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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1981)
Vol. 71 No. 25 SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 1 Single Copy 20 Economic /I nti-cop ter •»> VON BR.ASt HI.EK or as late as January, offering little im- I he back half of the Keating proper me<hate hope of replacing expended ' onstruction slow-down and lost gas ty. mobile home site, will remain zoned funds through favorable judgement tax revenue are taking their toll on San for multi family use < ity council Monday authorized dy, where a small property tax base The zone change contradicts the new transfer of $3,500 from contingency ac forei's the city to live off recent growth, city Comprehensive Plan that limits count to legal services account for LID housing starts and outside funding trial fees billed earlier than expected commercial zoning to the north side of City council meets at 7 p m , Monday, the highway Ordinance change anil ( ouncil also Monday authorized in adjourned session to see what city council acceptance of findings of fact transfer of $2.750 from capital outlay services show the bruises during adop 611 necessary July 6 to finalize the dtt<’unt for LID 4 project cost account tion of the city’s 1981 82 budget change of the off-street parking fund Some < ity manager Roger Jordan said the $13.000 was borrowed from the special Council member Tim Ward and council is committed to living within assessment fund last year, and funds Mayor Ruth Loundree voted against the the A levy recently approved by voters now are being transferred back zone change, citing traffic safety pro City funds most likely to suffer he 111 other Council action Monday: blems with new commerce at that said, include the street fund, sewer im - Council decided to rezone back to highway location provement fund, water improvement C-2 general commercial two lots owned fund, sewer fund and water fund ( o u n c il also app ro ved c ity by John Christensen on the corner of So residents on South Bluff Road employee pay increases of 9 percent for Highway 26 and University Avenue and Revenue Avenue, Meinig Avenue stalfers earning less than $15,000 and 7 the front half of an adjacent lot owned Langensand and Sandy Heights may percent tor .staffer who earn more than by veterinarian V J Keating III have to wait a bit longer for road im $15,000 All will receive continuation of provements. Jordan said the city w ill keep levy election promises to patch North Bluff oil Hood Street and install a walkway along Meinig Avenue from Highway 211 to Barker Street. Some 50 percent of city systems development charges-revenue down approximately $12,000 from January e s tim a te s w ith c o n s tru c tio n slowdown—fund toward street im provement here. The street improvement fund further suffers from reduced state gas tax revenues-a sort of Catch 22 for Oregon motorists who conserved gas only to find less money generated for local streets I In state gas tax revenue for local government distribution is based on useage, not the inflated price of gasoline Local budgeters failed to predict the level of gas conservation in estimating the city's 1981 82 revenue ( it> sewer and water improvement funds will be affected less by construc tion s systems development charge revenue shortfall, the city manager Corresponding cut backs in system connections and projects will counter the shortfalls in the two funds. Jordan predicted J ’oum’il recently levied an additional >J< hi per sewer hookup to soften the blow Water and sewer funds-apart from their separate improvement funds are better off in the budget crunch, since user fees pay most of the way. Luckily, the city’s general operating fund meets the crunch in gixxl shape with a current year cash carry-over squeezed by cost cutting department heads Jordan said city supervisors had generated general fund savings of ap proximately $75,000 during the past year. The city has found increasing ’ M need for such cash carry-over to tide the government from budget’s day one in July to November when tax money flows into town Department heads saved the money by MICHAEL P. JONES v „ by postponing purchases, utilizing ___ services Department will Services Department will conduct its Post Correspondent carry-over departmental funds and not own investigation into the incidents The furor over the spillages at the immediately replacing personnel lost to >ecause there is a serious question as to attrition sewage holding tanks at Rippling River who is responsible Based on what lav has not subsided I he city plans further personnel sav scattered along the small waterfall Dick W.xon of the State Department ings by jxxiling clerical staff for use by uhich flows down to the second fairway all departments Other savings come of Environmental Quality (DEQ) said from the holding tank area, the in be has sent a letter to Rippling River from new reliance on part time help for vestigation appears warranted threatening the developers with a fine savings costly m fringe benefits reserv When Wixon examined the site of the ed for full-time staffers if any future incidents occur and DFu Si>L i‘l eS he obscrved large quantities is not notified ” The city also is locked in costly legal of kitchen grease, sanitary napkins and Rippling River developer Carl Bright combat with Heritage Square property a number of other items that were said he has been flooded with telephone owners over Local Im provem ent caught on branches and rocks Because calls from angry residents who he District 4 parking lot assessment level ar«e quantities of grease wen- found at claims are "holding him personally the c ity ’s tapped its legal fee and the site, and because there is no direct borrowed to meet the parking lot costs responsible for the accidents " line into the holding tanks from the Now it appears that Rippling River’s that assessed property owners there resort s kitchen, it is believed that so contest involvement in the mishaps is ques meone purposely dumped the sewage tionable Decision ultimately at the appellete over the embankment into a creek that According to Clackamas County soil court level isn't expected until October flowed into the Salmon River scientist Dan Bush, the Environmental This same person or persons may existing benefits and be eligible for up to 5 percent bonus for meritorious achievement Policemen and the city ' »rarian both will were voted salary range adjustments. ev hm1! ? 11 a!S° aPProved a contingen- fund for a kitchen ventilation system low bH h n;".,Uni,y Center a" d « *5.200 lew • . ’! Tnn ShePP“ rd 10 dean the ^ n d th mPnt P,an, s P°,ish'n« pond I he cleaning is expected bv •upermtendent Bob Hornsbv to in x x tr ,y to ,5oow i° New Post Office ( ouncil Monday also named council member Don Blair and Mayor Loun < tee to formulate a city recommenda tion to the Postal Service on location of a proposed new post office in Sandy ( ouncil s participation in the move -should be boisterous, since Blair and Loundree are two of several city of iciáis who voice opposition to postal plans as outlined in a meeting earlier with city council. The Postal Service reportedly is shopping for larger quarters here, but he council and city manager feel loca tion outside the downtown core area would have an adverse effect on city Planning as addressed m the com prehensive plan. If the Postal Service is unable to pur chase property downtown, however they may substitute cluster box * iu '*? a,,erna,*ve to convenient walks to the post office Earlier the Postal Service at the regional level denied Sandy downtown floor-to door delivery in town For nine years, the Sandy Com munity School has served as a meeting place where hundreds of newcomers and longtime Sandy residents could get acquainted and share a sense of community. It has served as the springboard for a number of community pro jects, including the Silver Threads program, the Sandy Community Players and the new Country Market 7 And the school has presented a wide variety of opportunities for educational and c u ltu ra l e x periences that Sandy area residents might not have otherwise enjoyed ’ • l ’- .Hu t going to h.n. money they used to have to drive in to Portland for cultural events and such,” new Community School coor by MICHAEL P JONES Post Correspondent The controversy over the proposed heliport in Zigzag continues and some mountain residents are saying the 11-acre tract of land would be better suited for a park The issue began in March, when Joseph Stem. Randall Priest, Gale Peterson and Don Armintrout < who has since resigned from the heliport development committee, approached ( lackamas County officials for a sec tion of land at the junction of Highway 26 and Salmon River Road. They were interested in the construction of a lan ding site for emergency, as well as commercial, helicopter flights Proxim ' ly to Welches Grade School, the Mt Hood Pre School, the Senior Center and tennis courts and a park area, many area residents and organizations have bitterly opposed the site. Due to the public's outcry surroun ding the proposed heliport. Clackamas County Commissioners requested the 1 lanmng Commission staff to in vestigate the feasibility of establishing the facility at the Zigzag site from the perspective of county ordinances Acting Planning Director Dominic Mancini forw arded a memo to the com missioners May 19 recommending that they not pursue a conditional use per mit on behalf of the applicants because it would be contradictory to the re quirements of the ordinances (Jo” 1" 1’S8ioners Robert Schumacher and Ralph Groener agreed with the fin dings of the staff, but said that their dwision would not prevent the heliport developers from filing for a conditional use permit. Many opponents of the heliport felt that recommendation put an end to the c®ntrov«,rs>. However, the Hoodland Chamber of Commerce kept prospects of the heliport alive at its June 2 meeting by forming a committee to in vestigate the proposed site as well as other potential sites, S.OinrnlUee- comprised of John r i c ,?ancy Spencer- Renee Knapp •le ta inc, lhey » e r, re .d , i„c ,h , r . p id , bul rll). ’ ------- — - ( J Sullivan and Lowell Njust w ill pre sent its findings to the chamber July 7. The impact the chamber committee w ill have on the heliport proposal re mams to be seen In the interim. George Sheets, chairman of the En vironmental Committee on Suitability has submitted a proposal to the Park Advisory Board for ’the establishment of a recreational site to be developed and maintained by the people of the mountain ” »lilt DEQ threatens fines for Welches spills by DAN DILLON group favors park for site i . I n £ have been responsible for removing a cap in a manhole that led downhill to a P^mp station that will not be operating until the new $2 8 million sewage treat ment plant for the area is completed io months from now According to DEQ utilities director ave Abraham, the sewage filled the hne. backed up out of two manholes and contaminated a small creek that emo tied out into the Salmon River The ac cidents apparently happened over the hristmas holiday and again in March The accidents at R.pplmg River are now being referred to as "midnight dumpings, an illegal and deliberate spill by a sewerage pumper truck which officials say is a common occurrence but difficult to prove According to one pumper truck operator, illegal dumpings of this nature occur next to roadways, in va cant lots, fields, down manholes, in gut ters or directly into creeks or rivers Sometimes, midnight dumpers w ill tap into a sewage treatment facility to avoid paying a dumping fee l'c1ens,n« clerk Margie We.gand said that lengthy licensing procedures including bonding, inspecting and tagg’ •ng. are time consuming but necessary for identifying illegal dumpers But. she added, crim inal prosecution was difficult because "you had to have proof of the dumping such as an eyewitness or a photograph " Weigand admitted that DEQ was short of manpower to actively pursue dumping cases I nless you have people posed all over the back roads, there is rarely a chance to catch them,” she said d e x SECTION 1 Senior (’enter News Inside the Church Keeping Posted Obituaries Editorials, Letters Sports, Recreation SECTION II Area News Home A Garden About People Around the County Hoodland Happenings Bits A Pieces Classified Advertising 9-13 SECTION III Television Directory Inside Tab School faces critical vote «F Tune dinator Jan Reynolds said this week The community should answer that need and the Community School can pick up the slack.” The need will be addressed June 30 w hen voters go to the polls to decide the fate of the Sandy Elementary School D istrict’s Ballot B measure Because of funding rearrangements the district’s portion of the inter’ jurisdictional agreement for Sandy Community Sc hool has been placed on its B' ballot The June 30 election marks the last opportunity for approval of the funding Mt vyciytxMlj else gets ou, of it. but * e d sure miss it.” Through the years, there has been ■ great oeai to get out of Sandy Com munity Just ask those who muni'» School Ju.1 Ih m , wh„ have taken advantage of its oppor tumties . Growth is continual and has no boundary for age " said Dorothy Shrum, , )reRon C M n m > Education Association volunteer of the year "We grow by way of ex pcriences and through the varied means of communication and obser vation that today offers The com munity school opens its doors to so many opportunities ” The diversity of offerings, from karate to financial management, macramé to lifesaving techniques or tcrnafive energy ,deas to pre- ‘ hx >I co operatives, has been possi. »•I” thr.xjgh the efforts of volunteers who bring a great deal of expertise to the school Joan Ragan has attended classes taught classes and helped coor _ . . . dinate schedules at the school for a number of years. "Each time I ’m surprised with the quality - in a volunteer situation - that they re able to draw,” she said But more importantly, she is impressed by the sense of community that par ticipants feel She said it should be a major con cern in a growing community, such ? fn?y whose Population nearly doubled in the last decade, to have a place to meet new people and old timers alike "T hat." she said, "is a plus’*. Shrum agreed As our economy dwindles — and it will — it may b r ing about a tendency toward caring and sharing or a closer relationship tween people Common interests bring people together and the vum munity school, by way of its volunteer programs, offers these op portumties Prior to the beginning of the Com munity School and the Sandy Moun- lain Festival there was little that was identifiable as a focal point Fenwick pointed out "There wasn’t anything to jell the community together Now there is," she said That sense of community has led to other community projects The Community Players were born here." Ragan noted "T hat’s what it's all about - com munity sp irit," Shrum said The school has also served as a Martmg point for the new Country Market which gathers each Satur- day at Nelson Memorial Pioneer Park for local crafts people and growers to sell their wares The school has grown to the point where 2.650 persons participated in ds 13a different class offering» tn according to Reynolds The benefits seem as great for the instructor as the students Roman S^o“ . a Sandy High School junior, taught a class for youngsters on car tooning " It learned a lot more about teaching through this If it wasn t for the Community School. I would have never taught anyone cartooning ’ Reynolds, who succeeded Nancy Allyn as coordinator for the school * 7 " a bright future for the program I see Community School as an u timate facilitator and as an ultimate resource center The p o s s ib ilitie s are limitless VAith the administration cut- .„ d w m m |c , (tu. |ton — •••» a m locahMilon ihe ? 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