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Polk County News 2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 14, 2015 FC talks‘ban’ on pot shops By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer file Lucky Halcom of Black Rock BBQ takes can order during the lunch rush this summer. Since then Dallas rules forced Black Rock to move every three months. Food cart rules may shift By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The city of Dallas is considering a change to its code that would make it easier to find your favorite food cart ven- dor. A proposed ordinance would allow food cart ven- dors to apply for a renew- able six-month permit to do business at the same loca- tion. That doubles the length of time under current “itin- erant merchant” provisions in the city’s code. Itinerant merchants are defined as selling from carts, trailers or other vehicles. City Manager Ron Foggin said popular barbecue ven- dor Black Rock BBQ ap- proached the city about changing the code because it was forced to move to a new location every three months under the current rules. Those rules specify that an itinerant merchant can remain in the same lo- cation for no more than three months out of a year. “This is not an ideal busi- ness model,” wrote Jason Locke, the city’s community development director in a memo to the city’s adminis- tration committee. “Many jurisdictions have recog- nized that food carts are a business that can create vi- brancy in an area and can create activity in vacant or underutilized locations.” Revisions would allow food carts to operate in the same location for six months and the owner to apply to remain at the loca- tion for successive six- month periods. The permit fee would be $100. The council reviewed the proposed ordinance at its Oct. 5 meeting and moved it forward for a “second reading” and vote at its Monday meeting. Also on the agenda for a vote on Monday is an ordi- nance that would ban the use of “inhalant delivery systems,” aka e-cigarettes, or “vaping” systems from all public places where tradi- tional cigarettes are banned from use. That means vaping wouldn’t be allowed in work places, public gathering places or within 10 feet of entrances of such locations; within 25 feet of school fa- cilities, public and school bus shelters or stops; and in all city parks, including the Rickreall Creek Trail, except for in the designated area in Dallas City Park. In other business, the council: • Approved a transfer of money from the street, water, and sewer funds to the capital improvement fund for a total of $81,000 to purchase a new backhoe. It will replace aging equipment in frequent need of repair, Foggin said. The fund transfer also in- cluded $20,000 from con- tingency to the Community Development Department to pay for a consultant and $9,000 from the sewer fund to capital outlay to pay for a farm loader. FALLS CITY — The city of Falls City will consider changing its code to allow marijuana dispensaries to open, but there’s a catch. If the Falls City City Coun- cil approves restrictions it appears to support, there would be no place for one to open. Currently the city code re- quires business to comply with federal law, which does not recognize marijuana as legal. But Mayor Terry Un- gricht suggested changing the code to technically allow a dispensary to open in the city, but using its discretion in restricting location to make it virtually impossible to find a place to operate one. Under state law dispen- saries are disallowed in resi- dential areas or within a 1,000 feet of a school. In a Falls City, that’s a significant portion of the town. “It leaves very few areas for (dispensaries) to go,” Un- gricht said. He added state law allows local jurisdictions to apply further restrictions. He sug- gested adding a provision that would exclude dispen- saries within a 1,000 feet of parks. GOVERNMENT “There would be nowhere in town you could put dis- pensaries,” he said, “That way we are allowing it, but our development code would have those restrictions.” There’s another avenue to keep dispensaries out — an outright ban that requires a vote of citizens. Ungricht pointed out that, if successful, a ban would preclude the city from re- ceiving revenue from state taxes on marijuana. He said while much about how the taxes would be dispersed is undetermined, he believes the city could still receive some taxes if it allows peo- ple to grow marijuana. “I noticed a lot of people grow here,” Ungricht said. He said it’s possible that taxes could be given to cities based on sales and manufac- turing. The city would forgo revenue from sales, but could still receive taxes based on population, similar to how alcohol taxes are dispersed. The majority of the coun- cil agreed, saying the city shouldn’t put a ban proposal on the ballot. “The negative to that is if the citizens of Falls City chooses to have a ban on dispensaries then we would not be able to share in the taxes from the state,” said Councilor Dennis Sickles. The idea of disallowing dispensaries by land use codes did draw objection from Councilor Tony Meier. “I think putting a dispensa- ry here, cost wise, might not even be reasonable,” Meier said. “But on the other hand, why have the people here that are going to be legal about it go someplace else and buy it and let them get the tax money that we could be getting?” The rest of the council didn’t share his point of view, however. “I think that the council spoke on dispensaries in Falls City and I would not be will- ing to vote for dispensaries in Falls City,” Dennis Sickles said, referring to a previous decision to ban dispensaries through the city code. Ungricht said he would bring an official proposal, reviewed by the city’s attor- ney, at a future meeting. Polk No. 1 to focus on safety By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer INDEPENDENCE — Fire Chief Al Alcalde is working to make Polk County Fire District No. 1’s firefighters and volunteers safer through training and practice. Alcalde said the door of one of the district’s trucks was bent while it was being backed out of the garage be- cause the door was left open. “The thought process is, if (the door is) open, you can get into it quicker,” he said to the fire board of directors at its Thursday meeting. However, with so many staff members and volun- teers, the person who drives the truck into the garage isn’t always the one who backs it out to respond to an incident. The person backing out may not know to look for an open door, Alcalde noted. With training and process, accidents such as the bent door can be prevented, he said. Additionally, Alcalde pre- sented a new code of ethics. “It’s a national program that’s been going on for a couple of years,” Alcalde said. “Fire departments are pledging to read the code of ethics and sign that they are going to maintain the code.” Alcalde said it is impor- tant for firefighters and vol- unteers to keep a high ethi- cal standard in public. “By doing this, it’s a re- minder to us that we’re here for the public,” he said. Board member Joost Van- derhave asked Alcalde if the code should also apply to board members. “I would encourage each of us to think about what Joost is saying and consider signing it,” board chairman Tom Snair agreed. Board member Joe Franko said board members need to be “above reproach out in the public.” In other business, the board decided to let Alcalde handle an agreement for service from Albany Fire De- partment. Heard updates on the es- timates to have the parking lot at Station 90 repaved, ranging from $9,700 to $15,000, depending on the area and thickness of the as- phalt. Approved purchasing equipment for the new fire engines that will be arriving soon. The purchase will like- ly cost $60,000 or less. NEWS IN BRIEF O CTOBER 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2015 FRIENDS NIGHT – THURSDAY, OCT. 15 • 4 - 8:30 PM Members Only • Memberships at the Door F RIDAY & S ATURDAY S UNDAY , O CTOBER 18 O CTOBER 16 & 17 1 PM - 4:30 PM 10 AM - 5:30 PM $4 B AG D AY ! Hardcovers $1.25 • Paperbacks 75¢ Children’s & Teens 50¢ • Audio Visual 50¢ - $1.00 585 Liberty St. SE Salem Parking meters will be in effect SPECIALTY & COLLECTIBLES Rare & Collectible Books at marked prices For more information call 503-362-1755 or SPLFriends@Peak.org Sponsors: Roth’s Family Markets/Trader Joe’s A Pleasant Place to Buy or Sell Your RV CALL TODAY FOR A NO-CHARGE EVALUATION. Matinees are all shows before 6pm. 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A more than $402 million tax surplus was conirmed by the Oice of Economic Analysis during the irst week of Octo- ber. The surplus triggered a tax surplus credit, or “kicker,” for the 2014 tax year. To claim the kicker, you must ile a 2015 tax return. To calcu- late the amount of credit, multi- ply your 2014 tax liability before any credits, except credits for taxes paid to other states, by 5.6 percent. Detailed information on how to claim your credit will be in the 2015 Oregon personal in- come tax return instructions. Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n : www.oregon.gov/dor. AT&T upgrades service to Dallas DALLAS — AT&T has com- pleted an upgrade to mobile In- ternet service in the Dallas area, bringing an increase in speed to customers at no additional cost. AT&T customers with a data plan and LTE-capable device will see an immediate and auto- matic increase in speed when using the mobile internet, two- way video calling, streaming music and movies, download- ing apps and iles, and sharing pictures via email, multimedia messaging or social networks from their smart phone or tablet. T he upgrade is part of a multi-billion dollar planned in- vestment to expand and en- hance our wireless and wireline broadband services, improving Internet service quality, speed, and reliability. AT&T invested nearly $375 million in its Ore- gon network during the past three years.
