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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApproved Minutes - 2002-05-06 Special1 _. t °� FSK[ os Wt CITY COUNCIL MINUTES May 6, 2002 WF� Mayor Judie Hammerstad called the City Council special meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. on May 6, 2002, in the US Bank Community Room — 2" Floor, 120 North State Street. Present: Mayor Hammerstad, Councilors McPeak, Graham, Hoffman, Turchi, Schoen and Rohde. Staff Present: Doug Schmitz, City Manager 3. COUNCIL BUSINESS 3.1 Real Property Acquisition Doug Schmitz, City Manager, observed that the acquisition of the Jarvis property at the confluence of Tryon Creek and the Willamette River was the culmination of over 10 years of work by the City, Metro and Portland. He reviewed the cost and funding sources. Councilor McPeak moved to approve the purchase of the 6.5 -acre Jarvis property at 14110 Stampher Road, and to authorize the City Manager to execute all escrow documents for this acquisition. Monies for the purchase of the Jarvis property will be funded by $576,000 from the parks fund for land acquisition with the balance of $1,074,000 funded by the 1998 open space bonds for a total of $1,650,000 plus closing costs. Councilor Turchi seconded the motion. Councilor McPeak moved that the City Manager continue negotiations with the City of Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services and with Metro for an intergovernmental agreement, which will reimburse Lake Oswego ($500,000 from Portland and $350,000 from Metro) with funds to be deposited into the City's open space bond acquisition fund. Councilor Turchi seconded the motion. Mayor Hammerstad commented that the Jarvis property has been the Natural Resource Advisory Board's first priority for acquisition for a number of years but it was too expensive until the City found the necessary partners in Metro and Portland. She expressed the Council's pleasure at this opportunity to protect the mouth of Tryon Creek with this purchase of a valuable property along the Willamette River. She mentioned the high natural resource and open space values of the property. Councilor Schoen expressed the Council's thanks to Mr. Schmitz and Bob Kincaid, Chief of Staff, for their perseverance and hard work in accomplishing this goal. Mr. Schmitz expressed his thanks to Mr. Kincaid for nursing the acquisition to the end. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed with Mayor Hammerstad, Councilors McPeak, Graham, Hoffman, Turchi, Schoen and Rohde voting aye. [7-0] 3.2 Planning Commission applications Mayor Hammerstad noted that, of the five applicants for the two open positions on the Planning Commission, two were incumbents: one has served for only one year while the other has served only one term. She spoke of reappointing the incumbents, as they were relatively new and just getting some expertise, which was how the Council handled a similar situation with the Budget Committee. She asked if the Council wanted to interview the remaining three well - City Council Special Meeting Minutes Pagel of 2 May 6, 2002 qualified applicants, knowing that it would reappoint the incumbents, or did it want to ask the three to reapply for the next vacancies. Councilor Graham spoke to reappointing the two incumbents and interviewing the remaining three applicants for the alternate position. Councilor Hoffman asked if the ordinance specified a public process for appointing Planning Commissioners, given that they also served as the Citizen Involvement Commission under Goal 1. Mr. Schmitz said that when he discussed the situation with the City Attorney today, Mr. Powell did not raise an issue about the appointment process. Councilor Hoffman spoke to having an open public process in appointing the Planning Commissioners. He indicated that he did not mind interviewing the three applicants, but the Council should inform them that it intended to reappoint the two incumbents because they have done a good job and served only a short time. Councilors Turchi, Rohde and McPeak each indicated his/her willingness to interview the three applicants. Mayor Hammerstad summarized the Council's decision as informing the remaining three via a letter that the interview was for the alternate position and that the City would keep their applications on file. Mayor Hammerstad indicated that she would have Shirley e-mail the Councilors with the interview times to see who was available. She suggested that more than two Councilors conduct the interviews, given the importance of this commission to the Council. 3.3 Willamette Shore Rail Line Consortium Councilor Rohde reported that the Consortium, at its last meeting, requested that Lake Oswego submit a letter to the Portland Planning Commission regarding the alignment, which the Commission was considering for the streetcar in the North Macadam district. He asked for the tacit approval of the Council for him to put the letter together. Mayor Hammerstad explained that the problem was that OHSU intended to bring the streetcar from the Portland State area down to the Willamette River, which defeated the idea of having good efficient transit coming in from Lake Oswego to Portland by making the trip 10 minutes longer than if the trip ended as originally proposed. She indicated that the Council would testify in this letter to the Portland Planning Commission that it preferred having a viable transit option, which was more direct. Hearing no objections, she directed Councilor Rohde to write the letter. 4. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hammerstad adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, 1 Robyn Chi stie City Recorder APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: ON August 6, 2002 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 2 May 6, 2002