<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Greetings,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Here in Downtown Bend, we have a problem with boxes on the street for distributing materials.  Currently, anyone can put a stand/box out (for free), and it's creating an eyesore on our streets.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><img src="cid:ii_jn8xaajc0" alt="Screen Shot 2018-10-14 at 6.45.13 AM.png" width="194" height="158"> <br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am requesting that the City of Bend create a code or policy to limit the number of units and specify how they can look and how they need to be maintained.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Do any of you have experience with a similar issue and can you share with me how you solved it?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mindy Aisling</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Executive Director</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">--------------------</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><br></font><div title="WISESTAMP_SIG_a0c8802ae076e26a85147578be5f21bd" style="font-size:small"><table style="max-width:600px;direction:ltr"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:470px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-bottom:8px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="470" style="width:470px"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left:10px;width:10px;padding-right:10px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1-ao1XqSWKmxVF5_gQGs_gthlRITrrtw_&export=download" width="65" height="96"> </font></td><td style="border-right:1px solid rgb(69,102,142)"></td><td style="text-align:initial;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(100,100,100);padding:0px 10px"><div style="margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:0px!important"><b><font style="text-align:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Downtown Bend Business Asso</font><span style="text-align:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ciation</span></b></div><font size="1">Talk or Text - 541-788-3628    <a href="http://www.downtownbend.org" target="_blank">www.downtownbend.org</a><br>916 NW Wall Street in Downtown Bend Oregon</font><br><table width="470" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:470px;margin-top:5px"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(141,141,141)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="display:inline-block"><i><br><div style="text-align:center"><i style="text-align:initial">We are a nonprofit committed to increasing </i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i style="text-align:initial">the vitality of Downtown Bend.</i></div></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-top:10px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr style="padding-top:10px"></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>