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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-0106 REG MINOATH OF OFFICE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE & ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES MAYOR'S ANNUAL ADDRESS APPOINTMENTS LIAISON APPOINTMENTS POWER CONTRACT NEG. REP. COUNCIL CHAI~N COMMUnICatIONS Parks Commission Vacancy MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETI!QG ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL January 6, ]D81 Oath of Office was given newly elected Mayor L. Gordon Mcdaris by City Recorder Franklin. Mayor Medaris then swore Lee tieward, Russell Dale, and ree]ected Councilman Don Laws into office. Also sworn is was Verne Weiss as Parks Coamiss~oner. Invocation was given by Rev. B. J. Holland and Medaris led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the above date. Medaris then presented outgoing Council Chair.-. man Ragland and Councilman Phelps a plaque expressing appreciation of service to the City of Ashland. Presentation of former Mayor Prickett was deferred due to his absence. Sims moved to accept minutes of the regular meeting of D~'.cember 16, 1980 and Laws seconded the motion which passed unanimously on voice vote. Mayor Medaris gave his annual address (copy on file). Mayor Medaris reappointed all members of the Hospital Board; Sharon Marler to the Historic Commission; reappointed Lance Pugh and Ethel Hensen to the Planning Commission; reappointed Raoul Maddox as Director of the Band Board; reappointed the Building Appeals Board as a body and also the Traffic Safety as constituted. Sims moved to confirm appointments; Howard seconded and on roll call motion passed without opposition. Mayor Medaris appointed Councilma~ Dale to the Planning Commission and Hospital Board to act as liaison; Councilman Howard to Parks & Recreation Commission & Historic Commission; Councilwoman Peterson was appointed to the Bear Creek Area Transportation, Bike~,ay Com- mittee and as an alternate liaison to Senior Program Board; Councilman Dale was named as alternate to the Rogue Valley Council of Governments; Councilman Sims was named to Air Quality Mainten- ance Committee as well as Bear Creek Greenway. Mayor Medaris said it is his intention to name his successor to Position No. 4 to the liaison positions he held on Jackson County Economic Development Traffic Safety Commission and Airport Committee. Mayor Medaris appninted Gary Prickett to negotiating team committee for electric power. Laws moved to confirm; Sims seconded and on roll call passed unanimously. Peterson moved to nominated Councilman Laws to be Chairman of Council; Howard seconded and on roll call Howard, Sims, Dale and Peterson voted in favor; Laws abstained. Peterson moved to accept miautes of Boards, Conmissions ~nd Conmit- tees and Howard seconded the motion. Mayor asked Alsing if weeds had been taken care of as mentioned in Airport Conm~ission minutes and was told by Alsing they had been. On v~ice vote passed unanimously. A letter was read from Parks & Recreation requesting opportunity to recomnend an individual to take the place of Councilwoman Peterson who had resigned the position to accept Council Position No. 6 and also a letter asking that Barry Peckham be considered as Parks Commissioner. 1toward moved to nominate Peckham; Sims seconded and the motion passed unanimously on roll call vote. }~yor Medaris gave Oath of Office to Barry Peckham to act as Parks Commissioner. I.O.O.F. Bldg. Ent. REPEAL OCCULT ARTS ORD. A letter was read from Lance Pugh requesting of portion of Guana- juato way to provide entrance to proposed development of retail businesses in basement of I.O.O.F. Dale moved for approval at $25.00 per year fee for lease agreement; Laws seconded and on l~oward's question as to whether there will be access for the handi capped, Pugh sajd there will be. On roll call, all YES. A letter was read from Jim Maynard and Lisa Hicks requesting that Municipal Code Section 10.76.010 related to Occult Arts be re- pealed and discussion by Council ensued. Jim Maynard stated that his business is one of publishing astrological calendars and charts and that he said 'such an ordinance deprives him of freedom of religion, press etc. Laws reviewed the request and suggested that control could come from licensing program with review by the Police Department. Dale said the ordinance is vague. Sims said that other laws cover cases. Medaris recommended the ordinance and request be deferred until study and consultation with City Attorney could take place. Peterson moved to repeal ordinance; Howard seconded. The Mayor asked Chief Lively fo~ further opin- ion than that in his memo and he expressed concern for other businesses/enterprises that would be opened up by repeal includ- ing palmistry and such relative arts and expressed concern that senior citizens could get involved in what conld be a fleecing experjence through a licensed allowable business. Sims said that anything that constitutes fraud would be subject to punitive dam- ages. On roll call motion passed without opposition and staff was directed to return with document to repeal the ordinance- WARNING BELLS ON BIKES ORD. A letter from the Siskiyou Wheelmen was presented seeking repeal of recently adopted ordinance calling for warning bells on bikes and Mayor Medaris opened the public hearing. Kenneth Hancock was spokesman for the cycling club and reviewed the letter saying the warning bells cannot be heard where there is traffic, that the hicyclist would endanger himself by losing control of his bike while using bell and that voice warning giving position of passing on left would suffice. Pat Banks, 990 Park said she uses the streets and agreed with Hancock that sidewalks should be returned to pedestrians and that yellow line might be used to make people aware they would be expected to abide by the "rule of the road". Banks offered to assist Nancy Peterson with alternatives to the warning bell. Dick Moore of the Bicycle Committee said he is not totally satisfied with the bell concept but that something had to be implemented to provide for some security for the pedestrian especially the senior citizen. Reese Jones said the ordinance could not be enforced unless an officer was present on the scene. Don Vondracek agreed the warning bell may not be the best answer but said the Bicycle Committee is open for any and all suggestions Hans Kewit said the ordinance is absurd and should be repealed. Beverley Craft, 1259 Siskiyou, spoke against the warning bell say- ing she would not jeopardize herself or anyone else by taking her hands off the brakes to r:ing warning bell. Sharon Wagner, 105 Nutley said she had a bell on her bike but says it frightens pedestrians, especially seniors, and prefers the voice warning. A geutleman from 166 Oaklawn recommended an educational program oz the use of the bikepath along with signs. Spokesman for the Wbeclman said that Scotland had just repealed a bell warning law after one hundred years ...... continued 2{eJulaE ~,etin8 Ashl~and City Conncil 1/~81 P, 3 Bicycle Warning Bells Lithia Way Zone Change PA#80-83 Pinehurst Airport Amendment to Comprehensive Plan Traffic Safety Recommendations SP Railroad Crossing Sims agreed that educational program would be useful and also stripping of the bikepath but feels the warning bell is more effective than voice alert and supports continuation of ordinance. Councilman Howard suggested the real problem lies in courtesy and some examination on subject should be given when l~cense is issued. Howard added that meanwhile the bell is serving the purpose. Reese Jones outlined what he considered the ordinance having a detrimental effect including weight of bikes, difficulty in ring- ing bell while maintaining control etc. Peterson moved to repeal; Howard seconded. On roll call, Peter- son, Howard and Dale voted YES. Sims and Laws opposed. Motion carried. Staff was directed to bring back ordinance and the Bike Committee recommendations. Public Hearing date set for January 20, 1981 at 7:30 to consider Lithia Way Zone Change. A memorandum from the Airport Committee was read and discussed ant Councilman Laws moved that the Airport Committee contact the County with the request relative to amendment to Comp Plan; Howard seconded and enroll call passed unanimously. A memorandum from the Traffic Safety Commission was read and the reserved parking spaces used by CPN was discussed. Laws reported that he had learned that one space is used for emer- gency vehicle and other spaces used for convenience. Alsing said there is no access to building from alley and that trucks are parked there for loading purposes. Sims said he cannot justify the need any more than other businesses. Laws moved to change to diagonal parking and reserve two spaces for CPN vehicles; Howard seconded. On roll call Howard, Dale and Laws voted YES; Peterson and Sims voted against the motion which carried. The second (b) item recommended was parking prohibition on Highway 66 adjacent to Ashland Hills Inn and Sims moved to approve; Howard seconded and on roll call passed unanimously. On third (c) item concerning limitation of parking on High Street the matter was deferred as public hearing had been called previ- ously for January 20 at 7:30 p.m. on High Street parking and the matter would he taken up at that time. Parking prohibition on West side of Hillcrest between Summit and Iowa was discussed and Peterson moved Staff bring back Ordinance to prohibit parking; Howard seconded and on roll call motion passed unanimously. A memorandum from the Director of Public Works recommending remov- al of stop sign on E. Main Street at S.P. railroad crossing near California was discussed at length and Howard moved to retain st~p sign until road is improved by County; Sims seconded a~d Regular Neeting Ash]and City_ Council 1/~/81 P. 4 PUBLIC FORUM Glen Ward expressed disappointment that the Fire Department practice burn was cancelled and questioned the wisdom of that decision saying that such practice would have helped when the Cascade Building burned in 1970. Ward said the Fire Department needs all the help they can get for such a practice. On another subject, Ward said he learned there had been object- ions to having a McDona]ds in Ashland and urged further con- sideration because of the adaptability of architecture used to conform to different areas. Ed Picketing criticized the City for not turning off light in Administration during the course of the Co,ncil meeting. "P" Overlay Zones Connnent Performance Stds. Ordinance ("P" Overlay Zones) Street Imp. Dist. #46 Ord. Resolutions designating bank- ing depositories etc. Banks (a through d) Savings & Loans Clark Snider of 783 Roca Street expressed concern that the pro- posed "P" Overlay zones will eventually destroy what we now know as a typical R-1 Residential Zone by allowing multiple development in single residential areas. Snider said it should be the function of the City Council rather than a loose concept being followed by the Planning Commission and he doesn't think the citizen has had this zoning plan explained sufficiently so the ~mpact is being understood. Snider said newcomers would be coming from areas where R-1 means R-1 and there would be little security in locating in what they think is residential. Almquist pointed out that during the public hearing a map was shown of the proposed "P" Overlay areas and that they were limited to large undeveloped properties. Almquist said that the "P" Over- lay applies to those areas alone and that any other proposals in the future would have to be done in a public hearing. Almquist read the ordinance by tit'le only for the first time and Sims moved to second reading; Peterson seconded and on roll call passed unanimously. Second reading was given by title only of an ordinance levying Special Benefit assessments in Street Improvement District No. 46; Sims moved to adopt; Howard seconded and on roll call, all YES. Almquist read Resolutions designating banking depositories and City officers authorized to withdraw funds therefrom (a) First National Bank; (b) U. S. National Bank; (c) Heritage Bank, and (d) Western Bank. Laws moved to adopt; Howard seconded and on roll call, all YES. Resolutions were read designating banking depositories and City officers authorized to withdraw funds therefrom (e) Equit- able Savings & Loan Association; (f) Jackson County Federal Savings & Loan and (g) Klamath First Federal Savings & Loan and Laws moved to adopt; Peterson seconded and on roll call passed unanimously. 1/~/si ~. 4 __Regular Meeting ashland Audit for 1979-80 IBEW Contract Salary Adjustments (Management positions) F kl N i City Recorder A resolution acknowledging receipt of 1979-80 Audit and setting forth a plan of action for improving the City's accounting sys- tems was read and Laws asked Finance Director Nelson for clari- fication as to the Hospital records and Nelson explained that to keep the same records (accrual) tha~ the Hospital keeps would be redundant and expensive. Nelson added that Hospital records are City records and that the tlospital is on full accrual on receipts and expenses and the City is on accrual basis as far as expenditures goes. After further discussion Laws moved to adopt; Sims seconded the motion which passed unanimously on roll call vote. Laws moved to authorize .Mayor and Recorder to sign contract addendumwith KBEW for wages for period of January 1, 1981 to June 30, 1981, Sims seconded the motion which passed unanimously on roll call vote. City Administrator Almquist reviewed salary problem with some management positions due to recent wage increases in Unions saying the differential span to a minimum and reconm~ended that the desirable 5% be restored to bring salaries into line as shown on memo. Laws so moved; Dale seconded and on roll call vote the motion passed unanimously. Staff was directed to bring Resolution back for next meeting. Meeting adjourned at 10:20 P.M. L. Gordon Medaris Mayor ih