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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7 Outdoor Rec / Local Lucas now on Sumpter City Council CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Planning Commission Report LeAnne Woolf reported the Planning Commission met August 18 and worked on the evacuation and comp plans. On Septem- ber 7, they held a special meeting to review applica- tions. The next meeting will be held September 15. Records Maintenance City Recorder Julie McK- inney stated she wanted to address a comment made in the audience at the last Council meeting about the City’s inability to maintain and locate meeting min- utes. She cited an Oregon Court of Appeals ﬁ nding regarding ORS 192.650, which clariﬁ ed one year as a reasonable period of time to preserve meeting minutes, unless there is clear evidence that a longer period of time is needed. Letters of Intent Samantha Rowan read a letter of intent from Greg Lucas asking to be appointed to City Council. Vote of acceptance was unanimous. Rowan then read a letter of intent from LeAnne Woolf asking to be reap- pointed to City Council. The letter stated it has been one year since she was recalled by one vote. One of the major reasons listed in the Petition for Recall was her being named in the lawsuit. She has been off Council for a year, with others named in the lawsuit being off longer, and the lawsuit is still in place. She is familiar with many of the relevant processes and would like to serve again. There is nothing legally to prevent her from returning to serve on Council. Rowan made a motion to allow Woolf’s ap- pointment. Clarke stated he had a problem with this, just because Woolf was recalled by a vote of the people and it was a majority. He stated he has no hard feelings toward Woolf, but would not sec- ond the motion. Greg Lucas was then sworn in, with Julie McK- inney administering the oath, and took his seat at the Council table. Clarke stated Leland My- ers has submitted a letter of intent expressing interest in serving on the Planning Commission and motioned to accept it. When asked about Myers’s recall, he explained the Planning Commission is a different part of the City than the Council. Lucas said they used to have old-timers who understood the City and how it was build. He said Myers is now the “last pocket of knowledge” on this matter. Motion passed with all in favor. Marijuana Ordinance Workshop A workshop to review the marijuana retail sales ordinance will be held Tuesday September 27th at 7 PM and is open to the public. Julie McKinney stated copies of the draft ordinance will be available at City Hall. Wage Adjustment Request Clarke stated he had a letter from the Utility Man- ager requesting a wage adjustment. He asked if one has ever been re- ceived and Jeff McKinney responded three years ago. After discussion, including McKinney’s record obtain- ing necessary certiﬁ cations to support City operations and cleaning up areas such as the treatment plant, Clarke and Rowan voted in favor of the adjustment. Lucas abstained as it was his ﬁ rst night on Council, but stated he agreed. IFA Application Clarke requested to hold a workshop to take care of the intake form and move forward. It was set for Monday the 26th at 10 a.m. Columbia River season extended for hatchery Chinook Recreational ﬁ shermen will have through Sept. 22 to keep hatchery Chinook salmon from Buoy 10 upstream to the Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island deadline under a season extension approved today by ﬁ shery managers from Or- egon and Washington. The season extension was adopted based on the lat- est ﬁ sh passage and harvest data. It is the second time this month that the Buoy 10 Chinook season has been extended following lower than expected catch rates. This action also extends the ongoing hatchery-only Chinook season from Tongue Point upstream to Warrior Rock. Both sections of the river are scheduled to reopen to any Chinook again Oct. 1 when the adult Chinook daily bag limit increases to two ﬁ sh under permanent rules. Only hatchery Chinook may be retained during the Sept. 15 – 22 extension; all wild ﬁ sh must be released un- harmed. The daily adult bag limit is two salmonids a day, of which only one may be a Chinook and only one may be a hatchery steelhead. The effective area is from Buoy 10 at the Columbia River mouth upstream approximately 88 miles to the Warrior Rock lighthouse/Bachelor Island line. Use restrictions eased as of last Free public Friday due to cooler weather With cooler weather conditions and a decrease in ﬁ re danger, Public Use Restrictions (PURS) for campﬁ res, smoking, off- road travel, and chainsaw use will be reduced to Phase A on the Wallowa- Whitman National Forest effective Friday, Septem- ber 9th. Phase A is the second level of restric- tions, generally imple- mented when ﬁ re danger is moderate to high. PURS are phased in and out col- lectively across the Blue Mountains, as conditions warrant, and may differ from forest to forest. Phase A PURs reinstate seasonal campﬁ re restric- tions and allow recreation- al chainsaw use between the hours of 8:00PM and 1:00PM. Chainsaw opera- tion associated with com- mercial and personal use ﬁ rewood permits are regu- lated under Industrial Fire Precaution levels (IFPLs) and are not impacted by this public use restriction. Please continue to check the Blue Mountain Inter- agency Dispatch website for up-to-date information on IFPLs. (http://bmidc. org/ifpls.shtml) Phase A restrictions include: Seasonal campﬁ re restric- tions and requirements described for June 1- Octo- ber 31 apply. o Campﬁ res allowed only in ﬁ re pits surrounded by dirt, rock, or commercial rings and in areas not conducive to rapid ﬁ re spread. All ﬂ ammable material shall be cleared within a 3-foot radius from the edge of the pit and free of overhanging material. Use existing pits wherever possible. Campﬁ res must be at- tended at all times, and completely extinguished prior to leaving. In all cases with all types of ﬁ res, a shovel, and one gallon of water is required to be present at all times, except in designated Wil- derness Areas (Eagle Cap Wilderness, Hells Canyon Wilderness, Monument Rock Wilderness, North Fork John Day Wilder- ness) and the following developed recreation sites on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest: Anthony Lakes Campground and Picnic Area, Union Creek Campground & Picnic Area, and Fish Lake Campground. Portable cooking stoves using liqueﬁ ed or bottled gas and wood burning stoves equipped with a chimney that is at least ﬁ ve (5) feet in length with a spark-arresting screen consisting of ¼ inch mesh hardware cloth are al- lowed. Use of charcoal bri- quettes is permitted under the same restrictions as campﬁ res described above. Chainsaws may be operated only between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m. local time. A one hour ﬁ re watch is required after saw operations cease. Saw operators are required to have an axe (minimum 2 lb. head, 26” length), shovel (8” wide, 26” length), and ﬁ re extin- Why advertise with us? David Conn david@thebakercountypress.com or call 541.523.5524 Baker City, Haines • Low rates per column inch & promotional deals • Color at no additional charge as space permits • Friendly, professional sales staff Wendee Morrissey wendee@thebakercountypress. com or call 541.805.1688. Sumpter, Bates, Richland, Halfway, Medical Springs, Keating Family owned and operated. Packed with local news! • All display ads are also posted to our Facebook page, which means thousands of individuals see your ad from that source alone. We’re the only local paper that offers this service! guisher (minimum ABC 8 oz.) in their possession. Chainsaw operation as- sociated with commercial and personal use ﬁ rewood permits are regulated under Industrial Fire Precaution levels (IFPLs) and are not impacted by this public use restriction. Smoking is allowed only in enclosed vehicles, build- ings or cleared areas. No off-road/off-trail vehicle travel or travel on roads not cleared of standing grass or other ﬂ ammable material; no vehicle travel on those FS roads where access has been impeded or blocked by earthen berm, logs, boulders, barrier, barricade or gate, or as otherwise identiﬁ ed in the Fire Order. The public’s awareness of the increased ﬁ re danger and cooperation is es- sential to a continued safe ﬁ re season. Recreationists, ﬁ rewood cutters, hunters, and other forest users can all help by closely adher- ing to restrictions, operat- ing safely and cautiously and keeping up-to-date on the latest orders and regulations. Please check with your local Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) ofﬁ ce for public use restrictions on lands protected by ODF. Visit the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch web- page at: www.bmidc.org or contact a local Oregon Department of Forestry ofﬁ ce for more complete information. Similar re- strictions may be in effect on State and private lands protected by the Washing- ton Department of Natural Resources (WA-DNR). More information can be found on the WA-DNR website at: http://www.dnr. wa.gov/. For more information about the Wallowa-Whit- man National Forest’s Pub- lic Use Restrictions, please contact our ofﬁ ce at 541- 523-1246, visit our website at www.fs.usda.gov/uma- tilla/, or check our social media pages. Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/WallowaWhitmanNF/ or the Blue Mountain Fire Information Blog: http:// bluemountainﬁ reinfo. blogspot.com/ admission day at Interpretive Center The Bureau of Land Management will be observ- ing National Public Lands Day at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) on Satur- day, September 24, with volunteer trail and vegetation projects and free admission for all visitors. Restoration activities at the Trail Center begin at 9:00 a.m. National Public Lands Day is a nationwide effort to help care for parks, natural areas, historic sites, trails, watersheds, and other areas owned by the public. For 23 years, the last Saturday of September has been designated as National Public Lands Days (NPLD) with an estimated 170,000 volunteers throughout the country participat- ing last year. Individuals or groups may participate. The ﬁ rst thirty participants receive a free T-shirt. All volun- teers will be offered refreshments provided by the Trail Tenders volunteer group and a coupon for free admission at National Parks and federal recreation areas during the following year. BLM seeks revised EA for weeds The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Vale Dis- trict is asking for public input on a Revised Environmen- tal Assessment (EA) for Weeds Treatment. New regulations allow for the use of three active herbicide ingredients aminopyralid, ﬂ uroxypyr, and rimsulfuron in addition to those currently approved for vegetation treatments on BLM-administered lands in the western United States, including Oregon, subsequent to site-speciﬁ c environmental analysis. The Vale District prepared an Environmental Assess- ment (EA) (DOI-BLM-ORWA-V000-2011-0047-EA) to expand and update its existing District-wide integrated noxious weed management program and released it on December 23, 2015 for a 45-day public comment period. Due to the availability of the three new herbicides, Vale BLM has decided to revise the analysis in the EA to add a third alternative to the No Action and the Proposed Action - the Revised Proposed Action - that considers the effects of the use of the additional three herbicides as part of the District’s Integrated Weed Management Program. The Revised EA is now available for public consider- ation. The Revised EA is available to view at the Vale District ePlanning website at http://1.usa.gov/1mwy1HW under the Documents link on the left side of the page. To facilitate public review, all changes made since the close of the comment period of the original EA, including changes incorporating the new herbicides and responses to public input is highlighted in blue font. Comments can be submitted electronically, subject Vale Inv. Plant Mgt. EA, to: blm_or_invasive_plant_ea_comments@blm.gov, or by mail: OR/WA Bureau of Land Management Attn: Vale Invasive Plant Management EA (OR932) PO Box 2965 Portland, OR 97208 To be considered, comments must be postmarked by October 11, 2016.