HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-0115 Documents Submitted at Meeting
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Mayor John Morrison
State of the City of Ashland
January 2008
Good Evening.
It is my pleasure again to report to the citizens of Ashland on the
state of the City. It has been a privilege for me to serve as your
Mayor for another year
Before I begin, I want to thank my colleagues on the City Council
for their hard work and dedication. As many of you know, this has
been a challenging year to be a member of the Ashland City
Council. We have had difficult moments, and we have had to tackle
them. As we move into the New Year, I want the Council and
community to know that we are a stronger Council because we have
taken responsibility for our own weaknesses as a working group.
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And, while we may disagree on some issues, we are united in our
dedication to the city we serve.
Many of you know that when I ran for Mayor, I clearly stated that I
planned to serve only one term. It was my position that completion
of a term as Mayor would extend my service to the community, as a
commissioner, as a councilor, and as Mayor, to more than a decade
and that's enough for anyone person to give to his community. I
have not changed my position. This then, is my last State of the
City address, so I want to talk about the legacy that this Mayor and
Council are creating for Ashland.
I'll begin by speaking about the two City accomplishments from
2007 that will have lasting benefits within the community.
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The first is the library. One year ago, I said that an Ashland without
a public library was unimaginable and unacceptable. The City
Council agreed and so did the community. After considerable study
of our options, we placed a tax measure on the ballot that would
allow Ashland to restore library service. I am proud that in
September 2007, the citizens of Ashland overwhelmingly passed the
two-year library local option levy. Ashland was willing to pay what
was required, knowing that the library is at the center of a
community committed to a knowledgeable and active citizenry, to
public involvement, and to a vibrant culture climate. Thank you
City Council, and thank you Ashland.
But our work to preserve our library is not done. We now have a
citizen task force working to bring us recommendations on how
Ashland can ensure an excellent and reliable library system well into
the future. I look forward in the coming year to working with these
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citizens, with Jackson County, and with our other government
partners in the Rogue Valley, to achieve a lasting resolution of our
library crisis.
The second major accomplishment in 2007 was the long-anticipated
transition to community-oriented policing within our police
department. Police Chief Terry Holderness took the reigns of the
department in April 2007 bringing with him a recognized expertise
in community policing. During his short tenure in Ashland the
department has made great strides. Ashland citizens have already
noticed the difference. The department successfully tackled the
serious problem of drug sales in our downtown area. We will soon
have a permanent presence on the plaza with a police substation
providing higher visibility, quicker response and better service to all.
Our officers have received nationally recognized training in problem
solving, and our department is putting on a "leadership academy"
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for Police Officers that many of the other departments in the Rogue
Valley will participate in. This Council and community have much
to be proud of in what Chief Holderness and the Police Department
staff accomplished in 2007. The move to community policing will
continue in 2008, with the launch of the "Area Commander"
program. Under this program, our police department will work
directly with the neighborhoods of Ashland, and citizens at the
neighborhood level will have a key role in identifying and
addressing the public safety issues of greatest importance to them.
These are only two of the many things the City worked on in 2007.
We also adopted a Public Arts Master Plan, adopted strong ethics
provisions, worked on issues related to Mount Ashland, and handled
transitions in senior staff. It was with great pleasure that I was able
to appoint, with the concurrence of the Council, two key department
heads by hiring from within our current staff. Bill Molnar became
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Community Development Director, and Richard Appicello was
appointed City Attorney.
As we move into 2008, this Council will work to strengthen our
legacy as leaders working for a better Ashland. Last July, we set
ambitious goals for 2008, which I believe have four key themes.
Those themes are: (1) Economic diversification; (2)
Transportation; (3) Sustainability; and (4) Organizational
Health.
Before I talk about these themes, I want to repeat that I believe the
City's first order of business is to build a new vision of the future of
Ashland. Many of the things we treasure about Ashland are the
fulfillment of the vision of past leaders. We owe much to their
foresight, yet, a lot has changed since those leaders worked for our
community. We've grown, become more diverse, and, as a
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community, gotten older. Our needs have changed with the times.
And the need for a refreshed vision is clear.
When the Council set goals last July, we put the need for a vibrant
new vision for Ashland near the top of our work plan. I believe we
must come together as a community and chart a collective course for
Ashland. A course grounded both in reality - the internal and
external data and trends that will shape us - and in our dreams - our
values and expectations. From that vision, we will develop specific
strategies and actions to achieve our desired future. That vision,
those strategies, and actions, must be formulated and shared by the
many, not the few. We will start this work in 2008, and it will take
the efforts and input of the people and organizations of Ashland to
make it possible.
Building a new shared vision and action plan is our most pressing
project. But the City will begin to address several other key
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projects, related to the economy, transportation, sustainability, or
organization health in 2008.
The first major theme is Economic Diversity Ashland, in the
past, has taken many vital steps to guarantee its economic future.
From supporting a fledgling Oregon Shakespeare festival to taking a
risk and installing a high speed fiber optic network, the City of
Ashland has historically planned to expand business, which in turn,
supports families.
This City Council believes it's time to again take a significant
strategic step forward to ensure a diverse, resilient economy well
into Ashland's future. We are committed to defining proactive
strategies that find and foster sustainable new businesses, capitalize
and expand upon businesses and talent already here, support creative
enterprises, and provide living wage jobs. We are also committed to
an economy that doesn't rely on a single sector - whether tourism,
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technology, or natural resources - because we must reduce
vulnerability to a downturn in a single sector.
But we need, as a community, to better define, and then attract, the
kinds of businesses we want to see grow in our community. We
must then help these businesses - with the jobs they bring and the
families they support -- succeed. Ashland is already home to many
businesses committed to family-wage jobs and environmental
sustainability, and of course nurturing our existing businesses is key
to any strategy. Last, we will continue to address the costs of living
here, including the cost of housing. The City needs the help of
citizens and the business community alike in defining the economy
we want and in creating strategies to achieve that future. We ask for
your help, both in designing and implementing our efforts.
We have two specific projects underway that will help our economy.
With a grant from the State of Oregon, we are developing a plan for
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redevelopment of the Croman Mill property in 2008. The 65-acre
property is vital for development of industries that fit with our
community's culture and take advantage of our talented workforce.
The 20 acre "railroad property" in the center of town will be cleaned
up and redeveloped sometime soon. This critical piece of property
is literally at the core of our town, and we'll need everyone's help to
define a vision for this key site.
The Second major theme is Transportation
Ashland faces
several critical issues related to transportation. Weare committed as
a community to ensuring that walking, biking, and riding the bus are
real alternatives to driving a car. Ashland depends on Rogue Valley
Transportation District for public transit, and we all know RVTD
has its troubles. I call on the City Council, the citizens of Ashland,
and our regional partners to aid R VTD in its mission to provide
transit service to the homes and businesses of Ashland and the
region. We need to work with RVTD, SOU, Medford, the business
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community, and the other residents of this valley to secure a reliable,
stable transit service that provides a real choice as an alternative to
the car. Ashland serves as the regional leader in recognizing the
need for an expanded, diversified transit network and we must
strengthen that leadership.
Here at home, Ashland needs to focus on completing our bicycle
and pedestrian network. Although this is a great city for walking
and cycling, we have key missing links. We need to finish our safe
routes to school, including sidewalks on Laurel Street, and we need
to finish the central Ashland bikeway. This will take creativity,
persistence, and frankly, funding.
Finally on this issue, the City can't neglect its streets. The
Transportation Financing Task Force identified a two-million dollar
per year gap in funding for our transportation system. We must find
a funding solution. We are updating our transportation system plan
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to make sure we know the projects that we'll need to finish for the
future and in what priority. As the cost of gasoline reliance
continues to rise, we'll find more efficient ways to use our streets
than we have in the past. Ashland must prepare for that as well.
My Third theme is Sustainability. I said last year that
sustainability means meeting the needs of the present generation
without compromising future generations. The citizens of Ashland
have time and again demonstrated their commitment to
environmental sustainability. We will continue our work in
conserving and reusing water. We'll continue to work to reduce
petroleum consumption, by and within the city. We hope to finish a
new solar energy project now under construction. This Council also
set a goal to increase our conservation efforts. Ashland is already a
leader in Oregon in promoting electric and water conservation.
We're going to look for ways to improve these programs. In many
communities, consumption of electricity is growing at a faster rate
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than the population. We don't want that to happen in Ashland.
Conservation of our existing energy and water resources - and
production of alternative power - is all part of keeping our
community sustainable.
My fourth and final theme is organizational health. As a
community we depend on the City of Ashland to provide essential
public services, from delivery of electricity, transportation, water
and sewer, to public safety, to parks and open space.
This Council has set several goals that focus on how our municipal
government can ensure continued excellence and efficiency in
providing public services. We are evaluating our existing facilities
and city-owned lands. We will ask ourselves, is this facility in the
right location? Does it work? Is it efficient? We will evaluate city
land and determine if it is needed and if not, what should be done
with it. We may discover that we can share equipment and space
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with other governments. We want to plan for our facilities so we are
not faced with a crisis or with wasted resources.
High quality services require hiring and retaining the highest quality
employees. This Council has a goal of sustaining and renewing our
work force. We need to make sure we're paying a fair wage that
makes it possible for people to choose public service. We must
mentor our younger employees to step into leadership roles as our
long term employees retire. We need to create on the job training
opportunities and apprenticeships which allow for the transition of
duties.
Last but not least, Council set a goal of ensuring long-range
financial stability . We know we may face potentially difficult
choices. We may need to reduce some services. We will need to
discuss the best use of existing taxes. We will have to review our
current city fee structure including; the food and beverage tax which
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expires soon and sewer rates. We will need the full support and
participation of the citizens as we tackle these challenges.
No doubt there will be many other issues that will surface in the
coming months and we will tackle them. But I believe this Council
will best be remembered not for its difficulties, but for its
determination to seek better ways to get things done. For working
effectively to strengthen and reaffirm Ashland's position as a unique
and leading community in our region state, and nation. I believe our
commitment to livability, to diversity, to economic health, to car-
free mobility, to sustainability, and to the highest quality local
government will be our legacy.
In closing, let me say I look forward to 2008 and to the future of our
City beyond that. And I look forward to working with the Council,
with City staff, and with the citizens of Ashland in the coming year.
Thank you.
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Memo
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
Ashland City Council
Mark Bartholomew, attorney for North Mountain Land Company
January 15,2008
North Mountain Land Company
I. SDC Credit Overview
System Development Charge Credits (SDC credits) are given when a project has met certain
requirements discussed below. The credits are used when permits are pulled, and the permit fees
are discounted by the SDC credit amount. SDC credits are not out of pocket cash paid by the City.
Oregon law requires the City to provide credit for "qualified public improvements." ORS
223.304(4). A qualified public improvement is a capital improvement required as a condition of
development approval, identified on the City's list of capital improvements and is either not located
on or contiguous to the property subject to the development, or located in whole or in part on
contiguous property, that is built larger than is necessary for the particular development. Id.
The planning commission's approval required street improvements not abutting the subject
property, as well as improvements abutting the subject property, in the form of widening the street
to 24,' beyond the normal 22.' The cost to perform the offsite improvements is detailed on the
attached pages from Bill's Backhoe. Mr. Reagan, owner of Bill's Backhoe, will testify that the
costs listed are only for those areas not abutting the subiect property, or for the extra two feet
beyond the normal 22' for the improvements abutting the subject property. Thus, those
improvements are "qualified public improvements" eligible for credit under ORS 223.304.
The Ashland Municipal Code mirrors the ORS. "A credit shall be given for the cost of a
qualified public improvement associated with a development" AMC 4.20.090(B). If a qualified
public improvement is located partially on and partially offthe subject property, credit shall be
given only for the cost of the portion of the improvement not attributable wholly to the development
(extra 2'). Id. The credit provided for shall be only for the public improvement charge charged for
the tyPe of improvement being constructed and shall not exceed the public improvement charge.
Id.
II. Eligibility of Work Performed by North Mountain Land Company
Pursuant to the attached planning commission approval, North Mountain Land Company
performed the work itemized by Mr. Reagan. Those improvements are eligible for SDC credits, as
they are listed among the City's capital improvement projects, attached hereto, and they are either
entirely offsite, or beyond the normal requirements. Those improvements total $217,686.25, which
is the proper amount of credits. That price does not include any abutting improvements beyond the
additional 2' required to be built beyond the normal width.
III. Response to Staff Report and Mr. Smeenk's Calculations
The staff report concluded that North Mountain is eligible for credits in the amount of
$63,075. This determination is made in part by three interpretations that we believe are incorrect:
A. Additional Two Feet
Mr. Smeenk's calculations were partly derived from a possible misunderstanding that
the numbers presented to him prior to the appeal did not take into account the cost of the marginal 2'
beyond the normal requirements. Thus, he multiplied part of the cost by 2/24, basically applying
credit to only 2' of 24.' We agree that this would be correct, because this portion of the
improvements abuts the subject property, but the cost as presented today includes an adjustment for
the marginal cost of the 2,' and not cost of the entire road width. As such, the cost of the 2' should
stand, and not be multiplied by 2/24, because that cost already reflects 2/24 of the total cost.
B. Items not Receiving Credit
Various items did not receive any credit. For example, there was no credit applied
for wheel chair ramps. Wheel chair ramps are an important component of any street. Much of the
improvements not receiving credit are entirely offsite. All of the costs itemized by Mr. Reagan were
required for the improvements.
C. 65 % Multiplier
After Mr. Smeenk determined the creditable items and applied the 2/24 multiplier to
the project, he then multiplied that number by .65. We believe that multiplying costs by .65 is not
supported by code. A review of the capital improvements list, titled "SDC Eligible Transportation
Improvements" shows item 3, Bear Creek to N Mountain. There are four categories on the chart.
The first category is revised estimated cost. This appears to be the estimated cost of the
improvements, which totals $422,400. The second column is "rebate eligible." That number is
$239,923. The third column states "capacity %." The corresponding figure is 65%. Finally, the
SDC portion of the total cost is $274,560.
A review of the Ashland ordinance helps explain what these numbers mean. The
first figure---estimated cost-is apparent in its meaning. The last column-SDC portion-is the
amount of SDCs (not SDC credits, but charges) that the city can use to fund the improvement. The
City can collect SDCs to fund up to $274,560 of the estimated cost of $422,400. This is significant
because City staff has stated that it cannot give more credit than it can collect with SDCs. Because
our requested reimbursement is $217,686.25, that figure is well below the amount of $274,560 that
the City can collect. The 65% is only the percentage of the estimated improvement cost that the City
can fund through SDCs (see staff report of 12/3/07, p. 2, 3rd paragraph). Nothing in the code or TSP
indicates that it should also be applied to discount the credits due. The .65 multiplier has been
misapplied in this case. As previously stated, "A credit shall be given for the cost of a qualified
public improvement associated with a development" AMC 4.20.090(B). The code gives a credit for
the cost of the qualified public improvement, not the cost less some percentage. The only limitation
on SDC credits is when the cost of the qualified public improvement exceeds the amount that the
City can charge in SDCs--credit "shall not exceed the public improvement charge even if the cost of
the capital improvement exceeds the applicable public improvement charge." AMC 4.20.090(B).
Again, the cost of the qualified public improvement (capital improvement) does not exceed the
public improvement charge, which is the amount of SDCs that the City can use to fund the capital
improvement.
IV. Conclusion
North Mountain Land Company respectfully requests Ashland City Council to award SDC
credits in the amount of $217,686.25. That figure is limited onl y to qualified public improvements
(offsite or beyond normal requirements). It is below the amount that the City can collect to fund
those improvements, which is $274,560. All the costs itemized were necessary in the construction of
the improvements. The 65% figure represents only the amount of the total estimated cost of the
public improvement that the City can fund with SDCs. It is not intended to further reduce the
amount of credit, as demonstrated by AMC 4.20.090(B).
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Citv of Ashland Transportation Svstems Develooment Charr:e
1-5 Beach Street - at Siskiyou Upgrade $92,00
1-5 Tolman Cr Rd - Siskiyou to UPRR Capacity $620,40
~ 6-10 Nevada - Bear Creek to N Mountain Capacity $422,40
6-10 Bear Creek Bridge @ Nevada Capacity $2,500,00
6-10 N Mountain - Hersey to Nepenthe (Y> street) Capacity $314,16
6-10 Tolman Cr - Siskiyou Blvd Approaches Capacity $184,00 45%
6-10 Clay St - Siskiyou to Ashland Upgrade $660,000 35%
6-10 E Main - City Limits to Normal (west) Capacity $184,800 25%
11-20 N Main - Hwy 99 to Fox Upgrade $66,00 15%
11-20 Ashland Mine Rd Upgrade $330,00 15%
11-20 E Hersey - Ann to Mountain (Y> Street) Upgrade $142,56 15%
11-20 4th St Extension to Hersey Capacity $106,250 100%
11-20 N Mountain - Nepenthe to Nevada Capacity $286,44 65%
11-20 Tolman Cr - Green Meadows to Black Oak Upgrade $528,000 15%
11-20 Tolman Cr - Black Oak to Siskiyou Upgrade $158,400 15%
11-20 E Main - Normal Ave to City limits (east) Upgrade $3,976,80 15%
11-20 E Main - at Tolman Creek Rd Upgrade $272,00 15'10
Crowson Rd - Siskiyou to Green Springs Hwy Upgrade $1,000,00 30%
Nonmal Avenue Extension to E Main Capacity $607,200 75%
Clay St - Ashland to E Main Upgrade $737,500 15%
Tolman Cr Rd - Ashland St to E Main Capacity $424,20 65%
Mistletoe - Siskiyou to Tolman Creek Upgrade $1,201,25 75%
Dead Indian - Green Springs Hwy Approach Upgrade $92,00
INTERSECTIONS
see ELIGIBLE TRANSPORTATION I
11-20 UPRR CROSSINGS (4) 15%
11-20 TRANSIT (Local, capital costs) 25%
11-20 SIDEWALKS 25%
11-20 BICYCLE FACILITIES 25%
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
August 1, 1999 Cost per
ELNDT = $93
January 1, 2000 Cost per
ELNDT = $154
July 1,2000 Cost per
ELNDT = $214
City of Ashland - Department of Communi!)' Development 4
gates in fences and man-door on garages, landscaping, entrance walks, porch stoops, residential lighting,
windows in second story facades and garages that support a general appearance of front yards. The
design toward Nevada Street shall be consistent with Architectural Elevation provided by the applicant
at the March 11, 2003 Public Hearing.
27) That pedestrian-scaled street lighting installed along North Mountain, East Nevada, Greenway Drive and
all neighborhood streets shall comply with the standards of Ashland's Electric Utility and approved by
the Staff Advisor. In general, the City of Ashland's Commercial light standard (i.e. Sternburg) shall be
installed in the NM-C area, while the City of Ashland's residential light standard (with downward
illumination) shall be installed along residential streets.
28) That the final engineering submitted prior to signature of the final survey plat for all streets and alleys
shall be consistent with City standards addressing distance between driveways, as well as driveway
distance from proposed street intersections. Specifically, with units 66-78. In addition, a shared
driveway approach (12' in width) is required to serve units 48 & 50 and units 57 & 59.
29) That the applicant shall be responsible for the improvement ofE. Nevada Street from the intersection
with Greenway Drive east to the intersection with North Mountain Avenue. Such improvement shall
include a minimum 24' paved width, curb and gutter on both sides of the street. A parkrow and sidewalk
on the south side of the street from the intersection with Greenway Drive east to end of the applicant's
property shall also be constructed. No sidewalk improvements shall be required at this time for the
right-of-way abutting tax lots 500 and 600 (White and Marr properties). The applicant shall be eligible
for SDC credits for improvement costs beyond those improvements shown on the layout plan for the
subdivision. Specifically, the a Ii cant shall be eligible for SDC credits for asphalt widening from 22' to
24' and curb and gutter on the north side ofE. Nevada for the ontage ofthe a licant's ro erty and tax
lot 401 (Cis 0). Further the a IC a e e 19I e or SDC credits for the street im rovements
abutting tax lots 500 and 600. Street impT~elliPlans and :SU credits ~hall be reviewed and
InCluded as art of Final Plan review. All streets shall be constructed and surfaced prior to the issuance
of a building permit. _
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30) That the written authorization from the Oregon Division of State Lands, and any other applicable Federal
or State permitting agency, be provided for alteration of the delineated wetland prior to Final Plat
approval or proceeding with the constructions of subdivision improvements. If off-site mitigation is
approved, mitigation measures shall be located and carried out in the floodplain and should be associated
with the water quality facility. In addition, the design of the water quality facility shall blend together
with the natural area and habitat associated with the floodplain. A final design for the mitigation plan,
including grading and wetland Planting Plan, shall be provided prior to signature of the Final Survey
Plat.
31) The following Solar Access standards shall be applied to the project:
A. Sin!!le Familv Homes (Tvne Fl. - All homes (Type F) with public right-of-
way to the north shall be subject to Solar Standard "A". All other homes (Type
F) that are to be constructed on east/west oriented lots and that do not have a
right-of-way to the north shall be permitted to have their shadow encroach four feet up (measured 4-
Billls Back-Hoe Service Inc.
1568 Pacific Lane - Phoenix, Oregon 97535
Telephone (541) 773-3995
BILL REAGAN - Owner
CCB# 21657
Meadowbrook Park II at North Mountain
Reimbursement Costs
March 16, 2006
Item East Nevada Street - Sta 38+70 to 43+85 Units Qty Unit Price Total Price
(Portion That Does Not Border N Mtn Land Development Co. Property)
1 Excavation (Roadway) CY 1420 $6.50 $9,230.00
2 Asphalt Concrete, Class "C" Tons 387 $63.00 $24,381.00
3 Base, 3/4"-0" Minus Crushed Rock CY 1220 $25.00 $30,500.00
4 Geotextile Fabric, Non-Woven SY 1826 $1.00 $1,826.00
5 18' Driveway Apron EA 2 $800.00 $1,600.00
6 26' Commercial Driveway Apron EA 1 $1,400.00 $1,400.00
7 Curb & Gutter LF 1226 $7.25 $8,888.50
8 Sidewalk SF 295 $4.25 $1,253.75
9 Wheel Chair Ramps EA 2 $675.00 $1,350.00
10 Sawcut Existing Asphalt LF 60 $4.00 $240.00
11 Remove Existing Asphalt Tons 492 $5.00 $2,460.00
12 Irrigation Diversion Structure EA 1 $1,800.00 $1,800.00
13 Connect to Existing Irrigation Structure EA 1 $800.00 $800.00
14 Remove Existing Irrigation Structure EA 1 $300.00 $300.00
15 4" Clean-Out EA 1 $80.00 $80.00
16 4" PVC Irrigation Pipe LF 148 $10.00 $1,480.00
17 4" 0.1. Irrigation Pipe LF 40 $15.00 $600.00
18 Connect to Existing Water EA 1 $400.00 $400.00
19 8" 0.1. Water LF 622 $24.00 $14,928.00
20 8" Bends EA 6 $350.00 $2,100.00
21 Remove Existing Fire Hydrant EA 1 $900.00 $900.00
22 Fire Hydrant Assembly EA 1 $1,800.00 $1,800.00
23 SDCI (4A) EA 6 $720.00 $4,320.00
24 SDMH EA 2 $1,500.00 $3,000.00
25 12" Storm Drain LF 712 $15.00 $10,680.00
26 Utility Work Connecting Overhead to Underground
a Conduit, Vaults, Sweeps, & Backfill LS 1 $18,055.00 $18,055.00
b Labor LS 1 $3,650.00 $3,650.00
c Equipment LS 1 $7,450.00 $7,450.00
d Rock Excavation LS 1 $2,940.00 $2,940.00
27 Labor, Equipment, & Material to Construct
12" Water Line Along N. Mountain to E. Nevada
Intersection. LS $12,848.00 $12,848.00
Sub-Total $171,260.25
Reimbursement
Item East Nevada Street - Sta 29+75 to 38+70 Units Qty Unit Price Total Price
(Extra 2' Area)
1 Excavation & Haul Away CY 264 $6.50 $1,716.00
2 Asphalt Concrete, Class "C" Tons 50 $63.00 $3,150.00
3 Base, 3/4"-0" Minus Crushed Rock CY 320 $25.00 $8,000.00
4 Base, Shale CY 40 $21.00 $840.00
5 Geotextile Fabric, Non-Woven SY 502 $1.00 $502.00
6 Solid Rock Excavation HR 166 $140.00 $23,240.00
7 Curb & Gutter LF 904 $7.25 $6,554.00
8 Driveway Aprons EA 2 $1,212.00 $2,424.00
Sub-Total $46,426.00
Grand-Total $217,686.25
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Reimbursement
I am providing each member of the Ashland City Council with
a copy of material sent to the U.S. House of Representatives,
Subcommittee on National Parks, National Forests, and Public Lands,
concerning a completed Demonstration Project, for the Forest Service,
under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, located in Ashland
Creek, within Lithia Park. It involves a re-stepping of the Cascades
of Rainshadow Mountain Streams, such as Ashland Creek, to re-establish
Water Tables, Regionally, and, therefore, effectively ending Artificial
Drought Cycles. The local Demonstration Project includes i~~ldd~#
320 Cascades #restored, 120 feet of water tables restored.
Six members of the House Su~committee have, so far, accepted
the material: Congresspersons: Abercrombie, Hawaii; Baca, California;
Cole, Oklahoma; Brown,South Carolina; Gallegly, California, and
Miller,Californ~~.
By following the Demonstration Model, utilizing a standard
Backhoe with 3 person team, and totally re-stepping the Cascades
of Neil Creek, and upper Ashland Creek, above Reeder Reservoir,
Re-establishing the Water Tables, effectively re-constructing over
500 feet of mini-waterfalls, I.E. Cascades, during July, August,
September 2008, Completion Date for Project: 30 September 2008,
your City Council will have effectively Doubled the local Snow Pack
of Mount Ashland, guaranteeing healthy survival of your Snow Pack
Based Winter Tourism Industry.
You may also utilize the Demonstration Model by allowing it
to fulfill Stage One, Demonstration Model, Completed, of the State
of Oregon Mandate: that the City of Ashland 1) Lower Water Temperatures,
2) Lower Stream Turbidity, and 3) la~~rBacteria Counts in the
Ashland Creek - Bear Creek Reparian Zone.
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Each mini-Waterfalls, Cascade, effectively kills 10% of all
Anaerobic Bacteria, since they cannot survive Super-Oxygenation
of the Stream Waters, resulting from air churning at each
mini-Waterfalls.
The Other Direct Benefit is Saturation of Local Air Cells,
nightly descending to Ashland Creek from the Rainshadow Mountain.
The Local Air Cells undergo Air- Water Churning at each mini-Waterfalls
resulting in Saturation of Local Air Cells, raising localized
Dew Points, and, therefore, causing Morning mists to reappear upon
surrounding Mountain Slopes. The Restored Morning Mountain Mists
reduce most significant Fire Hazards to local Forest Environments.
The Net Result is an increase in locally based Cumulus Clouds,
with corresponding increases in Winter Snow Pack.
That benefits Winter Tourism, regional Ecology, including Old Growth,
rare and endangered Species, and the continued prosperity of local
Vineyards, and Orchards.
The estimated cost for the 3 month Project upon Neil Creek, and
upper Ashland Creek, including salaries for the 3 person crew,
is $ 50,000. The amount should be successfully billed to the
Forest Service as a Hazardous Waste Fuel Reduction Project, Riparian
Restoration, under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of ~@@2 2003.
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Congress of the United States
House of Re~sentatives
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
1333 Alice B. Longworth House Office Building
Please be aware that a$50 Billion/year Asset Addition to GNP
is Presently Lost in your Subcommittee. You need to appropriate
a $5 Million/year for 10 years KEY to access this locked away Addition
to GNP. Twenty minutes of your time is requested, to read a Technical
Science based Proposal for Reparian Resources Restoration on Federal
Public Lands under the Management of the Forest Service. The first
$50 Billion/year addition to GNP will occur one Calendar Year after
the first year of Reparian Resources Restoration.
Light Wavelength is measured in Angstroms (one hundred millionth
of a centimeter, 2.54cm.=1 inch). Humans see in the 4000-8000 Angstrom
region of the Spectrum (VISIBLE LIGHT). Infrared (HEAT) is in the
7500-8500 Angstrom region of the Spectrum.
The Lava Beds National Monument and Wilderness Region, ~located
in Northern California, is the largeBt Extinct Shield Volcano System
in the continental United States. It presents a huge Surface Area
of Black Lava Flows and Sun Baked Adobe. 365 days a year, Sunlight
(4000-8000 Angstroms) is Absorbed by the Dark Surface Area of the
Lava Beds Wilderness, and re-emitted in the 7500-8500 Angstrom region
(INFRARED, HEAT), the Daily Equivalent to the entire Daily Energy
Usage of the Los Angeles County Region, 10 million Persons plus
industries. This Permanent Meteorological Phenomena Causes a Fixed
Heat Pump Energy Source that Daily pushes HOT DRY AIR WEATHER CELLS
Continuously into the Stratosphere (HOT AIR RISES), where the Weather
Cells then drift across the Continent organizing Weather Patterns in
the lower Troposphere beneath them.
If your Subcommittee, via Legislative Directive to the Forest
Service, Restore the Water Table Steps of 15 Rainshadow Mountain Stream
Systems, Northwest of the Lava Beds Wilderness Region on the Oregon
- California Border Region, using nothing more than Standard Backhoes
with over-sized Tires and large Buckets, Reparian Resources Restoration
- Act of Congress 2007, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Act (re: Alice B.),
you immediately, at a cost of $5 Million/Year, Restore the Most
Powerful Beneficial Weather Formation System, in the Continental
United States.
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Ntional Parks, Forests and Public Lands
1333 alice B. Longworth House Office Building
I am enclosing a Modest Proposal for Legislation:
Reparian Resources Restoration - Act of Congress - 2007- Theodore
Roosevelt Memorial Act, requiring the rebuilding of all Rock Cascade
Waterfalls Water Table Steps (formerly known as Water Cascades), most
are less than one foot in height, in all Rainshadow Mountain Stream
Systems of Southern Oregon and Northern California, specifically the
Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, as Prototype, from in situ, Natural
Boulders and Rocks, with ZERO concrete, ZERO rebars, i.e., free stone
or free masonry style, using standard Backhoes and 3 man teams,
45 persons, total, with 15 working teams, at a cost of $3.5 Million
per year, with 60 linear miles of streambed restored per year,
to permanently Preserve the Archeological basis of the Restoration, e.g.,
the Primordial Salmon Culture.
Purpose: To Totally Restore Mountain Water Table Steps to All
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I am enclosing a Modest Proposal for Legislation:
Reparian Resources Restoration - Act of Congress 2006 - Theodore
Roosevelt Memorial Act, requiring the rebuilding of all Rock Cascade
Waterfalls Water Table Steps (formerly known as Water Cascades) ,most
are less than one foot in height, in all Mountain Rainshadow# Streams
of Southern Oregon and Northern California, from in situ, Naturat
Boulders and Rocks, with ZERO concrete, ZERO rebars, i.e. free stone
or free masonry style, to permanently Preserve the A~fiArcheological
basis of the Restoration, e.g., the Primordial Salmon Culture.
Purpose: To Totally Restore Mountain Water Table Steps to all Mountain
Streams of Southern Oregon and Notthern California, therebyPermanently
Eliminating the Drought Cycle from the Region, restoring the Northern
Rainforest Effect of the Klamath Siskiyou Mountains of the Cascade
Range, and guaranteeing Proper Annual Maintenance of the Sacramento
Valley Watershed Source Waters Aquafer.
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(as is true whenever the underlying Hydrology, water table steps,
cascades, is physically restored, anywhere in the world). The Dew
Point Effect Cloud Systems begin as low Cumulus Clouds, dependent
on local Barometric Pressure, travel East Southeast through the Oregon
Gulch region, and Flow Counter-Clockwise around the Lava Beds Wilderness
Heat Pump as they Ascend into the Stratosphere as Exterior Moist Air
Coatings around the Daily Upward Pulsations of Hot Dry Air Cells,
ACTUALLY CAUSING the Counter-Clock-wise Rotation of the Rising Hot Dry
Air Cells (that would otherwise turn Clockwise, producing desicating
Upper Level Highs), MAKING THE SYSTEM INTO A CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF
UPPER LEVEL LOWS, NASCENT OVER THE LAVA BEDS WILDERNESS, GROWING TO
MULTI STATE SIZE AS THEY LEAVE THE REGION.
The first destination of the rising Cumulus Clouds is over the
Klamath Mountains of Northern California as an ANOMALOUS Westward Flow
of Thin Stratospheric Haze, moving Again Clockwise over the Klamath -
Siskiyou Mountains of the Cascade Range of Northern California -
Southern Oregon, PRODUCING THE RESTORED NORTHERN RAINFOREST EFFECT,
THE BPRIME SOURCE FOR RAPID CONIFER GROWTHCYCLES IN THE REGION.
It must be annually d~d~#~~#fttl~maintained by the Forest Service
(NOT DONE IN 90 YEARS), as the indigenous Salmon Culture Peoples,
who used to annually maintain the water step cascades of the discussed
Rainshadow Mountain Stream Systems, have not been present in 150 years
to perform the needed maintenance.
The Demonstration Project that I began in 2003 and completed in
2004, with maintenance in 2005 and 2006. re-established the Counter-
Clockwise Rotation of the Hot Dry Air Upward Pulsations Weather Pattern
Formation over the Lava Beds Wilderness: one mile of Rainshadow Mountain
Stream System near Mount Ashland, 320 Cascades Restored, 150 verticle
feet of Mountain water Tables Restored, 25 tons of boulders repositioned.
My Working Model Predicted that a minor Reparian Resources
Restoration, continuously maintained, sourced in a Critical Rainshadow
Mountain Stream System, Ashland Creek, fed by the cold Snow-melt Waters
from Mount Ashland, second hig)st peak in the Region, after Mount Shasta,
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would End ~ Regional Drought Syndrome, that had endured for over a ~~~a~
Decade, culminating in a 200 Thousand Acre Forest Fire (Ashland Ranger
District, U.S.Forest Service), ~by causing a return to Counter-Clockwise
Rotation of the Permanent Meteorological Phenomena, the Hot Dry Air
Pulsations into the Stratosphere, over the Lava Beds Wilderness,
the Spiritual Center of the Ancient Salmon Culture, which is exactly
what has occurred.
That is why Oregon is called Oregon, "Father of Clouds".
The Founding Fathers of the United States wore white Whigs until
Circa 1835, to Symbolize that they received their Inspiration from
the Clouds, Le Ords, including Le Ord beyond other Ords, and hence
wrote Divinely Inspired instructions for the rest of the Population,
Ords, Laws.
The last time this Source Region for the MNorthern Rainforest
Effect, the Critical Rainshadow Mountain Stream Systems of the
Cascade - Siskiyou National Monument was LOGGED OFF (Re: Ashland Ranger
~District, U.S. Forest Service Report, 2004, 350 Pages, Recomendation
of Canopy Reduction (aOG IT OFF) of the Rainshadow Mountain Streams
Systems to Prevent Forest Fires), CIRCA 1915, the Dust Bowl followed
in two Decades, as the Lava Beds Wilderness Weather Formation System
began to spin Clockwise do to Lack of an Exterior Coating of Moist
Clouds.
You must NEVER use Concrete to cement the boulders and rocks
together, as the Purpose of the Restoration is to produce air churning
all the way to the base of the stream with each mini-water table step
cascade, causing local air saturation, raising localized EDew Points.
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Reparian Restoration of the Rock Cascade Waterfalls Water Table Steps
of the Rainshadow Mountain Streams System results in production of almos~
daily Morning Dewpoint Effect Clouds causing Morning Mists to reappear
upon Mountain Slopes. The continuous Cumulus Cloud Formations arising
from the Geological Templates of the Rainshadow Valleys feed through
the Oregon Gulch Region into the Lava Beds National Monument and
Wilderness Region, the massive natural Heat Pump of the Northern RainforE~T
Effect System. The Core Air within the Heat Pump Region will always
be Driven Upward by Solar Radiation Absorption by the Black Lava and
Sun-Baked Adobe in the 4000 - 8000 Angstrom Region (LIGHT, Visible)
7500-8500
and re-emitted in the H~~~ - ~i~~ Angstrom Rgion of the Spectrum (Heat).
The Moist Cloud Coating is absolutely Necessary on the Outside of the
Sky Bowl to ~ive the Sky Bowl a Counter-Clockwise Rotation, Pumping
Cumulus Clouds into the Stratosphere above the Klamath Mountains
resulting in the Cooling Northern Rainforest Effect of a Stratospheric
Haze. Every few days, the Upper Level Low (Sky Bowl) breaks loose
from the Permanent Potter's Wheel and Drifts across the Continent
of North America as an Upper Level Low (the Center is filled with
Hot Dry Air Causing the Air Mass to Rise, but it is Spinning Counter-
Clockwise because of the Outside Cloud Coating coming from the Rainshadow
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A Two Paragraph Addition to one of your Funding Acts (such as the
Refunding of the Forest service for the $1.5 Billion spent putting out
Fires in 2006), would be sufficient to state the Act of Congress, RRR,
TRMA 2007, Fund it: $5 Million/year, 10 years, and state Explicit
Mandated earmarked Intent: 15 Rainshadow Mountain Stream Systems,
Location: Southern Oregon - Northern California, Cascade Siskiyou naftier:
National Monument, Taskforce: 15 purchased Standard Backhoes with
Oversized Tires and large Buckets, 3 man Crews, one Pickup Truck per
Crew, purchased, 45 person total, Work Window: 1 July - 31 October,
full time, at pay rate of $55 Thousand/year, Work Output expected to
average 265 linear streambed feet of Rainshadow Mountain stream ~Syste~
Water Table Steps (formerly known as Cascades), averaging one Cascade
Restored per 20 linear streambed feet,including the removal of All
Log Materials that might float down the streams at high water if not
removed, per backhoe Crew per workday. (That is 80 steps from your
office down the hallway per workday, the typical stream being the width
of your hallway or less). The 15 backhoe Crews of 3 men each, 45 person
total, will have completed 60 MILES of Rainshadow Mountain Stream
Systems by 31 October 2007 after 4 months of effort beginning 1 July
2007, at a COST of $~#~ $3.5 million, including the Cost of the Purchase
of the Backhoes. In five years, the same number of backhoe Crews, 15,
working the same 4 month work window each year, July, August, September,
October, 45 men total, will have completed 240 MILES of Rainshadow
Mountain Stream System Wati~# Water Step Mountain Stream Cascades.
The Northern Rain~~aforest Effect along with the weekly Production
of Upper Level Lows Sourced over the Lava Beds Wilderness, will be
PERMANENTLY RESTORED, providing a steady supply of Rains to the Nation's
Forests, crop Lands, Range Lands, along with Winter Snow pack.
The Net Cost (before Hog Trough Bureaucratic Intrusions) will be
$17.5 Million over a five year period ($3.5 Million/year).
The suggested concurrent establishment of a Forest Service
Funded Research Grade Building located at Southern Oregon University,
Center for Stratospheric Studies of the Cascade Mountains Watershed,
staffed by the best minds your Subcommittee and the Forest Service
can find, to study the Permanent Meteorolggical Phenomena as it
Strengthens and Endures with Each Additional Mile of Rainshadow
Mountain Stream System Water Table Step Cascades Restored, is intended
that your House Subcommittee and the Forest Service Never Again Forget
where the Phenomena is Sourced, Why, and what happens if you turn off
the System again, as happened in the era ending circa 1915, when the
Critical Rainshadow Mountain Stream Systems were Logged Off, resulting
in the Clockwise Rotation of the Hot Dry Air Nascent Weather Cells
Sourced over the Lava Beds Wilderness (what hot dry air cells do when
Lacking an Exterior ao Coating of Moist Air Cells, and being the likely
Source of the Dust Bowl two decades later'.
When the Jet Stream passes over the Lava Beds Wilderness, the masse~
of Hot Dry Air continuously Ascend, enter the Transport Mechanism, and
are carried wherever the Jet Stream Journeys. As the Hot Dry Air masses
are slowly spinning Counter-Clockwise, due to the introduction of a
Moist Air Coating upon the exterior surface of the Hot Dry Ascending Air
masses, they are called Upper Level Lows. They then organize Weather
Patterns beneath the Jet Stream into vast~ multi-State Weather Systems
producing large quantities of Precipitation.
Chemists at SOU engaged in research at the Proposed Center for
Stratospheric Studies, would be working on Fluid Dynamics, Condensation
Reaction Theory, Heat Pump Driven Systems Analysis, Phase Changes, and
the Chemical Basis of Meteorology. When studying monsoonal weather
patterns over New Mexico and Arizona caused by ~~O~Upper Level Lows
originating in the Lava Beds Wilderness, they might take time from their
basrec research, to send suggestive Directives to the Departments of
Agriculture and Interior, to send their backhoes into the dry Arroyos
to rebuild the ancient Water Table Steps to Effect Permanent Changes in
Regional weather Patterns by rock layer storage of Precipitation, to
cause reappearance of Dew Point Effect Cloud Patterns.
There are two basic designs of Reservoir Storage. One type uses
massive amounts of concrete and rebars, and results in a presentation
of a large surface area of exposed Water Table. The water stored is
low in oxygen and incapable of sustaining large populations of fish
species. Chemicals are used to kill simple plant life which would rot
to cause putrescent water.
The second type of Reservoir System stores the same amount of water,
via Water Table Step Method, that allows sustained Flora and Fauna,
since the mini-waterfalls OXYGENATE the water killing off pathogenic
bacteria. Most of the water is stored unseen in layers of semi-permeable
rock. Such Reservoirs are extremely inexpensive to build. They must be
annuall~ maintained. Reservdir Capacity equivalent to very large Dams
can be built from a few minor stream valleys via U~j~ the Water Table
Step Method with ZERO concrete, at low cost.
(Noto Bene, Moneo: The last time this particular region was canopy
reduced, circa 1915, causing the Heat Pump to have CloEk-wise rotation,
I.E. producing upper level Highs, the Dust Bowl followed in 20 years.)
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I am enclosing copies of the Thesis Basis for the Permanent
Demonstration Model, located in Lithia Park within Ashland Creek,
Ashland, Oregon, for proper Reparian Resources Restoration of Rainshadoti
Mountain Streams. I have included the Thesis as an integral scientific
and archeological basis for my Alternative Proposal to the United States
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Ashland Ranger District,
Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon, as an
Authorized Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, Stage 5, Demonstration
Project Model, Completed, under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of
2003, received by the Forest Service, Ashland, Oregon on 8/10/2005.
Other persons previously receiving copies include:
1) All members of Biology Department at Southern Oregon University
2*) All members of Chemistry Department at Southern Oregon University
2) All members of Geology Department at Southern Oregon University
3) Most members of Anthropology Department at Southern Oregon University
4) President of Southern Oregon University, Elizabeth Zissner
5) Mayor of Ashland, Oregon
6) All members of Parks Commission, Ashland, Oregon
7) Forest Service, Ashland Ranger District, 5 Copies, 8 October 2005
8) Ashland Forest Lands Commission, Ashland Fire Resiliency Community
Alternative Technical Committee, July 12, 2005, 8 Copies
ESTIMATED COST: $5,000,000 a/Year over a Ten Year Period.
ESTIMATED BENEFIT: Restoration of Northern Rainforest Effect for
the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains of the Cascade Range with ReturnU~ to
Rapid Growth Cycles in Conifer Forests.
ESTIMATED BENEFIT: Guarantee by legislative mandate of proper Annual
Maintenance of the Source Waters Aquafer for the Sacramento WValley
Watershed, which supplies needed water to 8 per cent of the national
Food Supply.
Estimated BENEFIT: Tourism Revenues from Annual increase in SNOWPACK.
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Also included in the Propssed Legislation is Funding for a new
Research Grade Building at Southern Oregon University, Center For
Stratospheric Studies of the Cascade Mountains Watershed (to serve
as the academic accomplice to the Forest Service in the Region, and
to make sure that the Pure Scientific Basis for the Proposed Legislation
as well as the new Reparian Resources Restoration science directed
management of the Forest Service does not get lost in extremely expensiv~
Bureaucratic Overthink and Hogwash. This will be the first regional
Reparian Resources Restoration based in Pure Science, and upon the
~dfiArcheolOgiCal Evidence of the now Extinct Salmon Culture.
The Feathers of thein Civilization were the Rainshadow Mountain Stream
Valleys and the Distinctive Dew Point Cloud Patterns that issued almost
every Morning from the Geological Valley Templates resulting from their
Annual Maintenance of the Water Cascade Steps of their Stream -Cloud
based Culture. Fact: Rebuild the Water Table Steps of the Rainshadow
Mountain Stream System and the Cloud Patterns, not seen since Logging
and Mining Destroyed the Water Table Steps, will IMMEDIATELY REAPPEAR.
The Northern Rainforest Effect of the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains will
be Permanently reestablished by a Single Signature by the President.
This is to be a LOW TECH, LOW COST Reparian Resources Restoration,
utilizing standard hydraulic lift equipment, to correctly reposition
boulders in Rainshadow Mountain Stream Systems to Effect the Restoration
of Mountain Stream Water Tables, causing the Restoration of the DewPoint
Based Cloud Systems that will then arise almost Daily from the Restored
Geological Templates. In five years, Most of the Rainshadow Mountain
Streams System Water Tables Restoration will have been completed.
( By then, The Department of Interior will notice, with a RIGOR MORTIS
TWITCH, that Drought Stricken Range Lands result directly from broken
Water Tables in Streams under their Jurisdiction, and your Legislation
will become one of the most Bipartisan politically Popular Acts ever
passed by Congress and Signed by a President. You will have begun to
switch City Green Votes toward Theodore Roosevelt Republicans, the
natural center of Political Consciousness.
Dew Point Condensation occurs ~upon all surfa~e areas attaining
the proper Dew Point Temperature on a particular day. It is a Scientific
fact that the more surface area available for Condensation, at Dew Point,
the more, de facto, without any shadow of a doubt,Condensation
(in quantity) will occur. When the Forest Service is proposing Canopy
Reduction in a Rainshadow Mounaain Stream System to reduce chance
of Forest Fires (Ashland Watershed, 350 page report,2004), on a surface
scientific basis, they are Dead Wrong.
Subject: Geology of Cascade Mountains and Their Effect on Meteorology
Thesis: Restoration of Cascade Waterfalls to a Single Small Mountain
Stream, Ashland Creek, Produces Effect of Changing Entire Weather
Pattern of Pacific Northwest Cascade Mountains
Antithesis: Weather Patterns o~ Cascade Mountains are Resultant
of both Oceanic Currents and Surface Geology
Synthesis: The Fluid Dynamics of Meteorology is both sourced
and congruent with Surface Geology
Reference Map: Cascade Siskiyou National Monument
During the Summer of 2004, I completed the two year Restoration
of 320 Water Cascades (mini-Waterfalls) to Ashland Creek. The feat
was accomplished by moving manually approximately 25 tons of rocks
and small boulders into rock dams (often called fish ladders),
covering a distance of about one mile.
Result: Restoration of approximately 150 Feet (the collective
height of the mini-Cascades restored) of Wtter Table flowing back into
the Mountain Water System directly to the south of Ashland, Oregon.
The exact location of the Cascade Stream Restoration Demonstration
Project is Lithia Park. This allows otiservation by interested parties
of small section of the Demonstration Project, or, consideration
of the entire Demonstration Project via Park maintained pathways.
The Project is intended to serve as the permanent Demonstration
Model for the proper Restoration of the Ashland Creek - Bear Creek
Watershed, as well as, the rest of the Cascade Mountains Watershed.
It is, at present, the only extant Restoration in the entire Cascade
Mountains Region. Therefore, it is also intended to be the Demonstration
Model for proper Management of the Regional National Forest Watersheds.
Cold air descends each night from the steep, eastward facing slopes
of the nearby Mountains of the Cascades. The Restored mini-Cascades
(mini-waterfalls) cause the cold descending air to become saturated
through the churning action of the mini-waterfalls. Each morning,
Solar Radiation, 4000 - 8000 angstrom, warms toe Ashland Creek Valley
and causes the warming, moisture laden Weather Cell to rise above
the surrounding terrain. At about 800 feet above ground level,
dependent upon barometric pressure, condensation at dew point causes
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of the Restored mini-Cascades or min-waterfalls, are the archeological
and anthropological Basis for all the Steps in Annual Seasonal Weather
Dance Ceremonies of the Primordial Peoples of the Western Mountains
of North America. They annually maintained the Steps of their
Water Temples, the streams, ponds, and rivers of the Region.
They brought the Drama and Teaching of the maintenance activities
into the shape of a Totemic Civilization.
These repeat cloud patterns stay within the long geologically
based valley patterns, continuing to ascend as they drift east south-east.
After passing over a dozen different mountain ridges, they descend
as a sequebce o~ moist cold air weather cells into the Oregon Gulch
Region. Southeast of the Oregon Gulch Region, are found the geological
remains of the largest extinct shield volcano in the entire Westesn
Mountain States region. It is identified as Lava Beds National
Monument and Wilderness.. The vast_ dry black lava beds result
in a permanent Meteorological Phenomena, a constant upwelling
o~ HOt Dry Air. Stream degradation caused by logging and surface
hydrologic pressure gold mining removed the sources, mini-Cascades
or mini-Waterfalls of the regional streams,of the peripheral coating
of moisture laden cold air weather cells which were continuously
added to the outer rim of the Hot Dry Air Heat Pump by the Salmon
Culture. These peripheral weather cells generated by the now extinct
Civilization gave the Hot Air Mass a slow counter-clockwise rotation.
As the last of the mini-Waterfalls, maintained annually by the
Primordial Peoples, was smashed by loggers, the fixed Heat Pump lost
its counter-clockwi~ rotation, and began to spin Clockwise.
The Clockwise rotation of this mighty Heat Pump results in permanent
drying winds from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Systems, shifting
upward toward Oregon without the balance of a border Low pressure
system tol turn the Hot Dry Air into beneficial cloud building thermals.
The Clockwise Rotation of the Heat Pump presages an end to the perennial
rain forest effect of the Coastal Mountains including the Cascades.
Hot Dry Air would continue to desiccate the Southern Oregon Border
Region and lead to further Catastrophic Cascade Effect Drought and
Fire Syndrome. Drought turns the clay sourced soil into Sun dried
Adobe, and the des$ccation process ~~~~~~## accelerates.
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within the new weather cells commence a journey ~ ~j~~jf over the Lava
Beds National Monument and Wilderness Region. The old pathway of the
Cloud Spirit Dancers has not yet permanently closed, and allows
admittance. The cloud weather cells begin the Dance Path as horizontal
cascades of cumulus clouds. The Hot Dry Air of the Heat Pump becomes
coated on its periphery with the moist weather cells causing the motion
of the Heat Pump to return to counter-clockwise. The Cloud Dance takes
the weather ~cells southeast over the Medicine Lake area.
The hot upwelling thermals cause the cumulus clouds to begin to
extend vertically and to appear, as they once did for the Salmon Peoples,
as standing, Dancing Spirits, performing the Sky Dance that would
return the Spirit Dancers to the Ords beyond the Cumulus Ords,
where the Pink Salmon Culture Ords Dwell, the stratospheric Ords.
The Dance takes the weather cells upon an eastward journey as they
pass to the south of the hot dry bl~ck lava beds until they approach
the Modoc Plateau and slowly change to a pathway leading north.
From the center of the Lava Beds Wilderness, the weather cells look like
individual vertical cloud formations moving slowly counter-clockwise
as they finally embark upon a west and then southwest pathway that
carries the weather cells into the stratosphere. Over theKlamath-
Siskiyou Mountains, they again become horizontal cloud patterns in
the stratosphere.
This is critical to the rainforest effect as it causes a Shadow
from the stratosphere to fall on the terrain below, lowering temperatures
and causing mists toappear upon the mountain sides. This is the vital
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the viability of the microclimates that preserve ecological diverSity.
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When the weather cells return to their source region, the Siskiyou
Mountains, they appear as recurrent stratospheric clouss (Ord, Ora:
Greek language), and the region begins to re-experience the northern
rainforest effect with mountain mists. The Heat Pump of the Lava Beds
Wilderness is so powerful as a permanent Meteorological Phenomena
thatft it directly influences the Jet Stream and causes a sinesoidal wave
in the path of the jet stream resulting in continental aberations in
the weather as the Heat Pump returns to a counter-clockwise rotation.
The Heat Pump provides the permanent Energy to Push the moisture
laden weather cells above the incoming cold moist weather cells and
upon the long southwest journey into the stratosphere above the
Klamath - Siskiyou Mountains. The Energy of the permanent Heat Pump
causes the stratospheric cloud formation weather cells to enter
the anomalous clockwise flow pattern of the WaterPump Effect
Geological Pattern evidenced by the Cascade Stream REstoration
Demonstration Project of 320 mini-Cascades (mini-Waterfalls) and
150 Feet of mountain Water Table restored. The 150 Feet of Water Table
Hydrology restored, flows back into the semipermeable ~~~sandstones
of the rock layers immediately south of Ashland, and the Surface
Water Table reconnects with the permanent deeper mountain geological
Water Table,previously disconnected from the Weather Cell Breeder
System Template by destruction of all mini-Cascades (mini- Waterfalls)
in the streams of all the Western States National Forest Regions
by intentional mismanagement of Riparian Resources by the Department
of Agriculture.
Once the Surface Water Table Hydrology is reconnected to the deeper
mountain ~~~~geological Water Table Hydrology, the Weather Cell
Breeder System re-primes the Water Pump.
The Water Pump Effect counters incoming High Pressure Air Cells
by pushing surface stream water tables downward into the deeper aquifers
raising Dew Points of the incoming cool dry air masses by cooling and
saturation effects resultant from churningair through the 320 water
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cascades, and more nascent weather cells arise from the geological cloud
template. It takes no great leap of thought to begin to see entire stre&~
and river valley geological formations as natural templates of huge
Cloud Formation Weather Cells waiting to be restored by Homo Sapiens.
Result: Permanent Change of Weather System from Catastrophe Theory
Drought Forest Fire Syndrome Pattern toward Wet Cloudy Permanently
Increasing and Self-Reinforcing Cascade Effect Rainfall Patterns
geologically historical to the Cascade Mountains Region*with permanently
increased Rainfall Patterns. The Restored Cascade Effect Stream
Demonstration Project System will not dissipate since it is self-
reinforcing. The clouds do not immediately leave the region. They
merely drift higher and higher to form a repeat cumulo-stratus cloud
formation Pattern that is permanent. The evidence can be seen
demonstrated directly over Southern Oregon University each day and every
week through the Repetitive Patterns of Cloud Formation.
Because of the uniqueness of the Geology of the Region, with the
large extinct shield vocano black lava flows providing the necessary
Heat Pump to sustain the System, i it is a self-proven Thesis. Years
og preliminary Research are avoided since Proof is immediate, ever
present and geologically permanent. The Model being overthrown and
discareed as a self-defeating Tautology, is the Model that presently
direct$ the management decisions of the Department of Agriculture
and through incompetent and false pseudo-science, the National Forest
Servioe. All problems are sourced in El Nino of the Pacific Ocean;
the Drought is expected to continue to 2052 without serious interruption
to the thoughts of the Department of Agriculture.
Medicine Lake, near the California - Oregon border, is a geologicallJ'
unique center of thermal upwelling. The surface geological deposits
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resultanti from the deep thermal upward-welling minerals include pink
and blue rock formations. These light rocks, both in color and densitj,
form the Spiritual Center of the ancient water-based Civilization
of the Region. The Sky blue and Dawn pink rocks, presently endangered
by a private geothermal power plant scam based on a taxation avoidancee
scheme that will scarify the archeological center of the extinct
Civilization, were the basis of all the Totemic Painted Ritual Faces
of the Weather Dances of the Culture. Medicine Men would make long
pilgrimages to Medicine Lake to obtain the colored chalk rocks for
the individual communities of the civilization. The lightblue and pink
were used as face paint for rain dances, crop festivals, and most
other totemic ceremonies. They danced with the pink skies of Dawn
and Dusk and the light blues of the Morning Skies, thanking the Great
Spirit for bringing Clouds and Rain to their Peoples, and for bringing
the Pink Salmon from the Skies to feed their Peoples.
They sought the denser geOlogicaIP~~~nitics from pebbles to large
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boulders to haul great distances to place with the Steps of ~their
Water Temples, the Streams and rivers, to be Spirit Guides to the
Returning Salmon. Ashland Creek, alone, within Lithia~ Park, has
over 50 large glyph boulders with Salmon images clearly discernable,
a sufficient Number to have the stream declared a National Archeological
Site protected ~ Federal Law. The Peoples rebuilt and maintained
the mini-Cascades (mini-Waterfalls) each Summer and were the Water Pump
maintemBnce groups of their civilization.
The Totemic Patterns of the Dance Ceremonies to the Winds, Clouds,
Rain and Thunder, exactly mimic,. the Water Steps of the individual
streams of their village regions, so the Peoples could Dance the resulting
Cloud Patterns d~~~ coming from the cloud templates they seasonally
maintained. The Totemic Peoples of the Civilization alwa~s remembered
that Clouds arose from Mother Earth and formed distinct Patterns
in the Skies that exactly mimiced the pattern templates of the Streams,
and rivers of their cloud building civilization. They Danced the
Patterns of the Water Steps of the Streams and Rivers and knew they
would always dance in the Clouds when they departed their bodies.
They would watch over their Peoples from the Clouds and return as
Rains with the Salmon Peoples so no one would ever be left behind.
The entire pattern and fabric of the Civilization endured for
many th~sands of years for the ceremonies of totemic dance showed
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the exact weather patterns above the Peoples, which were the same
patterns of the geologies of the Regions, and allowed the Peoples
to look to the Skies and know, in detail, how they were connected
together.
The Culture of the Civilization extended to the Dakota~ and
to the Anasazi of Chaco Canyon Region of Arizona, Colorado, and
New Mexico. In that Region, the Ceremonies became those of the
Teosinte - Corn Culture. Their Pottery Culture of Chaco Canyon
preserved the Medicine Men Culture of the Cascades in Wtheir
Pottery Pattenns. (Original Thesis: no other soucee 1993 UNiversity
of KentUCky, Lexington)/. The Pottery Bowls were the Totemic symbols
of Mother Earth. The tops of the pottery showed the Weather Patterns
of the American Southwest: Clouds, Clear Skies, and ~ 3 f ~ ?
Bolts of Lightning. The lower portion of the poetery bowls showed
the geology of the region and the exact PLANTING CYCLE for Teosinte,
thc~]rl (faSj to ffi@T. r ~]) @ [Jill
The cycle of the seasons and the exact planting, and spacing of the
Teosinte kernals, along with timing of plantigg was taught by a series
of pottery designs with geometric patterns showing the geology
of the region and timing from rainfall at the tops of the Buttes
to water arrival via the Water Steps corning down the geological
terraces to their planting fields. The Pottery was then used to store the
Teosinte Kernals mixed and capped with ashes to prevent insect predation,
rot, and spoilage. The ashes were left with the kernals~were ground
in flour meal as they interacted with the starch to increase the protein.
The Totemic Civilization recognized that the birds of the skies
held upon their wings connection to the winds and clouds of the Salmon
Culture. The Earth Bowl produces the Sky Bowl which spins round and
round. Water added to the bowl while it spins, gives the sky bowl
shape. The water clouds form upon the Sky Bowl from the Earth Bowl
Template and repeat their formation from the same geological template.
The sky Bowl pours Waters back upon the Earth Bowl to give all Creatures
their sustenance. The toemic teaching bowls hold the knowledge of
the Peoples that the wisdom never be lost. Fire seals thepottery
to give the wisdom long endurance.
Most other water-based and soucced civilizations followed a similar
Path to connection with a Cloud Culture. Ord and Ora are Greek words
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for cloud and clouds. A cloud passed from hoizon to horizon in the
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Mediterranean skies, 24 Ora (hours) in a night and a day. The Ora
held the Spirits of all departed spirits of creatures whom had lived
and also those great Spirits wbo watched over the Living. Primordial
(from the clouds of beginning)Peoples of Europe considered the Spirit
levels of the Ords were a hierarchy of wisdom. Zeus and Hera were
the highest Ords beyond all other Ords of the Geeek southern European
Civilization. They watched over the smaller Ords. The colder Ords
of the far Northern European Peoples, the NOrds, were a different
heirarchy of wisdom.
French Culture translated the message twelve hundred years later
into Le Ords and Le Ords beyond all other Ords who would bring them
greenpastures. However, European Civilization was under severe stress
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from almost 800 years of warfare against Asiatic armies from Chosen
China sweeping off the Asian Stepps atempting to enslave or murder all
the Peoples between Mongolia and the Atlantic Ocean.
The nightmare of centuries of warfare against Asian armies
eventually brought on the despotism of the Spanish Empire with
the power of the Inquisition. The Spanish forces took to the seas
and attempted to absolutely destroy all civilizations fencountered
through torture, inquisition, and complete enslavement of allY Peoples
encountered. They totally destroyed all water-based civilizations
devoted to continuous Cloud Making, Ord Making, as that lead to the
Worship of Strange Ords. Four hundred years of inquisition, torture,
and enslavement of the Peoplesof North America and South America
has resulted in almost complete annihilation of all remembrances
of the water-based civilizations and the Art of the Cloud Builders.
By the above small digression, I have attempted t~summarize
the present mind set of Homo Sapiens, and its effort to give the
Surface Ecology a permanent case of Suhburn through pseudo-science
techniques of herbicides, pesticides, and fire applications to
Clay-based soils with resultant loss of permeability, through Adobe,
sun-baked brick, formation. There is no serious soil scientist
who is not aware that Stream J Degradation by loss of water steps,
leads immediately to water table destruction, Drought, and fire
hazard effect, which turns thousands of years of soil building efforts
by weeds, insects, microorganisms, and vertebrates, into Adobe,
sun-based bricks. The oxymorons issued by the Department of AgricJkure
through the Forestry Service are an excellent example: canopy reduction
to prevent forest fire.
Nathaniel Hawthorne described the mentality well, writing of
the 'evil of departed years shapedinto fallen leaves and dead stalks
of lawless and vagrant plants becoming~!~black rich soil'-House of Seven
Gables
This Spring of 2005, based on all complex climate system software
and dedicated advance computer systems of the United States Government,
Dairy Farmers, Orchardists, and Viueyard owners allover Southern
Oregon, were notified that their water allocations were totally cancellecl
They could take their careers and their properties to their local
Courts and file for bankruptcy. The only unnoted change in the entire
system, was the singular and unique Project that I completed in
the Fall of 2004. Therefore, potential allies for Professors inclined
to put together a Grant Proposal for Federal Grant Funds for a new
building on Southern Oregon University, dedicated as a ResearchGrade
Facility: Geological Meteorology and Allied Sciences _
Center for Stratospheric Studies of Cascade Mountains Watershed,
are not financial lightweights.
Therefore, the rainfall results can be immediately proven to benefit
Forest Service Management of the Forest Service, significantly lowering
the cost of Forest Fire Management and Prevention; orchard and vineyard
management; as well as endangered species, and habitat preservation
of micro-climate niches needed for continued species diversity.
The small imput of cost of labor to rebuild the mini-Cascades of Mountain
Streams with rock and boulders alreaay present in the streams as
vestiges of the extinct water based civilization, with ZERO concrete,
would result inextremely large economic benefit to tree growth,
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old growth, and habitat sustainability for rare and endangered species
of plants and fauna, due to demonstrated higher sustained Rainfall
Patterns and less need for irrigation waters in plant growth cycles.
Geology and Allied Departments of Science, BiOlogy, ECOlogy, Botany,
Forest Management, Mycology, and Genetics, of Southern Oregon University
can readily document dthe Thesis bysuch simple techniques as computer
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gra~hics overlays of daily weather satellite regional meteorological
films with Thesis overlays of Heat pump - Water Pump Theory over the
affected areas of California - Oregon to Demonstrate Effect.
Background of Author: Terrence Charles Stenson
Bachelor of Science, Major: Chemistry, American Chemical Society Cert.
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York 1968
United States Army
1969 1970
Honorable Discharge
1992-1995
55 Hours
University of Kentucky
Geology, Archeology, Biology
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Dear Terrence:
How Congress funds velerans' services is especiaiiy importani this year as 100,000 new combat veterans [rom Iraq
and Afghanistan are entering the system, In 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs (V A) expects to treat a record
5.3 million veterans (79 percent of whorp are service-connected disabled veterans), while at the same time improving
timely access for health care appointments across the system and reducing the processing time for disability claims.
I'm pleased that the President's budget singles out the V A to receive one of the biggest increases in discretionary
spending of any government agency, The proposal would increase the medical care budget by a healthy 11.3 percent,
the largest increase in discretionary funding for the V A ever requested by a President.
Enacting this proposal would mean that Congress and the administration will have increased the VA budget by 69
percent since 2001. As you know, Congress uses the President's request as a starting point from which the final
budget level is ultimately determined, I will continue to engage with veterans' groups, the V A and my colleagues to
make sure those who have worn our nation's uniform get the quality care they have earned,
In just the last two years, Congress has increased funding for veterans' medical care by 18 percent while rejecting
additional fees for those receiving care. In addition to my efforts to maintain increased funding, I also continue to
support legislation to make V A healthcare spending mandatory rather than discretionary to further show our
servicemen and women, past and present, that their country cares for them and supports them.
On another initiative, recently I traveled to Vietnam and met with leaders of our country's POW/MIA recovery effort,
I accompanied my colleague, Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas, who was held captive for nearly seven years. It was his
first trip back to the "Hanoi Hilton" since his release more than 30 years ago. We wanted to both express our nation's
appreciation for the level of cooperation that exists today, but also call for increased assistance, especially in recovery
efforts in the ocean off Vietnam. America must never forget those who were left behind.
Please stay in touch if I can be of assistance at any time. It's an honor to represent you in Congress.
P.S. I encourage you to take a moment to visit my website at http://walden.house.gov where you can read about
current legislative issues, contact me with your thoughts and sign up for my e-newsletter.
This mailing was prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense.
Alternate Proposal to the United States Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Ashland Ranger District
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Jackson County,
Oregon, as an Authorized Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.
This Alternative Proposal requires the Total Restoration of
all MINI-CASCADES, all MINI-waterfalls, to all Lands under the
Stewardship of the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management, and Department of Interior. This includes
All National Forest Lands, and specifically, the Rogue River-Siskiyou
National Forest, and the Ashland Municipal Watershed.
The express purpose of the Proje~t is to totally Restore Riparian
Water Tables to the above mentioned RegiopB, thereby restoring
Morning Mists to Tree Crowns resulting in Total Crown Fire Suppression
beyond individual Lightning Strike Occurrances which would be singular
# events due to Restored Riparian Water Tables.
Firefighter Safety is addressed by providing Ubiquitous~#~ddid~
standing pools of Stream Water as Loci for quick airdrops of portable
pumps and hoses for Rapid Fire Fire Suppression. With Focus of the
USDA, Forest Service redirected to Restoration of Riparian REsources,
Fiee Hazard Syndromes will rapidly recede. The RECIDIVISM in the
Department of Agriculture and the Department of Interior toward
Pyretic Y~li~j~ Policies laced with Pyromania will finally be
permanently Extinguished.
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Acknowledgement of Receipt of Alternative Technical Proposal
(Five Copies) to the United States Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Ashland Ranger District, Rogue River - Siskiyou
National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon, as an Authorized Hazardous
Fuels Reduction Project under the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act of 2003.
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Acknowledgement of Pictoral Evidence of Cascade Stream Restoration
Demonstration Project as Permanent Demonstration Model
of Authorized Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project under the
Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003
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Purposes for the Cascade Stream Restoration Demonstration Project:
1) It is the Basis for Grant Proposal for Federal Funds for New
Research Grade Science Building at Southern Oregon University _
Center for Stratospheric Studies of Cascade Mountains Watershed
2) Permanent Demonstration Model for Proper Restoration of
Ashland Creek - Bear Creek Riparian System Watershed
3) Permanent Demonstration Model for Restoration of Primordial
Salmon Spawning Beds (now ready fot Test Study Stockin~ - Ashland
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nowqualifies for Federal Grant Funds
4) Permanent Demonstration Model for Restoration of Mountain Water
Tables to end Drought Fire Syndrome under the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act of 2003. Since the Model is Demonstration Project
Completed - Stage 5, Ashland and Southern Oregon University both
qualify for Federal Grant Funds
5) Archeological Site Restoration with more than fifty Salmon Glyphs
Present, qualifying Ashland Creek for listing as National Archeological
Site Ashland qualifies for Federal Grant Funds
6) Following Stream Restoration Project, Ashland, oregon needs only
to purchase several small land portions at the top of Lithia Park
and to set up land abeyances on the top of Strawberry Lane, beside
a dirt road with an iron gate, to qualify Ashland as Entrance to
Proposed New National Park with Two Entrances from Ashland with
Hiking Trails to Mount Ashland
7) Cascade Stream Restoration Demonstration Project is intended
to show Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Land Management, and
Department Interior what they have failed to accomplish in current
Federal Court Appeal Cases in their Statements that they have exhausted
all other Remedies and Possibilities of Fire Prevention in Western
National Forests and are left with the Necessity of Preventative Logging
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7) Continued: Since the Death of Theodore Roosevelt, not a single
Mountain Stream nor River have ever had their Cascade Step Water Tables
restored following logging and mining activities. The Flat Surface
of a Stream, Lake, Swamp, of River is the exact Denotative Meaning
of the word, Water Table. Ashland Creek, within Lithia Park,
is,at present, the only extant restoration of the cascades of a mountain
stream in the entire Western Mountains Region.
Since the Department of Agriculture, through its Forest Service,
has neglected, for one hundred years, to even begin Riparian Restoration,
all of their Legal Arguements, in Federal Courts, concerning
Drought Fire Syndromes and the necessity of extensive logging to
prevent Forest Fires and crown fires are without legal merit.
The Ashland Creek - Cascade Stream Restoration Demonstration Project
is, therefore, intendedto serve as Permanent Demonstration Model
for proper Management of the Regional National Forest Watersheds.
The Department of Agriculture needs to v~ally observe what it must
accomplish with all Western Mountain Streams before returning to
Federal Courts with more Drought Theory to Justify its Activlies.
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MINUTES FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
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ASH~1ND..F'OREST LANDS ,'({)MMI$SION
ASHLAND FlRERESiiENCY coMMUNiTY ALTERNATIVE
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
July 12, 2005
Community Development, 51 Winburn Way
A. CALL TO ORDER: 4:40 PM
Marty Main, Consulting Forester and Ashland Forest Lands Commission Liaison to the Forest
Service, called the meeting to order. Other attendees included: Keith Woodley, George Badura,
Chris Chambers, Nancy Slocum, Darren Borgias, Joan Resnick, Citizen Eric Navickas, Citizen
Terry Stenson, SOU Sociology Professor Mark Shibley, SOU Student Ann Taylor, Joseph Vaile
and Bob Plain, reporter for the Daily Tidings.
B. NEW Bl,JSINESS
1. Public Comment - Terry Stenson made available a study with associated photos of a
Geological Meteorology and Allied Sciences project. He described the geological
principle of meteorology and its effect on moisture in the watershed which in turn
could effect wildfire suppression.
Mark Shibley, Sociology Professor at SOU, appreciated the work of the Forest
Commission and AFRCA T on the City Restoration Project Phase II. He teaches a class
called "People and the Forest" and sees this project as an innovative educational
opportunity for his students.
Eric Navickas spoke against logging in roadless areas, the construction of helicopter
pads to remove trees, compartmentalization and the lack of diameter limits.
Main introduced Joan Resnick, professional facilitator and owner of The Real Life
Training Group. She offered to facilitate the meeting with the focus on public process
and developing a long term relationship with the Forest Service.
Borgias thought the immediate task for committee members was to read and analyze the
DEIS. Questions to answer during review include: How will the Forest Service measure
the effects of treatment? How well did the Forest Service interpret the AFRCA? What
are the comments on the Forest Service's AFR proposal (e.g. their proposal
inadequately addresses long-term soil productivity)? There was also a need for
definitions of technical terms.
Navickas commented that the DEIS should have included a clear representation of
previous treatments as well as the modeling used for flame models.
Vaile thought an enormous issue unique to this project was that the Forest Service's
analysis was based solely on satellite imagery. How do you determine the accuracy of
Plant Association Groups (P AG)? On the ground inventory (ground truthing) was
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Basis for Preliminary Grant Proposal for Federal Matching Funds
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Should you dip your feet into Ashland Creek on the4th of July, 2005,
you will notice the water temperatures are back to frigid, a requirement
for the restored primordial Salmon spawning beds located in Ashland
Creek. Water Quality will be up all Summer as the temperature of
the Stream will remain low due to the depths of the restored fish
ladder pools. High temperature of water was due to low water levels
and consequent exposure of stream rocks and boulders to constant solar
heating leading directly to high bacteria counts. The Forest Servrnce
left the refrigerator. door open and the bacteria multiplied.
It had nothing to do with ducks in the stream.
The Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Land Management, and
the Forest Service, have been pulling the wool over the eyes of
the Citizens of Oregon, including Dairy Farmers, Orchardists,Vineyard
Owners, and all of your Stakand City Commissions listening to their
endless Bureaucratic Deceptions. Since the Death of Theodore Roosevelt,
NOT ONE SINGLE STREAM HAS HAD ITS FISH LADDERS RESTORED FOLLOWING
LOGGING AND MINING. The Water Tables of the Entire Western Mountain
System have been annually DRAINED DOWN without replenishment. Flat water
IN ANY STREAM, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IS THE WATER TABLE FOR THAT
LOCATION. ThAT IS THE DEFINITION OF WATER TABLE. ANY DAMNED FOOL
KNOWS THAT IS TRUE. THIS INTENTIONAL MISMANAGEMENT OF RIPARIAN
RESOURCES BY THE Department of Agriculture, sho~ld be halted.
What remains for Ashland, are property purchases at the top of Lithia
Park to qualify you as an Entrance to a New National Park with hiking
trails to Mount Ashland. Your Parking Infrastructure is already completle
and adequated. An abatement at the crest of Strawberry Lane, beside
an entrance to a private dirt road will complete the Site requirements
for the Top Entrance to the Proposed National Park.
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Speaker Request Form
THIS FORM IS A PUBLIC RECORD
ALL INFORM A nON PROVIDED WILL BE MADE A V AILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
I) Complete this form and return it to the City Recorder prior to the discussion of the item you wish
to speak about.
2) Speak to the City Council from the table podium microphone.
3) State your name and address for the record.
4) Limit your comments to the amount of time given to you by the Mayor, usually 3 or 5 minutes.
5) If you present written materials, please give a copy to the City Recorder for the record.
6) You may give written comments to the City Recorder for the record if you do not wish to speak.
(Comments can be added to the back of this sheet if necessary)
7) Speakers are solely responsible for the content of their public statement.
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If you are challenging a member (a city councilor or a planning commissioner) with a conflict of interest
or bias, please write your allegation complete with supporting facts on this form and deliver it to the clerk
immediately. The Presiding Officer will address the written challenge with the member. Please be
respectful of the proceeding and do not interrupt. You may also provide testimony about the challenge
when you testify during the normal order of proceedings.
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The Public Meeting Law requires that all city meetings are open to the public. Oregon law does not
always require that the public be permitted to speak. The Ashland City Council generally invites the
public to speak on agenda items and during public forum on non-agenda items unless time constraints
limit public testimony. No person has an absolute right to speak or participate in every phase of a
proceeding. Please respect the order of proceedings for public hearings and strictly follow the directions
of the presiding officer. Behavior or actions which are unreasonably loud or disruptive are disrespectful,
and may constitute disorderly conduct. Offenders will be requested to leave the room.
Comments and statements by speakers do not represent the opinion of the City Council, City Officers or
employees or the City of Ashland.
1. Does the City Council want to adopt a process that requires appeals
to the City Council from the Planning Commission to be held "on-
the-record?"
If yes, then the Council needs to discuss the scooe of the proceedings. This would
include:
v' The level of oral participation - no testimony, testimony limited to the applicant
and appellant, testimony limited to people who have standing (provided written or
oral testimony prior to the close of the record) or testimony by anyone who
wishes to appear (limited to facts in the record)
v' Nature of arguments - Limit arguments raised before the City Council to those
that were raised in the letter of appeal and as set forth in the notice of appeal.
v' Decision is supported by substantial evidence - The Council would evaluate
whether or hot the Commission's decision was supported by substantial evidence
in the whole record.
v' Appropriate application of the law - The Council would determine if the
Commission improperly applied ordinances or other law
If yes, then, does the Council wish to more clearly defme the criteria that the City
Administrator would use when making a decision to allow a partial de-novo
hearing?
Such criteria may include:
v' That the Planning Commission committed a procedural error that prejudiced the
requesting party's substantial rights and that reopening the record is the only
alternative to correct the error; or
v' That new evidence material to the decision on appeal exists and could not have
been presented to the hearing body (e.g. a new study). A requesting party may
only qualify for this exception if he or she demonstrates that the new evidence
concerns an unanticipated event which occurred after the close of the hearing
before the hearing body. This exception shall be strictly construed by the Council
in order to ensure that all relevant evidence and testimony is submitted to the
hearing body.
2. Does the Council want to adopt the provisions that would make the
Planning Commission's decision on Type I applications final, with
the next appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals?
Some items to consider:
v' Gives greater weight to the Planning Commission and their decisions.
./ More staff time would be taken at the Commission level to prepare the findings ofthe
decision. Since this is the final decision of the City, additional details may be added
to the findings in order to support and uphold the Commission's decision.
./ Provides greater flexibility to ensure that the City makes a decision on a land use
application within the 120-day time line required by State statute.
3. Does the Council want to adopt the provisions that allow a building
with a 100-foot length that is less than 10,000 square feet to become
a Type I decision (with appeal to the Commission)?
./ Planning Director would make the initial final decision with regards to the application
of design standards for smaller commercial projects located along the more visible
commercial corridors (e.g. Ashland Street, Siskiyou Blvd., East Main, Lithia Way,
etc.)
./ The Planning Commission would review larger buildings of greater than 10,000
square feet where issues of bulk and scale tend to be of interest.
4. Does the Council want to permit there to be an Evidentiary Hearing
by staff for Type II decisions? If so, does the Council wish to define
specific criteria for these hearings?
./ Provides an early opportunity to ask questions and gain clarity on issues prior to the
public hearing before the Planning Commission
5. Does the Council wish to adopt the provisions that allow for an
application for an interpretation of the Land Use Code?
If so, the Legal Department has raised the following concerns:
./ Creates a process for advisory decisions that are subject to appeal
./ Issues of interpretation should be addressed within the context of a planning
application decision (quasi-judicial process)
./ If the intent of the provision is unclear, the ordinance language should be
amended.
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December 18, 2007
Ashland City Council
20 East Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520
RE: Willow Wind School sewer connection
My wife and I would like to express our support for the planned connection. As
residents of Ashland we believe the connection will only enhance the opportunities for
the community. As parents of a student at Willow Wind student we believe the
connection is an essential part of the facility infrastructure.
PO Box 553 Ashland, Oregon 97520 (541)646-0575
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December 16, 2007
Dear Members ofthe Ashland City Council,
I am writing this letter in support of the Willow Wind Barn Restoration Project. I am an active
supporter both in spirit and financially. The project can not go thru [mal plan review until the
connection is approved for city sewer. As you know, the sewer line already exists on the
property to the Willow Wind office building; connecting to the existing line on the property does
not expand the Ashland sewer network outside of properties already previously approved.
I have been involved in the restoration of one other historic barn in the Ashland Area, the Lilly
Glen barn in 1993 (approx); unfortunately the Lilly Glen barn was recently destroyed by fire.
The existence of these unique historic structures is becoming rare in our area and is a part of
history that should be preserved where possible. The Willow Wind restoration project is an
outstanding opportunity to contribute to this effort. I have reviewed both the construction of the
Willow Wind barn and the engineering plans to restore it; the renovated barn will exhibit much
of the historic values that are needed as well as serve the community for years to come.
Please approve the application before you to allow for the connection of the Willow Wind barn
to the city sewer system and move forward in an expedient manner.
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Steve Armitage
205 Randy Street
Ashland, Oregon
541-482-8534
Dear City Council:
I am a Willow Wind parent who has been very engaged in this alternative
program since 2000 when our family moved to Ashland to join the community
learning center.
Please support the barn renovation by allowing WWCLC to tie into the city sewer
lines. Willow Wind families have worked hard on this grass-roots project, and the
benefits will be enjoyed by the wider Ashland community.
Thanks for all your work on behalf of our city.
Respectfully,
Shelley Elkovich
919 Oak St
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:My name is ]acksonCuevas.
I am a {oea{,artist here in' 5tsh{~nd: I am afso an advocate
for tfie fiome[ess. Tfiis topic is in '. reference to "Tfie :First .Jtnnua[
:Marcfi for J{ome[ess".We area[[ re[atetf; wfiatever fiappens to you
affects me. Wfiatever fiappens to us, affects everyone. We are a[[ .
inter-connected: .J\s witfi any situation, a gooa understanding of
tfie pr06[em is tfie first step in sOWing it. :Fai[ure to understand tlie
re~onsi6ifities of feadersliip, witfi re~ect to, tfiis city's fiome[ess
epidemic; and care for fier poorest citizens, seafs, ~fie fate of tfiis
, society. We do nQt to[erate crue[ty, a6use, or negfect to tfie animafs
that share this fand: We ' carr: these acts inhumane and cannot
fatfiOm dworft[ tfiat is. It is equa[[y infiumane' to fiave even one
fiome[ess person. yet we do notfiiny to end tfiis~ and tfiere are
tfiousandS wfio suffer from our inaction.
j 6e[ieve tfiat, 5tsFlfand has\ tfie most unique[yartistic and
tre.ative[y , ta[ented popufation of free tfiinkers of any city in
.Jtmerica. Tfie citizens of 5tsfi[andradiate energy on. tfie cutting
ediJe of ,6ound[ess imaginat~on, and a Fieartfe[t sense of community
duty, pride, a1J-d responsi6ifity, to pioneer tfiis cfiarf:ge. .
It ismy'fiope tfiat. witfi tfie6[essing of tfiis counci[ andservice
of vo[unteers we, referring to tfie entire community, wi[[forne
tOlJetfier a[[ of our vast resources and set an examj[e for tfie rest of
the nation. . I , \ ' . _
Soutfiern ,Oregon fias put it-self on tfie map.. wfiile. enduring
seeming[yfiope[ess endeavors. of sucfi magnitude as tfie :Metfi
'Project. if we as a mature society can give fiope to drug addiction, ,
we most certain[y, as.a community, can care for our poor. We ,wi[[
succee'd: -
J{owever, 'our society can transform itse(f unh[ tfiere are no
yoor, and. tfierefore fitt[e or no need for ~fiarity. .Jtctivities
designated fOr tfi'e 6enefit. of tfie entire community' tfierefore
,. 6eriefit tfie poor and destitute of our community, 6y mere inc[usion.
, '.J\ tfiriving economy ancl a fafse sense., of security. is not a
. 6fanket to keep out tfie cfi([[ of aBandOnment. Our accomp[isfiments
"~annot-1nask t~e eyes of decency. .
5ts we '>Ya[k tfirougfi' our city streets and 6ear: witness to tfie
, otfierwise [eft for dead mem6ers of our community; 1 am asfiamed:
5ts we' ~eak our society is dying; tfie need for action dictates, "Tfie
:first .Jtnnua[ :Marcfi for J{oine[ess",. to aid tfie cries tfiat 6[eed in
tfieears of compassion for tfie fiearts tfiq-t wire soon stop 6eating. '