From: Dan Huff
Sent: Tue Aug 28 16:38:34 2018
To: Jimmy Thompson; Gerald Fisher
Subject: FW: State of the city
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From: crosen@pamplinmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 4:35 PM
To: Dan Huff
Subject: RE: State of the city
Thanks Dan for being so prompt and your answers were great! Please than Jimmy and Gerald for me.
Thanks too for explaining the letter from Ms. Hansen. Off the record, I don’t understand why she’s so needy about what y’all do, but I don’t like being used. Thanks for the explanation. CR
From: Dan Huff [mailto:dhuff@cityofmolalla.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:51 AM
To: Carol Rosen crosen@pamplinmedia.com>
Cc: John Baker JBaker@CanbyHerald.com>
Subject: RE: State of the city
Carol – Attached is our response to your questions. If you would like to schedule something in person you could provide us with a few options of dates and times and I will respond.
The letter that John Baker received was not a “LUBA complaint from Susan Hansen”. Ms. Hansen did not file anything. What you received was an e-mail from Susan Hansen describing an action that ODOT and the City have been working on in her words. Two very distinctly different items. Like many development issues ODOT and cities have a different perspective on timing and where the conditions of approval should be housed. What ODOT and the City do not differ on is the development impact mitigation. What Ms. Hansen is inferring is that the City did not require appropriate development conditions for the Farm Store. That is not true. The City did require street/highway improvements including sidewalks and future commitments to an intersection improvement, whatever that turns out to be.
ODOT has a problem with our findings concerning the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) and how that reflects on 2038 traffic impacts. Because our new TSP is not adopted yet we will go back and fix or beef up the findings for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment/Zone Change but not the development approval. This has all been accomplished in concert with ODOT. The LUBA filing is the only way to proceed at this point for both parties.
What I would challenge anyone to do is find a development that has not been required to make street improvements under the City of Molalla watch. They will not find one. We always do and always have required new development to make improvements. This community deserves quality development.
Dan Huff
City Manager
City of Molalla, Oregon
(503) 829-6855
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From: crosen@pamplinmedia.com crosen@pamplinmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2018 1:14 PM
To: Dan Huff dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: State of the city
Hi Dan,
It occurred to me this morning that this is a short week for us in that we have to layout and proof the papers on Friday instead of Monday so they get out in time. Will you Jimmy and Gerald be able to go over the questions for State of the City or will we need to wait til next week? I’m hoping for this week, but if not we can put it off for a week.
I’d also like to talk with you, Gerald and Aldo regarding a letter John received this week about a LUBA complaint from Susan Hanson.
Thanks for your time,
Carol
Carol Rosen
Reporter
Canby Herald and Molalla Pioneer
503-263-7507--office
408-966-5786--mobile