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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-0610 ADJOURNEDROLL CALL PUBLIC HEARING EAST MAIN BIKEPATH N. ASHLAND INTER- CHANGE BCVSA Minutes of the Adjourned Meeting Ashland City Council June 10, 1980 Chairperson Ragland called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. on the above date. Present were Phelps, Sims and Laws. Mayor Prickett, Medaris and Hamilton were absent. Ragland said the meeting was called to determine where parking bays will be placed on East Main St. when the bike path is completed. Public Works Director Alsing reported that notices had been sent to property owners in the area notifying them of tonights meeting. Alsing reviewed survey as to where people are doing their own parking, not visitors, and found that with the exception of one property owner, there is parking available on their own property, alley or side street. Aerial photographs of the area were shown indicating the off-street and side street parking. Owners of property at 586 E. Main said they felt the off street parking was no problem to them but asked about width of bike path. Mr. Harold Johnson voiced some concern about parking for grocery store located at E. Main & 8th St. Alsing pointed out that there was parking on 8th St. that store customers could use. Discussion followed on width needed for path and parking bays. One resident voiced concern about safety on the paths if there were parking bays. Alsing said bays could be put in at a later date if they were needed. Public h~aring closed. Councilman Ragland said he felt only a few bays or possibly no bays would be best at this time. Laws move to instruct staff to proceed without parking bays. Phelps seconded and on roll call vote all in favor. Ragland moved to place on agenda the question of the North Interchange, Laws seconded; all voted in favor. Ragland voiced surprise at the proposal from the county and said he felt a workable solution with the county had been worked out and he had great concern that an assessment district could be formulated before the Comprehensive Plan is finished. He said the City might consider seeking an injunction against an assessment district until the Comprehensive Plan is finished and though he is not in favor of annexing the area, if it becomes necessary to preserve what the City wants in that area, it also should be considered. Duane Smith, owner of Lithia Creek Commercial Center said by stalling things are further deteriorating in the area and he was appalled at Ashland~ attitude to the North Interchange. Smith said he had asked City to annex and provide sewer to the area but had been turned down. He voiced resentment of the problem dragging on year after year and said there was 19 open septics in the area and raw sewage was going into Bear Creek. Smith said the property owners had no other option but to go after what 6/10/80 Pg. 1 they could get. Sims explained that if the area was annexed the biggest problem in planning would be pressure for residential back filling and the beauty of the entrance would be inundated with suburban residential houses within the next 10 years. Planning Director John Fregonese said he felt the problem was not the service entention of BCVSA to the existing development but the expectation of people who have land now zoned rural residential and feel they can convert it to Interchange Commercial use. Discussion followed on the number of acres involved and maps were studied. Fregonese said he felt it was the City's last chance to do anything and reviewed options he proposed in June 10th memo to Council. Options being (1) do nothing, results being properties will probably develop to their fullest extent permissible under the Comprehensive Plan. This would result in approximately 60 acres of General-Interchange-Commercial uses, (2) extend the Urban Growth Boundary to encompass this area. The effect would essentially assure that ser- vices would be provided only as the City agreed to and development would occur only upon annexation to the City. (3) Attempt to have the Comprehensive Plan redesignated for Rural-Residential or some other low-density use. Once the Assessment District is formed and the Comprehensive Plan goes to LCDC our options are very limited warned Fregonese and he cautioned that legal action could be involved. Ragland said he felt that if the acreage by the interchange was going to stay farm residential and BCVSA was willing to service area of businesses only there would be no quarrels. Sims said the Council in prior meetings, had not approved the plan that was being proposed now. Laws said he felt they had all been dissatified with the decision made by the County and had hoped that some of it would be modi- fied by the written agreement regarding policies in the area. After looking at state goals and what is being proposed, Laws said he felt there is a good case of it being illegal. Laws said the City should look at all fronts upon which we can approach this, try to get the Commissioners not to accept the decision of BCVSA, and prepare to challenge it on all grounds we can and pressure the County to decrease the interchange commercial area. Sims moved that the City of Ashland support of the general commercial activities at the north entrance to the City, advise the County Commissioner that we concur with the General Commercial designation proposed for the Comp- rehensive Plan in support of all the businesses there. Motion died for lack of second. Laws recommended that option 3 be followed. Ragland suggested taking legal action to stop an assessment district from being formed until the Comprehensive Plan of the County is finished. Elliott Reinert said the Chamber of 6/10/80 Pg. 2 WATERSHED Commerce position is to support extending the Urban Growth Boundary and City provide service to the area. Sims said he felt we should focus attention on the Inter- Change Commercial area. Dennis Beatty, owner of property at the interchange said he would like to see the area developed and feels it is just as important to have development in that area as on Highway 99. Laws asked for a review of all possible alternatives and requested Planning Director & City Attorney develop a full set of alternatives to decrease the size of the Inter- change Commercial area to prevent BCVSA from coming into area until the final plan has been agreed upon and fully exceptable to City of Ashland and moved that staff come back with possible governmental action and legal action, Phelps second. On roll call vote all in favor. Ragland reported there was a problem relating to the 208 Water Study and the working agreement with the Forest Service and asked Administrator Almquist to give a brief review. Almquist reported that he, Alsing and Fregonese ha~ attended a meeting of the Forest Run-off Subcommittee of the 208 Committee to make a proposal in two areas relating to the text of the County Comprehensive Plan. One on section dealing with environmental resources and the other on forest resources. Almquist said they felt both their findings and recommendations on those two items were ex- tremely weak as they related to the Ashland Watershed and in fact did not recognize the importance of the Ashland Watershed. Almquist said they proposed that the Ashland Watershed be designated on the County Comprehensive Plan as, the primary use of that area, as opposed to Forest Resources, as is now designated, and secondarily that all other uses be subservient to that primary use and be subject to the conditional use permit process or some other type of public hearing process before they would be allowed. The subcommittee voted not to support Ashlands' proposal but the recommendation goes to the full Steering Committee on June llth and it is hoped there will be a more equitable hearing at that time when the proposal will be presented again said Almquist. Laws said he felt case should be presented in a forceful manner. Discussion followed on possible expansion of ski area, recreation, logging, etc in area and the effects it would have. Ragland said EPA & DEQ have related that if problems in area are not taken care of the City is looking at a possible dam which would be costly. Almquist reported the Forest Service does not accept the Montgomery report. Sims said we have something to protect and the Forest Service should not have the last say. Almquist said the attitude seems to be only to provide Ashland with treat- able water. Laws movedto put on agenda, Phelps seconded. 6/10/80 Pg. 3 ADJOURNMENT On roll call vote, all in favor. Laws moved that as a Council, unanimously, they strongly urge the Water Task Force to designate the Watershed primarily for water production and all other uses subject to some other process, Ragland second. Passed on roll call vote with all in favor. Chairperson: Ragland reported that the Mayor and he would be out of town for the next regular council meeting and asked that a temp. chairperson be selected. Phelps moved that Laws be temp. chairperson, Sims seconded; all in favor on voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m. to Thursday night, 7:00 p.m. Nan E. Franklin City Recorder a~esM.~agl~~ (Acting Mayor) 6/10/80 Pg. 4 ~