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Vol. 72 No. 8 SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1982 (IS P S 4SI-1M)» Senior levy said to offer better funding City reviews proposals for new post office site City officials last week reviewed three sites offered by the U S. Postal Service as possible locations for a new Sandy post office However, because it would jeopar dize the City Council’s quasi-judicial role in a conditional use process, the city made no binding recommenda tions to the Postal Service. The three sites which the Postal Service requested an opinion on are 1) the northeast corner of the McCormick-Wolf Drive intersection b. nd Scenic F ruit Company, 2) the lot just west of Paola’s Pizza Barn, and 3) the northern half of the Tupper Park site which the city sold earlier. City Attorney Jack Hammond, in an opinion issued Feb 19, cautioned the City Council and its members against reviewing the proposed sites outside o( he public hearing which would accompany the conditional use process. Any government building constructed within the city limits must obtain a conditional use permit from the city. "F or the City Council to par ticipate in an evaluation outside of a public hearing context would con stitute improper ex parte contact and would jeopardize the final condtional use approval by the city of the relocated post office site," Ham mond said. City staff members, however, are free to review the proposed sites and, based on a list of criteria established last year, they did Staff members also analyzed the public improvements which serve the properties. by DAN DILLO N The proposed three-year serial levy to fund senior centers coun tywide would help spread operating costs around but there are other at tractions. according to supporters “ One thing we re constantly fighting is institutionalization of seniors and the fra il," said Sandy Community Services Director San dra Potter Marquardt, "This levy would enable us to reach and to provide more services, including to those who are home bound, to prevent early and un necessary institutionalization ” The three-year levy's total assess ment would be approximately 14 4 million, of which $1.5 million would be assessed annually to fund senior centers in Sandy. Estacada, Molalla, Canby, Gladstone. Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Oregon City and Wilson ville Monies would also aid centers at Hoodland and Kendall which are not affiliated with city governments cur rently While $3 2 million of the three-year allocation would go directly to the centers, the remaining funds would provide health and in-home care for the elderly. County voters will be given the op portunity to vote on the issue at the March 30 special election The levy would do a number of things locally, Potter M arquardt said. The presently proposed city budget would provide the Sandy Senior Center with approximately $54,000 during the next fiscal year Under the county wide system, the local center would receive $67,585 during the first year, and $75,094 and* $82,603 during the two succeeding years The local surplus from the senior center budget would lead to a revised local budget "There would be no double taxa tion for the operation of the senior center,” Potter Marquardt said. The e x tra m oney g en era ted through the levy would enable the local center to hire an additional full time employee and a part-time outreach worker, according to Potter Marquardt That would help ease the burden created with the elimination of a CETA worker position during fiscal 1980. she said Local taxpayers wouldn’t have to bear the brunt of the costs for the center which is enjoyedby citizens throughout the area "Persons who utilize the center would pay on an equitable basis," she said. Currently, 40 to 50 percent of the Sandy Senior Center’s participants come from outside the city The new equitability would spread the cost around the county and lift the burden from city taxpayers, she said. The serial levy would stabilize revenues fo r operation of the county's 10 senior centers which now depend on local money and the Older Americans Act—a federal program which doesn’t meet the centers’ needs, she added. " It would give us a stable funding source over the next three years, in light of cutbacks in federal funding sources," Potter Marquardt said Each senior center would be granted a yearly allocation based on the percentage of senior citizens in its service area, relative to the total senior population in Clackamas County That would be added to a factor for the percent of assessed valuation in each city, relative to the total assess ed valuation of all nine cities involv ed Currently, 31,000 Clackamas Coun ty residents are older than 60 years old Nearly 60 percent of t^ose who are older than 70 years old are at or below the poverty level, Putter M ar quardt said. M E E T IN G C R IT E R IA None of the sites named by the Postal Service are located within the core area, between Bluff Road and Wolf D rive and fronting either Pioneer or Proctor Boulevards, as the city requested. Because Highway 26 is the prin cipal route for traffic access in and Photo by Dan Dillon Duke (Eric Hadely) pleads his case with the catcher. Beanie (Stu Cabe), during a timeout in "Yanks—3 Detroit—0 Top of the Seventh," one of four one-act plays which will be presented at Sandy High School this Satur day afternoon. Sandy High stages one-act festival by DAN DILLON A wall separates the nymphs and the soldiers who don't know of each other's existence. When they The Sandy High School drama department will try discover each other, the plot thickens something different this week. A man and woman spend their lives writing Rather that presenting a single winter production, drama instructor Mark Kuntz decided to stage four postcards which they mail by dropping out the window in hopes someone will take them to the post office. one-act plays to involve more students in dramatics. The final production, "Postcards,” by James "We decided to promote competition and get a lot of Prideaux, deals with the couple's feelings when they people involved in theater,’’ Kuntz said. The result will discover they’ve written to everyone in the world and be a unique competition among four student directed productions this Saturday afternoon at 1 p m in the have no one left to write to. Kuntz said the directors are students in advanced school’s commons Then next Friday and Saturday evenings, March 5 drama classes. The actors and actresses are students and 6, the plays will be presented at 7.30 p.m in the who wanted to get involved in an extra-curricular ac commons All performances, including the competi tivity and have some fun competing SUHS teacher Richard Kennedy and Sandy Com tion, are open to the public. The students selected the plays themselves and their munity Players member Jim Wilhite will judge Satur choices will provide something for a variety of tastes. day’s performances. Tomorrow evening, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m a second set "Ways and Means,” by Noel Coward, tells the story of a rich, young couple who run out of money while of one act plays will be presented A scene from "Mad Women of Chaillot,” which took staying at a fancy hotel. They have gambled their second place in the Timber Valley League-Wilco finances away and must try to make a graceful exit league one act contest, will be presented because they have no means to pay the hill Also on F riday’s bill will be two one-acts prepared in " Y a n k s -3 Detroit-0 Top of the Seventh,’’ by advanced acting classes Jonathan Reynolds, chronicles what happens when a "David and Lisa’’ and "P aul’s Case” will not be baseball pitcher takes a perfect game (with no hits or haserunners ) into the top of the seventh inning All the making their dehut, but will be new to the general San action takes place on the mound while the whole game dy theater going public. The two one-acts have already completed a tour of falls apart. ‘‘The Other Side," by Madeena Nolan, presents a elementary schools in the Sandy Union High School district, Kuntz said social study. SECTION 1 Keeping Posted Obituaries School Lunch Menus Senior Center News Editorials, Letters Sports, Recreation I. SECTION I I Area News ............. ........1 Hoodland Happenings .. ........1 Medical Advice About People.................... ........4 Classified Advertising... .11-14 SECTION I I I TV Revue Inaide Tab PUBLIC IM P R O V E M E N T S Site 1 has the advantage of being situated in an area which has the m a jority of public facilities in place, the city said There are water and sewer service, and storm drains in place. Site 2 is served by municipal water, h o w e v e r, s e w e r s e rv ic e and developed storm drainage are lack ing The city has permitted private sewage lift stations where there is no alternative, although it generally prefers gravity flow service. A postal facility on site 3 could gain sanitary sewer service and water service from city lines in Tupper Road. Storm water could be disposed of in No Name Creek, the city said. State investigating mishaps on bridge The state Highway Division is stu dying the Salmon River Bridge to determine what steps can be taken to e lim in a te problem s which are responsible for accidents that have occurred there Ronald Failmesger, region traffic operations supervisor, said he is col lecting data on accidents at the loca tion on Highway 26 near Brightwood, but he hasn't made any conclusions yet regarding a solution to correct the bridge's problems. Failmesger said that three ac cidents occurred on the bridge bet ween Jan. 1, 1977 and Sept 1, 1980 Two of those accidents involved "fixed objects," Failmesger said, meaning the vehicles struck the bridge. The third was a head-on colli sion between two vehicles Seven per sons were injured in the three ac cidents Recently, two persons were killed in a Dec 30, 1981 accident that also injured seven others In that collision, the eastbound vehicle slid on some ice into the west bound lane and was struck broadside by a pickup truck with a camper. The bridge, which is 450 feet long and located on a 5 percent grade, "has problems which we can see from the accident records," said Failmesger But, bridges "tend to ice-up quicker” that roadways, he said. Failmesger said the December double-fatality indicates that there is definitely icing problems on the bridge. He added that reports of the four accidents indicate that east- bound vehicles will lose control and slide into the westbound lane. Two options currently being ex plored by Failmesger are the in stallation of a "jam ra il” or installa tion of warning signs at the bridge’s approach. He said these and other op tions being considered will be limited by expense. The jam rail would be built of con crete and would prevent vehicles from sliding into oncoming traffic. It would be expensive compared to the installation of signs which would warn motorists of dangers caused by ice and inclement weather. The problem with the bridge will have to be compared with other pro blem spots on the state highway system, he said, and fixed on a priori ty basis " If we decide on a solution, we’ll have to get financing," Failmesger said, "and priority will depend on where the money ges ” Following a meeting with District M ain ten an ce Supervisor H a rry Woodward, Failmesger expects a solution within two weeks. Commissioners want first-hand look at site The controversial 192-unit Alder wood mobile home subdivision was appealed to the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners Monday but, after hearing the testimony, a decision was postponed until March 7-8 out of Sandy, the city asked that ac cess be easy to the highway. City staff members determined that site I best meets that criterion because of the traffic light at the in tersection of W olf D riv e and Highway 26 While site 2 is adjacent to the highway, it doesn't have a con trolled left turn, necessary to cross the highway. Site 3 is removed from Highway 26 and only partial im provements are due Tupper Road. The city asked that the new post of fice be close to the downtown business district. Site 3 is closest in term s of actual distance, but pedestrian walkways are lacking, the city staff said, and no provisions for an access have been shown. Site 1 is next in terms of distance and is best situated with developed sidewalks All three sites are located on streets designed to handle the traffic the post office would attract. Both sites 1 and 3 would use predominant ly residential streets, but site I would not require traffic through the actual residential area Site 1 is said to h<* e the greatest number of existir. on-street parking places. Alderwood decision delayed pending visit by M IC H A E L P. JONES Post Correspondent Index Single Copy 25« In the meantime, the commis sioners will visit the site near Brightwood for a first-hand look. what our intended use of the land was a t th a t tim e (a n d ) s a tis fie d themselves that it would apply to their rules and regulations," Njust said After the preliminary plat was sub mitted to Clackamas County, "there was was extensive investigation by planning staff and their recommen dation was to recommend approval," he continued. Lowell Njust, one of six developers of the project, contended that an earlier denail by the County hearings officer did not make sense because three prim ary government agencies had been involved and given their ap proval. Prior to the hearings officer's Oc tober decision, “ the Mt. Hood Plan, which had been worked on for 10 years or more . . was approved down in Salem. . . by the LCDC (laind Conservation and Develop ment Commission) as it realted to this particular property and Cedar Ridge," Njust said "The Boundary Commission an nexed this area knowing well aware He said the proposed subdivision m eets a ll County zoning r e quirements, Boundary Commission requirements and the goals of LCDC. "The position I take, in effect what LCDC did, was render the decision of the hearings officer moot,” said Njust. "He said it did not comply. They (LCDC) said that it did " Oregon City attorney Jack Ham mond, representing the Environmen tai Committee on Suitability in the appeal, contended. "The hearings of ficer's report and his findings are based p r i m a r i ly upon the standards . . of the recreational- residential zone standards of the Mt Hood Community Plan (and) stan dards of the subdivision ordinance which are still fully applicable Hammond questioned the density of the project He contended that 192 units on the 48 acre parcel is too much and would have major impact on the winter range for deer He said maximum densities for such areas, as outlined in the Clackamas County comprehensive plan, indicates that the density can only be "one dwelling per 30 acres, or one dwelling per 40 acres ” H a m m o n d a rg u e d th a t the southwest portion of the parcel "a significant portion has standing ground water throughout the year, with a water table from zero to 12 in ches below the ground " He said there was a standing pond fed by a stream "that flowed right directly through the trailer park into that area " Ron Stangel, of the county planning staff, noted that there is a distinction between wetlands and areas with high water tables He said that, based on information supplied by the county soils engineer, the areas does have drainage pro blems, "but it's not designated as a wetland area," as Hammond had argued " I'm enough of a realist to know that you're going to have a hard time with (the winter range issue)," said Hammond "Maybe it's an issue that should be addressed somewhere else But, what I'm saying is you don't have to directly reach that issue in order to deny this thing and support what the hearings officer recommended. All you have to do is simply apply the standards that are clearly set forth in the recreational zone." Njust contends that the commis sioners should approve the develop ment based on the conditions set forth by the planning staff He said he and hia partners are aware of the conditions and are "comfortable liv ing with them "
