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2 — SANDY (O r» ) POST Thur» August 13. I W (»•< •) The Sándy Post Editorial & Opinion Council wise to accept comment m A ta W The Sandy City Council showed the right spirit in accepting additional comment on a new ordinance that would amend the city code to permit light industry downtown. . -91 • I t V The councilors’ willingness to let the public speak once again shows more interest in giving constituents one last say than in hurrying a decision that could reshape the city for / e j n ♦♦" ■ I 1 b Scott Newton, editor Karinda Hedlund,'advertising representative ARVfAU. WE CAMPOME- WPPEP TrtlNW WEU-... some time to come. The council demonstrated its flexibility too in bending the rules governing its meetings to let a concerned citizen speak out of turn on the agenda, and weeks after the formal public hearing. Dale Nicholls was the citizen who asked if he could voice his opposition to the ordinance, despite being out of order. Neither Nicholls nor anyone else came forward during the meeting’s public comment period. Nicholls then had the gumption — admirable perhaps, risky perhaps - to lecture the council on giving more thought to im plications of the broadened zoning. The council gave full attention to Nicholls arguments and criticism before agreeing after some debate to hear even more from him and others this Monday night. Anyone submit ting letters by Aug. 11 can speak at the next meeting. Despite a response of five letters, few can argue once the council makes a decision that it discouraged public debate. The council acted prudently, though, in deciding against reopening the public hearing that could well drag out the pro cess, possibly with the same result. That also might be unfair to those citizens attending the first hearing who might be unable to come to another. Still, councilors Dick Harrison and Mort Spence deserve in dividual praise for convincing their less-eager colleagues to accept more public comment. One letter — from the city ’s Planning Commission — to the council opposing warehouse and storage facilities as condi tional uses merits special consideration and a corresponding vote to alter the proposed ordinance. The commission is wise to recognize those facilities as in compatible downtown uses that would hire few people. They too easily conjure images of look-alike sanitized structures, chainlink fences and tra ffic all hours of the day. It makes more sense to combine storage with the light in dustry permitted by the proposed ordinance. Light industry that operates cleanly and quietly, and research and development facilities, promise to bring the jobs and paychecks that could revive Sandy’s increasingly vacant downtown. With a built-in stop gap requiring these new uses to be ap proved by the commission and the council, Sandy smartly is avoiding uncontrolled development. The council should move ahead now with the new ordinance, minus the provision for separate storage, so Sandy can get on w ith its progress. Letters to the editor • W ill insurance rates increase while property values decrease for the current property owners in the core area’’ • Can the streets tolerate the in creased use by heavy trucks? • W ill parking be sufficient for all employees and retail custmers’’ I would like to propose a clause in the amendment that would prohibit new buildings to house m anufactur ing or industry from being con structed in the core area The change is to help fill vacancies — not create more One fin a l th o u g h t. Can the Chamber of Commerce and city do anything to help promote the current retailers' business in this area’’ Thank you for taking the tim e to hear my concerns Phyllis Rader Accent H air 39110 Proctor Blvd Sandy Zoning proposal raises questions I have sent this letter to the city and I wish to respond to the C-l Zon ing Ordinance Amendment. 1 have mixed feelings No one knows better than I the need to fill va cant buildings in the c ity ’s core area An increase in jobs for the people in the community is also important But would their dollars be spent in San d y ’’ As a concerned citizen and proper ty owner I would like to offer the following questions for your con sideration: • W ill conditional use amendments become common practice every tune a new problem arises or a business needs to be legitim ized’’ The S^ndy Post (USPS 481-180) M l M il R Newtpop»* Rub1 ■»*•<» Attot No'o/xoi Nmtpopr A««m Pub* Tbw'tdo*« b* ’M OwHoo* Pwb< Co to» M o’ So"d» O'090" a"d u $ Suburb«" Pr*«« O '• 9 0 - 'R *OS5 Se< o"d < io«» 90009e po-d UB-SS4B SUBSCRIPTION RATES in C>atko**«« Cow"*y pa» »ea» »«.00 RRel*"omab Cow*»g »10 00 IhtwAgr» >n O'090" No''A«»»l' «"d Pa* Ow*«-4a O'«9«" «a«' »11.50 *«» »14.00 Ou* »de M b "*»»,' a* I Par.!« Co««* S*e»e« H ' T«* Sondy Pott Sondy Oregon »7035 No 33 »17 00 August 13 l»07 boxes (ilu'nys liiim ly A collector of cardboard confesses H ut Some people collect antique banks or Victorian hair receives or cats. I collect boxes - empty boxes I have had a lifelong insecurity about cardboard containers 1 live with the constant dread that some day something w ill come along that I don’t have a box for About mid-December, I send this box north My sister-in-law then emp ties it, reloads it with gifts to us and ships it back A good box is that hard to find Should my box fa il for some reason, or should the post office beat it up more than usual, my sister-in- law gets m iffed and my present suf fers accordingly I covet boxes 1 hoard boxes I boast about boxes ■'That's a nice size." I'm apt to say at my birthday party, setting aside the gift and lunging for the box it came in. Should I ever want to send four egg coddlers to Aunt Maude in Scappoose, it w ill be just the thing. “ I would have bought you a nicer g ift," she says, ’ but I had to spend all my tune looking for a box." know how she feels. One Christmas I sat in the local general store unloading 72 dozen candy canes to get the box they came in. "H m m m m .” I w ill say. eyeing a p articularly sturdy box that once housed a size 12 pair of Nikes That box is good enough to make it to An chorage and back." That is no idle threat It works this way. I ship Christmas gifts to my fam ily to Alaska in the ultim ate box — the one I hunt for all Sharon Nesbrt year. It must be big Its precise dimensions are predicated on the size of the biggest package that goes in side (I try to buy rectangular gifts; square boxes are almost impossible to come by I But not too big. Nobody wants to ship empty space to Alaska Over the years, you tend to get at tached to certain boxes. In my box cupboard i the biggest and best cup board iri the house i is a box that a set of dishes came in 10 years ago The dishes are all broken now The store they came from is extinct But I've s till got the box It may come in han dy some day. I have a box I can ship skis in, if 1 ever get a pair. I have clever, little compartmentalized boxes suitable for jams and jellies. I have flo ra l boxes. And plaid boxes and polka dot boxes. I have plain brown wrapper boxes. Boxes fu ll of little foam chips, boxes full of cellophane packing stuff, boxes full of tissue paper and boxes fu ll of boxes. “ What is th is’’ " Hubby thundered one day when he stumbled on my treasure trove. "T h is whole cup board full of boxes — it ’s a waste of space, a fire hazard." I ’d get rid of them but I don’t have a box big enough to throw them out. Sharon Nesbit wrote this column in 1982. It became a favorite of box col lectors everywhere, all of whom have come out of the closet with their habit. Nesbit. however, is still boxed in by her collection. (ílK’SÍ opiHIOH Forestry bill brings major changes By Gov. Nell Goldschmidt One of the most important forestry bills of the past two decades became law on July 22. when I signed House B ill 3396 This bill produces some of the most sweeping changes in the regulation of private forest land in Oregon since the Oregon Forest Practices Act was passed in 1971 House B ill 3396 clears up a long standing issue between the Forest Practices Act and Oregon's land use law; charges the Oregon Board of F o re s try w ith s ig n ific a n t new responsibilities to protect specific resources on forest land, including threatened and endangered fish and w ild life species, se nsitive b ird roosting and nesting sites, significant b iological sites, and s ig n ifica n t wetlands; and changes the composi tion of the Board of Forestry This legislation is the final product of hou rs of behind-the-scenes negotiations among the forestry in dustry, environmental organizations and government, in an effort to resolve a number of m ajor concerns of the various parties. Bobeats At the invitation of my office, representatives of the Oregon Forest Industries Council, the Association of Oregon Counties, a consortium of en vironmental organizations led by 1000 Friends of Oregon, the State Forester and the director of the Department of I .and Conservation their lands for comm ercial tim ber production, knowing c le a rly the regulatory authority that the state of Oregon and its citizens have iden tified as im portant to the protection of all forest resources The environmental organizations ‘I know that future generations will look buck to this bill ns a significant step forward in pro tecting all resourees while allow inti our state’s major industry to effectively produce forest goods and services.’ and Development, worked long and hard hours to develop this bill. Under the leadership of Senate P re s id e n t John K itz h a b e r and Speaker of the House Vera Katz, the bill moved quickly through com m it tees and onto the floor of both houses, where it passed with only a few m inor changes. The result was a bill that allows private forest landowners to manage are confident that these resources w ill be protected and that they w ill have a specific route of appeal under certain conditions to ensure that the resources w ill be preserved for future generations Finally, the Board of Forestry that has served Oregon well for the past 75 years, w ill now have seven members, replacing the current 12-member board, with no more than three members having ties to in dustry The new board w ill take of fice on Jan 1, 1988, and I expect it to be a strong voice for the public in terest in this vita l resource To me, there are two m ajor "v ic tories" for Oregonians F irst, I know that future generations w ill look back to this b ill as a significant step fo r ward in protecting all resources while allowing our state's m ajor in dustry to effectively produce forest goods and services Secondly, and just as im portant, is the example of conflict resolution set by the 25 in dividuals who participated in the long hours of negotiation in drafting the final bill Perhaps this method w ill help pave the way for resolving other long-standing conflicts, rather than through time-consuming and costly legal battles and strugglescar- ried on through the news media - Oregonians can manage tjie ir forests for comm ercial production and protect our waters, fish, w ildlife and other resources. House B ill 3396 marks a m ajor contribution to that effort. J by Adam Kraft »
