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« « «i » • — SANDY (Ore.) POST Thu-».. Feto 21. IWO (Sec 2) In comprehensive plan Contract ok’d County protects environment BORING — Bur mg School D b trk i teachers w ill get salary iacrcases at about 10 percent next year under a contract approved by the school board this week. Superintendent Joe Taylor said the increase is intended “ to bring ns from being one ol the lowest paying districts to being a competitive one “ Base pay. the salary for a first-year teacher with a bachelor’s degree, will increase about Sl.lM . from $10.900 to S12.M0 a year. In fringe benefits, the district will begin paying the first $128 of teachers' life and health insurance, up front $80 this year It will also pay teachers' contribution to their retirement fund, which is 6 percent of their salaries “We won't have this big a salary jump again, but both the teachers and the board agreed we needed to have good salaries if we were going to get teachers.” said Cheryl Beck, chair woman at the teachers' negotiation committee. The one-year contract covers the district's 35 teachers. Spring term registration starts March 3 at CCC Registration for spring tenu classes at Clackamas Community College begins M arch 3 for retu rn in g students and March 5 for new students. Returning students may register by appointment on March 3-4 and new students may also register by ap pointment on March 5-7. Appointm ent cards are available at the admissions office beginning Feb. 18 and continues through April 4. The registration hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for day students and 4 to 8 p.m. for evening students. The evening registration hours are onlv for March 3-0 and March 24-27. P rotection of riv e r c o rrid o rs , wetlands and landslide areas, causes of major citizen concern during the 18 months of plan development, receive new protection in the Clackamas County land use plan adopted last month, according to county officials. “ While we need to provide for more homes and jobs in the future, it ’s just as im p ortant to m aintain liv a b ility ,” according to county commissioner Ralph Groener. who commended the policies that protect natural resources The new plan establishes policies for five major river corridors, and maps three kinds of urban open space. Public or community use open space is the label ap plied to parks, golf courses, cemeteries, etc. Resource protection areas include wetlands, steep slopes, distinctive forests, and flood fringes. Major hazard areas are flood ways and known landslide or earth-movement areas P u b lic concern about natural areas came from two sides. according to E n viro nm e nta l Services coordinator Ardis Stevenson. “ Some argued to keep more green areas, increase parks and protect streams. swamps and hillsides Others argued against restrictions on private property 1 think the county did a good job of balancing both concerns.” Stevenson said. The new plan relies on the state for locating major hazard areas The Depart ment of Geology and Mineral Industries has mapped more than 600 acres as known landslide and "slu m p a re a s " To protect lives and property, the county prohibits development in these areas except for existing lots of record An owner of large property with a hazard area may have a credit of 50 percent of the total allowed density to use on more suitable land within his site. Building can occur in ide ntified m a jo r hazard areas if a specific plan is presented which, based on p ro v e n e n g in e e r in g techniques, avoids adverse impacts. In such cases, the county w ill caution developers about liability for damages to pub lic and private property. “ This policy really just recognizes w hat people already know — some land is u n b u ild a b le — b u t the density transfer to safer land gives new flexibility to landowners.” said Steven son Wetlands < swamps, bogs, and marshes) and steep hillsides have s im ila r requirements, but 100 per cent of the allowable units may be transferred to other areas of the site, with the county considering water absorption, vegetation and w ild life habitat. for d e v e lo p m e n t a ro u n d wetlands. To protect water quality, fish habitats, and recreation opportunities, the cointy now has a series of policies for its rivers and streams The plan calls for a buffer of natural vegetation up to 150 feet wide along all rivers, with special provisions for development along the Clackamas. Tualatin. Sandy- Salmon, Molalla-Puddmg and Willamette rivers. The county also w ill en courage new public access points to minimize trespass and vandalism on private property. For the Willamette River, this means emphasis on river access in the area from Gladstone to Milwaukie Future planned unit developments tPUDs) also w ill contribute to natural resource protection since the county requires that 20 percent of the area be open space, outdoor recreation area or. in some c ir cumstances, public school facilities, Stevenson says. This open space may be dedicated to the public as a park or retained for residents of the PUD Parks and recreation receive attention in the new plan too, Stevenson said. Acquisition and development of parks w ill be emphasized in the park-deficient neigh borhoods of Oak Lodge and O verland-Kendall. While the county as a whole has adequate amounts of park land, Host is in rural areas far from population, he added. The urban area east of the Willamette River has less than two acres of parks per 1,000 population — far below the national average of 10 acres per thousand. Funding for open space, parks and recreation can come from a variety of sources, according to the new policies. Establishing an urban park and recreation district would insure local voter control as well as financing fo r acquisition and development of land and ongoing operation. Besides the park district, the county w ill explore other financing means They include a program to reduce taxes on property used as open space, development of a systems development charge and-or real estate transfer tax to citizen park commission or an expansion of the existing Park Advisory Board, Stevenson said. Policies in the new plan for rivers, open spaces and parks give clearer direction to property owners and neighbors for the fragile areas and natural assets in the urban unincorporated areas Ordinances to implement the new land use plan w ill be discussed with citizens in M arch, p rio r to public hearings by the planning commission and board of commissioners. The plan and ordinances w ill be submitted toLC D C byJuly 1. add park funds, local im provement districts and clear guidelines for ac cepting gifts of park land. The county w ill acquire and develop non-urban parks only in those areas that now lack adequate recreation facilities. Any non-urban park development w ill be done in close cooperation with federal and state agencies, and school districts. Stevenson said. Citizens w ill be able to assist in developing these methods, fir s t through review of im plem enting ordinances to be adopted this spring, and also through participation on either a new ^S A L E NEW HOME Sewing Machines S P R IN G CLASSES • DECORATIVE MACHINE STITCHERY • FABRIC LAM PSHADES Call for info SEWING ROOM SIFTS • REPAIR SERVICE 661*2102 R egistration fo r those students w ithout ap pointments begins March 10 Clackamas CC 1 of few schools to offer program Clackamas Community- College is one of fo tr public Oregon schools that offer credit for prior experiential learning. Information on the CCC program can be had by- calling a national toll-free line th at provides in formation on educational opportunities geared to the needs of adults entering or returning to college Callers w ill receive in formation on the more than 300 colleges and universities that assess learning gained through life or work ex p e r ie n c e . C la c k a m a s Community College is in a group of a ever-growing number of institutions that assess and award credit for knowledge and skills acquired on a job. through hom em aking. volunteer work, workshops, seminars and training. In Oregon, there are four public and three private schools that offer credit for prior experiential learning Besides CCC, they are: Coiegio Cesar Chavez College, Eastern Oregon State College. Lane Com munity College, Linfield C o lle g e . M a r y lh u r s t Education Center and Southern Oregon State College Eight other schools in the state are considering or developing such programs In fo rm atio n on costs, location, length of time for program completion, degree requirements and whom to contact w ill be sent by- calling 1-800-638-7813 be tween 6a.m. and 6 p.m. This project, called CAEL le a rn e r Services, is federally funded and is administered by the Council for the Advancement of E x p e r ie n tia l L e a rn in g . CAEL is a national association of collegiate institutions and colleagues dedicated to fostering quality experiential learning and the valid, reliable assessment of its outcome Currently there are more than 350 institutions and individual members in the United States and Canada and Puerto Rico. Approximately 40 of these are in the Northwest. H o o d la n d r e s id e n ts can k e e p tra c k o f a re a e v e n ts in Hoodland Happenings 1 family portrait to mark a million One million! That’s quite a mark in anybody's b o o k And it's a special accomplishment to us — a milestone representing the total number of telephones w e now serve in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and California It took three quarters o f a century to get here, starting w ith the first companies that now make up General Telephone of the Northwest A nd it took the dedicated efforts of employees like those you see here, and all those w h o came before them Seventy-five years to get where we are And yet we'll do it all again in a short 10 years more, hitting our second million by 1990. That's how fast w e re growing More than one billion dollars has gone into im proved phone equipm ent and facilities during this 75 years of service But now our grow th is so rapid that w e ’ll double that in 5 years, and then do it again in the 5 years that follow next. It all adds up to a picture we re p roud to be a part of. And to all those employees and customers w h o helped us get here go our thanks — a million times over M ary S te w a rt typ ifie s th e d e d ic a tio n d e m o n s tra te d b y e m p lo y e e s th ro u g h o u t th e G resham Orviston M ary has P ee n a local re s id e n t fo r 10 years a n d has b e e n serving G en eral T e le p h o n e custo m e rs in G resham nearly as lo n g S he’s b e e n h e lp in g cu sto m e rs as th e P ho ne M arr m anager since ft o p e n e d in A p ril, 19 76 (c ita G E riE R A L TE LE P H O riE ✓ 1024 N.E. DIVISION GRESNAM
