Tuesday, December 19, 2006

No Internet, three days

Last week's storm not only took out power for two hours here on Oatfield Hill, it also took out the ISP which Mrs. Clackablog and I use, for three days. Our DSL connection was fine; but, the ISP was down.

Appears that some ISPs don't take seriously the implications of storm damage where their data center is. Contained in the link above is a list for ALL the ISPs which serve DSL in Oregon and Washington customers, and the next one we choose will have multiple data centers at different locations, and multiple connections to the Internet.

Fortunately, we were able to cable from one of our cellphones to a PC and share that 82 Kbps data connection to our computers, so e-mail worked, but web browsing with modern, Javascript-laden web pages was verrrrrrrrrry slooooooooooooow and updates here impossible.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Special Oak Lodge Community Council meeting

A message from the chair of the Oak Lodge Community Council:
We need a special meeting to consider several items. A tentative agenda is below. The time and place is: 7 PM Wednesday December 20th at Oak Lodge Fire Station.
Thanks and have a nice week,
Dick J



Special meeting
December 20, 2006
7 PM Oak Lodge Fire Station
Agenda: Land Use issues for action

Z0695-04 Applicant requests a one year extension to complete the work required to file the completion of this 3-lot partition. It is located at 14420 Upper Aldercrest Dr.

Z0933-06 A request for a temporary permit to allow an otherwise prohibited use in an MR-1 zone. The temporary permit would allow continued use of a single family dwelling. This is at 14014 Linden Ln.

Z0935-06 This is 7-lot minor subdivision at 5215 Roethe Rd. It is on 1.52 acres and has both R8.5 and R10 zoning.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Calendar of Public Meetings (just received) December 2006

Thursday the 7th
10:00 AM Clackamas County Commissioners weekly Board meeting.
6:00 PM North Clackamas Parks and Rec District Advisory Board meets at the Milwaukie Center.
7:00 PM NC12 School board meets in Board offices.

Tuesday the 12th
9:30 AM Board of Commissioners Study session at Board offices.
5:30 PM Oak Lodge Sanitary work session relative to plant upgrade.
6:30 PM Oak Lodge Sanitary monthly Board meeting at Board offices.

Wednesday the 13th
No Citizens, Informed and Aware meeting.

Thursday the 14th
10:00 AM Board of Commissioner Hearing at PSB.

Monday the 18th
7:00 PM Fire District No. 1 Board meets at Mt. Scott Fire Station.

Tuesday the 19th
9:30 AM Board of Commissioners Study session at Board offices.
7:00 PM Oak Lodge Water district monthly Board meeting in District offices.

Wednesday the 20th
9:00 AM Board of Commissioner’s M37 Hearing in Board Hearing room at PSB.

Thursday the 21st
9:00 AM Land Use Hearing at Sunnybrook Service Center (SSC).
10:00 AM Clackamas County Commissioners weekly Board meeting.
7:00 PM NC12 School board meets in Board offices.

Tuesday the 26th
9:30 AM Board of Commissioners Study session at Board offices.

Thursday the 28th
10:00 AM Clackamas County Commissioners weekly Board meeting.

Note meeting times and places may change so data should be confirmed in advance.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Tonight's Oak Lodge Community Council Meeting Agenda

AGENDA
December 6, 2006
Oak Lodge Sanitary office
Oak Grove, Oregon

7:00 PM -- Call to Order: Dick Jones, Chairperson

ROLL CALL: Bill Bader, Bill Brown, Wilma Brown, Frank Budwill, Sue Conachan, Edith Coulter, Rosemary Crites, George Dietz, Lynn Fisher, Jerry Foy, Bryn Gillem, Chuck Gode, Milo Haas, Thelma Haggenmiller, Eleanore Hunter, David Jelinek, Dick Jones, Jim Knapp, Alan Koch, Gloria Koch, Elinor Kuhns, Bill Neels, Elaine Neels, Chuck Petersen, Margaret Pritchard, Paul Savas, Henry Schmidt, George Schneider, Eugene Schoenheit, Eric Shawn, Susan Shawn, Kent Squires, Julie Stanley, Blair Stephens, Charlie Stephens, Dr. Elton Storment, Bob Waldt, Leonard Waldemar, Don Wake, Suzanne Wake, Roy Wikman and Doug Woods.

7:02 PM – Introduction of Attendees

Name, area of residence and position in the Oak Lodge Community Council, if applicable.

7:05 PM – Council Reports
Minutes of the October 25th meeting are not available.
Treasurer’s Report – Sue Conachan

7:10 PM – Sheriff’s Report – Lt. Chuck Slaney

7:15 PM – Special Presentation – Possible Changes to the Essential Pedestrian Network, Karen Buehrig, Clackamas County Planning

7:50 PM – District Reports

New Urban High School-Tim King

Clackamas County Fire District #1 – Scott Weninger

Oak Lodge Water District – Jim Knapp

Oak Lodge Sanitary District – Kent Squires

Clackamas County Service District CAC – Jim Knapp

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8:10 PM Report of the Nominating Committee (See packet)

8:15 PM – Land Use Issues for Voting

Introduction of procedures by Chairperson. Eligibility for Voting, Time Limits, presentations by those in favor, the Council’s on-site review and those opposed.

Z0874-06 This is an application partition of a .51 acre parcel into 2 parcels. One parcel has an existing single family house and parcel 2 would be a flag lot parcel for another dwelling It is located at 15222 Linden Ln. It is zoned R-7.

Z0885-06 This is an application partition of a .52 acre (22,000 sq.ft.) parcel into 2 parcels. One parcel has an existing single family house and parcel 2 would be a flag lot parcel for another dwelling with access from a shared driveway at 14615 Vista Ln It is located at 14611Vista Ln. It is zoned R-10.

Z0908-06 This is an application is a minor subdivision of 4-lots, one lot with an existing dwelling. All the dwellings with have access to Hill Road from an existing private street (Haze Ct.) It is located at 4003 Hill Rd. It is zoned R-10.

Z0914-06 This is a request for a side setback variance from 15 feet to 11 feet in addition to the 20-foot access drive width. This is located at 4025 View Acres Rd.

Update on Land Use Applications:

None

8:40 PM General Matters for Discussion

Authorize annual giving to Charities

Sexual Predator update: No new information

Trolley Trail update- Thelma

FUTURE PUBLIC MEETINGS

Council meetings:
January 24, 2007, February 21, 2007

OLCC/CIA at Rose Villa unless otherwise noted
December 13, 2006, January 10, 2007, February 7, 2007

Special meetings, if required to vote on land use issues, will be held in conjunction with the monthly CIA meeting normally on the second Wednesday of each month.

9:00 PM – Meeting Adjourned

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Oak Lodge Community Council meeting Wednesday

A message from Dick Jones, chair of this CPO:
This reminder that the Oak Lodge Community Council will hold our combined November December meeting on the first Wednesday in December.

We will meet as usual at Oak Lodge Sanitary office Wednesday December 6th 7PM. We will have our regular land use issues, district reports and Karen Buehrig as a special speaker from Clackamas County Planning. She will discuss proposed changes to the Essential Pedestrian Network.

I look forward to seeing everyone and have a nice week,

Dick J