Keith A. Prior
PIR, etcBut what would us bicycle racers do with ourselves if we didn't
overreact?!!
Now if we could just find a way to ban those little noisy little 47cc pocket
motorbikes!!!
The police told me I can't hang piano wire across the street!
Does anyone know someone at Metro we can buy off?
-K
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]On
Behalf Of Dan Houghton
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:49 PM
To: Evan MacKenzie; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] PIR, etc
Settle down, everyone. PIR is not going to move or close. This complaint
from neighborhood associations comes up whenever they get bored with more
important issues.
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan MacKenzie
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:23 AM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] PIR, etc
OK, so I sent this one off:
I hear there is talk about moving PIR. Would this be a closure and an
actual move, or just a closure?
What you may not realize is the fact that not only is PIR home to a
whole slew of auto racing events, but it is also home to a large number of
bicycle events as well, with the capacity for even more. All summer long
there are road races on the track Monday and Tuesday nights. There are also
mountain bike short track races on the infield, and cyclocross races in the
fall. PIR is a wonderful resource for the entire Oregon cycling community
that would be sorely missed.
I can?t believe that moving PIR to somewhere in the Rivergate area would
significantly lower noise. I also believe that if the track were relocated,
it would give people an excuse to try to place additional restrictions on
the operations there. Lets all face it, PIR has been there a while and the
people who live in the area know that. When I lived in the Alameda area I
occasionally heard noise from the track. Hey, that?s what happens when you
have auto racing.
By the way, bikes don?t make much noise, don?t consume massive amounts
of fuel or pollute the air. But that doesn?t mean cyclists don?t get a whole
lot of use out of the track and grounds.
(not part of the letter)
For the record, I went down to Sea Otter a couple weeks ago. I was
talking to a local about Laguna Seca one day. He said that when LS was
built, it was way out in the sticks. Then as the trophy house sprawl crept
out into the hills, and they started filling up with multi-million dollar
homes, the owners hired fancy lawyers and sued, and successfully got a noise
cap placed on the raceway. Now racers have to modify their cars in order to
use LS, which as you can imagine they really don?t like. That means there is
this great facility that has now become underutilized because of restriction
placed on it after the fact. Of course, all the richies knew full well that
Laguna Seca was there.
If that happened in Oregon, it would be an interesting test of Measure
37. But we don?t need that, because someone else right here in Washington
County is testing that very idea. And if you knew anything about it, I?m
sure you?d support their claim. I can?t say much beyond that, but suffice to
say the cycling community also has an interest in this case. More to come
later.
-Evan
Evan MacKenzie
Urban Planner I
City of Hillsboro
150 E. Main Street, 4th floor
Hillsboro, OR 97123
503-681-6154
evanm@ci.hillsboro.or.us
http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Planning_Department/
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