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III I S P H O P o s t.l) Sandy Community Center design was
presented to the Kandy City Council Monday night and
prelim inary plans (or the center were approved. The
existence of the center rests on whether or not Kandy
receives IM per cent funding from a federal public works
fund. The center. If built, would cost an estimated 81.8
million and would be located on city property adjacent to
Sandy’s Meinlg M em orial P ark.
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Prelim inary plans for a proposed Sandy
Community Center which would cost an
estimated 815 million were approved
Monday night by the Sandy City Council.
Architect T e rry Rommel presented the
plans to the council for a two story center
which would be located on city property
adjacent to Meinig Memorial Park near
the Sandy City Hall.
A Sandy Community Center Committee
has been meeting regularly with the
W EGROUP
(a
Portland
based a r
chitectural firm ) to detail the community
center’s program uses, design and
estimated cost.
The future of the proposed center is
contingent upon funding from the Local
Public Works Capital Development and
Investment Program recently approved
by Congress and signed into effect by Pres
Gerald Ford
If Sandy’s project is approved, the city
would gain 100 per cent funding for the
community center
Under the federal program, Oregon w ill
receive 837 million to distribute for con
struction projects. Grants w ill be ap
proved by the F e d e ra l Eco n om ic
D evelo p m en t Agency and w ill be
distributed by the Office of Revenue
Sharing
Sandy City Manager Paul Helton said
priority projects will be in city’s in high
unemployment areas vyith the maxim um
utilization of personnel.
Helton said if funding is approved, the
city would probably start construction in
March or April of next year
Sandy Community Center Committee
Chairm an Dick Halvorson told the Post
plans for the center include a banquet
facility for up to 400 people and a general
multi-purpose room for 300 - 350 people
"This would satisfy the need for what
some people call a convention center,”
Halvorson said “ We could bring in small
groups and not only provide room for
meetings but also banquet facilities. ”
The prelim inary plans also call for of
fices for the Sandy Area Chamber of
fcommerce, the Sandy Area Merchants
• S A M i and the Sandy-Hoodland Jaycees.
’ A senior center approximately the same
size as the present center in the Odd
Fellows H all has also been put into the
design This center would include a small
catering kitchen sim ilar to the one at the
present center.
Halvorson said a Pioneer Museum would
be provided on the lower level of the
building Plans for the center also include
an elevator between the two levels.'
Halvorson said the entire building w ill be
planned for easy access to handicapped
people
Halvorson said that final plans have not
been made.
The council also discussed a proposed
clear vision ordinance which would ease
traffic problems on blind corners The
ordinance would require that buildings be
placed 15 feet from the com er of an in
tersection.
Joe Cejka, a Sandy businessman and
president of SAM, told the council that the
proposalwas "generally a good idea.'*
But Cejka pointed out that the one way
tra ffic
through Sandy would not
necessitate a clear vision rule being
applied at every corner
Councilman Vern Richards suggested
that the city engineer be advised of the
vision problems at corners so he can make
a reco m m en datio n .C ou ncilm an O lin
Bignal suggested that the police also study
the problem and make recommendations
concerning parking, truck loading and
traffic.
The council turned down a request by
Clackamas County to put a shop on city
property near the Sandy Public Works
yard. The county requested a 50 year lease
on the property and is seeking federal
funds to build a shop on the property
The council requested that some ad -’
dibons be made to the lease agreement
before it is again considered by the
council.
Councilman Bignall submitted a request
to the council to proclaim November
F a m ily
U n ity
M onth
w hich
w as
unanimously approved by the council.
The council also designated Saturday,
Nov. 8, as Good W ill’s Good Turn Day. G irl
Scouts w ill be participating in the ac
tivities of that day.
After regular business was considered
by the council, the council went into an
executive session
Sagging enrollment added
to MHCC financial problems
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M t. Hood Community College's money
problems may be compounded by sagging
enrollment.
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Great Way To The Mt. H ood Playground
Vol. 66
Single Copy 16c
SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1976
No. 43
Rep. Paul Walden unconvinced
Straub will support amendments
Both Paul Walden and Ken Jem stedt
addressed the Woodland Cham ber of
Commerce on Monday night and Walden
came to Sandy to make an appearance
before the Sandy Area Chamber of
Commerce on Tuesday.
Jem stedt, is the Republican candidate
running for re-election to the State Senate
from District 28 He Is running against
Independent
L ee
B ritte n h a m
and
Dem ocrat Donnell Smith.
Incumbent Paul Walden is facing Wayne
Fawbush in his bid for re-election to the
State House of Representatives in District
M.
Walden told the Sandy Cham ber of
Commerce that he is concerned w ith the
effect that urban legislators are having in
the state legislature and expressed con
cern about the encroachment of the urban
influence in suburban areas
Walden said he originally wasn't for the
repeal of SBIOO. But now he says he is not
convinced that the governor will go along
with amendments to the controversial bill
which created the Land Conservation and
Development Commission
“ If I could be sure that the governor
could go along with the amendments, then
I ’d say vote against it ( the repeal
Walden told the Hoodland Chamber of
Commerce that he worked in the House to
fight
Department
of Environm ental
Quality in requiring people in the Sandy-
Hoodland area to drive to Portland for an
an n ual
em ission
test.
Residents
of D istrict 56 are exempt from taking the
emission test.
W ald e n
said
he
w a s n 't
a n ti
environmentalist in his stand, but added
that there has to be a balance between the
environment, industry and jobs.
Walden told the Sandy Chamber that he
is one of the few legislators who represents
the business community He is president
and general manager of radio station
K IH R in Hood R iver
He told the Chamber that he believes
that
Oregon's
Unemployment
Com
pensation costs too much and that the
Chamber slates
State funds allocated for the current
school year are based on an enrollm ent of
6.652
full-tim e
equivalent
students.
However, fall quarter enrollment has
reached only 5.800 compared to 6.100 at the
same tim e last year
Even with addition of 350 summ er term
students, the district w ill fall far short of
the state figure. This could cause an
estimated loss of 8327.000 in state reim
bursements and 8194.000 in tuition.
I f enrollment continues to fall behind
predictions, the college would cut back on
part-tim e faculty, reduce contingency
funds, and further reduce cash carry-over.
funds available after voters refused to
approve additional taxes.
Included in the cuts were a 50 per cent
reduction in all repair and replacement
accounts, complete elimination of capital
outlay, reduction of contract services and
supplies and materials, and reduction in
contingency funds
In addition, the district has been advised
by the Tax Supervising and Conservation
Commission that an extra 850,000 w ill be
available from prior year levy collections.
Another 820.000 is expected from an in
crease
in sales and miscellaneous
receipts.
These figure, when added together, total
8689.762 and allow the district to operate
within funds available.
D r.
Stephen
Nicholson,
college
president, said questions had been raised
by taxpayers asking how the district could
continue to operate when sufficient funds
were not approved by voters
“ A c tu a lly /’ Nicholson said, ‘the budget
levy represented something like « or 7 per
cent of our total budget. It means that w e’H
just have to pull id our belts all along the
line. We still can offer a first-rate program
for the people of our district, albeit on a
slightly reduced level.”
M t Hood's decline in enrollment ap
parently is part of a nationwide trend.
Nicholson said West Coast community
colleges report a 7 or 8 per cent drop in
enrollment this fall compared to annual
increases of 10 to 15 per cent in the past.
P art of the decline can be attributed to
economic reasons, part to a decline in
veteran enrollment, part of it to a variety
of other reasons But M t. Hood’s decline
apparently is part of the pattern.
This fall, out of 1450 M HCC class sec
tions. 250 did not fill and courses had to be
cancelled.
Among voters “ there is as much concern
about the products schools are turning out
as the property tax load," added Walden.
candidate's
Walden said he has consistently fought
tax increases and wasteful government
spending He told The Poet
he is in
fav o r of abolishing the Oregon Inheritance
forum Tuesday
The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce
w ill sponsor a candidate's fair for the four
Sandy City Council candidates.
There are three city council positions up
for grabs in the November election. Those
running for the spots include Joseph
Ackers and Bruce Cook, and incumbents
W arren Decker and Jim Duff. M ayor
Melvin Haneberg w ill run unopposed in his
bid for re-election to the mayor's post.
The public is invited to attend the forum.
w elfare stystem needs revamping.
“ I t ’s a disgrace because there's not
enough incentive to get people back to
w ork.”
In the House, Walden is a senior member
of the revenue committee Walden said he
was one of the authors of the homeowner
and renter property tax refund program
and is presently fighting to have the state
surplus returned directly to taxpayers in a
one-shot refund.
Walden denied opponent Fawbush’s
charge that the refund would be fiscally
"irresponsible.”
" I f there's some money left, let’s give
the taxpayers a rebate.”
Walden said one possible way of
distributing the rebate would be to use it as
a tax credit against the income of an in
dividual.
Walden attacked Fawbush's plan to shift
school support to the existing state income
tax which is based on the ability to pay.
According to Walden, such a proposal
would double the income tax load. Walden
said that the total of school budgets in the
state are almost equal that of the state
general fund.
Walden said that he expected the state
legislature to increase basic school sup
port to 33 per cent in its next session. He
also said that pushing for new tax bases for
school districts is hard because most
people don't understand tax bases
Not only has the college been forced to
trim 8700,000 from its 1976-77 budget due to
levy failures, but another 8552.000 m ay be
cut if present enrollment trends continue.
The M HCC jpoard last Wednesday ap-
p-ovcd reducti^B in the 1976-77 budget to
and G ift Tax.
“ This causes more litigation in Oregon
than any other tax that Oregonians pay,"
he said
Walden also has proposed that college
students who go to Oregon schools take a
tax deduction for their tuition
“ Property tax payers are spending 80
per cent of their property tax money for
prim ary and secondary schools which is
tax deductible," Walden said.
Rep. Paul W .Id ea
"Why shouldn't tuition be tax deduc
tih le’’”
Ullman appears
In Sandy
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL D IS T R IC T R E P . Al Ullm an
was in Sandy on Tuesday and spoke at the Sandy Senior
Center during the Loaves and Fishes luncheon. Ullm an
pledged to support the proposed Sandy Community
Center and told the seniors that the social security
program "w ill be around as long as the country to
around.” Here. Ullman raps with Sandy resident Alice
Wills and Sandy M ayor Melvin Hanebnrg. Next week, the
Post w ill featnre an Interview with Ullm an In its pre
election issue. Ullman, who has served in Congress since
1957 to chairman of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee.
(Post photo)
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