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Home My WebLink About03/01/2010 Regular City of Springfield Regular Meeting MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD MONDAY, MARCH 1,2010 The City of Springfield Council met in regular session in the Council Meeting Room, 225 Fifth Street, Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, March 1,2010 at 7:04 p.m., with Mayor Leiken presiding. ATTENDANCE Present were Mayor Leiken and Councilors Ralston, Leezer, Simmons and Pishioneri. Also present were City Manager Gino Grimaldi, Assistant City Manager Jeff Towery, City Attorney Joe Leahy, City Recorder Amy Sowa, and members of the staff. Councilors Lundberg and Wylie were absent (excused). PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Leiken. SPRINGFIELD UPBEAT CONSENT CALENDAR IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR LEEZER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE COUNCIL NAME ON PAGE 2 OF THE FEBRUARY 16 WORK SESSION MINUTES FROM WOODROW TO SIMMONS. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT - LUNDBERG AND WYLIE). 1. Claims 2. Minutes a. February 16,2010 - Work Session b. February 16,2010 - Regular Meeting 3. Resolutions a. RESOLUTION NO. 10-09 - A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD TO AMEND RESOLUTION 09-02. RESOLUTION 09- 40. AND RESOLUTION 09-41 EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS THROUGH MARCH 19.2010. AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 4. Ordinances 5. Other Routine Matters ITEMS REMOVED City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 1,2010 Page 2 PUBLIC HEARINGS - Please limit comments to 3 minutes. Request to speak cards are available at both entrances. Please present cards to City Recorder. Speakers may not yield their time to others. BUSINESS FROM THE AUDIENCE COUNCIL RESPONSE CORRESPONDENCE AND PETITIONS I. Correspondence from Larry Reed, JRH Transportation Engineers, Eugene, Oregon Regarding Decisions by the Lane County Board of Commissioners Regarding the PFSP. 2. Correspondence from R. F. Peterson, Springfield, Oregon Regarding the Cherokee Drive Proposed Wastewater L.l.D. IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI TO ACCEPT THE CORRESPONDENCE FOR FILING. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT - LUNDBERG AND WYLIE). BIDS ORDINANCES BUSINESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL 1. Committee Appointments a. Budget Committee Appointment. Finance Director Bob Duey presented the staff report on this item. The City Council interviewed a candidate for the Budget Committee in work session on February 16th. Current vacancies were for Wards 1 and 2. No candidates applied for.Ward 1. One candidate was interviewed for Ward 2. The Council agreed to appoint Terry Buck to the Ward 2 position for a one year term expiring December 31, 2010. Staff would re-advertise immediately for the recruitment of a Springfield citizen for the Budget Committee from Ward 1. IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI TO APPOINT TERRY BUCK TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, WARD 2 WITH A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31,2010. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT - LUNDBERG AND WYLIE). b. Arts Commission Appointments. Librarian Carrie Schindele-Cupples presented the staff report on this item. The Arts COmlIlission had three vacancies on its board. City staff advertised for three position City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 1,2010 Page 3 openings due to two term expirations of members Charlene Eckman and Robert Winkelman. Karl Kreutzer announced his resignation in November 2009, creating a third opening. The Arts Commission received four applications; one was a request for renewal from Robert Winkelman. All applicants, Robert, Timothy Barton Leslie, Kathleen Smith and Marilee Woodrow attended the February Arts Commission meeting and were interviewed. The Council reviewed the applicants at the February 22,2010 work session. The Arts Commission recommended that Kathleen Smith and Marilee Woodrow be appointed to the commission, and Robert Winkelman be reappointed to the commission, with terms to expire December 31, 2013. The Arts Commission believed all applicants were eligible and qualified to serve on the commission. The Council was requested to appoint the three recommended candidates at the Regular Session on March 1, 2010. IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI TO APPOINT ROBERT WINKELMAN, KATHLEEN SMITH AND MARILEE WOODROW TO THE SPRINGFIELD ARTS COMMISSION WITH TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31,2013. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT - LUNDBERG AND WYLIE). 2. Business from Council a. Committee Reports 1. Councilor Leezer said she met with a Springfield citizen and friend, who presented her with an idea she had learned about while visiting her daughter in Denver, Colorado. Denver had experienced problems with panhandling and homelessness, but had started putting up parking meters for collection of funds that went to agencies that served the homeless population. Councilor Leezer had paperwork from the program in Colorado, had talked with the Mayor about it, and would be contacting St. Vincent DePaul's to see if they would administer the program. There would be a cost of $250 a year for businesses to sponsor a meter and she already had two businesses interested in signing up. The meters would be purchased in Portland. Bud Johnson, owner of Acme Collision had offered to paint the meters and Councilor Leezer would be contacting a local award shop about engraving the meters with a plaque showing the purpose of the meters. She thought it was a great way for the City to be active in helping the homeless population. 2. Councilor Ralston said he and Councilor Pishioneri were part of an AdHoc steering committee for Highway 126, looking at the intersections of 52nd StreetlHwy 126 and Main StreetlHwy 126. They had been meeting for about a year and had eliminated designs to about two or three options. He noted that Commissioner Dwyer had commented on protecting farmland. Two terms that would be coming out more frequently were ''transportation demand management" and "alternative mobility standards". The first referred to ODOT's desire to try to control or manage development that occurred along their highways. It was a way to limit how much traffic was generated in places where they had spent a lot of money. More information on this could be coming forward in a future work session. City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes March I, 2010 Page 4 Mayor Leiken said it was part of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Program. 3. Councilor Leezer said she was a member ofthe Springfield Renaissance Development Corporation (SRDC). The group was looking for their next big project and she had suggested pedestrian lighting, which was received favorably. Brian Barnett and Richard Perry would be attending their next breakfast meeting to discuss all that would be involved in such a project. 4. Mayor Leiken said he was part of a deployment ceremony at the Armory recently, which was incredible. The event was to make sure the families had plenty of services while their loved ones were shipped overseas. Most people were preparing to head to Afghanistan. It was a great opportunity to meet with the families. The people were from all over the country and he had a chance to visit with the Post Commander from Texas. Mayor Leiken said he had participated in the Asian Festival which was held last weekend. It was a good event. Mayor Leiken referred to the delivery of the 125th Anniversary birthday cakes to businesses all over Springfield. He and everyone involved had a great time. When he visited Spring Valley Retirement Home, he met a gentleman that was 102 and a woman that would be 105 in April. 5. Councilor Pishioneri said Travel Lane County Adventure Center would hold their grand opening on Thursday, March 4 at Noon. Kari Westlund had done a great job and it would be worth the stop. They were located in the same shopping center in Gateway as Best Buy. 6. Mayor Leiken said on Thursday, March 4 at 6:00pm, Hop Valley Brewery would be unveiling Springfield's 125th Anniversary Ale. BUSINESS FROM THE CITY MANAGER BUSINESS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at !:lpproximately 7:18 p.m. Minutes Recorder Amy Sowa Attest: Ci~