The INDEPENDENT, June 16, 2005
Business
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Forest Trust Land meeting Internet phone service may not reach 9-1-1
Technology improves our tomatic, lifesaving features: providers who voluntarily as
a connection to the 9-1-1
to review harvest level data lives in so many ways and routing to the correct emer sure
network. In some cases that in
The Forest Trust Land Advi
sory Committee (FTLAC) will
meet Friday, June 17, in Salem
to discuss preliminary, comput
er-modeled harvest levels for
northwest Oregon state-man
aged forestlands.
The meeting will be held at
the Oregon Department of
Forestry (ODF) operations
building, 2600 State St., in
room 101 from 9:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. FTLAC meetings are
open to the public. An opportu
nity for public comment is pro
vided at 10 a.m.
The committee will review
and discuss forest modeling
outputs for harvesting and
habitat. The modeling outputs,
along with other information,
will be used by the Oregon
Board of Forestry (BOF) to
consider possible changes in
the northwest and southwest
forest management plans. The
committee will provide input to
the board.
Other topics include reports
on Swiss needle cast (a dis
ease affecting Douglas-fir), wa
tershed effectiveness monitor
ing and an update on the
BOF’s new process for consid-
ering technical information in
decision-making.
FTLAC is a legally mandat
ed committee of county com
missioners representing coun
ties that in the past deeded
lands to the state. The commit
tee advises the governing BOF
on matters where counties may
have a responsibility related to
forestland managed by ODF.
Counties depend on revenue
generated from management
activities on these lands.
About $45 million in annual
revenue - earmarked for 15
counties - has come from tim
ber sales on county forest trust
lands. The revenue is used pri
marily for local schools, and
also helps fund county govern
ment and local taxing districts.
The committee is made up
of seven members who repre
sent the 15 counties that have
state forest land within their
county boundaries. Counties
with forest trust lands include
Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop,
Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Jo
sephine, Klamath, Lane, Lin
coln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillam
ook and Washington.
“Voice Over Internet Protocol”
(VoIP) appears to be the next
wave. VoIP provides voice tele
phone service through your
computer internet connection -
instead of through a traditional
landline or cellular telephone
service. While VoIP may
streamline some communica
tions options, and may be a
less costly connection, it may
also limit or even prevent you
from calling 9-1-1 in an emer
gency.
Before deciding to switch to
VoIP, be sure to ask if you’ll
have 9-1-1 service. Some inter
net service providers who offer
VoIP do not provide a connec
tion to 9-1-1 at all. Others route
9-1-1 calls to regular, non
emergency telephone numbers
(a seven or ten-digit number)
that may or may not reach the
correct public safety dispatch
center to respond to your call.
Furthermore, when your call
is routed to one of these seven
or ten-digit numbers, there is
no enhanced 9-1-1 with its au
grounds and some of the other
services. Lucas said this will be
the first State Park built in 33
years. It is being funded prima
rily by lottery dollars.
Matt Chesley followed with a
presentation on “Mountain Bik
ing and Vernonia,” using infor
mation from the International
Mountain Biking Association
(IMBA), which has over 32,000
members worldwide. They
build or help build 5,000 miles
of trail every year in order to
make the trails erosion-proof
(even in climates with more
than twice our average rainfall).
According to Chesley, the aver
age IMBA member is a 37 year-
old, college-educated male,
who makes $62,000 per year.
Chesley suggested mountain
bikers as a good source of
tourist dollars for our area.
Councilor Shirlee Daughtry
received the city’s thanks for
cludes Enhanced 9-1-1 servic
es for their Oregon customers.
Other providers are intensely
developing systems to improve
9-1-1 connections from desk
top and laptop computers.
But for now, it is strongly rec
ommended that you keep a cel
lular phone or landline to call 9-
1-1 in an emergency.
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gency dispatch center, identifi
cation of the closest emer
gency personnel and location
identification that enables
emergency personnel to pin
point where you are. Most
Voice Over Internet services
simply don’t connect you with
Enhanced 9-1-1 at this time.
Because the market for VoIP
is taking off, there are some
her donation of photos and
help in getting the framing and
matting for the photos on dis
play in the halls of City Hall.
The Council also accepted
jurisdiction of Rose Avenue
and Alder Street from Columbia
County, and approved an
amendment to the City Em
ployee
Personnel Manual
changing from 20 to 32 the
number of hours for regular
part-time employment.
Mayor Harrison appointed
Burt Tschache, Josette Mitch
ell, llene Grady, Steve White-
man, Kim Wallace and Randy
Aultman to the Technology
Center committee for the
Learning Center. Harrison will
represent the City.
Bassett told Council that
there should be paddle boats
for rent at the Lake by the end
of June.
The next City Council meet
ing will be at 7:00 p.m. on June
20 at City Hall.
WHEN:
WHERE:
June 22, 2005
6:30 pm Light
Hors d’oeuvre
7:00 pm Business
Meeting/
Elections
The Olde School
251 St. Helens Street
St Helens, OR
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503.366.6333, so we may get an
accurate count of attendees.
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