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Name: Sandy Sampson on Feb 22, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: James R. Wood on Feb 23, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Charlie Christensen on Feb 23, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Olivia Sitea-Walters on Feb 23, 2011Comments: Unique, appropriate concept. I agree.Flag
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Name: Edward Kerns on Feb 25, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Patricia Sweeney on Feb 25, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Laura Schmidt on Feb 25, 2011Comments: I have lived at the corner of 26th and SE Pine for over two years (two of my housemates have been here almost five years). Upon hearing that the school will be expanding, I agree that this neighborhood is not the proper venue for a private commuter high school. Some students are often very loud, drive at unsafe speeds, and leave rubbish in my yard and on the street outside my house. Many days of the week I have to park an unreasonable distance from my house which is very inconvenient for me.Flag
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Name: James Reyes on Feb 25, 2011Comments: I agreeFlag
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Name: Lance Poehler on Feb 25, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Rebecca Poehler on Feb 25, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Jason Christensen on Feb 26, 2011Comments: This is a great idea.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 1, 2011Comments: It is really horrible working nights because I sleep during the days and a lot of times the kids driving their car that mommy or daddy bought them will blare their horns all the way down my street and wake me up. This happens about 3 times a week and I am sick of it. Also, I have seen kids just dump garbage out of their cars onto the street. It really is disgusting.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 4, 2011Comments: If they do not move their school to another location, then they MUST spend this next $30 million dollars not on expanding their school but on drastically expanding their on-site parking in order to accommodate the enormous quantity of students who park at the school. Also, in these days of global warming, is there any incentive given to or penalty enacted on students in order to stop them driving and, instead, taking public transit??? Does the school even penalize their students for driving and parking on the street, crowding the lanes so there are traffic jams each morning and afternoon?Flag
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Name: David Colton on Mar 4, 2011Comments: I would like to see more use of public transportation or carpooling to free up the congestion in the neighborhood. I actually like having a school in the neighborhood but do not like nor see as necessary the number of cars coming in to the neighborhood......Flag
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Name: Harley Leiber on Mar 4, 2011Comments: Yes, add my name. I am tired of having my driveway blocked or having cars so close to my driveway it makes accessing my driveway very difficult. CC needs to move. In addition, I am sick and tired of the failures to yield by students at the intersection of SE 22nd and Pine. There are stop signs but no one obeys them..at least no one that attends CC. Time to go...Flag
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Name: Terry Dooley on Mar 4, 2011Comments: dont really want the vacatne space butthey take all the parking in the areaFlag
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Name: Madelyn Hampton on Mar 4, 2011Comments: every morning i arrive home from work at 830AM only to have to park sometimes 2-3 blocks from my house, nearly semi-illegally (protrouding into street, almost blocking driveways) every time due to the lack of parking because of CC students. i regularly arrive home again from work around 630 to find the same problem due to school functions. trash is thrown into my yard and in the middle of the street nearly every day around lunch/after school hours. students are regularly loud and irresponsibly accelerating/braking their vehicles. i've witnessed over 3 vehicle collisions caused by students driving too fast or not paying attention (cell phone use, yelling at fellow students while driving past). i am sick of dealing with these issues and am horrified that central catholic is proposing a 30 million dollar plan that would REDUCE their current parking spaces (17! really?) to something around 4 spaces for their 800+ student/faculty body...Flag
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Name: Alex Liegel on Mar 4, 2011Comments: Central Catholic High's lack in on-site parking for their faculty and students has caused problems that go beyond parking. Three issues I have experienced are: 1. Parents parking in the middle of the street, waiting for their kids to get out of school. 2. Constantly picking up litter students leave behind after their lunch break. 3. High school kids dealing drugs on the corner of the street next to my house. I'm tired of feeling disrespected by these children and Central Catholic High. What happened to "Love thy neighbor"?Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 5, 2011Comments: numerous times I have seen students throw garbage out of their cars from fast food restaurants onto the street/sidewalks after parking in the neighborhood. The high number of vehicles as well is a problem. Does anyone in the neighborhood attend the school? They should relocate to Beaverton or there-abouts.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 5, 2011Comments: Parking is a nightmare, and student drivers are reckless and disrespectful to the neighborhood.Flag
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Name: Laurence Beal on Mar 5, 2011Comments: This school causes a great disturbance to the surrounding neighborhood, on a regular basis.Flag
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Name: Brian Mannion on Mar 6, 2011Comments: As a former resident of the area, I dealt with the parking issues on a regular basis. It's patently unfair that those of us who can't afford a driveway, let alone to drive our children to an exclusive private school everyday, must underwrite the wealthy few through our public space, time, taxes and car insurance premiums (resulting from soccer moms' frenzied SUV drop and dash each morning or little Jonnie grazing our vehicles with his sweet 16 present). If Central Catholic has the money to expand their already their school without regard for those of us who actually live here, they have the money to move to a location better suited to their needs. If Central Catholic cannot find time for small courtesies like providing advanced notice of the dozens of after-school evens that disrupt our lives, there's no reason to believe adding more money and more people, while eliminating parking spaces, will end in anything acceptable to neighbors.Flag
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Name: Linda Gerber on Mar 6, 2011Comments: I hope CC will take responcibility for the problems it is causing neighbors and invest in solutions.Flag
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Name: Jennifer Nassif on Mar 6, 2011Comments: I am surprised to learn of the school's plan to expand. Daily student and special event parking is a burden on the neighborhood.Flag
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Name: Evan Posdamer on Mar 6, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Guy Weigold on Mar 7, 2011Comments: I believe that there is a large problem with the Central Catholic HS parking situation.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 7, 2011Comments: I have been living 4 blocks away from CC for the last 21 years. Although, generally an good neighbor, the parking problems have grown with each passing year. As a resident, with on street parking, I can never be sure where I can park! Also you can tell the non-residents, as alot of the non-residents don't park responsibly, taking 2 spaces instead of one, parking on the wrong sides of the street. And another complaint, non-residents seem to think, that, if there is a large (Apt. size) garbage receptical, than it must be open house to make it their own personal dumping site. I don't care, if it fit's in the receptical, but many, just toss their trash over the top/back of the recepticle, with is usually garden/lawn area's. Again, the day time school parking isn't usually the problem, it is the extra events, that seem to bring out the "Rude Tourist's" that invade the neighborhood.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 7, 2011Comments: Central Catholic High School has not improved the livability of our neighborhood.Flag
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Name: Linda Easley on Mar 7, 2011Comments: After 46 years of living 2 blocks away from Central Catholic, the thought of them relocating is very exciting. Over the years the students have trespassed on property to hide while doing drugs during the day, they have vandalized my car and my house after evening functions. One parent drove his new SUV a block on the sidewalk after he lost control trying to find out how fast he could go. None of the parents understand the red, six-sided street sign that says STOP. They seem to think that the Hummers and the huge SUVs license them to disregard the people who live here. Now the big blue buses totally stop traffic while they are parked on the street in front of the school. For years we have had to keep the little kids and the dogs and cats in when school lets out, because of the danger posed by the students while they drive. I really hope they can work with us to solve this horrible problem.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 7, 2011Comments: Students are constantly blocking mine and my neighbor's driveways. That coupled with the congestion on Stark in the morning and afternoon makes it a hassle just to back out of my own driveway. CCH should invest $30 million in relocating to a facility that better meets their parking needs.Flag
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Name: Mary on Mar 8, 2011Comments: I live 3 blocks from the school and the parking situation is ridiculous. This is a residential neighborhood, not a parking lot for overprivileged children. I fully understand that I bought a house near a school and therefore the school run traffic will be terrible twice a day... Bbut not being able to park within a block of my own house? Having SUVs with super-sensitive car alarms going off every 20 minutes? Yeah, that's not okay. But hey, I'm negotiable: If CC wants to throw some of that alleged $30mil at me to rent the spots in front of my house, I'm down with that...Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 8, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: David B. Lamkins on Mar 8, 2011Comments: I agree that daily nonresident parking by CCHS staff and students is a burden on the neighborhood. As bad as the daily situation is, it's much worse during sporting events when the usual vehicles are joined by those of family, friends and by the team busses and vehicles of family and friends of the opposing team. Relocating the school to a more appropriate location is certainly one solution. If that's what it takes to solve the problem, great. Given that CCHS is already budgeting for expansion, let's see them acknowledge their impact on the community. CCHS should invest their pledge and bond dollars in mitigation of their detriment to the community before spending a penny to accommodate additional growth of the facility. If CCHS does remain in this neighborhood, return on-street parking to resident usage through permit parking reserved to residents. Make the permit parking zone large enough that the problem isn't simply pushed further from the school, as it is now by the "please don't park here" signs placed in the blocks nearest the school. Of course, limiting CCHS parking in the neighborhood then creates a need for parking elsewhere. CCHS might purchase or lease a parking lot or structure and run a shuttle bus between the school and parking. Alternatively, CCHS commuters may pay to park in public lots and make the final leg of their journey on foot or via Portland's excellent public transportation. Or the school could provide a shuttle, as suggested above. At the very least, CCHS should make every effort to voluntarily limit commuter parking in the neighborhood. A voluntary program should be monitored by and accountable to the community.Flag
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Name: Emily Lorenzen on Mar 9, 2011Comments: I agree! Central Catholic continues to show complete disrespect to its neighbors. Let me know if you want some extra help. 2343 SE PIne St.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 9, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 10, 2011Comments: The parking situation is a big problem for the neighbors,especially those of us with children. On a daily basis, hundreds of student cars descend on the neighborhood and prevent neighbors and their guests from parking in front of their own houses. There are often multiple buses double parked for 20-30 minutes on the streets around the school, blocking the street and making it difficult to pass safely. If the school is willing to invest a great deal of money in improving its facilities, it also needs to invest in EFFECTIVE solutions to the parking problem in order to maintain a positive relationship with its immediate neighbors.Flag
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Name: Chandra Glaeseman on Mar 11, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Anna Urquhart on Mar 15, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 18, 2011Comments: I have lived in this neighborhood for ten years; it's definitely a problem.Flag
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Name: Andy Manla on Mar 18, 2011Comments: i've lived here for 7 years....with constant issues of "mothers" parked in my driveway waiting for kids....the beautiful cemetery across the street gets ruined when used as a parking lot for football games.....i've also been aware of much hostility to our neighbors when they ask people to move, so they can get their car out of the driveway......and the kids are very loud, drive very fast and are otherwise dangerous after schoolFlag
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Name: Laura M. Freeman on Mar 27, 2011Comments: $30 million to make the school bigger in the same footprint is a foolish use of money when everything the school does to have its buildings utilized for more hours in the day just makes us neighbors angrier. I've lived a block away from the school for 10 years and have seen all the same things as others have (except drug selling -- wow!). Some past administrations have been *much* better neighbors, with aggressive outreach to neighbors, parking monitors in the mornings, and clean-up days in the cemetery. It's been years since I saw any of that. Anyway, the point is: Take the $30 million and move to a building with a parking lot and some extra land, and expand there to your heart's content, CCHS. Now's the time to get a deal on land, and there's no room to expand at the school's current location.Flag
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Name: Kate Houston on Apr 2, 2011Comments:Flag
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Name: Elsa Hart on Apr 3, 2011Comments: I hope that we can all come to a reasonable solution. If I'd have known about the high school and the problems with the parking down Stark St. during the school year, I'd have never bought this house. I've had problems with the students parking in my driveway and noise.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 25, 2011Comments: The neighborhood has become so difficult to park in. This is due to the school and all the popular restaurants and bars. If there are events at the school in the evening it is difficult. I don't think the neighborhood can take additions to the school. Also, getting out of the neighborhood in the morning is difficult with all the traffic and people stopping to drop off kids.Flag
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Name: Ruth Gundle on Apr 30, 2011Comments: Central Catholic should be a good neighbor or relocate. An institution that creates as much parking as it does does not belong in an old residential neighborhood if it's attitude is We Can Do Whatever We Please Without Regard to how it affects those who live in the neighborhood.Flag
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Name: Judith Barrington on Apr 30, 2011Comments: There are way too many cars parking on our residential streets. And a the end of the school day, when some students are picked up, there are traffic jams along Stark.Flag
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Name: Tom Kuhn on Apr 30, 2011Comments: Seriously, Enrollment hasn't changed in 40 yrs The school is 100 yrs old Unless you've been "in the hood" that forty plus years, why did you buy here if this is an issue ?? If a kid parks in your driveway tow him, otherwise please tell us you have better things to worry about !!!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 30, 2011Comments: I am not signing this in support of this petition and it's goal of moving an entire high school that has been part of this neighborhood since before your parents, and possibly grandparents, were born. It's ridiculous to think that miffed neighbors can have such an excessive and expensive impact. I just wanted to point out a few things: 1. You live in SE Portland - you can not expect to have easy parking. 2. Thank your lucky stars that you don't have more shops and restaurants close by. Feel sorry for those who live within a block or two of Hawthorne and Belmont - especially at Christmas and on the weekends. 3. If we relocate CCHS to Beaverton or wherever, then to be fair, we should relocate Sunnyside, Buckman, Abernathy, Hosford, Mt. Tabor, Richmond, Franklin, Cleveland and Grant as well. We certainly should think of the people in those neighborhoodsl. 4. When you bought your house and you didn't notice that it was near a school, then you should sue your Realtor and the previous owners for not pointing out the obvious to you. In other words, quite your whining and come up with some real ideas to present to the school. 1. They do detention there, ask the school to have the students clean up the neighborhood instead of sitting in a room doing nothing for an hour. 2. Start taking pictures of those students who litter, drive to fast, cause accidents and are too loud. Bring the pictures to the school and have the administration deal with the offending students. 3. Talk to the city about regulating the streets with permit parking. It probably wouldn't work but it's worth a try. It'd be good for teenagers to walk and extra block or two to class. 4. Ask the city if it is okay to paint yellow curbs, or lines, at the boundaries of your driveways (you are lucky to have one) and if the city says "yes", then ask the school to have the kids do the painting for you. 5. Request that you to have a forum with the administration and/or the student council to, calmly, discuss the issue and brainstorm some ideas. The goal would be to negotiate a solution and not tell the school that they have rich, snotty kids and you want them to move the entire school to make you happy. If you have issues with the personality of SE Portland (or the East side in general) then, and I mean this sincerely, you should consider moving to a more suburban neighborhood. Work WITH the school. You get more with honey than with vinegar.Flag
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Name: Rosemary Hammer on May 7, 2011Comments: Central Catholic should put a parking structure under the football field. They should not be allowed to touch the vacant lot on Stark and 24th. It is my understanding that the houses on that lot were illegally demolished some years ago. As it is, that open space is the best thing Central Catholic gives its neighbors. While we're at it, let's also ask the school to have parents waiting in their (often giant SUV) cars around the neighborhood, to turn their engines off. Everyone knows an idling car is a nasty polluter. Also while we're at it, I live on 22nd, and I can hear the school's HVAC unit all day, all year. Can it not be quieter?Flag
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Name: Chavin40@yahoo.com on May 13, 2011Comments: is there an INCCH web site or a way we can joinFlag
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