Bend Visionaries Discuss the Future (or Fate) of Bend’s #1 Icon

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City Club of Central Oregon is inviting you to their Thursday, February 21 forum for an open conversation with experts and community leaders about the specific, science-­‐based physical options available to the community to address the filling in of Mirror Pond.

Opening the conversation will be a brief technical presentation by local hydrologist Joe Eilers with MaxDepth Aquatics, Inc., the company who conducted the hydroacoustic mapping of Mirror Pond in 2005. (He is currently engaged by Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp Energy conducting work on the Clackamas and North Umpqua hydropower projects.)

The remainder of the session will be devoted to a discussion of the menu of options that could theoretically be deployed in the effort to maintain Bend’s aesthetic, iconic Mirror Pond.

The discussion will be guided by a panel including:

•     Bend Mayor Jim Clinton

•     Mike Hollern, Brooks Resources’ President and CEO

•     Gary Fish, President of Deschutes Brewing

•     Ryan Houston, Executive Director -­‐ Upper Deschutes Watershed Council

•     Gabe Williams, hydrologist

This will be an opportunity to test out ideas about what might work and also to find out whether residents, citizens and taxpayers can live with some of the structural ideas that are out there.

When?

February 21, 11:30am-­‐1pm at St. Charles: To register please visit www.cityclubco.com or call 541-­‐633-­‐7163.  Early Registration (closes Tuesday, February 19, 5PM) is only $20 for members and first-­‐time guests, $35 for non-­‐members.  Walk-­‐ins are welcomed for members and guests the day of the forum on a space-­‐available basis for $35.  Buffet lunch is included.

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