Like us on Facebook FREE for timely updates Sign up to get The News online: Cedar Mill News cedarmillnews.com/ Volume 18, Issue 6 June 2020 signup State Land Use Commission Postal service in Cedar Mill issues enforcement order against For several months, we’ve collection boxes” can be mailed to Washington County noticed posts on NextDoor from Postmaster, Beaverton Post Office, people who were unable to deposit 4550 SW Betts Ave., Beaverton, OR CPO 4M Press Release Citizens will work with the mail into the blue collection boxes 97005-2869. The Oregon Land Conservation County in crafting new ordinances, at Safeway. Some people assumed it Another Contract Station? and Development Commission ensuring that the remaining 15% was because the Post Office wasn’t There’s a bigger problem (LCDC) has issued an enforcement of these Wildlife Habitats are pro- collecting mail often enough. We however, with the lack of facilities order against Washington County tected to safeguard their existence were finally able to connect with in our area. Ever since Signature for its lack of compliance with state- for future generations. a representative of the Evergreen wide land use planning goals de- LCDC’s action came in response DCU, the postal facility in signed to protect significant natural to a petition filed by Metzger area Hillsboro that handles all resident Jill War- the mail for our area. ren. Along with their We were assured that the attorney and support boxes were being emptied from more than 120 on schedule. The problem citizens, the petitioner actually was that people and six other engaged were trying to stuff padded neighbors challenged envelopes into the slot, and the County over un- they would become stuck checked development and prevent further mail in areas with sensitive from being deposited. The environmental re- representative said there was sources. At the center a sign on the box with direc- The mail collection boxes in the Safeway of the controversy is a tions for the type and size parking lot are often hard to use because This is the grove of old-growth fir trees in Metzger proposed residential of mail pieces that could be people are putting large parcels in the slots. that was threatened with removal by development. development in an deposited, but we were not area of Metzger on a able to find it. NW closed Bales Thriftway and its resources. LCDC also went a step property along SW In any case, there should be associated Contract Post Office, further and imposed an injunction Cedarcrest Street. A portion of that more of the blue collection boxes people have been struggling to find on the County, prohibiting it from privately-owned property consists of in our neighborhoods. We have ways to mail packages and do other processing applications for develop- a grove of mature Douglas fir trees compiled a list of available boxes, postal business. There are a couple ments in designated “Wildlife Habi- which had been designated since the available in the web version of this of commercial mailing stores that tat” until it comes into compliance 1980s by the County as a “Significant issue. Several of the sites listed on will accept mail for USPS: with state law by adopting new and Natural Resource” (SNR) during its the post office website did not exist, Mailboxes & More in the enforceable regulations to protect Goal 5 land use planning process. but one of our volunteer editors “triangle center” on Barnes accepts the resources. Under LCDC’s order, As a designated SNR, the grove was cruised the area and confirmed USPS mail and packages. The UPS the County has until May 1, 2021 to subject to special protections under locations and updated informa- Store in the Peterkort Center is an come into compliance. the County’s land use laws. tion. Letters requesting more “blue approved USPS postal provider. Continued on page 7 Continued on page 8 June 2020 COVID-19 in Washington County State approves Washington County for Phase I starting June 1 Governor Kate Brown and the community’s health and safety,” June 1. This will allow the county require asking positive cases to Oregon Health Authority approved said Board of Commissioners Chair to reach 95% of close contacts isolate, and their entire households Washington County’s application Kathryn Harrington. “Now that we within 24 hours as it enters Phase to quarantine at home for at least for Phase I reopening, effective have been approved to enter Phase I. The county will continue to hire 14 days. Some of the county’s new Monday, June 1. I, each of us has an obligation—to additional staff to meet the state’s workforce will provide support and Phase I includes limited reopening ourselves and to each other—to play requirement of having 15 contact resources to these families who are of restaurants and bars, personal ser- by the rules and keep the virus on tracers per 100,000 people. This unable to meet their essential needs, vices such as salons, gyms and malls. the decline.” will include 90 staff doing the such as getting groceries. Gatherings of up to 25 people are al- The approval means that work of contact tracing, and “There are steps we can all take lowed for recreational, social, cultural, Washington County has met or has another 30-40 people supporting to prevent a resurgence in disease civic, or faith events as long as physical plans in place to meet these seven this work. At least 30% of the new and hospitalizations,” said Health distancing requirements are met. requirements: staff will be bilingual/bicultural. and Human Services Director Marni “We are especially grateful for • Declining prevalence of CO- • Isolation/quarantine facilities Kuyl. “For instance, gatherings the governor’s leadership allow- VID-19 • Finalized statewide sector guidelines outside are safer than inside. Smaller ing public health expertise and • Minimum testing regimen • Sufficient health care capacity groups are less risky than larger science to guide our approach as • Contact tracing system: Wash- • Sufficient personal protective groups. Let’s all do what we can to well as taking culturally appropri- ington County will have 42 new equipment (PPE) supply move forward, not backward.” ate actions as we seek to protect the surge staff hired and trained by New guidelines from OHA Continued on page 7 Page 2 Cedar Mill News June 2018 Cedar Mill Business Roundup Do you have news or events or know of something that you would like to see covered in the Cedar Mill News? Please write to Virginia Bruce at [email protected] Village Gallery of through October, with live artists’ well as hand washing stations avail- Stretch every day. Chances are Arts demonstrations and displays at the able as you enter. We are having the most of us are spending a bit more Cedar Mill Business Association’s market “flow” in one direction and time sitting and laying in sedentary Visit our website: villagegallery- booth. Artists will provide informa- are following the social distancing positions. This can cause muscle arts.org for a virtual tour and enjoy tion about their work and also regulations. All of our vendors, vol- aches and tension, so it’s important some amazing artwork. If you were classes and events at the Gallery. unteers and staff are wearing masks to make sure you are stretching hoping to find a new treasure at the Stop by and talk to us! and we ask that our customers do, when you can. Try it after your dai- Village Gallery, you still can! Many too for everyone’s safety. ly walks, so you’re nice and warm of our artists offer their work online. Cedar Mill Business This season, we are providing to ensure your muscles and tendons Please search for your favorite artist Association SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition are safely ready to be stretched. using our Artist Directory to find Tuesday, May 9, noon via Zoom Assistance Program) customers Use what you have. Most of them and their websites. Or browse The Cedar Mill Business Associa- an up to $10 match when they use us do not have a fully equipped our website for a virtual gallery tour tion continues their monthly meet- their card. Thanks to the Double gym space at home, but just about from the safety of your home. ings through Zoom. Our speaker Up Food Bucks program, the match anything you own can be used to Our featured artists for June are this month is Jenni Holman, owner is for fresh fruits and vegetables. exercise in some way. For example, of Leora Organization + Redesign Our non-essential booths (music, hold a thick, heavy book in your on designing our workspaces with dining tents, Power of Produce, and hands, and then do some squats. intention and purpose in light of community) are still on hold until Just like that, you’ve added weight new “at home” business challenges. further notice, which allows more without needing dumbbells. During the meeting we will also space for social distancing. Maintaining a regimen of regu- have time to introduce ourselves, get A special shout out to our awe- lar walking, strength training, and updates on community activities, some sponsors! We sure appreciate mindful exercise activities like yoga and connect with other business the support of the Tualatin Soil & and tai chi will help all of us survive community members. It’s a great Water Conservation District, Sun- the daily challenges brought on by way to share information and collab- set Athletic Club, the Farmers Mar- COVID-19. orate during this time of uncertainty ket Fund, The Cedar Mill Business Thanks to Touchmark in the and Social Distancing. Association, Northstar Property West Hills for these timely tips! CMBA members will receive the One of the pieces created by Sylvan Management, and Safeway. Zoom link through our monthly Win a Nintendo Middle School students! e-blast, so stay tuned. We invite Stay active at home Switch from SSPFCU Sylvan Middle School students! The guests to two free visits. Please con- By Michelle Sue, B.S., ACSM All accounts for youth ages 5-18 students created artwork on canvas tact our admin Chelsea: admin@ C-EP, and Director of Health & (saving, checking) opened by the flags, both individually and in cedarmillbiz.com to receive the link Fitness Operations for Touchmark. end of June will be entered into a small groups, over several months to the meeting. For more informa- touchmarkfitness.com drawing to win a Ninetendo Switch. and are excited to show their work! tion about the Cedar Mill Business The world is in the midst of a Also any youth referring a friend This collaboration was part of the Association, please visit our website global pandemic, unlike anything to join will also be entered into the Village Gallery’s plan to support at cedarmillbiz.com. anyone has seen in generations. drawing, Our easy to use online local art and as an outreach to the With so much uncertainty, it is tool allows you and your kids to Cedar Mill Farmers more important than ever to take join anywhere. To join anytime, local community. Please go to this Market page to see the complete collection care of our loved ones and our- simply go here. of students’ work, and for more Saturdays, 9 am-2 pm, corner of NW selves. Here are a few tips to help Cornell Rd & Murray Bethany Family information about this project. keep you active and healthy: Cedar Mill Farmers Market is Pet Clinic continues If you don’t already, please follow Get in the habit of walking. open! It has been great to see so us on Instagram and Facebook to see Going for walks is an ideal way to “concierge” service many of you come out to the market what else our members are up to— get moving without stressing your We are now more than two in May. We are excited for June, always something new and different! joints. Assuming you live some- months into strict concierge curb- warmer weather, and crops to come We hope to be back at the Cedar where that you can safely maintain side service only. We made this in. Stop by and see your favorites Mill Farmer’s Market by July, then a distance of at least six feet from move not only to meet requirements from last season and meet the new others, getting out for a 30-minute of the Governor Brown’s mandate, The Cedar Mill News © 2020 vendors that have joined us. walk each day will get your heart but also as a way to facilitate the Published monthly by If you would like weekly updates rate up and allow you to bask in safety of our 40+ staff and hundreds Cedar Mill News LLC about the market and which vendors some fresh air. of clients who frequent us 3270 NW Kinsley Terrace will be there each each week. After a brief slow Online: cedarmillnews.com week, please email down, things are busier than Copy Editor: John Ramey ourcmfm@gmail. ever—which we find to be a Managing Editor: Genevieve Coblentz com and ask to join blessing. We are proud to say Editors: Cami Villanueva, Cheryll Miller, our newsletter. that we never had to lay off Beatrice Kahn We are doing all staff, did not have to close our Website Developer: Anthony Nguyen we can to provide Website production: Georgia Stanley doors, and only modify our a safe shopping Publisher/Editor: Virginia Bruce day-to-day processes. experience for our 503-803-1813 With this modification [email protected] community. We comes its own set of chal- have one entrance Opinions expressed in this lenges. Our five phone lines publication are not necessarily and one exit with are frequently overwhelmed those of its advertisers. hand sanitizing as Entry control and other measures keep vendors and shoppers safe at Cedar Mill Farmers Market by requests, so much so that Cedar Mill News June 2018 Page 3 CPO News CPO 1 June meeting guidance to make a pedestrian- after we print. We’ll add any that friendly commercial area a reality? come in to this web page. We have Zoom Tuesday, June 9, 7 pm via * The recent proposal to add a right- received notes from these meetings conference turn lane on Cornell at Barnes has held last month. Once again this month our prompted a community discussion meeting will be via Zoom. Ev- Garage and carport upgrade, 200 about traffic congestion on Cornell. eryone’s welcome to “tune in” SW 95th Ave. The Town Center Plan led the county using the Zoom link. Community The Vos explained to their to make the decision to add parking Engagement staff will be on hand neighbors that they are converting a all along the street. One of our ques- at the beginning of the meeting to garage to living space, and building tions is whether the theoretical plan explain how it all works and how a new garage within the footprint of is working well enough to justify the you can participate. Please click this the carport. The house and garage congestion, or if the road should be link to join the webinar. For more were both built before Washington five travel lanes between Murray and ways to join, visit the CPO 1 page County established setbacks from Saltzman, eliminating the parking on the county website. the road, and the application will lanes. There’s anOnline Open House As usual, we’ll begin with fall under the Nonconforming uses for the proposed turn lane open until community announcements and and structures section of the build- June 7. If you haven’t already partici- general public comments. If you ing code. The general opinion was pated, please do so now! have something you’d like the that the proposed changes would At about 8:15, we’ll have a Dis- community to know about, this enhance the neighborhood. trict 2 Update with our Washington is your time to speak up! Next it’s Three-parcel partition of 2200 NW County Commissioner, Pam Treece. time to hear from representatives 113th Avenue She will join us for a general update of the Washington County Sheriff’s Owners are proposing to divide about county business, and a report Office, TVF&R, and Tualatin Hills the property into three parcels for on how the Board of County Park & Recreation District if they Commissioners has been are available. If you have questions working to respond to the for any of these agencies, you’re COVID-19 pandemic. welcome to ask. *If you haven’t used At 7:30, our first topic is The Ce- Zoom before, the link will dar Mill Town Center Plan: Where prompt you to download do we stand now? the app. It works best on Andy Back, Division Manager, a device (laptop, desktop, LUT Planning and Development single-family homes, to be accessed or phone) with video and audio Services, will present on the Cedar by a private street. Half-street im- capabilities. If you’re new to Zoom, Mill Town Center plan. Mr. Back provements along 113th will be re- we recommend clicking the link was involved in the initial project quired (widening and a sidewalk is well before the meeting so you can beginning in 1978, when a group of typical). In response to a neighbor’s accomplish the download and be Cedar Mill residents asked for Cedar question, Wayne Hayson, Pioneer ready to join the meeting when it Mill to be added to Metro’s Town Design Group, explained that most begins. There’s a test function to Center planning effort. The County’s of the trees will need to be removed. help you get started. The County work on roads and requirements for Six-foot fencing will afford some IT team has taken all the necessary new commercial buildings in the privacy, and additional planting steps to assure a safe online experi- Town Center area have been based may be considered. Construction ence. Learn more about Zoom and on the ideas in the plan, is not anticipated to begin before sign up for your own free account Following Back’s presentation, summer 2021. here If you have Zoom on your de- John Southgate, Economic Develop- NW Laidlaw subdivision, 11835 vice, please make sure it is the latest ment consultant for Washington and 11740 NW Laidlaw version, as recent updates have in- County, will discuss how economic Westlake Consultants is working creased security and functionality. conditions affect the plan and its with Noyes Development and the future. Do property owners have Neighborhood meetings owners of several properties located sufficient incentive to redevelop? At press time, there are no between 11835 NW Laidlaw and Does the county provide enough Neighborhood Meetings scheduled 11740 NW Laidlaw (both north and south of Laidlaw) in applying to the county for land use approval to subdivide these properties in two phases. The north property would be developed with 18 lots, and the south properties would have 23 lots. During the meeting, neighbors asked about water and sewer lines, traffic, and schedules. We haven’t received the notes so we’ll update this article when we do. Catlin Gabel expansion We received meeting notes but Conceptual drawing from the cover of the 1976 Town Center report. The we still haven’t received images. roof of Bales Thriftway is in the lower edge, with Saltzman running in front Between the pandemic and Catlin’s of an expanded library building. other issues, it may be a while Page 4 Cedar Mill News June 2018 before we can bring you further Park District Update information. THPRD has opened outdoor Touchmark third building tennis courts, dog parks, bocce courts, the archery range at PCC Rock Creek, and skate parks. These amenities opened sooner than originally anticipated based on state guide- lines released by the Governor’s Office in mid-May. There will be physical distancing A meeting was held on Thurs- requirements and par- day, June 6 to discuss a new ticipants will be limited to groups of addition to the Touchmark in the 10 people at a time, per Oregon rules West Hills senior living complex. currently in effect. Touchmark is proposing to build a All THPRD parks and trails are Senior Independent Living facility open for public use but other park east of the two existing buildings. amenities such as basketball courts, The structure will include 45-55 playgrounds, athletic fields, and homes for seniors. No word at this picnic shelters remain closed. For time whether they would be sold or an updated list of closures, please rented. Because it will be at a higher visit thprd.org. elevation than the two existing Update on Summer buildings, they’re expected to offer Programming good views of the valley. Youth Summer Camps schedules Ordinance 854 and more information are available Planning Commission meeting on the district’s website. THPRD Wednesday, June 17, 6:30 pm; will begin offering weekly summer Board of Commissioners hearing camps starting Monday, July 6. Tuesday, July 21, 10 am. Due to compliance with state A new proposed Washington rules and THPRD’s current limited County Ordinance is under discus- operational capacity, the district sion that would amend the Com- will begin summer programming munity Development Code (CDC) by focusing on summer camps for to address changes in state law school-age youth. Each camp group that the County must implement will be limited to 10 participants to allow cider businesses and farm with approximately 30 total camp breweries and associated activities options per week. in exclusive farm use districts (EFU Based on state guidelines, the and AF-20). The ordinance also first few weeks of summer camp proposes minor amendments to ac- offerings will be centrally based at commodate the added uses. two locations: the HMT Campus, For Planning Commission reg- and Mountain View Champions istration and contact information, Park. Space will be limited, with please visit the Planning Commis- THPRD initially able to accommo- sion webpage. For Board regis- date around 300 campers per week. tration instructions and contact In-district registration will begin information, please visit the How to Saturday, June 13, at 8 am. Out- Testify webpage: of-district registration will begin Writers’ Mill Monday, June 15, 8 am. The best way Sunday, June 21, 1- 3 pm, via Zoom to register is on-line at thprd.org. The Cedar Mill Writers’ Mill is district will offer in-person registra- zooming into June! Sheila Deeth tion assistance, a Welcome Center/ (author of several novels and a Centro de Bienvenida at the HMT children’s storybook series) will Campus starting June 13, 7:30 am. speak on “Writing Rules, Writing More details will be announced soon. Methods, Writing Aphorisms, and As the summer progresses, why can’t I just sit down and write?” THPRD hopes to offer more So if that is your question, or if you programming and will announce want to learn about the Snowflake additional youth summer camps Method, the Mountain Method, or possibly adult programming/ plotters, pantsers, and more, join us classes as our capacity grows. Please in the Zoom room! Email admin@ visit our Virtual Rec Center on the portlandwritersmill.org for more district’s website for free online op- information. portunities. Cedar Mill News June 2018 Page 5 Cedar Mill Library plans a gradual return Appointing a by Peter Leonard, Library Director Beginning June 1st, we will work replacement for Dear Friends, we know that to reintroduce staff to the libraries by: Greenlick’s term you are eager to come back to your • Creating schedules and workspac- Following the death of our Dis- libraries. We are just as eager to es that limit physical interaction trict 33 State Representative Mitch welcome you back—with your between staff. Greenlick on May 17, (see obituary health and safety in mind. • Instituting new safety protocols on page 11) Oregon Secretary of and incorpo- State Bev Clarno selected Kathryn rating safety Harrington, Chair of Washington equipment. County Board of Commissioners, • De- to serve as Chair of Appointing veloping the Authority for the vacancy appoint- next phase— ment. There will be a joint meeting distributing of the Boards of Multnomah and materials Washington counties on Friday, held since June 12, to make the appointment. March, in a Since Greenlick was a Demo- The newly rebuilt parking lot for the library, built by the contactless crat, the Democratic Party of developers of Milltowner., has space for many more cars and manner to Oregon selected three candidates will be safer for pedestrians. ensure safety for consideration. On June 4, they of users, announced that the candidates are We are beginning the process of volunteers Maxine Dexter, Val Aitchison, and planning to offer services at gradu- and employees. Pamela Kislak. Dexter was elected ated levels. Thank you for your patience as in the May primary to be the new As we progress through the we work through the process of District 33 Representative. More phases of reopening, we will pro- adding more services like returns details on the nominating process vide you with updates including and holds. We want to be mindful are on the DPO website here. details and instructions for access- of capacity and safety. Each Commissioner will be ing services. These updates will be Please bookmark this page and able to ask three questions of each posted on our website, included in check back for updates, sign up for candidate. The meeting will be our weekly e-news and posted on our weekly e-news or follow us on so- held via Zoom with an in-person social media. cial media to learn when services will option in the county auditorium. be available and how to access them. The meeting is open to the public. Results of Oregon’s May 19 primary election To join via zoom, click this link. Or by Clare Perry, CMN contributor Democrat primary winner Sh- join by phone:+1 253 215 8782 or +1 Maxine Dexter, a local physi- emia Fagan against Republican Kim 346 248 7799. cian, edged out four other con- Thatcher. Tobias Read ran unop- tenders in the Democrat primary posed in the Democratic primary for for House District 33 (Cedar Mill State Treasurer and will face Repub- and NW Portland). She will face lican primary winner, Jeff Gudman. Republican opponent Dick Courter Oregon’s Attorney General, Ellen in November. Rosenblum, won the Democrat pri- In non-partisan county elec- mary and will defend against Repub- tions, Washington County Sheriff, lican challenger, Michael Cross. OSU Extension Pat Garrett, captured 68% of the Suzanne Bonamici, currently Pressure Canner vote ensuring a third term. He ran serving the 1st District in the U.S. Testing against Red Wortham, a sheriff’s House of Representatives, easily Every Wednesday, 11 am-1 pm, sergeant at the county jail. won the Democrat primary and will OSU Extension in Washington A five-year replacement local op- face Republican primary winner County, 1815 NW 169th Pl #1000 tion levy for countywide public safety Christopher Christensen in the Prepare for canning season by services passed with 55% approval. general election. Democrat Senator testing your gauge! Just drop by, It included a 5¢ increase to 47¢ per Jeff Merkley ran unopposed in his no appointment necessary! Bring $1,000 of assessed property value. party’s primary for U.S. Senator your gauge with or without the lid! More than 68% of voters favored and will square off against Jo Rae To minimize contact and ensure renewing the five-year local option Perkins, who captured nearly 50% everyone’s safety, we’ll provide an levy to support countywide library of the Republican primary vote. outside drop off point. Gauges may services, at 22¢ per $1,000 assessed Washington County’s 46% voter be picked up immediately after value. turnout closely mirrored statewide testing, by 1 pm that day, or the Metro government’s measure voter turnout. In the second largest following Wednesday. Testing only to impose a 1% tax on high earners of Oregon’s 36 counties, with an takes about five minutes per gauge. and business profits passed with estimated population of 600,000, For additional questions, please 53% of the vote. Individuals earning Washington County elections of- email Jenifer.Halter@oregonstate. over $125,000 and joint filers earn- ficials reported 172,765 ballots had edu or call 503-821-1150 and leave ing more than $200,000 will pay been timely received of the 370,522 a message. the tax along with businesses whose eligible voters registered. Official gross receipts exceed $5 million. results will be certified by June 8. is October 13. More information At the state level, the Secretary Last day to register to vote for is available at the county election of State race in November will pit the November 3 general election website. Page 6 Cedar Mill News June 2018 Road News Development News Butner Road culvert May and included removing two Milltowner update construction abandoned power poles in prepara- The tion for a summer culvert replace- The Butner Road Culvert at library park- ment. Johnson Creek (just east of 126th ing lot and The estimated $978,000 project Ave.) will be replaced with an up- the extension is funded through the County’s dated, nine-by-five-foot box culvert. of Dogwood Road Fund as part of the Annual Sidewalks and bike lanes will be that runs Maintenance Program. added on both sides of the road, through the For more information, visit along with appropriate railings. The development the Butner Road Culvert Online existing culvert on SW Butner Road are done! The Kickoff. The Open House portion of at Johnson Creek, between SW library lot is the pages is closed but the informa- 126th and SW Huntington avenues, huge com- tion is still there. For questions, is in poor condition. A wooden pared to the contact Capital Project Ser- pedestrian bridge next to the road old one. The vices at 503-846-7800 or lutproj@ will be removed. slope is much co.washington.or.us. This area has been gentler for subject to flooding, pedestrians. and improvements in The new culverts should help shopping Looking south on Saltzman, the outer walls of the retail with that. Visit the center under building are taking shape. Tualatin Watershed construction notices, we received it just in time to Enhancement Col- at the northeast corner of Cornell post it here. Comments received by laborative website for and Saltzman is going up fast! the county by June 12 will be includ- more information. The While work is going on to complete ed in the development application. site has great informa- the CVS Pharmacy at the corner, a To comment, you can mail a tion and is the result of portion of the retail building north letter, including your full mailing several years of work. of that, along Saltzman, is being address and the casefile number, to Construction is framed. Soon the contractors will Paul Schaefer, Current Planning, scheduled for June-De- begin to frame the other retail/ 155 N 1st Ave, Hillsboro OR 97124, cember. Butner Road commercial two-story building on or use the comment form on this will close for about six the other side of the lot, adjacent to Culvert replacement page. Scroll past the list of projects weeks, tentatively beginning July the Sunset Athletic Center building. and select the casefile from the and waterline at 15, while the culvert is replaced. 185th/West Union gas drop-down menu. Access will be maintained for bikes Autumn Creek station Please note that the county’s and pedestrians. Traffic will be An existing culvert running decision on whether to allow the Thursday, July 16, 9 am (location detoured to Cedar Hills Boulevard, beneath 112th (south of Leahy) for project to go forward will be made Walker Road and Murray Boule- TBA: unclear at this point if it will be Autumn Creek, a small tributary of on Zoom or in person) according to how the developer vard. Pedestrian and bicycle access Johnson Creek, is in poor condi- The applicants for the Chevron meets county regulations, not on will be maintained through the tion and needs to be replaced this station have requested that the the desirability of a bank over a construction area. summer with a corrugated Land Use Hearing for the project be coffee shop. metal pipe designed for fish continued until July. Land Use passage. staff will send out a notice in Life Time Fitness and City A Tualatin Valley Water late June/early July about the of Beaverton District (TVWD) water line new date. By then we should conflicts with the construc- know if the July hearing will tion of the culvert replace- be virtual or in person. ment project. TVWD wants The county staff report to include the construction includes several important of waterline improvements requests for modification with this project. TVWD of the project, including will fund the waterline questions about the size of and the county will man- the convenience store. Staff Improvements include a larger age construction. Construction is notes that there have been culvert which will improve fish anticipated to begin in August and several other proposed uses passage and help with two-year to be finished in September 2020. for the site, and the shape and 25-year flood mitigation. Sidewalks After numerous appeals that have been location make it a difficult will be added on both sides of the Washington County Forum denied by Beaverton, Life Time contractors one to develop. We’ll provide roadway, and the existing water line have begun clearing vegetation and Monday, June 8, 7 pm Virtual Forum more information when it’s will be replaced. The project includes demolishing existing buildings on the site We will celebrate the 100th an- available. a crosswalk across Butner Road at niversary of the 19th Amendment of their new work/fitness center at the the SW 126th Avenue intersection. guaranteeing women the right to Proposed Chase southeast corner of Cedar Hills Bl. and In March, selected trees were vote. League of Women Voters of Bank to replace Barnes. We have no information about their schedule. removed along Butner between Portland President Debbie Kaye Shari’s 126th Avenue and the west church will discuss how far we’ve come and Casefile L2000112 entrance in preparation for reloca- the work still ahead. The public comment period for Always more online! tion of overhead utility lines before https://www.washingtoncounty- this development began on May 29, cedarmillnews.com construction. That work began in forum.org/june-8-virtual-forum/ but because the county mails the Cedar Mill News June 2018 Page 7 LCDC, continued from page 1 ment must be “clear and objective.” ing SNRs, often citing the Court regulations cited by the County In 2016 when a developer pro- Historically, the needed housing of Appeals decisions in refusing to served different purposes than the posed to remove over 70% of the statute only applied to housing enforce its own regulations. SNR land use regulations invali- Douglas fir grove to make room development on “buildable land,” Having exhausted her judicial dated by the Court of Appeals. for new higher-end single family which excluded areas protected by remedies, Ms. Warren petitioned The Hearings Officer recom- residences, Ms. Warren and others local environmental regulations. LCDC in December 2019 to take ac- mended that LCDC issue an objected, noting that the develop- However, in 2017, the Oregon legis- tion and force the County to come enforcement order requiring the ment plan’s proposed “mitigation” lature amended the needed housing into compliance with statewide County to adopt new “clear and for the loss of the SNR by plant- statute to expand its scope to in- planning Goal 5 by enacting new objective” regulations regarding ing new immature trees along a clude all land, regardless of whether enforceable regulations to protect protections for SNRs. creek on the property could not, as it was considered “buildable” or its identified SNR resources. In a In it’s meeting on Friday, May a matter of basic biology, replace not. Because the Hearings Officer draft assessment prepared in 2019 22, 2020, Oregon LCDC voted 6-0 the lost ecological and habitat found that many of the protections at the community’s behest, the to adopt the Hearings Officer rec- value that the grove of mature trees formerly afforded to the Cedarcrest County admitted that only 15% ommendation to issue an enforce- provided. Contacted by neighbors, grove contained subjective require- of the remaining Goal 5 Wildlife ment order. The Commission also the Oregon Department of Fish and ments and language, they were Habitat SNRs remain “with devel- went a step further and voted to im- Wildlife also weighed in calling the not “clear and objective” and were opment potential.” However, the pose an injunction on the County, proposed mitigation insufficient to therefore unenforceable under the County claimed that it was still in prohibiting it from processing offset the loss of the grove, which needed housing statute. compliance with Goal 5 notwith- applications for developments in provides important upland habitat Ms. Warren appealed the standing the invalidation of many designated “Wildlife Habitat” until to numerous species of birds and County Hearings Officer’s deci- of its land use regulations by the it came into compliance with state other wildlife. sion to the state Land Use Board Court of Appeals. Specifically, the law by adopting new and enforce- Despite initially finding that of Appeals (LUBA) and then to the County argued that there were still able regulations. The Enforcement the proposed development would Oregon Court of Appeals, which other incentive-based programs to Order was issued on June 2, 2020. violate County land use rules de- both found that the 2017 changes encourage developers to preserve Under the Commission’s order, the signed to protect SNRs, the County to the needed housing statute had environmentally sensitive sites, and County has until May 1, 2021 to Hearings Officer approved the invalidated several key provisions that some of the SNRs were subject come into compliance. In the mean- development application. In doing of Washington County’s land use to other federal, state, and local time, Ms. Warren and others who so, the Hearings Officer explained regulations designed to protect regulations like the Clean Water have been actively involved in legal that many of the County’s ordi- SNRs identified in its Goal 5 pro- Act and Clean Water Services’ challenges to the development of nances relating to the protection gram. Despite the fact that many of riparian corridor requirements. SNRs in Washington County hope of SNRs were invalid under the its land use regulations had been in- However, a Hearings Officer hired to work with the County in crafting so-called “needed housing stat- validated by the Court of Appeals, by LCDC to look into the request the new ordinances to ensure that ute.” That statewide law generally Washington County nevertheless for an enforcement order disagreed what remains of these sensitive requires that any rules or regula- continued to process development with the County and sided with Ms. Wildlife Habitat areas will be given tions imposed on housing develop- applications for properties contain- Warren, who pointed out that other meaningful protections.

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Read more in the online version doesn’t say anything about CO- [email protected]. FAQs will be listed just below the of Cedar Mill News! VID-19, this is the correct place to or.us. Please do not call the Wash- sector-specific guidance. Page 8 Cedar Mill News June 2018 Postal service, continued from page 1 for privatization for Social Secu- But even the representa- rity, the bill required the Postal tive from the Evergreen Station Service to pre-fund its pension agreed that we need to have and retiree health benefits for another contract station in the current and future workers over area. Ryan Egge, who manages 10 years.” Critics such as Oregon the properties of Bales-Findley Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron LLC, has been trying to contact Wyden, Massachusetts Rep- someone about this ever since resentatives Stephen F. Lynch Signature NW closed the store and Ayanna Pressley, and New last fall. Hopefully we were able York Representative Alexandria to put the two parties in touch Ocasio-Cortez as well as most so something can be arranged. commentators point to this Whether it can go into one of the law as an albatross around the new businesses in the Milltowner agency’s neck. Center when it opens, or another From the Postal Service map of collection Another article in National nearby location, it is needed. box locations. See the problem? Geographic from May 14 says, Any business that can host a ”Stakeholders and pundits are need for increased rural healthcare contract station will benefit from a debating what comes next. The and other critical issues for farmers. lot of traffic. CVS is unlikely to step Postal Service has examined the In its May 2020 newsletter, National in, but as the retail areas fill out, potential of turning rural post Grange Legislative Director Burton we’re hopeful that one of them will offices into broadband hubs that Eller makes a plea for preserving see the advantage. would reach households through the USPS with an emphasis on the existing telephone lines. Politi- Postal service and the value of mail delivery for rural resi- cians have talked about having the dents, providing lobbying advice for Grange Postal Service return to banking, anyone who values mail and wants Even the National Grange has a service it provided for half of the to weigh in. weighed in on the issue. Betsy E. last century, to reach remote com- While acknowledging the many Huber, President of the National munities not served by commercial challenges the USPS faces and its Grange, recently said “I never financial institutions. The National need for restructuring, the legisla- thought I’d see in my lifetime the Association of Letter Carriers en- tive priorities of the Grange are possible closure of the United States visions reinventing the Postal steadfast in supporting this most Postal Service.” Service as a roving band of govern- ment helpers “with keypad and Internet connection at the ready,” allowing every American to con- nect to governmental services—a rare human presence in a world where stores are closing and life is migrating online. The City Lab article continues: “Privatization isn’t inevitable. While the USPS is banned from A notepad from 1909 used by a member of Leedy Grange, from the Cedar lobbying Congress on its own Mill Historical Society collection. behalf, the agency’s defenders Leedy Grange member Bruce essential of American institutions. include pretty much everybody. Bartlett shares this information. As the highly respected retired The USPS is by far the most In the early 1900’s after decades of Oregonian reporter Harry Bodine popular federal agency, edging Read The News online: lobbying, the Grange along with recently quipped to me “If the Post out likable contenders such as the cedarmillnews.com other rural and farm groups, suc- Office was good enough for Ben- National Park Service and NASA ceeded in convincing Congress to jamin Franklin, it is good enough with a 90% favorability rating in establish free rural mail delivery for for me.” a poll by the Pew Research Center the entire USA. Established in 1867, last year. (The U.S. Centers for the National Grange, a nonparti- Impossible to get a Disease Control and Prevention san, nondenominational, nonprofit new full-service Post came in fourth.) It would almost fraternal organization, has a long Office? certainly take an act of Congress and storied history in supporting The United States Postal Service — and maybe even an amendment rural mail delivery by the original has been under attack from anti- to the Constitution — to funda- US Post Office (now named the US government forces for years. An mentally rewrite the charter of the Postal Service) and considers this article from April on the City Lab Postal Service.” one of their key issues of longstand- website says, “While the modern With all this going on, it’s ex- ing equitability and access for rural history of the USPS as an indepen- tremely unlikely that there will be Americans. dent executive branch agency dates another full-service post office any Featuring the USPS prominently back to the 1970s, its money trou- time soon (like the one in Beaver- in its 2020 policy update, Grange bles can be largely traced to a 2006 ton) located north of 26 for the leadership makes a strong case for law called the Postal Accountability Bethany and Cedar Mill communi- preserving this crucial American and Enhancement Act. Passed at ties. Let’s just hope the whole thing institution along with the drastic the height of Bush-era enthusiasm isn’t destroyed! Cedar Mill News June 2018 Page 9 Japanese beetle eradication continues Cedar Mill and Bethany Community Libraries We’ll get an update next month For small loads, use your yard Summer reading is download the Libby app from your from the Oregon Department of debris container and put it out on different this year favorite app store. Agriculture on our progress in eradi- your collection day. Waste Manage- No registration—just read or Teens and Tweens can also look cating the terribly destructive popula- ment, Pride, and Walker Garbage listen to books! Join us for Imagine forward to several virtual or online tion of Japanese beetle that landed will remove all residential curbside Your Story, our annual Summer events this summer like creative art in Cedar Mill a few years ago (we are yard debris and transport the con- Reading program. Discover the challenges, virtual bake offs, escape winning!), but for now, we wanted to tents directly to Hillsboro Landfill. different challenges and activities rooms, and trivia sessions. Check share this important For large loads, for kids, teens and adults on our library.cedarmill.org/summer-read- information about you must use the website. ing/teens/ soon for more details. yard debris. FREE drop-off site Three on a Theme Book Talk (Online) Owl Book Group At this time at Best Buy In Town of year, Japanese Landscape Supply, Wednesdays at 5pm on Facebook Zoom: Fridays, June 26, July 31, beetles are found 2200 SW Cornelius Library assistant Becca brings us August 28, 10:30 am-noon Online via Zoom. If you already in lawn trimmings, Pass Rd. Hillsboro three book recommendations that receive e-mail from the Owl Book plants with soil, (503-506-6256). They all share a common theme! Group, you’ll and sod and other are accepting yard Past videos are on You- receive a link for yard debris from waste now through Tube. To see other books this meeting a few the infected area. If October 1, and are on the same theme, visit days before the possible, keep yard open Monday-Satur- our BiblioCommons page event. If you’re debris on-site or use day, 7 am-4:30 pm. and start reading! Online new, welcome! a curbside bin. How- To find out if you video posting schedules Please e-mail lau- ever, if yard debris are in the quaran- may change. Please view [email protected] to must be removed tine area, for more schedules at library.cedar- receive a link for from the property, information, or to mill.org/events Adult Japanese beetles feed the event a few landscapers and be added to the JB While we don’t know on leaves, buds, and flowers days before it hap- residents should bag email list, please exactly what our service of many common garden pens. and cover the load contact ODA at options will look like and landscape plants. Adult In June we will and take it directly JapaneseBeetlePDX. when we reopen, there are females commonly lay their discuss Where the to Best Buy in Town. info loads of great e-books and eggs in well-watered lawns. Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. The drop-off site is Download this audiobooks available to download Check our website for July and FREE, and is only available to quar- informative poster with informa- from our Overdrive and Libby August selections. antine residents and their landscap- tion about the beetle and about services right now. Go to wccls. Read more online. ers to dispose of yard debris. yard waste. overdrive.com to learn more or Page 10 Cedar Mill News June 2018 Mitch Greenlick, 1935-2020 By Katie Riley program which recently originated http://www.katieriley.org/ the partnership to do the contact [Ed. Note: Mitch Greenlick tracing for the state that Oregon served as the State Representative will rely on to give us data about for our District 33 in the Oregon addressing COVID-19. He also Legislature from 2003. He had brought local and national orga- announced earlier this year that he nizations together into a national would retire. He was instrumental research effort to address improv- in the county boundary change that ing substance abuse access and brought “Bonny Slope West” into treatment. Washington County.] Ten years later, Mitch decided I have been reading and ap- to retire again, and run for the preciating the many heartfelt tributes to Mitch Green- lick from legislative colleagues but wanted to give some background to Mitch’s careers—four that I have seen. Mitch began his adult career with his mas- ters degree in pharmacol- Mitch and Harriet were an amazing team! ogy admin- istration at Wayne State University legislature. That career has been in Detroit and a Ph.D. in doctorate well documented by others. With in medical care administration. He his wife, Harriet, making sure was hired as a researcher by Kaiser things ran smoothly, he focused on Permanente in Portland where implementing policies that would he founded the Kaiser Perman- help all. He loved being in the ente Center for Health Research midst of decisions that would make (CHR), which has influenced health a difference for the well-being of research around the world. His Oregonians. emphasis was on using electronic Through these careers, Harriet medical records to improve health has been at his side and they raised care both for individuals and also three children, Phyllis, Vicki, and for the general public by looking Mike, now a prominent judge. at patterns across patients and He was devoted to his family and interventions. He was elected to the loved them all and delighted in his National Academy of Sciences and grandchildren. invited to give talks on research Mitch has mentored many internationally. people along the way—researchers, As he was preparing to retire students, physicians, administra- from CHR after 30 years, for his tors, political colleagues (among second career he was invited to them, my husband, Chuck Riley). chair the Department of Public It is true that he never “suffered Health and Preventive Medicine fools,” but he wanted people to be at OHSU, for a grand salary of $1/ prepared and he challenged people year. That is where he hired me. In to be better. He was a visionary this position, he was instrumental but worked hard to contribute to in bringing together faculty from knowledge and wanted others to OSU, PSU, and OHSU to found the do the same. And he believed that Oregon Master of Public Health the greater good resided in working (MPH) program. OHSU’s part with others for others—that health became a track in Epidemiology care is a right and not a privilege. and Biostatistics, including an He worked for all of us in all his MD/MPH program. OHSU and careers and has left a legacy from PSU are now a joint public health which we all benefit. Cedar Mill News June 2018 Page 11 we have also moved to internet American Sign iPad, to join our classes! Perfect phone lines for some of our calls, Language Class for the beginner. and staff frequently use their own Do you want to learn Basic ASL Modified Art Camp cell phones to make connections online? New ASL classes for Sum- Various dates, July-August with our clients. Appointments mer 2020 are now being offered at Every summer, Veronica’s now take longer just by the nature $69 for six 90-minute lessons on summer Art Camps have been of the process. Our online payment Zoom. This class is taught by a bilin- popular and loved by many. system and prescription refill line gual Deaf Ph.D. & certified teacher These camps are designed for have certainly lessened some of of the deaf with 11 years of college, students in grades 2-9. Nothing the burden, and we are continu- high school and online teaching will stop Veronica from doing ously brainstorming other ways to experience. This class is for ages 12 what she loves so she will contin- streamline the process. You would potential infection. and up. For class schedules or more ue art lessons by providing a modi- be surprised at how often Zoom Like most senior living com- information, visit signclass.org. fied version of the camp with safety meetings happen, even in the vet- munities in our area, we are not Anne Liversidge is also available and social distancing in order. Find erinary community! conducting live tours at this time for professional development work- unique outdoor art activities in her We have heard from the local and have restricted visitors to es- shops and for English tutoring for program that your child will love. emergency clinics. They are often sential personnel only. However, we individuals who are Deaf or hard of Veronica will also provide overwhelmed. You can expect a 4-8 are offering virtual tours, and still hearing. virtual classes on Zoom for those hour wait there depending upon the screening and admitting new resi- that are most concerned about their time of day. The entire veterinary dents. We are committed to keeping ReStore is open to child’s health. All materials will be community is trying their best to our residents and staff healthy, as shop and donate, and provided and students will enjoy keep going. we all weather this crisis. Learn resumes donation painting in acrylic and watercolor, When you arrive here, sadly you more at fieldstonecornell.com. pickups working in collage and with ink, may need to call several times to get Art classes for kids, and creating that ever-popular through. If all of our lines are busy, ReStore is a donation-based watercolor for teens camp shirt. She is even bringing we are not able to check our voice- home improvement outlet that of- back the scrap art metal challenge! mail. Please feel free to hail one of fers deeply-discounted goods and and adults No materials are shared and ev- our staff members if you can’t get materials for home improvement Veronica Lake will be continu- erything will be disinfected. At the through. We will get to you as soon and decorating projects. Shoppers ing her adult/teen Friday watercolor end of the sessions, we will meet in as possible. We don’t foresee the and DIYers love us for the treasures classes through most of the summer. a parking lot and show off our cre- clinic opening back at “normal” for they find at each location. ReStore This is a virtual class taught on Zoom ations at a comfortable distance. It’s a few months at least. sales help fund homebuilding unless her usual facility opens up. She a win-win for everyone involved! Contact the clinic by phone at programs at regional Habitat for will take you through a step-by-step This modified camp will be avail- 503-614-9061 or visit their website. Humanity organizations. Shop process that anyone can follow. ReStore online at pdxrestore.org. You can ask her questions at able from June 22nd to June 26th. Emergency relief The Beaverton ReStore is located at ANY time during the session and Hours may vary. Contact Veronica for business owners 13475 SW Millikan Way, just west then understand art making better for more information by texting or in Oregon & of Cedar Hills Crossing. with her positive critique time. Find calling at 503-789-3994. Visit her Washington To keep shoppers and employees out what makes a painting great us- website to learn more about her safe, in addition to requiring face ing value, color, and compositional artwork and find the latest informa- by Mike Irinaga masks and keeping distant, we are principles. If you don’t have materi- tion on classes and workshops. Small & midsize companies are only allowing card purchases (no als, she will provide them for just opening back up across our state cash) and self-service loading and un- $5 a class. You just need a laptop/ and I am interested in finding out loading of donations and purchases. computer with video capacity, or an how our local businesses are doing We are also now scheduling amidst everything. I have been donation pickups on a limited basis working with Portland & Vancou- in Oregon only. We’re adapting to ver area businesses for years, help- physical distancing requirements, ing them with funding issues. so donors should be aware of these Many of our existing clients are changes: Donated items must be left finding themselves re-opening or curbside or in a parking space; and trying to expand their activities, items need to be of a size that is able but without the cash flow neces- to be moved by one person. sary to do so. There are a couple of Donors can schedule a donation tax incentives designed specifically pickup at pdxrestore.org or by call- for business owners & commercial ing ReStore Donation Information building owners that are helping. at 971-229-8888. I have included this link so you can see what your eligibility would Fieldstone stays be. These programs go back decades healthy! and are available for funding now. At Fieldstone Cornell Landing, They do not include the CARES we are happy to say that we have Act programs and do not eliminate no suspected or confirmed cases you from taking part in the CARES of COVID-19. We implemented Act. They are the bridge to keeping stringent protocols as soon as we many businesses open right now. began hearing news of the virus in [Ed. Note: Washington County early March, so we were ahead of also has a Small Business Recovery the curve when it came to protect- resource page here.] ing our residents and staff from