HomeMy WebLinkAboutG-573 Gaudin 11-20-2023 Current Planning Public Comments and Testimony
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of a tree removal request.All written comments and materials are due by the deadline listed on the Notice.
Written submittals received by the deadline will be entered into the public record of file and will be
considered by the decision body.Contact the staff coordinator listed on the Notice if you have questions.
Case Number* Please see Notice for correct LU or tree appeal number.
LU 23-0002/AP 23-04:A request for an RP District(wetland)Unavoidable Crossing
to Install a Sewer Line and Serial Lot Line Adjustments.
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Case Number- LU 23-0002/AP 23-04:A request for an RP District(wetland) Unavoidable Crossing
Verification* to Install a Sewer Line and Serial Lot Line Adjustments.
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First Name* Linda
Last Name* Gaudin
Address Street Address
Address Line 2
City State/Province/Region
Postal/Zip Code
Email* Igaudin@comcast.net
Stance:* r Support
C•' Opposition
r Neither for nor against
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Comments "I am disillusioned and astonished that City is in the process of approving LU 23-
0002.Walluga Park-West is a protected Nature Preserve under Measure 3-568.
The Measure was a citizen's initiative that passed by a majority vote and,as a
result, it became law on 11/2/2021.The Measure expanded upon"Chapter X-Park
Development Limitation"and it outlines limitations on the development of fifteen
nature parks. It is the City's responsibility to enforce Chapter X because it is in the
City's Charter and the Charter is its constitution.
The first limitation of Chapter X states that"The City of Lake Oswego shall insure
that all development within a Nature Preserve is consistent with the preservation of
a Nature Preserve as a natural area available for public enjoyment." It is obvious to
anyone that building a sewer line and destroying 43 trees does NOT qualify as the
preservation of a Nature Preserve.
An additional prohibited activity is to"construct or develop(or allow any person to
construct or develop)any facility or any structure above ground that would impair
or be inconsistent with the natural conditions of a Nature Preserve".The
construction of a sewer line,that requires disruption of the surface and the
removal of 43 trees, impairs and is 100%inconsistent with the natural conditions of
a Nature Preserve.
I would also like to remind everyone and to emphasize that"The Purpose of the
Lake Oswego Tree Code(see Chapter 55—"55.02.010 Purpose")is to"...
prescribe preventative protection measures to avoid damage to trees during site
development in order to preserve the wooded character of the City of Lake
Oswego and to protect trees as a natural resource ...". In the case of LU 23-0002,
alternative solutions have not been fully presented to the public but the City has
the right and the responsibility to require the Applicant to do so."
Linda Gaudin
Blue Heron neighborhood
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