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Track opposition continues ¿aéay Bike race held despite anger of Rude Roaders Rude Roud residents continue their light to prevent a professional motorcycle track from interrupting the silence and calm of I heir rural neighborhood The 13 acre, one mile long d irt motor cycle track was completed last week and a premier race was held in the mud Sunduy, despite local anger towards the track The immediate Rude Road area, located off Rornstedt Road five miles southeast of Sandy, is unzoned on the county charts Therefore, anything goes on property along tile serene deadend drive, including professional motorcycle tracks However, Rude Road residents petitioned the county for a zone change last June to protect their enviroment in its current rural agricultural use To date, the county has not ucted on the zone change request. And now. it's too late Because the controversial track is already in existence, it is forever more OSEA group okays proposed contract M em bers of the Oregon School Employes Association at Sandy High School voted unanimoulsy Tuesday to approve an agreement contract proposed with the high school The contract w ill go before the Sandy High School Board of Directors Monday night for their approval. The contract calls for a 12 8 per cent increase in wages with a 2 8 per cent in crease in frin g e benefits fo r the 27 members of the OSEA. a ll classified employes The noneconomic portion of the contract is a two year agreement and the wage portion is a one year agreement Bargaining sessions between the school and the OSEA union began last October At the request of the OSEA, the school A representative from the DEQ took a hoard asked for a mediator from the State sound reading last week from a neigh Employes Conciliation Service in January boring yard when the track was vacant He to help reach middle ground in wage and failed to show up Sunday to take a com related disputes. parativereading Mike M iller, spokesman and negotiator Bernie Straight, county traffic engineer, for the lix?al OSEA, told the Post he is did visit the site Sunday during the race "re a lly pleased" with the proposed con which lasted from approximately 10 a m. tract agreement. until 2 p m Legislation passed by the last state He told the Post that the developer had le g isla tu re set up this independent provided sufficient off-street parking and bargaining session procedure between there "d id n 't seem to be too bad of a schools and their labor unions. situation existing'' on Rude Road during The teacher’s union at Sandy High the race. School is currently involved in contract He said he would have to wait and ob negotia tions with the school serve future races of larger proportion to determine if the track does pose a problem to Rude Road, a county road. Besides the sound of the racing dir, bikes, residents said they were annoyed by the mud left along their road when the bikers packed up and went home Sunday, where a bank and post office could be Inca ted The restaurant would be called The Pizza Barn, styled in an old-fashioned barn like structure Fred Accuardi, of Welches Road, Wemme, is the proprietor of the planned restaurant The resturant would include a balcony sitting area According to the planners, the other two structures would be single story A ll of the buildings w ill be lim ited to 5,000 sq fee,. D riving connections w ill be coordinated with the existing shopping center. Jensen said that natural landscaping w ill predominate the shopping complex and its buildings w ill be designed with materials that w ill blend with the moun tain environment. Zone change eyed The Clackamas County Commissioners w ill decide Monday at 10 a m. on a zone change to allow construction of a barkdust operation between the Portland Traction ( ompany Railroad and SE 282nd Avenue, just south of SE Haley Road in Boring Applicants O W and Terry Tyler have requested a zone change from Rural Agricultural to Light Industrial The planning commission has approved the request providing emphasis is placed on landscape buffers, especially on the northern boundary of the property. Women battle faculty In FFA benefit game THIS "IIOO K shot artist" and "super hull handler" will employ her hoopster skills along with her world famous redheaded teammates when they lake on the Kandy High Hrhool faculty Friday night alN p. m. Eight red heads w ill dazzle coaches and teachers from Sandy High School on the gym floor Friday night It could prove to be the Pioneer year's most unusual athletic event when mem I mus of the Sandy High faculty take on the All American Redheads, a world famous professional g irls basketball team, beginning at 8 p m Proceeds from ticket purchase« w ill go to the Sandy Future Farmers of America i F F A ) Club Tickets can be purchased at Hie door or from any FFA members, or by calling the Sandy FFA Club at 668 4151 High School and grade school students are eligible for spis'ial ticket reductions Outstanding women hasckthullcrs from throughout the country are featured in the Redhead line-up A pregame before Friday’s exclusive match w ill feature a battle between Sandy Grade and Cottrell Grade School at 6:30 pm No. 10 SPECTATORS G A TH ER ED above the controversial motorcycle track to witness the first official race held Sunday despite opposition to the track from Rude Road residents. (Post Photo) Feedback wanted on land use alternatives for Mt. Hood area The staff of the Mt. Hood Interagency Planning Uni, wants public feed buck on four "futu res" which outline alternative land use directions for the M t Hood area Persons w ill have a chance to do so at an open house planned for Saturday. March 15 at the Women's Club in Zig Zag from 3-7 p.m Citizen advisors and the Mt. Hood Interagency Planning Uni, staff members w ill be on hand to discuss these land-use alternatives. Response forms w ill be utilized in commenting on the proposals and w ill be available at the open house, or may be School, sewer elections near Sandy Union High School D istrict voters w ill be asked to approve a $1,184.495 budget request for the 1975-76 school year on March 18 Estimated tax rate on the proposed levy is $6 76 per $1 ,000 of assessed value This amount includes $103 to defray bond payments. Las, year's tax rate was $5 67 per $1,000 assessed value. Joe DeMarsh, district superintendent, said that besides the bond and current construction projects the proposed budget calls for no new projects or undertakings It ref lif t s basic increases in costs of goods and servicesat the school, he said "We re interested in having a successful vote so we can save the district money in early purchases of our necessary budgeted item s," explained DeMarsh. Citing the ever spiraling increase in purchase costs, he pointed ou, that one school bus costs $4,000 more to replace than it would have las, year No new staff additions are included in the budget at this tim e DeMarsh said such personnel additions could be made at a later date The high school expects to receive an increase of close to 1 ,000 students next fall There were 10,050 students registered fall quarter of this year Next year, 11,025 students are anticipated Two school board positions w ill also be on the ballot. Wayne R Johnson, incumbent, and Gran Denhart seek election to position number four, representing the Cottrell area Both are members of the Cottrell Grade School D istrict Board Tedmond D. Wright, of Rhododendron, is running unopposed for position two, representing the Welches area of the Sandy High School District. G o v ern m en t Comp Sew er District Voters in the G overnm ent Camp Sanitary D istrict w ill go to polls March 18 to punch ballots on a proposed $225,000 sewer service bond. The special election has been called for by the district board for expansion of sewer services. County voters who w ill be away from the area on election day may vote by absentee ballot by casting their vote at the County Clerk's Office, room 104. in the County Courthouse in Oregon City. County Clerk George D. Poppen said that absentee ballots w ill also be mailed to applicants if a written request is signed by a voter Winterwood decision postponed The Clackamas County Commissioners once again delayed a decision on the proposed W interwood developm ent Wednesday until March 17. I, made the third time fo ra continuance on a verdict on a requested zone change to allow the firs, phase of the controversial development planned for Government Camp area next to the Multorpor ski area's parking lot The zone change would allow 52 con dominium units on three acres, the first stage of a proposed 32 a< re development f requested by mail or telephone from the Mt. Hood National Forest, 2440 195th, Portland. Ore , 97233 ; 667-0511. This input w ill be used as an in termediate step between goal setting and the development of specific alternative land use plans It is designed to give the public an opportunity to comment on general planning directions prior to the formulation of specific alternatives. The agencies having jurisdictions in the M, Hood area have pooled their finances and staff to achieve a coordinated land-use planning process. A citizen advisory committee <CAO was appointed in Jan 1974, to participate in the planning process for the M t Hood area The first round of planning entailed the formulation of planning goals, which were made available to the public for comment las, summer For the second round of planning, in teragency technical experts for water shed, fisheries, w ildlife, geology, timber and recreation—to mention a few of the p e rtin e n t topics—engaged in land suitability analyses, sharing their findings with the CAC. The citizens used this data for form ulating the alternative futures which the public is new being asked respond. 5 2 The proposed commercial development would include a restaurant, a public service facility and a professional-retail facility Room for 54 parking spaces is also called for Applicants Eugene Bowman and W E Sherfey, represented by Mt Hood P roperties, Inc wish to build the development on 4 77 acres on the eastern edge of Hoodland Plaza next to Highway 96. The County P lanm ngC om m issionw ill decide on their zonechange request from a recreational residential designation to a planned commercial zone The restaurant is the only building oc cupant determined so far, according to Al Jensen of MI Hood Properties Phase one of the construction, scheduled to begin pending possible approval of (la- tone switch 1ra»n the county, includes building the restaurant, an eastern buffer zone and highway frontage landscaping Phase two would complete the com mereial center and professional office, retail shop anti public services building G reat Way To The Mt. Hood Playground immune to prohibitive zoning Fuming and frustrated. Rude roaders are trying to halt the track's existence by other methods Personal visits to the county com missioners, the district attorney, phone calls to the Department of Environmental Quality, and the state I .and Conservation and Developm ent Commission, and sim ilar inquests have become routine procedure for the Rude Road inhabitants appalled by the threat of noise and extra tra ffic that the motorcycle track poses Property owner and track developer Hon Long said the track w ill draw up to300 competing riders from throughout the N orthwest fo r an in d iv id u a l race According to Long, races w ill only be held on Sundays However, residents complain that the buzzing d ir, bikes interrupt their usual Rude Road silence d u rin g practice sessions throughout the week too. Hoodland shopping addition goes before county planners A request fo r a zone change to allow expansion of the Hoodland shopping center In Wemme w ill go before the County Planning Commission Monduy at 7 p m. À Mountain water hearing on tap A pub lic hearing on the request for an expanded Mt. Hoixi Loop Water D istrict w ill be held March 19 at Sandy High School. The w ater d is tric t is proposing an expanded water system over a 13 square mile area. If approved by the Portland M e t r o p o lit a n B o u n d a r y Commission, phase one of the project would require voter passage of a $4.5 m illion bond According to an engineering report issued by the district, the Salmon River would be the system’s sole water source REBATE HANGOVER Chevrolet's rebate program ended February 28 end because so many wise customers took advantage o f Chevrolet's generosity, we now find ourselves loaded w ith quality, pre-owned cars and trucks. Used car prices always increase in the Spring, so take advantage of Carlson Chev's w in ter specials and beat the Spring price increase. 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