In other city council and planning commission news:

• Results from the Feasibility study regarding a pool in Grant County will come back in Feb. 2020. The study will answers question such as how the pool will be paid for and what kind of plan will be put before voters in May or Nov. 2020.

{p class=”p3”}• The next big focus for phase two of the innovation gateway project are the reclaimed water facility project, a bridge at Oregon Pine, the Charolais Heights Street Improvements, the completion of the Integrated Park System Trail Network, the Aquatic Center Feasibility Study, the Kam Wah Chung Visitors Center and the Inn at Whiskey Flat

• The city council and the planning commission approved an ordinance amending the John Day Comprehensive Plan and Development Code to adopt policies and codes for the Innovation Gateway Plan.

Plans such as redesigning and relocating John Day’s wastewater treatment plant, re-using water from a proposed state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant, which will be new, for a new water garden and hydroponic green houses and constructing roads and trails providing access and circulation within the area will now move forward with the amendment.

• The city council and the planning commission approved an ordinance amending the John Day Development Code to comply with the Federal Flood Plain Management Regulations relating to city participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

This amendment will help promote public health, safety and minimize public and private losses due to flooding in flood hazard areas. This amendment will also adopt the best available geographic data which defines locations that are at a high risk of flooding.

• The city council and the planning commission approved an ordinance to adopt minor development code amendments that will broaden the conditions for temporary recreational vehicles used as dwellings in all zones and allow housing units that existed prior to Nov. 24, 2005 to convert back to residential if it was occupied as business.

There is now a maximum time limit of 18 months for dwelling in an RV during the construction of a house. RV owners caring for sick family members would have to renew their permits yearly.

• The planning commission approved Tom and Patty Salvino, the owners of a property on East Main Street, for a conditional use permit that will allow them to temporarily reside in an RV on their property, which is zoned residential general, for up to one year.