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order and we will begin with our

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roll call.
Councilor franzosa.

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>> mendez.
>> riley.

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>> kebler.
>> perkins.
>> moranis.
>> platt.

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>> so we're going to start with

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the good of the order first with
our legislative update from

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staff.

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>> good evening, council, I'm
kite schneider and with me is

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sarah hudson and we're just here
to give a brief update of the
short session.

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As you know, it ended earlier
this month.

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We put together an issue summary
trying to highlight the most

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important bills to the city, but

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eric is our contract state
lobbyist, so the one on the

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ground and we wanted to give you
a chance to hear directly from

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him on the more important bills
this session.

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>> thanks, kate.

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For the record, eric kansler,
city of bend lobbyist.

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It's good to see you all.
I think there's really four

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primary issues to talk about.

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As kate alluded, we have
formalized legislative

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priorities, a press release
about where we focused our

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attention, but in terms of
on-the-ground interaction and

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what we were really invested in,

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there was primarily the lodging

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tax issue, the protection of

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shelter funding, and then a
couple housing issues related to

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urban reserves and complete

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communities.

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The effort to gain flexibility
has been going on for a long
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The first time I engaged on the
the city's behalf was 2017,

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almost a decade ago.

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It took a lot of buildup.
A lot of past efforts built on

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themselves and led to the

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success this session, and
effectively what happened is I

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think you all know that under

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the historic regime, 70% of the
lodging tax dollars had to be

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earmarked for tourism and

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marketed oriented purposes,

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leaving 30% for other things,

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general fund or a mix of
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The 70/30 has now shifted to
50/50, and that is true whether

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or not you're lodging tax

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increment is pre-2003, a lot of

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which was grandfathered in.
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or whether it's prospective in

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the future, so bend, our health

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care pre-2003 lodging taxes is

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better than 50/50, so this
doesn't affect us in that
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There are local governments,
cities, and counties

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grandfathered in at a very high
ratio.
Wayne county was grandfathered

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in to use all of their increment
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Now they have a considerable
amount of flexibility.

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So there's flexibility we can
consider with the 2013 increment

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and then there's flexibility

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should the city decide to
consider another increment in

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the future.

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And at a high level, that is
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simple in that regard.
There was one additional element

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moved into the restricted

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portion which involves what the

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legislature turned resiliency
grants for small restaurants and
the lodging industry.

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It was a bit of an odd fit.
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bill out of the house, but
nobody really loved it.

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There was consideration about
whether they should strip it

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out, send it back to the house
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They left it in, moved it

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through, so it's quite possible
that I don't know if the

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legislature is going to come
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re-look at that one little
element, but I don't think it's

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really a game changer.
It's just an additional thing

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the restricted portion could be
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But it's not just a handout.
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restaurant experiencing some

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sort of hardship was the intent.

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So that's a component of it as
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So moving on -- and that was our
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Our number-one budgetary

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priority in materials of

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discrete budgetary priorities

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was protecting the shelter
funding established through a
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city of bend and others ahead of

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and during the 2025 session.

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There was a lot of speculation
that that allocation for shelter

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funding which is pretty bare
bones for essential facilities

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around the state would get
robbed to pay for some other
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Of course, we had maybe six

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months out before session really
dire-looking revenue forecasts

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and they got incrementally

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better as we got into session.

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so fortunately, that allocation

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was kept entirely intact and so
that means -- that was our

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number-one budgetary priority,

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so on those two fronts, we did
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Of course, we were part of large
groups of people who were on the

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one hand fighting for lodging
tax flexibility and on the other

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hand protecting shelter funding.

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It certainly wasn't the city of
bend leading the charge, but it

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was a really good group of
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forefront with them.

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More specifically to our
initiatives are two concepts

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that we talked about I think the

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last time I met and presented in

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front of you all prior to
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Both in the land use and housing
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The first is related to urban

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reserves.
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here trying to improve the
statute and rules standard for

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how you can designate a 50-year
urban reserve to allow us to

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bring in a 50-year land supply
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towards efficient infrastructure
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And I would say bend has been at
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of the effort to improve the
urban reserve process.

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We passed a big bill, senator

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broadman was a sponsor in '25,
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unfinished business around how

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you can account for the cost of
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outside the ugb.

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We were stuck with the regime
previously where oftentimes we'd

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have to bring in very expensive
to serve parcels, and that

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translates to increase in
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So we were able to get that
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much larger bill, house bill
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It was sort of a housing omnibus
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through what's required to just

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literally adopt that into their
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big issues that we were involved

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in is the topic of -- you can
look at it a couple of different
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I would look at it as a

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protection of complete community
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This city, if not more than

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other cities, has made a

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deliberate effort to mix uses,
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together with residential,
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to blend all of those things and
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people want to live in at all of

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the price points that they need.

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And in the '23 or the '21
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passed that created a by-right
ability to do affordable housing
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We broadly supported that, still
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to make -- I think it was '21 --

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to make it more expansive.

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One part we kind of overshot and
this is coming to light in other

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communities around the state is

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when you've got these

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neighborhood customer nodes, one

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or two projects can really take

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that neighborhood-serving
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Obviously that's a big issue in
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it's becoming a big issue in
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Also as an amendment to 4037, we
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of got a foot in the door and
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neighborhood-serving commercial
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That's not going to be the end
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I've been in pretty regular
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in the governor's office about

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how to take this conversation
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I think there'll be a really
robust interim conversation

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about what cities need and what

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communities want in terms of
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And I, for one, am very excited

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about being able to to get what
we need in the moment and create

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an opportunity I think for a

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much more robust and
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all of those needs.

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So those are the main issues.
Obviously there were a bunch of

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other issues, but I know we're

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short on time here tonight.
>> yeah, any questions from
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We sent out some information on
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Go ahead.

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>> on the sb 1551 related to

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wildfire and the hoas, it all

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applies to existing hoas, as
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It just removes their ability to

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set any any restrictions on
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thinking back to when there was

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a governor-declared drought that

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the hoa couldn't stop you from
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I don't think this has a
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>> in my understanding, it was
around landscaping too.

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Just water-wise, plants and

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things like that that the hoa

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couldn't prevent people from
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on the 4037, there's a

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description in the issue summary

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that talks about -- it prohibits
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application for developments

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that are subject to clear and
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Can you just talk a little bit
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question for staff.

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How would this show up in our
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>> that would probably be a

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better question for staff, but I

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can say thematically it was --

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that's part of expediting.
If you're going to do things

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with clear established
standards, do you need to go

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through all the public
participation notice and
whatnot.

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And I think that is indicative
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we've seen where they're trying

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to speed things along if you're
needing those clear and
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But in terms of the specific
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defer to planning staff on that.

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>> was that in response to -- I
forget the name of the

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community, sherwood, where they
passed some kind of -- was this

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a response to that?
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>> was it sherwood?
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local measures that are clashing

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with state directives, but this

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was more of how we could speed
up the housing process.

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>> and I don't know if it's a
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sherwood has done, but I think
what sherwood has done and what

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this bill did in that regard,
they are opposite ends of the

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continuum of views on how
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development should work.
I think that's accurate.

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>> I mean, is there an example
of how something would be
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community recently with this

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bill in place?
>> I would probably want to talk

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to planning staff, and I don't
know if it's an issue of people

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being treated, it's what
applications for needed housing

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can be subject to in terms of
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But it does prohibit local
jurisdiction from requiring a

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public hearing prior to making a
decision on an application that

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is subject to clear and

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objective standards because it
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I'll provide some information
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so you can get all the details.
>> okay, thanks.

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>> any other questions?
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highlight just in theme with our
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lot of work the legislature did

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on immigration rights and also a
bill under reforming care and we

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did weigh in on a couple of
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our community which did pass.

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Any other questions for staff?
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>> thank you.
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testifying orally or with

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letters, so I just wanted to
thank council for their

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engagement this session.
>> and thank our legislators for

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getting so much done.

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>> yeah, I think that is
important as well.

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Our legislators were deeply
involved in a lot of these

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issues and also as well we
didn't mention the bigger

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revenue picture they needed to
solve.
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were key on these issues.
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with with staff and our
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>> the bend delegation had a
very good session.

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coming into its own, starting to

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gel gel, and that's

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as well.

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>> all right, thank you.

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All right, that will move us
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And so before we get into
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start with a report out from our
neighborhood roundtable that
happened on thursday and just

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have a little discussion around
that.

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So for folks who weren't there

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or didn't know about it, this

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was a new format.
The roundtable, we meet as

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council and sit in a discussion
tail and have

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table and have a listening
discussion rather than a formal
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The format of this meeting was a
presentation from staff about
some of the issues that are

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going on in southeast bend where
there's a lot of growth and

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change and infrastructure
investment to lay the scene.

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Then we sat at the table with
three neighborhood districts in

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that area to talk about what
they'd like to see and some

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issues and concerns on a couple

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of topics we knew they wanted to

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talk about, wildfire,

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neighborhood issues, and folks

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could talk to city staff, get
questions answered, councilors

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to mingle with folks.

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From my understanding, it was
very successful.
I'd love hear feedback from

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council on that format and talk
about where we can go next.

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We also have multiple different
neighborhoods now asking us to

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have the same type of meeting
for their corner of town which I

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think is great.
So reflections from councilors

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on how that went and then we can
talk about what we want to do
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Does anybody have any thoughts?

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>> I loved that format.
>> ditto.

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>> I thought it was amazing to
have so many staff present with

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so many community members where
a community member would come up

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and have a question and if I
didn't know the answer, I could

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say you need to go and talk to
this staff person over here and

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off they'd go and someone else

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would come up, so I feel like
there was lots of circulating

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and information sharing and lots
of good questions answered.

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So I thought it was great.

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I think the real question for us

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is how many of these can we do.
>> right.
>> I think it was really helpful

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for people in that part of town
to get the bigger picture of

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what's going on and for folks
who haven't connected as much

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with the planning efforts that
have gone on in the past to come

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and get up to speed.
I think people really

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appreciated that, and I think
there was a lot of additional

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questions it generated, but some
aha moments as well.

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Oh, there's actually more of
this happening that I understood

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and anticipated.
I didn't know that project was

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coming soon in terms of the
transportation improvement.

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And I think that kind of
information sharing is really

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valuable in a community.
>> steven?

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>> just the fact, really kudos

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to the planning staff and our
transportation talking about

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really just as you said,
councilor riley, there is a lot

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of thinking going on.
There's a lot of forward

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thinking going on and I saw a

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lot of ahas in the audience of
folks, particularly when they

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were building out showing how
the transportation system had
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That was so effective and so
many people come up and talk to

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me, so eric, really well done on
the team for that.

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That really got the message out

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well and I'd love to see that in
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town.

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I'd love to see that.
>> right.

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So I think we've had a specific
request that I've seen from our

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southwest neighborhoods, but I
know other neighborhood groups

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are interested as well.

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I don't know what the next step,
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Maybe in the next quarter, try
to find another time we can do

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anotherone of these?
>> there's general support from

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staff, now that we've built the

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model, to do it in groups of
neighborhoods.
That makes a lot of sense.

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So we'll come back with a plan

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on exactly when and we'll poll
council to see when you're

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available and plan for a
similarly structured event where

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we have direct engagement,

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roundtable discussion, and some
level-set presentations as part

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of that format.

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>> I just wanted to do a

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shout-out to renee mitchell for

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being the vortex for making this
first one happen.

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There was a lot of learning and
it's the first time and I think

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we'll get more efficient, but
many staff participated and I

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appreciate everybody who was
there, but in particular renee

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just really pulling this
together and making it happen.

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>> great, yeah.

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And shoutout to old farm,
larkspur, and southeast bend for

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helping get the word out, it was

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well attended which was great.
>> can I point out, I think

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following on what your comment

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was, councilor mendez, we have a
couple of outstanding

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roundtables we've committed to

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holding with the human rights
and equity commission,

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electrification fees separately,

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and some other things, so I just

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want to kind of raise that flag
of our ability to kind of meet

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all of these requests as well as
have our business meetings and

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work sessions and we're taking a

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break at some point, JULY,
AUGUST, so I would really love

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to see the full calendar

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picture.
>> to make sure we're meeting

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our agenda on the work that
needs to get done.

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>> I'll actually going to talk
about that in my report tonight.

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We're going to send out a
survey.
I'm going to propose -- I'll

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talk about it in my report
tonight.

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>> since we're going to talk

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about schedule later and survey
council, I think fitting the

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roundtables into that idea of
what might be happening next and

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what we should prioritize makes

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a lot of sense.
>> okay, thank you.

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>> okay, so moving to individual

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reports, councilor franzosa?

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>> yes, I attended a meeting of

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the central oregon

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transportation committee, the
odot feedback committee, and so

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we had some further discussions
about the project that central

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oregon would be putting toward
to odot for funding.

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It was not a public meeting.
I think our next public meeting

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is APRIL 9th where we'll be
actually voting and then really

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determining what projects go
forward.
So I'll actually forward that

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spreadsheet to everyone so you

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guys can look at it.

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That's been my activity.
>> councilor mendez?

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>> yeah, thank you.

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On saturday, MARCH 7th, I
attended civics lab human

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library edition in redmond.

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That was a good experience to

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talk with people about basically

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how people feel about belonging
in their community.

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And it was an opportunity to
meet people I hadn't met before

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in some cases and in some cases

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familiar faces, but to talk

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about an issue that I think is

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central for all of us up here
and people perceive it in
different ways.

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And I think it was a good

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opportunity to hear different
perspectives.

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So that was a welcome
opportunity.

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And yesterday, MARCH 17th, the
bend metropolitan planning

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organization and budget

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committee met and recommended
passing its fiscal year 2027

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budget.

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The two items of note on there

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were some discussion of concerns
about the future of federal

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transportation funding.
There's a lot up in the air

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right now and nobody really

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knows what congress is going to
do.
And that could have some

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important effects for us
locally.

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And we also discussed the

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allocation of state highway

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funds for street preservation
and safety and transit
initiatives.

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There's a large amount of
discretion over how those funds

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are allocated, so we had some
discussion about whether we felt

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like we wanted to revisit that
allocation.

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And I think that we'll continue
to have that discussion as we

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move forward.
>> great, councilor riley?

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>> one, I just wanted to say
thank you to a couple folks.

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One was the folks at embrace
bend who organized the civics

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lab and the human library thing.
I also participated in that and

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thoght it was a great event.
I went to -- I wanted to thank

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the organizers of a film shown

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up at cocc last friday.
It tells the story of the

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killing of a young palestinian
girl in gaza and the adults in

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the palestinian red cross in the
west bank trying to reach and
save her.

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It's a recreation of what
happened a year-and-a-half ago.

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Very powerful, very moving film
about all that's going on in

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that part of the world.
And in particular, there was a

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gentleman named omar who joined

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us live after the film from
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He was one of the adults

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portrayed in the film and was
working in the red crescent

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office when this all transpired.

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Him making the effort, it was 5
A.M. In the morning his time

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when we showed the film.
It was his first speaking

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engagement in the U.S. And it
was all virtual, so I want to

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thank him and his translator who

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was from the washington D.C.
Area as well.

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I went on a tour of home-made
toffee.

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They're in a building that's
strictly organic coffee, and I

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want to thank don mill for
making that happen and randy who

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was the owner and ceo hosting us

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and talking with us honestly
about all the challenges she

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facing, including some she
experienced with the city of

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bend in terms of getting some
permits.
There was interesting learning

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there.
Councilor platt and mayor kebler

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were also there.
We already talked about the

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roundtable.
The last thing I wanted to share

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with folks, the board meeting

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last week, we agreed to support

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the central oregon civic action

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project which josh burgess
started.

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Cioc is going to be acting as a
fiscal agent to help them get

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started as a non-profit and
hopefully receive a pretty big

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grant to help them become an
independent organization and

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fund their activities over the
next several years.

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Eric sheridan, his report to us
last week about an event coming

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up on APRIL 7th from 1 to 3 in
redmond.

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There's an overview of the civic
assembly tool and what it's

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about and how it can be used in
communities.
I plan to go.

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If anybody wants to go, reach
out to me and we can figure out

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how to get there.

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So I'm pleased that cioc is
going to be helping launch that.

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I think it's a valuable tool
that could be used

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(Indistinct).
>> all right, councilor perkins?

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>> well, first I guess shoutout

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to all the teachers who are
doing all the important work

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this week of doing school
conferences.
I've had many, many conferences

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and have many more tomorrow.
But just thank you to them for

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all that they're doing.

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I guess picking three things,

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one is the coordinated houseless

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response office board met and we

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got an update on the

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point-in-time count and we're

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hoping to get that information
next month.

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There were some data issues
interestingly not with the

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unsheltered but more so in the

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shelters with coordination, and
so they are frantically and

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diligently making sure that the

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data that we do receive as a
community is as correct as it

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can be.

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I wanted just to highlight sort

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of the importance of funding.

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We were able to, with our small

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amount of money that we had at

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the response office, did an rfp

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sort of to fill for service

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providers and organizations to

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help fill any gaps that they
have in services that they're

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providing.
And there were 23 applications,

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which is the most that coic has
ever received for an rfp which

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goes to show you what we're
dealing with here.

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And these are all organizations
that you have heard of.

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I'd like to highlight the ones

485
00:25:38,152 --> 00:25:40,152
that we did decide to fund.

486
00:25:42,222 --> 00:25:45,910
One of them is an
antitrafficking project.

487
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,280
This provides rapid rehousing

488
00:25:49,730 --> 00:25:51,730
for youth who are in danger or

489
00:25:51,799 --> 00:25:53,799
are currently being trafficked.

490
00:25:54,802 --> 00:25:57,203
We gave some money to bend
church for I think it's called

491
00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,720
their open door program, which

492
00:26:00,407 --> 00:26:02,407
people can come and get things

493
00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:05,100
that they need, toiletries or

494
00:26:05,112 --> 00:26:06,479
food or just any kind of
supplies.

495
00:26:09,490 --> 00:26:11,217
We gave money to saving grace
for obviously for domestic

496
00:26:11,852 --> 00:26:13,852
violence survivors, but this is

497
00:26:14,789 --> 00:26:16,789
for finding emergency shelter or

498
00:26:18,726 --> 00:26:19,959
motel placements for saving
grace.

499
00:26:22,663 --> 00:26:24,964
And we gave money to habitat for
humanity.
These are for people that are

500
00:26:28,369 --> 00:26:30,904
not in habitat homes but are in
homes and have an issue,

501
00:26:31,973 --> 00:26:34,108
something that needs fixing in
their homes that they can not

502
00:26:34,108 --> 00:26:36,108
afford.

503
00:26:37,912 --> 00:26:40,113
this goes in and says we'll
replace your window -- it keeps

504
00:26:40,314 --> 00:26:42,314
people in their homes, so it's a

505
00:26:43,551 --> 00:26:45,551
great one too, and we gave money

506
00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:50,457
to st. Vincent de paul of
redmond.

507
00:26:52,593 --> 00:26:53,894
It felt good to give what we
could.

508
00:26:56,431 --> 00:26:58,431
And to jump off that, today I

509
00:27:00,668 --> 00:27:02,668
was able to sort of pitch the

510
00:27:03,971 --> 00:27:05,971
bend business roundtable group

511
00:27:07,141 --> 00:27:09,344
as a representative from the
coordinated housing response
office.

512
00:27:09,344 --> 00:27:12,312
I've been talking about how
we've been actively trying to

513
00:27:12,980 --> 00:27:14,980
find a public-private

514
00:27:15,483 --> 00:27:16,716
partnership in order to get more
funding.

515
00:27:17,885 --> 00:27:19,885
And this would be funding for

516
00:27:20,521 --> 00:27:22,521
helping get our workforce that

517
00:27:23,157 --> 00:27:25,325
is homeless, that is
experiencing homelessness,

518
00:27:26,694 --> 00:27:28,462
finding some more stable
housing, because there are a lot

519
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:30,964
of our workforce that is
actively homeless.

520
00:27:31,299 --> 00:27:34,234
I've shared this statistic a
lot.
But 20% of the people that live

521
00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:37,904
in our emergency shelter, that

522
00:27:38,539 --> 00:27:41,410
are sleeping on cots every
night, go to work every day, so

523
00:27:41,843 --> 00:27:43,577
we need to do something as a
community to support that.

524
00:27:45,446 --> 00:27:47,515
So we are trying to get -- the
response was fantastic.

525
00:27:47,515 --> 00:27:50,284
There are a lot of people, a lot
of businesses that really care

526
00:27:50,485 --> 00:27:52,586
about this.
They know some of these people

527
00:27:55,657 --> 00:27:57,657
are their employees, so we're

528
00:27:58,994 --> 00:28:00,928
going forward with awesome
purpose and enthusiasm, and I

529
00:28:01,363 --> 00:28:03,363
hope that we can see something

530
00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:05,332
come out of this in the near
future.

531
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:09,269
And then finally, just wanted to

532
00:28:11,206 --> 00:28:13,640
share a little bit about the
commission meeting.
we will talk a little bit more

533
00:28:15,710 --> 00:28:17,710
about the resolution later, but

534
00:28:20,810 --> 00:28:22,216
just to summarize the gist of
the conversation that the human

535
00:28:24,653 --> 00:28:26,653
rights and equity commission had

536
00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:30,791
on this, they saw it as a
yes/and.
So yes, we're doing this

537
00:28:30,992 --> 00:28:33,294
resolution, and what more can we
do as a city.

538
00:28:33,495 --> 00:28:35,495
Because there are a lot of

539
00:28:37,990 --> 00:28:39,990
people that are living in fear.

540
00:28:42,137 --> 00:28:44,137
We also got an update on the

541
00:28:44,539 --> 00:28:46,539
equity process with hiring the

542
00:28:47,276 --> 00:28:49,677
new individuals for the city of
bend and restructuring, and I

543
00:28:50,579 --> 00:28:53,314
would say the summary of those
comments were how do we do

544
00:28:53,515 --> 00:28:55,516
buy-in and what's going to be
different this time around.

545
00:28:56,151 --> 00:28:57,818
They wanted to make sure there
was going to be something

546
00:28:58,220 --> 00:29:00,220
different.

547
00:29:02,657 --> 00:29:04,657
And then finally, we talked with

548
00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:06,927
bend duncan, the equity
consultant, about prioritizing

549
00:29:09,965 --> 00:29:12,500
the massive amount of work that
hrec wants to do, that the city

550
00:29:13,602 --> 00:29:16,137
would like for hrec to do, that
the community wants hrec to do,

551
00:29:17,439 --> 00:29:18,740
and that conversation is going
to continue.

552
00:29:19,675 --> 00:29:22,210
>> all right, thank you.
Councilor norris?

553
00:29:22,844 --> 00:29:24,844
>> yes,

554
00:29:27,116 --> 00:29:28,816
just briefly, I attended
the southwest meeting as well

555
00:29:30,953 --> 00:29:33,921
and I appreciated the turnout
and the tenure and the

556
00:29:33,956 --> 00:29:36,240
conversation.
Everyone is really respectful

557
00:29:36,659 --> 00:29:38,659
and it was a good dialogue, so I

558
00:29:39,728 --> 00:29:41,728
appreciated that.

559
00:29:42,264 --> 00:29:44,264
Parks and rec meeting along with

560
00:29:47,537 --> 00:29:49,504
wall my fellow councilors.
Great to find more opportunities

561
00:29:50,472 --> 00:29:52,472
to work together with bprd.

562
00:29:52,474 --> 00:29:54,542
That's it.
>> councilor platt?

563
00:29:54,777 --> 00:29:56,777
>> I had the honor of going to

564
00:29:57,413 --> 00:29:59,413
the provost reception at the

565
00:30:00,150 --> 00:30:02,150
cascades where they were talking

566
00:30:03,352 --> 00:30:05,754
about what those funds are going
to do and were able to point

567
00:30:06,422 --> 00:30:08,623
over to the big hill and say
that big hill is going to be

568
00:30:08,924 --> 00:30:10,859
gone and they're going to have
this fantastic facility that's

569
00:30:11,894 --> 00:30:13,995
going to serve a lot of the
needs for the student body
there.

570
00:30:14,597 --> 00:30:16,731
It's been a long time coming and
that was really great.

571
00:30:19,435 --> 00:30:22,270
They were just glowing at that
ability.
>> and community members will

572
00:30:22,972 --> 00:30:25,874
have access to it as well.
>> exactly.

573
00:30:26,676 --> 00:30:29,477
>> yeah, it's going to be
beautiful.

574
00:30:30,413 --> 00:30:33,248
The planning commission is going
to bring timber yards coming

575
00:30:36,886 --> 00:30:39,387
back our away, going to the
planning commission.
An interesting discussion, a

576
00:30:39,489 --> 00:30:42,580
couple last week.
And then I think I'll leave it

577
00:30:42,580 --> 00:30:43,658
there.
>> okay, thank you.

578
00:30:44,327 --> 00:30:46,728
Yeah, we did have a joint
meeting with the bend parks and

579
00:30:46,963 --> 00:30:49,264
rec district board last night,
which I thought was really great

580
00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:52,266
and we had a good chance to talk

581
00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:54,970
about how we can both work
together on housing and

582
00:30:55,404 --> 00:30:57,806
affordable housing in particular
but also some other projects

583
00:30:57,807 --> 00:30:59,908
we're working together on
including the riverfront project

584
00:31:01,444 --> 00:31:04,246
and our bridges over in drake
park and along the river and how

585
00:31:04,948 --> 00:31:07,683
we can improve those and work
together on that.

586
00:31:08,885 --> 00:31:11,540
So more to come, already started
talking with eric about how to

587
00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:13,688
structure our leadership
meetings and get us to a point

588
00:31:13,990 --> 00:31:16,226
for recommendations for each of
the bodies around the housing

589
00:31:16,226 --> 00:31:18,927
topics.
Eric and I were at the rural

590
00:31:19,362 --> 00:31:21,362
fire district meeting on

591
00:31:22,899 --> 00:31:24,899
long-term funding and so we will

592
00:31:24,968 --> 00:31:27,168
be having a work session in MAY
that we're going to invite the

593
00:31:27,570 --> 00:31:29,905
rural fire board to sit with us
for part of that and talk about

594
00:31:30,874 --> 00:31:32,874
the plan that we've come up

595
00:31:33,376 --> 00:31:35,376
with, which is very succinctly

596
00:31:37,547 --> 00:31:40,482
to look at renewing our fire
levy in 2028 and immediately

597
00:31:41,684 --> 00:31:44,119
after that looking at the
feasibility study for what other

598
00:31:44,554 --> 00:31:47,290
long-term funding options might
be possible.
In the meantime, we are

599
00:31:47,290 --> 00:31:49,290
currently doing a study around

600
00:31:49,692 --> 00:31:52,127
our ems and ambulance costs and
what those are going to look

601
00:31:53,430 --> 00:31:55,932
like and how we can recover
those and going forward from
there.

602
00:31:55,932 --> 00:31:58,567
So looking forward to having
them here with us and discussing

603
00:32:00,870 --> 00:32:02,870
and finalizing that plan.

604
00:32:03,473 --> 00:32:05,808
Went to dvba's meeting this
morning.
Good discussion as always.

605
00:32:06,243 --> 00:32:09,112
One thing to highlight, we
reflected back our discussion on

606
00:32:09,112 --> 00:32:11,413
franklin, which they were
thankful for.

607
00:32:12,816 --> 00:32:14,816
They are working on a paid

608
00:32:14,885 --> 00:32:17,850
parking plan to sort of take to
their stakeholders and bring to

609
00:32:18,955 --> 00:32:21,457
us in JUNE when they do an
update.
That will be the next time we

610
00:32:24,961 --> 00:32:26,862
hear about that from them.
Otherwise, we're looking forward

611
00:32:28,565 --> 00:32:31,670
to the city events, one in MAY
just down the street here at one

612
00:32:31,301 --> 00:32:33,301
of the local business parking

613
00:32:33,303 --> 00:32:35,905
lots that we're putting together
and that will be great to

614
00:32:40,177 --> 00:32:41,435
coincide with one of the firth first
fridays.

615
00:32:42,813 --> 00:32:44,813
I had a chance to sit in this

616
00:32:44,882 --> 00:32:46,882
room with a bunch of cub scouts

617
00:32:47,284 --> 00:32:49,686
today and they're learning about
local government.
It was basically a little mini

618
00:32:49,686 --> 00:32:51,787
town hall.
I got asked everything from when

619
00:32:53,424 --> 00:32:55,424
are we getting an in and out to

620
00:32:56,126 --> 00:32:58,995
how I get elected.
Really good questions actually,

621
00:32:59,196 --> 00:33:01,531
roundabouts and all sorts of
things, so that was really nice

622
00:33:01,598 --> 00:33:03,598
and they always like when they

623
00:33:03,834 --> 00:33:06,569
get to come up and use the
gavel.
Everyone took a turn.

624
00:33:07,671 --> 00:33:09,806
With that, I think we are done
with our council action and

625
00:33:10,307 --> 00:33:13,760
report section, so we'll move on
to visitors section.
This is the time for members of

626
00:33:14,678 --> 00:33:17,213
the public to give us your
comments.
And our rules are that you

627
00:33:19,383 --> 00:33:21,317
address the council as a body,
not individually.

628
00:33:21,585 --> 00:33:23,886
That you come on up to a table
if you're here in person and

629
00:33:25,523 --> 00:33:27,523
there's a timer over here that

630
00:33:28,259 --> 00:33:31,227
will show your two minutes and
it will blink yellow at you when

631
00:33:34,398 --> 00:33:37,167
you have 30 seconds left.
And we ask that you be

632
00:33:37,468 --> 00:33:39,468
respectful in your comments and

633
00:33:39,670 --> 00:33:42,639
that you not disrupt the meeting
with your comments tonight.

634
00:33:43,374 --> 00:33:45,675
Okay, so let's start with our
online, because we just have

635
00:33:46,443 --> 00:33:48,443
one, so we'll have michelle go

636
00:33:52,583 --> 00:33:54,984
and then we can move to our
in-person.
>> great.

637
00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:58,870
Is the audio working okay?

638
00:33:58,489 --> 00:34:01,358
>> yes, we can hear you,
michelle, hold on one second.

639
00:34:03,861 --> 00:34:05,861
>> good evening, yes, that

640
00:34:06,263 --> 00:34:08,263
southeast bend roundtable was

641
00:34:08,266 --> 00:34:10,266
great, asking city planners

642
00:34:10,568 --> 00:34:12,568
questions in the booth and the

643
00:34:13,404 --> 00:34:16,172
roundtable itself.
So there was a roundtable

644
00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:18,141
question, what commercial
development is desired.

645
00:34:20,111 --> 00:34:22,746
The responses were verbally
recapped, however a key item was

646
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,249
missed in the verbal recap.
Southeast bend clearly said we

647
00:34:27,218 --> 00:34:29,619
do not want for this gas
stations approved across from

648
00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:32,550
elementary schools.
The no gas station response

649
00:34:32,824 --> 00:34:34,858
wasn't in the verbal recap, so
firstly I'm here tonight to make

650
00:34:35,893 --> 00:34:37,294
sure it gets in the public
record.

651
00:34:39,630 --> 00:34:41,630
Clear response, no gas stations.

652
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,868
Secondly, I'd like to confirm if
the conditions that got us that

653
00:34:46,504 --> 00:34:48,739
gas station by the school are
still in place.

654
00:34:49,674 --> 00:34:51,674
And if another gas station would

655
00:34:51,776 --> 00:34:53,443
get approved by this city
council.

656
00:34:54,780 --> 00:34:56,780
Basically, I'm asking if any

657
00:34:57,882 --> 00:34:59,882
decision to update the planning

658
00:35:00,384 --> 00:35:02,519
text of the zoning law and the
associated 13 conditions was

659
00:35:03,154 --> 00:35:05,154
made or has any decision been

660
00:35:05,557 --> 00:35:07,557
made as to how council

661
00:35:07,625 --> 00:35:09,927
interprets that zoning?
Specifically auto-intensive uses

662
00:35:10,895 --> 00:35:13,664
like a gas station across from
our kids' elementary school.

663
00:35:13,965 --> 00:35:15,965
If no decisions to make changes

664
00:35:16,701 --> 00:35:18,680
were done, then no decision is a
decision.

665
00:35:18,770 --> 00:35:21,204
And the council has left in
place the exact same conditions

666
00:35:22,607 --> 00:35:24,607
that got us that gas station

667
00:35:25,877 --> 00:35:27,110
across from an elementary
school.

668
00:35:27,946 --> 00:35:30,470
Our neighborhood had over 2500
signatures in a petition, a

669
00:35:30,649 --> 00:35:33,450
website, we raised $10,000.
We had a lot of activism.

670
00:35:34,653 --> 00:35:36,553
We need to put our money into
making sure council doesn't

671
00:35:37,288 --> 00:35:40,257
approve gas stations or enable
conditions that permit it.

672
00:35:40,892 --> 00:35:43,660
Why does this matter?
Beyond the obvious negative

673
00:35:45,597 --> 00:35:47,597
impacts, we've already had one

674
00:35:47,799 --> 00:35:50,668
school child hit on a bike on a
roundabout.
Thankfully, the child is okay.

675
00:35:51,536 --> 00:35:53,536
But these hits and near misses

676
00:35:54,472 --> 00:35:57,700
are occurring before the gas
station and drive-through are

677
00:35:58,210 --> 00:36:00,845
built is horrifying.
None of us wants a further

678
00:36:01,580 --> 00:36:03,681
tragedy or have another gas
administration approved near an

679
00:36:03,782 --> 00:36:06,183
elementary school.
I would appreciate a response as

680
00:36:06,618 --> 00:36:09,353
part of the public record on
behalf of those 2500 people that

681
00:36:10,210 --> 00:36:11,822
were active in our community on
this issue.

682
00:36:12,224 --> 00:36:13,924
Thank you.
>> thank you.

683
00:36:15,627 --> 00:36:18,462
Early last year, we changed the
cc zone to not allow

684
00:36:20,565 --> 00:36:22,333
auto-dependent uses, so that's
been done.

685
00:36:23,301 --> 00:36:25,603
So thank you.
>> thanks.

686
00:36:26,138 --> 00:36:28,138
>> okay, so that will move us

687
00:36:29,308 --> 00:36:31,308
into in person, so let's start

688
00:36:32,277 --> 00:36:34,245
with johnathan westmoreland.
And please introduce yourself

689
00:36:34,580 --> 00:36:36,647
and state whether you live in
the city of bend.

690
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,651
>> hi, I live in bend.
Bear with me, I am going to try

691
00:36:41,553 --> 00:36:43,553
for the first time to not read

692
00:36:44,289 --> 00:36:45,857
this verbatim and actually have
a conversation.

693
00:36:47,893 --> 00:36:49,893
There was a number I want you to

694
00:36:50,950 --> 00:36:52,950
stick with you guys today,

695
00:36:52,964 --> 00:36:55,266
that's 45%.
I scraped from the league of

696
00:36:55,367 --> 00:36:57,902
oregon cities the e-mail
addresses for all the city

697
00:36:58,771 --> 00:37:01,539
employees including your own.
There were 62 of them.

698
00:37:03,942 --> 00:37:06,440
28 of them have been involved in
data breaches.

699
00:37:07,346 --> 00:37:09,346
That's almost half, 45%.

700
00:37:11,817 --> 00:37:14,685
Some of those data breaches
involved password data.

701
00:37:15,554 --> 00:37:17,554
I'm saying this to you not as

702
00:37:18,724 --> 00:37:20,724
like a gotcha but this is why

703
00:37:22,261 --> 00:37:24,562
end-to-end encryption is such an
important deal.

704
00:37:26,298 --> 00:37:28,166
And sb 1516 passed, and I think
that's great.

705
00:37:28,467 --> 00:37:29,901
There's a lot of good stuff in
there.

706
00:37:32,905 --> 00:37:34,905
But I'd like for bend to see

707
00:37:35,608 --> 00:37:36,874
that as a floor and not the
ceiling.

708
00:37:38,544 --> 00:37:40,544
And as you go through contracts

709
00:37:41,647 --> 00:37:43,647
with these vendors, especially

710
00:37:44,917 --> 00:37:46,917
for security, just be very

711
00:37:47,119 --> 00:37:49,120
diligent and make sure that the
public's security and data

712
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:54,693
privacy rights are being
observed.
So moving forward, I've got some

713
00:37:54,994 --> 00:37:56,994
questions that I think you

714
00:37:58,264 --> 00:38:01,166
should be asking yourself.
One, at the state capitol, why

715
00:38:01,667 --> 00:38:04,536
were so many ordinary citizens
willing to take time out of

716
00:38:04,770 --> 00:38:06,770
their lives to advocate for

717
00:38:07,390 --> 00:38:09,390
having end-to-end encryption

718
00:38:09,410 --> 00:38:11,410
defined in the bill.

719
00:38:17,350 --> 00:38:20,180
Two, why did flock, axon lobby
against this?

720
00:38:20,753 --> 00:38:22,753
After learning about flock's

721
00:38:23,890 --> 00:38:25,890
data security practices and

722
00:38:26,526 --> 00:38:28,526
canceling flock in JANUARY, how

723
00:38:28,761 --> 00:38:30,761
do you feel knowing that axon

724
00:38:30,963 --> 00:38:33,465
and vera mobility currently have
partnerships with flock and how

725
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000
are you going to protect bend

726
00:38:36,690 --> 00:38:37,636
residents from corporations in
the future.

727
00:38:38,504 --> 00:38:41,139
I gave this to her.
I'll e-mail you one every week

728
00:38:41,974 --> 00:38:43,974
just to open a conversation with

729
00:38:44,770 --> 00:38:46,770
you and get your internet

730
00:38:48,447 --> 00:38:50,447
bubbles and algorithms that are

731
00:38:50,617 --> 00:38:53,385
not going to show you what
they're going to show me and my
software friends.

732
00:38:53,586 --> 00:38:55,586
>> thank you very much.

733
00:38:59,926 --> 00:39:01,926
>> all right, thank you.

734
00:39:03,430 --> 00:39:06,398
>> todd?
?
>> hi, I'm todd.

735
00:39:06,699 --> 00:39:08,699
I live in bend.

736
00:39:08,802 --> 00:39:11,537
and I'm speaking on behalf of
the southern crossing

737
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:13,405
neighborhood association as
chair.

738
00:39:14,708 --> 00:39:16,709
We were pleased to see you had a
southeast bend roundtable.

739
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,312
I recently asked representatives
of the southeast bend and

740
00:39:19,312 --> 00:39:21,947
century west neighborhood
districts if they would like to

741
00:39:22,549 --> 00:39:25,384
participate with us in a
roundtable for southwest bend.

742
00:39:26,519 --> 00:39:29,288
I explained that southern
crossing's focus was on the

743
00:39:30,924 --> 00:39:33,559
bond, brookswood, and reed
market given all the growth in
the area.

744
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,861
They said they were interested
in discussing that as well.

745
00:39:36,730 --> 00:39:38,931
We would like to meet soon,
since some council funding

746
00:39:39,466 --> 00:39:41,466
decisions are coming up that are

747
00:39:41,568 --> 00:39:43,568
relevant to these discussions.

748
00:39:44,271 --> 00:39:46,605
In the near term, an nssp
project for road crossing of

749
00:39:46,807 --> 00:39:48,107
reed market will come before
you.

750
00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:51,744
On our website, you will find
our counterproposal that is a

751
00:39:52,179 --> 00:39:55,470
more comprehensive solution to
the problems on reed market just

752
00:39:55,449 --> 00:39:58,350
west of U.S. 97.
I will send you an e-mail by

753
00:39:59,419 --> 00:40:00,653
tomorrow morning with more
details.

754
00:40:02,589 --> 00:40:04,589
Last JULY, we asked council to

755
00:40:05,192 --> 00:40:07,293
reject the same nssp project for
a long list of reasons.

756
00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:10,397
We hope this money can be more
wisely spent on a better

757
00:40:10,397 --> 00:40:13,320
solution.
If you would like to better

758
00:40:13,533 --> 00:40:15,533
understand both this proposal

759
00:40:17,204 --> 00:40:19,505
and our proposal for the
roundabout, I would be glad to

760
00:40:21,241 --> 00:40:24,210
give you a personal tour
on-site.
Feel free to respond to my
e-mail.

761
00:40:24,945 --> 00:40:26,945
You're also welcome to attend

762
00:40:27,481 --> 00:40:30,170
our zoom board meeting tomorrow
at 5 where we will be discussing

763
00:40:30,170 --> 00:40:32,170
these issues.

764
00:40:32,219 --> 00:40:34,620
Switching to parking, when the
glass water townhomes began

765
00:40:34,722 --> 00:40:36,722
construction on the site across

766
00:40:37,391 --> 00:40:40,326
from bend parks and rec
headquarters, we lost an
essential parking area.

767
00:40:41,194 --> 00:40:43,194
It was frequently used both by

768
00:40:44,980 --> 00:40:46,933
river park visitors and concert
goers.
Please consider reaching out to

769
00:40:47,901 --> 00:40:49,901
the old mill owners and bend

770
00:40:50,537 --> 00:40:52,972
parks and rec to work
collectively to create a new

771
00:40:53,207 --> 00:40:56,108
parking area.
Each entity has something that

772
00:40:56,210 --> 00:40:58,210
they can bring to the table to

773
00:40:58,312 --> 00:41:00,312
solve this issue.

774
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,160
Southern crossing neighborhood

775
00:41:04,510 --> 00:41:06,510
should not be used as overflow

776
00:41:06,220 --> 00:41:08,288
parking due to a lack of
planning.

777
00:41:14,228 --> 00:41:16,228
>> thanks, todd.

778
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,535
>> jane?
>> greetings, mayor and council

779
00:41:21,535 --> 00:41:23,535
members.

780
00:41:25,806 --> 00:41:27,907
I live in southeast bend in the
king's forest neighborhood.

781
00:41:30,611 --> 00:41:32,611
And I recently have become

782
00:41:33,614 --> 00:41:35,614
appalled at the lack of

783
00:41:37,184 --> 00:41:39,619
attention to evacuation routes
especially in light of the

784
00:41:43,257 --> 00:41:44,891
expansive new high-density
residential development.

785
00:41:46,994 --> 00:41:48,994
For example, the wild flower

786
00:41:52,330 --> 00:41:54,330
project at 15th and wilson will

787
00:41:55,303 --> 00:41:57,303
have 4,000 in and out trips per

788
00:41:58,390 --> 00:42:00,173
day, per vehicle.
Or 4,000 vehicles.

789
00:42:02,310 --> 00:42:04,611
Those people will want to get
out if the wind blows and the

790
00:42:05,446 --> 00:42:07,446
fire comes in this hot and dry

791
00:42:07,548 --> 00:42:09,548
summer ahead of us.

792
00:42:11,419 --> 00:42:12,719
Reed market will be a parking
lot.

793
00:42:13,821 --> 00:42:15,155
We all saw what happened in
paradise.

794
00:42:15,890 --> 00:42:17,959
People started abandoning their
cars and walking.

795
00:42:17,959 --> 00:42:19,959
They were burned.

796
00:42:20,728 --> 00:42:22,728
We don't want that here.

797
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,640
So I would like as a beginning

798
00:42:27,602 --> 00:42:29,369
to have you fund and assign
evacuation routes that will help

799
00:42:33,740 --> 00:42:35,740
us get away from a horrific fire

800
00:42:36,711 --> 00:42:38,711
here in town.

801
00:42:38,913 --> 00:42:40,913
I've talked with the county, the

802
00:42:40,982 --> 00:42:42,816
state, the city, planning and
engineering.

803
00:42:46,921 --> 00:42:48,388
There's nothing substantial
happening.

804
00:42:49,557 --> 00:42:51,225
I have three generations here in
town.

805
00:42:53,528 --> 00:42:55,528
It's frightening really.

806
00:42:56,698 --> 00:42:57,965
And I think it's time to do
something.

807
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:01,869
There's nothing in the state
code.
The leadership needs to happen

808
00:43:04,439 --> 00:43:07,800
maybe locally and get something
done so we can protect

809
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:09,800
ourselves.

810
00:43:12,247 --> 00:43:14,247
>> thank you, jane.

811
00:43:22,123 --> 00:43:25,920
>> michael baker?
>> good evening, mayor and

812
00:43:25,827 --> 00:43:28,762
council, I'm michael baker and I
have the honor of being the ceo

813
00:43:29,464 --> 00:43:31,432
for the boys and girls clubs
here in bend.

814
00:43:33,268 --> 00:43:35,268
A couple key things, information

815
00:43:35,737 --> 00:43:37,737
that you might find interesting.

816
00:43:38,740 --> 00:43:40,241
Last year in 2025, we were open
222 days.

817
00:43:41,943 --> 00:43:43,310
This year, we'll be open 273
days.

818
00:43:44,546 --> 00:43:47,181
We've expanded our hours of
operation.
That includes saturday hours

819
00:43:47,716 --> 00:43:49,850
which has never happened in the
organization, so we're very
excited about that.

820
00:43:52,554 --> 00:43:54,655
In addition to that, we also are
seeing an increase.

821
00:44:00,695 --> 00:44:02,864
Last year, we handed out 17,400
meals to the children throughout

822
00:44:02,864 --> 00:44:04,864
the year.

823
00:44:05,401 --> 00:44:07,468
We're already on track to break
about 25,000 this year.

824
00:44:09,872 --> 00:44:12,607
and we are maximizing that
space.
Every aspect that we can use,

825
00:44:14,576 --> 00:44:17,545
we're trying to use every inch
of that space for programming

826
00:44:18,847 --> 00:44:21,149
and having the kiddos go from
room to room to room.

827
00:44:22,170 --> 00:44:24,652
What's really exciting that just
recently happened is for the

828
00:44:26,588 --> 00:44:28,588
first time in over seven years,

829
00:44:28,657 --> 00:44:30,791
we actually -- many of you MAY
have seen this before.

830
00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:33,627
We have a rock wall on the stage

831
00:44:33,929 --> 00:44:36,300
area that we've been able to get
recertified and are using that

832
00:44:36,565 --> 00:44:38,866
again, so the kids were excited
this past saturday to use the

833
00:44:43,139 --> 00:44:45,139
rock wall for the first time.

834
00:44:45,207 --> 00:44:47,208
So it's a pretty exciting
experience there.

835
00:44:47,409 --> 00:44:50,780
I will also encourage each and
every one of you as I always do

836
00:44:52,348 --> 00:44:54,682
to come down and see the club in
action any time you want a tour.

837
00:44:54,783 --> 00:44:56,783
Love to do that.

838
00:44:57,860 --> 00:44:59,860
Those of you that want to

839
00:44:59,588 --> 00:45:02,357
support the boys and girls club,
we have a big event coming up,

840
00:45:06,495 --> 00:45:08,495
APRIL 18th are the great

841
00:45:08,798 --> 00:45:11,199
promsby, a '20s thing, and I
will end by telling you

842
00:45:11,934 --> 00:45:14,269
something that I've worked in a
lot of communes across the

843
00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:17,672
country, boys and girls clubs,
worked with a lot of city

844
00:45:18,407 --> 00:45:20,407
administrators, and I'm telling

845
00:45:20,576 --> 00:45:23,424
you, you're very fortunate to
have MR. King in the role he's
in.

846
00:45:23,779 --> 00:45:25,779
Thank you for everything you've

847
00:45:26,782 --> 00:45:28,516
done for this community.
>> thanks, michael.

848
00:45:29,451 --> 00:45:31,886
All right, kinsey martin, I see
you're here for the resolution.

849
00:45:32,755 --> 00:45:34,289
Did you also want to speak --
>> yes.

850
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:44,900
>> okay.
>> good evening.

851
00:45:47,203 --> 00:45:49,604
My name is kinsey hood martin,
she-her pronouns.

852
00:45:50,139 --> 00:45:52,139
my family, my home, my career

853
00:45:52,208 --> 00:45:54,443
are rooted here in bend, the
city of bend.

854
00:45:55,344 --> 00:45:58,180
My grandparents were doctors and
teachers here.
My parents grew up here.

855
00:45:59,949 --> 00:46:01,949
I was born and raised here.

856
00:46:02,180 --> 00:46:04,419
And despite a short stint of,
like, I'm never moving back to

857
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:07,880
that town, here I am, my own

858
00:46:07,857 --> 00:46:09,840
kids are born and raised here as
well.

859
00:46:11,761 --> 00:46:13,962
Because of that, because of
knowing some of the old bend

860
00:46:15,698 --> 00:46:17,833
community can tend to be less
appreciative of growth and

861
00:46:19,736 --> 00:46:21,970
change, I wanted to just come
say thank you for the resolution

862
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,400
that I know is on the agenda

863
00:46:26,376 --> 00:46:28,744
this evening.
That resolution in support of

864
00:46:30,146 --> 00:46:32,814
our immigrant neighbors and
friends and community members

865
00:46:35,618 --> 00:46:38,220
means a lot to me personally and
to our community.

866
00:46:38,588 --> 00:46:41,356
At this point in history and
where we are right now as a

867
00:46:42,910 --> 00:46:44,910
broader community, those words

868
00:46:44,940 --> 00:46:45,894
matter a lot, and it really
is -- I'm really proud to see

869
00:46:47,864 --> 00:46:50,366
the community that I live in
taking a stance and being public

870
00:46:50,366 --> 00:46:52,366
about that.

871
00:46:53,703 --> 00:46:55,703
That's really significant.

872
00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:57,740
I know that our leadership spent
a lot of time on that.

873
00:46:58,308 --> 00:47:00,709
I know it's an intensive process
to do that and do it well and

874
00:47:00,911 --> 00:47:02,911
get it right.

875
00:47:03,446 --> 00:47:06,810
And I appreciate mayor pro tem
perkins and melissa, the hrec

876
00:47:06,816 --> 00:47:08,816
members, and then the immigrant

877
00:47:09,352 --> 00:47:10,786
initiative leaders who informed
that work.

878
00:47:11,488 --> 00:47:13,188
And so I just wanted to say
thank you.

879
00:47:14,491 --> 00:47:16,491
I'm hopeful to see that it has

880
00:47:19,529 --> 00:47:21,964
the beginnings of tangible
resources and commitments in it,

881
00:47:22,365 --> 00:47:24,365
and I'm hopeful to see that

882
00:47:24,501 --> 00:47:27,336
continue over the next several
years in council's work and the

883
00:47:28,104 --> 00:47:30,606
city's work as far as changes
that our immigrant community

884
00:47:31,410 --> 00:47:32,575
members can see and feel
directly.

885
00:47:34,544 --> 00:47:37,213
But I know public comments are
not usually an appreciation, so

886
00:47:38,482 --> 00:47:40,584
I just wanted to say thank you,
that work matters and it matters

887
00:47:40,584 --> 00:47:42,584
a lot.

888
00:47:42,652 --> 00:47:45,454
>> thank you, kinsey.
All right, that will move us to

889
00:47:47,824 --> 00:47:50,593
our consent agenda.
>> I move to approve the consent

890
00:47:50,894 --> 00:47:52,662
agenda.
>> second.

891
00:47:54,198 --> 00:47:56,198
>> all right, moved by councilor

892
00:47:57,167 --> 00:47:59,368
perkins, seconded by councilor
norris.
All in favor?

893
00:47:59,470 --> 00:48:00,837
[Chorus of ayes]
>> unanimous.

894
00:48:06,777 --> 00:48:08,777
That moves us to item 5.

895
00:48:09,913 --> 00:48:11,915
>> a institution supporting
bend's immigrant
communities, condemning the
current federal government

896
00:48:11,915 --> 00:48:14,484
approach to immigration
enforcement, allocating funding
to support bend's diverse

897
00:48:17,621 --> 00:48:20,289
immigrant communities, and
>> I wanted to introduce

898
00:48:20,958 --> 00:48:23,359
melissa, our city's affordable
housing coordinator but is also

899
00:48:24,662 --> 00:48:26,662
filling in as the human rights

900
00:48:28,265 --> 00:48:30,265
and equity commission liaison

901
00:48:31,435 --> 00:48:33,703
and with melissa, catalina
frank, this resolution before

902
00:48:35,873 --> 00:48:38,740
you was brought in part by
catalina's presentation that

903
00:48:39,343 --> 00:48:42,212
came to council early JANUARY
really requesting some support.

904
00:48:42,947 --> 00:48:44,947
And I think we listened and we

905
00:48:45,382 --> 00:48:48,351
wanted to offer some meaningful,
tangible support in the form of

906
00:48:48,986 --> 00:48:51,854
reaffirming our values as a
welcoming community but also

907
00:48:52,890 --> 00:48:54,230
going beyond that and offering
some resources.

908
00:48:55,126 --> 00:48:57,728
so melissa and catalina will
outline what's in the resolution

909
00:48:57,728 --> 00:48:59,728
and then I can talk about some

910
00:49:00,831 --> 00:49:03,133
next steps as we're implementing
the resolution into various

911
00:49:03,134 --> 00:49:05,134
contracting methods, et cetera.

912
00:49:05,202 --> 00:49:07,971
>> thank you so much.
So as eric mentioned, you're

913
00:49:10,410 --> 00:49:11,474
used to seeing me in the housing
realm.

914
00:49:13,311 --> 00:49:15,311
But it's my honor to be the

915
00:49:15,379 --> 00:49:17,379
interim hrec staff liaison.

916
00:49:18,349 --> 00:49:20,349
And this resolution is a body of

917
00:49:20,851 --> 00:49:22,411
work that is not just one
person.

918
00:49:24,255 --> 00:49:25,655
It has been touched by many
hands.

919
00:49:29,927 --> 00:49:32,295
As you know, catalina came to
council in early JANUARY talking

920
00:49:33,897 --> 00:49:36,990
about the imminent crisis and
urgency of potentially declaring

921
00:49:37,201 --> 00:49:39,201
a state of emergency.

922
00:49:40,271 --> 00:49:42,672
In a follow-up meeting, our city
attorney, ian, outlined what

923
00:49:43,307 --> 00:49:45,307
could be done as a resolution.

924
00:49:46,430 --> 00:49:47,944
From there, the resolution went
to hrec.

925
00:49:49,347 --> 00:49:51,482
Ian had drafted a resolution
fabulously by looking at other

926
00:49:53,751 --> 00:49:55,180
cities that were in a similar
situation.

927
00:49:56,287 --> 00:49:58,287
By the time the document got to

928
00:49:59,124 --> 00:50:01,124
hrec, it had been edited a few

929
00:50:03,628 --> 00:50:06,496
times, many times actually, and
hrec, as hrec has been developed

930
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,301
as a group that represents our
community, when this body of

931
00:50:11,903 --> 00:50:13,903
work got to r heck,

932
00:50:15,340 --> 00:50:17,874
hrec, they realized
the eyes that needed to be on

933
00:50:18,743 --> 00:50:20,610
the document aren't represented
necessarily on our current

934
00:50:22,460 --> 00:50:24,681
commissioner seats, so hrec made
the decision to send the

935
00:50:25,750 --> 00:50:27,750
resolution with some hrec

936
00:50:29,354 --> 00:50:30,754
members to a subgroup outside of
hrec.

937
00:50:32,524 --> 00:50:34,524
How that subgroup was formed was

938
00:50:36,561 --> 00:50:38,696
in partnership with catalina and
in different immigrant groups

939
00:50:38,830 --> 00:50:40,830
throughout the community, they

940
00:50:40,965 --> 00:50:43,267
were consulted, the leaders of
different immigrant groups, and

941
00:50:44,102 --> 00:50:46,471
they were asked to send a
representative of their group.

942
00:50:46,471 --> 00:50:48,672
These folks came together,
looked over the resolution,

943
00:50:49,874 --> 00:50:52,276
provided tremendous input, which
then created more and more

944
00:50:53,778 --> 00:50:55,778
iterations of the document.

945
00:50:56,810 --> 00:50:58,810
The document came back to hrec.

946
00:50:58,617 --> 00:51:00,618
Hrec reviewed it and decided to
accept the document and

947
00:51:01,586 --> 00:51:02,853
recommend it to come back to
you.

948
00:51:04,322 --> 00:51:06,322
And so through all of those

949
00:51:06,424 --> 00:51:09,293
iterations, you'll see in the
resolution that it is a
restatement of the city's

950
00:51:12,970 --> 00:51:14,432
priority to be a welcoming
community and so half of the

951
00:51:15,500 --> 00:51:18,269
funds that will be going to the
latino community association are

952
00:51:19,638 --> 00:51:21,105
to further the welcoming city
work.

953
00:51:21,940 --> 00:51:24,709
And the other half of the funds
going to the latino community

954
00:51:25,244 --> 00:51:27,244
association are to support

955
00:51:29,181 --> 00:51:30,481
families that are impacted by
immigration.

956
00:51:34,186 --> 00:51:36,822
And so both bodies of work are
incredibly important and

957
00:51:36,822 --> 00:51:39,323
significant and as catalina
mentioned in JANUARY, it's

958
00:51:41,527 --> 00:51:44,195
really difficult to quantify the
impact of immigration activities

959
00:51:44,263 --> 00:51:46,264
in our community.
While some MAY think it's not

960
00:51:47,565 --> 00:51:49,635
here yet, it can't be impacting
yet, there are kids that don't

961
00:51:49,635 --> 00:51:51,635
go to school.

962
00:51:52,804 --> 00:51:54,939
Folks that don't go to work.
Groceries that aren't being

963
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:57,875
purchased that the store because
people are too afraid to leave

964
00:51:58,110 --> 00:52:00,411
their homes, so this body of
work, as I mentioned, it's not a

965
00:52:00,813 --> 00:52:03,414
single person that has had their
hands on it.

966
00:52:03,782 --> 00:52:06,517
I think it's important to
recognize all the many folks in

967
00:52:07,286 --> 00:52:09,254
the room and online that
participated and some that

968
00:52:09,922 --> 00:52:12,890
weren't able to join us today.
>> I just want to take a moment

969
00:52:13,959 --> 00:52:16,194
to recognize melissa, because I
think this many hands approach

970
00:52:17,930 --> 00:52:20,798
in really opening this up and
your facilitation leadership
that helped us get to a really

971
00:52:22,634 --> 00:52:24,200
good place, so thank you.
>> absolutely.

972
00:52:24,937 --> 00:52:26,538
All right, so council, we've got
the resolution -- there's no

973
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:29,207
slides, but we have the
resolution in front of us with

974
00:52:29,408 --> 00:52:32,377
the issue summary.
Any other questions for staff or

975
00:52:32,578 --> 00:52:34,780
for catalina?
Thank you for being here with us

976
00:52:34,780 --> 00:52:36,448
tonight.
>> you're welcome.

977
00:52:38,150 --> 00:52:39,984
>> I just wanted to confirm, my
understanding is that based on

978
00:52:42,221 --> 00:52:45,190
the discussions that you've been
having, part of the funds is to

979
00:52:46,792 --> 00:52:49,694
support the immigrant community.
Not the 50 for welcoming week,

980
00:52:51,430 --> 00:52:54,399
but the other portion is meant
to be opened up into the

981
00:52:55,701 --> 00:52:57,669
community as a hole and provide
some of that support and

982
00:52:58,638 --> 00:53:00,805
activities, but potential
potentially in

983
00:53:01,174 --> 00:53:03,475
partnership with other groups in
the community who do similar
work.

984
00:53:04,310 --> 00:53:06,644
I just wanted to confirm that's
part of the intent behind that

985
00:53:08,147 --> 00:53:10,147
chunk of the funds?

986
00:53:10,316 --> 00:53:13,840
>> yes, it's not limited to the
latino immigrants.

987
00:53:14,530 --> 00:53:16,154
It's the immigrant community
impacted by law enforcement.

988
00:53:16,989 --> 00:53:19,424
>> I'm so glad you brought that
up, because one of the beautiful

989
00:53:21,260 --> 00:53:23,595
parts of that small group that
met offsite and mayor pro tem

990
00:53:27,533 --> 00:53:30,502
can speak to that as well, is
the group worked really well

991
00:53:31,170 --> 00:53:32,504
together and had some difficult
conversations.

992
00:53:33,339 --> 00:53:35,339
So much so that there's a desire

993
00:53:35,508 --> 00:53:37,508
to continue that body of work.

994
00:53:39,679 --> 00:53:42,140
And in those discussions, it was
bridged that all of the groups

995
00:53:42,649 --> 00:53:45,283
in the room and those that were
not able to be in the room

996
00:53:46,586 --> 00:53:48,687
learned that they have access to
these funds through the latino

997
00:53:48,855 --> 00:53:51,324
community association as well.
>> thank you for playing that

998
00:53:51,324 --> 00:53:53,392
role.
>> and just in terms of next

999
00:53:54,661 --> 00:53:57,329
steps, so we are working on
contract drafts for contract

1000
00:53:57,830 --> 00:53:59,830
services for our welcoming

1001
00:54:00,567 --> 00:54:02,401
program as well as grant
agreements.

1002
00:54:03,102 --> 00:54:05,102
They're two separate mechanisms

1003
00:54:05,605 --> 00:54:08,140
to execute the outline in the
resolution.
As well as continuing these
efforts.

1004
00:54:09,542 --> 00:54:11,542
I think we made a commitment to

1005
00:54:13,380 --> 00:54:15,581
not just have this be a one-time
event but really building this

1006
00:54:16,150 --> 00:54:18,184
coalition and supporting it in
many different ways, so we're

1007
00:54:18,184 --> 00:54:21,860
still working through the
details of that.

1008
00:54:22,689 --> 00:54:25,424
>> and there's a provision here
about advocacy with our federal

1009
00:54:25,424 --> 00:54:28,294
representatives in oregon, so
we'll have a letter that goes to

1010
00:54:28,394 --> 00:54:30,497
them with this resolution
attached as well as part of that

1011
00:54:30,497 --> 00:54:32,564
action.
Any other questions before a

1012
00:54:33,133 --> 00:54:35,133
motion?

1013
00:54:35,735 --> 00:54:37,636
>> I can't help but comment on
the difficult position that we

1014
00:54:38,939 --> 00:54:40,939
find ourselves in with a federal

1015
00:54:45,946 --> 00:54:47,946
government that is pursuing such -- I mean, harmful tactics.

1016
00:54:50,350 --> 00:54:52,651
We are severely constrained.
There are consequences that we

1017
00:54:53,820 --> 00:54:55,870
cannot prevent as city and as a
community.

1018
00:54:56,990 --> 00:54:58,990
But we're not powerless either.

1019
00:54:59,426 --> 00:55:01,426
And I'm really proud to support

1020
00:55:01,728 --> 00:55:03,728
this as one thing that we can do

1021
00:55:04,231 --> 00:55:06,199
to demonstrate our support and
our commitment and as an

1022
00:55:06,633 --> 00:55:09,502
expression of our values and
desire to make bend a welcoming

1023
00:55:10,903 --> 00:55:12,903
and safe community regardless of

1024
00:55:13,673 --> 00:55:15,107
people's identity or their
backgrounds.

1025
00:55:17,430 --> 00:55:19,430
So I just wanted to address the

1026
00:55:19,445 --> 00:55:21,613
challenge that we face, because
there's no way that we're going

1027
00:55:24,500 --> 00:55:26,251
to be able to protect everybody
from this federal government,

1028
00:55:27,321 --> 00:55:29,523
but we are going to do what we
can.

1029
00:55:29,523 --> 00:55:31,523
>> yeah, and I'll say that I

1030
00:55:32,559 --> 00:55:34,893
think being in that room,
there's so much that we can't

1031
00:55:35,950 --> 00:55:37,950
do, but one of the things that I

1032
00:55:37,197 --> 00:55:39,932
saw in that room and I see at
the human rights and equity

1033
00:55:40,330 --> 00:55:42,802
commission too is we're going to
take care of each other.

1034
00:55:42,803 --> 00:55:45,204
And that's what matters.
And so we are going to take care

1035
00:55:46,407 --> 00:55:48,407
of our community here in bend.

1036
00:55:48,709 --> 00:55:51,110
And so that's the hope that I
have and this is sort of a

1037
00:55:52,413 --> 00:55:55,480
statement of that.
>> and I just want to say as a

1038
00:55:55,582 --> 00:55:57,783
daughter of an immigrant from
mexico, I just appreciate all

1039
00:55:58,752 --> 00:56:00,119
that you guys are doing in our
community.

1040
00:56:01,689 --> 00:56:03,790
I appreciate bend standing up.
This resolution is so important.

1041
00:56:06,860 --> 00:56:09,428
And I hope it's just the
beginning.
>> is there a motion?

1042
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:12,799
>> I just wanted to add one
other point.

1043
00:56:13,667 --> 00:56:16,102
Thank you for making this
happen, thanks to mayor pro tem

1044
00:56:16,504 --> 00:56:18,504
perkins for being part of that

1045
00:56:18,805 --> 00:56:20,805
on behalf of the council, other

1046
00:56:21,208 --> 00:56:23,676
people in the room and hrec and
other community members that
participated in it.

1047
00:56:24,745 --> 00:56:26,346
I just wanted to emphasize
paragraph 3 in the resolution

1048
00:56:27,581 --> 00:56:29,682
that declares no matter when
someone has joined our community

1049
00:56:31,185 --> 00:56:33,620
or where they come from, every
person deserves to be free of

1050
00:56:35,990 --> 00:56:37,990
fear and intimidation and to be

1051
00:56:38,426 --> 00:56:39,793
treated with dignity and
respect.

1052
00:56:40,828 --> 00:56:43,163
I value all the folks in our
community again no matter where

1053
00:56:44,398 --> 00:56:46,666
they came from or when they
arrived and all the ways they

1054
00:56:47,468 --> 00:56:49,468
make our community stronger.

1055
00:56:49,603 --> 00:56:51,672
I think as councilor mendez
said, I'll super proud to be

1056
00:56:51,672 --> 00:56:53,773
supporting this resolution
tonight and taking this step

1057
00:56:53,841 --> 00:56:55,841
forward and look forward to more

1058
00:57:00,448 --> 00:57:03,170
we can do as we move forward.
>> I move to adopt a resolution
supporting bend's immigrant
communities, condemning the

1059
00:57:03,170 --> 00:57:05,452
current federal government
approach to immigration

1060
00:57:05,486 --> 00:57:07,789
enforcement, allocating funding
to support bend's diverse

1061
00:57:07,789 --> 00:57:10,124
immigrant communities, and
authorizing city staff to take

1062
00:57:10,124 --> 00:57:12,124
steps necessary to implement the

1063
00:57:17,131 --> 00:57:18,932
resolution.
>> second.

1064
00:57:19,467 --> 00:57:21,434
>> all those in favor?
[Chorus of ayes]

1065
00:57:21,636 --> 00:57:23,636
>> greater

1066
00:57:27,541 --> 00:57:29,376
great, unanimous.
Yes, immigration is a strength

1067
00:57:29,944 --> 00:57:31,211
of this country and this
community.

1068
00:57:33,470 --> 00:57:35,470
Thank you for being here.

1069
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:38,840
>> thank you.

1070
00:57:38,953 --> 00:57:40,953
All right, that will move us to

1071
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:47,560
item 6 and 7 together.

1072
00:57:48,830 --> 00:57:51,632
>> council is asked to adopt a
resolution to authorize the city

1073
00:57:53,334 --> 00:57:55,502
t enter into a clean water
state
revolving fund loan agreement to

1074
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:01,408
finance the king hezekiah and
fargo sewer project in a total

1075
00:58:10,685 --> 00:58:12,519
loan amount not to exceed
$2,879,000.

1076
00:58:12,988 --> 00:58:14,988
>> and council is asked to

1077
00:58:15,123 --> 00:58:17,123
authorize a contract with bar

1078
00:58:17,792 --> 00:58:19,994
seven a companies for
construction of the king

1079
00:58:21,396 --> 00:58:23,932
hezekiah and fargo sewer
project.
>> all right, hi.

1080
00:58:23,932 --> 00:58:25,932
>> good evening.

1081
00:58:27,335 --> 00:58:29,335
So I'll go first.

1082
00:58:29,404 --> 00:58:31,473
I'll be presenting the
construction contract for

1083
00:58:31,473 --> 00:58:34,341
approval and then we'll talk
about the funding that we are

1084
00:58:35,277 --> 00:58:37,277
presenting associated with it.

1085
00:58:38,713 --> 00:58:40,714
King hezekiah and fargo were two
individual applications selected

1086
00:58:42,784 --> 00:58:44,784
by the sept

1087
00:58:49,391 --> 00:58:51,391
septic to sewer program.

1088
00:58:52,127 --> 00:58:54,428
2024, they were selected, 2025,
they were designed, and then

1089
00:58:56,131 --> 00:58:58,131
here in 2026, we are looking to

1090
00:59:05,474 --> 00:59:07,474
actual construct them.

1091
00:59:07,876 --> 00:59:10,578
So a little bit about the septic
to sewer conversion program.

1092
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:15,483
It was originally identified in
the 2014 collection system

1093
00:59:16,785 --> 00:59:19,420
master plan, further reconfirmed
in the 2018 public facility
plan.

1094
00:59:19,721 --> 00:59:21,721
This is the seventh selection

1095
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,600
that we have made through the
program.
It's important to note that king

1096
00:59:26,395 --> 00:59:28,395
hezekiah and fargo are a

1097
00:59:29,698 --> 00:59:31,899
component of that selection.
As the municipal code states,

1098
00:59:33,735 --> 00:59:35,937
the city of bend will consider
selection through this program

1099
00:59:37,906 --> 00:59:40,675
on an annual basis.
As the principal engineer, I get

1100
00:59:43,712 --> 00:59:45,513
the opportunity to look through
the cip.

1101
00:59:47,716 --> 00:59:50,510
We had an opportunity to
over-select, meaning over-select

1102
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:53,870
from the funding, the
3.5 million annually that we

1103
00:59:54,423 --> 00:59:56,423
have set aside for this program,

1104
00:59:57,260 --> 00:59:59,994
we actually selected over
$6 million worth of septic to

1105
01:00:00,429 --> 01:00:02,964
sewer applications.
this was in combination due to

1106
01:00:04,330 --> 01:00:06,330
the fact that we were about to

1107
01:00:06,435 --> 01:00:08,636
set sail into a collection
system master plan and a

1108
01:00:08,871 --> 01:00:11,720
facility plan update at our
treatment plant.

1109
01:00:11,707 --> 01:00:14,242
Knowing those were coming, there
was a lot of priorities those

1110
01:00:15,277 --> 01:00:18,790
two system plans were going to
identify and then the priority

1111
01:00:18,481 --> 01:00:20,315
was likely going to shift to
improving the existing

1112
01:00:20,583 --> 01:00:22,984
infrastructure associated with
either the collection system or

1113
01:00:24,860 --> 01:00:26,860
the treatment system, so we did

1114
01:00:26,289 --> 01:00:29,157
have the opportunity to
over-fund this program and

1115
01:00:30,559 --> 01:00:32,559
present to the committee for

1116
01:00:34,864 --> 01:00:36,198
selection of 6.2 million of
applications.

1117
01:00:38,601 --> 01:00:40,601
Two weeks from now, we will be

1118
01:00:40,703 --> 01:00:42,703
presenting another construction

1119
01:00:47,443 --> 01:00:49,511
contract for powerful for the
contract for approval.

1120
01:00:50,213 --> 01:00:52,881
We did stagger those to make
sure the bidding community could

1121
01:00:54,717 --> 01:00:56,717
have a chance to take a swing at

1122
01:00:57,190 --> 01:00:59,554
one and then all the losers or
anyone that did want to bid on

1123
01:00:59,889 --> 01:01:01,890
the second one could have an
opportunity to go there.

1124
01:01:02,158 --> 01:01:04,158
So it is important to stress

1125
01:01:04,227 --> 01:01:06,928
this is the seventh selection
through the previous six, we

1126
01:01:07,763 --> 01:01:09,763
have installed over 400 laterals

1127
01:01:10,867 --> 01:01:12,867
to properties, 230 of this have

1128
01:01:13,169 --> 01:01:16,138
connected, so that's a success
rate of 56% and some of those

1129
01:01:16,639 --> 01:01:18,273
just got the opportunity to
convert through the completion

1130
01:01:19,750 --> 01:01:21,750
of the 2025 project.

1131
01:01:23,146 --> 01:01:25,881
So that's a huge success to the
program.
And so just emphasizing what the

1132
01:01:27,183 --> 01:01:29,384
program is, it's an
applicant-driven program where

1133
01:01:30,353 --> 01:01:33,322
people who are on septic can
submit to the city for

1134
01:01:33,523 --> 01:01:36,425
consideration for selection to
convert their septic system on

1135
01:01:36,726 --> 01:01:39,361
to city sewer.
The city evaluates their

1136
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:42,398
application based on a number of
criteria.
The age of the system, whether

1137
01:01:43,500 --> 01:01:45,500
they have failing systems, the

1138
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:48,670
cost to convert, but one aspect
I do want to stress that I

1139
01:01:48,872 --> 01:01:50,872
always stress, you'll know what

1140
01:01:51,641 --> 01:01:53,641
I'm saying, is the participation

1141
01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:56,679
that the applicants have in the
program.
So at the completion of the

1142
01:01:57,213 --> 01:01:59,213
construction project, we issue

1143
01:01:59,282 --> 01:02:01,717
what's called a notice of
operational completion, the noc.

1144
01:02:03,586 --> 01:02:06,221
That noc is their ticket to go
down to permitting and pull

1145
01:02:06,623 --> 01:02:09,258
their plumbing permit to start
their conversion process.

1146
01:02:10,227 --> 01:02:12,828
They do get presented a window
would have two years to get a

1147
01:02:13,263 --> 01:02:15,263
50% reduction on their

1148
01:02:16,299 --> 01:02:18,200
connection fee, which is about a
$5,000 savings.

1149
01:02:18,735 --> 01:02:21,370
They don't have to convert
unless they do sign that

1150
01:02:22,439 --> 01:02:24,439
petition, which is that

1151
01:02:24,975 --> 01:02:26,909
commitment to participating in
the conversion upon completion

1152
01:02:31,810 --> 01:02:33,810
of the project.

1153
01:02:33,383 --> 01:02:35,383
Overview of this application or

1154
01:02:35,552 --> 01:02:38,321
this construction project, these
two applications at king

1155
01:02:40,724 --> 01:02:43,492
hezekiah and fargo are both in
the kingsport area south of reed

1156
01:02:44,528 --> 01:02:46,528
market, east of 15th.

1157
01:02:46,830 --> 01:02:49,265
These ones were completed, the
design was completed to the 90%

1158
01:02:50,167 --> 01:02:52,167
level as part of the overall

1159
01:02:53,103 --> 01:02:55,638
basin study when the southeast
interceptor went through kings

1160
01:02:56,390 --> 01:02:58,674
forest area and they were
designed externally.

1161
01:02:59,900 --> 01:03:01,744
We do present opportunities that
we do have internal capacity to

1162
01:03:02,713 --> 01:03:04,713
do design services.

1163
01:03:04,815 --> 01:03:07,116
The next construction project
you'll be presented for approval

1164
01:03:07,651 --> 01:03:10,186
in two weeks was designed
internally, so we do evaluate on

1165
01:03:12,220 --> 01:03:14,223
a case-by-case basis how best to
deliver the projects.

1166
01:03:15,659 --> 01:03:18,160
These projects do include a full
width pavement restoration and

1167
01:03:18,629 --> 01:03:20,629
given where these projects are,

1168
01:03:21,310 --> 01:03:23,433
there will be limited traffic
closures really with local

1169
01:03:26,537 --> 01:03:29,472
access restrictions.
King hezekiah, jumping into that

1170
01:03:29,673 --> 01:03:32,900
one, there's 25 properties that
will benefit from this sewer

1171
01:03:32,900 --> 01:03:34,844
line.
Of those, 13 had committed to

1172
01:03:36,380 --> 01:03:38,614
connecting within with the
two-year period.

1173
01:03:39,350 --> 01:03:42,318
1900 linear feet.
The dots indicate the properties

1174
01:03:45,656 --> 01:03:48,324
that did commit to connection.
Going to fargo, that one is a

1175
01:03:49,794 --> 01:03:51,794
little over 1,000 feet, 17

1176
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:55,698
properties will benefit, and 12
did commit to participating.

1177
01:03:56,233 --> 01:03:58,233
So another case, both of these

1178
01:03:59,837 --> 01:04:02,806
projects are over 50%
commitment.
So as far as a lot of the public

1179
01:04:03,774 --> 01:04:05,909
that does benefit from this is
wanting to participate directly

1180
01:04:06,644 --> 01:04:09,379
in this program.
>> jason, can I ask you while

1181
01:04:09,847 --> 01:04:11,915
you're on these slides, please,
how many folks do you suppose

1182
01:04:13,751 --> 01:04:15,885
will also jump on a little bit
later but still within that

1183
01:04:18,220 --> 01:04:19,322
window just based on your
experience?

1184
01:04:20,910 --> 01:04:22,926
I'm not going to hold you to it,
but anyway, do you think?
>> oh, absolutely.

1185
01:04:24,462 --> 01:04:27,230
A lot of the people don't want
to have the commitment, right?

1186
01:04:27,865 --> 01:04:30,300
So they have to do it.
But some of these applications

1187
01:04:30,301 --> 01:04:32,936
also have been in consideration
for multiple years, so there

1188
01:04:33,237 --> 01:04:35,237
might be a lot of interest at

1189
01:04:35,406 --> 01:04:37,406
first and it has dwindled, but

1190
01:04:37,842 --> 01:04:40,110
once the project is selected and
proceeded forward, it renews

1191
01:04:40,110 --> 01:04:41,912
that interest.
>> right.

1192
01:04:42,747 --> 01:04:44,747
>> also that system is that many

1193
01:04:45,917 --> 01:04:47,417
more years aged.
>> makes sense.

1194
01:04:48,753 --> 01:04:50,754
>> so they need it even further.
Unfortunately, there are cases

1195
01:04:51,890 --> 01:04:53,824
where people apply and then
their system fails and their

1196
01:04:53,924 --> 01:04:55,924
application is not selected, so

1197
01:04:55,994 --> 01:04:57,994
we just have to go and fix their

1198
01:04:58,162 --> 01:05:00,597
system so when we come through,
they aren't really attracted to

1199
01:05:00,598 --> 01:05:02,598
connecting, because they just

1200
01:05:02,767 --> 01:05:05,503
did a large investment on to
their septic system.

1201
01:05:05,503 --> 01:05:08,471
>> thank you for the context,
appreciate it.

1202
01:05:08,473 --> 01:05:11,800
>> there's been a lot of work in
this neighborhood, so I just

1203
01:05:11,309 --> 01:05:14,144
wonder how many people have seen
it happening on other streets in

1204
01:05:14,144 --> 01:05:16,144
the neighborhood and are aware

1205
01:05:16,881 --> 01:05:18,782
of hey when this comes down my
street, maybe I should consider

1206
01:05:19,851 --> 01:05:22,719
it.
>> exactly.
Overall timeline here as

1207
01:05:25,223 --> 01:05:27,724
mentioned, end of 2024 we did
select these two applications

1208
01:05:31,629 --> 01:05:33,997
along with the azalea and
windsor.
We did then proceed into the

1209
01:05:34,632 --> 01:05:36,632
design of this.

1210
01:05:36,801 --> 01:05:38,569
We are here MARCH 18, 2026, for
council approval.

1211
01:05:39,104 --> 01:05:41,572
We are looking to start
construction at the beginning of
APRIL.

1212
01:05:42,707 --> 01:05:45,800
We do have a public open house
scheduled already, the

1213
01:05:46,678 --> 01:05:48,879
contractor is ready to get after
the construction.

1214
01:05:49,381 --> 01:05:51,381
And then construction is slated

1215
01:05:54,986 --> 01:05:57,654
for completion in the end of
OCTOBER.
Overall budget here, the budget

1216
01:05:58,560 --> 01:06:00,157
for the project at time of
selection, so going back to

1217
01:06:03,940 --> 01:06:05,330
2024, was 2.875 million.
we did receive seven bids on

1218
01:06:05,330 --> 01:06:07,330
this project.

1219
01:06:08,834 --> 01:06:10,834
The lowest bid came in 26% under

1220
01:06:11,670 --> 01:06:13,670
the engineer's estimate, so that

1221
01:06:15,206 --> 01:06:17,206
is beneficial to city, the water

1222
01:06:17,208 --> 01:06:19,208
reclamation fund and the septic

1223
01:06:19,344 --> 01:06:21,112
city program, so it has a ripple
effect there.

1224
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:23,680
Survey and design, call it

1225
01:06:23,682 --> 01:06:25,682
minimal cost, $160,000.

1226
01:06:26,510 --> 01:06:28,486
That's the amount that we have
incurred to date through the

1227
01:06:29,988 --> 01:06:31,756
design services surveying
miscellaneous and then some

1228
01:06:32,190 --> 01:06:34,191
additional services that we will
be providing.

1229
01:06:36,328 --> 01:06:38,996
Overall total, 1.855.
So while there's a good gap

1230
01:06:39,298 --> 01:06:41,298
there, we aren't intending to

1231
01:06:44,360 --> 01:06:45,369
spend the full million dollar
deficit.

1232
01:06:46,705 --> 01:06:48,705
That money goes back into the

1233
01:06:49,441 --> 01:06:51,441
beginning working capital of the

1234
01:06:51,977 --> 01:06:54,645
water reclamation fund, but we
are taking provisions as
necessary.

1235
01:06:56,114 --> 01:06:58,114
But that 2.875 was the number

1236
01:06:58,751 --> 01:07:00,852
back to the selection time
period.

1237
01:07:01,687 --> 01:07:03,687
>> and as jason mentioned,

1238
01:07:03,689 --> 01:07:06,557
there's also a resolution this
evening to enter into a clean

1239
01:07:08,494 --> 01:07:10,494
water state revolving fund loan.

1240
01:07:10,929 --> 01:07:13,798
It's a bit of a mouthful.
That will be used to finance the

1241
01:07:15,234 --> 01:07:17,468
king hezekiah and fargo septic
to sewer project.

1242
01:07:19,171 --> 01:07:21,906
The not to exceed amount, the
2.875, but consistent with our

1243
01:07:24,643 --> 01:07:27,440
other cwsrf loans, we'll only
draw down the amount needed to

1244
01:07:27,279 --> 01:07:30,114
complete the project, so the
loan amount will end up being

1245
01:07:30,816 --> 01:07:32,816
whatever we end up using.

1246
01:07:33,986 --> 01:07:35,986
Some of the benefits to

1247
01:07:36,922 --> 01:07:39,324
obtaining the cwsrf loans over
issuing traditional revenue

1248
01:07:39,658 --> 01:07:41,593
bonds include things like no
prepayment penalties.

1249
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:45,280
We don't have bond issuance

1250
01:07:45,798 --> 01:07:47,765
costs, pretty low debt service
coverage requirements and lower

1251
01:07:49,201 --> 01:07:51,102
interest rates than your typical
market bonds.

1252
01:07:51,737 --> 01:07:53,737
This particular loan is eligible

1253
01:07:55,908 --> 01:07:57,908
for a million dollars worth of

1254
01:07:58,210 --> 01:08:00,210
forgiveness and up to principal

1255
01:08:01,514 --> 01:08:03,848
forgiveness up to $450,000, so
we'll be roughly requiredded to

1256
01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:11,880
pay back half of that 2.87 were

1257
01:08:11,591 --> 01:08:13,591
we to utilize the entire amount.

1258
01:08:14,226 --> 01:08:16,328
The biennial budget and the
sewer rate models include the

1259
01:08:17,129 --> 01:08:18,964
rate plan to fund this cost of
the project.

1260
01:08:19,165 --> 01:08:21,333
>> great, all right.
Any questions, other questions,

1261
01:08:22,234 --> 01:08:24,536
council?
Looking good.

1262
01:08:25,710 --> 01:08:27,710
>> I have a question.

1263
01:08:27,473 --> 01:08:30,800
That is a pretty big budget gap.
I recall when we looked at the

1264
01:08:31,177 --> 01:08:33,177
projects that were proposed, I

1265
01:08:33,813 --> 01:08:36,682
mean, obviously changes go out
to bid and bid it tomorrow, but

1266
01:08:38,317 --> 01:08:40,218
there were a lot of projects
proposed.

1267
01:08:41,487 --> 01:08:44,220
So, yeah, I don't know, I'd be
curious, so those dollars will

1268
01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:48,393
just go into the program?
Because council in the past has

1269
01:08:48,828 --> 01:08:51,296
funded the program at 3 million
a year?

1270
01:08:51,297 --> 01:08:53,297
>> three-and-a-half.

1271
01:08:53,299 --> 01:08:55,300
>> yeah, so we're spending a
million less?

1272
01:08:56,703 --> 01:08:58,703
>> going back, we did commit to

1273
01:08:59,439 --> 01:09:01,173
spend 6.2.
>> 2.

1274
01:09:01,641 --> 01:09:04,420
So we did overcommit because we
had that opportunity, and I want

1275
01:09:05,110 --> 01:09:07,120
to stress that was because of
the collection system master

1276
01:09:08,615 --> 01:09:10,816
plan and the facility plan
update at the treatment plant

1277
01:09:11,918 --> 01:09:14,190
that were coming, so we are
starting to land those ships.

1278
01:09:16,322 --> 01:09:19,910
And so we are identifying all of
the needs outside of septic to

1279
01:09:20,593 --> 01:09:22,593
sewer, so a lot of the attention

1280
01:09:23,663 --> 01:09:25,297
either from staffing or from
funding is going to have to

1281
01:09:26,399 --> 01:09:28,367
shift to the highest priority
areas.
And so that's a conversation

1282
01:09:29,335 --> 01:09:31,335
that we need to have on how to

1283
01:09:31,971 --> 01:09:34,273
best support all of the needs
within the collection -- within

1284
01:09:35,575 --> 01:09:38,110
the water reclamation system, so
collections and treatment.

1285
01:09:38,244 --> 01:09:40,646
Because we have a lot of
existing infrastructure on the

1286
01:09:42,282 --> 01:09:44,282
collections and on the treatment

1287
01:09:44,684 --> 01:09:46,585
side that have been deferred,
because we haven't had

1288
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:49,256
necessarily a master plan to
tell us exactly what is is

1289
01:09:49,256 --> 01:09:52,191
needed.
So we were looking to identify

1290
01:09:52,826 --> 01:09:54,826
those needs, prioritize those

1291
01:09:55,562 --> 01:09:58,197
needs, develop the funding
strategy and then balance other

1292
01:09:58,999 --> 01:10:00,999
programs such as septic to

1293
01:10:01,670 --> 01:10:03,670
sewer, pump station, r & r, but

1294
01:10:03,370 --> 01:10:05,904
we do have a lot of other
capital needs through those

1295
01:10:06,390 --> 01:10:08,390
systems.

1296
01:10:08,410 --> 01:10:10,143
>> mm-hmm, okay, yeah.
I did get an e-mail from

1297
01:10:10,143 --> 01:10:12,444
someone.
It's a couple months ago now,

1298
01:10:13,980 --> 01:10:15,980
and I thought they were

1299
01:10:16,183 --> 01:10:18,183
following up with you, so it's

1300
01:10:18,485 --> 01:10:21,120
probably fine, but I think it's
actually cabin lane, in that

1301
01:10:21,521 --> 01:10:23,756
area, there were some
cul-de-sacs that did not get

1302
01:10:24,691 --> 01:10:26,691
picked up on the septic to

1303
01:10:26,894 --> 01:10:28,994
sewer, so homeowners on those
cul-de-sacs are still on septic,

1304
01:10:29,529 --> 01:10:32,497
but there is a sewer line right
there and it seems like sort of

1305
01:10:33,467 --> 01:10:35,467
little connections that the city

1306
01:10:36,203 --> 01:10:38,738
has promised that neighborhood
and made a follow-through to

1307
01:10:40,400 --> 01:10:42,675
most of the neighbors but not
others.
I'd be interested.

1308
01:10:44,311 --> 01:10:45,978
I'll follow up with you on it
separately.

1309
01:10:46,513 --> 01:10:48,513
>> the city goes through a

1310
01:10:50,217 --> 01:10:52,217
diligent process to identify the

1311
01:10:52,219 --> 01:10:54,219
drainage area, not to come do

1312
01:10:55,355 --> 01:10:58,124
short segments, but you also
can't do excessive, because the

1313
01:10:58,125 --> 01:11:00,125
funding doesn't support it.

1314
01:11:01,395 --> 01:11:03,395
So there's a strategy on how to

1315
01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:06,132
identify what that drainage
basin is.
There's a lot of areas within

1316
01:11:06,900 --> 01:11:08,900
the city of bend, southwest,

1317
01:11:09,637 --> 01:11:11,637
southeast, some of the north,

1318
01:11:12,172 --> 01:11:14,274
northwest are on septic, so it
is competitive.

1319
01:11:15,375 --> 01:11:18,244
And it would take a lot of money
to convert everybody over and

1320
01:11:18,779 --> 01:11:20,980
that's balancing the existing
system and the operations that

1321
01:11:22,490 --> 01:11:24,250
we do have to have.
So it would be great to do it

1322
01:11:26,200 --> 01:11:28,200
all, but we do have a system to

1323
01:11:28,656 --> 01:11:30,390
maintain and treat the sewage
too.

1324
01:11:33,127 --> 01:11:34,461
>> okay, any other questions?
All right.

1325
01:11:40,367 --> 01:11:42,435
We got two motions, 6 and 7.
>> I move to adopt a resolution

1326
01:11:43,400 --> 01:11:45,400
authorizing a clean water state

1327
01:11:45,506 --> 01:11:47,506
revolving fund loan agreement to

1328
01:11:47,942 --> 01:11:49,676
finance the king hezekiah and
fargo sewer project in a total

1329
01:11:55,650 --> 01:11:57,584
loan amount not to exceed
$2,875,000, in substantially the

1330
01:11:58,190 --> 01:11:59,986
form presented to council and as
approved by the department of

1331
01:12:03,958 --> 01:12:06,526
environmental quality.
>> second.

1332
01:12:06,928 --> 01:12:08,929
>> moved by councilor platt,
seconded by councilor riley.

1333
01:12:09,664 --> 01:12:11,664
All in favor?

1334
01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:14,635
>> aye.
>> okay.

1335
01:12:14,635 --> 01:12:16,838
Next?
>> I move to authorize a
contract with bar seven a
companies, inc., in

1336
01:12:16,838 --> 01:12:18,839
substantially the form presented
to council, for construction

1337
01:12:18,940 --> 01:12:21,741
services for the king hezekiah
and fargo sewer project in an

1338
01:12:29,500 --> 01:12:30,784
amount not to exceed $1,674,186.
>> second.

1339
01:12:34,189 --> 01:12:36,723
>> all in favor?
[Chorus of ayes]

1340
01:12:38,826 --> 01:12:41,261
>> we'll move on to item 8.
>> council is asked to authorize

1341
01:12:42,764 --> 01:12:44,933
a contract with diamond parking
services llc for city-wide

1342
01:12:44,933 --> 01:12:46,933
parking management and

1343
01:12:48,903 --> 01:12:50,503
enforcement services not to
exceed $536,000 for the first

1344
01:12:50,939 --> 01:12:52,939
year and authorize the city

1345
01:12:53,208 --> 01:12:55,309
manager to approve annual
renewals for a total contract

1346
01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:00,680
amount not to exceed

1347
01:13:01,215 --> 01:13:03,215
$2,906,000 over five years.

1348
01:13:06,921 --> 01:13:09,456
>> good evening, mayor and
council.

1349
01:13:11,726 --> 01:13:13,726
It's time to renew our parking

1350
01:13:14,596 --> 01:13:15,963
management and our enforcement
contract.

1351
01:13:18,299 --> 01:13:20,934
So today what we're asking is to
authorize a contract as was

1352
01:13:22,137 --> 01:13:24,672
mentioned with diamond parking
services llc for the city-wide

1353
01:13:25,840 --> 01:13:28,709
management and enforcement
services.
I'll give some details and we'll

1354
01:13:28,910 --> 01:13:30,910
circle back around to a motion

1355
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:33,120
at the end.

1356
01:13:33,848 --> 01:13:35,715
I threw up the wheel of the
connected city.

1357
01:13:35,951 --> 01:13:37,951
I think parking touches

1358
01:13:39,321 --> 01:13:41,188
basically pretty much on all of
those.

1359
01:13:42,624 --> 01:13:44,158
But this contract helps suppor
efficient, responsible

1360
01:13:44,693 --> 01:13:47,228
transportation, system
managemnt.
We got multiple districts in

1361
01:13:48,296 --> 01:13:50,296
town as you know today,

1362
01:13:50,632 --> 01:13:52,632
downtown, old bend, Mckay,

1363
01:13:53,268 --> 01:13:55,903
parking garage, surface lots.
We do have some future districts

1364
01:13:57,205 --> 01:13:59,907
that we have talked with council
about before.
I'll share some more information

1365
01:14:00,709 --> 01:14:03,477
on those in a later slide.
But this contract is a phased

1366
01:14:05,514 --> 01:14:08,282
approach with some new districts
proposed.
Services support parking

1367
01:14:09,785 --> 01:14:11,785
availability, circulation,

1368
01:14:11,787 --> 01:14:14,188
compliance, just to expand a
little bit on what the contract

1369
01:14:14,723 --> 01:14:17,158
does or doesn't maybe include,
just a few examples.

1370
01:14:18,126 --> 01:14:20,761
Enforcement parking management
strategies in compliance with

1371
01:14:23,165 --> 01:14:26,133
our bend municipal code, oregon
statutes, inspect, enforce,

1372
01:14:27,669 --> 01:14:30,404
maintain compliance with all
parking facilities.
We want our parking system to be

1373
01:14:30,839 --> 01:14:32,839
functional, clean, maintained.

1374
01:14:36,245 --> 01:14:38,245
Manage the online and anywhere in-person

1375
01:14:38,380 --> 01:14:40,848
parking permits, supplies,
materials, the surface lots.

1376
01:14:41,116 --> 01:14:43,116
Daily maintenance and operations

1377
01:14:43,752 --> 01:14:45,752
of the parking garage.

1378
01:14:46,540 --> 01:14:48,540
Example of maybe what this

1379
01:14:49,324 --> 01:14:51,324
doesn't include, diamond parking

1380
01:14:51,527 --> 01:14:53,527
do not create a parking

1381
01:14:53,696 --> 01:14:55,696
management strategic or

1382
01:14:55,798 --> 01:14:58,433
strategies or
policies.
We work with city council on

1383
01:14:58,867 --> 01:15:01,736
what those parking management
strategies and policies are but

1384
01:15:06,208 --> 01:15:08,343
then diamond helps us manage and
enforce those.

1385
01:15:09,144 --> 01:15:11,144
So the procurement process.

1386
01:15:14,490 --> 01:15:16,551
We did do a formal rfp request
for proposal process.

1387
01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:20,120
I was happy to see five

1388
01:15:21,390 --> 01:15:23,725
proposals come in.
Diamond parking services llc was

1389
01:15:26,828 --> 01:15:28,828
the highest ranked proposal.

1390
01:15:29,498 --> 01:15:31,498
We had basically a committee, a

1391
01:15:33,502 --> 01:15:36,400
scoring process with a total of
1,000 points possible.

1392
01:15:36,605 --> 01:15:39,400
Those things we looked for are
project understanding and

1393
01:15:39,909 --> 01:15:42,210
approach, that was worth a few
hundred points.

1394
01:15:43,178 --> 01:15:45,613
Project team, experience, and
quality of service worth another

1395
01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:48,480
few hundred points, so 60% of

1396
01:15:48,484 --> 01:15:50,484
the ranking of these proposals

1397
01:15:50,519 --> 01:15:52,954
was based on those.
cost was another 400 points to

1398
01:15:55,691 --> 01:15:57,691
make up that 1,000-point total.

1399
01:15:58,527 --> 01:16:00,527
We had five proposals total.

1400
01:16:01,264 --> 01:16:03,899
The top two were very
competitive.
Diamond parking was the highest

1401
01:16:04,434 --> 01:16:06,434
overall scoring proposal, the

1402
01:16:06,836 --> 01:16:09,471
highest in the project
understanding, experience,
quality of service.

1403
01:16:12,108 --> 01:16:14,108
They were the second highest

1404
01:16:14,844 --> 01:16:16,844
scorer for cost.

1405
01:16:17,380 --> 01:16:18,813
They were the second lowest
proposal.

1406
01:16:19,982 --> 01:16:22,317
And that was pretty much a
straightup formula on cost.

1407
01:16:23,286 --> 01:16:25,787
The lowest cost proposal, you
get the most points and second%

1408
01:16:26,856 --> 01:16:28,856
and third and fourth and fifth.

1409
01:16:30,260 --> 01:16:32,260
Proposals ranged from about

1410
01:16:37,967 --> 01:16:39,967
503,000 to 6.

1411
01:16:40,360 --> 01:16:42,671
655,000 and some
change.
Here is a picture of some of the

1412
01:16:45,174 --> 01:16:46,508
members of the diamond parking
team.

1413
01:16:48,278 --> 01:16:50,479
So I mentioned the phased
approach.
Phase one really is taking care

1414
01:16:51,881 --> 01:16:53,882
of what we have today.
So that downtown parking

1415
01:16:54,851 --> 01:16:57,152
district, the Mckay district,
old bend benefit district, the

1416
01:16:58,221 --> 01:17:00,221
surface lots that I mentioned

1417
01:17:01,558 --> 01:17:03,558
and centennial parking garage.

1418
01:17:05,280 --> 01:17:07,290
This summer, we look to expand
old bend east district and what

1419
01:17:08,331 --> 01:17:10,199
we're calling the miller's run
district.

1420
01:17:10,834 --> 01:17:12,834
I've got some maps.

1421
01:17:13,236 --> 01:17:15,236
I'll shirr a little bit more

1422
01:17:16,873 --> 01:17:18,374
share a little bit more
about that.

1423
01:17:19,109 --> 01:17:21,410
We were within the next probably
two weeks here, we're working

1424
01:17:21,911 --> 01:17:23,911
with communications, legal, met

1425
01:17:24,214 --> 01:17:26,810
with the members of the old bend
neighborhood association just

1426
01:17:27,184 --> 01:17:29,919
monday of this week to go into
the 60-day public comment

1427
01:17:30,120 --> 01:17:32,120
period, and so looking to be

1428
01:17:32,255 --> 01:17:34,255
back in front of council with

1429
01:17:35,191 --> 01:17:37,293
the final recommendations on
these districts accounting for

1430
01:17:39,620 --> 01:17:41,620
the public comment in JUNE.

1431
01:17:41,598 --> 01:17:43,466
And so just a quick snapshot of
our districts.

1432
01:17:43,900 --> 01:17:46,769
I think most of us are familiar
with them.
We've got the downtown district.

1433
01:17:48,638 --> 01:17:50,638
I won't go through all the text

1434
01:17:51,808 --> 01:17:53,808
there, but 400 spaces in surface

1435
01:17:54,111 --> 01:17:56,111
lots, 547 in garage, on-street,

1436
01:17:56,513 --> 01:17:58,848
about 40 blocks worth, 1500
spaces.

1437
01:17:59,716 --> 01:18:01,716
Old bend parking benefit street,

1438
01:18:03,854 --> 01:18:05,854
1200 on-street space.

1439
01:18:06,523 --> 01:18:08,523
Mckay, 250 on-street spaces.

1440
01:18:08,592 --> 01:18:11,227
And then we get into the two new
districts that I was just
mentioning.

1441
01:18:11,862 --> 01:18:14,397
I went ahead and put some
anticipated strategies up here,

1442
01:18:14,832 --> 01:18:16,832
but we'll be back in front of

1443
01:18:17,568 --> 01:18:19,568
council in JUNE after accounting

1444
01:18:20,504 --> 01:18:22,705
for public comment and with what
strategies we're recommending

1445
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:25,542
for the final proposal.
But these are some of the

1446
01:18:25,542 --> 01:18:28,277
examples of what we're
anticipating there.

1447
01:18:29,913 --> 01:18:32,648
And then the old bend east, so
this would not just be an

1448
01:18:33,283 --> 01:18:34,784
expansion of the existing
district.

1449
01:18:35,386 --> 01:18:37,687
We got some different nuances,
existing district on the west

1450
01:18:38,422 --> 01:18:41,190
side of broadway down to drake
park, Mckay park, you got the

1451
01:18:46,664 --> 01:18:48,431
river floaters, the deschutes
river trail.

1452
01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:52,168
Over to the parkway and along
the arizona, colorado area, more

1453
01:18:53,771 --> 01:18:56,572
of a commercial use more so than
park and businesses along

1454
01:18:59,844 --> 01:19:01,844
franklin and along the parkway.

1455
01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:06,249
Some different strategies there.
So available for questions and

1456
01:19:06,450 --> 01:19:07,984
have a recommended motion on the
screen.

1457
01:19:09,487 --> 01:19:11,487
>> all right, council, questions

1458
01:19:13,891 --> 01:19:16,326
for david on this contract?
>> and I'm sorry, I didn't

1459
01:19:16,694 --> 01:19:18,694
mention in the beginning, we

1460
01:19:19,263 --> 01:19:21,263
have patrick from the parking

1461
01:19:23,934 --> 01:19:25,602
division as well as carina from
diamond parking.

1462
01:19:26,370 --> 01:19:28,805
>> go ahead.
>> so what I would really like

1463
01:19:29,540 --> 01:19:32,175
to dig into a little bit with my
fellow councilors here is the

1464
01:19:32,710 --> 01:19:34,811
distinction between a parking
benefit district and those areas

1465
01:19:36,647 --> 01:19:39,820
versus the commercial areas
where we have a lot of paid

1466
01:19:40,151 --> 01:19:42,252
parking and we have some very
regimented -- and we don't have

1467
01:19:43,554 --> 01:19:45,789
people who live in homes who are
trying to go about their lives

1468
01:19:48,359 --> 01:19:50,360
and their daily business, many
without driveways, for example,

1469
01:19:50,795 --> 01:19:51,995
because we've moved away from
that.

1470
01:19:53,364 --> 01:19:55,364
I very much support that.

1471
01:19:55,533 --> 01:19:58,101
And so I'm now the old bend
neighborhood liaison.

1472
01:19:58,269 --> 01:20:00,804
You probably heard the same
things I've been hearing.

1473
01:20:02,240 --> 01:20:04,240
I've spent hours meeting with

1474
01:20:04,309 --> 01:20:06,610
dave and russ grayson to talk
about some of the issues the old

1475
01:20:07,378 --> 01:20:09,378
bend neighborhood is facing.

1476
01:20:09,447 --> 01:20:11,447
So what my concern is, is that

1477
01:20:12,150 --> 01:20:14,651
we're enforcing laws and rules
in a parking benefit district

1478
01:20:15,153 --> 01:20:17,688
that was not really explained to
the residents of that

1479
01:20:18,256 --> 01:20:20,256
neighborhood when they signed up

1480
01:20:20,625 --> 01:20:22,125
for the parking benefit
district.

1481
01:20:24,762 --> 01:20:26,762
The rules that are being

1482
01:20:27,298 --> 01:20:29,298
enforced there are rules of

1483
01:20:29,801 --> 01:20:32,235
parking and traffic that it's
just going beyond what I think

1484
01:20:35,306 --> 01:20:37,306
anyone really signed up for.

1485
01:20:37,509 --> 01:20:40,144
So the way that I read the
contract is that -- and the way

1486
01:20:40,545 --> 01:20:42,545
that david has explained it to

1487
01:20:43,615 --> 01:20:46,316
me is that the contractor,
diamond parking, who enforcing

1488
01:20:47,510 --> 01:20:49,510
the ors, but they don't do that

1489
01:20:49,354 --> 01:20:51,423
in every neighborhood, right?
The only reason they're going

1490
01:20:51,423 --> 01:20:53,557
through the old bend
neighborhood is because we now

1491
01:20:58,764 --> 01:21:01,732
have the benefit district there.
In the old bend neighborhood is

1492
01:21:03,802 --> 01:21:06,437
for us to actually kind of live
up to the promise we made to the

1493
01:21:07,105 --> 01:21:09,730
neighborhood which is to make it
a benefit neighborhood.

1494
01:21:10,609 --> 01:21:12,609
So the neighbors are paying for

1495
01:21:13,345 --> 01:21:15,412
a parking permit and they're
hopefully getting some parking

1496
01:21:16,810 --> 01:21:18,810
on their street when tourists

1497
01:21:18,450 --> 01:21:20,450
are in town, but they're not

1498
01:21:22,487 --> 01:21:25,256
getting penalized, laws enforced
on them that we're not enforcing

1499
01:21:25,524 --> 01:21:27,524
on other nakeds in

1500
01:21:27,592 --> 01:21:29,393
neighborhoods in the
city.

1501
01:21:29,761 --> 01:21:32,730
So I think it's a clarification
of council's policy to the staff

1502
01:21:33,465 --> 01:21:35,232
and the contractor who are
administering the policy.

1503
01:21:35,667 --> 01:21:37,902
I don't think it's necessarily a
change to the contract itself.

1504
01:21:39,104 --> 01:21:41,505
I think this is a point of
clarification that I'm asking

1505
01:21:42,841 --> 01:21:45,776
for you to help me convey to the
staff tonight.
>> so you're saying there's

1506
01:21:45,877 --> 01:21:48,613
people who are living there that
are getting tickets for maybe

1507
01:21:49,481 --> 01:21:51,480
staying too long on the street?
>> exactly.

1508
01:21:52,684 --> 01:21:54,886
>> or when they have -- I mean,
I've heard about this from a

1509
01:21:56,880 --> 01:21:58,689
couple of people who live there.
People have a dinner party and

1510
01:22:00,659 --> 01:22:03,270
they have people there for four
hours and the systems that have

1511
01:22:03,963 --> 01:22:06,464
to be used and the hoops that
these folks have to go through

1512
01:22:07,320 --> 01:22:09,333
or their kid comes home from
college for a couple weeks.

1513
01:22:09,768 --> 01:22:11,768
It does seem like it's maybe

1514
01:22:12,704 --> 01:22:14,704
gotten to a point of we need to

1515
01:22:15,107 --> 01:22:16,574
review how some of this is
working.

1516
01:22:17,743 --> 01:22:20,311
>> I can just chime in on a few
examples.
>> I'm not sure if tonight's

1517
01:22:21,480 --> 01:22:23,781
meeting is the right venue.
I don't disagree with you, but

1518
01:22:25,684 --> 01:22:28,286
I'm wondering is this an agenda
request and/or do we have a time

1519
01:22:30,122 --> 01:22:32,357
at some point in the future here
where we're going to talk about

1520
01:22:32,524 --> 01:22:35,260
parking anyway and we review
some of those rules as part of

1521
01:22:36,161 --> 01:22:38,930
the new districts?
>> we'll be in front of you with

1522
01:22:45,671 --> 01:22:47,873
the old bend east.
>> that sounds like a good plan,

1523
01:22:47,873 --> 01:22:50,241
because we're coming back on
this anyway and we'll have new

1524
01:22:50,342 --> 01:22:52,342
rounds of public comment.

1525
01:22:52,744 --> 01:22:55,180
So I'm not necessarily married
to the original pilot which was

1526
01:22:56,382 --> 01:22:58,783
before any of us were on
council.
I'd like to hear what people

1527
01:23:01,887 --> 01:23:03,887
want now and what they feel the

1528
01:23:13,265 --> 01:23:15,667
pressures are.
People who visit who are taking

1529
01:23:17,300 --> 01:23:19,371
up street parking, that was the
concern, right?

1530
01:23:22,341 --> 01:23:24,776
And so I don't think the folks
in this neighborhood think
they're entitled to the street

1531
01:23:25,611 --> 01:23:28,580
packing, but we do need a system
that is usable for everyone.

1532
01:23:32,952 --> 01:23:34,952
>> some of this is from the new

1533
01:23:35,188 --> 01:23:37,423
code from JANUARY.
Yeah, we can talk about it,

1534
01:23:37,423 --> 01:23:39,423
certainly some more.

1535
01:23:40,293 --> 01:23:42,828
We want it to work.
Another example is parking in

1536
01:23:43,960 --> 01:23:44,963
the wrong direction against the
flow of traffic.

1537
01:23:45,431 --> 01:23:48,300
That is a state law.
>> no one here has ever done

1538
01:23:51,371 --> 01:23:52,938
that, have you!
(Indiscernible, simultaneous

1539
01:23:54,507 --> 01:23:56,507
speaking).

1540
01:23:57,377 --> 01:24:00,145
>> but to your point, councilor
franzosa, this contract, diamond

1541
01:24:01,470 --> 01:24:03,470
parking would enforce whatever

1542
01:24:05,151 --> 01:24:07,520
bend code and policies and
enforcement that we'd ask them

1543
01:24:07,453 --> 01:24:10,890
to.
>> so I would be supportive of

1544
01:24:10,890 --> 01:24:12,890
having that policy discussion,

1545
01:24:12,158 --> 01:24:14,259
and I just didn't want to MISS
The opportunity to say thank you

1546
01:24:15,562 --> 01:24:18,960
to patrick and staff and to
encourage people if you see

1547
01:24:20,330 --> 01:24:22,935
diamond parking agents or city
staff working on parking, say

1548
01:24:23,300 --> 01:24:25,971
thank you, because I think
there's a perception that

1549
01:24:26,272 --> 01:24:29,800
somehow these programs, these
policies and the people that

1550
01:24:29,800 --> 01:24:31,800
enforce them are somehow

1551
01:24:31,311 --> 01:24:32,578
intended to make parking more
difficult.

1552
01:24:33,947 --> 01:24:35,947
And actually if we get the

1553
01:24:36,216 --> 01:24:38,500
policies right, it's going to
make marking easier, and that's

1554
01:24:39,385 --> 01:24:41,153
one of the reasons why downtown
bend business association is

1555
01:24:41,854 --> 01:24:44,723
coming back to us with their
ideas for parking, so thank you

1556
01:24:45,258 --> 01:24:47,993
for making parking accessible
and available and I'm happy to

1557
01:24:48,940 --> 01:24:50,940
have that conversation about the

1558
01:24:50,297 --> 01:24:52,297
policy.

1559
01:24:52,399 --> 01:24:55,234
>> thank you, council member.
>> we want it to wok,

1560
01:24:56,903 --> 01:24:58,971
work, but it's
a team effort.

1561
01:24:59,272 --> 01:25:01,373
Just to expand a little bit on
the parking benefit, just

1562
01:25:03,543 --> 01:25:05,978
because you mentioned that was
before that time and the pilot,

1563
01:25:08,582 --> 01:25:10,582
and we're coming back with are

1564
01:25:13,886 --> 01:25:15,886
with a

1565
01:25:15,889 --> 01:25:17,889
final proposal for bend east.

1566
01:25:18,292 --> 01:25:20,526
Part of that benefit district is
some funds that get generated

1567
01:25:21,561 --> 01:25:23,561
within that district, and so the

1568
01:25:25,832 --> 01:25:27,500
existing old bend is up to about
$85,000 or something right now.

1569
01:25:28,568 --> 01:25:30,536
And so we've been talking with
some of the folks out there,

1570
01:25:31,104 --> 01:25:33,740
lauren and that group in the
community, but the idea is that

1571
01:25:33,740 --> 01:25:35,942
benefit, if they want something
within that neighborhood, they

1572
01:25:37,578 --> 01:25:39,578
can come to the city with ideas.

1573
01:25:40,800 --> 01:25:42,615
A park bench or formalizing
maybe some areas on the

1574
01:25:43,500 --> 01:25:45,384
landscape that can be parked on
that aren't in conflict with a

1575
01:25:46,753 --> 01:25:49,522
water meter or fire hydrant as
an example.

1576
01:25:50,491 --> 01:25:53,226
There's a financial piece that
we're trying to have, that that

1577
01:25:53,894 --> 01:25:56,329
neighborhood can pick some
things they'd like to maybe try

1578
01:25:57,731 --> 01:25:59,432
and do and fund within their
neighborhood.

1579
01:26:00,167 --> 01:26:02,167
>> I'm grateful for everyone who

1580
01:26:02,703 --> 01:26:04,804
wants that policy conversation,
because the neighborhood, that

1581
01:26:05,439 --> 01:26:08,208
money has been in the fund for
quite a while and the
neighborhood has not been able

1582
01:26:08,609 --> 01:26:10,610
to figure out how they can
actually use that money for the

1583
01:26:11,111 --> 01:26:13,111
city, so hopefully that will be

1584
01:26:13,547 --> 01:26:16,516
part of the policy discussion.
>> I think we can make sure we

1585
01:26:16,717 --> 01:26:19,252
provide direction to diamond,
let's not enforce some of those

1586
01:26:19,453 --> 01:26:21,453
things.

1587
01:26:21,655 --> 01:26:24,190
>> that's all I'm asking.
>> I don't agree with not

1588
01:26:24,558 --> 01:26:26,558
enforcing parking the wrong way

1589
01:26:27,761 --> 01:26:29,329
on the street.
But I think --

1590
01:26:30,397 --> 01:26:32,397
>> we have resources to do that

1591
01:26:33,133 --> 01:26:35,133
city wide, what we're trying to

1592
01:26:35,870 --> 01:26:38,304
do is do that where we have the
parking district.

1593
01:26:39,173 --> 01:26:41,141
We're asking for some discretion
from our parking director.

1594
01:26:41,909 --> 01:26:44,143
>> we want to be a little bit
careful in the case of state law

1595
01:26:45,780 --> 01:26:48,648
and we also want consistency
across our community.
Other districts as well.

1596
01:26:50,451 --> 01:26:52,586
>> state law, you're not
supposed to park the wrong

1597
01:26:52,586 --> 01:26:54,586
direction?

1598
01:26:58,492 --> 01:27:00,827
>> yes, with it is.
Yes, it is.

1599
01:27:01,462 --> 01:27:03,462
>> I'd be fine with doing that

1600
01:27:04,164 --> 01:27:06,267
if we did it everywhere!
(Indiscernible, simultaneous
speaking).

1601
01:27:06,267 --> 01:27:08,267
>> these neighborhoods have

1602
01:27:08,669 --> 01:27:10,437
asked for extra enforcement.
They wanted that.

1603
01:27:10,671 --> 01:27:12,671
They want more enforcement of

1604
01:27:12,940 --> 01:27:15,142
parking in their neighborhoods
in rules and time limits because

1605
01:27:15,142 --> 01:27:17,344
of the parking pressures that I
were feeling.

1606
01:27:19,547 --> 01:27:22,482
So to turn around -- due
 --
>> due to tourism.

1607
01:27:22,483 --> 01:27:25,452
>> I know that's the case, but
we need to acknowledge -- and

1608
01:27:25,853 --> 01:27:28,622
then to turn around to the
people enforcing the law,

1609
01:27:28,689 --> 01:27:30,924
actually, never mind.
I think we can find a balance

1610
01:27:31,159 --> 01:27:33,159
here, but the parking pressures

1611
01:27:33,328 --> 01:27:35,950
on these neighborhoods are the
reasons they asked for

1612
01:27:35,496 --> 01:27:37,197
enforcement.
>> they're asking for the

1613
01:27:38,700 --> 01:27:41,668
enforcement to go away, for the
benefit district to be undone.

1614
01:27:42,360 --> 01:27:43,837
>> I'd like to make sure we go
through the public comment

1615
01:27:45,373 --> 01:27:47,674
process on this and get a wide
swath of comments.

1616
01:27:48,776 --> 01:27:50,776
When your guest gets a ticket

1617
01:27:51,312 --> 01:27:54,214
for coming over for dinner, yes,
you'll write to us.

1618
01:27:54,916 --> 01:27:57,651
>> we reinstated the paper
visitor passes.
We want it to work.

1619
01:27:58,853 --> 01:28:01,522
We want to make improvements.
The east old bend area -- well,

1620
01:28:01,723 --> 01:28:03,824
actually it was all of that
area.

1621
01:28:05,226 --> 01:28:07,761
They did an effort and survey
and the majority of the folks

1622
01:28:08,830 --> 01:28:10,980
that responded are supportive of
a new district on the east side

1623
01:28:10,980 --> 01:28:13,700
too.
There were some that were
uncertain.

1624
01:28:14,836 --> 01:28:16,603
But the majority of folks were
looking for some help.

1625
01:28:18,106 --> 01:28:20,106
And really in that area, we're

1626
01:28:20,375 --> 01:28:22,375
looking to be proactive ahead of

1627
01:28:22,577 --> 01:28:25,212
the continued commercial area
with the box factory and the new

1628
01:28:25,446 --> 01:28:27,446
developments and things that are

1629
01:28:28,383 --> 01:28:30,250
going there, the timber yard was
mentioned earlier tonight, be

1630
01:28:35,824 --> 01:28:37,824
ahead of that and have a

1631
01:28:37,859 --> 01:28:40,360
>> right if we start to regulate
in the become area they will go

1632
01:28:41,663 --> 01:28:43,731
to neighbors to park.
Good to have something set up

1633
01:28:43,731 --> 01:28:45,731
there.

1634
01:28:47,135 --> 01:28:49,436
I am talking about locals.
Not just tourists.

1635
01:28:52,841 --> 01:28:54,841
We can find a happy medium here.

1636
01:28:56,110 --> 01:28:57,244
>> that will happen when to come
back in.

1637
01:28:58,180 --> 01:29:00,180
>> we will look to come back in

1638
01:29:01,817 --> 01:29:03,551
JUNE for recommendation on the
proposed east.

1639
01:29:05,721 --> 01:29:07,721
Two districts I talked about.

1640
01:29:12,600 --> 01:29:13,928
We can have the bigger policy
discussion.

1641
01:29:16,798 --> 01:29:19,300
When they did the survey to help
us guide with the new district.

1642
01:29:20,836 --> 01:29:23,137
Existing district as well as new
proposed area.

1643
01:29:24,500 --> 01:29:26,500
94 comments were part of that.

1644
01:29:27,809 --> 01:29:29,809
We will come back to you within

1645
01:29:30,545 --> 01:29:32,545
put, concerns, questions.

1646
01:29:33,182 --> 01:29:35,182
Existing district as well as how

1647
01:29:35,584 --> 01:29:37,584
those apply to the new district.

1648
01:29:39,488 --> 01:29:42,390
>> I move to authorize with
diamonds parking services for

1649
01:29:43,250 --> 01:29:45,793
city-wide parking management
enforcement services in

1650
01:29:45,961 --> 01:29:47,961
substantially form presented to

1651
01:29:48,931 --> 01:29:51,265
council in an amount not to
exceed $536,000 for the first

1652
01:29:51,900 --> 01:29:53,900
year and authorize city manager

1653
01:29:54,470 --> 01:29:56,470
to approve annual renewals in

1654
01:29:57,239 --> 01:29:59,239
accordance with terms of

1655
01:29:59,274 --> 01:30:01,644
agreement not to exceed
$2,906,000 over five years.

1656
01:30:01,644 --> 01:30:03,644
>> second.

1657
01:30:04,947 --> 01:30:06,947
>> moved by perkins.

1658
01:30:08,684 --> 01:30:11,619
Second by franzosa.
In favor.
>> aye.
>> thank you.

1659
01:30:13,220 --> 01:30:15,220
we have one second reading left.

1660
01:30:15,858 --> 01:30:17,858
>> this is the second reading of

1661
01:30:18,327 --> 01:30:20,327
ordinance amending bend

1662
01:30:22,531 --> 01:30:24,531
development code bdc related to

1663
01:30:24,967 --> 01:30:26,967
prepreservation requirements b d

1664
01:30:27,470 --> 01:30:29,470
c-3.2.200, tree preservation.

1665
01:30:30,973 --> 01:30:32,973
>> I need to declare conflict

1666
01:30:35,111 --> 01:30:36,845
like the first reading.
My employer is hidden homes.

1667
01:30:43,519 --> 01:30:45,519
I will remove myself for this.

1668
01:30:46,789 --> 01:30:48,789
>> we need a motion.

1669
01:30:48,958 --> 01:30:50,958
>> move second reading roll call

1670
01:30:52,928 --> 01:30:54,928
vote ordinance amending bend

1671
01:30:57,400 --> 01:30:59,400
development code bd c-3.2.200

1672
01:30:59,802 --> 01:31:01,269
tree preservation.
>> second.

1673
01:31:03,539 --> 01:31:06,508
>> motion by perkins, second
platt.
>> franzosa.
>> yes.
>> mendez.

1674
01:31:07,430 --> 01:31:09,430
>> aye.

1675
01:31:09,111 --> 01:31:11,111
>> riley.

1676
01:31:11,214 --> 01:31:13,214
>> yes.

1677
01:31:13,583 --> 01:31:16,551
>> perkins.
>> yes.
>> platt.
>> yes.
>> kebler.
>> yes.

1678
01:31:17,420 --> 01:31:19,420
>> city manager report.

1679
01:31:19,722 --> 01:31:22,591
>> we have had a couple busy
months and work sessions where

1680
01:31:23,426 --> 01:31:26,195
we typically have time to say
what is coming up on the next

1681
01:31:26,195 --> 01:31:29,131
couple months?
I want to share that with you.

1682
01:31:30,867 --> 01:31:32,867
Lead in to earlier conversations

1683
01:31:35,380 --> 01:31:37,380
proposal to share with you.

1684
01:31:38,675 --> 01:31:40,675
APRIL next meeting on APRIL 1.

1685
01:31:42,245 --> 01:31:43,512
Stevens ranch or legacy
building.

1686
01:31:45,882 --> 01:31:48,150
High points.
APRIL 8 roundtable with the

1687
01:31:48,918 --> 01:31:50,918
electrification policy work

1688
01:31:51,221 --> 01:31:53,221
looking at exemptions

1689
01:31:54,157 --> 01:31:56,157
implementation timeline inviting

1690
01:31:58,428 --> 01:32:00,428
four city committees.

1691
01:32:01,640 --> 01:32:03,640
Then on the 15th we have another

1692
01:32:05,568 --> 01:32:06,769
master plan timber yards as
item.

1693
01:32:09,939 --> 01:32:11,939
We will have update.

1694
01:32:12,575 --> 01:32:13,809
I will talk about that goal
update.

1695
01:32:15,178 --> 01:32:17,178
We will look at one year into

1696
01:32:18,810 --> 01:32:19,648
work plan to go through
prioritization we will talk

1697
01:32:21,170 --> 01:32:23,886
about in a second.
MAY 6 bura meeting.

1698
01:32:25,288 --> 01:32:27,288
MAY 13 is a big work session.

1699
01:32:27,691 --> 01:32:28,924
Prioritizing capital improvement
program.

1700
01:32:30,627 --> 01:32:32,627
If our grants hold we have room

1701
01:32:33,363 --> 01:32:35,798
in geobond and transportation
construction fund to address

1702
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:38,800
issues we talked about last

1703
01:32:39,603 --> 01:32:41,603
night with parks and bridges.

1704
01:32:41,671 --> 01:32:43,671
Areas cut to add on.

1705
01:32:44,641 --> 01:32:46,641
Significant item on MAY 13.

1706
01:32:47,344 --> 01:32:49,678
Along with the transient lodging
tax about the shift.

1707
01:32:52,349 --> 01:32:54,349
What does council want to do

1708
01:32:56,353 --> 01:32:59,322
with that split shift from 70/30
to 50/50.

1709
01:32:59,789 --> 01:33:02,758
Joint work session with rural
fire district on 13th.

1710
01:33:04,728 --> 01:33:06,728
I will stop there.

1711
01:33:07,531 --> 01:33:09,865
It is a lot.
We still have some other

1712
01:33:12,369 --> 01:33:15,400
meetings to try to schedule
roundtable ideas.

1713
01:33:17,941 --> 01:33:19,408
One in southwest.
Interaction.

1714
01:33:21,212 --> 01:33:22,478
We will send out survey later
this week.

1715
01:33:23,246 --> 01:33:25,281
I will ask for your input how
this is going.

1716
01:33:26,483 --> 01:33:28,483
Six months into the new schedule

1717
01:33:28,752 --> 01:33:30,752
with meeting every week.

1718
01:33:30,954 --> 01:33:32,221
Layered on to that are special
meetings.

1719
01:33:33,791 --> 01:33:35,791
I want to test your capacity in

1720
01:33:36,930 --> 01:33:38,930
terms how to manage.

1721
01:33:39,163 --> 01:33:41,163
I would stay from staff

1722
01:33:41,565 --> 01:33:44,534
perspective one city strategic
plan.
Off site with leadership.

1723
01:33:45,235 --> 01:33:47,804
A lot of prep.
Staff is feeling it.

1724
01:33:49,390 --> 01:33:51,400
Partnership is seeing stress on
elected and staff side.

1725
01:33:54,311 --> 01:33:56,311
I would like to look at both the

1726
01:33:57,470 --> 01:33:58,948
schedule how to prioritize those
meetings.

1727
01:33:59,650 --> 01:34:00,883
Prioritizing the work plan items
as well.

1728
01:34:02,286 --> 01:34:04,286
I am planning quarterly goal

1729
01:34:04,455 --> 01:34:06,455
update in APRIL to take input

1730
01:34:06,657 --> 01:34:08,657
from survey that you will see,

1731
01:34:10,600 --> 01:34:12,600
coupled with ideas of things to

1732
01:34:13,531 --> 01:34:15,531
slim down to make sure we are --

1733
01:34:15,733 --> 01:34:17,733
sometimes we talk about this we

1734
01:34:19,700 --> 01:34:21,905
go so fast and we might MISS
Things.
Slowing down is a good thing.
It is hard.

1735
01:34:22,773 --> 01:34:24,541
This is a community that expects
a lot.

1736
01:34:25,309 --> 01:34:27,811
Fast growing and want to do all
of the things.

1737
01:34:29,447 --> 01:34:31,982
Any effective organization is
realistic about resources they

1738
01:34:32,650 --> 01:34:35,485
have and how best to tackle
these problems.

1739
01:34:38,623 --> 01:34:40,725
I will ask for your help and
guidance over the next couple

1740
01:34:40,725 --> 01:34:42,725
months.

1741
01:34:45,196 --> 01:34:47,964
>> for the start quarter one.
I meeting every week.

1742
01:34:48,833 --> 01:34:50,833
Three special meetings at least

1743
01:34:54,205 --> 01:34:56,573
that I can think of maybe more.
County, parks, roundtable,
advisory summit.

1744
01:34:57,675 --> 01:34:59,675
A lot going on in quarter one.

1745
01:35:01,279 --> 01:35:03,279
When you look at survey look at

1746
01:35:03,814 --> 01:35:05,814
maybe providing the rest of the

1747
01:35:07,251 --> 01:35:08,452
year more breaks, more fifth
weeks.

1748
01:35:10,755 --> 01:35:13,900
I don't disagree that this is a
particularly hard quarter to

1749
01:35:13,491 --> 01:35:15,491
start the year.

1750
01:35:16,961 --> 01:35:18,961
>> the other piece everybody

1751
01:35:19,530 --> 01:35:21,530
else has commitments.

1752
01:35:24,836 --> 01:35:26,970
Hrac or Coc board in addition.
>> it is okay.

1753
01:35:30,775 --> 01:35:32,976
We might have different
perspective on council.

1754
01:35:33,411 --> 01:35:36,280
Let's talk about it.
I wanted to let you know that

1755
01:35:38,750 --> 01:35:40,750
our notices for the bend central

1756
01:35:41,386 --> 01:35:43,687
district economic improvement
district went out.

1757
01:35:48,393 --> 01:35:50,393
Delay with maps and properties.

1758
01:35:51,896 --> 01:35:53,896
We re-noticed folks.

1759
01:35:54,833 --> 01:35:56,934
If you get contacted new notice
is going out.

1760
01:35:57,235 --> 01:36:00,400
Public hearing council will see
in the next couple weeks.

1761
01:36:00,872 --> 01:36:02,872
I will put more information in

1762
01:36:03,608 --> 01:36:06,143
the memo so you are aware.
I think that was it.

1763
01:36:08,713 --> 01:36:10,614
A lot of public engagement with
projects now.

1764
01:36:17,589 --> 01:36:19,589
There is too much -- open houses

1765
01:36:20,492 --> 01:36:22,560
and things.
>> downtown bend library closing

1766
01:36:24,796 --> 01:36:26,796
to be renovated in APRIL will be

1767
01:36:27,165 --> 01:36:30,133
closed for a year.
Central library opening MAY 11.

1768
01:36:31,336 --> 01:36:33,336
They have ability to pick up and

1769
01:36:33,839 --> 01:36:35,839
drop off books at central

1770
01:36:35,907 --> 01:36:37,907
library east side for folks that

1771
01:36:38,643 --> 01:36:40,643
care about downtown access.

1772
01:36:41,513 --> 01:36:42,913
It will be great when finished
painful closure.

1773
01:36:45,550 --> 01:36:47,885
>> can you pick up and drop off
downtown?

1774
01:36:48,186 --> 01:36:50,654
>> apparently library board
discussed that to make sure it

1775
01:36:54,226 --> 01:36:56,226
is ada accessible while they

1776
01:36:56,528 --> 01:36:58,162
renovate building it is tough.
They weren't able to figure out

1777
01:37:00,265 --> 01:37:02,265
how to do that.

1778
01:37:03,569 --> 01:37:05,569
>> thank you for the update.

1779
01:37:05,971 --> 01:37:07,971
>> surprise library update.

1780
01:37:08,907 --> 01:37:10,907
Get your books now.

1781
01:37:11,443 --> 01:37:13,779
With that we are adjourned.
Thanks everybody.

1782
01:37:13,779 --> 01:37:16,547
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