CALL
TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER
The meeting was called to order at
Present: Cr.
Michele Conditt, Cr.
CITIZEN
AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS
CONSENT
AGENDA
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Approve
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Commission & Committee Appointments
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Legal Services Agreement
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Proclamation School Board Recognition Month January,
2008
CR Carey stated Steve Scott has submitted an application
for budget committee.
Cr. Conditt moved to approve the consent
agenda. Cr. Ernst seconded the
motion. The motion passed with 6 yes and
1 abstention (Hartwig).
DEPARTMENT
& COMMITTEE REPORTS
Mayor Austin distributed and reviewed the State of
the City information and his plans for the future of Estacada. He is looking forward to finalizing the Comp
Plan review and the Urban Renewal District.
Clackamas County Sheriffs report Lt. Slaney
reviewed the November 2007 activity report.
PUBLIC
HEARING Ordinance Series of 2007, No. 006
Mayor Austin closed the regular meeting and opened
the public hearing to discuss Ordinance Series of 2007, No. 006 An Ordinance
deleting, amending, and adding sections of the Estacada Development Code to
bring the code into consistency with the state Transportation Planning Rule
(TPR) and other state, county and local Plans.
CP Mike McCallister gave a little background on how
the ordinance came about and then briefly summarized the amendments to the ordinance
section by section. CP discussed the
following policy issues with the council:
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Level of Service Standard requires all new development to
meet a certain transportation standard to be accepted Level D is consistent
with the TSP and is recommended.
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New Concurrency Standard Ordinance If Level D level of
service is adopted, development will be denied unless there is planned
improvements to fix the failing part of the intersection. The city could forgive the service level as
long as the planned improvements will be under construction within three years
of the development. It must be shown
that the financing is there for the construction to begin within three years.
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Bicycle parking There is some discretionary decision
making for this part of the ordinance.
Because of this, there should be a more formal review process and the
right for someone to appeal the review for commercial, industrial and
multi-family applications. This can be
done through the public works staff in conjunction with the planning staff to
make a decision of approval or denial. This
decision would be sent to neighboring property owners and agencies and then
could be repealed by the applicant, neighboring property owner or agency. Another way would be to have the Planning Commission
do it. This is more burdensome and the
Commission does not want to do this. The
staff decision could be repealed to the Planning Commission or a different
body. There would need to be another
ordinance change to implement the procedure after the council has time to
review their options.
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The Transportation Planning Rule is a state law that is
meant to implement Statewide Planning Goal 12 Transportation. The recommendation from ODOT was to include
the state language in the code but CP McCallister does not feel the language
should be included in the code because every time the language is changed, the
code would have to be changed. You have
to comply with the rule anyway.
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Zone Change criteria Is the road system adequate for zone
changes? Are the planned road
improvements in place to provide adequate transportation facilities to the
area? The improvements not only have to
be in the CIP but they must be reasonably likely to be constructed and
financed. The proposed new language
gives the council the flexibility to determine this. An alternative way that would be more
restrictive is to only look at projects in your 5 year CIP and not the 20 year
CIP.
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Traffic Engineering Consultant/Review of Traffic Studies
At some point in time the city will need to have access to a traffic consultant
to determine when the transportation system is adequate or not. If there is a huge development application,
the city would need an expert to review the transportation issues.
CP McCallister answered questions from the
council.
Mayor Austin asked for comments from the
public. There was none.
Mayor Austin closed the public hearing and reopened
the council meeting.
Cr. Conditt moved to adopt Ordinance Series of 2007,
No. 006 An Ordinance deleting, amending, and adding sections of the Estacada
Development Code to bring the code into consistency with the State
Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) and recently adopted Estacada Transportation
System Plan. Cr. Nelson seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
The second consideration of the ordinance will be at
the next meeting.
Staff will work on the policy issues and bring
further amendments back to the council for consideration.
COUNCIL
BUSINESS
Code Compliance Report Lance Weinard, Code
Compliance Officer, reviewed the report using a power point presentation. He showed before and after pictures of
several properties that have came into compliance voluntarily. The council thanked him for his work.
Water Rate Discussion tabled until the next
meeting.
Ordinance Series of 2007, No. 007 An ordinance
making it unlawful to possess graffiti implements, providing for their seizure
and for penalties; and making graffiti an unlawful act.
Cr. Nelson moved to not adopt Ordinance Series o f2007, No. 007 An ordinance making it unlawful to
possess graffiti implements, providing for their seizure and for penalties; and
making graffiti an unlawful act. Cr.
Arnold seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
Solid Waste Franchise Agreement Since the weather has
turned bad, the mayor would like to adjourn early. CM Ealy asked council to review the
information in the packet and be ready to discuss the agreement at the next
meeting and to contact him with any questions or comments.
CITIZENS
AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS
Mike Park, 30725 SE Hwy 224, asked for clarification
regarding Jamie Johnks EOA application.
He understands that it was denied but is still interested in pursuing
it. CM stated that the grant had been
denied and there was nothing in the works at this time. Mr. Park would like to keep this issue alive.
COUNCIL
REPORTS & COMMENTS
EXECUTIVE
SESSION ORS 192.660 (2)(e) Real Property Transactions - postponed
EXECUTIVE
SESSION ORS 192.660 (2)(i) Evaluate City Manager
Mayor Austin stated there was no need for this
executive session since most councilors have already evaluated CM Ealy. Discussion on pay will be done in regular
session at the next meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
OF MEETING
The meeting was adjourned at