The next meeting for F ir
wood - Dover - Cherryville cit
izens will be Dec. 13 at the
Sandy High School Room 48 at
7:30p.m. If you cannot attend a
m eeting,
please
contact.
Your Community
To the Editor;
Representative,
Since the meeting of Nov. 15
Anna Wickersham
of the Eirwood Community.
668-5123 or 668-6740
Rosemary Woltring has had to
Kt 2, Box 1470
resign She found that the press
Sandy, Oregon 97055
of businesi in the next three or
four months will prevent her
from
devoting the tim e
necessary to do the kind of job
the citizens of the Firwood
Community have a right to
expect Rosemary will be a
great loss to the Firwood
Planning Committee and to the
B o rin g -S a n d y
E x e c u tiv e
Committee.
Duane Knapp w ill be a
alternate member for us. We
still need another represen
tative for the Firwood Com
munity, which the people of
Firw ood,
Dover
and
2?
Cherryville will have to vote on
TWE LEAVES ai ? e not the
at the next meeting
ONLY THINGS that fall in
People of Firwood, Dover -
THE AUTUMN W m ODOESN’I
C h e rry v ille - H illc re s t D is
P ali FOff AUTUMN ITSELF*
tricts, Senate Bill 100 says that
all Oregon land shall be zoned
Fall in line with the
to its best use by the state for
satisfied
customers
the citizens by June 1974
who come regularly
Our job is to survey your
to Sandy Rexall Drug.
land, so the people
of
You’ll like the friendly,
Clackamas County can still do
as they want with their land.
experienced service.
We need the help of all citizens
in the communities to get this
done by June 1974. You can do
-
Psy Station for
just your own land or help on a
P.G.E.
neighborhood program.
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S A N D Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , D EC . 6, 1 9 73
Better Communications Needed
The zone change hearing Monday
night at the city council meeting
moved rath er slowly, although the
council m em bers did discuss many
im p o rtan t issues co ncerning the
change.
But many of these items discussed
should have been taken care of at the
earlier planning commission hearing
on this sam e m atter.
There is a need for the city planners
to present to the council a detailed
rep o rt follow ing each of th e ir
meetings so when the council hears
the sam e items they will be better
prepared to m ake a final decision.
The council needs to know more
than what the planners recommend.
They need to know the reasons behind
the p la n n e rs ’ decisions and the
council needs to have these in hand
before the council hearings on the
issue.
In re c e n t m eetin g s, including
passed s e v e ra l o rd in an ces con
cerning the planning commission and
it is hoped this lack of com
munications can be solved by these
ordinances.
For the sake of good government,
we hope so.
Study Total Impact
A very im portant hearing on the
future development of the Mt. Hood
area will be held Tuesday, Dec. 11, at
the county courthouse in Oregon City
at 7 p.m.
The proposed d ev elopm ent by
Brown Development Co., of Portland,
could m ean doubling the existing
population of the mountain area. This
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hearing.
We believe the Clackamas County
planners should take a long look at
such an
im p o rtan t pro p o sal,
especially considering the total im
pact this development will have on
the way of life in the Sandy and
mountain area.
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The Fun Summit
The Sunday closing of gasoline
stations seemed to have had little
effect on traffic along Highway 26 this
past weekend.
Certainly, our tourist industry is
concerned over the effects of these
new closures.
And well they should be.
But, there are some small silver
linings to the picture.
The Sandy-Mt. Hood area is well
within a round trip gas tank load for
most folks in the state and southern
Washington.
Also, those who wish to spend a long
weekend skiing or enjoying the other
many mountain recreational sports
can still do so, if they come early
enough and stay in one area instead of
moving around.
There are scores of things to do in
this Mt. Hood area that don’t require
driving great distances.
We’ll promote these, along with the
slogan of “ More things to do, when
you visit the Fun Summit” .
The tourist industry is just as vital
as m any, many others.
To keep it alive and well is going to
require m ore effort than ever before
from those who are directly involved.
The Japanese Are Coming
Recent news reports have told how
Japanese businessmen are on an
investment spree on the U. S. West
Coast. . .to the tune of an estim ated
$1 billion.
It has been no secret that, for years,
Japanese money has been pouring
into Hawaii. Now, apparently the
same thing is happening on the
mainland.
Something like $250 million already
has been invested in California with
more coming. The proposed Amax
aluminum plant at Warrenton, near
Astoria, is receiving an infusion of
$125 million in Japanese money.
M itsui, the firm involved in
Warrenton, also owns timber lands in
Washington state and is participating
with W eyerhaueser in construction of
paper mills.
Locally, a Japanese firm has given
a Sandy m anufacturer an order for $1
million and, in turn, has invested
another $200,000 to help tool up for the
big job. J a p a n e s e m oney also
reportedly has been involved in
purchase of property in the Welches
area.
The Sandy firm is Aerospan, a
m a n u fa c tu re r of p re fa b ric a te d
housing and com m ercial and in
d u s tria l
b u ild in g s.
A erospan
reportedly had first been contacted
by th e J a p a n e s e firm —Topper
Associates of Tokyo—several years
ago. but turned down the business as
requiring m ore production capacity
than could be provided.
H ow ever, the J a p a n e se firm
eventually offered not only to buy
building shells from Aerospan but
also to help provide financing for the
necessary expansion.
In these days when everyone is
talk in g re c essio n and the stock
m arket is in one, long swan dive,
perhaps the Japanese are being a lot
sm arter than the rest of us. Perhaps
they perceive something in the U. S.
economy that a lot of faint-hearts on
this side won’t admit. . .that the U.
S.A. is still a darn good investment.
County to seek 4-day week
Clackamas County officials, informed
last Wednesday of a possible 39 per cent
overall cut in fuel and heating oil. acted to
seek a four day. 40-hour work week
County Commissioner Bob Schumacher
said the commission had written a letter to
Gov Tom McCall informing him the
county would ask the special legislative
session in January to amend statutes
allowing a shorter work week At the
present time, five days per week is
required
The suggestion was initiated by John
McIntyre, director of public works, in
order to show federal authorities of the
county’s concern and to conserve.
McIntyre said the shorter work week
would also save employes up to 20 per cent
in transportation costs and would reduce
fuel oil and electrical use in county
buildings by 10 per cent
Working four days per week would also
reduce truck and machinery use by 20 per
cent
On the public's side, many people who
couldn t get to the county offices by 5 p m.
will benefit by having the offices stay open
until a later hour, he added
The Kibitzer
Changes made in city's
planning commission
Several changes in the city’s planning
commission ordinance were made by the
city council on Dec. 3 to comply with a new
state law.
Size of the commission has been reduced
from nine to seven members, all residents
of the city. Previously, up to two non
resident members could serve on the
commission.
The new ordinance also says that no
officers or employes of the city may serve
on the commission. Under the repealed
ordinance, two city officers could serve as
non-voting members.
Another new provision in the ordinance,
as prescribed by state law, states that
members of the planning commission shall
be appointed by the city council. Prior to
this change, the mayor was the appointing
power.
At its first meeting of the year, the
commission elects a chairman and a vice
chairman. This will be done at the Jan. 2,
1974, planning commission meeting. These
offices are rotated annually.
Under the new ordinance, four members
of the planning commission constitutes a
quorum.
M eetings other than a t re g u la rly
scheduled times shall be announced, says
the ordinance, at a prior meeting and
made part of the meeting records. Notice
of a previously unannounced meeting
shall, to the extent feasible, be provided to
interested parties at least 24 hours prior to
a meeting.
Powers and duties of the commission
have been expanded to implement the
Sandy Area Comprehensive Plan as now
or hereafter constituted.
Section 12 o f the new p la n n in g lu le s
states that no more than two members of
the commission can be engaged in the
same type of business, trade or profession.
It specifically notes that no two members
can be engaged principally in the buying,
selling or development of real estate.
Another new section indicates that the
city council may appoint a qualified
person as planning and zoning hearings
officer.
The ordinance went into effect im
mediately under an emergency clause in
order to comply with the new state law.
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« V t -»«ND T.O atO O N
By Ace Reid
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"Maw, now these people really have a heck o f an erosion
problem!"
European trip talk at Chamber
Three new members of the board of
directors were elected this week to the
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce.
The new directors elected to three year
terms of office were Joe DeMarsh, George
Morgan and Parm Berg.
DeMarsh is superintendent of Sandy High
School District, Morgan is the local
representative for W alrad Insurance
Agency, and Mrs. Berg is the branch
manager of the Sandy Oregon Trail
Savings and Loan office.
At the Chamber meeting this upcoming
Tuesday noon at T J ’s, Charlene Schwab of
Sandy Travel Service w ill be guest
speaker. She will discuss her recent trip to
Europe.
The public is invited to this meeting.
County planners
okay revisions
should be lim ite d to five
The proposed comprehensive
plan for Clackamas County dwelling units per acre, she
took a step closer to a public said.
Two units per acre were
hearing before the county
commissioners this past week. proposed for areas designated
The county planning com suburvan (R-20, R-30 and RA-1)
mission moved to adopt several and recreational residential,
admendments to the plan as and six units per acre was
for
m axim um
proposed by the citizen com slated
re s o rt
mittee which recently com r e c r e a t i o n a l
designations.
pleted its review of the plan
Rural area zones, such as
The planners are expected to
present the land use plan study RA-2 and RA-5, were proposed
to the board of commissioners for one dw elling unit per
sometime this month for ac minimum two-acre tract. In the
RA-5 designation, an individual
tion.
Among the most important with greater than five acres
revisions okayed, were new and less than 10 can divide his
land once as long as the smaller
density standard criteria and
parcel is not less than two
the inclusion of a new chapter
in the plan spelling out acres.
New zones proposed were
guidelines for future citizen
agricultural and timber con
participation.
servation designations with one
The suggestion to reject any
residential unit allowed per 20-
reference to the Clackamas
acre lot size. All the zone
Natural River Measure within
densities suggested could be
the plan was also made. The
a u to m atically decreased if
commission members
in
slope or soil
conditions
dicated from a legal standpoint
warranted
the measure should not be
The density criteria section
directly referred to in the plan
was studied by Mrs. Helen
Currently there are several
Huff
suits against the measure
The section on citizen par
However, the planners did
ticipation was to be adopted
believe the inclusion of the
a fte r some rew ording was
natural river concept was good
done Also this section is to be
and should be exDanded to
presented to the board of
cover the Molalla. Tualatin, commissioners to be present to
Willamette and Sandy rivers as the state Land Use Commission
well as the Clackamas
as the county's plan for citizen
New
density
standard
p a rticip ation . The planners
criteria presented by Com indicated the county had until
missioner Una Schmidt called Jan 5 to submit such a plan
for a maximum of 12 living under recent legislation (SB
units per acre for medium
HMD to show citizen in
density in the urban area Low
volvem ent in the county’s
density in the urban area
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comprehensive plan.
In the commercial section,
the only revisions indicated
was the need to drop in the text
encouragem ent
of
more
“ stripped development."
Work by Sandyite Duane
Knapp on open space revisions
w ere
adopted
w ith
few
corrections and the same for
the city coordinated portion
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