Legal action taken
Carmel Estates faces
opposition from city
The City of Sandy has linked arms with
1000 Friends of Oregon and several in­
dividuals in opposing development of
Carmel Estates Shopping Center in
Boring.
City of Sandy Attorney Jack Hammond
has submitted a brief to the Land Con
nervation and Development Commission
(LCDC) opposing the proposed com­
mercial center The environmental group
of KMX) Friends of Oregon has Joined the
city in appealing to the LCDC to stop the
development.
The proposed commercial center would
be located on property abutting Highway
26 and Highway 211 on the outskirts of
Boring
The Sandy City Council initiated action
last spring to attempt to block the
development. The city has filed a petition
to review through the LCDC. has brought
suit agains the Clackamas County Com­
missioners and has filed a Judicial w rit of
review.
Earlier this year, Hammond prepared
affidavits of anticipated testimony for
examina bon by the Clackamas County
C ircuit Court after a motion was made that
called fur throwing Sandy out of the case
because the city alledgedly was not in­
jured by a zoning decision permitting the
development.
On Dec. 13, the Clackamas County
Circuit Court is scheduled to decide
whether or not Sandy w ill remain a party
in the suit. Other petitioners opposing the
development are Charles and Martha
Ruegg and Otto and Greta Ourecky, all of
Boring
The City of Sandy claims business in
Sandy would be hurt if the development is
built and says the county commissioner’s
approval of the development goes against
the county comprehensive plan for the
area
The Board of Commissioners approved a
zone change allowing for the development
in February of this year. Paul Federici is
the developer of Carmel Estates.
Carmel Estates, Inc., filed a petition for
a zone change to re zone 26.5 acres of land
near Heidi's to allow development of a
shopping center containing a total of 90,000
square feet of interior floorspace.
Carmel Estates, Inc., also holds options
on an adjacent 7»A acre parcel of land
which is proposed to be used as a mass
subsurface disposal site for the outflow of
sewage
The City of Sandy claims that sub­
surface drainage for the development
would not be adequate and has expressed
concern that Carmel Estates. Inc . would
eventually have to hook up to the city's
sewage system
Tenants in the proposed development
would include a supermarket, restaurant,
drug-variety store, service station, motel
and miscellaneous commercial retail
establishments
In September of 1975, the Clackamas
County Planning Commission denied a
zone change request for Carmel Estates by
a 4-1 vote on the premise that the zone
change as presented” . is out of scale
and inconsistent with the comprehensive
plan for this area ”
The Clackamas County Board of
Commissioners held a public hearing on
the appeal of that decision on Dec 8,1975.
County Commissioner Tom Telford
removed himself from the deliberation on
the zone change request because of ex-
parte contacts with developer Federici.
The zone change request was finally
passed by the commissioners on Feb. 28,
1976
Ken Stewart, a deputy district attorney
who is representing the county com­
missioners in the case, said he is waiting to
see if Sandy is struck from the lawsuit
before filing his briefs.
“ If they are struck from the suit, this
would change significant questions of law
in the w rit of review,” said Stewart. “ Our
contentions are that re-zoning of that
particular portion of land is not violative of
the comprehensive plan and that the
commissioners took that into con­
sideration when they heard this.”
The attorney for the developer is Roger
Meyer of Portland
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SANDY. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1976
Post to take plunge
into new facilities
After many years at their location at
39070 Pioneer Blvd . The Sandy Post w ill
move into new, expanded facilities at 17270
SE Bluff Rd this weekend.
The Post staff w ill pack and move
assorted desks, files, old newspapers and
typewriters into the facility located near
Sandy Union High School The Post w ill be
open for business as usual at the new
location or Monday
Also moving to the Bluff location w ill be
a job printing shop presently located in the
l& H IN G
plant of the Post's sister publication, The
Gresham Outlook
Roy Bunting, a
Hoodland resident, is in charge of that
operation.
The Post w ill host a public open house
from 9 a m. to 5 p m on Friday, Dec. 10, so
members of the community can tour the
new plant
The building was designed to blend in
with Sandy's recently adopted wood and
stone m otif The architect was Jim
Routson of Milwaukie and construction
was handled by KLM Construction of
Sandy Landscaping for the property was
done by Ron Clawson of Gresham
Frosty morning
FROSTY LEAVES have greeted Sandy-Hoodland area residents for the past few mornings. This
photograph, taken by Don Ryan Wednesday morning, typified cold weather which has recently hit
the region.
Kiwanis gather Christmas goods
Sandy Kiwanis Club members are
seeking 8000 items of food in cans and
packages and 500 presents for children of
Merchants, civic groups
band for Holiday Festival
MILLERS
VARIETY
TAVERN
AN ARMLOAD of bound volume« of The
Handy Post 1« taken out of the many year
home of The Sandy Post by ad manager
Caroline Duff. The Pont staff wil move to
their new location near Sandy Union High
School over the weekend.
(Pott photo)
Sandy area civic groups are banding
together to organize the first annual Sandy
Holiday Festival Dec 10-19
Tentatively scheduled for the program
are a merchant’s auction, tree lighting
ceremony, entertainment, free children's
matinees, dances, drawings and a food
fair.
We believe that our winter festival,
with the support of the community, can
become as rewarding and enjoyable as
Sandy's Mountain Festival held each
July,” said Hoiidy Festival Chairman
Lynn Ellis.
Sandy civic Services is the coordinating
organization for the festival
On Friday. Dec 10, the celebration is
scheduled to begin with a tree lighting
ceremony Decorations for the tree which
w ill be located in the parking lot of the
Sandy Rexall Drug Store, w ill be provided
by children from Sandy Grade School. A
youth choir w ill sing and a merchant’s
auction isslated that evening.
Sandy merchants are donating new
merchandise for the auction to help defray
costs for the festival.
Activities for the Sandy Holiday Festival
w ill center around the Gordon Stone
Building (Old Sandy Market Building)
located across the parking lot from the
Rexall Drug Store and behind the Sandy
Country Flower Shop.
Mrs. Ellis said children's games are
scheduled for Saturday morning At 1 and
3 p.m. there w ill be two free showings of a
feature movie, probably “ Doctor
Doolittle” , at the Sandy Cinema
From 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a m Saturday,
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all ages for their annual Kiwanis Christ­
mas Basket Project.
The club is also seeking cash donations
to go toward fresh food purchases for the
baskets
Various community organizations and
individuals traditionally help with the
annual Kiwanis Club project. The project
w ill provide food and presents for families
in the Sandy area.
Sandy-Hoodland schools have been
invited to participate and several schools
have begun working on the project.
The Sandy Volunteer Fire Department
w ill accept and hold toys and other gifts for
the project. At their annual dinner the
firemen and their wives w ill bring
presents for the baskets instead of ex­
changing gifts among themselves.
The
Boring
V olunteer
F ire
Department w ill also accept gifts and toys
and w ill help with the delivery of the
Christmas baskets on Dec 24.
The Sandy Presbyterian Mariners w ill
bring presents for the children to be used
in the Christmas Basket project when they
meet for their church decorating party.
The Clackamas County C learing
Bureau, operated by the Salation Arm y, is
opening an office in Oregon City to process
requests for Christmas baskets. They w ill
attempt to place applications with a source
and prevent duplications
The county welfare department sends
requests they receive through this bureau
and the volunteer office force will place it
with the nearest organization providing
Christmas baskets.
Cash contributions for the Kiwanis
project w ill be accepted by Kiwanis
member Don Deming at Pioneer Realty or
the Sandy Fire Department
Zigzag Christmas tree cutting
axed by Forest Service
If you’re looking to the hills of (he ZigZag
Ranger District near Mt Hood for a
possible Christmas tree this year, you’d
better ax your plans.
The U.S. Forest Service isn , issuing any
permits for cutting the ornamental trees
this holiday season in the ZigZag district.
Judy Peterson, an employe of the Mt.
Hood National Forest District Office in
Gresham, said the Forest Service had
planned to issue some 6,000 permits for
cutting in the Lolo Pass area in the Bull
Run Reserve. But those plans were can­
celed when U.S. District Court Judge
James Burns ordered the Bull Run
Reserve closed as of Nov. 24 after a
lawsuit involving the reserve.
The other reason no permits are being
issued, according to Peterson, is that the
Forest Service has begun more intensive
timber management in recent years.
"Random selection of Christmas trees in
a plantation is not compatible with timber
management goals." she said.
Timber harvest areas that have been
clear cut are replanted by the Forest
Service. Tree cutting permits were
previously issued to thin out spots where
there were too many trees.
The trouble came when everyone
wanted the best trees.
“ I t ’s hard to control,” Peterson noted.
“ The best trees are the ones the Forest
Service wants left for houses.”
The Forest Service used the tactic of
spraypainting trees the- inted to keep
with the goal of making those trees un­
desirable for use in the home.
“ But now with flocking, they don’t
care,” she said “ Blue paint just doesn't
deter people anymore. ”
The major alternative for those who
want to cut their own tree this year ap­
pears to be cutting one at a commercial
lot. The Mt. Hood National Forest office in
Gresham has a list of these lots.
Other national forests and ranger
districts may provide a few trees for
cutting.
The Clackamas Ranger D istrict at
Ripplebrook w ill be issuing 2.000 permits,
but there w ill be no weekend cutting
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest in
Washington also is issuing permits.
Potential tree cutters should contact
Forest Service offices in those districts for
more information