The INDEPENDENT, July 17, 2008
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Ford Family Group asks Council to approve their pennant project
The Banks City Council
meeting on July 8 was held with
a bare quorum of Mayor Teri
Branstitre and Councilors Deb
Deegan, Pete Edison and
Craig Stewart.
Branstitre proclaimed the
evening of August 5 to be
Banks National Night Out and
invited the citizens of Banks to
join the Greenville City Park
Management Committee, the
National Association of Town
Watch, and TARGET, Inc. to
support the 25th Annual Na-
tional Night Out. National Night
Out is a unique nationwide
crime, drug and violence pre-
vention program that joins
forces with thousands of other
communities across the coun-
try to promote cooperative po-
lice-community crime preven-
tion efforts.
Washington County Sheriff’s
Deputy Tran reported to Coun-
cil that there were 40 calls for
service in May, two arrests, and
56 traffic stops which resulted
in 14 citations. In June there
were 30 calls for service, four
arrests, and 21 traffic stops re-
sulting in two citations. Tran
noted that that the traffic count
was down because he had a
recruit and the focus was on
crimes.
City Attorney Jim Lucas sub-
mitted a proposed ordinance
change regarding social gam-
ing and gambling within the city
limits. According to Lucas, the
way the current ordinance
reads, “You can’t play monop-
oly in your house for money.” A
local business owner is re-
questing that his establishment
be able to hold Texas Hold’em
Tournaments. Bingo and lotto
are not considered gambling so
long as the provisions of ORS
65.100 (2) are complied with.
West Hills Tract 9, the unde-
Bracelets help
find lost people
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nance fees.
If you are interested in be-
coming a volunteer for this pro-
gram or want to help provide a
bracelet to those who cannot
afford one, call Marcia Langer,
the Washington County Sher-
iff’s Office Elder Safe Program
Coordinator at (503) 846-6048
or email marcia_langer@co.
washington.or.us.
veloped land east of Arbor Vil-
lage has requested that the city
lift the performance bond that
they have been paying into for
the last 10 years. The bond
was created to ensure that cer-
tain required items would be
done in order for them to devel-
op that piece of property. The
one remaining item is develop-
ment of a rail crossing in Tract
9 to allow access in and out of
the development. West Hills is
proposing that the bond be re-
placed with an agreement
which will be attached to the
land deed. Council authorized
Lucas and City Manager Jim
Hough to draft the documents
required to allow West Hills re-
lief from the bond.
After reviewing the city’s
2008 Sanitary Survey correc-
tive action plan, the state wrote
Banks Public Works that it
looks excellent. All but a few
items have been corrected. The
goal is to have all remaining de-
ficiencies corrected by August
31.
Two citizens appeared to ad-
dress concerns for considera-
tion by council.
Stephanie Jones concern
was the illegal fireworks on July
4. Jones said that she “came to
vent to someone who can do
something about it” and sug-
gested that maybe the fire de-
partment can have volunteers
seize illegal fireworks or write
citations. Jones was distressed
that illegal fireworks landed in
her backyard. Deputy Tran
asked if she called to report the
incident and Jones replied that
she had not. In response, Tran
told her that the fire department
does not have the training or
authority to do what she is ask-
ing. Councilor Stewart said that
illegal fireworks should be “en-
forced statewide or make them
legal…it is out of control.” He
also commented that Oregon
should be collecting the tax dol-
lars instead of Washington with
all the illegal fireworks crossing
the state line.
Tina Lyon requested that
council make a decision on
whether or not she can remove
the trees on the planting strip
between the sidewalk and the
street on her property. In April
Lyon sent a letter requesting
permission to remove the trees
because they are “starting to lift
the sidewalk; we have been
proactive and we don’t want to
be responsible for personal
damage.” City Manager Hough
explained that the problem is
being worked on with the Tree
Board, notwithstanding that
tree removal can happen in the
fall or early spring. The earliest
time the city can do anything is
in November.
Paul Pedersen, Director of
9-1-1 Washington County Con-
solidated
Communications
Agency gave a power point
presentation about the agency.
The agency operates under an
Intergovernmental Agreement
(IGA) between Washington
County and surrounding cities,
including Banks. WCCCA dis-
patches all calls for police, fire,
or medical assistance to the cit-
izens of those cities. For the
2008-2009 budget year, the
agency has approved a 13.7
million dollar budget. Twenty
percent of revenue comes from
9-1-1 tax dollars, with the re-
mainder coming from user
fees. Last year, Banks’ fee for
dispatch services was $6,001.
WCCCA handled 1,279 calls
for service from Banks.
Jolynn Becker and Christy
Greagor proposed a Banks
Beautification Project plan to
council. The two are participat-
ing in the program as part of the
Ford Family Group. In their ef-
fort to improve the look of the
city, they are hoping to display
pennants all the way through
the entire city. Currently the
chamber displays holiday pen-
nants during the winter holiday
season. The plan that Becker
and Greagor proposed is to
change pennants three times
each year. The project through
Ford Family Group must be
completed within one year.
Questions for council to decide
are who is going to be in control
of changing the pennants,
where will they be stored, and
who will be in control of the cal-
endar – the city or the cham-
ber? Raymond Deeth said that
“on behalf of the chamber, I
welcome their enthusiasm.”
The next city council meet-
ing will be held August 13, at
7:30 p.m. in City Hall.
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