Warning – Pace Yourself, it’s a long story with lots of subtleties and complications! Rick Gardner, Chris Mastrandrea and myself reached out to the Water District with specific questions about Forest Legacy Program (FLP) contractual obligations pertaining to public access, recreation and logging of our Watershed.  Unsure about the answers to the questions, Phil Chick…

After an hour-long Executive Session with the district’s lawyer (ORS 192.660.2.f – To consider information or records that are exempt by law from public inspection, including advice from an attorney), the Board appointed a slightly different Forest Management Committee. Rather than evaluating candidate qualifications against the responsibilities outlined for the Committee in the Multi-Resource Management…

The water district board meeting is scheduled for this Thursday night AFTER the Sanitary District Meeting. It will probably start around 6:25-6:30. The zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82450898403 Join by Telephone: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 824 5089 8403 On this past Sunday, a hunter’s camp started a fire in our Watershed. Fire Rescue vehicles did not have…

At last month’s Board Meeting, the Water District Board skirted and ignored multiple Oregon State statutes in appointing their candidates to the Forest Management Committee.   One of these statutes requires that the Board redo the secret ballot process that they used.  The Board now has an opportunity to be more inclusive in their appointments to…

Farce – /färs/  A theatrical piece in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character [or process]. I leave it to you to determine if “farce” is a fair characterization of what happened at Thursday night’s Water District Board meeting. NOTE:   These posts have been criticized as…

At the September 10th Community Conversation meeting with the Board, a community member asked … “what are our contractual obligations for logging and recreation in the Watershed?” The past Board Chair responded that the Forest Legacy Program (FLP) contract wasn’t finalized but related information could be found on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…

PLEASE HOLD Saturday Sept 10 from 10-12 for a facilitated, in person Community Conversation with the Board at the firehouse (NO zoom ) A New Day At last week’s Water Board Meeting, Debra Birkby tentatively accepted the position of Board Chair.  My sense is that one of her objectives is to encourage the Board to…

At the July 21st Board meeting, the Board members were due to elect their officers for the new term. Yet, every Board member had reasons why they couldn’t take the helm as Board Chair. The meeting concluded without a Board Chair.  The members set an action item to see if current policies could be changed…

Regarding the watershed, the Water District Board has completed the purchase phase and transitioned to a planning phase for operations and maintenance. During this planning phase, these conversations will track and report what’s happening in order to: 1) Keep you informed of the status of things as the multi-faceted plan develops, and 2) Encourage you…