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Do Charter amendments pass with a simple majority, or do they need some form of "super majority?"

Salt Lake joins capital's bid for streetcar cash The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 08/27/2009 04:32:30 PM MDT South Salt Lake has agreed to pony up $2.5 million if the federal government pitches in $35 million to build the Sugar House streetcar. http://www.sltrib.com/circare/html/sca_template.jsp?query=streetcar&view=entiresitesppublished&Submit=Search&runSearch=true

I recall seeing something online about IndyGo canceling shuttles to the racetrack (for Brickyard 400) due to the same issue I believe this is the same regulation that's keeping the Cincy schools from using more direct bus routing. Public systems are allowed to compete with private charter businesses.

The comparison of the two cities is also distorted because Portland City data covers a larger percent of the metro area then Cincinnati's does. That's why I compared Hamilton County to Multnomah County to get a more balanced comparison.

Perhaps: http://offo2.epa.state.oh.us/DoD/FUDS/SWfuds/Sharonville_Engineer_Depot.htm

^ probably more then comparing city limits that are disparate (Portland, 575,000 in 145 sq miles, Cincy 333,000 in 76 sq miles). I thought using the county limits, which are similar, would be a better comparison. If you only want to compare the neighborhoods containing the streetcar, I guess we would need to compare individual census tracks! Be my guest.

1956 at Seymour Ave: <a href="http://www.historicaerials.com/?poi=7058"><img src="http://www.historicaerials.com/featuredPOIImage.aspx?poi=7058" /></a> In additional to the engine plant, I had heard that it was also built for the Ridgewood Arsenal in Carthage.

Richer? Multnomah County's household income is $48,883, Hamilton County's is $48,416 Multnomah County's poverty rate is 15.2, Hamilton County's is 12.8 http://www.city-data.com/county/Multnomah_County-OR.html BTW, I don't think people are expecting identical results; we're expecting results in the range of the feasibilty study which factored in demographics.

So in response to a statement about "regions", you state city data. If you look (from your source, www.city-data.com) at a more regional perspective (Hamilton County & Multnomah County) you'll see that "family income in the Portland region was almost identical to Cincinnati's." Hamilton $48,416 Multnomah $48,883 Eigth and State, You should know better!

$26 million per mile? From the HDR Study: "The Feasibility Study cost estimate incorporates a total of 4.7 miles of track in order to accommodate additional track needed to access the streetcar storage yard and maintenance/operations facility " "Guideway and Track $24 M Power, Systems & Signals $14 M Vehicles and Maintenance Facility $25 M Design, Mgt, Soft Costs $13 M Contingencies & Finance Costs $8 M" Looks more like $5-6 million per mile to me.

Re: The Proposed Route From the HDR study http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/city/downloads/city_pdf17754.pdf "To assess the feasibility of construction and operation of a streetcar in downtown Cincinnati, and to analyze the viability of the associated investment, it was first necessary for the project team to identify a single feasible alignment for study. The alignment selected for the purpose of this study is not necessarily the alignment that would ultimately be implemented for design and construction. The study alignment is considered to be representative of the range of feasible streetcar routes in the study area. All feasible alignments will be re-examined in a later phase of study to determine the final alignment that would ultimately be constructed."

Anything called a "garage project" seems the wrong way to go.

That was my reaction to the pricing too. But that price range seemed to work over on Allendale. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,8930.0.html

"just three blocks from the original Brewster Avenue site of King Records." So, probably the 3500 block.

Housing programs have long required the "sober first" stipulation. But without a stable living environment, getting sober was difficult if not impoosible. The "housing first" model originated as a way to address this failure. It seems to have a degree of success, rather then "enabling them to merely stay within that situation."

I'm having fun superimposing the DC neighborhoods (and their feel) on their respective Cincinnati locations. Downtown Alexandria, Va. just doesn't seem to fit with I-275 & Madison Pike! But for the most part Cincy doesn't seem as spread out as I would have thought. And I always felt I was heading more South then West on the Orange Line in Va.

"The Cincinnati Black Blog can never support a transit system where Black people get on but they dont get off ... alive that is." So, no buses, no cars, ... no leaving your bloody house! Oops, what about those household accidents. What an idiot.

They say they "collect and aggregate data from local law enforcement agencies", which "provides an accurate representation of the total crimes ... within any given city." Then "uses proprietary computer models it develops to statistically estimate incidences of both violent and property crimes for every sub-zip code neighborhood in the U.S based on the aggregate crime data for the municipality containing that neighborhood " So its their "estimate." It would also be nice if they showed their estimates for all the adjoining neighborhoods.

Great article: it's the mentality that has given us disposable buildings. You can see it in Cincinnati's master plan for its high schools. SPCA 1908 New construction/ new site (but plan to preserve the old building) Hughes 1910 Renovation Withrow 1919 Renovation (1974 addition torn down) Western Hills 1928 Renovation Walnut Hills 1931 Renovation (1959 addition torn down) Woodward 1951 Demolish & replace/ existing site Taft 1954 Demolish & replace/ existing site Schroder 1956 Demolish & replace/ new site Aiken 1960 Demolish & replace/ existing site Clark 1970 Demolish & replace/ existing site

Reminds me of the Utah politicians (speaking in favor of a transit tax proposal) who said that it wouldn't cost as much per household as people thought because, with population growth, there would be more households to pay off the debt! As long as you keep growing, it appears you're OK.

Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Urvaksh Karkaria Staff Writer “They [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, Ohio,” the source said. Yet Ohio graduates are leaving Ohio. Are they not good enough for NCR, is NCR not good enough for them, or don't even Ohio natives want live in Ohio?

4300 Allison St. at the corner of Weyer.

Sugar House streetcar? It may be closer to reality than you think By Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12478044 This is an east-west route connecting one of Salt Lake's prime NBD (Sugarhouse) with the main north-south light rail line. It would be built on an abandoned rail right-of-way between 2100 South and 2200 South.

Since about 70% of the CPS students are African-American, most of the monies do come back into their community. Does he want to risk a cut in that money just to get business to African-American owned businesses? Since like a bad political stance to me.

Looks like the Neyers have put a lot of their Pleasant Ridge properties on the market to raise cash. Anyone interested in buying an NBD?