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d n 'V 0 F nî î i (.U & lM t ° Ä t u I 97403 Saâdÿ & G reat Way To The Mt. H ood Playground Single Copy 1 5* Vol. 65 No 51 SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 1975 Sandy annexation favored by Howard Scott Post editor A proposal to annex about 20 acres to the City of Sandy last night appeared ,0 be heading for approval by the Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Coni mission The commission, charged w ith regulating boundary changes for local governments in the metropolitan areas of Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington and Columbia counties, had been presented a report by its staff recommending that the addition toSandy be accepted Results of the commission’s hearing were not available at press time yester day. Petitioners for the annexation, Jeff Ehlen and Sons Inc. and Fred L. Proctor, had already had received a recom mendation from the Sandy City Council that theannexation be approved The property under consideration is 19 55 acres lying jus1 BOU,h Me*n‘8 Memorial Park and east of Meinig Hoad If annexed the property would be developed with both single and multiple family dwellings The boundary commission's staff report on the annexation proposal concluded that it “ be approved for the following reasons: “ 1 Annexation is required for the provision of city services which will facilitate the development of the territory. ‘‘2 The proposed development of the territory conforms with the intent of the Clackamas County Comprehensive Plan “j The City of Sandy has existing sewer and water lines which can be extended to serve the territory and the city is going to construct an additional 1,000,000 gallon water reservoir which will help insure an adequate quality and quantity of water service to the territory " Sandy has an 8-inch water main 700 feet north and an 8-inch sewer line 300 feet north of the land proposed for annexation that it would extend to provide service to the area Cost of constructing the ex tensions would be paid by the developers of the property, Estimates of the cost for providing service are I7.B90 for a water line and 11,800 for sewer, according to the boun dary commission staff report. The staff report stated that water storage limits had caused Sandy problems with providing new water service con nections in the past, but that construction of the city's planned water storage tank “ will permit expansion of the city’s present servicearea." In September the city council had ap proved the concept of the development on a schedule providing construction phased over sev eral years. The territory is currently zoned as rural agricultural with a 20-acre minimum lot site by Clackamas County and is designated as “ Suburhan-Kural Center” in the county comprehensive plan. The comprehensive plan states “ the rural center should be permitted to expand its services to better fulfill the needs of the surrounding area " In a mapping project by the Columbia Region Association of Governments, the land was placed in the “ Urban' category Also scheduled for heanng at last night's meeting was a proposal to withdraw land on the north edge of the Mt. Hood Loop Water District from the district. The territory under consideration is east of Lolo Pass Road about % mile north of where the read crosses the ZigZag River. The commission was also to hear testimony on the establishment of a ser vice area boundary for the ML Shadows Estates-Alpine Meadows Community Water System near U S Highway 26 and D O TTE D L IN E shews area included in Design ordinance returned to staff Kelso Road Sandy An ordinance providing for an ar The ordinance was proposed following a chitectural design zone in downtown Sandy series of meetings discussing a downtown was returned to city staff for revision p u r fen- the city. following a Sandy Planning Commission "What 1 think the people involved in the hearing Nov. 5, plan really want is a unified look to the Commission members termed the city,” Hatfield said “Something to tie the proposed ordinance “too restrictive ” whole thing together ” The measure would have required the A revised ordinance would be presented use of “ natural wood or rock prodicts” on for another public hearing at a planning the exterior of any building in the main commission meeting Dec. 3, he added. business district of the city. An ordinance providing for increases in The commissioners said that as drafted technical service fee deposits fo r the ordinance could be interpreted to proceeding under the city's zoning and forbid the use of opaque stains, paint or subdivision ordinances also received a b rick in construction or e x te rio r heanng last week. remodeling of downtown buildings The planners voted to return the I'm not even sure if«you cwdd have measure to the city council with the glass windows,” said City Manger Carl recommendation that the deposit or- Hatfield, w riter of the ordinance v dinance be approved “ I hope to have it reworked by this •> A third hearing on an ordinance weekend'* providing for orderly zone changes when Hatfield said the measure, an outgrowth county zoned property is taken into the city of the Sandy Chamber of Commerce's also was returned to the council with Project 76, was intended to create and approval recommended maintain an attractive business district in Eagle Creek, Barton zoning talk set A proposed zoning map will be presented to the Eagle Creek Barton Area Com munity Action Council Monday at 7 30 p.m. a t Eagle Creek School The map was approved by the group's executive board Nov 6 The causeil has asked that all residents of the area attend to comment on the proposal A change to the council's bylaws and plans for officer elections in December will also be discussed discussed. Bike talks set Mountain churches to conduct survey The State Advisory Committee on Bicycles will meet at 7 30 p m., Thursday, Nov 13, in the council chambers of Gresham City Hall. The committee seeks input from citizens and government agencies concerning construction, financing and safety of bicycle facilities in East Multnomah and North Clackamas counties Sandy annexation proposal before boundrv commission last night. Concert coming “AM> “ *"' - concert at Sandy Vnion Tuesday. Nov. 25. High School Hood land area churches w ill conduct a survey this Friday and Saturday to learn how they can better serve their com munity. Volunteers will be at several locations asking persons to fill out a brief “ United Christian Survey " questionnaire Friday volunteers will be at the Clackamas County bank in Wemme. On Saturday, survey spots w ill include: Ted’ s Brightwood Store, Thriftway M arket and Musical program planned Sentry M a rk e t Participating churches areChapel of the Hills, the Community Church, Hoodland Lutheran, S t John’s Catholic and the Church of the T ra n s fig u ra tio n (Episcopal). Survey organizers say the questionnaire is the first undertaking of this kind on the mountain. They are interested in gaining input from part time as well as full time residents here. Donkeys to play Sandy Union High Schools music department will present its annual fall concert Tuesday, Nov 25, at 8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Featured will be the Sandy High School jazz ensemble, symphonic band and A donkey basketball game will be sponsored by the Sandy Future Farm ers of America chapter next Thursday at 8 p.m in the Sandy Union High School gym. Chapter members will face off against members of the Sandy fire department. Reduced price tickets are now a v a ila b le from F F A members through the high school. concert band Music w ill include songs by Irving Berlin, a patriotic medley by Clare Grundman titled “The Blue and the G rey", a Bach prelude and fugue and selections from the Broadway Musical "C am elo t" Featured by the jazz ensemble will be the theme from the movie "Lady Sings the Blues" and a jazz ballad "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother ” MAP SHOWS zone changes recommended by Clackamas County Planning Commission Monday night. Firwood plan approved The C lackam as County P lanning Commission approved a series of proposed zone changes In the Firwood area at its meeting Monday night. The changes, if approved by the Clack amas County Board of Commissioners, would create exclusive farm use, tran sitional timber, general timber and5-acre rural single fam ily zoning east of Sandy to Cherryville in the area covered by Fir- wood's Neighbors Inc. community action group meetings and discussions by the Firwood's Neighbors group to present an amendment to the county zoning ordinance The exclusive farm use zone would limit use of the affected land to agriculture purposes only while the 5-acre single family zoning sets minimum lot sizes of five acres Tonight the group will meet at Firwood School at 7 30 p m . for a question and answer session on school finances with board members and administrators from Sandy Union High School. The zone proposal grew out of a series of 1*205 hearings begin Saturday Five public meetings to obtain citizen comment on the proposed 1-2« Freeway plan begin with a 10 a m meeting Saturday at Lent School, 5 1 « SE 97th. Other meetings include: Marshall High School. 3 9 « SE 9tst A v e .,8 p m Thursday. Nov 20 _parkrose High School, 11717 NE S h a v e rS t,8 p.m. Monday, Nov 24 —Floyd Light School, 10710 SE Stark S t, 8 p m Tuesday, Dec. 2. -J a s o n Lee School, 2222 N E 92nd Ave., 10 a m Saturday, Dec. 8. F.5. You can »ova big on big car« and trucks, too. at tha io m e placa.
