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SANDY. OSEGON THUSSOAY. DEC 21, 1978
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City plans to fix
potholed streets
Several major feeder streets in Sandy completed and approved by the city?
Robert McNeely, developer of
are in sad shape and City Manager
Tickle Creek Estates off South Bluff
Roger Jordan is pushing to get funds
Road, objected to the policy being
together to fix them
On a recommendation from Jordan, implemented after he had begun work
city council Monday night voted to on his project He told council he was
submit an application for a federal ready to clœe on a number of houses in
the 84-lot development and that the
assistance grant that could bring in as
requirement for paving before issuance
much as 175,000 for street repairs on
of building permits could cost him a
Meimg Avenue and Tupper Road.
Both streets are collector routes for great deal of money
Council then agreed to increase the
subdivisions which have been ap
proved. Both are marked with potholes number of building permits that could
and ruts which will likely worsen as be issued for Tickle Creek Estates from
heavy equipment trucks use them to 20 to 50 percent of the total number of
lots.
bring in materials
Councilman George Burg assured
But with the city operating on a
McNeely that “past commitments by
shoestring budget this year, with the
the city would be honored.”
prospects for an improvement nowhere
Council president Jim Duff, who
in sight, the city has no funds available
to make repairs or to widen the roads to presided at the meeting in the absence
40 feet, the width required for collector of retiring Mayor Mel Haneberg, said
he knew of no other developers who had
streets
Jordan told council members that if been given promises of building per
the city is awarded the grant money mils without road surfacing
Also at council, a motion was passed
under the Safer Off-Systems Grant
to sell city water to a specially formed
Fund, it will be required to participate
water association comprised of four
at a rate of 12 percent of the cost of the
improvements He said the program is homeowners outside the city on
Summertime Drive
first-come, first-serve and is intended
Council agreed to the request on the
to help smaller jurisdictions like Sandy
condition that the property owners pay
bring their roads up to standard
the installation of a single water meter
In addition to the city dollars and the
to serve the four houses, plus a $100
possible grant funds, property owners
connection
fee per home
whose land adjoins the roads to be
Water customers outside the city pay
surfaced will be required to pay for
double the city monthly rate for water
improvements.
Also, subdivision developers will be used The local water association will
John Kline photo
required to install sidewalks and curbs be required to maintain the private
and pave half the roadway on the ex system at no cost to the city
terior of their developments
In addition to the Tupper Road and
Kathy Koch’s art class to bring Christmas cheer to the home. Pictured here are
Meinig Avenue improvements, council
several students gathered around one resident who obviously enjoyed the visit.
also has been working on plans to
«traigl»en and widen South Bluff Road.
Bluff will be a major collector street for
new developments which have already
*b#*en approved?
Sandy Elementary School incurred a
Aiso on the subject of road surfacing,
$1,200 loss Friday during school hours
council
formally
adopted
a
written
quality
standards
since
the
Legislature
Kauffman said this week that Bennet
policy on the surfacing of roads in new when a band instrument storage room
is required to submit all plans for any stripped the Division of its enforcement
was broken into. School officials
subdivisions
powers
in
the
last
year’s
session
and
improvements on the system to the
reported that a piccolo was stolen and a
The
policy,
submitted
for
approval
by
gave
that
authority
to
the
state
Water
Health Division before construction
$900 electric organ nearly destroyed.
Jordan,
requires
builders
to
pave
all
Control Board.
begins.
Music teacher Gerald Dickson said
streets
in
a
subdivision
before
a
The
traditional
role
of
that
board,
But Bennet maintains that such a
the
room is usually kept locked, but that
building permit will be issued on any
requirement “is a bunch of crap.’ He however, has been in the area of water
a teacher’s keys were missing and
houses.
rights
for
property
owners,
not
in
en
does not recognize the ability of the
However, if weather conditions presumably were used for entry into
Health Division to enforce its water forcing water quality standards.
preclude paving, the city could allow up the room.
The piccolo’s case was left behind but
to 20 percent of the building permits to
be issued — not to exceed a maximum the instrument valued at $300, was
of 20 permits. Developers would then be missing. Dickson said the small in
required to post a bond for the amount strument could easily be slipped into a
pocket without the case
of the road paving.
The electronic circuitry of the organ
Developers will be allocated a three-
Jordan has said he believes the city is
The grant, if awarded, would be
month grace period to complete the was ripped out, apparently by hand.
in great need of a comprehensive plan
through the Land Conservation and
Dickson is not sure if it can be repaired
which will serve to guide the city work from the time of the waiver.
Development Commission which would
“The components in the back of the
The
policy
also
states
that,
“At
no
through its period of expected growth in
be a third party to any contract the city
time will the city allow occupancy of a organ were very severely damaged,
the immediate future.
might award to get the job done
dwelling unit until the final pavement is he said.
Spreading Christmas cheer
FIFTH AND sixth grade students from Sandy Elementary School put on their beat
T Christmas garb and visited with residents at St. Judes nursing home Friday
morning.
Students in the Community School’s Silver Threads program Joined
School hit
by vandals
Court to enforce water quality standards
by JOHN KLINE
In the face of a court order against
him, Gerald ’ Red” Bennet has begun
taking steps to comply with
requirements from the state Health
Division to clean up the water in the
Alder Creek-Barlow system.
Bennet, owner of Alder Creek Water
Co and the numerous sub-systems in
the company, began work on the in
stallation of a chlorine detention tank
last week at Alder Creek and Highway
26.
Clackamas County Circuit Court
Judge Dale Jacobs had agreed earlier
in the week to sign an order prepared
by lawyers at the Health Division
requiring Bennet to install adequate
purification equipment.
The Health Division had requested
the court to take action last August. A
suit was filed then asking that Bennet
be required to install the filtration
tanks and a chlorinator and that he
submit the engineering plans to the
Health Division for approval.
The Barlow system serves 70 houses
north of Highway 26 and west of Alder
Creek Residents along the system have
been instructed by the Health Division
to boil their water before drinking.
Those instructions are still in effect,
according to Health Division en
forcement officer Ken Kauffman.
Bennet said this week that he is
working on the installation of a 7,000
gallon detention tank located next to the
chlorinator He said he is not doing the
work because of the court order but is
installing the tank as part of the overall
long-range plan for improving the
system
But Bennet m aintains that the
detention tank, which holds the water
for 30 minutes after contact with the
chlorine, is not necessary He said state
law requiring the 30-minute contact
time “is outdated” because it was
written 50 years ago,
He said. "It only takes 10 to 15
seconds to kill all the bacteria in water
after the chlorine is added " He said he
u would lobby in the coming session of the
Legislature to have the law amended as
such.
Bennet also maintains that test
results gathered by the state and the
federal Environm ental Protection
Agency during the summer which
showed high coliform bacteria counts
were misleading Those tests showed
the Barlow system to be “grossly out of
compliance ’ with state and federal
standards
Bennet said the res on for the high
bacteria count was because of work
being done tor the city of Sandy ’s intake
structure on Alder Creek above the
hoadoorlm of Bennet’s system Ha
blames city crews for fecal matter in
the creek which contributed to the
coliform count.
He also said he plans to build a 100,000
gallon sand filtration tank along the
creek “by the end of winter” which will
eliminate the need for a chlorination
injector and holding tank. However, he
said no plans for the new system have
been drawn up.
Sandy planner may be hired
The city of Sandy may be looking at
the possibility of hiring a full-time
planner — but only on a temporary
basis — to complete work on the long
overdue comprehensive plan.
City Manager Roger Jordan said the
city has received 10 applications for the
position which may be funded by a
hardship grant from the state.
Work on the comprehensive plan has
come to a standstill after the city’s
planning consultant, Eldon Edwards,
informed members of council last
month he no longer had a staff to work
with.
Jordan told council members the city
had two alternatives to get the plan
completed: Hire a full-time planner or
find another consulting firm to do the
job He said the city would be eligible
for the hardship grant under either
situation.
Sandy fourth
in pledges
Students at Sandy Elementary are
better readers and the Multiple
Sclerosis Society has more research
finds now after last spring's Read-a-
thon fund drive.
Sandy Elementary placed fourth
in the state among the 30 school
systems which participated in the
program in the amount of dollars
pledged for the drive, the Society
has announced.
Pledges at the school amounted to
$2,449 69 while a total of 2,119 books
were read.
Only three other school systems
raised more money than Sandy
Elementary: Portland ($12.523),
Beaverton ($10,879) and Lake
Oswego ($3,211).
The Society holds two Read a
thons a year, one in spring and
another in the fall. Students are
asked to solicit pledges from donors
based on the number of books the
student will read.
Aims woman halts school bus
from your parents if you plan on getting
The Sandy High school bus that
off
at another stop.
serves the Aims area is back on a
“We had heard that the family had
normal schedule following an incident
moved and had no way of knowing what
that happened two weeks ago.
An Aims woman.OrrilynMarsh, stood stop was hers,” he said.
It was the next day that Mrs. Marsh,
in front of the bus on its morning route
accompanied
by her daughter, blocked
for 45 minutes Dec. 6 and refused to let
it pass after driver Dorothy Marchman the path of the bus.
The driver told the few remaining
had refused to let the woman’s
children
to stay seated on the bus, while
daughter ride the bus.
“The whole thing started last year locking the vehicle and went to a neigh
before school was out,” said trans bors house to call Markwell Markwell
portation supervisor Chuck Markwell. called the Clackamas County Sheriffs
“Her two children were denied access Department who responded to the
to the bus because of disruptive scene but Marsh had by then given up
her vigil.
behavior.
No charges of any kind have been
“One of the girls was back in school pressed against Mrs. Marsh and ac
this year and Tuesday she decided that cording to Markwell. her kids are still
she wants to ride the bus.” Markwell not riding the bus
Mrs. Marsh could not be reached for
added. “Well, the state says that if you
ride the bus home, you must have a note comment on the incident.
New phone number listed
The monthly charge on the system
The phone number for Sandy High
will
be approximately $1,100, an in
School will be changed effective Dec 29
crease
of $300 over the present system.
to make way for a new touchtone
system that will be installed in
February.
The new number for the school will be
668-8011. Business manager Jim Smith
said callers will be able to reach people
at the school as well as the district
office when the new system is installed
General Telephone will install the
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system, which will include five in
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coming lines, at a cost of ap
Obituarios...................
proximately $2,500 The present set-up
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has three incoming lines
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Smith said several new extensions
will be installed in the school "to keep
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people from having to run halfway ' '
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across the school to pick up a phone
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CAR NEGOTIATES ruts on Meinig Avenue The eKy hopes to secure federal funds
to make Improvements.