ESTACADA CITY HALL,
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
475 SE MAIN STREET,
ESTACADA, OREGON
THURSDAY, JUNE 21,
2001 - 7:00 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
BY PRESIDING OFFICER
The meeting was called to order at
7:00 pm. Council President Butcher led
in the pledge of allegiance.
Present: Cr. Hartwig, Cr. Butcher, Cr. Gavic, Cr.
Akins, Cr. Troeh, Mayor Austin (arrived 7:35pm), CA Cole, CM Ealy, CR Carey.
Absent: Cr. Atkinson.
B. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR
AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Esther
Weston, 21364 S. Springwater Road & Eva Haney – The Estacada Resource
Center will have a truck in the Fourth of July parade and some people pushing
grocery carts. They would like cans of
food to fill up the grocery carts. Mrs.
Weston is collecting money or cans of food for the resource center.
Dianna Turk,
30095 Cemetery Road – Ms. Turk is glad the council is beginning to discuss
the review of the comprehensive plan.
C. CONSENT
AGENDA
1. Approve
June 7, 2001 Council minutes
2. Accounts
payable
3. Estacada
Area Arts Commission appointments
Cr. Troeh moved to approve the consent agenda. Cr. Akins seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: Cr. Butcher-yes, Cr. Hartwig-yes, Cr.
Gavic-yes, Cr. Akins-yes, Cr. Troeh-yes.
The motion passed with 5 yes and 0 no.
D. CITY MANAGER
REPORT
CM reviewed his
written staff report.
CM also presented a liquor license application for
The Country Restaurant for a change of name and addition of a partner. Linda Parsons is the applicant. Cr. Hartwig moved to grant the liquor license
for The Country Restaurant and Lounge.
Cr. Troeh seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
The Council
discussed dates for planning seminar and would like staff to check if August 25th
is an open date.
Cr. Gavic wants
to be sure the community is involved with marketing Estacada such as ECAT,
etc. Cr. Gavic commented on the 300 Main
project and asked if there might be a short-term solution until the project is
done. CM Ealy stated that the police
have been a presence this week and they did not see one violation but he
realizes it is a problem and it is being addressed.
Cr. Troeh stated
she is overwhelmed with everything going on and stated it was a pleasure to
hear the City Manager’s report.
E. COUNCIL
BUSINESS
Second Reading – Ordinance Series of 2001, No. 4 –
An Ordinance amending Section 2.04.010 regarding the times and day of regular
Council meetings.
CM read
Ordinance Series of 2001, No. 4 for the second time.
Cr. Butcher
moved to adopt Ordinance Series of 2001, No. 4 – An Ordinance amending Section
2.04.010 regarding the times and day of regular council meetings. Cr. Troeh seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
City Stage –
Delivery fees – The Council discussed the fees for moving the stage and
their justification for waiving fees. CA
Cole commented on waiving fees for non-profit either locally or not. Dianna Turk, Parks & Recreation
Commission Chair, commented that the Commission would support at least a
minimum charge to cover the costs of moving the stage for non-profit groups. The council discussed charging an hourly
rate. It was council consensus to leave
the fees as is.
Estacada
Community Center/City of Estacada relationship – CM stated that he would
like to have a work session regarding this.
He would like to discuss what the city is doing for the Community Center
now and what are they providing the city.
There are plans to move the Sheriff’s office to the Community Center and
there needs to be an understanding between the city and the Community Center
regarding this.
Comprehensive
Plan Review – CM stated the comp plan review is a council goal and he would
like to begin this as soon as possible.
We have until 2009 to complete a periodic review on our Comprehensive
Plan but it is a long process. CM
reviewed the process. There is grant
money from DLCD to assist in this process.
It will cost approximately $25,000 to $50,000 for a consultant to take
the city through the process.
F. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR
NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Esther
Weston, 21364 S. Springwater Road – Mrs. Weston thanked everyone for the
$65 donated tonight for the resource center.
Dianna Turk,
30095 Cemetery Road – Ms. Turk stated that the top half of railing on the
staircase been missing for a couple of months and needs to be repaired. She also stated that she would like to see
the committee chosen to review the comp plan be made up of a variety of
viewpoints and a variety of groups so everyone feels they have been
included.
G. COUNCIL
REPORTS & COMMENTS
Cr. Troeh
attended the SOLV meeting and they worked on the process of encouraging
volunteers. One of the groups worked on
the skate park project and the skaters are very enthused.
Cr. Gavic
announced the next EDA meeting would be on July 2nd. He agrees that different viewpoints are very
healthy for a process.
Cr. Hartwig
stated that there is a fireman’s muster this week and 5th Street
needs to be cleaned of broken glass.
Cr. Butcher
invited everyone to the muster this weekend.
It opens tomorrow with the carnival.
Saturday is a full day of events ending with a street dance. Sunday will wrap it up with the carnival and
muster events.
H. EXECUTIVE
SESSION – ORS 192.660 (1)(h) – Litigation
Mayor Austin
read the executive session statement and asked the audience to leave the room
except news media representatives.
News media present
at the executive session was Ali Ryan representing the Clackamas County News.
CA Cole asked
for Council consensus to take the recommendation from the engineer for the
water project and to terminate the contract with NW Permastore. There was Council consensus to do this.
Cr. Hartwig
moved to have CA Cole respond to the appeal of the engineer’s denial of the
equitable compensation claim brought by Rasch General Contractors. Cr. Butcher seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
I. ADJOURNMENT
OF MEETING
The meeting
was adjourned at 9:20 pm.