7/19/22 Minutes

Members:  Woody Dukes, Deb Comini, Valorie Freeman

Organizations: none

 

City, County and State Representatives: Officer Dalton Bodine, City of Salem Police Department;  Virginia Stapleton, City Council Ward 1

 

Guests:  Keith Higgins, Eugene, soon to be a member of CANDO

The regular meeting of CANDO was called to order at 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.  The meeting was conducted by Zoom video-conference.  The Chair and Secretary-Treasurer were present.  

The agenda and minutes of the June meeting were approved unanimously.

Officer Bodine, subbing for Officer Gill, touched on the upcoming National Night Out and the City’s homeless-related complaint portal.  He encouraged CANDO to report suspected "bias crimes" to police.  He reported that the recent Iron Man and HOOPLA events went well from a police perspective and that it is now Department policy not to respond to calls about noise or similar nuisance behaviors unless the circumstances indicate criminal conduct is occurring.  As an alternative for ongoing problems of that nature, he suggested the local community dispute resolution center.

Councilor Stapleton reported that: (1) in the future, non-profit groups using city park facilities will receive an automatic 20% fee waiver;  (2) the Eco Ball in Riverfront Park has been proposed for inclusion in the National Historic Register; (3) a 40-unit micro-shelter village will be installed on Center Street near 12th on vacant land across from the Safeway store; (4) Salem's new City Manager, Keith Stahley (the former Assistant City Manager for Olympia Washington) begins work in September; (5) the Our Salem plan for guiding Salem's growth and development has been approved; and (6) among the projects to be funded through the upcoming bond measure is the Union Street Bikeway and a buffered bike lane on Capitol Street between Center and Market.  

There being no further business before the board, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 6:36.