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JU N E 3, 1998
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Is Portland's Water Supply In Trouble?
by Prof. M cK inley Bur,
F irs, things first. T h ere fo l
lows som e im portant d etails on
W ater Q uality C o m m ittee stru c
ture and pro to co ls, then I w ill
provide the sp e c ific s prom ised
last w eek. A very high level o f
reader interest in d icates that this
should be the next step, and also
su g gests that m ore o f us could
becom e involved in these vital
issues in the near future.
T he m onthly m eetings are u su
ally held the firs, T uesday at 5:30
pm in Room C, P ortland B u ild
ing, 1120 SW Fifth A ve., P o rt
land, O regon (The Portland B uild
ing is located on F areless S quare
b e tw e e n M a in a n d M a d is o n
S treets, and is ac c e ssib le by p u b
lic tran sit). All c itiz e n s are w e l
com e.
For c la rific atio n o f procedure,
the follow ing m odel is provided:
A genda for m eeting o f June 2,
1998.
N ote: T he co m m ittee e n c o u r
ages q u e stio n s and c o m m e n ts
from the public and agency re p re
sentatives during the C om m ittee’s
discussion o f each agenda item,
public com m ents on issues not
sp e c ific a lly on the agenda are
heard d u ring the Public Forum at
the end o f the m eeting,
lim e
Item
W ho
City Program Provides Summer Lunches
The Vancouver Parks and Recre
ation Department will sponsoraSum -
mer Food Service program for chil
dren. Free lunches w ill be available
weekdays, to children ages IS and
under, from June 29 through August
14 at the following sites:
Site
Time
Martin Luther King Elementary
School noon - I p m .
4801 Idaho St.
H arn ey E le m e n ta ry S ch o o l
12:20-1:20 p.m.
3212 E. Evergreen Blvd
Hough Elementary
12:45
- 1:45 p.m.
1900 Daniels St.
Fruit Valley Elementary School
I - 2 p.m.
3301 Fruit Valley Rd.
W ashington Elementary School
I - 2 p.m.
2908 “S” St.
R oosevelt E lem entary School
I I a.in.- noon
2921 Falk Rd.
Peter S. ( )gden E lementary School
11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
8100 NE 28th St.
V ancouver Housing A uthority
11:45 a.m. - 12:45
500 Omaha Way
Mill Plain Elem entary School
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
400 SE 164th Ave.
Eisenhower Elementary School
II a.m. - noon
9201 NW 9th Ave. (August 10
through 20 only - Monday-Thurs
day)
The program is funded by the US
Department o f Agriculture. The city
conducts this program in partnership
with the Vancouver School District
and Vancouver Housing Authority.
Last summer, about 450 local chil
dren ate lunch each o f the program ’s
34 days.
The Summer Food Service pro
gram was established to ensure that.
during school vacation periods, chil
dren would continue to receive the
same high-quality meals provided
during the school year. The program
resulted from awareness o f the criti
cal importance o f proper nutrition to
children, and a belief that school
vacations should not end the avail
ability o f nutritious meals for many
children.
Children who are members o f food
stamp households or AFDC assis
tance un its are automatically eligible
to receive free meal benefits at two
additional sites (below). Children
from families with incomes at or be-
low levels on the following lists are
also eligible for free meal benefits at
these sites:
Site
Time
Image Elementary School Noon
- 1 p.m.
4400 NE 122nd Ave.
Marrion Elementary School 11:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
10119 NE 122nd St.
Month
Household Size Year
Week
$281
$14,597 $1,217
1
2
378
19,629 1,636
475
24,661
2,056
3
572
29,693 2,475
4
668
34,725
2,894
5
765
39,757 3,314
6
44,789
3,733
862
7
959
49,821 4,152
8
For each additional family Mem-
ber: +5,032 +420 +97
All meals are provided without
regard to race, color, national ori
gin, age, sex or disability. Any per
son who believes that he or she has
been discriminated against should
write immediately to the Secretary
o f A griculture, W ashington, DC
20250
For details, please contact Teresa
W illiamson, Recreation Coordina
tor, a, 696-8065.
T y p e o f I t em
5:30-5:35 M inutes
C om m ittee A pproval
5:35-5:45 B ureau U pdates
M enard Inform ation
5 :45-6:05D rinking W ater P rotec
tion
Sheree S tew art/ I n f o r -
m ation Program (G ro u n d w ater)
DEQ
6:05-7:15
W ellfield P ro tectio n Program
Senior, L eighton D iscussion
7:15-7:20 P ublicF o ru m P u b lic
Inform ation
7:20-7:25 A genda for N extM onth
C om m itteeA ction
I certainly hope that in contrast
to my com m ittee e x p erien ce e a r
lier in this decad e, health p ro fe s
sionals o f c o lo r w ill take m ore
o p p o rtu n ities to ap p e a r and a s
sert th e ir o p inions: O ur co m m u
nity already know s o f th eir c o m
Manhole And Storm Drain
‘Sludge’ Gets Cleaned
Ever w onder what evil guck lives
in the bottom o f a manhole?
The sludge is really just dirt, gravel,
sediments, and other minor pollut
ants that run o ff o f roadways. It col
lects in the bottom of manholes, storm
drains and catch basins, and waits to
be sucked up by the giant hoses on
Clark County trucks.
Previously, the sludge was depos
ited at the W hatley Pit, and was pro
cessed through a rudimentary filter
ing system. As o f Friday, May 22, it
will be dum ped at the only decant
facility in southwest Washington. The
W hatley Decant Facility, 11203 NE
76th street, Vancouver, consists o f a
dewatering site and storage ponds
for the proper treatment o f the waste.
“New state and federal recom-
mendations for the disposal o f storm
sewer waste have been the driving
force in building this state-of-the-art
processing facility,” said Bud Cave,
Clark County Operations Supervi
sor. "W e took their recommenda
tions seriously, and have built the
only decant facility in southwest
W ashington. At this time, Clark
County is seeking intergovernmen
tal agreements with local cities and
the state o f Washington to use the
facility.”
At the decant facility, waste is
dumped onto a giant concrete slab,
drains through three separate water
chambers designed to separate the
dirt from the water, (lows through a
filtering system to remove oil and
gasoline, and Hows into 2 waterstor-
age ponds. The water is tested, and
then is allowed to go into the Hazel
Dell Sewer District system. Any re
maining dirt or silt will be tested, and
then, if safe, w ill potentially be used
as fill dirt for the construction of
shoulders alongside roads.
"Local cities and the state o f Wash
ington will be using the new Whatley
Decant Facility as soon as a half
street improvement is completed
sometime this summer,” said Cave.
"Clark County is proud to be able to
sponsor a regional facility that pro
tects the environment and can serve
other agencies at the same time.”
The new facility was constructed
for $270,000 and will pay for itself
through dumping fees paid by par
ticipating agencies.
Vancouver-Clark Parks And Recreation Department
Fonns Partnership With U.S. MarineCorps
The Vancouver-Clark Parks and
Recreation Department is working
with the United States Marine Corps
(USM C) in a partnership that will
provide valuable training for the
USMC and may reduce local park
construction costs by up to $ 150,()()().
The area to be developed is north o f
V ancouver Lake Park o ff Lower
River Road, betw een B uckm ire
Slough and thedike that runs parallel
to Vancouver Lake.
The USMC will grade approxi
mately 440,000 sq. ft. and relocate
almost 20,000 cubic yards o f mate
rial on a 36-acre site. The grading
work will provide a base for con
struction o f two picnic shelters, a
restroom, play area with play equip
ment, trails, access road, grass over
flow parking area, landscaping and
irrigation.
The USMC will also create a 5.6-
acre wetland pond on the northern
portion o f the site. The area will be
planted with a native wetland seed
mix and separated from the devel
oped park by a planted buffer.
The MarineCorps began thegrad-
ingwork Saturday, May 16. It will be
completed in approximately three
weeks.
I he City o f Vancouver, the Direc
tor o f Clark County Public Works,
the International Union ofO perating
Engineers Local 701, and the Board
o f Clark County Commissioners all
support this partnership between the
Parks Department and the Marine
Corps. Funding comes from local
resources, the Interagency Commit
tee for Outdoor Recreation (IAC)
and Real Estate Excise Tax (REET)
funds.
O r e g o n ’ s W illa m e tte B a s in
a m o n g th e le a s , h e a lth y to r
f is h .”
" I ’m sure th a t’s rig h t!." as they
say. H ow ever, a goodly num ber
o f citizens residing in the ‘P o rt
lan d M e tro p o lita n S ta tis tic a l
A re a ’ have also id e n tifie d the
stream as ‘hostile to hum an h a b i
ta t’ (as a so urce ot drin k in g w a
ter). It is in teresting that last
week I cited "urban r u n o f f as a
m ajor p ro b lem -p esticid es, fe rtil
izer, pet w astes, oil and an tifreeze
going into storm drains instead of
sew erlines leading to treatm en t
plants.
And that th is w eek I g o , a half
d o zen c a lls a sk in g , "h a v e you
seen all th o se $ 1 9 .9 5 la b o r s a v
ing d e v ic e s a d v e rtise d on te le
v isio n , and all sure to co m p o u n d
the p ro b le m ?
You no lo n g e r need th e h a ssle
o f sw e e p in g up yo u r y ard tra sh
o r c o lle c tin g any re sid u e from
y o u r g a rd e n o r d riv e w a y a c tiv i
ties.
Just h o o k u p o u r ‘Jim D andy
S p e c ia l’ to y o u r g arden h o se and
w ash all th a t m ess into th e storm
d rain . D o n ’t sto o p , d o n ’, b en d ,
do it the e asy w a y .”
W ell, getting back in sequence,
next w eek we will talk about those
ubiquitous ‘W e lls’ and at least
one o f those leading o rg a n iz a
tions o f citizen s ded icated to a
quality w ater supply for the city
o f Portland.
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The park expansion will provide
covered shelters for large groups,
currently available only at Lewisville
Park. The project will also feature
play equipment and large groups,
currently available only at Vancouver
l ake Park. I mpact to the shorel ine o f
Vancouver Lake will be avoided by
limiting access to what is currently
available. The area will include views
o f Vancouver Lake.
A second partnership with Clark
Public Utilities will provide all the
irrigation water necessary for the turf
areas. This reused water is a by
product o f the cooling operations at
the CPU power Generation plant lo
cated two and one-half miles south of
th e p ark . T h is use is c a lle d
“nonconsumptive” because the wa
ter comes out o f the ground and re
turns there to recharge the aquifer.
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M a jo r
On Tuesday, May 26, 1998, at
approxim ately 4:37 in the afternoon,
at NE 6th and Broadway, a Northeast
Precinct Uniform car attempted to
stop a red Chevrolet Camaro, which
had an extremely loud stereo system
But, instead ofstopping, the driver o f
the Camaro, who was alone in the
vehicle, accelerated.
The Camaro turned south on NE
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
with officers in pursuit,but because
o f the heavy traffic and erratic m a
neuvers o f the Camaro. officers ter
minated the pursuit at approximately
MLK and NE Wasco Street.
The officers could see the Camaro
continue southbound on MLK at a
high rate o f speed, then turn east-
bound onto NF. Davis, where offic
ers thought it may have struck a car
Arriving at MLK and Davis, of
ficers found nothing, but see what
appears to be a large explosion take
m itm ent and the intense interest
in our health and w elfare-espe-
cially that o f the infants, children
and elderly for whom the integ
rity o f the w ater supply is indeed
a "vital issu e .”
The follow ing inform ation may
facilitate the p articipation o f any
o f our citizen s. If you have a
d isability and need an accom m o
dation, please contact T ina M ar
tin at 823-5351 (voice p h o n e )o r
823-6868 (TD D (-alternative for
m ats and sign language in terp re
tation at least 48 hours in advance
o f a m eeting.
C opies o f m eeting m inutes and
m aterials related to agenda items
are available at the m onthly m eet
ings or upon request to the P ort
land W ater B ureau. Call 823-
7404 and give your nam e and ad
dress and a copy will be m ailed to
you.
The rem aining ‘first T uesday
o f the m o n th ’ m eeting dates for
the year o f 1998 are as follow s
(unless o th erw ise notified): July
7, A ugust 4, S eptem ber I, O cto
ber 6, N ovem ber 3, and D ecem
ber I . It helps to focus your com
m ents if you m ake notes on those
co n cern s, read in the paper, seen
on telev isio n , o r discussed with
friends.
A re c e n t h e a d lin e a n
n o u n c e d , “ B a sin I d e n tif ie d as
H o s tile H a b ita t: A S tu d y by
th e U .S . G o v e r n m e n t o f 10
M a jo r A m e ric a n r iv e r s rank
place many blocks to the east on
Davis.
At NE 12th and Davis; officers
found that the Camaro, traveling at a
ye, undetermined speed, had run the
stop sign and struck a blue Dodge
Shadow that had been southbound
on 12th Avenue.
A fter striking the Dodge Shadow,
the Camaro struck and punched a
hole in the west wall o f the Portland
Bottling Company, then burst into
flames.
The driver o f the Camaro fled
from the vehicle but was caught and
held by an employee o f Portland
Bottling.
The driver of the Dodge Shadow,
identified as 37 year old Alena K .
Pustovit, ofN ortheas, Portland, was
transported by ambulance to a local
hospital, where she is listed in criti
cal condition.
The driver of the Camaro, identi-
fied as 27 year old T rav is Scot,
C alhoun, was transported by ambu
lance to a local hospital, where his
condition is listed as stable and he is
under guard.
T ra v is Scot, C alh o u n had four
w arrants outstanding for his arrest;
a no bail. State Parole Violation
W arrant; a Failure to Appear, Firs,
D e g re e F o rg e ry W a rra n t in
Clackam as County; a Second De
gree Forgery W arrant in Clackamas
County; and a Failure to Appear,
Second Degree Theft W arrant in
W ashington County.
In connection with the incident,
C alhoun has been charged with Sec
ond Degree Assault, Felony Attempt
to Elude. Felony Hit and Run, Reck
less Driving, two counts o f Second
Degree Criminal Mischief, Driving
While Suspended, and Driving With
out Insurance.
The investigation in continuing
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