At their June 20 study session, the City Council gave the okay for a trial run at city-sponsored Fourth of July fireworks at Foothills Park in 2018.
Vanessa Sturgeon and her team are putting finishing touches on the design for the North Anchor project on B Avenue between State Street and First Street. She hopes to break ground in spring of 2018.
Anthony Hooper reports the rebuilt Maintenance Center is ahead of schedule, with the plan to move into the new buildings in early September.
LOPD relied on the help of a number of other law enforcement agencies in keeping the peace during the March 4 political rallies. They invited representatives of these agencies back on July 18, and Captain Dale Jorgensen provided an overview of how the event unfolded, and lessons learned. He emphasized the importance of the formal and informal partnerships with other cities and counties.
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Caitlin Hoddevik is providing administrative support at our Adult Community Center. Caitlin grew up in Lake Oswego and graduated from Lakeridge High. She earned a Bachelor's Degree from Portland State University, studying exercise science and aging services. She came to us after working for Club Sport for seven years, where among other things she designed fitness programs for seniors. Caitlin lives in West Linn, and like most new employees, has a dog. Outside work, she enjoys hiking and working out. If her last name sounds familiar, her mother Gail works in Human Resources.
Kacey White started work in May as our instrumentation technician at the new Water Treatment Plant. He has done similar work for the past six years for a private company in Nevada. Kacey was born and raised in Longview, WA. He met his girlfriend in Las Vegas; it turns out she's from Longview too. Kacey has two beagles and enjoys fishing, hunting and other outdoor activities.
Carson Wu has joined our Finance Department in utility billing. Carson was born in Hong Kong; his family moved to West Linn when he was ten, and he graduated from West Linn High. He earned a college degree from the University of Washington, and for the past eleven years has worked in utility customer service for the City of Portland. Carson and his wife Joyce live in Lake Oswego, and have a fifteen-month-old daughter. Carson enjoys parks and hiking with his family, and is also into cars and collecting. No dog...but they do have a cat.
Sonja Johnson is now our stormwater quality coordinator in the Engineering Department ("the new Anne McDonald"). Sonja was born in South Dakota, and lived in other states, including in Colorado at 9,000 feet. She says she moved to Oregon to get away from snow (sorry about last winter), and has done similar work for the City of Newberg since 2009. She has a son who has graduated from high school and is headed to college in Texas, and a daughter in college in Chicago. Sonja lives in Beaverton and enjoys travel and scuba diving. And she has two cats.
Teri Gilbert began her new job as police officer in late June. But LOPD was familiar to her: since December, she had been working as an intern for the department as part of her Criminal Justice degree at Clackamas Community College. Teri is a Clackamas County native, born and raised in Molalla. She has been working in day care for the past four years. When I asked what got her interested in becoming a police officer, she attributed it to some good role models from officers she observed while growing up. She'll start her police academy training in Salem on August 14. Like many of her colleagues, Teri enjoys being outdoors--hiking, camping, fishing--and sports, especially playing basketball. She has two dogs and a cat.
