A4 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2022
Dogs
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Parade
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and businesses — cheered
and threw candy for scream-
ing kids.
With a baby blue sky and
the sun pounding down,
hundreds of attendees
watched Uncle Sam offer
kids fist bumps and high
fives, listened to bagpipes
squeal and motorcycles
bellow off the old brick
buildings, and cheered as
participants rode multi-
colored horses through the
city.
George Endicott rode in
the back of a pickup truck
emblazoned with Fourth
of July banners in his last
Fourth of July as mayor,
while city councilors slung
candy out of a bright red
old-school firetruck — the
parade was a jamboree of
color and sound.
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Participants
wave and
celebrate
Independence
Day at the
Redmond
Fourth of July
Parade 2022
in downtown
Redmond.
Photos by Nick
Rosenberger
better that dog’s ability will be
to produce puppies that meet
the standard. It’s also the rea-
son why mixed breeds and
spayed or neutered purebreds
are ineligible to compete in
conformation.
There are seven groups
within the AKC world: sport-
ing, hounds, working, terrier,
toy, herding and non-sporting.
All seven were on scene some
number for the Redmond show
and each found audience sup-
port.
The amount of fussing and
grooming and last minute coiff-
ing was met with awe by Mer-
ilee Hawkins and Pam Wolcott,
from Prineville, attending their
first ever dog show.
“We’re ranchers and our
dogs are working animals, like
equipment, very critical to our
business,” Pam said. Merilee
added: “Seeing these dogs is a
whole other world, but we’re
glad we came.”
A group of eight or nine
Redmond apartment dwellers
came out for the agility.
“We can’t have pets where we
live,” said Sarah Nichols. “We
all grew up with dogs and miss
them so we thought this would
give us a good dog fix.”
Marv and Terry Turner
drove from LaPine for the
show, camping and attending
all three days.
“Heck, we would have gladly
paid. We can’t believe that
there’s no charge,” Terry mar-
veled.
“We lost our dog last year
and being here motivates us to
adopt” said Marv, as they just
walked about meeting strangers
and hugging their dogs.
Indeed it often looked like
the world’s biggest pet store
with nearly every size, shape
and color of canine available.
Apart from five or ten min-
utes of light rain Saturday, the
event’s first two days were held
under perfect conditions with
temperatures well below 90 and
a light breeze to cool both man
and beast.
Photo by Bill Bartlett
Brindi Kipuke, age 4, from Citrus Heights, Calif., shows her bassett
hound, Buster.
Photo by Bill Bartlett
There’s a dog in there somewhere. An Old English sheepdog patiently
waits for their turn in the ring.
Crowd favorite pom
pom girls ready for a
walk in the ring.
Photo by Bill Bartlett
Zoning
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Yet numerous councilors
saw the required updates as
another one-size-fits-all order
from Salem that usurped the
power of local municipalities
to make their own rules.
Councilor Jay Patrick said
the state put local munici-
palities in a no-win position.
He said the rules require that
many different types of towns
“can all look like Portland, our
model city, and like it.”
Patrick said he hoped to
vote against the recommenda-
tions, in order to signal to state
government his unhappiness
with the new laws. However,
since the council passage had
to be done under an emer-
gency declaration in order to
take effect immediately, it re-
quired unanimous passage.
Patrick relented and voted
for it.
“Tonight’s decision is some-
thing that needs a ‘yes’ vote to
move forward,” said Patrick.
“We can’t afford to die on this
hill.”
Councilor Ed Fitch had
concerns about the recom-
mendation to decrease the
number of feet required be-
tween an alley and a garage.
Under the rules passed Tues-
day night, developers only
need to leave five feet — not
enough for most cars to park
completely in their driveway.
He requested the minimum be
doubled to 10 feet.
“What we see in these
smaller units is most people
fill their garage with stuff and
they don’t park their cars in it,”
he said.
Councilor Cat Zwicker also
argued that the street setbacks,
all set to a minimum of 10
feet, are too uniform and that
there should be a wider variety
for different housing and zon-
ing conditions.
Still, both councilors said
it was important to pass the
rules presented, in order that
they — however imperfect —
go into effect before state law
hits the books.
“I would recommend trying
not to piecemeal it tonight,”
said Fitch. “Come back after
July 1 and come back to these
issues in a more deliberate
fashion.”
Deputy City Manager Rob-
erts said the city still has lots of
work to do on the new code.
He expects both the planning
commission and city council
to discuss many changes in
upcoming meetings.
“We as a staff have several
lists going right now, with ad-
ditional issues that need sig-
nificant investment in time,”
Roberts said.
Area developers recom-
mended the council get their
own rules on the books as
soon as possible. Michael Rob-
inson of Pahlisch Homes and
Deborah Flagan of Hayden
Homes both spoke in favor of
approving all the changes rec-
ommended by staff.
“I always think it’s better to
have a Redmond code than a
state-imposed model code, no
matter how well written,” Rob-
inson said.
Teri Jansen, chair of the
Redmond area urban plan-
ning commission, argued
against making any code
changes other than those
mandated by state law. She
said some of the staff-recom-
mended changes had not even
come before the planning
commission, including any
setback and density changes.
After much discussion,
the council unanimously ap-
proved the code changes as
recommended, and asked the
planning commission to ex-
pedite discussion on council’s
most pressing concerns.
In other actions, the coun-
cil:
• Certified the results of
the May election and the pas-
sage of the public safety bond
that will be used to build a
new police station. The of-
ficial results show the bond
passed with 4,576 votes in fa-
vor (55.68 percent) and 3,642
votes opposed (44.32 per-
cent). Staff is now authorized
to issue general obligation
bonds to fund construction
of the station, which will be
limited to a total cost of $49
million.
• Approved $330,105 one-
year contract with the Red-
mond Convention and Visi-
tors Bureau for investments
in tourism promotion and
related activities. The contract
includes 4.5 percent cost of
living increase for CVB staff
from year prior.
• Approved $149,435 one-
year contract with Redmond
Economic Development Inc.
(REDI) for investments in
economic development and
traded sector job growth. The
contract runs from July 1,
2022 through June 30, 2023.
• Amended 2021 Com-
munity Development Block
Grant to increase funds for
ADA-compliant improve-
ments at Hope Playground.
• Approved payment of
$51,136 to Sigma Tactical
Wellness for cardiac health
screening for employees of the
Redmond Police Department.
• Was briefed by Wendie
Kellington of Kellington Law
Group about land use exac-
tions for governing bodies.
• Signed intergovernmen-
tal agreement to join De-
schutes County and the cities
of Bend, La Pine and Sisters to
create the County-Cities Co-
ordinated Houseless Response
pilot program.
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