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Redmond OKs mixed-use Brown gets pushback on plan
building in neighborhood to require proof of vaccination
building to be 47 feet, which is
2 feet higher than the limit.
The first floor of the pro-
posed, 6,200-square-foot
building will house small retail
spaces. The second floor will
be office space, and the third
and fourth floors will hold a
combined eight condominium
units.
Redmond senior plan-
ner Kyle Roberts argued this
building was needed to meet
the city’s housing and density
goals.
Zone change combines retail, office space
and condos for building near Ridgeview High
By JaCKsON hOGaN
The Bulletin
The rapidly developing
southwest corner of Redmond
should become denser soon,
now that the city will allow a
four-story mixed-use building
to be built in the neighbor-
hood.
The Redmond City Coun-
cil unanimously approved a
zoning change at its Tuesday
night meeting — from general
residential to mixed-use neigh-
borhood — for a 1.23-acre
parcel on the corner of SW Ca-
nal Boulevard and SW Badger
Avenue.
The council also approved
an exception to the height lim-
itation for that zoning, allow-
ing the proposed four-story
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By Gary a. WarNEr
Oregon Capital Bureau
Gov. Kate Brown is getting
blowback from political op-
ponents who are leveraging
the actions of her allies in an
attempt to derail a new state
policy requiring Oregon res-
idents to show proof of vac-
cination at some venues and
businesses with more relaxed
COVID-19 rules.
Brown had announced the
new policy earlier this month
as a new way to build con-
fidence in when and where
someone might be exposed to
COVID-19, which has killed
over 591,000 Americans since
last year.
“This disease remains
dangerous for those in com-
munities with high rates of
unvaccinated individuals,”
Brown said. “That’s why I’m
encouraging all Oregonians
to roll up your sleeves, take
your shot, and get a chance to
change your life.”
While Brown has framed
the issue as one of public
health, opponents say it’s about
privacy and personal choice.
The 23-member House
Republican Caucus wrote to
Brown on Thursday calling on
her to reverse plans for what
they called a “vaccination pass-
port” — a term popular among
conservatives to describe the
COVID-19 inoculation certif-
icates approved by the Centers
for Disease Control.
House Minority Leader
Christine Drazan, R-Canby,
and the rest of the caucus in-
voked recent decisions by two
Brown allies: Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee and California
Gov. Gavin Newsom.
See Vaccination / A4
Blood moon rises over Bend
PhOTO By ryaN BrENNECKE
The Bulletin
T
he full moon turns a copper red color as the Earth’s shadow falls across its surface near the peak of the blood
moon total lunar eclipse over Bend early Wednesday. Bulletin photographer Ryan Brennecke took this shot
looking southwest from the city about 4:30 a.m. It was the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years.
Estate of woman killed in crash will sue county, ODOT
By GarrETT aNdrEWs
The Bulletin
rankov adams
was the singer
for the band
The Nomads.
TODAY’S
WEATHER
The estate of a Redmond
woman killed in a 2020 vehicle
pileup on U.S. Highway 97 south
of Madras intends to sue state and
county agencies, claiming they
have maintained a deadly inter-
section.
Nadia Rankov Adams, 52, was
killed on the afternoon of Aug. 18,
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when a semi-truck slammed into
a line of vehicles traveling north
on Highway 97.
The line was waiting for a ve-
hicle to turn left onto SW Bear
Drive, according to Oregon State
Police.
In March, a lawyer for Rankov
Adams’ ex-husband, Ron Adams,
sent a notice of intent to sue to of-
ficials with Jefferson County and
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portation.
“My office is investigating the
lack of action taken by the State
of Oregon, which … may have
caused and/or contributed to Ms.
Adams’ death by not making the
intersection — which has been
known for several accidents, in-
cluding multiple fatalities — safer
to the public,” wrote Jane Paulson,
attorney with the Portland firm
Paulson Coletti.
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lic agency must be notified of a
person’s intent to sue within 12
months of a cause of action.
A spokesman for ODOT re-
ferred questions to the depart-
ment’s attorneys in the Depart-
ment of Justice, who declined to
comment.
An official with Jefferson Coun-
ty’s insurer, City County Insurance
Services, appeared to disagree that
the county should be involved
with the lawsuit.
“It appears your letter has been
misdirected,” City County senior
claims consultant Kathi Prest-
wood wrote in response to the tort
claim notice. “Accordingly, our
Member is not liable in this mat-
ter and we respectfully deny your
claim.”
The crash that killed Rankov
Adams was the third fatal multi-
vehicle collision on Highway 97
between Redmond and Madras
in three weeks, the Redmond
Spokesman reported.
See Lawsuit / A4
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