HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-0421 REG MINMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL
April 21, 1987
ROLL CALL
Mayor L. Gordon Medaris led the Pledge of Allegiance
and called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. on the
above date in the Council Chambers. Elerath, Reid,
Bennett, Acklin, Laws and Arnold were present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Acklin moved to approve the minutes of the regular
meeting and executive session of April 7, 1987; Reid
seconded the motion which passed unanimously on voice
vote.
COMMUNICATIONS, PETITIONS
& REMONSTRANCES:
Law Day U.S.A. Mayor Medaris introduced Harry Skerry, Chairman of
Proclamation the Ashland Constitution Bicentennial Committee, and
presented to him a proclamation designating May 1,
1987 as "Law Day U.S.A. in Ashland". Mr. Skerry then
gave a short history of the U.S. Constitution and
invited the Council to offer ideas for the
celebration of same.
Goodwill Industries
Proclamation
Diana McLaughlin, Assistant to the Director of the
Medford Goodwill, accepted the Mayor's proclamation
for "Goodwill Industries Week" which will be May 3-9,
1987. Mrs. McLaughlin invited everyone to visit
their workshop at 604 N. Fir Street in Medford.
Youth Employment
Month Proclamation
Mayor Medaris read a proclamation which designates
May 1987 as "Youth Employment Month". The same was
presented to Minnette Schmidt of the Job Council.
Oregon Arts Council/
State Ballet of OR.
Judy Howard of the Oregon Arts Council requested that
this item be postponed. Rob Winthrop of the Ballet
also requested it be tabled until after the May 5,
1987 Council meeting so the State Ballet Board could
discuss it at their meeting of May 5. Laws suggested
both organizations get together and agree on a date
for the Council to discuss. No action was taken by
the Council members.
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Closure of Winburn
Way - S.O.S.C.
A letter was read from the S.O.S.C. Commencement
Committee requesting permission to close Winburn Way
for commencement ceremonies on June 6, 1987 from 7:00
A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Elerath moved to approve
request; Bennett seconded, the motion passed
unanimously on voice vote.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Historic Preserva-
tion Funding
This item was withdrawn by Ralph Wehinger.
NEW & MISCELLANEOUS
BUSINESS:
Boundary Line
Agreement
A memo from the Asst. City Engineer was read
requesting authorization for the Mayor and City
Recorder to sign a boundary line agreement with
respect to City property in the vicinity of Crowson
Reservoir. Public Works Director Alsing said the
proposed boundary line was a reasonable split and
both staff and the property owner were in favor of
it. Laws moved to authorize signing of the
agreement, Bennett seconded the motion which passed
unanimously on voice vote.
PUBLIC FORUM
No comments from the audience.
ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS &
CONTRACTS:
Parking Fees in
Downtown District
City Administrator Almquist read a letter from the
Chamber of Commerce requesting that the Resolution
extending Ordinance No. 2377, concerning parking fees
and employee/employer parking restrictions be made
into separate resolutions. On question from Reid as
to the reasoning behind this, Regina Stepahin
explained that the parking fee resolution would have
to be extended periodically until the Water Street
parking lot bond debt service had been paid.
Separating the two would eliminate the need to go
through the resolution process on the
employee/employer parking ban issue at the same time.
It was noted that Section 2 of the Resolution
concerning the survey had been completed. Acklin
moved to adopt the Resolution; Elerath seconded. All
AYES on roll call vote. (Ref. Reso. #87-10)
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Employee Parking
Restriction
Glenwood Drive
Parking
Name Change - SOSC
Expenditure of
Donated Funds
A Resolution extending Ordinance No. 2377 with
respect to employee parking restrictions was read.
Reid asked about the results of the survey of
downtown merchants and Stepahin said approximately
1,000 questionnaires were sent out, 28 returned, and
only 2 responses were negative. Bennett moved to
adopt the Resolution, Acklin seconded. Laws noted
that evidence shows the parking restriction policy
seems to be working and is a good plan. On roll call
vote all AYES. (Ref. Reso. ~87-11)
A Resolution was read concerning prohibiting parking
on the South side of Glenwood Drive from Beach Street
Easterly. Acklin moved to adopt the Resolution,
Arnold seconded, passed unanimously on roll call
vote. (Ref. Reso. ~87-12)
A Resolution supporting the redesignation of S.O.S.C.
to Southern Oregon State University was read, and the
Mayor introduced Ben Tyran, Chairman of the Economic
Development Commission, who explained the status of
Senate Bill 736 in the present Legislative Session.
Mr. Tyran expressed appreciation on behalf of Senator
Lenn Hannon for letters of support and said the
resolution would be very much appreciated. Elerath
felt the important issue was to take "State" out of
the name and put "University" in, and we should allow
the State Board of Higher Education some freedom in
selecting the actual name. Laws noted that Senate
Bill 736 specifies the name and it may weaken our
position if we don't stick with the name in that
bill. Bennett said the name change had been a dream
of Dr. Stephenson, Dr. Sauers and Dr. Siccuro, and
she appreciated the work Ben Tyran is doing to reach
this end. Bennett moved to adopt the Resolution,
Arnold seconded the motion which passed unanimously
on voice vote. (Ref. Reso. ~87-13)
A memo from the Police Chief to the Finance Director
was read by City Administrator Almquist who said the
Resolution was necessary to formalize the process.
Police Chief Lively explained that local churches
originally began helping needy persons who passed
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ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS & CONTRACTS (Continued)
Expenditure of
Donated Funds
through the community, but other groups would like to
help. Donated funds will be remitted to the Finance
Department, which will reimburse for vouchers
presented by the merchants. The vouchers will be
issued to the merchants by the Police Department. On
a question from Elerath, Lively said the Police
Officers will endorse the scripts which are given to
needy people the the temporary assistance they need.
Reid asked if identification was necessary in order
to obtain the scripts and Lively said the officers
would do a routine check but would not deny
assistance because of a lack of identification. The
Resolution was read, Laws moved to adopt, Acklin
seconded and the motion passed unanimously on roll
call vote. (Ref. Reso. ~87-14)
OTHER BUSINESS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Joint Study Session
Council & Budget
Committee
Laws requested that a joint study session be held by
the Council and Budget Committee to discuss the
proposal previously provided to Council members by
Councilors Laws and Acklin. All were in agreement
and the study session was scheduled for Tuesday,
April 28, 1987 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers.
Request to be Out
of the City
Elerath requested permission to be out of the City
for longer than 30 days for a trip to Singapore and
Sumatra. Acklin moved to grant permission, Arnold
seconded, all AYES on voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:25 P.M.
Nan E. Franklin
City Recorder
L. Gordon Medaris
Mayor
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