Motorcycle track spurs
uproar among residents
By PAU L K K LI.K R
New« Editor
Rude Roud area residents are up in
arm s over a co ntro versial 13 acre
professional motorcycle track recently
completed in theirarea
A petition against the track circulating
among Rude, Firwood and Bornstedt
Road residents had collected around 125
signatures by Wednesday morning
Residents learned of the new property
owner s intentions just two weeks ago.
Property owner and track developer
Ron Ixmg, 31, of Sandy has had a site
excavated and construction on the mile
long dirt track was finished Tuesday. A
race is planned Sunday.
The area, located five miles southeast of
Sandy is currently unzoned According to
Dave Poese, planner with the Clackamas
County Planning Department, this means
there are no land use controls on the area
Local residents petitioned the county
last year asking that their particular area
be zoned for agricultural use To date, no
action has been taken at the county level
Poese, at the request of concerned
citizens, will be at a meeting at Firwood
School Friday at 7:30 p m "People have a
lot of questions about this track and I ’m
going to try and answer them" Poese told
the Post.
The motorcycle track site is located on
the south side of Rude Road, a short dead
end land lane which up until quite recently
inhabited only farms, a handful of private
residences, timber, horses and such
People living along the peaceful cul-de-
sac would like to see it remain this way.
The road is abutted on the west end by
Bureau of Land Management tim ber
land. The south side of Rude Road runs
down into Deep Creek Canyon where,
according to the locals, wildlife including
deer, elk, and bear reside.
Long, a Sandy tavern proprietor and
area resident for 27 years, said his track
will draw up to 300 competing riders from
throughout the Northwest for an individual
race.
He said races would be held two Sundays
a month approximately six months out of
the year, depending on weather conditions
The motorcycle enthusiast told the Post
that races would run from 10 a m until
around five in the evening
Besides a race track, his venture will
include bathrooms, concession stands
and even spectator insurance. Long
stressed that dirt bike racing is a con
trolled, professional sport.
"This is something no one here will be
able to live with," complained Fred
Bordeaux, a Rude Road resident.
He said a sim ilar motorcycle track < now
defunct) located three to four miles across
country in Dover produced a roar as loud
as if it was located right next to his home
Long’s is.
Mrs. Geri Wong, whose back door opens
660 feet from the controversial develop
ment thinks the looming reality of a
motorcycle track is “ rotten.”
A public m eeting with a
representative
of
the
Clackamas County Planning
Commission
has
been
scheduled at Firwood School
this Friday at 7:30 p m. to
discuss the ramifications of the
controversial motorcycle track
recently completed on Rude
Road, an unzoned area
Residents had asked for a
ru ra l
a g ric u ltu ra l
zone
classification last June to
preserve the Rude Road en
vironment as it is. Such a zone
would have prohibited a
motorcycle track
However, the request was log
jammed at the county level and
no action was taken.
Even if the area was to be
zoned a t this tim e, the
m otorcycle track has been
established as an "existing
use" and would therefore be
immune to any prohibitive zone
classification.
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PERSUNS L IV IN G In the Rude Road area
«outhwest of Sandy are upaet at this acme
and Its connequence*. .MotorcyclUt pic-
tured 1» Ron Long trying out hl» one mile
dirt track which he ha* Juit had developed
on Rude Road, an untuned area,
(PostPhoto)
Commission delays
Winterwood decision
The three man Clackamas County Commtikion Board has delayed a decision
on the controversial Winterwood development planned for the Governnment
Camp area until Wednesday, March 5.
Saying he would like more time to study the proposal. Commissioner Stan
Skoko made the motion to delay action on the first phase of which would include
52 condominium units on three acres to the east of the Multorpor Ski area
parking lot
Commissioner Tom Telford seconded the motion.
The original hearing was held Feb 5 with a decision to be announced this
Monday.
Philip Thompson Associates is asking for the zone change to allow this first
stage of the proposed 32 acre Winterwood development The request is before
the commission on appeal following a denial by the planning commission in
December
Extra police coverage due
The Oregon State Police is increasing its coverage of the Hoodland area,
according to Lt James Westerberg of the Oregon State Police.
Westerberg said Friday, from his Milwaukie office, that a 24 hour seven day a
week patrol will lie added to the state police coverage already in action on the
mountain out of Governnment Camp
A petition circulating the Hoodland area late last year had asked for more
police coverage in the area.
Westerberg said his agency had been planning the extra patrol car for
sometime He could not be definate on when the additional patrol would begin,
but said it would be sometime in the near future
damage to the Oregon T rail Saving» and
Loan building. Sandy firemen were called
to the blase at 11:02 a.m. Monday.
(PoatPhoto)
SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1975
No. 9
Sandy gets funds for bicentennial
Sandy Civic Services will receive »2,500
in federal matching* grant funds for the
upcoming bicentennial celebration here, a
countywide k ic k o ff into the nation’s
birthday year
Sandy was among 21 of the 107 bicen
tennial projects granted funding by the
A m erican
R evolution
B icentennial
Commission ( ARBC) of Oregon last week
The commission rejected 55 of the
proposed bicentennial undertakings
Sandy Civic Services, sponsor and
organizer for the big four day bicentennial
kick-off celebration set for July 10-14 had
requested »5,332 in federal funds All
projects had their proposals tr im
med. Gary Sandblast, Sandy's bicen
tennial chairman said that no programs or
plans will be cut from the planned festivity
due to the slash in requested funds “ Other
sources of revenue will be sought to help us
fund this countywide e v e n t,” said
Sandblast
He is urging people to pick up and fill out
parade applications now for the patriotic
parade which will highlight the third day
of the bicentennial kick-off Applications
have been distributed throughout the
Sandy 's downtown business core
Planning meet
scheduled
A TWO ALARM firm at the Don Rodley
residence, 110 Smith Street In Sandy,
caused an estimated 12,200 damage. The
blase also did approximately »500 worth of
Single Copy 15c
A public hearing on a zone change for a
Bluff Road business is on the agenda for
the Sandy Planning Commission meeting
Wednesday March 5 at 7:30 p m at city
hall.
Applicant Donald Duty has requested
that the zoning for his property across
from Sandy High School on Bluff Road be
changed from R-2 to C-3 A part of the 45
acre property was formerly used as a
restaurant, and is now operating as a floor
covering shop
Duty wants the zone change to continue
operating the floor covering business, and
toallow for further expansion.
Also on the agenda is a request by Carl J
Loundree to partition a five acre tract of
land, now zoned C-3, into three parcels
The property is located adjacent to Meinig
Park, south of Cedar Plaza, and is ac
cessable by an unimproved public road.
Planners will also review a proposed 32
unit complex, Including 3 72 acres, on Bluff
Road.
The festival will open with a coronation
ceremony far a Miss Bicentennial of
Clackamas County. Molalla has already
elected an entrant, reports Sandblast
A carnival to run all four days will begin
the same evening on the Sandy High
School grounds. A special youth day,
drama presentations, and offerings from
the U.S. A rm y and bagpipe group w ill be
featured
The Sandy M o u ntain F e s tiv a l w ill
return to grace Meinig Mem orial P ark for
two days in line with the bicentennial
celebration.
The Kiwanis Fly-In Breakfast will also
highlight the county wide bicentennial
festivity, along with fireworks displays,
flower shows and assorted programs
planned during the four days.
In a seven hour session last Wednesday
the state ARBC commissioners allocated a
total of »112,656 to 46 communities and
nonprofit organizations to assist with
bicentennial activities later this year and
next.
Among organizations refused money
were the Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry, and the Oregon Symphony
Orcbestra-Portland Opera studio.
C ites which will be participating in the
bicentennial kick-off here are. Molalla.
Oregon City, Canby, Gladstone. Estacada,
Milwaukie, West Linn, Lake Oswego,
Wilsonville. Clackamas, Happy Valley and
Gresham.
Farm zone approved
A recommendation to approve a 10-acre
fa rm -fo re s t zone now goes to the
Clackamas County Commissioners after
the county planning commission voted
Monday to okay the special designation
The new zone will provide a land-use
designation for marginal agricultural and
timber properties in the rural areas of the
county.
A public hearing and approval by the
Board of County Commissioners is
necessary before the zone becomes part of
the county zoning ordinance.
Planners also voted Monday to accept
technical corrections to facilitate ad
ministration of the county’s new exclusive
farm use district zone.
Hearing on Mt. Hood Water
expansion set at Sandy High
The Sandy
Union
High School
cafetorium will be the site of a public
hearing before the Portland Metropolitan
Boundary Commission March 19 on the
proposed M t Hood Loop Water District
expansion.
The district is proposing an expanded
water system over a 13 square mile area,
from Sleepy Hollow to Rhododendron,
which would use the Salmon River as its
sole water source.
If approved, phase one construction of
the district as proposed by its engineers
would require voter passage of a $4.5
million bond
After an in-depth review of the district's
expansion plans, the technical review
committee for the Mt. Hood Planning Uni,
recommended a modified boundary ex
pansion
The review committee also asked that
granting of Salmon River water rights be
withheld until it is determined whether or
not wells can serve as dependable water
sources
Ken Dauble of the Clackamas County
Planning Department originally proposed
the modified service area He recom
mended annexing h a lf of the area
proposed for annexation by the w ater
district. The area would include »0 per cent
of the existing dwelling units in the study
area and the bulk of commercial building
establishments, according to Dauble He
no|ed that under this revised plan less
water would be diverted from the Salmon
River
The boundary commission received a
poor response to a survey it mailed
recently to gain input from the residents
who will be affected under any annexation
by the water district.
Under the law. the commission will
make a final decision on the expansion
request sometime after the public hearing.
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