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Hey Shane,
Maybe you should go back to school so you can learn how to do your job.
John Atkins took the blame tonight at the CPO meeting for not getting the city SDC’s more inline with reality. I hope the councilors hold you accountable considering your annual review time is here and this is a big factor in why we don’t get new businesses in town and don’t have money for parks.
Meeting tonight on the comp plan. I wonder if the the MIA Tom Foster — ex Mayor is going to come and participate with the rest of the council.
Last night the city planner said that the cities water supply is big enough to supply 12000 people within the city. So why is the cities comp plan “planning for a population of over 25000″? Are you feeling thirsty?, I am. The city only has water rights for so much out of the Molalla river, and it is the only supply. Who will take the last drink of water? Where are you planning to get the additional supply?
Last night the city attorney stated that “DLCD is wrong” about the population projections the city has done. We will see. But if the city attorney is wrong, I think it would be prudent of the city council to look for another city attorney and a new city manager. One that will FIX the problem of the city, the “Planning Dept”. But with the “Good OLD Boy” crew of city councilors I don’t think that will ever happen either.
One wonders if the taxpayers of Molalla will EVER wake up and smell the abuse of their hard earned monies by a City “manager” and a fake out unprofessional “planner” who take tons of public money and get the exact same response from DLCD over and over and over again: that the “plans” don’t get Molalla where is wants and needs to be.
That “cute” (and overly polite) DLCD message really means that Molalla simply yet again has submitted a pile of plannin’ garbage.
Let’s all go down to City Hall on Halloween and toss VERSION 6 of the Ground Hog Day comp plan into the flames. It might be funny, except this FAILURE TO PREFORM is costing us all – inside and outside of the city limits – dearly. It it YOUR MONEY that allows this horrific charade to continue.
At the CPO meeting, “manager” Atkins tried to sell CD’s of the worthless VERSION SIX COMP PLAN for $5.
A woman muttered in disgust: “I’ll take one if Atkins PAYS ME $5!”
Let’s all go down and demand the hundreds of thousands of OUR WASTED TAX DOLLARS back!
Who IS minding the affairs of Molalla? I think my dog could do a better job! Let’s take bets on when we’ll be hearing about VERSION 12 – OR 20! Let’s take bets on how much more bad advice lawyers and consultants will “provide” to Molalla plannin’! (The more the plannin’ fails, the more money those outside consultants make. Bad advice = bigger paychecks via YOUR TAX DOLLARS).
At CPO, visionary Clackamas County Commissioner Lehan pointedly said that most Clackamas County cities are refusing to consider UGB expansion because they know they can’t afford the infrastructure. Not dumb ole Molalla – they can’t even produce a viable Housing needs report that conforms to state rules or build sidewalks to Safeway – but “manager” Atkins and his fake out “plannin” dude think they can project 50 years into the future! Wow! Maybe we need to rename Molalla FANTASY ISLAND!
If anyone wants a reason why people tend to hate the public sector, the ongoing failure of Molalla plannin’ provides the case study of all case studies.
“Manager” Atkins and plannin’ dude Potter were grilled about the totally absurd proposal to run MULTI USE EQUESTRIAN TRAILS through URBAN MOLALLA. That’s right folks – the kiddies, the baby buggies, the dogs, the skate boarders, the bikes, the old lady and her walker all mixed up with TRAFFIC CROSSINGS and HORSES TROOPING THROUGH THE CITY! Or more like trooping through the flies and the manure and the carnage when all the above forces collide!
When asked about that small item called realistic cost to build such a mess, “manager” Atkins said this is all just “aspirational” at this time. Someone better “aspire” to find out what a REALITY CHECK COSTS.
Today’s Oregonian tells about the struggle to site and build “less than a mile” of bike trail in Beaverton along Fanno Creek. This “LESS THAN A MILE” of bike trail costs – get ready – ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS! That’s right – 1.5 MILLION FOR LESS THAN A MILE OF URBAN TRAIL.
The rest of this “Complaints Litter Fanno Creek Trail” story tells about how much the private property owners along this proposed “less than a mile” of bike trail HATE THE IDEA. They fear loss of privacy, noise, and crime.
Have you checked the proposed trails in the Molalla Parks and Rec Plan? They amount to a lot of miles and a lot of potential impact on private property owners. Beware: a public trail could be coming next to YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY. Are YOU ready to host that? Is a trail system YOUR ASPIRATION – can your tax dollars handle it?
Shouldn’t the city “aspire” to build sidewalks to Safeway first? How much FANTASY ISLAND NONSENSE CAN YOU AFFORD?
Help! Look out! Call 911! Grannie’s walker just got stuck in a big pile of manure, she is covered in flies, and she is about to get clobbered by a bolting horse that just creamed a baby stroller! And the whole train wreck is happening as they are all in the middle of crossing highway 211, and – OH! NO! – here comes a great big logging truck! HELP! Save us all from Molalla’s “aspirational” plannin’!