elaine Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Based on the timeline below ( see link), which was drafted by the County (and I posted a few weeks back), the next step is for the Parks Advisory Board to hear the Plan developed by Alta Planning and Design, Clackamas County planners, and those of you that showed up to the 3 input meetings earlier this Fall. This meeting is held on January 20th from 6-8 pm at the County's NEW location! Get there ASAP as this will be one of the first topics of discussion. Address is 150 S Beavercreek Rd Oregon City 97045 ( googlemaps link below) Meeting time is 6-8pm, and we are supposed to be in the large conference room on the first floor. Parks Dept phone number is 503-742-4414. Call for specifics on the building location if the map does not make sense. We strongly encourage climbers to attend, as this is the time that the volunteer Board will hear the concept plan that was voted on, the estimated costs, and the proposed timeline. The volunteer PAB has not been in attendance at these past input meetings, except for one climber, Mike, who is actually on the PAB. http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/853048/Madrone_Wall_DRAFT_Timeline_fo#Post853048 Map link is based on the intersection of Kaen Rd and S Beavercreek Rd in Oregon City. The buildings are "too new" to truly come up on the map search. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Beavercreek+Rd+%26+Kaen+Rd,+Oregon+City,+OR+97045&sll=45.481077,-122.823715&sspn=0.126618,0.187454&ie=UTF8&ll=45.33373,-122.598002&spn=0.008296,0.011716&z=16&iwloc=addr> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 I've had a few e-mails about the up and coming meeting on Tuesday. We strongly encourage climbers to attend. From the talks that we've had with Clackamas County, at the start of the new Fiscal Year on July 1st there will be funding available. From what we have also heard from the County and their work with Alta Planning and Design who did the Master Plan, is that Alta will ask what is the minimum that needs to get done to get it open for use, and not adhere to the idea that all of the funding needs to be in place to make all of the proposed improvements. Directions and meeting times are above. Please attend! Thanks to those that showed up at the Lucky Lab in Portland last night to put together another mailing. If you are one of the 1000+ people that receive our snail mail updates, you should be getting one soon! thanks! Kellie Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 An update from last night's PAB meeting. The Parks Board approved the concept plan #2 with trail development up top. What they also approved was to not log the lower area, but allow the County to log the upper portion as they harvest timber every couple of decades. Now it will go to the Board of County Commissioners to review and approve the plan on February 3rd. The public is welcome to attend the study session at 1:30 at their offices on Kaen Rd in Oregon City. What was also talked about was the costs of the full project. $880,000 was the expected costs with 20% contingency factored in. About half of that is the road improvements and parking area. The suggestion of Alta Planning and design was to do the work in phases. Phase 1 would be parking, trail improvements to the rock, and the road in. Other trail building efforts, signage, ADA trail, and a permanent bathroom would be Phase 2 as more funding is set aside. Pending approval from the Commissioners, the County Planner will follow through on the Conditional Use Application to the State. Once the "hearing" for the conditional use is completed, the County will begin applying for grants through Oregon State Parks Grant program. We will also work with the County on Access Fund grants, REI grants, and so on. This timeline is a slight deviation from the drafted timeline on this site I put up a couple of months ago. Only by about 2 months off. The Conditional Use Permit needs to be granted before the County can begin applying for matching parks grants. What can you do to help? 1) Attend the study session with the Commissioners on Feb 3rd at 1:30 2) Attend the next Parks Board meeting on 2/17/09 at 6pm. They will be discussing their up and coming budget for the next 5 years. The Madrone is currently on track to receive $200K from the County before grants are applied for. 3) Attend the film fest at the Hollywood theater on Feb 5th 4) Stay tuned for the proposed clean up on May 16. More details to come. Go to www.madronewall.com (County's website), or www.savemadrone.com (Our website) for more info. Thanks! Kellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 You rock Kellie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 so...ballpark guestimate: when will we be able to (legally) climb at madrone again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Ivan- The question you raised is something that we have not been given a direct or concrete response to yet. The County's drafted timeline that has been posted on this site is still pretty close to the current timeline. IF the County receives adequate funding from matching grants from Oregon State Parks-Local Options, AND the County has dotted their I's, crossed their T's on all of the necessary forms, AND ODOT has done their piece with their property bordering, AND the Commissioners make funding THIS site a priority on Feb 3rd....Then construction is set to begin in the Summer of 2010. A friend that has done construction projects on parks has looked at some of the design info and feels that it should only take about 3-4 months to build the road and make a parking area. The park will not be officially open without onsite parking. Even though people are parking all along HWY 224, ODOT states that it is illegal to do so. People who are currently accessing the site, and parking along 197th and Semple Rd- WATCH OUT! Residents are taking note of people with ropes and packs and calling the County with car and license descriptions.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 at first i was like - holy fucking shit - next decade?!? - then i remembered that's like, next year and what not reckon it don't matter too much for a vancouver boy like me...madrone will always be a random crag to visit, given the drive time - still,it'll be nice when it doesn't have to be poached... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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