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City ponders reopening parking lot debate
by DAN DILLON
While the Sandy City Council con
siders reopening the debate on paved
parking lots, one councilor thinks
that's a can of worms that would he
better left alone
"1 see no purpose in throwing this
wide open again." said Councilor Jim
D u ff o f a proposed o n e -y e a r
moratorium on paving gravel park
ing lots in the downtown area
The city reviewed the issue of pav
ed parking lots in 1981 when it receiv
Busing plan
gains O K ’s
w ith schools
The Sandy E lem en tary School
B o ard is w illin g to b eg in a
cooperative busing plan with Sandy
Union High School and Bull Run
School but it has some conditions
F r id a y ,
th e
b o a rd
v o te d
unanimously to enter the transporta
tion c o o p e ra tiv e w ith its two
neighboring school districts if Sandy
Elem entary District is allowed to
manage the merged system The
district also wants to retain owner
ship of its own school buses for a year
in case the new plan doesn't work
out.
W h ile the e le m e n ta ry school
district stands to save as much as
$40,000 in operating costs under the
proposal, according to Superinten
dent Clark Lund, the school board
wants to make certain that they re
tain the personnel who have worked
with the district, hence the manage
ment contingency.
While the district stands to save
some money, the superintendent said
the district would gain little in effi
ciency because of the standards the
district now enjoys with its transpor
tation system
“ I can't see us sending our people
down the road to work for somebody
else," agreed board chairm an Ron
Berglund.
Under the proposal the three
districts would operate 18 school
buses, four routes less than they
operate individually. No jobs are ex
pected to be lost, however, because of
attrition in the ranks of last year’s
drivers.
Still to be worked out are the
details of those drivers’ contracts.
Acting on another motion, the school
board voted to suggest using one
Oregon School Boards Association
negotiator, with cost borne propor
tionately by the three participating
districts, to re-open contract talks
about those details
Lund feels the talks would not pre
sent a problem because the pay
scales at the school districts are
sim ilar The only hurdle could be one
of benefits for the drivers
SANDY HIGH SCHOOL
Sandy Union High School board
members are anxious to begin
negotiations with personnel en route
to a cooperative busing venture with
Sandy Elem entary and Bull Run
School districts
SUHS board chairman Bob Boring
said Monday night that the transpor
tation study "looks very favorable.”
He estimates the high school
district w ill realize a 20 percent sav
ings with at least sim ilar and, in
some cases, better service
District patron Janet Albers was
concerned about first through 12th
graders riding the same buses, but
Superintendent Roberta Hutton said
this has not been a problem in other
school districts and she would not ex
pect it to be one in Sandy
Chairman Boring said the new
system could be in place by the
beginning of the school year
The board unanimously agreed tc
open negotiations with the classified
s ta ff—sp e c ific a lly , transportation
p ersonnel-to discuss the impact of
the transportation study
Index
ed a request to allow a gravel park
ing lot adjacent to a service station
At that tim e it was referred to the
Planning Commission for public
hearing The planning board recom
mended no change and the gravel lot
was not allowed
Recently, however, local ski shop
owner Otto Rode circulated a petition
throughout the business community.
He seeks a one-year moratorium on
existing businesses paving their
gravel lots The petition was signed
by 143 persons
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to do some investigation of his own
He wants to determine if there is
strong enough support in the business
community for such action
"Has the economy changed enough
to w arrant review?" he asked
Council Tim Ward thinks the coun
cil should put the burden back on the
business community for discussion,
but doesn't see the m atter as a ques
tion of upholding the ordinance
against unpaved lots.
Ned Dyal, who wrote the petition
circulated by Rode, agrees He isn’t
against the ordinance; he wants to
see a one-year moratorium so ex
isting lots can be used
The text of the petition states that
the request is for a one-year use
variance for all existing parking lots
used in prior years by businesses and
customers who patronize them
“ If this moratorium were to be
granted." Reber said in a memoran
dum to the council, “ I feel that
significantly more specific language
would have to be used to make it ad
ministerable.
“ Also, if the m oratorium were con
sidered for approval, the council
would also need to consider how the
ordinances would be administered
when the one-year m oratorium had
elapsed.”
Due to benefit fro m such a
moratorium, according to council
consensus, would be Rode's ski shop
and the gravel lot just east of the
Flower Garden which is controlled
by Clackamas County Bank
Council is expected to take action
on the petition at its Aug 1 meeting
Woman’s fantasy captures Hawaiian vacation
by HANK EMRICH
Post Correspondent
Judy Sheppard found just the
right combination to win a trip to
Hawaii.
After hearing on her car radio
about a television show that
travels around the country han
d in g o u t p r iz e s , she used
newspaper coupons to garner the
Hawaiian vacation.
The NBC program "Fantasy”
dubbed her “ the mad clipper" for
her letter explaining how she had
always wanted to win a trip to
Hawaii The letter was decorated
with coupons clipped and pasted to
the back
Sheppard uses money saved on
coupon rebates to pay for postage
for any contests she enters and felt
it would be a good way to attract
attention to the letter
"Whoever decides which letter
to use on the show probably sees a
thousand a day, so I thought it
might be a good idea to do
something different," she said
Something different worked for
Sheppard who was surprised to see
camera crews and a large truck
coming up her driveway about two
weeks ago
“ 1 knew 1 had won something as
soon as I saw the truck with "F a n
tasy" on the side," said Sheppard
"A fte r all. they wouldn’t drive all
the w ay here just to tell me I
hadn't.”
Sheppard's husband Pete knew
the crew was due to arriv e that
day, having been contacted earlier
in the week. He says he was sur
prised that she won, although she
enters a lot of contests.
“ I remembered her telling me
about entering this one because it
was a little more outrageous than
the usual,” he said.
It w ould have been m ore
outrageous if she had asked for her
original fantasy.
“ I wanted them to get (m agi
cian) David Hemmings to make
me dissapear while riding an
elephant.”
Judy said she decided to go for
something "a little more realistic”
and after dismissing the elephant
Photo by Hank Emrwh
Lisa, Mike, Judy and Pete Sheppard share a laugh as they plan a ‘fantasy vacation" to Hawaii that Judy won through a national television program.
ride, thought she should go for
something easy. She considered
wheels for her son Mike's bicycle
as something she might try for but
decided a trip to Hawaii wouldn’t
be too farfetched.
M ike is a bike racer with Olym
pic aspirations who himself has
won trips to Colorado, Arizona, and
Wisconsin to compete.
Daughter Lisa has also had her
share of traveling. She spent two
months in New Zealand last year
as part of the Lion’s Club Youth
Exchange program She also is
part of an F F A team which won a
trip to Kansas City to compete in
national events there
When grandparents gave Lisa a
trip to Hawaii this year. Judy’s
desire to win a Hawaiian trip inten
sified.
"A ll I got when I graduated was
a silly suitcase, " she joked
Luck seems to run in the Shep
pard fam ily When asked if he had
won anything in the past, Pete
could at first only recall that he
hadn't, although “ I get half of her
trip anyway ”
It turns out that Pete, an in
dependent computer programm er,
had won one other prize more than
20 years ago.
"H e won me in a ra ffle ,” says
Judy.
Pete had been stationed in
Tacoma during his A rm y stint, and
attended a USO dance where ea%h
soldier was given a number and
allowed to pick one of several
prizes if his number was called.
“ When they called number eight,
I chose one little package that
nobody else seemed to w ant," said
Pete
The box contained a certificate
good for a dinner date with any girl
at the dance Pete chose Judy, who
says she had been avoiding him all
evening
Although she instructed her
roommate to tell Pete she was ill
the night of their date, he sent
flowers ahead of him The inscrip
tion on the card was not terribly
romantic, reading simply "by the
way what is your last nam e", but it
changed Judy's mind.
Pete proposed that evening and
even tiwugh she took 10 months to
accept, eight is still her favorite
number
Oregon is not a favorite of the
camera crew assigned to film the
segment w ith the Sheppards,
however.
“ It rained the whole week they
were in the state, justifying every
preconceived notion they had,”
said Pete.
The crew spent more tan two
hours in the rain with umbrellas
film ing the segment, according to
the Sheppards.
Pete said it was interesting to
watch them film Judy’s response
to questions, and after they had
asked all the questions, repeat the
procedure just to film the emcee
asking the questions
The cam era crew had a great
deal of trouble backing out from
the narrow driveway and had to
spend even more tim e in the rain
guiding their large truck.
Judy said that the crew was ex
trem ely nice but appeared to be all
"very tanned Californians with
fantasies of being any place where
it isn’t raining.”
New wetlands proposal adds fuel to old fire
by HANK EMRICH
Post Correspondent
Although still in the “ information
gathering" stage, Clackamas Coun
ty ’s proposed revisions for a 23-acre
protected wetlands area bordering
Hoodland Shopping Center is already
drawing fire from several directions
Opponents of the plan spoke up at
an informational meeting last Thurs
day at Hoodland Women's Club
w h e re p la n n in g d iv is io n s ta ff
m ember M ike Clyburn presented the
plan
O riginally the planning division
had designated 58 acres as wetlands.
but decided the boundaries were not
clear enough to meet LCDC ap
proval.
The resulting reduction to 23 acres
has met criticism as both too much
and too little.
The more vocal protests came
from those opposing the wetlands
designation
"T here was testimony at the
meeting that a wetlands area does
not exist at a ll," said Clyburn.
Clyburn said the area was obvious
ly a wetlands area and the county's
boundaries were much sm aller than
estimates made by other organiza
tions
Clyburn said a study by the U S.
A rm y Corps of Engineers, which the
county expects documentation on
this week, is expected suggest an
80-acre site
“ However, their definition of a
wetlands does not coincide with the
county’s definition," said Clyburn
A private ecologist's study has also
been given to the county which in
dicates an area of approximately 85
acres, according to Clyburn
At the meeting, the audience ex
pressed concerns about the possibili
ty of increased sewer assessments if
development is banned on the proper
ty
Clyburn feels the impact would not
be that great upon the sewer district.
"Only one property owner (in the
23 acre site) is within the assessment
district,” he said
According to Clyburn, there are
eight property owners within the pro
posed 23-acre wetlands
Steve Taylor, general manager of
Rippling River Resort, expressed
concerns about the overall economic
effect any ban on development may
have, both on the sewer district and
in the area as a whole
Clyburn said designation as a
wetland would not autom atically halt
all building
"Basically the county's policy is to
protect wetlands, but there are op
tions,” he said
“ We could allow development as
planned, prohibit development en
tirely or allow restricted develop
ment
“ Once there is a boundary it
doesn't just stop there.”
"W e are still receiving information
and there are more hearings schedili
ed.”
The planning division's recommen
dations w ill be heard at a public hear
ing at the Women's Club on Salmon
River Road Minday Augu
7:30
p.m.
City plots path to successful new fiscal year
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City Manager Tom Reber thinks
th ose a r e s ig n ific a n t enough
numbers to w arrant council con
sideration
“ R e g a rd le s s
o f th e e x a c t
numbers." he told the council Mon
day night, "there is definitely a
substantial enough number of in
dividuals who are either in business
an d /o r residents of the city to
deserve attention by the staff, mayor
and city council ”
Councilor Deane Wesselink agrees
He told the council that he would like
by DAN DILLON
With a map to guide him through
his second year with the city of Sandy
Tom Reber is certain he can be a
more effective city manager
D u rin g an e v a lu a tio n period
earlier this year. Reber asked the
Sandy City Council to help him plot
his course of action for the coming
year Monday night those sugges
tions. along with his own, were made
public At the Aug. 1 council meeting.
they will be prioritized, but Reber
already has some ideas about impor
tance
"Probably our number one objec
tive for 1884” is completion of the
W astewater Treatm ent Facilities
Plan and arriving at a position where
the city can act on short-term and
long-term improvements
Work on that is already underway
with the recent development of a
scope of work to complete the plan
The city Is also actively combatting
infiltration into the sewer system
which has hampered the facility's
ab ility to operate at m axim um
capacity and raised question« about
the number of residences an business
it can accommodate
Reber also wants to actively en
courage basic employment In the city
with the objective of attracting SO
new jobs by the end of the coming
year
He plans to seek basic employ
ment. rather promoting a business
that may be in competition with one
already paying taxes
Reber hopes to develop a means to
finance a 10-year plan for im
provements to all streets within the
city to current standards He cau
tions. however, that there are a few
streets that it is not physically or
e c o n o m ic a lly
p r a c t ic a l
to
reconstruct to city standards
Other goals include:
• Iieveloping an effective citizen
involvement program
• Developing a parks and open
space acquisition and development
program.
•
Enhancing cooperation and
mutual support between Sandy's
local governments
•
Developing alternatives and
pursuing the chosen alternative to
alleviate the inatat ’•Hp of the annual
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