School District Must Clearly Demonstrate That Dollar Street Woods is a Suitable Location to Build an Extra-Large Middle School.

I think it would be a detriment to the WFD community if a middle school was built in the proposed location. Unless thorough studies can prove otherwise, I think the WLWV school district should find an alternative location.

As a homeowner in Willamette, I share all of the concerns listed in this petition.

Too congested, not good traffic flow or school space.

This parcel is not suitable for a school of any size. The hilly topography would be problematic. The increase in traffic would worsen already existing congestion and increase safety concerns. The lack of adequate parking for the school would force people to park on neighborhood streets. The lack of flat space for sports fields would cause overflow in scheduling at the already-busy Fields Bridge Park. The cost of mitigating these deficits far exceeds the benefit of using this space for a school. The Athey Creek property is a much more appropriate site. West Linn is known as a "city of hills, trees and rivers" and not as a city that attempts to cram development into our dwindling natural spaces, regardless of how inappropriate and ill-advised. An additional concern that would need to be addressed is the presence on the property of the remnants of the circa 1855 Joseph A. Fields House, one of the oldest pioneer houses in the state. In 1993, when it was initially proposed that West Linn might use this site for a new school, a study was done that determined that the Fields House very likely met the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historical Places as a significant historical archaeological site. The house was demolished surreptitiously shortly thereafter by the landowner. A determination was made by the State Historic Preservation Officer that even though the house had been destroyed, the site could still reveal significant information about the daily lives of our pioneer ancestors. To my knowledge, no archaeological survey was ever conducted. Also, a ford across the Tualatin River was located just below Fields’ House at the time of his arrival circa 1851. This was the only natural fording site across the Tualatin River upstream of the Willamette River for several miles. The crossing was likely part of a significant transportation corridor, used for millennia by local Native American tribal peoples on their travels between the upper Willamet

Already held captive in my home from 2-630. This is ridiculous without dramatic improvements to our roads and the freeway.

Great list of concerns. I agree with every one detailed in the petition.

2220 River Heights Circle

There is more room at the top of the Hill. I realize you value that for tax purposes. However, let me remind you, you can be voted out. As a long time West Linn resident who's Grandchildren go to the Schools I oppose this unnecessary use of this Land. We already have parking issues in West linnand have for over a decade when I moved here in 2008.

This proposed land use for a school within a non-level wooded lot does not seem to have been well thought out. The infrastructure required, parking, ability to handle increased street traffic, etc is not in place and this project will negatively impact this community. The campus will be much smaller than is already available for the students at Athey Creek. And the environmental impacts are not yet vetted effectively.

There are already too many problems with traffic on Borland Road to add yet another one, taking into consideration Fields Park & the associated dangerous parking/traffic problems on game days, the proposed Soccer Park down the road and now this. The area cannot handle any more projects that will add more traffic and people to the already over-crowded Borland Road/Willamette Falls Drive, aka I-205 bypass.

no good reason to spend money on this!

Putting a school in that location would completely destroy the character of this location. Traffic on Willamette Falls Drive is going to increase exponentially will the new tolling looming, and in fact already has due to I-205 overflow. Instead of the city consistently coming up with bad ideas for our community, I think you need to come up with ideas that will enhance what attracted us to this community in the first place instead of continuing to chip away cat our quality of life.

That site will ruin the West Linn area. Horrible idea with an already congested Willamette Falls Dr

I am grateful to the School District for allowing neighboring families to use this property in its current state these past years. What a fantastic opportunity for growing and learning our kids have had hiking, cycling, running, and playing in Dollar Woods. We have been blessed with the use of this property. Now, the School District’s misguided plan to build a large middle school at Dollar Woods, should it come to fruition, will provide our kids with another important, but tragic, lesson right here in their backyard: how readily we level a beautiful natural area in the name of growth, progress, and in this case, education. If the District’s plan is approved by the Planning Commision of the City of West Linn, “Tree City USA”, I will be heartbroken watching my children’s reactions when they see this grove felled.

I would be heartbroken if they got rid of this forest and replaced it with a noisy school

I share the five "summary list of concerns".

There is no way this should approved. I have a plot at the community garden next to Fields Bridge Park and traffic as is stands today is probably the worst problem for traffic in West Linn. I am a homeowner and feel that my taxes I pay with no benefit to me personally can better be spent. You do not have the proof in my eyes that you have the traffic solution resolved if the new school is built.

The street does not have the capacity for the traffic that it would involve. There is already an incredible blockage on Dollar and Willamette Falls Drive when the Highway is slow. Also, with the changes being proposed to 205, that would make the streets completely backed up.

This property seems much less suited to a school than the current location. It is small, steep, and a beautifully forested plot of land. The road there already suffers extreme congestion from early afternoon until evening, and streetside parking during youth baseball currently impacts flow in the area, having it happen on a daily basis could be catastrophic. If I were scouting for possible middle school locations in the area, the Dollar woods wouldn’t even make the list.

25430 Swiftshore Dr.