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>> but so the graph looks like

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2014 is the midpoint when it is
actually not the midpoint.

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I'm curious, to what do you
attribute the spikes between

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2013 and 2014?

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Or is that rounding our -- 

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>> 2013 to 2014?

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That increase, I wasn't involved

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in the 2014 survey.
I would hate to speculate off

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the top of my head.
So that is something that I

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could get back to you later on
though.
Our firm did that work.

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Just not me personally.

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We also asked residents to rate

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on a scale here, of 1-5 how well

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the city of bend was doing in
these specific service areas.

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And this graph is showing you

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the percent who gave a top

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rating of 4 or 5.
Okay?

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So 80% of residents say that the

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police and fire services are

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doing a 4-5 which is the
positive end of the survey.

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Of the scale.
And drinking water is also right

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up there with 77%.

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I should also say that is very

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common, fire in particular, fire
department usually gets the

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highest ratings in all of our
surveys.

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People really appreciate their,

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first responders, and unlike

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police, firemen never give you a
ticket.

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And -- 

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[Laughter] Yeah.

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And drinking water again, tap
comes on, the water tastes good.

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People are happy.
Right.

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So as long as that has been

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happen, we expect people to stay
happy.

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sewer service, at 54% of
positivity.

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Again, that is actually fairly
typical for sewer service.

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They are sort of a service that
people don't think about, unless

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there is a problem.
Right?

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And unlike some other utilities,
for example, electricity, and

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water, are usually seen as good

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value for the money and people
again are like, oh, I don't,

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they have a little bit of
sensitivity around their rate

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that they pay for sewer services
overall, I would say, honestly,

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that is a solid rating if you
take that context into account.

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>> quick, maybe, maybe you just
answered my question.

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Is, it seems like the first two
they are looking solely at the

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quality and the service being
provided.

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I'm curious, when the open ended
sewer service is whether there

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May be more of a financial
element involved as opposed to

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people really feeling like their
service is not going well.

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They are not happy with the
rates but might have gone up.

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A sense of teasing that out?
>> we did not ask that question.

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But that is sort of where I
think those services usually go.

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>> the data, cross tab lake, we

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looked at that question more
closely.

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And where you see that
satisfaction particularly low is

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in southeast and that is no

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surprise given the septic to

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sewer, a lot of folks are
judging the quality of the
service saying, I don't have it.

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And it is very expensive to get
it.
A big conversation.

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a lot of awareness around it.
It is also driving some of that.

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>> right.

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>> and then, city streets, you
will see again, there are some

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concern here in bend about the
maintenance and repair of the
streets.

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I'm not advised to see that
there.

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Then building, planning and

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permitting service, I think that

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is largely in part because
people aren't sure.

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Most people don't have to deal

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with that service and so there
is just, they might give you the

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benefit of the doubt.

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But not exactly sure.
Just overall, I would say that

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these numbers to me, look
similar to what we see in other

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cities.

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I don't see any flags for me.

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And in fact, it shows a solid

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service in these quality areas.
We did want to ask people

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directly about the priorities.

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So we framed this question
specifically, we ask them to

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tell us how urgent, thinking
over the next ten year, what is

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the most urgent priority?
Is so right there at the top,

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affordable housing is clearly a

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top concern for people in the

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community.

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This next chart is the same data
but I have added in how many

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said it was a high priority.

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When you look at that, join for
top priority for residents in

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the community.
I just want to point out the

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concern about long ridge
community planning is on the

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north side of town.

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We also ask them to think about

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the one service that the city

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should prioritize for funding.
and here their highest priority

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funding is shown in the blue and

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the priorities line up exactly
the same as what was the most

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urgent to them.
Affordable housing, long range

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community planning, with those
two are the same and street

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maintenance.

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So there is some nice con grewty
there between they say is urgent

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and willing to have the city
spend money.
Okay.

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So giving that some of those top

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concerns were about affordable
housing and transportation, I'm

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going to show you a few more

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questions related to those
topics.
I'm not going to be able to

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share with you tonight the full
report.

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That will come later.
So I am going to spend a little

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bit of time to walk through some

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of these questions.
One of the questions we asked

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them, was what type of housing

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they thought the city should
prioritize?

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You can see that residents are

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fairly split in whether they

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want single family homes versus

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townhouses or semi detached
places.

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And multi-family apartments are
not as well liked.

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And although, I will say that

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renters were more interested in

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more apartments for renters as

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well, those townhouses, duplexes

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or single family homes was a

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clear priority.
We also ask them a bit about the

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type of neighborhoods they would
like to see.

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And by a clear 2 to 1 margin,

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your residents prefer that bend
has those neighborhoods with a

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mix of retail shops, housing,

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services, that create that mixed
use walkable neighborhood.

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Versus the more separate

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residential neighborhood.
In another open ended question,

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we asked them to tell us the

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most important transportation
issue.

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So in their own words, traffic

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and congestion was the top issue

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related to transportation.

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And then, road repair, you could
almost suggest, you could almost

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say that adding new roads and
lanes is the same as traffic

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congestion, in which case then

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you are looking to 48%, nearly
half of people are saying that

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traffic is the major problem.

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And then, bus or other transit

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round out the top priorities
there.

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>> I am so sorry I'm late.
Thank you.

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Couldn't we add those bottom two

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and say, it is 23% that want
public transit?

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Does it, do the numbers work
like that?

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>> you could.
They weren't saying specifically
bus.

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We were separating them out for
you.
Yes.

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They were, people could have
been, that would be true.

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I would say that if people, if

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they give me a long answer, I

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can code them up to three
categories.
>> the way you ask, if it was

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either one or the other, or if
they are separate?
Okay.
Great.

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>> their own words.
That is coding them.

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>> that is great.

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thank you.

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>> I would say that people who
already use alternative

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transportation, instead of

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people who buy or lock, they are

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more interested in the transit

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options.

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Right.
>> thank you.
>> if you look back, you can see

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that interest in new and

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improved roads, the concern

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about reducing traffic, that has

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increased over the past four
years.

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And certainly, you can see that
reducing traffic, the 2018

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numbers there in blue, 33%,

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double what it was in 2014, and

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so I would, I would expect that

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residents are going to start to

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want some solutions to come out
of that.

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When they, when they are
concerning, which concern is

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rising to that level.
This is a question, we just

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asked them to rate the condition

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of roads and streets in bend.

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I'm splitting it the good

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options, excellent, good in
green.
The poor in red.

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And what you can see, they are
fairly split whether they think

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that roads are good or poor.

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But what is really stroking, is
that they are very in the middle

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so it is kind of like, I would

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say, very, you know 5% say
excellent.
3% say very poor.

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You are not having a lot of

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strong opinions.

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Just a lot of mediocrity maybe.

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That makes it little bit hard
to, for people then to be

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willing to spend a lot of money
there.
Right?
even though that they say that

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is urgent priority, there is a

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little bet of conversations that
need, that has to happen around

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that to understand how they
could -- 

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>> could I, I'm sorry.

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And then, as far as this one

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goes, could you specify it to

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what part of town they live in?
Did you see any trends, if

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people live in one part of town,
versus another, they think that

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the roads are good or poor.
>> I did.

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I'll go off of memory in looking

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some of the detail, southwest,
is fairly poor.

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I think that they were the worst

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in terms of their rating which

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so happens, we have a big
project coming up, this
construction season.

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It was actually like, oh, we
are, they are on the cycle to

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sort of get to the, you know,
rotating around the city.

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And some of the residential
areas.
Because we get economies of

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scale when we do contracts an
whole neighborhoods.

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There is a big neighborhood
happening.
Yes, you will get that in the

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detailed report.

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You can get some of the
geography.
>> great.

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Thank you.
>> right.

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I have a question.
Going back to the point about

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that sort of, that is not a pie
chart, that says to you, it is

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not really as compelling as it
might be, citizens wanting to

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pay for more.
What would a bar chart look like

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that would give that?
my question is, do you want the

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good to be higher because people

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say we have good roads and want
to maintain them or is it that

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the poor is higher?
Now we need to do more.

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I'm curious what would a
different bar chart look like as

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far as being more, you know,
positive towards some kind of a

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bond or something like that.
>> okay.

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So if you are asking, so one is
just to understand what is the

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priority for funding.

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So if you are asking people to

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maintain the current level of

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streets, and it feels like a
really large bond, people might

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wonder, well, why is it so high?
Right?

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Where is it sort of seems like a
consistent comparable to levels

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they paid in the past.
They are like, okay, that made
sense.

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If I want to maintain the
quality of what I have, I have

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to continue to pay about the
same amount.

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If you are asking people to

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invest a lot, what feels like a
higher, new amount of funds,

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there is going to, you are going
to be better if they see that

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there is a clear problem.

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>> you want it.

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Not that you want the poor, but

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that is, that is what drives

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again, right, moving a whole
community to agree that yet this

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is a clear need for our
community.

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>> I'm a grant writer.
The need.

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The need is terrible.

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>> so, this is the condition of
the existing streets not

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necessarily the new streets,
correct?

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>> this is on can asking, asking
to think about, remember, they

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said, traffic is a problem.
You, we might need some new

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roads.
And so then -- 

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>> that is included in that.
>> that is not included in here.

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That is included there.
So I think that just the idea

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that again, what, what are you
asking people to pay for?

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Right?
If you are asking them to help

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solve a problem, that they do
see, right?

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Then, then, you know, most, most

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people understand that it will

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take an investment to build new

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roads and to help us solve this
problem.

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And then, it is more about, are

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we doing this in a thoughtful
way?

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Or good stewards of the money?
Okay.

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We traditionally ask a little
bit about where they get news

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about the city of bend.

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This helps to just understand
what is the best way to engage

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with your residents.
The sources, newspaper actually

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remains the top, most common

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source of information about the
city.

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Followed by tv, mostly local
new, probably.

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And then you could see some of

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the other options are lower
tier.
And you do see a little bit of

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age differences in this.

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For both younger and older
people, newspaper and tv is the

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most common source of
information.

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Nonetheless, that is a, that

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older people are particularly
reliant on those two.

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and younger residents are more

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often going to social media and

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the city's web site to look for
information.

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So you can see that there will
be there.

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Then, just kind of to, on that

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theme of engagement, we ended

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our survey by asking people
whether they thought people like

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themselves could have an impact

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in making a better place to live
in bend.

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The majority of residents are
pretty optimistic.

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Either think that they can have
a big impact or moderate impact

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at helping the city to make, be
a better place to live.

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This is in line, there is a
national pew, pew asked us

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nationally.
Bend is comparable to what we

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see at the nationwide level.

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So fairly optimistic people.

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In a good place to start.

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That is it.

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>> so you will be provided the
full report with some of the

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cross tabulation that I hinted
at.

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This, end of this week?

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>> yeah, I believe it is under
review right now.

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And so we'll have, it is a
longer report.

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And it has the cross tabs with

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all of those demographic
breakdowns for every single

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question.

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Also, the longer report includes
some comparisons to the on-line

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survey.

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So we offer the survey separate
from the phone.

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We offered it on-line to, for
residents to takes a they
wished.

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That was available in english
and spanish.

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we have a little over 1900
people took the survey.

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The results were fairly similar.
And we'll have that also in the

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tul report.

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So you can look at that and it
also gives.

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>> little bit more of again,
those open ended responses that

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you can look through.

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And ponder.
>> great.

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>> any other questions?
>> thank you so much.

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What an interesting report.

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It sounds like you have
nationwide erspechtive.

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You have perspective of other
places.

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What about that 20% number
getting information from the web
site?

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Do you think that we could do
better there?

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Have you seen cities that are
actually, that sounds, honestly,

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that sounds pretty good.

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1 out of 5, right?
I noticed improvement.

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That is the question.
>> I would say the number in the

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20s is a good solid number.
Right.

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So somewhere between 15-20 is

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what I typically see.
>> great.
>> good number.

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>> thank you.
>> when you look at trending,

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you go to that site, you look at
trending, where you see

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communities moving towards, what
do you think that is going to
shift there?

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What should we be ready for?

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>> the communication?

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So I think that just continue to
realize that as younger people

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are looking more towards the

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on-line sites, and social media,
that you will be able to reach

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people where they go first.
I would just continue to

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maintain a watch on that.
>> yeah, there are some

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interesting trends data on this
one, too.

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In the report, you'll see how

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this is changed over, since 2013
when we did the survey, I think

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it was more like 60% of
individuals getting their

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information from newspapers.

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So it has gone, it is still the
highest.
But it has gone down.

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You will see some of the other
areas more of the on-line

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presence pick up.
>> brilliant.

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>> and will we have that
overtime for all of the

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questions?
>> most of them.
Yeah.

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90% of the questions are pretty

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similar from the, the questions
we asked in leavous years.

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That is the purpose behind it.
To track.

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Thank you.
>> all right.

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>> thank you..
>> leave it there.

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>> introduce katie brooks, who
will introduce the next topic.

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>> ready for the next
presentation.
>> great.

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>> just a moment here.
>> there we go.
Awesome.
Good afternoon.

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Thanks for having me.
You are probably wondering what

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the heck is the chamber of
commerce up here talking about a

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community perception survey.
I wanted to set this up for you,

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so you knew the background.
when ward hubbell and hubbell

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communications came to me,

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sometime last summerrish,
they're a new business in town

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and wanted to do something for
the community, before they

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formally opened the doors much
we chat about what that looked

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like from the business
standpoint.
And as we thought about it a

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little bit longer, we thought

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about, so, what would actually

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be most impactful overall?

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And we concluded that it was
more of how we talk about the

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population growth?
The economy?
How do we talk about the things

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that are happening around us in

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a way that we can get people to
listen?

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And participate and have it
resonate?

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I think that would serve us all
better.

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So we put together a stakeholder
group.

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Included all sorts of groups
that you are familiar with.

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Opportunity knocks.
Bend 200, looking forward,

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bending backwards, moving

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sideway, all of them.

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And we've invited jason, the
performer who lives on the east

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side and kind of has a grip on

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some of the cultural aspect of
our community.

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We got together and came to

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conclusion that asking about how

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people feel about growth, how
they value what they have, and

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if you are in bend, 20, 30, 40
years from now, when you looked

00:22:02.246 --> 00:22:03.846
around, what would you be happy
to see?

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That is still in existence?

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We thought that would end value

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and depth to everybody's
discussion.

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The city's, the county's, the

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chambers, and all of the other
organizations that live,

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breathe, work and do business in
the community.

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That is why we did this survey.

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It is great that it duck tailed
with your community survey that

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you did at the same time.
We are hoping that it provides

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that depth and some value for
you.

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And, with that, I would like to
introduce ward hubbell.

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He is going to give the

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presentation, too.

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>> good afternoon.
>> thank you.

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Let me just get my bearings

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right here.

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So, let me say, we couldn't have
done that without katie's help.

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It was very instrumental in our
being able to get a handle on

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this and move forward and also
dhm conveniently was the survey,

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the research company that we
used to conduct this survey.

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So a lot of the things that

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michelle, you said, duck tail
quite nicely in some of the

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things we found.

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So, as katie mentioned, we had a
stakeholder meeting to try to

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get a grip on what, you know,
this thing of growth is all
about here.

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We then move to a large group
interview.
Qualitative study and then that

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enabled us to produce a
quantitative question, on-line

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questionnaire.
We wanted to make sure that we

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had a good representative
sample.

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So we controlled for factors

00:23:36.975 --> 00:23:39.510
such as ah gender, income,
political affiliation,

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employment status, years in

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bend, and where people lived.

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North, south, east or west.

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So we found some bad, some
better, some good.

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Let me go through that.

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The bad is the majority of the

00:24:01.566 --> 00:24:04.369
people almost 60% view growth as
negative.

00:24:05.171 --> 00:24:07.439
And what we ask, bend's growth
is negative.

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Only benefits a few.
Isn't creating better paying

00:24:11.243 --> 00:24:13.411
jobs for those who need them.
Creating too many problems for

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:16.580
the next generation.

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So 58% of the respondents agree

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to that statement.

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However it was a lot of uneimty

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around values and priorities.

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People value, they were
consistent on the attributes of

00:24:34.466 --> 00:24:36.466
bend that they held most dear.

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It is focused on a recreation
culture.

00:24:41.474 --> 00:24:43.474
It is, you know, small town

00:24:43.676 --> 00:24:46.545
feel, the community.
Strength and things like that.

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That is consistent with the

00:24:48.781 --> 00:24:50.917
people that we surveyed and then
the priorities, what needs to be

00:24:50.917 --> 00:24:53.585
fixed.
What needs to be addressed.

00:24:54.153 --> 00:24:56.153
Again, very consistent in our

00:24:58.294 --> 00:25:00.259
study and consistent with what
michelle talked about.
The good news is that we found

00:25:03.401 --> 00:25:05.264
that there is some information
that can change people as
perceptions about growth from

00:25:07.367 --> 00:25:09.367
neg negative to positive.

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We will talk about what some of
those are in a minute.

00:25:13.474 --> 00:25:15.474
So some finding, we are more
united than divided on

00:25:16.176 --> 00:25:17.476
priorities an values as we
mentioned.

00:25:18.378 --> 00:25:19.578
It is housing transportation
jobs.

00:25:22.150 --> 00:25:24.150
Any way you slice it, that is

00:25:26.853 --> 00:25:28.454
what people reported to be top
concerns.

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>> but, you know, it is not
really about growth.

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Nobody seem to be for or against

00:25:38.132 --> 00:25:40.334
growth for the sake of growth.
They are concerned about the

00:25:40.334 --> 00:25:43.236
effects of growth.
Congestion and affordability.

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But the number of people in the

00:25:45.739 --> 00:25:47.739
city limits really wasn't the

00:25:49.243 --> 00:25:50.443
thing that people were concerned
about.

00:25:51.345 --> 00:25:53.947
It is the effects of growth.
Who benefits from the growth?

00:25:54.748 --> 00:25:57.550
Is it going to be available?
Is ben going to be available

00:25:57.751 --> 00:25:59.751
economically and otherwise to

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:02.922
people of all income levels?
And is ben going to continue to

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:08.160
have a lifestyle economy work to

00:26:08.629 --> 00:26:10.629
live rather than live to work.

00:26:17.738 --> 00:26:19.472
That seems to be where a lot of
this came together.

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What do we do with this?
Stop talking about growth.
That conversation is over.

00:26:23.612 --> 00:26:26.470
I will show you some data here
in a little bit that will

00:26:26.470 --> 00:26:28.448
support that.
But it is really about how you

00:26:28.950 --> 00:26:31.852
are managing growth.
And the metaphor that I could

00:26:35.156 --> 00:26:37.724
offer is this, suppose that your
spouse or significant other came

00:26:38.626 --> 00:26:40.626
home tonight and said, honey, I

00:26:41.630 --> 00:26:43.130
want to have a party this
weekend.

00:26:43.365 --> 00:26:45.866
Well your first question is
probably going to be, well, who

00:26:46.201 --> 00:26:48.201
is coming?

00:26:48.537 --> 00:26:50.171
What kind of party is this is it
wine and cheese?

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:53.840
Is it a all night rager?

00:26:54.142 --> 00:26:56.142
That would probably have a lot

00:26:56.644 --> 00:26:58.746
to do how you perceive party.
Well it is the growth, the

00:26:58.947 --> 00:27:01.549
growth is kind of similar.
You know, we talk about growth.

00:27:03.352 --> 00:27:05.386
But what kind of growth?
are we talking about the growth

00:27:07.155 --> 00:27:09.457
that leads us to become like
silicon valley?

00:27:09.758 --> 00:27:11.758
Are we talking about growth that

00:27:13.962 --> 00:27:16.831
leads us to become an aspen?
Or talking about growth that

00:27:17.566 --> 00:27:19.566
becomes a better bend.

00:27:20.169 --> 00:27:22.837
To the extent, that can be
articulated and communicate and

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:25.639
understood by the public, it

00:27:27.543 --> 00:27:30.378
would be to your benefit.
Like I said, people don't care

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:32.379
about growth.

00:27:32.548 --> 00:27:35.351
They care about outcomes.
They want to have a thriving

00:27:35.351 --> 00:27:37.351
middle class.

00:27:37.553 --> 00:27:39.553
They want an educated workforce.

00:27:41.157 --> 00:27:43.157
They want a an affordable

00:27:45.561 --> 00:27:48.162
community that is viable across
the economic scale.

00:27:48.664 --> 00:27:51.670
Less congestion and want to
preserve the outdoor recreation

00:27:51.670 --> 00:27:53.670
culture.

00:27:53.836 --> 00:27:56.738
The extent to which you can
communicate your actions in ways

00:28:02.780 --> 00:28:05.460
that connect to those outcomes,,
I think that again, will be a

00:28:06.649 --> 00:28:08.751
big step forward help people
embrace growth rather than turn

00:28:10.353 --> 00:28:12.353
and run.

00:28:13.757 --> 00:28:16.158
So how do we communicate about
growth?

00:28:16.459 --> 00:28:18.459
As I mentioned earlier, there

00:28:18.661 --> 00:28:20.362
are some messages that move the
needle.

00:28:23.566 --> 00:28:25.566
Reinvestment story is a pretty

00:28:25.869 --> 00:28:27.970
good place to mind for those,
that type of information.

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:33.342
So we ask people, as I mentioned
earlier, we asked people if they

00:28:33.944 --> 00:28:36.845
growed growth as positive or
negative.
We later asked them if their

00:28:38.281 --> 00:28:40.281
views about growth would change,

00:28:40.550 --> 00:28:42.550
would improve if we told them,

00:28:43.530 --> 00:28:45.530
for example, that visitors to

00:28:45.556 --> 00:28:48.357
bend invest 640 million dollars
annually in local businesses.

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:51.761
76% of the people we surveyed
reported that they would have a

00:28:52.729 --> 00:28:54.530
more favorable view of growth if
they knew that.

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:58.367
>> by growth, you mean tourism?
Visitors?
>> growth.

00:29:01.105 --> 00:29:03.440
That was the word.
Yeah.
I've got -- 

00:29:03.874 --> 00:29:05.874
>> it is like visitors here,

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:09.180
that is why I'm curious.
>> oh, I'm sorry.
That was out of the tourism

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:11.682
thing.
Yeah.
That was a tourism question.

00:29:11.682 --> 00:29:13.682
You're right.

00:29:14.184 --> 00:29:16.184
I'm wrong.

00:29:17.188 --> 00:29:19.556
Yes.
72% of the people said that they

00:29:20.958 --> 00:29:23.560
would have a more favorable view
of growth if they knew that

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:26.363
residents were creating jobs.
We talked about a certain

00:29:27.265 --> 00:29:29.567
percentage of jobs that were
created by people who have been

00:29:29.567 --> 00:29:31.567
here for ten years or less.

00:29:31.669 --> 00:29:33.570
That was a pretty big number.
About 38%.

00:29:33.971 --> 00:29:35.971
When people were told that, they

00:29:37.275 --> 00:29:39.275
had a more favorable view of

00:29:44.649 --> 00:29:46.649
growth.

00:29:48.850 --> 00:29:50.850
70% had more favorable, when

00:29:50.870 --> 00:29:52.856
they had more rode this
infrastructure maintenance.

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:56.861
Finally, 59% of the people had
more favorable view of growth

00:29:57.362 --> 00:29:59.362
when we told them that the arts

00:29:59.531 --> 00:30:01.531
and culture scene, if you will,

00:30:01.666 --> 00:30:03.666
has improve the or grown

00:30:04.202 --> 00:30:05.536
significant in the last ten
years.

00:30:07.672 --> 00:30:09.672
Which bend has been growing

00:30:19.384 --> 00:30:21.453
rapidly.
The most robust number was this

00:30:21.453 --> 00:30:24.355
one.
The number we surveyed, they

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:27.858
want bend to prepare for growth.
This tells you about the whole

00:30:28.861 --> 00:30:31.664
conversation, do we grow, not
grow?
like it?
Do we not?

00:30:31.664 --> 00:30:33.798
Really, I think that
conversation is over.

00:30:34.467 --> 00:30:36.467
80% of the people want more done

00:30:39.171 --> 00:30:40.638
to prepare for and manage growth
.

00:30:41.673 --> 00:30:43.673
I want to, as I call this out.

00:30:43.675 --> 00:30:46.478
We didn't specifically ask the
question about trust and
community leaders.

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:49.482
We inferred this from some of
the qualitative data.

00:30:49.482 --> 00:30:51.950
And some of the other questions
in the survey.

00:30:56.555 --> 00:30:58.555
But, I will, I will, I'll just

00:30:59.758 --> 00:31:02.193
say this, that trust from, you
know, the results of some of the

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.965
other questions, seems to be
weak in the community leaders.

00:31:08.368 --> 00:31:11.136
I would interpret that as, in
that, I don't know that there is

00:31:13.606 --> 00:31:15.606
a strong sense of confidence

00:31:17.176 --> 00:31:19.377
that their vision is your vision
and your vision is their vision.

00:31:20.781 --> 00:31:23.449
There is a little bit of incon
grewty there, uncertainty

00:31:25.485 --> 00:31:28.253
whether that is congruent.
Community engagement is
weakening.

00:31:29.456 --> 00:31:31.857
I think we all had some, y'all
did some surveys in pastimes

00:31:32.458 --> 00:31:35.600
that showed level of
communication.
It still is high.

00:31:35.595 --> 00:31:38.364
Two-thirds of the people that we
surveyed report being either

00:31:39.132 --> 00:31:41.968
somewhat or very engaged in the
community.
That was a drop down from

00:31:48.274 --> 00:31:50.274
previous surveys.

00:31:50.877 --> 00:31:53.790
People fear those who are new or
don't share the same background.

00:31:53.790 --> 00:31:55.182
Interesting about this one,
people are okay with the folks

00:31:55.182 --> 00:31:57.250
who are here now.
They are good with that.

00:31:57.585 --> 00:31:59.587
They are not so sure about the
people that they haven't met

00:31:59.587 --> 00:32:01.687
yet.
the people coming in.

00:32:02.189 --> 00:32:04.189
And what I would extrapolate

00:32:04.291 --> 00:32:06.291
from that, is, if they are not

00:32:06.994 --> 00:32:08.994
sure, if we are growing, towards

00:32:09.563 --> 00:32:11.563
this direction, silicon valley

00:32:11.598 --> 00:32:13.967
or that direction, aspen or they
are not really sure who is

00:32:21.208 --> 00:32:23.409
attracted to that.
There is uncertainty about

00:32:23.978 --> 00:32:25.978
people coming in, they are not

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:29.282
quite sure where they are coming
here or where they are going to

00:32:29.684 --> 00:32:31.985
take bend.
Now is public officials and

00:32:34.288 --> 00:32:36.189
people in the public policy
industry, consider myself part

00:32:37.558 --> 00:32:39.558
of that.

00:32:40.995 --> 00:32:43.197
It is really tempting to go out
and try to build support for an

00:32:43.197 --> 00:32:46.132
agenda.
I think what is more important

00:32:47.168 --> 00:32:49.168
here is to build trust.

00:32:50.710 --> 00:32:52.206
Trust that we have a cohesive
vision that vision matches with

00:33:01.182 --> 00:33:04.840
a lot of the core values.
Within.
I think that would be an
important thing.

00:33:05.788 --> 00:33:07.788
As we found, most, there is a

00:33:09.491 --> 00:33:11.491
lot of anonymity in the values

00:33:11.493 --> 00:33:13.493
that people in bend, at least

00:33:13.795 --> 00:33:15.795
people we surveyed shared.

00:33:16.197 --> 00:33:18.197
Now, like michelle, we are still

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:20.800
writing our report.

00:33:21.769 --> 00:33:23.769
We will present it formally and

00:33:24.273 --> 00:33:26.641
release it publicly at the,
what's brewing event sponsored

00:33:27.776 --> 00:33:30.378
by the chamber on February 5.
And with that, I will be happy

00:33:36.985 --> 00:33:38.319
to take any questions.
Yes, ma'am.

00:33:39.388 --> 00:33:41.388
>> thank you very much.

00:33:41.590 --> 00:33:44.559
This is a very, another very
interesting presentation.

00:33:46.896 --> 00:33:48.896
It sounds like, so you did a

00:33:49.198 --> 00:33:51.533
series of, if you knew this
would you feel differently about

00:33:51.533 --> 00:33:53.533
growth.

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.906
Did you have any questions in
thereabout if you knew the

00:33:58.908 --> 00:34:00.908
city's plans to manage growth if

00:34:01.944 --> 00:34:03.944
you knew about the expansion

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:05.180
plan, for example, did you have
any?

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:08.384
>> we didn't get to that level
of specificity.

00:34:08.384 --> 00:34:10.384
Yeah.

00:34:10.986 --> 00:34:13.388
And, you know, not to say that
you couldn't, you know, in

00:34:14.391 --> 00:34:16.391
another survey, we didn't, we

00:34:17.193 --> 00:34:19.193
didn't ask that specific

00:34:20.596 --> 00:34:22.596
question.

00:34:22.765 --> 00:34:24.765
May I have another.

00:34:24.901 --> 00:34:26.901
>> it seems that the underlying

00:34:29.205 --> 00:34:31.205
piece of this is that growth is

00:34:31.574 --> 00:34:33.574
actually good and we are trying

00:34:34.311 --> 00:34:36.311
to change the minds of folks.

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:40.820
Who don't realize that growth is
good.
>> like I said, I don't think

00:34:40.850 --> 00:34:43.152
that people are really thinking
about growth as much as they are

00:34:43.386 --> 00:34:44.920
thinking about the effects of
growth.
>> right.

00:34:45.588 --> 00:34:47.588
>> I think that if you were to

00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:49.590
say, if we had 10% more people

00:34:49.593 --> 00:34:51.894
in this town and that was the
only change, I don't think that

00:34:53.196 --> 00:34:55.196
is really what is under people's

00:34:55.499 --> 00:34:57.667
skin if you will, or what is
what they are concerned about.

00:34:58.100 --> 00:35:00.302
I think the concerns of effects
of growth, as michelle pointed

00:35:02.972 --> 00:35:04.907
out in their survey and in our,
affordability and congestion

00:35:06.209 --> 00:35:08.209
that is really driving a lot of

00:35:11.982 --> 00:35:13.982
the concern.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:16.840
There is underlying assumption

00:35:16.486 --> 00:35:17.687
that for the city growth is good
thing.

00:35:18.622 --> 00:35:21.590
>> well, actually, it is little
bit, it is like I said, it is a

00:35:23.793 --> 00:35:25.793
little bet about whether we

00:35:25.796 --> 00:35:27.932
found that 60% of the people
said that they thought growth

00:35:27.932 --> 00:35:30.600
was negative.
That is important to point out.

00:35:31.102 --> 00:35:33.102
I think that however, what they

00:35:34.505 --> 00:35:36.505
were really saying is that

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.474
congestion and unaffordability
is negative.

00:35:39.777 --> 00:35:41.879
I don't, like I said, I don't
think that it is really a growth

00:35:41.879 --> 00:35:43.880
thing.
I think it is more of the

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:46.616
effects of growth that is really
where I would be if I were in

00:35:47.485 --> 00:35:49.485
your shoes, where I would be

00:35:50.287 --> 00:35:52.287
putting my, you know, attention.

00:35:52.556 --> 00:35:55.140
The growth that, the growth
discussions, it is over and I
-

00:35:55.426 --> 00:35:57.193
think that people accept that it
is over.

00:35:58.195 --> 00:36:00.698
And it is now, is there a plan
to stay ahead of it?

00:36:01.332 --> 00:36:03.332
Is there a plan to manage in a

00:36:03.701 --> 00:36:06.300
way that is going to lead bend
to a place that I still like?

00:36:06.604 --> 00:36:09.206
>> I completely get that.
And that is absolutely true.

00:36:09.207 --> 00:36:11.108
We have it.
It is coming.

00:36:12.210 --> 00:36:14.678
We must manage.
Thank you so much.

00:36:16.247 --> 00:36:19.183
>> yeah.
>> I know you didn't look

00:36:19.284 --> 00:36:21.585
specifically, sounds like you
didn't sound specifically at the

00:36:22.387 --> 00:36:25.189
issue of trust and how we can
better build the public trust.

00:36:25.290 --> 00:36:27.992
Do you have any thoughts in
terms of your comment about

00:36:29.194 --> 00:36:31.495
messaging for trust?
>> I think that the best way to

00:36:32.363 --> 00:36:35.300
build trust is through actions.
I think as I say, I think that

00:36:36.902 --> 00:36:38.902
the things that you do in this

00:36:41.306 --> 00:36:43.908
body and in this city, that you
can connect with some of the

00:36:45.410 --> 00:36:48.279
values that people have like a
thriving middle class and less

00:36:49.114 --> 00:36:50.914
congestion and accessibility and
all of those sources.

00:36:51.884 --> 00:36:54.486
If you can connect those things
to those values then I think

00:36:55.421 --> 00:36:56.621
that is the best way to build
trust.

00:36:57.990 --> 00:36:59.990
It is really, you know, we have,

00:36:59.992 --> 00:37:01.992
we, we have one kind of focus

00:37:02.894 --> 00:37:05.630
group who said, build a fricken'
road already.
That was his thing.

00:37:05.864 --> 00:37:08.699
I'm sure you are building a lot
of roads.
I'm not saying you are not.

00:37:10.603 --> 00:37:12.603
I'm just saying, that I think

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:16.640
that, that action and actual,

00:37:17.576 --> 00:37:19.677
you know, work on the ground and
whatever you are doing to

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:22.120
address some of the issues,

00:37:22.481 --> 00:37:24.916
connect those to we are doing
this because, you know, and then

00:37:25.117 --> 00:37:27.485
connect it to those values.
I think that would be a real

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:42.467
smart thing to do.
When you look at these, what are

00:37:42.902 --> 00:37:44.902
some of the things that struck

00:37:44.905 --> 00:37:46.138
you as you move through the bend
results?

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:51.800
>> I think, I think the culture

00:37:52.110 --> 00:37:53.412
and the vibe of bend is very
strong.

00:37:56.482 --> 00:37:58.482
I think that the, I think we

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:02.789
found that 60-plus percent of
the people being engaged is a

00:38:02.923 --> 00:38:05.625
strong community value.
I don't know if you see that in

00:38:05.726 --> 00:38:07.726
a lot of places.

00:38:10.697 --> 00:38:12.697
Just the, the strength of the

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.400
culture that you have around

00:38:15.502 --> 00:38:17.502
outdoor recreation and around

00:38:17.604 --> 00:38:19.604
nature and those sorts of things

00:38:22.943 --> 00:38:25.244
is, was pretty note worthy.
>> thanks.

00:38:26.914 --> 00:38:29.315
>> I, this is great.
Helpful.
I am definitely looking forward

00:38:30.784 --> 00:38:33.686
to a more detailed report.
And at the risk of coming across

00:38:34.821 --> 00:38:37.223
as defensive, that my wife
aqueues me of all of the time,

00:38:38.993 --> 00:38:40.348
I'm 0 sure that is not the
case
.

00:38:41.896 --> 00:38:43.897
There is a part of me that
having been in this position

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:47.199
before, is like, wow, like, I

00:38:48.335 --> 00:38:50.369
would say, 90% of what we are
doing is.
[Inaudible].

00:38:51.505 --> 00:38:53.606
There is a part of me, much the
same way, some of those

00:38:54.809 --> 00:38:57.611
questions about, wow, if you
reframe something, do people
move?

00:38:58.212 --> 00:39:00.212
One of the things that I found

00:39:00.815 --> 00:39:02.815
is oftentimes people in the

00:39:03.184 --> 00:39:05.184
public, they are not aware of

00:39:05.319 --> 00:39:07.319
sort of, how come you, why are

00:39:07.822 --> 00:39:10.523
we building parks and not roads?
Wow, would it make a difference

00:39:11.425 --> 00:39:13.695
if you knew that the city didn't
have jurisdiction over such and

00:39:13.695 --> 00:39:16.300
such.
Or would it make a difference if

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:21.735
you knew that oregon use law,
requires, or put restrictions on

00:39:23.504 --> 00:39:26.600
what the city can and cannot do.
I'm acutely aware of that in a

00:39:26.807 --> 00:39:28.542
lot of hearings that are taking
place right now.

00:39:29.211 --> 00:39:31.211
So I guess, next time you do

00:39:32.914 --> 00:39:35.216
that, again, that in my mind,
part of me, I mean, trust is

00:39:35.216 --> 00:39:37.953
very important.
It is really critical we have

00:39:37.953 --> 00:39:40.488
that with the community and
trying to figure out how to

00:39:40.488 --> 00:39:43.223
engage that.
But at least having what I am

00:39:43.825 --> 00:39:46.226
going to call a level of playing
field so people understand what

00:39:46.461 --> 00:39:49.297
we can and cannot do.
>> yeah, I think that it is

00:39:49.698 --> 00:39:52.400
human nature for us to every
estimate what people know.

00:39:53.100 --> 00:39:55.100
And particularly if we have told

00:39:55.203 --> 00:39:57.305
them a lot.
And the lesson there, you have

00:39:58.206 --> 00:40:00.107
to tell them more.
And in different ways.

00:40:02.510 --> 00:40:04.945
I think that it is, it is
overcommunicating.

00:40:05.448 --> 00:40:08.216
On these issue, these things
that you are doing to connect

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:11.180
the work of this, of this city

00:40:11.520 --> 00:40:12.720
to the values that people hold
dear.

00:40:13.822 --> 00:40:16.424
i think that do it as much as
you think is necessary and then

00:40:17.226 --> 00:40:19.393
about 50% more.
Because I know that it is

00:40:19.528 --> 00:40:21.528
frustrating because you are

00:40:22.965 --> 00:40:24.965
doing a lot of good work here.

00:40:25.501 --> 00:40:28.136
>> I, really, my main take away
was very, very valuable to
report.

00:40:29.672 --> 00:40:31.940
I loved the expression of sort
of frame it.

00:40:32.207 --> 00:40:34.207
Growth that leads to a better

00:40:34.877 --> 00:40:37.345
bend as opposed to people's
worse fears.
>> yeah.

00:40:38.914 --> 00:40:41.450
>> yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
>> we have a big opportunity

00:40:42.850 --> 00:40:44.850
ahead of us.

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.787
And you mentioned the
transportation.

00:40:46.522 --> 00:40:49.424
Both survey, transportation has
surfaced.
Just so happens we are in the

00:40:49.625 --> 00:40:50.992
middle of updating the
transportation.

00:40:52.128 --> 00:40:53.395
We are beginning to surface
projects.

00:40:54.730 --> 00:40:57.533
You will hear more about this at
our steering committee at the
end of the month.

00:40:58.935 --> 00:41:01.103
One of the things, this has
helped us think differently

00:41:02.806 --> 00:41:05.607
about bringing expertise to help
us connect to those projects to

00:41:05.686 --> 00:41:07.910
the values.
It is not just a bunch of

00:41:08.611 --> 00:41:10.345
projects from engineering and
planning perspective.

00:41:11.214 --> 00:41:13.815
It is being able to talk about
how these projects are

00:41:13.951 --> 00:41:15.184
connecting with community
values.

00:41:16.520 --> 00:41:19.355
So look for more information on
that over the next couple of
months.

00:41:21.758 --> 00:41:23.827
I think that this is actually
the timing works out really

00:41:23.827 --> 00:41:25.928
well.
>> thank you.
>> thank you.

00:41:27.964 --> 00:41:29.631
>> thank you.
>> all right.

00:41:30.934 --> 00:41:33.436
>> now is the part of the agenda
where we break into the

00:41:33.604 --> 00:41:35.604
listening session.

00:41:35.873 --> 00:41:38.307
What I am going to be doing, so
council is aware, taking a lot

00:41:39.343 --> 00:41:41.310
of notes an be looking for
themes, common threads between

00:41:41.611 --> 00:41:43.611
the groups you will hear from.

00:41:44.814 --> 00:41:46.950
And the order of things is, you
will first hear from our

00:41:46.950 --> 00:41:48.950
committees.

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:51.821
Or boards that report directly
to council.

00:41:52.230 --> 00:41:54.424
They'll have ten minutes or so
each to walk you through their

00:41:54.425 --> 00:41:56.693
goals an priorities.
Also posted on-line.

00:41:57.127 --> 00:41:59.127
There was a form that went

00:41:59.129 --> 00:42:02.310
along with this process that you
can sort of follow along.

00:42:02.533 --> 00:42:04.735
Then break and have a
legislative overview from erik

00:42:04.735 --> 00:42:06.735
kancler.

00:42:07.605 --> 00:42:09.840
And then after that, we have
neighbor associations, as well

00:42:11.642 --> 00:42:14.311
as other community groups that
want to talk to you about what

00:42:15.546 --> 00:42:18.214
they see the priorities being
over the next couple of years.

00:42:19.490 --> 00:42:21.490
We'll starts with the climate

00:42:24.122 --> 00:42:25.589
action steerk -- steering
committee.

00:42:26.524 --> 00:42:28.826
The staff, help present but most
case, letting the chairs of the

00:42:38.769 --> 00:42:41.538
groups do most of the talking.
>> are you keeping track of
time?

00:42:42.574 --> 00:42:44.708
Or am I?
>> I think that we both are.

00:42:45.377 --> 00:42:48.780
>> go for it.
>> I'll set it for ten minutes

00:42:49.781 --> 00:42:51.582
and I can do maybe a two-minute
sum-up.
>> perfect.

00:43:07.766 --> 00:43:09.934
>> good idea.
>> hello.

00:43:09.935 --> 00:43:12.303
Thanks for having us here.
>> you introduce yourselves.

00:43:13.505 --> 00:43:15.390
>> I was getting to that.
[Laughter]

00:43:15.540 --> 00:43:17.876
>> you sound like you were going
to dive right in.
>> okay.

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:21.213
>> so we are here representing
the climate action steering

00:43:21.213 --> 00:43:23.648
committee.
My name is mike o'neill.

00:43:25.170 --> 00:43:27.170
I'm one of the co-chairs.

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:29.519
This is russ donnelly.

00:43:31.223 --> 00:43:33.223
Russ is acting co-chair for.

00:43:33.225 --> 00:43:35.225
The other co-chair out on

00:43:35.261 --> 00:43:37.829
maternity leave, so to speak.
>> theodore stanley.

00:43:40.633 --> 00:43:42.934
She had a baby and doing fine.
Healthy baby.

00:43:44.637 --> 00:43:47.538
>> we would like to share our
progress for the council.

00:43:48.107 --> 00:43:50.541
As you frame your goals to let
you know what we have been doing

00:43:54.547 --> 00:43:56.547
and where we are on the process.

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:03.755
As you know the, we have the
charge to create a community

00:44:04.123 --> 00:44:06.123
climate action plan and we are

00:44:07.459 --> 00:44:10.296
still gathering information and
putting thoughts together so

00:44:12.766 --> 00:44:14.766
that we can recommend and follow

00:44:16.336 --> 00:44:18.336
through with our charge to help

00:44:25.278 --> 00:44:27.278
us adopt this plan.

00:44:27.814 --> 00:44:29.814
As you can see, the climate

00:44:29.816 --> 00:44:32.218
action plan will include certain
things.

00:44:34.321 --> 00:44:36.755
These are directly from the
previous council resolution for

00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:40.240
what we want to do.

00:44:42.528 --> 00:44:44.528
Or what we are in charge of

00:44:45.499 --> 00:44:48.434
doing.
>> I think what is key about

00:44:48.836 --> 00:44:50.836
that is not only the process

00:44:51.238 --> 00:44:53.339
that we are initiating now, but
the long terminature of the

00:44:54.141 --> 00:44:56.420
process as you look at even
number one there.

00:44:57.544 --> 00:44:59.979
The benchmarks, the targets, the
policies, the measurable actions

00:45:05.252 --> 00:45:07.421
and of the sort.
Slight step, that is what the

00:45:07.421 --> 00:45:09.389
plan will include.
i hope you will hear me.

00:45:10.457 --> 00:45:12.658
I don't have to move this any
closer.

00:45:13.827 --> 00:45:15.628
This is sort of, we worked on
developing a vision.

00:45:16.163 --> 00:45:18.432
I don't think that we had that
last time we were updating the

00:45:18.432 --> 00:45:20.635
council.
And again, thank you for this

00:45:20.635 --> 00:45:22.635
opportunity.

00:45:23.738 --> 00:45:25.740
But, the vision and goals are
past developed.

00:45:25.740 --> 00:45:28.410
Emphasize community,
collaboration and a commitment

00:45:28.943 --> 00:45:31.544
to sustainable future.
So particularly, as bend

00:45:34.348 --> 00:45:36.918
continues to grow, in fact, it
was that we follow both of those

00:45:36.918 --> 00:45:39.253
particular reports because I
think that what you will find is

00:45:40.455 --> 00:45:42.455
the process that we are involved

00:45:44.250 --> 00:45:46.250
in, is very much a part of

00:45:47.128 --> 00:45:50.630
possibly integrating into what,
what was talked about both in

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:53.320
terms of the community survey

00:45:53.534 --> 00:45:56.237
and what people are looking for
as well as making a better bend,

00:45:57.138 --> 00:45:59.840
if you will.
So putting it simply, the

00:45:59.941 --> 00:46:02.543
community climate action plan of
what you see, some goals there.

00:46:04.450 --> 00:46:06.446
That we are working on and hard
to cobble together is addressing

00:46:08.349 --> 00:46:10.751
portions of the key issues, of
the council's budget itself.

00:46:12.454 --> 00:46:14.855
So it is build upon, for
example, subject such as

00:46:15.357 --> 00:46:17.357
infrastructure, the economy,

00:46:19.661 --> 00:46:21.762
health, safety, transportation,
energy, affordable and safe

00:46:21.763 --> 00:46:24.531
homes and equity.
We feel that the community

00:46:24.866 --> 00:46:27.835
climate action plan, we
recommend will be ongoing and

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:31.907
critical contributor to bend's
future successes and quality of

00:46:31.907 --> 00:46:34.342
life for years to come.
That is why it is important and

00:46:35.611 --> 00:46:37.611
why we are pleased to be here to

00:46:37.746 --> 00:46:39.947
are your continued support
embedded in your goals as part

00:46:42.150 --> 00:46:44.150
of your process and

00:46:45.453 --> 00:46:47.453
decision-making.

00:46:47.523 --> 00:46:50.458
Part of the vision ultimately
were guiding principles and

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:53.161
normally, you know, we May not
spend a lot of time on that.

00:46:56.465 --> 00:46:58.633
But again, the significance of
these, these guiding principles

00:47:00.869 --> 00:47:03.271
that we developed, connect and
integrate to the tasks that you

00:47:05.341 --> 00:47:07.341
have as a council, for example,

00:47:07.743 --> 00:47:09.743
the 8 guiding principals listed

00:47:11.470 --> 00:47:13.548
above are embedded in the task
process.
The proposed actions will

00:47:14.150 --> 00:47:16.751
develop over the next eight
months that we will develop will

00:47:18.454 --> 00:47:20.355
show their value among other
things.

00:47:20.556 --> 00:47:21.856
Complementing other community
priorities.

00:47:23.426 --> 00:47:25.426
By promoting more efficient and

00:47:26.463 --> 00:47:29.331
renewable consumption of energy.
Insure energy supply reliability

00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:31.867
and increase the affordability
wherever possible.

00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:36.638
They will also, by doing this by
creating measurable benchmarks

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:39.642
as I mentioned before, that fit
within the community's ability

00:47:41.745 --> 00:47:44.147
and the capacity to adapt within
the community's ability to do

00:47:44.147 --> 00:47:46.147
so.

00:47:46.950 --> 00:47:49.852
Seeking and considering our
community's many diverse

00:47:50.754 --> 00:47:52.754
perspectives while benefiting

00:47:54.157 --> 00:47:56.580
those who adversely affected and
by climate change.

00:47:57.561 --> 00:47:59.862
This is important bolstering
economic resources an

00:47:59.930 --> 00:48:01.930
resiliency, which is a tough

00:48:01.999 --> 00:48:04.834
word for me, apparently, for the
long term.

00:48:05.535 --> 00:48:07.970
Developing collaborative
partnerships while maximizing

00:48:08.271 --> 00:48:10.271
community resources and

00:48:10.941 --> 00:48:13.475
considering the economic cost
benefits, equity and

00:48:13.844 --> 00:48:15.545
environmental impacts of the
decisions.

00:48:17.470 --> 00:48:19.749
And these actions will show
their value by also committing

00:48:21.850 --> 00:48:23.853
to the long term success of the
plan and its future iterations

00:48:25.656 --> 00:48:28.157
through the inclusion of
monitoring as I mentioned
before.

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:31.559
Reporting assessments, revisions

00:48:33.464 --> 00:48:35.464
and funding strategies.

00:48:36.167 --> 00:48:38.969
This next slide, talks about the
process so far.

00:48:40.371 --> 00:48:42.972
In October and November, cast
held two sets of community

00:48:42.973 --> 00:48:44.973
working group meetings for each

00:48:45.242 --> 00:48:48.144
of the four sectors.
Energy and buildings.
Energy supply.

00:48:48.445 --> 00:48:50.445
Waste and materials management.

00:48:52.250 --> 00:48:54.351
And transportation, of course.
Attendees included

00:48:54.552 --> 00:48:56.253
representatives from among
others.

00:48:57.355 --> 00:48:59.355
Our local energy suppliers, the

00:48:59.857 --> 00:49:02.792
building industries, waste
management, transportation,

00:49:03.961 --> 00:49:05.961
non-profits, restaurants,

00:49:06.865 --> 00:49:08.865
grocery store, small farms,

00:49:09.201 --> 00:49:12.169
business, medium, small, large.
Environmental groups along with

00:49:14.673 --> 00:49:16.673
interested community members a.

00:49:17.642 --> 00:49:20.544
As it says on the slide, over 90
plus participants not including

00:49:20.778 --> 00:49:23.580
the 13 cast members.
In those meetings.

00:49:24.483 --> 00:49:26.685
Providing their particular
perspective and expertise.

00:49:26.685 --> 00:49:28.685
And or interest.

00:49:28.854 --> 00:49:30.854
And then, with that, we

00:49:30.956 --> 00:49:33.657
developed over 350, if you can
imagine, potential actions

00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:36.860
divided amongst those four
sectors.

00:49:38.396 --> 00:49:40.396
Each sector potential actions

00:49:42.670 --> 00:49:44.670
then grouped in general

00:49:44.169 --> 00:49:46.904
umbrellas of categories such as
education and awareness, for

00:49:46.972 --> 00:49:49.674
example.
Programs, workforce training,

00:49:50.676 --> 00:49:52.477
toolkits for the public.
funding options.

00:49:53.945 --> 00:49:56.800
Financial and recognition
incentives an creating new

00:49:56.147 --> 00:49:58.147
policies as potential actions

00:50:02.655 --> 00:50:05.256
that we May finally recommend.
These general actions part of

00:50:06.859 --> 00:50:09.494
the survey that debuted this
week.
The goal of this survey

00:50:10.162 --> 00:50:12.663
determines which of these
actions or directions May or May

00:50:13.465 --> 00:50:15.465
not have community support.

00:50:15.767 --> 00:50:17.767
We have been thrilled by the

00:50:18.671 --> 00:50:20.671
numbers of responses thus far in

00:50:20.873 --> 00:50:22.873
this first week we have over,

00:50:22.975 --> 00:50:25.478
nearly 1,000 responses.
And that is just in the first

00:50:25.478 --> 00:50:27.478
week.

00:50:28.180 --> 00:50:30.381
That climate action survey
information, that input,

00:50:30.483 --> 00:50:32.483
directly from the community,

00:50:32.618 --> 00:50:34.618
which at last report reflected

00:50:35.688 --> 00:50:37.688
that 65% of the respondents

00:50:38.291 --> 00:50:40.125
supported actions to reduce
carbon emissions in general.

00:50:41.761 --> 00:50:44.663
One of the critical data sets in
the community climate action

00:50:45.365 --> 00:50:47.365
plan development process.

00:50:48.567 --> 00:50:50.567
The surveys last day, last live

00:50:50.770 --> 00:50:52.770
day, is sunday February 3.

00:50:52.773 --> 00:50:54.773
But we are still continuing to
do outreach.

00:50:55.275 --> 00:50:57.275
For example, over the next

00:50:57.377 --> 00:51:00.120
couple of weeks and weekends,
particularly, will be at the

00:51:01.481 --> 00:51:03.682
pavilion, doing, during family
skate times.

00:51:03.983 --> 00:51:06.885
Will be at faith center
churches, we have food court

00:51:08.870 --> 00:51:10.870
lots, and other locations as

00:51:10.224 --> 00:51:13.159
well as continuing to present at
service organizations and

00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:15.628
neighborhood associations.
So that gives.

00:51:16.964 --> 00:51:19.265
>> little context of what the
process has been up to this

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:22.768
point.
Mike.
>> okay.

00:51:26.730 --> 00:51:28.476
So what is next?
350 actions are a lot to deal

00:51:28.476 --> 00:51:30.476
with.

00:51:33.180 --> 00:51:35.180
And our next step is to actually

00:51:35.282 --> 00:51:38.184
prioritize those ones that are
most effective and cost

00:51:39.353 --> 00:51:41.654
effective and important as far
as carbon reduction with the use

00:51:43.156 --> 00:51:45.156
of a consultant.

00:51:45.693 --> 00:51:47.961
They will look at all 350.
Then we are going to reduce

00:51:49.163 --> 00:51:51.163
those to about 20.

00:51:53.567 --> 00:51:55.567
So we present to you, the most

00:51:56.770 --> 00:51:58.710
ideal actions to consider in the
plan.

00:52:02.677 --> 00:52:05.179
As you can see, some of the
actions, or what the consultant

00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:08.482
will be looking at, is under the
recommended actions.

00:52:11.352 --> 00:52:13.352
So carbon reduction potential

00:52:13.587 --> 00:52:16.256
ability relatively.
Yeah.
>> relative cost.

00:52:17.658 --> 00:52:20.594
Ability to scale community and
alignment with other community
priorities.

00:52:21.262 --> 00:52:23.263
As much as what russ has talked
about.

00:52:24.165 --> 00:52:26.967
And as he said before, we are
still working for additional

00:52:28.690 --> 00:52:30.771
community input.
And stakeholder engagement.

00:52:33.574 --> 00:52:35.574
>> even after we get, we hone

00:52:36.111 --> 00:52:38.779
down to those final groups.
One of the potential actions and

00:52:39.781 --> 00:52:42.183
then we have 2-3 months that we
are going back out to the

00:52:42.684 --> 00:52:44.351
community to get feedback on
those.

00:52:47.288 --> 00:52:49.288
And likely, do some tweaking, to

00:52:50.625 --> 00:52:52.627
certain degrees.
>> well, back up just a little

00:52:52.627 --> 00:52:54.627
bit.

00:52:55.970 --> 00:52:57.832
And you don't back up the slide.
But what is important to us, to

00:52:58.367 --> 00:53:00.368
get as much community
involvement as possible.

00:53:01.370 --> 00:53:02.803
So we are having all kinds of
ideas.

00:53:04.720 --> 00:53:06.720
And that is why they need to be

00:53:08.777 --> 00:53:11.679
kind of guided into, useful set,
subset of actions is what we are

00:53:14.815 --> 00:53:16.284
working on with the consultant.
>> I'm going to point out the
yellow light now.

00:53:17.520 --> 00:53:19.621
>> okay.
Just about there.

00:53:19.755 --> 00:53:20.955
>> keep going.
Good.

00:53:25.194 --> 00:53:27.161
>> this slide just from the
2017-19 council goal number one

00:53:28.765 --> 00:53:30.765
at the bottom there, you can see

00:53:32.535 --> 00:53:34.770
that part of our charges
employee energy efficiency and

00:53:34.770 --> 00:53:37.720
fossil fuel reductions.
That is what we are working on

00:53:37.540 --> 00:53:40.750
and guided by.
>> then the last couple of

00:53:41.577 --> 00:53:43.577
points pertaining to that, my

00:53:44.580 --> 00:53:47.483
end, as a member of cast, behalf
of the cast colleagues and many

00:53:47.984 --> 00:53:50.486
stakeholders that I listed, the
resource experts and community

00:53:50.487 --> 00:53:52.487
members, who have been part of

00:53:53.456 --> 00:53:56.158
the process as well as the 1,000
bendites who have been part of

00:53:57.560 --> 00:54:00.395
the survey in responding just in
this first week, we are strongly

00:54:01.297 --> 00:54:03.297
urging the council that the

00:54:03.800 --> 00:54:06.769
council's 2017-19 goal number
one commitment to the objective

00:54:07.404 --> 00:54:09.672
of energy efficiency and fossil
fuel reduction that mike

00:54:10.473 --> 00:54:12.473
referred to, remain a key

00:54:13.843 --> 00:54:15.978
priority in the 2019-2021
council goals.

00:54:17.180 --> 00:54:19.681
The council, the cast volunteers
are confident that the value to

00:54:20.283 --> 00:54:22.985
the community and the return on
investment of this process and

00:54:24.388 --> 00:54:26.923
outcomes will be far more cost
effective versus diminishing

00:54:28.959 --> 00:54:30.959
that dmiment at this tomorrow.

00:54:30.994 --> 00:54:32.994
>> just to wrap up with, the

00:54:34.998 --> 00:54:37.567
cast, the committee, is
committed to seeing our action

00:54:37.567 --> 00:54:39.567
plan implemented.

00:54:41.572 --> 00:54:43.706
After the council adopts the
plan, we just want you to know

00:54:44.800 --> 00:54:46.800
that we are here to help

00:54:46.276 --> 00:54:49.450
continue that.
and put into implementation.

00:54:49.713 --> 00:54:52.482
>> continue that partnership.
Thank you for your time.
>> thank you.

00:54:58.122 --> 00:55:00.122
>> any questions?

00:55:00.791 --> 00:55:03.326
>> I'm council liaison to the
cast.
I'm very, very impressed with

00:55:03.827 --> 00:55:06.950
the work of the committee, and
the work of city staff.

00:55:06.463 --> 00:55:08.463
Good faith effort to engage, you

00:55:13.204 --> 00:55:15.472
know, a broad S.W.A.T. -- swarth
of the community.

00:55:15.873 --> 00:55:17.975
Excited to see what is coming
down the pike.

00:55:17.975 --> 00:55:20.577
>> I'm sorry, russ.
One of the things you reference

00:55:21.279 --> 00:55:23.947
in the report, triple bottom
line.
Will you remind us what that is.

00:55:24.615 --> 00:55:26.615
>> that is taking a look from,

00:55:31.790 --> 00:55:34.491
it is like a lens, if you will.
Includes economic benefits.

00:55:36.394 --> 00:55:38.610
Environment benefits and equity.
Social equity.

00:55:39.497 --> 00:55:41.165
>> environmental, economic and
social.
>> yes.

00:55:47.205 --> 00:55:49.205
>> thank you so much.

00:55:49.408 --> 00:55:51.408
Bend economic development

00:56:11.797 --> 00:56:13.598
advisory report.
>> thank you.

00:56:20.372 --> 00:56:22.372
And you want to give that to him

00:56:22.474 --> 00:56:25.110
>> I was thinking I was the only
one that didn't know we were

00:56:26.312 --> 00:56:28.790
supposed to wear gray today.
[Laughter]

00:56:32.117 --> 00:56:34.117
This is marvelous.

00:56:34.686 --> 00:56:36.554
>> jealous you are.
>> hi, everyone.

00:56:36.922 --> 00:56:39.790
My name is stephanie center.
I'm the chair of the economic

00:56:40.492 --> 00:56:42.492
development advisory board.

00:56:43.162 --> 00:56:44.830
This is my daughter aurora and
loves coming to these meetings.

00:56:45.565 --> 00:56:47.767
I promised her that I would
bring her and sit right here

00:56:47.767 --> 00:56:49.801
with me.
Okay.

00:56:51.203 --> 00:56:53.405
So, we are here because we are
required by our formation

00:56:56.553 --> 00:56:58.476
charter to update our strategic
3-year plan.
Every three years and the timing
is great.

00:56:58.778 --> 00:57:01.313
Because you are also going
through your long term goal

00:57:02.715 --> 00:57:05.117
setting process.
Last year, we enjoyed a

00:57:05.418 --> 00:57:07.418
productive year with council,

00:57:09.122 --> 00:57:11.890
with everything from the ugb
implementation and benchmarks

00:57:12.992 --> 00:57:14.992
for expansion areas to getting

00:57:16.296 --> 00:57:18.331
the reserve fund for bend going.
The math alignment project.

00:57:19.132 --> 00:57:21.700
The creation of the juniper
ridge management advisory board

00:57:22.702 --> 00:57:25.604
and most recently, a 70%
reduction in transportation s it

00:57:25.905 --> 00:57:28.607
Cs for child care.
A great year we are looking

00:57:30.910 --> 00:57:32.811
forward to doing more of that
together.
Pardon me.

00:57:33.447 --> 00:57:36.115
We have finalized the creation
of the new plan and that draft

00:57:36.183 --> 00:57:38.784
is included in the packet.
We have three strategic goals

00:57:38.886 --> 00:57:40.186
that we would like to move
forward.

00:57:41.188 --> 00:57:44.890
The first is increasing business
satisfaction for those doing
business in bend.

00:57:44.491 --> 00:57:46.592
The second is growing and
developing talented workforce

00:57:48.294 --> 00:57:50.831
and the third is insuring an
adequate supply of land for

00:57:50.831 --> 00:57:53.633
employment and residential uses.
I know what you are thinking.

00:57:55.169 --> 00:57:57.937
These are so as pirational.
So large.
What are you going to be doing?

00:57:59.206 --> 00:58:01.507
The goal of having those large
aspirational goals is to give us

00:58:01.808 --> 00:58:04.100
room to guide work for three
years.
That is a long time.

00:58:04.311 --> 00:58:06.311
We want to make sure that we are

00:58:06.613 --> 00:58:09.215
doing work that falls under some
clear goals.

00:58:10.785 --> 00:58:12.385
underneath each of those goals,
measurable objectives.

00:58:13.187 --> 00:58:14.788
Trying to get away from binary
measure many.

00:58:16.390 --> 00:58:18.825
Did we do this, yes or no?
A range of success.

00:58:20.294 --> 00:58:22.695
Measure and therefore manage
what we are getting to.

00:58:23.397 --> 00:58:25.397
On goal one, there are very few

00:58:25.934 --> 00:58:28.101
cities that do statistically
valid surveys of the businesses

00:58:30.104 --> 00:58:32.205
to find out how happy they are
with business services.

00:58:36.410 --> 00:58:38.440
We do that to some extent with
businesses.

00:58:39.800 --> 00:58:41.714
Very few full permits but all
pay utility bills and how is
that going?

00:58:43.485 --> 00:58:46.200
Getting a survey to find out how
happy people are, will give us a

00:58:47.522 --> 00:58:49.522
point in time to improve upon.

00:58:50.124 --> 00:58:52.124
So you, where council fits in,

00:58:52.327 --> 00:58:54.628
you can be prepared to hear from
us for request to get that

00:58:54.796 --> 00:58:56.797
survey going and use city staff
to get that done.

00:58:57.398 --> 00:58:59.398
The second goal, we see council

00:58:59.967 --> 00:59:01.967
fitting in with maintaining a

00:59:02.204 --> 00:59:03.604
focus on housing and housing
affordability.

00:59:04.673 --> 00:59:05.906
An area that they couldn't
ignore.

00:59:08.710 --> 00:59:10.911
It is not, every business owner
has something different in mind

00:59:11.312 --> 00:59:12.613
when talk about affordable
housing.

00:59:13.815 --> 00:59:15.815
What all business people can

00:59:16.184 --> 00:59:17.918
agree, the market is not
rational right now.

00:59:19.922 --> 00:59:22.590
They need more data for rational
behavior.

00:59:23.892 --> 00:59:25.892
Irrational to build $800,000

00:59:26.762 --> 00:59:28.762
homes and people aren't buying

00:59:28.797 --> 00:59:30.598
them and people can't find a
place to live.

00:59:34.102 --> 00:59:36.300
We are required by law to have a
land inventory.

00:59:36.405 --> 00:59:38.706
We like to see that done.
Council needs to direct city

00:59:38.707 --> 00:59:40.707
staff to get that done.

00:59:40.709 --> 00:59:42.910
i'm sure there is a lot of
intricacy how that works.

00:59:44.130 --> 00:59:46.414
We need you guys to help us get
that taken care of.

00:59:47.216 --> 00:59:49.518
And then, we would also like to
let you know that we are going

00:59:49.518 --> 00:59:51.686
to bring child care
opportunities forward to the

00:59:52.321 --> 00:59:54.823
extent that the city can help
with child care availability.

00:59:55.391 --> 00:59:58.226
We will do supplied site
economics here, that will bring
the cost down.

00:59:59.328 --> 01:00:01.564
We know that this is not only a
city issue, county issue.

01:00:01.564 --> 01:00:03.640
State issue.
National issue.

01:00:03.632 --> 01:00:05.632
This is like a human issue.

01:00:05.701 --> 01:00:08.369
But we can do a little
something.
Bring forward those
opportunities.

01:00:10.500 --> 01:00:12.641
And then, finally, with adequate
land supply getting back to

01:00:12.909 --> 01:00:14.909
supply economics, this is where

01:00:17.520 --> 01:00:19.915
the council can provide the most
immediate help and where
continued effort is needed.
We would like to maintain a

01:00:21.170 --> 01:00:23.385
focus on implementing the
existing urban growth boundary

01:00:24.220 --> 01:00:26.121
and insure that both commercial
and industry lands are

01:00:26.656 --> 01:00:29.225
represented there.
And you don't want to lose site

01:00:30.393 --> 01:00:33.329
how important it is to have the
commercial industrial lands as
part of all of that.

01:00:34.297 --> 01:00:36.297
We want to, I mentioned the

01:00:36.599 --> 01:00:39.101
buildable lands and inventory.
I won't go over that again.

01:00:40.403 --> 01:00:43.305
The juniper ridge work plan, we
would like to keep focus on
that.

01:00:43.773 --> 01:00:46.100
We don't want to lose site of
all of the great recommendations

01:00:46.100 --> 01:00:48.100
that are in there.

01:00:48.212 --> 01:00:50.120
We can absolutely make
incremental progress and bring

01:00:51.140 --> 01:00:53.140
that land into use for the city.

01:00:53.517 --> 01:00:56.180
try to keep my prepared remarks
brief to answer all kinds of

01:00:56.190 --> 01:00:57.753
great questions about economic
development in the city.

01:00:59.923 --> 01:01:01.923
What questions can I answer for

01:01:07.765 --> 01:01:10.633
you?
>> I did want to mention briefly

01:01:12.200 --> 01:01:14.704
we plan to add additional
ex-officio seat for workforce
management.

01:01:14.905 --> 01:01:16.905
For workforce development.

01:01:17.541 --> 01:01:19.541
We will likely invite heather

01:01:19.810 --> 01:01:22.460
fink or someone from the
cascades workforce board to join

01:01:22.460 --> 01:01:24.914
our board.
It makes perfect sense.

01:01:27.318 --> 01:01:29.820
They have so much funding
opportunity.
Very few businesses are taking

01:01:29.820 --> 01:01:32.622
care of that.
Also hosting quarterly listening

01:01:32.723 --> 01:01:34.925
sessions with businesses to
really open up that pipeline of

01:01:34.925 --> 01:01:37.627
communication.
And I think that we are going to

01:01:40.231 --> 01:01:41.998
work with caroline and ben in
economic development department

01:01:43.835 --> 01:01:46.200
to invite counselors to do tours
of local businesses.

01:01:46.904 --> 01:01:49.673
Ones you May not have seen or
particular important to the
economic development of the city

01:01:50.708 --> 01:01:53.177
and get a real specific view of
what is happening in the

01:01:53.177 --> 01:01:55.177
business economy.

01:01:55.212 --> 01:01:56.914
>> this is less a question than
a comment.

01:01:58.917 --> 01:02:01.351
Other than basically, great
report.

01:02:03.221 --> 01:02:05.423
>> from my perspective, bw is
doing what we hoped and wished

01:02:05.423 --> 01:02:08.325
they had done.
Talk about a stellar last year.

01:02:08.426 --> 01:02:11.328
I think that you have developed
a great deal of credibility to

01:02:12.129 --> 01:02:15.320
sort of use the phrase, you have
a lot of trust on the council
right now.

01:02:16.234 --> 01:02:18.234
We wish you continued good luck

01:02:22.307 --> 01:02:24.875
in 2019.
>> again, interesting
transportation.

01:02:25.410 --> 01:02:27.410
It sounds like a lot of what you

01:02:27.445 --> 01:02:29.913
would like to focus on is
getting data and information for

01:02:32.518 --> 01:02:34.518
us, surveying fantastic.

01:02:35.220 --> 01:02:36.754
Along that puzzle of bringing in
land.

01:02:39.524 --> 01:02:41.524
Actually making land available.

01:02:42.828 --> 01:02:44.828
As you well know, that ugb

01:02:46.310 --> 01:02:48.365
expansion some of the areas are
really requiring cooperation of

01:02:51.137 --> 01:02:53.137
a lot of landowners in order to

01:02:55.941 --> 01:02:58.509
get the pieces finally in place.
And in the past, commercial and

01:03:00.846 --> 01:03:02.846
industrial land was seen to be

01:03:04.316 --> 01:03:06.918
less desirable perhaps for
developers.
Do you see thy opportunity, one

01:03:07.920 --> 01:03:09.920
thing that I have recently

01:03:10.823 --> 01:03:13.325
learned is just in our own city,
the turnover of that land is

01:03:13.526 --> 01:03:15.526
much faster, the opportunity to

01:03:15.728 --> 01:03:18.630
make money on it as faster than
other cities.
Could you help us with that?

01:03:22.601 --> 01:03:24.737
Can you get some data along the
desirability of owning

01:03:25.238 --> 01:03:27.238
commercial and industrial land

01:03:30.576 --> 01:03:32.576
in bend, oregon in 2018?

01:03:32.745 --> 01:03:35.513
>> I believe our specific market
makes that highly valuable.

01:03:37.350 --> 01:03:39.350
One that people need it.

01:03:44.925 --> 01:03:47.359
And, maybe that is something
in the past, developers saw

01:03:48.270 --> 01:03:50.270
housing as more desirable.

01:03:51.230 --> 01:03:53.230
>> I totally get that.

01:03:53.633 --> 01:03:55.633
We talked about doing a

01:03:55.835 --> 01:03:57.202
confidence index of some of the
key developers.

01:03:58.710 --> 01:04:00.106
And I think that is an essential
function because not only is

01:04:00.407 --> 01:04:03.142
that important to council, that
is just a community survey that

01:04:03.543 --> 01:04:05.444
would be extremely important for
a lot of people.

01:04:07.214 --> 01:04:09.348
So adding some numbers around
turnover, around profitability.
>> right.

01:04:09.816 --> 01:04:12.518
>> right.
exactly.
Because we are, we are getting

01:04:21.280 --> 01:04:22.929
to that point where we are at.
[Inaudible].

01:04:23.731 --> 01:04:25.731
Southeast area plan is going to

01:04:26.330 --> 01:04:28.330
require cooperation of a lot of

01:04:29.636 --> 01:04:31.636
different landowners.

01:04:31.938 --> 01:04:33.873
>> I don't want industrial land.
>> right.
Exactly.
Right.

01:04:35.142 --> 01:04:37.510
Can you help us with that
perception?
Because I think that at this

01:04:38.245 --> 01:04:41.180
moment in time, a lot of that is
just a perception that is really
not -- 

01:04:42.116 --> 01:04:43.416
>> we need to rename it.
Lovely land.

01:04:44.618 --> 01:04:46.618
>> lovely lands.

01:04:49.756 --> 01:04:51.756
Lovely land is coming in.

01:04:51.926 --> 01:04:53.926
It looks like we have the

01:04:54.329 --> 01:04:56.830
marketer already, she could draw
pictures of what lovely

01:05:02.136 --> 01:05:04.804
landlocks like -- land looks
like.
And all set.

01:05:06.640 --> 01:05:09.543
>> you talk about the inventory,
built versus the housing

01:05:09.578 --> 01:05:11.578
inventory that is needed.

01:05:12.447 --> 01:05:15.150
We looked a lot of that here,
and also looked at the

01:05:15.116 --> 01:05:17.116
affordable housing committee.

01:05:17.652 --> 01:05:19.519
How is that all sort of getting
cross pollenated?

01:05:19.720 --> 01:05:22.622
>> that is a great question.
We keep an active eye on what

01:05:23.240 --> 01:05:25.240
the affordable housing committee

01:05:25.127 --> 01:05:27.928
is doing to make sure that we
throw our weight behind to get

01:05:28.530 --> 01:05:29.830
more deed restricted affordable
housing.

01:05:30.732 --> 01:05:32.732
That is why, in the county,

01:05:33.601 --> 01:05:35.402
family of four, make $70,000 and
qualify for that housing.

01:05:35.937 --> 01:05:37.937
There is a whole lot of

01:05:40.541 --> 01:05:42.541
businesses that employ a lot of

01:05:42.611 --> 01:05:43.845
people and make less than
$70,000.

01:05:45.247 --> 01:05:47.682
There is a tier of lack of
affordable of single family
housing.

01:05:48.817 --> 01:05:51.218
If you are bringing in hr
manager, can't find a place to

01:05:52.254 --> 01:05:54.255
live at $80,000 a year.
There are businesses that are

01:05:55.423 --> 01:05:57.725
concerned about that tier of
housing.
Nobody is complaining about the

01:05:58.260 --> 01:06:00.596
lack of mansions.
There are plenty of them

01:06:00.596 --> 01:06:03.310
available.
What we need to do is throw our

01:06:03.465 --> 01:06:05.767
weight behind the affordable
housing work and also opening

01:06:06.735 --> 01:06:09.337
the listening sessions, so that
when businesses say, I can't

01:06:10.239 --> 01:06:12.139
recruit great talent at mid
management level because they

01:06:12.441 --> 01:06:15.142
can't find a place to live, we
can find out more, what can we

01:06:17.947 --> 01:06:19.947
do to insent duplex, what can we

01:06:20.449 --> 01:06:22.350
do to reduce building cost?
Reduce land availability?

01:06:23.452 --> 01:06:24.653
Work on all of the equations
there.

01:06:25.721 --> 01:06:28.556
There is affordable housing with
capital a.
Deed restricted that we would

01:06:28.624 --> 01:06:30.926
like to support.
Then this other, sort of

01:06:30.926 --> 01:06:33.328
workforce housing.
That we need to throw our

01:06:34.830 --> 01:06:36.732
support behind but with specific
relevant proposals to you.

01:06:37.534 --> 01:06:39.801
It is not enough for us to be
like, we need more housing.

01:06:40.370 --> 01:06:42.637
We need to say specifically here
is what we support doing.

01:06:45.410 --> 01:06:47.642
We hear from qoba, quite a bit.
We work closely with developers

01:06:47.943 --> 01:06:50.245
to make sure that they work.
A couple of proposals to

01:06:50.312 --> 01:06:52.447
streamline permitting.
And just try to reduce some of

01:06:54.251 --> 01:06:55.751
the costs associated with
getting something up.

01:06:56.453 --> 01:06:58.655
We think that those can make
some small but measurable

01:06:58.655 --> 01:07:00.655
changes.

01:07:01.240 --> 01:07:03.325
>> it is all hands on deck for
housing.
>> yes.

01:07:06.696 --> 01:07:08.696
>> of all kinds.

01:07:09.310 --> 01:07:11.310
>> thank you.

01:07:12.436 --> 01:07:14.436
>> neighborhood leadership

01:07:23.246 --> 01:07:25.481
alliance.
Is this on?
Switch on?

01:07:25.481 --> 01:07:27.482
>> it is ready.
>> good afternoon.

01:07:28.552 --> 01:07:30.552
My name is hans jorgen sofn, the

01:07:34.458 --> 01:07:36.225
chair of the leadership alliance
committee.

01:07:37.394 --> 01:07:40.290
I'll say nla going forward.
I want to start with a very

01:07:40.530 --> 01:07:42.530
brief, for those who aren't

01:07:42.632 --> 01:07:44.934
aware of the nla.
Nla is really a standing

01:07:45.536 --> 01:07:46.970
committee for just six months
now.

01:07:48.539 --> 01:07:50.539
And as I reported in October

01:07:50.841 --> 01:07:52.841
check-in, at a workshop in the

01:07:53.944 --> 01:07:55.946
fall, the committee identified
transportation, traffic,

01:07:55.946 --> 01:07:57.946
combined as one.

01:07:57.948 --> 01:08:00.149
Land use.
As to hot topics.

01:08:01.510 --> 01:08:03.510
And I mentioned then that those

01:08:03.540 --> 01:08:05.155
couldn't be segregated without
including growth and
liveability.

01:08:06.757 --> 01:08:09.359
So that was kind of the focus of
the time.

01:08:10.227 --> 01:08:12.227
Subsequently, and we agreed that

01:08:13.264 --> 01:08:15.431
we all agree in council,
check-in in October, that more

01:08:16.867 --> 01:08:18.867
people engaged and a more

01:08:19.136 --> 01:08:21.372
diverse representation that
reflected bend's cross section

01:08:22.273 --> 01:08:24.273
is what we are really after for

01:08:24.342 --> 01:08:26.777
the nla to be successful.
We moved in that direction.

01:08:31.949 --> 01:08:33.949
We created some subcommittees.

01:08:33.951 --> 01:08:35.852
Perhaps the most important, the
communication subcommittee.

01:08:36.153 --> 01:08:37.754
Particularly for outreach and
communication.

01:08:38.757 --> 01:08:40.757
We also submitted our resource

01:08:42.260 --> 01:08:44.962
request last month.
and that resource request really

01:08:45.363 --> 01:08:48.265
focuses on the mission
primarily.

01:08:49.868 --> 01:08:51.135
The mission primarily stated in
code.

01:08:52.370 --> 01:08:54.370
And provided the direct and

01:08:54.839 --> 01:08:57.475
continuing participation,
neighborhood participation for

01:08:58.243 --> 01:09:00.544
input to city council and argue
that it also means for city

01:09:00.746 --> 01:09:03.547
council back to residents.
I think that is a key part that

01:09:04.149 --> 01:09:06.149
May or May not be captured in

01:09:10.550 --> 01:09:12.550
the code.

01:09:12.658 --> 01:09:14.658
Interested in not only the

01:09:15.761 --> 01:09:17.761
survey results but the chamber,

01:09:18.630 --> 01:09:20.466
that was presented.
The code starts with the code

01:09:20.466 --> 01:09:22.834
language, community
participation and engagement.

01:09:23.669 --> 01:09:26.171
With the neighborhood
associations emphasized in the

01:09:26.171 --> 01:09:28.390
neighborhood piece.
Understanding that 13

01:09:28.206 --> 01:09:30.206
neighborhood associations work

01:09:30.209 --> 01:09:32.209
up to be the nla and the voice

01:09:32.578 --> 01:09:33.812
that should be a resource to
council.

01:09:35.147 --> 01:09:37.749
We added to this outcome and the
outcome would be, improve the

01:09:39.852 --> 01:09:41.852
level of trust.

01:09:46.158 --> 01:09:47.458
Then residents have in the city
government.

01:09:49.762 --> 01:09:52.640
I was struck by the residents
here.

01:09:52.865 --> 01:09:54.865
We have five objectives we think

01:09:55.434 --> 01:09:57.636
that can support that goal.
Start with increasing the level

01:09:57.837 --> 01:09:59.837
of participation with residents

01:10:00.106 --> 01:10:02.106
and to that end, resource

01:10:02.341 --> 01:10:04.742
request included looking for
resources to increase funds to

01:10:05.879 --> 01:10:07.479
the neighborhood association and
communications department so

01:10:08.480 --> 01:10:10.749
that neighborhood associations
aren't trying to choose between

01:10:11.150 --> 01:10:13.852
the general meeting or a
mailing, that can really get out

01:10:13.953 --> 01:10:15.953
there more effectively and

01:10:18.570 --> 01:10:20.570
engage more people.

01:10:20.460 --> 01:10:21.927
we understand the advance on
resources.

01:10:22.463 --> 01:10:25.264
They are working hard to find
ways to facilitate that goal.

01:10:25.866 --> 01:10:27.166
They have developed a number of
tools.

01:10:29.569 --> 01:10:31.670
They have looked at competitive
quotes.

01:10:32.472 --> 01:10:34.472
We trimmed our budget.

01:10:34.874 --> 01:10:36.842
Highlight only essential needs.
Collectively, we see

01:10:37.343 --> 01:10:39.343
efficiencies, things like shared

01:10:40.481 --> 01:10:42.481
news template or work with the

01:10:42.583 --> 01:10:45.180
city's resources than create
redundant resources or creative,

01:10:50.570 --> 01:10:52.458
that is our first level of
priority, engagement.

01:10:55.362 --> 01:10:57.663
Greater engagement.
The second supporting goal would

01:10:58.866 --> 01:11:00.400
be addressing the transportation
issue.

01:11:02.670 --> 01:11:04.771
We have ctac for long range.
Csp for other issues.

01:11:05.372 --> 01:11:07.372
There is an area in there that

01:11:08.575 --> 01:11:10.575
the nla could work with the city

01:11:10.744 --> 01:11:12.412
to prioritize traffic safety
tasks.

01:11:13.647 --> 01:11:15.949
We already taken advantage of an
opportunity to work with a city

01:11:17.285 --> 01:11:20.153
on a new program, neighborhood
street safety program.
We think that it has a great

01:11:23.293 --> 01:11:26.259
deal of potential and this is a
program whereby the nla, with

01:11:27.161 --> 01:11:29.963
neighborhood input could help
specify and prioritize resources

01:11:31.465 --> 01:11:33.465
for non-routine things.

01:11:33.568 --> 01:11:36.370
This will not go so far as
CIPs, that is a little far

01:11:36.671 --> 01:11:38.671
reaching but the traffic

01:11:40.575 --> 01:11:42.575
committee could also facilitate

01:11:44.579 --> 01:11:46.880
guidance for guidance CIPs and
sounding board and consider

01:11:46.881 --> 01:11:49.749
things for the future.
And I would point out that the

01:11:50.785 --> 01:11:53.210
traffic safety, council should
support, in June 6 council

01:11:53.210 --> 01:11:55.210
meeting, before the committee

01:11:55.390 --> 01:11:57.390
was stood up, for nla to focus

01:11:57.759 --> 01:11:58.992
on this, this is a promising
program.

01:12:01.663 --> 01:12:03.463
Next point, land use, this is
intertwined with everything I

01:12:04.565 --> 01:12:06.565
talked about, earlier today,

01:12:07.469 --> 01:12:09.469
presentation that we heard.

01:12:09.471 --> 01:12:11.872
And council abernethy touched on
something that resonated with
me.

01:12:12.574 --> 01:12:14.574
It is in here, education.

01:12:15.977 --> 01:12:18.679
So much of what we find with
rinker, among some of the

01:12:19.247 --> 01:12:22.820
presentations including one last
thursday in these chambers has

01:12:24.954 --> 01:12:27.656
to do with a lack of education,
informed discourse, is really

01:12:27.656 --> 01:12:29.656
productive.

01:12:29.658 --> 01:12:31.658
But, trying to argue over things

01:12:31.793 --> 01:12:33.661
without the facts, without the
understanding and understanding

01:12:34.663 --> 01:12:37.164
of the restrictions.
That law is put upon us.

01:12:37.966 --> 01:12:40.267
We need to work within the
confines, the guardrails.

01:12:40.969 --> 01:12:42.969
We need to understand them.

01:12:43.720 --> 01:12:45.907
We also think that this goes
beyond a land use notification

01:12:48.144 --> 01:12:50.144
time frame.

01:12:51.881 --> 01:12:53.848
There is opportunity for
collaborative, contentious, tune

01:12:54.249 --> 01:12:56.249
for people to get out in front

01:12:56.385 --> 01:12:59.353
of the issues long before we get
to a noisy public hearing.

01:13:00.256 --> 01:13:02.256
For a project quite frankly.

01:13:02.859 --> 01:13:04.493
I'm only using this as an
example.

01:13:05.261 --> 01:13:07.562
Tore largely fulfill the city
code.

01:13:08.364 --> 01:13:10.364
The fourth goal, residents have

01:13:12.509 --> 01:13:13.734
a meaningful input.
Again, this kind of speaks to

01:13:14.770 --> 01:13:16.671
this issue of press and are you
being heard?

01:13:17.674 --> 01:13:19.675
As hard as you work and as many
opportunities as you provide for

01:13:20.143 --> 01:13:21.777
people to engage.
They see them.

01:13:23.446 --> 01:13:25.814
Maybe they don't have the best
opportunity.
We think that there is an

01:13:26.182 --> 01:13:28.182
opportunity and this platform

01:13:29.585 --> 01:13:31.987
that the nla can provide to be
that place where residents can

01:13:33.423 --> 01:13:34.756
feel like they have meaningful
input.

01:13:35.859 --> 01:13:38.561
I understand meaningful is
subjective.
But, the number of people that

01:13:42.640 --> 01:13:45.467
engage with us, that is a metd
rick we can measure.
When people engage with us and

01:13:46.369 --> 01:13:48.670
allow us the opportunity to
speak on their behalf to you.

01:13:49.572 --> 01:13:51.572
When we have an opportunity as

01:13:54.378 --> 01:13:56.579
advisory board to share
explanations an city vows and

01:13:56.880 --> 01:13:59.682
city restrictions, back the
other way, that goes a long ways

01:14:00.684 --> 01:14:02.985
in creating the trust and also
making people feel they are

01:14:05.288 --> 01:14:07.456
truly heard.
They get answers they don't

01:14:08.692 --> 01:14:11.261
like.
But, they get answers.

01:14:11.996 --> 01:14:13.963
Sometimes, that is what people
feel is missing.

01:14:14.565 --> 01:14:16.900
They appear before you.
They feel they were heard or

01:14:17.670 --> 01:14:19.969
maybe not.
Still, this isn't trying to take

01:14:20.471 --> 01:14:23.172
away the fact that anybody can
appear before you.

01:14:23.173 --> 01:14:25.675
In every neighborhood
association can appear before

01:14:26.977 --> 01:14:28.977
you independently.

01:14:28.980 --> 01:14:31.820
But I would argue that this is a
platform that makes this a lot

01:14:31.820 --> 01:14:33.820
easy

01:14:33.284 --> 01:14:35.620
easier for us to facilitate.
Lastly, effective means for

01:14:35.620 --> 01:14:37.620
residents to know that council

01:14:39.189 --> 01:14:41.258
is aware of and response to,
even redundant with meaningful

01:14:41.258 --> 01:14:43.258
input.

01:14:43.260 --> 01:14:45.610
We think that we have an
opportunity here to make sure

01:14:45.363 --> 01:14:47.363
that two-way dialogue.

01:14:49.300 --> 01:14:51.268
The nla could be conduit
institution that tends to be.

01:14:52.971 --> 01:14:55.572
We can bring things to you.
Hopefully proactively, long

01:14:56.400 --> 01:14:58.942
before hot topics and at the
same time, we can be a sounding

01:14:59.577 --> 01:15:01.577
board for the city and get ahead

01:15:02.781 --> 01:15:04.781
of things.

01:15:04.783 --> 01:15:07.218
And find out what residents feel
about certain thoughts, before

01:15:07.218 --> 01:15:09.686
they become plans.
I can that is something that we

01:15:12.831 --> 01:15:15.692
have lacked to this point is
having this kind of platform.
And that platform is real
important.

01:15:16.160 --> 01:15:18.950
Traffic today, land use today,
no question.

01:15:18.496 --> 01:15:19.763
Five years from now, something
different.

01:15:20.566 --> 01:15:22.934
If the platform is there, we can
get out in front of the issues

01:15:23.368 --> 01:15:25.569
before they come the same
issues.

01:15:26.400 --> 01:15:28.272
Whether it is growth or what
type of growth.

01:15:28.673 --> 01:15:30.673
What direction of growth.

01:15:31.209 --> 01:15:33.209
Those are the surge of things.

01:15:35.980 --> 01:15:38.349
Again, I emphasize the trust.
As council moves forward, staff

01:15:39.685 --> 01:15:42.870
works on the issues, you want
community support and times when

01:15:42.870 --> 01:15:44.889
voter approval is key.
I think that we can go a long

01:15:46.792 --> 01:15:49.494
ways towards having that sort of
support if we start developing

01:15:50.896 --> 01:15:53.564
and focusing on this platform to
improve the trust level.

01:16:03.676 --> 01:16:06.110
Practical step, we picked three.
As we heard earlier, actions

01:16:06.178 --> 01:16:07.979
make a difference.
Actions build trust.

01:16:08.347 --> 01:16:10.347
The three steps here, increase

01:16:10.582 --> 01:16:13.520
funding of the NAs.
Increase funding through staff

01:16:13.520 --> 01:16:15.520
support.

01:16:15.688 --> 01:16:18.390
For the nla to complete its
mission.
And then, funding for the

01:16:18.891 --> 01:16:20.891
streets and operations and

01:16:21.294 --> 01:16:23.695
neighborhood street safety
program.
Those three things are things

01:16:24.960 --> 01:16:26.698
that council can do and do
within the next six months.

01:16:27.166 --> 01:16:29.300
That will go a long way to show
to the residents that we are

01:16:29.536 --> 01:16:31.536
working on the things that we

01:16:33.540 --> 01:16:35.540
have put before the nla.

01:16:38.770 --> 01:16:40.145
>> questions?
>> no.
Thorough.
Good.

01:16:41.948 --> 01:16:43.948
Thank you.

01:16:44.383 --> 01:16:46.485
>> planning commission.
>> is there someone here?

01:16:46.786 --> 01:16:49.880
>> I don't think that there is
someone here from the planning
commission.

01:16:51.892 --> 01:16:53.892
Move on.

01:17:07.207 --> 01:17:09.207
>> affordable housing committee.

01:17:09.776 --> 01:17:11.477
Matt is on the committee with
me.

01:17:11.812 --> 01:17:13.946
Affordable housing committee.
Cathy, lynn is here, of course.

01:17:14.314 --> 01:17:16.314
Thank you for your time.

01:17:16.983 --> 01:17:19.618
We really appreciate your
continued prioritization of

01:17:20.787 --> 01:17:22.989
affordable housing.
Councilors livingston and

01:17:23.591 --> 01:17:25.693
campbell, you are regularly in
attendance at our meetings and

01:17:25.693 --> 01:17:27.693
nice to see you there.

01:17:28.395 --> 01:17:30.897
Thanks for putting that time in.
We appreciate the focus council

01:17:32.499 --> 01:17:34.400
has put into the issue and
pleased for the opportunity to

01:17:34.801 --> 01:17:36.903
work with you guys.
And gals.

01:17:39.206 --> 01:17:41.408
I mean that, general.
Great progress has been made and

01:17:43.440 --> 01:17:45.440
we are excited for what is next.

01:17:46.800 --> 01:17:48.882
Our goal is to construct 100
deed restricted homes each year.

01:17:51.886 --> 01:17:54.287
In 2018, we had 53 done and plus
50 already in 2019.

01:17:55.489 --> 01:17:57.489
They got their certificate of

01:17:58.920 --> 01:18:00.920
occupancy on January 2, 2019.

01:18:00.940 --> 01:18:02.396
We missed it due to the holiday.
We do have a pipeline of more

01:18:04.966 --> 01:18:06.566
than 200 homes to finance and
secured.

01:18:08.402 --> 01:18:11.204
Kind of I want to cover a big
picture and then I'll get to

01:18:12.206 --> 01:18:14.307
some recommendations that we
would like to make.

01:18:14.910 --> 01:18:17.379
Oregon has the second highest
number of unsheltered homeless

01:18:17.379 --> 01:18:19.379
in the name.

01:18:20.115 --> 01:18:22.115
Second only to california.

01:18:22.584 --> 01:18:24.584
Roughly 17% of children moved to

01:18:24.719 --> 01:18:26.719
foster care are removed due to

01:18:27.889 --> 01:18:29.256
housing, instability or simple
unavailability.

01:18:31.492 --> 01:18:33.492
Data shows that we need 16,000

01:18:34.196 --> 01:18:35.997
additional housing units before
2028.

01:18:37.399 --> 01:18:39.399
5,000 of those are needed at the

01:18:39.501 --> 01:18:41.501
60% ami or below.

01:18:41.803 --> 01:18:43.803
However, no complete building

01:18:45.106 --> 01:18:46.407
and land inventory done since
2015.

01:18:47.909 --> 01:18:50.210
Due to the recession, we did
have underdevelopment of housing

01:18:50.879 --> 01:18:53.414
between 2010 and 2016.
There is no argument there.

01:18:55.918 --> 01:18:58.586
But that results in 0.85% of
housing starts per new
household.

01:19:01.490 --> 01:19:04.425
It is not even one full house or
living, place to live for each
household.

01:19:07.897 --> 01:19:10.699
We have significantly fewer
singer family, than single

01:19:12.902 --> 01:19:14.902
family detached.

01:19:15.104 --> 01:19:17.605
Our economy has recovered.
And providing housing doesn't

01:19:17.740 --> 01:19:20.208
just happen overnight.%
homes just don't grow out of the

01:19:20.709 --> 01:19:23.311
ground with, you know, add water
and there is a house.

01:19:24.681 --> 01:19:27.382
That is led to rapidly
increasing rents and home prices

01:19:28.418 --> 01:19:30.619
and many residents paying
unhealthy percentages of the

01:19:31.287 --> 01:19:34.890
gross incomes on housing costs.
About 25% of bend renters pay

01:19:35.991 --> 01:19:38.793
more than 50% of their gross
income to housing each month.

01:19:39.895 --> 01:19:42.563
This is not just limited to
lower housing families, although

01:19:44.901 --> 01:19:46.268
these families feel it more
proportionately.

01:19:46.903 --> 01:19:48.904
We have the solution.
build more.
I know.

01:19:49.239 --> 01:19:50.439
Easy.
Right?

01:19:51.307 --> 01:19:54.209
Build more in locations that
have approximate access to

01:19:54.610 --> 01:19:56.811
necessary service, medical,
schools, transit.

01:19:57.780 --> 01:20:00.282
The feedback that I am going to
share with you, has been

01:20:00.684 --> 01:20:03.385
garnered from various sources.
We have a fair housing survey

01:20:04.387 --> 01:20:06.288
conducted jointly with the city
of redmond.

01:20:07.390 --> 01:20:09.390
Over 850 responses.

01:20:10.126 --> 01:20:12.794
We are also involved with the
consolidated plan survey which

01:20:14.197 --> 01:20:16.798
had 520 plus responses.
We also had a meeting in

01:20:19.803 --> 01:20:21.803
December regarding house built

01:20:22.205 --> 01:20:24.907
4006 with 60 plus attendees and
numerous follow-up e-mails.

01:20:25.408 --> 01:20:27.408
Really good public testimony at

01:20:27.410 --> 01:20:29.912
our meetings and our committee,
I think, that we have a

01:20:30.413 --> 01:20:32.413
fantastic committee.

01:20:33.160 --> 01:20:35.518
We have a great variety of
expertise in the technical

01:20:38.322 --> 01:20:40.556
aspects of housing as well as
participation in variety of work
groups.

01:20:41.525 --> 01:20:44.193
These are the, following the
recommendations that we would

01:20:44.728 --> 01:20:47.597
like to propose to you.
First and foremost, we would

01:20:48.498 --> 01:20:50.498
like to see the renewal of the

01:20:51.601 --> 01:20:53.803
affordable housing fund before
June 2019.

01:20:54.205 --> 01:20:56.507
This is a unanimous
recommendation from the

01:20:56.507 --> 01:20:59.309
committee.
It is instrumental in helping

01:21:00.411 --> 01:21:01.711
the city make affordable housing
needs.

01:21:02.880 --> 01:21:04.880
Due to a lot of meetings and

01:21:06.160 --> 01:21:08.518
input, and from those surveys,
the second recommendation is to

01:21:11.655 --> 01:21:12.878
continue and expand work on
infill lands.

01:21:14.292 --> 01:21:16.292
Including the expansion areas.

01:21:16.294 --> 01:21:18.294
it would be very helpful to

01:21:19.300 --> 01:21:21.300
expand further or through infill

01:21:21.999 --> 01:21:24.200
which includes continue the
surplus land program for

01:21:25.703 --> 01:21:28.605
affordable housing and maybe
consider reprioritizing city

01:21:30.410 --> 01:21:32.309
owned land to make it available
for affordable housing is

01:21:34.912 --> 01:21:36.813
current uses can be transferred
elsewhere.

01:21:37.815 --> 01:21:40.717
Plexus allow outright in the
zone.
Maybe investigation of smaller

01:21:41.519 --> 01:21:44.354
homes an small lot incentives
for builders.
Continue discussion on housing

01:21:45.424 --> 01:21:48.325
the homeless population safely
through non-traditional models

01:21:48.727 --> 01:21:50.727
and consider low cost finance

01:21:51.229 --> 01:21:53.697
forge infrastructure hook ups to
promote redevelopment and

01:21:56.801 --> 01:21:58.801
increased density.

01:21:58.837 --> 01:22:01.305
Another thing fall, working on
infill, is to have involvement

01:22:02.408 --> 01:22:04.408
in the core area strategy.

01:22:04.543 --> 01:22:07.411
Creating anti-identification
strategies in the central area

01:22:07.679 --> 01:22:09.679
or any inclusion of the afford I

01:22:09.715 --> 01:22:12.160
can't believe housing in the
urban renewal plan.

01:22:13.718 --> 01:22:16.620
We also are in high support of
having some real data on land

01:22:17.656 --> 01:22:19.656
inventory on buildable land

01:22:20.793 --> 01:22:22.793
invent inventory and updated

01:22:23.429 --> 01:22:26.197
annual report, to help determine
appropriate policy focus and

01:22:27.433 --> 01:22:30.334
when to determine when to begin
the next ugb expansion.

01:22:31.303 --> 01:22:32.803
That is a big job but has to
happen.

01:22:37.310 --> 01:22:39.811
Also, an idea was to explore
single room occupancy units.

01:22:40.413 --> 01:22:42.413
Not specifically acknowledged in

01:22:42.415 --> 01:22:44.783
the current code since they
typically have shared kitchens

01:22:44.917 --> 01:22:47.719
and baths.
The bends housing, analysis,

01:22:49.121 --> 01:22:51.823
goal for 400 group living units
that could provide a policy work

01:22:52.157 --> 01:22:54.492
framework for the units.
third recommendation is
education.

01:22:54.928 --> 01:22:56.829
I think that you have heard that
theme throughout people

01:22:59.632 --> 01:23:01.933
presenting to you today.
Education to the general public

01:23:02.702 --> 01:23:04.702
and developers and staff, it was

01:23:04.937 --> 01:23:07.906
discussed by several committee
members at recent meetings, all

01:23:08.908 --> 01:23:10.809
of us recognizing additional
education and outreach.

01:23:11.310 --> 01:23:14.113
Many of the public don't even
know that their employees

01:23:14.614 --> 01:23:16.614
qualify for affordable housing

01:23:17.170 --> 01:23:18.984
and incentives such as down
payment assistance.

01:23:19.119 --> 01:23:22.210
Many don't recognize that the
problem is a construct of supply

01:23:23.723 --> 01:23:25.723
or demand or don't recognize own

01:23:27.260 --> 01:23:28.594
role in helping or hindering the
solution.

01:23:31.734 --> 01:23:33.766
Committee members recognize the
issues, solution and causes at
differing levels even within

01:23:34.601 --> 01:23:36.135
city hall.
Surprise.

01:23:37.300 --> 01:23:39.300
The city of bend is a leader in

01:23:39.339 --> 01:23:41.400
affordable housing policy,
staffing, education need to

01:23:42.800 --> 01:23:43.609
increase to facilitate
comprehensive community

01:23:44.844 --> 01:23:47.112
understanding and recognition.
My light is still green.

01:23:48.516 --> 01:23:50.516
That is good.

01:23:51.919 --> 01:23:53.319
We also just explored new
programs.

01:23:54.421 --> 01:23:56.421
Some things that can fall into

01:23:56.423 --> 01:23:58.424
that, perhaps property tax
exemptions, explore items

01:24:00.427 --> 01:24:02.828
brought forward at the August
2018 council meeting or your

01:24:03.897 --> 01:24:05.932
retreat that you had.
Consider using non-traditional

01:24:07.435 --> 01:24:09.736
housing types to house homeless
populations.

01:24:09.937 --> 01:24:12.238
And then, kind of thinking
outside of the box, and that is

01:24:12.540 --> 01:24:15.141
just this big picture of
thinking outside of the box of

01:24:16.710 --> 01:24:18.710
different type of housing, like

01:24:19.113 --> 01:24:21.113
using RVs for temporary house

01:24:21.716 --> 01:24:24.618
in a park-like model on public
land for unsheltered homeless
population.

01:24:25.720 --> 01:24:28.210
Or finding ways to preserve the
naturally occurring affordable

01:24:29.223 --> 01:24:31.124
housing that is available
naturally to us.

01:24:32.260 --> 01:24:34.928
With these new programs, the
staff that you guys have, it is

01:24:35.329 --> 01:24:37.329
amazing.

01:24:37.598 --> 01:24:40.301
And new staff would be required
to effectively implement these

01:24:41.636 --> 01:24:44.338
new programs while maintaining
our current programs.

01:24:45.440 --> 01:24:47.440
We did have lots of community

01:24:47.642 --> 01:24:49.476
feedback on tenant
stableization.

01:24:50.311 --> 01:24:52.311
On both sides.

01:24:53.214 --> 01:24:55.115
It was unanimously agreed by the
affordable housing committee

01:24:55.416 --> 01:24:57.317
members to monitor the state
discussion on this.

01:24:57.820 --> 01:25:00.521
I think that there was a
proposal that just came out

01:25:02.224 --> 01:25:04.625
today or yesterday, about tenant
stabilization and a proposal for

01:25:06.328 --> 01:25:08.529
rent controls, we would like to
see what the state does with

01:25:10.532 --> 01:25:13.434
that before we try to tackle it.
Pardon.
I have two minutes left.

01:25:18.574 --> 01:25:19.907
Or at two minutes this all
right.

01:25:21.410 --> 01:25:23.844
I have more time.
So we are aware of that.

01:25:23.912 --> 01:25:26.460
It was discussed.
We just kind of recommend, maybe

01:25:26.448 --> 01:25:28.448
we see what the state does.

01:25:29.618 --> 01:25:31.819
That is all going to change and
grow as time goes.

01:25:34.824 --> 01:25:36.825
And then, lastly, the affordable
housing committee wishes to

01:25:37.726 --> 01:25:39.928
continue to provide policy
recommendations to council for

01:25:41.130 --> 01:25:43.931
both deed restricted affordable
homes as well as increasing

01:25:45.330 --> 01:25:48.200
needed housing supply with
residents with moderate incomes.

01:25:48.136 --> 01:25:50.839
That is what I have.
do you have any questions?

01:25:53.643 --> 01:25:56.344
Or comments?
Ideas for dinner tonight?

01:25:57.780 --> 01:25:59.780
I have nothing.

01:25:59.882 --> 01:26:01.616
>> we get to go home for dinner?
>> thank you.

01:26:02.151 --> 01:26:04.218
And you submitted your report.
>> yes.

01:26:04.720 --> 01:26:07.656
Yes, you got a summary.
A memorandum.
>> lot of information.

01:26:08.158 --> 01:26:11.126
A lot of meaty information.
Thank you for that.
>> a lot of good data.

01:26:12.128 --> 01:26:13.729
>> good information for goal
setting.
Thank you.

01:26:14.130 --> 01:26:16.130
I have one question.

01:26:16.432 --> 01:26:18.432
As you were flying through, you

01:26:21.370 --> 01:26:23.370
said this, 200 units in the

01:26:23.941 --> 01:26:26.509
pipeline of funding can be
secured.

01:26:26.743 --> 01:26:28.944
So we have a little bit of time.
Can you dig in.

01:26:29.513 --> 01:26:31.513
What did you mean by that?

01:26:33.149 --> 01:26:35.149
>> can you get more specific on

01:26:35.585 --> 01:26:37.585
that?

01:26:37.920 --> 01:26:39.454
>> lynn mcconnell, affordable
housing manager.

01:26:43.600 --> 01:26:45.528
All of these units, new homes,
require forms of subsidize.

01:26:46.329 --> 01:26:48.329
City of bend, average subsidize

01:26:48.331 --> 01:26:51.133
per home is $15,000 where the
true cost to build it quite a

01:26:51.234 --> 01:26:53.636
bit more.
External funding that was

01:26:54.137 --> 01:26:56.338
referencing from state or
federal sources.
Yeah.

01:26:57.440 --> 01:26:59.909
>> so I guess obviously one of
the things that we continue to

01:27:01.112 --> 01:27:03.112
look to you for is ideas where

01:27:04.181 --> 01:27:06.749
we can use sort of as council
can leverage and sort of

01:27:09.119 --> 01:27:12.210
accessing our finding, or making
that happen.
>> good.

01:27:12.322 --> 01:27:13.956
>> thank you so much.
>> thank you.

01:27:16.828 --> 01:27:18.828
>> thank you.

01:27:19.130 --> 01:27:21.130
>> all right.

01:27:22.330 --> 01:27:24.802
So that concludes then our input
from the council advisory

01:27:24.802 --> 01:27:26.802
boards.

01:27:27.338 --> 01:27:29.338
And next up, it is erik kancler.

01:27:30.240 --> 01:27:32.240
On our legislative overview.

01:27:36.800 --> 01:27:38.800
Hi, erik.

01:27:38.916 --> 01:27:40.916
>> thank you for having me.

01:27:41.853 --> 01:27:43.955
Members for the council, erik
kancler, owner of kancler

01:27:43.955 --> 01:27:45.955
consulting.

01:27:46.257 --> 01:27:48.858
I am your state level lobbyist.
State level government relation
support.

01:27:51.830 --> 01:27:53.830
Have been for, I think this is

01:27:53.932 --> 01:27:56.634
the sixth session, and of
course, you know, I'm a resident

01:27:58.360 --> 01:28:00.360
of bend since 2005.

01:28:01.339 --> 01:28:03.774
So I am here to help talk
through and plan for the city's

01:28:04.742 --> 01:28:06.510
involvement in the 2019
legislative session which is

01:28:07.945 --> 01:28:09.512
coming up here in a couple of
days.

01:28:11.183 --> 01:28:13.250
And so, my goals for tonight,
and I know that we don't have

01:28:13.818 --> 01:28:15.818
that much time would be to walk

01:28:16.154 --> 01:28:18.255
through the session time line
provide a political overview of

01:28:19.958 --> 01:28:22.559
what we are looking at, talk
about broad session themes,

01:28:23.761 --> 01:28:25.761
issue, talk through pressing

01:28:26.231 --> 01:28:28.466
city issues, and ultimately
hopefully, leave with a high

01:28:29.735 --> 01:28:31.735
level sense of what you all

01:28:32.337 --> 01:28:34.337
think are priorities ought to be

01:28:38.143 --> 01:28:40.143
once session begins.

01:28:40.745 --> 01:28:42.745
I work ubder the direction of

01:28:43.480 --> 01:28:45.150
the city management office.
Consolation with the staff.

01:28:45.952 --> 01:28:48.319
We work to implement the
direction that you provide for
us.

01:28:48.854 --> 01:28:51.322
Of course, it is, it is
important to mention that we

01:28:52.910 --> 01:28:54.910
don't work in a vacuum.

01:28:54.259 --> 01:28:56.727
We work with a lot of other
relevant steak holders and

01:28:56.929 --> 01:28:59.530
collaborative fashion.
Central oregon cities, and

01:29:00.532 --> 01:29:02.434
organization, and variety of
community-based interest

01:29:02.669 --> 01:29:05.136
business community environmental
community.
So on and so forth.

01:29:07.540 --> 01:29:09.641
It is always a very collab tev
efforts to represent the need of

01:29:09.842 --> 01:29:11.842
the community.

01:29:12.144 --> 01:29:14.144
So let's start with time line.

01:29:14.947 --> 01:29:17.549
The 2019 session begins on
January 22.
This tuesday.

01:29:18.952 --> 01:29:20.952
It is coming up very fast.

01:29:21.540 --> 01:29:22.821
Already 1500 bills have been
introduced.

01:29:23.656 --> 01:29:25.656
Pres, filed.

01:29:26.459 --> 01:29:28.459
I have been through all of them.

01:29:28.461 --> 01:29:30.461
Tracking 216 potentially

01:29:31.230 --> 01:29:32.430
relevant bill force the city of
bend.

01:29:33.365 --> 01:29:35.634
I included a packet, I don't
expect you to go through that.

01:29:53.553 --> 01:29:55.555
It is in there.
Frankly, most of the bills that

01:29:56.356 --> 01:29:58.992
move through the legislature are
passed through in a very

01:29:58.992 --> 01:30:01.861
strongly bipartisan fashion.
It is the more contentious bills

01:30:02.762 --> 01:30:04.463
where things break down a little
bet.

01:30:05.932 --> 01:30:07.932
So I expect that we will be able

01:30:08.268 --> 01:30:09.601
to whittle that number down
significantly.

01:30:11.272 --> 01:30:13.640
Of course, starting on the 22,
probably another 1500 bills will

01:30:14.308 --> 01:30:16.142
be dropped through the beginning
of February.

01:30:16.944 --> 01:30:18.344
Probably about 3,000 bills in
all.

01:30:20.470 --> 01:30:22.448
Those bills will then go through
a process that I work with the

01:30:23.500 --> 01:30:25.500
city manager's office to review

01:30:26.153 --> 01:30:28.754
with staff, call it out.
And represent the big issues to

01:30:29.257 --> 01:30:31.891
all of you.
So let's see, generally

01:30:32.930 --> 01:30:34.930
speaking, the way that the

01:30:34.862 --> 01:30:37.497
legislature works is it begins
in earnest suggesting policy
issues.

01:30:38.632 --> 01:30:40.668
we will have committee hearings
starting on the first day of

01:30:40.668 --> 01:30:43.236
session.
Bills need to be out of their

01:30:44.370 --> 01:30:46.172
committee of origin.
Policy bills by April 9.

01:30:46.741 --> 01:30:49.430
They need to be out of the
second chamber committees by May

01:30:49.430 --> 01:30:51.430
24.

01:30:52.680 --> 01:30:55.348
And then, the budget process
starts about, really gets into

01:30:55.783 --> 01:30:58.284
action about midway through.
Just when the first phase of the

01:30:59.530 --> 01:31:01.354
policy bills is wrapping up,
second phase of the legislature

01:31:03.570 --> 01:31:05.359
is the budget process and that
goes fast and fast & furious

01:31:07.495 --> 01:31:09.963
until the end of session.
Speaking of the end of session,

01:31:10.365 --> 01:31:12.365
we are constitutionally required

01:31:12.667 --> 01:31:14.667
to adjourn by June 30.

01:31:14.669 --> 01:31:16.669
But we are targeting June 21.

01:31:17.972 --> 01:31:19.972
That is of course a highly

01:31:21.476 --> 01:31:23.476
political exercise, you only

01:31:25.981 --> 01:31:28.882
know, when you know.
Let's talk about politics and

01:31:28.983 --> 01:31:31.885
session themes.
We all know that democrats hold

01:31:32.487 --> 01:31:34.540
a super majority in each
chamber.

01:31:35.390 --> 01:31:37.390
That is 18 of 30 seats in the

01:31:38.920 --> 01:31:39.794
senate and 38 of 60 seats in the
house.

01:31:40.396 --> 01:31:42.396
Together with governor brown.

01:31:42.397 --> 01:31:44.397
Also a democrat, they have

01:31:44.466 --> 01:31:46.466
identified three top level

01:31:46.468 --> 01:31:49.710
priority issues for the session.
Those passing climate

01:31:49.710 --> 01:31:51.772
legislation.
Increasing state revenue for
education.

01:31:51.873 --> 01:31:53.873
And other needs.

01:31:55.677 --> 01:31:58.179
In housing.
There is a number of hard

01:31:58.681 --> 01:32:01.382
profile issues worked along with
those three, including forest

01:32:03.419 --> 01:32:05.419
management and wildfire

01:32:05.687 --> 01:32:07.687
production for reform, property

01:32:07.889 --> 01:32:10.191
tax reform and land use reform.
Counterpart to the big three of

01:32:10.592 --> 01:32:12.592
each of those issues as well.

01:32:13.295 --> 01:32:14.596
And that will make for a robust
discussion.

01:32:15.498 --> 01:32:17.498
There will be many, many other

01:32:18.340 --> 01:32:20.669
issues of all shapes and sizes,
as I said, the great majority of

01:32:22.171 --> 01:32:23.404
bills come out in bipartisan
fashion.

01:32:24.306 --> 01:32:26.708
Some obviously don't.
I think that it is important to

01:32:29.111 --> 01:32:30.645
point out, not as simple as ds
than rs.

01:32:32.782 --> 01:32:35.584
A lot of ds and a lot of
different types of ds and

01:32:35.985 --> 01:32:37.985
different types of rs.

01:32:38.488 --> 01:32:41.189
Moderate ds, in case, look to
the moderate r's and say we want

01:32:41.190 --> 01:32:43.592
to work with you.
It really is true that in a lot

01:32:44.994 --> 01:32:47.695
of cases, collaboration and
political comprises is possible

01:32:48.970 --> 01:32:49.598
and is needed to get things
done.

01:32:50.600 --> 01:32:52.600
That has been the fashion that

01:32:52.602 --> 01:32:54.838
we have always engage and the
legislative session is

01:32:54.838 --> 01:32:56.672
collaboration, compromise
working with our partner,

01:32:57.707 --> 01:33:00.109
working with democrat, working
with republicans and not taking

01:33:05.470 --> 01:33:07.383
anything for granted.
>> moving towards our
priorities.

01:33:08.452 --> 01:33:10.587
This point, we have no formal
priorities.
Because that starts with you

01:33:10.587 --> 01:33:12.587
guys tonight.

01:33:12.656 --> 01:33:15.157
It is a new council.
Obviously no predeterminations

01:33:15.859 --> 01:33:17.459
have been made to what our
priorities will be.

01:33:19.963 --> 01:33:22.764
That is up to you guys.
So thus far, what I have been

01:33:23.320 --> 01:33:25.320
focusing on, is paying attention

01:33:26.670 --> 01:33:28.838
to all of the issues that is
historically relevant for the
city.

01:33:29.730 --> 01:33:30.873
Tracking all of the bills
potentially relevant working

01:33:31.175 --> 01:33:33.542
with the staff and understand
what is coming and prepared to

01:33:34.278 --> 01:33:36.679
act once you guys give us your
marching orders.

01:33:37.380 --> 01:33:39.215
So for a little bit of
background, you don't need to

01:33:41.652 --> 01:33:43.987
pull it out right now.
I have included our final report

01:33:45.550 --> 01:33:47.357
from the last long session which
was the 2017 session.

01:33:48.159 --> 01:33:50.159
And by no means has all of the

01:33:50.561 --> 01:33:53.363
things that we worked on in it.
It does hit the high points,

01:33:54.665 --> 01:33:56.566
transportation package.
And a lot of other things that

01:33:56.867 --> 01:33:59.536
are relevant for the city and
that we played a very strong

01:34:00.238 --> 01:34:02.506
role in getting done.
So running very quickly through

01:34:02.840 --> 01:34:04.840
the types of things that we

01:34:05.676 --> 01:34:07.676
worked on, transportation

01:34:09.347 --> 01:34:12.248
funding, housing supply, ugb
expansion, septic funding,

01:34:13.830 --> 01:34:15.852
transient lodging tax
reflections, urban renewal,

01:34:16.488 --> 01:34:18.488
water resources, economic

01:34:19.657 --> 01:34:21.657
development, cancer avation and

01:34:22.460 --> 01:34:24.595
 -- conservation, public safety,
emergency response, you get the
idea.

01:34:25.363 --> 01:34:27.363
We are very comprehensive in

01:34:27.565 --> 01:34:29.499
tracking the issues and working
the issues.

01:34:31.168 --> 01:34:33.770
A lot of times, the direction is
basically staff knows best.

01:34:33.972 --> 01:34:36.274
Let them figure it out.
Other times you give us more

01:34:36.274 --> 01:34:38.274
specific direction.

01:34:39.377 --> 01:34:41.377
Ultimately it starts with you.

01:34:42.800 --> 01:34:44.800
Sometimes we work on regionally

01:34:44.382 --> 01:34:46.382
significant issues.

01:34:47.352 --> 01:34:49.186
Osu cascade, recently
significant issue.

01:34:51.290 --> 01:34:53.290
Worked on regional transit

01:34:53.892 --> 01:34:56.794
funding with oucic.
Central citys will have a

01:34:57.262 --> 01:34:59.564
oriented agenda to try to
address the issues for the city

01:35:01.666 --> 01:35:04.680
it in the region.
Regional solutions has own set

01:35:04.302 --> 01:35:06.770
of priorities as well.
directly relevant for us
sometimes.

01:35:08.908 --> 01:35:10.908
Own issue we try to play a role

01:35:12.878 --> 01:35:15.113
in regional partnership with
other institutions as well.

01:35:16.215 --> 01:35:18.583
Based on internal constitutions
in the past few months some

01:35:19.840 --> 01:35:21.786
degree off the community survey
results it seems fairly clear

01:35:22.854 --> 01:35:25.256
that the issues that jump out
most are housing and

01:35:26.192 --> 01:35:28.760
infrastructure needs and
infrastructure in mainly in the

01:35:29.295 --> 01:35:31.295
sense of transportation and

01:35:33.438 --> 01:35:35.533
sewer as well.
We are hearing a lot about
managing growth and managing for
the quality of clearly there is

01:35:36.268 --> 01:35:38.268
a lot of issues.

01:35:39.371 --> 01:35:41.372
That we get to debate in salem
about management as well.

01:35:41.807 --> 01:35:43.741
That would be relevant to this
city.

01:35:44.577 --> 01:35:47.790
I might also suggest that
transient lodging tax

01:35:50.383 --> 01:35:53.285
collections have been a point of
uneimty in many regard force the

01:35:53.386 --> 01:35:55.887
past council and I sort of
suspect that May carry through.

01:35:56.188 --> 01:35:58.256
But again, I don't want to get
ahead of myself.

01:35:59.792 --> 01:36:01.920
That is for you guys to
determine.

01:36:04.898 --> 01:36:07.166
That is really what I wanted to
present that very quick overview

01:36:07.567 --> 01:36:08.867
of what we are getting ourselves
into.

01:36:10.903 --> 01:36:12.903
Open up the rest of the time to

01:36:14.274 --> 01:36:16.975
talk through issues I presented
and issues on your mind and from

01:36:17.877 --> 01:36:20.579
there, high level.
I could work with erik and staff

01:36:21.581 --> 01:36:23.581
and start figuring out how to

01:36:25.485 --> 01:36:27.485
implement your priorities.

01:36:27.554 --> 01:36:30.189
One point, last point I want to
do before that, reminder that we

01:36:30.890 --> 01:36:33.625
are most effective in salem when
we are bound together most
strongly.

01:36:34.661 --> 01:36:36.661
If we go to salem with a lot of

01:36:36.697 --> 01:36:38.398
split votes they see that as a
split community.

01:36:39.666 --> 01:36:41.666
So where we can fiend issues

01:36:42.200 --> 01:36:44.200
that really represent the entire

01:36:46.173 --> 01:36:48.674
community, better to more
council can agree, you guys take

01:36:49.576 --> 01:36:52.177
the issues you want to take.
The vote also be the votes.

01:36:52.178 --> 01:36:54.881
All else considered, that is
where we tend to succeed and I

01:36:56.160 --> 01:36:58.160
point to the $50 million for the

01:36:59.186 --> 01:37:01.186
road in the 2017 session.

01:37:01.789 --> 01:37:03.789
We spent multiple years setting

01:37:03.891 --> 01:37:06.826
up that ask, and working as
partner, collectively as a unit

01:37:08.195 --> 01:37:11.145
and ready to be opportunistic.
And with that, I would love to
 -- 

01:37:11.566 --> 01:37:13.566
>> our objective is not to come

01:37:13.968 --> 01:37:16.102
up with your legislative -- 
>> no.
>> it is the high level.

01:37:17.171 --> 01:37:19.171
>> high level and we'll, as part

01:37:19.974 --> 01:37:22.176
of the goal setting process,
the, we'll be talking about

01:37:22.176 --> 01:37:24.478
really refining it.
It should be connected to our

01:37:24.478 --> 01:37:25.712
council goals.
>> yes.

01:37:26.980 --> 01:37:29.850
>> our legislative advocacy
should stem from that.

01:37:30.585 --> 01:37:32.786
Obviously, haven't created the
goals yet.

01:37:33.154 --> 01:37:35.522
Getting feedback from community
groups to be a key input.

01:37:35.690 --> 01:37:37.791
What we want to do, make sure
that you are aware of the

01:37:38.559 --> 01:37:39.760
context that we are walking
into.

01:37:41.295 --> 01:37:43.730
I think that eric laid that out
nicely what the landscape looked

01:37:43.998 --> 01:37:46.499
like from the legislative side
and how you can work with that.

01:37:46.968 --> 01:37:49.603
I think that we also want to
hear top of mind, high level

01:37:50.171 --> 01:37:52.773
kinds of things that maybe
weren't on the list that erik

01:37:53.208 --> 01:37:55.576
mentioned that are maybe new
items that we would assume most

01:37:56.277 --> 01:37:58.679
of the things that we have been
focused on would continue to

01:37:58.780 --> 01:38:01.482
carry forward.
They are kind of the bread and

01:38:01.683 --> 01:38:04.285
butter of what we do.
They align with core services.

01:38:04.386 --> 01:38:06.386
There could be some things that

01:38:07.389 --> 01:38:09.900
we would want to, we aren't
thinking about.

01:38:10.592 --> 01:38:12.592
We want to hear from you.

01:38:13.940 --> 01:38:14.395
This is not, that lists more
question.

01:38:15.797 --> 01:38:17.797
I'm curious, we obviously talked

01:38:17.866 --> 01:38:19.866
about how the legislature has

01:38:20.903 --> 01:38:23.805
now moved into super majority
from these.

01:38:24.707 --> 01:38:26.707
I'm curious, is that, is it fair

01:38:29.378 --> 01:38:31.378
to say that that then represents

01:38:33.482 --> 01:38:35.482
greater sort of political power

01:38:35.684 --> 01:38:37.684
and/or interest in the portland,

01:38:41.190 --> 01:38:43.190
metro, you know, west side.

01:38:43.593 --> 01:38:46.194
How does that reverberate with
the urban rural part of the
state.

01:38:47.396 --> 01:38:49.396
And how is bend perceived in the

01:38:53.502 --> 01:38:55.872
urban rural conversation?
That is a very good question.

01:38:55.872 --> 01:38:57.872
A complex answer.

01:38:58.174 --> 01:39:00.174
The reality is, that as I said,

01:39:00.610 --> 01:39:02.978
the democrats are not just of
one ilk.

01:39:05.414 --> 01:39:07.182
There are a lot of portland row
progressive democrats.

01:39:08.184 --> 01:39:10.885
A lot of rural, particularly in
the coastal areas and some parts

01:39:11.187 --> 01:39:13.388
of southern oregon and
throughout the rural parts of

01:39:19.496 --> 01:39:20.929
the valley, up in the gorge even
.

01:39:21.831 --> 01:39:23.831
They are focusing coming through

01:39:24.300 --> 01:39:25.500
for the democrats in rural
areas.

01:39:26.903 --> 01:39:28.303
Certainly as a matter of party
solidarity.

01:39:29.305 --> 01:39:32.208
The fact that we have all
republican delegation, would
seem like a challenge.

01:39:33.910 --> 01:39:36.679
It doesn't always prove to be a
challenge.

01:39:36.680 --> 01:39:38.380
So, you know, building
relationships

01:39:39.783 --> 01:39:42.840
relationships with a lot of 9
rural democrats making sure that

01:39:42.786 --> 01:39:45.320
the bills we are interested in
having a bipartisan sponsorship.

01:39:46.189 --> 01:39:48.790
You have to cultivate the
relationships a lot more to
overcome that.

01:39:49.760 --> 01:39:51.760
So there is a challenge.

01:39:54.298 --> 01:39:55.965
It is not, it is something to
work to deliver.

01:39:59.736 --> 01:40:01.537
>> okay.
>> justin.

01:40:02.105 --> 01:40:04.573
>> one of the things when I
first got on council, surprising

01:40:05.408 --> 01:40:07.408
to me, shortly after, our first

01:40:07.511 --> 01:40:09.579
joint meeting that we had with
the county, is that they were

01:40:10.581 --> 01:40:13.316
working on a soils bill.
We were working on something

01:40:14.118 --> 01:40:16.186
similar, but we didn't really,
like they weren't aware that we

01:40:16.186 --> 01:40:18.186
were doing that.

01:40:20.624 --> 01:40:22.893
And maybe they, you in their
legislative advocate would, did

01:40:22.893 --> 01:40:24.294
know that.
>> yeah.

01:40:25.730 --> 01:40:27.264
>> but hasn't risen up to the
policy boards.

01:40:28.199 --> 01:40:30.199
What I would like to see, how,

01:40:30.501 --> 01:40:32.902
what are, maybe, things that
rewith not necessarily taking

01:40:34.104 --> 01:40:36.104
the lead on but come and support

01:40:40.411 --> 01:40:43.113
other local agencies.
Their advocacy and match with
our goals.

01:40:44.150 --> 01:40:45.983
Knowk better what central oregon
as a whole is doing.

01:40:46.885 --> 01:40:48.251
And what the other agencies are
up to.

01:40:50.388 --> 01:40:52.388
>> can I add to that los list?

01:40:53.291 --> 01:40:54.457
>> mpo and cocoa, on the list
too.

01:40:57.962 --> 01:41:00.598
>> so I think that we were
again, getting to bruce's point.

01:41:01.400 --> 01:41:03.500
I didn't answer the question,
whether urban or rural much we

01:41:05.103 --> 01:41:07.404
are in a urban area in rural
part of the state.

01:41:07.806 --> 01:41:10.107
That is true in a lot of the
cities.

01:41:10.208 --> 01:41:12.208
theyty of us as rural.

01:41:12.310 --> 01:41:15.212
They think of us as a region.
I found, if you ask a lot of

01:41:16.682 --> 01:41:18.682
also tores outside, what they

01:41:18.784 --> 01:41:20.485
think of central oregon, they
can't answer it.

01:41:20.786 --> 01:41:22.253
Jefferson and cook counties, for
example.

01:41:23.388 --> 01:41:25.489
We often work best when we have
regional cohesion and working

01:41:26.725 --> 01:41:28.725
with the county, the chamber,

01:41:30.395 --> 01:41:32.395
working with cocoa, the mpo,

01:41:33.980 --> 01:41:35.800
schools, parks, other entities,
where possible, definitely helps

01:41:36.680 --> 01:41:38.680
raise the collective profile.

01:41:39.204 --> 01:41:42.390
That is what got osu funding
passed, the whole region working
together.

01:41:42.708 --> 01:41:44.708
Like I said, not to add more

01:41:44.910 --> 01:41:47.611
work to you, I would be
interested in, to know things

01:41:47.913 --> 01:41:49.913
that are, that would match our

01:41:49.915 --> 01:41:51.915
goals that we come up with that

01:41:53.180 --> 01:41:55.200
other agencies are out there
doing.
Maybe that way come in as a

01:41:55.200 --> 01:41:57.200
support role.

01:41:57.123 --> 01:41:59.123
>> sure, it is great idea, if

01:42:01.193 --> 01:42:03.895
mate riks of sorts, see
alignment.
>> one of the ways to do that,

01:42:04.797 --> 01:42:06.797
talked about this before, cocoa,

01:42:07.699 --> 01:42:10.469
every other thursday during
session, video teleconference.

01:42:14.507 --> 01:42:16.507
Thursday morning at 7 A.M.

01:42:18.210 --> 01:42:20.210
I ask city and staff to see our

01:42:20.212 --> 01:42:22.847
delegation see a strong presence
from the city on that particular
screen.

01:42:23.516 --> 01:42:25.817
That will give you a sense of
broader array of issues.

01:42:26.286 --> 01:42:29.221
Not just the city issues we talk
about.
The regional issues.

01:42:30.490 --> 01:42:32.490
Oftentimes it is up to the lobby

01:42:32.525 --> 01:42:34.927
yitss to -- lobbyists to
collaborate.

01:42:35.428 --> 01:42:37.796
The county lobbyists new the
soil bill.
They went back to the commission

01:42:39.999 --> 01:42:42.330
and said, we help you where
where we can.

01:42:42.301 --> 01:42:44.103
It wasn't as much a priority for
them.

01:42:44.905 --> 01:42:46.905
Obviously, the higher level

01:42:47.507 --> 01:42:50.309
decision makers had not made a
deliberate decision to
coordinate or not coordinate.

01:42:51.111 --> 01:42:53.545
If we can do a better job of
that, it will improve our
chances.

01:42:53.647 --> 01:42:55.647
>> that would be great.

01:42:55.815 --> 01:42:58.217
>> to plug the video
teleconference, we need to start

01:42:58.818 --> 01:43:01.186
with building strong
relationships with the
delegation.

01:43:01.789 --> 01:43:04.691
And those happen on the first
and third thursday of every
month.

01:43:06.593 --> 01:43:08.427
The first one is on thursday
24th of January.

01:43:09.290 --> 01:43:11.130
And then they will just,
unfortunately, they follow that

01:43:11.398 --> 01:43:13.933
thursday morning right after
council meeting.

01:43:15.902 --> 01:43:17.902
I know.

01:43:20.507 --> 01:43:22.507
Go all of the way.

01:43:23.411 --> 01:43:26.312
>> back to college days.
Overnighters.
>> more councilors they see, the

01:43:27.514 --> 01:43:30.116
more that improves our chances
to make sure that we have that

01:43:31.718 --> 01:43:34.521
local regional coordination.
That is necessary to get across

01:43:34.521 --> 01:43:36.222
the finish line.
>> what time?

01:43:36.791 --> 01:43:38.825
>> 7 o'clock.
In the morning on thursday.

01:43:40.928 --> 01:43:42.950
>> in the morning?
Am?

01:43:42.997 --> 01:43:44.731
>> the entire central oregon
delegation is usually there.

01:43:45.733 --> 01:43:48.401
It is broader than what you
would think.
Not just local to here.

01:43:52.406 --> 01:43:55.309
It includes like senator bents
whose seat is ontario but

01:43:57.111 --> 01:43:59.746
represents part of the county
and a lot of folks there.

01:44:04.180 --> 01:44:06.180
>> at the central oregon area

01:44:06.821 --> 01:44:08.821
commission for transportation, I

01:44:09.724 --> 01:44:11.724
found out that they are in the

01:44:11.826 --> 01:44:13.826
2017 transportation package,

01:44:14.763 --> 01:44:17.598
there was a safe route to school
program.
We applied for a grant.

01:44:21.200 --> 01:44:23.336
But we were unsuccessful.
Address is still in the running.

01:44:23.705 --> 01:44:25.705
That is good.

01:44:27.876 --> 01:44:29.876
But, that was one example where

01:44:30.512 --> 01:44:33.281
a shockingly small percentage of
the money, I, I don't remember

01:44:34.216 --> 01:44:36.216
what it was erik, honestly, but

01:44:36.718 --> 01:44:38.718
it seems like that it was all of

01:44:39.200 --> 01:44:41.200
eastern and even the coast only

01:44:42.230 --> 01:44:44.391
got a fraction of that safe
routes to school money.

01:44:47.229 --> 01:44:49.229
Kind of ties into bruce's

01:44:52.134 --> 01:44:54.235
question of how are we
perceived?
Treated fairly?

01:44:55.837 --> 01:44:58.506
The majority in the valley?
So, you know, maybe keep an eye

01:44:59.474 --> 01:45:01.474
on it.

01:45:01.743 --> 01:45:03.812
>> equity is a theme in pretty
much everything I work on.

01:45:04.213 --> 01:45:06.347
Calling for it and asking for
it, whether it is distribution

01:45:08.170 --> 01:45:10.118
of housing funds, safe routes to
school, transportation dollars

01:45:10.920 --> 01:45:13.121
of any sort, it needs to be
dogged.
The entire time.

01:45:13.322 --> 01:45:15.322
>> great.

01:45:15.324 --> 01:45:17.324
And then if I might say, I was

01:45:18.327 --> 01:45:20.327
really happy to hear you bring

01:45:20.496 --> 01:45:23.131
up sewer issues.
And that certainly, there are a

01:45:24.167 --> 01:45:26.167
number of folks in our community

01:45:26.702 --> 01:45:28.702
who feel like, if the state is

01:45:30.600 --> 01:45:32.600
going to make them hookup to

01:45:32.141 --> 01:45:34.141
sewer, the state should be

01:45:35.211 --> 01:45:38.146
helping with that problem.
See any opportunities there for
us, let us know.

01:45:39.249 --> 01:45:41.249
>> the only opportunity thus far

01:45:41.918 --> 01:45:44.319
has been a septic to sewer
program that allocates about a

01:45:45.621 --> 01:45:47.723
million dollars a year with just
started allocating that much.

01:45:48.324 --> 01:45:50.325
There is going to be another
request for funding but that

01:45:52.528 --> 01:45:53.795
really affects very small number
statewide.

01:45:54.530 --> 01:45:56.732
Bend and chute county in the
lead frankly.
Hook ups.

01:45:58.335 --> 01:46:00.335
But it doesn't address the

01:46:00.737 --> 01:46:02.705
larger trunk line that just the
big mass hook up.

01:46:03.406 --> 01:46:05.741
The challenge has been where we
pass the transportation package,

01:46:06.420 --> 01:46:08.420
it is because every community

01:46:08.544 --> 01:46:11.146
feels it.
Everybody drives and on streets

01:46:11.414 --> 01:46:13.548
as mentioned before.
Sewers underground.

01:46:14.170 --> 01:46:16.819
We notice it when it stops
working.
The notion of the statewide

01:46:18.221 --> 01:46:19.655
sewer package is more farfetched
unfortunately.

01:46:21.240 --> 01:46:23.360
But I look for units everywhere
I can to see what we can do

01:46:23.360 --> 01:46:25.360
about that.

01:46:25.729 --> 01:46:27.229
>> one in particular, is private
financing.

01:46:28.331 --> 01:46:30.331
So there has been some work

01:46:30.434 --> 01:46:32.434
with, the state has put some

01:46:32.703 --> 01:46:34.703
money in to a third party to

01:46:34.839 --> 01:46:37.640
help homeowners that are making
that transition so that the

01:46:38.142 --> 01:46:40.142
financing will make it happen.

01:46:40.411 --> 01:46:43.120
So that we see as viable option
that financing piece.

01:46:44.314 --> 01:46:46.314
I think, more, but just, it was

01:46:47.617 --> 01:46:50.153
very small amounts and so, just
to advocate for more resources.

01:46:51.188 --> 01:46:53.188
That is a tangible.

01:46:53.224 --> 01:46:54.424
>> that was a hoe are income
nexus.

01:46:55.526 --> 01:46:56.893
 -- that was a low income
neckous.

01:46:58.329 --> 01:46:59.763
That was, also a septic
replacement issue.

01:47:00.531 --> 01:47:02.932
A lot of it was focused on rural
problems.

01:47:02.933 --> 01:47:04.933
And water table issues.

01:47:05.737 --> 01:47:07.737
It wasn't necessarily a city

01:47:13.411 --> 01:47:16.460
infrastructure driven program.
We don't have that right now,

01:47:16.470 --> 01:47:17.914
that I'm aware of.
>> we are trying to tell the

01:47:18.549 --> 01:47:20.316
stories of a fast growing
community like bend.

01:47:20.918 --> 01:47:23.530
Under the state's land use
system that we have, that

01:47:23.522 --> 01:47:26.357
requires us to plan for 20 years
of growth, that land use system

01:47:27.559 --> 01:47:30.461
and sort of 20 year increments
doesn't work as well here in
bend.

01:47:31.429 --> 01:47:33.931
Because when we put
infrastructure, do
infrastructure planning, it is

01:47:34.933 --> 01:47:36.633
not for 20 year, it is for a
hundred years.

01:47:38.135 --> 01:47:40.737
We expect pipes to last and,
that infrastructure to last a
long time.

01:47:42.140 --> 01:47:45.420
We need to have a lot more tools
in the tool box than currently

01:47:45.677 --> 01:47:48.112
available to be able to connect
in infrastructure and land use

01:47:48.914 --> 01:47:51.615
planning for a more meaningful
way in a fast growing city.

01:47:51.916 --> 01:47:54.485
Again, that, you are not going
to see these monumental changes

01:47:55.190 --> 01:47:57.190
in the state's land use system.

01:47:58.230 --> 01:48:00.658
I don't think with the current
environment.
We need to keep beating that

01:48:00.926 --> 01:48:02.926
drum and telling the story that

01:48:03.280 --> 01:48:04.295
we can be a more responsive
community.

01:48:05.230 --> 01:48:07.565
I think, that where the
community wants to go in terms

01:48:07.833 --> 01:48:10.534
of managing the challenges with
growth.
>> and for my perspective, this

01:48:13.338 --> 01:48:15.339
is a great chance to link
housing and infrastructure.

01:48:16.142 --> 01:48:18.142
Housing is a huge priority not

01:48:19.245 --> 01:48:21.980
just for the legislature but the
speaker of the house in
particular.

01:48:22.414 --> 01:48:25.350
And many folks out there,
recognize that bend has gone

01:48:26.518 --> 01:48:29.420
above and beyond in efficients
to address affordable housing.

01:48:29.454 --> 01:48:32.423
Many community, at the state
level look to us, to say, how do

01:48:34.427 --> 01:48:36.427
you impose that, or manage the

01:48:36.562 --> 01:48:38.562
construction excise tax?

01:48:38.764 --> 01:48:41.232
Doing deed restrictive units?
There are a lot of way, we can

01:48:41.834 --> 01:48:44.302
go and say, we are doing pretty
much we can and continue.

01:48:45.538 --> 01:48:47.305
None of this will matter if we
don't have infrastructure.

01:48:47.539 --> 01:48:49.539
There is audience that maybe for

01:48:49.942 --> 01:48:51.942
the first time since I have

01:48:52.245 --> 01:48:55.147
been, recall, that is possibly
ready to hear that.

01:48:56.449 --> 01:48:58.817
>> we only have a couple minutes
left.
Justen, you had a question.

01:49:00.753 --> 01:49:02.753
>> just to touch a little bit on

01:49:02.822 --> 01:49:04.822
house bill 4079.

01:49:05.570 --> 01:49:07.570
And there is opportunities to

01:49:07.590 --> 01:49:09.590
tweak that and make it better.

01:49:09.162 --> 01:49:11.162
Make it permanent.

01:49:14.234 --> 01:49:15.901
Maybe help redmond get there.
Those are good things.

01:49:17.637 --> 01:49:20.720
>> ugb pilot project, there is a
bill that redmond introduced to

01:49:20.740 --> 01:49:22.740
give them a shot.

01:49:22.842 --> 01:49:25.544
And non-compete shot with us.
And there May be some other,

01:49:26.447 --> 01:49:29.148
some of the sticking ponts, that
policy difficulties could get

01:49:36.523 --> 01:49:39.359
addressed in that bill to insure
that.
>> that is important
distinction.

01:49:39.359 --> 01:49:41.359
A lot of the things that we

01:49:42.128 --> 01:49:44.664
would be bound to, bound by the
agency and not by the statute.

01:49:45.466 --> 01:49:48.340
There is always a question, you
can sometimes fix that.

01:49:48.836 --> 01:49:51.638
At the statutory level as well.
>> we have given some of those

01:49:52.673 --> 01:49:55.408
technical things that didn't
work well, that could be
improved.

01:49:56.430 --> 01:49:58.944
We given that to representative
zika, who is one of the

01:49:59.460 --> 01:50:01.348
cosponsors of the bills.
We have given him that list.

01:50:06.554 --> 01:50:08.655
>> the last question, I had,
which non-answer.

01:50:09.190 --> 01:50:11.958
Applying again for the grant,
national funds, anything that we

01:50:12.426 --> 01:50:14.560
should do at the state level?
I'm asking the question.

01:50:18.533 --> 01:50:21.135
We can use all the money on this
legislative level.
>> legislative level.

01:50:22.537 --> 01:50:24.537
We work closely with staff.

01:50:26.340 --> 01:50:29.750
So that is where that could
occur.

01:50:31.245 --> 01:50:33.780
>> we got the big enchilada in
the transportation package.

01:50:35.150 --> 01:50:37.718
I don't know what more, not big
funding allocations in
transportation.

01:50:39.454 --> 01:50:42.356
>> if by chance, we get, if
successful, could be timing
issues.

01:50:43.458 --> 01:50:46.260
The way that the transportation
package was passed, they put

01:50:47.428 --> 01:50:49.428
those earmarks so that $50

01:50:49.430 --> 01:50:51.565
million is available in 2024
based on how the state bonded

01:50:52.433 --> 01:50:54.869
for the transportation project.
If we get additional federal

01:50:56.710 --> 01:50:58.739
money that is going to require
quicker action we have to, we

01:50:58.840 --> 01:51:01.342
can move that up.
That might take a legislative
ask.

01:51:02.770 --> 01:51:04.745
But it is too early to say.
That is one of the reasons why

01:51:05.246 --> 01:51:07.781
we have those special sessions
to do housekeeping.

01:51:08.950 --> 01:51:10.950
>> we succeed at federal level,

01:51:11.530 --> 01:51:13.530
more rapid time frame, exactly

01:51:13.550 --> 01:51:15.957
right, we May need a date moved
up.
>> okay.
>> state level.

01:51:19.127 --> 01:51:21.127
>> so we are ready for a break.

01:51:54.801 --> 01:51:56.801
>> let's go ahead and start and

01:51:57.270 --> 01:51:59.270
move on to the next sort of

01:51:59.372 --> 01:52:01.372
phase of our listening session.

01:52:05.946 --> 01:52:07.946
I know that mayor russell and

01:52:11.518 --> 01:52:13.518
council goodman campbell will be

01:52:13.853 --> 01:52:15.853
shortly and our next phase is to

01:52:16.550 --> 01:52:18.690
hear from the neighborhood
associations, first up is boyd

01:52:19.859 --> 01:52:22.428
neighborhood association, I
think we are prepped to keep

01:52:24.640 --> 01:52:26.866
your comments 3-5 minutes, and
robyn why don't you tell them.

01:52:30.203 --> 01:52:32.203
>> the green light comes on at

01:52:32.372 --> 01:52:33.605
five minutes and two minutes
yellow.

01:52:35.800 --> 01:52:37.800
>> what is your expectation,

01:52:37.810 --> 01:52:39.344
summarize your comments or
answer questions?

01:52:41.582 --> 01:52:43.582
>> no, you have 3-5 minutes if

01:52:45.850 --> 01:52:47.920
you have a presentation we would
love to hear it, the

01:52:48.589 --> 01:52:50.589
presentation and q & a should

01:52:50.657 --> 01:52:52.657
fit in the 3-5 minutes.

01:52:52.926 --> 01:52:55.427
>> your materials in the packet.
>> thank you so much for having

01:52:56.430 --> 01:52:59.320
us this evening and for asking
our opinion.

01:53:00.267 --> 01:53:02.267
It's always nice to be asked

01:53:02.703 --> 01:53:04.703
what one thinks.

01:53:04.805 --> 01:53:06.805
Bana board worked hard on this,

01:53:07.107 --> 01:53:09.475
we had a special meeting and
every member had an opportunity

01:53:10.878 --> 01:53:13.312
to chime in and the short
presentation is stay the course.

01:53:13.948 --> 01:53:15.948
If you look at your dashboard

01:53:16.150 --> 01:53:18.150
from last year, these are the

01:53:18.619 --> 01:53:20.619
same things coming up.

01:53:21.455 --> 01:53:24.257
Maybe the only difference is
disaster preparedness piece,

01:53:24.625 --> 01:53:26.826
given what happened in
california and given all the

01:53:26.827 --> 01:53:28.361
potential emergencies we could
have here.

01:53:29.763 --> 01:53:31.898
We need to update that plan.
Everybody needs to know what it

01:53:34.369 --> 01:53:36.369
is and we need to have an

01:53:36.804 --> 01:53:38.804
exercise, city-wide drill.

01:53:40.241 --> 01:53:42.241
If there is derailment and a

01:53:44.145 --> 01:53:46.145
toxic spill or newbury decides

01:53:48.290 --> 01:53:50.251
to pop up.
And bana has worked with the
sheriff's office to work with

01:53:51.987 --> 01:53:53.987
the coad, and we are geared up

01:53:54.489 --> 01:53:56.489
and I would ask if you have

01:53:56.491 --> 01:53:59.393
questions and thank you for your
time.
>> great, anyone have special

01:54:01.329 --> 01:54:03.363
questions of bana at this point?
No, thank you very much.

01:54:05.433 --> 01:54:08.136
>> thank you.
>> next up is century west

01:54:08.136 --> 01:54:10.136
neighborhood association.

01:54:13.875 --> 01:54:15.810
>> hi, good evening, lisa
mushel, chair of the century

01:54:16.912 --> 01:54:18.912
west association, you have heard

01:54:19.881 --> 01:54:21.881
from our neighborhood alliance

01:54:23.840 --> 01:54:25.840
chair about land use and that's

01:54:25.254 --> 01:54:27.254
our hot topic for century west.

01:54:27.990 --> 01:54:30.158
We are finding we are somehow
missing information on the front
end.

01:54:31.894 --> 01:54:34.462
We have a lot of residents that
don't understand the zoning and

01:54:34.930 --> 01:54:36.998
we believe that a significant
amount of education needs to

01:54:39.100 --> 01:54:41.836
happen to bring people up to
speed to understand zoning

01:54:42.772 --> 01:54:45.173
requirements or allowances.
We had a large public meeting

01:54:46.976 --> 01:54:49.844
this last week and what I walked
away from realizing that people

01:54:50.312 --> 01:54:52.312
didn't understand what was

01:54:52.348 --> 01:54:54.215
allowed for that particular
parcel of land.

01:54:56.510 --> 01:54:58.510
And there was a lot of fear and

01:54:58.487 --> 01:55:01.323
a lot of distrust because of
that lack of information.

01:55:03.159 --> 01:55:05.994
I would say please support the
nla in terms of any resources

01:55:07.430 --> 01:55:10.265
that we're asking for.
Related to education about land

01:55:11.330 --> 01:55:13.330
use projects.

01:55:13.769 --> 01:55:15.769
One of the biggest requests that

01:55:16.171 --> 01:55:19.410
I have is related to e-plans or
whatever system we are using in

01:55:20.610 --> 01:55:22.610
the future and the ability to

01:55:23.646 --> 01:55:26.480
parse out projects by
neighborhood association.

01:55:26.149 --> 01:55:28.450
That's my big ask.
So thank you, and thank you for

01:55:29.685 --> 01:55:31.186
all of your time and energy.
Have questions?

01:55:32.455 --> 01:55:34.455
>> you are saying you are

01:55:34.791 --> 01:55:37.259
missing information on the front
end.
That the neighborhood

01:55:38.929 --> 01:55:40.229
association is missing that or
residents?

01:55:42.265 --> 01:55:45.000
>> we are receiving the public
notices but the time that it

01:55:45.902 --> 01:55:47.902
gets to public notice and we

01:55:48.738 --> 01:55:50.738
have two weeks to respond or a

01:55:50.873 --> 01:55:53.843
meeting, what I am saying people
don't have enough information to

01:55:54.440 --> 01:55:56.440
get to that meeting and

01:55:56.513 --> 01:55:58.513
participate effectively.

01:55:59.316 --> 01:56:01.316
They don't understand the

01:56:01.818 --> 01:56:03.152
requirements that are maybe in
question.

01:56:04.454 --> 01:56:06.655
And where they might be able to
address issues.

01:56:08.240 --> 01:56:10.761
So last week, you know people
were really focused on parking

01:56:10.761 --> 01:56:12.761
and they don't understand what

01:56:13.130 --> 01:56:15.165
is allowed and why it's allowed
at a certain level.

01:56:16.266 --> 01:56:18.266
And so everyone is pretty upset

01:56:18.636 --> 01:56:21.700
here we have all of these
apartments being built and there

01:56:23.607 --> 01:56:25.607
is 1.1 parking spot per

01:56:26.744 --> 01:56:28.411
apartment I think is what the
allowance was.

01:56:31.148 --> 01:56:33.148
And everyone is up in arms

01:56:34.118 --> 01:56:36.353
saying we all have two cars and
everyone thinks that parking

01:56:36.654 --> 01:56:38.688
will flow on the street.
Does that make sense?

01:56:40.724 --> 01:56:42.724
>> I think so but you are still

01:56:42.793 --> 01:56:45.950
feeling it's mostly residents
not having the education.

01:56:46.764 --> 01:56:49.213
>> I feel like it's residents
not having the education and
-

01:56:50.368 --> 01:56:52.836
part of the process, it comes
down to communication about what

01:56:53.504 --> 01:56:55.504
happens after a meeting.

01:56:55.973 --> 01:56:57.574
And why -- where does the
information go?

01:57:01.213 --> 01:57:02.462
It feels like it goes into a
vacuum.

01:57:04.820 --> 01:57:06.451
People make comments and try to
participate but don't feel they

01:57:06.451 --> 01:57:08.451
are being heard.

01:57:08.586 --> 01:57:11.288
How do we help them understand
that they are being heard?

01:57:11.389 --> 01:57:13.524
>> you have specific ideas that
you can share with us?

01:57:15.259 --> 01:57:17.259
>> I think that's why we have to

01:57:17.762 --> 01:57:19.762
push it to the neighborhood

01:57:19.832 --> 01:57:22.234
leadership alliance, and we're
having several people talk about

01:57:22.234 --> 01:57:25.360
this.
There is another entity that is

01:57:25.904 --> 01:57:27.904
probably going to be speaking

01:57:30.141 --> 01:57:32.744
about this to council here soon.
Bana -- sorry.

01:57:32.744 --> 01:57:34.744
[Inaudible] So audios something

01:57:34.812 --> 01:57:37.140
that a lot of us are very
focused on.

01:57:39.251 --> 01:57:41.619
We hope to bring back more
specifics, biggest specific is

01:57:42.421 --> 01:57:44.421
make e-plans better.

01:57:44.456 --> 01:57:45.790
Make it easier to share
information.

01:57:46.692 --> 01:57:49.627
This new system we are all
pretty excited about but we are

01:57:50.595 --> 01:57:52.595
still hopeful that we can parse

01:57:53.666 --> 01:57:55.300
out information a little easier.
Thank you.

01:57:57.336 --> 01:57:58.570
Anything else?
Thanks.

01:58:08.514 --> 01:58:10.514
>> thank you.

01:58:11.584 --> 01:58:13.584
Next is mountain view

01:58:14.921 --> 01:58:16.921
neighborhood.

01:58:18.240 --> 01:58:20.559
>> I am mountain view
neighborhood association chair.

01:58:22.428 --> 01:58:24.428
Mark weaver is a subchair for

01:58:25.970 --> 01:58:27.970
our fireworks and two board

01:58:27.866 --> 01:58:29.866
members in the audience, our

01:58:31.370 --> 01:58:33.370
vice chair and carolyn collins

01:58:33.173 --> 01:58:35.173
is our secretary/treasurer.

01:58:37.243 --> 01:58:39.243
We am here to talk about why we

01:58:40.379 --> 01:58:42.379
think northeast 27nd street is

01:58:44.500 --> 01:58:46.500
not suitable as an e-side bypass

01:58:48.192 --> 01:58:50.192
for bend.

01:58:50.991 --> 01:58:53.692
And northeast 27nd street
supports a thriving neighborhood

01:58:56.129 --> 01:58:58.330
on the east side of bend, it's a
busy street and mountain view

01:59:02.168 --> 01:59:03.312
high school has 1400 and st.
-

01:59:05.305 --> 01:59:07.305
catholic school has 121 students

01:59:09.376 --> 01:59:11.376
k-12, those kids use 27th to

01:59:11.879 --> 01:59:13.879
cross during the fiscal year and

01:59:14.548 --> 01:59:16.548
many young drivers driving to

01:59:17.684 --> 01:59:19.684
mountain view who use 27th.

01:59:19.853 --> 01:59:21.853
Many medical facilities catering

01:59:23.791 --> 01:59:26.759
to elderly and disabled along
east 27th and safe pedestrian

01:59:27.861 --> 01:59:29.620
crossings is a huge concern for
them.

01:59:30.300 --> 01:59:32.300
And a lot of adult-care

01:59:32.766 --> 01:59:34.766
facilities and senior units that

01:59:34.802 --> 01:59:36.802
border 27th, many seniors don't

01:59:38.606 --> 01:59:39.906
drive and rely to walk to local
businesses.

01:59:40.808 --> 01:59:42.808
Those facilities were sold to

01:59:44.445 --> 01:59:46.445
those seniors based on it being

01:59:48.215 --> 01:59:50.215
a walkable area.

01:59:52.519 --> 01:59:54.519
The foreign business center

01:59:57.910 --> 01:59:59.910
houses costco and safeway and

01:59:59.994 --> 02:00:02.496
many other businesses that folks
want to walk to.

02:00:04.332 --> 02:00:06.466
And an employer of bend and a
destination site for all of

02:00:07.101 --> 02:00:09.101
central oregon.

02:00:10.838 --> 02:00:12.838
There is seven churches along

02:00:14.142 --> 02:00:16.142
27th street and they all want

02:00:16.911 --> 02:00:18.979
safe access for their
parishioner
parishioners.

02:00:21.216 --> 02:00:23.216
Our mission is to emphasize

02:00:23.518 --> 02:00:25.518
livability, that we believe is

02:00:27.522 --> 02:00:28.889
safe walkable, bikable
neighborhoods.

02:00:31.226 --> 02:00:33.226
A five lane highway down the

02:00:35.998 --> 02:00:38.432
length of 27th will not promote
livability in the neighborhood.

02:00:40.302 --> 02:00:42.302
We are concerned about the

02:00:43.238 --> 02:00:45.806
gridlock, the engineers that I
talked to estimate double

02:00:48.420 --> 02:00:49.309
traffic once the planning
complete.

02:00:51.714 --> 02:00:54.215
And that much traffic will ruin
our neighborhood.

02:00:56.151 --> 02:00:58.151
What we want instead the city to

02:00:58.954 --> 02:01:01.722
identify a future bypass that is
further east is outside of the

02:01:02.557 --> 02:01:04.557
boundaries of our neighborhood.

02:01:04.960 --> 02:01:07.362
We believe this is necessary in
the next 20 years, whether or

02:01:07.830 --> 02:01:10.599
not the city plan for it now.
And planning for it now will

02:01:12.568 --> 02:01:15.403
give us a chance to do it right.
And not spending on street

02:01:15.838 --> 02:01:18.706
changes in the future.
We need traffic calming measures

02:01:20.976 --> 02:01:23.811
on 27th to reduce speeds and
enhance pedestrian, bike safety.

02:01:24.781 --> 02:01:27.820
We need safety designs on 27th
to protect people to try to

02:01:28.351 --> 02:01:30.919
cross the street.
I have seen people in

02:01:31.620 --> 02:01:34.456
wheelchairs and canes and
walkers trying to cross 27th.

02:01:34.924 --> 02:01:37.425
Those people live up and down
27th and they have the right to

02:01:39.595 --> 02:01:41.696
use it to carry on their daily
living activities.

02:01:43.199 --> 02:01:45.199
We want the city to plan for

02:01:45.235 --> 02:01:47.235
growth that maintains and

02:01:47.870 --> 02:01:49.870
protects and enhances our

02:01:50.873 --> 02:01:52.707
neighborhood's livability and
sense of community.

02:01:54.343 --> 02:01:56.645
As residents we want to be
involved before a plan is done

02:01:57.446 --> 02:01:59.782
and not after.
I will leave you with three

02:02:00.784 --> 02:02:02.784
questions that I would like

02:02:02.953 --> 02:02:04.953
council to consider when you

02:02:05.755 --> 02:02:07.755
hear northeast 27th as the

02:02:09.793 --> 02:02:11.793
perfect bypass for bend, first

02:02:13.262 --> 02:02:15.262
can a road future east be used.

02:02:16.660 --> 02:02:18.660
Would be roundabout at 27th and

02:02:18.468 --> 02:02:20.136
butler mark be single lane or
double lane.

02:02:22.840 --> 02:02:24.840
And will semi-trucks be

02:02:25.609 --> 02:02:27.677
discouraged to use 27th as east
side bypass.

02:02:28.278 --> 02:02:30.813
And let mike talk about
fireworks.
>> did you have questions?

02:02:31.948 --> 02:02:33.948
>> no, do that.

02:02:34.251 --> 02:02:36.853
>> is that on?
>> you have 45 seconds.

02:02:37.721 --> 02:02:39.721
>> thank you for the opportunity

02:02:40.324 --> 02:02:42.892
to talk about illegal fireworks
in bend.

02:02:44.995 --> 02:02:46.995
My name is michael whiter, my

02:02:47.431 --> 02:02:50.299
wife and I lived in the same
location for the past 20 years.

02:02:50.734 --> 02:02:52.734
I am not new to bend.

02:02:53.404 --> 02:02:55.404
During that time we have seen

02:02:57.410 --> 02:02:59.410
the use of illegal fireworks go

02:02:59.410 --> 02:03:01.410
way beyond what is used in the

02:03:02.379 --> 02:03:04.379
city, we agree, 1, illegal

02:03:04.715 --> 02:03:06.416
fireworks continue to escalate
every year.

02:03:08.118 --> 02:03:10.118
2, offenders seem to be

02:03:11.122 --> 02:03:13.223
determined to out-do the display
on pilot butte.

02:03:14.826 --> 02:03:16.826
3, residents fear for the safety

02:03:18.696 --> 02:03:19.996
and integrity of their homes and
property.

02:03:21.432 --> 02:03:23.432
4, some residents are forced out

02:03:23.901 --> 02:03:26.269
of the city of bend during the
week of July 4.

02:03:28.306 --> 02:03:30.700
These issues have also been
raised to the neighborhood

02:03:30.675 --> 02:03:32.675
leadership alliance and those

02:03:34.450 --> 02:03:36.450
members share our concerns.

02:03:36.381 --> 02:03:38.381
Especially the fire danger.

02:03:38.416 --> 02:03:40.416
In the city's own community

02:03:40.618 --> 02:03:43.487
newsletter of July 19, the
following were noted.

02:03:47.793 --> 02:03:50.628
From 2017-2018 there was a 36%
increase in the fire department

02:03:52.564 --> 02:03:54.965
call volume during the week of
July 4.

02:03:55.166 --> 02:03:57.166
And that same newsletter the

02:03:57.369 --> 02:03:59.369
city has heard concerns from pet

02:03:59.437 --> 02:04:01.437
owners and veterans with ptsd

02:04:01.607 --> 02:04:02.840
and others concerned about this
issue.

02:04:05.770 --> 02:04:07.211
What have we done as a
neighborhood association?

02:04:09.381 --> 02:04:11.381
We met with the deputy fire

02:04:15.820 --> 02:04:18.722
chief medina and paid for 9-1-1
firework complaint data and

02:04:21.260 --> 02:04:23.328
received fireworks citation data
from the police department.

02:04:24.296 --> 02:04:26.898
What are key findings?
Fireworks are not just an issue

02:04:28.801 --> 02:04:30.801
on July 4, data shows that

02:04:31.136 --> 02:04:33.136
complaints occur for a six-week

02:04:37.443 --> 02:04:39.443
period from 6-15 to 7-31.

02:04:39.846 --> 02:04:41.846
44% of complaints occur before

02:04:42.810 --> 02:04:44.810
July 4 and after July 4.

02:04:45.117 --> 02:04:47.117
>> sorry -- we got about 20

02:04:48.654 --> 02:04:51.389
groups that need to be here,
3-5.
Why don't you cut what you want

02:04:52.124 --> 02:04:54.124
us to do.

02:04:56.362 --> 02:04:59.198
>> we want the task force to be
formalized and neighborhood
association representation and

02:05:01.167 --> 02:05:03.167
we want city-wide input because

02:05:03.336 --> 02:05:05.937
it's a city-wide problem.
>> thank you very much,
appreciate that.

02:05:06.572 --> 02:05:08.572
>> thank you.

02:05:10.844 --> 02:05:12.844
>> next up is orchard district

02:05:13.914 --> 02:05:16.283
association, we said 3-5 minutes
and hopefully will be less than

02:05:16.283 --> 02:05:18.283
that.

02:05:18.418 --> 02:05:21.221
We literally have 19 people to
get in before 7 o'clock.

02:05:21.221 --> 02:05:24.189
>> I will be less.
Because I know you are seeing a

02:05:26.590 --> 02:05:28.860
lot of groups.
I'm distilling our neighborhood

02:05:29.196 --> 02:05:31.196
goals into one.

02:05:31.298 --> 02:05:33.298
What we would like to see the

02:05:33.400 --> 02:05:35.168
city do and thank you for this
listening session.

02:05:36.300 --> 02:05:38.300
The council and the city staff

02:05:38.405 --> 02:05:40.405
do a wonderful job listening to

02:05:40.607 --> 02:05:42.607
residents, so thank you.

02:05:44.144 --> 02:05:46.144
The orchard district association

02:05:46.480 --> 02:05:48.480
has been conducting surveys for

02:05:49.183 --> 02:05:52.118
a decade and issues like
affordable housing and
transportation, and one issue

02:05:55.556 --> 02:05:57.556
that dominates in every survey

02:05:59.459 --> 02:06:02.610
that we do, safer and more
convenient access for

02:06:02.996 --> 02:06:04.996
pedestrians and cyclists.

02:06:06.233 --> 02:06:08.233
I find this not only in surveys

02:06:10.438 --> 02:06:12.438
and annual meetings and inbox.

02:06:13.407 --> 02:06:15.875
The upcoming green ways are a
welcome start but people want to

02:06:16.377 --> 02:06:19.212
see a full system of
interconnected trails.

02:06:21.149 --> 02:06:23.984
And in this climate change, era
of climate change I personally

02:06:25.887 --> 02:06:27.887
believe it's our duty to give

02:06:28.155 --> 02:06:30.423
people a real reasonable option
to alternative to driving.

02:06:31.759 --> 02:06:34.594
And if I could really distill
our neighborhood's concerns down

02:06:36.630 --> 02:06:38.264
to one area where folks do not
feel safe driving or riding

02:06:40.100 --> 02:06:42.100
their bikes.

02:06:43.338 --> 02:06:45.338
It's the east/west crossing of

02:06:46.140 --> 02:06:47.474
third street and the railroad
tracks.

02:06:48.576 --> 02:06:51.545
The orchard district has bought
into the bend district and we

02:06:54.150 --> 02:06:56.149
ask that the promise for
east-west connectivity promise

02:06:57.386 --> 02:06:59.654
for that is kept.
>> thank you.
River west neighborhood

02:07:01.990 --> 02:07:04.925
association.
>> before you start the clock, I

02:07:06.361 --> 02:07:08.361
want to update.

02:07:08.496 --> 02:07:11.310
You heard from century west
about the group's bend

02:07:11.699 --> 02:07:13.699
neighborhood coalition.

02:07:14.370 --> 02:07:16.370
We had a meeting monday and

02:07:16.939 --> 02:07:18.939
scheduled to take the issue to

02:07:19.808 --> 02:07:22.100
nla and it's a good example for
nla first project to bring to

02:07:22.100 --> 02:07:24.100
you.

02:07:24.279 --> 02:07:25.646
Expecting in March to take to
nla.

02:07:26.448 --> 02:07:28.482
Second, I want to take a
time-out and thank you all for

02:07:28.550 --> 02:07:31.185
your service.
You know you probably don't hear

02:07:33.689 --> 02:07:35.689
that enough but I can't imagine

02:07:36.425 --> 02:07:38.425
why anyone in their right mind

02:07:40.950 --> 02:07:42.950
would want to do the job you do.

02:07:45.100 --> 02:07:47.100
I want to say thank you.

02:07:48.400 --> 02:07:50.400
The last thing the gentleman

02:07:50.720 --> 02:07:52.720
standing out in the doorway we

02:07:53.409 --> 02:07:55.409
think he needs a raise.

02:07:55.678 --> 02:07:58.130
I have rewritten this three
times listening to the comments

02:07:58.781 --> 02:08:00.849
I heard today and what resonated
with me is trust.

02:08:01.283 --> 02:08:03.283
Trust is earned by actions.

02:08:04.620 --> 02:08:06.620
I want to give you a couple of

02:08:06.990 --> 02:08:08.990
brief examples of why I think

02:08:09.459 --> 02:08:11.528
our general membership is in
that group that wasn't really

02:08:11.528 --> 02:08:14.290
trusting staff.
And we do it by action.

02:08:14.997 --> 02:08:17.980
I want to explain a couple of
actions so you understand why

02:08:18.701 --> 02:08:20.701
people feel the way they do.

02:08:27.577 --> 02:08:29.577
The first one is the galveston

02:08:30.113 --> 02:08:32.113
parking study, that study and

02:08:32.215 --> 02:08:34.215
staff came out and said this is

02:08:35.180 --> 02:08:37.486
what we are going to do.
Instead of taking the

02:08:39.522 --> 02:08:41.522
neighborhood comments they did

02:08:42.859 --> 02:08:45.394
their thing, good at doing
expensive studies, and came back

02:08:46.930 --> 02:08:48.930
and said, guess what, there is a

02:08:49.990 --> 02:08:51.990
parking problem and spent months

02:08:51.901 --> 02:08:54.136
and months and told us what we
knew.
And came up with solution by

02:08:54.704 --> 02:08:56.972
solution and saying you can
stripe this but we really don't

02:08:57.440 --> 02:08:59.440
have any money.

02:09:03.747 --> 02:09:05.747
You can ask for more enforcement

02:09:06.490 --> 02:09:08.490
but we don't have more police.

02:09:08.652 --> 02:09:10.786
And we left with a real empty
feeling here is this effort that

02:09:12.255 --> 02:09:14.390
you guys asked for and really
wasn't any benefit.

02:09:15.325 --> 02:09:17.325
There wasn't a conclusion or

02:09:17.395 --> 02:09:19.629
solution that really affected
the problem.

02:09:21.565 --> 02:09:23.565
Second thing, we see a lot of

02:09:23.834 --> 02:09:25.535
reports that use the word
right-sized parking.

02:09:27.905 --> 02:09:29.905
And then we look at the actions.

02:09:30.240 --> 02:09:32.240
And we see studies that are done

02:09:32.609 --> 02:09:34.609
that claim to be right-sized

02:09:35.113 --> 02:09:36.913
parking but they don't really
seem to deliver.

02:09:37.915 --> 02:09:39.915
Part of it I don't think people

02:09:40.117 --> 02:09:41.451
have a good understanding of
history.

02:09:42.386 --> 02:09:45.255
In 2006 there was an ordinance,
you completely rewrote that

02:09:45.656 --> 02:09:47.656
ordinance and in that meeting

02:09:47.692 --> 02:09:49.692
and committee, it was decided to

02:09:49.793 --> 02:09:51.793
reduce all the parking rates

02:09:51.897 --> 02:09:53.897
down so we could force more of

02:09:53.965 --> 02:09:55.965
the parking need to flow on to

02:09:56.100 --> 02:09:58.869
the streets, to keep the amount
of asphalt on the sites

02:09:59.700 --> 02:10:01.700
developed to the minimum.

02:10:01.606 --> 02:10:02.873
And really overflow to the
streets.

02:10:03.641 --> 02:10:06.410
That really hasn't changed.
What changed 10 years later and

02:10:09.810 --> 02:10:11.482
now the planners say we are
right-sizing and really haven't

02:10:14.386 --> 02:10:16.386
made any attempt to right size.

02:10:18.323 --> 02:10:20.323
Third thing, we tried to come up

02:10:21.859 --> 02:10:23.859
with our biggest problem you can

02:10:23.895 --> 02:10:25.895
see, here's our cheat sheet.

02:10:26.131 --> 02:10:28.699
i am showing it as part of the
package, because there is lots

02:10:29.568 --> 02:10:31.568
of problems and things.

02:10:31.670 --> 02:10:34.605
So what we came up is the
process that you use.

02:10:36.740 --> 02:10:38.740
An example you have a comp plan

02:10:38.844 --> 02:10:40.770
that you went through a great
effort.

02:10:41.112 --> 02:10:43.347
Four very well written technical
reports that said here's the

02:10:43.516 --> 02:10:45.516
problem, here's the solution.

02:10:46.619 --> 02:10:48.786
Pbut when I look at it, it looks
like you have gone

02:10:50.522 --> 02:10:52.522
three-quarters of a way.

02:10:53.559 --> 02:10:55.960
To dramatize it you had a
financial presentation by the

02:10:56.628 --> 02:10:58.628
gentleman at that table and this

02:10:59.640 --> 02:11:00.598
won't work unless you have a
strike price.

02:11:01.501 --> 02:11:03.635
He never told you what that
strike price was.

02:11:04.804 --> 02:11:06.804
A month later bill -- excuse me,

02:11:07.573 --> 02:11:09.573
bruce asked a question of staff,

02:11:09.875 --> 02:11:12.377
staff danced around and never
answered the question of the

02:11:12.611 --> 02:11:15.513
economics of the central
district.
So my concern is by the time you

02:11:16.415 --> 02:11:18.415
understand that you put all of

02:11:18.585 --> 02:11:20.719
this land use in the most
expensive place in town.

02:11:24.424 --> 02:11:27.125
That the projects are 15-1600
for one bedroom.

02:11:29.280 --> 02:11:31.280
That's really not fulfilling the

02:11:34.330 --> 02:11:36.330
need that you clearly defined in

02:11:36.503 --> 02:11:39.380
the ugb documents.
>> you have about 50 seconds.

02:11:40.574 --> 02:11:42.574
>> and then the last.

02:11:45.445 --> 02:11:46.645
We see the word -- acronym vmt a
lot.

02:11:47.447 --> 02:11:49.447
Vehicle miles traveled.

02:11:51.584 --> 02:11:54.420
And that's performance measure
and the state says if you use

02:11:56.356 --> 02:11:58.356
that you are home free.

02:11:59.250 --> 02:12:01.127
And they define vehicles
traveled with trips that begin

02:12:02.896 --> 02:12:05.297
and end in the city.
The performance measure includes

02:12:06.733 --> 02:12:08.733
the trips of employees that

02:12:08.735 --> 02:12:10.736
commute to bend.
when staff taps themselves on

02:12:11.500 --> 02:12:13.339
the back -- 
>> wrap up, thank you.

02:12:14.410 --> 02:12:16.410
We have a lot to pack on.

02:12:17.678 --> 02:12:19.678
>> I know, I am almost there,

02:12:20.800 --> 02:12:22.800
when you use vmt, remember

02:12:23.830 --> 02:12:24.517
that's not the real vmt of
employees.

02:12:27.989 --> 02:12:29.989
They are driving to redmond, la

02:12:35.162 --> 02:12:37.162
pine, their vms -- vmt is going

02:12:37.531 --> 02:12:39.531
through the roof.

02:12:41.268 --> 02:12:43.569
>> thank you, southern crossing
neighborhood association.

02:12:43.971 --> 02:12:46.640
>> not presenting.
>> summit west neighborhood
association.

02:12:47.942 --> 02:12:49.942
>> good evening.

02:12:52.446 --> 02:12:54.446
I am cathy schroeder, the chair

02:12:56.684 --> 02:12:58.684
of the newest revitalized

02:12:59.190 --> 02:13:01.190
association in bend, summit

02:13:01.789 --> 02:13:04.590
west, we don't have data to
quote to you -- 

02:13:04.590 --> 02:13:06.930
>> [Inaudible].
>> thanks barb.

02:13:07.262 --> 02:13:09.262
Just a couple of things.

02:13:09.430 --> 02:13:11.430
Our response posted in your

02:13:11.499 --> 02:13:14.101
packet is around affordable
housing and a comprehensive

02:13:15.369 --> 02:13:17.738
affordable housing plan that
includes both current housing as

02:13:18.306 --> 02:13:20.306
well as new housing.

02:13:20.309 --> 02:13:22.309
You guys have done amazing stuff

02:13:22.477 --> 02:13:24.912
with new housing.
What I learned is keeping

02:13:26.581 --> 02:13:28.581
renters in their apartments.

02:13:28.917 --> 02:13:31.752
Sometimes requires just
short-term grants and other

02:13:33.540 --> 02:13:35.922
interventions.
Long-term plans for keeping

02:13:37.558 --> 02:13:39.558
triplexes and duplexes and adu's

02:13:41.263 --> 02:13:43.631
as residents, not short-term
rentals.
Because the current policy

02:13:44.633 --> 02:13:46.633
permits both sides of a duplex

02:13:47.369 --> 02:13:49.369
to be a short-term rental.

02:13:50.380 --> 02:13:52.380
Even with 250 foot exclusion is

02:13:52.173 --> 02:13:54.375
not going to work in favor of
the affordable housing you guys

02:13:54.609 --> 02:13:56.846
are trying to get.
That's a big concern of our

02:13:56.846 --> 02:13:58.846
neighborhood association.

02:13:59.148 --> 02:14:01.148
But I wanted to mention a couple

02:14:01.383 --> 02:14:03.383
of other things.

02:14:04.186 --> 02:14:06.821
I echo our concern about
emergency preparedness.

02:14:09.591 --> 02:14:11.591
And I suggest in coastal regions

02:14:12.662 --> 02:14:14.662
there are escape routes that are

02:14:15.932 --> 02:14:17.932
clearly markeded and laws, for

02:14:18.668 --> 02:14:20.668
instance, if there is a tsunami

02:14:21.971 --> 02:14:24.639
you get out of newport -- it's
true in california.

02:14:25.207 --> 02:14:28.142
When you think about disaster
preparedness and I would like to

02:14:28.444 --> 02:14:31.450
ask how we get people out if
there is a fire.

02:14:32.715 --> 02:14:35.584
It works great of 30,000
residents and not clear to me

02:14:37.653 --> 02:14:39.653
how to get 85,000 of us out.

02:14:40.890 --> 02:14:42.592
All right, that's an
exaggeration, we wouldn't all

02:14:42.592 --> 02:14:45.226
have to go.
But another thing to ask about.

02:14:45.695 --> 02:14:47.729
Parking allocations of the just
touched on.

02:14:52.435 --> 02:14:54.435
If you get a chance please drive

02:14:57.473 --> 02:14:59.473
by discovery park by summit

02:15:00.710 --> 02:15:02.710
west, there are apartments with

02:15:03.179 --> 02:15:05.179
1.1 parking allocation and

02:15:05.682 --> 02:15:07.682
parking on the streets and there

02:15:09.186 --> 02:15:11.720
are soccer fields and I have
personally seen almost two kids

02:15:13.523 --> 02:15:16.580
hit because they run through the
parked cars.

02:15:16.826 --> 02:15:19.128
And yes the new apartment
debated is within statute.

02:15:20.330 --> 02:15:22.330
We need to look hard to see if

02:15:24.868 --> 02:15:27.837
statute works in every place.
I don't want any kids run down

02:15:28.939 --> 02:15:31.808
in my neighborhood -- or any,
but particularly not ours.

02:15:32.376 --> 02:15:34.844
And the speaker before me was
talking about trust.

02:15:36.246 --> 02:15:38.246
For each and everyone of us,

02:15:38.381 --> 02:15:40.381
particularly newer residents to

02:15:41.185 --> 02:15:44.200
bend, having a connection and
allegiance to the city is part a

02:15:44.722 --> 02:15:46.722
function to be heard.

02:15:48.392 --> 02:15:50.392
This is a great start and my

02:15:53.197 --> 02:15:55.197
board was excited to contribute

02:15:55.933 --> 02:15:57.933
to the paperwork, I ask you to

02:15:59.303 --> 02:16:00.904
keep learning.
Those communication is

02:16:02.106 --> 02:16:04.106
perspective and I am the

02:16:04.442 --> 02:16:06.442
Chairman Of nla, and I look

02:16:08.646 --> 02:16:11.140
forward to speak with you soon.
Questions?
>> thank you.

02:16:26.197 --> 02:16:28.197
Art and cultural alliance.

02:16:29.734 --> 02:16:31.468
>> someone left their glasses
here.

02:16:38.977 --> 02:16:40.977
When someone is missing glasses.

02:16:46.251 --> 02:16:48.251
>> good evening, am kevin

02:16:49.754 --> 02:16:51.754
barklay, art and cultural

02:16:55.460 --> 02:16:58.329
alliance is advocating for arts
and cultural and right now

02:16:59.970 --> 02:17:01.600
working with pineville with some
of our members in pineville and

02:17:01.600 --> 02:17:03.600
as well as la pine.

02:17:04.302 --> 02:17:06.303
And we do a lot of work
educating people.

02:17:09.108 --> 02:17:11.108
Today I wanted to talk about the

02:17:11.343 --> 02:17:13.678
impact of arts before I go back
to the problem that we presented

02:17:14.460 --> 02:17:16.614
to you in our document.
We did a study a couple of years

02:17:17.516 --> 02:17:19.516
ago and I know that I presented

02:17:19.885 --> 02:17:21.853
a bit of it to city council two
years ago and now changed a

02:17:22.154 --> 02:17:24.154
little bit.

02:17:25.358 --> 02:17:26.625
I will talk about it again
briefly.

02:17:27.526 --> 02:17:29.526
Arts definitely enriches our

02:17:29.962 --> 02:17:32.597
lives but it does a number of
things, and one of those is

02:17:32.832 --> 02:17:35.266
provide huge economic impact to
our area.

02:17:37.603 --> 02:17:39.938
There is $35 million impact to
the area based on a study that

02:17:41.373 --> 02:17:43.700
we did with americans with the
arts.

02:17:45.211 --> 02:17:47.211
2.5 million in local and state

02:17:47.780 --> 02:17:49.780
revenue, it creates 1,000 jobs

02:17:51.517 --> 02:17:54.119
in two counties we surveyed and
more than 1,000 jobs, because

02:17:55.921 --> 02:17:57.921
it's 1,000fte and if you work in

02:17:58.390 --> 02:18:00.390
arts and culture that means

02:18:00.894 --> 02:18:02.894
2,000 jobs and provides 2,000

02:18:02.929 --> 02:18:04.929
volunteer opportunities.

02:18:06.666 --> 02:18:09.134
And retains local dollars to
keep people from going to other

02:18:11.270 --> 02:18:13.138
locations to see what they want
to see.

02:18:15.575 --> 02:18:17.575
This association represents 4.2%

02:18:18.812 --> 02:18:20.812
of nation gross domestic impact.

02:18:21.415 --> 02:18:23.415
The other impact that I think is

02:18:23.984 --> 02:18:25.984
significant of how it helps our

02:18:28.555 --> 02:18:30.789
kids, how art and culture
impacts educational studies.

02:18:33.226 --> 02:18:35.226
One study that was powerful, art

02:18:36.630 --> 02:18:38.630
involvement for kids from a low

02:18:39.133 --> 02:18:41.133
socioeconomic status, their

02:18:43.300 --> 02:18:45.172
drop-out rate jumps from 32% to
4% with three hours of art a

02:18:45.172 --> 02:18:47.172
week.

02:18:47.641 --> 02:18:49.641
The impacts of our kids are

02:18:49.709 --> 02:18:51.709
tremendous across the board.

02:18:52.813 --> 02:18:54.813
Significantly increases their

02:18:55.783 --> 02:18:57.917
chances to earn college degree
and gainful employment and

02:18:58.619 --> 02:19:01.487
encourages them to volunteer and
more engaged in the community.

02:19:01.722 --> 02:19:03.722
And these are from studies with

02:19:03.891 --> 02:19:05.958
the americans of the art and nra
and others.

02:19:06.727 --> 02:19:08.727
The problem we are having is

02:19:10.980 --> 02:19:12.980
losing our artists and arts and

02:19:12.734 --> 02:19:15.502
cultural organizations are
losing the opportunity to have

02:19:17.405 --> 02:19:19.405
them move here because it's more

02:19:21.542 --> 02:19:23.542
unaffordable if are -- for them.

02:19:25.346 --> 02:19:27.880
And we want to work on creating
things like art district that I

02:19:29.284 --> 02:19:31.284
know that you have talked about

02:19:31.953 --> 02:19:33.953
and we talked about as well.

02:19:36.724 --> 02:19:39.920
We had the holidays and probably
watched

02:19:43.597 --> 02:19:45.597
watched "it's a wonderful life"

02:19:52.400 --> 02:19:54.400
and picture yourself has the

02:19:54.609 --> 02:19:56.977
actor and you have gone to
pottersville.
And it's gone.

02:19:58.980 --> 02:20:00.980
And I help artists relocate and

02:20:01.490 --> 02:20:03.490
work with cities of redmond and

02:20:03.585 --> 02:20:05.585
pineville and other places and

02:20:07.726 --> 02:20:09.457
hey, here's a great opportunity,
they have affordable housing and

02:20:10.158 --> 02:20:12.660
affordable space for your
workshop and galleries.

02:20:13.795 --> 02:20:15.795
But I live in bend, when I have

02:20:18.133 --> 02:20:20.133
my aca hat on I want to support

02:20:20.669 --> 02:20:22.971
artists and where they can gain
employment and affordable living

02:20:25.740 --> 02:20:27.740
but at the same time I want to

02:20:28.310 --> 02:20:30.845
keep them here and lure them
here.
>> you have one minute.

02:20:31.713 --> 02:20:33.713
>> your scope is narrow as far

02:20:36.318 --> 02:20:37.585
as what you are capable of
doing.

02:20:38.988 --> 02:20:40.988
What I want to offer is what we

02:20:42.625 --> 02:20:44.625
can do as an organization to

02:20:44.827 --> 02:20:46.827
create affordable art spaces and

02:20:46.896 --> 02:20:48.896
create affordable housing for

02:20:49.650 --> 02:20:51.650
artists and build up art

02:20:51.660 --> 02:20:53.435
districts to retain our art and
culture and lure more into the

02:20:53.435 --> 02:20:54.736
community, and that's it.
Thank you.

02:20:59.108 --> 02:21:01.108
>> thank you.

02:21:01.110 --> 02:21:03.110
Arts

02:21:14.858 --> 02:21:16.858
in public places.

02:21:16.893 --> 02:21:19.161
>> good evening, thank you so
much for your time.

02:21:20.763 --> 02:21:22.464
Jody and I will let you make up
some time.

02:21:23.133 --> 02:21:25.434
Because our presentation is
short.
First of all thank you so much

02:21:26.680 --> 02:21:28.680
for your service and for all the

02:21:28.938 --> 02:21:30.938
support that we get from the

02:21:31.508 --> 02:21:33.809
city for art in public places.
We feel very fortunate about our

02:21:34.177 --> 02:21:36.979
relationship with all of you, we
are grateful for that.

02:21:37.514 --> 02:21:40.249
I am not going over all the
things in your packet.

02:21:40.383 --> 02:21:42.383
Because you have already read

02:21:44.120 --> 02:21:46.154
all of that I'm sure.
I will just give you brief

02:21:47.156 --> 02:21:49.156
history and jody will catch you

02:21:51.562 --> 02:21:52.862
up on what is anything on
currently.

02:21:56.433 --> 02:21:58.433
In the early 70s jody and I and

02:21:59.536 --> 02:22:01.536
other women started art now, and

02:22:02.973 --> 02:22:04.973
our children were with us in

02:22:06.770 --> 02:22:08.770
infancs

02:22:09.130 --> 02:22:11.714
s -- infancies and this
year turned 50.

02:22:12.149 --> 02:22:14.283
We appreciate all the help and
so fortunate.

02:22:15.653 --> 02:22:17.653
and I have to thank along with

02:22:18.522 --> 02:22:20.522
all of you the [Inaudible]

02:22:21.158 --> 02:22:23.158
Services and bend foundation.

02:22:23.494 --> 02:22:25.494
They have been taking time and

02:22:26.300 --> 02:22:28.300
tolerant and supported us over

02:22:29.633 --> 02:22:31.468
the years of the work we did
with them.

02:22:34.710 --> 02:22:36.710
As hard as we try to make the

02:22:38.475 --> 02:22:40.475
city understand that they do not

02:22:41.279 --> 02:22:43.313
pay for public art, it's bend
services and donors and thank

02:22:47.185 --> 02:22:48.619
you for that and jody give a
catch up.

02:22:50.221 --> 02:22:52.221
>> we have been a good

02:22:53.240 --> 02:22:55.240
discussion with Mr. Cane and sue

02:22:55.493 --> 02:22:57.493
and micah had presentations with

02:22:58.263 --> 02:23:01.980
him to see how we can solve the
sub problems that we think we

02:23:02.467 --> 02:23:04.368
have, and they are in your
packet.

02:23:05.603 --> 02:23:07.603
The problems we are most

02:23:08.239 --> 02:23:10.941
interested in solving is
improving the landscaping and

02:23:11.342 --> 02:23:13.342
the design and maintenance and

02:23:13.445 --> 02:23:15.345
the conservation of the city's
public art.

02:23:15.914 --> 02:23:18.584
Primarily the art you are
familiar seeing in the

02:23:18.584 --> 02:23:20.584
roundabouts and we have been

02:23:21.530 --> 02:23:22.887
working very hard on that this
last year.

02:23:23.989 --> 02:23:26.824
One of the things we learned
that we are interested in

02:23:27.492 --> 02:23:29.492
working towards more zero scape.

02:23:29.828 --> 02:23:31.828
So it takes a lot less work both

02:23:32.798 --> 02:23:34.798
on the staff and the cities and

02:23:36.101 --> 02:23:38.101
the volunteers you have.

02:23:40.172 --> 02:23:42.172
So we have come to a cooperative

02:23:43.800 --> 02:23:45.800
agreement with eric king and

02:23:46.712 --> 02:23:48.712
city of bend, we have hired ron

02:23:50.490 --> 02:23:52.517
kidder, of botanical development
to evaluate each of the

02:23:53.219 --> 02:23:55.219
landscaped roundabouts and come

02:23:55.955 --> 02:23:57.955
up with a program that he was

02:23:59.124 --> 02:24:01.626
going to suggest that will be
easier for us to take care of.

02:24:03.395 --> 02:24:05.395
One of the concerns in bend we

02:24:05.430 --> 02:24:07.430
are not able to adequately take

02:24:09.536 --> 02:24:11.536
care of the landscape.

02:24:11.671 --> 02:24:13.671
And that greatly detracts from

02:24:14.907 --> 02:24:17.208
the looks of the roundabout and
get comments from the citizens

02:24:19.780 --> 02:24:22.130
in bend and the visitors why we
aren't doing a better job.

02:24:23.150 --> 02:24:24.215
That's very important that we do
that.

02:24:25.151 --> 02:24:27.151
And eric and the city has

02:24:27.587 --> 02:24:29.587
confirmed they will support us

02:24:30.223 --> 02:24:32.223
up to $50,000 to make the

02:24:34.127 --> 02:24:36.127
improvements in the year 2019.

02:24:37.897 --> 02:24:39.897
Other park that we very excited

02:24:41.434 --> 02:24:43.434
about, we hired a conservator to

02:24:43.437 --> 02:24:45.437
assess our whole collection,

02:24:45.706 --> 02:24:47.706
your whole collection.

02:24:48.508 --> 02:24:50.508
So they spent time here looking

02:24:51.211 --> 02:24:53.211
at each of the pieces of art

02:24:54.247 --> 02:24:56.382
within your collection and
determined what maintenance or

02:24:56.516 --> 02:24:58.516
what work was needed.

02:24:58.951 --> 02:25:00.951
You May have noticed that they

02:25:02.189 --> 02:25:04.189
also came back and cleaned like

02:25:05.192 --> 02:25:07.727
the bear by bend high school.
Looks totally different now.

02:25:08.995 --> 02:25:11.564
And did an assessment that put
prioritys on what needed to be

02:25:13.300 --> 02:25:16.350
done first, second, third and
fourth.
That's exciting.

02:25:16.236 --> 02:25:18.236
>> near one minute.

02:25:19.707 --> 02:25:22.275
>> we are currently coordinating
that conservation work and art

02:25:23.344 --> 02:25:25.344
public places has agreed to

02:25:26.880 --> 02:25:28.915
cover half of the costs for the
initial cleaning.

02:25:29.550 --> 02:25:31.550
And Mr. King agreed that the

02:25:31.551 --> 02:25:33.551
city of bend will be responsible

02:25:33.620 --> 02:25:36.189
for the ongoing maintenance
which we will coordinate and

02:25:36.390 --> 02:25:39.259
bill the city in the future
years.
Do you have any questions for
us?

02:25:39.961 --> 02:25:41.961
>> I know that you have done

02:25:42.830 --> 02:25:45.632
some of the art in the
roundabouts and it's much
appreciated.

02:25:48.102 --> 02:25:50.102
And in particular some sections,

02:25:50.204 --> 02:25:52.772
improvements along 14th street
are nice.

02:25:55.143 --> 02:25:57.143
One piece of feedback from the

02:25:57.211 --> 02:25:59.211
east side, when they look at

02:26:00.470 --> 02:26:01.248
empire and why not the east
side.

02:26:04.151 --> 02:26:06.151
And the response the west-side

02:26:06.220 --> 02:26:08.220
residents were able to pay for

02:26:08.422 --> 02:26:10.724
the improvements, you have any
ideas of equalizing?

02:26:11.593 --> 02:26:13.593
>> we talk about it all the time

02:26:14.629 --> 02:26:16.629
and the city has come up with

02:26:19.167 --> 02:26:21.167
incredible list of future

02:26:21.436 --> 02:26:23.436
roundants, we figure we will be

02:26:25.173 --> 02:26:26.740
200 years old when we get to
them.

02:26:28.877 --> 02:26:31.679
>> pass out the brochures and
you May be surprised how many on

02:26:31.780 --> 02:26:33.780
the east side.

02:26:34.182 --> 02:26:36.584
>> we are running a little
behind schedule.

02:26:37.285 --> 02:26:40.540
I will keep trying to tighten
this up a little bit.

02:26:41.122 --> 02:26:43.122
I apologize.

02:26:51.533 --> 02:26:53.533
We have bend 2030 and bend4trees

02:26:55.743 --> 02:26:57.380
bend4trees.
>> I will save you sally, and

02:26:57.773 --> 02:26:59.773
look forward on agenda will not

02:27:00.142 --> 02:27:02.142
be presenting.

02:27:02.478 --> 02:27:04.478
I am julian taylor representing

02:27:04.480 --> 02:27:06.480
bend 2030 tonight and passing

02:27:06.649 --> 02:27:09.184
out a hand out there for you.
I have a really big ask and I

02:27:10.186 --> 02:27:11.352
will be short and sweet about
it.

02:27:12.421 --> 02:27:14.421
Our ask actually touches on

02:27:14.823 --> 02:27:16.157
every topic that you are hearing
tonight.

02:27:17.593 --> 02:27:19.593
And every citizen.

02:27:20.763 --> 02:27:22.763
So as you probably know as prior

02:27:25.701 --> 02:27:27.701
city council in 2006 initiated a

02:27:28.437 --> 02:27:31.720
city-wide visioning project that
resulted in bend 2030.

02:27:31.640 --> 02:27:33.475
That was 13 years ago, we
learned a lot.

02:27:34.810 --> 02:27:36.810
We accomplished a lot and given

02:27:37.113 --> 02:27:39.113
our growth and so many new

02:27:39.482 --> 02:27:41.482
citizens we believe it is time

02:27:42.285 --> 02:27:44.886
for bend to engage in another
community visioning project.

02:27:46.256 --> 02:27:48.491
We don't believe we need to
throw out everything that was

02:27:48.491 --> 02:27:50.491
already identified.

02:27:51.227 --> 02:27:53.663
but rather refresh and reengage
the citizens in the

02:27:53.663 --> 02:27:55.663
conversation.

02:27:57.334 --> 02:27:59.334
Which covers everything from art

02:28:01.738 --> 02:28:04.390
to transportation, housing,
culture, etc.

02:28:05.608 --> 02:28:07.608
A couple of quick points about

02:28:07.610 --> 02:28:09.610
that, it's imperative that we

02:28:10.790 --> 02:28:13.490
partner with the city and
council for this to happen.

02:28:13.684 --> 02:28:16.419
It needs to be a broad effort to
have a lot of partnerships.

02:28:20.657 --> 02:28:23.392
Not just on our shoulders or
your
yours.

02:28:24.940 --> 02:28:26.896
We have guiding principles we
want to include in the process.

02:28:26.997 --> 02:28:28.997
Share those quickly.

02:28:29.433 --> 02:28:32.268
Number 1, we feel like we are
uniquely positioned right now to

02:28:33.804 --> 02:28:36.473
look far out into the future to
the year 2050.

02:28:37.741 --> 02:28:39.741
And that we need someone with

02:28:39.977 --> 02:28:42.745
eyes on that long horizon so
that decisions that are getting

02:28:44.514 --> 02:28:47.483
made now and over the next 10-20
years are moving us in that
direction.

02:28:48.219 --> 02:28:50.287
We also believe that we need to
get a little outside of our own

02:28:50.287 --> 02:28:52.287
box.

02:28:52.923 --> 02:28:54.858
And look at what innovation and
techniques and best practices

02:28:55.359 --> 02:28:57.560
are happening in other
communities.
Similar to ours.

02:29:01.650 --> 02:29:03.650
And what we can learn from them.

02:29:04.167 --> 02:29:05.502
It's also important that we be
inclusive.

02:29:06.638 --> 02:29:08.638
That means that we reach broadly

02:29:09.730 --> 02:29:11.542
into the community with folks
that maybe never asked to

02:29:12.577 --> 02:29:14.177
participate in this kind of
thing before.

02:29:14.779 --> 02:29:17.180
And bend 2030 has the tools and
the relationships to do that

02:29:18.482 --> 02:29:20.584
with many of the folks here in
the room today.

02:29:21.552 --> 02:29:23.552
And finally it's important for

02:29:25.560 --> 02:29:27.560
us to have as an outcome

02:29:27.492 --> 02:29:29.492
something that is measurable.

02:29:29.527 --> 02:29:32.429
Something that we can define
some specific indicators and

02:29:33.831 --> 02:29:35.832
measure our progress towards.
So that would be a little

02:29:36.534 --> 02:29:38.534
different from the vision that

02:29:39.137 --> 02:29:41.137
was done in the past.

02:29:43.842 --> 02:29:45.276
So questions about that?
>> no.

02:29:47.779 --> 02:29:49.779
>> thank you so much.

02:29:50.915 --> 02:29:52.915
>> bend4trees.

02:29:57.856 --> 02:30:00.558
And then central oregon
coalition for access.

02:30:04.363 --> 02:30:06.363
Someone here for bend4trees?

02:30:06.665 --> 02:30:07.898
Central oregon coalition for
access.

02:30:15.108 --> 02:30:17.108
Here we go.

02:30:17.343 --> 02:30:19.343
And then central oregon

02:30:26.118 --> 02:30:28.719
association of realtors.
>> hi, charlene.

02:30:31.423 --> 02:30:34.359
>> thank you all for this time.
And I'll be as brief as

02:30:36.129 --> 02:30:38.129
possible, that is why I sent you

02:30:38.297 --> 02:30:40.598
that packet earlier today with
all of the attachments.

02:30:41.934 --> 02:30:43.934
I think each of you know that

02:30:47.540 --> 02:30:49.540
charlene and I and jordan and

02:30:55.882 --> 02:30:57.882
bill here on behalf coca and we

02:30:58.851 --> 02:31:00.851
have focused on pedestrians and

02:31:01.154 --> 02:31:02.454
sidewalks and that's our primary
focus.

02:31:04.123 --> 02:31:06.591
Some of you are graduates of our
disability for a day activity

02:31:07.594 --> 02:31:09.594
and have experienced first-hand

02:31:10.960 --> 02:31:12.960
what it's like to get around in

02:31:13.266 --> 02:31:15.266
the community with a wheelchair

02:31:15.869 --> 02:31:17.869
or blindfold or glasses.

02:31:18.605 --> 02:31:20.906
We have identified kind of a
hit-list, if you will.

02:31:21.941 --> 02:31:23.941
To keep it short.

02:31:23.943 --> 02:31:26.612
I think some of you probably be
very surprised at the

02:31:27.448 --> 02:31:29.682
demographics in the maps I
included by county.

02:31:32.719 --> 02:31:34.719
Oregon for those others in the

02:31:37.190 --> 02:31:38.490
room, deschutes county has 20.4%
disability.

02:31:40.360 --> 02:31:42.127
And some counties actually rise
to 33%.

02:31:43.998 --> 02:31:45.998
So a lot of those folks come to

02:31:46.300 --> 02:31:48.300
bend for healthcare and all

02:31:48.769 --> 02:31:50.200
kinds, shopping, variety of
things.

02:31:51.105 --> 02:31:53.773
And to recreate.
So accessibility needs to be

02:31:55.142 --> 02:31:57.142
front and center in everything

02:31:57.778 --> 02:31:59.778
that the city does.

02:32:03.117 --> 02:32:05.117
We very pleased with our

02:32:06.200 --> 02:32:08.200
interactions with rory and has

02:32:12.960 --> 02:32:14.960
done a good job to speak at the

02:32:15.663 --> 02:32:17.663
coca meetings but needs

02:32:18.967 --> 02:32:20.967
heightened request for it.

02:32:26.107 --> 02:32:28.107
And pedestrian safety at traffic

02:32:29.310 --> 02:32:31.310
circles and some of you know

02:32:31.312 --> 02:32:33.312
that charlene has been blind

02:32:34.649 --> 02:32:36.649
since birth and we went to the

02:32:37.520 --> 02:32:39.787
traffic circles and terrified.
And there is work to be done

02:32:41.222 --> 02:32:43.991
there to make them safety for
people that have no or low

02:32:44.859 --> 02:32:47.462
vision but the aging population
that takes more time to cross

02:32:47.462 --> 02:32:49.462
the street.

02:32:49.464 --> 02:32:51.464
And the people like jordan that

02:32:52.968 --> 02:32:55.503
sits lower profile and harder to
see except when he has his

02:32:57.939 --> 02:32:59.939
lights and stuff going on.

02:33:01.109 --> 02:33:02.943
But still challenges at traffic
circles.

02:33:03.845 --> 02:33:06.580
We ask for improved safety
there.
The sidewalk maintenance, there

02:33:09.752 --> 02:33:11.752
is a lot -- there is a lot

02:33:13.589 --> 02:33:15.589
involved in that and the coca

02:33:16.124 --> 02:33:18.124
steering committee is delighted

02:33:21.496 --> 02:33:23.496
to arrange time to speak to any

02:33:25.434 --> 02:33:27.434
of you for that topic, it's a

02:33:29.505 --> 02:33:31.505
big topic but for the adjacent

02:33:31.707 --> 02:33:32.941
property owner does not go far
enough.

02:33:34.677 --> 02:33:37.645
Pno vision for what part of the
city needs addressing and who is

02:33:38.413 --> 02:33:40.414
anything out to inspect.
There are a lot of things

02:33:41.617 --> 02:33:43.617
falling through the cracks.

02:33:46.289 --> 02:33:49.900
If a person is expected to file
a barrier removal request to get

02:33:51.527 --> 02:33:53.527
a sidewalk fixed.

02:34:00.502 --> 02:34:03.380
In 2014, coca filed 170 barrier
removal requests and still not

02:34:03.440 --> 02:34:05.440
all completed.

02:34:06.543 --> 02:34:08.644
And if you file one, it's my
understanding first in-first out

02:34:10.146 --> 02:34:12.547
and you will have a long wait
for that repair.

02:34:13.249 --> 02:34:15.249
And we ask for some attention to

02:34:16.319 --> 02:34:17.786
the funding of accessibility
improvements.

02:34:20.924 --> 02:34:22.725
I covered that in section on my
cover page.

02:34:23.126 --> 02:34:25.728
Again we're happy to talk with
you more about that.

02:34:27.697 --> 02:34:29.697
And through the budget process

02:34:29.999 --> 02:34:32.935
as well.
And we feel that reporting,

02:34:33.603 --> 02:34:36.204
while I have seen some reports,
the engineering reports on the

02:34:38.242 --> 02:34:40.242
status of projects in that.

02:34:41.780 --> 02:34:43.780
But how many of you know how

02:34:43.800 --> 02:34:44.647
many outstanding barrier removal
requests there are?

02:34:46.516 --> 02:34:48.516
The costs what it would take to

02:34:48.718 --> 02:34:50.718
get them done?

02:34:51.955 --> 02:34:53.958
The status on the need for
repairs and priority zone

02:34:53.958 --> 02:34:55.758
improvements.
You don't know.

02:34:57.528 --> 02:35:00.163
And how do you plan for and make
decisions on path forward and

02:35:02.266 --> 02:35:04.266
funding when you don't know.

02:35:06.770 --> 02:35:09.305
Coca is asking for a semiannual
report from the city on the

02:35:09.940 --> 02:35:12.208
status, I listed some of the
things, not all the things.

02:35:13.100 --> 02:35:15.100
But we would like a report on

02:35:15.112 --> 02:35:17.112
where we are at now and then at

02:35:17.214 --> 02:35:19.382
the end of the year, end of the
construction season we want to

02:35:20.317 --> 02:35:22.317
know what did you achieve and

02:35:22.519 --> 02:35:24.655
where we are going next year.
That will help you, it will help

02:35:24.655 --> 02:35:26.655
us.

02:35:27.458 --> 02:35:29.458
So -- 

02:35:29.994 --> 02:35:32.629
>> right on the dollar.
Thank you.
>> thank you.

02:35:33.970 --> 02:35:35.832
And the offer stands, we would
love to meet with you.

02:35:39.300 --> 02:35:41.300
>> thank you.

02:35:44.341 --> 02:35:46.609
Central oregon association of
realtors and central oregon

02:35:59.390 --> 02:36:01.390
builders association.

02:36:02.293 --> 02:36:04.293
>> good evening mayor and

02:36:05.163 --> 02:36:07.163
councilors, I will try all to be

02:36:07.399 --> 02:36:09.399
brief I won't take the full 10

02:36:09.534 --> 02:36:10.835
minutes -- that was a joke,
sorry.

02:36:12.971 --> 02:36:14.971
Landed really well.

02:36:18.420 --> 02:36:19.343
I am tyler neese -- I think so
apparently.

02:36:22.581 --> 02:36:25.149
And I am the government affairs
director with the central oregon

02:36:25.985 --> 02:36:28.286
association of realtors and
thank you for the opportunity to

02:36:29.621 --> 02:36:31.322
provide input in your
goal-setting process.

02:36:31.823 --> 02:36:33.823
You received our form and I

02:36:33.925 --> 02:36:35.925
wanted to stress a couple of

02:36:36.828 --> 02:36:38.828
points that you saw on the form.

02:36:39.980 --> 02:36:41.966
The biggest problem that we
believe is supply on residential

02:36:44.690 --> 02:36:46.938
and commercial side inventory.
Our organizations represents

02:36:47.973 --> 02:36:49.973
1500 residents and businesses in

02:36:50.409 --> 02:36:52.610
bend and if you poll them they
would say that supply and

02:36:53.679 --> 02:36:55.679
inventory is the biggest issue

02:36:57.830 --> 02:36:58.917
they are dealing with and again
we represent residential and

02:36:59.118 --> 02:37:01.118
commercial brokers.

02:37:01.320 --> 02:37:04.255
Six months is considered a
healthy supply of housing.

02:37:07.426 --> 02:37:09.427
Data from mls shows that current
housing supply for residential

02:37:12.570 --> 02:37:13.790
types in the city of bend is
3.Three months.

02:37:14.734 --> 02:37:16.734
Obviously that's a pretty wide

02:37:17.670 --> 02:37:19.670
net and if we drill down

02:37:20.239 --> 02:37:22.239
further, the picture is $400,000

02:37:29.448 --> 02:37:31.448
and below, 1.3 months and you

02:37:31.918 --> 02:37:34.530
see what the picture looks like
in terms of inventory.

02:37:35.388 --> 02:37:37.388
And as you know with a lack of

02:37:37.757 --> 02:37:39.757
inventory and law of supply and

02:37:40.260 --> 02:37:42.594
demand that's impacting the
affordability of our community.

02:37:45.732 --> 02:37:47.732
The report shows that median

02:37:49.570 --> 02:37:50.837
sales price for 2017 is
$425,000.

02:37:53.340 --> 02:37:55.340
And the median price for new

02:37:56.910 --> 02:37:58.944
homes was 429,000.
This is an important

02:37:59.412 --> 02:38:01.412
conversation because many in our

02:38:02.449 --> 02:38:05.285
community are cost burdened and
we have heard conversations

02:38:05.285 --> 02:38:07.285
about that.

02:38:07.588 --> 02:38:10.323
And to afford rent or mortgages.
The city of bend affordable

02:38:10.758 --> 02:38:12.758
housing program has a great

02:38:14.328 --> 02:38:16.328
graphic that I am sure you have

02:38:16.964 --> 02:38:19.980
seen that displays what you can
afford in different levels in

02:38:19.366 --> 02:38:21.366
the community.

02:38:22.936 --> 02:38:24.936
What we often see someone at

02:38:27.274 --> 02:38:29.274
this rental 1255 price range

02:38:31.278 --> 02:38:33.278
that can afford a supply of 2016

02:38:33.314 --> 02:38:35.314
and if not there and takes away

02:38:35.783 --> 02:38:38.317
from stock that others May be
trying to purchase into or rent

02:38:38.886 --> 02:38:41.621
into as well.
I think a significant problem.

02:38:42.824 --> 02:38:45.692
And obviously it's a heavy lift
or we wouldn't be talking about
it.

02:38:46.727 --> 02:38:49.296
But we encourage the city to
maintain as a priority of

02:38:51.632 --> 02:38:53.632
actions to address the housing

02:38:53.801 --> 02:38:55.801
supply gap between ugp

02:38:56.237 --> 02:38:58.237
implementation in annexing new

02:38:58.672 --> 02:39:00.672
lands in the expansion area and

02:39:02.177 --> 02:39:03.510
laying the ground for housing
opportunities.

02:39:06.814 --> 02:39:08.348
And the urban areas are a high
priority as well.

02:39:14.922 --> 02:39:17.525
And we encourage you to look for
opportunities within city code

02:39:19.461 --> 02:39:22.196
to give builders more
flexibility.
And opportunity to produce a

02:39:23.932 --> 02:39:25.932
variety of needed housing units.

02:39:25.967 --> 02:39:28.350
In closing we need more
inventory.

02:39:28.637 --> 02:39:30.637
Healthier supply.

02:39:33.574 --> 02:39:35.574
I think it would relieve

02:39:36.311 --> 02:39:39.180
pressure at various price points
and provide more opportunities

02:39:39.348 --> 02:39:41.615
in the community.
And if any information we are

02:39:42.551 --> 02:39:44.551
available as a resource and we

02:39:45.200 --> 02:39:47.689
look forward to working with you
as a partner.

02:39:47.689 --> 02:39:49.689
Appreciate your time.

02:39:49.858 --> 02:39:52.794
>> central oregon builders and
central oregon landwatch.

02:39:54.330 --> 02:39:57.131
>> evening councilors, thank you
for the opportunity to present
tonight.

02:40:08.277 --> 02:40:10.679
It looks like I copied bada
affordable housing that housing

02:40:11.481 --> 02:40:13.448
is the number one issue that we
need to address.

02:40:15.840 --> 02:40:17.840
I was in salem this week

02:40:18.530 --> 02:40:20.530
reviewing the houses bills.

02:40:20.322 --> 02:40:23.291
The 30 or so that deal with
housing, we are expecting a

02:40:24.260 --> 02:40:26.527
whole lot more.
But there is definitely a push

02:40:29.650 --> 02:40:31.650
by legislature to deal with

02:40:35.972 --> 02:40:37.972
housing and on my hat on the

02:40:38.407 --> 02:40:40.407
oregon association and we will

02:40:40.977 --> 02:40:43.345
push the speaker bills on
affordable housing and

02:40:43.345 --> 02:40:45.345
middle-market housing.

02:40:45.415 --> 02:40:47.415
And a couple of things and echo

02:40:48.385 --> 02:40:50.853
what other groups said.
Update the building lands

02:40:51.955 --> 02:40:53.856
inventory, the housing needs
analysis.

02:40:56.259 --> 02:40:58.259
Implement the ugb.

02:41:00.563 --> 02:41:01.830
Work with deschutes county urban
reserves.

02:41:02.699 --> 02:41:04.699
And this was important, we need

02:41:04.701 --> 02:41:06.701
to provide outreach to the

02:41:06.770 --> 02:41:08.770
community whether education on

02:41:08.972 --> 02:41:10.972
publicizing the services

02:41:13.310 --> 02:41:15.310
available for affordable housing

02:41:15.779 --> 02:41:18.614
lowercase a and capital a.
How to qualify and how to find

02:41:20.584 --> 02:41:22.584
it, it was amazing that a family

02:41:23.454 --> 02:41:25.521
of four making 70,000 qualify
for this capital a.

02:41:26.456 --> 02:41:28.456
And a bet there is a lot of

02:41:28.458 --> 02:41:29.725
people that don't know they
qualify.

02:41:31.995 --> 02:41:33.995
And deferred payment of scc to

02:41:34.264 --> 02:41:36.999
the occupancy when impact is
felt.
I would like to spend the rest

02:41:39.300 --> 02:41:41.300
of my time on a subject that I

02:41:41.238 --> 02:41:43.238
didn't address in my paperwork.

02:41:43.307 --> 02:41:45.307
i would like to follow up on the

02:41:45.376 --> 02:41:47.444
survey presentations that we had
earlier and the trust

02:41:47.444 --> 02:41:49.444
conversation.

02:41:50.748 --> 02:41:52.748
I believe one way to build trust

02:41:54.285 --> 02:41:56.285
in the community is to include

02:41:57.855 --> 02:41:59.890
encouraging usual respect in the
goals.

02:42:01.192 --> 02:42:03.192
This is an interactions with and

02:42:03.494 --> 02:42:06.620
between the general public,
stakeholders and staff and

02:42:06.464 --> 02:42:08.464
between yourselves.

02:42:08.732 --> 02:42:11.134
We all have disagreements with
each other whether it's about

02:42:12.804 --> 02:42:14.804
policy, actions to be taken,

02:42:15.940 --> 02:42:18.442
political stance or who empties
the dishwasher.

02:42:19.100 --> 02:42:21.878
Where is this important?
I think that council should be

02:42:23.214 --> 02:42:25.214
the leader and lead by example.

02:42:27.840 --> 02:42:29.840
And it's important to have

02:42:30.889 --> 02:42:33.457
constructive conversations.
And a not helpful comment is, I

02:42:34.590 --> 02:42:36.590
can't believe you believe that.

02:42:36.461 --> 02:42:38.461
This is a ridiculous position.

02:42:38.763 --> 02:42:40.497
Neither of those are
constructive comments.

02:42:42.300 --> 02:42:44.568
More helpful would be, I hear
your position.

02:42:44.736 --> 02:42:46.737
How about considering the
following, and list what you

02:42:48.600 --> 02:42:50.600
would like them to hear.

02:42:50.909 --> 02:42:52.909
And I ask all of you and

02:42:53.378 --> 02:42:55.379
everybody else if I do this
wrong, to please correct me.

02:42:59.417 --> 02:43:01.417
Thank you.

02:43:04.724 --> 02:43:06.724
>> landwatch and downtown bend

02:43:07.159 --> 02:43:09.159
business associationses.

02:43:10.396 --> 02:43:12.730
>> hi, I am here representing
central oregon landwatch.

02:43:14.967 --> 02:43:16.967
We are nonprofit, we work to

02:43:17.200 --> 02:43:19.200
protect our natural resources

02:43:19.371 --> 02:43:22.307
and habitat and quality of life
through planning and advocacy.

02:43:23.710 --> 02:43:25.710
And I am really glad to hear

02:43:25.912 --> 02:43:28.513
that it sounds like a lot of our
community is on the same page

02:43:31.650 --> 02:43:33.650
sitting through the survey and

02:43:34.286 --> 02:43:36.621
goals and priorities.
And you know growth is a

02:43:38.458 --> 02:43:40.959
challenge but we have a plan.
With the urban growth boundary

02:43:41.728 --> 02:43:43.728
and we have some processes

02:43:45.498 --> 02:43:47.498
moving forward to implement it

02:43:50.102 --> 02:43:51.837
with the core area urban
renewable, transportation

02:43:52.538 --> 02:43:55.340
planning effort and the
southeast elbow area.

02:43:55.841 --> 02:43:58.210
And the bend central district we
believe is going to be able to

02:43:59.179 --> 02:44:01.179
provide us with a lot of

02:44:01.381 --> 02:44:03.381
solutions to our problems.

02:44:03.416 --> 02:44:06.510
We could add more housing for
people that rent, close in.

02:44:08.154 --> 02:44:10.154
And hopefully housing for

02:44:12.258 --> 02:44:15.940
artists if we can try to figure
out public/private partnerships

02:44:17.330 --> 02:44:19.330
to make that work and

02:44:19.366 --> 02:44:21.367
connections east/west and safe
transportation facilities.

02:44:22.602 --> 02:44:24.602
We look forward to working with

02:44:24.704 --> 02:44:26.672
the city to building those
partnerships and building

02:44:27.540 --> 02:44:29.540
support for that plan.

02:44:30.844 --> 02:44:32.844
And then on a personal note, I

02:44:33.460 --> 02:44:35.460
grew up here and I moved to new

02:44:35.716 --> 02:44:37.283
york for college and I ended up
moving back.

02:44:41.621 --> 02:44:43.621
And it's been over the past 7-8

02:44:44.491 --> 02:44:47.393
years I always should I go and
live somewhere else.

02:44:47.894 --> 02:44:50.564
I really like my job here, I
guess I will stay.

02:44:52.600 --> 02:44:54.600
But my new personal mission is

02:44:56.971 --> 02:44:58.971
to help create bend into a place

02:44:58.973 --> 02:45:00.974
that people want to stay and
people that grew up here can

02:45:00.974 --> 02:45:02.974
stay here.

02:45:04.778 --> 02:45:07.314
And we are inclusive of diverse
groups to make bend better in

02:45:08.116 --> 02:45:09.416
our next couple of decades, so
thank you.

02:45:13.521 --> 02:45:15.521
>> thank you.

02:45:15.589 --> 02:45:17.992
>> downtown bend business
associations and the

02:45:17.992 --> 02:45:19.992
environmental center.

02:45:21.962 --> 02:45:23.962
>> hi, I am mendy ashley, the

02:45:24.532 --> 02:45:27.267
executive director of the
downtown bend business

02:45:28.102 --> 02:45:30.905
associations and I am
representing the businesses for

02:45:30.905 --> 02:45:32.905
downtown bend economic district.

02:45:33.408 --> 02:45:35.876
You have the details in front of
you but basically reiterate what

02:45:37.780 --> 02:45:38.445
you heard a lot of,
transportation.

02:45:39.814 --> 02:45:41.814
I know that your second goal I

02:45:42.184 --> 02:45:44.184
believe is to move people and

02:45:44.719 --> 02:45:47.121
products around effectively and
efficiently.

02:45:48.656 --> 02:45:50.656
That is currently not happening

02:45:52.127 --> 02:45:54.127
in downtown bend as we grow it's

02:45:54.862 --> 02:45:56.862
important to build a plan that

02:45:57.640 --> 02:45:59.640
facilitates that and we ask that

02:46:00.350 --> 02:46:02.350
the downtown district is put in

02:46:02.904 --> 02:46:04.605
your plan including a downtown
parking garage.

02:46:06.410 --> 02:46:08.976
Our building owners feel they
are approaching if not capped

02:46:12.800 --> 02:46:14.800
out on customer accounts.

02:46:14.316 --> 02:46:16.417
Because they can't get more
people into downtown bend.

02:46:17.720 --> 02:46:19.720
It's a concern of how to grow

02:46:19.788 --> 02:46:21.788
the profits to increase rent

02:46:21.790 --> 02:46:23.758
space in downtown bend and
increased demand.

02:46:25.394 --> 02:46:27.395
I would like to request that
council consider downtown bend

02:46:27.696 --> 02:46:30.231
in transportation plans and
capital improvement plans to

02:46:31.660 --> 02:46:33.660
move people effectively in and

02:46:33.302 --> 02:46:34.936
out of downtown bend.
Thanks.
>> thank you.

02:46:35.771 --> 02:46:37.771
>> environmental center.

02:46:37.974 --> 02:46:39.974
And then inclusive innovation

02:46:42.912 --> 02:46:44.912
initiative.

02:46:46.348 --> 02:46:48.816
>> good evening council, thanks
for the opportunity.

02:46:49.651 --> 02:46:51.651
I want to give you a quick

02:46:52.210 --> 02:46:54.210
summary of what I wrote and

02:46:54.991 --> 02:46:57.493
comments on the themes I am
hearing that are obvious,

02:46:57.493 --> 02:46:59.761
transportation, growth,
affordable housing.

02:47:03.466 --> 02:47:05.467
It's pretty clear all night long
from my perspective.

02:47:08.938 --> 02:47:10.938
What I wrote that I feel that

02:47:10.974 --> 02:47:13.443
our biggest challenge that we
face today is two years ago

02:47:13.443 --> 02:47:15.770
that's dealing with the
implementation of the growth

02:47:15.979 --> 02:47:18.280
plan that we adopted.
And I would put meat on the

02:47:19.115 --> 02:47:20.415
bones in a couple of different
ways.

02:47:25.254 --> 02:47:27.254
And I think it should done from

02:47:28.559 --> 02:47:30.559
the environmental perspective

02:47:34.398 --> 02:47:37.299
and to ways to do all of that in
a complementary way.

02:47:38.340 --> 02:47:40.436
Specifically the stuff that I
talked about a couple of years

02:47:43.720 --> 02:47:45.208
ago, and as I said the ugb plan
it's all about being aggressive

02:47:46.760 --> 02:47:48.845
and I think we have been doing a
fair bit of that but the city

02:47:50.314 --> 02:47:53.249
needs to continue to do that.
Achieving redevelopment goals

02:47:55.652 --> 02:47:57.652
and density and mixed housing

02:47:59.800 --> 02:48:02.920
goals and the infill goals and
the expansion goals.
All of that needs to be a core

02:48:03.527 --> 02:48:06.363
emphasis of planning and
whatever policy tools we can put

02:48:09.299 --> 02:48:11.299
in place to make that happen as

02:48:12.102 --> 02:48:14.102
rapidly as possible.

02:48:15.239 --> 02:48:17.640
Many speaks about the affordable
housing question and part of

02:48:17.874 --> 02:48:19.874
solving that problem, though I

02:48:20.311 --> 02:48:22.612
don't believe there is a silver
bullet through all of those

02:48:22.680 --> 02:48:24.680
specific activities I talked

02:48:27.585 --> 02:48:29.720
about with the ugb plan.
And another area is the central

02:48:29.720 --> 02:48:31.720
district.

02:48:31.822 --> 02:48:33.822
I would say that attention to

02:48:36.694 --> 02:48:38.694
the area around osu cascades is

02:48:39.970 --> 02:48:41.970
something that we need to focus

02:48:41.366 --> 02:48:43.366
on in the next years, that

02:48:44.680 --> 02:48:46.680
happens to my neighborhood and

02:48:46.170 --> 02:48:48.170
as everywhere changing rapidly

02:48:49.407 --> 02:48:51.574
but a lot more pressure there
and opportunity for

02:48:51.709 --> 02:48:53.910
redevelopment and infill and
doing creative stuff to meet

02:48:54.713 --> 02:48:56.713
other goals.

02:48:58.683 --> 02:49:00.683
I think the tsp update and I am

02:49:07.559 --> 02:49:09.559
co-chair of setak and we are

02:49:10.194 --> 02:49:11.395
working hard and the last to
crack.

02:49:13.980 --> 02:49:15.700
and adopting a plan for all
users, people that walk and bike

02:49:16.680 --> 02:49:18.602
and need transit.
Whether they have lots of money

02:49:19.237 --> 02:49:22.139
or not so much money and rely on
other alternative ways to get

02:49:22.441 --> 02:49:24.108
around, is really important for
the community.

02:49:25.310 --> 02:49:28.178
And then putting a funding
measure before the community is

02:49:28.247 --> 02:49:31.116
probably the most difficult nut
for all of us, getting to the

02:49:31.951 --> 02:49:34.218
place that we adopted a plan and
have a funding strategy.

02:49:35.554 --> 02:49:37.554
And asking voters to support

02:49:38.157 --> 02:49:41.580
with additional resources to
make the investments we need.

02:49:41.526 --> 02:49:43.526
I hope in two years that we will

02:49:43.829 --> 02:49:46.665
be able to say that we passed
something and made that happen.

02:49:49.468 --> 02:49:51.468
I think there is a variety of

02:49:51.737 --> 02:49:53.737
funding toolss and policy tools

02:49:53.806 --> 02:49:55.806
on affordable housing.

02:49:55.841 --> 02:49:58.576
And emphasize there is a lot of
agreement, what I talked about

02:49:58.844 --> 02:50:00.611
we heard from all different
perspectives tonight.

02:50:00.946 --> 02:50:03.515
And last, I think it is
important and one that we

02:50:05.752 --> 02:50:07.752
haven't heard much about, that

02:50:07.987 --> 02:50:10.522
we create the completion of the
climate action plan from the

02:50:10.857 --> 02:50:13.910
steering committee and begin to
implement that.

02:50:14.961 --> 02:50:17.950
I think there is a bunch of
opportunities and synergy of

02:50:19.231 --> 02:50:21.466
what is talked about there and
the growth and transportation

02:50:21.735 --> 02:50:23.735
things in the community and do

02:50:25.538 --> 02:50:28.400
in a way to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions.

02:50:29.575 --> 02:50:32.477
And last speak about what carla
brought up about the respectful

02:50:33.460 --> 02:50:35.413
public discourse and it's
important for the community and

02:50:38.500 --> 02:50:40.500
for the council to set a goal on

02:50:40.654 --> 02:50:42.388
challenging discussions on
transportation and climate

02:50:42.856 --> 02:50:44.856
action stuff in the community.

02:50:45.920 --> 02:50:47.359
If we can do that in a way that
is respectful and listening to

02:50:47.427 --> 02:50:49.628
understand and working together
on solutions.

02:50:50.530 --> 02:50:52.565
I think it really will make us a
better community that we talked

02:50:52.565 --> 02:50:54.565
about tonight.

02:50:54.567 --> 02:50:56.567
And it starts here with all of

02:50:58.806 --> 02:51:00.806
you, it starts with me as a

02:51:02.109 --> 02:51:03.743
co-chair of sea-tac and how we
do that.

02:51:06.213 --> 02:51:08.213
We generally do it but sometimes

02:51:08.615 --> 02:51:10.615
get off track, and maybe making

02:51:13.487 --> 02:51:14.721
it a goal helps keep us focused.
Thanks.

02:51:20.294 --> 02:51:22.294
>> thank you.

02:51:22.997 --> 02:51:25.132
>> inclusive initiative -- 
oregon department of

02:51:25.132 --> 02:51:27.132
transportation.

02:51:30.204 --> 02:51:32.204
>> hi, I am rein johnson

02:51:34.609 --> 02:51:36.943
symptson and this justin
kitchens and we are co-chairs

02:51:38.412 --> 02:51:40.412
and thank you for allowing us

02:51:42.950 --> 02:51:44.950
time to make a quick plug.

02:51:45.190 --> 02:51:47.520
We give you detailed document
with the information and

02:51:49.390 --> 02:51:51.390
reminder on March 7, 2018 we

02:51:54.729 --> 02:51:56.729
passed a great resolution that

02:52:00.601 --> 02:52:02.469
bend aspires to be most
inclusive area in america.

02:52:05.540 --> 02:52:07.540
And part of that is a committee

02:52:08.430 --> 02:52:10.430
that composes of business,

02:52:11.513 --> 02:52:14.314
government and advocacy and
service substations that cross
bend.

02:52:16.351 --> 02:52:18.351
We have 20 people that are

02:52:19.687 --> 02:52:21.687
working diligently and meeting

02:52:22.657 --> 02:52:24.657
monthly of how to solve the

02:52:25.928 --> 02:52:28.329
diversity challenges and we have
a charter with business goals

02:52:28.864 --> 02:52:31.599
and objectives and we have three
working groups that will have an

02:52:32.901 --> 02:52:34.368
end product for all of you in
July.

02:52:35.370 --> 02:52:37.370
We will have a tool kit for

02:52:37.405 --> 02:52:39.405
businesses and nonprofits of how

02:52:39.474 --> 02:52:42.110
they recruit and select and
retain diverse people and help

02:52:42.578 --> 02:52:44.578
them through that process.

02:52:44.613 --> 02:52:46.613
We will have a recommendation

02:52:46.782 --> 02:52:49.450
for a diversity inclusion
dashboard to help the city and

02:52:50.419 --> 02:52:52.419
city council make decisions.

02:52:54.220 --> 02:52:56.857
And have data to help you make
decisions that really are

02:52:57.920 --> 02:52:59.920
inclusive and equitable.

02:53:00.496 --> 02:53:03.198
And then give an assessment that
suggests what other cities of

02:53:04.330 --> 02:53:06.330
similar size are trying to do.

02:53:06.602 --> 02:53:09.170
And this information we hope
will help a current grant that

02:53:10.906 --> 02:53:13.274
you are applying for to have a
fellow and create
recommendations for you.

02:53:14.209 --> 02:53:16.712
And in the same time we have
spent a lot of time connecting

02:53:17.447 --> 02:53:19.447
with staff and eric to really

02:53:19.582 --> 02:53:22.184
make sure that what we do is
aligned with what you need.

02:53:24.860 --> 02:53:26.860
And fulfilling the needs of the

02:53:27.523 --> 02:53:30.125
resolution we have also provided
training and development

02:53:31.260 --> 02:53:33.260
opportunities every other month

02:53:33.296 --> 02:53:35.296
for businesses and nonprofits

02:53:36.699 --> 02:53:37.966
around diversity equity
inclusion.

02:53:39.636 --> 02:53:41.636
And we provided free processing

02:53:42.905 --> 02:53:44.905
around diversity and inclusion.

02:53:45.608 --> 02:53:48.760
To make sure that as we grow we
are doing the right thing to

02:53:48.711 --> 02:53:51.481
make this a great place to live.
>> what we want to highlight,

02:53:53.830 --> 02:53:55.830
the fact as bend is growing it's

02:53:56.853 --> 02:53:58.853
facing challenges that are not

02:53:59.689 --> 02:54:01.252
new to similar cities in the
west.

02:54:02.459 --> 02:54:04.459
To retain qualified applicants

02:54:04.794 --> 02:54:06.794
especially from some of our

02:54:11.335 --> 02:54:13.569
larger metropolitan areas in the
east and west.

02:54:16.600 --> 02:54:18.600
Bend will have challenges to

02:54:18.108 --> 02:54:20.110
have economic landscapes as
district boundaries are shifting

02:54:20.110 --> 02:54:22.110
over time.

02:54:23.280 --> 02:54:25.614
And I think one other big one is
ensuring that our diverse

02:54:27.118 --> 02:54:30.190
community, that we do have
diverse community here, some say

02:54:30.200 --> 02:54:32.822
we don't.
But that they are heard and

02:54:34.240 --> 02:54:36.159
input is incorporated into the
decisions made.

02:54:40.664 --> 02:54:41.931
That's a key piece that needs to
continue.

02:54:42.900 --> 02:54:45.769
And it's important that
prospective residents will move

02:54:46.637 --> 02:54:48.637
here, will know this is what the

02:54:48.706 --> 02:54:50.706
city is about.

02:54:51.800 --> 02:54:53.743
We believe as the city is
planning boundaries and

02:54:54.311 --> 02:54:56.311
transportation and housing and

02:54:56.647 --> 02:54:57.914
things you have heard about
tonight.

02:54:58.949 --> 02:55:01.552
And considering diversity equity
and inclusion in the work plan

02:55:02.870 --> 02:55:04.821
is going to be critical.
We believe that the city can

02:55:05.523 --> 02:55:08.492
help support -- I say support,
we are not asking you to do it

02:55:10.161 --> 02:55:12.161
all but support in some things.

02:55:13.640 --> 02:55:15.640
Developing policies and how you

02:55:16.334 --> 02:55:18.334
draw district boundaries, to

02:55:18.603 --> 02:55:20.738
support and initiatives to
support bend businesses that

02:55:22.841 --> 02:55:24.841
struggle to recruit and retain

02:55:26.678 --> 02:55:29.313
diverse candidates and that's
diversity internal and external.

02:55:30.682 --> 02:55:33.383
And to create more opportunities
for members to be heard, that

02:55:34.585 --> 02:55:36.585
sounds like you are doing an

02:55:37.723 --> 02:55:40.459
awesome job with tonight.
And to provide and promote

02:55:40.459 --> 02:55:41.759
information out to the
community.

02:55:44.829 --> 02:55:47.650
>> and then lastly what we ask
for you to consider as you build

02:55:47.650 --> 02:55:49.867
your work plan.
I want to remind that the

02:55:51.135 --> 02:55:53.838
wording we had in the resolution
that states city staff will use

02:55:54.640 --> 02:55:57.141
tool s and resources to promote
this effort and participate in

02:56:00.178 --> 02:56:02.178
the community's inclusive

02:56:03.915 --> 02:56:05.915
innovation initiative committee

02:56:06.170 --> 02:56:08.619
to support government agencies
and community and institutions

02:56:09.287 --> 02:56:11.287
to provide resources and tools

02:56:14.260 --> 02:56:16.260
and learning opportunities to

02:56:16.295 --> 02:56:18.620
enable to be our city's
competitive advantage.

02:56:19.298 --> 02:56:21.899
To do that we want you remained
engaged in this effort.

02:56:22.201 --> 02:56:24.201
Don't think this resolution was

02:56:25.370 --> 02:56:27.370
a one-night thing.

02:56:27.406 --> 02:56:29.406
It is a living, breathing

02:56:29.576 --> 02:56:32.244
activity that a lot of citizens
and leaders care about.

02:56:33.779 --> 02:56:36.615
That in the short term one of
the asks is -- 

02:56:37.516 --> 02:56:39.516
>> can you wrap up.

02:56:41.687 --> 02:56:43.687
>> one of the quick asks is to

02:56:43.789 --> 02:56:45.789
make sure that budget for the

02:56:47.660 --> 02:56:50.950
city to create a web page on
diversity inclusion to recommend

02:56:51.831 --> 02:56:53.650
and for the city staff to
engage.

02:56:53.900 --> 02:56:55.900
>> long term, remain engaged and

02:56:56.469 --> 02:56:58.469
look to the future as we create

02:57:00.608 --> 02:57:01.819
opportunities and suggestions
that there are budgetary

02:57:02.675 --> 02:57:05.177
opportunities to support these
initiatives for our partners and
your partners.

02:57:07.347 --> 02:57:09.682
>> thank you.
>> oregon department of

02:57:14.787 --> 02:57:16.787
transportation.

02:57:19.392 --> 02:57:21.392
>> bob townsend.

02:57:22.663 --> 02:57:24.663
Central oregon area manager for

02:57:26.199 --> 02:57:27.567
the oregon department of
transportation.

02:57:28.268 --> 02:57:30.369
Thank you mayor russel and
councilmember member for

02:57:31.304 --> 02:57:32.538
allowing the opportunity to
speak.

02:57:33.473 --> 02:57:36.342
Our packet had information
around our long-term goals and

02:57:36.443 --> 02:57:38.443
partnering efforts.

02:57:39.480 --> 02:57:41.480
Let me first add that we are

02:57:42.249 --> 02:57:44.717
very fortunate to consider the
city of bend a great partner.

02:57:45.486 --> 02:57:47.486
And even though I have been in

02:57:49.389 --> 02:57:52.258
my new role only a year, as you
worked with gary and rob over

02:57:54.327 --> 02:57:56.327
the past, we are happy with

02:57:57.398 --> 02:57:59.398
where things are with our

02:57:59.600 --> 02:58:02.102
monthly meeting checkins and our
project meetings and keeping

02:58:03.771 --> 02:58:05.238
everyone informed is very
successful.

02:58:05.873 --> 02:58:07.740
To help build our relationship
where our transportation systems

02:58:08.576 --> 02:58:10.576
can be integrated.

02:58:12.881 --> 02:58:14.881
And as you look at the goal and

02:58:17.518 --> 02:58:19.786
tsp update being partners and
transportation plan and cascades

02:58:21.220 --> 02:58:23.990
plan update and having the city
support all of those and provide

02:58:24.258 --> 02:58:26.258
input as needed are very

02:58:26.527 --> 02:58:28.527
important to odot.

02:58:28.729 --> 02:58:31.970
Some under lying things that I
would like to stress from our

02:58:31.666 --> 02:58:33.666
end that is very important.

02:58:34.336 --> 02:58:36.336
We are in this mode and from the

02:58:36.338 --> 02:58:38.872
comments tonight sounds like
most people understand that just

02:58:39.808 --> 02:58:42.209
building out things is not the
solution.
Right.

02:58:43.311 --> 02:58:45.311
It has to be integrated approach

02:58:53.955 --> 02:58:55.955
to multimodal systems, to

02:58:56.570 --> 02:58:58.570
intelligent transportation

02:58:58.827 --> 02:59:01.428
systems to plan routes and take
a global approach in
transportation system.

02:59:02.263 --> 02:59:04.263
We see in the funding in the

02:59:05.634 --> 02:59:08.200
state and parkway and north
corridor, some high priority

02:59:09.938 --> 02:59:11.938
projects we are still limited in

02:59:14.876 --> 02:59:16.876
that what we can fund from a

02:59:17.279 --> 02:59:19.279
capital improvement plan and to

02:59:20.315 --> 02:59:22.550
be open to the tools and broad
perspective are very important

02:59:22.550 --> 02:59:24.587
for the future.
That's really all I had.

02:59:24.587 --> 02:59:26.856
Thank you.
>> thank you.

02:59:26.856 --> 02:59:29.757
>> all right.
After all of that we finished

02:59:31.760 --> 02:59:34.595
early, sorry I thought we were
going to end up with half an

02:59:37.933 --> 02:59:39.933
hour of reports in the middle of

02:59:43.506 --> 02:59:45.607
our main meeting.
Katie brooks.

02:59:47.176 --> 02:59:49.176
There you are.

02:59:50.546 --> 02:59:53.181
That all right with everybody?
>> appreciate it, good to see

02:59:53.382 --> 02:59:55.382
you again.

02:59:56.452 --> 02:59:59.189
Just wanted to give you a few
comments.
As you start your deliberations

02:59:59.189 --> 03:00:02.157
and your goal setting.
i want you to know that we are

03:00:04.127 --> 03:00:05.460
doing that as well at the
chamber.

03:00:06.162 --> 03:00:08.162
That's good timing for us both.

03:00:08.164 --> 03:00:10.164
I wanted share with you that

03:00:10.566 --> 03:00:12.566
when the chamber is looking at

03:01:24.641 --> 03:01:26.641
the community

03:02:28.740 --> 03:02:31.275
take a bold step to increase the
childcare facilities.

03:02:32.944 --> 03:02:34.944
As an employer this say top

03:02:35.314 --> 03:02:38.283
issue of retaining employees.
Also we convene the year of the

03:02:39.151 --> 03:02:41.151
woman in business in 2018.

03:02:41.153 --> 03:02:43.588
We will give a report on that in
March, or what is brewing.

03:02:44.923 --> 03:02:46.923
And a lot of great things

03:02:47.926 --> 03:02:49.760
including the childcare piece
and some legislation is

03:02:50.162 --> 03:02:52.465
happening out of that group.
We encourage you to attend and

03:02:52.465 --> 03:02:54.465
participate.

03:02:55.335 --> 03:02:58.303
I look forward to 2019 and what
we can accomplish, if there is

03:02:59.105 --> 03:03:00.305
anything we can do, please reach
out.

03:03:05.277 --> 03:03:07.277
Thanks.

03:03:08.247 --> 03:03:10.247
>> all right, is there anything,

03:03:12.552 --> 03:03:14.552
would we like to have a break?

03:03:15.855 --> 03:03:18.257
Or do a few councilor reports.
Should we wait?

03:03:20.359 --> 03:03:22.359
Let's wait, what do you think.

03:03:22.361 --> 03:03:24.362
>> take a break.
I'm not prepared.

03:03:24.697 --> 03:03:27.650
>> I am fine with that, all
right, we will be back at 7,

03:21:20.704 --> 03:21:22.704
of all of your to dos.

03:21:22.806 --> 03:21:25.475
>> lynn Mcdonald had a new
article in December, so I sent

03:21:26.210 --> 03:21:28.210
her an e-mail.

03:21:28.879 --> 03:21:30.879
She met with me for about 15

03:21:31.810 --> 03:21:33.810
minutes about two weeks ago, she

03:21:33.617 --> 03:21:35.785
ask that I attend tonight's
meeting.

03:21:43.160 --> 03:21:45.160
Last week friday I met with and

03:21:51.100 --> 03:21:53.135
also lindsey cromsit, she is a
project engineer.

03:21:53.638 --> 03:21:55.638
They wanted for me -- 

03:21:56.107 --> 03:21:58.107
>> time to wrap up.

03:22:00.711 --> 03:22:02.711
Sounds like you are doing the

03:22:12.257 --> 03:22:14.257
right things.

03:22:14.459 --> 03:22:16.459
>> let's wrap it up.

03:22:17.280 --> 03:22:19.262
>> w have an opportunity with
the information we presented,

03:22:24.702 --> 03:22:26.702
there is a standard development

03:22:30.776 --> 03:22:33.712
we would take with a improvement
bond or local improvement

03:22:34.613 --> 03:22:36.613
district.

03:22:36.915 --> 03:22:38.915
We would like you to implement

03:22:39.217 --> 03:22:41.217
the local improvement district.

03:22:41.819 --> 03:22:44.521
You guys get to move the dirt
not me.

03:22:44.689 --> 03:22:46.991
Local improvement district,
please.
>> okay.

03:22:49.940 --> 03:22:51.940
>> craig lacy.

03:22:56.768 --> 03:22:58.768
And then jerry -- 

03:23:03.209 --> 03:23:05.209
>> good evening, craig lacy,

03:23:05.578 --> 03:23:08.112
long time resident of bend.
I'm here about mirror pond.

03:23:09.248 --> 03:23:11.248
A request of the city to fund

03:23:11.717 --> 03:23:13.717
most of the $6.7 million to fund

03:23:28.701 --> 03:23:31.690
the dredging.
With joint money with the city

03:23:31.103 --> 03:23:33.103
and parks.

03:23:33.472 --> 03:23:35.472
They came up with a modified

03:23:36.750 --> 03:23:38.944
plan that most folks thought was
reasonable.
Unfortunately, after that time

03:23:41.681 --> 03:23:44.416
and money spent, pacific corps
undermined the whole scenario by

03:23:45.840 --> 03:23:46.618
saying they were going to keep
the dam.

03:23:47.353 --> 03:23:49.688
Since then, the question wasn't
what do we do now.

03:23:53.425 --> 03:23:56.610
It was how do we pay for it.
A committee was set up to

03:23:56.363 --> 03:23:57.696
determine how to pay for the
work.

03:24:00.000 --> 03:24:02.000
It was assumed that the only

03:24:10.610 --> 03:24:12.610
alternative left was to dredge.

03:24:14.948 --> 03:24:16.948
During the visioning process,

03:24:19.853 --> 03:24:22.221
4,000 people participated, other
options haven't been given a

03:24:23.156 --> 03:24:25.156
fair hearing.

03:24:27.294 --> 03:24:29.294
The alternative to dredging is

03:24:29.529 --> 03:24:31.529
labeled the "do nothing option."

03:24:31.565 --> 03:24:33.565
a nice label.

03:24:33.801 --> 03:24:35.801
We are told the mud banks would

03:24:36.670 --> 03:24:38.571
be lined with scrub brush and
invasive weeds.

03:24:40.707 --> 03:24:42.707
options such as how to enhance

03:24:43.877 --> 03:24:45.877
the appearance and ecological

03:24:47.281 --> 03:24:49.150
function of the wetlands were
never considered.

03:24:50.317 --> 03:24:52.118
I urge you to discuss what
alternatives are available both

03:24:55.550 --> 03:24:57.690
to dredging and not dredging.
You are aware or will be soon

03:25:03.463 --> 03:25:04.864
that this is a very complex
situation.

03:25:05.767 --> 03:25:08.350
I have been following it for
many years and a lot of

03:25:09.670 --> 03:25:11.670
questions that need to be asked

03:25:11.672 --> 03:25:13.672
and answered before I -- I want

03:25:14.342 --> 03:25:16.342
you to be weary of working with

03:25:21.382 --> 03:25:23.651
a partner like pacific power.
There's been some things they

03:25:25.720 --> 03:25:27.488
have done in the past that are
questionable, whether their

03:25:28.656 --> 03:25:31.910
interest is the same as our
community.
I see my light going on.

03:25:32.327 --> 03:25:34.327
There is no rush.

03:25:43.805 --> 03:25:45.706
The permits that have been given
for jeempbs.

03:25:46.875 --> 03:25:48.875
I urge you to hold public forums

03:25:51.679 --> 03:25:53.213
on what options are available.
Thank you.

03:25:55.316 --> 03:25:57.316
>> jerry frelic and craig

03:26:00.389 --> 03:26:02.389
sheets.

03:26:02.824 --> 03:26:05.693
Jerry, I think I owe you and
meeting and a cup of coffee.

03:26:07.763 --> 03:26:09.697
>> we'll get to that later.
Good evening, everyone.

03:26:10.598 --> 03:26:12.800
I'm honored to be able to
address you tonight.

03:26:18.707 --> 03:26:20.707
My name is Dr. Jerry freilic,

03:26:21.977 --> 03:26:23.977
6175 camomille place.

03:26:24.847 --> 03:26:27.782
I'm relatively new, I have been
here three careers.

03:26:28.617 --> 03:26:30.617
I would like to talk to you

03:26:31.530 --> 03:26:33.189
about mirror pond.
I think craig stole some of my

03:26:33.189 --> 03:26:35.189
thupder.

03:26:39.729 --> 03:26:41.729
That is one of his talents.

03:26:42.331 --> 03:26:44.331
I have background education and

03:26:44.867 --> 03:26:46.935
experience directly relevant to
mirror pond.

03:26:48.537 --> 03:26:50.537
I'm an ekwautic ecologist.

03:26:51.674 --> 03:26:54.343
I just retired from a long
career as a national park
service.

03:26:56.679 --> 03:26:58.981
I was a scientist in six
national parks all around our

03:26:58.981 --> 03:27:01.683
country.
For the previous 13 years before

03:27:05.821 --> 03:27:07.821
I moved to bend, I was the chief

03:27:08.291 --> 03:27:10.291
of research at olympic national

03:27:10.427 --> 03:27:12.227
park, my chief duty was
overseeing the science with

03:27:16.499 --> 03:27:19.670
removal of the two hydro powered
dams.
You probably read about those.

03:27:20.303 --> 03:27:23.205
The largest dam removals done
anywhere in the entire world.

03:27:25.142 --> 03:27:27.142
They took 25 years of planning.

03:27:27.511 --> 03:27:29.110
I was only there 13 of those 25
years.

03:27:32.182 --> 03:27:34.182
But it seemed like an age.

03:27:34.284 --> 03:27:36.284
And that cost $350 million of

03:27:39.656 --> 03:27:42.293
federal funds.
So I have been inside of that

03:27:42.293 --> 03:27:44.293
for a long time.

03:27:44.528 --> 03:27:46.528
When I came to bend and learned

03:27:46.730 --> 03:27:49.699
about mirror pond and the
deschutes river issue.

03:28:41.386 --> 03:28:43.386
I started

03:28:43.754 --> 03:28:45.188
30 years and it is not a mud
flat.

03:28:45.857 --> 03:28:48.725
It is not a dismal zone.
It is a pond.
So I -- 

03:28:50.161 --> 03:28:51.995
>> you are going to have to wrap
up.
Letting you know.

03:28:53.665 --> 03:28:54.965
>> that is the end of my three
minutes.

03:28:56.670 --> 03:28:58.169
>> you have a yellow light.
I'm giving you a chance to wrap

03:28:58.169 --> 03:29:00.169
up.

03:29:00.572 --> 03:29:02.572
>> the pacific power changed

03:29:02.841 --> 03:29:04.841
their tune in 2016 and decided

03:29:05.543 --> 03:29:08.478
to hold on to the dam.
But since that decision that

03:29:09.130 --> 03:29:11.130
they were not going to give up

03:29:11.717 --> 03:29:13.951
the dam, the visions process of
the parking and rec department

03:29:14.653 --> 03:29:16.653
where all that money was spent

03:29:16.922 --> 03:29:18.922
is now invalid.

03:29:23.728 --> 03:29:25.728
I would argue that it is not the

03:29:25.730 --> 03:29:27.698
time to rush to a judgment on
dredging.

03:29:31.303 --> 03:29:33.303
It is not an urgent situation.

03:29:33.872 --> 03:29:36.274
It is one we need to get to with
due consideration.

03:29:36.441 --> 03:29:38.441
>> thank you very much.

03:29:40.712 --> 03:29:42.546
Craig sheets and then rondo.
>> hi.

03:29:44.349 --> 03:29:46.718
My name is craig sheets.
I'm from southern california.

03:29:47.920 --> 03:29:50.388
I have been traveling since
2002.
Been through bend four times.

03:29:52.291 --> 03:29:54.291
It is nice to be back.

03:29:54.293 --> 03:29:56.293
We are going to talk about these

03:29:56.996 --> 03:29:58.996
jet airplanes going across your

03:30:00.532 --> 03:30:02.532
forest and our water supplies.

03:30:03.369 --> 03:30:05.871
They are dropping illuminating
poison, negates rain, snow and

03:30:06.706 --> 03:30:09.740
curtails oxygen to the trees.
You can see that wicked looking

03:30:09.709 --> 03:30:11.777
eye there, because it is not
just one person.

03:30:15.681 --> 03:30:17.681
These are of equal evil.

03:30:17.850 --> 03:30:19.850
As well these have all been set

03:30:20.287 --> 03:30:23.222
with bob wilson and a few of my
frents with F.B.I. In utah who I

03:30:23.723 --> 03:30:26.391
speak with probably twice a
week, once a week.

03:30:28.128 --> 03:30:30.128
Meth labs in the hills under

03:30:32.832 --> 03:30:35.100
these fcc antennas are
subterranean.

03:30:36.369 --> 03:30:38.505
It is ongoing ep pemic.
Adults shouldn't be playing with

03:30:38.505 --> 03:30:40.507
it.
Kids shouldn't be playing with

03:30:40.507 --> 03:30:42.507
it.

03:30:42.576 --> 03:30:45.244
It shouldn't be at all.
It creates the number one thing.

03:30:47.814 --> 03:30:50.549
I have talked to professionals
on this.

03:30:52.151 --> 03:30:54.151
They want homosexuality.

03:30:56.290 --> 03:30:58.290
That is what this stuff creates.

03:30:58.459 --> 03:31:01.360
And I'm sorry, I am against
that.
It is man on woman.

03:31:01.962 --> 03:31:04.931
The way it started out.
The way it should be.

03:31:07.501 --> 03:31:09.501
Land fills, meth labs trucks

03:31:11.438 --> 03:31:13.438
going in and out.

03:31:16.710 --> 03:31:18.710
la brea, I sat out front driving

03:31:19.146 --> 03:31:21.247
trash trucks allah tin, everyone
one.
110%.

03:31:22.490 --> 03:31:24.183
I didn't see a white guy behind
the wheel.

03:31:27.120 --> 03:31:29.355
It was allah
latin.

03:31:31.292 --> 03:31:33.292
We will skip the trash trucks

03:31:33.495 --> 03:31:35.462
expediting the meth.
Arson.

03:31:35.563 --> 03:31:37.864
Removing wild life costs
thousands of dollars and the

03:31:38.232 --> 03:31:40.200
bush and the shrub.
So spark it up.

03:31:41.635 --> 03:31:43.635
That takes care of the first

03:31:45.206 --> 03:31:47.908
part of the bid.
Then we have ongoing with the

03:31:49.344 --> 03:31:51.512
feds, I'm working on it.
I'm going to get this done like

03:31:53.615 --> 03:31:55.615
I did with area 51, I removed a

03:31:55.817 --> 03:31:57.817
bunch of cocaine and heroin out

03:31:58.753 --> 03:32:00.487
of there.
Military expedited.

03:32:06.528 --> 03:32:08.528
I got wind that it did go down.

03:32:10.132 --> 03:32:11.432
Blood -- on school buses marked
radioactive.

03:32:12.233 --> 03:32:14.233
Then that it is about it.

03:32:16.671 --> 03:32:18.872
We are talking about the camera
eye.
Mother sister ship.

03:32:20.641 --> 03:32:22.475
I know, wrap it up.
Right?
Right?

03:32:23.645 --> 03:32:26.280
The force of the gun to the
officer through the mother ship.

03:32:26.481 --> 03:32:28.481
Try to get there as well.

03:32:29.351 --> 03:32:31.419
The force of the weapon.
And this is upcoming for the

03:32:33.621 --> 03:32:35.990
mayor.
Let me give you one.

03:32:38.930 --> 03:32:40.930
If you would copy it and give it

03:32:40.329 --> 03:32:42.931
to all, alcohol is exempt under
federal title 21.

03:32:43.365 --> 03:32:45.990
Read what is there.
I'm correct.

03:32:46.802 --> 03:32:48.802
I'm more after the dmv than the

03:32:49.736 --> 03:32:51.572
city.
All right.
Thanks.

03:32:53.609 --> 03:32:56.477
everybody have a good night.
I got one last thing.
>> no.

03:32:57.880 --> 03:32:59.880
You are done.

03:33:08.991 --> 03:33:10.991
>> rondo and then keith scott.

03:33:12.610 --> 03:33:14.610
>> mayor, city council, and

03:33:19.736 --> 03:33:20.948
everyone else.
Wow.

03:33:22.438 --> 03:33:24.806
My name is rondo.
And I'm a 28-year resident of

03:33:27.577 --> 03:33:29.577
bend.

03:33:30.112 --> 03:33:31.479
I have to learn to stop leaning
over that thing.

03:33:35.318 --> 03:33:37.318
Okay.

03:33:37.587 --> 03:33:39.587
Four decades ago I voluntarily

03:33:41.524 --> 03:33:44.393
joined our U.S. Navy and served,
went down to san diego, went to

03:33:45.761 --> 03:33:47.162
boot camp, learned a lot of
stuff.

03:33:50.167 --> 03:33:52.167
That civilians never know.

03:33:52.369 --> 03:33:54.369
And went to live on a warship

03:33:54.638 --> 03:33:56.638
for three years and when I was

03:34:00.777 --> 03:34:02.777
in port I carried a live.45 on

03:34:03.813 --> 03:34:05.813
my watch.

03:34:05.882 --> 03:34:08.718
Yet I can't score an interview
with the city council for a job

03:34:09.887 --> 03:34:11.887
that was posted.

03:34:12.689 --> 03:34:15.558
And it is one of the more
disappointing moments in my

03:34:16.590 --> 03:34:18.590
following councils over the last

03:34:19.960 --> 03:34:20.629
eight years and attending many
meetings here.

03:34:23.660 --> 03:34:24.800
And speaking on many issues and
representing many interests in

03:34:26.704 --> 03:34:28.704
our community.

03:34:29.640 --> 03:34:31.640
We had a meeting here nine

03:34:32.476 --> 03:34:34.911
nights ago where our new mayor
introduced the subject of

03:34:35.479 --> 03:34:38.181
transparency as we heard the
word before and it sounded like

03:34:39.783 --> 03:34:41.783
a promise to me.

03:34:43.921 --> 03:34:45.921
But a few minutes after that

03:34:46.570 --> 03:34:48.492
promise, the council announced
that they had already before the

03:34:49.493 --> 03:34:51.493
first public meeting in the

03:34:51.495 --> 03:34:54.330
interview process or the
application process, they had

03:34:55.499 --> 03:34:57.499
already put in their five

03:34:58.635 --> 03:35:00.635
choices and with one sweep of a

03:35:01.739 --> 03:35:03.739
lack of pen, eliminated half the

03:35:07.412 --> 03:35:09.412
applicants just dismissed them.

03:35:10.715 --> 03:35:13.216
And I don't know if I'm more
disappointed as a veteran who

03:35:15.252 --> 03:35:17.252
served this country and really

03:35:17.789 --> 03:35:18.989
have -- I want to believe you
guys.

03:35:20.325 --> 03:35:22.325
I very rarely criticize, but I

03:35:22.761 --> 03:35:25.395
have to tell you, you guys and
gals, excuse me, but it is

03:35:26.297 --> 03:35:28.297
really -- I'm speaking tonight

03:35:28.533 --> 03:35:30.533
more to this crowd more than to

03:35:30.902 --> 03:35:33.360
you, quite frankly tonight
because you promise something

03:35:33.938 --> 03:35:35.938
you didn't deliver and you

03:35:36.141 --> 03:35:38.876
scaled down from 36 applicants
to interview seven.

03:35:41.947 --> 03:35:43.947
And I can't -- I still can't

03:35:44.549 --> 03:35:46.549
believe that you made that

03:35:47.252 --> 03:35:49.553
decision especially after making
the promise of transparency.

03:35:49.788 --> 03:35:52.590
I'm going to say there are a lot
of questions I have practiced

03:35:53.425 --> 03:35:55.425
and thought and considered to

03:35:55.594 --> 03:35:58.529
answer you are not going to ask
me.
I'm going to suggest one action.

03:36:03.969 --> 03:36:06.904
You give up this futile hope of
success in this process and

03:36:08.406 --> 03:36:09.673
refer this to the voters and me.
Thank you.

03:36:13.112 --> 03:36:15.112
>> keith scott.

03:36:15.481 --> 03:36:17.481
>> mayor russell, members of the

03:36:17.616 --> 03:36:19.616
council, I am keith scott.

03:36:20.753 --> 03:36:23.588
Well, I am very glad to see that
recently there have been

03:36:24.289 --> 03:36:26.289
residents of wood river village

03:36:26.726 --> 03:36:28.726
with concerns approaching the

03:36:28.995 --> 03:36:30.995
city council expressing their

03:36:31.364 --> 03:36:33.364
concerns with regards to the

03:36:33.566 --> 03:36:35.566
so-called sidewalks to nowhere,

03:36:36.969 --> 03:36:38.670
which is an extravaganza for
many people.

03:36:40.339 --> 03:36:43.700
If they are not useful and
practical, in essence they are a

03:36:43.943 --> 03:36:45.943
waste of money unless they could

03:36:47.547 --> 03:36:50.282
be made practical.
Speed bumps for wood river

03:36:56.456 --> 03:36:57.989
victim -- village, I have been
advocating for.

03:36:59.258 --> 03:37:01.258
People go up to Mclel lan road

03:37:01.795 --> 03:37:03.996
to get on brooks wood boulevard
and elsewhere.

03:37:05.265 --> 03:37:07.265
Because many of them exceed the

03:37:07.334 --> 03:37:09.935
speed limit and the turn is
unsafe and speed bumps do need

03:37:10.570 --> 03:37:12.570
to be implemented in that one

03:37:12.806 --> 03:37:14.806
area.

03:37:14.874 --> 03:37:16.874
And I'm always talking about the

03:37:18.378 --> 03:37:19.845
expansion of the council
chamber.

03:37:22.249 --> 03:37:24.417
If the wall can be removed and
extended further back for

03:37:25.319 --> 03:37:27.586
additional seating, which is
actually needed.

03:37:27.854 --> 03:37:29.854
And this way when people can

03:37:31.958 --> 03:37:33.958
come to the council chamber and

03:37:35.462 --> 03:37:37.462
no larger place will need to be

03:37:37.898 --> 03:37:40.330
reserved for larger meetings.
Better weapons security is

03:37:40.367 --> 03:37:42.367
needed for all of our schools

03:37:44.705 --> 03:37:46.705
for the safety of our children.

03:37:48.242 --> 03:37:50.242
The round about signage I

03:37:51.278 --> 03:37:53.278
advocate because many people do

03:37:54.248 --> 03:37:56.248
not signal and are vacationers.

03:37:56.584 --> 03:37:58.584
In regard to the section of a

03:37:59.654 --> 03:38:02.222
city councilor, I think a
measure should go on to the main

03:38:03.570 --> 03:38:05.570
ballot to allow the citizens to

03:38:07.270 --> 03:38:09.595
weigh in on it and it also gives
whatever remaining members who

03:38:12.467 --> 03:38:14.535
are still remaining to be chosen
can therefore have time to

03:38:15.737 --> 03:38:17.738
campaign and make themselves
better known.

03:38:18.840 --> 03:38:21.410
Out of those 34 people, I only
recognize five names.

03:38:21.442 --> 03:38:24.277
I wonder where some of these
people are coming from.

03:38:26.747 --> 03:38:28.747
Because this way with the six

03:38:30.218 --> 03:38:33.200
remaining people that need to be
chosen, if the voters can weigh

03:38:36.958 --> 03:38:39.359
in on it, this will surely be
fair and whoever is elected will

03:38:40.528 --> 03:38:42.963
be the choice of the people
regardless of who it is.

03:38:43.898 --> 03:38:46.600
So, again, I advocate to the
city council that they should

03:38:47.803 --> 03:38:49.803
put the measure on to the ballot

03:38:50.710 --> 03:38:52.710
to allow the next city council

03:38:52.374 --> 03:38:54.374
member to be chosen by the

03:38:55.760 --> 03:38:57.778
people in the May ballot and, of
course, it will cost the city of
bend nothing.

03:38:59.314 --> 03:39:01.314
That is all I have to say for

03:39:04.653 --> 03:39:05.987
this evening.
>> all right.

03:39:07.220 --> 03:39:08.556
Consider a motion to approve the
consent agenda.

03:39:10.993 --> 03:39:13.661
>> so moved.
>> second.

03:39:15.197 --> 03:39:18.650
>> all those in favor say aye.
Item number six.

03:39:18.934 --> 03:39:20.934
>> item six is a public hearing

03:39:21.236 --> 03:39:23.236
to authorize the use of

03:39:27.576 --> 03:39:29.576
construction manager for the

03:39:41.457 --> 03:39:43.391
solid
solids handling improvement

03:39:57.374 --> 03:39:59.542
project.
>> I'm the purchasing manager

03:39:59.642 --> 03:40:01.642
for the city.

03:40:02.612 --> 03:40:05.214
I'm here tonight to discuss the
proposed procurement exemption

03:40:07.817 --> 03:40:09.817
to use an alternative method for

03:40:09.819 --> 03:40:12.487
the solids handling improvement
project.

03:40:14.491 --> 03:40:17.260
So state law requires that we
award a public improvement

03:40:18.428 --> 03:40:20.663
contract via a competitive
bidding process with the award

03:40:22.932 --> 03:40:25.868
to the lowest bidder unless the
council exempts the project and

03:40:27.971 --> 03:40:29.971
approves an alternative method.

03:40:30.340 --> 03:40:32.340
The exemption process requires

03:40:34.645 --> 03:40:36.345
public hearing findings and
objective assessment at the end

03:40:38.715 --> 03:40:41.417
of the project.
So that is basic sense.

03:40:42.552 --> 03:40:45.154
The proposed findings were
included in your packet.

03:40:45.355 --> 03:40:47.355
The availability were advertised

03:40:47.957 --> 03:40:49.191
for 14 days prior to this
meeting.

03:40:50.294 --> 03:40:52.294
So the project before you

03:40:53.230 --> 03:40:55.665
tonight is again the solids
handling improvement project at

03:40:57.735 --> 03:40:59.702
the water reclamation facility.
Information about that project

03:41:02.472 --> 03:41:04.240
is detailed in the issue summary
in your packet.

03:41:04.708 --> 03:41:06.708
We are essentially talking about

03:41:08.112 --> 03:41:09.646
this building at the water
reclamation facility.

03:41:10.314 --> 03:41:12.314
And that, the contracted -- we

03:41:16.200 --> 03:41:18.200
have a contracted design firm

03:41:18.222 --> 03:41:20.222
onboard, and they preprayered a

03:41:20.491 --> 03:41:22.491
technical memo, also in your

03:41:23.260 --> 03:41:25.863
packet, it evaluated all the
different project delivery

03:41:27.980 --> 03:41:29.980
methods that were options

03:41:30.435 --> 03:41:33.360
available to us and they
recommended the construction

03:41:35.639 --> 03:41:37.639
manager/general contractor, cmgc

03:41:38.342 --> 03:41:40.945
process for this project.
The prokurmt and city staff

03:41:40.945 --> 03:41:43.514
agree with those
recommendations.
That is why I'm here tonight.

03:41:44.983 --> 03:41:46.983
The key factors influence

03:41:49.921 --> 03:41:51.921
ing is

03:41:53.157 --> 03:41:55.959
that we are remodeling and an
existing facility and operations

03:41:56.294 --> 03:41:58.294
need to continue seamlessly

03:41:58.764 --> 03:42:00.970
during that process,
uninterrupted.

03:42:02.334 --> 03:42:04.100
So it is the cmcg process
provides us the best opportunity

03:42:06.605 --> 03:42:08.605
for that.

03:42:11.609 --> 03:42:13.343
We have used the construction
manager/general contractor

03:42:14.512 --> 03:42:16.580
method for the surface water
improvement project and

03:42:18.550 --> 03:42:21.519
currently for the capacity
improvement project at the wrf.

03:42:21.854 --> 03:42:24.288
We have experience and are
continuing to use this method

03:42:24.857 --> 03:42:26.857
and we feel like this is the

03:42:27.559 --> 03:42:29.559
best choice for this project.

03:42:30.929 --> 03:42:32.929
So this chart here shows you

03:42:33.733 --> 03:42:35.733
that what this process will do

03:42:37.470 --> 03:42:39.470
is allow us to -- we have the

03:42:39.605 --> 03:42:41.605
designer onboard.

03:42:41.840 --> 03:42:43.840
This process will allow us to

03:42:44.643 --> 03:42:46.477
select the construction manager,
general contractor during the

03:42:47.112 --> 03:42:49.281
design process.
We have them onboard during

03:42:49.281 --> 03:42:51.281
design.

03:42:54.353 --> 03:42:57.189
That helps us increase the
construct ability of the design,

03:42:58.257 --> 03:43:00.492
they are providing feedback to
the designer.

03:43:02.394 --> 03:43:04.394
And the goal is that is helping

03:43:05.300 --> 03:43:07.165
to contain costs and reduce
risks.

03:43:08.233 --> 03:43:10.233
You will see from this chart it

03:43:11.400 --> 03:43:13.400
allows us because we have the

03:43:13.139 --> 03:43:15.807
contractor onboard already, if
we have equipment that has long

03:43:18.678 --> 03:43:20.678
lead time we can be ordering

03:43:21.314 --> 03:43:23.314
that earlier until waiting until

03:43:24.850 --> 03:43:27.753
the design is complete and then
ordering that equipment.

03:43:28.722 --> 03:43:30.722
You will see from this chart if

03:43:31.191 --> 03:43:32.925
you approve this exemption, you
will see this contract at least

03:43:34.940 --> 03:43:36.940
two more times.

03:43:41.134 --> 03:43:43.602
Once to award the cmgc and once
when we negotiated the

03:43:44.204 --> 03:43:46.204
guaranteed maximum price which

03:43:46.907 --> 03:43:49.608
comes further into the process.
Both of those would require

03:43:49.609 --> 03:43:51.609
council approval.

03:43:51.945 --> 03:43:53.979
So the state provides pretty
detailed information about what

03:43:55.649 --> 03:43:57.249
we need to put in these
findings.

03:43:57.884 --> 03:44:00.719
So the details are in your
packet, but here are a few

03:44:01.488 --> 03:44:02.755
highlights I think are
important.

03:44:04.358 --> 03:44:06.993
One of which is we still do a
formally competitive process.

03:44:07.861 --> 03:44:10.596
It is still a formal
procurement, it is just a little

03:44:11.531 --> 03:44:13.532
different in that we can
consider things like their

03:44:14.100 --> 03:44:16.100
experience in that selection.

03:44:16.536 --> 03:44:19.400
Which is going to be critical
and the fact that we need to

03:44:19.874 --> 03:44:21.641
keep this operating during the
time.

03:44:22.343 --> 03:44:24.445
Having people who have done a
similar project and accomplished

03:44:24.445 --> 03:44:26.980
that in the past will be
important.

03:44:31.185 --> 03:44:33.352
The use of cmgc will be able to
accelerate the process because

03:44:34.354 --> 03:44:36.354
we don't have to wait for the

03:44:36.691 --> 03:44:38.691
design to be complete.

03:44:38.793 --> 03:44:40.793
Value engineers is inherent in

03:44:41.462 --> 03:44:43.462
the cmgc process.

03:44:46.600 --> 03:44:48.568
It increases overall project
savings and savings over the

03:44:49.670 --> 03:44:51.670
life of the asset.

03:44:51.706 --> 03:44:54.307
We do have to negotiate that.
We just hope to find a partner

03:44:54.743 --> 03:44:56.743
that makes that part of the

03:44:56.978 --> 03:44:58.978
process simple.

03:45:02.584 --> 03:45:04.584
That is always the goal, right?

03:45:05.386 --> 03:45:07.386
But that is one thing that can

03:45:09.190 --> 03:45:10.991
add some time if we end up with
difficulty there.

03:45:11.326 --> 03:45:13.326
That's all I have.

03:45:13.428 --> 03:45:15.290
>> any questions?
Clarifications.

03:45:17.699 --> 03:45:20.000
This calls for a public hearing.
>> on this, because of the

03:45:21.870 --> 03:45:23.870
nature of the project, is that

03:45:24.139 --> 03:45:26.773
something we would do as far as
the negotiation or are we going

03:45:27.775 --> 03:45:30.278
to need an owner's rep along
with that?

03:45:32.114 --> 03:45:34.114
>> usually with these, we have

03:45:34.383 --> 03:45:36.383
been able to successfully -- 

03:45:37.152 --> 03:45:38.986
>> we have people on staff that
have expertise to understand

03:45:39.855 --> 03:45:41.689
what the cost drivers are on
this.
>> yes.

03:45:42.224 --> 03:45:44.225
>> we always have the option to
do that.

03:45:46.395 --> 03:45:48.431
I don't believe that they are
anticipating bringing in -- for

03:45:48.431 --> 03:45:50.431
this.

03:45:50.766 --> 03:45:53.534
We can rely on the design
engineer because we have them

03:45:53.903 --> 03:45:56.337
onboard if we want to run
numbers by them and get a little

03:45:57.673 --> 03:45:59.675
bit of input from them that is
always an option.
>> okay.

03:45:59.675 --> 03:46:02.643
Thank you.
>> all right.
Anymore questions.

03:46:03.880 --> 03:46:05.880
I'll open the public hearing.

03:46:06.616 --> 03:46:09.484
Anyone here to speak on this
issue?
Nobody signed up.

03:46:09.752 --> 03:46:11.219
All right.
I'm going to close it.

03:46:12.354 --> 03:46:14.354
hear a motion.

03:46:15.240 --> 03:46:17.240
>> I move that the bend city

03:46:17.860 --> 03:46:20.280
council acting in its capacity
as the local contract review

03:46:20.930 --> 03:46:23.320
board approve use of
construction manager/general

03:46:24.501 --> 03:46:26.768
contractor process for the
solids handling improvement

03:46:27.370 --> 03:46:29.370
project and to adopt the

03:46:29.605 --> 03:46:32.410
findings in support of a
competitive bid exception.

03:46:32.410 --> 03:46:34.277
>> I'll second.
>> any discussion.

03:46:34.277 --> 03:46:36.277
All those in favor say aye.

03:46:36.712 --> 03:46:38.712
Opposed.

03:46:42.152 --> 03:46:44.319
Unanimous.
>> item seven is the

03:46:47.290 --> 03:46:49.491
right-of-way vacation of the
bulb of the northeast victor

03:46:50.360 --> 03:46:52.360
place which is extended under

03:46:54.363 --> 03:46:56.363
the tentatively approved purcell

03:47:52.423 --> 03:47:54.825
landing subdivision.
>> okay.

03:47:56.600 --> 03:47:58.600
>> so, as everybody can see,

03:47:59.363 --> 03:48:00.997
you, too, can go online.
Pretty easy.

03:48:02.166 --> 03:48:04.767
Once you figure out the clicks,
you can do this, too.

03:48:06.171 --> 03:48:08.171
Follow right along.

03:48:08.373 --> 03:48:10.341
>> I'm karen swenson in the
planning division.

03:48:12.110 --> 03:48:15.120
Tonight we are submits to you a
petition submitted by an

03:48:16.981 --> 03:48:19.516
applicant to vacate a portion of
right-of-way which is in the

03:48:20.918 --> 03:48:22.918
northeast part of town, this is

03:48:23.455 --> 03:48:25.455
victor place and it is simply to

03:48:29.940 --> 03:48:31.562
vacate this portion, the bulb of
victor place and the reason that

03:48:33.164 --> 03:48:35.164
is being done is because the

03:48:36.668 --> 03:48:38.969
purcell landing subdivision is
looking to vacate the bulb of

03:48:40.710 --> 03:48:42.710
the existing portion of victor

03:48:42.141 --> 03:48:44.141
place to extend it to the south

03:48:44.343 --> 03:48:47.178
and connect it with the
extension of courtney drive.

03:48:49.348 --> 03:48:51.549
Basically, it would be a swap of
right-of-way so there wouldn't

03:48:54.190 --> 03:48:56.190
be any cost to the applicant

03:48:56.540 --> 03:48:58.457
because they are dedicating
additional right-of-way to

03:48:58.457 --> 03:49:01.292
extend that street.
If the motion is passed tonight,

03:49:02.661 --> 03:49:04.829
the public hearing would be set
for February 6.

03:49:05.464 --> 03:49:07.464
To formally vacate that piece of

03:49:07.600 --> 03:49:09.600
property.

03:49:11.770 --> 03:49:14.305
Short and sweet.
>> took longer to find the page

03:49:14.773 --> 03:49:16.773
online.

03:49:17.777 --> 03:49:20.412
>> any questions for karen?
Further discussion.
Motion.

03:49:21.981 --> 03:49:24.816
>> I move to accept the petition
and schedule a public hearing to

03:49:25.951 --> 03:49:27.951
vacate the cul de sac bulb of

03:49:29.540 --> 03:49:31.489
northeast victor place.
>> second.
>> discussion.

03:49:32.991 --> 03:49:34.991
Do we need to add a date to that

03:49:35.610 --> 03:49:36.361
or is that not necessary?
>> no.

03:49:37.330 --> 03:49:39.431
It will be advertised for two
consecutive weeks in the bend

03:49:39.499 --> 03:49:42.167
bulletin and posted on the site.
>> all right.

03:49:46.338 --> 03:49:48.840
All those in favor say aye.
Who was the second.
>> I was.

03:49:50.944 --> 03:49:52.278
>> thank you.
All right.

03:49:53.346 --> 03:49:55.346
Thank you.

03:49:55.548 --> 03:49:57.548
Item number eight.

03:49:57.984 --> 03:50:00.719
>> item eight, authorize an
agreement with alex hodge

03:50:02.689 --> 03:50:04.689
construction for construction of

03:50:08.695 --> 03:50:10.695
mount washington drive shevlin

03:50:19.706 --> 03:50:22.541
park roundabout.
>> you closed me out?

03:50:23.476 --> 03:50:25.511
>> we have been moving things
around.

03:50:26.480 --> 03:50:28.948
Get back to our main folder and
there we go.
>> all right.

03:50:29.416 --> 03:50:32.251
Now we are set.
>> thank you.

03:50:32.853 --> 03:50:34.153
>> good evening, mayor and
councilors.

03:50:35.355 --> 03:50:37.757
Here to give you a quick little
presentation on a project we've

03:50:39.659 --> 03:50:41.659
got coming up.

03:50:43.664 --> 03:50:44.964
Mount washington-shevlin park
roundabout.

03:50:46.300 --> 03:50:48.300
We are taking care of some

03:51:00.480 --> 03:51:03.417
geometric items out there.
You have heard me talk about

03:51:05.286 --> 03:51:07.587
right treatment, right time.
It depends on the condition of

03:51:08.389 --> 03:51:10.957
the roundabouts.
This is the first roundabout in

03:51:13.394 --> 03:51:15.394
bend.

03:51:17.331 --> 03:51:20.670
That is a picture of truck
apron.

03:51:22.537 --> 03:51:24.537
We did century-mount washington,

03:51:24.839 --> 03:51:26.740
mount washington-newport
crossing.

03:51:28.710 --> 03:51:30.100
The eighth, ninth franklin
roundabout.

03:51:30.845 --> 03:51:33.413
Roundabout and geometric
features or design standards for

03:51:33.814 --> 03:51:35.814
roundabouts have evolved over

03:51:36.251 --> 03:51:38.251
the years.

03:51:39.154 --> 03:51:41.154
This project will address

03:51:41.690 --> 03:51:43.690
geometric and road surface.

03:51:46.494 --> 03:51:48.494
Engineer's estimate $815,000.

03:51:50.999 --> 03:51:52.299
Class one range $747,000 to
$896,000.

03:51:54.503 --> 03:51:57.305
We had six competitive bids
ranging from our low bid, lowest

03:52:01.576 --> 03:52:03.576
response I bidder, alex hodge

03:52:04.980 --> 03:52:06.980
construction for $824,000, the

03:52:08.116 --> 03:52:09.717
top bid was over $1 million, the
high bid.

03:52:14.790 --> 03:52:16.357
It will be a spring 2019
construction.

03:52:18.127 --> 03:52:19.794
We'll play that by ear with
mother nature.

03:52:22.197 --> 03:52:24.197
Get in, get out, 45 calendar

03:52:24.366 --> 03:52:27.168
days from notice to proceed.
Try to beat the tourist, the

03:52:28.371 --> 03:52:29.604
fire season, those types of
things.

03:52:33.342 --> 03:52:35.342
9 1/2 inch concrete replacing

03:52:36.812 --> 03:52:38.812
the asphalt section.

03:52:41.183 --> 03:52:43.183
Truck apron, improve for our

03:52:43.619 --> 03:52:46.556
emergency services.
Some curb replacement.

03:52:46.556 --> 03:52:48.556
Missing sidewalk link to the

03:52:49.920 --> 03:52:50.325
southwest corner here to the
church.

03:52:55.640 --> 03:52:57.640
we will complete that.

03:52:59.669 --> 03:53:01.669
Bike re-entry ramps.

03:53:02.400 --> 03:53:04.400
There are ramps to exit, but

03:53:04.941 --> 03:53:07.276
today there's no re-entry ramps
to get back on the road for your

03:53:12.181 --> 03:53:14.181
destination.

03:53:14.250 --> 03:53:16.118
Closing the intersection to
expedite the construction.

03:53:17.530 --> 03:53:19.530
Thank you to cocc for being a

03:53:19.822 --> 03:53:22.725
partner and working on an
easement with no charge.

03:53:23.960 --> 03:53:25.960
The southwest corner, utilizing

03:53:30.330 --> 03:53:32.330
an area that was part of the

03:53:32.350 --> 03:53:34.350
original shoe fly by pass.

03:53:34.170 --> 03:53:36.170
A temporary two lane by pass for

03:53:37.440 --> 03:53:38.774
the traffic west of that
roundabout.

03:53:40.440 --> 03:53:42.712
And then public outreach,
working with our communications

03:53:43.814 --> 03:53:45.948
department and joshua to get in
front of the neighborhood

03:53:47.117 --> 03:53:49.486
associations and get the word
out, standard news releases and

03:53:49.486 --> 03:53:51.654
things.
We will work on that.

03:53:53.890 --> 03:53:55.891
On the bike pass and the
temporary detour roundabout

03:53:56.270 --> 03:53:58.795
here.
We will utilize mount

03:53:59.864 --> 03:54:02.732
washington, skyliners for the
south side.

03:54:04.568 --> 03:54:06.836
College way, rhee general si on
the north.

03:54:08.739 --> 03:54:11.474
From notice to proceed, 45
calendar days, roughly six

03:54:12.976 --> 03:54:15.279
weeks, get in, get out, get that
fixed up.

03:54:15.947 --> 03:54:17.947
Any questions?

03:54:18.783 --> 03:54:20.783
>> thank you.

03:54:23.821 --> 03:54:25.821
>> what is doweled concrete?

03:54:25.856 --> 03:54:27.856
>> reinforcement.

03:54:28.525 --> 03:54:30.525
>> that is boring.

03:54:32.300 --> 03:54:34.898
You couldn't say reinforced
concrete.
>> a lot of truck traffic.

03:54:36.601 --> 03:54:38.601
So it is reinforced concrete.

03:54:39.637 --> 03:54:41.238
>> any other questions for
david.

03:54:42.473 --> 03:54:44.541
>> I move to authorize an
agreement with alex hodge

03:54:45.910 --> 03:54:47.910
construction, inc, for

03:54:47.945 --> 03:54:50.514
construction for of the mount
washington drive shevlin park

03:54:52.617 --> 03:54:54.617
recount about st-19ra-1 project

03:54:58.156 --> 03:55:00.724
in the amount of $824,073.
>> second.

03:55:02.600 --> 03:55:04.895
>> all those in favor say aye.
Opposed.
>> item nine is a resolution to

03:55:05.931 --> 03:55:07.899
approve the acquisition of the
permanent and temporary

03:55:09.340 --> 03:55:11.636
construction easements by
condemnation if necessary for

03:55:12.771 --> 03:55:14.771
phase one of the north

03:55:22.714 --> 03:55:24.714
interceptor sewer project.

03:55:25.117 --> 03:55:27.885
>> good evening.
Tom hickman.

03:55:28.954 --> 03:55:31.255
I'm here to introduce staff.
Nrmally eric forrester would be

03:55:32.758 --> 03:55:34.758
doing this, one of our principle

03:55:34.893 --> 03:55:37.495
nnl nears.
He is in portland accepting an

03:55:40.967 --> 03:55:42.601
award tonight for the southeast
interceptor.

03:55:44.170 --> 03:55:46.170
The project manager is off on

03:55:46.238 --> 03:55:48.773
maternity leave, a proud mother
of a newborn girl.

03:55:51.277 --> 03:55:53.110
So she's not here so we have
alex gindy.

03:55:54.413 --> 03:55:56.413
She is one of our new hires.

03:55:57.783 --> 03:56:00.652
She has really stepped up in
taking on this role on this
project.

03:56:01.354 --> 03:56:04.189
This is a big project.
She is going to be giving all

03:56:04.557 --> 03:56:06.557
the details tonight.

03:56:07.460 --> 03:56:09.460
I wanted to make sure I could

03:56:12.698 --> 03:56:14.698
introduce our new staff.

03:56:24.410 --> 03:56:26.410
>> welcome.

03:56:30.490 --> 03:56:33.180
>> I'm here on behalf of the
north interceptor sewer project

03:56:34.955 --> 03:56:36.955
for the city to begin eminent

03:56:37.230 --> 03:56:39.230
domain if necessary.

03:56:40.193 --> 03:56:42.193
First a brief project overview.

03:56:43.730 --> 03:56:46.650
It is a large diameter sewer
pipeline to stretch across the

03:56:46.866 --> 03:56:49.369
northern portion of the city.
Identified in three separate

03:56:49.369 --> 03:56:51.369
project phases.

03:56:51.538 --> 03:56:53.538
Phase one, we are currently

03:56:53.941 --> 03:56:56.776
contracted for and underway with
design stretch from the water

03:56:57.544 --> 03:57:00.179
reclamation facility, west to
the north unit irrigation

03:57:00.714 --> 03:57:02.714
district canal.

03:57:04.551 --> 03:57:07.453
Phase two will start at the
terminus at phase one and

03:57:08.889 --> 03:57:10.889
highway 97.

03:57:13.828 --> 03:57:15.280
Phase three 97 to obey riley
road.

03:57:16.230 --> 03:57:18.230
This content of the presentation

03:57:18.565 --> 03:57:20.565
is for phase one primarily.

03:57:20.634 --> 03:57:22.634
Completion of this project will

03:57:22.836 --> 03:57:24.836
increase capacity in the

03:57:24.905 --> 03:57:27.340
sanitary sewer system and
provide conveyance to serve

03:57:29.100 --> 03:57:31.100
developed and undevelopmented

03:57:31.412 --> 03:57:33.412
lands including juniper ridge

03:57:33.614 --> 03:57:36.150
and recent urban growth boundary
areas in the northern portion of

03:57:36.417 --> 03:57:38.417
the city.

03:57:40.387 --> 03:57:42.387
This project was previously

03:57:42.656 --> 03:57:44.656
identified through the master

03:57:45.260 --> 03:57:47.260
plan with the sewer advisory

03:57:50.980 --> 03:57:52.650
group and refined in the ugb
expansion process.

03:57:53.734 --> 03:57:55.734
Council authorized the use of

03:57:55.736 --> 03:57:58.705
alternate delivery in November
of 2017 for this project.

03:58:01.760 --> 03:58:03.760
The city selected mortensen

03:58:03.311 --> 03:58:05.311
construction and in June 2018

03:58:06.314 --> 03:58:08.314
authorized a progressive

03:58:09.284 --> 03:58:12.252
design/build contract with
mortensen construction.

03:58:12.687 --> 03:58:14.687
Alternatives analysis was

03:58:15.690 --> 03:58:17.690
executed for the systems

03:58:17.893 --> 03:58:19.893
conveyance and the pipe itself.

03:58:20.262 --> 03:58:23.970
We have selected pipe material
through much research and
discussion.

03:58:25.667 --> 03:58:27.667
We plan to come before you to

03:58:27.736 --> 03:58:30.170
present request of authorization
to purchase pipe material next

03:58:32.173 --> 03:58:34.173
month.

03:58:35.311 --> 03:58:37.311
This method includes executing

03:58:37.513 --> 03:58:39.513
different portions of the

03:58:40.149 --> 03:58:41.950
project in an order in the
city's best interest.

03:58:42.851 --> 03:58:44.851
The construction of the

03:58:46.989 --> 03:58:48.989
diversion man holy which was in

03:58:49.458 --> 03:58:52.260
coordination with the plant
interceptor rehab project is

03:58:53.950 --> 03:58:55.950
showcased in this project, using

03:58:55.364 --> 03:58:57.932
the design/build process we were
able to move quickly on this

03:58:59.635 --> 03:59:02.537
portion of the project and
leverage the by passing pumping

03:59:06.909 --> 03:59:08.576
system in place at this location
for the plant interceptor

03:59:09.478 --> 03:59:11.213
rehablation project which saved
the city money.

03:59:13.750 --> 03:59:15.750
We are 90% design and plan to

03:59:16.886 --> 03:59:19.788
return in April to present the
guaranteed maximum price.

03:59:21.624 --> 03:59:23.658
This is a high level view of the
preferred phase one alignment.

03:59:26.362 --> 03:59:29.131
The components are the canal
crossing, the pipeline itself

03:59:30.867 --> 03:59:33.802
and the pump station at the
water reclamation facility.

03:59:37.674 --> 03:59:40.750
To provide perspective, the
diversion manhole is just west

03:59:42.278 --> 03:59:45.460
of the canal in the bottom west
corner of the screen.

03:59:48.151 --> 03:59:50.850
No easement acquisition will be
required here.

03:59:51.855 --> 03:59:53.855
The pink line represents

03:59:56.526 --> 03:59:58.526
previously acquired easement

03:59:58.895 --> 04:00:01.863
obtained prior to the diversion
manhole
manhole.

04:00:04.134 --> 04:00:06.134
The red line are remaining

04:00:06.537 --> 04:00:07.804
easements needed to complete the
pipeline.

04:00:09.339 --> 04:00:11.339
Five properties total we are

04:00:11.842 --> 04:00:13.842
requesting easement from.

04:00:14.744 --> 04:00:16.744
The easements generally follow

04:00:17.480 --> 04:00:19.480
property lines to minimize

04:00:19.783 --> 04:00:22.585
impacts to the property owners.
Design efforts have considered

04:00:23.887 --> 04:00:26.723
several factors to minimize
impacts to the public.

04:00:26.724 --> 04:00:29.492
Some factors that were
considered when choosing this

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alignment include the number of

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property owners affected,

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utility crossings, proximity to
structures, environmental

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impacts, overall length and
constructability.

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again, I'm here tonight to

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request the adoption of this
resolution.

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It will authorize eminent domain

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only if necessary for easement
acquisition for phase one.

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I emphasize only if necessary,
it is much preferred to reach a

04:01:03.528 --> 04:01:04.861
mutual agreement in this
process.

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Should we reach an impasse, this

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is a tool available to public

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agencies to accomplish public
purposes.

04:01:15.340 --> 04:01:17.340
All affected property owners are

04:01:17.442 --> 04:01:19.442
aware and initiate values have

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been made based on an appraised
value.
In addition, as part of this

04:01:31.490 --> 04:01:33.490
resolution, the city manager has

04:01:34.760 --> 04:01:37.161
authorized to commence
condemnation proceedings to

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create easements.
Five properties we are

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requesting easement from to
complete this project.

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If there are any questions, I
will happily answer.
>> questions.

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>> justin.
>> oh, sorry.

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>> no, it's okay.

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So with that kind of an easement

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what could end up on top of the
interceptor?
Could there eventually be a road

04:02:00.953 --> 04:02:02.953
on top of it?

04:02:03.355 --> 04:02:05.355
Could there be anything at all?

04:02:06.359 --> 04:02:08.226
Does it need to remain bare
land?
>> it does.

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I don't believe it is buildable.

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Like I mentioned they are on

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property edges so it is quite a
small impact.

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20, maybe 30 feet.
>> thank you.

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>> justin.

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>> you did mention that it
sounds like negotiations have

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started with all of the property
owners?
>> correct.

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We are working with a
right-of-way agency.

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>> in those negotiations has

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there been any pushback where
eminent domain might need to

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come into play?
>> it is uncertain.

04:02:43.129 --> 04:02:45.129
Informal offers have been made.

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Conversations have commenced.

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It is pretty amiable as of now.

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>> do you know the last time the

04:02:57.711 --> 04:03:00.179
city used eminent domain to
acquire an easement?

04:03:06.986 --> 04:03:08.986
Tom has a long history.

04:03:09.422 --> 04:03:12.580
>> still an easy question.
I honestly can't think of the

04:03:12.580 --> 04:03:14.580
last time.

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We May have used it on a small

04:03:17.130 --> 04:03:20.990
scale for temporary construction
easements, but I cannot think of

04:03:21.635 --> 04:03:24.470
the last time any kind of large
scale.
In fact, the last time I can

04:03:26.573 --> 04:03:28.741
think of is actually for juniper
utility, which predates me.

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>> not in the last 10 years, I
can think of.

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>> that is a different
situation.

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I know we have authorized you
that authority.
>> you have.

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And we have always been

04:03:48.280 --> 04:03:50.280
successful in some cases in the

04:03:50.264 --> 04:03:52.264
past we got close to an impasse.

04:03:53.201 --> 04:03:55.201
We made them aware this is the

04:03:55.436 --> 04:03:57.504
last, if we can't get there.
Sometimes that can help get it

04:03:58.939 --> 04:04:01.275
so we can find a number that
works for both of us.

04:04:01.275 --> 04:04:03.275
>> okay.

04:04:03.911 --> 04:04:05.911
I will just comment, in my

04:04:07.180 --> 04:04:09.149
experience in two years in
watching certain intersections

04:04:10.518 --> 04:04:12.518
of town, there is a lot of on

04:04:12.620 --> 04:04:14.620
going negotiations for a long

04:04:18.459 --> 04:04:21.610
time with corporations to
acquire right-of-way.

04:04:21.662 --> 04:04:23.662
The city doesn't take that

04:04:23.664 --> 04:04:25.664
lightly from my experience and

04:04:25.867 --> 04:04:27.168
doesn't jump right to that for
convenience.

04:04:28.370 --> 04:04:30.237
>> no.
No.
>> all right.

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Any other questions?

04:04:37.111 --> 04:04:39.120
Questions of staff?
All right.

04:04:39.981 --> 04:04:41.981
Someone want to make a motion.

04:04:42.216 --> 04:04:44.216
>> I move to adopt a resolution

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exercising the power of eminent

04:04:46.355 --> 04:04:48.889
domain for easement acquisition
related to phase one of the

04:04:49.991 --> 04:04:51.991
north interceptor sewer project

04:04:52.427 --> 04:04:54.995
and authorizing the city manager
to take steps necessary to

04:04:55.296 --> 04:04:56.930
implement the resolution.
>> second.

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>> all those in favor say aye.
Opposed.
Unanimous.

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Good job, alex.

04:05:04.339 --> 04:05:06.339
>> I think you have done better

04:05:06.775 --> 04:05:08.109
than some of your other
counterparts.

04:05:16.118 --> 04:05:18.118
Good job.

04:05:19.622 --> 04:05:21.622
>> all right.

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So on the agenda it May say item

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number 11, it is item number 10.
So item number 10 deliberations

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and decision on the council
vacancy.

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To set a little background

04:05:36.372 --> 04:05:38.874
before we move into this, when
the voters passed the changes to

04:05:44.714 --> 04:05:46.714
the charter back in May, part of

04:05:48.851 --> 04:05:50.851
those changes included to elect

04:05:50.853 --> 04:05:52.687
a mayor from the existing body
of council.

04:05:53.323 --> 04:05:55.323
Which meant that if somebody on

04:05:55.358 --> 04:05:57.358
the council was elected that

04:05:58.261 --> 04:05:59.861
would create a vacancy that the
council itself would have to

04:06:04.434 --> 04:06:06.434
filament and the charter again

04:06:10.140 --> 04:06:11.974
is very strict about how that
happens.

04:06:12.976 --> 04:06:15.444
It says council shall fill the
vacancy and council has 30 days

04:06:17.470 --> 04:06:19.470
from the time of that vacancy.

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Because we knew this was coming

04:06:26.289 --> 04:06:28.289
we -- a smul group of us put

04:06:28.726 --> 04:06:30.726
together suggests guidelines, we

04:06:32.860 --> 04:06:34.228
fine tuned it, put it in place
in our first meeting in
December.

04:06:34.998 --> 04:06:37.600
At that point we opened up the
process to applications and that

04:06:41.571 --> 04:06:44.306
was open all the way through
January 6 when the opening was

04:06:44.707 --> 04:06:47.677
officially announced.
We closed it on friday the 4th

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if I have the dates right.

04:06:52.349 --> 04:06:54.349
At that point then the following

04:06:54.952 --> 04:06:57.720
week we, over the weekend, I
think we were given -- it

04:06:59.256 --> 04:07:01.958
happened, I'm trying to think
exactly how it went down.

04:07:03.794 --> 04:07:06.429
But anyway, we ended up getting
all the 37 applications.

04:07:08.733 --> 04:07:11.534
Some of them, is that right,
some of them weren't -- were

04:07:13.300 --> 04:07:15.138
people who weren't registered
voters or didn't live within the

04:07:15.339 --> 04:07:17.339
city of bend.

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Our charters require that.

04:07:19.844 --> 04:07:22.412
So we then each of us went
through and chose five.

04:07:28.286 --> 04:07:30.286
We put those all together and

04:07:30.688 --> 04:07:32.688
then met and in the public in

04:07:33.257 --> 04:07:35.492
this room in front of a video
camera recording went through

04:07:36.727 --> 04:07:38.727
the evaluation process.

04:07:38.863 --> 04:07:41.365
We have had one more meeting
since then where we sorted

04:07:41.766 --> 04:07:43.766
through and had discussions and

04:07:46.638 --> 04:07:48.638
we went on to an interview.

04:07:49.807 --> 04:07:51.141
We spent going through an
interview.

04:07:51.909 --> 04:07:54.811
Every meeting felt like it was
10 days long.

04:07:56.915 --> 04:07:58.915
What I will say about this

04:07:59.317 --> 04:08:01.317
process is that we really

04:08:01.686 --> 04:08:03.686
changed it radically from how

04:08:03.855 --> 04:08:05.855
the council went through this 10

04:08:07.920 --> 04:08:09.920
years ago to do our best to show

04:08:09.694 --> 04:08:12.462
you who had applied, how we
moved through this process, to

04:08:13.632 --> 04:08:15.632
show you the conversations and

04:08:17.236 --> 04:08:18.770
deliberations that we had as a
council.

04:08:20.272 --> 04:08:22.272
We tried our best at our last

04:08:24.342 --> 04:08:26.777
meeting after the interviews, we
spent quite a bit of time

04:08:27.212 --> 04:08:29.212
debating back and forth, we did

04:08:29.648 --> 04:08:31.648
a couple of straw polls with

04:08:32.184 --> 04:08:35.540
three votes a piece.
We decided we weren't going to
get anywhere.

04:08:35.540 --> 04:08:37.540
We needed a break.

04:08:37.122 --> 04:08:39.122
Here we are again trying to work

04:08:40.559 --> 04:08:42.559
on this process on the 16th of

04:08:44.630 --> 04:08:46.897
January.
Excuse my voice.

04:08:52.710 --> 04:08:54.710
What I will say is that this is,

04:08:54.940 --> 04:08:56.940
I think each of us, I will speak

04:08:57.900 --> 04:08:59.900
for all of us, each of us

04:08:59.378 --> 04:09:01.779
recognize and the community
recognizes there is a large

04:09:02.140 --> 04:09:04.415
responsibility for the work we
are doing for our community.

04:09:08.321 --> 04:09:09.588
I would say each of us takes it
seriously.

04:09:12.792 --> 04:09:14.792
And I also know that in the

04:09:18.230 --> 04:09:20.230
conversations people have become

04:09:20.766 --> 04:09:23.402
very invested and very
passionate about the choices of

04:09:25.238 --> 04:09:27.473
the people and the values in
front of us as council.

04:09:28.708 --> 04:09:31.610
One of the things I have
certainly recognized is how

04:09:32.178 --> 04:09:34.178
important this community is and

04:09:36.115 --> 04:09:38.115
how there are certain values

04:09:38.151 --> 04:09:40.151
that are truly, that are so

04:09:42.220 --> 04:09:44.824
highly valued and respected that
have been brought forward from
that.

04:09:47.761 --> 04:09:49.761
We recognize again through our

04:09:50.300 --> 04:09:52.398
goal setting, pregoal setting
process we went through today,

04:09:53.633 --> 04:09:55.633
in our interviews, how important

04:09:56.350 --> 04:09:58.350
a lot of the issues are that

04:09:59.774 --> 04:10:01.774
came up during the campaign.

04:10:03.610 --> 04:10:05.610
And as we saw that today in our

04:10:08.215 --> 04:10:10.215
work session, how workforce

04:10:10.417 --> 04:10:12.417
housing, affordable housing,

04:10:13.787 --> 04:10:16.290
transportation, all those issues
are so incredibly important to

04:10:16.290 --> 04:10:18.290
our community.

04:10:18.659 --> 04:10:21.161
So I'm going to leave it at that
for the moment.

04:10:21.796 --> 04:10:24.664
Is there anyone else who wants
to make a quick comment before I

04:10:24.732 --> 04:10:26.732
move forward.

04:10:27.568 --> 04:10:29.568
>> I'll make a quick comment.

04:10:29.603 --> 04:10:31.603
And sort of perhaps echo a

04:10:32.140 --> 04:10:33.373
little bit of what sally is
saying.

04:10:34.175 --> 04:10:36.175
From my perspective, I'm sure

04:10:37.612 --> 04:10:39.479
there have been a lot of
conversations, anxiousness over

04:10:40.810 --> 04:10:42.810
the last two days.

04:10:43.170 --> 04:10:44.350
From my perspective, I'm pretty
excited.

04:10:45.486 --> 04:10:47.486
I got a chance to hear from six

04:10:47.988 --> 04:10:49.988
really outstanding candidates

04:10:50.425 --> 04:10:52.425
and I know that certainly my

04:10:52.494 --> 04:10:55.462
ability to sleep on it, other
people reflect on things like
that.

04:10:56.531 --> 04:10:58.832
For me, I'm looking forward to
identifying a new partner this

04:11:11.379 --> 04:11:14.248
evening.
>> you spoke about this ond

04:11:15.417 --> 04:11:17.417
monday, this moment in time, if

04:11:17.919 --> 04:11:19.919
we come to a decision, that

04:11:20.540 --> 04:11:22.540
councilor will be on close to

04:11:22.290 --> 04:11:24.290
even footing with our new

04:11:33.168 --> 04:11:35.168
councilor goodman campbell.

04:11:35.537 --> 04:11:37.671
And that is an opportunity that
person will go through goal

04:11:38.506 --> 04:11:41.141
setting and the budget process
without having missed any time.

04:11:47.616 --> 04:11:49.616
For me, that tips the scales

04:11:56.492 --> 04:11:58.492
away from that election.

04:12:00.830 --> 04:12:03.980
Our charter tells us we shall
appoint and it is important for

04:12:04.133 --> 04:12:06.133
that person to be up to speed.

04:12:06.502 --> 04:12:08.771
>> we do have one person, betsy
warner, who wanted to speak on

04:12:08.771 --> 04:12:10.771
this item.

04:12:12.208 --> 04:12:15.760
So betsy.
>> I'm betsy warner, I'm here to

04:12:16.512 --> 04:12:18.512
speak for one of the very

04:12:19.482 --> 04:12:20.749
excellent candidates, kerani
mitchell.

04:12:22.118 --> 04:12:24.118
I know kerani through leadership

04:12:30.793 --> 04:12:33.495
work with her, oregon humanities
and community conversations.

04:12:35.398 --> 04:12:37.398
I have seen kerani as a person

04:12:39.636 --> 04:12:41.636
who is highly collaborative.

04:12:41.972 --> 04:12:43.972
She is able to listen to people,

04:12:44.707 --> 04:12:46.707
to connect very person to person

04:12:46.810 --> 04:12:48.810
with them and then to bring

04:12:53.750 --> 04:12:56.686
people together.
She is able to collaborate and

04:12:57.870 --> 04:12:59.755
listen and then come to a
decision that brings in the

04:12:59.756 --> 04:13:01.756
input of everybody.

04:13:02.526 --> 04:13:04.526
She a wise woman and I think she

04:13:05.962 --> 04:13:07.962
sees things very clearly.

04:13:09.500 --> 04:13:11.500
She listens, she gathers input

04:13:11.602 --> 04:13:13.602
and makes informed decisions.

04:13:14.538 --> 04:13:16.906
That is what I've seen and I
really support her candidacy.

04:13:17.608 --> 04:13:20.209
Thank you for letting me speak.
>> is there anyone else who

04:13:23.447 --> 04:13:25.714
would like to speak at this
time?
Yes?

04:13:36.293 --> 04:13:38.227
Introduce yourself, please.
>> good evening.

04:13:40.731 --> 04:13:42.198
Thank you for the time to let me
speak to this issue.

04:13:45.203 --> 04:13:47.203
I am here as well to support

04:13:47.372 --> 04:13:49.372
kerani mitchell's candidacy.

04:13:51.142 --> 04:13:53.142
I spoke here about two years ago

04:13:53.911 --> 04:13:55.911
at the time at which this city

04:13:56.714 --> 04:13:58.714
coup sill passed what I thought

04:14:01.151 --> 04:14:02.552
then was a very significant
resolution.

04:14:04.522 --> 04:14:06.290
It was the not in our town
resolution, which you, I'm sure,

04:14:10.950 --> 04:14:12.950
remember.

04:14:12.530 --> 04:14:14.664
And at the time I mentioned my
concerns at that time.

04:14:15.700 --> 04:14:17.700
That was two years ago.

04:14:19.700 --> 04:14:21.700
A lot has transpired since.

04:14:21.206 --> 04:14:23.206
I would like to just reiterate

04:14:28.813 --> 04:14:31.415
my concerns that I expressed
then and I hope you will

04:14:31.683 --> 04:14:32.983
consider in your decision
tonight.

04:14:34.752 --> 04:14:36.752
And that is that this town

04:14:38.230 --> 04:14:39.390
desperately needs to support
diversity.

04:14:42.728 --> 04:14:44.728
Especially for those of us like

04:14:44.763 --> 04:14:46.763
myself who live in your midst,

04:14:49.801 --> 04:14:51.801
in our midst and feel that we

04:14:52.937 --> 04:14:54.937
are quite alone, especially in

04:14:58.210 --> 04:15:00.845
these times when minorities,
disadvantaged people in general,

04:15:06.185 --> 04:15:08.185
people who are struggling on

04:15:08.453 --> 04:15:09.720
many different fronts, lack a
voice.

04:15:10.989 --> 04:15:12.989
At the time when I spoke out two

04:15:13.225 --> 04:15:15.225
years ago, I mentioned that the

04:15:16.950 --> 04:15:18.950
not in our town proclamation was

04:15:19.899 --> 04:15:21.899
more than just a symbolic act.

04:15:22.601 --> 04:15:24.601
And I asked you then and I ask

04:15:26.238 --> 04:15:28.238
you now not just to pay lip

04:15:30.877 --> 04:15:33.178
service to those concepts, but
to seize the time and

04:15:34.214 --> 04:15:36.214
opportunities that present

04:15:37.817 --> 04:15:40.652
themselves for this city to do
something positive in the

04:15:46.192 --> 04:15:48.192
direction of those goals that

04:15:50.663 --> 04:15:52.663
are set out in that not in our

04:15:53.633 --> 04:15:55.633
town proclamation which I saw

04:15:59.639 --> 04:16:02.574
then more than just symbolic.
To have someone like kerani

04:16:03.543 --> 04:16:05.543
mitchell on the council will

04:16:10.250 --> 04:16:12.250
send a very strong message to a

04:16:14.220 --> 04:16:16.220
lot of people who live with a

04:16:16.289 --> 04:16:18.223
lot of concern, how
institutions, especially the

04:16:18.625 --> 04:16:20.894
local institutions, how
responsive they are to their

04:16:20.894 --> 04:16:22.894
concerns.

04:16:28.102 --> 04:16:30.102
And I'd like to just remind you

04:16:35.208 --> 04:16:37.208
of that and tell you if this is

04:16:37.511 --> 04:16:39.511
an opportunity you do not seize

04:16:41.215 --> 04:16:43.215
upon send a disquieting message

04:16:43.284 --> 04:16:45.284
to those who hope that someone

04:16:45.352 --> 04:16:46.886
like kerani can and serve on
this council.

04:16:50.524 --> 04:16:52.524
Thank you so much.

04:16:52.559 --> 04:16:54.559
>> can you give your name.

04:16:58.199 --> 04:17:00.199
>> romer chatergi.

04:17:00.401 --> 04:17:02.670
I have lived in bend almost five
years now.

04:17:02.670 --> 04:17:04.670
>> thank you.

04:17:07.708 --> 04:17:09.708
All right.

04:17:12.146 --> 04:17:14.146
So I think the next steps are to

04:17:14.249 --> 04:17:16.249
see -- I want to remind everyone

04:17:17.686 --> 04:17:20.870
that the interviews are -- were
posted on the website.

04:17:22.230 --> 04:17:24.910
I know I went back through every
application and I watched

04:17:26.961 --> 04:17:28.961
several of the interviews and I

04:17:31.980 --> 04:17:33.980
know all of us have spent time

04:17:33.168 --> 04:17:35.202
following up with many of the
candidates, many of the

04:17:36.238 --> 04:17:38.238
references and a lot of work to

04:17:40.842 --> 04:17:42.842
make sure we are comfortable

04:17:43.645 --> 04:17:46.380
with the work we are doing
tonight.
I want to mention I went back

04:17:46.914 --> 04:17:48.914
today and we are a welcoming

04:17:50.752 --> 04:17:52.752
city.

04:17:53.789 --> 04:17:55.623
We did pass a not in our town
proclamation.

04:17:59.327 --> 04:18:01.327
We also as we heard tonight

04:18:01.997 --> 04:18:03.464
passed the inclusive innovation
initiative.

04:18:07.203 --> 04:18:09.704
So we are moving, I hope, and I
think in the right direction as

04:18:12.708 --> 04:18:14.877
a city as well as a community.
So I'm going to turn this over

04:18:14.877 --> 04:18:16.377
to bruce.
>> okay.

04:18:18.447 --> 04:18:20.447
We get to pick up sort of where

04:18:20.716 --> 04:18:22.716
we left off on monday.

04:18:22.718 --> 04:18:25.420
And one of the things during
agenda review had a chance to

04:18:27.230 --> 04:18:29.557
talk about are there -- do we
actually want to start off

04:18:30.526 --> 04:18:32.526
exactly then or do we want to

04:18:32.762 --> 04:18:35.263
perhaps look at things a little
bit differently.

04:18:35.264 --> 04:18:37.699
What I'm going to suggest is let
me throw out a proposal.

04:18:38.834 --> 04:18:40.834
If we think about it, ultimately

04:18:41.170 --> 04:18:43.170
our goal tonight is to get to

04:18:43.506 --> 04:18:45.506
the minimum of four.

04:18:45.541 --> 04:18:48.243
Ideally six votes, for me it is
like, how do we get to four.

04:18:48.744 --> 04:18:50.744
So let me throw something out

04:18:50.947 --> 04:18:53.748
and I want to see reaction from
people.
I guess one of my first

04:18:55.151 --> 04:18:57.151
questions is bill, do you see

04:18:57.786 --> 04:18:59.786
yourself as -- I mean, one of

04:19:02.359 --> 04:19:04.359
the things to try to winnowing

04:19:04.594 --> 04:19:06.594
down process, are you going to

04:19:08.731 --> 04:19:10.731
participate in that?

04:19:10.767 --> 04:19:12.769
>> I retain my reservations
about selecting the person among

04:19:12.769 --> 04:19:15.537
us.
I think there is a candidate

04:19:15.738 --> 04:19:17.720
that will serve the council
well.

04:19:18.909 --> 04:19:21.811
>> okay.
So what I'm going to propose is

04:19:23.447 --> 04:19:25.447
rather than, and, again, we are

04:19:25.715 --> 04:19:27.715
asking councilors to at some

04:19:27.884 --> 04:19:29.884
level almost suspend robert's

04:19:31.488 --> 04:19:34.256
rules of order, rather than
jumping to motions beforehand,

04:19:36.427 --> 04:19:38.961
if you do that too soon it gives
an advantage of who makes a

04:19:39.263 --> 04:19:40.796
motion for a particular
candidate.

04:19:41.298 --> 04:19:44.133
I propose we have an open
discussion that sort of allows

04:19:46.169 --> 04:19:48.169
us to slowly play our cards so

04:19:48.205 --> 04:19:51.173
people see who might be able to
get to that fourth vote.

04:19:56.814 --> 04:19:58.814
So what I'm going to suggest is

04:20:03.921 --> 04:20:05.921
that have an opportunity to have

04:20:07.357 --> 04:20:09.357
each of us identify the top two.

04:20:09.627 --> 04:20:10.861
Robin, perhaps you can do a
matrix.

04:20:13.297 --> 04:20:14.598
Once we see that, we will do a
sifting.

04:20:17.168 --> 04:20:20.300
I think all six candidates were
outstanding.
That will narrow it down.

04:20:21.272 --> 04:20:24.140
One of the things that came up
last time is it valuable at that

04:20:25.409 --> 04:20:27.409
time for people to react to what

04:20:28.113 --> 04:20:30.848
they see and/or an opportunity
for people to make individual

04:20:31.416 --> 04:20:33.416
pitches for the candidates they

04:20:34.452 --> 04:20:36.452
they really want to make the

04:20:36.587 --> 04:20:38.587
strongest argument for.

04:20:39.323 --> 04:20:41.323
I think what worked well on

04:20:41.459 --> 04:20:43.626
monday, let's do sort of
informal straw poll.

04:20:44.730 --> 04:20:47.398
I will sort of go one candidate
at a time.

04:20:48.199 --> 04:20:50.601
Could this person get to four
votes.

04:20:50.769 --> 04:20:52.769
Obviously, if they were one of

04:20:53.304 --> 04:20:55.172
the top two, those people are
definitely yes.

04:20:56.775 --> 04:20:59.176
The question is to what extent,
are there other councilors here

04:20:59.410 --> 04:21:01.410
that person might not have been

04:21:01.547 --> 04:21:03.547
their top two, but they could

04:21:03.682 --> 04:21:06.217
see potentially voting for them.
I want to be real clear.

04:21:07.452 --> 04:21:09.452
It is not a commitment, but the

04:21:11.556 --> 04:21:14.258
question is who can get to four.
Hopefully at that time there

04:21:15.760 --> 04:21:17.760
will be enough cards on the tame

04:21:18.960 --> 04:21:20.960
we will in essence see what the

04:21:20.299 --> 04:21:22.299
motion should be or clear down

04:21:22.701 --> 04:21:24.869
to between two candidates.
Does that sound reasonable or

04:21:25.437 --> 04:21:27.437
does anyone have a different

04:21:29.775 --> 04:21:31.775
suggested path to get us there?

04:21:31.810 --> 04:21:33.845
>> I think that sounds
reasonable.
>> okay.

04:21:33.845 --> 04:21:35.845
Great.

04:21:36.482 --> 04:21:38.482
So I guess one of my first

04:21:39.118 --> 04:21:41.453
questions, do people feel they
know who their top two

04:21:42.521 --> 04:21:44.521
candidates are to share at this

04:21:44.590 --> 04:21:46.590
point or do we want to start

04:21:47.159 --> 04:21:49.929
with comments in general?
Everyone feel comfortable top

04:21:49.929 --> 04:21:52.497
two.
Justin want to lead off.

04:21:53.967 --> 04:21:56.268
>> my top two are andrew davis
and chris piper.

04:21:57.270 --> 04:21:59.838
>> are we stating or making.
>> you can do either.

04:22:00.873 --> 04:22:02.873
What I suggested was after we

04:22:03.420 --> 04:22:06.110
see the matrix, there will be an
opportunity for us to make
statements.

04:22:07.446 --> 04:22:09.446
You can do either.

04:22:10.282 --> 04:22:12.282
>> my top two are kerani

04:22:12.552 --> 04:22:14.552
mitchell and catherine austin.

04:22:18.391 --> 04:22:20.391
>> my top two are kerani

04:22:22.195 --> 04:22:24.195
mitchell and katherine austin.

04:22:24.864 --> 04:22:26.864
>> chris piper and andrew davis.

04:22:28.000 --> 04:22:30.000
>> my top two were kerani

04:22:30.700 --> 04:22:32.700
mitchell and katherine austin.

04:22:32.205 --> 04:22:34.205
>> my top two are katherine

04:22:37.177 --> 04:22:39.345
austin and chris piper.
>> okay.

04:22:40.580 --> 04:22:42.580
Music in the background.

04:22:45.485 --> 04:22:47.485
Da, da, da, da.

04:22:48.889 --> 04:22:50.889
>> suspension.

04:22:56.330 --> 04:22:58.330
 -- suspense.

04:23:20.754 --> 04:23:22.723
>> I brought my glasses today.
>> okay.

04:23:24.292 --> 04:23:27.193
So I can make some observations
and I will open the floor to

04:23:28.729 --> 04:23:30.960
other people to make some
observations.

04:23:36.870 --> 04:23:39.840
It looks to me like we can -- 
arbitrary as to where to make
the cut.

04:23:43.511 --> 04:23:45.479
It looks to me like chris piper,
katherine austin and kerani

04:23:46.800 --> 04:23:48.800
mitchell are the most likely to

04:23:48.449 --> 04:23:51.170
be able to get to four.
So I would suggest that we sort

04:23:54.488 --> 04:23:55.789
of begin to focus on those
candidates.

04:24:03.398 --> 04:24:05.398
Anyone disagree with that?

04:24:12.140 --> 04:24:14.608
This is an opportunity to make a
suggestion for your top two.

04:24:15.411 --> 04:24:17.411
Whoever you want to talk about.

04:24:17.713 --> 04:24:19.713
At that point, we'll do the

04:24:19.881 --> 04:24:21.148
straw poll of who can get to
four.

04:24:25.454 --> 04:24:27.454
Does that make sense.

04:24:31.920 --> 04:24:33.920
Justin, do you want to go first?

04:24:36.131 --> 04:24:38.399
>> my top candidate is andrew.
It appears chris has a path

04:24:39.167 --> 04:24:41.167
forward and I don't see that.

04:24:42.104 --> 04:24:44.104
I will focus on chris.

04:24:44.573 --> 04:24:45.840
I thought chris did a great
interview.

04:24:46.775 --> 04:24:48.775
I think he will be a moderate

04:24:49.178 --> 04:24:52.113
person on the council and also
importantly, for me, anyway, it

04:24:58.530 --> 04:25:00.755
is kind of keeping the council
ideal logically balanced.

04:25:01.657 --> 04:25:03.657
He fills that role for me.

04:25:03.926 --> 04:25:06.950
That is why I was willing to go
away from my first choice into

04:25:06.950 --> 04:25:08.950
thoo.

04:25:10.660 --> 04:25:12.100
>> okay.
Gena.
>> sure.

04:25:13.102 --> 04:25:15.102
I would really like to

04:25:15.738 --> 04:25:17.738
acknowledge the public input we

04:25:19.975 --> 04:25:21.975
have received around candidates

04:25:22.411 --> 04:25:24.712
and to me it is very important
especially coming so close off

04:25:25.582 --> 04:25:28.517
of the election to hear from you
all.
i preernt the people who took

04:25:30.153 --> 04:25:32.222
the time to e-mail us and
especially the people who came

04:25:32.222 --> 04:25:34.222
tonight to testify.

04:25:35.158 --> 04:25:37.726
In that appreciation I wanted to
actually just read a few of the

04:25:40.290 --> 04:25:42.290
comments that were sent to us

04:25:44.234 --> 04:25:46.403
and there is a reason why kerani
mitchell remains my top

04:25:46.403 --> 04:25:48.403
candidate.

04:25:49.390 --> 04:25:51.907
She is the only person, we as a
council, heard dozens of e-mails

04:25:53.209 --> 04:25:55.209
sent to us over the past week or

04:25:56.813 --> 04:25:59.615
so in favor of appointing
kerani.
These have been very specific,

04:26:00.784 --> 04:26:02.784
very detailed and very

04:26:03.487 --> 04:26:05.487
supportive and so I just want to

04:26:11.161 --> 04:26:13.161
just read just a little bit I

04:26:14.331 --> 04:26:16.365
found kerani to be curious and
competent people I know.

04:26:17.201 --> 04:26:19.536
She is a quick and constant
lerner who doesn't shy away from

04:26:20.704 --> 04:26:22.907
a challenge, especially if she
believes it will benefit the

04:26:22.907 --> 04:26:24.907
community.

04:26:25.142 --> 04:26:27.610
Kerani is not a politician.
She doesn't give slick answers

04:26:28.579 --> 04:26:30.579
or cling blindly to political

04:26:30.747 --> 04:26:32.747
ideal lodges, he is a true

04:26:34.619 --> 04:26:37.554
public servant.
As a nonpartisan candidate I

04:26:38.155 --> 04:26:40.155
believe kerani has the ability

04:26:40.358 --> 04:26:42.692
to connect our sometimes very
divided community.

04:26:44.280 --> 04:26:46.280
As a woman of color, I would

04:26:46.970 --> 04:26:48.970
feel represented by our council

04:26:49.633 --> 04:26:51.633
for the first time.

04:26:54.372 --> 04:26:56.674
I have found kerani competent,
helpful and always a pleasure to

04:26:56.674 --> 04:26:58.674
interact with.

04:26:59.243 --> 04:27:00.477
She is a good listener and
sincere.

04:27:02.914 --> 04:27:05.348
And then lastly, I would like to
quote kerani herself, she said

04:27:06.384 --> 04:27:08.384
as a councilor I would approach

04:27:09.321 --> 04:27:11.890
decision making with these
principles, assume best

04:27:11.890 --> 04:27:13.890
intentions, acknowledge impact

04:27:14.659 --> 04:27:16.627
and continue to learn, listen to
understand differences and
collaborate.

04:27:18.897 --> 04:27:20.898
This is an approach I will bring
to every issue and discussion.

04:27:21.599 --> 04:27:23.599
With that, I wanted to share

04:27:27.720 --> 04:27:29.720
those words that really struck

04:27:29.241 --> 04:27:32.430
me that make me believe kerani
is someone I would love to work

04:27:33.211 --> 04:27:35.211
with on this council and would

04:27:35.580 --> 04:27:38.248
help us to build a better future
to all of bend.

04:27:39.500 --> 04:27:40.284
Please join me in supporting
kerani.

04:27:41.419 --> 04:27:43.860
>> barb, you want to go?
>> sure.

04:27:44.123 --> 04:27:46.123
I would be happy to.

04:27:47.593 --> 04:27:49.593
My top two were kathy austin.

04:27:49.928 --> 04:27:51.928
I spoke about kathy at one of

04:27:55.734 --> 04:27:58.235
the previous meetings.
One of the things that honestly

04:28:00.710 --> 04:28:02.710
kind of fellaway a little bit

04:28:03.676 --> 04:28:05.676
for me was experience.

04:28:05.911 --> 04:28:07.911
And that would be because of my

04:28:08.214 --> 04:28:10.815
own experience on council, I
happen to believe that council

04:28:12.184 --> 04:28:14.184
is one of these things in life

04:28:15.187 --> 04:28:17.187
that, wow, from the outside of

04:28:17.556 --> 04:28:19.556
that goldfish bowl you really

04:28:20.426 --> 04:28:22.961
don't know what it is like.
So for everyone else, there is

04:28:23.629 --> 04:28:25.629
really just a great deal of

04:28:25.831 --> 04:28:27.132
trust that we believe they are
interested.

04:28:28.100 --> 04:28:30.835
We believe they will do the
work.
We believe that this will be a

04:28:32.171 --> 04:28:34.171
good fit, but it is really just

04:28:35.740 --> 04:28:37.676
that we trust they have told us
that.
Katherine really does.

04:28:38.979 --> 04:28:41.847
She has been inside of a fish
bowl, in a smaller city,

04:28:43.349 --> 04:28:45.349
sometimes I think that maybe is

04:28:45.985 --> 04:28:48.820
a more intense fish bowl
whenever person at the grocery

04:28:50.156 --> 04:28:52.791
store knows you not just like
every other one like for us.

04:28:57.230 --> 04:28:59.198
That, for me, was interesting
for katherine.

04:29:01.801 --> 04:29:03.801
I really do, I think she could

04:29:04.370 --> 04:29:06.405
step up as she herself said,
help us out.

04:29:07.173 --> 04:29:09.975
She said she kind of sees that
as we need somebody to fill the

04:29:11.912 --> 04:29:13.912
last two years on sally's seat.

04:29:14.481 --> 04:29:16.481
She could come in and do that

04:29:16.750 --> 04:29:18.750
pretty much boots on the ground.

04:29:18.885 --> 04:29:20.885
And so I continue to believe

04:29:21.540 --> 04:29:22.721
that katherine would be an
excellent choice.

04:29:24.257 --> 04:29:26.257
She would be able to come in and

04:29:27.460 --> 04:29:29.596
just get the work done and be an
excellent choice.

04:29:30.831 --> 04:29:32.831
The one I was hoping to speak

04:29:33.167 --> 04:29:36.350
about this evening kerani who I
haven't had the time to speak
about.

04:29:40.407 --> 04:29:43.242
I was so happy and proud to have
passed a resolution regarding

04:29:44.644 --> 04:29:46.846
diversity in our own city and on
our own committees.

04:29:48.416 --> 04:29:50.416
And I'm happy to report that I

04:29:51.586 --> 04:29:53.787
have been making sure that
resolution is not just a piece

04:29:59.326 --> 04:30:01.940
of paper that we are doing that.
Unfortunately, with those

04:30:01.629 --> 04:30:03.629
committees as one of our former

04:30:04.532 --> 04:30:06.532
mayors used to say, we can't

04:30:06.601 --> 04:30:08.601
appoint people who don't apply.

04:30:08.903 --> 04:30:10.903
So even though, yes, oh, for

04:30:11.339 --> 04:30:13.339
more than two years I have been

04:30:14.342 --> 04:30:17.310
intentionally looking at these
applications hoping we can do

04:30:19.790 --> 04:30:21.781
better with diversity on our
committees, it is just the fact

04:30:23.351 --> 04:30:25.351
of those applications means that

04:30:25.820 --> 04:30:27.820
the only diversity we've really

04:30:27.856 --> 04:30:29.856
been able to achieve there has

04:30:30.291 --> 04:30:32.291
to do with what part of town

04:30:34.435 --> 04:30:35.659
does somebody live in, economic
diversity.

04:30:36.864 --> 04:30:38.332
Are they working or are they
retired.

04:30:39.670 --> 04:30:41.869
Experience, those kinds of
things.
I don't want to say we have not

04:30:42.938 --> 04:30:44.572
been able to make any progress.
We have.

04:30:45.340 --> 04:30:47.908
When it comes to a person of
color, we just don't have that.

04:30:48.710 --> 04:30:49.944
we don't have that here on
council.

04:30:53.810 --> 04:30:54.381
We don't have that on our
committees.

04:30:55.985 --> 04:30:57.985
For me, I look at it as a voter

04:30:59.688 --> 04:31:01.688
and as a voter I can kind of

04:31:02.724 --> 04:31:04.724
take two paths.

04:31:04.726 --> 04:31:07.561
I can try and look at it like a
job.
I'm going to try and find that

04:31:08.797 --> 04:31:11.232
person who I think is going to
do the very best at that job.

04:31:12.868 --> 04:31:14.868
If I look at it from that way,

04:31:15.471 --> 04:31:17.739
absolutely, you start piling on
education and experience and

04:31:19.108 --> 04:31:21.108
have they done anything like

04:31:23.212 --> 04:31:26.130
this bmp
efore?
If I'm only selecting that way,

04:31:27.216 --> 04:31:29.116
I don't care what the people
look like.

04:31:29.284 --> 04:31:31.284
As far as I'm concerned they

04:31:31.821 --> 04:31:33.821
could all be 60-year-old women

04:31:34.223 --> 04:31:35.490
as long as they are that smart,
informed.

04:31:36.492 --> 04:31:38.727
I don't believe that.
I believe in representation.

04:31:39.128 --> 04:31:40.995
I believe we have a
representative government.

04:31:42.665 --> 04:31:45.266
I think the thing that is
important especially in an

04:31:47.703 --> 04:31:49.703
elected body is that the entire

04:31:51.474 --> 04:31:52.741
body looks like the entire
community.

04:31:54.978 --> 04:31:56.978
I felt like bruce's analogy of a

04:31:58.314 --> 04:32:00.449
puzzle and puzzle pieces was
absolutely perfect.

04:32:02.418 --> 04:32:04.418
All six of these people, all 36

04:32:04.520 --> 04:32:06.520
of these people are excellent

04:32:06.923 --> 04:32:08.124
puzzle pieces of their own
right.

04:32:09.260 --> 04:32:11.493
We have a certain thing here all
right.
We have six pieces.

04:32:14.197 --> 04:32:16.765
That is how I started.
What do we already have.

04:32:16.900 --> 04:32:18.900
We already have working people.

04:32:19.202 --> 04:32:22.170
We have retired people.
We are doing all right with

04:32:23.272 --> 04:32:25.272
geographic diversity.

04:32:26.276 --> 04:32:28.276
but the one really glaring

04:32:31.148 --> 04:32:33.148
obvious thing to me in addition

04:32:34.584 --> 04:32:36.720
to the ethnic diversity, we are
privileged enough to own our own

04:32:36.720 --> 04:32:38.720
homes.

04:32:38.788 --> 04:32:40.522
That for me is a really big
important thing.

04:32:42.590 --> 04:32:44.590
There is no perspective up the

04:32:44.795 --> 04:32:47.230
there from that group which are
honestly the people that maybe I

04:32:48.799 --> 04:32:50.799
worry about sometimes the most

04:32:50.934 --> 04:32:52.934
are those working families, they

04:32:53.170 --> 04:32:55.971
both got jobs and they are
trying to just hold on in bend.

04:32:57.407 --> 04:32:58.674
They are trying to not end up
homeless.

04:32:59.911 --> 04:33:01.911
They are trying -- they don't

04:33:02.313 --> 04:33:04.313
want to have to move to redland.

04:33:05.149 --> 04:33:07.149
They are renting apartments and

04:33:07.284 --> 04:33:09.284
kerani has that perspective,

04:33:09.486 --> 04:33:12.388
which is absent from council at
this time.

04:33:13.290 --> 04:33:15.290
So those two things really spoke

04:33:16.594 --> 04:33:18.594
to me from that perspective of

04:33:18.930 --> 04:33:20.930
once you put all of us together,

04:33:22.166 --> 04:33:23.867
that puzzle picture that you see
really does look like our entire

04:33:25.503 --> 04:33:27.871
community.
So I still continue to believe

04:33:30.241 --> 04:33:32.709
that either of these women would
be such an honor to serve with.

04:33:32.977 --> 04:33:34.678
Either one of them.
Thank you very much.

04:33:36.715 --> 04:33:38.715
>> thank you, barb.

04:33:39.170 --> 04:33:40.818
Bill, do you want to weigh in?
>> sure.

04:33:41.853 --> 04:33:43.253
I will speak primarily to chris
piper.

04:33:44.255 --> 04:33:46.255
We are facing many growth

04:33:47.580 --> 04:33:49.580
challenges in our community, as

04:33:50.494 --> 04:33:52.494
we all know.

04:33:52.798 --> 04:33:54.798
I apprise above any of those

04:33:54.866 --> 04:33:56.935
things the ability to think
strategically to address the

04:33:56.935 --> 04:33:58.935
community's needs.

04:33:59.237 --> 04:34:01.237
It is a terribly valuable skill

04:34:02.507 --> 04:34:05.800
on the council, one that is not
always well represented.

04:34:05.510 --> 04:34:08.412
He has that ability from the
basis on his interview.

04:34:09.114 --> 04:34:12.830
he has experience in government.
And I think more importantly and

04:34:12.618 --> 04:34:15.553
I think we underestimate the
importance of actually a

04:34:16.288 --> 04:34:18.288
relatively balanced council.

04:34:19.424 --> 04:34:21.425
And I'll go back to the 2016
election where basically the

04:34:25.765 --> 04:34:28.633
community firmly rejected the
5-2 liberal balanced council.

04:34:29.768 --> 04:34:31.768
They elected justin and I.

04:34:33.380 --> 04:34:35.406
I unseated one of the existing
councilors.

04:34:36.308 --> 04:34:38.976
Primarily the council shifted
too far in one direction.

04:34:39.811 --> 04:34:42.346
Bruce was insightful when he
says there needs to be some

04:34:42.914 --> 04:34:45.584
balance in the middle.
There is evidence it works, too.

04:34:46.552 --> 04:34:48.552
In the last two years when we

04:34:49.555 --> 04:34:51.555
had a council that was still 4-3

04:34:51.557 --> 04:34:53.557
on our policy positions

04:34:54.493 --> 04:34:57.950
sometimes with justin and I and
casey being in the minority, we

04:34:58.297 --> 04:35:00.297
still got a lot of things done

04:35:07.674 --> 04:35:09.674
and had a commonsense council

04:35:11.377 --> 04:35:13.578
and we had an effective form of
governance.
Shifting one direction

04:35:15.114 --> 04:35:17.615
dramatically to the other will
have some of those consequences.

04:35:19.186 --> 04:35:22.121
If you have lived in bend for 20
years or longer, you have seen

04:35:23.757 --> 04:35:25.691
the council flip back and forth
on issue by issue.

04:35:27.227 --> 04:35:29.280
I don't think it is healthy for
our community.

04:35:29.996 --> 04:35:31.996
I don't think it is healthy for

04:35:31.998 --> 04:35:33.998
our nation, quite frankly.

04:35:34.467 --> 04:35:36.467
If we are going to be respectful

04:35:36.470 --> 04:35:38.470
and live with one another why

04:35:39.573 --> 04:35:41.573
can't we start in bend.

04:35:41.608 --> 04:35:43.809
Some e-mails suggested we are a
very liberal community.

04:35:44.344 --> 04:35:46.344
That is not true.

04:35:46.346 --> 04:35:48.914
We are a very diverse community
with strong opinions from a lot

04:35:49.149 --> 04:35:51.149
of different directions.

04:35:51.151 --> 04:35:53.419
I think it is important we are
able to work together.

04:35:53.988 --> 04:35:55.988
Too often in our politics, not

04:35:56.290 --> 04:35:58.290
only in our city, there is this

04:35:58.459 --> 04:36:00.960
winner take all mentality and I
just don't know where that will

04:36:01.895 --> 04:36:03.895
take us.

04:36:04.364 --> 04:36:06.132
Nationally it led us toward more
anger and hatred.

04:36:07.734 --> 04:36:09.100
I don't think it is a positive
direction.

04:36:09.870 --> 04:36:11.870
I think it is positive we have

04:36:11.906 --> 04:36:14.708
some of that balance.
Locally how does that play out?

04:36:15.543 --> 04:36:17.430
We are facing serious
transportation issues.

04:36:20.281 --> 04:36:22.281
We have to go to voters and they

04:36:22.316 --> 04:36:24.851
have to feel this is a
reasonable sensible council in

04:36:26.854 --> 04:36:29.389
the middle someplace and I can
trust what they are doing.

04:36:30.158 --> 04:36:32.727
I think chris is the best person
to help us get there and lend

04:36:32.727 --> 04:36:34.694
that credibility.
>> great.
Thank you.

04:36:35.763 --> 04:36:38.632
The two candidates that I
support certainly at this stage,

04:36:45.172 --> 04:36:46.573
I want to start with kathy
austin.

04:36:53.114 --> 04:36:55.549
Again, great application,
presentation, as barb pointed

04:36:57.218 --> 04:37:00.120
out can hit the ground running,
her experience with a council
and mayor.

04:37:01.856 --> 04:37:03.856
I was surprised how forthcoming

04:37:04.326 --> 04:37:06.326
she was in her interview in far

04:37:06.862 --> 04:37:08.862
as what she was willing to say,

04:37:09.731 --> 04:37:11.731
but really understands the give

04:37:12.701 --> 04:37:14.935
and take, not only among fellow
councilors, but understanding it

04:37:16.604 --> 04:37:19.306
is oftentimes difficult to tell
voters, toll residents what they

04:37:23.579 --> 04:37:25.579
May not want to hear.

04:37:26.215 --> 04:37:28.215
I also think she has shown a

04:37:28.450 --> 04:37:31.252
commitment to the city, arts
beautification and culture

04:37:31.787 --> 04:37:33.521
committee and more recently with
affordable housing.

04:37:34.556 --> 04:37:37.458
As we heard earlier this evening
is something we are really

04:37:37.559 --> 04:37:39.559
grappling with.

04:37:41.163 --> 04:37:43.163
I feel very comfortable if kathy

04:37:43.265 --> 04:37:44.499
austin were ultimately our
choice.

04:37:46.702 --> 04:37:48.269
The other person obviously is
kerani mitchell.

04:37:49.938 --> 04:37:52.840
I am a big fan of hers because
not only from her application

04:37:54.760 --> 04:37:55.242
and her interview, but I know
her.

04:37:57.680 --> 04:37:59.680
I have worked with her on -- in

04:37:59.882 --> 04:38:01.882
a number of different

04:38:02.318 --> 04:38:04.319
capacities, serving on the bend
international school, through

04:38:05.321 --> 04:38:07.756
saw her help facilitate an
oregon humanities project.

04:38:11.160 --> 04:38:13.461
She is a person of very, very
high integrity.

04:38:14.598 --> 04:38:17.332
So this sense that her being
selected would skew the council

04:38:17.767 --> 04:38:19.767
too far.

04:38:20.336 --> 04:38:22.336
I don't happen to believe that.

04:38:23.139 --> 04:38:25.139
She is an unaffiliated voter.

04:38:27.143 --> 04:38:29.711
To me, I go back to not on
gena's comment on monday but

04:38:31.615 --> 04:38:33.615
barb alluded to it tonight, a

04:38:34.117 --> 04:38:36.117
sense that there isn't

04:38:36.152 --> 04:38:39.210
necessarily a single candidate
or a single councilor who can

04:38:39.722 --> 04:38:41.722
represent the entire community

04:38:42.158 --> 04:38:44.158
that takes -- that is what needs

04:38:44.494 --> 04:38:46.494
to happen with the full council.

04:38:49.132 --> 04:38:51.701
And I see kerani as, you know, I
want to be real clear, I'm not

04:38:53.237 --> 04:38:55.237
saying it is a better puzzle

04:38:55.906 --> 04:38:57.906
piece, but she represents

04:39:00.210 --> 04:39:02.210
renters, person of color,

04:39:03.580 --> 04:39:05.580
actually an outsize more than

04:39:06.784 --> 04:39:08.784
14% of the community as a whole

04:39:09.587 --> 04:39:12.355
that right now when people say,
wow, do I feel that I have a

04:39:13.123 --> 04:39:15.123
voice or do I feel that somebody

04:39:19.229 --> 04:39:21.229
can represent me, I don't see

04:39:21.231 --> 04:39:23.231
that right now.

04:39:23.367 --> 04:39:25.367
I think barb's comment all of us

04:39:25.670 --> 04:39:28.271
up here at a variety of levels
we do have privilege.

04:39:30.541 --> 04:39:32.541
Whether it is financial or time,

04:39:33.644 --> 04:39:35.644
I think that it is important for

04:39:36.280 --> 04:39:38.280
us to have somebody here who is

04:39:39.483 --> 04:39:41.483
living these day-to-days and can

04:39:41.486 --> 04:39:44.222
help educate us as a body.
those are my top two candidates.

04:39:44.222 --> 04:39:46.222
>> thank you.

04:39:47.910 --> 04:39:49.910
>> sally.

04:39:50.428 --> 04:39:52.428
>> so I'll start by saying, no

04:39:52.430 --> 04:39:54.430
one ever said that making these

04:39:56.660 --> 04:39:58.660
types of decisions in this

04:39:58.970 --> 04:40:01.710
politically charged environment
is easy.

04:40:01.906 --> 04:40:03.373
I have really agonized over this
discussion.

04:40:04.676 --> 04:40:07.100
I have talked with so many
people that I have no voice

04:40:08.120 --> 04:40:10.470
left.
It's gone.

04:40:12.883 --> 04:40:14.883
Really trying to dig into the

04:40:16.822 --> 04:40:18.822
what and the how and what is

04:40:19.491 --> 04:40:21.859
really right for our community
through everything that I have

04:40:22.961 --> 04:40:25.429
learned from all my people and
really soul searching myself.

04:40:28.320 --> 04:40:30.320
I want everyone to be really

04:40:30.568 --> 04:40:32.936
clear that the decision I end up
making tonight is one I have

04:40:36.542 --> 04:40:38.542
spent a lot of time working on.

04:40:39.578 --> 04:40:41.712
And bend is at a pivotal moment
in its history.

04:40:42.347 --> 04:40:43.714
We have a few things to
celebrate.

04:40:44.649 --> 04:40:46.649
We actually elected three women

04:40:47.519 --> 04:40:50.254
to the bend city council for the
first time in its history.

04:40:52.725 --> 04:40:54.725
One of them was the first woman

04:40:55.461 --> 04:40:57.461
who was ever elected as a mayor.

04:40:57.830 --> 04:40:59.830
So our city is really moving

04:41:00.299 --> 04:41:02.299
forward and we have some really

04:41:02.401 --> 04:41:04.401
solid important values that we

04:41:04.770 --> 04:41:06.770
are growing into as a community.

04:41:07.105 --> 04:41:09.105
And regardless of how this ends

04:41:09.375 --> 04:41:11.375
up tonight, I think each of us

04:41:12.378 --> 04:41:14.546
in this room, everybody who has
participated in these

04:41:14.847 --> 04:41:16.847
conversations, by phone, whether

04:41:18.517 --> 04:41:20.920
or not by e-mail, we need to be
proud of this communitywide

04:41:20.920 --> 04:41:22.920
discussion we have had.

04:41:25.124 --> 04:41:27.492
For the people who have really
shared their values and their

04:41:28.127 --> 04:41:30.562
dreams and what they want to see
for the future of bend.

04:41:32.331 --> 04:41:34.990
So we need to sit down and
acknowledge each other so

04:41:34.967 --> 04:41:36.967
however this ends up tonight, we

04:41:37.737 --> 04:41:39.737
need to walk out of this room

04:41:40.390 --> 04:41:42.607
respecting each one of us for
what we put into this

04:41:55.888 --> 04:41:57.888
decision-making process.

04:41:58.891 --> 04:42:00.192
We have had some really pivotal
discussions.

04:42:01.128 --> 04:42:03.128
And I believe myself as mayor

04:42:03.630 --> 04:42:05.831
that we will carry forward
regardless of the outcome.

04:42:10.103 --> 04:42:12.103
I want to make that clear.

04:42:13.390 --> 04:42:14.540
For me, I have served as a
moderate.

04:42:15.975 --> 04:42:17.975
I see myself as somebody who

04:42:20.748 --> 04:42:22.748
recognizes values, typically are

04:42:22.750 --> 04:42:24.750
associated with r's or d's, but

04:42:25.180 --> 04:42:27.887
I have the luxury of serving in
a nonpartisan position.

04:42:29.890 --> 04:42:31.890
My job as a councilor is to do

04:42:31.958 --> 04:42:33.958
the best I can to identify the

04:42:34.160 --> 04:42:36.429
candidate who I believe has
vision, has a financial skills

04:42:37.798 --> 04:42:39.798
and savvy, who really has the

04:42:40.734 --> 04:42:42.734
ability to take us into the

04:42:45.506 --> 04:42:47.506
future, all of us.

04:42:47.508 --> 04:42:49.508
And so after, as I said, a lot

04:42:50.511 --> 04:42:52.511
of work and a lot of agonizing,

04:42:56.150 --> 04:42:58.652
my top choice is chris piper.
And chris is, you know, he

04:43:00.588 --> 04:43:02.588
represents a demographic of

04:43:04.358 --> 04:43:06.393
people who work in the city of
bend at home.

04:43:06.827 --> 04:43:08.827
They raise their families.

04:43:09.960 --> 04:43:11.299
They grow their businesses.
They travel all over the united

04:43:11.299 --> 04:43:14.268
states.
They give to their community.

04:43:14.769 --> 04:43:17.704
They give to veterans.
They contribute to schools.

04:43:19.807 --> 04:43:21.807
They create new programs inside

04:43:22.877 --> 04:43:24.877
our school district for our

04:43:25.880 --> 04:43:27.247
community, underprivileged and
others as well.

04:43:28.150 --> 04:43:29.717
They participate actively in our
community.

04:43:31.219 --> 04:43:33.219
Chris piper does that.

04:43:36.558 --> 04:43:39.259
And I felt that he had a strong
interview.
I felt everybody, as you have

04:43:40.295 --> 04:43:42.295
said again and again, there are

04:43:43.131 --> 04:43:45.132
a lot of pieces to this puzzle.
Each person has a different

04:43:47.136 --> 04:43:49.136
piece of the puzzle to offer.

04:43:50.500 --> 04:43:52.500
We as whoever sits on this dais,

04:43:52.700 --> 04:43:54.942
has to be good and broad enough
to be able to recognize all the

04:43:56.110 --> 04:43:58.110
pieces of the puzzle because not

04:43:58.790 --> 04:44:00.414
all those pieces can sit up here
in seven places.

04:44:01.160 --> 04:44:03.383
Our responsibility to this
community is to recognize the

04:44:09.558 --> 04:44:12.460
voices and the needs and the
values and the importance of the

04:44:14.290 --> 04:44:15.930
communications we have had and
take these forward whether or

04:44:16.999 --> 04:44:19.330
not it is the particular
individual who brought those,

04:44:19.468 --> 04:44:21.468
you know, who was embodying

04:44:25.508 --> 04:44:27.508
those values at that moment.

04:44:29.345 --> 04:44:31.345
So I also supported kathy

04:44:33.882 --> 04:44:36.285
austin, who knows the city,
worked hard on the affordable

04:44:36.285 --> 04:44:38.285
housing committee, you have

04:44:38.288 --> 04:44:40.288
worked as a leader in small

04:44:41.858 --> 04:44:44.920
communities, you believe in our
town.
I so appreciate your service and

04:44:45.428 --> 04:44:47.428
what you give to our community.

04:44:48.231 --> 04:44:50.198
In so many different ways.
And, you know, to serve in

04:44:50.399 --> 04:44:52.399
public office and go through

04:44:53.200 --> 04:44:55.103
this very exposed process is
just darn tough.

04:44:55.572 --> 04:44:57.572
It is tough whether or not you

04:44:58.875 --> 04:45:00.843
are the decision maker and it is
tough whether or not you are one

04:45:01.678 --> 04:45:04.346
of the candidates.
It took a lot of bravery and

04:45:05.148 --> 04:45:07.148
courage and guts to fill out the

04:45:09.287 --> 04:45:11.153
application and go through the
whole process.
I do want to acknowledge every

04:45:12.656 --> 04:45:14.656
single person.

04:45:15.592 --> 04:45:17.526
I'll leave it at that for now.
>> great.
Thank you.

04:45:19.363 --> 04:45:22.131
I want to echo a little bit
about what sally said as far

04:45:23.133 --> 04:45:26.680
as -- one of the things that
became clear as we were each

04:45:27.537 --> 04:45:30.372
talking about our top candidates
is that different criteria,

04:45:31.275 --> 04:45:33.576
different characteristics,
different strengths are

04:45:36.280 --> 04:45:39.810
different among each of us.
I remember somebody asking me

04:45:39.816 --> 04:45:42.686
really early at the beginning,
okay, what are you looking for

04:45:42.686 --> 04:45:44.686
in a candidate?

04:45:45.622 --> 04:45:47.622
I said, we purposely didn't come

04:45:48.192 --> 04:45:50.193
up with that list because it
looks different from each of us

04:45:52.129 --> 04:45:54.731
here.
I also want to respect

04:45:55.266 --> 04:45:57.266
everybody's process they go

04:45:57.601 --> 04:46:00.570
through to get to that decision.
So I think the next step is kind

04:46:00.904 --> 04:46:02.904
of what I'm going to call the

04:46:04.842 --> 04:46:07.444
straw poll.
Obviously, that was an initial

04:46:08.646 --> 04:46:10.681
ranking where people could have
multiple votes.

04:46:13.784 --> 04:46:16.653
This is not a firm commitment,
but the idea is who could get to

04:46:17.288 --> 04:46:19.889
four votes.
What I'm going to go is with

04:46:20.424 --> 04:46:22.424
each candidate, we will go in

04:46:25.130 --> 04:46:27.365
the order that they are there.
And, you know, we'll see what

04:46:27.365 --> 04:46:29.867
happens when we get to that
stage.

04:46:29.867 --> 04:46:31.867
>> bruce.

04:46:33.238 --> 04:46:35.238
>> I would like to speak to a

04:46:35.239 --> 04:46:37.707
little bit about our nature of
our government representative
democracy.

04:46:38.509 --> 04:46:40.509
I don't -- I think sometimes

04:46:41.780 --> 04:46:43.780
there is a presumption that only

04:46:43.815 --> 04:46:45.815
certain people can represent

04:46:45.850 --> 04:46:48.152
certain people.
I don't find that personally to

04:46:51.322 --> 04:46:53.423
be true.
For instance, in my family when

04:46:54.993 --> 04:46:56.293
I was growing up, we always
rented.

04:46:57.280 --> 04:46:59.364
We never owned a home.
My family was actually working

04:46:59.364 --> 04:47:01.364
class family.

04:47:01.400 --> 04:47:03.400
My dad worked for the railroad

04:47:03.835 --> 04:47:05.835
for 40 years and a member of a

04:47:05.971 --> 04:47:08.340
youn onand we were poor and many
times we didn't have enough to

04:47:08.340 --> 04:47:10.340
eat.

04:47:12.343 --> 04:47:15.145
I feel incredibly blessed to
have what I want.

04:47:15.347 --> 04:47:17.347
Because of that experience it

04:47:23.555 --> 04:47:25.555
gives me emp empathy.

04:47:26.925 --> 04:47:28.925
I spoke up for justin gottlieb.

04:47:29.394 --> 04:47:30.728
What does he know about
homelessness?

04:47:31.430 --> 04:47:33.430
I have a brother who was

04:47:36.135 --> 04:47:37.469
homeless and killed himself from
schizophrenia.

04:47:38.871 --> 04:47:40.871
It doesn't take a certain kind

04:47:42.740 --> 04:47:44.740
of person, you really misjudge

04:47:44.677 --> 04:47:46.879
people and you Miss
Opportunities to find

04:47:46.879 --> 04:47:49.180
collaboration.
>> thank you.

04:47:49.248 --> 04:47:52.117
>> would you describe yourself
as having a similar life

04:47:52.819 --> 04:47:55.120
experience as someone with a
darker skin tone?

04:47:56.989 --> 04:47:58.989
>> well, no, I wouldn't describe

04:47:59.592 --> 04:48:01.592
myself as being female or there

04:48:01.861 --> 04:48:04.796
are a whole lot of things in my
experience.
But there is a great deal of

04:48:05.631 --> 04:48:07.631
experience we say we need people

04:48:07.701 --> 04:48:09.701
that are renters, for instance.

04:48:10.237 --> 04:48:11.870
I know exactly what that is
like.

04:48:13.306 --> 04:48:15.306
We need people who know what it

04:48:15.508 --> 04:48:17.743
is like working paycheck to
paycheck or being hungry.

04:48:18.444 --> 04:48:20.212
I know what that is like.
>> anyone else.

04:48:20.980 --> 04:48:22.980
>> I would like to make a

04:48:23.249 --> 04:48:24.916
comment about the partisan kind
of balance.

04:48:27.587 --> 04:48:30.122
I think I said this to some
extent on monday, but, you know,

04:48:31.558 --> 04:48:34.160
as I understand it, these are
nonpartisan roles and I have

04:48:34.995 --> 04:48:36.995
worked hard to approach this

04:48:37.597 --> 04:48:39.999
from a nonpartisan perspective
and look at the candidates on

04:48:41.134 --> 04:48:43.703
their merits and the different
perspectives an skills that they

04:48:44.380 --> 04:48:46.506
would bring to council and what
we are hearing from the

04:48:48.642 --> 04:48:50.642
community about these people.

04:48:51.211 --> 04:48:53.211
And it has been frustrating to

04:48:54.615 --> 04:48:57.283
me to hear from really from you,
justin and from you, bill, that

04:48:58.251 --> 04:49:00.686
you were thinking of this still
through a partisan frame in

04:49:02.656 --> 04:49:05.426
terms of balance when you said
you don't see these roles in

04:49:05.426 --> 04:49:07.426
that way.

04:49:07.661 --> 04:49:10.463
It is frustrating to see this
conversation go back to those

04:49:14.735 --> 04:49:17.370
two poles.
When I feel like some of us are

04:49:17.939 --> 04:49:19.939
trying to get beyond that.

04:49:20.975 --> 04:49:23.777
>> well, I guess what I would
say is step back and look at

04:49:24.679 --> 04:49:26.679
each other as humans without any

04:49:26.847 --> 04:49:28.847
labels and I think the more we

04:49:29.950 --> 04:49:32.852
can reflect that in our
languaging and how we call each

04:49:33.921 --> 04:49:35.921
other out or don't call each

04:49:37.525 --> 04:49:39.793
other out will help us work more
respectfully and provide a

04:49:43.431 --> 04:49:45.431
better model for the community.

04:49:46.567 --> 04:49:48.567
So I would like to say that, you

04:49:51.505 --> 04:49:54.750
know, we respect each other's
decisions and at this point we

04:49:54.750 --> 04:49:56.750
just respect what people have

04:49:58.546 --> 04:50:00.314
said.
>> okay.
>> okay.

04:50:00.715 --> 04:50:03.383
Thank you.
>> so at this point, we are

04:50:04.719 --> 04:50:06.719
going to go to the straw poll.

04:50:08.957 --> 04:50:10.957
And this is, again, this is an

04:50:13.950 --> 04:50:14.528
exercise to stretch, to try to
move.

04:50:17.232 --> 04:50:19.232
I think we are all clear who our

04:50:19.468 --> 04:50:20.634
top two or our top candidates
are.

04:50:21.970 --> 04:50:24.905
This really is, I would argue,
the exercise is to try to shake

04:50:27.343 --> 04:50:29.343
things up a little bit and help,

04:50:31.130 --> 04:50:33.581
again, further winnow things
down.
I'm going to go in order.

04:50:34.883 --> 04:50:37.518
>> I'm sorry, are we going to go
ahead and consider the entire

04:50:42.124 --> 04:50:44.124
list now even with two?

04:50:45.610 --> 04:50:47.610
I would say that I will suggest,

04:50:48.931 --> 04:50:50.931
I'm not advocating, we could

04:50:51.967 --> 04:50:53.967
eliminate the two that didn't

04:50:54.670 --> 04:50:56.670
get a vote to go forward just as

04:50:58.740 --> 04:51:00.740
you said, we've got to winnow

04:51:01.376 --> 04:51:04.113
this down and narrow the field.
>> that makes sense.

04:51:07.252 --> 04:51:09.484
>> I don't like operating in the
negative.
>> I was trying to find a way to
say that.

04:51:11.354 --> 04:51:13.354
>> we will krr chris piper,

04:51:13.522 --> 04:51:15.522
andrew davis, katherine austin

04:51:16.325 --> 04:51:18.325
and kerani mitchell.

04:51:18.427 --> 04:51:20.427
>> do you want me to just remove

04:51:22.899 --> 04:51:24.899
those.

04:51:25.168 --> 04:51:28.136
>> did you say the top four?
>> the four.
Yes.

04:51:28.504 --> 04:51:30.504
I was only going to remove the

04:51:31.274 --> 04:51:33.274
pones with zeros up there now.

04:51:34.844 --> 04:51:37.712
At this stage, is what I was
proposing.
>> okay.

04:51:42.152 --> 04:51:44.152
So let's start with chris piper.

04:51:45.210 --> 04:51:47.210
All those by a show of hands who

04:51:48.240 --> 04:51:50.993
would be willing to consider, we
are talking consider, who would

04:51:54.664 --> 04:51:57.233
consider voting for chris piper.
Okay.
So four.
Chris moves to four in that

04:51:59.169 --> 04:52:01.169
sense.

04:52:01.938 --> 04:52:03.938
Who would be willing to vote for

04:52:05.342 --> 04:52:06.542
andrew davis.
Okay.

04:52:08.111 --> 04:52:10.111
Three.

04:52:10.480 --> 04:52:12.480
Who would be willing to vote for

04:52:16.253 --> 04:52:17.654
katherine austin.
Three.
Okay.

04:52:18.923 --> 04:52:20.923
Who would be willing to vote for

04:52:23.494 --> 04:52:24.694
kerani mitchell.
Okay.

04:52:26.230 --> 04:52:28.230
So what my observation, I will

04:52:29.801 --> 04:52:31.801
put that out as an observation,

04:52:32.336 --> 04:52:35.380
it looks like chris piper and
katherine austin are the only

04:52:43.614 --> 04:52:45.614
two people who can get to four.

04:52:45.883 --> 04:52:48.585
>> did you vote for katherine
austin or not?
>> no.

04:52:48.686 --> 04:52:50.686
I pulled it back.

04:52:54.325 --> 04:52:56.325
>> I missed that.

04:52:57.161 --> 04:52:59.563
So even though she is your
second candidate -- 

04:53:03.401 --> 04:53:05.669
>> I mean, she's -- I expect
that the audience and the people

04:53:09.441 --> 04:53:11.441
on the dais continue to

04:53:14.312 --> 04:53:16.847
communicate with respectful
language.
Thank you very much.

04:53:17.582 --> 04:53:20.150
>> if I was disrespectful I
would like to know how.

04:53:22.654 --> 04:53:25.523
I'm trying to approach this with
curiosity.
I feel this tension all of a

04:53:26.158 --> 04:53:27.358
sudden and I want to put it out
there.

04:53:30.128 --> 04:53:32.263
I was trying to express and
communicate a frustration I feel

04:53:35.667 --> 04:53:38.369
around a focus on the partisan
leanings of people who have come

04:53:40.139 --> 04:53:42.139
to us as nonpartisan candidates

04:53:44.143 --> 04:53:46.143
and us as nonpartisan roles.

04:53:47.779 --> 04:53:49.779
So I simply was expressing that.

04:53:50.115 --> 04:53:52.850
Perhaps doing it with some
emotion because I think we do

04:53:52.984 --> 04:53:54.984
feel emotionally.

04:53:55.887 --> 04:53:58.490
I did not intend any disrespect.
>> thank you.

04:53:59.392 --> 04:54:02.600
>> if you could -- if anyone
could help me understand how I

04:54:02.995 --> 04:54:04.995
May have acted disrespectfully I

04:54:06.532 --> 04:54:08.532
would welcome that.

04:54:08.734 --> 04:54:10.734
>> so I will respond to that.

04:54:11.303 --> 04:54:13.337
Which is I felt that some of the
statements that were made on

04:54:17.110 --> 04:54:19.945
this dais from various people
could be considered from any

04:54:21.414 --> 04:54:23.414
range of values and I think it

04:54:24.984 --> 04:54:26.984
is better, I think it is

04:54:27.860 --> 04:54:29.621
healthier for us as a community
to do our best to come back to

04:54:29.755 --> 04:54:31.755
the middle.

04:54:32.570 --> 04:54:33.492
That is what I tried to say with
my statement.

04:54:34.994 --> 04:54:36.795
I know you are trying to
distinguish it.

04:54:38.798 --> 04:54:41.330
i just felt it was done in a way
that maybe didn't pull our

04:54:41.670 --> 04:54:43.670
community together and build

04:54:44.270 --> 04:54:45.670
bridges and I'm looking more for
that.

04:54:46.439 --> 04:54:48.940
I May not be doing it in a way
that is working right now.

04:54:49.943 --> 04:54:51.943
That is what I'm trying to do.

04:54:52.746 --> 04:54:54.246
>> I appreciate that and I
remain confused.

04:54:55.148 --> 04:54:56.348
I think we are saying the same
thing.

04:54:57.918 --> 04:54:59.918
We want to look at this from a

04:55:01.488 --> 04:55:04.323
position of looking at this in a
nonpartisan way and thinking

04:55:05.458 --> 04:55:08.940
about it as kind of trying to
find somebody who can pull our

04:55:08.195 --> 04:55:10.195
community together rather than

04:55:11.310 --> 04:55:13.100
divide us.
>> okay.

04:55:13.100 --> 04:55:15.100
We're there.

04:55:16.169 --> 04:55:19.380
>> what I'm going to do and I
apologize if I miscounted.

04:55:21.241 --> 04:55:22.508
This May seen as sort of
semantics.

04:55:24.211 --> 04:55:26.946
I'm going to, I think I want to
be able to respect your vote and

04:55:27.481 --> 04:55:29.481
opinion, sally.

04:55:30.150 --> 04:55:32.150
What I want to kind of go

04:55:33.530 --> 04:55:35.530
through my -- I was surprised

04:55:35.189 --> 04:55:37.189
that even though katherine was

04:55:38.392 --> 04:55:41.327
your second choice you said you
couldn't even consider voting
for her.

04:55:43.197 --> 04:55:45.197
There is a part of me suggests

04:55:45.466 --> 04:55:48.368
she should have gotten your vote
at this stage.
We narrow it down.

04:55:48.702 --> 04:55:50.870
>> I'm happy to have her at this
stage.

04:55:52.473 --> 04:55:55.740
I mean, I think she, you know,
would serve our city well.

04:55:57.440 --> 04:55:58.945
I mean, as many of the
candidates, I feel that way

04:55:59.379 --> 04:56:01.379
about many of the candidates.

04:56:01.983 --> 04:56:03.250
We are trying to make a
decision.

04:56:04.452 --> 04:56:07.354
I thought that might give
clarity.
>> no.

04:56:08.456 --> 04:56:10.456
from my, again, my understanding

04:56:11.959 --> 04:56:14.494
is we are trying to get to four.
I think it would have been she

04:56:15.997 --> 04:56:18.966
would get to four at this stage.
We are choosing between chris

04:56:19.568 --> 04:56:22.302
piper and katherine austin and
then you can vote at that point.

04:56:23.438 --> 04:56:25.873
>> I'm happy to do that.
>> in my opinion you voted

04:56:27.141 --> 04:56:28.342
before we were at the voting
stage.

04:56:29.277 --> 04:56:31.277
>> if you want to do it that

04:56:32.113 --> 04:56:34.581
way, I'm totally fine with that.
>> okay.

04:56:37.586 --> 04:56:39.586
So, again, my observation is at

04:56:39.588 --> 04:56:41.722
this point right now the only
two candidates that have a

04:56:43.158 --> 04:56:45.158
viable path to get to four votes

04:56:45.393 --> 04:56:47.393
are chris piper and katherine

04:56:47.862 --> 04:56:49.229
austin.
Okay.

04:56:50.799 --> 04:56:53.434
Does somebody want to make a
different observations or that

04:56:54.136 --> 04:56:56.136
is what I'm seeing?

04:57:00.742 --> 04:57:02.742
>> I am sorry to say, I'm afraid

04:57:05.347 --> 04:57:07.347
you are seeing -- 

04:57:08.717 --> 04:57:10.717
>> we have winnowed it down.

04:57:11.754 --> 04:57:14.422
>> I move to appoint chris piper
to the vacancy.

04:57:14.724 --> 04:57:16.724
>> I'll second.

04:57:16.725 --> 04:57:18.725
>> moved and seconded.

04:57:20.262 --> 04:57:22.262
All those in favor.

04:57:25.400 --> 04:57:26.634
Opposed.
>> nay.

04:57:34.377 --> 04:57:37.112
>> nay.
So, again, thank you.

04:57:39.682 --> 04:57:41.682
Here is what I will say to

04:57:43.552 --> 04:57:45.552
everyone and kerani as well,

04:57:45.822 --> 04:57:48.791
before people walk out in
disappointment, it would be nice

04:57:49.993 --> 04:57:51.993
to hear, I am personally

04:57:54.197 --> 04:57:56.197
committed in our goal setting

04:57:56.299 --> 04:57:58.299
session to make sure that we

04:58:08.745 --> 04:58:10.145
address diversity, equity and
inclusion.

04:58:11.848 --> 04:58:13.848
>> sir.

04:58:21.592 --> 04:58:23.592
We asked you for respect.

04:58:24.394 --> 04:58:26.394
As I said, this is absolutely

04:58:27.764 --> 04:58:30.299
not an easy decision.
And I very much respect the

04:58:30.934 --> 04:58:32.934
people who have worked through

04:58:37.700 --> 04:58:39.700
this entire process.

04:58:40.211 --> 04:58:42.211
And I know that each and every

04:58:42.546 --> 04:58:44.814
one of them will participate and
contribute in our community.

04:58:46.316 --> 04:58:48.316
And the community will continue

04:58:48.652 --> 04:58:50.652
to support these people on this

04:58:51.121 --> 04:58:53.121
dais who sometimes have to make

04:58:53.156 --> 04:58:55.156
really difficult decisions and

04:59:00.965 --> 04:59:02.965
this was one of them.

04:59:12.377 --> 04:59:13.593
Okay.
Robin.

04:59:27.825 --> 04:59:29.592
Number 11.
[Inaudible]

04:59:30.695 --> 04:59:32.695
All right.

04:59:33.640 --> 04:59:35.640
Anybody want to make a motion.

04:59:35.266 --> 04:59:37.266
>> move to appoint david haynes

04:59:37.936 --> 04:59:40.804
as the chamber representative on
the affordable housing advisory

04:59:40.938 --> 04:59:43.307
committee.
>> second.

04:59:43.307 --> 04:59:45.307
>> all those in favor say aye.

04:59:46.430 --> 04:59:48.446
Okay.
Let's see.

04:59:50.182 --> 04:59:51.415
Council action and reports.
Justin.

04:59:53.518 --> 04:59:55.518
>> I had the privilege and the

04:59:56.421 --> 04:59:58.421
honor to attend the bend P.D.

04:59:59.324 --> 05:00:01.324
Swearing in ceremony, where

05:00:02.260 --> 05:00:04.260
largely there were officers that

05:00:04.330 --> 05:00:06.330
were awarded awards for their

05:00:07.433 --> 05:00:09.433
bravery in a recent shooting and

05:00:10.369 --> 05:00:12.369
then also there were a number of

05:00:12.404 --> 05:00:14.338
officers that were promoted to
higher ranks.

05:00:15.240 --> 05:00:17.541
I want to recognize all those
officers for their service and

05:00:17.943 --> 05:00:19.943
thank them for that.

05:00:21.546 --> 05:00:24.216
That's it for me.
>> no reports.

05:00:25.918 --> 05:00:28.119
I'm still getting up to speed.
>> barb.

05:00:28.821 --> 05:00:30.821
>> there's a women's March

05:00:31.390 --> 05:00:33.390
coming up on monday.

05:00:33.492 --> 05:00:35.460
A it will be my honor to lead
that March.

05:00:36.361 --> 05:00:38.361
Our own mayor will not be there.

05:00:38.363 --> 05:00:39.931
She will be at a party in
portland for our democratic

05:00:40.433 --> 05:00:43.268
governor.
that's all I have.

05:00:44.871 --> 05:00:46.871
>> I will be at the women's
parade in portland.

05:00:48.341 --> 05:00:49.941
>> that will be awesome.
>> bill.

05:00:50.409 --> 05:00:52.243
>> I have nothing.
>> bruce.

05:00:55.814 --> 05:00:58.117
>> I have no report.
>> I think I will turn it over

05:00:58.117 --> 05:01:00.117
to eric.

05:01:00.854 --> 05:01:03.880
>> we talked a lot about
affordable housing tonight.

05:01:05.625 --> 05:01:07.625
I wanted to remind the community

05:01:07.660 --> 05:01:10.228
of two opportunities to give us
feedback around housing.

05:01:11.364 --> 05:01:13.364
There is an open house scheduled

05:01:14.668 --> 05:01:16.668
for thursday January 17 from

05:01:18.271 --> 05:01:20.373
5:30 to 7:30 at city council
chambers.

05:01:20.373 --> 05:01:22.373
And a second on thursday

05:01:23.143 --> 05:01:25.677
February 21st, I reeld that is
after the goal setting.

05:01:27.247 --> 05:01:29.648
We had a previous open house and
wanted to make sure that time

05:01:30.583 --> 05:01:32.952
was more convenient for folks
working during the day to

05:01:35.789 --> 05:01:37.390
provide input.
>> okay.