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FORT COLLINS COIFMISSION AND CSU CO?4ITTLE
ON HMAN RELATIONS
The Fort Collins Commission and the CSU Cona:vitae oil ;Pu^an Relations held a joint
meeting in the City Council Chpnbes o >ri h an audience on Tuesday evening,
1966, 7:00 p.m.
Present from the City Commission jyere Carl £iselstein, Mary Anderson, Wilms Carson,
Be Ale Stewart, Glenn Dildine, Torq Wilson, S. R. Schneider, and Roy Hollady. From
the CSU Committee those present were Maurice Albertson, L. Carl Levine, Peter Bosspflug,
Chuck Welch, Patricia Bing, Beverly Ausfahl, Hermann Meyer, Leota Hayward, and Clenn
Dildine. Total people present :For the ^+.eetin; , incluiing the audience, were. 69.
The personnel comprising the program were Jack Nicol, Dan King, Robek-t Seibel,
Charles Burchfield of the Fort Collins Board of Realtors and Fhil Berg and John
Hasselblad of the State Board of P.ealtors and Warren Alexander of the Colorado Civil
Rights Commission.
Dr. Dildine, President of the Fort Collins Co mission, chaired the meeting in coopera-
tion with Dr. Maurice Albertson, Chainiian of the Campus Committee. Dr. Dildine
reviewed briefly the resuits of several previous joint meetings and read from the
by-laws the purposes of the commission. The purposes of the CSU Committee were
given by Dr. Albertson. The Chairmen told the people other than the comamission
members that they should hold questions until after the formal presentation. A list
of questions had been given to the Realtors before the meeting so that they could
think about them briefly. Dr. Dildine asked the first question, "What low cost for
purchasing or rental housing is realistically available in Fort Collins at the present
time?"
Jack Nicol answered with Dan king commenting. Mr. Nicol first gave the his ory and
organization of the Board of Realtors and then continued stating that he felt that
housing was available at all price ranges. T`ae CSU housing office keeps its om
housing roster with the City bear& funnaling information to the CSU office as it
becomes available.
Dr. Levine asked, "How does the 33oard of P.e,altors look :apon the Federal Government
program-: of providing low-cost housing to those needful or to minority groups?" The
answer was that the Fort Collins Board as such had not considered this question; and
then fore, they could not answer st. The State Board, hc;wever, answered that it
wanted all 'housing to he adequate and that all housing was low-cost. Also, as a
State Board they do not object to government funds but would like it to go through
private enterprise.
How toes a community determine its faciiities? Is it through survey conducted by
realtors, churches, ate.? D-aas anyone know of existing conditions by experience?
Peter Boespflug said there is cGusidersble housing for married students but not so
for the single. It seems there is need for buffet type apartments at low cost.
-There is housing in homes which is not expensive but living conditions in some cases
are very undesirable. .The CSU Committee at present is trying to keep a current log
of housing that is available.
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What about community housing separate or apart from CSU? Pat Bing mentioned that a
housing problem exists especially in the low -low income groups including welfare.
Where some of these people now live there is no indoor plumbing, no paved streets,
no playground, no street lights, etc. Some of this type of undesirable housing is
outside of the City Limits.
Mr. Berg said that a determined effort should be made to provide good housing for
all income groups and that the people should always be afforded the opportunity to
move where there economics permits. Even though there am no limitations of where
to move, the low income_ persons don't always know that they have the privilege. It
is a responsibl_.:ity of the community to educate its citizens and encourage them to
upgrade themselves.
We hear it said that about 20 per cant of the foreign students while in Fort Collins
are discriminated against? How do the realtors ece this? The City Board of Realto
is not aware of this and if so the complaints are not reported. The problem must be
handled or treated by the individuals. It was generally concluded that the moving i.r,
Of minority groups does not effect land values. A stampede of listings in an aroa
is sometimes frightening.
Mrs. Hasselblad stated that all Cities in Colorado have discrimination; we have it in
all facets of society including the churches. The sooner we admit to this the sooner
we can coma forth with solutions which are the essential factors that compose Hayman
ILalatiana. A Human Relations Commission is limited in what it can do -- the d-eslrability
to'improve by the individual is ve r essential.. The c:,mmIssion can only educate and
show what protections are afforded them.
Warren Alexander stated that solutions are the necessary objectives. problems ca1n0.
be corrected until we knoaa eachothtir, undea>tand each other , worship together, go to
school together, visit in our backyards find in the suer markets. We didn°t crate
the situation as it is -- we inherited iY. We ar.Lot �akv avert' Of fort to eliminate it.
Mr. Martin Coker of the Welfare Dep,:nyrent mentioned time approximate number of pen-
sic-ars in our area and also the narb,4%, of A7C ceases, with the sole and removal 02
some of the large older homes for bnasiness pum.sses, tha housing for pensioners is
becoming vaay critical. Several peOP''_e of the audience told about their experience
when they were looking for houses with Fort Collins Rerlto;9s. It seemed obvious to
those speaking that evaanything for ralp_ was not for shcw to everyore that was looking.
Ur. Cao.^l Levine wteatio:aed that the book,"A Ravol.u•xiixneers H'Mdbook" was worth T'eading.
Ears. Gale Heiman stated that shy pr-sontly is $corking with minority groups. She says
that we need to aducste these reople, 0:!s4lu them lead$r-ship and guidance, and afford
them the opportunity to develop their o°rn feeds„4shlp..
Relative to low coat public 2 ousing, it wwo state:] thay. 11c Vas acono:�oically not poaslble
for private individuals to pr-07:ide it; govt_-Firent -mSpu d� was a must. rr. Phil B9 =g
said that they heva a scan in gna• r utr:o has Bona .a vary dai:e_tled stu�`y oil hoe t0
d3llelop low cost housing d haw to f-2-n- i� zn it and that this ran wzM aysailEble to us
if we We desirous, of his a+,.va.nas.
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