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w----V ■ » w Section SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 29 1982 The Srfnây Post A rea News People Home & Garden Features \e w map to aid CPO with zoning changes by M IC H A EL P. JONES Post Correspondent Hampered by numerous meetings and trying to make sense out of the Clackamas County planning staff's proposed rezoning of the Woodland area, the Mt Hood Cooridor Citizen Planning Organization made some definite decisions on how to inform residents of the proposed changes that will affect the area Chairperson John McMahan told the small audience of residents and property owners who turned out to the CPU's April 24 meeting that peo pie are now feeling helpless in deal ing with the county, McMahan said that the local plann ing issues are becoming so complex that people are having a difficult time trying to keep on top of them. Neil Sullivan of Welches agreed and said that it is the county's own planning staff that is responsible for creating this feeling among people Sullivan said at the informational meetings held by the county that every time a property owner speaks out with a complaint concerning the rezoning of their land they are in structed to deal with it outside of the meeting Heather Atkinson, a kindergarten student at Boring, is in the process of receiving a painted face from Jan Speciale, a second grade teacher. The Boring carnival was considered a success by those involved. This, said Sullivan, makes people feel they will have to fight the county without the help of the CPO. “ It is not one-on-one since people have the same problem ," said Sullivan “ I t ’s the same old story of divide and conquer And so far that's Carnival in Boring was tops The Boring carnival Saturday top ped all previous y e a n , grossing 13,600 as hundreds attended Ida Cannon, carnival chairman, at tributed the success to “The Boring S to ry ,” a m o n th ly n e w s le tte r distributed to parents and businesses in the community. Also, she said, “a lot of the other schools have discontinued their car nivals." Connie Reynolds, PTA president, said planning for the carnival began a year ago with the selection of Can non as chairman. The money collected will be used to purchase something the school needs. Four charged after overpass incident by M IC H A EL P. JONES Post Correspondent Four persons were arrested by the Oregon State Police earlier this month for throwing snowballs off the Multorpor overpass near Govern ment Camp, some of which shattered the windshield of a vehicle being driven by an off-duty policeman. The incident occurred on April 3 at 10 50 p.m. Off-duty OSP Sergeant Dan E Wolf was driving eastbound on U.S. Highway 26 on packed snow and ice. In the car with him was his wife and three kids, and his 80-year-old grandmother, who was sitting in the right front seat. According to Trooper John Rizzo, investigating officer, a large piece of ice was thrown off the overpass and struck the front windshield of Wolf’s car He said Wolf was able to stop without involving other vehicles on the road. R izzo said an in v e s tig a tio n resulted in the arrest of three adults and one juvenile the following day. Three 20 year olds from California, who were on a ski vacation, were a r rested for mischief in the third degree and are to appear in Clackamas Couty court on the charge Rizzo said that they were not lodged in jail. Cited were Robert Scott Morfeld of Clayton, Calif , and Bradley Steven Rosten and Steven Alan Harrer, both of Concord, California. A male juvenile staying at the Golden Pole condominiums near Multorpor was reportedly responsi ble for striking the vehicle He was taken to juvenile court and cited for first degree crim inal mischief and reckless endangerment. He was later released to the custody of his parents. Rizzo said this overpass has ben a problem consistently during the winter months, with persons trying to hit moving vehicles with snowballs. This incident, however, resulted in the first arrest this year. The problem with vehicles being struck, said Rizzo, goes beyond the possibility of breaking out wind shields. He said that during times of poor road conditions, after being struck, drivers slam on the brakes, and “ become a projectile. You never know where they are going " “ We are going to arrest persons engaged in such activities every time we can,” said Rizzo. owners, and yet many are either try ing to battle the county alone or are not yet aware that their land is being affected. Blaming the planning staff’s map as being part of the problem. Sullivan said people couldn't find property on the map without the use of a magnify ing glass. Dave Enna. who lives in the Lolo Pass area near Zigzag, said he is con cerned because the county is propos ing to rezone his property to one house per forty acres instead of the one per five acres allowed by the 1976 Mt. Hood Community Plan. Sullivan said the planning staff is now considering amending their pro posed zoning to allow one house on 20 acres, but, he added " if you have 35 acres you couldn't divide it into two 20-acre sites ” Wes Post of Mountain Country Realty, who lives on Lolo Pass and how they’ve ‘tap danced* around u s " Sullivan said that the proposed zon ing changes in the area creates sim ilar problems for a lot of property who will be affected by the proposed zoning, said some of the problems are being caused because the county is incorporating a lot of the planning ideas of the flatlands into the area Post also said the county is listen ing to too many people “off the moun tain" who know very little about the area “ They drive by at 50 miles per hour and say just look at all the pretty trees."' said Post. A motion was passed for the CPO to redraw the map that shows the various sub-areas of the organize tion This is expected to be helpful in notifying persons whose property will be affected by the zoning changes, as well as assisting in such areas as electing representatives To ssist in understanding the pro blems created by rezoning Post and Sullivan were appointed to study the situation and make contact with pro perty owners who have complaints McMahan also requested that con cerned residents contact their sub- area representatives. Sewer service issue sparks discussion by M IC H A E L P. JONES Post Correspondent Two issues involving the Hoodland Service District were addressed by the Mt. Hood Corridor Citizens Plan ning Organization at an April 24 meeting, sparking discussions of c o m m u n ity needs versus developmental needs The first issue dealt with the an nexation of a piece of commercial p ro p e rty owned by Bob and M argaret Thurman on Greenwood Drive near the junction of U.S. Highway 26 and Arrah Wanna Road. One portion of the property is within the service district while the other is not. The parcels of land are divided by a sewer easement where a pipe from the new treatment facility crosses through and discharges “ treated" water into the Sandy River The Thurmans are seeking annexa tion into the service district as one parcel is already within the boun daries. They were requesting an en dorsement by the CPO on the propos ed annexation. Carol Smith asked why the CPO has to make a decision on the annexa tion when the state Land Conserva tion and Development Commission told Clackamas County in December that the service district could not be expanded. CPO Chairperson John McMahan said the Thurmans had been in structed by the county to approach the CPO since the annexation would have to be included into the revisions of the area’s community plan Please turn to Page 5.
