Minutes - 07/09/2007
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
JULY 9, 2007
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0001 DATE. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, CITY OF WOODBURN,
COUNTY OF MARION, STATE OF OREGON, JULY 9, 2007.
CONVENED. The meeting convened at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Figley presiding.
0010 ROLL CALL.
Mayor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Figley
Bjelland
Cox
Lonergan
McCallum
Nichols
Sifuentez
Present
Present
Present (7:02 pm)
Present
Present
Present
Present
Staff Present: City Administrator Brown, City Attorney Shields, Public Works
Manager Rohman, Community Development Director Allen, Police Chief Russell, City
Recorder Tennant
0021 ANNOUNCEMENTS.
A) Music in the Park: The Fabulous Essentials will be performing on July 10,2007
and The Second Wind Jazz Ensemble will perform on July 17,2007 in Library Park with
perfornlances beginning at 7:00 p.m..
B) Basset Hound Games will be held on July 15, 2007 at Legion Park. Registration
begins at 8:30 a.m. with the games beginning at 10:30 a.m. There is no admission fee for
this event, however, there is a $10 fee to those who wish to register their basset hound for
the games.
C) 24th Annual National Night Out: This annual event is scheduled for Tuesday, August
7,2007, from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm. Neighborhood groups wishing to participate can
register with the Police Department.
0054 PROCLAMATION: NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2007.
Mayor Figley proclaimed August 7, 2007 as National Night Out within the City of
Woodburn and encouraged all members of our community to participate in this annual
event which promotes police-community crime, drug, and violence prevention programs.
lIS Peter Leung, 1178 Hermanson, stated that he is the Coordinator for the Oregon Henan
Cultural Exchange and, on July 24,2007, a Chinese Performance Arts Ensemble will be
touring Woodburn Company Stores, attending a community reception at the Happy
Garden International Buffet and Bar from 5:00-6:00 p.m, followed by a 7:00 p.m.
performance at the Woodburn High School Lectorium which will include performances
from our local ethnic community and Senior Estates. He issued an invitation to the
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Mayor, Council, and general public to attend this cultural exchange performance.
Mayor Figley stated that she had spoken briefly with Mr. Leung regarding his work with
cultural exchanges from China and she also encouraged the public to attend the July 24th
performance at the high school.
0155 PRESENTATION: CHEMEKETA AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM (CARTS).
Mona West, representing Salem-Keizer Transit, stated that CARTS is the public transit
system for rural Marion and Polk Counties connecting 19 cities with each other and with
Salem. A map of the area served by CARTS was displayed with Salem being the hub of
this system so that ridership connections to the Salem Cherriot system or to another
C ARTS bus can be made. There are three sub-regional committees within CARTS
to provide input on the needs of the residents within these two counties. She reviewed
the new CARTS transit route between Woodburn and Salem and on a flex route traveling
between Silverton, Mt. Angel, and Woodburn which began on July 2,2007. The service
previously provided to Woodburn was a loop system that went through Woodburn,
Silverton, and other North Marion communities then onto Salem. This service was
discontinued in order to provide riders with a more streamline transit service to Salem
and allow for improved transfer connections with other CARTS routes and Salem
Cherriots. The bus travels from Woodburn to Salem four times each day beginning at
6:30 a.m. and ending at approximately 6:30 p.m. with bus stops in Woodburn at North
Park Plaza and at the Transit office (First and Garfield Street). She also reported that
total ridership for North Marion County in 2006-07 was 17,620. CARTS is operated by
Oregon Housing and Associated Services (OHAS) under contract with funding sources
from the Oregon Department of Transportation, Federal Department of Transportation,
Cigarette taxes, Lawnmower gas taxes, grants, donations, and ridership fares. CARTS
has completed their 5-year plan for determining rural transit needs and this current route
change is a listed as a recommendation within the 5-year plan. An ODOT grant has been
awarded to CARTS that wi 1I provide for the installation of 70 bus stop signs and 20 bus
shelter sites along the CARTS routes.
Also in attendance was Melissa Justice from Salem-Keizer Transit and Mary Reineke
from OHAS.
0468 CONSENT AGENDA.
A) approve the regular and executive session Council minutes of June 25, 2007;
B) accept the draft Planning Commission minutes of June 28, 2007;
C) receive the Police Department Statistics report for May 2007;
D) receive the Planning Project Tracking Sheet dated July 5, 2007; and
E) receive the Building Activity report for June 2007.
COX/MCCALLUM... adopt the consent agenda as presented. The motion passed
unanimously.
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0489 COUNCIL BILL NO. 2674 - RESOLUTION ENTERING INTO A CLEAN
WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN AGREEMENT NO. R98414 WITH
THE STATE OF OREGON.
Councilor Sifuentez introduced Council Bill No. 2674. The bill was read by title only
since there were no objections from the Council. On roll call vote for final passage, the
bill passed unanimously. Mayor Figley declared Council Bill No. 2674 duly passed.
0522 COUNCIL BILL NO. 2675 - RESOLUTION ENTERING INTO A CLEAN
WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN AGREEMENT NO. R98413 WITH
THE STATE OF OREGON.
Councilor Sifuentez introduced Council Bill No. 2675. Recorder Tennant read the bill by
title only since there were no objections from the Council. On roll call vote for final
passage, the bill passed unanimously. Mayor Figley declared Council Bill No. 2675 duly
passed.
0548 APPOINTMENT OF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NORCOM USER
BOARD.
NICHOLS/LONERGAN... confirm Councilor McCallum's designation as the City of
Woodburn's elected representative, and confirm Police Chief Russell as the City's
administrative, and designated voting, representative to the NORCOM User Board.
The motion passed unanimously.
0573 PLANNING COMMISSION OR ADMINISTRATIVE LAND USE ACTION.
A) Planning Commission's Approval of Exception 2007-05 located at 1060 Mt. Hood
Avenue and along Park Avenue: Allows for a secondary access to Park Avenue for the
Woodburn Police Department facility located at 1060 Mt. Hood Avenue.
No action was taken by the Council to bring this land use action up for review.
0580 CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
Administrator Brown stated that he did not have any additional information to report to
the Council.
0588 MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS.
No comments or reports were made by the Mayor or Councilors.
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0600 ADJOURNMENT.
NICHOLS/MCCALLUM... meeting be adjourned. The motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 7:22 p.m..
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ATTEST /1CUf;t ~~
Mary Te ant, Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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