Randy Dreiling

Isn't PIR a race track...hello it is a race track has
been for years...some people need to get a life...if
you lived there or bought a house there you should
know hey there is a race track there
HELLO!

--- Joe Cipale wrote:

> 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/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------- __o
> > ---------- _ '\<,_
> > ----------(_)/ (_)______Get on your bikes and
> ride!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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Randy Dreiling
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