1983: CS-11-83. Community Service designation allowed for approval of proposed 145-acre golf course at 15105 NW Sauvie Island Rd.
Applicant/owner: George Douglas
1988: CS 1-89. Community Service Request for Golf Course Expansion.
A 55-acre addition is requested to an approved 145-acre golf course site approximately 1/2 mile north of the bridge. The request is “to redesign the course and provide more space between fairways, diminishing potential injury to golfers from stray golf balls.”
Multnomah County Planning Staff Report recommends approval.
February 13, 1989. Multnomah County Planning Commission hearing.
February 27, 1989. Planning Commission approves request.
March, 1989. Six island residents file for a review. They form the Sauvie Island Conservancy and organize opposition to the expansion and golf course.
June 6, 1989. Review hearing before Board of County Commissioners; commissioners deny expansion.
Applicant appeals decision to LUBA.
November 30, 1989. LUBA Appeal hearing in Salem.
January 12, 1990. LUBA opinion upholds County Commissioners’ decision.
1992. GGS, the Japanese developers, declare bankruptcy.
November, 1994. GGS deeds the site back to George Douglas.
—compiled from public documents, The Oregonian and Business Journal reporting