planned The Fresno Chess Club will! hold a 3030 tournament tomorrow and Sunday In the YWCA Keith Draughan in charge of publicity said this tournament will consist of five rounds of elimination play Rounds will be played tomorrow at 9 am and 1 and 4 pm Sunday's rounds will be at 1 and 4 pm Chess players can still enter he said by showing up ready to play tomorrow before 9 am The entry fee is $3 A 3030 tournament requires 30 moves in 30 minutes pus be financed in two phases with phase one to house 3000 students starting as soon as money is available Phase two completion to 6000 would follow The board already has resolved that Fresno CC and the third campus should be planned for 6000 students and Reedley College for 3500 These are initial figures and development could ultimately go to 8000 for Fresno and the third facility and 5000 for Reedley The board also previously indicated it would like to finance the expansion of Fresno CC and Reedley on a pay-as-you-go ba- 462 students who would have to be housed somewhere White pointed out in a third The jumps to a minimum of 1058 students and could be 1500 in 1970 the year See White Page 3-B label as ozone eventually rot tires We know too what is happening to our lungs from this smog great Central Valleys go through periods of what the weatherman calls inversion layers clouds of fog laden with impurities which hang for days over our cities Swirling under this layer is See Expert Page 3-B WELL DOG GONE And exactly how it goes these days for 15-year-old Stephen Sharp son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Sharp of 4222 Woodson Ave Now when Stephen takes Lady Suzanne Von Lili for a walk only the 1-year-old German shepherd does the walking Her young master trails behind her aboard a skateboard pulled happily he says by Lady fun for her because she likes the exercise" he says Stephen's mother agrees: scratches on the door to go when Stephen gets home from How do you say in German shepherd? Calls Drunk Cases Driving Arrests Fire The Fresno Fire Department answered the following calls bstwstn noon yesterday and noon today: 12:46 J935 Rialto Avc car fire 2:27 2132 Blackstone A vs roof fir 1:05 2433 Holland Ave Incinerator fire Weller Eugene Smith of 3225 Caruth-rs Ave at and Tuolumne Strecti early today sis or bond issue with the third SdaVKSniti campus being financed by" LfW1 mi F(Und whichever way is left av asco mock of ei samwnt L- lAvenua early today White however says the time Roy Nottingham of Baritow Son l-j-Bernardino County on the From Free- element IS such that the board way at North Motd Drive early today maw not mnrti r-hnirn I Lou Henry Reuckerl of 2933 Hamilton may not muen cnoice iAvf th io block of Norm First A pay-as-you-go system would sr nBh' take too long to accumulate In Court Refugio Rodriguet of Fowler tour Dr Laisne's progressive pygCoiArt Glasses Schools Ask Zen ovich To Obtain Ruling On Flood District Taxes See Judge Page 3-B deyi toil three veers probation Sentenced by Municipal Court Judge Den I Eymann John Santillenee of 221 Fork Ave lined 526 two years probltion Sentenced by Municipal Court Judo Robert: Barnard Swetnam of Tranoulllltv fined 1 5276 two years probation Sentenced bv Judge Barnard HaftH Smith of 925 Hazelwood Ay fined 5276 two years probation Sentenced by Judo Barnard Glenn Carr of 2956 Clay Ave tour days In tail two years probation San-1 the attorney for all schools in the county has refused to ask the attorney general for a new opinion on the issue He said a recent opinion the attorney general held that such assessments are proper Board Member Dr The Fresno School Board will ask Assemblyman George Zenovich to seek an attorney opinion on whether the district must pay assessments to the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District and other tax-supported agencies Fresno County Counsel Robert by funds to expand Fresno CC he said He suggested the trustees may want to place a bond issue of S10 to $15 million before the voters next November At the same time the district could start accumulating money for phase two of the third campus development Phase fenced by Judo Barnard from Valley Typewriter ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Standard Electrics Portables VICTOR Printing Calculators Adding Machines Ditto Duplicators Desks Files Chairs Young last night insisted the board refuse to pay flood control district assessments He said the school district in this way would force the flood control district to bring suit to collect the assessments and the court decision would settle the issue Young several times has1 asked the board to take a stand on the flood control assessments declaring it is improper for a school district to levy tax-ies for other than educational purposes The school board either can pay an assessment out of current operating funds or can ilevy an override tax the follow-j jing year to pay the assessment TRUCK OPERATORS DELIGHT 47 Years in Fresno is your guarantee of most satisfactory Eye Comfort Service Big lots of room for the biggest trucks on the road easy access fast-efficient service by men who know how latest equipment Easy Payment Plan Largest Style Selection ALIGNMENT WHEEL iEL BALANCING MAKE SERVICE 4 OPEN AU DAY SATURDAY Fresno-1929 Fresno St 101 Center Merud-319 W17th St Dr Laisne Dr Earl Spomer Sr lOMUIt UiKi AMD CUNT TIM HviCI' SCHOETTLER and the interest lates until the made Board Member William Meux an attorney said Wash will not represent the school GENERAL TIRE SPECIALISTS 3099 North Ave Truck Tire Div Ph 237-7156 1317 Fulton Mall Ph 233-1293 William Perkins bdhiGilto 9 GHtoi HUMNUXIiNimi dkBl -I -4 51- j- ajfc-r1 See Schools Page 3-B.