Joe Cipale
I understand Emilie Boyles is available for around 100K...
Joe
Keith A. Prior wrote:
> 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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