One by one, latecomers walked to the far side of the well-lit Bend Park and Recreation District community room to retrieve a seat from the stack of black chairs on the opposite wall. The mood was solemn but anticipatory for the Dec. 2 Mirror Pond Ad Hoc work group meeting. It was a mixed bag […]
Mirror Pond Ad Hoc Committee
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Let’s Call it a Draw
In the fast and furious pond-or-river debate, some are calling for both
At last Wednesday’s city council meeting, Mayor Jim Clinton held up a colorful painting of what could be. The rendering (pictured above) showed both a river and a pond—but no Newport Avenue dam, the 103-year-old, leaking structure that creates Mirror Pond. Presented to murmuring approvals and head nods at the city council meeting, this new […]
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Mirror Pond Ad Hoc Committee:
A brief breakdown of the three freshly appointed citizen members
It was the best choice, really. After an internal vote, which was followed by a tie-breaking vote and jokes about Jeopardy theme music, the Mirror Pond Ad Hoc Committee settled on three citizen members (from a pool of 11 applicants) at last Wednesday’s Mirror Pond Committee meeting inside the Bend Park and Recreation District office. […]