W edn e sd ay , O c tob e r 14 , 2015 Th e Nugg e t N ew spap e r , S i s t e r s , O r egon P A R K S : Bo a rd i s t ak ing on e mo r e look a t f ix e s fo r C r e ek s id e C o n t i n u e d f r om p a g e 3 Sp r ing s , F iv eP in e c ampu s , th e 4 th S i s t e r condo s , and a s t i l l - to -b e d ev e lop ed 24 hom e s — sh a r e th e bu rd en o f th e t r a f f i c en t e r ing and ex i t - ing th e CCG . Up to th i s po in t in t im e , Lo cu s t h a s c a r r i ed th e l ion ’ s sh a r e o f a l l t r a f f i c , c r e a t ing a numb e r o f h e ad - a ch e s fo r th e n e ighbo r s . R e su l t s o f a t r a f f i c s tudy in Jun e suppo r t ed th e ch ang e , ind i c a t ing th a t th e H ighw ay 20 /Bu ck a roo T r a i l in t e r s e c - t ion cou ld e a s i ly h and l e th e in c r e a s ed t r a f f i c , w i th a f ew m ino r imp rov em en t s b e ing m ad e . Th e PAB vo t ed 3 -2 in f avo r o f th e p l an and fo r - w a rd ed th e i r r e comm end a - t ion on to C i ty Coun c i l . A t th e n ex t Coun c i l m e e t ing , r ep r e s en t a t iv e s o f F iv eP in e and th e 24 hom e s to b e bu i l t p r e s en t ed t e s t imony ch a l - l eng ing th e r e comm end a t ion o f th e PAB . Th ey t e s t i f i ed th a t th e d e c i s ion r e a ch ed by th e PAB h ad b e en su ch an un l ik e ly po s s ib i l i ty th a t th ey h adn ’ t bo th e r ed to b e i n v o l v e d i n t h e y e a r - l o n g p r o - c e s s , th ink ing i t w a sn ’ t n e c - e s s a ry to p a r t i c ip a t e . Coun c i l s en t th e i s su e b a ck to th e PAB to h av e th em d e c id e i f th ey w an t ed to s t and by th e i r app rov a l to d i r e c t t r a f f i c in to th e p a rk on D e s p e r a d o a n d o u t o n L o c u s t . A t th e O c tob e r 7 PAB m e e t ing , S t ev e B ry an , who l ive s on T yee , ha s been ac t ive ly invo lved in the y e a r - long n ego t i a t ion s , and i s in f avo r o f th e on e -w ay ing re s s /eg re s s , p rov ided s ev e r a l po s s ib i l i t i e s fo r th e PAB to con s id e r . H e sug - g e s t ed th ey r e con s id e r th e typ e o f c amp e r s app rop r i a t e a t CCG , p e rh ap s l im i t ing i t to t en t c amp ing on ly . An a l t e r - n a t e p ropo s a l wou ld on ly a l low up to a c e r t a in l eng th o f RV , r e s t r i c t ing th e l a rg e r RV s f rom en t e r ing . H e a l so sugg e s t ed c lo s ing th e c amp - g round en t i r e ly un t i l en t ry and ex i t d i r e c t ly o f f H ighw ay 20 (w e igh s t a t ion ) c an b e c r e a t ed . Th e s am e e a s t - end r ep - re sen ta t ive s , p lu s Doug Rob e r t s , r ep r e s en t ing th e 4 th S i s te r condo s , aga in p r e s en t ed th e i r ob j e c t ion s to th e p ropo s ed ch ang e . Th ey don ’ t th ink i t m ak e s s en s e to do a sho r t - t e rm ch ang e r a th e r th an ju s t w a i t ing fo r th e po s - s ib l e r emov a l o f th e t ru ck s c a l e s and in s t a l l a t ion o f a n ew p e rm an en t en t r an c e and ex i t d i r e c t ly o f f H ighw ay 20 . Th a t i s a po s s ib i l i ty th a t i s y e a r s aw ay , i f i t o c cu r s . P a t Thomp son , on e o f th e c i t i z en s sp e ak ing fo r th e e a s t - end e r s , con t end ed th a t th e D e sp e r ado ro ad su r f a c e w a s n ev e r d e s ign ed fo r h e avy v eh i c l e t r a f f i c . H e w en t on to s ay th a t th e cu r r en t r e com - m end a t ion l im i t ed op t ion s fo r p a rk a c c e s s and “w a s no t go ing to so lv e any th ing , ” i t w a s “ ju s t a ch ang e , no t a so lu t ion . ” PA B m e m b e r G r e g J o h n s o n i n q u i r e d o f Thomp son , “H av e you h ad any d i a log w i th th e o th e r g roup ? ” and w en t on to po in t ou t th a t “ th e Lo cu s t S t r e e t re s iden t s have ben t ove r b a ckw a rd s ” r eg a rd ing wo rk - ing w i th th e PAB on ch ang e s t o t h e CCG . H e r e q u e s t e d t h a t Thomp son and th e o th e r e a s t - end e r s eng ag e in d i s cu s s ion s w i th th e w e s t - end g roup . T ra f f ic eng inee r Sco t t Ba r re t t o f K i t te l son and A s so c i a t e s r epo r t ed th a t in ano th e r t r a f f i c s tudy con - d u c t e d o v e r L a b o r D a y w e e k - end , th e r e w a s tw i c e a s mu ch t r a f f i c vo lum e a s in Jun e and th a t 20 -30 p e r c en t o f ex i t - ing t r a f f i c th a t w e ek end u s ed D e sp e r ado . On S a tu rd ay , du r ing a on e -hou r p e r iod , th e num - b e r s on Lo cu s t w e r e 18 ex i t - ing and 22 en t e r ing , and on D e sp e r ado e igh t ex i t ing and fou r en t e r ing . Rob e r t s h ad a qu e s t ion fo r th e PAB . “Why pu t any - mo r e mon ey in to som e th ing th a t app e a r s to b e an t iqu a t ed ? Why no t con s id e r mov ing th e c ampg round to a d i f f e r en t lo c a t ion ” wh e r e i t wou ldn ’ t imp a c t lo c a l n e ighbo rhood s ? Counc i l l i a i son Nancy Conno l ly r epo r t ed th a t th ey h ad h ad a 4 -0 vo t e to a c c ep t th e t r a f f i c s tudy and PAB r e comm end a t ion s . Th ey h ad con cu r r ed th a t a on e -y e a r t r i a l p e r iod s e em ed r e a son - ab l e fo r an in t e r im so lu t ion and th a t th e b e s t long - t e rm op t ion wou ld b e conv e r s ion o f th e w e igh s t a t ion to an en t r an c e / ex i t . Th e PAB th en r e lu c t an t ly vo t ed 3 -2 w i th on e ab s t en t ion 23 to reopen the d i scu s s ion r eg a rd ing th e t r a f f i c i s su e a t CCG . Th ey w i l l b e m e e t ing on T u e sd ay , O c tob e r 20 a t 4 p .m . a t C i ty H a l l in a wo rk - shop fo rm a t to s i t down w i th a l l in t e r e s t ed p a r t i e s to b r a in - s to rm a so lu t ion a c c ep t ab l e to a l l s id e s r eg a rd ing t r a f f i c f low in and ou t o f the c ampg round . C i ty s t a f f w i l l pu t tog e th e r add i t ion a l in fo rm a t ion to h e lp in fo rm th e d i s cu s s ion . A s long a s th e t r a f f i c i s su e r em a in s un r e so lv ed , s t a f f i s un ab l e to comp l e t e th e CCG M a s t e r P l a n , w h i c h i s h o l d i n g u p t h e C i t y P a r k s M a s t e r P l a n and C ap i t a l Imp rov em en t s P l an . C i ty Coun c i l h a s a l r e ady accep ted the in i t ia l PAB recommenda t ion and can choo s e to s t ay w i th th a t d e c i - s ion o r en t e r t a in wh a t ev e r n ew op t ion m ay com e ou t o f th e O c tob e r 20 wo rk shop . In th e i r O c tob e r 8 m e e t ing , coun c i l ag r e ed to g iv e th e PAB f r e e r e in to d i s cu s s a l l po s s ib i l i t i e s to r e a ch a wo rk - ab l e con s en su s th a t s a t i s f i e s F iv eP in e , 4 th S i s t e r condo , Bu ck Run /T y e e and Coyo t e Sp r ing s n e ighbo rhood s , and th e n ew subd iv i s ion . T O P T E N R e a s o n s t o A d o p t a B l a c k C a t . . . 1 0 . Y o u ’ l l s a v e m o n e y o n t h e i r H a l l o w e e n c o s t um e s . 9 . Y o u c a n a l w a y s f i n d t h em i n t h e s n o w . 8 . H o l d i n g a b l a c k c a t i s v e r y s l imm i n g . 7 . B l a c k c a t s w i l l m a t c h a n y d é c o r . 6 . A l i n t b r u s h i s n ’ t r e q u i r e d f o r a b l a c k - t i e a f f a i r . 5 . W h e n y o u l o v e a b l a c k c a t , l u c k i s o n y o u r s i d e . 4 . B l a c k c a t s a r e l i k e o n y x , a b e a u t i f u l g em . 3 . H e y , t h e y d o n ’ t c a r e w h a t c o l o r y o u a r e ! 2 . L o v e k n o w s n o c o l o r . A n d t h e n um b e r - o n e r e a s o n t o a d o p t a b l a c k c a t . . . 1 . T h e y a r e t h e l e a s t l i k e l y t o b e a d o p t e d . Spon so red b y . . . 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