By Pat Erdenberger, The Mountain Times
The goal of the Hoodland Community Planning Organization (HCPO) is to bring County information to our Hoodland community and give the community a voice back to the County.
We have several speakers at our November 21st Meeting, 7pm, Church on the Mountain. Mike Ward, Project Manager with the Clackamas County and Cameron Ruen will be touching base with the Hoodland Community. They will go through the results from the April survey on the Welches Road Pedestrian Improvements Bike/Walk Path project. We hope you’ll join us to help plan the future here in Welches. Details at: www.clackamas.us/engineering/welches-road
Our second speaker at the meeting will be Alex Cettle, Project Manager for Fire District #74, with regard to the new station house plan for the property (Dorman Center) on Salmon River Road.
The Mt Hood Corridor Wildfire Partnership will be holding another debris collection on Veteran’s Day Weekend, the 9th and 10th of November. Please trim excess fuels on your property and have them ready for quick and free disposal. Limited to woody debris, those are the branches and twigs that snap a bit. Likely to be at the Dorman Center on Salmon River Road, notice of the location will go out via email, social media and the many information boards at post offices and businesses locally. You will find complete details at: https://www.mthoodwildfirepartnership.org/collection-days
Regarding a change to Temporary Dwelling Status for RVs – The Board of County Commissioners (BCC) met and voted 4-1 not to amend the previously approved Zoning Change that will allow RVs as permanent dwellings. We thank Commissioner Savas for his effort to amend. Like other CPOs in the Mt Hood Corridor, we welcome ADUs, but HCPO membership objected in a vote on RVs as permanent dwellings outside mobile parks.
Recently a resident contacted us regarding an apparent hazardous RV on Barlow Trail Road. The resident had pictures and an address. We drove by and saw the same problem. They reported this situation to Clackamas County Code Enforcement and copied the CPO in email, as we did, to report the hazard. Code Enforcement has taken the case and that begins a process with a letter and a 10-day wait for response. We are hoping to learn more about how Code Enforcement will work with the CPO in the future; I know they have excellent plans for change.
Documents to and from the County and the CPO have lacked the sort of consistency we’d prefer. Beginning November 1st, documents such as permit applications, CPO comments, final decisions, zoning changes, meeting agenda and minutes associated with the Hoodland CPO will be organized and available on our Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1haVrFeVDh3UpHKIjGp2g33YK1N2bkoSO?usp=sharing
Please consider offering your time and talent to the Hoodland Community Planning Organization as a volunteer. Should you have special interest in volunteering to produce social media content, to advocate for river trails and village walk and bikeways, or if you have questions on fuels reduction, permit applications or any questions, please contact us at hoodlandcpo@gmail.com
It takes this village.