The Sandy Post
Vol. 72 No 28
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City plans transition
to new city manager
Kelly Kramer. 5, and Jason Schroeder. 3, wave from the Independent Bank
of Sandy float to people who lined the street last Thursday for the annual
Staff photo
Sandy .Mountain Festival Parade.
The city of Sandy w ill be without a
city manager for nearly a month and
a half when current City Manager
Roger Jordan leaves to assume his
new post in Dallas.
“ We re looking at a 30- to 45-day
turnaround,” Jordan said.
In the interim period, each depart
ment w ill supervise itself in lieu of a
city manager
Mayor Ruth Loundree w ill have
overall managerial duties, if any ad
m inistrative questions come up, Jor
dan said. Finance Director June
Isaakson w ill handle finances and
check w riting
The profile outlined by tne council
calls for a new city manager much
like Jordan
E m p h a sis w ill be give n to
budgeting ability and financial know
how The city council also is in
terested in finding someone with a
strong sense of the needs of a small
community, rather than someone
who has been tested in the often tu r
bulent waters of a larger town.
Jordan said the council is asking
that applicants have a minimum of
four years in local government ad
ministration
According to a timeline laid out
recently by the Sandy City Council,
the city hopes to have the new city
manager on board by mid-October
Jordan's resignation becomes effec
tive Aug 31
Presently, the city is advertising
for a replacement nationally in the
In te rn a tio n a l C ity M a n a g e r’s
Association magazine and statewide
in the League of Oregon Cities'
bulletin.
A subcommittee of the mayor, Jor
dan and two city councilmen w ill
review the applications as they come
in, until an Aug. 16 deadline, to lim it
the number to 20-25
After that, with assistance from
League of Oregon Cities' Executive
Director Steve Bauer for background
screening, a list of 15-20 applicants
w ill be presented to a special review
committee for selection of finalists
That review committee w ill be
made of the council and seven citizen
appointees
Final interviews w ill be held Aug.
28 and the successful candidate w ill
be n otified the fir s t week of
September
A ll meetings throughout the selec
tion process w ill be confidential, now
that the process has been established
in an open forum, Jordan said.
In festival parade
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Fly-in breakfast lands
Mountain men walk off with honors
at airport this Sunday
The Wy'East Mountain Men walked away
with the Theme Award in last week’s annual
Sandy Mountain Festival Parade led by Grand
Marshal Richard Ross, of KATU-TV in
Portland
The buckskin-clad band of black powder
shooters also copped the Florence Award,
presented annually to the best marching group
or band
Thousands of people lined Pioneer Boulevard
to view the 107-entry parade hoping for a
glimpse of motion picture and television star
Lindsay Wagner and for the third straight year,
they were not disappointed.
Wagner rode on the float which won the
Queen's Trophy, for best commercial entr,
sponsored by ST A Construction The float
depicted a group of mountain people sitting
around a still.
The Grand Marshal’s Award, presented to
the best equestrian entry, was won by Nancy
Caldwell and K it Dixon.
The Mayor’s Trophy, for the best non
commercial, civic organization or community
entry, was awarded to the Sandy TOPS Club for
their float.
The A1 Kader Color Guard was named the
best color guard The Tillamook Equestrian
Court was voted best court.
The Anna Geyer Dancers of Sandy skipped
away with the blue ribbon among precision
marching groups The Wy'East Mountain Men
made it a trio of awards as they were named
the best non-precision marching group.
The Cottrell-Bull Run Baton Group was first
in that category and their marching band took
top honors in that division
The Sandy High School Pep Band was named
the top non-marching band
In the equestrian categories, there were a
number o winners announced Carol Robbins
won for costuming Mabie Baker was honored
for her parade horse. The Sandy Ridge Riders
4-H Club was named the top equestrian group.
Diana Kawata was the first-place winner
among single women riders and Fred Graf was
top single-rider man Nancy Caldwell and K it
Dixon were the top matched riders.
Other winners were the Sandy Business and
Professional Women for their float among civic
organizations and Timberline Rim for their
community float.
In miscellaneous categories, Les B artlett’s
1937 Ford pickup truck was the best non
commercial vehicle; Clackamas County Bank
was cited for its commerical entry and the West
Linn Fair Days won for civic organizations
Pilots from throughout the Pacific
Northwest are checking their maps
for a flight this Sunday, July 18, for
the 25th annual Sandy Kiwanis Fly-in
Breakfast at Rich's Airport.
For those without an airplane, the
annual fundraiser may be found at
the airport, three miles northeast of
Sandy on Oral Hull Road, from 7 a.m.
to 1 p m
A lo n g w ith the tr a d itio n a l
breakfast fare—pancakes, ham and
eggs—the club has lined up a number
of other attractions
Airplane rides w ill offered to the
public for a fee. The hangar where
the breakfast is served w ill also
feature live musical entertainment
A display of antique airplanes is
also planned.
Money raised at the breakfast goes
to support Kiwanis projects like the
Crippled Children's Camp on Mount
Hood
The cost of the event w ill be $3.50
for adults and $2 for children. Tickets
are available from any Sandy
Kiwanis Club member before the
breakfast for those who don’t like to
stand in line.
The breakfast traditionally draws
more than 2,000 hungry customers to
Johnny Johnson's airport. Tickets
w ill be available the day of the
breakfast, too, however.
Citizens take last shots new Mt. Hood plan
by MICHAEL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
Residents of the Mt Hood corridor
got in their parting shots about pro
posed changes in the area's com
prehensive plan and zoning and state
Land Conservation and Development
Commission guidelines last Wednes
day.
In two hearings before Clackamas
C ounty C om m issioners at the
Hoodland Women’s Club, a handful of
residents criticized changes propos
ed by the county's planning staff and
LCDC influence
The residents charged that amen
ding the original 1976 Mt Hood Com
munity Plan down to a 13-page re vi
sion w ill adversely affect the recrea
tional character of the area and w ill
not effectively protect wetlands or
natural resources
LACK OF CITIZEN INPUT
G in n y B re w s te r, a M a rm o t
homeowner, criticized the county's
planning staff's proposed changes
claiming that there was not adequate
citizen input
"In the Mt Hood plan, the citizen
has not been represented, as
specified by LCDC.” said Brewster
If citizen input had been adequate,
Brewster said, the recreational
needs of the area, as well as the
economic needs, would be addressed
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in the plan’s proposed modifications
As a result, these needs are not ad
dressed and two additional state
planning goals have been violated.
"You are making citizen involve
ment a sham and everything that has
been done the last five years is for
nothing,” said Brewster.
"The point is, if you listen to
citizens and citizens were listened to,
there would be citizen involvement,”
said Brewster
She c ritic iz e d the re s u ltin g
changes in the proposed plan, claim
ing that it calls for “ sweeping
changes” which w ill have a major
impact on the area and its recrea
tional economy.
According to Brewster the propos
ed changes are the result of pressure
groups who testified before LCDC
and claimed the comprehensive plan
was in violation of state land use
laws.
“ If you bow to this pressure, you
are not doing your duty to the
citizens," said Brewster.
"Land use planning may be the tip
of the iceberg, but it may also be the
straw that broke the camel’s back,”
she said.
Commissioner Ralph Groener call
ed Brewster's comments "naive" but
said that was not meant to be per
sonal.
UPDATE MANDATED
Groener said that the proposed
changes to the 1976 community plan
were a must because LCDC w ill not
acknowledge the plan until the revi
sions are made
" I can sit here and rubber stamp
the 1976 plan but it won't do any
good,” said Groener "LCDC w ill
keep sending it back saying review
your finding ”
Groener defended the efforts of the
planning staff, claiming the proposed
revisions meet the state goals as well
as the economic, recreational and
aesthetic needs of the mountain
"F rom their experience they have
been harangued and pulled back
through the meat grinder,” said
Groener. “ They k.ow what LCDC
wants “
A resubmittal of the original plan
could result in a restraining order be
ing placed on all development in the
Paul Sanders, a Zig Zag developer
county by LCDC sim ilar to those
who recently went through his own
recently imposed on Curry and Coos
planning and development hurdles to
counties
gain the necessary permits to con
"LCDC w ill not accept the plan,"
struct a mini-hydroelectric facility,
said Groener. “ If that isn’t fair
criticized the land use planning pro
enough somebody tell me?"
cess and philosophy for private land
John Thompson of Welches asked
Referring to his own experience,
the commissioners to direct the plan Sanders said, "Planning has to be ra
ning staff to address the area's
tional and take into account the
recreational needs in the proposal
natural features ”
they w ill present to LCDC later this
Sanders said land use planning
summer
should give people the right "to enjoy
The U.S. Forest Service, according
the use of their land” as guaranteed
to Thompson, found that 92 percent of
by the B ill of Rights and the U.S Con
the land in the corridor was best
stitution
suited for recreational use, not
He urged the commissioners to
timber,
make the county more responsible
and accountable and not hide behind
Thompson told the commissioners
the state land use authority.
the 1976 plan allowed the corridor to
M arilyn Leslie claimed the propos
be developed as a recreational area
ed revisions do little to protect the
and urged them to make sure the
area's natural resources and benefit
revised plan reflects the area in the
same way.
developm ent. She subm itted a
number of petitions calling for the
Commissioner Bob Schumacher
disagreed " I f you submit the 1976 protection of wetlands, w ild life ,
fisheries and water quality in the
plan you'd better hope LCDC isn’t
Cedar Ridge area near Brightwood
there to read it," he said
"There is significant interest in
CONFLICTING DATA
Diane Spies, a land use attorney
representing the newly-organized
Sane E c o n o m ic D e v e lo p m e n t
Association, said "raw data” had
been collected from an estimated
Wayne Johnson was elected chair
6,000 acres in the corridor which w ill
be affected if the county staff's pro man of the SUHS Board of Directors,
with renovation of the art room,
posed revision is adopted
challenge exams and selection of
Spies estimated that she and her
members of the budget committee
clients w ill examine 2,000 tax lots and
among business acted upon
2,500 legal lots In addition, several
Leon H a m b lin , a rc h ite c t fo r
hundred questionnaires have been
Richard Gessford and Associates,
mailed out to individual property
discussed the work that has been
owners in the area.
done by I^arry Culver Custom Homes
of Gresham They had a low bid of
Spies asked the commissioners to
$14,383 to repair damage caused by a
request an extension of time from
fire last spring.
LCDC so they would have enough
A new paint job has made it a
time to analyse this data which she
"lig h te r area,” and a lower ceiling
called "phenomenal.”
has been installed.
The results of the analysis, accor
The kiln, the cause of a fire during
ding to Spies, w ill enable them to
the
school year, has been moved out
compare the current zoning to the
side It w ill be protected from the
proposed zoning and "down zoning ”
weather with a makeshift cover,
Spies said SEDA's data will reflect
which w ill be made by SUHS person
the im p o rta n ce of the a re a 's
nel
economy which relies p rim a rily on
“ I think you're going to be ex
the tourist industry
tremely pleased with what has been
maintaining a livable environment in
the Mt. Hood area," said Leslie, ad
ding citizen input appears to be
regarded by the county “ as a mere
fo rm a lity."
What have we seen locally, said
Leslie, is unnecessary compromises
that leads to nothing but degradation
of an irreplaceable resource—the Mt.
Hood Corridor. She cited the Cedar
Ridge area as one example.
SACRIFICES BENEFIT FEW
The development of the Cedar
Ridge area, according to Leslie,
would adversely affect natural
resources and is unnecessary
“ I see wetlands and w ildlife areas
being sacrificed for the economic
benefit of only a few,” said Leslie.
Schumacher told I^eslie the plann
ing process for the development of
Cedar Ridge "has been going on
since before you were born " He said
"the county in all its wisdom looked
at it 10 years ago" and took into ac
count both “ the good times and the
bad times ”
"The Mt. Hood area is a sacred
cow to Oregon, people who live here
and people who use it,” said Leslie
“ People do not want to come here
and see urban development that
destroys the few existing wildlife and
wetland areas, impacts the fisheries
and rivers and provides nothing to
enhance the re c re a tio n a l-ru ra l
character of the area,”
Car, Reynolds, the principal owner
of Multorpor Ski Bowl who has lived
in Government Camp since 1948,
criticized the county’s designation of
wetlands in that area
“ I compared this with the '76 plan
and discovered the wetlands increas
ed substantially," said Reynolds.
Reynolds said unless Government
Camp is allowed to develop enough
housing the area w ill "end up with a
community of rich people with se
cond homes ”
There is no danger of Govern
m ent C am p b e co m in g o v e r-
populated The real danger is some of
the restrictiveness of some of these
proposals,” said Reynolds
The commissioners w ill make the
final decision on the area's plan on
July 19.
Johnson elected board chairman
d o n e ,” H a m b lin sa id
B oard
members visited the site of construe
tion after the meeting.
Dennis Crow, assistant principal,
reported that 80 students took
challenge exams, which allows a stu
dent, if successful, to receive credit
for that class
Fifteen students passed exams in
12 different subject areas The most
challenges, and the most successful
challenges, were achieved this year
“ That says something (positive)
about our feeder districts,” Board
Member Terry Lenchitsky said.
The policy which allows students to
challenge course material has been
in effect three years.
Board Member Gary Cleland said
he is glad Matthew Shields Jr and
Patty Klascius are willing to serve
another three-year term on the
budget committee The board voted
unanim ously to reappoint both
members, and also to appoint Paul
Buss of Boring to the committee
Buss w ill fill the position held by Len
chitsky until his election to the board.
In other business the board voted
unanimously to retain its negotiator,
Fred Larson of Smith & Larson, Lake
Oswego, for a $425 a month retainer
He has handled classified and cer
tified negotiations for SUHS for over
five years
Out of more than 9,500 reference
and other library materials, it was
reported that just 28 books were
missing after the school year.
Jan Luelling, school librarian, said
the security system (magnetic tape
in the books sets off an alarm if the
book isn't checked out) was responsi
ble for that to an extent, but added,
“ We just have good kids “
Johnson said, “ I ’m amazed that we
could go through nine months of
school and lose only 28 books ”