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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-01-30 Town HallASHLAND CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL CLLED MEETING — TOWNHALL AGENDA Tuesday, January 30, 2023 Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland View on Channel 9 or Channels 180 and 181 (Charter Communications) or live stream via rvtv.sou.edu select RVTV Prime. Written priority comments will be accepted for public input at the Townhall Meeting. Written comments may also be submitted by email public-testimony@ashland.or.us using the subject line: Ashland City Council Townhall Priorities. If you are unable to attend the Townhall Meeting in -person, you may participate in the Dot -voting exercise at the City of Ashland website: ashland.or.us/coatownhall 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM Convene City Council Townhall & meeting orientation • City Council call to order and Land Acknowledgement* • City Council roll call and Pledge of Allegiance • Open House greeting and orientation overview • Dot -voting on community priorities throughout Townhall meeting • The public can provide written priority comments throughout the event • City Website dot -voting and comments accepted through Friday, Feb. 3`d 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Community table talks on City Priorities • Individual Roundtable discussions with the City Councilors, Parks and Recreation Commission Chair, and senior City staff (15/20-minute public participant table talk rotations) 7:45 PM - 8:00 PM Closing Comments, next steps & Townhall adjournment • Closing comments • Conclusion of Townhall and attendee dot -voting on priorities • Continue on-line dot -voting and comments through Friday, Feb. 3'd • Next steps: o Staff development of dot -voting and public comments summary o City Council adoption of top priorities list in early March * LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We acknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on whose ancestral homelands we work — the lkirakutsum Band of the Shasta Nation, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today. We honor the first stewards in the Rogue Valley and the lands we love and depend on: Tribes with ancestral lands in and surrounding the geography of the Ashland Watershed include the original past, present and future indigenous inhabitants of the Shasta, Takelma, and Athabaskan people. We also recognize and acknowledge the Shasta village of K'wakhakha - "Where the Crow Lights" - that is now the Ashland City Plaza.