Butte Falls bulletin., February 01, 1996, Page 15, Image 15

survey. All of our town residents should have
received a copy of the survey. The survey
stated that someone would be back to pick up
the survey, or they could be taken to the
school or the city hall. At the last council
meeting (1/25) the survey results were
presented. The snow storm had kept the
students from picking up surveys as promised.
Some council persons felt the results were
incomplete.
The council agreed to delay a
decision until the Feb.. 8 meeting. The
students are to pick up the remaining town
surveys for consideration. Additionally, M ary
W right, Brody Ferguson, and Sara Beck are
to meet February 1 to call residents whose
surveys are missing. Joyce Hailicka called to
the attention of the council that the
“ Comprehensive Plan ” passed as an ordinance
in the 1 980s suggests that we should not place
signs in open areas. Another question was
the cost to the city for electricity. The cost has
been calculated to be approximately 23 cents
per day, or $84./year. I told the students that
my personal thought was that the location they
requested would distract from the esthetic
value of the park to those people entering
town from the Butte Falls Highway.
An
acceptable location to me would be in the
park, closer to the area of the Christmas tree,
across from the cafe. This would keep the
sign associated with the high school, not the
elementary school and would be visible to
travelers driving on Broad Street. Another
plus is that it would alert persons to use Oak
Street to access the gymnasium. M ay I invite
you to provide the council with your
comments on this issue if you have not already
done so. Comments from the “ Community ” at
large are invited. Thanks in advance. Brody
should be commended for his efforts on this
project. He has attem pted to go through all
the proper channels for approval for this
reader board, a tribute to his school in years to
come. He has had an education .
R a ilr o a d in B u tte F a lls ? W Jerry Hellinga,
member of the Southern Oregon Chapter of
the National Railway Historical Society, came
to the last council meeting in January to report
to the council the current status of plan to
bring a railway back to Butte Falls. He
reported on the engine now being restored in
Albany, Oregon. The town needs to make a
decision on pursuing this idea. Otherwise the
Railway Historical Society will need to go
forth with an alternative plan to develop a
m useum in M edford. Their preference is to
have an operating railroad. Jerry has agreed to
write an article for the next newsletter for all
of you to have the complete information.
W a te r B o ttlin g : I will promise an article with
in-depth information in the next newsletter.
W e as a town severed our dealings with Liz
Shelby , Director of the Small Business
Development Center, because we did not have
a “ Business Plan ” as proposed by October 1,
nor did we have a completed business plan by
1 December. At the December 28 council
meeting the council directed me to contact our
attorney to severe our dealings with Liz. I
was also requested to call Tom Armstong,
Business^? Consultants? from TTacoma,
W ashington, and inform him that we would
accept his proposal, subject to grant funds
available and to his com pletion of a business
plan by January 30, 1996. The business plan
was delivered yesterday. Joyce Hailicka has
informed me that it is an excellent business
plan. I have yet to have someone read the
plan to me. The next newsletter will have
information about the W ater Bottling Business
Plan.W W W W W W W W W W W
I have had many persons tease me about the
length of my “ M ayor ’ s Corner ” letters to you
in the past. This one will surely be a record.
Thanks to all those persons who have told me
they enjoyed the news. It seems a good way
to keep you informed.
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