Tuesday May 7, 2024
Council Chambers, 1175 E Main Street

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4:30 p.m. Executive Session

1. To review and evaluate the employment-related performance of the chief executive officer of any public body, a public officer, employee or staff member who does not request an open hearing pursuant to ORS 192.660 (2)(i).
2. To consult with counsel concerning the legal rights and duties of a public body with regard to current litigation or litigation likely to be filed pursuant to ORS 192.660 (2)(h).

6 p.m. Regular Business Meeting*

1. CALL TO ORDER
   • Land Acknowledgement**
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. MAYOR’S/CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
   • Historic Preservation Proclamation
   • Asian American Heritage Proclamation
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ***
   • Minutes of the April 12, 2024 – Council Retreat
   • Minutes of the April 15, 2024 – Study Session Meeting
   • Minutes of April 16, 2024- Business Meeting
6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
   • Childcare Ad Hoc Committee update
7. CITY MANAGER REPORT
8. PUBLIC FORUM (15 minutes – Public input or comment on City business not included on the agenda)
9. CONSENT AGENDA
   • Advisory Committee Reappointments
   • Committee Appointments
   • Housing and Human Services Advisory Committee (HHSC)Public Arts Advisory committee (PAAC)Climate and Environmental Policy Advisory Committee (CEAP)
   • Liquor License Approval for ARCO AMPM #7023 2380 Hwy 66
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
    • 2200 Ashland St. Ad Hoc Committee Appointments
12. NEW BUSINESS
    • Playwright Walk Initiative
    • Reestablishing Municipal Audit Commission
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 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.