HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comment (4)JANISCH Amy C
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Amy, please add this to the Furtick Z 16-5 file in Ontrack.
From: Kathleen Dixon [mailto:kmdixon@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 3:50 PM
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Subject: Public Process
Re: Furtick Annexation TM 18-03-09-2 TL 500 (City has Z-16-0005)
This annexation request should be denied until the neighborhood has had adequate opportunity to weigh in on
something that has such a major impact on their properties. No one had received information about it at the
January 4, 2017 LHVC Neighborhood meeting when we told them we had recently received a notice dated
December 22, 2016 for a Don Furtick annexation.
It now appears it may also involve a zone change (and maybe the Obsidian Club next door) which
might involve the strip of land (TL 301) the Parks Department and EWEB held meetings with the neighborhood
over when they removed trees, explained their need to get water pressure to people up on Spring Bv., put in the
Park Trail and added signs and switchbacks to deter bikes. The same strip of land involved with Bauku Inc. and
the Phelps/Wood neighborhood lawsuit that decades ago the Road Advisory Board, the County Commissioners,
and the City Council all refused to allow and deemed too dangerous to go North off 30th into Laurel Hill
Valley, or the Fairmount or Laurelwood neighborhoods. They refused even temporary use of Central or Spring
Bv. due to the forested natural character of the Ridgeline, the narrow curved roads, the many variances granted
by the city, and how obviously dangerous it would be to add through traffic. It has been a part of the
Transportation Plan, the original LHVC Refinement Plan and others for decades.
This was a (Goal 5) forested conservation corridor used by wildlife between the Laurelwood Golf Course, the
Ridgeline, the Ribbon Trail, Hendrick's Park and the Laurel Hill Valley. If we're serious about Sustainability
and global warming why would we weaken the Refinement Plans put in place to protect the most beautiful and
important parts of our city? This area is the watershed
above the Willamette River and needs protection.
Regarding the Branch Engineering written statement for annexation TM 18-03-09-2, TL 500 (11/29/2016),
point 42, bullet 5 suggests an access north from 30th Avenue using TL 301. This has been disallowed by the
city and county because it effectively connects 30th Ave to Spring and Central. The Laurel Hill Valley
Refinement Plan disallows a connection between 30th and the Glenwood Interchange which could be the next
step. The other possible access would be south on TL 301 which is too steep.
We're confused by a public process that doesn't notify neighbor's until this late and city planning requires a
response ten days ahead of the meeting with no written or oral input the day of the meeting? We love that the
city had the foresight to protect its' Ridgeline, forested areas and wildlife through refinement plans.
Katie Dixon & Bill Blix