HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/17/2011 RegularCity of Springfield
Regular Meeting
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011
The City of Springfield Council met in regular session in the Council Chambers, 225 Fifth Street,
Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, October 3, 2011 at 7:06 p.m., with Mayor Lundberg presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Present were Mayor Lundberg and Councilors Pishioneri, VanGordon, Wylie, Moore, Ralston
and Woodrow. Also present were City Manager Gino Grimaldi, Assistant City Manager Jeff
Towery, City Attorney Joe Leahy, City Attorney Matthew Cox, City'Recorder Amy Sowa and
members of the staff.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Lundberg.
Mayor Lundberg said the order of the agenda would be changed. Springfield Upbeat would be
first, followed by Business from the Audience, Consent Calendar and the remainder of the
agenda.
SPRINGFIELD UPBEAT
1. "Extra Mile Day" Proclamation
Mayor Lundberg proclaimed November 1, 2011 as "Extra Mile Day". She urged each individual
in our community to take time on this day to not only "go the extra mile'.' in his or her own life,
but to also acknowledge all those around who were inspirational in their efforts and commitment
to make their organizations, families, community, country, or world a better place.
2. Recognition of Mercedes Russell.
Mayor Lundberg introduced Mercedes Russell, a senior from Springfield High School. Mayor
Lundberg acknowledged some of Ms. Russell's many accomplishments as a high school and U 16
USA Olympic basketball player. Ms. Russell is currently the #I recruit in the nation for the class
of 2013, and maintains a GPA of 3.6.
Councilor Wylie wished Mercedes the best of luck in her years ahead.
BUSINESS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Mayor Lundberg acknowledged the large crowd in attendance and asked that audience members
remain. respective of the speakers.
Lavonne Hamlin, 1242 N Street, Springfield, OR. Ms. Hamlin said it was a well-known fact
that abortion clinics like the one proposed at 3579 Franklin Boulevard, brought blight to the
community and not revitalization as the City of Springfield was hoping. She quoted.from the
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November 9 Register Guard article from the Right-to-Life Executive Director regarding
allegations of wrongdoing against Planned Parenthood affiliates. Planned Parenthood was
America's number one abortion provider and much of their revenue was in abortions.
According to its own 2009 annual report, abortion was nearly 40% of Planned Parenthood
clinics' income, yet they claimed it only accounted for 3% of their services. Their
headquarters had mandated that every. affiliate must perform abortions by the end of 2013.
There would be two processing rooms at the Glenwood facility dedicated to performing
abortions. Lane County Health Department's Charnelton Community Clinic already provided
excellent care for low-income women for their health needs, so she questioned why these
services were being duplicated.in this facility that would also perform abortions. She cited the
U.S. General's findings of overbilling at New Jersey's Planned Parenthood affiliates. Locally
Planned Parenthood was taking $74,000 from HUD and our local community, which was
supposed to support struggling homeowners. In.the last ten years, Planned Parenthood had
received nearly $3M in tax dollars. She noted that Ed Krupka was presenting 2182 signatures,
mostly from Springfield residents, requesting the City stop the building of this facility in
Glenwood. They were all very disappointed in the Springfield City Council's decision to
allow this facility into our community.
The petition presented by Mr. Krupka was entered into the record.
2. Linda Teutsch, 6579 E Street, Springfield, OR. Ms. Teutsch said she came representing
concerned citizens, post abortive women and men who regretted their abortions. She
recounted that as a young woman, she visited Planned Parenthood and was only given a list
of abortion doctors in the area, not adoption agencies or pregnancy crisis centers. At that
time, they didn't offer her any other options except abortion, although they were not
providing them at that time. It was legal to perform abortions, but not everything that was
legal was right. She offered other examples of laws that were not right such as slavery in our
country in the early years, and Hitler's laws to collect Jewish, Christian, and Catholic people.
This still cost unborn babies their lives and women a lifetime of regret. There was an impact
to every decision and there was an impact to our City by allowing Planned Parenthood to
come into our community. She wanted to be available to help the Springfield City Council
make more informed choices. She said she spoke for many people in this room who regretted
their choice for abortion. Planned Parenthood built under the guise of education and health.
She urged the Council to consider this for future decisions.
3. MaryEllen York, 958 Lawrence Street, Eugene, OR. Ms. York said she also spoke as a post
abortive woman. She had four abortions and had suffered for those. Seventeen years ago she
was in an auto accident and turned her life to God. She had mercy for all the pro-choice
people here because she felt they didn't know the truth. By post-abortive women being here
speaking, they would find out the truth. Planned Parenthood said they were helping low-
income women, yet she had to wait many years for housing. She didn't know how Planned
Parenthood could get a grant for a large amount of money to build their building when they
had such a large net profit. She spoke of a previous manager of'a Planned Parenthood facility
that- witnessed an abortion that changed her life. This facility was not going to help our
community.
4. Arline Link, 564 66`x' Street, Springfield, OR. Ms. Link submitted papers that showed why
she was opposed to building an abortion clinic in Glenwood. She knew the City couldn't stop
it, but she wanted to speak out. Abortions were allowed in Oregon throughout all nine months
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of pregnancy due to the Oregon Supreme Court decision. In 2006, over 240 abortions of
pregnancies five months and beyond occurred in Oregon. Oregon did not have a law that
required its free standing abortion clinics to be licensed or regulated by the State Health
Department. She noted testimony that verified that in 2003, and had not seen anything that
changed that fact since that time. Abortion was supposed to stop child abuse, but it had
brought about an epidemic of child abuse. She referred to a photo of a baby that was one-hour
old. Partial birth abortion was legal and people needed to be educated on what that meant.
She referred to another photo of a 22 week old baby that was fully formed. At 10 weeks old,
they were babies, not tissue. She resented that Springfield would become a hub for killing
babies.
5. Kevin Cronin, 952 Prescott Lane, Springfield, OR. Mr. Cronin said as a young Catholic.
Springfield resident, he welcomed Planned Parenthood to the community. Planned
Parenthood provided access to health care for both men and women that saved lives. He did ..
not currently have health insurance, yet was able to be informed about his health through
testing at Planned Parenthood. Far too many young people were in the same situation of
having no insurance. The government had failed young people as their basic health care needs
had not been met. He noted some of the testing provided by Planned Parenthood such as
breast cancer screening, HIV testing, and sexually transmitted disease testing. Planned
Parenthood had stepped out in filling this important cornerstone of healthcare in our
Springfield community. .
6. Bill Diss, 1435 SW 175th, Beaverton, OR. Mr. Diss said he was a representative of the State
Council of Oregon, Knights of Columbus as the Pro-Life Director of the state. In the last year
Planned Parenthood performed 132,278 abortions. Mr. Diss said he was also a public school
teacher, and the number of abortions done each year would fill all the schools in the Portland
School District seven times. The number of students in the Portland School District was down
to the levels of 1970. Over the last five years, Planned Parenthood had performed 1.5million
abortions. He found it ironic that Planned Parenthood received HUD funds when they had
made nearly Million over the last five years. In 2007, they had a profit of $115million.
Planned Parenthood spent millions on the public process to elect people. In 2006, Planned
Parenthood and other affiliates spent nearly $1million to try to stop a measure that would
allow parental notification. He said their educational videos used real children
inappropriately, and used offensive language towards women. Planned Parenthood was about
population control. He said their founder was a racist trying to eliminate ethnic populations
and he provided more current statistics. He was not sure why the City wanted this agency in
their community.
7. Curtiss Greer, 357 55th Street, Springfield, OR. Mr. Greer felt. Council was treading on a
slippery slope when they approved the funding for Planned Parenthood. It supported abortion
up to eight months, and one child only per family in China, with punishment for having a
second child. Council says they couldn't do anything, but he felt something could be done.
He spoke regarding a recent article in the newspaper. Schools received over 50% of all tax
dollars. The Relief Nursery came to Council with $2.5million and the City provided them an
additional $50,000. By doing this, they would cover up the problem,,not address the problem.
He also spoke regarding the Arts Center project and the job not getting done right the first'
time, There was no indication anyone would be held accountable to make sure it would be
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done right this time. The money raised to do this came from people that defended their
country and now had to pay high fees, such as the banner, fees.
8. Sandee Bybee, 779 Island Street, Springfield, OR. Ms. Bybee said as an employee of Planned
Parenthood and a long-time supporter of Planned Parenthood, she understood how the topic
of their organization brought up perceptions and assumptions, sometimes inaccurate and
shaped by misinformation. Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon (PPSO) was
primarily a health care services provider and educator of the community. They provided
preventative and essential health care services that included life saving breast cancer and
cervical cancer screenings, annual physical exams for low-income women, birth control
counseling and prescriptions, sexually transmitted infection testing, counseling and treatment,
HIV tests, safe sex information and access, and provided information about maintaining and
achieving healthy relationships. They also provided a variety of referrals to the men and
women in the community to receive psychological care, other access to primary health care
services, as well as information related to unexpected pregnancies that included both adoption
services and pre-natal counseling. PPSO was also the region's most respected provider of
medically accurate sexuality education for youth and adults as a way of training professionals
who work with youth and families. Their education programs reached nearly 25,000
individuals each year. Along with age appropriate sexuality education in the schools, they had
developed a variety of other programs that assisted adults serving the youth, including faith
based organizations. Essential health care services and education were the foundation of the
work done by PPSO, but they did remain committed to preserving access to all reproductive
health including abortion services. Abortions accounted for less than .02% of the patients
served by PPSO each year. The goal of their health care, education; and outreach was to give
men, women, and teens the information and health services they needed to make healthy
choices, prevent unwanted pregnancies and plan for the families they wanted when they were
ready. They were an organization that supported people throughout their life in reproductive
health areas. She hoped they would consider the 99% of the work PPSO did in this
community.
Mayor Lundberg thanked everyone for attending and speaking out this evening.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Claims
a. Approval of the September 2011, Disbursements for Approval.
2. Minutes
a. September 26, 2011 - Work Session
b. October 3, 2011 - Work Session
c. October 3, 2011 - Regular Meeting
d. October 10, 2011 - Work Session
3. Resolutions
4. Ordinances
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5. Other Routine Matters
a. Acceptance of Financial Reports for June 30, 2011
b. Approval of the Liquor License Endorsement for The Washburne Cafe, Located at 326
Main Street, Springfield, Oregon.
c. Authorize City Manager to Sign a Contract with Bound Tree Medical, LLC for
Procurement of EMS Supplies and Equipment.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI WITH A -SECOND BY COUNCILOR
RALSTON TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH CHECKS #109113 AND
#109364 OF THE SEPTEMBER 2011 DISBURSEMENTS REMOVED. THE MOTION
PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 6 FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
ITEMS REMOVED
1. Claims -Checks #109113 and #109364 of the September 2011 Disbursements.
Councilor VanGordon declared a conflict of interest and recused himself from this item as the
referenced checks were payable to his employer.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
RALSTON TO APPROVE CHECKS #109113 and #109364 OF THE SEPTEMBER 2011
DISBURSEMENTS. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A .VOTE OF 5 FOR AND 0
AGAINST (1 ABSTENTION - VANGORDON).
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.
1. Supplemental Budget Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 11-29 - A RESOLUTION ADJUSTING RESOURCES AND
REQUIREMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING FUNDS: GENERAL, STREET, JAIL
OPERATIONS SPECIAL REVENUE TRANSIENT ROOM TAX COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING CODE, FIRE LOCAL OPTION LEVY, POLICE LOCAL
OPTION LEVY BANCROFT REDEMPTION BOND SINKING SANITARY SEWER
CAPITAL, REGIONAL WASTEWATER REVENUE BOND CAPITAL PROJECTS,
DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS STORM
DRAINAGE CAPITAL, POLICE BUILDING BOND CAP PROJECT, REGIONAL
WASTEWATER CAPITAL STREET CAPITAL SDC LOCAL STORM
JMPROVEMENT SDC LOCAL STORM REIMBURSEMENT SANITARY SEWER
REIMBURSEMENT SDC, SANITARY SEWER R4PROVEMENT SDC, SDC REGIONAL
WASTEWATER REIMBURSEMENT. SDC REGIONAL WASTEWATER
IMPROVEMENT SDC TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT SDC
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT. LOCAL WASTEWATER OPERATIONS
REGIONAL WASTEWATER, AMBULANCE, STORM DRAINAGE OPERATIONS
BOOTH-KELLY, REGIONAL FIBER CONSORTIUM, INSURANCE VEHICLE &
EQUIPMENT, AND SDC ADMINISTRATION FUNDS.
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Finance Director Bob Duey presented the staff report on this item. At various times during the
fiscal year the Council was requested to make adjustments to the annual budget to reflect needed
changes in planned activities, to recognize new revenues, or to make other required adjustments.
These adjustments to resources and requirements changed the current budget and were processed
through supplemental budget requests scheduled by the Finance Department on an annual basis.
This was the first of three scheduled FY 12 supplemental budget requests to come before Council.
The supplemental budget being presented included adjusting resources and requirements in the
General, Street, Jail Operations, Special Revenue, Transient Room Tax, Community
Development, Building Code, Fire Local Option Levy, Police Local Option Levy, Bancroft
Redemption, Bond Sinking, Sanitary Sewer Capital, Regional Wastewater Revenue Bond Capital
Projects, Development Assessment Capital, Development Projects, Storm.Drainage Capital,
Police Building Bond Capital Project, Regional Wastewater Capital, Street Capital, SDC Local
.Storm Improvement, SDC Local Storm. Reimbursement, Sanitary Sewer Reimbursement SDC,
Sanitary Sewer Improvement SDC, SDC Regional Wastewater Reimbursement, SDC Regional
Wastewater Improvement, SDC Transportation Reimbursement, SDC Transportation
Improvement, Local Wastewater Operations, Regional Wastewater, Ambulance, Storm Drainage
Operations, Booth-Kelly, Regional Fiber Consortium, Insurance, Vehicle & Equipment, and SDC
Administration Funds.
The overall financial impact of the Supplemental Budget Resolution involved increasing Capital
Projects ($5,877,146), increasing Reserves ($2,939,653), increasing other Non-Department
($473,982) and increasing Operating ($1,833,672). These were offset by Beginning Cash
adjustments of ($9,325,943), Grants ($1,141,765), new revenue ($424,857) and other Fund
transfers ($231,888).
The City Council was asked to approve the attached Supplemental Budget Resolution.
Mayor Lundberg opened the public hearing.
No one appeared to speak.
Mayor Lundberg closed the public hearing.
IT WAS MOVED BY.COUNCILOR PISHIONERI WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
RALSTON TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 11-29. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A
VOTE OF 6 FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
COUNCIL RESPONSE
CORRESPONDENCE AND PETITIONS
BIDS
ORDINANCES
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
1. Committee Appointments
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a. Library Advisory Board Appointments.
Library Director Rob Everett presented the staff report on this item. In order to fill two new
Council authorized board positions, the Library Advisory Board posted those positions during
the months of August & September. They interviewed 5 of 6 applicants (Ms. Wittorff did not
interview) at their October 4t' meeting and wished to recommend the two successful
candidates.
Janice Friend was a six-year resident, small business owner (Friend Court Reporting and Real
Time Captioning), and avid library user. She was interested in helping the Library make the
most effective use of new technologies while retaining its family friendly emphasis on
community and literacy.
Barbara'Stramler was a six year resident who had been an active volunteer at her children's
schools (Thurston High School, Briggs Middle School, Page Elementary). She was also
active in the local Camp Fire Girls organization. She and her children were regular visitors to
the, Library and one of her priorities was. to retain and, some day, expand, current library
operating hours and services.
The Board. recommended that Ms. Friend & Ms. Stramler be appointed to the for four-year
terms running from January 2012 until December 31, 2015.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI WITH A SECOND BY
COUNCILOR RALSTON TO APPOINT JANICE FRIEND TO THE SPRINGFIELD
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WITH A TERM FROM JANUARY 2012 UNTIL
DECEMBER 31, 2015. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 6 FOR AND 0
AGAINST.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI WITH A SECOND BY
COUNCILOR RALSTON TO APPOINT BARBARA STRAMLER TO THE
SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WITH A TERM FROM JANUARY
2012 UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2015. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 6
FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
2. Business from Council
a. Committee Reports
L Councilor Pishioneri reported that he had been appointed to a subcommittee of
the McKenzie Watershed Council to review their charter. He did not agree with
the voting practices in their current charter.
Councilor Ralston said they needed to look at what constituted a quorum.
2. Councilor Pishioneri said he was meeting with staff from the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) next week in regards to fishing access along the
McKenzie River in the next. year. He would continue his stance for public access,
and catch and keep along that stretch of the river.
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b. Other Business
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY MANAGER
1. Intergovernmental Agreement with Lane County Concerning Jurisdictional Transfer of .
Portions of Glenwood Boulevard and E. 17th Avenue.
City Engineer Ken Vogeney presented, the staff report on this item. Staff from the City, Lane
County, and Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) had met to discuss the impact on
Glenwood Boulevard due to the Willamette River Bridge construction closure of the northbound
I-5 off ramp to Franklin Boulevard and detour to Glenwood Boulevard. The detour began on
October 3 and would remain in place for two years. Lane County currently had jurisdiction of
Glenwood Boulevard from Franklin Boulevard south to about the bottom of the hill. The City
had jurisdiction from that point to the southerly line of E. 22nd Avenue, and ODOT had
jurisdiction of the remainder of the road up to and over I-5.
The proposed intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the City and Lane County provided
for the County to resurface Glenwood Boulevard, from Franklin Boulevard south to E. 22nd
Avenue, and to resurface its portion of E. 17th Avenue, from Glenwood Boulevard west to the
entrance of the County's Central Receiving Station. The current cost estimate for this street
resurfacing was $495,000. Lane County and ODOT had entered into an IGA whereby ODOT
would pay $150,000 to the County toward, resurfacing the northbound lane of Glenwood
Boulevard from E. 22nd Avenue to Franklin Boulevard after ODOT removed the detour. The
County would do the remainder of the resurfacing at their expense, with the exception that the
City would pay for the new bridge joints on the Glenwood Boulevard Bridge over the Union
Pacific Railroad line. After the County completed the resurfacing project, the City agreed to
request jurisdictional transfer of the County's portion of Glenwood Boulevard and E. 17th
Avenue.
Although adding these streets to the City's street inventory would increase the City's
maintenance needs, these streets would have new surfacing before the City took jurisdiction, and
staff believed that reducing the number of jurisdictions involved would simplify on-going
transportation planning and redevelopment options in Glenwood. Therefore, staff recommended
Council approval of the proposed Intergovernmental Agreement.
Councilor Ralston said East 17th Avenue had a lot of large truck traffic coming from the Lane
County Transfer Station, causing the road. to deteriorate. He was concerned that maintenance of
that road would be the City's responsibility once the jurisdictional transfer was in place.
Mr. Vogeney said all of the properties along East. 17th Avenue were annexed into the City except
the actual street. Before the City took over jurisdiction, Lane County would repair the road.
Mayor Lundberg thanked staff for their work on this item.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR PISHIONERI WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
RALSTON TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE JURISDICTIONAL
TRANSFER OF PORTIONS OF GLENWOOD BOULEVARD AND OF E. 17TH AVENUE
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FROM LANE COUNTY TO THE CITY. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 6
FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
Mr. Grimaldi reminded the Mayor and Council of the tour to Hillsboro next Monday in lieu of a
Council meeting.
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:50 p.m.
Minutes Recorder Amy Sowa
Christine L. Lundberg
Mayor
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