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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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