The INDEPENDENT, December 21, 2011
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Council gets update of City Manager Hough’s recent activities
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to begin using the Department
Operations Center (DOC) as
part of the lead up training for
the exercise. The city hopes to
work with local ham operators
to provide the bulk of our emer-
gency communications efforts.
• KJ Won is continuing to
work on the draft ordinance re-
garding uniform addressing in
the city. The goal is to have it
ready for council review in the
March.
• The LED streetlights with
“GE Evolve” cobra heads are
now installed as part of the
Banks Road Streetlight Pilot
Project. Comments that the city
has received have been quite
positive.
• The city is in the process of
replacing two defective fire hy-
drants. Hough expects the
work will be completed, and the
hydrants back in service before
the end of December.
• The city is proceeding with
the Traffic and Street Sign Re-
placement and Upgrade Pro-
ject that was mentioned in
2008. The goal is to replace
and upgrade approximately
one-third of the signs by March.
•The Banks Christmas Tree
Lighting Ceremony was held
December 2. The city is calcu-
lating the costs in an effort to
gain more efficiency in subse-
quent years. Council will be
briefed in February.
• The city has received more
information regarding its appli-
cation for designation as part of
the Tualatin Valley Scenic Bike-
Washington Co. wants bridge replaced
Washington County’s De-
partment of Land Use and
Transportation was recently
awarded a FEMA Hazard Miti-
gation Grant through the Ore-
gon Office of Emergency Man-
agement to replace the Mea-
cham Road bridge over the
east fork of Dairy Creek. During
flood events, debris accumu-
lates against the three in-
stream bents supporting the
bridge. The flood debris dam-
ages the bridge, causes up-
stream flooding, and makes the
road impassable. Although the
volume of traffic on this rural lo-
cal road is relatively low, it pro-
vides the only access to over
60 properties.
The new bridge will be about
the same size as the existing
bridge, but will be a single span
with no supports in the stream.
Beside reducing flood debris
accumulation, the new struc-
ture will improve habitat condi-
tions for fish and wildlife by
restoring natural stream hydrol-
ogy.
The FEMA grant, which will
be received early next year, will
fund about 75 percent of the
project’s $882,700 estimated
way, and hopes to achieve that
goal by September, 2012.
• The city has been advised
that the International Society of
Arborists (ISA), Tree Research
&
Education
Endowment
(TREE) Fund will be conduct-
ing a fund raising event in coor-
dination with Cycle Oregon that
will begin in Banks on August
5, 2012, and end in Portland on
August 11. The city has tenta-
tively agreed to host the event
and is hoping to have a cere-
mony at the Greenville City
Park Outdoor Education Arbor
(OEA).
During the business agen-
da, council received the city’s
2011-2012 annual audit report,
approved participation in a Tu-
alatin Soil and Water Conser-
vation District agricultural
waste pesticide and empty
container collection event, and
directed staff to propose $200
of direct funding and $300 of
in-kind funding in the operating
budget for the next fiscal year.
The next council meeting
will be on January 10 in city hall
at 7:00 p.m.
cost. Construction is expected
to be completed during the
2012-2013 fiscal year.
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