Boyd Acres Neighborhood Association - BANA

General Membership Meeting Notes by Kathy Roche, Secretary

July 13, 2021 6:00pm

At Rockridge Community Park

6:00   Meeting Opened, welcome and introductions of Board members (Cindy King, Jim Beauchemin, Thomas Fisher, Joan Miller, Kathy Roche).

Food, Speakers, Door prizes.

6:10   Speaker Tony Debone, Deschutes County Commissioner: He has a tech background.  Currently there is money coming in to Deschutes County from the American Rescue Plan for child care and infrastructure. Cohesive strategy and Oregon living with Fire bring all response agencies together for wildfire.  Need to study how to be resilient particularly to wind driven fire. It’s time to get serious about homelessness. City has a plan for the Hunnel Road informal encampment. Some action coming in partnership with Bethlehem Inn, long term supported options. Land is scarce. Churches are working hard. Actions coordinated with Bend city council. 3-legged stool: churches, non-profits and business. County has responsibility for public health. For managed camps, still need to put ideas on paper. St. Vincent de Paul, Vet village.  Tax dollars to support, particularly federal dollars are still to be determined.

Speaker Sasha Sulia, Bend Park and Recreation District: She is the operations manager who oversees facilities, landscape, turf, natural resources, steward program (educations), fleet and vehicles.  There are new parks in the works: Northpoint, Petrosa, Goodrich (pasture conversion) Alpenglow.  In all the parks, there is only 200 acres of turf out of 3,000 acres of parkland. Trying to get to connected trails but not there yet. Roads and Highway are big barriers. There is discussion of a new westside facility and perhaps a pool. There are already a number of tennis courts: Juniper, Sylvan, Summit. Pickleball courts at Pine Nursery Park.  Looking at a trail to the south connecting to National Forest System Lands is desired.  Also looking a trail to the north.  More turf at Pilot Butte, mud filled up the skate park bowls. Trails along piped canals. Need a crossing at Empire. Complaints about dog poop in the park—call BPRD office. They will get the park stewards on it. There is also a fine that the police can apply. BPRD has a scholarship fund to provide involvement to those with lower incomes. Stewards and security enforce no camping regulations and closures at 10PM but can’t penalize the homeless. BPRD partners with the homeless coalition.

Raffle and Prizes

Board Elections –4 folks (Cindy, Jim. Joan, Kelsey) are leaving the board.  BANA needs to replace them.  Please consider applying for a position.  BANA has several applications but will wait to see if there are more and will have elections at a future meeting. No motions at this time to change the by-laws.

More Raffle and Prizes

Explanation of Neighborhood Associations: There are 13 Neighborhood Associations (NA). The city funds the NAs through communications grants.  Each NA is expected to have a chair, a land use chair and a Neighborhood Leadership Alliance representative.

Jim Beauchemin, land use: is leaving. Worked on land uses for 10 years. Traffic not addressed.

Joan Miller, treasurer: is leaving. Worked on keeping BANA within budgeted amount from city.

Meeting closed out.