Thursday, December 11, 2008

Monday Dec.15th Meeting Agenda

Our meeting scheduled for Monday December 15th, 7:00 pm at the Grange Boulevard on Hwy 20-26 will address the following:

  1. Updates on the County Court meeting with Tom Stoops, energy facility siting manager for Oregon; meeting with Wayne Kinney, aide to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden; meetings in Durkee and Keating (also under the proposed corridor)with Idaho Power

  2. Non-profit bylaws, election of board of directors and officers (bring nominations if you have any)

  3. Attorney Tom Nelson, Energy and Utility Law, retained

  4. Additional reports, i.e. Jon Beal, Malheur County Planning, working on soil classifications and the designation of historic and/or scenic sites; our nonprofit "Group in Standing" requests the BLM to evaluate ALL corridors; County Court's request for Jim Johnson of the Oregon Department of Agriculture visit our corridor route

  5. New petition asking Idaho Power to reroute its B2H transmission line (also downloadable under "Document links") Let's flood them with signatures!

  6. UPDATED Addresses and bullet point handouts for PERSONAL letters to state representatives and agencies. Let them know how you, your family, your business, income, health, and your community will be affected if these lines are not rerouted. Be specific.
  7. Vinyl NO TRESPASSING signs will be available to order (and to raise money)

  8. Keep making donations! Pay now or lose it later.

Our next meetings will hopefully be held in the FRCC or in the Nyssa auditorium.