Minutes - 02/14/2005
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
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0001 DATE. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, CITY OF WOODBURN, COUNTY
OF MARION, STATE OF OREGON, FEBRUARY 14,2005.
CONVENED. The meeting convened at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Figley presiding.
0130 ROLL CALL.
Mayor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Figley
Bjelland
Cox
Lonergan
McCallum
Nichols
Sifuentez
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Staff Present: City Administrator Brown, City Attorney Shields, Public Works Director
Tiwari, Police Chief Russell, Community Development Director Mulder, Public Works
Manager Rohman, Management Analyst Smith, Recorder Tennant
Mayor Figley reminded the public that today is the 146th birthday of the State of Oregon and
the 1 16th birthday of the City of Woodburn.
0066 ANNOUNCEMENTS.
A) In observance of the President's Day holiday, City Hall and the Library will be closed on
Monday, February 21,2005. The Aquatic Center will be open regular hours.
B) A Teen Scene dance and swim will be held at the Aquatic Center on Saturday, February
26,2005, from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm.
C) A public hearing will be held before the City Council on Monday, February 28,2005, 7:00
p.m., to consider Zone Change 04-04 - Boones Ferry Place, 2325 N. Boones Ferry Road.
D) A public hearing will be held before the City Council on Monday, February 28,2005, 7:00
p.m., to consider legislative amendment 05-02 - Annual Woodburn Development Ordinance
(WDO) Update.
0124 APPOINTMENTS.
Mayor Figley appointed the following individuals to serve on City boards/commissions:
Recreation and Park Board:
Eric Yaillen - Position 1, term expiration on December 31,2007
Planning Commission:
Richard Jennings - Position 7, term expiration on December 31, 2006
COXlSIFUENTEZ... approve the appointments made by the Mayor. The motion passed
unanimously.
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0192 PRESENTATION: POLICE FACILITY.
Jeff Reeves, Group Mackenzie, stated that they have been working with the Design
Committee and are on schedule with the concept design close to being completed. They have
also had a pre-application meeting with the City's Planning staff and are getting ready to
prepare the application for design review. He stated that the building is approximately
30,450 square feet and is following closely to the pre-design that was presented to the City
Council last summer. He reviewed the (1) site location of the facility, (2) floor plan, and (3)
roof design options being considered by the Committee. By March 9, 2005, his firm will
have a 30% set of drawings completed and it is anticipated that design review will begin
around March 15th. It was also noted that a traffic study is being done for Highway 214 to
determine the exact requirements, however, the expectation is that there will be a center turn
lane that will turn into this project as well as a deceleration lane. On the property itself, there
will be three traffic lanes with one lane going into the facility and two lanes going out of the
facility.
0869 PRESENTATION: 2004 CRIME STATISTICS REVIEW.
Police Chief Russell stated that there was a slight increase in crime reports for 2004 but a
drop in index crimes per capita. Index crimes are separated into two categories - violent
crimes and property crimes. He reviewed the statistical information and percentage level
within each index crime. He also stated that the City had changed to a new records
management system in 2003 which provides for incident based crime data. This data also
allows the City to compare our data with data from other Oregon cities, the West Coast, and
all of the United States. This system also allows for the Police Department to look at an
adjusted crime rate for population which is the most relevant information for analyzing
criminal activity. In regards to property crimes, theft and burglaries continue to be high,
however, there is a slight reduction since 2002. He briefly reviewed comparable data from a
number of cities in Oregon and the data shows that Woodburn continues to be a busy
department. It was also noted that the department's clearance rate continues to be on the rise
due in part to staffing levels. It is anticipated that the clearance rates will continue to
improve when the three officers in training are able to work in the field. Chief Russell
reiterated that the overall news on crime is relatively good and success in crime reduction
continues to be in areas where citizens will recognize the problem and get involve with the
Police Department to address the crime issues.
Councilor McCallum questioned the percentage of crimes that involve the use of
methaphedimes.
Chief Russell stated that some reports indicate that 85% of all crimes involve methaphedime
use. In regards to Neighborhood Watch, the City has not been able to isolate Neighborhood
Watch efforts on reduction of crimes but nationally the numbers do show that a
Neighborhood or Business Watch program does result in a lower crime number. The biggest
issue he has found with these watch programs is that they organize to solve a problem and,
once the problem is solved, they tend to dissolve.
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1720 PRESENTATION: POLICE RESPONSE DISTRICTS.
Chief Russell provided the Council with a map of the current district grid system which
consists of 32 grids based on Council wards and zoning. One of his department goals was to
research this issue and bring back a revised model system for Council consideration. He.
stated that the current grid system is problematic to the department since the wards and
zoning have changed over the last 20 years when the system was initially adopted by the City.
The number of grids has created numerous problems relating to staffing and crime analysis.
Additionally, it has seriously challenged the department's ability to be pro-active in
improving relations with community members to respond to neighborhood problems, patrol
officer assignments, and providing statistical data consistent with information in the current
records management system. He reviewed a proposed response district model that would
divide the City into 6 districts with each district having a similar call load. Officers would be
assigned a primary district for a specified period thereby giving officers an opportunity to get
to know the citizens in their district, attend neighborhood and community meetings and
events, and be a resource for the district. Development of policy and procedures to
implement this type of response district model is still being worked on by his staff, however,
he feels that this proposed model will improve police service to members of our community.
He requested Council and public input on this proposal prior to finalizing a plan that would
be brought back to the Council for final review and adoption.
Councilor Bjelland suggested that geographic boundaries characteristic of the types of
structures, residents, or businesses should playa greater factor in determining how particular
districts are designed rather than matching the districts with Council ward boundaries.
Councilors McCallum and Nichols agreed with the comment made by Councilor Bjelland
regarding the district boundaries.
2600 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT.
Niki DeBuse, representing the Chamber, distributed the following materials to the Council:
1) a brochure on the Q (Quality) Training Program which is a customer service training
program for employees in specific industries. The first training session will be held in April
and will focus on hospitality businesses such as restaurants, hotels, and motels.
2) the monthly Chamber statistical report;
3) Distinguished Service Award (DSA) nomination forms; and
4) a recently published Community Guide which is published every two years.
She stated that the DSA banquet will be held on March 18th at Country Meadows Retirement
Center.
The Chamber will be representing Woodburn this weekend, in partnership with the Wooden
Shoe Bulb Company, at the Yard, Garden, & Patio Show in Portland. They will also be
partnering with Wooden Shoe Bulb Company during the Discover French Prairie Weekend,
and with other local communities such as Aurora and Hubbard to put on some tourism
oriented activities in their communities.
The Chamber Forum luncheon will be held on February 16th at Tukwila Medical Center,
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12:00 noon, with the featured speaker being Mindy Mayer from McDonald's. Lastly, the
next Greeter's program will be held on Friday, February 18th, at Miles Jeep Chrysler &
Dodge.
2900 WOODBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT.
Walt Blomberg, Superintendent, updated the Council on the following school related issues:
1) the District is in the process oftransfonning the high school from about 1300 students to
potentially 4 smaller high schools. This will be a two-year process and the District is about
half-way through the first year. District representatives are traveling around the country to
view models of small schools. Their reports, along with proposals from interested members
ofthe community and staff, will be used to help develop the School District's own proposal
for the smaller high schools. The School Board will evaluate the proposals later this year and
it is hoped that a decision on what the schools will look like will be made by June.
2) Students at French Prairie Middle School participated in a "Math Counts" contest which
involved middle schools in the throughout the Willamette Valley. A school from Eugene
took 1 st place, however, the French Prairie Middle School students did take 4th place.
3) Valor and French Prairie Middle Schools undertook an effort to help children begin to
process how they could help victims ofthe Tsuanmi. The schools earned over $3,000 for the
victims of this disaster. Additionally, Lincoln Elementary did a fundraiser for Tsuanmi
victims and they earned almost $800.
4) Classified Employees Week will be held March 7 - 11,2005.
5) Lastly, Heritage Elementary School was recently recognized by the National Staff
Development Council regarding the work being done at Heritage to close the achievement
gap. This organizationl is publishing an article in the Results Magazine on the efforts the
school is going through to make sure thatour English language learners, both Spanish and
Russian, are beginning to elevate their skills in the time that they spend in our school system
so that they can compete with those students who are English speaking only and have had the
advantages of the our school system throughout their lives.
Councilor Cox congratulated Superintendent Blomberg on his column in the Woodburn
Independent on the problems our School District is faced with under the "No Child Left
Behind" guidelines.
Superintendent Blomberg stated that Woodburn is at the head of the pack since we are the
most diversed community in Oregon. The standardized tests do not measure how much a
child learns from year to year within their school rather it is a test that measures a child's
knowledge against all schools in Oregon. Woodburn's diversity puts our students at a
disadvantage since many students are not at the same learning level as the rest ofthe State
and yet the educational level for our students continue to rise.
3513 COMMUNICATIONS: RECEIYf FROM UNITED DISPOSAL SERVICE.
Mayor Figley stated that the City had received a receipt from United Disposal Service in the
amount of $14,024.00 for services they had donated to the City in 2004. She expressed her
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appreciation to United Disposal for their willingness to donate their services in order to
maintain cleanliness in the downtown area.
3552 Richard Jennings, 595 Filbert Street, expressed his opinion that Group MacKenzie has been
very receptive to the ideas expressed by the Design Review Committee and they are very
watchful of the dollars to be spent on the Police Facility project. He also stated that he had
expressed his opinion on the ''No Child Left Behind" law to Representative Darlene Hooley
when she was in Woodburn last Saturday. He felt that the law was giving Woodburn a bad
name because of our diversity and yet a number of our teachers and administrators are being
honored for their work. Lastly, he read his letter of resignation from the Woodburn Budget
Committee effective immediately due to his appointment to the Planning Commission,
3776 CONSENT AGENDA.
A) approve the Council Minutes of January 24, 2005;
B) accept the Planning Commission minutes of January 13, 2005;
C) accept the Planning Commission minutes of January 27,2005;
D) accept the February 8,2005 draft minutes of the Recreation and Park Board;
E) receive the Aquatic Center Revenue Comparison report;
F) receive the Library Monthly Report for January 2005;
G) receive the Building Activity Report for January 2005
H) receive the Planning Project Tracking sheet dated February 2,2005;
I) receive the Claims Report for January 2005; and
J) receive the Public Contracting Executive Memo dated February 9,2005.
MCCALLUM/NICHOLS.... adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. The motion passed
unanimously.
3877 COUNCIL BILL NO. 2555 - ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2312 (THE
WOODBURN NOISE ORDINANCE) TO REDUCE CERTAIN DECIBEL LEVELS.
Council Bill 2555 was introduced by Councilor Sifuentez. Recorder Tennant read the two
readings of the bill by title only since there were no objections from the Council.
Councilor Cox stated that he was not in attendance at the last meeting when this item was
discussed but he has reviewed the information and has no problem with the proposed
ordinance. However, he would like to have Council discussion on the use of the emergency
clause in an ordinance. This particular bill has an emergency clause but he did not see where
this bill needed to be in force immediately. He stated that an emergency clause takes away
the right a citizen has to file an initiative petition, therefore, the Council should use more
evaluation as to whether any given ordinance needs to go into effect right away or wait until
it would go into effect as provided for within the City Charter. He reiterated his desire to
have a brief discussion on this issue within the near future.
Councilor Lonergan expressed his appreciation to the Livability Task Force for their work in
reviewing and recommending changes to the noise ordinance. However, he would voting
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against the proposed ordinance since he did not feel that it went quite as far as what he would
have liked to have seen primarily limiting some of the evening power noises that come from
runnmg power mowers.
On roll call vote for final passage, the vote was 5-1 with Councilor Lonergan voting nay.
Mayor Figley stated that this bill will be brought back at the next meeting for a second
reading and final vote.
4288 COUNCIL BILL NO. 2556 - RESOLUTION ENTERING INTO W ALKW A Y I
BIKEWAY PROJECT AGREEMENT NO. 22253 WITH THE STATE OF OREGON.
Councilor Sifuentez introduced Council Bill 2556. 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 2556 duly passed.
4479 COUNCIL BILL NO. 2557 - RESOLUTION ENTERING INTO AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH MARION COUNTY AND THE
CITIES OF MT. ANGEL. STAYTON. AND SILVERTON PROVIDING FOR
PARTICIPATION IN THE MARION COUNTY INTERAGENCY SPECIAL
WEAPONS AND T ACTICS (SWAT) TEAM.
Council Bi112557 was introduced by Councilor Sifuentez. The bill was read by title only
since there were no objections from the Council.
It was noted that the typed name of Mayor Figley will replace the City Administrator's name
below the Approval signature line.
On roll call vote for final passage, the bill passed unanimously. Mayor Figley declared
Council Bill 2557 duly passed.
4574 LAWSON AVENUE I HIGHWAY 214 INTERSECTION.
Councilor Cox stated that he has reviewed the options and looked at the site, however, he
hesitates to spend much money on an improvement that may have a short life span. He
questioned if the City could legally put appropriate signage up and pass a resolution that
would prohibit southbound truck traffic on Lawson Avenue.
Councilor Nichols stated that a similar problem exists on Evergreen in that there is a
northbound turn lane on Evergreen Road. If Lawson Avenue was one-way southbound, then
there would be no on-coming traffic on Lawson Avenue that the trucks would have to
contend with when turning onto this street.
Public Works Manager Rohman agreed that directing truck traffic to Evergreen Road would
potentially create more of a problem relating to traffic flow. He stated that he had spoken
with McDonald's owner Mindy Mayer and she was vigorously opposed to any changes in the
existing traffic pattern since she feels it would affect her business. He also stated that he was
unable to contact the owner of Taco Bell to talk about this issue.
Councilor Nichols questioned how her business would be impacted since she has a private
roadway behind her business that connects to Evergreen Road.
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Public Works Manager Rolunan stated that Taco Bell would be impacted more if it was just
one-way on Lawson Avenue since their entrance way does not match up to the McDonald's
private driveway. The Environmental Assessment will be finalized later this summer and it
will be looking at the traffic patterns on Highway 214 near the interchange. A Stakeholders
meeting will be held later this week and Mindy Mayer has raised some serious objections to
even that plan. He stated that the Chevron station will be purchased by the State as part of
the interchange modernization project since that business will not have any reliable means of
access off of Highway 214. Once the modernization project is completed, redevelopment of
that area will provide alternative access options to businesses.
Councilor Cox stated that Lawson Avenue is a problem area for traffic flow and the proposed
design may be completed later this summer, however, the actual construction work will
probably not take place for several years. He expressed his opinion that the City may want to
keep the traffic pattern status quo so that the existing businesses would not be impacted nor
will the City incur costs for a short term fix.
Councilor McCallum agreed with Councilor Nichols in that Evergreen Road and Lawson
Avenue are problem intersections and, even though he appreciated the staff's work to provide
creative solutions, he agreed with Councilor Cox that no action be taken until the
Environmental Assessment is completed or just wait until the modernization project is
completed.
Mayor Figley suggested that the Council revisit this issue after a plan is finalized later this
year.
6197 SOUTH FRONT STREET IMPROVEMENTS (UNDERGROUNDING AND
LIGHTING PHASE)'
Bids for the South Front Street undergrounding and lighting improvements were received
from the following contractors: Kerr Contractors, Inc., $383,493.75; Canby Excavating, me.,
$395,502.20; Westech Construction, Inc" $437,574.44; Lay Clark Pipeline Co, $454,405.69;
C & M Construction, Inc., $458,485.75; Eagle-Elsner, Inc., $524,149.80; North Santiam
Paving Co, $599,779.95; and Henkles & McCoy, Inc, $636,772.38. Staff recommended that
the bids from Kerr Contractors Inc. and Westech Construction Inc. be rejected since they did
not substantially comply with all of the bidding requirements. Staff also recommended the
acceptance of the bid from the lowest responsible bidder, Canby Excavating Inc., which was
within 12% ofthe engineer's estimate of $352,675.00.
BJELLANDINICHOLS... reject the bids of Kerr Contractors Inc. and Westech Construction
me., as not responsive because neither bid included and acknowledged all necessary bid
addendums, and that the Council further award the construction contract to the lowest
responsible bidder, Canby Excavating Inc., for the undergrounding of utilities on South Front
Street in the amount of $395,502.20.
Councilor Cox stated that he had some concerns when he first read the agenda item since it
tied in with an agenda item that was previously pulled by staff several weeks ago regarding
an agreement between the City and Union Pacific Railroad. He stated that he has been
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assured by Director Tiwari that the contracts were structured in such a way that if the City
does not reach ultimate agreement with the railroad and PGE to protect the City from liability
then the City could pull that phase of the work out of the contract.
The motion passed unanimously.
6450 BID AWARD: MUNICIPAL WELL 14 WELL HOUSE.
Bids for a well house were received from the following contractors: TransAmerican
Contractors, Inc., $304,360.00; HPS construction, Inc., $353,510.00; Geo Tech Explorations,
$362,012.00; Stellar J Corporation, $373,694.00; Stettler Supply Company, $414,600.00; and
Nomarco Inc. (bid not provided). Staff recommended that the bid from Nomarco Inc. be
rejected as not responsive, and the Council award the bid to TransAmerican Contractors Inc..
BJELLANDIMCCALLUM... reject the bid of No mar co Inc as not responsive because it did
not include the bid breakdown page, and the Council award the bid for Municipal Well 14
Well House to the lowest responsible bidder, TransAmerican Contractors, Inc., in the amount
of $304,360.00.
Councilor Cox requested clarification as to the reason the bid from Nomarco Inc was
considered as non responsive.
Public Works Manager Rohman stated that all of the bid amounts were to be included on one
page, however, when Nomarco Inc prepared their bid, they wrote down and totaled the
numbers but they left the page out when they sealed their bid document.
The motion passed unanimously.
6673 2005 OLCC LIOUOR LICENSE RENEWALS.
Staff recommended the renewal of the following liquor licenses for 2005:
Off-Premise Sales: 7-11 Store #2353-17416B, Bi-Mart #643, Safeway Store #1976,
Crossroads Grocery & Deli, Salvador's Bakery I, E-Z Stop Market Grocery & Deli, Senior
Estates Restaurant, Gary's Market #1, Woodburn Shop N Kart, The Raven Inn, O'Donnell
Enterprises (AM-PM Mini Mart), OLCC Store #60, Su Casa Imports, Westview Texaco 1,
Piper's Jewelry, Woodburn Fast Serve (Woodburn Chevron), Roth's lOA Foodliner, Young
Street Market, Walmart Supercenter #1793, US Market #109, Your Northwest
Full On-Premise Sales: Chu's Eatery, Los Cabos Mexican Restaurant, Lupita's, Eagle's
Lodge #3284, OGA Members Course, Elmer's Restaurant, La Sierra Restaurant, The End
Zone Sports Bar, Elk's Lodge #2637, Rumors Bar & Grill & Bowers Steakhouse, Yun Wah
Chinese Restaurant, Salvador's Bakery III/EI Corralejo, Denny's at Woodburn
Limited On-Premise Sales: Abby's Pizza Inn, Billy 0 Deli & Pub, Pizza Hut, Senior Estates
Restaurant, Taqueria Guadalajara, D & D Restaurant, The Raven Inn, La Unica, Shari's of
Woodburn, La Palapa, Woodburn Lanes, Cactus Grill, Fonzie's Deli, EI Amadillo Loco
It was also noted that Chu's Eatery, Los Cabos Mexican Restaurant, Salvador's Bakery IIlIEI
Corralejo, and EI Amadillo Loco have compliance plans in place.
COXlSlFUENTEZ... recommend to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission the renewal of
the liquor licenses for the listed businesses as outlined in the staff report.
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Councilor McCallum expressed concern regarding one business on the report having three
incidents of selling to a minor and this business lost their license for a period oftime during
2004. He questioned the status of that business and/or any other businesses on the list that
were cited for selling alcohol to a minor.
Chief Russell stated that there were 5 businesses that were cited in 2004 and only one
business, Los Cabos, was cited twice. These citations, coupled with a previous year citation,
resulted in this business having a suspension of their license for 30 days. They have had their
license reinstated since September and are in good standing with GLCC. This business has a
mandatory compliance plan in place and, in discussion with OLCC, the business has
completed the required OLCC training and they continue to have everything in order.
The motion passed 5-1 with Councilor Nichols voting nay.
0190 AUTHORIZATION FOR REOUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING DIVISION
PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.
COX/NICHOLS... authorize and approve the request for obtaining Request for Proposals for
the City to enter into personal services contracts for plan review and inspection services for
the Building Division.
The motion passed unanimously.
0245 PLANNING COMMISSION OR LAND USE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.
A) Planning Commission approval of Planned Unit Development 04-05 and Variance
04-31 (Links at Tukwila): Modifies PUD Case file no. 03-02 and variance approval to allow
for reduction ofthe rear yard setback from 20 feet to15 feet for lots 87-93, 95, and 98 within
Phase III ofthe Links ofTukwila.
B) Planning Commission approval ofPUD 04-06 and Variance 04-32: Modifies PUD
Case file no. 04-03 and variance approval to allow for the reduction of the rear yard setback
from 20 feet to 15 feet for lots 64-71, and 74 of Phase IV and V of the Links ofTukwila.
No action was taken by the Council to call these actions up for Council review.
0286 CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
A) Administrator Brown stated that the Department of Revenue had recently ruled to reduce
the assessed valuation of the NorPac property thereby reducing property taxes to be paid by
the company. This decision will create a $4.5 million negative impact on the County tax
pool. As a recipient oftax monies from this pool, the City will be affected by this decision
and it is anticipated that the City's share will be about $110,000. The Department of Revenue
went back 5 years when making their decision and, in addition to the refunding the
overpayments, the business will receive interest on the overpayment at a rate of 12%. He
expressed his concern with the loss of revenue for this fiscal year in addition to the future loss .
of property tax revenue even though the loss will be at a lesser rate. He has met with staff
and has asked them to assume a reduction target which is a proportional share of this loss.
The next allocation of property tax dollars will be in May and, since the close of the fiscal
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year is the following month, staff has been asked to make cutbacks based on their
proportional share beginning right away. Within the Police Department, one of the NRT
officer positions will remain open through the end of this fiscal year and the other Captain's
position will not be filled until April. Departments who do not have personnel vacancies are
having to take reductions in supplies and services accounts.
B) Administrator Brown stated that.the Police Facility bonds will be sold on February 23,
2005 and the City's Moody's Rating continues to be an A3 which is at the top end of
population size for a well managed City. As a result, bond insurance will be acquired as part
of the selling process and it will give the City the top A rating that we would have received
otherwise. The City is authorized to sell bonds up to $7,066,000 at par value. Investors like
to see a 5% return rate on bonds and, in order to get this return rate, they are willing to pay a
premium, If a premium is paid, the City could receive an additional $450,000 in addition to
the $7,066,000. Another option the City could elect to take is to reduce the amount of the
bonds sold by an amount that would be calculated on the date of sale that would still generate
$7,066,000. He suggested that the City sell the bonds at full value of $7,066,000 and, if
additional funds are received, then those dollars would be available as project contingency
dollars. Funds not used could be utilized to buy down the principal rate on these bonds and
ultimately reduce the amount that taxpayers would be required to pay over the life ofthe
bonds.
It was the consensus of the Council to sell the bonds at par value.
C) Administrator Brown stated that the Periodic Review notebooks will be available
tomorrow so that the Council can begin reading the document.
D) In regards to the application for a downtown grant through the Meyer Memorial Trust
which had been discussed during the Council's goal setting workshop, the City did not
receive this particular grant. Staff is currently working on a TGM grant and is researching
other grant opportunities in order to move forward with a downtown specific plan.
E) Lastly, Administrator Brown reminded the Council that he had not received the
prioritization of goals from all of the Councilors as of this date and, once received, he will
put the list of goals before the Council for review and adoption.
1120 MAYOR AND COUNCIL GOALS.
Councilor Lonergan questioned if a crosswalk could be placed on Settlemier Avenue at the
Garfield Street intersection.
Public Works Director Tiwari stated that staff will analyze this request and develop possible
solutions to be brought back before the Council.
Councilor McCallum was glad to hear that the NorPac issue is being handled by staff. He
congratulated the Mayor on her message at the Chamber Forum which included information
on the City's excellent financial position and on those outside influences that the City has no
control over. He also congratulated former Mayor Jennings on his appointment to the
Planning Commission.
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Councilor Bjelland stated that he is now the Chair ofMW ACT (Mid- Willamette Area
Commission on Transportation) and hopefully this will give him the opportunity to represent
the transportation needs of MW ACT amongst all of the other Areas of Commissions on
Transportation. The Chairs of each Commission will be meeting periodically to work on
issues of how each Commission will allocate funding and establish prioritization of
transportation projects within Region ll. There continues to be a lack of funding for projects
at the State level and there is a need for Woodburn to be an earmarked project in order for our
interchange project to be eligible for federal transportation funds.
Councilor Sifuentez questioned if the City was addressing the letter that was received from
Dan Brown.
Administrator Brown stated that a copy of the letter in response to Mr. Brown's letter is in
the Councilor's file folders in the Administration office.
Mayor Figley stated that the City was a successful applicant for funding from a group called
"Baseball Tomorrow" which receives most of their funds from major league baseball teams.
Thanks to their generosity, the Woodburn Rotary, and some local charitable individuals and
groups, the City will have a third ballfield complete and ready for some tournament play by
the July 4th weekend.
1800 ADJOURNMENT.
MCCALLUMlSlFUENTEZ...meeting be adjo
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m..
:'The'motion passed unanimously.
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City of Woodburn, Oregon
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