HomeMy WebLinkAboutG-589 Motz-Storey 12-09-2023 Current Planning Public Comments and Testimony
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First Name* Damon
Last Name* Motz-Storey
Address Street Address
1821 SE Ankeny St
Address Line 2
City State/Province/Region
Portland Oregon
Postal/Zip Code
97421
Email* damon.motz-storey@sierraclub.org
Stance:* r Support
C' Opposition
r Neither for nor against
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December 9,2023
Lake Oswego City Council and Development Review Commission
380 A Avenue
Lake Oswego,OR 97034
Dear Lake Oswego City Council and Development Review Commission,
One of Sierra Club’s missions is “to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.”We
were happy to play a small part in Lake Oswego voters'decision to protect their natural parks from development
with the passage of citizen-initiated Measure 3-568 on November 2,2021.It is evident Lake Oswego residents
cherish these natural habitats that provide sanctuary for wildlife,quiet solitude,and passive recreation.
We are disappointed to learn from Lake Oswego residents that the City of Lake Oswego has tentatively approved
development (LU 23-0002)that will severely impact one of the measure’s protected Nature Preserves,Waluga
Park -West,without seeking voter approval.This proposed development would cut down trees and clear vital
habitat through this wetland for a 17’x 525’construction road to trench and install a sewer line,in addition to the
corridor extending through an adjacent sensitive land.The damage to this wetland and the adjacent sensitive land
caused by removing 43 trees,clearing vegetation,excavating soil,and operating heavy construction equipment
would be extensive and the effects long lasting .
The Oregon Chapter Sierra Club stands with Lake Oswego residents in opposing the construction of a sewer line
by a private landowner through the protected wetland of Waluga Park -West and the adjacent sensitive land.The
plain text language of Measure 3-568,now Lake Oswego’s City Charter Chapter X,is clear and concise that all
development must be consistent with preserving a Nature Preserve.Chapter X explicitly expresses this in the first
development limitation:
"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 clear to us that this proposed development is contradictory to the act of preservation stated in Chapter X and
is inconsistent with Lake Oswego voters’will expressed on November 2,2021.
On behalf of the Oregon Chapter Sierra Club members and supporters in Lake Oswego,the Lake Oswego voters
who supported Measure 3-568,and every Oregonian who values our natural areas,we encourage the City of Lake
Oswego to do the right thing and consider other options that honor the voters’will,that respect your city charter,
and insure preserving this Nature Preserve.
Sincerely,
Damon Motz-Storey
Chapter Director
Sierra Club,Oregon Chapter
1821 SE Ankeny St
Portland,OR 97214