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PENDLETON â For the next few months, Pendleton City Councilor Dale Primmer will represent his constituents from a bare piece of dirt. For several months after that, his official place of residence for holding his Ward 3 seat will be uninhabitable.
Primmerâs new setup comes after the Pendleton City Council unanimously voted Tuesday, April 6, to allow him to use the undeveloped site where he intends to build his home as his place of residence until he can move to the location.
Primmer explained to the council that he recently purchased bare land in Ward 3, which encompasses the entirety of the city south of Interstate 84, with the intention of building a new home for him and his wife.
PENDLETON â A Los Angeles-area company has been pitching small-town America on adopting its electric scooter program, and Pendleton is its next target.
At a Tuesday, March 9, workshop, Michael Covato of Bird, a Santa Monica, California, âmicromobilityâ company, fielded numerous questions from the Pendleton City Council as it prepares to vote on an ordinance allowing Birdâs scooters on city streets and the Pendleton River Parkway.
While Bird has been in large metro areas for years, Covato told the council that the company has been looking to expand its presence across the globe. He said one of the reasons Bird was interested in Pendleton was because of its demographics and its âphenomenal grid structureâ in the cityâs core.
SALEM â It could soon get a lot harder to access public records from the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range.
State Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, has introduced a bill that would exempt the city of Pendleton from disclosing records produced by the test range if making them public âwould cause a competitive disadvantage to the test range or its users.â The exemption covers a broad range of records, âincluding but not limited to pricing, intellectual property and customer records.â
At a Feb. 11 Senate Committee on Labor and Business hearing, Pendleton City Manager Robb Corbett called passage of the bill âcrucialâ before introducing Steve Chrisman, the cityâs airport manager and economic development director.
PENDLETON — If approved by the city council, the city of Pendleton could soon open the door for a new way to get about town: dockless electric scooters.