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2006-2008 – Proposed Expansion, Esco Industrial Landfill

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Case File #T2-06-121
December, 2006. “Proposed expansion of Esco’s industrial landfill on the southern end of the island would allow the dump to grow to a height of 45 feet on a site that is zoned for farming. The 25-acre site has been used to dump foundry by-products since 1977. In 2004 DEQ cited the dump for leaching chemicals—including uranium at levels exceeding drinking water standards—into the groundwater.” Adjacent property owner Jeff Joslin leads a group of opponents, “Sauvie Island Friends for Environmental Safety (SAFER).”
November 18, 2007. Informational presentation on island with representatives from Esco and DEQ.
March 20, 2008. Multnomah County approves Esco’s proposal.
April 3, 2008. Jeff Joslin/SAFER files appeal.
May 12, 2008. Appeals hearing. More than 100 people show up to testify/ support the appeal.
July 11, 2008. Esco withdraws application.
November 15, 2008. NW Examiner/Sentinel honors island activist Jeff Joslin with the Alfred Edelman Environmental Award at the Community Awards ceremony.
—compiled from Sentinel News Service reporting

1997 – Proposed Cell Tower

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CS1-97 Proposed AT&T Cellular Phone Tower on Sauvie Island
March/April, 1997. “A request for a Community Service permit for the siting of a cellular monopole.” The proposed 160-foot cell tower would be placed on property owned by the Sauvie Island Grange adjacent to the Sauvie Island School. It would include a monopole with associated antennas and an 11′ x 27′ equipment building, all surrounded by a fence. A group calling itself “Charlton Road Residents” mails an island-wide memo alerting islanders.
Multnomah County Planning Staff Report recommends denial.
A revised permit application is issued.
County planning staff again recommends denial.
May 21, 1997. Final hearing date originally scheduled, then delayed.
August 20, 1997. Hearing. Hearings officer does not make a decision and allows time for applicant and opponent rebuttals.
October 15, 2007. Final decision to be announced.
[The cell tower was never built.]
—compiled from public documents and island newsletters

1997 – Proposed 1,600-bed Women’s Prison

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February 27, 1997. An Oregonian story reports that Sauvie Island is one of eight finalists for a women’s prison. It would be sited on 130 acres along Gillihan Road. Department of Corrections confirms that it would be the largest correctional institution in the state, with 1,600 inmates, 1,200 of them maximum security. Opposition is swift. A team of people print a flyer and coordinate door-to-door delivery to all island households. A sign is hung on the bridge and islanders generate newspaper, radio and television coverage in protest.
March 10, 1997. Prison Siting meeting in Hillsboro that many islanders attend.
March 11-17, 1997. Extensive media coverage, posters, artifacts, flood videos, handouts of lists of concerns and coordination with other prison-opposition groups around the state.
March 18, 1997. Public meeting held on the island. More than 400 people turn out. At one point the question is asked, “Is there anybody here in favor of the prison?” Not a hand is raised.
March 19-22, 1997. A 70-page book of data in opposition is researched, organized, printed and mailed to the Department of Corrections and all their consultants. Topics include wetlands, flood, recreation, wildlife, water and sewage.
March 28, 1997. Final candidate sites announced. Sauvie Island not on the list.
—compiled from island newsletters

Protected: 1991-1992 – Proposed 808-Boat Alder Creek Marina.

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1983, 1988-1990 – Proposed golf course

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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