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Minutes of February 27, 1980
A meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission was held on February 27, 1980
at the Adult Community Center with Chairman William Rindone presiding. Also
present were Commission members Charles Chapman, Howard Lofland, Randall Hargens,
staff members Glen Holzemer and Lois Shepherd, and visitor Shirley Valo from The
Oregonian.
The minutes of the November 29, 1980 meeting were approved.
There were no oral or written communications.
Commissioner Hargens questioned the status of the Municipal Golf Course and the
city parks after the latest ice storm. Glen Holzemer replied that it will cost
in the neighborhood of $3,000 just to replace the trees that were lost and that
the driving range in its present condition is barely functional . Reaardinn the
storm damage to the parks, Mr. Holzemer stated there were twenty trees lost in
George Rogers Park. Waluga Park also lost trees but not in areas where they would
need to be replaced.
Chairman Rindone discussed a memorandum which was sent to the Planning Department
from the Parks and Recreation Commission concerning Standards 3-B and 4-D. The
memorandum read as follows: "We would like to see these two items be subject to
the approval of the City Manager and the City Council in view of the fact that
this Standard will undoubtedly be in use for several years. "
• Randy Hargens stated that he had talked with some of his friends and neighbors to
get a general feeling of some of the issues. Regarding the issue of whether or
not Lake Oswego needs more parks and recreation - more facilities and more land -
some of the people who live around the lake were very adamant against it. The
reason being they felt they had all the facilities they needed at the time and
that they should not have to pay for a park they weren ' t going to use. They also
felt that other people not living on the lake or rivers did not utilize the facilities
at hand in Lake Oswego. Mr. Hardens stated that his reason for presenting his find-
ings was to point out there were other reasons that keep people from voting for the
acquisitions and that the Commission needs to be aware of these reasons.
Bill Rindone stated that because he is a resident of Mountain Park he had received
a letter dated February 8 from the Mountain Park Home Owners Association in which
they discussed the acquisition of property in the vicinity of Peters Rd. and
Aquinas. The developer has agreed to provide the Association with a park area
near the Aquinas - Peters Rd. intersection. Mr. Rindone questioned the feasibility
of purchasing adjacent land for the further development of a park area. Mr.
Holzemer stated he felt the opportunity for development is not present based on
the proposed subdivision plan. He further stated that there are some topography
problems in the area.
Chairman Rindone reviewed the minutes of the November 28 meeting in which ideas
on public marketing were presented by Manager Harvey. A discussion followed and
each Commissioner stated they were in favor of taking a survey, although concern
was expressed over the length of time such a survey would take. Mr. Rindone
01111 stated that the question now before the Commission is what approach they want to
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• take and what issues do they want to go through first. It was decided that
Mr. Harvey should be contacted to find out what information he may have
obtained regarding the survey.
The next issue discussed was whether or not the Commission wants to go forth
with a public information Program and who should do it. It was decided that
they go to the City for the development of the orooram.
Regarding the acquisition of park property, Chairman Rindone asked the Commissioners
if they wanted to contact the property owners. It was agreed that the owners should
be contacted and that a letter should be written to Mike O' Brien of the Planning
Department asking him for the names of the property owners involved. A discussion
followed as to the best method of approaching the owners. Mr. Rindone will send a
letter to each commissioner notifying him of the owners he is to contact.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 PM. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday,
March 12, 1980, 7:30 PM, at the Adult Community Center.
Respectfully submitted,
Lois J. Shepherd, Secretary
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