Vol. 71
No. 25
SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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( 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 ”
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DEQ threatens fines for Welches spills
by DAN DILLON
group favors
park for site
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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
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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
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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-
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m locahMilon ihe
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