Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Council Chambers, 1175 E Main Street

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6:00 P.M. Regular Business Meeting*

1. CALL TO ORDER
   • Land Acknowledgment**
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. MAYOR’S/CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
   • Juneteenth National Independence Day Proclamation
   • Proclamation Celebrating National Polinator Week
5. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ***
   • Minutes of the June 14, 2022, Business Meeting
   • Minutes of the May 24, 2022, Special Business Meeting
   • Minutes of the May 15, 2023, Study Session
   • Minutes of the May 16, 2023, Business Meeting
   • Minutes of the May 25, 2023, Special Study Session
6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS
   1. Don Bieghler, City Band Director Recognition
   2. Climate and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (CEPAC):
      Greenhouse Gas Emissions Recommendations
7. CITY MANAGER REPORT
8. PUBLIC FORUM (15 minutes) (Public input or comment from the audience on City business not included on the agenda.)
9. CONSENT AGENDA
   • City Attorney Profile and Recruitment Process
   • Liquor License Approval for BP Products North America (DBA ARCO AM-PM) at 2380 Highway 66
   • Planning Commission Appointments
   • Climate and Environment Policy Advisory Committee Appointment
   • Public Arts Committee Appointment
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
    (Hearings shall conclude at 8:00 p.m. and be continued to a future date to be set by the Council, unless the Council, by a two-thirds vote of those present, extends the hearing(s) until up to 9:30 p.m. at which time the Council shall set a date for continuance and shall proceed with the balance of the agenda.)
    • Public Hearing for the BN 2023-2025 Approval of Budget Related Resolutions Budget and Property Tax Levy​
      • Resolution 2023-10 Adopting BN 2023-2025 Budget and Appropriations
      • Resolution 2023-11 Certifying City of Ashland Services
      • Resolution 2023-12 Declaring the City’s Election to Receive State Revenues
      • Resolution 2023-13 Levying Property Taxes for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
      • Resolution 2023-15 Allocating Transit Lodging Tax proceeds to Travel Ashland
    • Resolution 2023-14 Adopting Miscellaneous Fees and Charges for Fiscal Year July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 
11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
12. NEW BUSINESS
    • Governor’s Emergency Order 2023-02 related “All In” Overnight Shelter Grant
    • Early Learning Small Grant Opportunity- support for up to 35 additional early learning seats in Ashland
13. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS
14. OTHER BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS/REPORTS FROM COUNCIL LIAISONS
15. ADJOURNMENT OF BUSINESS MEETING

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Manager’s office at 541.488.6002 (TTY phone number 1.800.735.2900).  Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title I).
*    Items on the Agenda not considered due to time constraints are automatically continued to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting [AMC 2.04.030.(D)(3)]
**  LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: We acknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on whose ancestral homelands we work—the Ikirakutsum Band of the Shasta Nation, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today. We honor the first stewards in the Rogue Valley and the lands we love and depend on: Tribes with ancestral lands in and surrounding the geography of the Ashland Watershed include the original past, present and future indigenous inhabitants of the Shasta, Takelma, and Athabaskan people.  We also recognize and acknowledge the Shasta village of K’wakhakha – “Where the Crow Lights” – that is now the Ashland City Plaza.
***Agendas and minutes for City of Ashland Council, Commission and Committee meetings may be found at the City website, ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp.