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— «» w S> •» w rA T The Sdndy Post Editorial & Opinion Von Braschler Publnhor C aroline Duff. OWita M onojr Dan Dillon, editor Scoft N ew ton Sporn Cd tor SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1983 Debate parking petition $ .> •Ä «ß A parking m oratorium petition tabled for action by Sandy City Council until Aug. 1 warrants popular attention. The large number of local business persons who signed (143) suggests many businesses no longer are satisfied with stringent city regulations that call for pav ed offstreet parking for all new businesses. C ertainly convertion of old residences along Pioneer and P ro ctor Boulevards—while a ttra c tiv e , u n fo rc e d u rb a n renewal—presents parking pro blems to new businesses forced to comply with regulations. However, what laws men have w ritten can be changed by men, should their perception of needs change. While Sandy merchants and Council opted for paved, off- street parking as early as 1972 and continued to support it in or dinance review in 1978 and 1981, things here may have changed Money saved on paved parking in these tough local economic tim es may aid entreprenuers more than suddenly unneeded parking spaces. As the city engineer reported in a recent city manager’s report to council, paved parking for 10 cars costs some four times more than gravel parking C ertainly the city is rig h t to question what poor impression un paved parking may present of the c o m m e rc ia l c o re he re and maintenance problems created by dust and mud from gravel lots. Despite the logical arguments made by Otto Rode and Ned Dyal in their one-year paved parking m oratorium petition signed by 143 persons, the city needs to weigh carefully how many w ill benefit from relaxing city regulations Indeed, only a few business per sons like Dyal and Rode come to m ind as recently battling the city over paved parking compliance. Another m ajor example m ight be F re d P r o c to r , p e rs o n a l representative of the Eugenia Alt estate property. P art of the estate yet unsettled involves a nice gravel parking lot on Proctor Boulevard next to the Oregon T ra il Plaza The city has ordered the “ unfinished” lot, that tem porarily served offstreet parking needs of downtown w orkers, chained off. Proctor said he was tryin g to do the city a favor by providing the lot and would gladly reopen it without payment, should the m oratorium on paved off- street parking pass the Council. The Council, however, must weigh all these pros and cons c a re fu lly . D ra ftin g ordinance change, if even tem porarily, must be done w ith great delibera tion—not like the wording of the petition. Public hearings on the petition request would be the best way Sandy City Council could navigate these uncertain straits. (VB) Market city for visitor traffic » ’ I M arketing Sandy as a great lit tle city to do business on your way over the mountain is an aim of Dan MacDonald that deserves support by local service clubs and agencies. MacDonald and partner George De Witz of De Witz Association of P o rtla n d Tuesday challenged Sandy Chamber of Commerce to poll residents about what kind of city image they want to project. T h ro u g h p a r t ic ip a t io n , residents would become involved in a great Sandy public relations campaign to boost the image of the com munity As De Witz told the Chamber here, it doesn’t take a lot of money It mostly takes a lot of tim e to m arket a city to its best advantage. It was the observation of the m arketing firm partners that San dy’s claim to fame as “ gateway to Mount Hood’ ’ was a hollow sounding boast, especially with Gresham interests encroaching on the title. “ We are missing a golden op p o rtu n ity,” MacDonald said of S a n d y 's i d y l l i c s e ttin g o n ' Highway 26—one of three m ajor roads over Mount Hood Indeed, his aim to better pro mote Sandy to tourists warrants c ity - w id e s u p p o rt. P e rh a p s Chamber can d raft a question naire for residents, and local civic groups and agencies can help c ir culate it to stim ulate a ground- swell of support. (VB) «W that's od d - ..liv s t h ad the STRONGEST feelin* of Letters to the editor: Do Fest booze rules vary? Fairs fair I am not writing this let ter in criticism of the Mountain Festival It was great this year! What I would like to know is how the Chamber of Commerce was able to avoid all the restrictions concerning the serving of alcoholic beverages that all others trying to provide this service had to comply with: ti e a six foot fence around the service area and age control in the ser vice area ) I am w riting this letter in the idea of fairness, not in meanness If I can take my kids in the wine tent, why can't I take them in the beer garden’ Good job. Cham tier but fa ir is fair. Douglas C Neisz Sandy Demo’s scary Salem scene: After listening to work sessions and watching bill* in process. It does not sur p ris e me th a t th is lég islature drag*, while production lags " Orego nians have elected 21 D e m o c r a t» an d 9 Republicans to the Senate and M Democrats and 24 Republicans to the House A c c o rd in g to th e Democratic "79 platform, some of their goals are • Legalized prostitution i p 29) • Homosexuals teaching in ed the first time Oregon lawmaker« have attempted the two year budgetary process public schools ip Z7i a Decrim inalization of nar under which other agencies and branches cotics laws Ip 30) operate • P ris o n e rs on p a ro le Usual practice ta for an adjourning Aaaembly to pass an interim funding boards ip 29) • Government competing measure with seed money to start the next | The incoming lawmaker« pass a with private enterprise in budget designed ta carry thorn through the producing goods p I ) I understand that they session and like as not have to come up removed a few of the most with yet another funding measure to com em barrassing plank* in plete the session O rego n laaa q uerulous th a t thia their 1990 platform, but the version u still out af A a a a m b ly w o u ld c o n s id e r ra la in g legislative pay at thia particular time step with the rank and file might Lake the action as a sign lawmaker» taxpayer I hope this Democrat- I they don't c o n tro lle d L e g is la tu r e Is reolly i fewer bills than any way and will provide additional tax other session, because i which to fund the their ability to waste tax But if that » the case, they might like why those tam e lawmaker» believed M Salem chickens lay an egg by JACK Z IM M E R M A N Associated Oregon Industries í H ¿ o zi During what many Oregonian* must have hoped were the waning hour* of the regular session of the Ijegislature in Salem last week, lawmakers were considering raising their pay The pay raise package evoked memories of that ancient riddle that has no answer "Which came first, the chicken or the egg ’ And the riddle's recollection Involves the relationship between length of biennial deliberations in the capital city and the am ount of recom pense la w m a k e rs receive In other words are legislative sessions lasting longer because the pay gets better, or doe* the salary increase because it takes longer io get the job done’ leg islative oratory mey support the 1st ter view, but the Assembly » own statistics suggest the opposite The raise that popped out of Ways sailed handily through the Senate would restore a a pert ent aalary cut enacted during budget balancing special session* last year It restores to roo from pMfl the monthly year round salary for Senators and Representative* other ports af the package boost from gwn to MftO th e monthly I I t Ml I from M 4 to «BI the daily < la raise taxes again to balance th e h u d e e t’ te Comparable Worth coupled w ith th e ir g eals is It is ours now, more than a year since we won the grant that bought it Rent is no longer the largest item on our budget We wish to thank the many patrons who provide us w ith u s a b le and workable items that people can w ear and use We are also g rateful for those organizations and persons who contribute money and food We offer a word of cau tion about receiving stacks of m agazines and ap p lia n c e s th a t do not • w o r k ." These become space and disposal pro blems for us Our board of directors has authorized the exten ston and enclosure of the loading dock at the rear of our building We badly need more storage space for such items as m at tresses and f u r n it u r e . When this has been built, the entire building w ill be painted on its extenor sur faces City of Sandy manager Tom Reber has offered to ro u n d up a c r e w of volunteer painters, when we are ready for this job This is a sample of the In terest and help we have had from Sandy s mayor city planner secretaries, building inspector and the Plan and Review Board W Pete Sulzbach Chairman Many helped W hile the m em ory is fresh in the mind and the exhaustion is fresh in the bones. I would like to thank th e p a r tic ip a n ts , co n tributors, supporters and volunteers who helped to make the First Annual San dy Mountain Days Wine F a ir and Feast a resoun ding success My heartiest thanks and appreciation go out to all of you Special recognition goes to Carol Wilson who planted the seed for the original idea and who carried a her culean load I am impressed with the w arm th with which this event was received by the community. In my think ing, this speaks more to the comm unity than to the event Von Braschler coin ed the phrase, "the pioneer spirit. " however, I believe the spirit has been there all along Don Wilson Wine F air Chairman City thanked We would like to take the opportunity to thank Sandy city planner Don Wilson and Sandy city manager Tom Reber for insuring that a long-standing com m ittm ent from the city was fulfilled Our property now has 400 feet of sidewalk, markedly im p r o v in g th e neighborhood appearance at no cost to the city. My wife and I appreciate the perserverance of Don and Tom and realize that it isn't easy to make tough, unpopular decisions for the betterment of the city at large Thank you again for your effort Joel and Janine Mills Sandy Save coastline This letter is w ritten to bring to your readers atten tion a very serious problem with the great resource on western Oregon's boun dary, the Pacific Ocean frontage The w riter is a profes sional engineer in private practice with 20 years of experience dealing with the Pacific Ocean on the cen tral Oregon coast This letter was prompted by: ( I ) the problems ex perienced on the Pacific Ocean coastline this later winter, and (2) by an a rti cle in the July 11,1993 issue of "U .S News World R e p o r t ,” e n t it le d "Am erica's Losing Battle To Save Its Beaches ” This w riter applauds this article for timeliness This w riter readily ad mits that his 20 years of ex perience with the Pacific ocean has not made him an expert but he also knows that there are some profes sional men who sadly lack the real experience with ocean fro n t p ro te c tiv e • structures and yet charge fees fo r s u b -s ta n d a rd designs This w riter wishes to share with your readers his experience with the Siletz Sandspit in Lincoln County, Oregon About 10 years ago many experts were predic ting great problems with the Sandspit Your readers m ay reall that there was no mention of the Siletz Sand spit this last winter, a winter which created the most problems in memory in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean coastline There was no mention of the Sandspit, because ap proximately 2 miles of the spit has been improved with a ocean front protec tive structure of rip-rap rock and shale bedding developed by Morris E Kauffm an, an un lettered contractor in Lincon City, Oregon This structure is so effective many new homes have been erected on the Sandspit. including a new home of the same homesite from which an unfinished house was washed in 1973. This w riter believes that this great natural resource can be protected and im proved, as was done on the Siletz Sandspit. by properly designed and constructed ocean front structures to counteract the onslaught of the Pacific Ocean ordinary and storm tides Lester E Fultz Neskowin
