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city news Vernonia City News... At the April 5, 2010, Vernonia City Council Meeting: Council Approves Two Summer Rac- es: City Council gave initial approval to two requests for use of city facilities this summer-- for use of Anderson Park for the Bear Creek Run/Walk on August 14th and for Short Track Mountain Bike Races to be held at the Bicycle Skills Park on June 12th. Council Appoints Young to Economic Development Board-- Council appoint- 2010 5 ed City Administrator Bob Young to the from two bids that were received. The Action Plan. A Final Report will be pre- County Economic Development Board. project is to be completed no later than sented to Council at the April 19th City Council Meeting. November 30, 2010. Council Approves Selection of KLS Surveying for GIS Work-- Council au- Council Reviews Strategic Plan-- Paul Council Instructs Administrator on thorized the City Administrator to enter Koch of Engenium Consulting present- Community Garden Project-- After a into a contract with KLS Surveying, Inc., ed Council with a final draft of the 2010 lengthy discussion, Council instructed for GIS work and authorized necessary Strategic Plan he has been developing City Administrator Young to return to expenditures to complete the City’s por- and took final comments from Council the next Council meeting with a propos- tion of the project. The authorized cost on the proposed plan. The draft contains al for ways that the Community Garden for the project is not to exceed $61,000. the subtitle “A Twenty Year Plan to Iden- Project could be brought under the City Sewer and Water Contingency SDC tify and Deliver the Desired Future for umbrella. The project is being proposed Funds will be utilized to pay for this ex- the Community” and includes what is by the Cohort Three class of the Ford In- penditure. KLS Surveying was selected being called an Economic Development stitute Leadership Program. AT&T Makes Donation to Community Action Team Community Action Team (CAT) is pleased to announce receipt of a $12,000 grant from AT&T to as- sist CAT’s efforts to help relocate the Vernonia Senior Center, the Vernonia Cares Food Bank and the Vernonia Health Clinic out of the path of future floods. John Helm in Senator Betsy Johnson’s office was critical in help- ing take advantage of the opportunity made available by AT&T. Senator Johnson has been a long-standing supporter of the Vernonia commu- nity’s recovery from the devastating 2007 flooding in Columbia County. She has been instrumental in secur- ing disaster assistance through the state and federal government for the City of Vernonia, School District 47- J, affected homeowners and area non- profits. Now, with this grant, Senator Johnson has helped enlist AT&T to april13 State Senator Betsy Johnson and Com- munity Action Team’s Jim Tierney ac- cept a check for $12,000 for the Verno- nia Rose Avenue Project from AT&T’s Adam Grzybicki. support the relocation of the flooded Senior Center, Food Bank and Health Clinic. “We wish to thank AT&T for their belief and support,” said CAT Deputy Director, Jim Tierney. “This tangible evidence of their recognition of the impact that the December 2007 flood truly helps keep our relocation efforts alive.” Tierney also noted the role of State Senator Betsy Johnson. “It would have been impossible for us to make the progress we have made during the last two years without the support and guidance of Senator Johnson.” The AT&T funds are specifi- cally contributed to provide pre-de- velopment assistance with the City of Vernonia’s Rose Avenue Project, a mixed-use project which will move these local non-profit organizations to safe ground provided to the City by the State of Oregon. Over the next six months, the Rose Avenue Project will complete its design plan, and begin fundraising for construction. When complete, the project will move most of Vernonia’s critical social services (the health clinic, food bank, senior center, electric co-op and other essen- tial services) to safe ground above the flood plain. Make Vernonia Shine Day is April 17 th Vernonia Pride’s Make Vernonia Shine Day is scheduled for April 17. This year, reg- istration will be at the Vernonia Middle School starting at 9:00 A.M. Lunch will also be served in the school’s cafeteria from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. This year, the event will focus on clean- ing the moss from the bricks downtown, dig- ging out from around the trees and re-barking, removing ivy from some of the trees by the river, and some general litter picking up. A new feature has been added this year- - informational tables, which will be set up in the covered play area, that will include informa- tion about recycling, clean water and the local watershed, rainwater collection, your local ex- tension service and more. It looks like there will be plenty of things for you to do, so put April 17 th on your calendar and plan to come out and help make Vernonia Shine. PRESENTS “Meet the Candidates” A Political Forum with Candidates for Columbia County Commissioner Thursday, April 15th 7:00PM Vernonia Community Learning Center 939 Bridge Street A preselected panel of Vernonia residents will ask questions of the candidates followed by an open house with the opportunity to talk to the candidates. For more information contact: Scott Laird 503-367-0098 scott@VernoniasVoice.com
