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Memo: Fort Madison Human Rights Commission Page 3
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-3- satisfactory housing units available , to them. It must be kept in mind, that in order to satisfy the people directly affected by the re-routing of Highway 61, the new or other residential properties must coincide with the average of what residents in this area will be compensated for their property. It would be little, if any, help to the residents affected to be compensated on an average of $12,000.00 and the only other residential properties available are $24,000.00. The problems of finding homes would be stupendous, if this were the case, or if there is no Open Housing Ordinance. There are many people in this area who are too old to start buying new or other homes, again. There are many residents in the area who will definitely be against having to move and there are many who will be glad to move, that is of course, if the City of Fort Madison will adopt an Open Housing Ordinance and provide adequate and desirable dwellings, besides. This, we, the members of the Human Rights Commission, feel is the only logical, humane, respectable, fair and just solution for the problem which will exist if U.S. Highway 61 is routed through this particular proposed area in Fort Madison. We feel that concern should not be for just the few business advantages, of this new concept, but also for the homeless and inadequately compensated families it will produce. Let's be honest about the proposal: Does the City Council want to see the people in the area of the relocation, homeless? This is (underline)THE question: Many of the citizens of Fort Madison can see only increased traffic through the city. As we see it, now, Fort Madison has little to offer the tourist or traveler. There are no strings of colorful buildings along Avenue H. There are no elegant restaraunts specializing in tourist attracting foods or menus. In other words, gentlemen, we have nothing to attract tourists that would be of more value to several hundred citizens than their homes. Since
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-3- satisfactory housing units available , to them. It must be kept in mind, that in order to satisfy the people directly affected by the re-routing of Highway 61, the new or other residential properties must coincide with the average of what residents in this area will be compensated for their property. It would be little, if any, help to the residents affected to be compensated on an average of $12,000.00 and the only other residential properties available are $24,000.00. The problems of finding homes would be stupendous, if this were the case, or if there is no Open Housing Ordinance. There are many people in this area who are too old to start buying new or other homes, again. There are many residents in the area who will definitely be against having to move and there are many who will be glad to move, that is of course, if the City of Fort Madison will adopt an Open Housing Ordinance and provide adequate and desirable dwellings, besides. This, we, the members of the Human Rights Commission, feel is the only logical, humane, respectable, fair and just solution for the problem which will exist if U.S. Highway 61 is routed through this particular proposed area in Fort Madison. We feel that concern should not be for just the few business advantages, of this new concept, but also for the homeless and inadequately compensated families it will produce. Let's be honest about the proposal: Does the City Council want to see the people in the area of the relocation, homeless? This is (underline)THE question: Many of the citizens of Fort Madison can see only increased traffic through the city. As we see it, now, Fort Madison has little to offer the tourist or traveler. There are no strings of colorful buildings along Avenue H. There are no elegant restaraunts specializing in tourist attracting foods or menus. In other words, gentlemen, we have nothing to attract tourists that would be of more value to several hundred citizens than their homes. Since
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