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2011 Catalog of Professional Services 2011
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES
design workshop (charrette) preparation & facilitation aquatic habitat assessment, monitoring & enhancement
desktop publishing (brochures, flyers, posters, etc) conservation planning
field research (design, completion & analysis) Clean Water Act planning & permitting
focus group recruitment & facilitation design workshop (charrette) preparation & facilitation
large format plotting (maps, graphics) desktop publishing (brochures, flyers, posters, etc.)
media relations ecological connectivity research
meeting management & facilitation ecological evaluation (field research)
newsletter development & publishing endangered species planning
public advisory group recruitment & management environmental education & outreach
public involvement strategies environmental permitting assistance
survey design & implementation environmental regulatory compliance
PLANNING D erosion prevention I sediment control
V QG fish passage assessment & barrier removal
grant writing
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ENT 9reenway, planning & design
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CDBG grant preparation & administration hydraulic & hydrologic modeling
census data management native plant collection & propagation
civil rights / environmental justice conformity noxious weed control
community assessment & outreach parks planning (environmental & operational aspects)
disaster preparedness planning planting site design
environmental assessment public advisory group recruitment & management
goal setting public involvement strategies
grant administration (state & federoo recreational corridor planning
grant writing riparian restoration & planting
natural hazards mitigation planning stormwater ordinance preparation
NEPA process stormwater technical assistance
RFP / RFQ preparation stormwater education & outreach
strategic planning water quality implementation planning (TMDLs)
"SWOT' analysis water quality monitoring analysis & program design
watershed assessment
TRANSPORTATION wetland conservation planning
wetland habitat mitigation, restoration, & enhancement
air quality planning wildlife surveys
bicycle transportation planning
economic impact analysis SOCIAL SERVICES
financial planning & forecasting
freight movement & facilities planning chronic disease self management training
grant writing eldercare consultation/training for employers & employees
multimodal transportation planning emergency preparedness planning for vulnerable pop's
pedestrian-friendly urban planning senior & disability services research, planning, & training
technical planning assistance
transit oriented development (TOD) planning ADn~v~IS SERVICES
transit services planning
transportation forecasting accounting services
transportation system planning computer hardware purchasing & Installation
LAND USE computer network design & maintenance
V computer software purchasing & installation
buildable lands inventories copy editing and proofreading services
land development code development & revision customer satisfaction surveys
land use application review email management (backup, archiving, remote access)
land use ordinance development & revision event & workshop planning
land use planning (current & long range) executive recruitment services
land use education / orientation / workshops financial management (short or long term)
technical planning assistance financial systems analysis
GIS MAPPING notary public
policy & procedure writing
custom map production process improvement tools & methodologies
data creation quality system assessment
demographic spatial analysis software application & evaluation
webslte design and maintenance
large format plotting (maps, graphics)
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Roue Valley Council of Governments
2011 Catalog of Professional Services 2011
A accounting services r land development code development & revision
aquatic habitat assessment / monitoring / enhancement L land use application review
air quality planning land use ordinance development & revision
land use planning (current & long range)
B bicycle transportation planning land use education / orientation / workshops
buildable lands inventories
C CDBG grant preparation & administration M media relations
meeting management & facilitation
census data management multimodal transportation planning
charrette workshop design & facilitation
chronic disease self management training native plant collection & propagation
civil rights / environmental justice conformity 1 natural hazards mitigation planning
Clean Water Act planning & permitting NEPA process
community assessment & outreach newsletter development & publishing
computer hardware purchasing & installation notary public
computer network design & maintenance noxious weed control
computer software purchasing & installation
conservation planning
n parks planning (environmental aspects)
copy editing & proofreading services r
customer satisfaction surveys pedestrian-friendly urban planning
planting site design
D design workshop preparation & facilitation policy & procedure writing
desktop publishing (brochures, flyers, posters, etc) process Improvement tools & methodologies
public advisory group recruitment & management
disaster preparedness planning
public involvement strategies
E ecological connectivity research
ecological evaluation (field research) quality system assessment
economic impact analysis (transportation)
eldercare consultation for employers D recreational corridor planning
email management (backup, archiving, remote access) R RFP / RFQ preparation
emergency preparedness planning - vulnerable pop's
endangered species planning riparian restoration & planting
environmental assessment
environmental education & outreach senior & disability services planning & training
environmental permitting 1J senior & disability services research
environmental regulatory compliance software application & evaluation
erosion prevention / sediment control stormwater education & outreach
event & workshop planning stormwater ordinances
executive recruitment services stormwater technical assistance
strategic planning
I' financial management (short or long term) survey design & implementation
financial planning & forecasting (transportation) "SWOT' analysis
financial systems analysis
fish passage assessment & barrier removal T technical planning assistance
focus group recruitment & facilitation 1 transit oriented development (TOD) planning
freight movement & facilities planning transit services planning
transportation forecasting
G goal setting transportation system planning
grant administration (state & federal)
grant writing ii7 water quality implementation planning (rMDts)
greenway planning & design water quality monitoring & laboratory analysis
GIS custom map production water quality program design
CIS data creation watershed assessment
CIS demographic spatial analysis website design and maintenance
CIS large format plotting (maps, graphics) wetland conservation planning
wetland habitat mitigation, restoration, enhancement
H hydraulic & hydrologic modeling wildlife surveys
www.rvcog.org / 541-664-6674
RO GU E VALLEY
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
ire shall act as a catalyst to promote quality of life, effective and effitient
services, and leadershp in regional communication, cooperation, planning,
and action in Southern Oregon.
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Contents
RVCOG BACKGROUND INFORMATION .......................................................................1
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS ...........................................................................................1
Community Development ...................................................................................................1
i• Transportation Planning ......................................................................................................1
Land Use Planning ...............................................................................................................1
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ............................................................................2
Senior and Disability Services (SDS) ..................................................................................2
Food & Friends ....................................................................................................................2
Natural Resources .................................................................................................................2
Information Systems ............................................................................................................2
PROVIDING SERVICES ...................................................................................................3
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................4
MAJOR PROGRAMS & PROJECTS ACTIVE DURING 2010 CALENDAR YEAR 6
Jackson County .................................................................................................................6
Josephine County ............................................................................................................10
Medford ...........................................................................................................................12
Grants Pass ......................................................................................................................16
Ashland ............................................................................................................................18
Central Point ...................................................................................................................21
Eagle Point ......................................................................................................................24
Phoenix ............................................................................................................................27
Talent 30
Jacksonville 33
Shady Cove ......................................................................................................................36
Rogue River .....................................................................................................................38
* Gold Hill ..........................................................................................................................40
Cave Junction ..................................................................................................................42
Butte Falls ........................................................................................................................44
R O G U E
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A Rogue Valley Council of Governments
Program and Financial Update
January 2011
COUNCIL
RVCOG BACKGROUND INFORMATION
RVCOG is a voluntary association of governmental entities in both Jackson and Josephine
counties. Membership includes thirteen incorporated cities, two counties, SOU and RCC, and
several special districts. The COG is governed by a Board of Directors led by representatives
from these member entities. Although a governmental organization, the COG has no sovereign
powers and no ability to levy taxes.
Upwards of 65% of the project funding RVCOG obtains on a yearly basis comes from the state
and federal governments, while 15% comes from local governmental contracts. The remaining
20% comes from other sources, mostly senior meals client donations, dues, other donations, and
sales of materials.
The programs offered by RVCOG fall into eight major areas:
■ Community Development ■ Transportation Planning
■ Land Use Planning ■ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
s Senior and Disability Services ■ Food & Friends (Meals on Wheels)
■ Natural Resources ■ Information Systems
In addition, both the finance manager and human resources manager are available to provide
direct services to members.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
Community Development '
Part of the Planning Department, Community Development
offers expertise in public involvement processes of all types;
grant administration; strategic planning and goal setting; and
special services such as emergency planning, ordinance
development, and opinion surveys.
Transportation Planning
The majority of the planning work falls under the auspices of the
Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), the
federally designated area stretching from Ashland in the south, Eagle
a Point to the north, and Jacksonville to the west. In addition, the
department does a significant amount of work on individual city
` Transportation System Plans (TSPs) and implementing ordinances.
Land Use Planning -
Land use planning services to member jurisdictions are available
on a short- or long-term contract basis for both current and long-
range planning. Services such as ordinance development and
updates, Comprehensive Plan updates, Periodic Review, and
collaborative planning processes are also available.
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)`
These services are an integral part of most projects performed by
the COG. GIS is responsible for the creation, management, and
mapping of digital data to create visual reference material. Data
can be created using GPS equipment or processed from an array
of data sources.
Senior and Disability Services (SIDS)
SIDS is the designated Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities for
Jackson and Josephine counties. The goal of SIDS is to assist
seniors and people with disabilities to maintain their independence
through the development of a network of services and through
advocacy at the local, state, and national levels. The COG is
directly or administratively responsible for providing access to
services funded under the Older Americans Act, Oregon Project
Independence, Medicaid, and the Oregon Health Plan.
Food & Friends
Food & Friends is the region's Meals on Wheels and Congregate
Meal Site program. In 2010 the program served around 238,250
meals to seniors in Jackson and Josephine counties - of which
about 188,000 were delivered by volunteers to homebound f
seniors - providing a much needed safety net. In turn, seniors
are asked to donate $2.75 or whatever they can comfortably t
afford to offset the cost of this service. Only 66% of the f
program's funding is provided by the Federal Government,
leaving the balance to be obtained at the local level.
Natural Resources
Programs include stormwater planning, public outreach and
education; water quality monitoring, analysis, and planning;
habitat monitoring and planning; endangered species planning;
fish passage barrier removal; riparian and wetland restoration
and planning; low impact development design; and parks
planning (Bear Creek Greenway and Rogue River Greenway).
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Information Systems A A P J
RVCOG's information systems specialist is available to member
jurisdictions for the design, installation, and maintenance of
networks; for website design, hosting, and maintenance; for _ _ _
consulting on hardware and software purchases; and for _ "'o, +o o o 0
evaluating information systems. 2
PROVIDING SERVICES
Although the COG is officially organized along departmental and programmatic lines, our
services can also be considered a function of how we as an organization are designed to interact
with our member jurisdictions, and/or how our activities are funded. Along these lines, we have
four major modes of operation:
1. We have the long-term responsibility for implementing certain state and federal programs.
For example:
> We administer the Medicaid program for the region, as well as Oregon Project
Independence and the Older Americans Act programs (including the senior meals
program).
We staff the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), which is
responsible for transportation planning in the Greater Bear Creek Valley.
2. We collaborate with our members to obtain funding and cooperation from state and federal
agencies to perform specific tasks, which may or may not also include complementary
funding from local sources. Our involvement can originate as a request from local members
or from state or federal agencies.
For example:
> We played a central role in bold Hill's water intake relocation and dam removal.
a We managed the Regional Problem Solving Process from its beginning to the
transition this past calendar year to Jackson County.
We are assisting with the collaborative effort to develop the Rogue River Greenway.
3. We directly contract with our member jurisdictions for specific services.
For example:
> Our staff serves as the contract planner for the cities of Shady Cove, Gold Hill and
Cave Junction, and provides as-needed planning services for Jackson County,
Josephine County, and Ashland.
Y Our Finance Manager works half time as RVTD's Finance Manager.
7 We implement the TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) program, a collaborative
water quality monitoring and compliance effort in the Bear Creek Valley.
4. On a limited basis, we respond directly to requests from the private sector and from
individuals.
For example:
> We contract with private firms to provide public involvement services for large
transportation projects (e.g., the Fern Valley Interchange and Highway 62 projects).
> We contract with a private company to provide senior services case management to
a low-income housing development in Grants Pass.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
The COG's
Changes in RVCOG Total Fund Equity
finances s continue S1.000.00-
different to be quite S than 00.000
they were during S800.000
the majority of S700.000
the 1990s, when $600.000
the COG's total $500.000
fund equity was S400.000
eroded in both S300.000
the special 5200.000
revenue (project) S100.000
and general 0 6/94 6/96 6/98 6100 6/02 6/04 6/06 6/08 6/10
(administration) 6/95 6/97 6/99 6/01 6/03 6/05 6/07 6/09
funds. Beginning
in 1999, with the establishment of policies that oversee budgeting, billing procedures, personnel
management, and project design and implementation, the COG has steadily improved its
situation, and has managed to maintain a stable fund equity situation. For fiscal year 2009/2010,
we saw an increase in total assets over total liabilities of $74,879, although only $4,415 of that
positive result came from our project and administrative operations-the remainder was
generated from a positive balance in our internal service funds (building operations, leave
liability, vehicles, and computer funds).
7 million RVCOG Budgets FY 93/94 - 10/11 The COG has
$
also enjoyed
5 6 million greater
stability and
$ 5 million consistency in
ga million budgets over
the last
$ 3 million decade.
From FY00/01
$ 2 million to FY04/05, - OEM the COG
51 million maintained an
operating
5 o million 93/94 95/96 97/98 99/00 0107 03104 05/06 07/08 09/10 range of
94195 96/97 98/99 00/01 02/03 04/05 06/07 03/09 10/11 between $5
and $6 million dollars in its budgets, the result of a healthy balance of factors such as sustainable
staffing levels, member needs, and federal, state, and local funding. Following this 5-year period
of budget consolidation and slow growth, the last seven years have seen the COG move to the
next level, between the $6 and $7 million dollar range, at which it is likely to remain for the
foreseeable future. The current year's budget is just over $6.7 million.
It is important to mention that we have been able to maintain the relatively low indirect rate of
17% for the last four fiscal years. Although the 17% indirect rate was increased from 16% five
years ago in FY05/06, the change was a necessary outcome of the COG's decision to reduce
annual membership dues by 40% across the board. For our member jurisdictions, this 40% dues
decrease has meant an annual savings of nearly $63,000, far outweighing the minor increase in
indirect costs that was needed to make these savings possible. It also merits mention that the
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COG has not increased dues for the last four years in recognition of the phasing out of O&C
funds and,the continued poor national and local economic trends. Although the decreased
revenue has been a difficult adjustment for the COG, we felt at the time, and continue to feel,
that we have no choice but to respond to national, state-wide, and regional economic issues,
especially those directly affecting our member jurisdictions, while at the same time continuing to
respond to local requests for our involvement and assistance.
Average Loaded Hourly Rate, All Employees
$52.00-
$ 50.50
$48.00-
$46.00
$44.00-
$ 42.00
$ 40.00
$ 38.00 42.85 $43.04 $46.02 $43.28 $43.61 $42.15 $46.00 $43.84 $46.24
02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11
46 staff 44 staff 44 staff 46 staff 46 staff 48 staff 44 staff 44 staff 45 staff
Finally, the COG has been aggressive in maintaining the billable hourly rate of its employees at a
relatively flat level. As the graph shows, from FY02/03 to FY10/11, a period of eight years, the
average hourly billable rate for our employees has varied only slightly. At this point, our average
loaded hourly wage is slightly under 8% more than it was in early 2003, a concrete example of
our determination to keep our costs as low as possible.
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MAJOR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ACTIVE
DURING THE 2010 CALENDAR YEAR
Jackson County
• Provided planning services for the county's land use
application expedited review process. This program allows
the County to offer applicants a faster process through payment
of a surcharge, which supports the cost of RVCOG staff review.
• Partnered on the Gold Ray Dam removal project. Specifically,
obtained $1 million for Jackson County from OWEB for Gold Ray
JACKSON Dam removal and restoration, and obtained $67,500 grant from Fish
COUNTY America Foundation for Gold Ray restoration. In general, worked
Oregon with Jackson County to coordinate removal of Gold Ray Dam,
helped select the contractor to remove the dam, and led the
monitoring, public outreach and restoration portions of the project.
With $700,000 funding from NOAA's Open Rivers Initiative, which RVCOG and
others applied for on behalf of Jackson County, developed a comprehensive
five-year monitoring plan for the Rogue River near Gold Ray Dam, and
implemented Year 1 and 2 of the plan. RVCOG is working with several agencies,
consultants and organizations to implement a multi-faceted monitoring program.
4 Provided planning support and managed the Upper River Road Solutions Team
process for the Rogue River Greenway Recreational Corridor. Working with the
Team and OBEC Consultants, developed a conceptual plan for the area, including
proposed bridge locations, that was unanimously approved by local residents and
greenway proponents. When the trail is constructed, the Rogue River Greenway
will reach Grants Pass, and connect with the Bear Creek Greenway to form a
continuous 50-mile path.
4 Began implementing a $1.1 million Transportation Enhancement grant from
ODOT for the Sardine Creek portion of the Rogue River Greenway Recreational
Corridor between Gold Hill and the Rock Point bridge. Prepared an RFP,
interviewed applicants, and selected a consultant (David Evans and Associates) to
prepare construction designs and documents.
J Completed monitoring of riparian restoration and plant survival along Grant
Road near Central Point, and submitted final report to OWEB on behalf of Jackson
County. RVCOG worked with the County and others to design and implement the
restoration of the Jackson Creek riparian area.
> Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, including Jackson County, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley
Public Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-
quality, affordable training to public servants and other community leaders in
southern Oregon.
Staffed the Regional Problem Solving process. This multi-year, ground breaking
collaborative process puts Jackson County in a leadership role in significantly
improving the region's future ability to coordinate transportation and land use
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planning. This year, in the last stage of the process, RVCOG transitioned from
main staff to supporting Jackson County's assumption of major responsibilities.
Coordinated public involvement for the Highway 62 corridor project. COG's
responsibilities included working with the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), Project
Decision Team (PDT) and members of the public by attending meetings, taking
minutes, preparing meeting materials, maintaining project files/mail lists and
responding to inquiries.
Coordinated public involvement for the Fern Valley Interchange project. COG's
responsibilities included working with the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), Project
Decision Team (PDT) and members of the public by attending and facilitating
meetings, taking minutes, preparing meeting materials, maintaining project files/mail
lists and responding to inquiries.
Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Managed the region's $2 million annual Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
(CMAQ) program, including funding for Diesel Retrofits and Jackson County
Intersection Improvement.
4 Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
4 Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO),
fulfilling federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and
comprehensive regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley
area, assuring continuing state and federal funding for transportation, including
public transportation. Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement
Program, coordinating an estimated $285 million in transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Developed and managed a regional transportation asset management
system
o Coordinated the Intelligent Transportation System Operations and
Implementation Plan
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
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Monitored water quality for Bear Creek and tributaries to comply with Clean
Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements. With regional
cooperation and funding, monitoring is conducted consistently and regularly, data are
analyzed, recorded and reported as required by DEQ, and costs for sampling and
laboratory analysis are greatly reduced. As a result, RVCOG's water quality data and
results are classified by DEQ as highest quality, 'Class A' data.
Collected and analyzed stormwater runoff and spills throughout the Bear Creek
watershed to protect streams from pollution and to ensure regional compliance with
TMDL requirements by all jurisdictions.
Provided TMDL planning, Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP) and
Stormwater Management Plan assistance (stormwater management and planning,
public outreach, pollution control, and riparian area conservation - Rogue River and
Bear Creek), and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance. Completed the Rogue River WQIP, which was
approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding ($30,000) from DEQ to
implement Year Two of the WQIP.
Provided management and public outreach and involvement for the Agate
Desert Vernal Pools conservation planning process, including coordination with
State and Federal agencies to develop a regional permit for conservation of vernal
pools, and the establishment of mitigation/conservation banks. With the assistance
of RVCOG's wetland conservation projects, a draft regional permit has been created
that will simplify and increase the effectiveness of wetland mitigation and
conservation. In addition, with the help of RVCOG, mitigation banks are operating
and conservation easements are being obtained on private lands with highly
functioning vernal pools.
Assisted the Housing Authority of Jackson County (HAJC) with wetland
mitigation. Developed a wetland restoration plan for a site along Bear Creek at the
Jefferson Nature Center. Partnering with HAJC, hired a contractor to construct the
wetland, install an irrigation system and put in native plants. This constructed
wetland will satisfy HAJC's mitigation requirements for a housing project in Ashland.
• Provided assistance to the Joint Powers Committee (JPC) in implementation of
the Bear Creek Greenway Management Plan. The JPC is now working
cooperatively to better manage the Bear Creek Greenway at lower cost to the
communities.
• Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped coordinate a regional program to
promote LID practices in residential, commercial and industrial developments
throughout the region.
• Implemented the senior meals program-delivered approximately 121,000 meals
to home-bound seniors across the county and 25,000 meals to seniors at 8
congregate sites.
• Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
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Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
4 Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
4 Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
4 Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
4 Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
4 Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
i Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
4 Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
4 Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
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Josephine County
4 Provided planning services on an as-needed
basis (most notably Paradise Ranch Resort and
the Josephine County Airport). RVCOG provided
the necessary senior level planning expertise at a
OWN significant cost-savings to the County. ,
J Worked with Business Oregon to obtain
significant funding to assist with hazardous
waste removal and disposal at the former Dimmick Hospital site.
4 Provided staff support for the ongoing development of the Merlin-North Valley
Rural Community, including the idea for a two-stage wastewater disposal system
(Paradise Ranch first, larger community in the future).
Administered the Kerby Water System CDBG grant through Josephine County,
completing 113 individual, site-specific reviews.
Provided financial administration of a $2.2 million USDA grant / loan for the
Kerby Water System.
Provided staff support for the ongoing review of the Grants Pass Urban Growth
Boundary Expansion study.
4 Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, including Josephine County, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley
Public Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-
quality, affordable training to public servants and other community leaders in
southern Oregon.
Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Provided planning support for the Rogue River Greenway Recreational
Corridor, and obtained a $1.1 million grant to complete a one-mile long stretch of
greenway including a new bridge.
• Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the
Rogue River WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding
($30,000) from DEQ to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
• Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders and jurisdictions, and helped promote LID practices
in residential, commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.,
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
• Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
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• Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
• Implemented the senior meals program-delivered roughly 60,000 meals to home-
bound seniors across the county and 24,000 meals to seniors at 5 congregate sites.
i Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
* Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
• Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
• Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
• Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
• Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessibleladaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
S Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
11
Medford
F M 4 Provided Oregon Department of Energy grant
Y .t administration assistance on the project to replace the
v Carnegie Library building's windows.
e 4 Participated in the City's update of its Transportation
System Plan.
OREGON 4 Assisted in having the Medford area selected for detailed
geologic mapping. Staff participated in the State Geologic
Mapping Advisory Committee, which voted to designate the
Medford area as the top priority for detailed geologic study and mapping. New maps
will be valuable for evaluating hazard risks to new and existing development.
• Developed and implemented a wetland restoration plan for a site in the U.S.
Cellular Community Park at the Jefferson Nature Center (JNC). Worked with the
Medford Parks and Recreation Department, the JNC, and the Housing Authority of
Jackson County (HAJC) to satisfy HAJC's wetland mitigation requirements while
enhancing Medford Parks. Partnering with HAJC, hired a contractor to construct the
wetland, install an irrigation system and put in native plants.
• Implemented and monitored the success of riparian restoration projects along
Larson Creek, Lazy Creek, Crooked Creek, Lone Pine Creek and Bear Creek (Bear
Creek Park, U.S. Cellular Community Park, Thrasher Avenue, Larson Creek Drive,
St. Mary's School, Target store).
• Working with the Medford Public Works Department and the Bear Creek
Watershed Council, applied for $168,000 in restoration funding from OWEB to
remove two fish passage barriers on Larson Creek at Ellendale Drive and Black Oak
Drive.
• Assisted the Parks and Recreation Department with planning, design and
riparian restoration on Lone Pine Creek near the Veranda Park Retirement
Center.
• Assisted the Medford Planning Department with the Riparian Corridors
Expansion Open House on September 21, 2010, and through preparation of
materials sent to affected residents. Testified at the Planning Commission Public
Hearing on November 11.
• Coordinated public involvement for the Highway 62 corridor project. COG's
responsibilities included working with the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), Project
Decision Team (PDT) and members of the public by attending meetings, taking
minutes, preparing meeting materials, maintaining project files/mail lists and
responding to inquiries.
Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, including Medford, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley Public
Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality,
affordable training to public servants and other community leaders in southern
Oregon.
Staffed the Regional Problem Solving process. This multi-year, ground breaking
collaborative process will establish over 6,000 acres of urban reserves for Medford,
and will significantly improve the cost-effectiveness of the city's future expansions
and its ability to coordinate transportation and land use planning. This year, in the
12
last stage of the process, RVCOG transitioned from main staff to supporting Jackson
County's assumption of major responsibilities.
Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), fulfilling
federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and comprehensive
regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley area, assuring
continuing state and federal funding for transportation, including public transportation.
Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement
Program, an estimated $285 million in transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Developed and managed a regional transportation asset management
system
o Coordinated the Intelligent Transportation System Operations and
Implementation Plan
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
Managed the region's $2 million annual Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
(CMAQ) program, including funding for roadway improvements at the new South
Medford High School and pedestrian overcrossing at Barnett Road.
Monitored water quality for Bear Creek and tributaries to comply with Clean
Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements. With regional
cooperation and funding, monitoring is conducted consistently and regularly, data are
analyzed, recorded and reported as required by DEQ, and costs for sampling and
laboratory analysis are greatly reduced. As a result, RVCOG's water quality data and
results are classified by DEQ as highest quality, 'Class A' data.
Collected and analyzed stormwater runoff and spills throughout the Bear Creek
watershed to protect streams from pollution and to ensure regional compliance with
TMDL requirements by all jurisdictions.
• Provided TMDL planning, Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP) and
Stormwater Management Plan assistance (stormwater management and planning,
public outreach, pollution control, and riparian area conservation in Bear Creek
watershed), and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance. Applied for additional funding ($30,000) from
_ DEQ to implement Year Three of the Bear Creek WQIP.
• Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders and jurisdictions, and helped promote LID practices
in residential, commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
• Provided management and public outreach and involvement for the Agate
Desert Vernal Pools conservation planning process, including coordination with
State and Federal agencies to develop a regional permit for conservation of vernal
pools, and the establishment of mitigation/conservation banks. With the assistance
of RVCOG's wetland conservation projects, a draft regional permit has been created
13
that will simplify and increase the effectiveness of wetland mitigation and
conservation. In addition, with the help of RVCOG, mitigation banks are operating
and conservation easements are being obtained on private lands with highly
functioning vernal pools.
• Provided assistance to the Joint Powers Committee (JPC) in implementation of
the Bear Creek Greenway Management Plan. The JPC is now working
cooperatively to better manage the Bear Creek Greenway at lower cost to the
communities.
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
• Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the City's
congregate site.
• Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
4 Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
• Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
• Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
* Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
J Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
14
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
15
Grants Pass
Provided planning support for the Rogue River Greenway
Recreational Corridor, and obtained a $1.1 million grant to complete
a one-mile stretch of greenway including a new bridge.
Provided Oregon Department of Energy grant administration
assistance on the project to install lighting upgrades in multiple
public facilities.
r Participated on the Urban Growth Boundary Expansion Steering
3 a Committee, and assisted with public meetings, open houses and
outreach to citizens.
• Worked with Business Oregon to obtain significant funding to assist with
hazardous waste removal and disposal at the former Dimmick Hospital site.
• Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, including Grants Pass, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley Public
Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality,
affordable training to public servants and other community leaders in southern
Oregon.
• Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the
Rogue River WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding
($30,000) from DEQ to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
• Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped promote LID practices in residential,
commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
• Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the largest
congregate meal site in the two-county area.
Provided Case Management Services to the Jasmine Park Senior Apartments.
4 Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
16
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
4 Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
4 Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
4 Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
17
Ashland
Provided a variety of current planning services on an
as-needed basis.
4 Ashland Transportation System Plan: RVMPO staff is
W,~ participating in the City's update of its TSP.
i Developed and implemented wetland mitigation
restoration plan for wetland impacts resulting from a
multi-family housing unit in Ashland built by the
Housing Authority of Jackson County (HAJC). Partnering with HAJC, RVCOG
hired a contractor to construct the wetland, install an irrigation system and put in
native plants at the Jefferson Nature Center.
• Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley Public Service Academy.
RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality, affordable training to
public servants and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
3 Staffed the Regional Problem Solving process. This multi-year, ground breaking
collaborative process has enhanced the City's leadership in the region in the
coordination of transportation and land use planning. This year, in the last stage of
the process, RVCOG transitioned from main staff to supporting Jackson County's
assumption of major responsibilities.
• Managed the region's $2 million annual Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
(CMAQ) program, including funding for Ashland paving and sidewalk projects.
• Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), fulfilling
federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and comprehensive
regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley area, assuring
continued state and federal funding for transportation, including public transportation.
Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation
funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program, coordinating an estimated $285 million in
transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
• Monitored water quality for Bear Creek and tributaries to comply with Clean
Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements. With regional
cooperation and funding, monitoring is conducted consistently and regularly, data are
analyzed, recorded and reported as required by DEQ, and costs for sampling and
laboratory analysis are greatly reduced. As a result, RVCOG's water quality data and
results are classified by DEQ as highest quality, 'Class A' data.
18
Collected and analyzed stormwater runoff and spills throughout the Bear Creek
watershed to protect streams from pollution and to ensure regional compliance with
TMDL requirements by all jurisdictions.
• Provided TMDL planning, Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP) and
Stormwater Management Plan assistance (stormwater management and planning,
public outreach, pollution control, and riparian area conservation in Bear Creek
watershed), and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance. Applied for additional funding ($30,000) from
DEQ to implement Year Three of the Bear Creek WQIP.
• Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped promote LID practices in residential,
commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
• Provided assistance to the Joint Powers Committee (JPC) in implementation of
the Bear Creek Greenway Management Plan. The JPC is now working
cooperatively to better manage the Bear Creek Greenway at lower cost to the
communities.
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
3 Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
• Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase 11. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase 11 will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
4 Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
i Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
19
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
• Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
• Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
• Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
• Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
access ibleladaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
• Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
20
Central Point
+ Working with human resource professionals from a number
of member jurisdictions, including Central Point, RVCOG
staffed the Rogue Valley Public Service Academy. RVPSA is
CENTRAL a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality, affordable
training to public servants and other community leaders in
POINT Southern Oregon.
Staffed the Regional Problem Solving process. This multi-
year, ground breaking collaborative process will establish more than 1,700 acres of
urban reserves for the City, and will significantly improve the cost-effectiveness of the
City's future expansions and its ability to coordinate transportation and land use
planning. This year, in the last stage of the process, RVCOG transitioned from main
staff to supporting Jackson County's assumption of major responsibilities.
• Managed the region's $2 million annual Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
(CMAQ) program, including funding for Central Point street-upgrade projects.
• Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO),
fulfilling federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and
comprehensive regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley
area, assuring continued state and federal funding for transportation, including public
transportation. Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation
funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program, coordinating an estimated $285 million in
transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
• Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
• Monitored water quality for Bear Creek and tributaries to comply with Clean
Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements. With regional
21
cooperation and funding, monitoring is conducted consistently and regularly, data are
analyzed, recorded and reported as required by DEQ, and costs for sampling and
laboratory analysis are greatly reduced. As a result, RVCOG's water quality data and
results are classified by DEQ as highest quality, 'Class A' data.
• Collected and analyzed stormwater runoff and spills throughout the Bear Creek
watershed to protect streams from pollution and to ensure regional compliance with
TMDL requirements by all jurisdictions.
J Provided TMDL planning, Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP) and
Stormwater Management Plan assistance (stormwater management and planning,
public outreach, pollution control, and riparian area conservation in Bear Creek
watershed), and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance. Applied for additional funding ($30,000) from
DEQ to implement Year Three of the Bear Creek WQIP.
• Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped promote LID practices in residential,
commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
• Provided assistance to the Joint Powers Committee (JPC) in implementation of
the Bear Creek Greenway Management Plan. The JPC is now working
cooperatively to better manage the Bear Creek Greenway at lower cost to the
communities.
• Provided planning support for the Rogue River Greenway Recreational
Corridor, and began implementing a $1.1 million grant to complete a one-mile
stretch of greenway, including a new bridge.
• Provided management and public outreach and involvement for the Agate
Desert Vernal Pools conservation planning process, including coordination with
State and Federal agencies to develop a regional permit for conservation of vernal
pools, and the establishment of mitigation/conservation banks. With the assistance
of RVCOG's wetland conservation projects, a draft regional permit has been created
that will simplify and increase the effectiveness of wetland mitigation and
conservation. In addition, with the help of RVCOG, mitigation banks are operating
and conservation easements are being obtained on private lands with highly
functioning vernal pools.
i Provided meals to home-bound seniors in and immediately around the City.
• Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
• Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
• Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
22
• Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
i Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
* Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
s Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
• Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
23
Eagle Point
Participated in the City's update of its Transportation System
Plan.
Working with human resource professionals from a number
of member jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley
Public Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to
provide local, high-quality, affordable training to public servants
and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
Staffed the Regional Problem Solving process. This multi-
year, ground breaking collaborative process will establish almost 1,300 acres of
urban reserves for the City, and will significantly improve the cost-effectiveness of the
City's future expansions and its ability to coordinate transportation and land use
planning. This year, in the last stage of the process, RVCOG transitioned from main
staff to supporting Jackson County's assumption of major responsibilities.
Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), fulfilling
federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and comprehensive
regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley area, assuring
continued state and federal funding for transportation, including public transportation.
Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation
funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program, coordinating an estimated $285 million in
transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase IL Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
• Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the
24
Rogue River WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding
($30,000) from DEQ to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
4 Provided management and public outreach and involvement for the Agate
Desert Vernal Pools conservation planning process, including coordination with
State and Federal agencies to develop a regional permit for conservation of vernal
pools, and the establishment of mitigation/conservation banks. With the assistance
of RVCOG's wetland conservation projects, a draft regional permit has been created
that will simplify and increase the effectiveness of wetland mitigation and
conservation. In addition, with the help of RVCOG, mitigation banks are operating
and conservation easements are being obtained on private lands with highly
functioning vernal pools.
Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped promote LID practices in residential,
commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
Participated in Little Butte Creek Water Quality forum with local agencies, land
'managers and State and Federal agencies. Working with the Governor's
Economic Revitalization Team, attendees identified causes of pollution and
discussed ways to reduce pollution and limit its effects on Little Butte Creek and the
Rogue River.
i Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the City's
congregate site.
J Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
• Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
4 Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
4 Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
25
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
* Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
26
Phoenix
OF Pilo J Conducted a Planning Commission workshop on
F& making land use decisions.
G~ f f 4 Coordinated public involvement for the Fern Valley
Interchange project.
O • R • E • G • O • N i Monitored riparian restoration projects on Payne Creek
and Bear Creek at Blue Heron Park.
• Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley Public Service Academy.
RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality, affordable training to
public servants and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
• Staffed the Regional Problem Solving process. This multi-year, ground breaking
collaborative process will establish approximately 900 acres of urban reserves for the
City, and will significantly improve the cost-effectiveness of the City's future
expansions and its ability to coordinate transportation and land use planning. This
year, in the last stage of the process, RVCOG transitioned from main staff to
supporting Jackson County's assumption of major responsibilities. RVCOG staff also
provided on-site assistance to the City, both in its Planning Commission and City
Council hearings and Board of County Commissioners hearings.
• Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), fulfilling
federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and comprehensive
regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley area, assuring
continued state and federal funding for transportation, including public transportation.
Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation
funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program, coordinating an estimated $285 million in
transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
27
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Provided TMDL planning, Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP) and
Stormwater Management Plan assistance (stormwater management and planning,
public outreach, pollution control, and riparian area conservation in Bear Creek
watershed), and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance. Applied for additional funding ($30,000) from
DEQ to implement Year Three of the Bear Creek WQIP.
Provided assistance to the Joint Powers Committee (JPC) in implementation of
the Bear Creek Greenway Management Plan. The JPC is now working
cooperatively to better manage the Bear Creek Greenway at lower cost to the
communities.
Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped coordinate a regional program to
promote LID practices in residential, commercial and industrial developments
throughout the region.
Provided meals to home-bound seniors in and immediately around the city.
i Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
* Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
* Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
4 Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
28
4 Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services. .
Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
29
Talent
F 7;q 4 Assisted with the Talent Transportation System Plan.
# Provided CDBG grant administration for the $849,050
v 1 Highway 99 waterline improvements.
Working with human resource professionals from a number
of member jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley
1910 Public Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to
provide local, high-quality, affordable training to public servants
and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
Staffed the Regional Problem Solving process. This multi-year, ground breaking
collaborative process will establish almost 300 acres of urban reserves for the City,
and will significantly improve the cost-effectiveness of the city's future expansions
and its ability to coordinate transportation and land use planning. This year, in the
last stage of the process, RVCOG transitioned from main staff to supporting Jackson
County's assumption of major responsibilities. RVCOG staff also provided on-site
assistance to the City, both in its Planning Commission and City Council hearings
and Board of County Commissioners hearings.
• Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), fulfilling
federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and comprehensive
regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley area, assuring
continued state and federal funding for transportation, including public transportation.
Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation
funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program, coordinating an estimated $285 million in
transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality.
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
• Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
• Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
30
• Monitored water quality for Bear Creek and tributaries to comply with Clean
Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements. With regional
cooperation and funding, monitoring is conducted consistently and regularly, data are
analyzed, recorded and reported as required by DEQ, and costs for sampling and
laboratory analysis are greatly reduced. As a result, RVCOG's water quality data and
results are classified by DEQ as highest quality, 'Class A' data.
• Collected and analyzed stormwater runoff and spills throughout the Bear Creek
watershed to protect streams from pollution and to ensure regional compliance with
TMDL requirements by all jurisdictions.
Provided TMDL planning, Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP) and
Stormwater Management Plan assistance (stormwater management and planning,
public outreach, pollution control, and riparian area conservation in Bear Creek
watershed), and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance. Applied for additional funding ($30,000) from
DEQ to implement Year Three of the Bear Creek WQIP.
Provided assistance to the Joint Powers Committee (JPC) in implementation of
the Bear Creek Greenway Management Plan. The JPC is now working
cooperatively to better manage the Bear Creek Greenway at lower cost to the
communities.
Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped coordinate a regional program to
promote LID practices in residential, commercial and industrial developments
throughout the region.
• Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the City's
congregate site.
• Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
• Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
i Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
i Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
31
• Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
• Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
• Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
• Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
32
Jacksonville
~~LKS + Managed a TGM grant to assist with the Jacksonville
O Transportation System Plan. RVCOG-provided professional
0-1 planning services were at little direct cost to the City.
. , Provided zoning map updates and GIS assistance.
+ Working with human resource professionals from a number
J of member jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley
~+AEGON Public Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to
provide local, high-quality, affordable training to public servants
and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Staffed the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO), fulfilling
federal and state requirements for a continuing, collaborative and comprehensive
regional transportation planning program for the Bear Creek Valley area, assuring
continued state and federal funding for transportation, including public transportation.
Key projects included:
o Coordinated allocation of more than $4 million in federal transportation
funds
o Prepared and adopted 2010-2013 Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program, coordinating an estimated $285 million in
transportation projects
o Developed Air Quality Conformity Determination showing region's
consistency with federal requirements for regional air quality.
o Updated and maintained data for the regional travel demand model
o Completed Environmental Justice Plan for the MPO
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
• Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
• Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
• Monitored water quality for Bear Creek and tributaries to comply with Clean
Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements. With regional
cooperation and funding, monitoring is conducted consistently and regularly, data are
analyzed, recorded and reported as required by DEQ, and costs for sampling and
laboratory analysis are greatly reduced. As a result, RVCOG's water quality data and
results are classified by DEQ as highest quality, 'Class A' data.
33
• Collected and analyzed stormwater runoff and spills throughout the Bear Creek
watershed to protect streams from pollution and to ensure regional compliance with
TMDL requirements by all jurisdictions.
• Provided TMDL planning, Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP) and
Stormwater Management Plan assistance (stormwater management and planning,
public outreach, pollution control, and riparian area conservation in Bear Creek
watershed), and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance. Applied for additional funding ($30,000) from
DEQ to implement Year Three of the Bear Creek WQIP.
• Provided assistance to the Joint Powers Committee (JPC) in implementation of
the Bear Creek Greenway Management Plan. The JPC is now working
cooperatively to better manage the Bear Creek Greenway at lower cost to the
communities.
• Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped promote LID practices in residential,
commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
• Provided assistance in planning for the Jacksonville Reservoir spillway renovation
and mapping for parks master planning. RVCOG issued an RFP,for dam removal or
restoration analyses, hired a contractor, and completed the Jacksonville Dam
Feasibility Study, which examines options and associated costs.
• Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the City's
congregate site.
• Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
• Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
• Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
• Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
• Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
• Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
• Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
34
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
• Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
> Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
41, Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
35
Shady Cove
Shandy , Provided staff to serve as the City's contract land use
Cp planner. This permits the City to use the services of a senior
A level planner on an hourly basis to handle the more complex
planning issues, while avoiding the costs involved in hiring a
,T. j me
permanent employee.
Working with human resource professionals from a
®6o4p number of member jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the
Rogue Valley Public Service Academy. RVPSA is a
cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality, affordable training to public servants
and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
J Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
4 Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the
Rogue River WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding
($30,000) from DEQ to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
4 Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped promote LID practices in residential,
commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the City's
congregate site.
Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
36
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
• Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
• Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
• Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
37
Rogue River
n
4 Provided CDBG grant administration for the $300,000
Downtown Revitalization Project.
4 Provided SDWRLF administration for the $1,034,200 loan
from the Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund to construct
the 1.2 million-gallon Water Reservoir.
4 Provided Oregon Department of Energy grant
administration assistance on the project to install a high efficiency boiler at
Rogue River High School.
i Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley Public Service Academy.
RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality, affordable training to
public servants and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
Provided planning support for the Rogue River Greenway Recreational
Corridor, and obtained a $1.1 million grant to complete a one-mile stretch of
greenway including a new bridge.
Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
J Provided on-call assistance for community development activities.
Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation .
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
• Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
• Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
• Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the
Rogue River WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding
($30,000) from DEQ to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
• Administered Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Local Government
Grant Program for the Palmerton Park Restroom Remodel and Restoration.
• Provided computer hardware and software assistance to the City and its Police
Department.
J Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the City's
congregate site.
• Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
38
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
4 Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
4 Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
4 Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
• Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
• Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
• Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
• Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
i Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
39
Gold Hill
Provided staff to act as the City's contract land use planner.
® This permits the City to use the services of a senior level planner
0-- on an hourly basis to handle the more complex planning issues,
while avoiding the costs involved in hiring a permanent employee.
Provided on-call administrative assistance (improvements to
water treatment facility).
Completed the Gold Hill Dam removal and restoration project.
Dam was removed in July 2008, but riparian restoration,
interpretive sign installation, and trail building activities were completed in 2010.
Monitoring activities will continue until 2012.
• Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley Public Service Academy.
RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality, affordable training to
public servants and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
• Provided planning support for the Rogue River Greenway Recreational
Corridor, and obtained a $1.1 million grant to complete a one-mile stretch of
greenway including a new bridge. Also managed the Upper River Road Solutions
Team process for the Greenway. When the plan for the corridor is completed and the
trail is constructed, the Rogue River Greenway will reach Grants Pass, and connect
with the Bear Creek Greenway.
• Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing. meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
• Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
• Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon emissions
from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to provide
TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the Rogue River
WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding ($30,000) from DEQ
to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
Promoted low impact development (LID) construction methods through
workshops for local homebuilders, and helped promote LID practices in residential,
commercial and industrial developments throughout the region.
Provided water quality planning assistance (stormwater management, pollution
control, and riparian area conservation).
40
Provided meals to home-bound seniors in and immediately around the city.
Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
• Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
• Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
• Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
• Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessibleladaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
41
Cave Junction
4 Provided a variety of current planning services on an
UAVE as needed basis. This permits the City to use the
services of a senior level planner on an hourly basis to
N handle the more complex planning issues, while avoiding
the costs involved in hiring a permanent employee.
4 Administered a $1 million CDBG grant for the Kerby
Water System.
• Provided financial administration of a $2.2 million USDA grant / loan for the
Kerby Water System.
Working with human resource professionals from a number of member
jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley Public Service Academy.
RVPSA is a cooperative effort to provide local, high-quality, affordable training to
public servants and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
• Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the
Rogue River WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding
($30,000) from DEQ to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation
activities, including attending RVACT meetings, preparing meeting materials and
maintaining RVACT files.
Provided meals to home-bound seniors and served meals at the City's
congregate site.
Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
• Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
• Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
42
Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
J Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
• Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
• Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
• Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessible/adaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
43
Butte Falls
4 Provided Oregon Department of Energy grant
j administration assistance on the project to install a high-
efficiency boiler at Butte Falls High School
Working with human resource professionals from a number
of member jurisdictions, RVCOG staffed the Rogue Valley
Public Service Academy. RVPSA is a cooperative effort to
• provide local, high-quality, affordable training to public servants
and other community leaders in southern Oregon.
Staffed and coordinated the Rogue Valley Area Commission
on Transportation activities, including attending RVACT
meetings, preparing meeting materials and maintaining
RVACT files.
4 Established the Green Jobs Council as an official taskforce of RVCOG. The
Green Jobs Council is a consortium of interested private and public community
stakeholders committed to facilitating sustainable practices in energy conservation
and alternative energy sources and increasing the opportunity for careers in energy
efficiency.
J Coordinated with Clean Energy Works Oregon on a residential weatherization
program for Jackson & Josephine counties. The Green Jobs Council is working
with Clean Energy Works Oregon to implement a residential weatherization program
for Jackson & Josephine counties supported by a revolving loan fund.
Worked with the Geos Institute on ClimateWise Phase II. Initiated in late 2010,
ClimateWise Phase II will eventually establish baseline information about carbon
emissions from Jackson and Josephine counties.
Provided TMDL planning and Water Quality Implementation Planning (WQIP)
assistance, and implemented an $80,000 grant that RVCOG obtained from DEQ to
provide TMDL planning assistance and water quality monitoring. Completed the
Rogue River WQIP, which was approved by DEQ, and applied for additional funding
($30,000) from DEQ to implement Year Two of the WQIP.
Senior meals for Butte Fall residents are available at the Shady Cove congregate
site.
Administered Medicaid Program and Services for low income seniors and
adults with disabilities, including determining financial benefits and service
eligibility. Benefits and services include Oregon Health Plan (medical coverage);
SNAP (food stamps); and Case Management for long term care services (in-home
care, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care, and nursing facilities).
• Managed Adult Protective Services and Adult Foster Home licensing for all
seniors and adults with physical disabilities.
• Established an Adult Protective Services Emergency Fund to pay for such things
as emergency shelter, transportation, food, medications, and clothing for seniors in
protective service situations.
• Provided in-home services under Oregon Project Independence to assist seniors
who are not eligible for Medicaid long term care services remain in their own homes.
• Supported family caregivers who are caring for someone over 60 or for people who
are over 60 and caring for children age 18 and younger.
44
• Maintained the Disaster Registry for vulnerable seniors and people with
disabilities to assist in disaster response and serve as the lead agency for the
Vulnerable Population's Branch of the Emergency Operations Center in the event of
a disaster.
• Purchased and distributed Ready Books to assist seniors and people with
disabilities to be prepared in the event of a disaster.
v Delivered Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes which help family caregivers
learn to take care of themselves while caring for others.
• Provided Living Well classes in partnership with OSU Extension to help people with
chronic conditions to better manage their conditions.
• Through a three-year federal grant provided an evidence-based Alzheimer's
Disease Supportive Services Program, the STAR-C program. A trained
consultant meets with a family caregiver who is caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Disease or a related dementia in the home. The consultant provides information
about behavioral symptoms management.
Held events on senior-related issues, such as Elder Abuse in Oregon -
Building Awareness and Encouraging Action and Power of the Heart (assessing
and addressing behaviors of those with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia).
Provided Public Guardianship service to highly vulnerable seniors in Jackson
County through a contract with the Center for Non-Profit Legal Services.
• Developed standards and procedures for a certification program for
accessibleladaptable housing in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The
certification will identify homes that have been constructed or renovated with features
that make it possible for seniors or individuals with disabilities to live in them for the
rest of their lives. The Lifelong Housing Certification project was developed with
support from AARP Oregon and a strong advisory council composed of builders, an
inspector, a realtor, persons with disabilities, and seniors.
• Provided seniors Information and Assistance, Respite, and Legal Services.
45
Community Proposal:
On the Issue of Homelessness in the Ashland Community
Background:
Following a town hall discussion of homelessness in Ashland, a group of community members
and students assembled to pursue further involvement on this important issue and to cultivate possible
community solutions. As it is currently proposed the Ashland City Council will be proposing short
term patches on this matter while an ad hoc committee is formed to pursue more long term solutions.
Among the proposed short-term ordinances which have been suggested are ideas we would like to
assist the City Council in developing; likewise, ordinances are being considered which we, along with
many of our fellow community members, cannot support. We urge you, as public servants, to consider
and honor the voice of your constituents and your community.
Exclusionary Zone and Sidewalk Use Ordinances:
The exclusionary zone would bar individuals with multiple citations from the downtown area,
while the sidewalk use would address certain uses of sidewalks (such as barring sitting or laying on the
sidewalk). City staff members have commented that homelessness cannot be separated from the
problems with aggressive panhandling downtown. We would assert that this is not the case. There
already exist laws which handle disorderly conduct and any other illegal behavior on a general basis,
while the exclusionary zone seeks to address a specific social problem - this process may easily lead to
profiling and discrimination. The same critique applies to the sidewalk use ordinance. We must ask thse
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City Council, are these ordinances actually addressing homelessness as a symptom of alienation,
unemployment and poverty in our community, or do they treat homelessness as an embarrassing fact to
be hidden from our tourists? As community members, we feel that these specific short-term ordinances
would fail to truly address the issue at hand and only divide-the community unnecessarily. At this time
in Ashland, there is little social or governmental.infrastructure to unite the intentions of the community
and address the issue. In the following months, the City Council could lead the community in
developing that infrastructure.
We propose that any such ordinances not be supported or voted for by City Council members.
Further, we pledge our support of an Ad Hoc Committee being formed to design long-term solutions
which create a solution based on principles of inclusion, not exclusion and discrimination.
Homelessness Service/Job Fair:
Of the short-term solutions proposed, the Homelessness Service/Job Fair appears to us to hold
the most potential in addressing the actual needs of the homeless, and many others of need, in Ashland.
It would provide a venue for different organizations to come together and provide services and
opportunities to the community as a whole. We support organizing three Fairs per year in recognition
of seasonal homelessness, illness, etc. As a short-term solution, this proposal provides the community
an opportunity to interface directly with the homeless, and hence develop a better idea of their true
desires and needs. This process will assist the City Council and community organizations in making
policy decisions. With more communication between local businesses and the homeless, we can
potentially provide opportunities for employment and reduce waste through organizing our resources
more efficiently. Further these job fairs could serve far more that simply the homeless in ashland and
could be open to all members of the community who are in need of care, service or even the
opportunity to get a job. Another of the short-term ordinances being voted upon sought to reduce
panhandling through placing drop-boxes around the downtown area. These drop-boxes cannot forbid
panhandling, but circumvent charity and send it to local organizations which then utilize the funds to
assist the homeless in more systemic ways. However, no organizations in Ashland are willing to
participate in the drop-box program currently. With this in mind, we would advocate that the drop-
boxes be utilized to fund the Homelessness Service Fair. These Fairs will require advertising and
transportation, with widespread social and economic involvement from the community to be successful
- this represents another opportunity for the City Council to lead. We support this as an opportunity for
local organizations to connect and cooperate collectively.
We propose that City Councilors support any ordinance for a Homelessness Service Fair which
is held at least three times per year. Further, we pledge support in reaching out to local businesses and
community organizations to develop and expand the services and goods available at such Fairs so that
it is the community itself which is rallying to solve the issues which face it in an inclusive manner.
Conclusion:
We assert that as a community, we ate morally obligated to oppose some of these suggested
ordinances, but also to come out in solidarity and support of those which would improve our
community. Our actions as well as the actions of City Council, are a statement of the collective values
of the Ashland community. As such, we should step forth as a community to say that such ordinances
such as the exclusionary zone and the sidewalk use limits are not the future we want for our community
and advocate for proposals such as the Homelessness Service/Job Fair. If we were to paint a vision of
of the community we strive to be, it would not be one of exclusion and division but of unity and
inclusion; one of people coming together to solve the problems they all collectively share and struggle
over. And as a community we must collectively decide that what now faces us is not a bother or a
obstical, but an opportunity to create a better and stronger community.
CITY OF
ASHLAND
March 2, 2011
Ms. Elizabeth M. Harman, Assistant Administrator
DHS/FEMA/Grants Program Preparedness
Tech World Building - 9th Floor South Tower
800 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20472-3620
Re: FEMA Foster Home Fire Sprinkler Grant
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing this letter of support for the Rogue Valley Fire Prevention Cooperative
(RVFPC)/Southern Oregon-Eire_Code_Officials=(SOEC--O)-application-fbr_a-FFMA-Fire-
Prevention and Safety Grant to-install-residential-fire-sprinkler systems-in-senior and-
developmentally disabled group foster homes. This grant will truly improve the chances of senior
and developmentally disabled residents to survive fires that occur in group foster homes. These
people represent one of the most vulnerable populations in residential structure fires, and should
be afforded protection.
In my capacity as Mayor for the citizens of Ashland, Oregon, I confirm that the Rogue Valley
Fire Prevention Cooperative & Southern Oregon Fire Code Officials foster home fire sprinkler
grant is in accordance with the my city's priorities in supporting activities that reduce adverse
impacts and risks posed by fire to senior and developmentally disabled residents.
Accordingly, I am pleased to endorse the foster home fire sprinkler project proposal with support
from the Ashland City Council. If approved, the proposal will be coordinated and implemented
by Rogue Valley Fire Prevention Cooperative & Southern Oregon Fire Code Officials.
Sincere]
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Tel: 541488-6002
20 East Main Street Fax: 541488-5311
Ashland, Oregon 97520 TTY: 800-735-2900 I~
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We the undersigned support the proposal that the City quitclaim its
interest in tax lot 3300 (391 E 04CA) to Wil Hershman, the rightful
owner.
We understand that there is a lot line discrepancy along the east side
of Heiman Street south of Hershman's property and understand that
the proposed quitclaim is the first step in resolving the problem.
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March 15. 2011
The following objections were brought up to the planning commission on Feb. 8, 2011.
We have since then negotiated a Letter of understanding with Caldera Brewery and have
presented it to the City of Ashland Planning Commission on Feb 22, 2011 for
reconsideration before your final decision of approval. I was informed by Mark Knox that
the revised plans would be submitted to the planning commission no later then March 7,
201 1 for their review.
We support this project as long as the proposed revisions in the Letter of Understanding
are approved.
Harvey H. Reinholz
795 Oak Knoll Drive
Ashland, OR 97520
Planning Action: 2010-01570
Subject Property: 590 Clover Lane
Owner/Applicant: Caldera Brewing Company
I am raising an objection to the approval of the proposed Annexation, Zone change and
Site design for Caldera Brewery based on the following violations of city building codes.
• Section 18.40.050 subsection C This building exceeds more than 40' in height.
• Section 18.68.030 Each lot Requires a minimum width of 25' of frontage
• Section 18.80.020 subsection 9 The driveway as designed exceeds 50'. When the
long driveway is taken into consideration this exceeds the maximum length of
500', also creating a safety issue as there is only one outlet.
• Section 18.76.060 Flag driveway requires screening
Please note that we are currently in negotiation with Caldera Brewery. We are currently
working through the building planner Mark Knox, representing Caldera, on an agreement
to improve our exposure of the brewery operation. If the agreement is successful I would
then remove these objections.
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02/08/11
If you are able to submit at the planning commission meeting please include the
following on my behalf.
Planning Action: 2010-01570
Subject Property: 590 Clover Lane
Owner/Applicant: Caldera Brewing Company
I am raising an objection to the approval of the proposed Annexation, Zone
change and Site design for Caldera Brewery based on the following violations of
city building codes.
• Section 18.40.050 subsection C This building exceeds more than 40' in
height.
• Section 18.68.030 Each lot Requires a minimum width of 25' of
frontage.
Section 18.80.020 subsection 9 The driveway as designed exceeds 50'.
When the long driveway is taken into consideration this exceeds the
maximum length of 500', also creating a safety issue as there is only one
outlet.
• Section 18.76.060 Flag driveway requires screening
• No record of analysis findings by the city on the element of need for
annexation of properties.
Please note that I am currently in negotiation with Caldera Brewery. I am
currently working through the building planner Mark Knox, representing Caldera
and Jim Mills, on an agreement to improve the adjacent residential exposure of
the commercial brewery operation.
Thank you for your consideration
Harvey H. Reinholz
795 Oak Knoll Drive
Ashland, OR 97520
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March 15, 201 1
The following objections were brought up to the planning commission on Feb. 8, 2011.
We have since then negotiated a Letter of understanding with Caldcra Brewery and have
presented it to the City of Ashland Planning Commission on Feb 22, 2011 for
reconsideration before your final decision of approval. I was informed by Mark Knox that
the revised plans would be submitted to the planning commission no later then March 7,
2011 for their review.
We support this project as long as the proposed revisions in the Letter of Understanding
are approved.
Linda & Richard Hood
785 Oak Knoll Drive
Ashland, OR 97520
Planning Action: 2010-01570
Subject Property: 590 Clover Lane
Owner/Applicant: Caldera Brewing Company
I am raising an objection to the approval of the proposed Annexation, Zone change and
Site design for Caldera Brewery based on the following violations of city building codes.
• Section 18.40.050 subsection C This building exceeds more than 40' in height.
• Section 18.68.030 Each lot Requires a minimum width of 25' of frontage
• Section 18.80.020 subsection 9 The driveway as designed exceeds 50'. When the
long driveway is taken into consideration this exceeds the maximum length of
500', also creating a safety issue as there is only one outlet.
• Section 18.76.060 Flag driveway requires screening
Please note that we are currently in negotiation with Caldera Brewery. We are currently
working through the building planner Mark Knox, representing Caldera, on an agreement
to improve our exposure of the brewery operation. If the agreement is successful we
would then remove these objections.
02/08/11
If you are able to submit at the planning commission meeting please include the
following on my behalf.
Planning Action: 2010-01570
Subject Property: 590 Clover Lane
Owner/Applicant: Caldera Brewing Company
I am raising an objection to the approval of the proposed Annexation, Zone
change and Site design for Caldera Brewery based on the following violations of
city building codes.
• Section 18.40.050 subsection C This building exceeds more than 40' in
height.
• Section 18.68.030 Each lot Requires a minimum width of 25' of
frontage.
Section 18.80.020 subsection 9 The driveway as designed exceeds 50'.
When the long driveway is taken into consideration this exceeds the
maximum length of 500', also creating a safety issue as there is only one
outlet.
• Section 18.76.060 Flag driveway requires screening
• No record of analysis findings by the city on the element of need for
annexation of properties.
Please note that we are currently in negotiation with Caldera Brewery. We are
currently working through the building planner Mark Knox, representing Caldera
and Jim Mills, on an agreement to improve the adjacent residential exposure of
the commercial brewery operation. If the agreement is successful, we would then
remove these objections.
Thank you for your consideration
Linda & Richard Hood
785 Oak Knoll Drive
Ashland, OR 97520
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Letter of Understanding oV~
Between:
Jim Mills, Caldera Brewing Company (Caldera)
Richard & Linda Hood & Harvey Reinholz (Neighbors)
The -letter of understanding details the mitigation items verbally agreed upon by Caldera
arid,Neighbors on;Saturd4MFebruary 5, 2011 where Caldera and Neighbors, along with
Mark Knox; Land Use Planning Consultant and Laurie Sager, Landscape Architect, met at
the Neighbor's residences (785, and 795 Oak Knoll Drive, Ashland; Oregon) to discuss
Caldera's proposal to construct a new brewing facility on the properties located at the end
of Clover Lane in Ashland (Tax Lots 391E 14AA 6900 & 7000 and 391 E 14AD 7000).
THEREFORE, the agreed upon mitigation measures relating to this Letter of Understanding
are as follows:
1) Conditions of Approval. Caldera agrees that is shall submit this agreement to
the City Council of Ashland for its meeting tentatively scheduled on Marctr 15,
2011 on the Annexation of the subject property, Planning Action 2010-01570 and
request that the obligations specified herein shall be adopted by the City as
conditions of approval for 2010-01570. Caldera shall submit said agreement to the
City as soon as possible, to ensure that said materials shall be part of the public
record available for review prior to the hearing
2) Revised Grading Plan: Caldera agrees to amend the Grading Plan to add additional earth
berming as identified on Exhibit C.1, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference,
generally described as the area immediately south of the truck turn-around area. The
additional earth berm is approximately 15' higher in the southwest corner of the turn around
area tapering to approximately 2' as the berming extends toward the east.' Additional earth
berming, in concert with lowered truck loading/unloading area as identified on Exhibit C.1,
is intended to minimize visibility of loading/unloading area, but preserve hillside views to
the west.
3) Revised Landscaping Plan: Caldera agrees to amend the Landscape Plan (including any
related landscape plans) to add trees and shrubs on and within the general vicinity of said
earth berming with the intent to minimize visibility of Neighbors residences.
3) Additional Landscaping After Initial Planting: At the time of landscape planting and
prior to final irrigation installation, Caldera and Neighbors agree to meet on site to add
additional trees or hedges to ensure screening. Neighbors may select up to ten trees and/or
hedges, in an amount not to exceed $4000.00, to be paid by Caldera, and Caldera shall
install said landscaping at its sole expense, with the intent to ensure screening is reasonably
adequate.
4) Freeway. Pylon-Sign: Caldera agrees to remove site's existing Freeway Pylon Sign at
timeiof prolect;constfuetion..
`5).Ezterior Ei"'ting Otlier than lighfs'for security or: unloading, Caldera agrees to limit
light glare'as,can.be seen.from-Neighbors residences. All lighting should be "down lit" or
. projected directly on subject=building or on Caldera's;loading and, unloading areas. `
6) Compressor/Cooler-Relocation: Caldera agrees to relocate project compressors/coolers
along west side *of building(aiea between building and I-5 Freeway). In the'event the City
prohibits Caldera'6om_ relocating said compressors/coolers, Caldera shall install alternative
methods of m' I the noise from said compressors/coolers such aS through construction
of a wall and landscaping enclosing said equipment.
7) Fenced Storage' Relocation: Caldera agrees to relocate fenced storage area currently
located along properties shared I-5 Freeway property line to the area as identified on plan
C.1 and L-3.0, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
8) Excessive Noise: Caldera agrees to adhere to City of Ashland noise ordinance.
9) Bio-swale / Drainage System: Caldera agrees to maintain drainage system as design d by
project's Civil Engineer and-as identified on final Civil Engineering plans (as approved-by
Ashland Building Department). Such plans shall identify industry recognized screening
improvements and include a periodic maintenance schedule to maintain flows and reduce
rodent invasion.
10) Appeal Rights. In consideration for this agreement, Neighbors agree they will not
appeal or oppose the Planning Commission's final approval of Planning Action 2010-
01570. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until the City Council adopts this
agreement to ensure that adequate mitigation is imposed, Neighbors retain the right to
appeal or oppose the Annexation to be heard by the City Council in Planning Action 2010-
01570 and to further raise issues related to mitigation before the City Council and on appeal
or other related action.
NOTICE: The Neighbors are advised to review Letter of Understanding with an Attorney
licensed to practice within the State of Oregon.
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From: Edward Kerwin, MD
Medical Director
Clinical Research Institute of Southern Oregon, PC
3860 Crater Lake Ave.
Medford, OR 97504
Homeowner, WineryNineyard Owner
Genesee Estate, LLC
955 Dead Indian Memorial Rd.
Ashland, OR 97520
Regarding: Notification of Intent to File Lawsuit against the Ashland City Council Members and
the city for breach of fiduciary duty, and suspected RICO charges if the Ashland Gun Club lease
is renewed without required due diligence testing requested by Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality.
Dear City Council Members,
This letter is to make it crystal clear that each and every member of the Ashland City Council, as
well as the City of Ashland and the Ashland Gun Club, will be sued for breach of fiduciary duty
and for possible racketeering charges if you today extend the lease of the Ashland Gun Club for
more than a twelve month extension.
The Ashland City Council and City of Ashland have a clear fiduciary duty to protect citizens of
Ashland and Ashland public lands from chemical pollutants, heavy metal pollutants and other
chemical exposures. Ashland city parklands do not have any certification or licensure to act as
toxic landfills. Therefore, the city council has a fiduciary duty to ensure that all parklands under
your trust and contract are protected from ongoing toxic waste, heavy metal pollution, etc.
Not only does Ashland have a fiduciary duty to protect city parklands, but the following facts are
clear:
1. The Ashland City Council in approximately 2009 commissioned a formal study to
determine if lead wastes are building up in soils and groundwaters at the Ashland
parklands leased by the gun club. This report's primary recommendation was that more
study was needed to assess these potential risks.
2. The City of Ashland also referred the matter to the Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality (ODEQ) in 2010. This body provided a detailed formal report. The primary
recommendation of the Oregon DEO was that the original soil and groundwater study #1
above was not correctly. Groundwater samples were not obtained in correct
wetland locations and soil was not sampled in correct locations. Therefore, the Oregon
DEO recommended additional much more credible testing be done with additional
groundwater and soil samples to assess potential or likely environmental damage at the
Ashland park leased by the gun club.
In summary, the science is clear. Both assessments #1 and #2 above recommended and
essentially required further tests before any decision can be made.
Since the City of Ashland has a clear fiduciary duty to protect city parklands from ongoing
toxic pollution, and since the City of Ashland commissioned and requested two studies (#1
and #2 above), and since BOTH STUDIES recommended additional environmental sampling
and testing be done, therefore proceeding to renew a long-term lease is in violation of the
fiduciary duty-incumbent on every member of the Ashland City Council.
I and others will sue the city and the Ashland City Council for breach of fiduciary duty if the
gun club lease is renewed for longer than a 6-12 month renewal without obtaining the
additional soil and water and environmental tests recommended and required by scientific
assessments #1 and #2 above.
Racketeering law (RICO) rules apply when there is inside influence, favoritism or conspiracy
used to illegally influence governmental agencies to make oversight decisions in ways that
are outside of the law or outside of good governance. Traditionally, mobsters and organized
criminals made payoffs to police officers, aldermen, city council members, etc., or they
appointed relatives or friends to police positions or governmental offices. In those cases,
governmental officers acting under the influence of friendships, or associations, or other non-
fiduciary influences are guilty of racketeering. Racketeering crimes immediately go to
federal court. Triple damages are assessed. The law is very broad to allow considerable
scope of investigation when governmental agents are believed to be involved in racketeering.
Jail sentences are possible as well.
With regard to the Ashland Gun Club, any member of the Ashland City Council who has
ever been a gun club member, or has ever shot guns at the gun club, or who has relatives who
are members of the gun club, or who has close friends who are members of the Ashland Gun
Club is immediately disqualified from deciding any question of soil and groundwater
pollution at the Ashland park leased by the gun club. They must disqualify themselves.
Even an appearance of impropriety must be avoided per good government rules, and do
prevent racketeering influences on City of Ashland's municipal decisions. City council
members cannot vote to sell city land to a friend or acquaintance, or colleague or family
member. Similarly, they cannot vote to long-term lease city land for $1 per year to a friend,
a colleague, of family members or an acquaintance.
With this letter I notify the city council that I will join in a lawsuit against the City of
Ashland and each individual city council member who votes for a renewal of a long-term
lease of the Ashland park currently leased to the gun club on suspicion of racketeering. Any
Ashland City Council member who has ever been a member of the gun club, or any gun club,
who has ever fired weapons there, who has friends, family members or long-term
acquaintances who are members of the gun club, must recuse themselves, or they are in
violation of good government rules and potentially engaged in racketeering.
This notice is duly provided to the Ashland City Council at your meeting on March 1, 2011.
Edward M. Kerwin, MD
Landowner
955 Dead Indian Memorial Rd., Ashland, OR 97520
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BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF ASHLAND, OREGON:
IN THE MATTER OF:
Preparation and Execution of a )
Lease Document Between the )
Request For Continuance of Public Meeting
City of Ashland, Oregon, a )
Municipal Corporation, and the )
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Ashland Gun Club, Inc., a )
Private, Non-Profit Entity: )
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland (City) owns a property located off Emigrant
Creek Road, specifically in Townwhip 39 South, Range 1 East, abutting Sections 7, 8
12, and 13, Jackson County, Oregon, and,
WHEREAS, the Ashland Gun Club, Inc. (AGC) has operated a shooting range
facility on a portion of the property since 1968 under lease from the City, and,
WHEREAS, the parties have been in negotiations for several years over the
language and application of terms and conditions of a new lease, and,
WHEREAS, the City has prepared a new lease document and sent it to the AGC
for review, and has called a public meeting for March 1, 2011 to discuss the lease, and,
WHEREAS, the AGC, in co-operation with the Oregon Shooting Ranges
Association, has retained counsel to review certain language in the lease, and,
WHEREAS, due to the timing involved in corresponding with the out of area
parties and the fact the AGC received the draft lease less than two weeks ago as of
the date of this correspondence, and,
WHEREAS, the AGC believes that an Executive Session with the Council and
representatives of the AGC and the Oregon Shooting Ranges Association is necessary
to properly define certain language and conditions in the lease,
NOW, THEREFORE, the AGC respectfully requests that the City Council for the
City of Ashland continue any public meetings, public hearings or public discussions of
the AGC/City lease agreement to a date and time specific, preferably April of 2011, to
allow time for the proper notice of an Executive Session to finalize the lease agreement.
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SUBMITTED THIS S!tDAY OF MARCH, 2011:
ASHLAND GUN CLUB, INC.
C. Parlier, President
Cathy DeForest RECEIVED
1067 Emigrant Creek Rd.
Ashland, OR 97520 MAR 0 1< 2011
541-690-6976
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February 28, 2011
Mayor Stromberg & Ashland City Council
20 East Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
Via: Email
Re: City Renewal of Ashland Gun Club Lease
Dear Mayor Stromberg and City Council,
l am out of town and would like my comments to be read at the March 1, 2011 City
Council meeting.
I appreciate the environmental studies the Concil has done in the past two years, but
there is much more to do regarding the fiscal and environmental issues facing the
City. Since you are poised to approve the renewal for the Ashland Gun Club lease for
$1.00 a year for the next 25 years, I am would like to summarize the concerns I and
the Citizens for Fiscal and Environmental Responsibility have raised since 2005.
I. Lead is a highly toxic substance that requires over 10,000 years to dissolve.
2. The City owns 66 acres of valuable property, renting 32 of the 66 acres to the Gun
Club for one dollar o year since 1968. Because it is not safe for anyone to use the
property adjoining the 32 acres, the Gun Club's activities actually control the use
of the entire 66-acre parcel. Your new lease would rent the 32 acres to the Gun
Club until 2036..Fiscally, the 68-year, zero income arrangement with the Gun
Club does not seem fair to the Citizens of Ashland.
3. Even after spending over $60,000 of City money to assess the magnitude of the
lead problem, DEQ has sent a report discussing the inadequacy of the study which
was done and the need for further soil testing and environmental assessment. To
renew the lease without such data is not responsible.
4. The Gun Club says they need a 10 year lease in order to receive grants for
cleanup. However, in the past The Gun Club has said that these grants are very
1 1. Bear Creek Greenway Extension original plan calls for the Greemyay to link Bear
Creek wvith Emigrant Creek on north side of property and eventually link to Emigrant
Lake. Potential lead erosion is an important issue related to the Greenway Plan and the
Valdez principles adopted by the City to 'render no harnr' to the environment.
13. The Ashland Gun Club property is surrounded by organic farms, homes atd cattle
ranches. The property is also ;m unofficial bird sanctuary with owls nesting on property a
few acres away. The Minnesota Department of Resources in 2006 researched 500
citations worldwide on the impact of lead on wildlife, the environment and humans. They
found over 130 species of wildlife that have been reported as being exposed or killed
by lead ammunition. This includes birds, raptors, waterfowl and reptiles.
1 1. California has outlawed lead in Condor breeding areas throughout the State. Recently,
a program in conjunction with the Portland Oregon/_oo has developed a breeding
program in Clackamas County to raise and reintroduce the Condors to Southern Oregon.
California and the Grand Canyon. Grandmother Agnes Pilgrim. Chairperson of the
International Council of 13 indigenous Grandmothers; and the oldest living member of
the Taklima Siletz nation of Southern Oregon, publicly stated that a tribe living in
Oregon is also working to reintroduce the native "Thunderbird" Condor to Oregon.
Agnes Pilgrim's main mission is to protect the waters and she is willing to support efforts
to protect land and waters so that the Condor will return.
If the Cite approves the lease without taking further measures to protect the
environment and the historic sites, ive regretfully feel complelled to join with other
environmental groups in a law suit against the CRY and the Ashland Gun Club.
We are not opposed to the Ashland Gun Club, we are opposed to the destruction of
the environment and historic sites. We are also opposed to what appears to be fiscal
irresponsibility in a time of challenging economic deficits.
Sincerely.
/s/
Cathy Deforest
Cc RGSC
Barbara Christensen
From: Melissa Huhtala [huhtalm@ashland.or.us]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:56 AM
To: 'Barbara Christensen'
Subject: FW: Public comments for March 1 City Council Meeting Re Ashland Gun Club
From: Leon Pyle [mailto:leonpyle@q.com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 201111:51 AM
To: Martha Bennett; Carol Voisin; Meg Thorton; Russ Silbiger; Don Robertson; Dennis Slatterly; Greg Lemhouse; Mike
Morris; Mike Faught; Mayor Stromberg; David Chapman; huhtalm@ashland.or.us; boswellb@ashland.or.us; Dale
Shostrom
Subject: Public comments for March 1 City Council Meeting Re Ashland Gun Club
LEON PYLE, PhD
184 Clear Creek Drive Suite 1
Ashland, OR 97530
541 482-0491
leonpvlephd0i),ci.com
www.tandembourney.org
February 28, 2011
Mayor Stromberg & Ashland City Council
20 East Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
Via- Email
Re: City Renewal of Ashland Gun Club Lease
Dear Mayor Stromberg and City Council,
I am out of town and would like my comments to be read at the March 1, 2011 City Council meeting.
As I and other citizens of the Rogue Valley have stated in previous Council meetings and in numerous letters to
the City, the use of lead ammunition at the Ashland Gun Club is dangerous to the environment, to wildlife, to
the wetlands, to Bear Creek. and to the preservation and public access to the historic Lithia Springs and Native
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American relics. The majority of the Council has ignored the gravity of this information. Consequently, if the
Gun Club lease is renewed, we will regretfully consider joining in a legal suit with other environmental groups
to insure that the Council will take these concerns seriously.
Sincerely,
/s/ Leon Pyle
Leon Pyle
Cc: RGSC
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