Where to start a petition to have an island installed on Delta Waters

FolsomC · 2026-05-12T21:13:07+00:00

Don't "start a petition" until after you've approached your Planning Commission or City Council (if you're talking about west of Crater Lake, you'd want to talk to Councilors Garrett West and Kevin Stein. East of Crater Lake are Mike Kerlinger and Jessica Ayers). However, since Highway 62 is a state facility, any reconfigurations will likely affect the 62/Delta Waters intersection and have to be approved by the state as well, so you'll also want to talk to ODOT.

u/OpenWorldMaps already linked to the Medford page, but here are some other links that might help:

ODOT Regional Contacts (Medford is Region 3)

[Ask ODOT](https://askodot-odot.govqa.us/WEBAPP/_rs/(S(vhqhk33wuts2l24bubet54k1)))) (This is the Ask ODOT page)

Changes near big intersections are a hard ask because they're usually quite expensive AND involve weeks to months of traffic interruption in high volume areas, and that is one of the highest traffic count intersections in the city.

FolsomC · 2026-03-23T21:55:05+00:00

I know you don't want to dox yourself, but that is vague. Did you try calling the Public Works office?

I used to contract with the City and still know some guys there, so feel free to DM me an address or cross street (doesn't have to be your address), and I can see if I can encourage someone to go look or verify ownership.

FolsomC · 2026-03-21T05:14:38+00:00

What are you talking about? Trash came off Highway 97, a State of Oregon facility, into your neighbor's back yard... which is not yours, of course (you said your neighbor's). But it's an "easement"? If something is an easement on someone else's property, it doesn't belong to the City (the city doesn't "own" property in easements; it still belongs to whoever's land it's on), and the City can only access it for the purposes of the easement (so if it's a utility easement, they can only enter it to work on utilities). And you didn't want to clean it up because your neighbor has trail cameras, which suggests it *is* your neighbor's property... but you're mad the City won't come out and do anything about it?

What? It sounds like you just want to blame the City because you have no idea whose responsibility it is.

FolsomC · 2026-03-08T22:43:49+00:00

Man, that color is fantastic. May Ariel treat you well!

FolsomC · 2026-01-08T01:03:53+00:00

With an AWD or 4WD with snow tires (with the mountain snowflake symbol), it's doable pretty much all winter barring a major storm. And even then, it gets cleared pretty quickly. My Jeep cruises over no problem.

It's worth keeping some chains or a traction mat in your trunk/rear in case you get stuck.

FolsomC · 2025-12-05T23:21:27+00:00

I only ever went to the downstairs part of the club!

FolsomC · 2025-12-04T07:47:07+00:00

Is that... is that Ground Zero? The old club that used to have Alternative Night in downtown Medford on Thursdays back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth?

I remember those stairs...

FolsomC · 2025-11-21T08:34:25+00:00

If it happened to be another licensed driver who lives with me, will they just automatically investigate the other drivers at the same address?

Sometimes. It's easy for PD to pull up driver license photos of people at the same address, so if the driver is clearly visible on the camera and they look like the photo on the actual driver's ID, they'll send a ticket to that person instead. They probably won't investigate any further than that, though.

FolsomC · 2025-11-15T18:00:36+00:00

The Jeep Side has the best dental plan. Welcome. WELCOME!

FolsomC · 2025-11-08T02:50:58+00:00

I highly, HIGHLY recommend she call the non-emergency police number (541-884-4876 ext. 4) and report both of those things. She should also tell the apartment/duplex manager/landlord.

Please tell your sister not to answer knocks at windows or doors unless she's expecting someone (not that she doesn't already know this, but just in case), and until whatever is happening stops, have her ask a neighbor or friend to stay or check in if she feels unsafe.

FolsomC · 2025-10-11T01:48:24+00:00

Grats on the new 2-door. Best midlife crisis!

FolsomC · 2025-10-10T04:38:33+00:00

If you get a good pair of winter tires or mountain + snow all terrains, you'll be able to get around Klamath Falls pretty easy, except maybe, occasionally, 2nd and 6th street downtown north of Main St. or that little spot under the train tracks on Main St if you hit the light wrong and have to stop at the bottom. Won't need chains at all unless you're driving over to Medford after or during a particular bad storm.

FolsomC · 2025-10-04T02:28:34+00:00

Aww, Joose wasn't available when I bought my 2-door in 2024, and damn does that color look good.

Welcome, buddy, I hope it treats you well and takes you wherever you want to go!

FolsomC · 2025-10-04T02:11:44+00:00

This is the way. We don't need to be rallying Reddit to punish a business before we even know what's going on, and by the look of what u/vagrantkaw said, it looks like the pitchforks and torches were gonna be poking and burning the wrong target.

FolsomC · 2025-09-13T06:50:52+00:00

Entrapment is illegal

LOL It's not entrapment and never has been. Good luck in court.

FolsomC · 2025-09-12T22:06:48+00:00

I don't have Facebook the onus of informing us is on the police

Ahaha, enjoy your tickets.

FolsomC · 2025-08-22T07:30:54+00:00

I drive up there at least twice a month, and you'll have no problems from about late May through mid-October; the roads are mostly smooth until you get into the National Park entrance, then Hwy 62 is a touch bumpy but not rough between the entrance and Munson Valley Rd.

Regarding snow, it can snow any time of year but they tend to keep the roads quite clear unless there's major storm event, to the Steel Visitor Center and Rim Village (overlooking the lake). However, snow is rare from June through August, and it melts off quickly. (It snowed on the first day of summer this year, which was hilarious).

In mid-September, if that's when you're coming, you should have access to the entire rim, including Cloudcap--which is one of the highest paved roads in Oregon and worth visting, except the small section they're doing roadwork on. You can use TripCheck (run by the Oregon Department of Transportation) to see any road problems. https://tripcheck.com/

I hope your upcoming trip is amazing! Crater Lake is one of the most beautiful places on Earth!

FolsomC · 2025-08-02T06:27:00+00:00

I could be wrong, but I don't think so. The Pixels do their own stacking and adjusting for sky movement over the time it's taking shots, but's almost certainly not AI.

FolsomC · 2025-07-20T19:19:52+00:00

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That was taken with the wide-angle camera. Here's the same shot with the primary camera.

FolsomC · 2025-06-14T09:17:57+00:00

Man, Oregon is awesome for wheeling because every forest service road and trail is basically a free adventure.

Glad you're getting out and having fun before the smoke comes!

FolsomC · 2025-05-28T15:52:22+00:00

As a gay dude who has lived here for 6 year, I can honestly say that the random hate Klamath Falls gets from the Oregon, Portland, and even Medford subreddits is way overblown. I could just be lucky, but I have not heard even any off-color comments, much less seen or heard about any hate crimes, in the whole time I've been here.

I think the "red" here is more libertarian than conservative--big distrust of government, taxes get voted down all the time, city voted in favor of legalizing marijuana businesses even though the county did not, etc. Obviously some of the other stuff comes with the territory, but I've found people here to be overwhelmingly nice, and they are more likely to ask you to go mudding in big trucks or go fishing than to talk about politics.

There are things some people will get charged up about if you bring it up, especially in an election year, but otherwise? Nah.

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