Public Notice: ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

October 14, 2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Council Chambers, 1175 E Main Street
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Public testimony will be accepted for both public forum items and agenda items. 

If you would like to submit written testimony or if you wish to speak electronically during the meeting, please complete the Public Testimony Form no later than 10 a.m. the day of the meeting.

5:00 p.m. Executive Session

  1. To conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions pursuant to ORS 192.660 (2)(e).

6 p.m. Regular Business Meeting*

  1. CALL TO ORDER
    1. Land Acknowledgement**
  2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  3. ROLL CALL
  4. MAYOR’S/ CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT
  5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
    • Minutes of September 30, 2024 – Study Session Meeting
    • Minutes of October 1, 2024 – Business Meeting
  6. CONSENT AGENDA
    • Contract Approval with Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon
    • Approval of Liquor License for Third Phase LLC DBA Oberon’s
    • Resolution 2024-27 NHMP Adoption
    • Public Arts Advisory Committee Appointment
  7. CONTRACTS
  8. PUBLIC HEARING
    • Ordinance 3247 – An ordinance amending the Ashland Urban Growth Boundary map to correct an error for the properties at 375 and 475 East Nevada St.
    • First Reading – ORD 3244 Amending AMC 2.10 to Establish Uniform Policies and Operating Procedures for City Council and Management Advisory Committees
  9. PUBLIC FORUM
    • 15 minutes – Public input or comment on City business not included on the agend
  10. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
    • Water Treatment Plant Funding
  11. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS
    • Resolution 2024-29 Declaring the City Council’s Intent to Initiate a Pilot Program for Portable Business Signs in Commercial
  12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
    • Appointment of Municipal Judge
  13. CITY MANAGER REPORT
  14. NEW BUSINESS
  15. OTHER BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS/REPORTS FROM COUNCIL LIAISONS
  16. ADJOURNMENT

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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

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