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SPRINGFIELD
CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Date:
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Estimated Time:
October 15,2007
Regular Session
Development Services
Kitti Gale/Metzg~
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
HISTORIC COMMISSIONER CONFIRMA nON
ACTION REQUESTED:
THE COUNCIL IS REQUESTED TO CONFIRM THEIR
OCTOBER 8TH APPOINTMENT OF KURI GILL TO THE
SPRINGFIELD HISTORIC COMMISSION.
ISSUE STATEMENT:
In work session on October 8, 2007, the Council interviewed and
selected Kuri Gill to serve on the Springfield Historic Commission.
Ms. Gill will serve a four-year term that extends to September 30,
2011
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1 - Historic Commission Current Profiles
Attachment 2 - Candidate Application
BACKGROUND
DISCUSSION
On October 8, 2007, the Council interviewed and selected Kuri Gill
to serve her first, four-year term on the Springfield Historic
Commission. Ms. Gill has a background in historic preservation
and is currently the State of Oregon Historic Cemeteries
Preservationist.
In addition, the Council advised staff to re-open the recruitment
process to fill the seat of retired Historic Commissioner Tama
T ochihara.
mSTORIC COMMISSION ~MBERSHIP PROFILE
09-11-2007
CHAIR, ROXIE METZLER - - - Roxie, a Springfield area resident, is currently serving a
second four-year term. Roxie is a retired teacher recommended by Springfield.School District
#19. She is a resident property owner living on Deerhorn Road near Walterville. She is an Oral
Historian with a Master Degree from the University of Oregon in Special Education. Roxie is a
previous Springfield Museum Board member as well as a volunteer with Sand Mountain Society
and Friends of Huckleberry Mountain. She previously served one term on the Commission from
1994 to 1998. Roxie was appointed to the Commission again in August 2002 to complete a
partial term and then went on to server her second, four-year term that expires 12/31/2010.
VICE CHAIR, TED CORBIN - - - Ted, a Eugene resident, is an Intern Architect ,in a Eugene
fIrm. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon. He has
undergraduate teaching assistant experience from the University of Utah in Architectural History
curriculum and a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of Oregon, which included
coordination and support for two major exhibits. Ted is currently serving his second term that
extends to 09/21/2010.
SECRETARY, PAULA GUTHRIE - - - Recently appointed to the Commission on April 16,
2007. Paula is a Computer System Administrator for the City of Springfield. She is a Eugene
resident that has been an active volunteer at the Springfield Museum, the Springfield Chamber of
Commerce, the Oregon Genealogical Society, Lane Community College's ACCESS Group and
LCC's Transitions to Success panel. One of Paula's goals is to help preserve and maintain the
historical components of Springfield as well as continue to survey historic homes in all areas of
the City and move forward to help the owners and the Historic Commission preserve and
maintain them. She is fmishing the term of James McNett that will expire 04/03/2011
KURI GILL - - - Kuri, a Springfield resident, was recently appointed to the Commission
November of 2006. She is a Springfield property owner who commutes to Salem, Oregon where
she is employed as State Preservationist for Oregon Historic Cemeteries. Kuri assumed the
remaining term of Commissioner Dennis, which will expire 09/30/2007. Has applied for re-
appointment
TAMA TOCBIHARA - - - Term expiration 9/30/2007, declined re-appointment
MAREN TOMBLIN - - - Maren, a'Springfield resident and property owner within the
Washburne Historic District, is a designer for Pivot Architecture. She holds a Masters of
Architecture degree and has a background in preservation from Dubuque, Iowa. \ She was
appointed to the Commission in February 2005 and her current term expires 03/02/2010.i
JOHN TUTTLE - - - His first term expired on Apri130, 2007 and he is seeking a second, four-
year term. John, a Springfield resident and property owner within the Washburne Historic
District, has a background in architecture from the University of Oregon Class of88, Jo~
specializes in home design from his Springfield office. He is serving his second term that will
expire 04/30/2011
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APPLICA TION
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City Manager's Office .
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Citizen Advisory Board I.Commission I COlJlmittee
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