{"id":6202,"date":"2024-04-13T17:59:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T17:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/?page_id=6202"},"modified":"2024-10-30T07:24:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T07:24:27","slug":"stevens-meadow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/causes\/stevens-meadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Stevens Meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The City of Lake Oswego has placed Measure 3-618 on the ballot asking voters to sacrifice a portion of the hard fought charter-protected Stevens Meadow Nature Preserve for a road improvement project that failed to consider design options that would have avoided destruction of this natural area. The LoveLOParks Steering Committee is voting ‘NO’ on Measure 3-618<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last Updated<\/strong>: April 13, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevens Meadow Threatened<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clackamas County is in the final stages of design for the Stafford Road Improvements Project<\/a>. The City informed LoveLOParks this week that the County’s chosen design requires constructing a portion of Childs Road on the Stevens Meadow property, a Chapter X charter-protected<\/a> Nature Preserve. Chapter X specifically prohibits new road construction and emphasizes protecting Stevens Meadows (and 14 other properties) as important natural areas.

At the City Council meeting on April 16<\/a>, Clackamas County presented the design and proposed property impact. Council discussed how best to proceed and providing policy direction to City staff. In City staff’s Council Report<\/a>, staff identified the following options for City Council to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n