Judd Road plans a concern

Letters to the Editor, Jan. 9

, Jan 9, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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To the Editor:

At a December Eagle Creek CPO meeting, we listened carefully to the concerns of our neighbors among the Judd Road community in relation to Don Jensen’s plans for the property he purchased adjacent to the American Sand & Gravel site. We wish to add our support and concern to that neighborhood group.

Mr. Jensen has also expressed a desire to develop a full-scale aggregate mining operation located along the Folsom Road property currently owned by Mr. Frank Bastasch and his wife, who are also the owners of the Eagle Creek Golf course, which is managed locally by Frank’s brother John Bastach.

The community may remember a few years back when Mr. Jansic, of RC Rock, indicated similar interest in the Folsom Road property and a large segment of the community came forward to oppose such a development. Although plans were dropped, it has been quiet until Mr. Jensen voiced his plans to reopen that development.”

We share similar concerns to the folks of the Judd Road area with regard to potential danger to local wells, contamination of local creeks, negative effects on adjoining properties, danger to children and local residents due to large-scale truck traffic, concerns for the impact on local animals and other wildlife, increased noise, dust and dirt and road damage.

We encourage the community to give attention to future notices regarding both of these areas as we believe it will ultimately impact the entire community in adverse ways.

Tom Sparks

President, Eagle Creek Neighborhood Association

Group working on tree ordinance

To the Editor:

Much to the total dismay of an entire neighborhood in Oak Grove, a landowner early one morning in 2005 brought in chain saws and clear cut more than 200 trees, tearing out 25 heron nests and one osprey nest in the process. People frantically called the county, and to their grief and horror, heard “We’re sorry, we are helpless. We have no tools to stop this!”

A small group of dedicated citizens calling themselves Clackamas County Urban Green will be presenting to the Board of County Commissioner next week this missing tool: a tree conservation ordinance for the unincorporated areas of the County within the Urban Growth Boundary. Based on guidelines originally recommended in late 2002 by an Environmental Work Group or task force emerging from the County’s own 2001 Complete Communities, the proposed ordinance takes the best from tree ordinances all over the region and crafts one specifically designed for our unique area.

On Jan. 17, during the Citizen Comment portion at the end of the regular Board of County Commissioner’s Thursday morning meeting (sometime after 10 a.m.) the Urban Green folks will present their recommendations to the Board. They will ask for several things:

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