[0:00] All right, I'm going to call the July
6th Mount Angel City Council meeting to
[0:04] order. Please join me in the flag
salute.
[0:13] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America,
[0:17] and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with
[0:24] liberty and justice for all.
[0:30] » Councilor Eder? Here.
Councilor Astorga?
[0:34] » Here.
>> Councilor Donahue?
[0:36] » Here.
>> Councilor Off?
[0:38] » Here.
>> Councilor Hogervorst?
[0:41] » Here.
>> Councilor Blatt?
[0:43] » Here.
>> Mayor Bob?
[0:45] » Here.
[0:49] » We didn't have any correspondence,
correct?
[0:51] » No, no.
>> All right, well, let's move to the the
[0:55] man of the hour, it seems.
[0:58] Swear in our new police officer,
Christopher D. Boss.
[1:04] » First one up.
[1:08] Uh first of all, before we get into the
official ceremony here,
[1:12] uh I'd like to introduce you all to
Christopher Boss.
[1:16] Uh Chris was born in 2001
and raised in Colton, Oregon. He was a
[1:22] local guy.
Uh being the second youngest in the
[1:25] family of six children.
This uh the church he grew up attending
[1:31] had their own small school in Woodburn
that he attended from second grade to
[1:35] high school graduation.
He decided against going into college
[1:38] after high school and instead pursued
the construction trade for the next 5
[1:43] and 1/2 years, framing pole barns,
excavation,
[1:47] and metal roofing.
In 2023, he worked for a non-profit food
[1:51] ministry in Pennsylvania in their shop.
He found his way back home to Oregon in
[1:58] September 2024 and began working at the
Colton School District
[2:03] as a special ed
>> [clears throat]
[2:06] » van driver, securing his school bus
license actually earlier this year,
[2:11] finishing the school year driving a bus.
He has many hobbies
[2:17] » [clears throat]
>> including gaming,
[2:19] mechanic work, and anything
music-related.
[2:23] He plays several instruments and enjoys
drumming for his church when he can.
[2:28] And he's also a very cool weekend
warrior.
[2:32] As a US Army reservist drilling close to
home at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas.
[2:38] He has just over a year of service under
his belt having gone through Army basic
[2:42] training last summer
and graduated AIT as a psychological
[2:47] operations specialist.
He is excited to see how many how the
[2:52] Army and the Mount Angel Police
Department can complement each other
[2:56] with their training and disciplines.
Chris made it clear
[3:02] he is very excited to work for the Mount
Angel Police Department
[3:06] because of one of the main reasons he
was interested in working here was to be
[3:10] able to help the community members.
He has a heart to help people.
[3:16] And what better way to do that than as a
police officer with this great city.
[3:23] So,
[3:33] Sergeant Lopez is going to shoot
pictures over by your shoulder so if you
[3:35] can turn this way, okay?
If any of you guys want to move, just
[3:40] shoot me from the front.
[3:45] Hey, Chris, please raise your right hand
and repeat after me.
[3:50] I, Christopher Christopher Daniel Voss,
>> I, Christopher Daniel Voss,
[3:55] » do solemnly swear
>> do solemnly swear
[3:57] » that I will support the Constitution
>> that I will support the Constitution
[4:00] » of the United States
>> of the United States
[4:03] » and the Constitution
>> and the Constitution
[4:05] » of the state of Oregon
>> of the state of Oregon
[4:08] » and the laws
>> and the laws
[4:10] » therefore and rules
>> therefore and rules
[4:14] » and regulations
>> and regulations
[4:16] » of the Mount Angel Police Department
>> of the Mount Angel Police Department
[4:19] » and I will
>> and I will
[4:22] » faithfully
>> faithfully
[4:23] » honestly
>> honestly
[4:25] » and impartially
>> and impartially
[4:27] » discharge the duties
>> discharge the duties
[4:30] » of police officer
>> of police officer
[4:33] » during my continuance therein
>> during my continuance therein
[4:36] » to the best of my ability
>> to the best of my ability
[4:39] » so help me God.
>> So help me God.
[4:42] » Congratulations.
[4:51] I need him to sign
his oath of office.
[4:55] There.
And there.
[4:58] And then he's also going to be signing
the Criminal Justice Code of Ethics.
[5:20] And who's going to pin your bri- your
badge on? Mom?
[5:24] Mom? Why not?
[5:33] This emblem is more than just a jewel.
This is who we are and represents who we
[5:39] are and what we do.
It represents that to the people that we
[5:42] serve. That they trust us for everything
that we do because we wear this badge.
[5:49] So, if you would please turn this on
your side.
[5:53] It operates like this. It goes through
like this
[5:57] and comes over like this.
Take your time.
[6:27] Congratulations.
[6:37] Any questions you'd like to ask Mr.
Blasquez or he and his family, wonderful
[6:41] family. Thank you all very much for
coming.
[6:45] » I was going to give us a short 3-minute
recess during the mass exodus.
[6:53] » Sounds great.
>> Thank you everyone for coming. You
[6:56] should be very proud.
[6:58] » Okay.
All right.
[7:07] » [clears throat]
[7:12] » Which is anywhere you want me to stand?
>> You're good there.
[7:14] » Okay.
[7:17] For sure there's a podium here.
[7:28] Thank you.
[7:38] See you.
Thank you very much.
[7:47] » They're 37.
37 is what people are just now.
[7:57] » [clears throat]
[8:04] » Thank you, Kills, for the money.
>> Thank you.
[8:11] Thank you, Jody, yes, for this one.
People, do we have any
[8:14] apparent of any of the businesses since
[8:19] » No.
>> Okay.
[8:21] Moving on to review of accounts payable.
Do you have any questions?
[8:26] Council on here?
>> No.
[8:28] » Council on here?
>> No.
[8:29] » Council on here?
>> Is
[8:33] Civil Westville always about that much?
Or is that just the same amount?
[8:38] » It has been a little high.
It's been high through the the
[8:42] subdivisions that they're reviewing
right now.
[8:45] That's what's causing it to go back and
forth and our their engineers and our
[8:48] engineer to go back and forth and cost a
little more than usual.
[8:52] » And some of that we get refunded?
>> Correct. Yeah.
[8:56] » And another question I had, did we
really sponsor $5,000 for the flower
[9:01] basket program?
And
[9:05] that's all I have.
[9:08] » Councilor Curtis?
>> No.
[9:11] » Councilor Black?
>> [clears throat]
[9:13] » Yeah, on the
US Bank work services
[9:18] general civic drones $13,000.
Is this plural? Is that one drone or is
[9:23] that two drones? That's two. It's two
drones. Are we buying two or are we
[9:27] buying more or
>> We we bought two.
[9:28] » You're going to buy two?
>> No, we bought them.
[9:32] » We have an order to buy
>> What's that?
[9:34] » Is that all we're buying? It's two.
>> Just two.
[9:36] » Okay. Thank you.
Is that what it's funded through?
[9:41] » It was
Well, the grant was for a $1,000 drone.
[9:45] But those are $26,000 drones.
Uh and you can buy them on the open
[9:50] market for about $15,000 each now.
We got them for $6,500 apiece.
[9:56] » Oh, out of the minutes and or and they
fly in gentlemen.
[10:00] » As if we have anything.
And I have one and Officer Taylor has
[10:03] one.
>> It did.
[10:06] » You're welcome.
[10:11] » Open it.
Okay.
[10:14] » [clears throat]
>> Moving on to the minutes.
[10:18] Um corrections for
I guess any corrections to the minutes
[10:24] from June 1st.
[10:27] » I had one, but I already let Kobe know
about it.
[10:30] » Okay.
Any other corrections to the minutes?
[10:35] » I asked for the correction, but
Oh, it was in the roll call. My name
[10:40] wasn't in the roll call when we voted.
>> Apparently I left him out of one of the
[10:44] roll calls, so I said
>> Apparently I bio-located at that time.
[10:53] » Okay.
[11:00] Anybody want to make a motion?
[11:04] » I'll move to approve consent agenda.
>> Second.
[11:09] » Motion by Council Eder, seconded by
Council Off.
[11:13] Roll call, please and thank
Council Eder.
[11:17] » I'll abstain since it's a personal
matter.
[11:19] » Council Eder.
>> Aye.
[11:21] » Council Kepler.
>> Aye.
[11:24] » Council Astorga.
>> Aye.
[11:26] » Council Donnellan.
>> Aye.
[11:28] » Council Off.
>> Aye.
[11:30] » Mayor Palicki.
>> Aye.
[11:33] » Uh moving on to new business.
We have
[11:40] Item 9A which is a Northwest Natural
Franchise
[11:45] Agreement Ordinance 787.
[11:49] Mr. Daniel.
>> Reading off the cuff, this is
[11:56] back in the summer of 2025 while
responding to a public records
[12:01] request, it was found that the franchise
agreement between Northwest Natural and
[12:03] the City of Mt. Angel had expired in
2021.
[12:07] After working with our attorneys to
update any provisions, negotiations with
[12:11] Northwest Natural attorneys began.
Communication was often few and far
[12:16] between, but we finally we were finally
presenting something that both of
[12:20] parties agreed on. There are no
subsequent changes from the prior
[12:24] agreement which expired again back in
2021.
[12:28] We removed duplicated sentence in
section 1.10,
[12:32] updated an issue with numbering in
section 5, we increased the double
[12:37] liability insurance provision, and
updated the notice section. It is city
[12:42] staff
recommendation to conduct the first
[12:45] reading of the attached ordinance
granting Northwest Natural a
[12:49] non-exclusive gas utility franchise.
[12:56] » Any
Any questions?
[12:58] » How are we tracking all these like
franchise agreements and stuff? Do they
[13:02] just
>> That's a That's a great question. I know
[13:05] that Tara's been working on it. And
that's And that's why, you know.
[13:09] The problem is they some have been
entered in the computer in different
[13:13] places. And so, we're doing the best we
can to update all of those agreements
[13:19] and everything else in the
administrative section of our
[13:24] drive on the on the server.
>> Yeah.
[13:27] I don't know about the different Excel
sheets.
[13:29] » and the life.
Okay.
[13:32] » But I think if this was expiring, they
wouldn't notify us that they needed to
[13:37] renew it.
>> So usually they do.
[13:40] Usually they do.
>> Okay.
[13:42] » So
maybe maybe they did and we missed it.
[13:45] » Okay.
>> I mean, it's hard to say.
[13:47] But we looked into it and then began to
work with them to get a new rate.
[13:52] » So how long is this one good for?
[13:56] » 10 years.
>> I think it was 2015 for 10 years.
[14:18] » 10 years.
>> Mhm, yeah.
[14:24] » I can face forward.
>> Mhm, 5 and 10.
[14:31] » What would be the next one? The next
one?
[14:33] » Mhm.
>> That would be
[14:37] » Yeah.
>> It should be 10 years.
[14:39] » Starting in
2015.
[14:52] » 26.
>> Yeah, sorry.
[14:54] » There.
>> Package is 140.
[14:57] » Thank you.
>> The rate is
[15:01] » There.
>> They're about 10 years each.
[15:05] » The first one you sent them.
[15:09] The next one The next one is 10 years of
all package, so you know.
[15:12] » All right.
>> The ability apparently is fine with
[15:17] operating under the same rules that we
have been. We did the cities that wanted
[15:21] something more from us.
>> Yeah.
[15:23] » The big fellow is very quiet.
It's not exactly what you would expect
[15:28] ending in.
>> Yeah. And what and just so that council
[15:32] members were limited by what we're
allowed to charge on the on the
[15:36] franchise agreement. So,
um
[15:39] you know, it was just some basic English
corrections that needed to be done,
[15:44] cleaned up on this particular agreement.
So,
[15:47] um
you know,
[15:49] substantively
there's no change. We're getting the
[15:52] same amount.
As more customers get Northwest Natural
[15:56] service, we will get
more money.
[16:02] » Any other questions?
>> [clears throat]
[16:06] » This is a
Okay.
[16:08] » So, I will entertain a motion.
[16:13] And I'll read it into the
>> I move to conduct first reading
[16:18] ordinance 787
granting Northwest Natural Gas the
[16:22] non-exclusive gas utility franchise.
[16:27] » I second the motion.
>> I will move it by Counselor Sorga,
[16:30] seconded by Counselor Ott for a first
reading of Mount Angel ordinance 787,
[16:37] Northwest Natural Gas franchise
ordinance, an ordinance repealing
[16:41] ordinance number 726 and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances in
[16:46] conflict with this ordinance authorizing
the city of Mount Angel to grant a
[16:50] non-exclusive gas utility franchise to
Northwest Natural as authorized by the
[16:55] charter of the city and state law and
fixing the terms, conditions, and
[16:58] compensation of the franchise.
Counselor Ott.
[17:03] » Aye.
>> Counselor Blaha.
[17:06] » Aye.
>> Counselor Eder.
[17:08] » Aye.
>> Counselor Hogarth.
[17:11] » Aye.
>> Counselor Sorga.
[17:14] » Aye. [clears throat]
>> Counselor Donahue.
[17:16] » Aye.
>> Mayor Vandehey.
[17:18] » Aye.
We are on the item 9B.
[17:22] The Wave Division Cable Franchise
Agreement.
[17:27] At the same time, in the summer of 2025,
while responding to that same public
[17:34] records request, it was discovered that
the franchise agreement between Wave,
[17:38] operating as Astound, and the city of
Bonita was about to expire.
[17:43] The city was also in need of an upgrade
for internet speeds
[17:47] and wanted to memorialize the pro bono
services that we received
[17:52] in the new contract. After working with
our attorneys to update any provisions,
[17:57] the process of negotiating faster speed
services at no cost took considerable
[18:02] time and ultimately could not be
provided at no charge for the city
[18:06] hall's needs.
Once
[18:10] new and improved services were settled
at the library, the new franchise
[18:14] agreement was redlined by Wave in
return. The law requires that franchise
[18:19] agreements with entities of similar
service are obligated to be provided
[18:24] similar agreements. Between the last
agreement with Wave and this one, the
[18:29] city adopted a rights-of-way ordinance
and established a franchise with
[18:34] Comcast. So, the new agreement with Wave
was withheld.
[18:39] It is our recommendation as staff to
conduct the first reading of the
[18:43] attached ordinance, granting Wave
Division a non-exclusive cable and
[18:49] utility franchise.
Okay, thank you.
[18:54] Any questions on this one?
[19:04] I have a motion.
>> [clears throat]
[19:07] » I move to conduct the first reading
ordinance 788 granting Wave Division a
[19:12] non-exclusive cable and utility
franchise.
[19:15] » I'll second.
>> I have a motion by counselor or seconded
[19:19] by counselor Stover
for a first reading of City of City of
[19:22] Mount Angel ordinance number 788,
ordinance granting a non-exclusive cable
[19:27] services franchise to Wave Division
7 LLC.
[19:36] Councilor Donahue?
>> Aye.
[19:39] » Councilor Al?
>> Aye.
[19:41] » Councilor Black?
Councilor Eaton?
[19:44] » Aye.
>> Councilor Holbrook?
[19:47] » Aye.
>> Councilor Stover?
[19:49] » Aye.
>> Mayor Black?
[19:51] » Aye.
[19:56] » Moving on to our city manager's report.
>> Um I'll keep this very short.
[20:02] There's there's been
a lot going on, but really only one
[20:07] thing that I need to update the council
on.
[20:09] Some of the things that that we do is we
keep an eye out for equipment that we
[20:14] might be able to use for the city.
Um and we have a relationship with
[20:19] govdeals.com,
which is [clears throat] a public
[20:21] auction site where municipalities
auction vehicles and things like that,
[20:26] which is where we auction our vehicles
actually.
[20:29] Um I was able to locate a trailer, a 7
6x12
[20:35] 6x12 trailer,
um bumper tow trailer, um that had a
[20:42] sewer camera system mounted inside.
Rather than a truck, buying a full-size
[20:49] truck and van or that type of thing,
it actually is a pull-behind trailer
[20:55] with a office that has a monitors and a
computer and the devices needed to run
[21:02] this camera system
and the actual camera system mounted in
[21:06] it that we can go down go in our sewers
and
[21:11] record what's going on there.
Rather than paying $6,000 every time we
[21:17] need to look at something in our sewers,
we will have our own camera system and
[21:21] be able to do that. Not only will we be
able to do that, we'll also be able to
[21:25] better map and video all of our sewers
in the city of Monahans, uh
[21:30] we will also actually you know you can
go virtually anywhere. So our storm and
[21:36] our sewers. But so
we'll be able to put that down there and
[21:41] without having to call an outside
entity.
[21:43] Anyway, we looked into this, found out
that it was a very useful machine,
[21:49] found out that it was a backup for
another city,
[21:52] and then we started bidding on it. And
so we are obtaining this
[21:58] setup for $30,000, just a little over
$30,000.
[22:01] Um
brand new cost probably
[22:05] around a couple hundred thousand.
Um it's still quite usable and in great
[22:10] shape. Got all kinds of tools and all
kinds of parts that go with it. In fact
[22:15] the tractor that with the camera in it
actually has a variety of set of wheels
[22:20] that go on it and it just
goes down the sewer and does its thing.
[22:25] It's got a replaceable user replaceable
lighting
[22:28] and it's in fairly decent shape. So
we decided to go ahead and bid on it and
[22:33] I won the election or I won the won the
auction.
[22:36] We made payment on it this last week.
And so Alan and I will be leaving
[22:41] tomorrow to go get it and bring it back
to Monahans.
[22:46] » Is it
>> What now?
[22:48] » And
>> Thank you.
[22:49] » Excuse me, sir.
What's that? What what brand is it?
[22:53] Trans-Star?
[22:56] And we did we did have conversations
with WEWU and Um, they they recommended
[23:01] it. They uh we would be in very very
good shape up in the office.
[23:08] And we actually have $50,000 budgeted
for um
[23:12] our project to
to do the map out and determine what we
[23:17] need in the future as far as our sewer
system, correct?
[23:19] » Mhm.
>> At the old K Street.
[23:22] » So uh Civil West uh recommended that
budgeting 50 grand uh in this next
[23:27] budget season to uh scope our sewer
system so we can see any
[23:32] infiltration um
like storm water hookups and stuff. So,
[23:37] that will eliminate that.
[23:42] » Anyway,
so if you want me to take it I'll be
[23:44] taking off and now and I will be taking
a road trip and coming back we figured
[23:48] it'd take us about a week
to go and get it and bring it back
[23:51] safely.
And then
[23:54] » [clears throat]
>> myself I'm going to be taking about 10
[23:56] days off towards the end of the month.
And uh but we'll be in contact soon.
[24:02] Something's new.
We'll make it work.
[24:06] That's all I have.
[24:10] That's all right.
[24:15] » Councilor Black?
Oh, I was just uh reading last
[24:20] month's
uh minutes and also the straw that
[24:25] brought up things
with electric scooters and bikes. And I
[24:30] just wanted to throw them out there
not support or is concerned.
[24:35] See a lot of it
[24:39] involved in something that goes to to
something. I just wanted to say I think
[24:43] we should be doing what we can
in regards to educating both the kids
[24:47] and the parents and putting enforcing
any laws that we might have to let
[24:52] people know what's acceptable, where
they need to drive, how old they need to
[24:56] be to be on these things, etc. etc. It
is going to be a huge problem.
[25:02] » Is there Is there anything we can do?
Have the latest fuel sent out at parent
[25:06] square?
Message jobs to parents saying this is
[25:09] what the law is saying.
We hope and
[25:13] pray that you
follow it or something.
[25:16] » We We We can ask.
>> I mean, can we get something on our
[25:20] utility billing? A little
>> Well, our utility billings are we You
[25:24] got to be got like
>> Or you could get a letter. I'm sorry,
[25:26] new letters to send.
>> Um we're trying to figure out the best
[25:30] ways that we can do that.
>> Did receive confirmation that one of the
[25:36] most
uh habitual wheelie riding
[25:40] violators of the rules was forced to
sell his bike by his father, so
[25:44] » Yeah, well, it's interesting that when
when um
[25:48] you know, officers officers generally
like to give people warnings and give
[25:51] them the opportunity to do the right
thing, right?
[25:54] Well, when they're kids, in particular,
I learned a long time ago working in the
[25:58] garden in Salem, best thing that I could
do when I was talking to with a child
[26:03] is to call the parent.
And the best thing you can do when you
[26:06] call the parent is to have the parent
come down and talk with you
[26:09] before they split up and leave. That
way, they all receive the same story at
[26:13] the same time.
Well, the officer had to recontact the
[26:18] parent because he done the
aforementioned warning of the child and
[26:22] asked the question to the child to go
home and tell the parents. Well, when I
[26:25] added the extra emphasis, the officer
contacted the parent.
[26:29] And I believe that's the appropriate
action.
[26:33] » Yes, that particular That particular
cyclist is no longer in town, I have
[26:37] told.
>> [clears throat]
[26:39] » Just feel they're in the district.
>> And [clears throat] And then
[26:43] » They're not fully aware
how we feel in our cars Yeah. when we
[26:48] almost
Someone comes flying
[26:51] down the sidewalk out of nowhere, and
there they are.
[26:56] » But it's very it's very reminiscent to
small children running in front of your
[27:01] vehicle during the parade.
[27:10] There's a lot There's a lot to be
discovered, but
[27:13] but by the way while I film my report,
great parade, great fireworks
[27:19] at the high school.
And
[27:21] it's just, you know, I've been to two
candy once, I've been to St. Paul once,
[27:25] and the amount of entries in this one
just keep getting bigger and bigger.
[27:28] Everyone comes down, good time.
>> I still I've never Yeah, thanks. I've
[27:33] never seen so many people
at a parade [clears throat] from start
[27:38] to end
ever before.
[27:40] » It's
>> And it was it was very nerve-wracking.
[27:45] » I put See all the third candy these
kids, you know.
[27:48] » And what I was going to say is
I was I was looking at some websites
[27:52] today and some some Facebook pages from
other police departments in different
[27:55] places in the country, and they
emphasize no throwing of candy.
[28:00] » Yeah, but
>> So that may be something
[28:02] » There's no attendance, but that's
>> But I'm here to tell you, it's very
[28:06] nerve-wracking. I don't know how Kelso
or either felt driving his tractor with
[28:12] the trailer, but
I was at the very end of the parade, and
[28:15] I had the towers dumping candy literally
on the ground.
[28:20] » Yeah, they went by the side of us.
>> But we figured out how to get the candy
[28:24] away from the van, and so we're going to
build them a special slide.
[28:28] » Like this nice beer.
>> That way they can just put it put it in
[28:31] the slide, and it'll it'll go run out to
the to the to the end of the road.
[28:36] » Well, I think we have Kennedy shop build
that.
[28:40] » Here you go.
[28:44] Yeah.
>> My wife and I were playing defense, you
[28:46] » I'm sure you were.
[28:51] » But thank you.
>> It's excellent.
[28:53] » And you know, the public uh public works
jumped in this year, took care of the
[28:57] barricades, which eliminated a lot of
responsibility for us and for the paper.
[29:02] So, we were able to focus on other
things. And uh as Alan pointed out,
[29:08] they'll be doing all that stuff from
here on out because it it goes so much
[29:13] better because public works is a public.
>> You know, just the community spirit
[29:17] there is just great. So, what's It's
amazing.
[29:20] » Thank you.
[29:23] » Councilor Roberts?
[29:26] Councilor Donahue?
Councilor O'Rourke?
[29:29] » Yeah, Alan, did you guys flush the
little hydrants
[29:34] in the last week?
>> In your area?
[29:37] » Yes.
>> I don't believe [clears throat] so.
[29:39] » Cuz my water was very
murky on Saturday.
[29:45] And then I was visiting my mother-in-law
today, and she goes, "I could have gone
[29:48] to council show a couple of questions
probably would have taken
[29:51] bringing them later, but she said her
neighbor across the street had muddy
[29:55] water."
[29:58] And she goes, "Why does it do that?" And
I'm like, "Well, I've been flushing
[30:00] mine, but I haven't noticed, but mine
was
[30:03] » Was it their hot water?
>> It was a what?
[30:06] » Was it their hot water?
>> It was the hot water.
[30:07] » It's their hot water heater.
>> And
[30:10] » Mine does that, too.
>> My hot water heater didn't do that.
[30:14] » Yeah.
>> So, it should not be doing that.
[30:15] » Yeah, you're supposed to drain them
every 6 months.
[30:18] » It used to do that 6 months ago when I
>> drained mine for you know, 20 years.
[30:24] Seriously, I haven't
>> Never been
[30:27] » Yeah, these newer ones you got to do
every 6 months, and then you got to
[30:29] change the sacrificial metal rod.
>> Cuz the sacrificial metal rod will
[30:36] prevent
>> Yeah.
[30:37] » prevent some of that. And it actually
causes nitrogen, especially in water
[30:42] heaters that sit and continuously heat
water.
[30:47] » Uh-huh.
>> Um and that that nitrogen comes out and
[30:49] actually is flammable.
I can show you a video associated with
[30:53] that.
[30:56] I've been right here with my angel.
[30:59] » Councilor Year?
Why am I always last?
[31:03] » What year Council President?
>> So, everybody may not know this, but I
[31:07] had lunch with Pete Wall and and if you
remember
[31:10] » but he knows he did he moved to
Vancouver.
[31:12] » No, not everybody knew that.
>> They did.
[31:14] » Did he sell his place then or
>> He was renting that.
[31:18] » Oh, was he renting that?
>> But he still comes to the doctor here
[31:21] and I think he still gets his mail here.
>> Oh, good.
[31:24] » So, you may still see him around town.
Um and I will attest to the dirty water
[31:31] cuz I flushed my toilet upstairs the
other night and it go
[31:34] I looked again, flushed again, and my
toilet water's dirty.
[31:38] » That's not
>> No, that's bad hot water.
[31:42] » Yep.
>> We named him Donald.
[31:44] » Yeah, I'm pretty sure mine wasn't even
>> Um on June 19th,
[31:50] um twice in my life, I've almost hit
somebody in the crosswalk
[31:55] uh from the deli to the old little park.
[32:00] And this last time it scared the living
hell out of me because I think the guy
[32:05] walked without even looking cuz he was
right there and I skidded to stop.
[32:11] And then the yelling started. But then I
went back the next day and I'm looking
[32:15] at the street light crosswalk's like
this
[32:19] and the street light
is nowhere near that crosswalk.
[32:25] » Well, this is at night?
>> This is at night.
[32:27] » Okay.
>> So, I don't know if we can get something
[32:31] done with that street light arm or
brighter light
[32:36] to shine on that crosswalk.
>> What do you mean they don't line
[32:40] » But they do not line up.
>> Yeah, I don't think that's actually a
[32:45] legal crosswalk.
>> The one at the one right by the deli and
[32:51] and
Burger Burger Twins and the
[32:53] » Yeah, well it's they're they'll be
moving. Well, I have to look at the old
[32:56] up match, but
I know that there's going to be quite a
[32:59] bit of work in that area.
[33:02] » Is there a way we can get petition for
some of those signs on the sidewalks
[33:07] that they are or the crosswalks that
they are going to have?
[33:11] On that
>> Yeah, you know, they have to Well,
[33:13] they'll have to specifically designate
areas where they're not crosswalks.
[33:18] » Mhm.
>> And
[33:20] those have been painted. A lot of the
there's a lot of crosswalks on Main
[33:23] Street, right? That have been painted
that shouldn't have been painted.
[33:27] » Mhm.
>> Um and so like you saw up here at Church
[33:32] Street near the fountain, they have put
up their special this is not a crosswalk
[33:37] sign.
So, when that happens, then they have to
[33:41] designate that and then put up those
signs to prevent people from crossing.
[33:45] Now,
the
[33:47] the painted lines is a problem,
but the other piece of this is
[33:54] everywhere that there is an
intersection, there is a an official
[33:58] crosswalk.
>> Right, right.
[34:00] » That's the rule as
>> And so, we can we can talk to PGE about
[34:06] the light there
and see
[34:09] » I've also noticed that some of the
street lights by the old black the
[34:14] blackberry or black film or the
the old video store used to be
[34:19] a old item.
>> These are Tony's, so
[34:21] » And uh it's cross street from the gas
station.
[34:24] » Oh, so in that particular area, and that
is a
[34:28] crosswalk of concern for ODOT
Um, because I had conversations with
[34:33] them about that crosswalk. They are
going to put in special extra lighting
[34:38] ODOT
um, light poles. In fact, I asked them
[34:42] to make them black because they couldn't
they couldn't boost the output of the of
[34:48] the nice lights, you know, the
decorative light fixtures we have on
[34:51] North Main Street. So, they're going to
put up their standard ODOT um,
[34:56] lights, but I asked them to obtain them
in black so they would at least blend in
[35:02] with uh, what's going on around there as
opposed to being some just silver thing
[35:07] that you'd see alongside a highway
somewhere. Uh, they agreed to that and
[35:12] so they will be installing new black
lights in that pedestrian to that bigger
[35:17] crosswalk.
[35:21] » Very good.
>> The crosswalk that crossed by Legend
[35:24] Insurance, it crossed yesterday. That
was terrible.
[35:27] » Right.
>> Somebody's going to get hit there.
[35:30] There's got to be a fearful park there
and some people stop, some don't.
[35:35] » Well, the interesting thing also in the
plans, if you look at the ODOT plans,
[35:39] there will be bulb outs, which means
this the crosswalk the portion of the
[35:44] sidewalk will actually bulb out so that
the person who's then crossing the
[35:49] street leaves the curb on the other side
of where that car is parked.
[35:53] So, there will there will be increased
visibility of pedestrians attempting to
[35:57] cross the street.
[36:02] » My last comment was uh, I think the fly
issue is probably put to bed, but I had
[36:06] two main part one that's main part of
town is their problem.
[36:13] This is not not the city's.
>> I believe that to be true.
[36:18] » [clears throat]
>> And he said it's so bad this year is
[36:20] because we have not had a good freeze in
two years.
[36:25] So, let's pray for
cold weather.
[36:28] This is the only way you have prayer.
wouldn't mind having a couple of
[36:31] » How did the flies seem to get worse? I
mean
[36:34] » I mean I
don't know what I'm talking about.
[36:37] » No, I mean breeding worms.
>> I don't know. I don't know what to say.
[36:41] » My problem is that
>> So there's Yeah, there's there's
[36:45] There's significant
um
[36:48] areas both at the main farm and then at
the other farm to the south.
[36:54] Um where there is rotting vegetable
material
[36:58] and mulch products and manure and all
kinds of things like that, which are
[37:03] exposed to the to the atmosphere, to the
air. And that is prime, if you look at
[37:09] the all the all the fly breeding stuff,
is where flies lay their eggs.
[37:14] And so they like to come out
in that big
[37:19] area of the main farm, but then also
at the other farm as well, because of
[37:24] their business and that's their agra
business. But it does promote the growth
[37:29] and the breeding of flies.
[37:37] » Did we park this line?
>> I don't think I'm doing it right.
[37:42] Is it nicer to
>> All right, just check it.
[37:48] Finally have a couple of things. One,
flowers went up and I got to give a
[37:53] shout out to Alan's team in public
works. This was their first year doing
[37:57] it and the uh
the assembly line fashion of what they
[38:03] came up with really worked out pretty
swell to be able to do it the the the
[38:09] Otis certified legal way
and get it done in just over a day the
[38:14] first go round, especially since you got
a little bit of a late start because of
[38:17] the weather.
That was awesome. Uh had multiple people
[38:20] say that they're all in great shape. You
guys did a good job not banging them
[38:25] up."
>> Good.
[38:26] » And
that came directly from Katie Beth
[38:28] herself.
>> Thank you.
[38:31] » Good good work to good work public
works.
[38:34] So, they're out there getting watered.
And then obviously we just had the 4th
[38:37] of July and so uh credit where credit's
due, the chamber put on a a heck of a
[38:41] parade. And yes, I think uh we need to
partner with a few people at the towers
[38:47] to create some modifications to the van
to help with our ongoing safety concern
[38:54] with the with the candy.
Um
[38:57] kind of I'm kind of shocked that our
local dentist hasn't sponsored this
[38:59] parade considering
>> [laughter]
[39:02] » there's probably a thousand pounds of
candy that got thrown out.
[39:05] » I'm told kids walk away from that with
those
[39:09] plastic grocery bags and you know they
used to be able to get
[39:14] as as as big as medium-sized pumpkins.
>> Oh, absolutely.
[39:19] » I will say this about this
van. There was a joy in that van.
[39:23] » Oh, yeah.
>> There was ultimate joy in it.
[39:26] » It's it's they're super cool. They love
it.
[39:28] » It's it's
no problem with that. I
[39:31] But it's what happens afterwards.
Cuz you didn't bring me any candy.
[39:36] » No, I didn't.
>> And And they threw good candy. I thought
[39:39] for sure it was going to be Werther's
Originals, but
[39:41] » Oh, what's wrong with Werther's?
>> [laughter]
[39:43] » Okay, so they put them at the end.
>> They are at the
[39:46] » They are at the end.
>> They are at the end?
[39:48] » They're a little problem.
>> They're a little problem because
[39:51] they drop such large amounts of candy at
the end
[39:54] and then they all run out in front of
the chamber vehicle
[40:00] and the police vehicle.
>> No, oh jeez.
[40:03] » And and I'm trying to get them out of
the street. I was irritating I think you
[40:09] know what out of our chamber people, but
I didn't know how else to keep the kids
[40:13] out of the street. I thought of the
police
[40:15] » vehicle go by and the driving it was
like this.
[40:18] » Is he happy?
>> It was
[40:21] » Whoever was in the white F-150 had quite
the scowl.
[40:25] » He was very focused.
>> I don't know how I feel about his scowl.
[40:28] » [laughter]
>> That's why you don't wave at him.
[40:30] » Uh he was a worried man.
>> The
[40:33] the fire the fireworks were were
fantastic. I didn't get to go down to
[40:36] school. I I watched them from elsewhere,
but no, it was great. Um
[40:42] I I did we did receive one um
issue from one person here in town and
[40:49] had to do with their neighbor. Um we got
the email. I actually had a chance to
[40:54] speak with them and and their concerns
were something that's already illegal,
[40:57] so
that one is to bed for now. And then um
[41:02] the only other thing that I think
perhaps next year, I think whoever runs
[41:05] the Calvary Cemetery is going to
consider whether or not close it
[41:09] due to it being a prime viewing location
for money.
[41:13] » Were there were there fireworks going
off in the cemetery as well?
[41:17] » There was rumors that there may have
been some uh people who were not being
[41:21] as respectful as they should have been
in the cemetery.
[41:23] » All right.
>> But they have not been
[41:26] they have not been confirmed.
So, with that, if there's nothing else,
[41:32] we are adjourned.