After the long Labor Day weekend, the Branding Team got right back to work.  We think the council will be pleased with the tag line selected and are currently finalizing a new logo.  Marketing and branding strategies will be next.

We met with legal council regarding the acceptance of Federal Funding in light of Oregon’s sanctuary status.  Through research and contacting the Department of Justice we learned that we would be able to continue to receive our funding.  Most of the DOJ concern is in regards to those entities that have jails.  Since we do not, we are not in jeopardy of losing our funding.

Many city staff worked hard to put on yet another very successful Corn Cross on September 10th.  It was attended by well over 300 entrants in the race and many other spectators.  Well done Carol Cohen and Tanay Richardson.

Tanya and I had meetings in September working out the logistics and timing of the pool take over.  At this item we are still waiting for the OTSD to be ready in the new facility.  We assured OTSD that we would make sure they had a place for the kids no matter what.

Kelly O’Neill and I met with Ralph Taharn, our architect, to get some preliminary ideas for an upgrade to City Hall.  We have several issues to address and a limited budget.  We want to address staff safety, building security and leaks, and poor windows.  This will also require ADA upgrades to be completed.  We will stay within budget and do the work we can afford at this time, and phase in the other projects as we can.  Emphasis on safety and security will be first.

Mike Walker and I met with the manager an staff at Iseli Nursery to look at options for great uptake of our treated water.  We will incorporate some of these ideas into our mitigation report to DEQ.