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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 City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page 2 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 City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page 3 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 City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page 4 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 City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page 5 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. City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page 6 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 City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page .7 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. City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page 8 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 City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2011 Page 9 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 Attest: City Recor r