ESTACADA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
ESTACADA CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS
475 SE MAIN STREET, ESTACADA, OREGON
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 - 7:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING
OFFICER
The
meeting was called to order at 7:00pm.
Mayor Austin led in the pledge of allegiance.
Present: Cr. Michele Conditt, Cr. Becky Arnold, Cr. Ben
Erickson, Cr. Kay Nelson, Cr. Norm Ernst, Cr. Richard Hartwig, Mayor Bob
Austin, CM Randy Ealy, CR Denise Carey.
CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP
COMMENTS
March Golden
Rake Award Dave & Laura Thornton
Mayor
Austin presented the Golden Rake Award to Dave & Laura Thornton.
CONSENT AGENDA
Approve
February 27, 2006 Council minutes
Approve March
6, 2006 Special meeting minutes
Estacada Area
Arts Commission Appointment -
Resolution
2006-2 A Resolution establishing Infrastructure Committee membership
qualifications.
Mayor
Austin asked that Resolution 2006-2 be separated for discussion.
Cr.
Nelson moved to approve the consent agenda without Resolution 2006-2. Cr. Hartwig seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Mayor
Austin stated he would like to see more people inside the city on the agenda
than people outside the city as proposed.
He would not mind someone inside the UGB. Cr. Nelson does not feel we need an
Infrastructure Committee because we have a great public works department to
make recommendations regarding the citys infrastructure. Mayor Austin stated this is the committee
that has been hard to keep positions filled.
CM
Ealy stated that this resolution is to amend the membership of the committee
from having staff as members of the committee. He said the importance of the
business representative is that the current person on the committee works for
Cascade Utilities and it is good for him to be involved since they do work in
the rights-of-way. Cr. Arnold agrees
with Cr. Nelson and feels the committee may not be needed. Cr. Conditt feels the council should review
the purpose of the committee and decide if there is a need for it.
CM
Ealy stated maybe the council would prefer a Utility Advisory Committee where PGE,
Cascade and the City would get together to discuss issues. Cr. Hartwig stated that the committee
normally goes with staff recommendations and if the public works decides the
committee is not needed, he would agree with that.
Cr.
Erickson feels that the resolution should be tabled until more information is
available. Mayor Austin asked the
council to get their comments to CM Ealy about views on the committee and the
current committee members and then have staff to come back with a
recommendation.
DEPARTMENT & COMMITTEE
REPORTS
City Manager Ealy reviewed his written staff
report. The council discussed library
funding, transportation issues around the school property, the IGA with ODOT regarding
a citizen advisory committee, water and wastewater issues, an update on the
park development and information regarding a gas tax.
Mayor Austin updated the council on his trip to
Washington DC and other meetings he has attended recently.
COUNCIL BUSINESS
Earth
Day SOLV-IT Projects April 22, 2006
CM Ealy stated that this is a joint event between the City of Estacada, SOLV
and the Parks & Recreation Commission.
The Parks & Recreation Commission will be promoting the park and the
city will be sponsoring a clean up and spruce up day around city hall and
around town.
Charter
Review CR Carey reviewed what has
been accomplished to date with the Charter Review. It is ready for Council review and then sent
to a vote of the citizens. The Council
would like to set up a number of workshops to review the charter section by
section.
The
first Charter Review Workshop will be at 6:00 pm on April 10, 2006.
CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP
COMMENTS
Tom Nelson
stated that the Council should consider continuing Wade Street down the hill on
the south end while looking at their transportation plan. He is also bothered by the amount of trucks
coming down the old highway and using Wade and Zobrist instead of going down
Main Street. He feels another stop sign
is needed on Shafford to slow traffic.
Nina Hamilton, 27726 S. Hwy 211, reminded everyone about Rec-X. She has good participation this year and
wants to know if the city will cover insurance and waive the application fee
for the street closure permit.
Tom Nelson asked CM if he had found out if there is a ceiling on SDCs? CM stated that is driven by the CIP plan developed by the engineers.
COUNCIL REPORTS &
COMMENTS
Cr. Conditt thanked the work by the Infrastructure
Committee and wants them to know that the previous discussion in no way is
because they are not appreciated. She
also encouraged people to be involved with Earth Day on April 22nd. She really wants to get moving on the gas tax
with some town halls.
Cr. Conditt stated that fall of 2005 her husband
started a business and forgot to file a business license application. They have recently purchased and received a
city business license retroactive fall of 2005.
Cr. Conditt publicly apologized for their oversight.
Cr. Arnold thanked Kay for putting the dedication
together for Harold Babcock.
Cr. Nelson stated there were some exciting things
going on with Clackamas County Diversion Panel a new program to empower parents
that will cost $500 to implement. This
program allows a parent to drug test their child under 18 for free and the only
record goes to the parent of the child.
There are also swabs to immediately find out if someone is drinking
alcohol. She also stated that the school
really needs a SRO officer. She also
encouraged everyone to help with SOLV day.
Cr. Hartwig wants the council to discuss a police
safety commission.
Mayor Austin commented that he is interested in a
gas tax or utility fee to help with areas in town that cannot be funded through
SDCs.
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm.