Enter The UGB - Just Say No!

We didn't get into the the Urban Reserve just because we're the little triangle that's left out.

We got in due to the completed game plan of some people that believe they stand to gain a lot from having their properties developed.  Here are three of the main groups inside the Hamlet working tirelessly to pave us over.

The Borland Neighborhood Association INC  - This group isn't really a Neighborhood Association at all. It's a select group of landowners that have land on Borland Road and want to develop it big time. Tall towers, high density, a Town Center.  They haven't discussed it with the neighbors that surround their property on Halcyon. They have however hired some big consultants and paid them to be their lobbyists to get them into the UGB at whatever cost.

The Stafford Landowners.  You might think you qualify since you own land here, but no. Again these are select landowners that have paid to get into this group which is intent on developing their lands as soon as possible.

Clackamas County Business Alliance. Although it sounds county based it is in no way a county entity.It was formed in part by residents of the Stafford Hamlet and have been demanding development here for years. Those residents are the ones that clear-cut the Christmas Tree farm and adjacent properties a couple of winters ago causing mud flows and flooding onto their neighbor's lands in Shadowood.  Their lobbyist, Burton Weist, played a major part in getting us into the urban reserve. Money well spent for them.
Beyond the lobbying there's a long list of campaign donations to County candidates that they've been making for years.

Is this illegal or wrong?  Nope.

It is however something to keep in mind in case you think the message that we're 'ready, willing and shovel ready' aren't being planted into the public mindset quite deliberately by a few individuals who think what they'll gain is more important than what you'll lose through development.

If you want to change the message,  perhaps that we don't want to be brought into the UGB until all the current land inside the border has been used properly, speak up at the Hamlet events going on this spring.