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SANDY (Ore.) ROST Thur»
Nov I I 1982 (Sec. I)
Contents of planning report challenged
by M IC H A E L P. JONES
Pool Correspondent
The
o p p o n e n ts
to
development in the con
tro ve rs ia l C edar Ridge
area have challenged the
contents of the latest report
s u b m itte d
by
th e
Clackamas County plann
ing staff on a mobile home
subdivision proposed for
the Brightwood area
The addendum to the
planning staff's original
report, which was used in
th r e e
h e a r in g s
in
September of last year,
concerns the development
of tile Alderwood mobile
home subdivision Propos
ed is 180 units to be con
structed on 48 acres of land
situated on the south side of
the old Mt Hood Loop
Highway
O r ig in a lly
the
developers proposal was
heard on Sept 9, 1981. and
was met by heavy opposi
tion Area residents and
members of the Mountain
A rea C o rrid o r Citizens
testified the development
was in violation of the 1976
M t Hood Community Plan
and the Clackamas County
Comprehensive Plan, as
well as state land use goals
The opponents to the pro
posed development con
vinced a hearings officer
th a t th e re w o u ld be
a d v e rs e
im p a c ts
to
wetlands, water quality in
the Sandy and Salmon
Rivers, and degregation to
a w in ter feeding area
relied upon by big game
during periods of heavy
snowfall.
The developers appealed
to the Board of County
C o m m is s io n e rs ,
who
Class is set on
dehydrated food
A class dealing with the
a r t of "c o o k in g w ith
dehydrated foods,” will be
held on Tuesday, Nov 16 at
the Welches Community
School from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m.
The class will be held in
the school kitchen, located
in the community school
room in the upper-grade
building at Welches Grade
School
Tom and Reva Cox, class
le a d e rs , w ill in s tru c t
students in cooking with
dehydrated foods, which
can be used while hunting,
or on hikes and campouts,
as well as for when unex
pected company drops in
Participants will be lear
ning how to cook with
d e h y d ra te d fru its and
vegetables, soups, stews
and grains Also, powdered
c h ee se ,
b u tte r
and
margarine will be used
C u b e-lik e deh yd rated
meats will also be featured
among the unique food
staples The meats will be a
vegetable-textured protein,
said Reva Cox, and will in
c lu d e such th in g s as
chicken, ham, beef and
bacon bits
reversed the hearings of
ficer’s decision after con
ducting another hearing
and making a site visit
Robert Stephens, a pro
perty owner with land
bordering the proposed
traitor park, hired the ser
vices of Jack Hammond.
Oregon City attorney (and
also the Sandy city at
torney), and appealed the
board's decision to the
Land Use Board of Ap
peals.
LUBA then remanded
the case back to the com
missioners They were to
have held a rehearing
Wednesday.
One of the opponents of
the proposed subdivision.
Andrea Cabral of MACC,
sa id th e s ta ff re p o rt
"should have been based
on fact rather than mere
speculation.”
This speculation, she
said, should have included
considerations concerning
the existence of wetlands,
and the exact location, size,
function and way to protect
the area These issues were
not addressed in the report
Up to just re ce n tly,
Cabral said the planning
staff had never admitted to
the existence of wetlands in
this area Due to this, when
maps identifying the loca
tio n of such n a tu r a l
features were drawn up
and included in the 1976
C o m m u n ity P la n , " i t
m eant protecting them
would be an uphill battle
" It wasn’t until we. the
“ By the tim e we first
defeated Alderwood before
the hearngs officer, an ad
ditional five years had
passed The county plan
ners have not been doing
their jobs and there is no
excuse for if they had there
w o u ld h a v e been no
developments planned for
this area or for any other
portion of the Cedar Ridge
area ”
Cabral said the planner’s
addendum
" c le a r ly
r e fle c ts
a
la c k
of
u n d e rs ta n d in g of th e
nature and function of
wetlands ” She identified
such things as the natural
purification of both air and
w ater, the storage and
release of water, as well as
p ro v id in g
a s u ita b le
habitat for wildlife, as be
ing some of the system's
more important roles
She said the planners op
posed any development in
the areas they recognized
as wetlands, but allowed it
on the re m a in in g 44 8
acres Development even
in this area would impact
the wetlands and their
ability to continue their
natural functions, she said
Cabral added the report
shows the planners had d if
ficulty in identifying "just
what was or was not a
wetland " She said they
recognize only 3.2 acres of
wetlands in the entire 48
acres, "when well over half
of the area was either
under water or had surface
and drainage problems
during certain times of the
year.
Harold Winegar. a con
sulting biologist for MACC,
who specializes in riparian
ecosystems, agreed, but
preferred to look at the
Alderwood site in a broader
scope that included more
than just wetlands The site
is part of the Cedar Ridge
riparian system and ac
tually could not be viewed
strictly as wetlands He
said the entire 48 acres
plays an important role in
the function of that whole
system.
Winegar said he doesn’t
want to be a bearer of bad
news for those thinking
strictly from an economic
perspective, but the area
has to be protected from
any development He said
"from the standpoint of
maintaining the quality of
the environment, the area
is just too valuable to simp
ly sit back and not try to
save it. " This is why he is
volunteering his services to
For th e w o m a n th a t has
Cost is 82 50 per student,
which includes food. There
is a lim it of 20 persons For
further information call
622 3397
• • • M o re To Love
Stop in and meet Carol and Joani
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to k n o w you.
Conferences planned
P a re n t-te a c h e r con
ferences are scheduled F ri
day, Nov 12 at Welches
Grade School
Conferences for grades
kindergarten through sixth
are scheduled throughout
the day.
Conferences for seventh
and eighth graders are
taxpayers who pay the
salaries of the county
employees, located and
testified to the existence of
wetlands in the Alderwood
area, that they technically,
actually began to exist,”
said Cabral “ I ’m really
baffled why they weren’t
identified years ago since it
took 10 years to w rite the
M t Hood Community Plan
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"Most of the people who
will lose are not aware
what they w ill be losing.”
said Winegar
Winegar said the natural
purification, storage and
regulation of flows are
tant," said Winegar "The
Alderwood development
will have an adverse im
pact, even though it won't
be apparent overnight. It
may be years but it's going
to happen
"There's nothing more
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change is downhill to worse
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W in e g a r
s a id
the
development of this area,
as well as the rest of Cedar
Ridge, reflects the lack of
real economic logic " He
said everyone will be im
pacted as the quality of the
environment is reduced,
w h ich w ill a ffe c t the
recreational value of the
entire M t Hood corridor
“The question people
sh o u ld
be
a s k in g
themselves is can we a f
ford to reduce the natural
function of the area .” said
Winegar " I t is not an issue
of being pro- or anti-
development.”
functions of this system,
the importance of which
cannot be debated To
change the area, through
development, will alter the
land enough th at the
system "w ill no longer be
functional
“ You can put your head
in the sand and refuse to
admit the area's impor
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