Council Passes Ordinance With Some Changes
At last night’s city council meeting the council deliberated how the temporary housing ordinance would be implemented. Issues of noise and length of stay were part of the deliberation. Councilor Meyer asked about the effect Generators might have on the properties surrounding an area used as a temporary site.
“And there’s a generator running continuously especially if there is a load change on the generator, I think we’re in for some irritated neighbors.”
Upon further review it was determined that generators in general were not allowed, but hook up to electric by waterproof extension cords were. They also specified that there was no hook up allowed to city sewer by the temporary residents. The council also discussed the length of time a property owner can use their property for temporary housing and councilors agreed that 90 days within a rolling calendar year would be a good limitation to include. The council added one more stipulation before the final vote to specifically address the generator issue and determined that language would be included that no fuel supplied generators were allowed to be used on the properties. The council approved the resolution unanimously.
Representative Wright Wants to Work on Schools
Yesterday’s opening of the Lane County satellite office of the Republican Party had visits from our state representative Boomer Wright and State Senator Dick Anderson. Representative Wright was asked about his agenda if he were to be reelected in November, and Wright said his priorities included taking a look at the practices of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and to take a good hard look at education. He says it is his opinion that the teachers are overwhelmed and more options are needed for education and those options don’t need to come from the state down, but rather from a local movement.
“We don’t need any rules or policies coming down from the state, we need to help support the teachers.”
Wright says there is so much to do, and he hopes to be a part of it come election time.
Highway 101 Work
Traveling south on the coast this week will likely come with some delays as the Oregon Department of Transportation is doing some grinding and paving of portions of highway 38 and highway 101 in Reedsport. During daytime hours ODOT will be working on the section from Highway 38 to Winchester Bay on 101. The City of Reedsport issued the notice and asked for travelers to use an alternative route when possible.
