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SANDY, OREGON. THURSOAY JULY 1. 1982
The Sdtnäy Post
People
Home & Garden
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Sewer assessments set at $2,200 per unit
by M IC H A EL P. JONES
Poal Correspondent
Assessments for Mt Hood s new
55 496,000 sewer treatment plant
were to be issued today to the 65 pro
perty owners who make up the taxing
area of the Hoodland Service
District
The assessments, according to
Utilities Director Dave Abraham of
the Clackamas County Environmen
tai Services Department, were levied
against 360 separate pieces of proper
ty that lie within the Local Improve
ment District This district com
prises Timberline Rim. the Cedar
Ridge area near Brightwood, and
parts of the Welches area
Areas to be served by the new
sewer in the Welches area include the
R ip p lin g
R iv e r
s u b d iv is io n .
Bowman s Mt Hood Resort, and
som e in d iv id u a l hom es and
businesses
The L ID , according to Abraham,
was formed on July 3, 1960 and in
cluded only those property owners
who wished to be served by the new
treatment facility.
O nce th e L ID was fo rm e d
Abraham said warrants were sold to
the United States National Bank at
an interest rate of 7 5 percent in
September, 1960
In October, 1961 inflation resulted
in increased construction costs for
the plant, and so additional warrants
were taken out at 12 5 percent.
Abraham referred to the warrants
as being sim ilar to short term pro
missory notes The warrants financ
ed construction
The warrants are due and bonds
are being sold to redeem the war
rants.
The 55,496,000 in assessments are
being levied to pay off the bonds, with
the 360 parcels being used as col
lateral
The bonds will be sold for a 20-year
period with a beginning interest of
somewhere between 10 to 12 percent.
This could increase, however, to dou
ble or even triple the interest rate
and property owners could end up
paying more than originally an
ticipated
Property owners ere being assess
ed at 52,200 per unit.
Abraham said that persons with
undeveloped property, which will be
assessed for a specific number of
"buildable" (but yet non-existing)
units, are feeling the pressure.
Abraham said the county officials
estimate that "on raw land ’—still
undeveloped—four units per acre
could be constructed. If a property
owner constructs more than four, he
will be reassessed accordingly.
Regardless of whether they build
or not, they will be assessed for four
units per acre, at 52,200 per unit.
“ Nobody gets a free ride. ’ said
Abraham. "Nobody pays what so
meone else doesn't pay for *
In the Cedar Ridge area there are
three such "ra w " parcels of land
with developments planned They in
clude the 192 unit Alderwood Mobile
Home subdivision ion 48 acres), the
347 unit Brightwood Glen develop
ment (on 93 acres), and ihe Tillikum
Woods development (on 209 acres),
on which construction of 462 units is
planned
Some of the properties within the
LID , said Abraham, will be assessed
but are not currently served by the
new plant The property owners are
receiving what is commonl9 referred
to as a "p ro xim ity to service
benefit." Their property is worth
more since they are within the
assessment area
A b raham said that p ro p e rty
owners have been given the option of
paying off the entire assessment in
one payment or in 40 installments,
with one due every six months
Property owners will have until Ju
ly 15 to decide upon the method of
payment
The first principal and interest
payment is due on January 15, 1963
and Abraham said he anticipates no
problems with property owners
financially coping with this deadline.
H o w eve r, when the o rig in a l
Hoodland Service District was ap
proved by voters in February, 1979
the county made certain com
mitments to ihe voters in these
developments, promising that they
would not be .narged a connection
fee if they hooked up within a
specified period of time. Abraham
said the county is honoring this
agreement and Liey will have until
December 31, 1986 to hook up.
Abraham acknowledged that pro
perty assessments have sometimes
made people fearful of losing their
land due to lack of payment, but he
said this hasn't happened in all of his
20 years of working for public
utilities
For someone to lose their property,
by M IC H A EL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
Five years ago researchers for the
Department of Environmental Quali
ty conducted stu d ies on tw o
treatmemt plants in the Welches
area to assess the im p act of
chlorinated w a te r on a sm all
tributary of the Salmon River.
The purpose of the survey was to
identify what the chemical, physical
and biological impact of chlorinated
waste effluents from the Mt. Hood
Golf Club Terrace and the Bowman’s
Mt. Hood Resort treatment plants
had on this un named stream.
In addition, the researchers were
attempting to determine if the 50-foot
radius mixing zone for chlorinated
effluents was adequate for this
stream.
The stream, which flows through
the golf course, was studied on April
28 and 29, 1977, and reportedly was
excellent for steelhead and trout
fishing prior to the construction of
the two treatment plants.
Gerald M. Bell, a fisheries biologist
who works on aquatic toxicology for
D E Q ’s laboratories and applied
research section, said the study of
the stream was important.
The
impact of chlorine on this stream
shows the potential adverse effects
other treatment plants could have on
other waterways.
The researchers estimated that the
Terrace treatment plant, which is
located on the northeastern edge of
the golf course, was discharging (at
that particular time) anywhere from
4,000 to 6,000 gallons of treated ef
fluents into the creek per day.
In comparison, the Bowman's
plant, which is located just a short
Sales, run set in Hoodland for 4th
SATURDAY, JULY I
day of the race. The price includes a
July Fly Run T-shirt. The registra
tion booth will open at 8:30 a.m. The
Hoodland Rural Fire Department is
sponsoring the 5.2-mile race, with
proceeds to go to the Hoodland
Volunteer Fire Fighters Association.
MONDAY, JU LY 5
The Welches Community School
aerobic dance class will be held to
day beginning at 9 a.m. at Welches
School in the covered area next to the
school playground. Babysitting will
be available for a small fee.
The Hoodland Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor an Arts and
Crafts Show today from noon to 9
p.m next to the Hoodland Women’s
Club. The Chamber of Commerce
will have T-shirts for sale, as well as
food concessions.
W EDNESDAY. JU LY 7
Aerobic dance will be today at
Welches School beginning at 9 a m.
Welches Community School hikes
continue throughout the summer
with Lou Tipton leading. Meet at the
Women’s Club building at 9:30 a m.
to car pool
The Hoodland Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor a beer garden
from 2 p.m. to midnight at the
Hoodland Park tennis courts. Live
music will be provided by "The Shuf
fle" at 7:30 p m .
A fireworks display, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce, will
begin at dusk near the Women's
Club. Shuttle buses will run from the
Hoodland Plaza Shopping Center to
the viewing area
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Hooking up within this time period
benefits both the district and the pro
perty owner, said Abraham. By the
customer not having to pay the addi
tional cost of having the road dug up
and then re-patched, it can reduce
their cost considerably.
The district benefits by getting
more property owners served who
will be paying a monthly service
charge
MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGE
The new plant began operating in
February and for a few days handled
only "clear water to work out the
bugs," said Abraham Today the new
plant is serving an estimated 400
units during its first phase of
development
Everyone receiving service w ill be
paying a 515 per month service fee,
which goes toward operating the
plant and administrating the service
district
If the anticipated "saturation
d e v e lo p m e n t” o ccu rs on the
estimated 900 acres of "raw" land in
the service district boundaries.
Abraham estimates that the new
treatment plant will be providing
service to an additional 5,000 units
Future expansion plans include ser
vicing homes along Fairw ay Avenue.
Mt Hood Golf Terrace and the
business district of Rhododendron
Pictured above finishing the cement on a storm sewer on Tupper Road is Rick
Nelson of Portland, who works for Sharp and Associates of Beaverton, subcon
tractors on the job. Tupper Road, between Highway 211 and Sandy Heights
Road in Sandy, will be closed beginning next Wednesday, July 7. The closure
will begin at 8 a.m. and continue to 8 a.m. July 12 for road construction.
Chlorination study provides example to consider
Hoodland Happenings
The Mt. Hood Lions Club will host a
breakfast today and tomorrow from 7
a m. to noon at the club building on
Highway 26 in Wemme
The Hoodland Women’s Club’s an
nual rummage sale will be held today
and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Hoodland Women’s Club. Bak
ed goods prepared by club members
will be for sale both inside and out
side the building Proceeds from the
sale go to various community and
building needs.
SUNDAY. JU LY 4
The Mt. Hood Lions Club chuck
wagon breakfast continues today
from 7 a m. to noon at the club
building
The Hoodland Women's Club's an
nual rummage and bake sale also
continues today from 10 a m. to 4
pm .
The July Fly Run will begin at 10
a m. at the Hoodland Women's Club
on Salmon River Road. A registra
tion fee of 57 50 will be charged the
"They are not paying one red cent
toward the construction of this sewer
system," said Abraham. "That's
what was agreed upon and the county
is honoring this "
The county also agreed to assist the
developer of the Timberline Rim sub
division. Scott Brown of Portland,
collect his hook-up fees This was
agreed upon as an attempt to help
Brown recover some of his invest
ment in an existing sewer treatment
facility
Originally, county officials had
agreed to purchase the old plant from
Brown and utilize it in the new
district Later, however, the county
reneged
Last year Brown filed a notice of
intent to sue the county unless a
satisfactory financial agreement
concerning the Timberline Rim plant
could be reached
In other parts of the service district
owners of any single-family dwell
ings that existed prior to the forma
tion of the district will have three
years to hook up and not be charged.
This tim e period would begin
w henever
s e rv ic e
becom es
available
Existing businesses would have a
one-year "grace period" before be
ing charged a hook-up fee.
Abraham said they would have to be
delinquent for at least a year
" I f they w ere to miss two
payments, then the county woud
have the right of foreclosure, just like
in back taxes." said Abraham. "But I
don’t expect this to happen ”
HOOK-UP F E E
A service connection fqp which
Abraham referred to as a "service
connection benefit," will be paid by
"future" customers outside the LID .
Those property owners who have
been assessed technically have free
hook up. said Abraham.
This includes the units that were
being served by the old sewer treat
ment plants at Bowman's and
Timberline Rim.
Over the past year property
owners in the Tunberline Rim sub
division feared that if they abandon
ed their existing treatment facility
they would be either assessed or be
charged an additional connection fee
if they wished to be served by the new
plant.
Originally, when they purchased
their property in the subdivision,
they paid a fee that ranged between
5400 to 5600 to be served by the
development's treatment facility.
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The
C la c k a m a s
C ounty
Bookmobile will be at the Hoodland
Plaza Shopping Center from 4 to 7
p.m. today.
Don’t forget the Welches school
board meeting July 8 at the new
school library
To place an event in the
Hoodland Happenings, contact Dawn
Morrison at 622-3538.
distance from where the creek emp
ties into the Salmon River, was
discharging greater quantities of ef
fluents. That plant discharged bet
ween 5,000 and 25,000 gallons daily.
The discharges at both treatment
plants were made only during the
high flow period between November
1 and May 31. During the summer
and early fall the effluents were
spray-irrigated onto the golf course
Both plants treated wastes in the
same manner.
Chemical samples of the creek
were taken at three locations,
The results of the chem ical
analysis showed the combined ef
fects of the effluents caused a
substantial increase in the creek’s
nutrient levels. Tests below the
Bowman's outfall showed that the
concentration of phosphate (from
human wastes) was nearly 20 times
greater than that above the Terrace
plant
Bell said that such high concentra
tions of nutrients in such a small
stream was enough to create an
undesirable growth of algae, which
would have seriously affect the quali
ty of water.
In addition, Bell said tests also
showed there were heavy concentra
tions of chlorine 50 feet downstream
from the Terrace and 10 feet from the
Bow m an's reso rt o u tfa ll. This
chlorine had an extreme toxic effect
on aquatic life.
Biological samples taken above the
Terrace plant (the first on the
stream) revealed 7hat was described
as a "normal population" of aquatic
organisms, including several species
of mayflies, caddisflies, midges,
clams and worms, according to a
DEQ report.
In contrast, however, "an extreme
ly limited population of pollution-
tolerant midges and worms were pre
sent directly below the outfall."
In late June (during the prohibited
discharge period), only one month
after the treatment plant stopped
releasing effluents, aquatic life
began to reappear. Just below the
outfall a similar (to what had been
found above the plant) population of
organisms had begun to be estabish-
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water quality regulations for the San
dy River basin. The mixing zone,
however, was found to be inap
propriate for that particular stream.
Since February, the new Hoodland
Service District sewer treatment
plant has been serving the Bowman's
resort The resort’s old treatment
plant is now abandoned.
The T e r r a c e d e v e lo p m e n t,
however, is not being served by the
new plant That plant is still in opera
tion.
D a v e A b ra h a m , d ir e c to r of
Clackamas County's utilities divi
sion, said that he does not anticipate
service being expanded to serve the
Terrace unless a federal grant is
secured to help pay for the expansion
of the new sewer plant.
Abraham estimated that expansion
costs to serve the Terrace develop
ment would be about 5122,200
Eleven on OSU honor roll
The spring honor roll for Oregon
State University was announced
recently, with 507 earning straight As
(4.0 grade point average) and
another 1,372 earning 3.5 or better
grade point averages
Kimberly K. Gaulke of Boring, a
sophomore majoring in liberal arts,
made the A honor roll.
Cindy L. Gaulke also of Boring, a
senior in education, made the B
honor roll.
Brian K. Roper of Eagle Creek, a
freshman science major, made the B
honor roll.
Leslie A. Jonsrud of Government
Camp, a senior science major, was
on the A honor roll.
David L Bonner of Oregon City, an
SUHS graduate and a junior science
major, was on the B honor roll
Rochelle L. Gautney of Rhododen
dron, a junior science major, was on
the B honor roll
Ken J. S eater of Sandy, a
sophomore in pre-engineering, was
on the A honor roll.
Robert K. Brauer Jr. of Sandy, a
sophomore in education, was on the B
honor roll.
Larry G. Carmony of Sandy,
senior in business, was on the
honor roll.
Karen L. Deedon of Sandy,
freshman in business, was on the
honor roll.
Leann J. Madison of Sandy,
junior in education, was on the
honor roll.
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Western Oregon State College
granted a total of 633 bachelor's and
master's degrees at its commence
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Area people receiving degrees in
cluded Mary Beth Nicholas of Sandy,
who received a bachelor of science
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The DEQ report stated that there
were similar problems with aquatic
life observed below the Bowman's
outfall "but the striking contrast
found at (the) Terrace was not pre
sent.”
The study revealed that although
the Terrace plant was treating less
sewage than the Bowman's plant, it
had a greater impact on the stream
The high concentration of chlorine a f
fected the stream ’s aquatic life
"significantly and to a greater
degree" than Bowman’s.
However, the combined effluents of
both plants, particularly Bowman’s,
had the potential "to greatly alter the
present character of the creek by
substantially increasing the nutrient
load."
At neither plant, said Bell, were
there any apparent violations of the
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