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.Alfajor«' V o l. 71 N o 35 The Sandy Post Single Copy 20* Postmaster adjusting to Sandy office b> DAN D ILL O N L ike any em ployee in his firs t week on a new job. Sandy Postm aster A rnold Becker is spending this week try in g to learn the operation at the Sandy poet o f fice. “ I t 'll take a w h ile to get fa m ilia r w ith the o p e ra tio n ," B ecker, 42. said Tues day as he took a break from studying schedules " I ’m big on service We are a service organization and we re here to serve the people.” he said " I f anyone has a problem w ith th e ir service, I hope they contact me and w e ’ll get it straightened o u t." Becker, who started w ork in Sandy M onday, began his postal se rvice care er as a m a il c a rrie r in P ortla nd in 1962 He was appointed postm aster at Cannon Beach in Septem ber 1976, a post he held u n til m oving to Sandy D u rin g his stay at Cannon Beach he had te m p o ra ry assignm ents us in te rim postm aster at Camas, Wash , and A storia The Clackamas County Fair provided thrills for the young and a chance to reminisce as it celebrated its 75th anniversary. For a roundup on local prize winners, see page 1, section II Deeper pump could ease Rim’s low water problems by VON HKASf HI.Fit Arnold Becker B e c k e r re p la c e s r e t ir e d S an dy P ostm aster John M etsger who left the postal service in Ja n u a ry a fte r 26 years Chuck T ropp of the G ladstone post office had been in te rim postm aster w h ile the search fo r Becker was con ducted He takes the Sandy jo b at a tim e when the c ity is concerned w ith reloca tion of the post office E a rlie r this m onth, c ity o ffic ia ls released a set of guidelines they are asking the postal service to consider in reloca ting the Sandy office Those guidelines a re aim ed at keep ing the post office in a downtown loca tion. " I ’ m re a lly not fa m ilia r w ith where we are on th a t," B ecker said " I do know that everyone is concerned " D u rin g his firs t weeks on the job, the new postm aster is house hunting in the Sandy area In the m eantim e, his w ife, Sandra, and three daughters, lx>asia, 17, H eidi, 15. and K e rri, 12, are stayin g at the fa m ily ’s Cannon Beach home. A c o n s u lt in g e n g in e e r says T im b e rlin e K im developm ent near B rightw ood easily eould escape its w a te r shortage by lo w ering its w ell pum p, although several new shallow w ells m ig h t be a better long te rm solu tion. The developm ent’s w a te r com pany board and board of trustees w ill review three recom m endations by P ortla nd consultant Kent M athiot of Geo M att Inc, Sept 8, w ith decision expected S ept. 27 at T im b e r lin e 's a n n u a l m eeting One observation fro m the engineer's Aug 14 v is it to T im b e rlin e is that low er ing the pum p in the system ’s deep w ell another 60 feet m ig ht allow the pum p ing ra te to meet consum ption rates for possibly tw o m ore years T hat approach re p o rte d ly would cost only a p p ro x im te ly $900 A nother solution fro m the site study would be to increase depth of the p re sent 486 foot w e ll another 100 to loo feet That solution w o uld n't guarantee addi tio n a l w ater, but deepening would allow the w e ll’s pum p to set below the static w a te r level and allow a d ditiona l bore hole w a te r re se rv o ir cap acity That deepening would cost approx im a te ly $7,000 to $10,000 m ore than lo w ering the pum p, but less than con s tru c tio n of several ad d itio n a l sm all wells. City hopes revisions aid plan’s chance with LCDC The c ity ’s planning departm ent has com pleted w ork aim ed at b rin g in g San d y ’s com prehensive plan into co m pliance w ith the Land Conservation and Developm ent Com m ission and now the public w ill have the o p p o rtu n ity to voice its opinion A p u b lic h e a rin g on th e p la n m odifications w ill be held next Wednes day. Sept 2, a fte r the planning com m is sion convenes at 7:30 p m C ity Planner Don W ilson introduced the revisions last week at a jo in t workshop session of the com m ission Tw o m a jo r open spaces are id en tified in the plan, along T ic k le Creek and along the N orth B lu ff Hoad area The developm ent of these areas is severely constrained by physical features, but any developm ent would be subject to review The c ity w ill conduct public hearings before both the planning com m ission and c ity council to consider any ap p lica tio n w hich affects any histo ric site The old Pioneer Church on Pioneer B oulevard and St M ich a e l’s C atholic Church are the only sites c u rre n tly designated h isto rica l in the plan Index SECTIO N I O bituaries Keeping Posted Senior Center News E d ito ria ls , Le tte rs Sports. Recreation SECTIO N II Area News ................. Hood land Happenings Around the County About People Classified Advertising and c ity council. The revision became necessary when LCDC sta ff dra fte d an " I n O rder to C o m p ly " statem ent fo r the c ity , o u tlin ing problem areas in the plan Since tha t tim e W ilson has taken steps to c o r rect the plan and coinciding ordinances fo r fin a l review by L C IX ’ The housing questions raised by LCDC related to in su fficie n t n u m erica l d e ta il in the co m p re h e n sive p lan sp e cifica lly related to housing needs. ...I ...1 . .. I 3 9-13 SEC T IO N I I I Television Directory Inside Tab The c ity s ta ff addressed transporta tion d iffic u ltie s fo r in d ivid u a ls and item ized a lte rn a tiv e modes a va ila ble in clud in g the Sandy C o m m unity Center F in a lly , c ity sta ff corre cte d deficien cies re la tin g to a reconversion p ro cesse s f o r la n d zon ed K K b u t designated m ore densely in am ending the dual interest area agreem ent w ith Clackam as County A th ird long range solution favored by the consultant calls fo r developm ent of a system of two to fo u r shallow wells of a p p ro xim a te ly ion f«*et deep Cost w ould be a p p ro xim a te ly $r OOO to $7,000 each. The de velopm e nt’s board of trustees and w a te r com pany board meet 7 30 p m Sept 8 in the lo ft of the lodge to consider the consultant's recom m enda tions v o lu n ta ry conservation slo w ly has brought the repair-plagued w ell back to 23 feet, as of Monday. T h a t's up s u b s ta n tia lly fro m a c ritic a l 14 loot level in the 30 foot draw only two weeks ago Dave E rnst of the developm ent's ad m in istr: ive s ta ff voiced hop* that the co m m u n ity's tank would lie lu ll by Labor Day He said there had been no m ore breaks since m id Ju ly when pum p re p a irs slowed flow to a dangerous level of only 14 feet. That left only a 109,000 gallon o r two-day reserve fo r the 126 yea r round resident fa m ilie s, 42 sum m e r homes and handful of non resident w a te r users on the develop m e n t’s o u ,s k irt Consum ption ra te now is running about 1 5 m illio n gallons per m onth w ith good cooperation from residents asked io i ui uto vai wasiiing. uisnwasnmg ya rd w atering. The developm ent's board has decided to keep the com m u nity sw im m in g pool and la un dry open at the no rth side of Tim berline Kim. Fool attendant E rn st said the pool uses less than 1,000 gallons per day. O v e ra ll consum ption is dow n to 45,000-50,000 g a llo n s p e r d a y, he reports Welches hearing draws mixed reaction by MICHAEL F JONES Fost Correspondent "H o w fa r up the m ountain do you go to get aw ay fro m the go vern m ent?” C a rl B rig h t asked last Tuesday evening as he unveiled his plans to the Hoodland C ham ber of C om m erce fo r the in c o r poration of Welches into a c ity " I say you can never go high enough, so why do n’t we self govern ou rselves," he continued B rig h t, developer of R ipplin g K ive r, told the m eeting at B ow m an's that the area could pro vid e 24 hour, seven-day- a week po lice p ro te ctio n , a street m aintenance pro gra m , and its own bu ild in g inspector and planning d e p a rt m ent, if it governs itse lf B rig h t told the crow ded m eeting room that he firs t thought of the idea of in co rp o ra tio n last year when the 6 p e r cent C lackam as County m otel-hotel room tax w ent into effect C u rre n tly a p p ro xim a te ly 85 percent of that m oney goes to the Clackam as County F a ir w h ile the re m a ind er is d is trib u te d am ong the various cham ber of com m erce organizations throughout the county. "S ix percent rig h t off the top is p re tty h e fty ," B rig h t said. " I t is not, if it re m ains in the area ” He said tha t in four years, when K ip pling K iv e r is fu lly developed, the tax " w ill exceed $1 m illio n in this project alone " If the area was incorporated, this money would rem ain in the Mt Hood area and con tribu te to the a re a ’s economy The propose«! c ity ’s boundaries ex tend from H ighw ay 26 on the north (in clu din g the Mt Hood Lions Club, the Clackam as County Bank, the Car- m verous Canteloupe and the Hoodland Construction C om pany,, A rra h Wanna Road on the west, the Salmon K iv e r on the south and the Salmon K iv e r Road on the east. The proposed boundaries house an estim ated population of 1,415 persons w ith 566 reside ntial units A ccord in g to a fe a s ib ility study prepared by B rig h t, the proposed c ity of W elches " w i l l encom pass the b e au tifu l n a tu ra l environm ent of the area, encouraging the thrust of the free en terprise to provide the recreational am enities necessary for a resort com m u n ity, and attem pt to develop a re cre a tio n a l c ity that w ill be one of O regon’s proudest a ttra ctio n s " T h e p ro p o s e d c it y 's e c o n o m ic fe a s ib ility study says tha t, once in c o r porated, "th e re would be ce rta in state revenue funds that would 1 m - a va ila ble fo r local use " These revenues include highw ay gas taxes and liq u o r and gas taxes that would con trib u te an estim ated $25 09 per capita F o rt land G eneral E le c tric Co could pay the c ity 3 4 percent of its gross income, Continental Telephone and W arner Cable T V, 3 percent each, based on the c u rre n t c ity of Sandy user tax fo r producing incom e B rig h t’s in corp oratio n plans pro je ct the total revenues of the c ity at $346,551 in 1982. and as high as $1 5 m illio n by 1986 In a d d itio n to reve nu e sh a rin g money, hints of a c ity pro p e rty tax were touched on as ad d itio n a l operating funds but, B rig h t said, such a tax would have to be voted on a fte r the c ity is form ed The estim ated true cash value w ith in the proposed incorporated area is ap p ro x im a te ly $54 7 m illio n If the c ity did levy a p ro pe rty equivalent to Sandy’s, the estim ated revenue could be a p p ro x im a te ly $246,000 B rig h t called the c it y ’s po tentia l revenues "a m u lti-m illio n d o lla r liv a b le environm ent that w ill im p ro v e the life style of the area ” One opponent, Stephanie H a rp e r of Zigzag, questioned the need fo r an in corporated c ity and cla im e d tha t the adverse effects and trade-offs would undue years of planning e ffo rts on the m ountain. "S ix years of planning study is behind y o u ," she told B rig h t, " f o r you to ju st come up w ith som ething new ” B rig h t defended his in co rp o ra tio n plans "J u s t because we c a ll it a c ity doesn’t mean we are going to change an ythin g We are not going to push the m ountain over w ith a b u lld o z e r," he said "W e ’ve studied the m ountain to d e a th ," B rig h t said " I don’t w ant to study it any m ore. I w ant to do som ething " The next m eeting on the proposed in corp ora tion of the c ity of Welches w ill be next F rid a y , Sept 4 Park group fears developer’s motives by MICHAEL F. JONES Fost Correspondent Since spring when an 11-acre va cant lot near the Hoodland Womens Club on Salmon K iv e r Road was eyed as a possible he lip ort site, ef fo rts have been underw ay by a group of area residents to preserve the site as a park fo r the M t. Hood co m m u n ity. Fenny W ilb urn, Mabel B row n and Stephanie H a rpe r have organized th e ir e ffo rts in to the Friends of Hoodland P a rk Association <FHPA> to s o lic it donations and physical la bo r to create a M ountain Com m u n ity P a rk However, a fte r le arn ing the area is not zoned fo r a park and discover ing it is w ith in the boundaries of a proposed c ity of Welches study, the association has raised questions to developers about the fate of that piece of land in Zigzag At last week's u n veilin g of the in co rp o ra tio n proposal, m em bers of (F H P A ) dem anded to know why county-owned land is included in both the proposed boundaries and in the sewer d is tric t The park and its a d jo ining pro p e rty is c u rre n tly serv ed by che m ica l toilets F H P A questioned the m otives behind the new c ity 's boundaries, fea ring the land would become city p ro pe rty and be rezoned possibly as a c o m m e rcia l site C arolyn S m ith of Rhododendron expressed con cern because the eastern boundary follow s Salmon R ive r Road u n til it reaches the 11 acre site, when it jogs around the park to include it in the c ity 's ju ris d ic tio n The site c u rre n tly houses the Hoodland Womens Club, tennis courts and playground fa c ilitie s . At the m eeting in tro du cing the in corporation proposal, she asked, " I f you do see it as a county pa rk, why did you include it in your c ity 's boun danes?" Carl Bright, who developed the proposal explained that this is only a proposal and it doesn't necessarily mean the site w ill be included in the c it y ’s boundaries, if the c ity is ap proved Not satisfie d, Sm ith argued that the fe a s ib ility study, a 20 page b<M>klet, shows the study is not ju st in planning stages "W hen things are p rin te d up in booklet fo rm , this fa n cy, it is fin a l,' she said H arper, an F H P A org tinizer, told the audience that m any people in the area had donated th e ir tim e , c le a r ing the site and cleaning the area of litte r But, she said, she hadn't seen any supporters of the c ity helping F H P A C o-chairperson W ilb u rn questioned the possible m otives fo r in clud in g county land in the c ity boundaries fu rth e r "D o you have plans for this pa rk a re a ? " she ask ed " I s there any reason w hy you ca n 't exclude this a re a 9 I'd ra th e r see it as a county pa rk, ra th e r than a c ity park " It's the only thing on this side of Salmon River Road and it gets in clude into the c ity ," she said " I t ’s a nice 11 acres Anyone or city would want such a s ite ." B rig h t told the group that the c ity needs park space, but he has not plans to change the use of the site or develop it into c ity real estate B rig h t told F H P A m em bers that proponents of the new c ity have th e ir eyes on another site fo r a c ity pa rk He called the vacant area behind the Clackam as County Bank at W em m e "id e a l ” "B eyond the bank, the land ju st drops o ff and is not m uch good fo r a n y th in g ." he said "T h is would m ake a good kid die land " T h a t area was re c e n tly in vestigated by the Clackamas County Department of Environmental Ser vices Code C O M P L IA N C E Section after charges that illegal landfills were occurring on the site Investigator W alter Cate said the fill consisted prim arily of dirt, rock and concrete and was estimated to be more than 12,000 yards of fill ex cavated from local construction sites • ■ t > -e satlfeafiw c. . i . . •- » », *».» / y S
