From the Mayor’s desk, a monthly report from the city of Lakeside

This past month lunch and a tour of Lakeside was given to the Sustainable Design Assessment Team from Washington D.C. for which Lakeside received a thank you letter.

Watershed director Mike Mader, Chief sewer operator Ardith Lewis, DEQ Steve Nichols, and I met with Oregon State Representative Arnie Roblin regarding some anonymous complaints of the Wastewater Plant chlorine levels in Tenmile Creek. Levels were tested twice and the results shared with the D.E.Q.  It appears that the chlorine source is not the Wastewater Plant and the D.E.Q. will be looking into the problem.

City administrator Charlie Hill, Ardith Lewis, and I attended a class put on by the City County Insurance Services titled: Decision Making for Public Sector Supervisors. The class was informative and covered new laws along with wise decision making relating to the public sector.

The finishing touches for the upcoming Crawdad Festival were completed at the final meeting before the big week-end.

Attending the Ford Foundation’s Coastal Douglas Social Capital Luncheon on April 24, was a step closer to receiving decorative benches and trash receptacles in several cities, including Lakeside.

Tuesday, April 27, brought the much-awaited ground breaking for the Eighth Street sidewalk and paving project.  Commissioners Kevin Stufflebean and Nikki Whitty, along with Road master John Roe, met with Johnson Rock Vice President Kortney Johnson at the corner of North Lake and Eighth Street. Along with the news media and some Lakeside residents, gold shovels were buried for the symbolic start of the beautification project between Railroad and Ringos’s Marina.

Mike Mader, Ardith Lewis and I attended a town hall-type meeting with DEQ.  We were able to express some of our concerns regarding water quality with a contingent of local and state DEQ officials.  The DEQ governing board was also in attendance.

From the Mayor’s desk