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All right, I show it's 6:00.

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Let's go ahead and call to order tonight's meeting of the Corvallis City Council.

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City recorder, roll call please.

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Mayor Maughan?

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Councilors Napack? Lewis?

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Kadena?

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Eight councilors present, Your Honor.

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Next up, looking for approval of tonight's

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I move to approve the agenda. I'll second.

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The Corvallis City Council asks community members to register in advance, but also

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offers limited opportunities to sign up at the meeting.

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The comm- community members may indicate their interest in providing comment this

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evening by using the sign-up sheet in the back of the room, or using the raise hand

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function in Zoom when your desired opportunity for public testimony is reached.

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We do have two presentations today, so community comments will be after that.

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Up first, we have the Corvallis Arts Center annual report for the fiscal year

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twenty twenty-four, twenty twenty-five.

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Good evening, mayor and city council.

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Uh, tonight I have the pleasure of introducing

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Erin, Erin, Gavigan, as the executive

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director of the Corvallis Arts Center.

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As s- many of you know, the Corvallis Arts Center

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is owned by the City of Corvallis, the facility itself, the

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building itself, and it's operated by the nonprofit,

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Corvallis Arts Center Incorporated.

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ag- agreement with the city council and the city

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is the city council provides fifty-four thousand dollars

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annually to the arts center, to help operate the

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arts center, and then in turn, owes an annual

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report as well as financial statements to the city that

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on-- starting on electronic page nineteen, you'll see the,

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review from the city's finance department of their financial

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statements, and a, and an approval for those, those

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financial reviews. And up next is

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Erin.

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I'm excited to get to talk to you all.

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Um, I also wanna thank, I have a couple of board members with me.

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Thank you for being here.

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Sorry. How's that?

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Perfect. Thank you.

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Great. Okay. Um, the arts

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center positively impacts the city of Corvallis' economic

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vitality, quality of life, and visitor attraction

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through the visual arts.

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Okay. Next slide. There we go. All right.

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Um, so the city of Corvallis' strategic plan and twenty forty

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vision call for cultivating community identity centered on

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arts, culture, recreation, and celebration.

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The arts center is a primary driver on this vision

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action.

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Through, free exhibitions, community arts programming,

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artist entrepreneurship, development, youth education, and

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str- and the strategic expansion of accessible arts

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infrastructure, the arts center directly advances the city's goals of economic

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vitality, social connection, and cultural

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distinction. Our fiscal year twenty-five work reflects not

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only artistic excellence, but intentional alignment with the city's

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long-term strategy for a vibrant, creative Corvallis.

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In many ways, the arts center serves as the city's primary visual

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arts partner. Be helping to translate, to

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translate the community's cultural, aspirations into

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accessible programs, creative opportunities, and shared public

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Um, the arts center's curator and a twelve-member, community-based

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exhibition committee work together to select each year's main

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exhibitions and those mounted in our more emerging and experimental

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space for the fiscal year '25.

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Arts education is a main part of the Art Center's work in the

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community. Um, for the fiscal year '25, it was a really a time of

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growth for us. We're, we're really starting to experiment with expanding our

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arts education programs. We do this through community arts

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programs that are free monthly events led by the Art

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include things like Second Saturday and the Fourth Tuesday Craft Night at the

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Corvallis Library. We also have project-based learning classes

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for youth, which are fee-based, but we do have scholarships available for

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those. Um, and arts, community part,

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yeah, arts community, partners such as the City of Corvallis Parks and

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Library. In fiscal year '25, the Art Center

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participated in fifty-six community events.

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events, including Creation Station, which is the, TAC

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This is a snapshot of, our financials,

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our expenses and revenue for fiscal year '25.

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overview of this. Um, you'll see that the bulk of our total

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revenue is from grants. Um, the grants is inclusive

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of government grants, so the funding that we get from the city of Corvallis is

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individual contributions, which include direct annual gifts from

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individuals, as well as contributions to our

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endowments. In our expenses, you will see

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that the bulk of our expenses do go towards, producing the programs that we

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do, with management and fundraising being the rest of our

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So looking forward, I wanna share a little bit with you.

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called TAC Forward, which is our expansion project.

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Uh, since I talked to you last year, we've completed our

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feasibility for expansion. The board and staff have gone

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through, visioning sessions, and we

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have contracted with an architect to help us design our programming for

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several findings that came out, but the one that is probably the most visible,

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showed up in both the key findings and our strategic recommendations,

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which was that we have some space constraint issues at the

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Art Center. The Art Center has been in the same footprint for over

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sixty-three years. Um, and the strategic

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recommendation c- that came out of that, obviously, is to identify additional

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space for the Art Center, as well as to retrofit the current

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I wanna talk a little bit about how this expansion aligns with, Imagine

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Corvallis 2040. Um, Imagine Corvallis identifies arts

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and culture as an essential community, identity, economic

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resilience, and quality of life.

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areas, where the culture is important, which is culturi-

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cultivating a distinct cultural identity, expanding

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equitable access to the arts, strengthening the creative

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economy, and investing in cultural infrastructure for the

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future. This expansion, expanding

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the footpi- footprint of the Art Center, of course, transforms it

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physically. Um, but what it also does is it transforms TAC into a

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comprehensive community art center, directly advancing the city's

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The Art Center expansion, is two-phase project.

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26th of this year. It is, as you can see from the

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aerial 3D, image here, is right next

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primary education space. Um, so in addition

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to an exterior elevator and, to the building to make it fully

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art-making classrooms and art supply retail space, which is something

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that's very much needed in the community of Corvallis.

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and reflect. Uh, low-cost short-term artist

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studios for project-based work. A community art

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gallery for the Art Center students and other community e-

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exhibition opportunities. Um, jewelry making, stained

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glass, printmaking, a two-bedroom apartment to host

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artists in residence, and office space for eight of our staff

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members. Phase two will

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facility. We expect this phase to start, in

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fiscal year '27, '28. But very early plans

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include an interior elevator and a new rear entrance to the

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building to make it fully ADA accessible, an expanded

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main gallery space, a renovated art shop, a multi-use

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lecture and meeting space, and a digital lab

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Forward positions Corvallis not only as a city that supports the

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arts, but as a city built around them by expanding arts

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learning, artist development, and public cultural space.

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TAC Forward will help ensure that arts and culture remain a defining

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feature of Corvallis' identity well into the future.

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As part of our shared commitment to Imagine

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Corvallis 2040, the Arts Center is open to,

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ongoing discussions with the city regarding the potential transfer of

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ownership of 700 Southwest Madison Avenue to the Arts

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Center, which kind of brings us full circle actually, because the Arts

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the city took ownership of it, and that was, again, about 60 years

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Together with the City of Corvallis, the Arts Center has spent more than 60 years

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cultivating a vibrant arts ecosystem that strengthens community

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identity, economic vitality, and the quality of life through

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exhibitions, arts education, and ent- entrepreneurship

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programs. The TAC Forward expansion and the TAC Forward

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expansion, the Art- Arts Center is building the

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cultural infrastructure necessary to meet the aspirations of the

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Imagine Corvallis 2040 vision. As our community grows and

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evolves, the Arts Center remains committed to ensuring that arts and

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creativity cont- continue to be central to what makes Corvallis a

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remarkable place to live, learn, work, and play.

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The future of Corvallis is creative, and the Arts Center is proud to help

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lead that way. Thank you.

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Thank you very much. That was a, a lot of information.

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Kind of exciting. Counselors, any

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questions? Counselor Cadena?

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say, the report and your presentation,

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just amazing, awesome. It's really amazing to see the progress

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that's, that's happened. Uh, as you know, I was on the Arts Center board quite a

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few years ago, so to see the evolution of the organization and the

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vision that you're looking forward to for the future, what it'll mean for the

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community is just... It's, it's, breathtaking to

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see. So thank you.

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Thank you. We, we appreciate that.

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Councilor Meyers?

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university, the, the, community college, and

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the public schools, and/or the public schools at

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all.

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Um, we are, we're currently partnering with the public

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schools. Um, we, help the,

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the... I'm trying to remember the exact name of the All Corvallis Arts

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exhibit, that they, that the public schools do each year.

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We help support that, and are collaborating with them in the

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future on perha- perhaps having some sites for portions of that

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exhibit out off of the school property.

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Um, so there's more accessibility to that.

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actually, had a couple of programs.

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They've, they've allo- they've partnered with us and allow us to use their...

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They have a fabulous ceramic studio, much larger than our current space,

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and so we've partnered with them to present, ceramics

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workshops. Um, and I ha- we have a good

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relationship with the, the university,

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particularly with the, the art

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department. They're actually...

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Some other faculty is helping us, in designing our new

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spaces, particularly printmaking and,

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our, let me think, printmaking and also our digital

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lab. Um, so they're, we're partnering with them on

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that, and we, really wanna help build more of a

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community connection between the arts at the university and in the

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community. Um, I just had somebody ask me today about our co- our connections

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with Prax, and, they're good, but they need to be

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stronger.

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Councilor Lewis?

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Um, I don't have a question. I just wanted to say it was amazing

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being... When you first asked me to be a part of this, the

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expansion TAC force in the beginning, it was very awesome to see where, where it

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was like just from an idea to now where it is right now.

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So I'm like very impressed on just how much work has gone

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into this, and I appreciate all the work that you've been doing.

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Thank you for being a part of that.

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Councilor Napet.

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I'm gonna sign up.

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Nice.

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For all of it.

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Again, just th- thank you for all your work and-

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... for your great presentation.

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Okay. Thank you.

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Moving on, we have our Downtown Vitality Strategy Task Force

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update. Invite our co-chairs up to tell us what's going

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on.

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Good evening, Mayor Monn and councilors. Thank you for giving...

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I'm Julie Manning, by the way. Thank you for giving Steve Clark and me the

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opportunity to provide a brief update on the work of the

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Downtown Vitality Strategy Task Force.

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This will be the final update before we come back to you in

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June with our report, findings, and recommendations.

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And just as a, a reminder for, and for the audience, this

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mayor-appointed task force consists of 40

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members, serving on four different committees.

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Steve and I co-chair the executive committee, and there are

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also committees working on, safety and,

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culture, on infrastructure, and on economic

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vitality, really representing a, a broad

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perspective of experience, and

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interactions with the downtown, a- and also

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including all, all members of the, city council.

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So we really appreciate the ongoing commitment and

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participation, from all of you in this important

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endeavor.We have a few slides to share with you

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tonight, they'll also be in the minutes for tonight's meeting that

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summarize our work to date. Um, beginning with just

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a reminder of the charge, of our task

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force. Uh, this, task force was formed by the council to

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create a downtown vitality strategy to advance

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its strategic plan priority to nurture a

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thriving downtown as the hub and character of

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Corvallis. And certainly in the work that we've done since beginning to meet

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last June, we've really seen a tremendous,

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ongoing, interest in the work of, of this group and really an

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ongoing affirmation of the affection and

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the importance that this community, holds,

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for the downtown.

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Uh, next slide, please. Yeah. Yes, here we are.

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So, where are we in the process?

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developed a preliminary set of actions and

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ideas for how to enhance the vitality and

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safety of downtown. Then beginning in

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November, we launched a comprehensive outreach and

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engagement effort to elicit community input on

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this list of actions, and, also how local

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residents would prioritize those actions.

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with the downtown and how often, and we'll be sharing

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some, key details of those results in just, just a

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moment. Our next step is to incorporate that feedback

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into a refined set of prioritized actions

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that will include implementation recommendations,

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timelines, and potential funding sources.

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And we'll bring this to you in June, along with our

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report. Next slide.

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So this slide outlines the various methods that

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we've used to elicit comments and input,

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some of which will continue through the life of the project via the

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comments section on our project webpage.

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As you can see, there's been outstanding participation from

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individuals and organizations indicating how important

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it is for them to maintain, a strong and

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healthy downtown. Particularly noteworthy is

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the level of survey responses, beginning with

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last fall's random sample community survey that

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included several questions related to the downtown and

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received more than five hundred responses.

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Plus, the more than four hundred who've responded to the

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additional downtown questions on our task force

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webpage, and more than sixteen hundred who

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participated in ranking our list of preliminary

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action items, also was found-- the information found

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on our task force webpage. I'll now turn it over to

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Steve, who will provide additional details on our community

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engagement results.

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Thank you, Julie. And again, thank you mayor and members of the city

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council, and, and really the community.

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We, we think of this as an opportunity not to just update you, but really

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provide an update to the community as we've been doing over the last several

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months, with the-- with these, meetings with

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you. We think, their engagement, their

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knowledge is primary, and so we, we appreciate this opportunity

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tonight. You know, we have taken

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note not only of input received and judging,

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the action items that, that Julie

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sug-suggested, but we've also taken time to

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listen, to engage in conversation, and to be informed

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beyond those actions. I think that's really important.

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We're just not asking people a set of questions.

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We're listening to what they have to say.

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And today we're gonna share with you some of that information.

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Uh, on the screen, we have before you a slide I believe you've

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seen before. It's an overall community assessment of Corvallis'

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overall economy, the business community, employment

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opportunities, downtown commerce, overall vibrancy of

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the, of the Corvallis, economy and the community,

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cost of living and other matters. You've seen this before.

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We're not here to really discuss that more unless you'd like to in

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your questions to us, look at some of those, those

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topical matters. Our next slide shows how

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community residents engage with downtown.

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And I think what's really important is as we provide you

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recommendations, we're gonna take the context not only of the community

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survey, the surveys we've done, but the input we've received from community

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members and knit together a series of recommendations based upon

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findings. It's really important that it's a context of

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the downtown that will benefit not only the downtown in our recommendations, but

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the overall community. As you see here, we have a, a number

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of positives about how people engage with their

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downtown. Uh, forty-three percent say, they

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visited town for any reason

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in the past twelve months. But as we study

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these bar charts, we see some gaps,

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we see some opportunities, we see some

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requirements to improve, and that's where our task force work

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really is focusing on.

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These are not negatives. There's opportunities to improve, but if they're not

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dealt with, they become primary negatives as time goes

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on.

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As we look at, our, our

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responsibility, as Julie said, as a charge, is to

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recommend to you and to the community how to

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improve the vitality of downtown, its safety, and we believe

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significantly increase the community's engagement with

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downtown.As Julie says, as part of this effort, we

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presented the community with twenty-eight possible actions, preliminary actions to

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improve downtown

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Our next slide shows how community members we have been in contact with

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prioritized the top ten of those twenty-eight actions.

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Now, these are weighted scores. They take what somebody may have judged

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as their number one, their number two, their number three, their number four, their

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number five, and they add them together to give you a weighted

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score. We also understand how people,

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voted on these as their priorities based upon where

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they live. Do they live in the community, but not downtown? Do they live downtown?

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Do they work downtown?

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Do they own property downtown?

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Do they own a business downtown? And, and what we see is some real

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strong consistency in community evaluation of priority

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actions that need to be addressed as a community for

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downtown Corvallis. Safety is number one.

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Addressing behavioral matters is included in

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that. The economy.

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Developing and reducing s- providing strategies to reduce

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storefront vacancies. There's a strong perception in our community

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that storefront vacancies are predominant downtown and are a

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significant issue. Voting downtown is a

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compelling place. It isn't just about the promotion, but it's

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actually having the belief, the perception that

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downtown is a compelling place to visit, shop, to dine, to

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celebrate.

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Safety. Again, in some respects, this is not only a vote, it's a

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perception. There's a strong perception in the community that downtown is not

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safe enough, and we need to take steps to address safety

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issues that the community has.

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River connections. The Willamette River is perceived to be a strong asset

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to the community, a strong asset to downtown, but it's

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a jewel that is not

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being utilized. W-we basically can't see the down--

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the river downtown. We have few opportunities to

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engage with it physically if you're on the river or if you're

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along the riverfront and want to do something within the river.

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Transportation. Certainly, there's many issues of transportation,

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but mobility, pedestrian mobility is the--

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a, a number one priority of the community within downtown

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and to downtown. And for those who need to drive to

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downtown or take transit downtown, they want an

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easy way to park or ride transit to the, to the transit

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center and then be able to get around town.

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City incentives to provide opportunities for the community to,

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the economy to grow. And I would offer as a previous

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private sector businessperson, it isn't the responsibility only of the city

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to provide incentives and opportunities and programs, but the private sector

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must contribute to itself through, nonprofit organizations such

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as the Chamber, Visit Corvallis, Downtown Corvallis

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Organization, and others. Again,

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safety, lighting, walking,

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alleyways, sidewalks, restrooms,

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clean, safe, and open when people need to use them, and in more than

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a location on the north and the south.

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And housing. People wanna live downtown.

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They want our housing downtown to complement housing goals for the rest of the

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community.

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So where are we right now?

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So we've taken eleven months of work that we are engaged-- that we have

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engaged in. The, the incredible engagement of the community

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that Julie said is, is-- indicates both an, a, an

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interest and a sense of momentum for downtown that we should

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capture. This past month, month of March,

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we've been analyzing the results, both the quantitative results that we've shared

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a, a brief amount with you, and the qualitative results from the community

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meetings and other input from surveys, and

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task forces that the city has conducted in the past, two

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years or more. The community engagement task force is an example.

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The parking task force is an example.

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We are now judging those to, to understand

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within those, areas of

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activity which are priority actions that the community,

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believes in. What are areas that we may have

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missed? We're listening to people as well as just

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giving them something to think about.

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In April, we will begin to organize these goals

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and these actions into prioritized recommendations to

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bring to you later in June. We're thinking about which of these

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00:29:54,056 --> 00:29:57,816
should be recommendations to be conducted right now in the next three

507
00:29:57,876 --> 00:30:01,636
years. Which of these should be, issues and actions to

508
00:30:01,696 --> 00:30:05,676
be addressed next, the next four to seven years, and which

509
00:30:05,716 --> 00:30:09,016
should we prioritize for years eight and beyond.

510
00:30:09,326 --> 00:30:12,346
We're also taking stock of who should be responsible.

511
00:30:12,346 --> 00:30:14,906
We are not here to tell the council what to do.

512
00:30:14,916 --> 00:30:18,866
We're here to provide recommendations on what the city might do, what

513
00:30:18,866 --> 00:30:22,836
the private sector might do, what collaborators, public and private, city

514
00:30:22,876 --> 00:30:26,366
and private, or county, university might do

515
00:30:26,376 --> 00:30:29,676
together. How might we fund these?

516
00:30:31,936 --> 00:30:35,596
And to the extent possible, we want to understand

517
00:30:35,756 --> 00:30:39,696
as best as we could and communicate to both you and the community, how do

518
00:30:39,736 --> 00:30:43,596
our recommendations benefit not only downtown, but the greater community as a

519
00:30:43,656 --> 00:30:47,536
whole? Because we want the community to support this, not just for

520
00:30:47,576 --> 00:30:50,996
the benefit of downtown, but for the benefit of the overall Corvallis

521
00:30:51,056 --> 00:30:54,726
community and beyond. In closing, our

522
00:30:55,076 --> 00:30:57,976
closing slide provides you the finish line,

523
00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:01,894
mid-June.We will bringing to you a set of findings

524
00:31:02,584 --> 00:31:06,264
that will support our recommendations, and we will also promise

525
00:31:06,724 --> 00:31:10,684
to take the results of our findings and our recommendations after we've

526
00:31:10,704 --> 00:31:14,584
delivered them to you, to the community, because it's the community that

527
00:31:14,604 --> 00:31:18,304
has provided such em-enormous and, and, I

528
00:31:18,324 --> 00:31:21,784
think, highly responsible input. Thank you.

529
00:31:21,824 --> 00:31:24,524
We're available for any questions you might have.

530
00:31:24,564 --> 00:31:26,964
Thank you very much. Counselors,

531
00:31:27,024 --> 00:31:29,424
questions?

532
00:31:31,404 --> 00:31:35,314
Guess not tonight. I think, I think everybody's just really looking forward to,

533
00:31:35,764 --> 00:31:36,324
the results.

534
00:31:36,384 --> 00:31:37,084
Thank you.

535
00:31:37,684 --> 00:31:38,864
Thank you very much.

536
00:31:44,084 --> 00:31:45,824
We will now move on to community comments.

537
00:31:46,244 --> 00:31:49,484
And I wanna start off saying we did receive, for those who submitted it, we

538
00:31:49,504 --> 00:31:53,494
received some community comments through our, our website and

539
00:31:53,584 --> 00:31:56,704
through email, and, again, we do read those.

540
00:31:56,784 --> 00:31:59,284
I spent my lunch today reading several.

541
00:31:59,384 --> 00:32:03,084
Um, so I appreciate those who submitted their, their comments early.

542
00:32:03,184 --> 00:32:06,824
Um, and for those who signed up in advance, that's also much appreciated.

543
00:32:06,844 --> 00:32:09,974
We'll start with the people who signed up in advance and go from there.

544
00:32:09,984 --> 00:32:13,924
And up first is, Rob Upson. And I'll remind everybody again, we do

545
00:32:14,064 --> 00:32:15,844
use the three-minute timer that's located right there.

546
00:32:15,864 --> 00:32:18,484
It'll go green, yellow, and then red, meaning stop.

547
00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:23,784
Welcome. I don't think that's on, sorry about.

548
00:32:23,824 --> 00:32:24,224
Mayor and council-

549
00:32:24,244 --> 00:32:24,534
There we go

550
00:32:24,534 --> 00:32:28,514
... good evening. I wanna bring your attention to

551
00:32:28,584 --> 00:32:32,504
materials provided on page forty-four of the meeting packet related to a safer

552
00:32:32,544 --> 00:32:36,464
Walnut Boulevard, the corridor from, all the way from Circle

553
00:32:36,504 --> 00:32:39,804
to MLK Park. Those are the road safety audits and the lane

554
00:32:39,904 --> 00:32:43,204
reconfiguration evaluations, which I spoke about last December.

555
00:32:43,964 --> 00:32:47,324
Full reports are now available. I wanna repeat the message of

556
00:32:47,404 --> 00:32:48,104
urgency,

557
00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:52,644
and I'm asking council tonight to do something already on your strategic

558
00:32:52,654 --> 00:32:56,454
plan, just do it a little bit earlier, and that is to move your discussion

559
00:32:56,484 --> 00:33:00,144
about the funding of the Safe Streets For All projects forward in preparation for

560
00:33:00,184 --> 00:33:03,164
next school year, which is approaching very quickly.

561
00:33:03,184 --> 00:33:06,994
On Thursday, you will receive a presentation from Public Works about the work of

562
00:33:07,004 --> 00:33:10,864
the Safe Streets For All task force and newly identified transportation safety

563
00:33:10,884 --> 00:33:14,124
needs. According to council's strategic

564
00:33:14,164 --> 00:33:18,144
plan, this work is being completed nine months ahead of schedule,

565
00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:21,624
and what that means is that the funding discussion, which is also on the strategic

566
00:33:21,634 --> 00:33:25,544
plan, can also move forward. I know that

567
00:33:25,584 --> 00:33:29,464
school closings were unexpected, and they're not one

568
00:33:29,504 --> 00:33:30,284
of your big rocks.

569
00:33:32,684 --> 00:33:36,464
However, the community needs action urgently, and many of the projects identified

570
00:33:36,524 --> 00:33:39,844
in the Safe Streets For All work would improve safety for school

571
00:33:39,924 --> 00:33:43,764
transportation. Refer to the proposed timeline

572
00:33:44,464 --> 00:33:47,664
on page forty-five of your packet.

573
00:33:49,984 --> 00:33:51,144
If you don't give Public Works

574
00:33:52,044 --> 00:33:55,884
a direction about these safety projects for the twenty-seven to twenty-nine

575
00:33:55,904 --> 00:33:59,424
budget, it is likely that we would have to wait another two years to realize any

576
00:33:59,464 --> 00:34:03,184
movement on any of the newly identified projects, so you must

577
00:34:03,324 --> 00:34:06,224
act early in twenty-twenty-six in order to meet the budgeting

578
00:34:06,284 --> 00:34:10,165
window. The proposed timeline gives council enough time to

579
00:34:10,205 --> 00:34:14,185
deliberate, provide direction to Public Works, and for Public Works to

580
00:34:14,205 --> 00:34:16,944
develop and cost out projects for the twenty-seven, twenty-nine

581
00:34:16,964 --> 00:34:20,245
budgeting.

582
00:34:21,205 --> 00:34:24,984
The low and mid complexity projects could be paid for in the street

583
00:34:25,024 --> 00:34:28,144
fund, which currently has a balance of over thirty-five million

584
00:34:28,165 --> 00:34:31,734
dollars. Pages forty-six to forty-eight give examples

585
00:34:32,265 --> 00:34:36,004
of similar small-scale, non-recurring street fund projects from

586
00:34:36,044 --> 00:34:39,884
prior budgets similar to those projects identified by the Safe Streets For

587
00:34:39,964 --> 00:34:43,765
All consultants.

588
00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:47,254
Mayor and council, please add the discussion about Safe Streets For All road safety

589
00:34:47,304 --> 00:34:49,364
improvements to your agenda quickly.

590
00:34:49,374 --> 00:34:53,024
A majority of council has already publicly stated that they support safer

591
00:34:53,064 --> 00:34:56,995
streets, and I'm asking for a commitment from that majority to support improved

592
00:34:57,064 --> 00:35:01,044
safety before the expiration of your elected terms this year, not just for

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00:35:01,084 --> 00:35:04,844
Walnut, but also for Ninth, for Circle, and for other roads in the city which are

594
00:35:04,864 --> 00:35:08,754
identified in those reports. So please consider the proposed timeline and

595
00:35:08,804 --> 00:35:12,384
move your discussion about road safety projects onto your twenty-twenty six agenda

596
00:35:12,424 --> 00:35:14,854
with urgency. As always, thank you for your

597
00:35:14,924 --> 00:35:16,504
service.

598
00:35:16,544 --> 00:35:19,424
Thank you very much.

599
00:35:22,604 --> 00:35:26,204
Up next I have Amanda Bressler.

600
00:35:28,304 --> 00:35:31,344
And please, anybody, if I mispronounce your name, just correct me.

601
00:35:31,404 --> 00:35:34,064
Okay, yes. It's Amanda Bressler. I'm a resident of Ward

602
00:35:34,144 --> 00:35:38,004
Eight. Community members who live and work along the Walnut

603
00:35:38,084 --> 00:35:41,414
corridor, some of whom are in attendance tonight, have come together to create

604
00:35:41,464 --> 00:35:45,344
Safer Walnut, a grassroots effort to advocate for increased safety

605
00:35:45,424 --> 00:35:47,284
measures along Walnut Bor- Boulevard.

606
00:35:48,324 --> 00:35:51,284
You can find us online at saferwalnut.org.

607
00:35:51,304 --> 00:35:54,444
Our first action was to circulate a petition calling on the city to plan and fund

608
00:35:54,524 --> 00:35:58,304
changes to Walnut Boulevard that will reduce speeds and increase

609
00:35:58,364 --> 00:36:01,664
safety and usability, improve quality of life in North and Northwest

610
00:36:01,744 --> 00:36:04,624
Corvallis, and help the city meet its strategic

611
00:36:04,634 --> 00:36:08,224
priorities. Over the past several weeks, our petition has

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00:36:08,264 --> 00:36:12,164
collected two hundred and forty-five signatures and counting, and I've shared a

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00:36:12,214 --> 00:36:16,164
link to that petition with counselors via your city emails.

614
00:36:16,204 --> 00:36:20,024
In your Thursday work session, you'll see a presentation from, of the

615
00:36:20,044 --> 00:36:23,904
city's Transportation Safety Action Plan, or TSAP.

616
00:36:23,964 --> 00:36:27,824
Safe Streets and Roads For All task force has unanimously

617
00:36:27,864 --> 00:36:31,614
recommended that, quote, "Coun- Council prioritize funding and

618
00:36:31,664 --> 00:36:35,244
construction of the safety enhancements identified in the TSAP such that the

619
00:36:35,264 --> 00:36:37,753
treatments are prioritized to the fullest extent

620
00:36:37,784 --> 00:36:41,584
possible." There is a Walnut-specific road safety

621
00:36:41,664 --> 00:36:45,484
audit in the task force's report, and we at

622
00:36:45,684 --> 00:36:49,304
Safer Walnut we're happy to see many options for changes that would increase

623
00:36:49,384 --> 00:36:51,244
safety for all on Walnut Boulevard.

624
00:36:52,144 --> 00:36:56,004
Some low and medium complexity solutions we expe-especially expect

625
00:36:56,064 --> 00:36:59,784
to see implemented in the short term include buffered bike lanes between Jack

626
00:36:59,804 --> 00:37:03,676
London and Circle to keep cyclists safe.Pedestrian exclusive

627
00:37:03,756 --> 00:37:07,486
phases at intersections to reduce conflict between pedestrians and

628
00:37:07,576 --> 00:37:11,476
cars, curb extensions at the Witham Hill Walnut intersection

629
00:37:11,536 --> 00:37:15,196
to shorten crossing distances and increase crossings throughout the

630
00:37:15,256 --> 00:37:18,866
corridor to align with neighborhood bikeways and bus stops and

631
00:37:18,876 --> 00:37:22,336
discourage dangerous crossings betweens, between the intersections that are very

632
00:37:22,376 --> 00:37:25,946
far apart on Walnut. We feel that near-term change is

633
00:37:25,996 --> 00:37:29,836
necessary and possible by focusing on some of these high-impact, low to

634
00:37:29,876 --> 00:37:32,036
medium complexity interventions.

635
00:37:32,076 --> 00:37:35,956
Here are a few of the high complexity projects that we're especially in support of

636
00:37:35,965 --> 00:37:38,726
and will be keeping an eye on, that we realize will take more time to fund and

637
00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:42,616
implement. Protected bike lanes along the corridor with physical

638
00:37:42,716 --> 00:37:46,696
separation from car traffic lanes in the form of vertical barriers, especially in

639
00:37:46,756 --> 00:37:50,496
areas that represent a high risk to cyclists or are necessary for safe

640
00:37:50,596 --> 00:37:54,096
road, safe routes to school. Addition of pedestrian

641
00:37:54,156 --> 00:37:57,916
refuges or islands at Jack London, Twenty-fifth Street and between

642
00:37:57,956 --> 00:38:01,716
Twenty-ninth and Aspen, and protected intersections or roundabouts at

643
00:38:01,796 --> 00:38:04,396
Highland and Walnut and at Kings and Walnut.

644
00:38:05,516 --> 00:38:09,376
Safer Walnut is asking for a commitment from the city to implement some low

645
00:38:09,456 --> 00:38:12,456
to medium complexity, but high impact changes on Walnut as soon as

646
00:38:12,496 --> 00:38:16,466
possible, while planning for the larger, long-term, more transformative

647
00:38:16,536 --> 00:38:20,456
changes, and to add those to the city's capital improvement plan

648
00:38:20,796 --> 00:38:23,816
and the twenty twenty-seven to twenty-nine biennial budget.

649
00:38:23,856 --> 00:38:25,176
Thank you.

650
00:38:25,216 --> 00:38:27,596
Thank you very much.

651
00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:29,336
Up next, we have Daniel

652
00:38:29,396 --> 00:38:35,376
Chambers.

653
00:38:39,696 --> 00:38:42,756
Good evening, mayor and council. My name is Daniel Chambers from Ward

654
00:38:42,796 --> 00:38:46,516
Seven. I wanted to speak to you tonight about a

655
00:38:46,556 --> 00:38:50,536
topic on the agenda, which is the ICE resolution, of which I am one of

656
00:38:50,596 --> 00:38:53,216
the authors. Of course, it had many contributors

657
00:38:54,996 --> 00:38:58,826
for whom I'm very grateful. I wanted to

658
00:38:58,856 --> 00:38:59,876
encourage you tonight

659
00:39:02,176 --> 00:39:05,576
to use your powers as legislators to pass this

660
00:39:05,616 --> 00:39:08,466
resolution by whatever means you need

661
00:39:08,516 --> 00:39:12,356
to. Whether you need, you feel the need to strike something

662
00:39:12,396 --> 00:39:13,676
because it feels inappropriate

663
00:39:16,376 --> 00:39:20,076
or add something that is clearly missing, I invite you to do

664
00:39:20,216 --> 00:39:24,186
so, to use your powers. This resolution will

665
00:39:24,216 --> 00:39:26,906
protect the most vulnerable members of our community

666
00:39:29,236 --> 00:39:32,316
who don't have the opportunity to be here tonight to advocate for

667
00:39:32,356 --> 00:39:35,996
themselves, who are scared.

668
00:39:37,416 --> 00:39:40,565
I've done my homework on the resolution to the best of my ability.

669
00:39:40,616 --> 00:39:43,876
I've sought a lot of input, for which I'm very grateful, especially from the city

670
00:39:43,936 --> 00:39:46,976
manager and city attorney, from Councilor Cadena.

671
00:39:46,986 --> 00:39:50,416
And of course, I'm extremely grateful to Mayor Monn and Councilor Olsen

672
00:39:50,936 --> 00:39:52,356
for their support in this

673
00:39:52,376 --> 00:39:55,056
resolution.

674
00:39:57,256 --> 00:39:58,056
I wanted to mention

675
00:39:59,936 --> 00:40:02,776
that many of you know this, but I'm originally from Oklahoma.

676
00:40:02,845 --> 00:40:05,816
I moved here a couple of years ago now, and I'm a very proud Corvallis

677
00:40:05,876 --> 00:40:09,456
resident, and I'm even more proud hearing what other people in our

678
00:40:09,476 --> 00:40:12,116
commun- our community are doing.

679
00:40:13,196 --> 00:40:15,996
It's one of the things that makes this place special.

680
00:40:16,036 --> 00:40:18,936
But I'm originally from Oklahoma, and in Oklahoma, we get a lot of

681
00:40:18,976 --> 00:40:22,096
tornadoes. Right now,

682
00:40:22,136 --> 00:40:24,856
council, we are in the eye of a

683
00:40:24,896 --> 00:40:28,436
tornado. It touched down around us without us

684
00:40:28,716 --> 00:40:32,416
really noticing, and it'd be really easy to miss.

685
00:40:32,836 --> 00:40:35,556
But right now, all around us,

686
00:40:36,736 --> 00:40:40,696
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in full force in Portland,

687
00:40:40,756 --> 00:40:42,596
down in Eugene, Newport,

688
00:40:43,736 --> 00:40:47,546
in Hillsboro. We've been lucky to avoid the brunt of the winds so

689
00:40:47,716 --> 00:40:50,416
far, despite a few scares.

690
00:40:51,536 --> 00:40:55,396
Now, back in Oklahoma, we have a bad habit of instead

691
00:40:55,436 --> 00:40:59,306
of going inside and seeking shelter, we'll grab our lawn chairs instead, and

692
00:40:59,316 --> 00:41:02,166
we'll sit out on our front lawns to watch the tornado as it

693
00:41:02,196 --> 00:41:03,316
passes.

694
00:41:04,466 --> 00:41:07,586
I'm here to tell you that we do not have...

695
00:41:07,616 --> 00:41:08,266
We fortunately

696
00:41:09,096 --> 00:41:11,836
don't have lawn chairs or tornadoes.

697
00:41:11,876 --> 00:41:15,796
We do not have tornadoes to bring out our lawn chairs for, but we can't afford

698
00:41:15,816 --> 00:41:19,576
to sit around as people are kidnapped, as forty

699
00:41:19,656 --> 00:41:23,535
billion dollars in Nav-Navy contracts are available

700
00:41:24,035 --> 00:41:27,976
for ICE to build facilities anywhere they choose without anyone knowing or

701
00:41:28,016 --> 00:41:31,396
having the ability to comment.

702
00:41:32,216 --> 00:41:35,846
So, council, I urge you, please edit and or pass this

703
00:41:35,856 --> 00:41:38,876
resolution tonight, and thank you very much for your time and your

704
00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:40,856
service.

705
00:41:40,916 --> 00:41:43,876
Thank you. Good timing.

706
00:41:44,876 --> 00:41:45,896
Next, I have, Tyler

707
00:41:45,976 --> 00:41:49,836
Wilson.

708
00:41:52,176 --> 00:41:55,996
All right. I'm Tyler Wilson. I am a resident in

709
00:41:56,076 --> 00:41:59,816
Ward Five, and I work at Bessie Coleman Elementary.

710
00:41:59,856 --> 00:42:03,776
I'm a fifth-grade teacher there. I'm an avid, bike commuter, and I'm

711
00:42:03,856 --> 00:42:07,376
here to advocate for safer infrastructure on Walnut

712
00:42:07,456 --> 00:42:08,436
Boulevard. So

713
00:42:09,376 --> 00:42:12,066
one of the things I've been thinking about when I'm thinking about commuting is

714
00:42:12,116 --> 00:42:15,366
that generally people can be kinda lazy.

715
00:42:15,376 --> 00:42:19,136
And what I was thinking about when I mean lazy is people often choose the easiest

716
00:42:19,256 --> 00:42:23,096
way to travel to a location. So if you are

717
00:42:23,216 --> 00:42:25,156
traveling to OSU, for example, you

718
00:42:25,956 --> 00:42:29,876
might be more inclined to walk or bike or take public transit

719
00:42:29,896 --> 00:42:32,796
because it's hard to drive there. It's hard to park.

720
00:42:32,816 --> 00:42:36,736
But with the rest of town, the it's easier to, to drive

721
00:42:36,776 --> 00:42:40,346
to a lot of those locations, including Bessie Coleman Elementary.

722
00:42:40,436 --> 00:42:44,166
Um, a lot of the families, though, who go to school at

723
00:42:44,176 --> 00:42:47,816
Bessie Coleman live close enough where they could easily walk or bike to

724
00:42:47,836 --> 00:42:51,656
school, and that's one of the things that I love about working there.

725
00:42:51,696 --> 00:42:55,656
However, there are still many families that don't walk or bike

726
00:42:55,666 --> 00:42:59,546
to school because they, they, there, there's this, there,

727
00:42:59,576 --> 00:43:03,176
there's a fear of safety, safety concerns related to Walnut

728
00:43:03,196 --> 00:43:05,356
Boulevard and other streets in the area.

729
00:43:05,956 --> 00:43:07,976
And I can, I can see that firsthand too.

730
00:43:08,016 --> 00:43:10,376
I, I bike commute to school every day.

731
00:43:10,456 --> 00:43:13,276
I ride, I ride my bike on Walnut. I have to turn left

732
00:43:13,336 --> 00:43:17,054
acrossFour lanes of traffic, and

733
00:43:17,384 --> 00:43:21,374
so I, I understand the concerns. Um, one of the things

734
00:43:21,424 --> 00:43:24,844
that I did recently at Bessie Coleman was started a walk and roll to school

735
00:43:24,884 --> 00:43:28,284
day. And the idea of that is that we me-meet at the park

736
00:43:28,904 --> 00:43:32,284
and we travel together as a group, students,

737
00:43:32,344 --> 00:43:36,264
parents, any teachers, staff members that want to join,

738
00:43:36,344 --> 00:43:40,184
and we travel together to school, safety in numbers.

739
00:43:40,204 --> 00:43:44,044
And one of the parks that we met at was at, MLK Park,

740
00:43:44,104 --> 00:43:47,124
and then the route from there is straight down Walnut.

741
00:43:47,164 --> 00:43:50,384
And when I was creating that route, I wanted to create a route for people who live

742
00:43:50,424 --> 00:43:53,584
in that part of the, of the school area, so they could get to

743
00:43:53,624 --> 00:43:57,264
school. But I was a little bit torn about the route creation

744
00:43:57,344 --> 00:43:57,704
because

745
00:43:58,624 --> 00:44:01,144
do you go in the bike lane where you're closer to traffic?

746
00:44:01,184 --> 00:44:04,744
Do you go on the sidewalk? It's kind of a confusing area because there's a bike

747
00:44:04,824 --> 00:44:07,764
path that comes up Fifty-Third and it just ends.

748
00:44:07,824 --> 00:44:11,774
And so the way we made it work is we had lots of parent volunteers

749
00:44:11,804 --> 00:44:14,204
at intersections to make sure that it was safe.

750
00:44:14,304 --> 00:44:18,284
Um, and one of my goals going forward though is that I, I would like that to

751
00:44:18,324 --> 00:44:22,284
be something that, that kids and families feel like they can do even

752
00:44:22,304 --> 00:44:26,224
without an event. But at this point, that's gonna require

753
00:44:26,264 --> 00:44:30,084
some more infrastructure changes to Walnut Boulevard, things that some of,

754
00:44:30,564 --> 00:44:33,364
some of the earlier commenters talked about, protected bike

755
00:44:33,424 --> 00:44:37,384
lanes, a turning lane close to the school, something to slow

756
00:44:37,424 --> 00:44:41,304
traffic down. Um, and I think

757
00:44:41,314 --> 00:44:44,824
the issues will become even more next year when there's more than a hundred more

758
00:44:44,904 --> 00:44:48,604
students at the school. Right now, it's-- there's already a lot of traffic at the

759
00:44:48,644 --> 00:44:52,584
end of the school day, so that's something that I'm concerned about going forward.

760
00:44:52,624 --> 00:44:55,344
So, yeah. Thank you.

761
00:44:55,364 --> 00:44:57,284
Thank you.

762
00:44:59,484 --> 00:45:01,244
Mayor, I have a question.

763
00:45:01,284 --> 00:45:02,484
Oh, go ahead.

764
00:45:02,584 --> 00:45:06,574
Um, Tyler, generally we-- you, you, you wait for questions, so you would

765
00:45:06,574 --> 00:45:10,164
know one's had one yet. Um, how many parents are

766
00:45:10,204 --> 00:45:13,704
dropping their kids off rather than having them walk or ride to school?

767
00:45:13,724 --> 00:45:16,364
Because I know at CHS, parent drop-off is a

768
00:45:16,404 --> 00:45:17,804
nightmare.

769
00:45:17,844 --> 00:45:21,244
The, I don't have an exact number, but it, it's a lot.

770
00:45:21,304 --> 00:45:24,923
So our parking lot every day, I, I mean, I'm there for, for drop-off with my

771
00:45:24,964 --> 00:45:28,144
students, and it fills up every day with the current number of students that we

772
00:45:28,204 --> 00:45:31,624
have, especially on days when it's rainy or cold.

773
00:45:32,264 --> 00:45:35,484
Um, in the fall and the spring, a lot more people will walk and bike

774
00:45:36,024 --> 00:45:38,444
and, but the bike racks are ver-rarely full.

775
00:45:38,764 --> 00:45:42,724
Only when we have our bike education week, that, that, those two weeks I saw

776
00:45:42,764 --> 00:45:45,004
the bike racks full. Um, but,

777
00:45:46,424 --> 00:45:49,804
yeah, it's, traffic is an issue right now because

778
00:45:49,864 --> 00:45:53,564
it's, because of those, reasons that I listed.

779
00:45:55,284 --> 00:45:57,544
Thank you.

780
00:45:58,584 --> 00:45:58,844
Sam

781
00:45:59,124 --> 00:46:04,484
Hoskinson.

782
00:46:08,964 --> 00:46:11,204
I'm supposed to press the green button. Is that the word?

783
00:46:11,254 --> 00:46:13,264
It'll, it'll, it'll turn on for you. You're good.

784
00:46:13,344 --> 00:46:15,064
Oh, okay.

785
00:46:15,104 --> 00:46:15,824
Whenever you're ready.

786
00:46:15,864 --> 00:46:18,484
Well, my name's Sam Hoskinson. I live in Ward

787
00:46:18,684 --> 00:46:22,464
Four. Um, I'm here to talk

788
00:46:22,544 --> 00:46:26,484
about the MUPTA approval. I think that's on

789
00:46:26,524 --> 00:46:28,993
the agenda tonight. Um,

790
00:46:29,104 --> 00:46:33,064
the... I can see at least, think

791
00:46:33,104 --> 00:46:36,484
of at least two ways you might be able to deny this

792
00:46:36,524 --> 00:46:40,304
horrible, development that's being

793
00:46:40,404 --> 00:46:43,924
proposed. Um, the first one would be fairly

794
00:46:44,004 --> 00:46:47,604
simple. The order of the MUPTA

795
00:46:47,624 --> 00:46:51,604
approval and the regular LDC code approvals has been

796
00:46:51,684 --> 00:46:55,604
swapped from the last, episode where

797
00:46:55,784 --> 00:46:58,444
you approved the one over on the riverfront.

798
00:46:58,584 --> 00:47:02,204
And in this case, no land

799
00:47:02,284 --> 00:47:05,824
use, public hearings or anything like that has taken place,

800
00:47:06,404 --> 00:47:09,844
and nothing has been granted as far as height

801
00:47:10,304 --> 00:47:12,444
adjustments or anything like that.

802
00:47:12,464 --> 00:47:16,384
But the proposal that you're going to get is

803
00:47:16,444 --> 00:47:19,704
for an hundred and forty-four foot building.

804
00:47:19,764 --> 00:47:23,704
The current approval for a

805
00:47:24,064 --> 00:47:27,124
mixed use is like a hundred and five foot.

806
00:47:27,164 --> 00:47:30,374
They give you a bonus eighteen, so they really only have

807
00:47:30,384 --> 00:47:33,584
permission for a hundred and twenty-three feet.

808
00:47:33,624 --> 00:47:36,764
So the packet that you get is going to be

809
00:47:37,544 --> 00:47:41,384
asking for a higher building than they

810
00:47:41,504 --> 00:47:44,944
actually have, and I really feel that if you guys go ahead and approve

811
00:47:44,954 --> 00:47:48,644
that ahead of time, it's going to prejudice

812
00:47:48,654 --> 00:47:51,964
any land use of as far as being able

813
00:47:52,024 --> 00:47:54,864
to not grant that twenty-one foot.

814
00:47:55,664 --> 00:47:59,564
Uh, the second one, you guys are one

815
00:47:59,624 --> 00:48:00,064
of the

816
00:48:00,944 --> 00:48:04,853
line items, I think it's eight nineteen O two

817
00:48:04,964 --> 00:48:08,284
O J. You are a city council

818
00:48:08,424 --> 00:48:11,884
tasked with deciding that the

819
00:48:11,924 --> 00:48:15,764
benefits of the proposed building

820
00:48:15,844 --> 00:48:18,464
outweigh the costs of the,

821
00:48:19,984 --> 00:48:23,684
you giving them thirteen million dollars to build this thing.

822
00:48:23,744 --> 00:48:27,044
Okay? So the revenue, thirteen million dollars paid to the

823
00:48:27,084 --> 00:48:30,444
developer out of our tax funds to create this

824
00:48:30,484 --> 00:48:33,744
building. Um, the positive

825
00:48:33,784 --> 00:48:37,304
benefits, they get to give ten percent of our

826
00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:41,294
money, to donate to affordable housing since

827
00:48:41,344 --> 00:48:44,944
they have absolutely no interest in building affordable housing

828
00:48:44,964 --> 00:48:48,584
themselves. Okay, they'll also give an

829
00:48:48,624 --> 00:48:52,324
extra hundred thousand dollars for the

830
00:48:52,424 --> 00:48:56,244
railroad, crossing improvement or something like that.

831
00:48:56,324 --> 00:48:59,644
So that's, I guess that's positive benefits.

832
00:48:59,664 --> 00:49:03,184
They're giving back some of the money that we're giving them to build this

833
00:49:03,204 --> 00:49:07,124
monstrosity. Okay, but I'd like you to

834
00:49:07,184 --> 00:49:10,784
think about benefits as going two directions.

835
00:49:10,804 --> 00:49:14,204
There can be positive benefits and there can be

836
00:49:14,324 --> 00:49:18,208
negative benefits, okay? The-That was three

837
00:49:18,308 --> 00:49:18,688
minutes?

838
00:49:18,728 --> 00:49:21,448
That was three minutes. It, it goes fast when you're sitting there.

839
00:49:21,548 --> 00:49:22,988
I remember.

840
00:49:23,088 --> 00:49:26,108
Okay. You guys have any questions?

841
00:49:26,188 --> 00:49:30,008
I provided quite a bit of information in the cartoons and stuff that I

842
00:49:30,048 --> 00:49:30,728
sent you.

843
00:49:30,768 --> 00:49:33,508
Yeah. We did receive all that. Doesn't seem like there is.

844
00:49:33,548 --> 00:49:37,348
Thank you very much for your time, and for submitting information in

845
00:49:37,408 --> 00:49:38,468
advance.

846
00:49:38,548 --> 00:49:40,168
Yeah. Thank you for not reading-

847
00:49:40,178 --> 00:49:42,688
Appreciate it. I read it.

848
00:49:43,748 --> 00:49:45,268
Up next, Mary Francis,

849
00:49:45,768 --> 00:49:49,727
Campana.

850
00:49:52,028 --> 00:49:52,648
Hello.

851
00:49:53,528 --> 00:49:53,758
Um,

852
00:49:54,788 --> 00:49:58,468
I'm here with the group that's concerned about Walnut

853
00:49:58,548 --> 00:49:59,168
Boulevard.

854
00:50:00,148 --> 00:50:01,948
I live on Walnut myself,

855
00:50:02,888 --> 00:50:03,228
and

856
00:50:04,148 --> 00:50:08,088
the, the concerns for safety that others have mentioned,

857
00:50:08,108 --> 00:50:08,908
the,

858
00:50:11,448 --> 00:50:15,068
schoolchildren, which there'll be more, as you know, because of the

859
00:50:15,388 --> 00:50:18,388
closure of schools, will be coming in.

860
00:50:18,568 --> 00:50:19,108
And,

861
00:50:20,948 --> 00:50:24,888
but I wanted to mention a couple of other things that perhaps

862
00:50:24,928 --> 00:50:28,508
had not, we've not thought of. One is the

863
00:50:28,608 --> 00:50:32,508
ongoing residential construction around and above

864
00:50:32,528 --> 00:50:35,908
and below Walnut, but especially above Walnut.

865
00:50:35,988 --> 00:50:39,828
All of those houses that are going in are going

866
00:50:39,868 --> 00:50:43,408
to have to come down and onto Walnut to

867
00:50:43,448 --> 00:50:46,558
get wherever they're going. And,

868
00:50:48,308 --> 00:50:51,908
I think that it's gonna just add more and

869
00:50:51,968 --> 00:50:52,448
more,

870
00:50:53,408 --> 00:50:57,248
you know, congestion, and also increase

871
00:50:57,288 --> 00:50:59,208
the possibility of danger,

872
00:51:01,068 --> 00:51:04,008
when we have these expanded housing

873
00:51:04,108 --> 00:51:06,968
and other things like that. Um,

874
00:51:07,928 --> 00:51:10,268
people have talked about the bikes and the joggers

875
00:51:11,348 --> 00:51:15,228
and the walkers. They haven't mentioned the wild and domestic animals

876
00:51:15,268 --> 00:51:18,648
that are always running around, but they're there too, and they can

877
00:51:18,708 --> 00:51:21,268
cause... They can be injured or else cause

878
00:51:21,388 --> 00:51:25,318
problems. Um, and we have to begin to take into

879
00:51:25,368 --> 00:51:26,188
account

880
00:51:27,227 --> 00:51:28,368
all of those things.

881
00:51:29,428 --> 00:51:33,228
My husband, Michael Campana, was killed as he

882
00:51:33,328 --> 00:51:37,248
exited the, Timber Hill Townhomes, which is where I

883
00:51:37,328 --> 00:51:40,688
live, as he le- exit-

884
00:51:40,748 --> 00:51:44,648
exited that driveway onto Walnut, in

885
00:51:44,708 --> 00:51:48,308
late August of '24. Um, no one saw the

886
00:51:48,328 --> 00:51:52,208
collision, but it was a large vehicle that hit his little

887
00:51:52,348 --> 00:51:52,928
sports car

888
00:51:53,988 --> 00:51:57,138
as he was making a left-hand turn onto Walnut.

889
00:51:58,088 --> 00:51:58,568
And,

890
00:52:00,348 --> 00:52:03,108
we don't really know what happened 'cause as I say, no one saw it.

891
00:52:03,128 --> 00:52:07,088
They heard it. But Michael was mortally injured, and he died on

892
00:52:07,168 --> 00:52:08,848
August 24th of two-

893
00:52:08,968 --> 00:52:12,868
2024. And I cannot help

894
00:52:12,908 --> 00:52:16,838
but feel that speed and other things were

895
00:52:16,868 --> 00:52:20,028
involved in that accident.

896
00:52:22,008 --> 00:52:25,828
Walnut and its surrounding area is no longer

897
00:52:26,028 --> 00:52:29,047
sort of a semi-rural edge to Corvallis.

898
00:52:29,308 --> 00:52:33,088
It's a major artery. People use it to

899
00:52:33,168 --> 00:52:34,468
come from all over

900
00:52:35,468 --> 00:52:39,328
to Corvallis, and certainly to the, the west and the,

901
00:52:39,338 --> 00:52:41,728
and the east. Um,

902
00:52:42,948 --> 00:52:44,088
and I think

903
00:52:45,168 --> 00:52:47,208
that it would be important for all of us

904
00:52:48,408 --> 00:52:52,128
to think about traffic control, speed, noise,

905
00:52:52,168 --> 00:52:55,988
congestion, and to start addressing the way to

906
00:52:56,048 --> 00:52:59,908
do this. So I encourage you to participate.

907
00:53:00,838 --> 00:53:03,308
Thank you.

908
00:53:04,628 --> 00:53:06,208
Councilor Ellis?

909
00:53:06,288 --> 00:53:08,058
I'm very sorry to hear about your husband.

910
00:53:08,068 --> 00:53:09,448
Thank you.

911
00:53:10,728 --> 00:53:12,088
Thank you for coming tonight.

912
00:53:14,048 --> 00:53:17,608
Next is Bjorn... I'm gonna mess up the last name, I

913
00:53:17,648 --> 00:53:18,288
know.

914
00:53:19,088 --> 00:53:19,988
Bolteys.

915
00:53:20,008 --> 00:53:20,928
Boltis?

916
00:53:21,728 --> 00:53:25,428
Thank you.

917
00:53:27,508 --> 00:53:31,288
Good evening. My name is Bjorn Bolteys, and I'm a homeowner in the Avery Helm

918
00:53:31,328 --> 00:53:35,188
Historic District, Ward Four, directly across the street from the

919
00:53:35,248 --> 00:53:37,848
proposed Pineview Development on 4th Street.

920
00:53:38,688 --> 00:53:42,628
This building will rise 13 stories directly outside my front door.

921
00:53:42,648 --> 00:53:46,488
It will permanently change the experience of living in this neighborhood,

922
00:53:46,528 --> 00:53:50,338
blocking the morning sunlight to our home and creating an overbearing visual

923
00:53:50,428 --> 00:53:53,808
presence. Because of that impact, I believe it's especially

924
00:53:53,848 --> 00:53:57,808
important that the public benefits tied to this project clear-

925
00:53:57,848 --> 00:53:59,768
clearly improve the neighborhood around it.

926
00:54:00,588 --> 00:54:04,328
This project is asking for the public to significantly sub, a

927
00:54:04,368 --> 00:54:08,238
significant subsidy, over 13 million in property tax exemptions

928
00:54:08,568 --> 00:54:12,508
over 10 years. When the city provides that level of support, it

929
00:54:12,548 --> 00:54:16,108
is reasonable to ask what tangible benefits will the surrounding neighborhood

930
00:54:16,128 --> 00:54:19,508
receive in return? The application lists several

931
00:54:19,548 --> 00:54:22,948
public benefits, including $100,000 infrastructure

932
00:54:22,988 --> 00:54:26,338
contribution and a $50,000 for pedestrian

933
00:54:26,408 --> 00:54:30,268
connectivity and improvements. I'd like to suggest a very

934
00:54:30,328 --> 00:54:34,208
practical way those funds could benefit both the new residents and

935
00:54:34,348 --> 00:54:38,308
the existing neighborhood. Many people in our neighborhood regularly cross

936
00:54:38,408 --> 00:54:42,058
4th Street at Washington and Adams to reach Safeway.

937
00:54:42,108 --> 00:54:45,378
This section of 4th is three lanes of traffic and often

938
00:54:45,428 --> 00:54:49,288
busy. There's also a bus stop that brings transit riders across the

939
00:54:49,368 --> 00:54:53,328
street from the grocery store. Today, crossing can feel like a

940
00:54:53,368 --> 00:54:56,828
treacherous little game, real-life game of Frogger.

941
00:54:56,838 --> 00:55:00,468
I nervously wait for my kids to return anytime they go to the store for

942
00:55:00,548 --> 00:55:00,968
something.

943
00:55:02,228 --> 00:55:06,108
The Pineview Project will bring roughly 600 additional residents

944
00:55:06,128 --> 00:55:09,948
into the corridor. This will dramatically increase the number of pedestrians

945
00:55:10,008 --> 00:55:13,928
moving between housing and essential services downtown.

946
00:55:13,988 --> 00:55:17,708
A signalized mid-block pedestrian crossing between Washington and

947
00:55:17,788 --> 00:55:21,068
Adams would address a real safety issue that already

948
00:55:21,108 --> 00:55:24,804
exists and will only grow with this development.It would

949
00:55:24,864 --> 00:55:28,424
support the city's own goals around walkability, transit

950
00:55:28,544 --> 00:55:32,504
use, reducing vehicle trips, and it would directly serve both

951
00:55:32,524 --> 00:55:35,104
the new building and the surrounding neighborhood.

952
00:55:35,144 --> 00:55:38,744
So my request is simple. If the city approves the m- this MOPD app-

953
00:55:38,804 --> 00:55:42,184
application, please prioritize directing the project's

954
00:55:42,244 --> 00:55:46,214
infrastructure and connectivity contributions towards designing and

955
00:55:46,284 --> 00:55:49,964
constructing a safe pedestrian crossing on 4th Street between

956
00:55:50,024 --> 00:55:53,794
Washington and Adams. If we are adding hundreds of new residents to this

957
00:55:53,824 --> 00:55:57,774
block, we should also add the infrastructure that allows them,

958
00:55:57,784 --> 00:56:01,193
and the neighbors who already live here, a safe, uh...

959
00:56:01,224 --> 00:56:05,144
to safely cross the street to reach basic services.

960
00:56:05,204 --> 00:56:07,904
Let's make a safe way to the safe

961
00:56:07,924 --> 00:56:09,224
way.

962
00:56:10,624 --> 00:56:14,504
Thank you. Up next is

963
00:56:14,564 --> 00:56:14,704
Jean

964
00:56:14,764 --> 00:56:21,404
Raymond.

965
00:56:25,484 --> 00:56:27,484
Good

966
00:56:27,544 --> 00:56:34,344
evening.

967
00:56:36,144 --> 00:56:39,864
This is an oral statement in support of the Corvallis ICE

968
00:56:40,424 --> 00:56:43,404
resolution. I'm in strong support of the ICE

969
00:56:43,484 --> 00:56:47,104
resolution. In this time of political chaos and

970
00:56:47,204 --> 00:56:51,124
illegal violent action by ICE, I thank our Corva-

971
00:56:51,144 --> 00:56:54,704
Corvallis community, which of course includes the mayor,

972
00:56:55,624 --> 00:56:59,504
council, manager, and staff, for putting the wellbeing and the safety of our

973
00:56:59,544 --> 00:57:03,344
community first. I acknowledge with gratitude the

974
00:57:03,404 --> 00:57:06,684
many co- contributions of immigrants throughout our

975
00:57:06,724 --> 00:57:10,684
history. In contrast, ICE has targeted

976
00:57:10,724 --> 00:57:14,284
with bigotry those of darker color, those who look

977
00:57:14,294 --> 00:57:17,944
different, speak with an accent, and even those who protest

978
00:57:17,964 --> 00:57:21,544
peacefully. ICE has targeted students, health workers,

979
00:57:21,604 --> 00:57:25,424
farmers, service people, and those immigrants and natives who have

980
00:57:25,464 --> 00:57:28,964
benefited our community. It has illegally

981
00:57:29,044 --> 00:57:32,264
targeted those with student and work visas, asylum

982
00:57:32,364 --> 00:57:36,284
seekers, citizens, and naturalized citizens.

983
00:57:36,344 --> 00:57:40,024
Now it proposes to build a mass- massive detention cent-

984
00:57:40,044 --> 00:57:42,584
detention centers across the United

985
00:57:42,684 --> 00:57:46,444
States. These actions by ICE have caused

986
00:57:46,564 --> 00:57:48,044
fear and dismay.

987
00:57:49,164 --> 00:57:52,284
In response, the community has worked together to protest

988
00:57:52,364 --> 00:57:55,954
safely, to write letters to our representatives, to

989
00:57:56,044 --> 00:57:59,954
collect funds, food, and clothing, to make banners, and

990
00:58:00,044 --> 00:58:03,604
provide transportation. We have seen Oregon leaders

991
00:58:04,104 --> 00:58:07,844
re- respond with bills about s- and there are 13

992
00:58:07,854 --> 00:58:11,784
new bills that have passed the Senate and the House that you

993
00:58:11,824 --> 00:58:14,234
can ask me about.

994
00:58:15,984 --> 00:58:19,644
So we have seen Oregon leaders respond with

995
00:58:19,724 --> 00:58:23,664
bills about sanctuary for state, about how police react, how

996
00:58:23,744 --> 00:58:27,104
schools and universities must plan and carry out those plans,

997
00:58:27,644 --> 00:58:31,564
how we can peacefully resist illegal violence from ICE.

998
00:58:32,304 --> 00:58:36,164
We see how state leaders have worked together with other state leaders to

999
00:58:36,224 --> 00:58:39,244
push back against unlawful, overreaching

1000
00:58:39,404 --> 00:58:43,184
actions. I'm glad this resolution has actions that the

1001
00:58:43,224 --> 00:58:46,944
city may take to provide safety. I expect the

1002
00:58:46,964 --> 00:58:50,464
city manager to follow through and provide guidance to the

1003
00:58:50,504 --> 00:58:54,414
mayor, council, and staff, and I have written s-

1004
00:58:54,414 --> 00:58:57,904
several actions which could be provided by the city.

1005
00:58:59,124 --> 00:59:03,084
I've written this also in your, packet.

1006
00:59:03,184 --> 00:59:07,084
So requirement that no u- use of harmful chemicals, tear gas, et

1007
00:59:07,104 --> 00:59:10,724
cetera, harassment by ICE, or use of weapons against peaceful

1008
00:59:11,084 --> 00:59:14,244
protesters or residents be allowed.

1009
00:59:14,264 --> 00:59:17,624
That no city facilities, utilities, buildings, parks, parking

1010
00:59:17,644 --> 00:59:20,874
lots, airport facilities be allowed by

1011
00:59:20,984 --> 00:59:24,744
ICE. That no mass detention center be

1012
00:59:24,804 --> 00:59:28,544
allowed. That all ICE officers have identification that can be

1013
00:59:28,584 --> 00:59:31,984
clearly visible. That the sanctity and safety of

1014
00:59:32,024 --> 00:59:35,614
sanctuary be followed, including schools, places of worship,

1015
00:59:35,624 --> 00:59:39,524
hospitals, and courthouses. Please ask

1016
00:59:39,584 --> 00:59:41,823
me about these bills.

1017
00:59:43,003 --> 00:59:44,003
Thank you.

1018
00:59:45,664 --> 00:59:48,204
We have your email, so if anybody wants to reach out to you, they're able to.

1019
00:59:48,604 --> 00:59:51,934
Okay. I haven't included these though, so this is new to me too.

1020
00:59:51,934 --> 00:59:54,124
Yeah. I mean, they can reach out to you to ask you about this.

1021
00:59:54,164 --> 00:59:54,944
Thank you.

1022
00:59:54,984 --> 00:59:56,304
Thank you very much.

1023
00:59:57,984 --> 00:59:59,284
Up next is Aubrey.

1024
01:00:01,044 --> 01:00:02,124
I didn't know you had a second,

1025
01:00:02,964 --> 01:00:05,584
a first part of a last name. I just imagined it as Aubrey Cloud.

1026
01:00:07,264 --> 01:00:07,844
Oh, that's wa-

1027
01:00:07,864 --> 01:00:08,234
Mm-hmm

1028
01:00:08,234 --> 01:00:11,424
Okay. If you could pronounce that for me, I'd appreciate it.

1029
01:00:11,464 --> 01:00:12,734
Sure.

1030
01:00:14,924 --> 01:00:18,604
Thank you. Mayor and councilors, good

1031
01:00:18,644 --> 01:00:22,464
evening. My name is Aubrey Sadiki-Cloud, a resident of Ward

1032
01:00:22,784 --> 01:00:26,304
7, and I'm here to urge you in the strongest possible

1033
01:00:26,404 --> 01:00:30,074
terms to adopt the Addressing Escalating Federal Immigration

1034
01:00:30,124 --> 01:00:33,924
Enforcement resolution before you this evening.

1035
01:00:33,964 --> 01:00:37,704
For over a year now, we've all been watching ICE and CBP drive a

1036
01:00:37,764 --> 01:00:41,174
bulldozer through constitutional and legal protections.

1037
01:00:41,204 --> 01:00:44,824
They're kidnapping people off the streets, from their homes and places of work

1038
01:00:45,624 --> 01:00:49,124
with no due process. They're setting cruel and inhuman

1039
01:00:49,164 --> 01:00:52,624
quotas that prove false any pretext of pursuing violent

1040
01:00:52,644 --> 01:00:56,584
criminals. They're using immigration court appointments as traps

1041
01:00:56,624 --> 01:00:59,814
to capture people trying to go through the proper channels.

1042
01:00:59,844 --> 01:01:03,104
They're neglecting and abusing those in their custody to the point that deaths are

1043
01:01:03,164 --> 01:01:06,824
occurring. They're racially profiling, which has resulted in the

1044
01:01:06,864 --> 01:01:10,054
kidnapping of American citizens simply because they aren't

1045
01:01:10,084 --> 01:01:13,294
white. They're building a sprawling network of

1046
01:01:13,324 --> 01:01:17,184
concentration camps to process and deport tens or even hundreds of

1047
01:01:17,204 --> 01:01:21,094
thousands of human beings at any given time, and

1048
01:01:21,184 --> 01:01:24,264
now they are executing people in the streets.

1049
01:01:24,784 --> 01:01:28,524
This isn't a time to keep our heads down, to try and avoid

1050
01:01:28,544 --> 01:01:32,384
attracting attention. That's how authoritarians cement

1051
01:01:32,444 --> 01:01:36,374
their grip on power.They make us feel isolated and vulnerable

1052
01:01:36,434 --> 01:01:39,154
against the overwhelming power of the state.

1053
01:01:39,174 --> 01:01:42,974
But we are not alone. This nation is boiling with fury at what's

1054
01:01:43,054 --> 01:01:46,934
happening. By taking a stand, we're not sticking our heads up, we're joining

1055
01:01:46,954 --> 01:01:50,374
hands with our neighbors and standing shoulder to shoulder with

1056
01:01:50,414 --> 01:01:53,794
them. We have to do something, and this resolution is a

1057
01:01:53,834 --> 01:01:57,314
fantastic start. I also want to

1058
01:01:57,354 --> 01:01:59,934
emphasize the critical importance of Clause B in the

1059
01:01:59,974 --> 01:02:03,914
resolution. The risk of violence, harassment, and criminality

1060
01:02:03,954 --> 01:02:07,884
from vigilantes impersonating federal immigration officers is not

1061
01:02:07,954 --> 01:02:11,634
a hypothetical. This is a real phenomenon, and it has occurred

1062
01:02:11,674 --> 01:02:14,894
multiple times since the start of this madness, including here in

1063
01:02:14,934 --> 01:02:18,854
Corvallis. One concern I've heard about this clause is that

1064
01:02:18,894 --> 01:02:22,774
local police aren't allowed to interfere with ICE and CBP operations.

1065
01:02:22,834 --> 01:02:26,494
That's fine. Asking these officers to verify their identity is not

1066
01:02:26,534 --> 01:02:30,524
interference, it is duty. We have a duty to protect our community, and

1067
01:02:30,574 --> 01:02:34,094
this is a simple action we could take to do that.

1068
01:02:34,134 --> 01:02:37,004
Impersonating a federal officer is a felony.

1069
01:02:37,054 --> 01:02:40,394
Racially motivated harassment or worse are crimes.

1070
01:02:41,434 --> 01:02:45,014
If we can't enforce our own laws because the perpetrators put on the

1071
01:02:45,074 --> 01:02:48,894
costume of a federal agent, then we've just told every criminal out there

1072
01:02:48,914 --> 01:02:52,374
how to get away with crime in Corvallis.

1073
01:02:52,434 --> 01:02:56,354
Council, I implore you, please adopt this resolution

1074
01:02:56,374 --> 01:03:00,154
and make our city a stronger sanctuary. Thank you.

1075
01:03:00,194 --> 01:03:02,434
Thank you very much.

1076
01:03:04,734 --> 01:03:06,174
Last on the presenters, we have Laura

1077
01:03:06,234 --> 01:03:09,114
Duncan.

1078
01:03:16,534 --> 01:03:20,374
Thank you to councilors and staff for your service to the city,

1079
01:03:20,474 --> 01:03:24,034
and thanks to everyone in the room tonight who

1080
01:03:24,114 --> 01:03:27,214
cares about Corvallis, my hometown.

1081
01:03:27,914 --> 01:03:31,774
I'm Laura Duncan, and I live in the Jack Taylor house at Fifth

1082
01:03:31,874 --> 01:03:35,774
and C. My house was built in 1907.

1083
01:03:35,794 --> 01:03:39,234
It's on the National Register of Historic Places.

1084
01:03:41,074 --> 01:03:44,894
I w- reading through tonight's packet, I was deeply offended by the

1085
01:03:44,914 --> 01:03:48,414
developer's justification for the tax break,

1086
01:03:48,494 --> 01:03:51,254
citing connectivity improvements.

1087
01:03:52,374 --> 01:03:55,974
This took me back a few years and the lies we were told by the

1088
01:03:55,994 --> 01:03:59,474
developers of the Sierra Apartments on Washington

1089
01:03:59,574 --> 01:04:03,394
Boulevard. Prior to their construction,

1090
01:04:03,454 --> 01:04:06,874
neighbors were invited to talk with the developer.

1091
01:04:06,914 --> 01:04:10,744
We were promised enhanced bike and pedestrian crossing of the

1092
01:04:10,814 --> 01:04:14,614
railroad at Seventh, as well as repairs to the railroad

1093
01:04:14,674 --> 01:04:18,034
crossing on Washington. Also, the

1094
01:04:18,174 --> 01:04:21,694
street-facing side of their parking garage was promised to have

1095
01:04:21,754 --> 01:04:25,014
community commercial spaces, such as a coffee shop.

1096
01:04:25,774 --> 01:04:29,734
Instead, what we have are concrete barricades and

1097
01:04:29,774 --> 01:04:33,394
chain link fencing on Seventh Street at Western.

1098
01:04:33,404 --> 01:04:37,103
No improvements on Washington, and the storage of

1099
01:04:37,114 --> 01:04:40,274
construction materials where we were promised a coffee

1100
01:04:40,414 --> 01:04:44,334
shop. I don't have any faith that the Pine

1101
01:04:44,414 --> 01:04:48,234
View will actually achieve any improvements to the rail

1102
01:04:48,334 --> 01:04:52,154
crossings either. This is not something where the promise

1103
01:04:52,194 --> 01:04:55,094
of money to the city does anything.

1104
01:04:55,154 --> 01:04:58,834
It is up to the railroad if and when improvements are

1105
01:04:58,854 --> 01:04:59,294
made.

1106
01:05:00,734 --> 01:05:04,204
Additionally, I need to cross Western at Fifth

1107
01:05:04,694 --> 01:05:08,114
several times a day for work and activities.

1108
01:05:08,214 --> 01:05:11,474
I go as a pedestrian, cyclist, and a

1109
01:05:11,494 --> 01:05:15,214
driver. Often, I have long waits looking for a

1110
01:05:15,254 --> 01:05:18,834
break in the traffic. Any increase in traffic on

1111
01:05:18,894 --> 01:05:22,674
Western will exacerbate the risks for me and

1112
01:05:22,774 --> 01:05:25,974
others in my neighborhood, including many young

1113
01:05:26,134 --> 01:05:26,794
children.

1114
01:05:27,934 --> 01:05:31,734
Tell me how cutting off the connectivity for my historic

1115
01:05:31,794 --> 01:05:35,674
neighborhood is an improvement. Please hit

1116
01:05:35,714 --> 01:05:38,714
the pause button for this proposed development.

1117
01:05:38,734 --> 01:05:42,514
Let's have community input and talk about what the citizens of

1118
01:05:42,554 --> 01:05:46,534
Corvallis want, and not gift money to out-of-state

1119
01:05:46,614 --> 01:05:50,494
developers who are destroying the livability in

1120
01:05:50,554 --> 01:05:52,694
town. Thank you.

1121
01:05:52,733 --> 01:05:55,853
Thank you very much.

1122
01:06:12,374 --> 01:06:14,994
All right, we'll now move on to our drop-in commenters.

1123
01:06:15,094 --> 01:06:18,464
Um, and I was just informed we have one person online, so we can start

1124
01:06:18,514 --> 01:06:20,934
there.

1125
01:06:22,154 --> 01:06:25,743
Bob Mandel, you should have the ability to unmute yourself and be heard by

1126
01:06:25,774 --> 01:06:27,454
council.

1127
01:06:27,534 --> 01:06:30,624
Yes. Thank you. I'm

1128
01:06:31,594 --> 01:06:35,414
calling in to speak on the resolution

1129
01:06:35,474 --> 01:06:39,034
about ICE. I simply want to

1130
01:06:40,314 --> 01:06:43,734
agree with the previous speaker, Henri

1131
01:06:43,914 --> 01:06:47,334
Cloud. This is of the highest

1132
01:06:47,434 --> 01:06:51,254
priority. The fact that

1133
01:06:51,374 --> 01:06:55,194
it has receded from the headlines

1134
01:06:55,674 --> 01:06:59,214
is testimony to the effectiveness

1135
01:06:59,614 --> 01:07:02,734
of what the people in Minneapolis did,

1136
01:07:03,614 --> 01:07:05,634
and Corvallis

1137
01:07:07,354 --> 01:07:11,294
should join that. This resolution,

1138
01:07:11,354 --> 01:07:15,094
doing everything that the city can legally

1139
01:07:15,254 --> 01:07:18,854
do in refusing to cooperate

1140
01:07:19,554 --> 01:07:23,114
and in putting every possible

1141
01:07:23,654 --> 01:07:26,774
legal obstacle in ICE's

1142
01:07:26,934 --> 01:07:30,754
way is imperative. We

1143
01:07:30,854 --> 01:07:33,854
were brought up to believe that this is a

1144
01:07:33,874 --> 01:07:37,026
democracy.We were brought up to

1145
01:07:37,066 --> 01:07:40,726
believe that the police were there to serve

1146
01:07:40,906 --> 01:07:44,686
and protect. It is clear that

1147
01:07:45,026 --> 01:07:49,006
ICE is here neither to serve nor to

1148
01:07:49,046 --> 01:07:52,126
protect but to intimidate,

1149
01:07:52,926 --> 01:07:56,746
to spread terror, to drive people from

1150
01:07:56,786 --> 01:08:00,726
their homes. And a- as the murder of

1151
01:08:00,826 --> 01:08:03,306
two people already proves,

1152
01:08:04,826 --> 01:08:08,226
the tactics that they're using will

1153
01:08:08,626 --> 01:08:12,246
spread into the cities for

1154
01:08:12,526 --> 01:08:16,346
other purposes. Those tactics will

1155
01:08:16,507 --> 01:08:19,846
be used to repress any

1156
01:08:20,246 --> 01:08:23,906
dissent that the US government finds

1157
01:08:24,047 --> 01:08:27,566
objectionable. I worked in the civil rights

1158
01:08:27,726 --> 01:08:31,286
movement in Mississippi and witnessed the

1159
01:08:31,446 --> 01:08:35,146
failure of the feds to protect civil

1160
01:08:35,206 --> 01:08:38,946
rights workers from the Ku Klux Klan.

1161
01:08:39,547 --> 01:08:43,126
Now we have ICE acting just

1162
01:08:43,406 --> 01:08:46,887
like the Klan, masked,

1163
01:08:47,026 --> 01:08:50,986
ruthless, riding by day and riding

1164
01:08:51,366 --> 01:08:52,706
by night.

1165
01:08:54,026 --> 01:08:57,346
I congratulate you on raising this

1166
01:08:57,446 --> 01:09:00,467
resolution. I urge its

1167
01:09:00,547 --> 01:09:03,706
adoption. As an ESL

1168
01:09:03,746 --> 01:09:07,266
teacher, my students live in fear

1169
01:09:07,746 --> 01:09:08,467
daily

1170
01:09:09,646 --> 01:09:13,626
of being arrested, no matter what their

1171
01:09:13,766 --> 01:09:15,686
citizenship status,

1172
01:09:16,566 --> 01:09:19,846
and being deported, no matter

1173
01:09:20,326 --> 01:09:23,866
legally or legal- illegally.

1174
01:09:23,946 --> 01:09:27,706
Everyone has a right to live safely in

1175
01:09:27,766 --> 01:09:31,366
this country. Thank you. Please support the

1176
01:09:31,427 --> 01:09:32,866
resolution.

1177
01:09:34,166 --> 01:09:36,387
Thank you very much.

1178
01:09:38,246 --> 01:09:40,486
Up next I have Mike Blair.

1179
01:09:42,427 --> 01:09:46,266
I think that's on.

1180
01:09:48,587 --> 01:09:49,406
Do I push this?

1181
01:09:49,446 --> 01:09:51,186
Yeah. You're good.

1182
01:09:51,206 --> 01:09:53,666
Hello. I'm Mike Blair from Ward

1183
01:09:53,826 --> 01:09:57,346
Four. Um, and

1184
01:09:59,306 --> 01:10:03,186
I live in the, downtown historic

1185
01:10:03,246 --> 01:10:03,806
district,

1186
01:10:04,666 --> 01:10:05,726
next door to Bjorn,

1187
01:10:07,066 --> 01:10:10,806
right in the middle of the block on, Fifth Street, a half a

1188
01:10:10,866 --> 01:10:12,066
block from the proposed

1189
01:10:13,026 --> 01:10:16,986
Pineview, site. And,

1190
01:10:17,326 --> 01:10:19,846
our adjacent properties

1191
01:10:19,986 --> 01:10:23,866
are, significant contributing

1192
01:10:23,906 --> 01:10:27,126
historic houses. In order to make

1193
01:10:27,186 --> 01:10:29,906
any... For example, to make any changes to the

1194
01:10:29,926 --> 01:10:33,366
exteriors of our buildings, including

1195
01:10:33,466 --> 01:10:36,406
for, say, energy, energy efficient

1196
01:10:37,566 --> 01:10:41,326
window replacement, it requires a major and a bureaucratic

1197
01:10:41,366 --> 01:10:44,895
process to gain approval. I've done it a couple times

1198
01:10:44,966 --> 01:10:48,666
and, I love the historic houses,

1199
01:10:49,946 --> 01:10:52,086
so it's worthwhile for a lot of reasons.

1200
01:10:52,106 --> 01:10:53,486
But,

1201
01:10:54,746 --> 01:10:58,726
this, the Pineview is a monstrosity of

1202
01:10:58,786 --> 01:11:02,596
a building structure for downtown Corvallis, and it wi-

1203
01:11:02,626 --> 01:11:06,506
will fit in like a sore thumb. The proposed height

1204
01:11:07,286 --> 01:11:11,246
will drown out the east sun and the sun completely

1205
01:11:11,886 --> 01:11:14,406
until around noon for our properties

1206
01:11:15,546 --> 01:11:19,066
for the neighboring blocks. I believe this proposed building will

1207
01:11:19,126 --> 01:11:23,046
negatively impact the values of the historic homes in our

1208
01:11:23,086 --> 01:11:26,946
downtown neighborhood. Uh, parking

1209
01:11:27,046 --> 01:11:30,806
issues. Um, my understanding is there's

1210
01:11:30,866 --> 01:11:34,835
not adequate parking for the proposed structure

1211
01:11:35,526 --> 01:11:36,335
at this point.

1212
01:11:37,366 --> 01:11:40,766
We live on Fifth Street. There's currently no on-street parking on Fifth

1213
01:11:40,806 --> 01:11:44,696
Street. It was turned into bike lanes years ago,

1214
01:11:44,696 --> 01:11:47,526
which is great, but if we have company

1215
01:11:48,686 --> 01:11:52,546
to our house, they, they must park on on-street

1216
01:11:52,626 --> 01:11:55,306
parking on the adjacent Washington Avenue.

1217
01:11:55,326 --> 01:11:56,166
There's two blocks

1218
01:11:57,006 --> 01:11:59,286
where there's on-street parking.

1219
01:11:59,406 --> 01:12:03,186
Um, the proposed building will not

1220
01:12:03,766 --> 01:12:07,566
provide, adequate parking for the residents, and so the

1221
01:12:07,606 --> 01:12:10,626
on-street parking spaces will become rare, at

1222
01:12:10,686 --> 01:12:13,746
best, find. Thank you.

1223
01:12:15,066 --> 01:12:18,986
Thank you.

1224
01:12:21,346 --> 01:12:22,466
Up next I have Patricia

1225
01:12:25,086 --> 01:12:25,426
Vann.

1226
01:12:25,436 --> 01:12:26,866
Vann.

1227
01:12:27,286 --> 01:12:29,776
I c- I can read the Patricia, I'm just not sure about the last name, sorry.

1228
01:12:29,786 --> 01:12:33,326
That's okay. That's much better.

1229
01:12:35,306 --> 01:12:39,166
Okay, all. Thanks so very much. Thanks for the community to come out

1230
01:12:39,226 --> 01:12:42,706
to speak on these various topics that are very, very important.

1231
01:12:44,366 --> 01:12:47,786
I used to call Corvallis our cozy cove.

1232
01:12:47,846 --> 01:12:51,786
I moved here from Manhattan in '91 because I love

1233
01:12:51,866 --> 01:12:54,866
the community, the walkability, the safety, the

1234
01:12:55,046 --> 01:12:56,386
schools.

1235
01:12:58,006 --> 01:13:01,696
As we have to move forward, we can't live in the

1236
01:13:01,766 --> 01:13:02,346
past,

1237
01:13:03,166 --> 01:13:04,786
I urge the city council

1238
01:13:05,746 --> 01:13:06,806
to think about

1239
01:13:07,786 --> 01:13:11,696
what we are doing in terms of the safety.

1240
01:13:11,706 --> 01:13:15,346
We've heard all about the... We have the whole programs for bike to school

1241
01:13:15,426 --> 01:13:19,266
safety, bike and walk to school. Then we look at the schools

1242
01:13:19,326 --> 01:13:23,166
that they are closing, and those they are

1243
01:13:23,226 --> 01:13:27,046
keeping open. Um, Mountain View is by the

1244
01:13:27,166 --> 01:13:28,306
railroad tracks,

1245
01:13:29,226 --> 01:13:33,106
and there is no way to walk to Mountain View and to

1246
01:13:33,166 --> 01:13:36,786
bike to Mountain View safely. We've already had a

1247
01:13:36,846 --> 01:13:39,986
teacher killed in an accident on that railroad

1248
01:13:40,066 --> 01:13:43,294
traffic-And nothing has been done at that

1249
01:13:43,394 --> 01:13:46,634
area. Yet they're going to expand that

1250
01:13:46,694 --> 01:13:50,534
school despite the chemicals in the water, which were

1251
01:13:50,554 --> 01:13:54,144
known seventeen years again- ago, and are now erupting

1252
01:13:54,194 --> 01:13:57,954
again. That school is now going to be a K

1253
01:13:58,034 --> 01:14:00,334
through six and then K through eight.

1254
01:14:00,374 --> 01:14:02,974
No bike lanes, no walkable

1255
01:14:03,114 --> 01:14:05,414
paths, no safe railroad

1256
01:14:05,534 --> 01:14:09,444
crossings. What are we doing? We can do

1257
01:14:09,454 --> 01:14:09,754
better.

1258
01:14:12,334 --> 01:14:13,934
The second one is

1259
01:14:15,214 --> 01:14:17,254
Letitia Carson, Title I school.

1260
01:14:18,454 --> 01:14:22,174
Affordable neighborhood right around there with tons and

1261
01:14:22,274 --> 01:14:25,774
tons of good families walking their kids to

1262
01:14:25,854 --> 01:14:27,414
school.

1263
01:14:29,414 --> 01:14:33,174
And they're going to close it and put those children on

1264
01:14:33,214 --> 01:14:36,164
buses. One family has three

1265
01:14:36,334 --> 01:14:40,294
children, and they are going to be bused to three different

1266
01:14:40,394 --> 01:14:44,184
schools. The enhancement of traffic is

1267
01:14:44,214 --> 01:14:46,504
going to be unbelievable. We've got to have

1268
01:14:46,574 --> 01:14:49,734
infrastructure.

1269
01:14:51,294 --> 01:14:55,054
Uh, the Sheldon Middle School, which is perfect location for K through

1270
01:14:55,194 --> 01:14:55,634
eight,

1271
01:14:57,174 --> 01:15:00,714
is going to be closed. And those students will be

1272
01:15:00,834 --> 01:15:04,054
bused, many of them into Linus Pauling,

1273
01:15:04,894 --> 01:15:07,534
which is already super congested

1274
01:15:08,474 --> 01:15:12,174
all through the morning and the evenings without walkable, safe paths

1275
01:15:12,774 --> 01:15:16,234
and bike lanes. Seven hundred

1276
01:15:16,474 --> 01:15:17,534
junior high kids.

1277
01:15:18,894 --> 01:15:21,874
The traffic is gonna be unbelievable.

1278
01:15:21,914 --> 01:15:23,934
We have to think and work together

1279
01:15:24,794 --> 01:15:28,204
and establish safe routes for this, for the

1280
01:15:28,354 --> 01:15:31,414
school, for the kids, for the pedestrians, and the people who live in the

1281
01:15:31,454 --> 01:15:35,434
neighborhoods. And I'd like to see the city

1282
01:15:35,444 --> 01:15:38,914
and the district work together and really put forth a

1283
01:15:38,974 --> 01:15:41,454
plan. Thank you.

1284
01:15:41,474 --> 01:15:42,454
Thank you.

1285
01:15:45,874 --> 01:15:49,494
Up next is Tammy Scabina.

1286
01:15:50,754 --> 01:15:51,484
Scabina.

1287
01:15:55,194 --> 01:15:57,154
I really do try.

1288
01:15:57,174 --> 01:16:00,514
That's okay. Yes, my name is Tammy Scabina, and

1289
01:16:00,674 --> 01:16:04,364
I'm a member of Ward Eight. Um,

1290
01:16:04,514 --> 01:16:08,504
I'm sharing my support of the resolution addressing escalating federal immigration

1291
01:16:08,534 --> 01:16:12,334
enforcement. Um, it's my view that the

1292
01:16:12,374 --> 01:16:15,874
city of Corvallis and the council and the mayor need to publicly put

1293
01:16:15,974 --> 01:16:19,304
on record that everyone in Corvallis deserves to feel

1294
01:16:19,334 --> 01:16:23,294
safe, and that especially immigrants

1295
01:16:23,304 --> 01:16:26,054
and people of color need to feel safe.

1296
01:16:26,134 --> 01:16:28,834
I have a friend that I met twenty years ago.

1297
01:16:28,894 --> 01:16:31,594
She was a high school student here in Corvallis.

1298
01:16:31,654 --> 01:16:34,734
I worked with her on projects where she was helping other students

1299
01:16:35,694 --> 01:16:39,654
and making a difference. Twenty years later, she and her

1300
01:16:39,714 --> 01:16:40,254
family are

1301
01:16:41,514 --> 01:16:44,954
s-super fearful every single day.

1302
01:16:44,974 --> 01:16:47,494
They own a business. Their kids are in our

1303
01:16:47,594 --> 01:16:51,114
schools. I want them to know that the city supports

1304
01:16:51,174 --> 01:16:54,284
them. And so please pass this resolution.

1305
01:16:54,294 --> 01:16:57,984
There should be no question that this city should support this

1306
01:16:58,014 --> 01:17:02,004
resolution of addressing escalating federal immigration enforcement.

1307
01:17:02,004 --> 01:17:03,974
Thank you.

1308
01:17:04,014 --> 01:17:05,954
Thank you.

1309
01:17:07,314 --> 01:17:09,834
Andrew R?

1310
01:17:21,994 --> 01:17:24,204
Hello, everybody. I'm from Fairyland,

1311
01:17:25,514 --> 01:17:29,054
clearly. I, just, I'm from Ward Two.

1312
01:17:29,154 --> 01:17:33,054
Um, I, I, I know this, I wanna speak in support of just about

1313
01:17:33,094 --> 01:17:34,704
everybody who's spoken here before.

1314
01:17:34,754 --> 01:17:37,784
Everything everybody said has been, exactly dead on.

1315
01:17:37,894 --> 01:17:41,694
Uh, Third Street is a big problem. Fourth Street is also a major

1316
01:17:41,754 --> 01:17:44,594
issue. Everybody drives down those two streets like they're driving down the

1317
01:17:44,634 --> 01:17:46,414
highway, and it is always

1318
01:17:47,554 --> 01:17:50,434
scary to cross those. I cross them regularly.

1319
01:17:50,554 --> 01:17:53,824
Um, I've been visiting the, local drop-in center here.

1320
01:17:53,914 --> 01:17:57,734
I try to get people to encourage people to

1321
01:17:57,794 --> 01:18:01,573
go and, and visit there o-on a, you know, somewhat of a regular

1322
01:18:01,654 --> 01:18:04,114
basis and talk to people there and listen to their stories.

1323
01:18:04,194 --> 01:18:04,834
I've been hearing

1324
01:18:05,734 --> 01:18:07,914
a lot of stories for months now.

1325
01:18:09,094 --> 01:18:12,824
Um, my friend here, Jo-Joshua Browning, recently,

1326
01:18:13,114 --> 01:18:16,374
was thrown out on the streets by Unity Shelters.

1327
01:18:16,474 --> 01:18:19,984
Um, I've been hearing, stories, for months

1328
01:18:20,274 --> 01:18:21,674
about Unity Shelters,

1329
01:18:23,294 --> 01:18:27,214
throwing victims of property crimes by other shelter members

1330
01:18:27,274 --> 01:18:30,834
out on the streets. Uh, some of them did not survive

1331
01:18:30,894 --> 01:18:33,714
this. All of them had their lives disrupted.

1332
01:18:33,814 --> 01:18:34,083
Um,

1333
01:18:35,214 --> 01:18:39,114
it's strange. And then I started hearing them on the men's side recently,

1334
01:18:39,194 --> 01:18:39,494
and

1335
01:18:40,714 --> 01:18:44,594
I started hearing different things about all three of the shelters' abuses to

1336
01:18:44,614 --> 01:18:48,194
shelter, residents and, you

1337
01:18:48,254 --> 01:18:52,174
know, that sort of thing just does our community so much harm.

1338
01:18:52,234 --> 01:18:55,914
I, I, I sh- hear about criminal

1339
01:18:55,934 --> 01:18:59,174
activities there. I hear about criminal activities on the part of

1340
01:18:59,234 --> 01:19:02,784
our, unfortunately, our local police force, using

1341
01:19:02,834 --> 01:19:06,494
confidential informants and using, individuals that they catch with

1342
01:19:06,514 --> 01:19:10,234
drugs to drop packages in places. And, confidential

1343
01:19:10,254 --> 01:19:14,024
informants, as you know, cannot be held accountable or go to jail because

1344
01:19:14,054 --> 01:19:18,014
there's a, a mythology that they will be murdered

1345
01:19:18,074 --> 01:19:21,944
if they ever wind up there. Um, so they're pretty much free

1346
01:19:21,974 --> 01:19:25,424
of all accountability to any laws in, in most of the cities that,

1347
01:19:25,914 --> 01:19:29,454
that they, they use them for, purposes, law enforcement.

1348
01:19:29,464 --> 01:19:33,194
And, I've heard a, a story from a man who came here to get

1349
01:19:33,214 --> 01:19:37,124
his wife out of a trafficking situation, was told by an officer--

1350
01:19:37,194 --> 01:19:38,484
asked by an officer where he lived.

1351
01:19:38,514 --> 01:19:41,844
He said, "California." And, and the officer told him, "You should just go back

1352
01:19:41,844 --> 01:19:45,424
there." Um, and he said, "Well, I'm not leaving until I get my wife out of this

1353
01:19:45,454 --> 01:19:49,194
trafficking situation." Um...Yeah, the stories I

1354
01:19:49,274 --> 01:19:52,674
hear just over and over again, I, I...

1355
01:19:52,714 --> 01:19:55,434
Y- you can't, I can't just tell you these stories.

1356
01:19:55,454 --> 01:19:59,194
They're, they're facts, but you have to hear them for

1357
01:19:59,234 --> 01:20:02,894
yourself. Um, maybe journalistic efforts can.

1358
01:20:02,974 --> 01:20:06,764
Um, I'm, I'm working on an investigative journalism effort, Voice of the

1359
01:20:06,814 --> 01:20:09,964
Voiceless for the City, to try and do some, uh...

1360
01:20:09,964 --> 01:20:13,414
My whole family's journalists. Um, do some investigative journalism, get some

1361
01:20:13,454 --> 01:20:17,004
changes to, to the city. In Oregon, I hear that we're 49th in

1362
01:20:17,034 --> 01:20:20,394
outcomes for mentally ill people. Who, who is allowing that?

1363
01:20:20,434 --> 01:20:23,764
Who is, who is not funding those people? So on and so forth.

1364
01:20:23,794 --> 01:20:25,684
That's all.

1365
01:20:25,734 --> 01:20:28,094
Thank you.

1366
01:20:28,174 --> 01:20:29,874
Do you have any questions?

1367
01:20:31,014 --> 01:20:31,423
Everybody good?

1368
01:20:31,434 --> 01:20:32,714
No questions. Thank you.

1369
01:20:34,334 --> 01:20:34,594
Brendan

1370
01:20:34,634 --> 01:20:38,854
Kohlberg.

1371
01:20:44,034 --> 01:20:47,774
Hello there, mayor and council. I'm coming in my individual capacity as

1372
01:20:47,874 --> 01:20:51,074
vice chair of the planning commission, though I'm also a ward, a resident of Ward

1373
01:20:51,334 --> 01:20:55,114
6. Um, the planning commission has ma- or we

1374
01:20:55,134 --> 01:20:59,044
decided at our last meeting, which was held in person, our annual work plan,

1375
01:20:59,174 --> 01:21:02,474
to make two somewhat significant changes to our workflow that I figure you

1376
01:21:02,554 --> 01:21:06,344
should be informed of. Um, as of the cycle of members this

1377
01:21:06,414 --> 01:21:09,894
summer, some are rotating off at the end of June, and then more should be

1378
01:21:09,914 --> 01:21:11,684
appointed at the beginning of July.

1379
01:21:11,684 --> 01:21:15,374
We're going back to fully in-person meetings or hybrid in-person

1380
01:21:15,474 --> 01:21:19,024
first meetings. I believe we're the last major commission to do so.

1381
01:21:19,024 --> 01:21:22,574
And then secondly, because members of the commission weren't too

1382
01:21:22,614 --> 01:21:25,834
confident in how to prioritize different changes to the

1383
01:21:25,894 --> 01:21:29,574
LDC, given that there's a list that's about six years long and the amount of

1384
01:21:29,614 --> 01:21:33,394
time we have, we're interested in, in the process of trying to figure

1385
01:21:33,454 --> 01:21:37,314
out how we can learn what changes are most

1386
01:21:37,334 --> 01:21:41,034
important. In particular, establishing communication lines with the

1387
01:21:41,054 --> 01:21:44,634
people who interface with them most, from the user side, which is a

1388
01:21:44,654 --> 01:21:47,654
practice standard in most, like, tech and high performance companies.

1389
01:21:48,154 --> 01:21:52,014
Um, so we're looking at what we can do, as far

1390
01:21:52,254 --> 01:21:56,054
as our positioning, to hear from developers

1391
01:21:56,114 --> 01:21:59,704
and, and people who would like to develop but can't about rules that they feel that

1392
01:21:59,774 --> 01:22:03,714
are in the way, but not... And then contrasting those with, you

1393
01:22:03,754 --> 01:22:06,874
know, the point of regulations is to solve collection action problems and keep

1394
01:22:06,894 --> 01:22:09,754
people's private incentives from overruling the common good.

1395
01:22:09,774 --> 01:22:13,334
But where a rule provides, barriers

1396
01:22:13,454 --> 01:22:17,144
to, the city's goals of

1397
01:22:17,194 --> 01:22:20,574
affordability and economic development, but they're, it's not actually actively

1398
01:22:20,614 --> 01:22:23,914
preser- preventing something that the city does not want, and we're gonna try to

1399
01:22:23,954 --> 01:22:26,574
identify those and see where we can improve some of those.

1400
01:22:26,594 --> 01:22:30,474
So just a brief update there. Um, if you guys, you're, you're

1401
01:22:30,554 --> 01:22:33,794
obviously more connected to the community than anyone on the commission is,

1402
01:22:35,014 --> 01:22:38,914
if you have any leads on things that you think we should look at, there's a lot

1403
01:22:38,954 --> 01:22:41,814
of uncertainty on that, and I figured you should be informed even,

1404
01:22:43,354 --> 01:22:45,854
yeah, even that says. That's all.

1405
01:22:45,924 --> 01:22:47,974
Thank you.

1406
01:22:50,414 --> 01:22:54,294
That concludes our community comments.

1407
01:22:54,314 --> 01:22:56,434
Moving on to the consent agenda.

1408
01:22:56,514 --> 01:22:59,294
I will move to adopt the consent agenda.

1409
01:22:59,994 --> 01:23:01,174
Second.

1410
01:23:01,994 --> 01:23:03,294
Worried there. It was kind of a pause.

1411
01:23:04,094 --> 01:23:08,034
Any discussion? Seeing no hands, all

1412
01:23:08,103 --> 01:23:10,514
in favor of adopting the consent agenda, say aye.

1413
01:23:10,594 --> 01:23:11,694
Aye.

1414
01:23:11,704 --> 01:23:11,704
Aye.

1415
01:23:11,714 --> 01:23:12,494
Aye.

1416
01:23:12,634 --> 01:23:15,414
All opposed, say no. That passed

1417
01:23:15,514 --> 01:23:18,634
unanimously. Now on to unfinished business.

1418
01:23:18,654 --> 01:23:21,794
We have item A, revised noise ordinance.

1419
01:23:21,914 --> 01:23:25,514
Um, city manager's here to...

1420
01:23:25,574 --> 01:23:29,394
Yes. Um, our police department staff brought this forward at your

1421
01:23:29,434 --> 01:23:33,294
February 19th work session. Uh, just to check in

1422
01:23:33,354 --> 01:23:37,134
with you, council seemed, amenable to these changes, so

1423
01:23:37,214 --> 01:23:41,174
they are in front of you, in the ordinance here.

1424
01:23:41,194 --> 01:23:41,774
You have a

1425
01:23:42,934 --> 01:23:46,494
redline strikeout starting on page 133 of the electronic

1426
01:23:46,574 --> 01:23:49,054
packet, and then a clean copy on, starting on page

1427
01:23:49,214 --> 01:23:50,894
137.

1428
01:23:51,974 --> 01:23:55,794
Thank you. And, and the chief is here if we have questions that

1429
01:23:56,334 --> 01:23:58,854
city manager can't answer, but you're okay.

1430
01:23:58,894 --> 01:24:02,174
Any questions, or should we have the ordinance read?

1431
01:24:03,774 --> 01:24:06,174
All right. City recorder, if you would, please.

1432
01:24:06,214 --> 01:24:09,774
This is an ordinance relating to noise amending Corvallis Municipal Code

1433
01:24:09,834 --> 01:24:13,104
Section 5.03.030,

1434
01:24:13,104 --> 01:24:14,854
noise.

1435
01:24:15,714 --> 01:24:18,694
Very much. Again, last chance for any questions, or we can just take a

1436
01:24:18,754 --> 01:24:20,794
vote.

1437
01:24:20,814 --> 01:24:22,454
I have an observation.

1438
01:24:22,474 --> 01:24:24,214
Please, Councilor Ellis.

1439
01:24:24,274 --> 01:24:28,244
This was actually a topic of conversation at my house this weekend, because some

1440
01:24:28,254 --> 01:24:31,434
people may know that it was not actually St.

1441
01:24:31,444 --> 01:24:34,464
Patrick's Day, but the fraternities were celebrating St.

1442
01:24:34,494 --> 01:24:38,314
Patrick's Day. Um, and we were actually talking about hopefully with the

1443
01:24:38,374 --> 01:24:41,914
clarity of having the decibel level, there will be

1444
01:24:42,034 --> 01:24:45,214
less conflict between the police and the

1445
01:24:45,254 --> 01:24:47,914
people celebrating, shall we say.

1446
01:24:47,954 --> 01:24:50,064
So we are feeling pretty positive about this.

1447
01:24:51,174 --> 01:24:54,654
Yeah, I have to agree. I re- I really think that the, you know, hard facts instead

1448
01:24:54,694 --> 01:24:58,454
of just trying to determine whether or not there's a violation is gonna

1449
01:24:58,494 --> 01:25:00,674
be useful for everybody.

1450
01:25:01,934 --> 01:25:05,644
Appreciate it. All right. Let's, I guess, go ahead and take a vote.

1451
01:25:05,654 --> 01:25:07,554
Oh. Some more things. Go ahead.

1452
01:25:07,674 --> 01:25:11,394
Um, just, just a quick comment. I appreciate the work that went into this so

1453
01:25:11,474 --> 01:25:15,114
quickly after a problem was identified, so thank you to the police

1454
01:25:15,154 --> 01:25:16,924
department for your work.

1455
01:25:16,954 --> 01:25:19,394
Yes, absolutely.

1456
01:25:21,294 --> 01:25:22,124
Do you have a question or comment?

1457
01:25:22,134 --> 01:25:22,294
Mm-mm.

1458
01:25:22,314 --> 01:25:23,854
Oh, okay. Thought I saw a hand.

1459
01:25:23,894 --> 01:25:24,414
Nope.

1460
01:25:24,424 --> 01:25:26,474
All right. Let's go ahead and, take a vote.

1461
01:25:26,514 --> 01:25:28,854
All in favor of the ordinance, say aye.

1462
01:25:28,864 --> 01:25:28,864
Aye.

1463
01:25:28,874 --> 01:25:29,854
Aye.

1464
01:25:29,864 --> 01:25:29,864
Aye.

1465
01:25:31,054 --> 01:25:34,354
All opposed, say no. That passed unanimously.

1466
01:25:34,394 --> 01:25:38,154
Thank you all, and again, thank you to all staff and that were involved in

1467
01:25:38,214 --> 01:25:40,814
this. Much appreciated.

1468
01:25:43,374 --> 01:25:46,454
Next up, and we're moving on to new business now.

1469
01:25:46,474 --> 01:25:50,284
Item A, Pineview Multi-Unit, Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption, also known as

1470
01:25:50,354 --> 01:25:51,354
MEPTA application.

1471
01:25:54,678 --> 01:25:56,758
Thank you, Mayor, members of the council.

1472
01:25:56,858 --> 01:25:58,758
Um, normally I wouldn't be up here.

1473
01:25:58,798 --> 01:26:01,388
This is a economic development activity, so we would...

1474
01:26:01,418 --> 01:26:03,038
It's generally about the dollars and cents.

1475
01:26:03,078 --> 01:26:06,768
But I know you had a lot of testimony from, community members, and

1476
01:26:06,858 --> 01:26:10,478
looking through that, I think eighty or ninety percent of it was about land

1477
01:26:10,558 --> 01:26:14,518
use, piece. So I'm here for, that aspect if you have

1478
01:26:14,578 --> 01:26:17,968
questions down that line. But, also the developer is,

1479
01:26:18,358 --> 01:26:21,088
available remotely, so there'll be a moment for them as

1480
01:26:21,138 --> 01:26:22,638
well.

1481
01:26:22,648 --> 01:26:22,668
That's what I was checking.

1482
01:26:22,678 --> 01:26:24,678
Yes, and the city attorney is online as well.

1483
01:26:24,738 --> 01:26:28,558
Okay. So, with that kind of intro, I'll turn it back over to the regularly

1484
01:26:28,698 --> 01:26:30,918
scheduled show.

1485
01:26:30,958 --> 01:26:33,118
Good evening, everyone. Uh, great to be with you.

1486
01:26:33,238 --> 01:26:35,358
I'm excited to present this,

1487
01:26:36,638 --> 01:26:40,138
MUPTE application, the second that the city's received.

1488
01:26:40,238 --> 01:26:43,938
Um, it is a, a exemption

1489
01:26:43,948 --> 01:26:47,888
request for ten years, totaling thirteen million four

1490
01:26:47,918 --> 01:26:51,778
hundred and twelve thousand s- three hundred and seventy-nine dollars.

1491
01:26:51,878 --> 01:26:52,248
Um,

1492
01:26:53,938 --> 01:26:57,738
this is a, a thirteen-story building with two hundred and sixty-three

1493
01:26:57,818 --> 01:27:01,438
units and, commercial on the ground floor.

1494
01:27:01,538 --> 01:27:05,198
Um, total project cost is estimated to be a hundred and thirty-two million

1495
01:27:05,238 --> 01:27:09,028
dollars. Um, a little context, the two hundred and

1496
01:27:09,028 --> 01:27:12,908
sixty-three units, just about double the number

1497
01:27:13,018 --> 01:27:15,758
of units currently in downtown for residential

1498
01:27:15,818 --> 01:27:19,598
units. When we look at the MUPTE

1499
01:27:19,658 --> 01:27:23,638
application and the staff review, it really, comes down to three

1500
01:27:23,698 --> 01:27:27,458
tests. The but-for test, so is this project financially

1501
01:27:27,538 --> 01:27:31,338
feasible but for the exemption? And we,

1502
01:27:31,778 --> 01:27:35,338
have a requirement that we have a third-party financial consultant do

1503
01:27:35,378 --> 01:27:38,878
that analysis. Um, that financial consultant is also

1504
01:27:38,958 --> 01:27:42,018
online, can answer any technical questions about,

1505
01:27:42,978 --> 01:27:44,978
the report produced by ECO Northwest.

1506
01:27:45,718 --> 01:27:49,298
Um, at the end of the day, it was concluded through that,

1507
01:27:49,678 --> 01:27:53,538
analysis that, the project, passes the but-for

1508
01:27:53,658 --> 01:27:57,638
test. The next is the affordable housing test, so fifteen

1509
01:27:57,718 --> 01:28:01,398
percent of the project's units must be affordable for households

1510
01:28:01,478 --> 01:28:05,367
earning eighty percent or less of the AMI in Corvallis, or,

1511
01:28:05,758 --> 01:28:08,458
the applicant can provide ten percent of the total property tax

1512
01:28:08,498 --> 01:28:12,218
exemption to fund the development of future affordable housing.

1513
01:28:12,318 --> 01:28:15,958
Um, this applicant chose to provide, ten

1514
01:28:16,038 --> 01:28:18,888
percent of the total property tax exemption.

1515
01:28:18,888 --> 01:28:22,838
And we'll get to what all the total financials are here at the

1516
01:28:22,918 --> 01:28:26,858
end. Um, but the third, test,

1517
01:28:26,918 --> 01:28:29,558
so to speak, is the public benefits test.

1518
01:28:29,618 --> 01:28:33,278
So there's a list of public benefits in the ordinance from which a developer can

1519
01:28:33,398 --> 01:28:34,478
choose to try,

1520
01:28:36,278 --> 01:28:39,398
and, and accomplish to, qualify for the

1521
01:28:39,418 --> 01:28:42,898
MUPTE. Um, there are,

1522
01:28:44,198 --> 01:28:48,178
four identified in the application: public infrastructure,

1523
01:28:48,198 --> 01:28:51,918
high quality urban design and special architectural features, economic

1524
01:28:51,978 --> 01:28:54,488
catalytic effect, and connectivity improvements.

1525
01:28:55,738 --> 01:28:59,158
As for pub- public infrastructure, very

1526
01:28:59,198 --> 01:29:02,518
straightforward, the applicant has agreed to deposit one hundred thousand dollars

1527
01:29:02,558 --> 01:29:06,198
with the city to be used for construction of public infrastructure in the

1528
01:29:06,238 --> 01:29:10,218
CIP, and that'll be the discretion of,

1529
01:29:10,638 --> 01:29:13,898
public works and staff to determine what

1530
01:29:13,918 --> 01:29:17,478
exactly is, what those dollars are, are earmarked

1531
01:29:17,538 --> 01:29:19,608
for. Um,

1532
01:29:20,758 --> 01:29:23,678
next is high quality urban design, special architectural features.

1533
01:29:23,718 --> 01:29:26,988
So the development provides high quality landscaping and

1534
01:29:27,038 --> 01:29:30,878
architecture and/or other elements beyond what the city of Corvallis,

1535
01:29:31,178 --> 01:29:34,938
currently provides. Um, there's sufficient detail in the

1536
01:29:34,978 --> 01:29:38,358
application to demonstrate high quality architectural design and a commitment to

1537
01:29:38,378 --> 01:29:42,318
exceeding City of Corvallis code standards in the choice of

1538
01:29:42,358 --> 01:29:45,918
extraordinary materials. Um, it's not

1539
01:29:45,978 --> 01:29:49,568
located on lots that are identified as having historic significance, so it's

1540
01:29:49,618 --> 01:29:52,258
not subject to the Historic Resources

1541
01:29:52,338 --> 01:29:54,208
Commission. Um,

1542
01:29:56,198 --> 01:29:59,198
that, public benefit is, in our

1543
01:29:59,518 --> 01:30:02,598
view, sufficient to claim.

1544
01:30:04,178 --> 01:30:07,978
Next is economic catalytic effect, and so the applicant provided

1545
01:30:08,038 --> 01:30:11,318
sufficient detailed analysis of a proposed economic catalytic

1546
01:30:11,358 --> 01:30:15,178
effect, and the influx of residents, roughly six hundred or so

1547
01:30:15,718 --> 01:30:19,608
in downtown, and multiplier effect of that investment stands to significantly and

1548
01:30:19,658 --> 01:30:23,528
permanently improve the outlook for other businesses in terms of

1549
01:30:23,558 --> 01:30:26,638
increased employment and/or revenues.

1550
01:30:28,078 --> 01:30:32,018
The fourth, again, there are three required, s- developer chose

1551
01:30:32,058 --> 01:30:35,978
to, to provide four. Um, the developers proposed to work with

1552
01:30:36,038 --> 01:30:39,558
the city and railroad to fund future pedestrian crossing

1553
01:30:39,598 --> 01:30:43,418
improvements at Sixth, not to exceed a contribution of fifty thousand

1554
01:30:43,498 --> 01:30:47,408
dollars. So, understandably, that's not

1555
01:30:47,418 --> 01:30:51,368
gonna cover the entire cost, but it is a, a public benefit offered, in the

1556
01:30:51,398 --> 01:30:55,078
application. And we consider all four as being

1557
01:30:55,218 --> 01:30:58,238
sufficiently met in terms of the standards for

1558
01:30:58,318 --> 01:31:02,058
qualification. There's evidence that the

1559
01:31:02,098 --> 01:31:05,638
applicant may have actually qualified for an additional public benefit not

1560
01:31:05,678 --> 01:31:09,178
claimed. Um, that is regarding abandoned, vacant, or

1561
01:31:09,338 --> 01:31:13,158
underdeveloped properties. So I think there's a strong argument, we won't spend too

1562
01:31:13,178 --> 01:31:16,078
much time on it, but, for having met that

1563
01:31:16,088 --> 01:31:18,348
requirement, for,

1564
01:31:20,598 --> 01:31:22,378
resolving or improving a

1565
01:31:22,458 --> 01:31:25,638
blighted area.

1566
01:31:27,258 --> 01:31:31,058
Um, this proposal, this project, it's

1567
01:31:31,098 --> 01:31:34,428
really well aligned with a lot of city policies.

1568
01:31:34,598 --> 01:31:38,278
Um, Corvallis 2040, mixed-use development, diverse and

1569
01:31:38,298 --> 01:31:39,258
affordable housing,

1570
01:31:40,958 --> 01:31:44,078
climate change, climate action plan.

1571
01:31:44,978 --> 01:31:46,618
It's been a long time coming,

1572
01:31:48,218 --> 01:31:52,078
the code changes that have, have led to a project of this scale being,

1573
01:31:52,278 --> 01:31:52,938
proposed

1574
01:31:53,738 --> 01:31:57,678
and, the tools that have been put in place to attract this

1575
01:31:57,758 --> 01:32:01,754
kind of development.And so I think this is a culmination of a lot of efforts

1576
01:32:01,794 --> 01:32:03,934
that have been underway for many years.

1577
01:32:04,054 --> 01:32:06,994
Um, it is, it is a change, to

1578
01:32:07,034 --> 01:32:08,704
downtown. Um,

1579
01:32:09,894 --> 01:32:13,324
but I think as evidenced by the, the public benefits here,

1580
01:32:14,414 --> 01:32:16,774
a po- a positive change.

1581
01:32:16,874 --> 01:32:20,554
Um, as far as the financial impact or the

1582
01:32:20,594 --> 01:32:24,534
impact on schools, because of the state education formula,

1583
01:32:25,274 --> 01:32:27,974
there's no, there's no negative

1584
01:32:28,074 --> 01:32:31,074
impact, from the tax exemption.

1585
01:32:31,174 --> 01:32:34,254
Um, we will be increasing,

1586
01:32:34,994 --> 01:32:38,234
taxes both during the exemption period and following the exemption

1587
01:32:38,314 --> 01:32:42,194
period. Um, so the local contribution will go up to our

1588
01:32:42,234 --> 01:32:46,223
schools. However, it'll, it'll most likely just be offset, state

1589
01:32:46,334 --> 01:32:49,934
education funding. Um, as far as the budget

1590
01:32:49,954 --> 01:32:53,674
impact, the current property taxes the city collects are eight thousand two hundred

1591
01:32:53,734 --> 01:32:56,774
and twenty-six dollars on the four lots.

1592
01:32:56,854 --> 01:32:57,044
Um,

1593
01:32:57,994 --> 01:33:00,874
it's a total of twenty-five thousand.

1594
01:33:01,054 --> 01:33:04,754
Um, and the exemption period,

1595
01:33:06,274 --> 01:33:08,674
the, the taxes that the city will collect are twenty,

1596
01:33:09,474 --> 01:33:11,434
twenty-two thousand four hundred and nine dollars.

1597
01:33:11,474 --> 01:33:14,674
So city stands to roughly just about double or, or

1598
01:33:14,794 --> 01:33:18,734
so, the number, the amount of tax revenue generated from

1599
01:33:18,794 --> 01:33:22,594
years one to ten. Uh, post-exemption period, the city stands

1600
01:33:22,654 --> 01:33:26,484
to claim four hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred and fifty-four

1601
01:33:26,554 --> 01:33:29,534
dollars a year, so year eleven

1602
01:33:29,594 --> 01:33:33,554
plus. Uh, the direct net financial benefits to the city are

1603
01:33:33,574 --> 01:33:37,154
as follows. Um, fourteen thousand one hundred and eighty-three dollars

1604
01:33:37,234 --> 01:33:40,974
increase during the exemption period, years one through

1605
01:33:41,074 --> 01:33:45,054
ten. A hundred and thirty-four thousand one hundred and twenty-four dollar

1606
01:33:45,174 --> 01:33:48,774
contribution annually to the Affordable Housing Fund during the exemption

1607
01:33:48,854 --> 01:33:52,754
period. A hundred thousand dollar, contribution to the

1608
01:33:52,794 --> 01:33:56,694
Capital Improvements Plan. Fifty thousand dollar contribution to fund

1609
01:33:57,014 --> 01:33:59,334
pedestrian crossing improvements.

1610
01:33:59,354 --> 01:34:02,654
Uh, one million one hundred and sixty-two thousand one hundred and twenty-five

1611
01:34:02,734 --> 01:34:03,334
dollar,

1612
01:34:04,574 --> 01:34:08,204
expected contribution to the Affordable Housing Construction

1613
01:34:08,414 --> 01:34:11,454
Excise Tax, and a twenty-seven thousand

1614
01:34:11,554 --> 01:34:15,074
one-time Affordable Housing Construction Excise Tax for

1615
01:34:15,154 --> 01:34:19,014
the, commercial. The total financial impact

1616
01:34:19,054 --> 01:34:22,123
during the ten-year exemption period is roughly one million six hundred and

1617
01:34:22,123 --> 01:34:25,224
thirty-three thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars.

1618
01:34:25,234 --> 01:34:29,094
And the total financial impact following the exemption, four hundred forty-three

1619
01:34:30,034 --> 01:34:33,963
one five four. Uh, those are the, the analysis that

1620
01:34:33,994 --> 01:34:37,394
we do in the application. This is what we're tasked with in the

1621
01:34:37,434 --> 01:34:41,234
ordinance. And, any other questions,

1622
01:34:42,554 --> 01:34:46,194
may be better suited, if they're about the pro forma,

1623
01:34:46,524 --> 01:34:49,653
to the financial consultant, or if they're about the development project and

1624
01:34:49,734 --> 01:34:53,574
specifics, the developer. But I'm happy to answer any other questions about the

1625
01:34:53,614 --> 01:34:55,154
staff report.

1626
01:34:55,194 --> 01:34:55,854
Councillor Gediman?

1627
01:34:57,494 --> 01:35:01,094
Uh, I don't have questions. I do-- I did send a co- question

1628
01:35:01,474 --> 01:35:05,234
to Director Bilotta earlier that I thought might be informative

1629
01:35:05,794 --> 01:35:08,634
to help us focus our conversation.

1630
01:35:08,734 --> 01:35:12,183
Uh, first let me say in, in reference to one of the public comments, we're

1631
01:35:12,214 --> 01:35:15,364
not, we're foregoing property taxes.

1632
01:35:15,414 --> 01:35:19,134
That is a difference. That is different than giving the

1633
01:35:19,174 --> 01:35:22,274
developer funds, just a clarification.

1634
01:35:22,394 --> 01:35:25,374
Um, I also want to, to

1635
01:35:26,374 --> 01:35:30,194
make a few points that Director Bilotta confirmed with me in my email to

1636
01:35:30,214 --> 01:35:30,434
him,

1637
01:35:32,214 --> 01:35:35,334
that what we're talking about today is the

1638
01:35:35,454 --> 01:35:38,934
MUPTE, request. If the

1639
01:35:38,954 --> 01:35:42,804
developer, for whatever reason, was not requesting MUPTE, they

1640
01:35:42,854 --> 01:35:45,694
could, they could proceed with this project as

1641
01:35:45,814 --> 01:35:49,764
is. They could get a building permit for a

1642
01:35:49,794 --> 01:35:52,574
hundred and twenty-three foot building.

1643
01:35:52,634 --> 01:35:56,154
They could request an extra twenty percent in height, which

1644
01:35:56,234 --> 01:36:00,034
is, part of the new process from the state

1645
01:36:00,254 --> 01:36:03,874
granting automatic variances, where the staff has no

1646
01:36:03,914 --> 01:36:07,814
discretion in granting that. Um, so

1647
01:36:08,294 --> 01:36:10,994
I, I think we should keep our focus on

1648
01:36:12,434 --> 01:36:12,914
what we are

1649
01:36:13,974 --> 01:36:16,754
deciding today. We're deciding whether to extend the,

1650
01:36:17,814 --> 01:36:20,854
multi-unit property tax exemption ordinance.

1651
01:36:20,894 --> 01:36:21,894
We're not

1652
01:36:23,454 --> 01:36:27,364
revisiting the state's, choices around climate

1653
01:36:27,394 --> 01:36:31,274
friendly, equitable communities parking requirements.

1654
01:36:31,314 --> 01:36:35,234
We're not, discussing land use

1655
01:36:35,314 --> 01:36:37,594
changes. This is not a land use case.

1656
01:36:37,664 --> 01:36:41,454
So I, I just think that's important, and I, I appreciate

1657
01:36:42,254 --> 01:36:45,234
the concern that community members

1658
01:36:45,274 --> 01:36:49,134
have, but I think it's important to understand this is not a land

1659
01:36:49,174 --> 01:36:52,874
use case. This is not a... If, if they were not asking for a MUPTE, this building

1660
01:36:52,914 --> 01:36:56,294
could go forward with zero,

1661
01:36:58,454 --> 01:37:00,314
public hearing, zero land use

1662
01:37:00,374 --> 01:37:04,274
discussion, et cetera. So just, and I'm, I'm gonna

1663
01:37:04,334 --> 01:37:07,114
ask you to confirm everything I just said.

1664
01:37:07,174 --> 01:37:10,984
Uh, yeah, that, that is correct. Um, in addition, the one other thing that,

1665
01:37:11,154 --> 01:37:15,064
might be helpful to know on land use is, there was a lot of discussion and

1666
01:37:15,114 --> 01:37:17,694
commentary about the historic district.

1667
01:37:17,774 --> 01:37:21,494
Uh, historic districts, a property owner or a neighborhood, et cetera,

1668
01:37:21,734 --> 01:37:25,214
can choose to, put themselves into a

1669
01:37:25,274 --> 01:37:29,114
historic district and forego any upside and those sorts of things

1670
01:37:29,134 --> 01:37:32,103
from that. What historic districts don't do is

1671
01:37:32,154 --> 01:37:35,874
extend and remove property rights from adjacent

1672
01:37:35,914 --> 01:37:39,854
properties. And so part of what we were hearing a little bit was kind of

1673
01:37:39,894 --> 01:37:43,284
implying that, because they're a historic district, that that

1674
01:37:43,314 --> 01:37:46,754
controls the adjacent properties, and that's not how historic districts

1675
01:37:46,814 --> 01:37:49,234
work.

1676
01:37:51,114 --> 01:37:53,714
If I saw hands correctly, I saw Councilor Ellis, Napack, and then

1677
01:37:53,754 --> 01:37:56,004
Olson.

1678
01:37:57,214 --> 01:38:01,134
I didn't actually. I was just putting my hand up, but I'm

1679
01:38:01,174 --> 01:38:01,714
willing to-

1680
01:38:01,734 --> 01:38:02,654
That's what I saw.

1681
01:38:02,714 --> 01:38:06,293
I, I'm willing to... I think Councilor Olson was before me, but I'm willing to go.

1682
01:38:06,686 --> 01:38:08,766
Um, and get it over with. Um,

1683
01:38:09,806 --> 01:38:12,666
I understand this is not a land use, and that we cannot

1684
01:38:12,726 --> 01:38:16,706
discuss, the appropriateness of that

1685
01:38:16,806 --> 01:38:20,346
building on that space. And the state has taken away

1686
01:38:20,406 --> 01:38:23,346
considerable of our authority to do that.

1687
01:38:23,406 --> 01:38:26,766
Whether or not we agree with that is out of our control, and we need to take it up

1688
01:38:26,806 --> 01:38:30,446
with the state. However, I am gonna argue that

1689
01:38:30,506 --> 01:38:34,026
they're, that this is not, they do not meet the qualifications

1690
01:38:34,486 --> 01:38:38,116
for the MUPTE based on what I see. Um, I

1691
01:38:38,126 --> 01:38:41,986
think any building that is putting a private pool on its roof

1692
01:38:42,026 --> 01:38:45,886
is failing the but-for test, because I think you just don't put the pu- you

1693
01:38:45,946 --> 01:38:48,846
know? You're going for luxury housing here.

1694
01:38:48,906 --> 01:38:52,806
If you're, if you were building housing for ordinary people, no,

1695
01:38:52,846 --> 01:38:55,566
no pool on the roof. Um, you might meet it.

1696
01:38:55,586 --> 01:38:59,506
But for me, that just was no.

1697
01:38:59,586 --> 01:39:03,506
Um, I also am concerned that this is not housing for ordinary

1698
01:39:03,626 --> 01:39:06,926
people. I did a little math. I'm not a mathematician.

1699
01:39:06,936 --> 01:39:09,906
My partner looked it over and corrected a little bit of it.

1700
01:39:09,926 --> 01:39:13,516
But a studio is, if you're paying a third of your

1701
01:39:13,606 --> 01:39:17,506
rent, you have to be a mid-career teacher for this to

1702
01:39:17,546 --> 01:39:20,916
be affordable. So I would argue that even though they're not

1703
01:39:20,966 --> 01:39:23,616
affordable, this is just not affordable rent.

1704
01:39:23,626 --> 01:39:27,546
And then I saw they're comparing their rent to the Sierras

1705
01:39:27,606 --> 01:39:31,366
and saying it was about the same, but it actually had raised it a couple of

1706
01:39:31,766 --> 01:39:35,506
hundred dollars. So it is no, we're, we're actually raising

1707
01:39:35,626 --> 01:39:38,846
rent. We're not trickling down for more affordable

1708
01:39:39,086 --> 01:39:42,636
housing. I would also argue that,

1709
01:39:42,836 --> 01:39:46,406
$100,000 contribution for public infrastructure is

1710
01:39:46,586 --> 01:39:50,406
minimal. It, you, there's very little that we can actually do with that amount of

1711
01:39:50,446 --> 01:39:53,926
money. Um, I've heard enough from bi- bicycle and pedestrian

1712
01:39:53,966 --> 01:39:57,606
infrastructure to know that that is, there's not very much.

1713
01:39:57,666 --> 01:40:00,866
High quality urban design is clearly subjective.

1714
01:40:01,066 --> 01:40:04,436
I look at the pictures and I think, "I don't think so." But other people look at it

1715
01:40:04,466 --> 01:40:07,326
and think that's beautiful. But that's a subjective, not an

1716
01:40:07,426 --> 01:40:11,306
objective quality, and I don't think we can make a decision based

1717
01:40:11,386 --> 01:40:14,985
on that. I am concerned about the ec- economic catalytic

1718
01:40:15,186 --> 01:40:17,696
effect of 600 people with

1719
01:40:19,286 --> 01:40:22,546
300, 400, 500 cars parking in

1720
01:40:22,586 --> 01:40:26,526
downtown. I think that's gonna make things worse, 'cause we're constantly hearing

1721
01:40:26,606 --> 01:40:29,916
about the concerns in downtown. Um, and

1722
01:40:29,986 --> 01:40:33,835
50,000 for connectivity, again, does not strike me as

1723
01:40:33,866 --> 01:40:37,806
being very much at all. So I think that they fail based

1724
01:40:37,866 --> 01:40:41,466
upon their qualifications, and I intend to vote no

1725
01:40:41,706 --> 01:40:44,226
on the MUPTE.

1726
01:40:44,946 --> 01:40:46,606
Councilor Nyback?

1727
01:40:48,526 --> 01:40:52,466
Yeah, I have a, a question, which is if Pineview

1728
01:40:53,046 --> 01:40:55,286
folds or defaults or

1729
01:40:56,486 --> 01:40:58,886
doesn't complete the project, what happens to

1730
01:40:58,986 --> 01:41:00,886
us?

1731
01:41:02,886 --> 01:41:06,306
You mean if, if the MUPTE goes forward and then they fail, they

1732
01:41:06,506 --> 01:41:09,036
construct it and they fail, and you're fine or something?

1733
01:41:09,036 --> 01:41:11,246
If they stop halfway or something terrible happens, yeah.

1734
01:41:11,256 --> 01:41:14,376
Sure, sure. So, there's a few things. If they...

1735
01:41:14,426 --> 01:41:18,386
Obviously, the building is still there, so you continue to have a

1736
01:41:18,426 --> 01:41:20,286
building that gets taxed and all those other things.

1737
01:41:20,306 --> 01:41:23,946
But if they fail to pay us the affordable

1738
01:41:24,046 --> 01:41:27,326
housing annual payment, then they have

1739
01:41:28,066 --> 01:41:31,986
under 20 days, I believe, we, we have to submit to them, we contact

1740
01:41:31,996 --> 01:41:35,746
the developer, we contact the developer's lender, and we contact the city

1741
01:41:35,806 --> 01:41:39,706
council and say, "They're in default." At that point, they get hauled in

1742
01:41:39,746 --> 01:41:43,566
front of the council, and they get to plead their case

1743
01:41:43,646 --> 01:41:47,216
to preserve their tax exemption, assuming that

1744
01:41:48,106 --> 01:41:51,486
we didn't make it up and we had a valid reason to bring them before the council,

1745
01:41:51,526 --> 01:41:54,286
and the council then could, remove their tax exemption.

1746
01:41:54,326 --> 01:41:58,196
So then at that point, instead of being exempt and all those, you know,

1747
01:41:58,206 --> 01:42:01,835
hundreds of thousands of dollars, every year, they would immediately have

1748
01:42:01,846 --> 01:42:03,536
to start paying taxes, right

1749
01:42:03,586 --> 01:42:05,856
away.

1750
01:42:07,046 --> 01:42:09,486
I have more questions, but I'll wait.

1751
01:42:09,496 --> 01:42:13,466
Okay. And before I move on to Councilor Olsen, I wonder if it

1752
01:42:13,486 --> 01:42:17,466
might be wise, 'cause currently there's nothing even on the table to, to

1753
01:42:17,546 --> 01:42:21,246
deliberate, so maybe we should go ahead and have, the city reporter read the

1754
01:42:21,326 --> 01:42:23,386
ordinance. We'll see if we have a motion and a second

1755
01:42:24,546 --> 01:42:27,525
on the plan, yeah? City reporter, if you would, please.

1756
01:42:27,566 --> 01:42:31,306
This is the resolution approving a multiple unit property tax exemption,

1757
01:42:31,366 --> 01:42:34,886
MUPTE, for residential property located at 516 to

1758
01:42:35,106 --> 01:42:38,546
544 Southwest Fourth Street, Corvallis, Oregon

1759
01:42:38,966 --> 01:42:41,486
97333. Applicant, Pineview

1760
01:42:41,546 --> 01:42:43,686
Development.

1761
01:42:45,446 --> 01:42:48,906
At this point we can, you, you can continue asking questions, or someone can make a

1762
01:42:48,946 --> 01:42:51,386
motion to get this at least on the table.

1763
01:42:52,906 --> 01:42:53,726
So moved.

1764
01:42:54,986 --> 01:42:56,006
Do we have a second?

1765
01:42:56,046 --> 01:42:56,906
I'll second.

1766
01:42:57,006 --> 01:43:00,906
Thank you. Okay, so now we are in deliberation

1767
01:43:00,986 --> 01:43:04,366
officially. Um, but questions are still welcome as well.

1768
01:43:04,426 --> 01:43:08,326
So, go to Councilor Olsen, and then it gets back to Councilor Nyback

1769
01:43:08,346 --> 01:43:09,926
after that. There's...

1770
01:43:09,966 --> 01:43:13,866
Yeah, I actually have a couple questions which are different than the questions I

1771
01:43:13,906 --> 01:43:16,206
emailed you, Paul, so sorry about this.

1772
01:43:16,346 --> 01:43:20,276
Um, one of the main questions I've had a lot from the community is how they're

1773
01:43:20,306 --> 01:43:23,626
allowed to submit an application for a building that we don't know if it meets the

1774
01:43:23,666 --> 01:43:27,126
land use criteria. Can you explain that?

1775
01:43:27,186 --> 01:43:31,176
Yeah. Uh, there's, there's, there's a little bit of a chicken and

1776
01:43:31,246 --> 01:43:34,466
egg situation. You can either come in and try to get your exemption first, or you

1777
01:43:34,486 --> 01:43:37,106
can come in and, and get your approvals first.

1778
01:43:37,226 --> 01:43:41,056
Um, it, there is no right or wrong way for how it

1779
01:43:41,146 --> 01:43:44,806
has to happen. Now, in this instance, so, so when Obie came

1780
01:43:44,906 --> 01:43:48,626
forward before, they had a discretionary Willamette River

1781
01:43:48,726 --> 01:43:52,306
Greenway, process that's a public hearing and the whole big land use

1782
01:43:52,406 --> 01:43:56,286
deal. So they chose to get that resolved up front so that they could set

1783
01:43:56,296 --> 01:44:00,286
their pro forma to know what was, gonna be there before asking

1784
01:44:00,306 --> 01:44:03,616
for the tax exemption. On this situation,

1785
01:44:04,466 --> 01:44:07,006
the developer chose not to do that, and the developer's here if we wanna know

1786
01:44:07,046 --> 01:44:10,286
why. But, one thing that's very different about the land use

1787
01:44:10,366 --> 01:44:13,416
situation with this project than the Obie project

1788
01:44:13,886 --> 01:44:17,482
is-Uh, like it's been referenced, this is this new state

1789
01:44:17,622 --> 01:44:21,402
automatic variance process. So although they have not yet gone

1790
01:44:21,522 --> 01:44:25,382
through it, the way the process works is we send

1791
01:44:25,442 --> 01:44:29,432
out notices to the people within a radius so they know it's happening.

1792
01:44:29,432 --> 01:44:32,922
They then submit letters to us telling us whether they support it or don't support

1793
01:44:32,962 --> 01:44:36,702
it. None of that really matters because the state says we have to approve it

1794
01:44:36,762 --> 01:44:40,082
anyway, and the only one who can appeal that decision would be the

1795
01:44:40,182 --> 01:44:44,162
applicant. And so the only thing that could really be appealed would be if we said

1796
01:44:44,242 --> 01:44:47,412
no. So although they haven't been through all the land use

1797
01:44:47,742 --> 01:44:51,382
processes, the only land use process they haven't been through is one

1798
01:44:51,422 --> 01:44:55,202
that's, you know, kind of performative.

1799
01:44:56,602 --> 01:45:00,312
Yeah. And then, um... Yeah, so I've

1800
01:45:00,342 --> 01:45:04,102
been looking over this application a lot,

1801
01:45:04,142 --> 01:45:06,922
and based on my

1802
01:45:07,122 --> 01:45:10,762
own, views, and

1803
01:45:10,942 --> 01:45:14,682
based on... Yeah, based on my own views, I don't

1804
01:45:14,702 --> 01:45:17,142
believe that it fulfills the MUPD criteria.

1805
01:45:17,202 --> 01:45:20,982
I believe that the p- public benefits, of

1806
01:45:21,022 --> 01:45:24,902
public infrastructure and connectivity improvements

1807
01:45:24,912 --> 01:45:28,562
are not, fulfilled. Uh, for the connectivity

1808
01:45:28,582 --> 01:45:32,382
improvements, they say that they want to fund future

1809
01:45:32,442 --> 01:45:36,342
pedestrian con- crossing improvements or just any sort of connectivity

1810
01:45:36,362 --> 01:45:39,502
improvements not to exceed a contribution of fifty thousand

1811
01:45:39,602 --> 01:45:43,182
dollars. Uh, yeah, fifty thousand dollars.

1812
01:45:43,302 --> 01:45:47,282
In the Corvallis Transportation System Plan, which was adopted

1813
01:45:47,322 --> 01:45:50,272
in twenty nineteen, they lifted...

1814
01:45:50,302 --> 01:45:54,082
they listed eleven unfunded projects for a total of,

1815
01:45:54,582 --> 01:45:57,902
fifty-five... five five zero zero zero

1816
01:45:57,942 --> 01:46:01,822
zero, dollars, which calculates out to

1817
01:46:02,682 --> 01:46:05,942
fifty thousand a project. And these are,

1818
01:46:06,602 --> 01:46:10,522
at least a couple of these are railroad crossing improvements or other crosswalk

1819
01:46:10,562 --> 01:46:13,342
improvements that are not currently funded.

1820
01:46:13,402 --> 01:46:17,022
And st- this was at twenty nineteen prices, which

1821
01:46:17,182 --> 01:46:20,462
according to a, inflation calculator

1822
01:46:20,882 --> 01:46:23,672
calculates to over sixty-three hundred...

1823
01:46:23,682 --> 01:46:26,562
sixty-three thousand, in

1824
01:46:27,442 --> 01:46:31,302
this day and age. So this money would not fund even a singular

1825
01:46:31,402 --> 01:46:35,362
project in the neighborhood. And while I know that is only

1826
01:46:35,382 --> 01:46:39,342
some of the funding, I don't believe if you can't even fund one project with

1827
01:46:39,382 --> 01:46:42,592
the money you're offering, that that's a sufficient connectivity

1828
01:46:42,662 --> 01:46:45,762
development. Additionally, I don't believe that

1829
01:46:45,822 --> 01:46:49,402
the, public, public infrastructure is

1830
01:46:49,462 --> 01:46:52,522
met. Uh, our requirements say an investment of at

1831
01:46:52,682 --> 01:46:55,422
least, a hundred thousand dollars.

1832
01:46:55,432 --> 01:46:59,402
They have agreed to deposit exactly a hundred thousand dollars, and with

1833
01:46:59,442 --> 01:47:02,822
their estimate of how many people are going to live in there,

1834
01:47:03,262 --> 01:47:07,192
six... sixty, give or take, that calculates to a

1835
01:47:07,222 --> 01:47:10,722
hundred and fifty dollars per person in infrastructure developments, which

1836
01:47:11,762 --> 01:47:15,652
is not a lot. Like, I could... I mean, I don't have a

1837
01:47:15,702 --> 01:47:19,242
lot of money, but if I went up to the city and was like, "Hey, I'll give you a

1838
01:47:19,262 --> 01:47:22,682
hundred and fifty dollars if you'll put a crosswalk in my neighborhood," they'd be

1839
01:47:22,722 --> 01:47:25,242
like, "Great, that doesn't cover the paint,"

1840
01:47:26,302 --> 01:47:29,522
or, "That doesn't cover the street sign." Because believe me, I've thought about

1841
01:47:29,582 --> 01:47:31,762
just, like, putting up street signs in my neighborhood.

1842
01:47:31,822 --> 01:47:35,502
And s- because of that, because of those two

1843
01:47:35,542 --> 01:47:39,392
facts, while I do...

1844
01:47:39,422 --> 01:47:42,922
Yeah, I do not believe that this project

1845
01:47:42,982 --> 01:47:46,322
fulfills the requirements for

1846
01:47:46,382 --> 01:47:49,702
the, MUPD, and so I will

1847
01:47:49,762 --> 01:47:51,922
be voting no on

1848
01:47:51,962 --> 01:47:53,842
it.

1849
01:47:55,022 --> 01:47:58,022
Councilor Morfield.

1850
01:47:59,582 --> 01:48:01,782
Councilor Napack had, had her hand up

1851
01:48:01,791 --> 01:48:03,842
first.

1852
01:48:04,542 --> 01:48:06,862
All right. Okay. Councilor Napack.

1853
01:48:08,402 --> 01:48:10,582
I have a... So in, in

1854
01:48:11,542 --> 01:48:15,442
the text, the narrative that staff put together, thank you very much,

1855
01:48:15,892 --> 01:48:16,882
a lot of the things

1856
01:48:17,942 --> 01:48:21,362
that they talk about, especially infrastructure, are

1857
01:48:21,382 --> 01:48:25,242
proposed. They're not concrete, shall we

1858
01:48:25,282 --> 01:48:28,872
say. They're saying, "We will do this, we will do that." They say they're proposing

1859
01:48:29,742 --> 01:48:33,342
X, Y, Z. And I know, for instance, through the railroad, they

1860
01:48:33,502 --> 01:48:35,442
want... they never wanna cooperate,

1861
01:48:36,261 --> 01:48:39,952
and they won't maintain the crossing. They...

1862
01:48:39,952 --> 01:48:43,842
w- w- w- will refuse to maintain the crossing even if we improve it.

1863
01:48:43,962 --> 01:48:44,302
Um,

1864
01:48:45,102 --> 01:48:45,382
the,

1865
01:48:47,962 --> 01:48:51,842
SD... Well, infrastructure downtown, you know, we've been on the task

1866
01:48:51,902 --> 01:48:55,642
force for, revitalization downtown, and I

1867
01:48:55,682 --> 01:48:59,052
understand, you know, we have utilities that are

1868
01:49:00,302 --> 01:49:04,262
needing a lot of upgrades, especially

1869
01:49:04,302 --> 01:49:08,262
electric and so on and so forth. And this would seem

1870
01:49:08,322 --> 01:49:11,492
that they might run into a problem if they, if

1871
01:49:11,522 --> 01:49:15,082
they... I don't know if they will or not, but I know their,

1872
01:49:15,582 --> 01:49:16,622
water main burst

1873
01:49:17,782 --> 01:49:19,062
right there on the corner of,

1874
01:49:20,822 --> 01:49:23,102
Fourth and Safeway.

1875
01:49:24,482 --> 01:49:26,832
So I don't... You know, how we can...

1876
01:49:26,842 --> 01:49:29,842
How can we, can we afford

1877
01:49:29,902 --> 01:49:31,842
this?

1878
01:49:33,202 --> 01:49:36,792
Okay. Um, yeah, a couple things. Uh, one is, you know, some of

1879
01:49:36,842 --> 01:49:40,142
these, some of these things about what the developer should or should not offer, we

1880
01:49:40,162 --> 01:49:42,572
should probably get the developer on to, to talk about that. I...

1881
01:49:42,602 --> 01:49:44,882
You know, we're not here to, to deal with that part of it.

1882
01:49:44,982 --> 01:49:48,182
Um, but as far as the public utilities piece of things

1883
01:49:48,782 --> 01:49:52,642
and the electrical, what we've seen, you know, our

1884
01:49:52,662 --> 01:49:53,642
electrical grid

1885
01:49:54,442 --> 01:49:57,902
in the downtown is a problem for pretty much any scale of

1886
01:49:57,962 --> 01:50:01,902
development. Um, we've had problems, on

1887
01:50:01,962 --> 01:50:04,482
some of the renovations on Madison even.

1888
01:50:04,582 --> 01:50:06,692
Um, it's a very old technology. It's...

1889
01:50:06,692 --> 01:50:09,262
it has not been well-maintained by Pacific Power.

1890
01:50:09,362 --> 01:50:12,842
So when we do have projects, like the l- museum was

1891
01:50:12,962 --> 01:50:16,552
one, like, OB recently, there's

1892
01:50:16,602 --> 01:50:20,182
extensive multi-million dollar upgrades to the entire

1893
01:50:20,242 --> 01:50:22,152
grid downtown that occurs for that.

1894
01:50:22,222 --> 01:50:26,082
So it would not sur- You know, I don't know the details about this particular part

1895
01:50:26,122 --> 01:50:30,002
of downtown, but it would not surprise me at all if there's not the same

1896
01:50:30,042 --> 01:50:33,552
thing. And it doesn't necessarily mean that the grid just is on that block.

1897
01:50:33,582 --> 01:50:35,122
They often have to run back.

1898
01:50:35,346 --> 01:50:39,106
As far as water lines and sewer lines,

1899
01:50:39,846 --> 01:50:43,046
those are things that get resolved every- when the development comes

1900
01:50:43,146 --> 01:50:46,866
in, and if they are not adequate, then the development has to bring them up to

1901
01:50:46,906 --> 01:50:50,656
speed. It's actually kind of beneficial if you have older,

1902
01:50:52,106 --> 01:50:54,446
infrastructure that needs to be upgraded

1903
01:50:54,456 --> 01:50:58,046
then along with the development, but again, I don't know if that would be the case

1904
01:50:58,106 --> 01:51:00,766
here or not. Oh, maybe Mark knows something.

1905
01:51:00,826 --> 01:51:04,726
Yeah, I can just share generally if you think about water and, and sewer

1906
01:51:04,766 --> 01:51:08,746
lines as our public works director has, has talked about

1907
01:51:08,786 --> 01:51:12,756
and, and presentations on master plans recently on both our water and,

1908
01:51:12,786 --> 01:51:16,526
and wastewater. Generally it's, for water, it's

1909
01:51:16,626 --> 01:51:20,426
fire flows that drive water line sizes, and for

1910
01:51:20,526 --> 01:51:23,486
sewer line sizes, it's that infiltration and inflow.

1911
01:51:23,526 --> 01:51:26,106
It's not number of residents,

1912
01:51:27,766 --> 01:51:29,506
as Director Bilade pointed out.

1913
01:51:29,586 --> 01:51:33,106
If, if there is a, a local deficiency

1914
01:51:33,186 --> 01:51:37,016
identified, generally that, the developer has to deal with that as

1915
01:51:37,066 --> 01:51:40,966
part of their development, and they do that through a, a permit process

1916
01:51:40,986 --> 01:51:43,586
through public works.

1917
01:51:43,626 --> 01:51:45,746
Okay, thanks.

1918
01:51:45,946 --> 01:51:48,606
Councillor Marfield?

1919
01:51:48,726 --> 01:51:48,966
Um,

1920
01:51:50,146 --> 01:51:52,386
I have a couple of questions. Um,

1921
01:51:53,306 --> 01:51:56,636
I'll ask them both if someone else doesn't wanna take a turn.

1922
01:51:56,636 --> 01:52:00,546
But, the first one is a fairly narrow technical

1923
01:52:00,646 --> 01:52:04,256
one. It was a question I posed to staff late in the day, so there wasn't

1924
01:52:04,266 --> 01:52:08,246
really time to come up with an answer, but it had to do with the

1925
01:52:08,346 --> 01:52:10,896
financial projections and, and,

1926
01:52:13,486 --> 01:52:14,506
what, at least on the

1927
01:52:14,586 --> 01:52:18,466
surface, looked to me like an error, but I'm not familiar

1928
01:52:18,486 --> 01:52:20,746
with this kind of commercial development either.

1929
01:52:20,766 --> 01:52:24,586
But the, that coverage ratio in the first three years seemed to be calculated

1930
01:52:24,646 --> 01:52:28,306
incorrectly. And since there's, the purpose of it is to

1931
01:52:28,326 --> 01:52:32,226
establish the need for the property tax exemption, I need

1932
01:52:32,266 --> 01:52:34,086
that to be clarified.

1933
01:52:34,146 --> 01:52:37,846
Yeah. I, I think here we'll ask Eric Bagwell, from Echo

1934
01:52:37,926 --> 01:52:40,016
Northwest to clarify that.

1935
01:52:40,026 --> 01:52:42,466
Huh.

1936
01:52:44,305 --> 01:52:47,486
Sure. Good evening, everyone. Um, sure, happy to answer that question.

1937
01:52:47,506 --> 01:52:51,326
Um, w- the, the debt service cover ratio is

1938
01:52:51,366 --> 01:52:55,266
calculated properly. What's happening is there's a three percent,

1939
01:52:55,546 --> 01:52:59,026
increase assumption on r- on the rental income

1940
01:52:59,126 --> 01:53:02,296
annually. And so what happens is that's ticking up every year.

1941
01:53:02,326 --> 01:53:06,286
And also, I think in year four, there, the developer is expecting a refinancing

1942
01:53:06,326 --> 01:53:10,206
event, and so you're seeing that actually change to serve, the debt service

1943
01:53:10,286 --> 01:53:12,866
actually change in that year. Um, does that answer your

1944
01:53:12,906 --> 01:53:14,426
question?

1945
01:53:14,526 --> 01:53:16,996
It- I'm sorry, I couldn't quite hear you.

1946
01:53:16,996 --> 01:53:20,686
The sound is just because of my hearing and quality of the

1947
01:53:20,806 --> 01:53:24,026
speaker wasn't real great. Maybe I can get an interpreter.

1948
01:53:25,186 --> 01:53:28,506
Um, so no, I, I didn't, I couldn't hear the answer

1949
01:53:28,546 --> 01:53:29,546
exactly.

1950
01:53:29,686 --> 01:53:33,606
Sure. So my understanding of the, the pro forma is that in year four,

1951
01:53:33,666 --> 01:53:37,366
the developer is expecting a refinancing event to basically take out a

1952
01:53:37,386 --> 01:53:38,506
portion of the equity-

1953
01:53:38,606 --> 01:53:38,806
Right

1954
01:53:38,926 --> 01:53:41,766
... that is being put into... So wha- what you're seeing is the debt service start

1955
01:53:41,806 --> 01:53:43,346
to change in that year. Also-

1956
01:53:43,386 --> 01:53:45,286
Yeah, I, I understand what happens in year four.

1957
01:53:45,306 --> 01:53:48,586
It's years one through three that seem to be...

1958
01:53:48,626 --> 01:53:49,866
If I, if I,

1959
01:53:52,706 --> 01:53:54,776
you know, divide,

1960
01:53:55,246 --> 01:53:58,866
net operating income by debt service for year one through three, it doesn't come up

1961
01:53:58,906 --> 01:54:02,456
with a one point one five, one ei- one eighteen, one twenty two

1962
01:54:03,166 --> 01:54:04,666
debt coverage ratio.

1963
01:54:04,726 --> 01:54:08,266
Oh, that's because in year, the first three years, there's just an interest-only

1964
01:54:08,326 --> 01:54:09,666
annual payment.

1965
01:54:09,706 --> 01:54:11,306
But it's still debt service.

1966
01:54:11,346 --> 01:54:15,216
Yes, but the debt service is different because when that refinancing event happens,

1967
01:54:15,266 --> 01:54:19,206
it changes to a thirty-year am- amortization as opposed to

1968
01:54:19,226 --> 01:54:21,776
the interest-only payment that's happening in the first three years.

1969
01:54:21,826 --> 01:54:23,916
That's why it's changing.

1970
01:54:23,966 --> 01:54:24,535
Okay, well,

1971
01:54:25,946 --> 01:54:29,486
I, I'm talking about, I think, a simple math question.

1972
01:54:29,546 --> 01:54:29,906
Sure.

1973
01:54:29,926 --> 01:54:33,886
In a pro forma, if I look at net operating income of, I mean,

1974
01:54:33,926 --> 01:54:37,606
I'll use the first year, of eight one, eight point one

1975
01:54:37,706 --> 01:54:38,146
million,

1976
01:54:40,426 --> 01:54:43,926
and divide it by the, the, debt service of five point

1977
01:54:44,066 --> 01:54:46,766
nine, it does not come out to one point one five.

1978
01:54:47,906 --> 01:54:51,606
So I'm just going by the numbers that are shown on the sheet.

1979
01:54:51,646 --> 01:54:55,566
And I would say the same error, I, I mean,

1980
01:54:55,845 --> 01:54:59,386
at least it appears to be that, shows up in years two and three, and then

1981
01:54:59,686 --> 01:55:02,276
after that it's fine. It, it ma- it

1982
01:55:03,126 --> 01:55:05,826
makes sense in the way that I understand it.

1983
01:55:05,886 --> 01:55:09,546
Yeah. My, the calculation I have on, in the application that I received

1984
01:55:09,706 --> 01:55:13,546
has the net operating income divided by the interest

1985
01:55:13,806 --> 01:55:15,796
of five point fi- or the, the

1986
01:55:16,606 --> 01:55:20,516
one year, debt service of five

1987
01:55:20,606 --> 01:55:24,046
point five million dollars. So it is getting to, it, it's an accurate

1988
01:55:24,086 --> 01:55:26,546
calculation in my, in my pro forma.

1989
01:55:26,626 --> 01:55:28,126
Maybe we're looking at two different-

1990
01:55:28,146 --> 01:55:28,156
Okay

1991
01:55:28,156 --> 01:55:29,326
... versions of it.

1992
01:55:29,406 --> 01:55:32,346
Can, can I, can I jump in as the developer and maybe clarify?

1993
01:55:32,406 --> 01:55:32,986
Sure. Thanks, Dan.

1994
01:55:33,026 --> 01:55:36,526
You don't mind? Sorry about that. So yeah, I can explain that.

1995
01:55:36,586 --> 01:55:40,466
Um, for purposes of lenders reviewing pro

1996
01:55:40,486 --> 01:55:41,186
formas,

1997
01:55:42,086 --> 01:55:45,806
regardless of whether it's interest-only payment, debt cover ratio is

1998
01:55:45,866 --> 01:55:49,526
based on the thirty-year amortized payment.

1999
01:55:49,546 --> 01:55:53,496
So as if you are paying, even though you're not for the first three

2000
01:55:53,606 --> 01:55:57,546
years alone, it's calculated as if you are paying part of

2001
01:55:57,586 --> 01:56:00,816
the principal amount down. That is why.

2002
01:56:00,866 --> 01:56:04,186
So in fact, if you look at, you don't divide it by the

2003
01:56:04,246 --> 01:56:05,926
interest-only payment amount,

2004
01:56:06,806 --> 01:56:10,746
you divide it by the larger amount of the thirty-year fully amortized amount,

2005
01:56:11,506 --> 01:56:12,426
and that's how you get to that

2006
01:56:12,466 --> 01:56:16,306
number.

2007
01:56:20,086 --> 01:56:22,676
I, I'm not gonna sit here in the middle of the meeting and do math.

2008
01:56:22,726 --> 01:56:25,546
I, I turned my- ... stuff so it wouldn't-

2009
01:56:25,726 --> 01:56:26,466
Yeah, it's, uh-

2010
01:56:26,506 --> 01:56:30,026
I'm just reporting on m- me coming up with different

2011
01:56:30,066 --> 01:56:32,326
DCRs when I was doing it at home.

2012
01:56:32,386 --> 01:56:33,926
Yeah, no, DCR is-

2013
01:56:34,066 --> 01:56:34,076
So-

2014
01:56:34,086 --> 01:56:37,416
I'm sorry. The DCR is, is co- is for the purpose of getting

2015
01:56:37,426 --> 01:56:41,410
the-The debt cover ratio, it's calculated regardless

2016
01:56:41,470 --> 01:56:45,310
of whether you're only paying interest payments for those three years.

2017
01:56:45,390 --> 01:56:49,170
It's, the debt cover ratio is actually calculated based

2018
01:56:49,290 --> 01:56:51,990
on a larger payment on a monthly

2019
01:56:52,010 --> 01:56:55,760
basis amount. For the bank purposes, that's always the way it's

2020
01:56:55,770 --> 01:56:58,090
done. So y-you can't get a loan

2021
01:56:58,950 --> 01:57:01,610
based on the interest-only payment.

2022
01:57:01,650 --> 01:57:05,630
It, the lender will always base it on the amortized amount

2023
01:57:06,690 --> 01:57:10,290
over thir- which is a higher payment on an annual basis.

2024
01:57:10,310 --> 01:57:13,150
That's why it's, it sounds confusing.

2025
01:57:13,190 --> 01:57:16,630
I, I... And I totally get why you'd be confused.

2026
01:57:16,670 --> 01:57:19,350
I, I was a little concerned that you, you kind of

2027
01:57:20,170 --> 01:57:23,880
need to be in our world of finance to...

2028
01:57:23,910 --> 01:57:27,550
As a s- kind of a stray calculation, it doesn't make sense, but that's, that's how

2029
01:57:27,590 --> 01:57:30,990
it's calculated. And Eric, you can, I guess, confirm

2030
01:57:31,050 --> 01:57:32,310
that. Maybe just-

2031
01:57:32,350 --> 01:57:34,430
Yes, that is typically how it is calculated,

2032
01:57:34,470 --> 01:57:36,750
correct.

2033
01:57:38,070 --> 01:57:39,040
Okay. Um,

2034
01:57:39,930 --> 01:57:41,250
second question. Um,

2035
01:57:42,730 --> 01:57:46,670
the, I don't have the, ORS or the, or the actually the city

2036
01:57:46,750 --> 01:57:49,830
ordinance language sitting right in front of me, so I'm working from memory a

2037
01:57:49,850 --> 01:57:53,290
little bit. But the, ORS that

2038
01:57:53,370 --> 01:57:57,310
authorizes localities to have a MUPTI program mentions design

2039
01:57:57,390 --> 01:58:00,890
criteria as being an element that can be considered.

2040
01:58:01,530 --> 01:58:05,410
Um, in the city's ordinance, there's some,

2041
01:58:05,430 --> 01:58:08,770
what I consider, fairly general language about, design

2042
01:58:08,870 --> 01:58:12,680
criteria in there. And so the, a question

2043
01:58:12,950 --> 01:58:16,660
that I think is appropriate to ask tonight is that because the language is

2044
01:58:16,730 --> 01:58:17,150
general

2045
01:58:18,070 --> 01:58:22,050
and, and not real specific about what we

2046
01:58:22,130 --> 01:58:23,230
mean by that,

2047
01:58:25,490 --> 01:58:29,210
it raises the question to me, number one, how are we supposed to interpret

2048
01:58:29,250 --> 01:58:32,970
it? One way to have some guidance around that issue

2049
01:58:33,090 --> 01:58:36,990
is what did the council intend back in '23 or

2050
01:58:37,010 --> 01:58:40,850
whenever it was when the, when the ordinance was adopted.

2051
01:58:40,970 --> 01:58:41,250
Um,

2052
01:58:42,170 --> 01:58:45,930
can you... Because I, I think of a design can, is a very

2053
01:58:46,030 --> 01:58:49,800
global kind of topic. And, and

2054
01:58:49,870 --> 01:58:51,690
some, some of the concerns that have been raised

2055
01:58:52,530 --> 01:58:55,499
aren't just about how the exterior of the building is

2056
01:58:55,530 --> 01:58:59,070
treated, but its relationship to

2057
01:58:59,150 --> 01:59:01,770
surrounding areas. Certainly, architects

2058
01:59:02,890 --> 01:59:06,090
take into account context when they design things.

2059
01:59:06,150 --> 01:59:06,380
Sure.

2060
01:59:07,150 --> 01:59:10,040
Uh, I, that's not specified in our ordinance, though.

2061
01:59:10,070 --> 01:59:13,850
So I'm trying to get some guidance on what the intent was of having

2062
01:59:13,870 --> 01:59:16,770
design, in the ordinance.

2063
01:59:16,830 --> 01:59:20,710
Yeah. Design is usually, you know, it was intended to be, fairly general

2064
01:59:20,770 --> 01:59:23,490
to give council some latitude. Uh, we don't

2065
01:59:23,590 --> 01:59:24,770
have,

2066
01:59:26,110 --> 01:59:28,510
we don't have a very specific design,

2067
01:59:30,210 --> 01:59:33,690
standard across the city. You know, we, we tend to allow a lot of different

2068
01:59:33,700 --> 01:59:36,610
things. Um, typically, design is going to

2069
01:59:36,710 --> 01:59:40,450
be, not change of

2070
01:59:40,550 --> 01:59:44,310
scale per se, but elements of the

2071
01:59:44,350 --> 01:59:48,339
design. So, you know, a, taking

2072
01:59:48,390 --> 01:59:52,250
the 13-story building down to a three-story building would not be

2073
01:59:52,330 --> 01:59:53,510
just an architectural

2074
01:59:54,570 --> 01:59:57,270
opinion. You know, that's, that's something that's different.

2075
01:59:57,370 --> 02:00:01,250
Moving, you know, having the lobby open over here

2076
02:00:01,350 --> 02:00:05,050
or having a step back or having, you know,

2077
02:00:05,090 --> 02:00:08,050
balconies go this way instead of that way. You know, those sorts of things.

2078
02:00:08,070 --> 02:00:10,610
Those, those are design, pieces to it.

2079
02:00:10,710 --> 02:00:14,380
Um, you know, if we... Not in, not in this

2080
02:00:14,450 --> 02:00:18,410
case because they, of course, get to use the standards as it is

2081
02:00:18,490 --> 02:00:21,930
now. Uh, in the future, if the council wanted to be more clear

2082
02:00:22,030 --> 02:00:25,910
about, you know, these are the five things that we really care about

2083
02:00:25,950 --> 02:00:29,910
and we don't care about anything else, that's fine, but, that's not

2084
02:00:29,970 --> 02:00:32,119
how, this was set up. It was set up to...

2085
02:00:32,119 --> 02:00:35,510
'Cause, you know, no one really knew what was gonna come in, so it was set up to

2086
02:00:35,550 --> 02:00:37,730
give the council some, some, freedom.

2087
02:00:38,050 --> 02:00:41,990
As a former developer, I, I certainly have been supportive of the city

2088
02:00:42,110 --> 02:00:46,070
moving away from vague design requirements that were always

2089
02:00:46,130 --> 02:00:49,970
seen in the eye of the beholder and created opportunities for nothing more

2090
02:00:50,010 --> 02:00:53,730
than conflict and appeals. Uh, so having more

2091
02:00:53,770 --> 02:00:57,430
objective criteria in what we, what kind of

2092
02:00:57,469 --> 02:00:59,130
design elements should apply-

2093
02:00:59,210 --> 02:00:59,240
Mm-hmm

2094
02:00:59,270 --> 02:01:02,230
... in developments, that makes perfect sense.

2095
02:01:02,270 --> 02:01:02,670
Yeah.

2096
02:01:02,740 --> 02:01:04,970
But that's not the question in my mind before us.

2097
02:01:05,010 --> 02:01:08,770
This is about whether we provide a, a property tax

2098
02:01:08,830 --> 02:01:09,290
exemption-

2099
02:01:09,330 --> 02:01:09,430
Right

2100
02:01:09,950 --> 02:01:13,850
... and how, and it raises the, it, a matter of

2101
02:01:13,890 --> 02:01:17,610
design as one of those matters of public benefit-

2102
02:01:17,670 --> 02:01:17,830
Right

2103
02:01:18,170 --> 02:01:20,910
... especially when it's exceeded.

2104
02:01:20,950 --> 02:01:21,490
And so

2105
02:01:22,990 --> 02:01:25,170
it, it, it appears to inject

2106
02:01:26,430 --> 02:01:26,750
a

2107
02:01:27,610 --> 02:01:31,070
element that otherwise is not in our land development code.

2108
02:01:31,090 --> 02:01:31,550
Yeah.

2109
02:01:31,570 --> 02:01:35,150
But it injects that element design into a decision

2110
02:01:35,190 --> 02:01:37,330
on, on subsidy.

2111
02:01:37,370 --> 02:01:41,170
The, the language in the, in the MUPTI, and I don't have it right in front of me,

2112
02:01:41,310 --> 02:01:44,690
but it's, it's ref- referencing,

2113
02:01:45,300 --> 02:01:48,750
design and materials that are in excess of, of kind of

2114
02:01:48,830 --> 02:01:52,430
standard. So what we look, when we look at it from the staff level, we're not

2115
02:01:52,470 --> 02:01:56,270
looking at whether something's, you know, a particular time period or anything

2116
02:01:56,310 --> 02:02:00,090
like that. We're looking at what would be, building code

2117
02:02:00,170 --> 02:02:03,330
minimums and what's above and beyond that.

2118
02:02:03,390 --> 02:02:07,360
So, this project in particular, just right

2119
02:02:07,410 --> 02:02:10,640
out of the gate, the fact that it uses steel construction

2120
02:02:11,330 --> 02:02:15,070
is above and beyond a standard, you know, six-story kind

2121
02:02:15,110 --> 02:02:18,730
of, wood st- wooden or concrete base and st- and stick

2122
02:02:18,990 --> 02:02:20,970
construction like you'd see normally.

2123
02:02:21,050 --> 02:02:24,970
Um, so that right there, you know, you've got, I think they showed in

2124
02:02:24,990 --> 02:02:28,810
the, in the, documentation that it was about $24 a square foot.

2125
02:02:28,850 --> 02:02:32,350
So that's an element above. Uh, the developer also

2126
02:02:32,410 --> 02:02:35,970
highlighted the amount of glazing that they have on the project, whether

2127
02:02:36,030 --> 02:02:39,410
that's adequate or not. The main one I think from the staffing

2128
02:02:39,470 --> 02:02:43,030
perspective would be, you know, going to a steel construction is a very

2129
02:02:43,070 --> 02:02:46,900
different, kind of concept. And that's exactly the concept the council was

2130
02:02:46,970 --> 02:02:50,320
looking at when we went... You know, Councilor Ellis will remember when we had

2131
02:02:50,350 --> 02:02:53,926
those discussions with the task force-You can go up to about six

2132
02:02:54,046 --> 02:02:57,506
storeys with stick built construction, and then there's a dead

2133
02:02:57,626 --> 02:03:00,615
zone, and you've gotta get up to about 10 or more above.

2134
02:03:00,646 --> 02:03:04,386
And so that's how we ended up with the 123 feet, when the council made that

2135
02:03:04,406 --> 02:03:08,226
decision. So the intent was to get steel construction and to

2136
02:03:08,286 --> 02:03:12,246
push in there. We could have stopped at six storey and, and

2137
02:03:12,306 --> 02:03:14,206
just stayed with, you know, business as usual.

2138
02:03:14,246 --> 02:03:17,946
So this i- that I think is the big architectural

2139
02:03:18,066 --> 02:03:20,686
element when you're looking at dollars and, and cents.

2140
02:03:20,786 --> 02:03:24,746
Uh, staff's not real comfortable getting into questions about, wow, what's

2141
02:03:24,786 --> 02:03:28,346
the color of the doors, and does that match the, the colors of the

2142
02:03:28,386 --> 02:03:32,086
windows, and things like that. So, that's not the kinda level that we're

2143
02:03:32,126 --> 02:03:32,646
looking at.

2144
02:03:33,386 --> 02:03:36,226
We're looking primarily does it exceed the current

2145
02:03:36,326 --> 02:03:39,866
standards. And, for the reasons

2146
02:03:40,066 --> 02:03:43,956
Director Bilotta outlined, it was found that it, it does meet that criteria

2147
02:03:44,006 --> 02:03:47,726
according to the ordinance. With all of these, the

2148
02:03:47,766 --> 02:03:51,566
criteria for having been met, there's a standard,

2149
02:03:51,606 --> 02:03:55,175
right? Um, whether it's at least $100,000,

2150
02:03:55,526 --> 02:03:59,306
or whether, the project will include

2151
02:03:59,386 --> 02:04:02,306
additional non-required connectivity improvements.

2152
02:04:02,566 --> 02:04:04,506
Um, that's how we looked at

2153
02:04:04,546 --> 02:04:08,606
it.

2154
02:04:10,046 --> 02:04:10,246
Uh,

2155
02:04:11,126 --> 02:04:15,106
so I have Councilor Olsen and then, Councilor Ellis, but I wanted to add my

2156
02:04:15,146 --> 02:04:18,986
opinion. Although I don't normally get a vote, I just still have an opinion,

2157
02:04:19,006 --> 02:04:20,706
so

2158
02:04:21,746 --> 02:04:25,686
When, when I was first encouraged to run for city council by a good friend

2159
02:04:25,706 --> 02:04:29,406
of mine, former City Councilor George Groesch, he told me, "Trust your staff.

2160
02:04:29,426 --> 02:04:33,086
They're the experts." You know, 'cause we can't be experts on everything.

2161
02:04:33,366 --> 02:04:33,506
Um,

2162
02:04:34,426 --> 02:04:37,146
and but he said that it's perfectly okay to question them.

2163
02:04:37,206 --> 02:04:41,066
So I'm not, I'm not saying that those here who disagree with that are

2164
02:04:41,086 --> 02:04:43,306
wrong 'cause you're questioning it, and that's fine.

2165
02:04:44,066 --> 02:04:45,806
But I do have a lot of faith in staff.

2166
02:04:45,866 --> 02:04:49,626
I, I, I believe we have some of the best staff you could possibly ask for.

2167
02:04:49,686 --> 02:04:53,106
So when I looked at the criteria, there are things I questioned, and I had to

2168
02:04:53,126 --> 02:04:57,106
reread some things, but I f- I feel like staff knows whether criteria is being

2169
02:04:57,146 --> 02:05:01,106
met. Um, it's what we pay them for.

2170
02:05:01,206 --> 02:05:05,166
Um, some of the i- i- items that I wanna really point out is

2171
02:05:05,826 --> 02:05:07,026
the overall benefit

2172
02:05:08,306 --> 02:05:12,246
and, and I'm not getting into the details of improvements of pedestrian crosses

2173
02:05:12,286 --> 02:05:14,726
or railroad 'cause that there's always complications there.

2174
02:05:14,746 --> 02:05:18,626
But it, well, the one thing that was pointed out by staff

2175
02:05:18,646 --> 02:05:22,006
that wasn't actually part of the criteria used was around the, the improvement of

2176
02:05:22,026 --> 02:05:25,426
the area. That, you know, that area has looked very run down for many

2177
02:05:25,446 --> 02:05:29,296
years. You know, we, we've heard from our, our task force, and we hear from

2178
02:05:29,366 --> 02:05:33,166
community members all the time about the concern of downtown looking

2179
02:05:33,306 --> 02:05:36,626
aging. It's not a lot of people all the time, although lately I feel like it's been

2180
02:05:36,646 --> 02:05:37,436
doing better.

2181
02:05:38,426 --> 02:05:38,596
But, but

2182
02:05:40,286 --> 02:05:43,986
this is something we've talked about as a council and as a community that we want.

2183
02:05:44,006 --> 02:05:45,816
We want more people living downtown.

2184
02:05:45,846 --> 02:05:48,206
We want new improvements to downtown.

2185
02:05:48,286 --> 02:05:52,166
Um, the financial benefit is something we, we talk, we've had conversations

2186
02:05:52,226 --> 02:05:55,686
around, budget gap and needs to increase revenue.

2187
02:05:55,726 --> 02:05:57,306
Well, this was going to increase revenue.

2188
02:05:57,326 --> 02:05:59,986
It was gonna increase, you know, the look of our

2189
02:06:00,026 --> 02:06:03,706
downtown. The height of it, I, I have mixed

2190
02:06:03,746 --> 02:06:07,126
feelings about that. My wife has a different opinion than me.

2191
02:06:07,166 --> 02:06:09,346
But it's, that's not what's in question here today.

2192
02:06:09,386 --> 02:06:10,866
That's not something we're talking about.

2193
02:06:10,926 --> 02:06:13,486
So we all might have our own opinions on that.

2194
02:06:13,506 --> 02:06:17,486
I'm sure they vary quite a bit, and maybe after this is not

2195
02:06:17,566 --> 02:06:21,206
no longer a council thing, we can have conversations around those opinions.

2196
02:06:21,286 --> 02:06:21,415
Um,

2197
02:06:22,746 --> 02:06:26,176
but I'm very hopeful that the council will, will see this as a benefit and see that

2198
02:06:26,206 --> 02:06:29,355
it meets the criteria and hopefully will vote yes,

2199
02:06:30,966 --> 02:06:31,746
for something that,

2200
02:06:32,586 --> 02:06:35,546
you know, we talk about all the time, density, housing,

2201
02:06:36,126 --> 02:06:39,966
business, finance. You know, it, it checks a

2202
02:06:40,006 --> 02:06:42,466
lot of boxes as far as I'm concerned.

2203
02:06:42,546 --> 02:06:42,746
So

2204
02:06:43,586 --> 02:06:47,306
appreciate that. Um, I've Councilor Olsen next, and then I saw

2205
02:06:47,366 --> 02:06:50,406
Councilor Ellis raise her hand, and then I'll go from there.

2206
02:06:50,986 --> 02:06:52,346
And at some point, someone's gonna wanna

2207
02:06:53,146 --> 02:06:55,266
call the question, but Councilor Olsen.

2208
02:06:55,346 --> 02:06:58,896
Uh, yeah. I also wanna say Councilor Lewis has had a question, so if you can add

2209
02:06:58,926 --> 02:06:59,676
them to the list.

2210
02:06:59,726 --> 02:07:00,586
Will do.

2211
02:07:00,626 --> 02:07:04,326
Yeah. Um, I have a question and then a comment.

2212
02:07:04,346 --> 02:07:07,426
My first question is for Director Bilotta, and it's

2213
02:07:07,766 --> 02:07:11,175
how, like, what are the next...

2214
02:07:11,226 --> 02:07:14,886
Whether or if this gets approved by the council, what are the next steps

2215
02:07:14,926 --> 02:07:18,786
for the development? Specifically, is this going to go to a

2216
02:07:18,806 --> 02:07:22,626
planning commission process? Or, like, how would

2217
02:07:22,706 --> 02:07:25,486
people get involved with the land development side of it?

2218
02:07:25,506 --> 02:07:29,096
Sure. From the land development side, because this involves housing-

2219
02:07:29,366 --> 02:07:29,506
Mm-hmm

2220
02:07:29,626 --> 02:07:32,666
... state law generally doesn't allow much interaction at all.

2221
02:07:32,706 --> 02:07:36,566
So what will happen will be, the developer would apply to

2222
02:07:36,606 --> 02:07:39,726
get that twenty percent height bonus, which is what's called a HLUA,

2223
02:07:39,886 --> 02:07:43,006
H-L-U-A. That's the new state process.

2224
02:07:43,106 --> 02:07:46,426
Uh, we are then require... That's required to be a staff level

2225
02:07:46,846 --> 02:07:50,826
approval, and we would then... We do have a requirement for

2226
02:07:50,866 --> 02:07:54,116
notification. I can't quite remember the radius off the top of my head, but

2227
02:07:54,146 --> 02:07:58,126
somebody will get, will get notices and, they're

2228
02:07:58,226 --> 02:08:02,026
very unsatisfying notices to send out, because they

2229
02:08:02,206 --> 02:08:06,126
say, "Here you go. Please write in and let

2230
02:08:06,166 --> 02:08:09,906
us know what you think. And by the way, state law really won't let us do anything

2231
02:08:09,966 --> 02:08:13,555
about what you think anyway." Uh, but we do, and we send those

2232
02:08:13,686 --> 02:08:16,466
out, and then, those are set up.

2233
02:08:16,506 --> 02:08:19,636
The state law is you will approve, so then we do approve,

2234
02:08:20,086 --> 02:08:23,986
and then, people that submit testimony get sent,

2235
02:08:24,266 --> 02:08:27,426
notices that we approved, and, and then it moves forward to building

2236
02:08:27,446 --> 02:08:29,786
permit.

2237
02:08:29,826 --> 02:08:33,446
Yeah. And then my second thing is that while I still

2238
02:08:33,606 --> 02:08:36,966
plan to vote against this for the reasons I stated

2239
02:08:37,026 --> 02:08:40,206
previously, I am going to make a motion to amend

2240
02:08:40,866 --> 02:08:44,666
this. Um, specifically electronic packet page

2241
02:08:44,766 --> 02:08:47,166
two oh five under connectivity

2242
02:08:47,226 --> 02:08:50,886
improvements, talks about paying fifty

2243
02:08:51,026 --> 02:08:54,686
thousand directly to the city of Corvallis during the first year of tax

2244
02:08:54,746 --> 02:08:58,666
exemption following the completion of construction to be used by the city to fund

2245
02:08:58,766 --> 02:09:02,598
connectivity developments af-At the end of that, I would like to add

2246
02:09:02,958 --> 02:09:06,618
within one quarter mile of the development's property line to

2247
02:09:06,658 --> 02:09:10,168
ensure that this money is going to be connectivity

2248
02:09:10,218 --> 02:09:13,618
improvements that directly relate to the development and the surrounding

2249
02:09:13,658 --> 02:09:17,308
neighborhood, and not, like, not that this fund will

2250
02:09:17,338 --> 02:09:20,568
go, they'll, like, give us money and it'll go somewhere. So.

2251
02:09:20,578 --> 02:09:24,048
One, one clarification. The reason why their contribution's to

2252
02:09:24,058 --> 02:09:28,018
connectivity and public infrastructure is because we wanna provide

2253
02:09:28,038 --> 02:09:31,558
for flexibility for public works to determine what the

2254
02:09:31,578 --> 02:09:34,507
priorities are for that money to be used, right?

2255
02:09:34,558 --> 02:09:38,488
So it's, it's not as though, it's not as

2256
02:09:38,518 --> 02:09:41,358
though it's up to the developer how those contributions are used.

2257
02:09:41,378 --> 02:09:43,218
It's really up to the city to determine

2258
02:09:44,478 --> 02:09:48,118
its best use of that. And so I, I appreciate the motion, I just wanted to

2259
02:09:48,138 --> 02:09:49,848
clarify that that's why their contribution is.

2260
02:09:49,858 --> 02:09:53,638
Yes. And I understand that, but at the same time,

2261
02:09:53,658 --> 02:09:55,898
this money could be used anywhere in the city.

2262
02:09:55,938 --> 02:09:59,638
And while I have nothing against at North Corvallis, for

2263
02:09:59,698 --> 02:10:03,078
example, if you're building 600 units of housing in

2264
02:10:03,138 --> 02:10:06,318
downtown and they're like, "We're gonna use this on the Walnut

2265
02:10:06,398 --> 02:10:10,178
Boulevard," which great use of any money, that's

2266
02:10:10,278 --> 02:10:13,418
not going to impact 600 people living in downtown.

2267
02:10:13,438 --> 02:10:16,638
That's going to impact a different group of people who's not related to this

2268
02:10:16,678 --> 02:10:17,738
development, so.

2269
02:10:17,778 --> 02:10:21,348
Yeah. I- I could just add that, you know, one, one of the things to

2270
02:10:21,418 --> 02:10:24,738
know, you know, because this is coming in through economic development, those

2271
02:10:24,818 --> 02:10:28,758
funds will most likely be squirreled away in economic

2272
02:10:28,798 --> 02:10:32,738
development budget, so they're gonna stand out like a sore thumb, and they

2273
02:10:32,758 --> 02:10:35,278
won't get absorbed into a $15 million

2274
02:10:36,198 --> 02:10:37,888
public works budget or anything like that.

2275
02:10:37,918 --> 02:10:41,908
And then in the ca- capital improvement pro- planning process, that's really where

2276
02:10:41,998 --> 02:10:45,938
attaching it to the right thing. And what I'd hate to do with picking out an, you

2277
02:10:45,978 --> 02:10:49,898
know... It's, I think it's okay to say that you hope that this proper-

2278
02:10:49,908 --> 02:10:53,848
this gets used in the general vicinity of this or in the downtown or that

2279
02:10:53,858 --> 02:10:57,558
kinda thing. I worry that if we say a quarter of a mile, that we

2280
02:10:57,598 --> 02:11:01,418
might be 16 feet away from the really bad problem, 'cause I

2281
02:11:01,438 --> 02:11:03,738
don't know what distance everything is right now.

2282
02:11:04,978 --> 02:11:06,578
City manager?

2283
02:11:06,618 --> 02:11:10,277
Yeah, I think that sort of conversation about where these funds would be

2284
02:11:10,398 --> 02:11:14,178
used is best directed to staff and not part of this,

2285
02:11:14,218 --> 02:11:18,058
this agreement, and allow staff to come back and

2286
02:11:18,118 --> 02:11:21,678
say, "Hey, here's some options within that quarter

2287
02:11:21,778 --> 02:11:24,698
mile or within the vicinity," and, and talk about pros and

2288
02:11:24,798 --> 02:11:28,538
cons. So again, that, that's more appropriate to have a conversation

2289
02:11:28,608 --> 02:11:32,258
with staff about how to use that funds, not

2290
02:11:32,458 --> 02:11:35,318
in a MUPTE agreement.

2291
02:11:36,358 --> 02:11:39,358
And I, I do understand that, I

2292
02:11:39,618 --> 02:11:43,567
just, I don't, especially with the budget gap that we're

2293
02:11:43,618 --> 02:11:47,198
facing at the moment, I don't trust that if this isn't in a

2294
02:11:47,218 --> 02:11:50,998
resolution somewhere... Like, I trust staff fully, but I don't trust that

2295
02:11:51,038 --> 02:11:53,918
this won't be, "Oh, we're going to add it.

2296
02:11:53,958 --> 02:11:57,378
We just need a little bit of money to push this project through, and then we just

2297
02:11:57,398 --> 02:12:01,358
need a little bit of money to push this project for, through," and it

2298
02:12:01,398 --> 02:12:04,258
won't happen. I would be down to increase the

2299
02:12:04,898 --> 02:12:08,088
radius. I was just thinking of a quarter mile because that incorporates,

2300
02:12:08,098 --> 02:12:09,618
like, honestly

2301
02:12:10,758 --> 02:12:13,998
pretty much, the 30,

2302
02:12:14,038 --> 02:12:17,918
the, the fr- the, the river. The Mary's River all the way up

2303
02:12:17,978 --> 02:12:21,038
to, when I was looking at at least,

2304
02:12:21,558 --> 02:12:25,238
Madison, which is a lot of intersections and a lot of

2305
02:12:25,278 --> 02:12:28,158
crossings and a lot of bike lanes that could be built, so.

2306
02:12:28,218 --> 02:12:31,058
At this point, Councilor Olsen does not have a second.

2307
02:12:31,078 --> 02:12:31,198
Right.

2308
02:12:31,218 --> 02:12:35,118
So I'm going to second because we didn't have that option before everybody

2309
02:12:35,178 --> 02:12:35,978
jumped in.

2310
02:12:37,298 --> 02:12:39,778
And I, and I'll, my, my concern's with the motion.

2311
02:12:39,818 --> 02:12:40,798
I, I appreciate

2312
02:12:41,738 --> 02:12:45,338
your thought on this, but my concern is what if, there's an opportunity to

2313
02:12:45,378 --> 02:12:46,798
improve our transit system

2314
02:12:47,738 --> 02:12:50,698
that would benefit people living there potentially but it would be outside of that

2315
02:12:50,718 --> 02:12:51,618
quarter mile?

2316
02:12:51,638 --> 02:12:53,938
Then one bus.

2317
02:12:53,978 --> 02:12:57,798
But, but there's a tran- there's, there could be, money that goes to additional

2318
02:12:57,998 --> 02:13:00,668
funding or additional routes that go where people need to go.

2319
02:13:00,718 --> 02:13:04,418
So I'm saying there's potential other needs and uses that would

2320
02:13:04,458 --> 02:13:06,258
benefit people, not directly

2321
02:13:06,638 --> 02:13:09,928
necessarily. So we have a motion and a second,

2322
02:13:10,018 --> 02:13:13,128
and, is it... Go ahead.

2323
02:13:13,128 --> 02:13:15,898
I have a clarifying question on the motion, and I think it's a legal

2324
02:13:15,938 --> 02:13:19,398
question, which is the, the resolution

2325
02:13:19,817 --> 02:13:23,798
describes the basis upon which the applicant would

2326
02:13:23,838 --> 02:13:27,178
be granted a, a multi-unit property tax

2327
02:13:27,218 --> 02:13:28,458
exemption.

2328
02:13:29,578 --> 02:13:33,418
What, which... And if you read the language of that resolution, it

2329
02:13:33,478 --> 02:13:36,718
talks a lot about what the applicant is going to

2330
02:13:36,778 --> 02:13:40,018
do. If we approve this motion,

2331
02:13:41,278 --> 02:13:44,958
how does that work legally? Because this is

2332
02:13:44,998 --> 02:13:48,558
supposed to be an agreement of the basis upon which you're

2333
02:13:48,598 --> 02:13:52,578
getting this MUPTE, and now we're saying the basis upon which you're getting this

2334
02:13:52,618 --> 02:13:53,318
exemption

2335
02:13:54,198 --> 02:13:58,118
is the city doing a certain amount, doing a, a

2336
02:13:58,238 --> 02:14:02,128
specific project. So I think that's, I

2337
02:14:02,138 --> 02:14:05,468
don't know that that is clean from a legal point of view, and I have a question

2338
02:14:05,498 --> 02:14:06,178
about that.

2339
02:14:06,198 --> 02:14:09,498
Well, fortunately, we actually have the city attorney online, I believe.

2340
02:14:10,538 --> 02:14:13,658
So that sounds like a question for him.

2341
02:14:13,778 --> 02:14:15,598
D**n, Josh.

2342
02:14:15,658 --> 02:14:18,938
Yes. So as I understand, the question is related to the, the

2343
02:14:18,998 --> 02:14:20,728
amendment. Um,

2344
02:14:21,718 --> 02:14:25,548
and I, I guess, as I understand it, the, that,

2345
02:14:26,258 --> 02:14:29,158
amendment would restrict how the city can use the

2346
02:14:29,218 --> 02:14:33,118
funding. So it would, because this

2347
02:14:33,178 --> 02:14:37,078
is a resolution that's being adopted by the city, the

2348
02:14:37,118 --> 02:14:40,918
city would be bound to that restriction on how it can use the funding.

2349
02:14:40,978 --> 02:14:44,298
That wouldn't be a condition on the developers

2350
02:14:44,308 --> 02:14:48,148
receiving the tax exemption, if that makes

2351
02:14:48,158 --> 02:14:49,098
sense.

2352
02:14:49,118 --> 02:14:49,238
Okay.

2353
02:14:49,258 --> 02:14:52,318
So the, the developer gets a tax exemption, the city is self-imposing a restriction

2354
02:14:52,328 --> 02:14:53,498
on how it uses the funding.

2355
02:14:54,918 --> 02:14:58,558
And, and so if, if the city chose not to do a $50,000

2356
02:14:58,578 --> 02:15:02,277
project within, do, do we owe the developer the 50K back?

2357
02:15:04,474 --> 02:15:07,634
If, if you were to, if the city were to,

2358
02:15:09,814 --> 02:15:11,304
con- to use that

2359
02:15:11,334 --> 02:15:15,254
funding for some other project, then the

2360
02:15:15,374 --> 02:15:19,294
city would be in violation of this resolution and could potentially face a

2361
02:15:19,334 --> 02:15:22,564
cause of action from somebody. Um, if you were just

2362
02:15:22,634 --> 02:15:26,614
to not build the project for a period

2363
02:15:26,654 --> 02:15:30,554
of time, because there's no timeline on building the project, as long as that

2364
02:15:30,614 --> 02:15:33,694
fifty thousand dollars is either not used or is used

2365
02:15:33,734 --> 02:15:36,674
within that, radius, then it would

2366
02:15:36,834 --> 02:15:39,854
qualify.

2367
02:15:42,214 --> 02:15:45,514
Any other discussion on the motion to amend? Counselor Ellis?

2368
02:15:46,834 --> 02:15:50,654
I actually think that we could argue that this is policy when we're talking

2369
02:15:50,734 --> 02:15:54,514
about, um... And I, I actually appreciated the city attorney's

2370
02:15:54,574 --> 02:15:57,934
distinction of the resolution versus the MUFD. That was helpful.

2371
02:15:57,994 --> 02:16:01,474
I would think that this could be something that council could use very

2372
02:16:01,534 --> 02:16:05,054
effectively to lessen the impact of some of these

2373
02:16:05,074 --> 02:16:07,454
developments on neighborhoods. So,

2374
02:16:08,774 --> 02:16:10,854
it's not a very large amount of money.

2375
02:16:10,954 --> 02:16:14,854
Um, it's kind of a symbolic gesture, but I think that, I think

2376
02:16:14,914 --> 02:16:18,634
we could argue that it is policy and is appropriate and is clearly

2377
02:16:18,694 --> 02:16:21,574
legal to put in the resolution.

2378
02:16:22,994 --> 02:16:23,874
Counselor Cadena?

2379
02:16:25,774 --> 02:16:29,694
Yes, it very well might be legal. Um, I th- I think this,

2380
02:16:30,854 --> 02:16:34,214
I think it's messy and I think that it's

2381
02:16:34,294 --> 02:16:37,534
more, important for,

2382
02:16:39,094 --> 02:16:41,245
for these types of projects as they move forward

2383
02:16:41,915 --> 02:16:45,724
for the council to clarify how these funds

2384
02:16:45,755 --> 02:16:49,514
are used and not make decisions on the fly in a

2385
02:16:49,554 --> 02:16:53,434
particular MUFD application. I have no problem bringing these policy

2386
02:16:53,474 --> 02:16:57,234
issues to a policy discussion. I, I think this is just messy

2387
02:16:57,594 --> 02:17:00,474
and I also know on the amendment.

2388
02:17:02,335 --> 02:17:06,314
Any other discussion on the motion to amend? All right.

2389
02:17:06,354 --> 02:17:06,594
Let's go ahead.

2390
02:17:06,614 --> 02:17:07,995
Mayor, Counselor Shaffer-

2391
02:17:08,014 --> 02:17:08,354
Yeah.

2392
02:17:08,495 --> 02:17:09,434
Has his hand raised.

2393
02:17:09,454 --> 02:17:11,255
Go ahead, Counselor Shaffer.

2394
02:17:11,314 --> 02:17:14,303
Yeah, thank you. Excuse me. Um,

2395
02:17:15,755 --> 02:17:19,634
I, I'm sympathetic to the concept of the

2396
02:17:19,774 --> 02:17:23,114
amendment, but I'm concerned that it

2397
02:17:23,194 --> 02:17:27,134
entangles us and complicates the, the actual

2398
02:17:27,194 --> 02:17:29,634
mo- decisions and motions going forward.

2399
02:17:29,694 --> 02:17:33,394
And so, while I appreciate the the-

2400
02:17:33,434 --> 02:17:35,675
the notion, I will vote against the

2401
02:17:35,734 --> 02:17:37,675
amendment.

2402
02:17:37,734 --> 02:17:40,534
Thank you, Counselor Shaffer. We ready for a

2403
02:17:40,575 --> 02:17:41,874
vote?

2404
02:17:43,354 --> 02:17:46,374
City recorder, you have the language correctly?

2405
02:17:46,454 --> 02:17:47,755
Uh, yes, I do, Mayor.

2406
02:17:47,774 --> 02:17:51,654
Okay. Sure you have it. All right, all those in favor of the motion to amend,

2407
02:17:51,734 --> 02:17:52,495
say aye.

2408
02:17:52,554 --> 02:17:53,054
Aye.

2409
02:17:53,064 --> 02:17:53,064
Aye.

2410
02:17:53,075 --> 02:17:55,194
Aye. I'm sorry.

2411
02:17:55,234 --> 02:17:55,694
Whoops.

2412
02:17:55,734 --> 02:17:56,954
I meant no.

2413
02:17:58,394 --> 02:18:02,134
It's always difficult online. Um, all those opposed say no.

2414
02:18:02,175 --> 02:18:02,335
No.

2415
02:18:02,394 --> 02:18:02,694
No.

2416
02:18:02,974 --> 02:18:03,874
No.

2417
02:18:04,954 --> 02:18:08,194
In the opinion of me as chair, it sounded like the noes had

2418
02:18:08,234 --> 02:18:11,835
it. But I appreciate, again, I appreciate your, your

2419
02:18:11,854 --> 02:18:15,534
attempt. That's what we do here. So we're back to the

2420
02:18:15,575 --> 02:18:19,325
resolution as written, and I have originally had Counselor Ellis, Lewis, and

2421
02:18:19,394 --> 02:18:21,874
Cadena, and now Napak.

2422
02:18:23,934 --> 02:18:26,854
I had a couple of, questions for Director Pilata.

2423
02:18:26,894 --> 02:18:30,755
At one point, we required like some sort of setback if you had a

2424
02:18:30,794 --> 02:18:33,354
high density going up against a lower density.

2425
02:18:33,374 --> 02:18:33,954
Mm-hmm.

2426
02:18:33,974 --> 02:18:35,214
Did that go away with the state?

2427
02:18:35,255 --> 02:18:38,335
That wa- that was part of... No, that was actually part of the mixed use project,

2428
02:18:38,634 --> 02:18:39,654
took away some of that.

2429
02:18:39,714 --> 02:18:42,634
Okay. And solar access?

2430
02:18:42,774 --> 02:18:46,165
Um, solar access comes into play, um...

2431
02:18:46,194 --> 02:18:47,694
There's two things called solar access.

2432
02:18:47,734 --> 02:18:51,354
There's the ability to, if you have

2433
02:18:51,474 --> 02:18:54,995
solar panels and you want to control

2434
02:18:55,474 --> 02:18:59,384
the, property next to you so that they don't shade on your

2435
02:18:59,534 --> 02:19:03,425
solar panels, there is a process that you can go through to get that.

2436
02:19:03,434 --> 02:19:06,974
They are... Your neighbor has to agree to that.

2437
02:19:07,034 --> 02:19:09,814
So it's, it's one of those things. But you know, if you have a...

2438
02:19:09,854 --> 02:19:12,814
If you and your neighbor are on good terms and you just wanna make sure that when

2439
02:19:12,854 --> 02:19:15,575
the neighbor sells it in ten years that it doesn't get you, you know, a lot of

2440
02:19:15,594 --> 02:19:17,314
times they'll do that sort of thing.

2441
02:19:17,335 --> 02:19:21,014
There's another kind of thing that's called solar access in the code, which is in a

2442
02:19:21,075 --> 02:19:24,915
subdivision level, is talking about orienting buildings in particular

2443
02:19:25,014 --> 02:19:27,335
ways so they can maximize the solar gain.

2444
02:19:27,374 --> 02:19:31,044
So, neither one of those is probably gonna be, relevant in this

2445
02:19:31,094 --> 02:19:31,964
location.

2446
02:19:31,974 --> 02:19:35,585
Mm-hmm. Um, I also wanna say that,

2447
02:19:36,054 --> 02:19:39,255
I don't believe, and this is no offense to, to our, our staff-

2448
02:19:39,314 --> 02:19:39,454
Mm-hmm

2449
02:19:39,694 --> 02:19:43,534
... that, steel is going above and beyond if it is kind

2450
02:19:43,594 --> 02:19:46,614
of the structural norm for a building of that

2451
02:19:46,654 --> 02:19:50,374
height. So, I, I remember- that's

2452
02:19:51,074 --> 02:19:54,434
s- up to six feet or six stories, they don't need to have it.

2453
02:19:54,474 --> 02:19:58,414
You said ab- above and beyond that, it's kind of the structural norm.

2454
02:19:58,494 --> 02:20:01,834
Um, so...

2455
02:20:01,894 --> 02:20:03,834
Counselor Lewis.

2456
02:20:03,914 --> 02:20:07,834
So a lot of counselors, especially Counselor Olsen Ellis, has

2457
02:20:07,914 --> 02:20:11,774
been more, eloquent in it, in their opinions.

2458
02:20:11,854 --> 02:20:15,124
Um, so I'm just like dithering a little bit, but I wanna push back a little,

2459
02:20:15,474 --> 02:20:18,974
about the fact that we do talk a lot about infrastructure and

2460
02:20:18,994 --> 02:20:22,074
beautifying Corvallis and making downtown look wonderful and

2461
02:20:22,154 --> 02:20:25,974
housing, but the main thing that we focus on the most is affordable

2462
02:20:26,014 --> 02:20:29,994
housing. And looking at these prices, I'm a renter myself, I literally

2463
02:20:30,014 --> 02:20:33,794
had to move because my one bedroom, for my last

2464
02:20:33,854 --> 02:20:36,134
apartment was going to be nineteen hundred dollars.

2465
02:20:36,214 --> 02:20:38,714
I make eighteen dollars an hour. I can't afford that.

2466
02:20:38,774 --> 02:20:41,994
I am in a two-income household. We cannot afford that.

2467
02:20:42,094 --> 02:20:45,974
Um, so seeing the, this just like the potential

2468
02:20:46,114 --> 02:20:49,994
pricing of these units, especially the studio and the

2469
02:20:50,034 --> 02:20:53,724
one bedroom, I'm just like, "Who is this for?" Because we...

2470
02:20:53,754 --> 02:20:57,624
And the, especially for, Ward Two, the n- number

2471
02:20:57,654 --> 02:21:01,254
one thing I hear all about is like, "It is too expensive to live in Corvallis."

2472
02:21:01,274 --> 02:21:04,574
They would love to live here and as they work here, they would love to not have to

2473
02:21:04,594 --> 02:21:06,854
commute. It is too expensive

2474
02:21:07,334 --> 02:21:10,938
and-As beautiful as and

2475
02:21:10,978 --> 02:21:14,558
wonderful as it will be to have more people to live in Corvallis, we have to make

2476
02:21:14,578 --> 02:21:18,248
sure they can afford it and at, and just looking

2477
02:21:18,338 --> 02:21:22,328
at this proposal, this is not something that I can

2478
02:21:22,398 --> 02:21:26,238
wholeheartedly be behind. So I will be voting no.

2479
02:21:27,198 --> 02:21:28,558
Councilor Katina.

2480
02:21:29,078 --> 02:21:33,038
Yeah, a few comments. One is I, I would encourage

2481
02:21:33,098 --> 02:21:36,758
us to not, make decisions based

2482
02:21:36,778 --> 02:21:40,618
upon personal preferences about how people

2483
02:21:40,658 --> 02:21:44,458
choose to live or not live. Um,

2484
02:21:44,498 --> 02:21:48,147
and I think the, I think the challenge for us is, and I think we're

2485
02:21:48,178 --> 02:21:51,798
facing this with the changes that have-- both the changes we've made here

2486
02:21:51,878 --> 02:21:54,998
locally as well as the changes that have come from the state.

2487
02:21:55,878 --> 02:21:59,718
Um, this will add a significant am-number of rental units.

2488
02:21:59,898 --> 02:22:03,458
I think that, we've heard, discussion

2489
02:22:03,498 --> 02:22:07,428
previously about our vacancy, rate in

2490
02:22:07,478 --> 02:22:10,578
rental housing. Our vacancy rate's low enough that we

2491
02:22:10,618 --> 02:22:14,438
have, stickiness, and

2492
02:22:14,558 --> 02:22:18,478
upward pressure on rents. Um, putting this number of units on

2493
02:22:18,518 --> 02:22:22,158
the market, even if it appeals

2494
02:22:22,218 --> 02:22:26,098
to, higher-end renters,

2495
02:22:26,518 --> 02:22:28,718
will have an impact on the,

2496
02:22:29,748 --> 02:22:33,718
available rental inventory, in the

2497
02:22:33,758 --> 02:22:37,688
city. Um, I, if I just walked pa-- I mean, in my ward

2498
02:22:37,818 --> 02:22:41,538
I, I, I know there are students that live in single-family homes that

2499
02:22:41,738 --> 02:22:45,258
probably would prefer to not live in single-family homes.

2500
02:22:45,398 --> 02:22:49,358
Um, I think that, c-creating more housing,

2501
02:22:49,378 --> 02:22:52,478
this is what we, this is what we said we wanted to do.

2502
02:22:52,558 --> 02:22:55,358
I, and I, I feel like we're in a situation

2503
02:22:55,458 --> 02:22:56,778
where,

2504
02:22:59,598 --> 02:23:03,238
where we want more housing, we want density, but then if it's too high,

2505
02:23:03,858 --> 02:23:07,638
we don't like that. If it's too-- If it's, if it's sprawl, we

2506
02:23:07,678 --> 02:23:11,438
don't like that. Um, I, I think that

2507
02:23:11,498 --> 02:23:13,088
hou-- you know, we need housing

2508
02:23:14,038 --> 02:23:17,858
and it's only gonna be through the addition of a significant amount of housing

2509
02:23:17,898 --> 02:23:20,578
that things are gonna become more affordable.

2510
02:23:20,678 --> 02:23:24,598
Um, I think that Corvallis, I mean, I've been-- I moved

2511
02:23:24,638 --> 02:23:28,258
to Corvallis in ninety-five. Definitely the

2512
02:23:28,318 --> 02:23:29,128
lack of

2513
02:23:30,178 --> 02:23:33,618
keeping up with our housing requirements has led us to the situation that we're in.

2514
02:23:33,678 --> 02:23:37,538
We, we created commercial mixed-use zones.

2515
02:23:37,678 --> 02:23:41,438
Um, I, I think if

2516
02:23:41,498 --> 02:23:43,558
you-- That will change

2517
02:23:44,378 --> 02:23:47,118
the nature of what gets built, and it's not

2518
02:23:47,178 --> 02:23:50,218
overnight, but it will change. So yeah, we

2519
02:23:50,318 --> 02:23:53,518
can, we can deny this,

2520
02:23:54,298 --> 02:23:56,758
and we can deny the next one and the next one.

2521
02:23:56,878 --> 02:24:00,778
Um, but I think that the

2522
02:24:00,818 --> 02:24:04,258
getting to affordable housing by only building affordable

2523
02:24:04,398 --> 02:24:06,798
housing, i.e. tax-subsidized,

2524
02:24:08,158 --> 02:24:11,038
a-affordable housing is not the answer.

2525
02:24:11,107 --> 02:24:15,058
Um, that is one element, an important element, but looking

2526
02:24:15,098 --> 02:24:18,798
at each in-individual proposal as the

2527
02:24:18,858 --> 02:24:22,838
solution to affordable housing is, is myopic.

2528
02:24:22,878 --> 02:24:26,778
And so I think we really do need to look at what will it take

2529
02:24:26,838 --> 02:24:29,938
to... This is a significant increase i-in housing.

2530
02:24:29,998 --> 02:24:33,918
I don't, I, I canna-- I cannot predict, I can't predict

2531
02:24:33,998 --> 02:24:37,887
students. I'm too far from that age to know why people have dogs and

2532
02:24:37,898 --> 02:24:40,918
go to college and why people have cars and go to college.

2533
02:24:40,958 --> 02:24:44,308
But I, I think this would, this provides the opportunity

2534
02:24:45,158 --> 02:24:48,598
for people to easily get around without a car.

2535
02:24:48,618 --> 02:24:51,498
Perhaps it will appeal to those folks. I don't really know.

2536
02:24:51,578 --> 02:24:53,178
Uh, but I think that

2537
02:24:54,658 --> 02:24:58,598
there is immediate tax benefit, albeit small,

2538
02:24:58,638 --> 02:25:01,878
but it is higher and much higher than it is currently.

2539
02:25:01,938 --> 02:25:05,358
It is a development in commercial mixed use.

2540
02:25:05,398 --> 02:25:08,768
It is adding a significant amount of housing.

2541
02:25:08,838 --> 02:25:12,098
And yes, I cannot say that,

2542
02:25:13,898 --> 02:25:15,738
that we know the, the full

2543
02:25:15,798 --> 02:25:19,678
consequences of where we're going with commercial mixed use, but

2544
02:25:19,738 --> 02:25:23,358
that is the path that we are on, is to build significantly more housing.

2545
02:25:23,398 --> 02:25:26,267
So I think we need to get on with it, and I will be in favor of

2546
02:25:26,318 --> 02:25:28,938
this.

2547
02:25:28,978 --> 02:25:30,137
City manager.

2548
02:25:31,758 --> 02:25:35,658
Yeah, I understand some of the, the challenge, and maybe

2549
02:25:35,738 --> 02:25:39,648
the angst that the council is feeling, certainly the community is feeling on

2550
02:25:39,718 --> 02:25:39,908
this.

2551
02:25:40,958 --> 02:25:44,718
And we've talked a lot about how the state has come in and, and

2552
02:25:44,798 --> 02:25:48,418
changed, how we can or can't

2553
02:25:48,478 --> 02:25:50,717
regulate development.

2554
02:25:52,038 --> 02:25:55,657
I also wanna remind the council that the council

2555
02:25:55,758 --> 02:25:59,258
itself has made multiple policy

2556
02:25:59,298 --> 02:26:03,258
decisions, and this project, while it's the first one,

2557
02:26:03,338 --> 02:26:04,018
it does

2558
02:26:04,898 --> 02:26:06,678
match,

2559
02:26:08,718 --> 02:26:11,618
layers of policy decisions the council has made

2560
02:26:11,938 --> 02:26:15,398
thoughtfully. And, the

2561
02:26:15,538 --> 02:26:19,418
MUPTI program, the way it was set up, you know, the issue of

2562
02:26:19,458 --> 02:26:20,118
you can either

2563
02:26:21,018 --> 02:26:24,258
include affordable housing or pay a fee in lieu.

2564
02:26:24,338 --> 02:26:27,878
And so these things were thought out in a, in

2565
02:26:27,958 --> 02:26:31,578
a, in a vacuum of a specific project, and I think

2566
02:26:31,638 --> 02:26:35,138
that's good because each project is gonna have its own,

2567
02:26:36,098 --> 02:26:38,538
challenges, those who oppose, those who

2568
02:26:38,658 --> 02:26:40,548
support. Um,

2569
02:26:42,138 --> 02:26:46,098
and I think it will become challenging certainly for staff to understand what

2570
02:26:46,138 --> 02:26:49,778
is the council's direction when we have all this policy direction

2571
02:26:49,878 --> 02:26:53,658
that you have given us over the years, and it certainly will be confusing

2572
02:26:53,738 --> 02:26:53,998
for

2573
02:26:55,158 --> 02:26:59,118
future developers. So again, staff's evaluation is

2574
02:26:59,958 --> 02:27:03,898
this is in alignment with those policy decisions and the specifics

2575
02:27:04,018 --> 02:27:07,778
of, our MUPTI program. So a denial

2576
02:27:07,858 --> 02:27:11,358
really would be confusing for, for staff and for,

2577
02:27:11,638 --> 02:27:12,458
developers.

2578
02:27:15,454 --> 02:27:18,614
But Councilor Napert, Napack and then Council Mayer's, and I believe at that point

2579
02:27:18,634 --> 02:27:22,464
everybody would have spoken. So unless it's something new, I'd like to get

2580
02:27:22,494 --> 02:27:23,833
towards a vote because it is getting late.

2581
02:27:24,714 --> 02:27:25,834
Councilor Napack.

2582
02:27:27,214 --> 02:27:31,094
I just want assurances or some,

2583
02:27:32,754 --> 02:27:35,954
hand-waving, if you will. Um, this is a

2584
02:27:35,974 --> 02:27:38,484
high-end development, and I'm just, uh...

2585
02:27:38,494 --> 02:27:40,924
Is there any chance that,

2586
02:27:42,274 --> 02:27:46,234
it would change the basis or rationale, of su-

2587
02:27:46,294 --> 02:27:48,674
of successfully obtaining a

2588
02:27:48,734 --> 02:27:52,154
downtown tax increment financing

2589
02:27:52,194 --> 02:27:53,894
district?

2590
02:27:55,394 --> 02:27:58,854
It would be, hypothetically part of the

2591
02:27:58,894 --> 02:28:02,554
capture for a tax increment financing district if the district were

2592
02:28:02,594 --> 02:28:05,534
established before construction finished

2593
02:28:05,694 --> 02:28:08,414
up. So

2594
02:28:08,494 --> 02:28:11,974
there's... A tax increment financing district has a lot

2595
02:28:12,014 --> 02:28:15,814
to, lot to stand to gain from the project in year

2596
02:28:15,854 --> 02:28:19,794
eleven.

2597
02:28:22,034 --> 02:28:25,974
Councilor Mayer, Moorefield, and then Schaffer.

2598
02:28:27,754 --> 02:28:29,014
Okay. Um,

2599
02:28:30,354 --> 02:28:31,414
first off,

2600
02:28:35,094 --> 02:28:39,074
the project objectively meets the criteria as set out,

2601
02:28:40,334 --> 02:28:40,794
and

2602
02:28:43,994 --> 02:28:44,634
whether it,

2603
02:28:46,194 --> 02:28:48,334
whether it meets them by a little or a lot is

2604
02:28:48,414 --> 02:28:51,214
irrelevant. Um,

2605
02:28:53,634 --> 02:28:57,354
it also meets an additional one, regarding blight, which I

2606
02:28:57,394 --> 02:29:00,754
totally agree with and was a little surprised that wasn't on the first part of the

2607
02:29:00,814 --> 02:29:03,914
list because that's a very rundown block.

2608
02:29:03,954 --> 02:29:05,034
So,

2609
02:29:06,894 --> 02:29:10,534
a question of it meeting the sub- the objective

2610
02:29:10,614 --> 02:29:13,534
criteria is, in my mind, not really a

2611
02:29:13,594 --> 02:29:17,234
question. Um, there were a lot of additional benefits that were

2612
02:29:17,294 --> 02:29:21,214
listed that I won't go into, one of, but, one of which that impressed

2613
02:29:21,274 --> 02:29:24,994
me was, a, plan to use a certain

2614
02:29:25,053 --> 02:29:28,934
percentage of local labor and materials, which I think is good,

2615
02:29:29,294 --> 02:29:33,014
is a good thing. Um, there were, some

2616
02:29:33,154 --> 02:29:36,934
energy, benefits that they listed above and

2617
02:29:37,014 --> 02:29:40,874
beyond. So, if we're looking for

2618
02:29:40,914 --> 02:29:43,744
benefits, I think we, we need to be,

2619
02:29:44,034 --> 02:29:48,004
broad-minded. And I am, I'm gonna say a

2620
02:29:48,034 --> 02:29:51,714
couple other things. Uh, I think it's a little

2621
02:29:51,814 --> 02:29:55,354
confusing, the concept

2622
02:29:55,814 --> 02:29:56,314
that a,

2623
02:29:57,594 --> 02:30:01,554
that a s- a, an apartment building just because it's higher end

2624
02:30:02,274 --> 02:30:06,174
that supplies housing to six hundred people is somehow

2625
02:30:06,294 --> 02:30:09,554
not going to free up other units for people who are

2626
02:30:09,594 --> 02:30:13,484
looking on the lower ends. Um, that doesn't

2627
02:30:13,514 --> 02:30:16,234
make logical sense to me. And so,

2628
02:30:18,434 --> 02:30:21,534
I think it will help with our housing situation, which is

2629
02:30:21,574 --> 02:30:23,694
dire. Um,

2630
02:30:26,194 --> 02:30:30,034
I also think single-family homes, as Councilor Kadina said,

2631
02:30:30,154 --> 02:30:34,024
which people are holding onto their homes because there's no inventory, it would

2632
02:30:34,054 --> 02:30:37,934
help free up some of that. And finally, I, I reme-

2633
02:30:38,054 --> 02:30:42,034
recall our discussion with the Downtown Vitality,

2634
02:30:43,294 --> 02:30:47,134
Strategy Task Force, infrastructure discussion, and we've been

2635
02:30:47,214 --> 02:30:51,154
going through all of the information that was collected from community

2636
02:30:51,254 --> 02:30:54,574
members on the priorities, for

2637
02:30:54,594 --> 02:30:58,554
downtown. And s- through our discussion last

2638
02:30:58,614 --> 02:31:01,934
Tuesday, several-- It came up that

2639
02:31:02,074 --> 02:31:02,674
several

2640
02:31:03,554 --> 02:31:07,194
of the things that we wanna get done downtown will actually be

2641
02:31:07,254 --> 02:31:10,514
accomplished by having more people living

2642
02:31:10,524 --> 02:31:14,234
downtown. Safety, right? More

2643
02:31:14,294 --> 02:31:17,994
people on the streets. Vacant buildings getting filled

2644
02:31:18,034 --> 02:31:21,984
because there are more shoppers. So I,

2645
02:31:22,714 --> 02:31:26,634
I am very much in favor of this. I think it's exactly what council had in

2646
02:31:26,694 --> 02:31:30,454
mind when it put this into place. And if we're gonna talk about

2647
02:31:30,494 --> 02:31:32,914
economic development and deny this, then

2648
02:31:34,334 --> 02:31:36,313
I don't know what to say. So I'll be voting

2649
02:31:36,373 --> 02:31:38,334
yes.

2650
02:31:38,374 --> 02:31:39,374
Councilor Moorefield.

2651
02:31:40,814 --> 02:31:43,254
Um, I'm gonna vote in favor of it. Um,

2652
02:31:44,354 --> 02:31:48,214
you know, there, there are aspects of this that have kinda driven me a little

2653
02:31:48,274 --> 02:31:52,234
crazy, and it is kinda shocking, the idea that such a tall building

2654
02:31:52,254 --> 02:31:55,314
will be in our downtown. Uh, but it was gonna happen

2655
02:31:55,394 --> 02:31:57,914
someday because we, we

2656
02:31:57,974 --> 02:32:01,734
do, Corvallis in particular, and the state of

2657
02:32:01,774 --> 02:32:05,274
Oregon, western Oregon in particular, we need to increase our housing

2658
02:32:05,394 --> 02:32:09,234
supply. That's one, one of the reasons why so many decisions have been taken

2659
02:32:09,294 --> 02:32:12,034
out of our hands locally, because the state

2660
02:32:12,854 --> 02:32:16,594
took the bull by the horns and said, "We're gonna work on building more

2661
02:32:16,634 --> 02:32:20,234
housing," or, supporting the construction of more

2662
02:32:20,274 --> 02:32:22,974
housing. We also have climate change and a long

2663
02:32:23,074 --> 02:32:26,924
time, vision that we h- are still

2664
02:32:26,954 --> 02:32:30,794
struggling with as a, as a nation and a community about

2665
02:32:30,834 --> 02:32:33,664
what we're gonna look like in the future.

2666
02:32:33,734 --> 02:32:37,013
All I know is that we're gonna look very different than we do today.

2667
02:32:37,354 --> 02:32:41,194
And, and, and I think there's consensus that we need to build

2668
02:32:41,274 --> 02:32:45,034
up, not out. This is up. It may be shockingly high, but

2669
02:32:45,094 --> 02:32:47,254
it's, but it's where we're headed.

2670
02:32:47,264 --> 02:32:50,514
And, and, you know, so I'm looking out a long

2671
02:32:50,574 --> 02:32:54,194
ways and, and seeing that this is part of our future.

2672
02:32:54,234 --> 02:32:57,634
This is one of the ways that we have to change, and someone had to be

2673
02:32:57,694 --> 02:33:01,504
first. And, so someone is taking

2674
02:33:01,574 --> 02:33:05,084
that chance and investing a lot of money in our, our community.

2675
02:33:05,194 --> 02:33:09,074
Um, affordable housing is addressed, this,

2676
02:33:09,114 --> 02:33:13,014
by this project indirectly by its contribution to our affordable housing

2677
02:33:13,094 --> 02:33:16,986
funds. Um, the, um...Downtown will

2678
02:33:17,066 --> 02:33:20,246
benefit by having a lot more people living downtown.

2679
02:33:20,256 --> 02:33:23,686
Do we have the resources to support local businesses?

2680
02:33:23,806 --> 02:33:27,766
Um, and, if I'm frustrated with, with,

2681
02:33:28,646 --> 02:33:31,726
you know, how we got here, it's because I do think the

2682
02:33:31,766 --> 02:33:34,376
MUPTI ordinance requires some work.

2683
02:33:34,486 --> 02:33:35,066
Uh, I'm not

2684
02:33:36,586 --> 02:33:39,506
satisfied with, the but for

2685
02:33:39,606 --> 02:33:42,396
analysis. I, I think the, the,

2686
02:33:42,886 --> 02:33:45,626
require-requirements have been met, mind you.

2687
02:33:45,686 --> 02:33:49,166
I'm just saying that, you know, I would like something a little bit more robust in

2688
02:33:49,206 --> 02:33:52,056
the future, and we can talk about that another time.

2689
02:33:52,106 --> 02:33:55,546
And, and I, you know, I'm not satisfied with this element of

2690
02:33:55,646 --> 02:33:58,446
design that we can, you know, we can

2691
02:33:59,886 --> 02:34:03,166
see it any way we want, as either a yes or a no or a maybe

2692
02:34:03,266 --> 02:34:07,095
or, or something. So I, I think it needs work. And my...

2693
02:34:07,126 --> 02:34:10,566
If I'm frustrated at all, it's because, because we have an ordinance

2694
02:34:10,986 --> 02:34:12,086
that's new,

2695
02:34:13,166 --> 02:34:17,006
and this is our first or second experiment

2696
02:34:17,066 --> 02:34:20,745
with, with it, if you will. And, and I look

2697
02:34:20,806 --> 02:34:23,706
forward to, tightening it up in the

2698
02:34:23,766 --> 02:34:25,846
future.

2699
02:34:26,726 --> 02:34:29,366
Councilor Schaefer, and then let's take a vote.

2700
02:34:30,246 --> 02:34:34,186
Thank you. Uh, I have to believe the developer in

2701
02:34:34,226 --> 02:34:37,646
this case recognizes that there's a need just- not just for

2702
02:34:37,706 --> 02:34:41,036
affordable housing, but for all housing, market rate,

2703
02:34:41,606 --> 02:34:45,526
everything in the downtown area. We, we simply don't have housing

2704
02:34:45,566 --> 02:34:49,396
downtown. And I think there are people of means

2705
02:34:49,446 --> 02:34:53,426
who would like to live in or closer to downtown, and this

2706
02:34:53,486 --> 02:34:56,116
will afford an opportunity for them.

2707
02:34:56,226 --> 02:35:00,126
Um, I'm, I'm concerned about the, the layout

2708
02:35:00,186 --> 02:35:03,926
and the plan for some of these units, that it seems targeted at

2709
02:35:04,066 --> 02:35:04,966
student-type

2710
02:35:05,946 --> 02:35:09,826
groups rather than perhaps, families

2711
02:35:10,286 --> 02:35:10,886
or,

2712
02:35:12,006 --> 02:35:15,806
you know, s-smaller units for

2713
02:35:15,906 --> 02:35:19,856
singles, young c- young couples, working families,

2714
02:35:19,986 --> 02:35:23,666
retirees, anybody. But I think that's, that's their

2715
02:35:23,746 --> 02:35:27,656
call, what they build. And, and so-- And I think

2716
02:35:27,686 --> 02:35:31,346
the fact that there is some money going to affordable housing for

2717
02:35:31,426 --> 02:35:34,886
this as, as required in what the council set out

2718
02:35:35,826 --> 02:35:38,816
at the beginning of this, they meet that, they meet that

2719
02:35:38,866 --> 02:35:42,846
requirement. Um, I'm tr- I am troubled about

2720
02:35:42,966 --> 02:35:43,286
the

2721
02:35:44,326 --> 02:35:45,446
parking issues.

2722
02:35:46,326 --> 02:35:50,266
Um, I think we're in for a messy transition from

2723
02:35:50,326 --> 02:35:53,986
a very car-centric transportation model to

2724
02:35:54,046 --> 02:35:57,066
something that's closer to,

2725
02:35:58,106 --> 02:36:01,796
walking, ped, whatever. But again, that's not

2726
02:36:01,826 --> 02:36:04,376
something we can manage and dictate in this.

2727
02:36:04,406 --> 02:36:07,096
The state has taken that away from me, s- from us.

2728
02:36:07,146 --> 02:36:10,906
So I think we just have to go with, with what's there.

2729
02:36:11,026 --> 02:36:14,896
Um, I have concerns, but I will be voting for the, for the,

2730
02:36:15,786 --> 02:36:18,306
resolution.

2731
02:36:18,346 --> 02:36:21,546
Thank you. Let's go ahead and move on to a, a vote.

2732
02:36:21,626 --> 02:36:23,686
Um, city recorder, can you do a roll call vote, please?

2733
02:36:23,746 --> 02:36:26,686
Yes, Mayor. Councilors Cadena?

2734
02:36:26,766 --> 02:36:27,526
Yes.

2735
02:36:27,566 --> 02:36:28,246
Mayors?

2736
02:36:28,326 --> 02:36:28,906
Yes.

2737
02:36:28,966 --> 02:36:29,626
Moorefield?

2738
02:36:29,686 --> 02:36:30,326
Yes.

2739
02:36:30,366 --> 02:36:31,146
Lewis?

2740
02:36:31,166 --> 02:36:31,846
No.

2741
02:36:31,886 --> 02:36:32,506
Napack?

2742
02:36:32,546 --> 02:36:33,706
Yes.

2743
02:36:33,746 --> 02:36:36,026
Bowden? Schaefer?

2744
02:36:36,086 --> 02:36:37,006
Yes.

2745
02:36:37,066 --> 02:36:37,866
Ellis?

2746
02:36:37,926 --> 02:36:38,686
No.

2747
02:36:38,766 --> 02:36:39,386
Olsen?

2748
02:36:39,406 --> 02:36:40,246
No.

2749
02:36:40,286 --> 02:36:42,586
The resolution passes five to three.

2750
02:36:42,626 --> 02:36:43,656
Thank you all very much.

2751
02:36:44,506 --> 02:36:47,686
And I really do appreciate the discussion and the questions and the varying

2752
02:36:47,706 --> 02:36:50,766
opinions, 'cause that's why there's so many of us.

2753
02:36:50,826 --> 02:36:53,066
And Mayor, a break?

2754
02:36:53,126 --> 02:36:56,886
I was just about to suggest that. I apologize to any of those who are

2755
02:36:56,946 --> 02:37:00,775
waiting around for the, discussion on the resolut-- on the, the,

2756
02:37:01,086 --> 02:37:04,446
ICE resolution. But let's go ahead and take a short break,

2757
02:37:05,526 --> 02:37:07,626
bio break as they call it. Ten minutes will

2758
02:37:07,686 --> 02:37:10,646
do. So let's return. Uh, I guess

2759
02:37:10,706 --> 02:37:13,055
it's... Yeah, we'll round it

2760
02:37:13,126 --> 02:37:15,206
up.

2761
02:37:16,746 --> 02:37:17,566
It is eight fifty,

2762
02:37:18,566 --> 02:37:22,166
so let's reconvene this meeting of the Corvallis City Council.

2763
02:37:22,246 --> 02:37:25,866
Next item up on the agenda is the resolution addressing

2764
02:37:25,906 --> 02:37:29,846
escalating federal immigration enforcement, and I want to start off by

2765
02:37:29,886 --> 02:37:31,716
making an apology. Um,

2766
02:37:33,025 --> 02:37:36,766
I should have... This was act- is actually being put on the agenda by me.

2767
02:37:36,846 --> 02:37:40,066
Um, I know. Paul's appears

2768
02:37:40,146 --> 02:37:42,406
unmuted.

2769
02:37:46,486 --> 02:37:48,706
I think I'm quiet.

2770
02:37:50,546 --> 02:37:52,066
Councilor Schaefer, if you wouldn't mind

2771
02:37:52,586 --> 02:37:55,606
muting.

2772
02:37:55,626 --> 02:37:57,306
Thought I was. Sorry.

2773
02:37:57,366 --> 02:37:59,406
Oh.

2774
02:38:01,686 --> 02:38:01,956
Did that

2775
02:38:02,906 --> 02:38:05,366
fix it?

2776
02:38:07,446 --> 02:38:09,266
Can you hear me now when we talk?

2777
02:38:11,826 --> 02:38:13,226
We will briefly pause to figure this

2778
02:38:13,306 --> 02:38:24,126
out.

2779
02:38:59,926 --> 02:39:01,306
David, I don't know if you can hear me.

2780
02:39:01,346 --> 02:39:03,066
We're still getting quite a significant

2781
02:39:03,326 --> 02:39:07,866
echo.

2782
02:39:09,086 --> 02:39:09,716
You have an interesting

2783
02:39:09,766 --> 02:39:16,046
definition

2784
02:39:16,096 --> 02:39:16,126
of better.

2785
02:39:24,862 --> 02:39:27,792
Okay. I think we should proceed.

2786
02:39:27,822 --> 02:39:27,832
Okay.

2787
02:39:27,842 --> 02:39:29,222
I think it's been resolved.

2788
02:39:29,302 --> 02:39:30,222
I think so.

2789
02:39:30,262 --> 02:39:31,842
Thank you.

2790
02:39:31,902 --> 02:39:34,742
Thank you. Apologies for technical

2791
02:39:34,762 --> 02:39:37,852
errors. Technology's fine. Anyway, so the...

2792
02:39:37,902 --> 02:39:41,682
I wanted to, apologize because the resolution, was brought

2793
02:39:41,802 --> 02:39:45,732
forth onto the agenda by me, and not realizing I should've removed

2794
02:39:45,762 --> 02:39:49,572
Councilor Olsen's name from it, 'cause that's usually there for whoever

2795
02:39:49,622 --> 02:39:52,932
moves the resolution forward if it gets adopted, things like that.

2796
02:39:52,962 --> 02:39:56,742
And I should've pres- I should've provided a cover page, explaining why the-

2797
02:39:56,782 --> 02:39:58,692
why this resolution's in the agenda.

2798
02:39:58,722 --> 02:40:01,872
So that, that is my fault, and I apologize for any confusion that

2799
02:40:01,922 --> 02:40:05,402
created. Um, but the reason why

2800
02:40:05,482 --> 02:40:08,702
it was added, and it was kind of sort of last minute,

2801
02:40:09,822 --> 02:40:11,311
is 'cause it was brought forward to this council.

2802
02:40:11,322 --> 02:40:15,102
It was shared with everybody, and I feel like the timing is kinda

2803
02:40:15,242 --> 02:40:18,872
critical on this. Um, as, spoken earlier t- this

2804
02:40:18,942 --> 02:40:22,442
evening, we are being surrounded by a lot of ICE

2805
02:40:22,502 --> 02:40:25,182
activity. It's a matter of time, and I think it's important

2806
02:40:26,082 --> 02:40:29,882
to make our residents of our, of our community feel that we support

2807
02:40:29,961 --> 02:40:33,772
them. Um, interesting timing on,

2808
02:40:34,202 --> 02:40:36,902
Saturday was the Celebrate Corvallis,

2809
02:40:36,962 --> 02:40:40,382
and the, person who won First Citizen

2810
02:40:41,382 --> 02:40:43,402
was not a citizen.

2811
02:40:44,282 --> 02:40:48,202
And e- he, he made it... explained how he's, he's not a legal

2812
02:40:48,302 --> 02:40:51,872
or, or political, citizen, but he's a citizen

2813
02:40:51,882 --> 02:40:54,462
nonetheless. He, he, he contributes to our community.

2814
02:40:54,482 --> 02:40:58,272
He's an, a amazing person, and for obvious reasons, won, First

2815
02:40:58,342 --> 02:41:02,082
Citizen. So what does that say about our community?

2816
02:41:02,092 --> 02:41:05,842
And if we don't, take some sort of action to support

2817
02:41:05,882 --> 02:41:09,762
members of our community who perhaps speak a different language or

2818
02:41:09,802 --> 02:41:13,782
have a different color skin than I do, then we're not supporting our

2819
02:41:13,802 --> 02:41:17,202
community. So I added this to the agenda.

2820
02:41:17,682 --> 02:41:21,342
Obviously, I can't vote on it. I also can't even make the motion that's

2821
02:41:21,362 --> 02:41:25,102
required to move it forward. But I do have the authority,

2822
02:41:25,382 --> 02:41:28,192
thankfully, to at least put things on the agenda, so that's what I did.

2823
02:41:28,622 --> 02:41:31,202
Um, so I'll leave it in the hands of all of

2824
02:41:31,222 --> 02:41:33,502
you.

2825
02:41:33,562 --> 02:41:37,542
I mean, I'll make a motion to cons- I don't know what the official words are for

2826
02:41:37,562 --> 02:41:39,831
this. Motion to consider it, motion to...

2827
02:41:39,831 --> 02:41:42,142
But what's the words, Alex?

2828
02:41:42,182 --> 02:41:44,882
Uh, normally we would have the title of the resolution read.

2829
02:41:44,922 --> 02:41:48,302
Correct. So get a title read, and then if you'd like to move the resolution

2830
02:41:48,382 --> 02:41:51,202
forward, that would be fine. I just wanna see if we wanna get as far as reading the

2831
02:41:51,242 --> 02:41:54,782
title. So city recorder, would you please read the re- resolution?

2832
02:41:54,822 --> 02:41:58,662
This is a resolution addressing escalating federal immigration enforcement.

2833
02:41:59,582 --> 02:42:03,002
I move to approve the resolution. Adopt?

2834
02:42:03,082 --> 02:42:03,771
Approve? Adopt.

2835
02:42:03,822 --> 02:42:05,002
Both, both are correct.

2836
02:42:06,042 --> 02:42:06,051
Okay.

2837
02:42:06,082 --> 02:42:09,822
Go either way. Sometimes just so moved even works, but

2838
02:42:10,102 --> 02:42:12,292
I like when someone says what the resolution...

2839
02:42:12,302 --> 02:42:16,082
All right, we have a motion to approve, and it was seconded. Uh, discussion?

2840
02:42:19,302 --> 02:42:20,462
Councilor Navick.

2841
02:42:22,182 --> 02:42:26,142
Uh, thank you. I wanted to first say how much

2842
02:42:26,202 --> 02:42:29,222
I appreciate our community,

2843
02:42:30,322 --> 02:42:33,642
resolve, in, in, in this situation

2844
02:42:34,502 --> 02:42:37,662
and, the work that was put forth to put this resolution

2845
02:42:37,702 --> 02:42:39,292
forth. Um,

2846
02:42:40,202 --> 02:42:42,622
there unfortunately are a

2847
02:42:42,702 --> 02:42:45,742
few, well, more than a few,

2848
02:42:46,302 --> 02:42:49,582
unworkable situations or,

2849
02:42:53,022 --> 02:42:55,642
asks, if you will, that the city

2850
02:42:55,702 --> 02:42:59,002
cannot provide. Uh, the city

2851
02:43:00,322 --> 02:43:03,442
actually, is,

2852
02:43:03,502 --> 02:43:07,362
um... A- after talking with, community development,

2853
02:43:08,682 --> 02:43:10,051
the city is,

2854
02:43:11,662 --> 02:43:15,002
due to the Supremacy Clause, the city is helpless.

2855
02:43:15,082 --> 02:43:16,922
If the s- if, the federal

2856
02:43:17,942 --> 02:43:19,612
government wanted to come in and,

2857
02:43:22,862 --> 02:43:24,972
claim emi- eminent domain and, and

2858
02:43:25,002 --> 02:43:28,852
build a detention facility, and we have, we are powerless to do anything about

2859
02:43:28,942 --> 02:43:32,142
that. It's called the, the,

2860
02:43:33,122 --> 02:43:37,042
Supremacy Clause. And, people have tried with

2861
02:43:37,082 --> 02:43:40,362
moratoriums, especially in the State of Washington, but,

2862
02:43:41,222 --> 02:43:44,882
they're all in, in court now. The,

2863
02:43:46,402 --> 02:43:49,742
other thing is that our bandwidth, you know, we are doing a lot

2864
02:43:49,822 --> 02:43:51,772
now, in terms of,

2865
02:43:54,042 --> 02:43:54,872
downtown vitaliz-

2866
02:43:54,942 --> 02:43:58,642
revitalization and, task forces, civic

2867
02:43:58,722 --> 02:44:02,092
center, and so on and so forth. It's...

2868
02:44:02,102 --> 02:44:05,022
But nevertheless, the, the,

2869
02:44:05,602 --> 02:44:08,272
intent is clear from, from the

2870
02:44:08,322 --> 02:44:11,742
community. And on that

2871
02:44:11,842 --> 02:44:12,502
basis,

2872
02:44:14,482 --> 02:44:15,142
Councilor

2873
02:44:16,182 --> 02:44:18,922
Ellis and I put together a

2874
02:44:19,202 --> 02:44:21,042
substitute,

2875
02:44:21,602 --> 02:44:24,582
proposition, that

2876
02:44:25,762 --> 02:44:29,222
explains the, the, the sentiment, I

2877
02:44:29,262 --> 02:44:31,002
think, as, as well as

2878
02:44:31,862 --> 02:44:34,062
it can be. It, it shows... It has,

2879
02:44:35,642 --> 02:44:38,672
uh... It cites the, four or five

2880
02:44:39,282 --> 02:44:42,191
previous resolutions that we have in our, our

2881
02:44:42,322 --> 02:44:43,442
city,

2882
02:44:45,022 --> 02:44:48,542
strategic plan and our, our city vision,

2883
02:44:49,422 --> 02:44:52,012
to affirm that we

2884
02:44:52,142 --> 02:44:55,862
are a, undivided, shall we

2885
02:44:55,902 --> 02:44:59,662
say, and in one, one body,

2886
02:44:59,762 --> 02:45:03,622
we support our immigrant community.

2887
02:45:03,742 --> 02:45:07,122
Um, we don't support

2888
02:45:07,242 --> 02:45:10,942
the activities that are being

2889
02:45:10,982 --> 02:45:13,191
propagated by the,

2890
02:45:14,962 --> 02:45:17,962
federal government at this time. And so

2891
02:45:18,822 --> 02:45:19,742
if, if I

2892
02:45:20,682 --> 02:45:23,502
may, what I would like to propose now

2893
02:45:24,502 --> 02:45:25,642
is to table the first

2894
02:45:25,722 --> 02:45:29,438
resolution-Until after we

2895
02:45:29,478 --> 02:45:32,928
discussed the proposition that,

2896
02:45:33,298 --> 02:45:37,188
was mailed to our council this morning and

2897
02:45:37,218 --> 02:45:40,878
published, at least it's somewhere published.

2898
02:45:40,998 --> 02:45:41,268
Um,

2899
02:45:42,758 --> 02:45:46,578
and the, the copy of that proposition should be in your

2900
02:45:46,598 --> 02:45:50,278
mailbox, in your email. Do we have

2901
02:45:50,318 --> 02:45:54,178
copies thereof? And we have copies to pass out.

2902
02:45:54,238 --> 02:45:58,038
So that would be, um... Anyway, I motion to

2903
02:45:58,078 --> 02:45:59,818
table the first resolution until

2904
02:46:00,618 --> 02:46:03,818
after we discuss the, the,

2905
02:46:03,998 --> 02:46:06,658
proposition from Councilor Ellis

2906
02:46:08,198 --> 02:46:09,918
that, goes into,

2907
02:46:11,858 --> 02:46:13,218
the rationale and the reasoning

2908
02:46:13,578 --> 02:46:15,398
for,

2909
02:46:17,238 --> 02:46:17,518
for

2910
02:46:18,958 --> 02:46:19,838
a, um-

2911
02:46:19,898 --> 02:46:20,258
I have it

2912
02:46:20,638 --> 02:46:22,198
... substitute.

2913
02:46:22,258 --> 02:46:24,038
I'll second that.

2914
02:46:25,238 --> 02:46:28,998
Okay, we have a motion to table, technically time uncertain, although I

2915
02:46:29,018 --> 02:46:32,958
think, we could probably get this on a agenda very fast, assuming

2916
02:46:33,558 --> 02:46:35,398
everybody feels that way. Um,

2917
02:46:36,818 --> 02:46:40,598
discussion, I don't even think there's an ability to discuss on tabling a

2918
02:46:40,618 --> 02:46:41,318
motion really.

2919
02:46:41,358 --> 02:46:42,298
Well-

2920
02:46:42,318 --> 02:46:43,118
Except for the time

2921
02:46:43,178 --> 02:46:46,558
part.

2922
02:46:48,698 --> 02:46:51,198
Yeah, there's certain motions we don't get too often, and then I forget how we're

2923
02:46:51,218 --> 02:46:53,237
supposed to do those, so.

2924
02:46:53,258 --> 02:46:56,138
Skipping it.

2925
02:46:56,558 --> 02:46:57,728
Change.

2926
02:46:58,918 --> 02:46:59,278
Mayor.

2927
02:46:59,458 --> 02:47:00,598
Yes, yes.

2928
02:47:00,658 --> 02:47:03,568
So that was a motion to postpone consideration of an item-

2929
02:47:03,568 --> 02:47:03,568
Yep

2930
02:47:03,578 --> 02:47:05,458
... to a certain time. Um-

2931
02:47:05,998 --> 02:47:06,778
That's me.

2932
02:47:06,818 --> 02:47:10,708
It i- ... A r- A second is required, the motion is

2933
02:47:10,798 --> 02:47:14,338
debatable, and the motion is amendable, and it

2934
02:47:14,398 --> 02:47:15,358
requires a majority

2935
02:47:15,458 --> 02:47:18,678
vote.

2936
02:47:20,758 --> 02:47:24,678
I'm looking on the cheat sheet here under, subsidiary motions number

2937
02:47:24,778 --> 02:47:28,688
four, postpone temporarily, table to a time uncertain.

2938
02:47:28,778 --> 02:47:32,538
Um, says motion debatable, no. For some reason it's

2939
02:47:32,558 --> 02:47:34,598
wrong.

2940
02:47:34,678 --> 02:47:35,538
Um, I-

2941
02:47:35,578 --> 02:47:37,438
Oh, wait, I'm looking at the wrong one.

2942
02:47:37,518 --> 02:47:41,128
I was looking at item number seven just because there was a, a time

2943
02:47:41,198 --> 02:47:44,938
certain, stated by councilor in APAC that-

2944
02:47:45,098 --> 02:47:47,038
What it said just until we can review.

2945
02:47:47,078 --> 02:47:49,167
I don't know if that would be considered time certain.

2946
02:47:49,398 --> 02:47:52,598
But I, I may have misheard. I was passing out the materials.

2947
02:47:52,618 --> 02:47:56,498
But, I thought that she said consider it, after

2948
02:47:57,438 --> 02:48:01,268
the consideration of this resolution reaffirming Corvallis as a

2949
02:48:01,358 --> 02:48:02,578
sanctuary city.

2950
02:48:02,618 --> 02:48:04,918
Right, and we don't know when that'll be.

2951
02:48:04,978 --> 02:48:08,528
Oh, I- ... I thought it was right after this discussion during this meeting.

2952
02:48:08,538 --> 02:48:09,618
But feel free to correct me.

2953
02:48:09,678 --> 02:48:13,138
I mean, if that's, if that, I, if that was what the intent of the motion was,

2954
02:48:13,178 --> 02:48:13,908
Councilor Nate.

2955
02:48:16,778 --> 02:48:20,378
Was it, was it to consider this tonight?

2956
02:48:20,387 --> 02:48:20,387
Yeah.

2957
02:48:20,398 --> 02:48:23,278
The, 'cause the community has not seen this yet.

2958
02:48:23,378 --> 02:48:26,258
Uh, to consider the substitute resolution

2959
02:48:26,318 --> 02:48:27,518
tonight.

2960
02:48:27,538 --> 02:48:30,528
Okay, so you're just wanting to table this other resolution till after we...

2961
02:48:30,528 --> 02:48:30,978
Today, okay.

2962
02:48:31,098 --> 02:48:31,238
Yeah.

2963
02:48:31,248 --> 02:48:33,278
So that's, that's debatable then. All right.

2964
02:48:33,418 --> 02:48:33,878
We can do that?

2965
02:48:33,898 --> 02:48:36,698
It sounded like it was a time uncertain, so that's why.

2966
02:48:37,138 --> 02:48:39,858
So we can debate, it now.

2967
02:48:42,178 --> 02:48:45,758
And we are debating the tabling, not the resolution itself.

2968
02:48:45,818 --> 02:48:49,638
Right, right. Just the motion to table the current discussion of the

2969
02:48:49,678 --> 02:48:53,568
resolution to have a discussion about this resolution. That's clear.

2970
02:48:53,618 --> 02:48:54,158
Okay.

2971
02:48:54,918 --> 02:48:56,708
So. Councilor Olsen?

2972
02:48:57,958 --> 02:49:01,718
Um, I am not in favor of tabling this resolution

2973
02:49:01,778 --> 02:49:04,798
until afterwards because I believe that the resolution we have in

2974
02:49:04,838 --> 02:49:07,578
place is,

2975
02:49:07,738 --> 02:49:11,318
um... Well, one, I don't believe we've had enough

2976
02:49:11,858 --> 02:49:13,238
time to review the

2977
02:49:14,158 --> 02:49:17,598
sanctuary city resolution, considering I noticed it at

2978
02:49:18,018 --> 02:49:21,938
2:00 PM today, while I've had the other resolution for a

2979
02:49:21,978 --> 02:49:25,198
while. Um, sorry, that came out with way more snark than it meant to.

2980
02:49:25,218 --> 02:49:26,398
It was not meant to be snarky.

2981
02:49:27,338 --> 02:49:31,298
Um, yes. But also I think that the resolution we have in front

2982
02:49:31,318 --> 02:49:35,078
of us is important, and it provides actionable items as

2983
02:49:35,118 --> 02:49:38,928
opposed to just, "Hey, we're going to say that w- like, we already have

2984
02:49:38,978 --> 02:49:42,818
things in place. We don't need to say again that we're have the

2985
02:49:42,858 --> 02:49:45,148
things in place that we all know we have in place.

2986
02:49:45,178 --> 02:49:49,038
So I, because of those reasons, I believe

2987
02:49:49,098 --> 02:49:50,418
that,

2988
02:49:51,798 --> 02:49:53,838
yeah, I don't think we should table this resolution.

2989
02:49:53,898 --> 02:49:55,778
I think we should deal with it first, and then

2990
02:49:56,678 --> 02:50:00,318
if we want, we can add this item to the agenda.

2991
02:50:00,378 --> 02:50:02,998
Councilor Cadena, then APAC.

2992
02:50:03,098 --> 02:50:06,778
Yeah, speaking to the motion to table, I

2993
02:50:06,798 --> 02:50:10,218
think that we have to, we have another, we have an

2994
02:50:10,278 --> 02:50:13,248
alternative that is worth discussing and

2995
02:50:13,358 --> 02:50:16,458
a, a different approach that is suggested.

2996
02:50:16,518 --> 02:50:20,378
I think that would be the purpose for tabling, is to get to that

2997
02:50:20,418 --> 02:50:23,618
discussion. So I'm in favor of the tabling.

2998
02:50:23,658 --> 02:50:25,398
Councilor Napack?

2999
02:50:25,758 --> 02:50:29,618
I think the information that's in the sanctuary city resolution

3000
02:50:30,458 --> 02:50:31,458
is important enough

3001
02:50:32,298 --> 02:50:36,158
that it would, replace quite a bit of what was said in the first

3002
02:50:36,218 --> 02:50:39,018
resolution. So I would like to,

3003
02:50:39,118 --> 02:50:40,918
um... I will vote for

3004
02:50:40,978 --> 02:50:43,118
tabling.

3005
02:50:44,658 --> 02:50:46,958
Anyone else or should we take a vote?

3006
02:50:47,878 --> 02:50:49,998
Seeing the hands.

3007
02:50:52,138 --> 02:50:54,738
Okay, let's go ahead and move to a vote.

3008
02:50:54,818 --> 02:50:58,508
All those in favor of the motion to table the current resolution

3009
02:50:58,578 --> 02:50:58,918
to

3010
02:50:59,878 --> 02:51:03,588
potentially entertain this other resolution, I guess, say,

3011
02:51:03,588 --> 02:51:04,307
"Aye."

3012
02:51:04,378 --> 02:51:04,928
Aye.

3013
02:51:06,678 --> 02:51:07,768
All opposed, say, "No."

3014
02:51:07,818 --> 02:51:08,038
No.

3015
02:51:08,078 --> 02:51:08,378
No.

3016
02:51:09,278 --> 02:51:12,818
Sound like the ayes have it, so therefore the resolution in the packet is

3017
02:51:12,898 --> 02:51:16,058
tabled until after we review this one.

3018
02:51:16,078 --> 02:51:18,418
Mayor, can I just have the no votes clarify?

3019
02:51:18,498 --> 02:51:22,148
I believe I heard Councilor Olsen and Councilor Lewis. Thank you.

3020
02:51:22,158 --> 02:51:22,638
That's what I heard

3021
02:51:24,078 --> 02:51:25,758
as... Councilor Lewis.

3022
02:51:27,278 --> 02:51:30,998
I do hear the concern that people didn't get the motion until later on

3023
02:51:31,038 --> 02:51:33,958
today, or t- the, the new resolution till later on today.

3024
02:51:33,978 --> 02:51:35,438
So if that, um-

3025
02:51:35,942 --> 02:51:39,802
I, I understand that. And I, if I, if I hadn't been, involved in

3026
02:51:39,862 --> 02:51:43,622
it, I would probably be a little, squiffy about it as well, and I do not

3027
02:51:43,702 --> 02:51:47,342
think that Councilor Ol-Olson was intending to be snarky.

3028
02:51:47,922 --> 02:51:51,252
Um, when I looked at the

3029
02:51:51,342 --> 02:51:55,242
resolution, and I looked at the actions,

3030
02:51:55,362 --> 02:51:57,342
I had con- Even... And I'm totally

3031
02:51:58,642 --> 02:52:02,422
concerned also about ICE coming to Corvallis, but I looked at

3032
02:52:02,482 --> 02:52:06,302
the actions, that were suggested, and I

3033
02:52:06,402 --> 02:52:09,902
thought, to quote Director Blaine,

3034
02:52:10,862 --> 02:52:14,012
he likes to underpromise and overdeliver, and this

3035
02:52:14,022 --> 02:52:17,982
felt to me like the opposite. We are promising to do things that we probably

3036
02:52:18,042 --> 02:52:21,822
could not do. Um, we actually asked Director

3037
02:52:21,902 --> 02:52:25,842
Bilotta if we could ban, a facility, and

3038
02:52:25,882 --> 02:52:29,292
he said, "No, I've never heard that question before, and no."

3039
02:52:29,382 --> 02:52:33,252
Um, private property, as places all over the country are finding

3040
02:52:33,302 --> 02:52:37,042
out to their great dismay. Um, so there are

3041
02:52:37,082 --> 02:52:40,702
things in there that we can't do. And then,

3042
02:52:41,342 --> 02:52:43,722
I actually really like working with Councilor Napack on

3043
02:52:43,782 --> 02:52:47,702
resolutions. Um, she, she, she's got a really good eye

3044
02:52:47,762 --> 02:52:50,932
for them, so I reached out to Councilor Napack and asked to work with

3045
02:52:50,942 --> 02:52:54,192
her. And, she discovered

3046
02:52:54,782 --> 02:52:58,582
the, the House bills and the Senate bills that were sitting on the

3047
02:52:58,602 --> 02:53:02,542
governor's desk, and actually I believe talked to Sen- Representative

3048
02:53:02,582 --> 02:53:06,122
Finger McDonald about them at the legislative breakfast, and

3049
02:53:06,202 --> 02:53:09,962
they hit considerable of the other things that were

3050
02:53:10,022 --> 02:53:13,862
there. And so I... And I think it's much better for the state to do

3051
02:53:13,942 --> 02:53:17,442
this so it's everywhere and it's clear than for us to do it.

3052
02:53:17,462 --> 02:53:21,082
So that combination of promising to do things that we legally

3053
02:53:21,262 --> 02:53:25,202
couldn't do, and then the state taking action made

3054
02:53:25,242 --> 02:53:28,902
me think that this might be a better situation.

3055
02:53:29,002 --> 02:53:32,782
I do think that there are a couple of things in here that we

3056
02:53:32,862 --> 02:53:33,702
could direct

3057
02:53:34,822 --> 02:53:38,222
the city or the city manager or somebody to do.

3058
02:53:38,342 --> 02:53:42,172
Um, if we pass the, the, the,

3059
02:53:42,202 --> 02:53:45,981
the resolution that we wrote with the Senate and the s-

3060
02:53:46,862 --> 02:53:49,762
s- or with the House bills and the Senate bills in it, I think there's a couple

3061
02:53:49,802 --> 02:53:53,742
of things in there that we could dir- then direct the city manager

3062
02:53:53,782 --> 02:53:57,542
to do, such as using the city communication platforms to

3063
02:53:57,562 --> 02:53:59,991
communita- communicate to the community.

3064
02:53:59,991 --> 02:54:02,862
That seems to me to be a pretty straightforward thing.

3065
02:54:02,902 --> 02:54:06,602
And perhaps, asking Jedi to solicit community

3066
02:54:06,642 --> 02:54:10,242
empowerment grants in the next cycle, 'cause unfortunately the request

3067
02:54:10,582 --> 02:54:13,442
has already gone out this year and we can't change it.

3068
02:54:13,502 --> 02:54:17,422
Um, those things seem, like, doable, but some of the other things just felt

3069
02:54:19,022 --> 02:54:22,362
like something we couldn't do, and I didn't wanna promise something that we just

3070
02:54:22,422 --> 02:54:22,892
couldn't

3071
02:54:22,962 --> 02:54:26,642
do.

3072
02:54:29,242 --> 02:54:30,762
Councilor Greena and then Olson.

3073
02:54:32,262 --> 02:54:35,542
Uh, I wanna thank, both, Councilor Ellis and Councilor

3074
02:54:35,602 --> 02:54:39,462
Napack for what I think is, nicely done

3075
02:54:39,542 --> 02:54:42,782
work. Um, I think the reference to

3076
02:54:42,842 --> 02:54:45,722
the, the bills in the Oregon

3077
02:54:45,762 --> 02:54:49,382
legislature, is a very strong addition and

3078
02:54:49,422 --> 02:54:52,322
recognition that we're not in this alone.

3079
02:54:52,442 --> 02:54:56,362
Um, absolutely. I also... Uh, I'm not gonna reiterate everything that

3080
02:54:56,432 --> 02:54:59,382
Councilor Ellis said because I think I agree with it.

3081
02:54:59,502 --> 02:55:02,592
Um, but I also wanna say f- beyond

3082
02:55:02,682 --> 02:55:05,021
that, I think the, the

3083
02:55:05,102 --> 02:55:08,982
resolves, speak much more strongly

3084
02:55:09,922 --> 02:55:13,812
to what we wanna say to our community, and

3085
02:55:13,862 --> 02:55:16,982
that is our support for every, every member of our

3086
02:55:17,002 --> 02:55:20,702
community, and a re-affirmation of our

3087
02:55:20,742 --> 02:55:24,442
values. I think that comes across much more strongly in this resolution, and

3088
02:55:24,502 --> 02:55:27,722
I, I really like that. I think that,

3089
02:55:27,822 --> 02:55:31,682
um... I think it's

3090
02:55:31,742 --> 02:55:35,712
important, um... I think

3091
02:55:35,762 --> 02:55:39,742
this ke- I think this keeps the, the direction we're pursuing

3092
02:55:39,802 --> 02:55:43,142
very clear without trying to overspecify.

3093
02:55:43,162 --> 02:55:47,082
And I think when we overspecify, we tend to get into that potentially

3094
02:55:47,142 --> 02:55:49,022
promising something we couldn't deliver on

3095
02:55:50,242 --> 02:55:51,562
or,

3096
02:55:52,982 --> 02:55:56,762
making requests that are a ch- a challenge for staff to

3097
02:55:56,782 --> 02:55:59,782
figure out. Um, so I, I like the tone.

3098
02:55:59,842 --> 02:56:03,012
I like the level of detail on this. I think that, um...

3099
02:56:03,062 --> 02:56:06,562
And I feel particularly, good about the,

3100
02:56:07,282 --> 02:56:08,532
the message that it sends to the

3101
02:56:08,532 --> 02:56:11,562
community.

3102
02:56:11,602 --> 02:56:15,062
Councilor Olson. And I will point out at this point there is no

3103
02:56:15,082 --> 02:56:16,602
resolution on the table.

3104
02:56:16,612 --> 02:56:16,612
Mm.

3105
02:56:16,642 --> 02:56:20,492
So if, if there's, if there's interest in having the city recorder read it and

3106
02:56:20,522 --> 02:56:22,152
move forward today, that would...

3107
02:56:22,202 --> 02:56:25,102
something we would need to do before anything happens.

3108
02:56:25,122 --> 02:56:27,102
But Councilor Olson.

3109
02:56:27,182 --> 02:56:30,662
Should I give Councilor Ellis a chance to do that first?

3110
02:56:30,942 --> 02:56:31,932
She seemed like she wanted to-

3111
02:56:31,932 --> 02:56:33,862
Well, I'll look for head nods. Do we want, do we wanna,

3112
02:56:35,982 --> 02:56:39,542
potentially, not definitely, 'cause that takes a vote, adopt this resolution?

3113
02:56:39,552 --> 02:56:41,202
Should the city recorder read it to get it?

3114
02:56:42,802 --> 02:56:46,482
I am gonna move that the city recorder read the resolution.

3115
02:56:46,502 --> 02:56:49,042
I don't think that really needs a motion to have it, have it read.

3116
02:56:49,062 --> 02:56:51,132
The motion comes after that, which is the more important part.

3117
02:56:51,162 --> 02:56:55,142
So we'll go ahead and, we'll go ahead and, um... Hmm?

3118
02:56:55,182 --> 02:56:55,352
Talk to

3119
02:56:56,202 --> 02:56:56,252
me.

3120
02:56:57,222 --> 02:57:01,062
City recorder, will you please read the resolution?

3121
02:57:01,122 --> 02:57:04,632
Yes, Mayor. The title of the resolution is A Resolution Reaffirming

3122
02:57:04,722 --> 02:57:07,302
Corvallis as a Sanctuary City.

3123
02:57:09,282 --> 02:57:12,742
Now this would be the point when someone would make a motion to move it forward.

3124
02:57:12,802 --> 02:57:14,682
So moved.

3125
02:57:14,782 --> 02:57:17,262
Second.

3126
02:57:18,782 --> 02:57:20,162
Councilor Olson?

3127
02:57:20,202 --> 02:57:24,142
Yeah. Um, so first off, I'm going to vote in favor

3128
02:57:24,162 --> 02:57:28,022
of this resolution because I agree with everything it says and

3129
02:57:28,042 --> 02:57:31,302
think it's a good one. Um, I am going to

3130
02:57:31,342 --> 02:57:35,092
say, and I am going to say this

3131
02:57:35,142 --> 02:57:38,762
with the backing of this is not-

3132
02:57:39,458 --> 02:57:43,338
These are a lot of emotions that I have felt, and they are not exclusively directed

3133
02:57:43,358 --> 02:57:46,938
at this council. But this is my favorite type of resolution, the

3134
02:57:46,978 --> 02:57:50,758
kind that lists a whole bunch of values and does nothing to

3135
02:57:50,838 --> 02:57:54,258
protect them, which says the City of Corvallis

3136
02:57:54,698 --> 02:57:58,118
likes what the state's doing, but we don't think that we're important enough,

3137
02:57:58,158 --> 02:58:02,058
or, and we don't care about our community enough to put in our own

3138
02:58:02,098 --> 02:58:05,068
protections on top of what the state's doing.

3139
02:58:05,078 --> 02:58:09,018
It's a list of, "Hey, here's some cool stuff people have done." Things,

3140
02:58:09,038 --> 02:58:12,018
a list that you could have pulled off online, or if you had read

3141
02:58:12,618 --> 02:58:14,628
literally any article on

3142
02:58:15,478 --> 02:58:19,248
what happened this legislative session, which I've read many, these would have

3143
02:58:19,258 --> 02:58:20,868
been highlighted. Um,

3144
02:58:22,818 --> 02:58:26,458
yeah. It's, it's saying that w-we love, we love

3145
02:58:26,518 --> 02:58:29,718
immigrants, we love the people in our community, but we aren't going to take any

3146
02:58:29,818 --> 02:58:33,558
actions as a city to protect them. We aren't going to

3147
02:58:33,598 --> 02:58:36,758
take any actions as a city to even

3148
02:58:36,838 --> 02:58:40,208
consider... Not like... M- All of the...

3149
02:58:40,258 --> 02:58:44,038
At least in the old resolution, which is not on the table, none of those were we

3150
02:58:44,078 --> 02:58:47,478
are going to do this, or are we are going to look into doing

3151
02:58:47,498 --> 02:58:48,978
this. And

3152
02:58:49,778 --> 02:58:52,458
this has none of that. It is, it's,

3153
02:58:54,338 --> 02:58:58,058
it's like the No Kings protest. It's a whole bunch of people yelling and

3154
02:58:58,098 --> 02:59:01,398
making no movements and no community involvement.

3155
02:59:01,478 --> 02:59:04,788
And I am very, very

3156
02:59:04,818 --> 02:59:08,718
frustrated. And also, if anyone tries to be like, "Well, why didn't you say

3157
02:59:08,778 --> 02:59:11,848
this when we talked about the trans sanctuary resolution?" I would have loved if

3158
02:59:11,898 --> 02:59:15,278
that resolution had any actionable steps by the city, but when we were bringing it

3159
02:59:15,298 --> 02:59:18,798
forward, we considered it too diverse of a, too di-divisive as

3160
02:59:18,938 --> 02:59:21,938
is, so we didn't want to even push that.

3161
02:59:21,978 --> 02:59:25,778
But anyways, to... Yeah. So my

3162
02:59:25,798 --> 02:59:29,148
opinion on this is that, sure, it's great, it's wonderful,

3163
02:59:29,218 --> 02:59:32,828
it's the same thing we see. It's, it's

3164
02:59:32,898 --> 02:59:34,238
just,

3165
02:59:35,298 --> 02:59:39,118
it's pointless. It's pointless when these are already things that we as a

3166
02:59:39,138 --> 02:59:42,858
community believe, already things we have signed in a resolution,

3167
02:59:42,878 --> 02:59:46,798
already things the state has done, and we're just writing our own list

3168
02:59:46,858 --> 02:59:50,718
to make us feel good. Thank you.

3169
02:59:51,298 --> 02:59:54,138
Please don't. Do not applaud, please.

3170
02:59:54,238 --> 02:59:57,358
Um, I will say, Councilor Olsen, I appreciate your opinion, and I share

3171
02:59:57,398 --> 02:59:59,018
it.

3172
03:00:01,138 --> 03:00:02,638
But here we are, so .

3173
03:00:03,758 --> 03:00:07,538
Any other discussion on the current re-re-resolution? Councilor Neidbach.

3174
03:00:07,598 --> 03:00:11,318
I, I appreciate, Councilor Olsen's passion.

3175
03:00:11,438 --> 03:00:14,028
Uh, I, I, I do need to point out, though,

3176
03:00:14,098 --> 03:00:16,458
that if we

3177
03:00:17,718 --> 03:00:21,678
did with what it says in the first resolution, we would be duplicating what the

3178
03:00:21,738 --> 03:00:25,248
state legislature has just done. They have

3179
03:00:25,258 --> 03:00:28,968
written extreme, you know, quite a bit of, uh...

3180
03:00:28,998 --> 03:00:31,848
If you read the rules, the public schools have to,

3181
03:00:32,598 --> 03:00:35,398
develop, programs,

3182
03:00:38,898 --> 03:00:39,198
a-adopt

3183
03:00:39,208 --> 03:00:41,698
policies to notify families, students, and staff.

3184
03:00:41,758 --> 03:00:43,938
We, we couldn't tell the school district to do

3185
03:00:44,038 --> 03:00:47,738
that. But they did do it. Okay.

3186
03:00:47,878 --> 03:00:51,398
They, uh... We can't tell employers to,

3187
03:00:53,378 --> 03:00:54,758
um... They, they can't

3188
03:00:56,438 --> 03:01:00,258
this, that, or the other thing. We, we could, but the state is already

3189
03:01:00,318 --> 03:01:03,378
saying it, so why should we duplicate that?

3190
03:01:03,498 --> 03:01:05,318
I'm also seeing, you know, the,

3191
03:01:06,658 --> 03:01:10,638
law enforcement operations. If they come to Corvallis,

3192
03:01:10,658 --> 03:01:12,018
and Corvallis is the only

3193
03:01:13,238 --> 03:01:17,178
city that has a, a rec- a, a law that

3194
03:01:17,238 --> 03:01:20,718
says you can't wear, face coverings,

3195
03:01:21,338 --> 03:01:25,238
as opposed to the entire state saying you can't do that, and the power of the

3196
03:01:25,398 --> 03:01:28,898
state legislature behind that rule,

3197
03:01:29,478 --> 03:01:32,938
as opposed to tiny Corvallis. It, it, it makes a

3198
03:01:32,978 --> 03:01:35,448
difference that the state has adopted these

3199
03:01:36,518 --> 03:01:39,618
and other resolutions to protect all of

3200
03:01:39,658 --> 03:01:43,478
Oregon, and we're gonna put... If we piggyback on

3201
03:01:43,518 --> 03:01:47,348
those, we still end up with the same rules and

3202
03:01:47,418 --> 03:01:51,178
regulations in Corvallis that we would otherwise had we invented them

3203
03:01:51,218 --> 03:01:54,818
ourselves or carried them, carried through with them ourselves.

3204
03:01:54,858 --> 03:01:55,518
Thank you.

3205
03:01:55,558 --> 03:01:59,518
I'd like to interject, Mayor. We keep referring back to the other resolution

3206
03:01:59,558 --> 03:02:02,978
that's been tabled and not really talking much about the resolution that's

3207
03:02:03,038 --> 03:02:06,678
currently on the table. So if we can keep comments to the current

3208
03:02:06,738 --> 03:02:09,888
resolution, 'cause if it, it... No matter what, after we address this, the other

3209
03:02:09,918 --> 03:02:13,858
one goes back, comes back. So we can discuss concerns or

3210
03:02:13,918 --> 03:02:14,518
whatever about the other-

3211
03:02:14,528 --> 03:02:15,688
Uh, yeah. Thank you. Thank you.

3212
03:02:15,918 --> 03:02:17,218
But keeping things moving here.

3213
03:02:17,258 --> 03:02:20,898
But it, but, but this, this proposition, the sanctuary city proposition, actually

3214
03:02:20,938 --> 03:02:21,498
has more

3215
03:02:22,458 --> 03:02:26,398
in it, that... The talking about

3216
03:02:26,478 --> 03:02:29,078
landlord-tenant confidentiality.

3217
03:02:29,198 --> 03:02:32,998
Um, it talks about, the federal

3218
03:02:33,038 --> 03:02:36,938
government having to register their law enforcement activities to the

3219
03:02:36,978 --> 03:02:39,238
local jurisdiction. Um,

3220
03:02:40,118 --> 03:02:43,538
regulates access to public hospitals by federal agents.

3221
03:02:43,618 --> 03:02:46,718
It, orders public bodies may not give certain data to data

3222
03:02:46,798 --> 03:02:49,838
brokers based on immigration data.

3223
03:02:49,938 --> 03:02:52,768
Um, so it is very... You know, the state did a good

3224
03:02:52,818 --> 03:02:56,038
job. And the governor

3225
03:02:56,138 --> 03:03:00,058
is... Both houses, the Senate and the House, passed these.

3226
03:03:00,078 --> 03:03:03,058
They're enrolled. Uh, these will become

3227
03:03:03,558 --> 03:03:06,038
ordinances. These will become laws.

3228
03:03:06,058 --> 03:03:09,578
They will be, have to be followed by everyone in Oregon,

3229
03:03:09,638 --> 03:03:11,758
including our fair

3230
03:03:11,818 --> 03:03:13,958
city.

3231
03:03:14,318 --> 03:03:16,328
Thank you.

3232
03:03:16,338 --> 03:03:16,758
Anyone else?

3233
03:03:18,758 --> 03:03:22,718
If there was something in the resolves to encourage

3234
03:03:22,738 --> 03:03:26,658
the city manager that somebody wishes, wished to add into the

3235
03:03:26,718 --> 03:03:30,018
resolution, that is easily

3236
03:03:30,028 --> 03:03:31,698
done.

3237
03:03:31,718 --> 03:03:32,198
Technically.

3238
03:03:32,238 --> 03:03:35,938
I'm not, I'm not addressing either the, the values of either resolution.

3239
03:03:35,978 --> 03:03:39,598
I'm just saying that if there was something that we felt like needed to be

3240
03:03:39,698 --> 03:03:43,218
added in, that would be, that would be a pretty straightforward

3241
03:03:43,278 --> 03:03:47,238
motion, or it could be a standalone motion at,

3242
03:03:47,318 --> 03:03:48,118
after we've-

3243
03:03:48,242 --> 03:03:50,082
We finish with this

3244
03:03:50,122 --> 03:03:54,002
Call again. City manager.

3245
03:03:54,062 --> 03:03:57,732
As, as Councilor Napack was speaking, it just made me think,

3246
03:03:57,802 --> 03:04:01,302
just this is purely from a practical standpoint,

3247
03:04:02,262 --> 03:04:02,662
should

3248
03:04:03,782 --> 03:04:07,452
these laws and directives be challenged, it will be the state that

3249
03:04:07,482 --> 03:04:08,762
defends those,

3250
03:04:10,522 --> 03:04:14,362
and not the city, which I think there's, from a financial and

3251
03:04:14,442 --> 03:04:17,642
just a, a resource standpoint,

3252
03:04:19,202 --> 03:04:21,662
is helpful for the city. And s-certainly, I

3253
03:04:21,682 --> 03:04:25,562
think the resources of the state, having them bring that to

3254
03:04:25,622 --> 03:04:29,322
bear rather than us trying to bring, our resources to

3255
03:04:29,362 --> 03:04:30,382
bear, are likely to be

3256
03:04:31,342 --> 03:04:33,282
more effective, if anything is to be

3257
03:04:33,322 --> 03:04:35,722
effective.

3258
03:04:36,902 --> 03:04:38,602
Anything else on this resolution or should we move to a

3259
03:04:38,682 --> 03:04:41,422
vote?

3260
03:04:43,182 --> 03:04:44,422
Council Mayers.

3261
03:04:44,522 --> 03:04:47,282
I have a parliamentary sort of a question.

3262
03:04:47,322 --> 03:04:49,242
Mm-hmm. Go ahead.

3263
03:04:49,282 --> 03:04:53,162
Well, it just seems to me that this is kind

3264
03:04:53,202 --> 03:04:57,182
of like a, substitution, or could be

3265
03:04:57,242 --> 03:04:59,262
a substitution.

3266
03:04:59,302 --> 03:05:02,742
Kind of, except for it completely eliminates the direction of the other

3267
03:05:02,782 --> 03:05:03,872
one. So the other one-

3268
03:05:03,902 --> 03:05:04,222
Well-

3269
03:05:04,242 --> 03:05:07,762
The other one's not gone away. I think it was tabled.

3270
03:05:07,802 --> 03:05:08,322
So it's-

3271
03:05:08,382 --> 03:05:09,202
Right. It should have-

3272
03:05:09,222 --> 03:05:12,212
It's, it's just been taken on, put on another table instead of the table we're

3273
03:05:12,282 --> 03:05:12,762
dealing with.

3274
03:05:12,772 --> 03:05:12,772
Okay.

3275
03:05:12,802 --> 03:05:15,202
And then that resolution is now on this table.

3276
03:05:15,262 --> 03:05:18,302
So once we vote on this, regardless of its

3277
03:05:18,362 --> 03:05:20,502
outcome, we're back to the other resolution.

3278
03:05:20,542 --> 03:05:21,672
Okay. That seems-

3279
03:05:21,682 --> 03:05:24,702
So it's, it's because of it being... No, no, it's not a substitution.

3280
03:05:24,802 --> 03:05:25,042
Okay.

3281
03:05:25,102 --> 03:05:26,982
It's a, a first this.

3282
03:05:27,062 --> 03:05:29,202
Okay.

3283
03:05:30,602 --> 03:05:31,382
Councilor Napack.

3284
03:05:31,442 --> 03:05:33,422
You, do you think we should div-divide the

3285
03:05:33,462 --> 03:05:35,522
question?

3286
03:05:35,532 --> 03:05:38,172
No. I mean, it is already divided. We're asking, we're asking one question right

3287
03:05:38,172 --> 03:05:38,662
now. Do we want-

3288
03:05:38,682 --> 03:05:42,072
But if we, if we pass one resolution, then the other one's moot.

3289
03:05:42,122 --> 03:05:42,962
Nope.

3290
03:05:43,002 --> 03:05:43,602
Nope?

3291
03:05:43,622 --> 03:05:44,082
Not at all.

3292
03:05:44,122 --> 03:05:45,142
We can pass them both?

3293
03:05:45,202 --> 03:05:45,942
Technically.

3294
03:05:46,002 --> 03:05:48,302
Oh, okay.

3295
03:05:48,362 --> 03:05:51,842
They are two separate resolutions. We didn't vote down the other one.

3296
03:05:51,882 --> 03:05:55,582
It was just tabled. So let's go ahead and take a

3297
03:05:55,622 --> 03:05:59,412
vote, and then just for clarity, I wanna do a roll call vote on this if...

3298
03:05:59,442 --> 03:06:02,382
Sure. Jack. City recorder, if you would,

3299
03:06:02,402 --> 03:06:03,622
please.

3300
03:06:03,662 --> 03:06:07,222
Yes. This is a vote regarding the resolution reaffirming Corvallis's

3301
03:06:07,302 --> 03:06:09,202
sanctuary city. Councilors

3302
03:06:09,682 --> 03:06:11,342
Lewis.

3303
03:06:11,422 --> 03:06:12,181
Yes.

3304
03:06:12,262 --> 03:06:12,882
Shaffer.

3305
03:06:13,442 --> 03:06:13,982
Yes.

3306
03:06:14,702 --> 03:06:15,622
Mayors.

3307
03:06:15,662 --> 03:06:17,242
Yeah. Yes.

3308
03:06:17,322 --> 03:06:18,342
Morefield.

3309
03:06:18,422 --> 03:06:19,142
Yes.

3310
03:06:19,182 --> 03:06:19,982
Napack.

3311
03:06:20,042 --> 03:06:20,722
Yes.

3312
03:06:20,762 --> 03:06:21,802
Cadena.

3313
03:06:21,842 --> 03:06:22,462
Yes.

3314
03:06:22,482 --> 03:06:24,282
Bowden. Olson.

3315
03:06:24,322 --> 03:06:25,082
Yes.

3316
03:06:25,102 --> 03:06:25,842
Ellis.

3317
03:06:25,902 --> 03:06:27,242
Yes.

3318
03:06:27,262 --> 03:06:29,522
The resolution passes eight to zero.

3319
03:06:29,582 --> 03:06:33,522
Thank you very much. Now, we're back to the

3320
03:06:33,542 --> 03:06:36,082
resolution that was tabled, was motioned and

3321
03:06:36,142 --> 03:06:40,082
seconded. Um, and I'm gonna speak to it a minute 'cause there's been some things

3322
03:06:40,142 --> 03:06:43,222
said that I, I kind of scratched my head a bit thinking about it,

3323
03:06:44,062 --> 03:06:47,482
stating there are things in there that we cannot do or that would be

3324
03:06:47,522 --> 03:06:51,122
illegal. However, nowhere on here does it say to do those things

3325
03:06:51,322 --> 03:06:55,032
exactly. It says that the city c- the council of the city of

3326
03:06:55,082 --> 03:06:59,032
Corvallis resolves to encourage the city manager to continue to take

3327
03:06:59,162 --> 03:07:03,042
actions demonstrating this commitment, including a ) to evaluate

3328
03:07:03,102 --> 03:07:06,802
legal avenues to prevent, delay, or disadvantage the development of facilities to

3329
03:07:06,842 --> 03:07:09,142
be used for federal immigration enforcement purposes.

3330
03:07:09,182 --> 03:07:11,502
It does not say block development.

3331
03:07:11,562 --> 03:07:13,882
It doesn't say to not allow development.

3332
03:07:13,902 --> 03:07:16,722
It says to pursue legal avenues, 'cause maybe there's something out there.

3333
03:07:16,742 --> 03:07:20,422
Maybe there'll be, our district attorney, you know, or, or, or,

3334
03:07:20,682 --> 03:07:24,162
Oregon district attorney might come up with some legal battle that he, that gets

3335
03:07:24,222 --> 03:07:27,802
won, that shows, that sets precedence that we can block.

3336
03:07:27,862 --> 03:07:31,502
Currently, doesn't seem like we could. But we can evaluate it.

3337
03:07:31,542 --> 03:07:34,762
To evaluate legal avenues for peace officers of the city to request to identif-

3338
03:07:34,802 --> 03:07:38,542
identify, identity of apparent immigration enforcement agents when

3339
03:07:38,562 --> 03:07:39,462
legally permissible.

3340
03:07:40,262 --> 03:07:43,362
Doesn't say you're definitely gonna, it says you're gonna evaluate if it's legally

3341
03:07:43,402 --> 03:07:47,271
permissible. I think that's, it's, it's, it's work- we're, we're,

3342
03:07:47,282 --> 03:07:49,782
this is high level direction as far as I'm concerned.

3343
03:07:50,122 --> 03:07:53,292
Again, to utilize existing city communication platforms to connect the community

3344
03:07:53,322 --> 03:07:56,642
with clear and reputable information. I think we should already be doing that.

3345
03:07:56,662 --> 03:08:00,202
We have a city website, and I think we should be able to provide clear guidance to

3346
03:08:00,242 --> 03:08:03,182
the community of where they can find other information.

3347
03:08:03,242 --> 03:08:06,982
Um, that, that's the law. We, we kind of already do that with our

3348
03:08:07,042 --> 03:08:10,342
municipal code. It's on there. That's the law.

3349
03:08:10,462 --> 03:08:10,772
Um,

3350
03:08:12,562 --> 03:08:15,712
d ) to ident- to identify and evaluate additional opportunities

3351
03:08:16,202 --> 03:08:19,322
consistent with the city's legal authority, again make sure we're doing it within

3352
03:08:19,362 --> 03:08:22,572
legal authority, to collaborate with community-based organizations, service

3353
03:08:22,622 --> 03:08:26,092
providers, regional partners to support community trust, access to information, and

3354
03:08:26,102 --> 03:08:29,842
public safety for all residents. We sort of already do that.

3355
03:08:31,902 --> 03:08:35,662
E ) To consider adoption of the Attorney General's model policies regarding

3356
03:08:35,682 --> 03:08:39,592
immigration where appropriate. We should already be doing that.

3357
03:08:40,842 --> 03:08:44,162
And then f ) To ensure all non-public spaces in city buildings are clearly

3358
03:08:44,182 --> 03:08:47,872
identified and labeled with signage indicating restricted access.

3359
03:08:47,902 --> 03:08:51,142
We have some of that in City Hall. I haven't been to every city facility to find

3360
03:08:51,162 --> 03:08:53,102
out if it's done everywhere, but that's good.

3361
03:08:53,122 --> 03:08:55,942
That's something that I encourage every

3362
03:08:56,082 --> 03:08:59,882
business, school, anywhere that has areas that are for

3363
03:08:59,902 --> 03:09:03,182
employees only should have those labels up, because

3364
03:09:03,202 --> 03:09:06,952
then police, regardless of what, entity it is,

3365
03:09:06,962 --> 03:09:10,362
cannot enter without a warrant. So

3366
03:09:10,422 --> 03:09:12,802
that's... I mean, we're not saying we're gonna

3367
03:09:14,062 --> 03:09:17,742
overhaul buildings. It's signage, and it'll, it might take a while depending on how

3368
03:09:17,782 --> 03:09:20,202
much is needed. But it just, it's to, it's

3369
03:09:21,442 --> 03:09:25,022
to encourage the city manager to continue taking these actions.

3370
03:09:25,122 --> 03:09:27,902
I think that's pretty clear. And regarding the comment about the Jedi board

3371
03:09:27,982 --> 03:09:31,362
soliciting community empowerment grant applications, it doesn't say when.

3372
03:09:32,362 --> 03:09:34,662
So I agree, they're already kind of in it.

3373
03:09:34,702 --> 03:09:38,542
It couldn't be done, but maybe the next time, which I think is a good

3374
03:09:38,602 --> 03:09:41,612
idea, obviously. And then sending copies of this

3375
03:09:41,622 --> 03:09:45,402
resolution. We probably would do that anyway, so at least I would like to think we

3376
03:09:45,422 --> 03:09:48,562
would. So I, I personally do not see the major

3377
03:09:48,582 --> 03:09:52,418
concern-Um, this is action. This is saying we're gonna

3378
03:09:52,478 --> 03:09:56,358
do these things, but it doesn't say exactly when or whether we can

3379
03:09:56,398 --> 03:09:58,868
legally accomplish it. We're just gonna try.

3380
03:09:58,978 --> 03:10:01,278
We're gonna try to find out what we can do legally.

3381
03:10:01,378 --> 03:10:01,568
Um,

3382
03:10:02,538 --> 03:10:06,218
and as, Director Bilotta apparently said, like, maybe there's no way we can

3383
03:10:06,438 --> 03:10:09,678
block a facility, and that would be unfortunate 'cause I really don't want

3384
03:10:09,718 --> 03:10:12,598
one, or anywhere, honestly. So

3385
03:10:13,978 --> 03:10:16,318
my, my hope is that this gets a- adopted, but

3386
03:10:17,618 --> 03:10:18,538
you're all the councilors.

3387
03:10:19,998 --> 03:10:21,258
Councilor Olson.

3388
03:10:21,298 --> 03:10:24,428
Yeah. Um, I second everything you ever...

3389
03:10:24,478 --> 03:10:28,408
you just said about all of these being, we're going to evaluate, we're

3390
03:10:28,418 --> 03:10:32,358
going to con- look at this. An evaluation means we can look at it

3391
03:10:32,398 --> 03:10:34,888
and decide that's not legal, and then we would...

3392
03:10:34,918 --> 03:10:37,287
we don't do it, and that's the end of that.

3393
03:10:37,358 --> 03:10:41,198
Um, so to sum up what you said, additionally,

3394
03:10:41,558 --> 03:10:45,478
all... this language was all reviewed by our city attorney multiple times and

3395
03:10:45,498 --> 03:10:47,938
was edited and then sent back, and then edited again.

3396
03:10:47,998 --> 03:10:51,918
So our city attorney has, examined this, determined all of the leg- language

3397
03:10:51,938 --> 03:10:55,708
in here to be legal and things we can do.

3398
03:10:55,778 --> 03:10:59,558
Um, this resolution does not include everything that was in the

3399
03:10:59,578 --> 03:11:02,848
previous resolution because it was written with the knowledge that the state was

3400
03:11:02,898 --> 03:11:06,228
working on these, and so we didn't need to replicate efforts.

3401
03:11:06,258 --> 03:11:10,038
And in fact, things such as, you know, evaluating

3402
03:11:10,098 --> 03:11:13,778
legal avenues for the city to request the identity of apparent

3403
03:11:14,338 --> 03:11:18,258
immigration agents, that will be so much easier now that they cannot wear masks

3404
03:11:18,298 --> 03:11:22,018
due to state limitations, and they have to have visible ID.

3405
03:11:22,078 --> 03:11:25,638
So we are asking... And if anything, it will make the community safer,

3406
03:11:25,678 --> 03:11:26,278
considering

3407
03:11:27,258 --> 03:11:30,738
OSU has already had people on campus pretending to be fake

3408
03:11:30,818 --> 03:11:34,758
immigration agents. And that, for

3409
03:11:34,818 --> 03:11:35,918
me personally, that

3410
03:11:36,918 --> 03:11:40,888
specific, you know, letter B is really important because

3411
03:11:40,998 --> 03:11:44,648
I don't want my community to be able to be terrorized by three bored

3412
03:11:44,758 --> 03:11:48,638
frat guys who decide to... that they wanna be immigration agents.

3413
03:11:48,678 --> 03:11:52,578
And so by coming at it as we're requesting their identification to make sure that

3414
03:11:52,598 --> 03:11:55,878
they're legal immigration agents and not just some guy,

3415
03:11:56,478 --> 03:12:00,358
um... Yeah. And then, oh my gosh, I had one more thing I

3416
03:12:00,378 --> 03:12:04,338
was gonna say on this. Yeah. Broad- I am

3417
03:12:04,538 --> 03:12:07,228
just in support of taking actual

3418
03:12:08,218 --> 03:12:11,998
actions on this, and I am very proud of all of

3419
03:12:12,078 --> 03:12:15,408
the work that the community has put into this.

3420
03:12:15,458 --> 03:12:15,758
And

3421
03:12:17,258 --> 03:12:21,138
yeah, I am proud to have my name on it, and also Mayor Mon's name,

3422
03:12:21,178 --> 03:12:23,198
whoever's names ends up being on there.

3423
03:12:23,238 --> 03:12:25,878
And additio- oh, that was the other thing.

3424
03:12:25,898 --> 03:12:29,638
And for people who worry that we might be getting our

3425
03:12:29,698 --> 03:12:33,258
hands dirty by putting additional restrictions on things

3426
03:12:33,338 --> 03:12:36,958
or by drawing attention to us by the federal government,

3427
03:12:36,998 --> 03:12:40,818
we're already involved in legal activities

3428
03:12:40,858 --> 03:12:44,238
relating to the federal government, so it's not like they don't know who we

3429
03:12:44,338 --> 03:12:47,688
are. They know about the city of Corvallis. That's not...

3430
03:12:47,698 --> 03:12:50,618
We're not not on their list. We're already on their

3431
03:12:50,678 --> 03:12:53,918
list. So it, it can't

3432
03:12:54,018 --> 03:12:56,358
hurt, and I am fully in support of this

3433
03:12:56,398 --> 03:12:59,698
resolution.

3434
03:13:00,278 --> 03:13:02,478
Councilor Moorfield?

3435
03:13:02,598 --> 03:13:03,278
Um-

3436
03:13:03,358 --> 03:13:04,968
Oh, go ahead.

3437
03:13:04,968 --> 03:13:07,418
I, I'm substantially supportive.

3438
03:13:07,538 --> 03:13:10,838
Um, most of these things are

3439
03:13:10,878 --> 03:13:14,638
commonsensical, and they align well with the resolution we already passed

3440
03:13:14,678 --> 03:13:17,378
and, and aren't necessarily in conflict.

3441
03:13:17,498 --> 03:13:19,058
Um, the,

3442
03:13:20,378 --> 03:13:23,098
the only question I had,

3443
03:13:24,338 --> 03:13:28,178
even though it uses the word evaluate legal av- avenues,

3444
03:13:28,198 --> 03:13:31,658
it's specific... I'm talking about A now.

3445
03:13:31,718 --> 03:13:34,958
It's specific to the development of facilities.

3446
03:13:35,078 --> 03:13:38,858
Um, you said that the city attorney reviewed

3447
03:13:38,918 --> 03:13:42,598
this and didn't have a problem with the language.

3448
03:13:42,738 --> 03:13:46,638
Um, the question I wanna make s- I wanna see if it was asked or

3449
03:13:46,678 --> 03:13:50,378
if city, city attorney's not with us now, I assume.

3450
03:13:50,398 --> 03:13:52,978
Yeah. Um, I'm gonna ask the question.

3451
03:13:53,078 --> 03:13:55,838
Um, when we say ahead of time

3452
03:13:56,658 --> 03:14:00,378
that we're going to oppose or delay, prevent,

3453
03:14:00,398 --> 03:14:03,858
disadvantage the development of facilities, which

3454
03:14:04,258 --> 03:14:07,818
requires a l- which may involve a land use action,

3455
03:14:09,378 --> 03:14:11,458
we are actually disadvantag-

3456
03:14:11,838 --> 03:14:12,958
disadvantaging

3457
03:14:14,158 --> 03:14:17,238
ourselves in making a case,

3458
03:14:18,118 --> 03:14:21,018
or being able to make a case to say no, if that makes

3459
03:14:21,078 --> 03:14:24,698
sense. In other words, if we're presented with

3460
03:14:24,758 --> 03:14:28,398
something that requires some sort of discretionary review,

3461
03:14:30,018 --> 03:14:33,098
and I don't know what... You know, there's times most development these days does

3462
03:14:33,138 --> 03:14:36,248
not have much discretion attached to it, but it does

3463
03:14:36,318 --> 03:14:39,948
sometimes. And I don't know enough about where things like

3464
03:14:39,978 --> 03:14:43,798
jails are even allowed in our, our town from a land use point of

3465
03:14:43,818 --> 03:14:47,058
view to understand what issues may or may not be

3466
03:14:47,098 --> 03:14:48,458
involved. But,

3467
03:14:49,278 --> 03:14:52,678
you know, when we've had certain kinds of land use related

3468
03:14:52,718 --> 03:14:56,698
decisions, we have to declare whether we have a bias or not.

3469
03:14:56,718 --> 03:14:59,498
And if we do, we have to recuse ourselves.

3470
03:14:59,518 --> 03:15:00,098
Mm-hmm.

3471
03:15:00,158 --> 03:15:03,628
So if we're gonna pass a resolution saying, "Oh, we oppose this on

3472
03:15:03,658 --> 03:15:07,588
principle," and then we're gonna b- also, not

3473
03:15:07,618 --> 03:15:11,558
have to recuse ourselves if we're presented with a decision that is a

3474
03:15:11,578 --> 03:15:15,388
discretionary one that gets to the level of the council, I, I don't know why

3475
03:15:15,458 --> 03:15:19,168
the, the attorney wouldn't have addressed that. Um...

3476
03:15:19,198 --> 03:15:22,178
Can I respond to this? Okay. Um,

3477
03:15:23,218 --> 03:15:26,948
yeah. Uh, main... So when we were...

3478
03:15:26,958 --> 03:15:30,938
Well, I say we. I'm reading from a document that really wasn't

3479
03:15:30,958 --> 03:15:33,288
put together by myself, but from

3480
03:15:34,178 --> 03:15:37,238
both the city attorney and the city manager, it was

3481
03:15:37,318 --> 03:15:40,678
read, item A was read as a request for a

3482
03:15:40,778 --> 03:15:44,578
staff/city attorney, to determine what

3483
03:15:44,678 --> 03:15:47,578
legal means the city might have to prevent an ICE facility.

3484
03:15:47,638 --> 03:15:51,098
I think that there will be few options for the city to regulate use on private

3485
03:15:51,158 --> 03:15:53,858
property outside of current zoning limitations.

3486
03:15:53,898 --> 03:15:57,158
That said, it is something that council could af- ask time to

3487
03:15:57,198 --> 03:16:00,498
spend, ask staff to spend time researching.

3488
03:16:00,538 --> 03:16:03,238
Additionally, like you, like-

3489
03:16:03,258 --> 03:16:04,698
Excuse me, Councilor Olson, real quick.

3490
03:16:04,758 --> 03:16:04,768
Yeah.

3491
03:16:04,778 --> 03:16:06,458
City manager's had his hand raised.

3492
03:16:06,478 --> 03:16:06,958
I wanna see what-

3493
03:16:07,290 --> 03:16:11,130
I, I, I just wanna clarify. From my knowledge, the city

3494
03:16:11,190 --> 03:16:14,930
attorney reviewed an earlier version that was presented,

3495
03:16:14,950 --> 03:16:18,710
and I did appreciate, the request for that review.

3496
03:16:18,730 --> 03:16:22,710
But, to my knowledge, the city attorney did not review

3497
03:16:22,850 --> 03:16:24,750
the version that's actually in here.

3498
03:16:24,770 --> 03:16:27,850
The version, that's in the council

3499
03:16:27,970 --> 03:16:31,930
packet, was revised based on some comments, but

3500
03:16:31,970 --> 03:16:33,650
not reviewed again by the city

3501
03:16:33,710 --> 03:16:36,290
attorney.

3502
03:16:37,810 --> 03:16:39,550
Yeah. Were you just reading an email?

3503
03:16:40,390 --> 03:16:44,310
Uh, I was reading comments on the document itself that I was provided, so.

3504
03:16:44,350 --> 03:16:46,230
Yeah, 'cause that, that, that could be considered

3505
03:16:47,790 --> 03:16:51,430
confidential client information from the city attorney.

3506
03:16:52,730 --> 03:16:55,979
It, it was g- it was given to a community member, not me.

3507
03:16:55,979 --> 03:16:55,979
Oh.

3508
03:16:56,050 --> 03:16:59,390
So I'm assuming it's not confidential since the community's not clients.

3509
03:16:59,430 --> 03:17:03,020
To clarify, those were comments I wrote based on

3510
03:17:03,070 --> 03:17:06,870
information I got from the, the city attorney, and again, those

3511
03:17:06,930 --> 03:17:10,030
comments were on a previous

3512
03:17:10,090 --> 03:17:12,270
version.

3513
03:17:12,330 --> 03:17:13,830
Yeah.

3514
03:17:13,850 --> 03:17:17,150
But this language was on the previous version you reviewed,

3515
03:17:17,210 --> 03:17:20,270
right? That clause specifically?

3516
03:17:20,590 --> 03:17:22,750
Not as written, no.

3517
03:17:22,810 --> 03:17:24,730
Okay.

3518
03:17:25,750 --> 03:17:29,300
I mean, to say what I had said earlier

3519
03:17:29,450 --> 03:17:32,970
also, we're evaluating avenues. We send it to the attorney, they

3520
03:17:33,010 --> 03:17:36,520
say, "Yeah, this will get you in trouble with the land use." And we go,

3521
03:17:36,520 --> 03:17:40,190
"Great. Good to know." And then that's the end of the

3522
03:17:40,250 --> 03:17:41,930
story.

3523
03:17:41,950 --> 03:17:42,010
And-

3524
03:17:42,030 --> 03:17:45,440
Let me make a suggestion, though, that saying it...

3525
03:17:45,530 --> 03:17:48,990
Asking the question is fine, but putting it in the form of

3526
03:17:49,070 --> 03:17:52,950
a resolution, we're stating a position, an end to

3527
03:17:53,010 --> 03:17:55,650
which... that we're trying to achieve.

3528
03:17:55,730 --> 03:17:58,290
And, from a land

3529
03:17:58,390 --> 03:18:02,250
use, perspective, we're,

3530
03:18:02,290 --> 03:18:06,070
we're pre-judging a land use request that might come

3531
03:18:06,110 --> 03:18:10,090
our way and, and that, that is grounds for

3532
03:18:10,170 --> 03:18:12,750
applicants to say, "You have to recuse yourself."

3533
03:18:12,790 --> 03:18:13,830
Technically true.

3534
03:18:14,030 --> 03:18:14,240
Yeah.

3535
03:18:14,270 --> 03:18:16,400
And, and, and, and, you know, at the end, we also...

3536
03:18:16,430 --> 03:18:19,350
When there's, when there's public hearings on land use, we also ask, you know, "Is

3537
03:18:19,410 --> 03:18:22,670
this the appropriate body for this decision?" And one might be going,

3538
03:18:22,690 --> 03:18:25,890
"No." And then the decision is no longer ours to make.

3539
03:18:27,130 --> 03:18:29,230
So, y- yeah.

3540
03:18:29,970 --> 03:18:33,210
So I mean, I, I, I, I get your point, and I don't think you're wrong

3541
03:18:33,250 --> 03:18:35,610
necessarily, so.

3542
03:18:37,160 --> 03:18:38,650
Councilor Cadena.

3543
03:18:38,710 --> 03:18:42,460
Yeah, a couple comments. There was a comment made earlier about, the feds

3544
03:18:42,690 --> 03:18:44,380
complying with our land development code.

3545
03:18:44,450 --> 03:18:48,030
I believe that when the feds do any kind of

3546
03:18:48,070 --> 03:18:51,310
facility, they don't have to comply with local land development code.

3547
03:18:51,390 --> 03:18:53,250
Is that correct, city manager?

3548
03:18:53,470 --> 03:18:57,350
That's correct. Whether it's a post office or

3549
03:18:57,390 --> 03:19:00,699
any other facility, they, they may take into

3550
03:19:00,710 --> 03:19:04,610
consideration local land use, but there's a supremacy clause that they

3551
03:19:04,630 --> 03:19:08,370
do not have to follow, state or local land use

3552
03:19:08,510 --> 03:19:09,490
regulations.

3553
03:19:09,550 --> 03:19:12,890
Okay. So my... the... I just wanted to clarify that one point.

3554
03:19:12,990 --> 03:19:14,890
Um, the rest of my comments are

3555
03:19:16,150 --> 03:19:19,850
I don't want anybody to mistake that I think what's going on in

3556
03:19:19,950 --> 03:19:23,380
s- immigration enforcement is abhorrent,

3557
03:19:23,470 --> 03:19:26,650
and the lack of due process, poor training,

3558
03:19:27,490 --> 03:19:30,950
the targeting of folks, with

3559
03:19:31,270 --> 03:19:34,900
likely no probable cause, et cetera, et cetera. It's...

3560
03:19:36,690 --> 03:19:40,070
Uh, there's... Words can't describe it.

3561
03:19:40,210 --> 03:19:43,080
Um, I have a, a... I think that

3562
03:19:44,270 --> 03:19:45,910
I'm also sensitive to

3563
03:19:47,470 --> 03:19:51,250
when we say that we're gonna encourage the city manager to evaluate certain things

3564
03:19:51,350 --> 03:19:54,319
that I, I don't, I don't like putting something...

3565
03:19:54,350 --> 03:19:57,510
asking the staff to do things that,

3566
03:19:57,830 --> 03:20:01,660
basically will result in nothing. I, and...

3567
03:20:01,710 --> 03:20:05,170
Or, or that we set staff up for an

3568
03:20:05,250 --> 03:20:09,180
expectation that something will come out of it, and the, and

3569
03:20:09,270 --> 03:20:12,970
the viewpoint is, "I don't know what we can

3570
03:20:13,010 --> 03:20:16,330
do." But beyond that, aside from the staff

3571
03:20:16,370 --> 03:20:18,590
impact,

3572
03:20:19,630 --> 03:20:23,450
I think that, Councilor Olsen made the comment

3573
03:20:23,530 --> 03:20:26,410
that, you know, we want something that does something.

3574
03:20:26,530 --> 03:20:30,070
Uh, we want a resolution that does something.

3575
03:20:30,310 --> 03:20:33,179
I, I think one could make an argument this resolution won't do...

3576
03:20:33,250 --> 03:20:34,650
accomplish anything

3577
03:20:35,710 --> 03:20:37,250
from the perspective of

3578
03:20:38,130 --> 03:20:41,090
containing ICE. I think that

3579
03:20:42,850 --> 03:20:43,670
what I,

3580
03:20:44,850 --> 03:20:45,970
what I think is

3581
03:20:46,930 --> 03:20:50,850
from my personal experience, my personal perspective, and perhaps it's because

3582
03:20:50,930 --> 03:20:52,050
I grew up in a different era

3583
03:20:53,110 --> 03:20:56,370
and because I'm old, but I think

3584
03:20:56,430 --> 03:20:58,690
that

3585
03:21:01,050 --> 03:21:04,830
because I b- because I grew up in San Jose, California,

3586
03:21:04,910 --> 03:21:08,810
and yeah, there's a lot of Latinos in, in San Jose now, and but

3587
03:21:08,910 --> 03:21:10,470
we were definitely a minority.

3588
03:21:11,850 --> 03:21:12,250
And

3589
03:21:14,810 --> 03:21:17,190
I've, I've gotten... I've grown quite weary

3590
03:21:18,810 --> 03:21:21,580
of politicians doing things

3591
03:21:22,990 --> 03:21:25,520
but they're not actually accomplishing anything.

3592
03:21:25,550 --> 03:21:29,350
And by doing things, I mean by making statements.

3593
03:21:29,490 --> 03:21:33,250
My favorite being, of course, "Of course I'm in favor of common sense

3594
03:21:33,370 --> 03:21:36,160
immigration reform," and yet that's

3595
03:21:37,670 --> 03:21:41,040
never been delivered. I think I

3596
03:21:41,070 --> 03:21:44,990
want... I think the mess we have at the

3597
03:21:45,030 --> 03:21:49,020
federal level, I want it to be resolved. And I, I wish that our...

3598
03:21:49,050 --> 03:21:52,710
I don't wanna go off on a rant, but I wish that our legislature would actually pass

3599
03:21:52,750 --> 03:21:56,420
some laws that would address the very specific issues

3600
03:21:57,170 --> 03:22:00,110
that the country by and large supports.

3601
03:22:00,190 --> 03:22:04,110
I think you have to control the border, you have to have a good immigration

3602
03:22:04,190 --> 03:22:07,810
policy, and you have to provide a f- path towards citizenship.

3603
03:22:07,820 --> 03:22:11,050
Like I don't see that this does anything but create a false

3604
03:22:11,090 --> 03:22:14,630
expectation. This resolution creates a false expectation that

3605
03:22:15,110 --> 03:22:18,740
there's going to be some-Change that occurs

3606
03:22:18,780 --> 03:22:21,920
because of the city manager or city staff taking

3607
03:22:22,020 --> 03:22:24,190
action. And

3608
03:22:25,040 --> 03:22:28,860
I mean, it might make us feel good, but I

3609
03:22:28,880 --> 03:22:32,440
think what the best thing we can do is to support our

3610
03:22:32,500 --> 03:22:35,320
community to know that they

3611
03:22:35,420 --> 03:22:37,900
have... That we have their backs.

3612
03:22:39,300 --> 03:22:43,200
Um, and I think we need to have the backs of our vulnerable

3613
03:22:43,500 --> 03:22:46,100
members in ways that maybe

3614
03:22:47,520 --> 03:22:49,700
are consistent with their concerns.

3615
03:22:49,710 --> 03:22:51,880
And I'll, I'll give an example without being too

3616
03:22:51,900 --> 03:22:55,860
explicit. There's a lot of talk about making

3617
03:22:55,900 --> 03:22:58,420
things very visible. My wife's a physician.

3618
03:22:58,430 --> 03:23:00,280
There are physicians that are concerned about

3619
03:23:01,180 --> 03:23:04,820
vulnerable populations that will not go to appointments, et

3620
03:23:04,860 --> 03:23:08,540
cetera. There's already a significant effort to try to

3621
03:23:08,580 --> 03:23:09,820
address that concern,

3622
03:23:10,740 --> 03:23:13,060
by choice from participants and

3623
03:23:13,220 --> 03:23:15,600
practitioners.

3624
03:23:16,920 --> 03:23:18,140
There's a desire to

3625
03:23:20,820 --> 03:23:21,750
make sure that

3626
03:23:22,579 --> 03:23:25,380
confidentiality and, and in

3627
03:23:25,500 --> 03:23:28,620
fact, anonymity is

3628
03:23:28,660 --> 03:23:32,220
preserved. I don't want more visibility of

3629
03:23:32,280 --> 03:23:32,710
things

3630
03:23:33,740 --> 03:23:37,440
that appear to be accomplishing something, but they're actually not.

3631
03:23:37,480 --> 03:23:41,460
So I, I'm not in favor of this resolution because I don't

3632
03:23:41,480 --> 03:23:43,520
think it sp- it speaks to what we can do.

3633
03:23:43,960 --> 03:23:45,320
I think it promises things that

3634
03:23:46,560 --> 03:23:50,460
realistically I don't know how to evaluate city staff when we ask them to

3635
03:23:50,500 --> 03:23:54,060
do something that can't be done.

3636
03:23:55,820 --> 03:23:59,420
Is there something urgent, pressings? I really wanted to move towards a vote.

3637
03:23:59,440 --> 03:24:02,880
It's after nine thirty at night, but if you have something,

3638
03:24:02,940 --> 03:24:03,680
sure.

3639
03:24:05,620 --> 03:24:05,860
Thank

3640
03:24:05,940 --> 03:24:09,720
you.

3641
03:24:10,200 --> 03:24:10,560
Um,

3642
03:24:11,780 --> 03:24:15,420
yes. Um, it's been said that, we need to

3643
03:24:15,460 --> 03:24:19,040
evaluate legal avenues and so forth with land use.

3644
03:24:19,080 --> 03:24:22,880
It's already been stated very clearly by our city manager and

3645
03:24:22,920 --> 03:24:25,829
by Paul Balota that those legal avenues are not

3646
03:24:25,900 --> 03:24:29,320
available. And so I don't see the point

3647
03:24:29,400 --> 03:24:33,340
of, A, to

3648
03:24:33,380 --> 03:24:36,919
evaluate legal avenues for peace officers of the city to request the

3649
03:24:36,940 --> 03:24:40,200
identity of apparent immigration enforcement agents when legally

3650
03:24:40,240 --> 03:24:44,160
permissible. It's pretty much legally

3651
03:24:44,200 --> 03:24:46,590
permissible after stuff has happened.

3652
03:24:46,700 --> 03:24:50,580
If law enforcement stops something to

3653
03:24:50,590 --> 03:24:54,520
ask for their ID while it's happening, that's a big

3654
03:24:54,580 --> 03:24:58,410
no-no. I did a lot of research on this before

3655
03:24:58,460 --> 03:24:59,720
this meeting because

3656
03:25:01,240 --> 03:25:03,060
I was concerned about putting our

3657
03:25:04,460 --> 03:25:08,260
officers in a legally questionable position,

3658
03:25:08,360 --> 03:25:10,040
and

3659
03:25:11,300 --> 03:25:14,980
I guess what I'm saying is there's really no way to do A or B.

3660
03:25:15,900 --> 03:25:16,380
And so

3661
03:25:17,180 --> 03:25:20,040
to, to explore legal avenues to do them

3662
03:25:20,940 --> 03:25:24,870
looks like a very much a dead end. As far as

3663
03:25:24,920 --> 03:25:28,320
the rest of it, you know, our staff is totally maxed

3664
03:25:28,420 --> 03:25:31,720
out. I mean, I would love to do all of it.

3665
03:25:31,940 --> 03:25:32,480
I don't know

3666
03:25:33,720 --> 03:25:36,000
how much of it we can do. I mean, this is just

3667
03:25:36,100 --> 03:25:39,480
reality. And so, anyway,

3668
03:25:40,960 --> 03:25:43,360
and it kills me because it's a horrible

3669
03:25:43,400 --> 03:25:46,640
situation. Um,

3670
03:25:46,680 --> 03:25:50,340
anyhow, we've said enough, I guess.

3671
03:25:50,360 --> 03:25:52,520
We move to a vote.

3672
03:25:53,460 --> 03:25:57,020
Can we have a roll call vote, please, city recorder?

3673
03:25:57,060 --> 03:26:00,620
Yes, Mayor. This is a vote on the resolution addressing escalating federal

3674
03:26:00,660 --> 03:26:01,970
immigration enforcement.

3675
03:26:03,160 --> 03:26:05,960
Councilors Moorfield?

3676
03:26:08,020 --> 03:26:09,160
No.

3677
03:26:09,220 --> 03:26:10,100
Ellis?

3678
03:26:10,160 --> 03:26:10,780
No.

3679
03:26:10,800 --> 03:26:11,640
Olsen?

3680
03:26:11,700 --> 03:26:12,329
Yes.

3681
03:26:12,340 --> 03:26:13,320
Kadena?

3682
03:26:13,360 --> 03:26:13,980
No.

3683
03:26:14,000 --> 03:26:16,240
Bowden? Napack?

3684
03:26:16,320 --> 03:26:17,340
No.

3685
03:26:17,360 --> 03:26:18,920
Schafer?

3686
03:26:18,960 --> 03:26:19,340
No.

3687
03:26:20,220 --> 03:26:21,020
Lewis?

3688
03:26:21,080 --> 03:26:21,840
Yes.

3689
03:26:21,880 --> 03:26:22,460
Mayors?

3690
03:26:22,520 --> 03:26:23,360
No.

3691
03:26:23,400 --> 03:26:25,990
The resolution fails two to six.

3692
03:26:26,000 --> 03:26:27,240
Thank you all for the conversation.

3693
03:26:28,380 --> 03:26:28,750
Okay.

3694
03:26:28,780 --> 03:26:29,940
We'll move now on to the-

3695
03:26:30,000 --> 03:26:30,580
Mayor?

3696
03:26:30,640 --> 03:26:33,320
Yes. Council Ellis.

3697
03:26:33,420 --> 03:26:37,380
I did say that we could, independently move,

3698
03:26:38,200 --> 03:26:40,320
some of the things in the,

3699
03:26:41,520 --> 03:26:45,210
suggestions after we decided on whether or not to avoid, to,

3700
03:26:46,520 --> 03:26:49,130
to approve the resolution. So I am going to move

3701
03:26:49,180 --> 03:26:53,120
to utilize ci- existing city communication platforms

3702
03:26:53,160 --> 03:26:57,120
to connect the community with clear and reputable information available in both

3703
03:26:57,180 --> 03:27:00,560
English and Spanish regarding, I'm just gonna read the whole

3704
03:27:00,600 --> 03:27:04,460
thing. A, rights afforded to immigrants under federal and state law.

3705
03:27:04,780 --> 03:27:08,570
B, community-based legal and social service resources available to immigrants and

3706
03:27:08,600 --> 03:27:12,180
their families. And C, other relevant info, information

3707
03:27:12,220 --> 03:27:16,200
intended to support community awareness and access to services for

3708
03:27:16,300 --> 03:27:18,200
informational purposes only.

3709
03:27:19,320 --> 03:27:19,820
Second.

3710
03:27:21,360 --> 03:27:23,460
Thank you. We have a motion and a second.

3711
03:27:23,470 --> 03:27:27,050
Any discussion needed on this item? Question Napack?

3712
03:27:27,050 --> 03:27:31,040
A friendly amendment perhaps is that it's not just Spanish, but Farsi

3713
03:27:31,100 --> 03:27:33,800
and everything else.

3714
03:27:34,600 --> 03:27:34,950
Sorry.

3715
03:27:35,020 --> 03:27:38,420
I would think, I would think to the ability that a website-

3716
03:27:38,760 --> 03:27:39,180
Never mind

3717
03:27:39,200 --> 03:27:40,850
... may be, I would, I would try to-

3718
03:27:40,920 --> 03:27:41,780
I retract.

3719
03:27:41,800 --> 03:27:45,020
Okay. I, I, I like the idea that, you know, Arabic and everything else, and it's

3720
03:27:45,060 --> 03:27:47,100
like I'm sure the city staff can figure out-

3721
03:27:47,180 --> 03:27:50,640
Everything else is a pretty broad category.

3722
03:27:50,680 --> 03:27:50,830
Yeah.

3723
03:27:51,100 --> 03:27:51,400
Yeah. Oh-

3724
03:27:51,460 --> 03:27:51,990
To whatever extent-

3725
03:27:52,000 --> 03:27:54,220
As, as appropriate, how about that?

3726
03:27:54,230 --> 03:27:54,230
Yeah.

3727
03:27:54,240 --> 03:27:55,940
Thank you.

3728
03:27:55,980 --> 03:27:57,580
All right. Let's go ahead and take a vote on this.

3729
03:27:57,620 --> 03:27:59,860
All those in favor of the motion, say aye.

3730
03:28:00,360 --> 03:28:00,370
Aye.

3731
03:28:00,400 --> 03:28:01,580
Aye.

3732
03:28:01,590 --> 03:28:01,590
Aye.

3733
03:28:01,600 --> 03:28:04,840
All opposed, say no. That passed unanimously.

3734
03:28:04,880 --> 03:28:06,600
Thank you, Councilor Ellis. Go ahead.

3735
03:28:06,680 --> 03:28:10,540
Um, I'm also going to move, because I think that we could do this over time,

3736
03:28:10,620 --> 03:28:14,360
section F: To ensure all non-public spaces and city buildings are

3737
03:28:14,420 --> 03:28:17,940
clearly identified and labeled with signage indicating restricted

3738
03:28:18,040 --> 03:28:19,960
access.

3739
03:28:20,920 --> 03:28:21,460
Second.

3740
03:28:25,024 --> 03:28:28,524
Yeah, I, I actually believe, that's already been done based

3741
03:28:28,584 --> 03:28:31,324
on other issues a couple years ago.

3742
03:28:31,364 --> 03:28:34,804
But we can, we can confirm that.

3743
03:28:34,844 --> 03:28:35,624
Yep. Um-

3744
03:28:35,634 --> 03:28:37,004
I suspected as much.

3745
03:28:37,044 --> 03:28:37,544
Yeah. So

3746
03:28:38,364 --> 03:28:42,194
yeah, if this passes, we will just confirm that that work has been done.

3747
03:28:42,224 --> 03:28:45,884
Appreciate that. Discussion? No.

3748
03:28:46,144 --> 03:28:48,804
All in favor of the motion, say aye.

3749
03:28:48,864 --> 03:28:49,584
Aye.

3750
03:28:49,644 --> 03:28:50,584
Aye.

3751
03:28:50,594 --> 03:28:50,594
Aye.

3752
03:28:50,604 --> 03:28:51,844
All opposed, say no.

3753
03:28:51,904 --> 03:28:53,444
Did that get a second?

3754
03:28:53,504 --> 03:28:53,964
Yes, it did.

3755
03:28:54,044 --> 03:28:56,164
Okay.

3756
03:28:56,184 --> 03:28:58,434
Councilor Ellis? That, that passed unanimously, by the way.

3757
03:28:58,984 --> 03:29:01,244
Thank you. Um, could you report back to us in, like, a

3758
03:29:01,324 --> 03:29:03,484
month?

3759
03:29:03,544 --> 03:29:04,164
Yes, I can.

3760
03:29:04,204 --> 03:29:07,384
Thank you. Um, the last one is, I am going to just say

3761
03:29:07,744 --> 03:29:11,504
resolve that the council encourages the Jedi Board to solicit community

3762
03:29:11,524 --> 03:29:15,463
empower grant applications to assist those affected by escalating

3763
03:29:15,524 --> 03:29:18,524
immigration enforcement in the next round of

3764
03:29:18,564 --> 03:29:19,684
grants.

3765
03:29:19,744 --> 03:29:21,304
Second.

3766
03:29:21,344 --> 03:29:24,744
Motion and second. Council Morefield?

3767
03:29:25,664 --> 03:29:29,304
Uh, when I saw this draft, I looked up what the current grant criteria

3768
03:29:29,364 --> 03:29:31,084
are. I thought it already allowed it.

3769
03:29:32,464 --> 03:29:35,284
I did not look it up. I just assumed that it wasn't there because it was

3770
03:29:35,324 --> 03:29:37,344
here.

3771
03:29:37,364 --> 03:29:38,904
Maybe, maybe it makes it more of like a-

3772
03:29:39,044 --> 03:29:39,464
I mean it-

3773
03:29:39,474 --> 03:29:42,444
-to focus a bit more there since it's already allowed.

3774
03:29:42,484 --> 03:29:45,684
The green grants were giving an extra point for a certain thing-

3775
03:29:45,844 --> 03:29:45,904
Mm-hmm

3776
03:29:45,914 --> 03:29:49,124
-in the last couple of years, so maybe that was the thought.

3777
03:29:49,144 --> 03:29:51,564
I think it's still good to just solidify that

3778
03:29:51,624 --> 03:29:55,464
maybe. Okay, all those in favor of the

3779
03:29:55,504 --> 03:29:56,864
motion, say aye.

3780
03:29:56,874 --> 03:29:56,874
Aye.

3781
03:29:56,944 --> 03:29:57,714
Aye.

3782
03:29:58,204 --> 03:29:58,214
Aye.

3783
03:29:58,224 --> 03:29:58,874
All opposed say no.

3784
03:29:58,884 --> 03:30:00,344
Aye. Sorry.

3785
03:30:00,544 --> 03:30:03,064
That's all right. Sorry. Council Schaefer.

3786
03:30:03,084 --> 03:30:04,264
That's a yes.

3787
03:30:04,284 --> 03:30:07,894
Okay. I didn't hear any of those though. All right.

3788
03:30:07,984 --> 03:30:10,624
It passed unanimously. Is that it?

3789
03:30:10,684 --> 03:30:11,224
I think.

3790
03:30:11,244 --> 03:30:11,744
Okay.

3791
03:30:11,804 --> 03:30:15,344
I think that cut all the things we can actually do. Thank you.

3792
03:30:15,354 --> 03:30:17,784
Thank you. Well, hopefully I'm not too tired to get through my presentation.

3793
03:30:17,844 --> 03:30:19,904
Uh, moving on to mayor and council reports.

3794
03:30:19,964 --> 03:30:23,424
In my mayor's report, I'm finally getting-- got around to doing the presentation

3795
03:30:23,464 --> 03:30:26,684
regarding the Mayor's Innovation Project conference that I went-- that you all sent

3796
03:30:26,704 --> 03:30:30,614
me to in DC. I apologize for it taking so long, but,

3797
03:30:30,984 --> 03:30:34,024
as you know, I came, I got sick while I was there, and was sick afterwards, and

3798
03:30:34,044 --> 03:30:37,304
it put my whole life delayed. So,

3799
03:30:37,384 --> 03:30:41,004
but let me get this brought up. I'll try to go very

3800
03:30:41,064 --> 03:30:44,724
quickly through these slides. It's late, but I just wanted to keep my promise to

3801
03:30:44,764 --> 03:30:48,364
you all. This was the, agenda. I'm gonna

3802
03:30:48,584 --> 03:30:51,584
switch gears here so I could see it, 'cause I can't read it there.

3803
03:30:51,644 --> 03:30:53,334
Um, the topics, well, it's gonna...

3804
03:30:53,344 --> 03:30:55,804
All my slides will have the topics, so it doesn't matter.

3805
03:30:56,094 --> 03:30:57,944
Um, we can go ahead and next slide.

3806
03:30:57,984 --> 03:30:59,484
We've got to get better slides.

3807
03:31:00,124 --> 03:31:02,464
Well, I made this, so it's probably my fault.

3808
03:31:02,564 --> 03:31:05,974
Um, as you can see, it was cold there.

3809
03:31:06,064 --> 03:31:09,224
Like, on average, it was like between seven and seventeen

3810
03:31:09,244 --> 03:31:12,993
degrees, so I was freezing. Um, the, the

3811
03:31:13,164 --> 03:31:16,504
actual conference was held at the Laborers' International Union of

3812
03:31:16,584 --> 03:31:19,864
America, and fortunately, I was able to afford to bring my wife along.

3813
03:31:19,904 --> 03:31:20,124
So

3814
03:31:21,184 --> 03:31:23,884
that was kind of like a weird vacation of learning stuff for our

3815
03:31:23,924 --> 03:31:27,884
city. The first topic was Leading Under

3816
03:31:27,924 --> 03:31:31,174
Pressure: Protecting Elected Officials, which I found very interesting considering

3817
03:31:31,184 --> 03:31:34,724
some of the legislation that's been passed here in Oregon recently.

3818
03:31:34,824 --> 03:31:38,504
Um, next slide. This might be a little hard to

3819
03:31:38,544 --> 03:31:42,384
read, but one of the... So on all these, there was multiple speakers,

3820
03:31:42,504 --> 03:31:44,794
usually between three and four speakers per th- per thing.

3821
03:31:44,824 --> 03:31:47,744
They all had their own presentation. This was a two-day conference.

3822
03:31:47,824 --> 03:31:51,134
Uh, I'm trying to point out just the things that really caught my attention that I

3823
03:31:51,164 --> 03:31:53,474
thought were really interesting.

3824
03:31:53,504 --> 03:31:56,524
So the two colored graphs you see there, the blue is male

3825
03:31:56,624 --> 03:31:59,384
mayors, the yellow is female mayors.

3826
03:31:59,484 --> 03:32:03,344
Uh, the top one is mayors who experience harassment more than three times per month

3827
03:32:03,384 --> 03:32:03,964
in office,

3828
03:32:05,104 --> 03:32:07,684
and that was twenty-five percent of, of female mayors.

3829
03:32:07,704 --> 03:32:10,664
And the bottom is mayors who experience harassment at least once per month in

3830
03:32:10,764 --> 03:32:13,594
office. So I found it very interesting of the,

3831
03:32:16,004 --> 03:32:19,744
the, the, the variance there between male and female mayors.

3832
03:32:19,844 --> 03:32:23,324
Um, and then you see some of the quotes there, from other mayors around the s-

3833
03:32:23,364 --> 03:32:27,224
around the country, stalker, vandalizing homes, et

3834
03:32:27,244 --> 03:32:30,304
cetera. Next slide.

3835
03:32:32,184 --> 03:32:35,964
Um, these were some of the proposed solutions, and I, and I actually really thought

3836
03:32:36,004 --> 03:32:39,584
these were interesting. And the first one is normalize the position as a job.

3837
03:32:39,684 --> 03:32:39,844
Um,

3838
03:32:40,924 --> 03:32:44,564
we put a lot of hours into this kind of work, and, and this is still mostly focused

3839
03:32:44,604 --> 03:32:46,584
on mayors, but it really applies to all of us.

3840
03:32:46,684 --> 03:32:50,624
Uh, I, I'm not sure how often you get harassed or

3841
03:32:51,204 --> 03:32:53,604
threatened, but it's happened to me.

3842
03:32:53,664 --> 03:32:57,284
Um, so some of the solutions norm- no-normalize support professional development,

3843
03:32:57,304 --> 03:33:00,574
normalize support for personal protection, staff dedicated to the mayor, I

3844
03:33:00,664 --> 03:33:04,584
kinda like that one, and raising wages, which is something I plan on

3845
03:33:04,644 --> 03:33:07,664
bringing back, later this year after we get through some of our conversation

3846
03:33:07,704 --> 03:33:08,834
around our budget gap.

3847
03:33:10,444 --> 03:33:13,604
So I found, I found all these really inter-interesting,

3848
03:33:14,604 --> 03:33:18,344
as solutions. So that's the end of that one. Next slide.

3849
03:33:19,264 --> 03:33:23,163
And this one was very relevant to our city, Leading Through

3850
03:33:23,224 --> 03:33:26,484
Uncertainty: A Fiscal Playbook for a Thriving Community.

3851
03:33:26,604 --> 03:33:30,524
Next slide. Did you get it? The, this was done by the person who

3852
03:33:30,584 --> 03:33:32,254
actually created the Mayor's Innovation Project.

3853
03:33:32,264 --> 03:33:34,864
He talked about the broken social condract-- contract.

3854
03:33:34,874 --> 03:33:38,164
What's hard to see there is all those lines together is,

3855
03:33:38,864 --> 03:33:42,604
basically income versus productivity, and it used to stay pretty straight

3856
03:33:42,644 --> 03:33:45,684
and, and equal. The purple line shooting way up

3857
03:33:46,284 --> 03:33:48,984
is the top one percent earners country.

3858
03:33:49,864 --> 03:33:53,664
Where everything else, the red is the bottom twenty percent, the blue is

3859
03:33:53,804 --> 03:33:57,384
middle sixty percent, and the green is upper middle.

3860
03:33:57,484 --> 03:34:01,284
Um, so as you can see, wages have not increased as much as productivity

3861
03:34:01,564 --> 03:34:05,384
and as much as the top one percent earners in the country make, which I

3862
03:34:05,404 --> 03:34:08,244
think is all information we're very aware of.

3863
03:34:08,284 --> 03:34:11,704
Next slide. This graph, which you can't read

3864
03:34:11,744 --> 03:34:14,404
either, it's too much... Oh, you can kind of read it.

3865
03:34:14,424 --> 03:34:17,584
It's showing, how much our, our country has changed.

3866
03:34:17,604 --> 03:34:21,104
We are more diverse now than ever before, which is kind of also relevant coming

3867
03:34:21,144 --> 03:34:21,354
today-

3868
03:34:21,364 --> 03:34:21,394
Hmm

3869
03:34:21,394 --> 03:34:23,424
...to the resolution we were just discussing.

3870
03:34:24,284 --> 03:34:27,684
Um, and less than fifty percent of our country are white

3871
03:34:27,764 --> 03:34:31,644
anymore, now. So we have a very diverse country, and I think it's just

3872
03:34:31,684 --> 03:34:35,656
gonna continue to change, um-The blue, I think you can read

3873
03:34:35,666 --> 03:34:39,616
that, blue is Hispanic. Uh, the dark blue, kinda gray

3874
03:34:39,656 --> 03:34:43,436
is Black. Green is Asian. Next

3875
03:34:43,456 --> 03:34:47,216
slide. And then it transitioned to around infrastructure to support these

3876
03:34:47,236 --> 03:34:50,455
communities that are always changing and always growing.

3877
03:34:50,536 --> 03:34:53,706
And I think, our city manager might find this one int-interesting.

3878
03:34:53,716 --> 03:34:56,616
It's the average age and life expectancy of US infrastructure.

3879
03:34:56,656 --> 03:35:00,236
So the first one's roads, next one's bridges, rail, water

3880
03:35:00,336 --> 03:35:03,896
pipes, dams, levies, and water treatment

3881
03:35:03,976 --> 03:35:07,036
plants. So the average age is the dark color.

3882
03:35:07,056 --> 03:35:09,876
The life expectancy, this is, is the lighter color.

3883
03:35:10,616 --> 03:35:13,816
So it's showing that our issues here were not unique.

3884
03:35:14,936 --> 03:35:16,096
Next slide.

3885
03:35:17,996 --> 03:35:21,096
And then that conversation around infrastructure got-- it was quite interesting

3886
03:35:21,116 --> 03:35:24,056
'cause it started talking about it's not just this infrastructure that we rely on

3887
03:35:24,096 --> 03:35:28,036
daily, but also how, things impact that infrastructure.

3888
03:35:28,076 --> 03:35:32,046
So in this case, growing risks around, nature events due

3889
03:35:32,076 --> 03:35:35,616
to climate change. So you see here, C-Hurricane Katrina on the bottom left, two

3890
03:35:35,676 --> 03:35:39,615
thousand and five, Superstorm Sandy, two thousand and twelve, the fires in

3891
03:35:39,656 --> 03:35:43,536
twenty twenty-three, Hurricane, Helen in twenty twenty-four, the Los

3892
03:35:43,576 --> 03:35:45,136
Angeles fires of twenty twenty-five.

3893
03:35:45,146 --> 03:35:48,976
And then the small writing, which I actually can read, in, in two thousand a

3894
03:35:49,036 --> 03:35:51,506
billion-dollar disaster occurred every seventy-two days.

3895
03:35:51,556 --> 03:35:53,056
Now they occur every eighteen days.

3896
03:35:53,076 --> 03:35:56,056
By twenty thirty, they will be weekly occurrences.

3897
03:35:56,066 --> 03:35:59,606
So on top of just trying to pr-provide regular service to our community with what

3898
03:35:59,636 --> 03:36:02,436
they ask, we're dealing with some serious stuff now.

3899
03:36:02,456 --> 03:36:05,626
And our firefighters will be dealing with it, and, and

3900
03:36:05,936 --> 03:36:09,816
police, and public works. And I like that thing

3901
03:36:09,856 --> 03:36:13,456
there. For every major headline, there are innumerable smaller events impacting

3902
03:36:13,476 --> 03:36:16,356
where we live, work, and play every day. City manager.

3903
03:36:16,416 --> 03:36:19,936
Yeah, one of those impacts that we'll see, even if we don't have a

3904
03:36:19,976 --> 03:36:22,156
disaster, insurance rates-

3905
03:36:22,176 --> 03:36:22,196
Mm

3906
03:36:22,236 --> 03:36:25,596
...continue to climb. And so we do get impacted,

3907
03:36:26,076 --> 03:36:28,796
by that, even indirectly, if we don't have that

3908
03:36:28,856 --> 03:36:30,776
disaster.

3909
03:36:30,796 --> 03:36:33,496
Appreciate that. Next slide. No, there it is.

3910
03:36:33,536 --> 03:36:37,036
And this one I just thought was an interesting view of, of what local government

3911
03:36:37,176 --> 03:36:40,996
is, right? So one-third of our an- of annual local GOP spent on disaster and

3912
03:36:41,056 --> 03:36:44,976
weather costs, but this impacts every other entity that we interact

3913
03:36:44,995 --> 03:36:48,476
with from real estate insurance, which city manager just pointed out,

3914
03:36:48,996 --> 03:36:52,836
utilities, health. Uh, we all work together to be what

3915
03:36:52,936 --> 03:36:56,736
is a community, and it all-- it's all majorly impacted.

3916
03:36:56,776 --> 03:36:57,316
Next slide.

3917
03:36:58,936 --> 03:37:02,166
And this was kind of a weird but interesting graph I just threw in here.

3918
03:37:02,176 --> 03:37:05,296
And it talked about how federal support for cities is declining.

3919
03:37:05,336 --> 03:37:09,306
Although the infl-in-Inflation Reduction Act is still, investments still

3920
03:37:09,416 --> 03:37:12,816
happen, less and less money are coming to communities to deal with these

3921
03:37:12,876 --> 03:37:16,496
issues. So it's kind of a bleak

3922
03:37:16,576 --> 03:37:20,456
outcome. Um, and a lot of these conversations when they hold

3923
03:37:20,496 --> 03:37:24,366
these things is to really get mayors to talk, 'cause we don't just sit through

3924
03:37:24,396 --> 03:37:27,306
these presentations. We all gather around and talk about solutions and

3925
03:37:27,376 --> 03:37:31,216
ideas. Um, and this one, not a lot of solutions or

3926
03:37:31,256 --> 03:37:34,316
ideas, unfortunately, but it's something we're dealing with right now.

3927
03:37:35,896 --> 03:37:39,636
The next slide is onto the one I, I-- when I was-- I was really not looking forward

3928
03:37:39,656 --> 03:37:42,156
to this conversation because I was, "What does this have to do with the city of

3929
03:37:42,176 --> 03:37:46,076
Corvallis or our role?" Um, so again, building a supportive

3930
03:37:46,116 --> 03:37:49,766
childcare ecosystem for families and workers, I'm like, "That's not our role." Um,

3931
03:37:50,076 --> 03:37:53,926
turns out, yes, it is. Um, so I want this, this slide-- This

3932
03:37:53,936 --> 03:37:57,776
presentation was from Mayor Kelly Girtz, from Athens, Georgia.

3933
03:37:59,496 --> 03:38:03,256
And in here, they, they-- there's similarities I thought were interesting besides

3934
03:38:03,376 --> 03:38:06,576
their government's different, but at the same time, they have, they have a

3935
03:38:06,596 --> 03:38:08,686
council manager form of local government.

3936
03:38:08,686 --> 03:38:11,436
They're a much larger community, as you can see, but they have a ten-member

3937
03:38:11,476 --> 03:38:14,656
commission, as their legi-legislative unit, so it's kinda like our

3938
03:38:14,716 --> 03:38:18,386
council, and it's similar size. So I just thought

3939
03:38:18,436 --> 03:38:20,796
interesting. Just they're much bigger.

3940
03:38:20,996 --> 03:38:23,296
Next slide.

3941
03:38:25,016 --> 03:38:25,845
Yes. Um,

3942
03:38:26,656 --> 03:38:28,356
so I like this 'cause it's really straightforward.

3943
03:38:28,436 --> 03:38:30,056
Uh, keep-- Hiring talent is tough.

3944
03:38:30,076 --> 03:38:33,396
We know that's an issue locally for, for childcare providers.

3945
03:38:33,436 --> 03:38:37,056
Labor costs are a challenge 'cause you have to pay people enough to live, which is

3946
03:38:37,116 --> 03:38:41,076
a challenge. Uh, facility costs are high, so the-- what families are

3947
03:38:41,116 --> 03:38:45,016
charged for health- for childcare is just extreme, and

3948
03:38:45,256 --> 03:38:48,456
I, I know that is true. Next slide.

3949
03:38:49,956 --> 03:38:53,265
And then, which-- When I was going back to the slides, I remembered this one.

3950
03:38:53,276 --> 03:38:55,315
I was like, "Oh, yeah, this is what got my attention.

3951
03:38:55,356 --> 03:38:59,306
Why do-- Why would a city care? What, what does this have to do with us?" Um,

3952
03:38:59,316 --> 03:39:03,236
but we care about our economy. So again, a strong employment base

3953
03:39:03,316 --> 03:39:05,936
and long-term community health, safety, and prosperity.

3954
03:39:05,976 --> 03:39:08,896
Couldn't disagree with that. Next slide.

3955
03:39:08,916 --> 03:39:12,576
So here's where it came down to what a city could do, and I'm not saying we

3956
03:39:12,756 --> 03:39:15,246
will do this, but it's something we should think about.

3957
03:39:15,336 --> 03:39:18,386
Um, they, they ta- they would talk about the projects that they successfully did

3958
03:39:18,416 --> 03:39:21,866
there. But the one at the end was, buying down the capital cost of

3959
03:39:21,936 --> 03:39:24,296
facilities lowers family price tag.

3960
03:39:24,306 --> 03:39:28,116
And so creating opportunities for space for childcare providers,

3961
03:39:28,236 --> 03:39:32,116
licensed childcare providers, that we could re-reduce their costs by potentially

3962
03:39:32,156 --> 03:39:36,046
maybe having space in some of our city facilities for them to operate.

3963
03:39:36,096 --> 03:39:38,606
That could potentially benefit our employees.

3964
03:39:38,616 --> 03:39:40,446
It could also benefit the community.

3965
03:39:40,476 --> 03:39:44,456
So as we're thinking about, a civic campus project, like maybe

3966
03:39:44,496 --> 03:39:46,426
there's room to think about doing that.

3967
03:39:46,426 --> 03:39:49,186
And we have other facilities, two minutes in the room, we have the

3968
03:39:49,636 --> 03:39:53,436
C-3. It's just something we could potentially look at of a way

3969
03:39:53,476 --> 03:39:57,455
to help alleviate, rising costs for childcare.

3970
03:39:57,516 --> 03:40:00,296
So that's when it hit me. I'm like, "Oh, that is something we technically could

3971
03:40:00,316 --> 03:40:00,606
do."

3972
03:40:01,496 --> 03:40:04,596
And then the last one, which is very interesting as well,

3973
03:40:05,836 --> 03:40:08,576
aging in place. So again, we're talking about seniors,

3974
03:40:08,656 --> 03:40:11,756
and I used the slides from AARP 'cause I think they were the best

3975
03:40:11,796 --> 03:40:15,496
ones. Um, we're in a lasting demogra-demographic

3976
03:40:15,596 --> 03:40:18,666
shift. And at first, I was like, "What does that mean, demographic shift?" So if

3977
03:40:18,696 --> 03:40:21,436
you go to the next slide, this one hit me.

3978
03:40:21,756 --> 03:40:25,606
The aging of America is here. So on the left there is what,

3979
03:40:25,936 --> 03:40:29,596
twenty fifteen and like the light color, that is Oregon, would've

3980
03:40:29,636 --> 03:40:32,536
been, twelve point five to one point uh

3981
03:40:33,136 --> 03:40:35,576
fifteen percent of the population.

3982
03:40:35,596 --> 03:40:39,356
But if you look at the map on the right, that jumps us up to twenty to twenty-two

3983
03:40:39,456 --> 03:40:42,536
point five percent of the population, and it's continuing to

3984
03:40:42,576 --> 03:40:46,430
grow.So we're gonna have a sig- you know, in the future, the whole...

3985
03:40:46,480 --> 03:40:49,550
all the countries got a significantly different looking population than it does

3986
03:40:49,580 --> 03:40:51,630
today. Next slide.

3987
03:40:53,500 --> 03:40:57,160
And it talked about most communities in the country have not been built to

3988
03:40:57,680 --> 03:41:00,900
even address that, you know, with, with better sidewalks, better transportation

3989
03:41:00,960 --> 03:41:04,810
options, things like that. And this next slide actually helped me with my

3990
03:41:04,860 --> 03:41:08,680
family issues right now, which about how d- aging in place is

3991
03:41:08,700 --> 03:41:11,390
difficult because of type of housing you have.

3992
03:41:11,460 --> 03:41:15,220
Um, we, we know we talked a few years back when we talked about the,

3993
03:41:17,220 --> 03:41:18,910
the senior facilities. I can't think of the name all of a

3994
03:41:18,940 --> 03:41:22,710
sudden. The Bonaventure. When we were talking about Bonaventure, we talked about

3995
03:41:22,740 --> 03:41:26,360
those people who are living in homes that are, you know, they're, they're not being

3996
03:41:26,400 --> 03:41:29,400
used to their full potential. A single person living who maybe would be happier

3997
03:41:29,840 --> 03:41:31,720
living somewhere else and opening that home up to family.

3998
03:41:31,740 --> 03:41:35,400
So there's housing mobility, which t- I just mentioned.

3999
03:41:35,410 --> 03:41:38,760
Um, even our public spaces, how we think of the design of our parks.

4000
03:41:38,840 --> 03:41:42,290
Um, and the last one is the, the biggest one, isolation.

4001
03:41:42,300 --> 03:41:45,469
The health risks of, of prolonged isolation is equivalent to eating...

4002
03:41:45,520 --> 03:41:49,100
smoking 15 cigarettes a day. So o- people

4003
03:41:49,259 --> 03:41:52,980
65 and over, it severely impacts their health if they're not engaged and

4004
03:41:53,040 --> 03:41:56,870
kept active and, you know, out of isolation.

4005
03:41:56,900 --> 03:42:00,890
And what I don't... I, I think what was good about this one is I feel like we were

4006
03:42:00,940 --> 03:42:03,610
in a really good place. Like, we already are addressing a lot of this.

4007
03:42:03,620 --> 03:42:06,930
You know, we have our, our community center that has programs, our library has

4008
03:42:06,960 --> 03:42:08,010
programs. We have good,

4009
03:42:09,340 --> 03:42:12,720
fairly good transportation system here and, and a, a network

4010
03:42:12,780 --> 03:42:14,260
of s- of social service providers.

4011
03:42:14,320 --> 03:42:18,180
So I think compared to what I was hearing from other mayors, I think we're doing

4012
03:42:18,220 --> 03:42:21,760
all right. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't think about this as we think of

4013
03:42:21,820 --> 03:42:24,690
long-term development in our community.

4014
03:42:25,420 --> 03:42:29,140
And I like the saying, create a great community for an older adult, you build a

4015
03:42:29,180 --> 03:42:32,740
community great for everyone. I think, again, keep that in

4016
03:42:32,760 --> 03:42:35,860
mind. And this next slide's just kind of fun.

4017
03:42:35,920 --> 03:42:39,900
Again, as I said, it's not like, we just sit there and are talked at like some

4018
03:42:39,960 --> 03:42:42,970
conferences I go to. There's a lot of engagement with other mayors.

4019
03:42:43,020 --> 03:42:45,820
This is me with the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, Satya

4020
03:42:45,880 --> 03:42:48,650
Rhodes-Conway. Um, Wisconsin...

4021
03:42:48,650 --> 03:42:52,600
Uh, Madison, Wisconsin, is where the Mayors Innovation project started, with

4022
03:42:52,660 --> 03:42:53,600
a professor there.

4023
03:42:54,500 --> 03:42:56,390
And so I was able to catch up with her.

4024
03:42:56,440 --> 03:42:59,340
I met her when I went to the, new mayors',

4025
03:43:00,440 --> 03:43:01,989
whatever that was called, cohort.

4026
03:43:02,020 --> 03:43:04,369
I met, I met her there, and she saw me, and we were able to reconnect.

4027
03:43:04,400 --> 03:43:08,120
And along with, other mayors from Oregon and a mayor from

4028
03:43:08,140 --> 03:43:12,120
Georgia and a few other places. It was, it was really

4029
03:43:12,160 --> 03:43:15,160
good. And again, you sit down and you talk about what the presentation you were

4030
03:43:15,260 --> 03:43:18,429
just given and say, "Well, what, what are you, what are you doing to address this?"

4031
03:43:18,460 --> 03:43:22,000
So I was able to brag about Corvallis and some of the steps we've taken to address

4032
03:43:22,020 --> 03:43:24,500
housing needs and infrastructure needs.

4033
03:43:25,400 --> 03:43:28,840
Some people were impressed. So that is pretty much the end of my

4034
03:43:28,900 --> 03:43:32,380
presentation. I, I know ... No, that's good.

4035
03:43:32,480 --> 03:43:35,540
Um, I didn't wanna make it too long 'cause I was looking at the agenda and I'm

4036
03:43:35,580 --> 03:43:38,860
like, "Yeah, I'm not gonna talk all night about this." 'Cause if, if you want, I

4037
03:43:38,880 --> 03:43:42,110
could spend the next two days and just go over the whole thing, but I don't think

4038
03:43:42,140 --> 03:43:45,180
that's a good idea. And I apologize again for the delay.

4039
03:43:45,200 --> 03:43:47,560
That was not my intent.

4040
03:43:48,440 --> 03:43:48,640
Um,

4041
03:43:49,660 --> 03:43:52,140
hopefully this was enjoyable a little bit.

4042
03:43:52,260 --> 03:43:56,020
Um, they did make me an offer to... if, if we wanted to become a member city of the

4043
03:43:56,040 --> 03:43:59,160
Mayors Innovation Project. It's, for our size city, it's normally

4044
03:43:59,200 --> 03:44:03,020
$2,500. They're willing to deduct the amount that I paid to attend

4045
03:44:03,060 --> 03:44:05,260
that conference off the annual price.

4046
03:44:05,300 --> 03:44:08,260
So that's something I'm gonna get some information about where, where our budget

4047
03:44:08,360 --> 03:44:12,200
is, 'cause I'm not sure where our council budget is, and with maybe a request to

4048
03:44:12,240 --> 03:44:16,140
join them. And in the future, if we join, then there's no cost to attend these

4049
03:44:16,200 --> 03:44:19,100
conferences. And they provide a bunch of other stuff, but I'll get all that to you

4050
03:44:19,140 --> 03:44:20,550
guys at a future meeting.

4051
03:44:20,780 --> 03:44:23,460
This office. What,

4052
03:44:24,280 --> 03:44:25,330
what...

4053
03:44:25,360 --> 03:44:28,310
Yeah. That'll be put... I'll, I'll bring that back at a council meeting for, for

4054
03:44:28,360 --> 03:44:32,140
consideration. Um, my other comments, and I, you know, I, I haven't

4055
03:44:32,300 --> 03:44:36,180
given many comments lately, so this is where I make up for that.

4056
03:44:36,260 --> 03:44:39,520
Um, Saturday I attended the legislative breakfast, and just quick takeaways from

4057
03:44:39,560 --> 03:44:42,630
that. Legislative breakfast, for those don't know, is, the county holds it, and

4058
03:44:42,640 --> 03:44:45,850
they invite our legislators. So we heard from three of our legislators, even though

4059
03:44:46,060 --> 03:44:49,900
we only actually have two, but there's also the one for Philomath, on how

4060
03:44:49,980 --> 03:44:53,970
the se- short session went. The one things I took away from, the, the

4061
03:44:54,020 --> 03:44:57,380
flexibility on our, on lodging tax funds passed.

4062
03:44:57,480 --> 03:45:00,670
Um, but unfortunately there's gonna be a reduction in safe route to schools

4063
03:45:00,740 --> 03:45:04,600
funding. That's not good. Um, but there is an increase to the earned income tax

4064
03:45:04,660 --> 03:45:07,730
credit, which I know helps people with lower incomes significantly.

4065
03:45:07,730 --> 03:45:11,349
'Cause I remember when I was extremely poor and got that for my kids,

4066
03:45:11,400 --> 03:45:15,020
it really made a difference. Sometimes it just went to buying ne- needed

4067
03:45:15,060 --> 03:45:17,890
supplies like shoes for school. Um,

4068
03:45:20,340 --> 03:45:21,650
I wanted to, wanted to say something.

4069
03:45:21,650 --> 03:45:25,420
Uh, earlier when we were reviewing the MUPTE request, I know we

4070
03:45:25,460 --> 03:45:29,420
received an email, and one of the emails talked about, the loss of the

4071
03:45:29,520 --> 03:45:31,920
food trucks that used to be on that, on that block.

4072
03:45:31,960 --> 03:45:35,160
So I just wanna quickly say we did not lose those food trucks.

4073
03:45:35,240 --> 03:45:38,400
Uh, one of them is now in the plaza on Madison.

4074
03:45:38,420 --> 03:45:41,340
That's Tacos El Machine, and apparently they're doing better business there than

4075
03:45:41,360 --> 03:45:44,930
they ever did in their food truck. So they're thriving. And the space is great.

4076
03:45:44,960 --> 03:45:46,950
You should all check it out if you're up in the plaza.

4077
03:45:46,950 --> 03:45:49,680
And the other one moved over to Common Fields, the sushi one.

4078
03:45:49,740 --> 03:45:53,040
So if you enjoyed those businesses, you can continue to support them.

4079
03:45:54,460 --> 03:45:57,640
Um, now I got some events I wanna let everybody know about, 'cause

4080
03:45:58,760 --> 03:46:02,010
I never do that. Um, League of Women Voters event called Sheltering Our

4081
03:46:02,100 --> 03:46:03,800
Unhoused: Are We Making Progress?

4082
03:46:03,880 --> 03:46:06,950
is Wednesday, March 18th at 6:30 at the library.

4083
03:46:07,100 --> 03:46:10,460
I plan on being there, so all of you can join if you

4084
03:46:10,520 --> 03:46:14,460
want. Um, I will be attending a groundbreaking ceremony for Third Street

4085
03:46:14,560 --> 03:46:18,520
Commons on the 19th, which is this coming Thursday at 11:30

4086
03:46:18,580 --> 03:46:21,590
AM. Everyone's welcome. I gotta go...

4087
03:46:21,590 --> 03:46:24,840
I was concerned 'cause they said I would need to be able to operate a shovel.

4088
03:46:24,860 --> 03:46:28,800
I'm like, "Am I qualified for that?" Operate sounds like a bigger thing,

4089
03:46:28,820 --> 03:46:32,560
but I think I can manage. Uh, on Saturday the 28th, there's a

4090
03:46:32,600 --> 03:46:35,050
downtown cleanup happening at 10:00 AM. They're...

4091
03:46:35,080 --> 03:46:36,380
people are gathering at the museum.

4092
03:46:36,480 --> 03:46:39,470
I intend to participate this time 'cause I'm in town and I'm not...

4093
03:46:39,480 --> 03:46:41,539
don't have the flu. So,

4094
03:46:42,360 --> 03:46:46,000
so I encourage people to join thatUm, and

4095
03:46:46,120 --> 03:46:49,780
last but not least, same day, on January,

4096
03:46:50,020 --> 03:46:53,730
Saturday the 28th at noon is the No S- No Kings March and

4097
03:46:53,800 --> 03:46:57,520
Rally. Um, the march starts on the OSU campus, McNeary

4098
03:46:57,580 --> 03:46:59,900
Field, goes to Central Park and then to the courthouse.

4099
03:46:59,940 --> 03:47:03,090
You can join them along the way or just be at the courthouse.

4100
03:47:03,180 --> 03:47:06,220
Um, and I appreciate all those doing that.

4101
03:47:06,240 --> 03:47:08,980
Although when, when I talk to the organizers, I say the same thing, it's like,

4102
03:47:09,000 --> 03:47:12,400
"Well, this is great, this gets people excited. What is next?

4103
03:47:12,420 --> 03:47:14,980
When does the work happen? Where do people get involved to actually make a

4104
03:47:15,040 --> 03:47:17,690
difference?" And I appreciate everybody who shows up for rallies.

4105
03:47:17,740 --> 03:47:21,480
I've attended so many over the last 10 years, I don't remember most of them.

4106
03:47:21,520 --> 03:47:24,620
But I also do things. I encourage you all to do the

4107
03:47:24,660 --> 03:47:25,800
same.

4108
03:47:26,600 --> 03:47:29,660
And that is the end of my comments, I believe, unless I'm forgetting

4109
03:47:29,760 --> 03:47:32,920
something. But I don't think I am. So

4110
03:47:34,000 --> 03:47:37,480
anybody remember where we went last time? I think I started over here.

4111
03:47:38,700 --> 03:47:42,050
So Councilor El... Actually, I'll start with Councilor Shaffer, even though he's

4112
03:47:42,080 --> 03:47:44,240
virtually, but he'd be over there.

4113
03:47:45,520 --> 03:47:49,160
I will be extremely quick. It's already 1:00 AM in where I am.

4114
03:47:49,720 --> 03:47:49,750
Ooh, oodle.

4115
03:47:49,750 --> 03:47:51,980
I'm tired. I'm gonna pass this

4116
03:47:52,040 --> 03:47:55,690
week.

4117
03:47:55,740 --> 03:47:56,640
Okay.

4118
03:47:57,960 --> 03:47:58,780
Uh, Councilor Olsen.

4119
03:47:59,800 --> 03:48:03,440
Um, yeah. I don't have too much to say right now.

4120
03:48:04,200 --> 03:48:07,720
Some updates on things in the community is

4121
03:48:07,820 --> 03:48:11,780
that OSU just approved tuition increases for both their in

4122
03:48:11,860 --> 03:48:15,730
and out-of-state students. So just, just to, like, let everyone know

4123
03:48:15,780 --> 03:48:18,100
what's going on with OSU. Um-

4124
03:48:19,280 --> 03:48:19,500
Yeah.

4125
03:48:19,510 --> 03:48:23,360
Yeah, it's up, almost 6% for

4126
03:48:23,700 --> 03:48:26,980
residents and 6.25% for

4127
03:48:27,020 --> 03:48:30,390
non-residents. So if you're curious, that's almost

4128
03:48:30,390 --> 03:48:33,010
$300 a credit, which is

4129
03:48:33,060 --> 03:48:36,840
insane. Um, yeah. So that's my main

4130
03:48:36,880 --> 03:48:40,600
thing. Also, I have been, attending some

4131
03:48:40,640 --> 03:48:44,060
boar- unofficial board meetings held by some people in my board, so that's been

4132
03:48:44,100 --> 03:48:47,640
really fun. We talked about the MUPTI

4133
03:48:47,860 --> 03:48:51,470
mostly on our meeting on Saturday, so that was really exciting.

4134
03:48:51,540 --> 03:48:54,070
I liked getting to meet with people.

4135
03:48:54,139 --> 03:48:57,780
Um, and yeah. The last thing I have to say

4136
03:48:58,000 --> 03:48:58,640
is just

4137
03:49:00,420 --> 03:49:04,080
I, I know I said at the time that I

4138
03:49:04,480 --> 03:49:06,680
don't like resolutions that don't seem to do much.

4139
03:49:06,690 --> 03:49:10,680
And so what I'm gonna say right now is ask all of you guys who didn't vote

4140
03:49:10,720 --> 03:49:14,120
on the resolution what you personally are doing to

4141
03:49:14,160 --> 03:49:17,840
help, to prevent ICE in our

4142
03:49:17,900 --> 03:49:21,840
community. Not what you as a community member are doing, what, not what

4143
03:49:22,020 --> 03:49:25,380
you, not what the state's done, but what you personally are doing.

4144
03:49:25,400 --> 03:49:27,780
Who are you helping? Who are you connecting to?

4145
03:49:27,800 --> 03:49:31,480
How are you impeding the ever-encroaching force of

4146
03:49:31,540 --> 03:49:35,209
fascism in this country? Because while community

4147
03:49:35,280 --> 03:49:39,040
efforts are the best, individual efforts are better than

4148
03:49:39,080 --> 03:49:42,989
nothing. So...

4149
03:49:43,020 --> 03:49:45,620
Councilor Meyers.

4150
03:49:45,700 --> 03:49:49,330
Well, I unfortunately have a whole bunch of stuff. I'll go as fast as I can.

4151
03:49:49,440 --> 03:49:53,020
Um, we had the all d- all task

4152
03:49:53,160 --> 03:49:56,960
force meeting, Downtown Vitality Strategy

4153
03:49:57,020 --> 03:50:00,960
Task Force on the 3rd, and I'm

4154
03:50:00,970 --> 03:50:04,700
pretty excited about how things are progressing and how the

4155
03:50:04,720 --> 03:50:08,030
discussions are going and, and working through,

4156
03:50:08,880 --> 03:50:10,440
well, getting to some

4157
03:50:10,480 --> 03:50:12,240
recommendations.

4158
03:50:12,360 --> 03:50:16,330
Um, I'll skip that one. Uh,

4159
03:50:16,400 --> 03:50:20,300
March 9th, we had Budget Commission meeting, catching up the commission on

4160
03:50:20,380 --> 03:50:24,300
all of the things council's been working on, and facilities funding and

4161
03:50:24,380 --> 03:50:27,610
all the financial, challenges we're

4162
03:50:27,620 --> 03:50:31,220
facing. And there was a really good discussion about getting some more

4163
03:50:31,260 --> 03:50:35,250
information about the Bu- Budget Commission and what we're doing out to

4164
03:50:35,280 --> 03:50:39,160
the community, so I was grateful to, Councilor

4165
03:50:39,260 --> 03:50:43,160
Ellis for bringing that up, and I think we landed on a couple of good

4166
03:50:43,220 --> 03:50:47,140
ideas. Um, on the 10th, we had... I'll

4167
03:50:47,180 --> 03:50:50,540
let you talk about the Charter PAC. Are you gonna talk about it?

4168
03:50:50,580 --> 03:50:54,440
Okay. Um, on the 11th, we had the,

4169
03:50:55,780 --> 03:50:58,100
Downtown Vitality Task Force, again,

4170
03:50:58,300 --> 03:51:02,119
Infrastructure Committee, and that was a great discussion about, as I said

4171
03:51:02,160 --> 03:51:05,960
before, how housing s- more housing downtown

4172
03:51:06,140 --> 03:51:09,380
solves a lot of the problems we're trying to solve.

4173
03:51:09,480 --> 03:51:12,180
Um, I also was at the legislative breakfast.

4174
03:51:12,260 --> 03:51:15,720
Oh, and Thursday, we had a makeup Leadership Corvallis

4175
03:51:15,900 --> 03:51:19,160
class because we had that ice storm last year, and it was

4176
03:51:19,220 --> 03:51:22,820
Education Day. And it was... I never had

4177
03:51:22,920 --> 03:51:26,840
kids. I haven't thought about schools much except we have OSU here, and

4178
03:51:26,900 --> 03:51:30,240
we have all the things happening with the public schools, and it

4179
03:51:30,300 --> 03:51:33,960
was amazing. We spent quite a long time at College

4180
03:51:34,020 --> 03:51:37,990
Hill. I, I, I won't go into

4181
03:51:37,990 --> 03:51:41,950
any details, but there is a lot of dedication

4182
03:51:42,000 --> 03:51:45,840
to the students succeeding in this city at all

4183
03:51:45,880 --> 03:51:49,680
levels, and it was just very inspiring

4184
03:51:49,800 --> 03:51:53,620
and, um... Anyway, I'm inspired.

4185
03:51:53,700 --> 03:51:55,700
Also went to the legislative breakfast.

4186
03:51:55,720 --> 03:51:59,120
Went to the Celebrate Corvallis, which was a real

4187
03:51:59,200 --> 03:51:59,800
blast.

4188
03:52:00,640 --> 03:52:01,240
And

4189
03:52:02,180 --> 03:52:05,840
the Downtown Corvallis Organization is having a quarterly meeting

4190
03:52:06,680 --> 03:52:10,320
this Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30 at one of the meza-

4191
03:52:10,360 --> 03:52:11,340
mezzanines,

4192
03:52:13,260 --> 03:52:16,080
in the plaza. And that's it.

4193
03:52:16,880 --> 03:52:17,600
Phew.

4194
03:52:17,620 --> 03:52:18,060
Yeah.

4195
03:52:18,120 --> 03:52:21,900
Yes. Uh, I have a number of things I was going to talk about, which I will defer

4196
03:52:21,980 --> 03:52:25,220
some of those to the next council meeting, but I do wanna provide a couple of

4197
03:52:25,280 --> 03:52:28,260
updates. Uh, we have the charter

4198
03:52:28,380 --> 03:52:32,000
amendment, charter, Charter Measures PAC up and running.

4199
03:52:32,020 --> 03:52:35,860
It kinda feels like we're going downhill, and so far we haven't.

4200
03:52:35,940 --> 03:52:38,760
Uh, our feet are still in front of our heads, so that's good.

4201
03:52:38,890 --> 03:52:42,030
Um, it's a good group of folks. I think we're gonna make progress.

4202
03:52:42,040 --> 03:52:45,800
We're meeting, every Wednesday, and through

4203
03:52:45,840 --> 03:52:47,940
the, election timeframe, but I think

4204
03:52:47,980 --> 03:52:51,030
we'll-Um, I think we'll get there.

4205
03:52:51,120 --> 03:52:54,300
Uh, I'll give you a n- better update next time.

4206
03:52:54,400 --> 03:52:58,060
Uh, and then just one other thing I wanted to cover,

4207
03:52:58,780 --> 03:53:01,840
which is we have received for the city manager

4208
03:53:01,920 --> 03:53:04,840
evaluation process, we have received,

4209
03:53:05,120 --> 03:53:08,840
six req- RFPs were

4210
03:53:08,880 --> 03:53:11,840
completed. Uh, we did review those.

4211
03:53:11,940 --> 03:53:14,360
Uh, there was a group of five that's supposed to review this.

4212
03:53:14,420 --> 03:53:18,320
Only four of us, actually did

4213
03:53:18,400 --> 03:53:22,360
review that, so we're gonna move forward, with

4214
03:53:22,400 --> 03:53:26,300
the group of four. That would be the city manager, the HR director, the mayor

4215
03:53:26,340 --> 03:53:29,900
and myself. Um, just wanted to let folks know

4216
03:53:29,980 --> 03:53:33,790
that cost of the evaluations are likely to be somewhere in the range of

4217
03:53:33,880 --> 03:53:37,720
about $25,000. Um, happy to

4218
03:53:37,760 --> 03:53:41,740
continue with this, unless I hear that the council would like

4219
03:53:41,820 --> 03:53:45,389
to reconsider that expense. Are we...

4220
03:53:45,400 --> 03:53:46,660
And the question would be, are we

4221
03:53:47,540 --> 03:53:50,980
going to get $25,000 worth of benefit out of doing this

4222
03:53:51,640 --> 03:53:53,580
differently? Um,

4223
03:53:54,600 --> 03:53:58,440
so I guess I'll pause and see if there's any comment as

4224
03:53:58,520 --> 03:54:01,560
to, any discussion as to whether we might want to alter that.

4225
03:54:01,620 --> 03:54:04,200
Otherwise, we'll, we will proceed.

4226
03:54:04,300 --> 03:54:08,280
Um, we intend to... Based on the

4227
03:54:08,340 --> 03:54:12,280
timeline, we intend to announce the, to, give notice of the intent to

4228
03:54:12,340 --> 03:54:16,120
award contracts by April 8th. So we have a very short

4229
03:54:16,180 --> 03:54:19,680
time window on this. Any comment

4230
03:54:20,340 --> 03:54:22,240
from anybody?

4231
03:54:24,080 --> 03:54:26,330
Just, I...

4232
03:54:27,980 --> 03:54:31,840
It's after 10 and I don't, I think I would rather h- think about

4233
03:54:31,860 --> 03:54:35,780
it rather than make a comment on whether or not to go

4234
03:54:35,840 --> 03:54:39,800
forward. My gut sense is yes, but I really don't

4235
03:54:39,820 --> 03:54:43,260
want to engage in the discussion. I don't think o- any of us would make a good

4236
03:54:43,300 --> 03:54:44,660
decision at this hour.

4237
03:54:44,700 --> 03:54:47,470
Maybe we can make some room on Thursday.

4238
03:54:47,480 --> 03:54:49,080
That'd be fine.

4239
03:54:49,900 --> 03:54:52,520
Councilor Lewis.

4240
03:54:54,080 --> 03:54:57,860
Oh, fantastic. Okay. Um, police review advisory board, if

4241
03:54:57,940 --> 03:55:01,200
you haven't signed up, you can sign up for Corvallis Police 101.

4242
03:55:01,240 --> 03:55:05,030
It's from April 1st to June 10th, every Wednesday from 6 PM to 9 PM.

4243
03:55:05,420 --> 03:55:08,450
It is just literally learning the ins and outs of the police force.

4244
03:55:08,520 --> 03:55:11,960
I will see them next year 'cause I do not have the capacity to do it this year.

4245
03:55:12,020 --> 03:55:14,980
Um, but you can apply by March, 20th.

4246
03:55:15,040 --> 03:55:18,780
Also, they, our wonderful police chief went to the COA

4247
03:55:18,880 --> 03:55:22,680
Spring Conference between March 11th and, and 15th in Tucson,

4248
03:55:22,740 --> 03:55:25,580
Arizona. I don't know what happened there. I'll ask him later.

4249
03:55:25,660 --> 03:55:29,580
Um, the Empowerment and Green Grants info session is, tomorrow

4250
03:55:29,640 --> 03:55:33,600
at three-- at 5:15 on Zoom. As always, the Winter's Farmers Market

4251
03:55:33,660 --> 03:55:37,380
is Saturdays 9 AM to 1 PM at the Benton County Fairgrounds.

4252
03:55:37,480 --> 03:55:37,820
Um,

4253
03:55:39,380 --> 03:55:41,620
there's a few things that have already are said.

4254
03:55:41,629 --> 03:55:45,360
And because it is still Women's History Month, that has not changed, I'm going

4255
03:55:45,380 --> 03:55:49,020
to talk very briefly about Rita Moreno, who is still alive at ninety-four years

4256
03:55:49,060 --> 03:55:51,940
old. She was born December 11th, 1931.

4257
03:55:51,980 --> 03:55:55,349
You probably know her as Rosa Dolores Alvera or

4258
03:55:55,400 --> 03:55:59,240
Anita from West Side Story. That was actually the role that actually got her

4259
03:55:59,400 --> 03:56:03,020
the, to be the first Latina to win an Oscar for Best Supporting

4260
03:56:03,180 --> 03:56:06,820
Actress, in 1962. And she actually became an EGOT

4261
03:56:06,860 --> 03:56:09,700
status, which only twenty-one people have gotten, in

4262
03:56:09,720 --> 03:56:13,380
1977. And I am going to go, be going home after this.

4263
03:56:13,420 --> 03:56:15,940
You all have a wonderful night.

4264
03:56:15,980 --> 03:56:17,230
We have one item still.

4265
03:56:18,780 --> 03:56:21,840
Which I should have started with Jim for that one. Councilman Packham.

4266
03:56:22,160 --> 03:56:25,700
Yeah, I wrote my report, but I wanted to highlight a couple of things.

4267
03:56:25,760 --> 03:56:29,100
First and foremost, I want to extend thanks to Danielle

4268
03:56:29,180 --> 03:56:32,960
Chambers, Gene Raymond, our former counselor for Ward

4269
03:56:33,020 --> 03:56:34,180
Seven, I believe, Ava

4270
03:56:35,000 --> 03:56:38,040
Olsen, and the mayor for bringing forth the resolution,

4271
03:56:39,200 --> 03:56:42,020
for advancing the resolution to the council.

4272
03:56:42,120 --> 03:56:45,200
Um, very important that, that this occurred and,

4273
03:56:46,640 --> 03:56:50,230
thank you all. And others that I don't know who you are, but thank

4274
03:56:50,300 --> 03:56:54,260
you. Um, quickly, I support

4275
03:56:55,200 --> 03:56:58,480
the changes to Walnut Boulevard, the safety,

4276
03:56:58,660 --> 03:57:02,360
improvements. Uh, I think the last time I rode my bike on Walnut,

4277
03:57:02,380 --> 03:57:05,360
somebody passed me at fifty miles an hour.

4278
03:57:05,480 --> 03:57:09,389
Um, it needs to do something. We need to do something

4279
03:57:09,420 --> 03:57:12,980
about that. Uh, the Bikeway project for North Benton

4280
03:57:13,080 --> 03:57:16,740
County, that's the bike path you see partially

4281
03:57:16,880 --> 03:57:20,420
completed from here along Highway 20.

4282
03:57:20,540 --> 03:57:24,100
Uh, there's going to be an open house, at

4283
03:57:24,120 --> 03:57:28,080
both the Corvallis and the Albany Farmers Market, May

4284
03:57:28,120 --> 03:57:31,760
16th from ten to noon. They wanna figure out

4285
03:57:31,840 --> 03:57:35,810
how the path crosses over the highway, and you're all

4286
03:57:35,840 --> 03:57:38,960
invited 'cause nobody can figure it out.

4287
03:57:39,500 --> 03:57:43,300
Um, and last thing, LBCC

4288
03:57:43,400 --> 03:57:47,300
has a ribbon cutting sometime this coming April

4289
03:57:48,120 --> 03:57:51,820
to unveil their new mobility hub, and I

4290
03:57:52,220 --> 03:57:56,080
don't-- I remember standing in a huddle waiting

4291
03:57:56,120 --> 03:57:57,360
for the bus at LB,

4292
03:57:58,200 --> 03:58:02,020
you know, the, the shuttle. Um, it was raining and,

4293
03:58:02,080 --> 03:58:05,400
and people are lined up, but now it's really nice.

4294
03:58:05,460 --> 03:58:08,100
This is going to connect with, OSU

4295
03:58:09,000 --> 03:58:12,820
Mobility Hub, which is going to be at 14th and Jefferson across from

4296
03:58:12,860 --> 03:58:16,520
Callahan Hall. And, OSU is,

4297
03:58:16,580 --> 03:58:19,960
OSU is scoping right now their Campus

4298
03:58:20,140 --> 03:58:24,110
Way Promenade, if you will. Uh,

4299
03:58:24,140 --> 03:58:27,390
the plans, I don't know, I don't have the plans, but,

4300
03:58:28,580 --> 03:58:30,900
it is, something

4301
03:58:32,180 --> 03:58:36,020
that it's, you know, pedestrian and, and multimodal

4302
03:58:36,740 --> 03:58:38,880
mall right through the middle of campus.

4303
03:58:38,940 --> 03:58:41,840
I don't think there's cars allowed. Be fun.

4304
03:58:41,980 --> 03:58:43,520
Thank you.

4305
03:58:43,980 --> 03:58:45,320
Councilor Morefield, my apologies.

4306
03:58:45,360 --> 03:58:49,040
I should have started with you. Oh,

4307
03:58:49,160 --> 03:58:52,540
tired? Not at all. Oh. About past my bedtime.

4308
03:58:53,340 --> 03:58:57,200
I wanted to make a, just a quick comment about the, the evaluation,

4309
03:58:57,620 --> 03:59:01,200
responses. It's a lot of money, but I don't know what they're proposing to

4310
03:59:01,260 --> 03:59:02,110
do. So

4311
03:59:03,240 --> 03:59:06,760
I would... Before I'd really have an opinion, I'd wanna know what they were

4312
03:59:06,800 --> 03:59:10,740
proposing to do. Um, so that would be helpful.

4313
03:59:10,860 --> 03:59:14,760
Um, so I brought, forward a, an action item,

4314
03:59:15,000 --> 03:59:17,980
that was in your packet, letter to the BLM.

4315
03:59:18,080 --> 03:59:21,980
Uh, I didn't provide an introductory memo, 'cause I didn't even think to do this

4316
03:59:22,040 --> 03:59:25,540
until, like, 24 hours before I was gonna have to get something to

4317
03:59:25,620 --> 03:59:29,529
Alex, to get into the packet. So you got...

4318
03:59:29,540 --> 03:59:33,220
You know, I just focused on what the letter itself would say, but the,

4319
03:59:33,500 --> 03:59:36,209
I think it's self-explanatory. Um,

4320
03:59:36,740 --> 03:59:40,660
I... For people that haven't lived in Oregon or been on the

4321
03:59:40,760 --> 03:59:44,709
planet for long enough, historically, the,

4322
03:59:44,760 --> 03:59:48,100
the quote from the BLM, Resource Management Plan

4323
03:59:48,680 --> 03:59:50,670
update says they seek to increase

4324
03:59:51,700 --> 03:59:55,680
an, an increase in sustained yield timber harve- harvest that aligns with

4325
03:59:55,700 --> 03:59:59,280
the historically higher levels of production on BLM

4326
03:59:59,360 --> 04:00:02,460
administrated, administered public lands.

4327
04:00:02,480 --> 04:00:05,340
That's a significant change from current practice.

4328
04:00:05,360 --> 04:00:08,920
And if you've lived here long enough, you know what it looked like.

4329
04:00:09,040 --> 04:00:11,720
Um, and so the, the thing that's

4330
04:00:12,560 --> 04:00:13,780
infuriating about it

4331
04:00:14,660 --> 04:00:15,840
is that they're saying

4332
04:00:16,760 --> 04:00:20,280
the choice is between no change... This is right in the notice.

4333
04:00:20,300 --> 04:00:23,860
The choice is between no change in current practice,

4334
04:00:24,840 --> 04:00:26,840
or going back to historic

4335
04:00:26,860 --> 04:00:30,280
levels. So it's, so it's a very stark choice,

4336
04:00:30,380 --> 04:00:33,840
and, responses are due by the

4337
04:00:33,900 --> 04:00:37,560
23rd. So I'm asking for the council's support

4338
04:00:37,820 --> 04:00:39,560
in s- submitting the letter.

4339
04:00:39,720 --> 04:00:43,610
I'd like to make a motion that we, adopt the, and

4340
04:00:43,720 --> 04:00:46,040
send the letter that, Councilor Moorfield

4341
04:00:46,560 --> 04:00:47,840
drafted.

4342
04:00:47,860 --> 04:00:49,260
I'll second.

4343
04:00:50,460 --> 04:00:51,680
Do we need to discuss it?

4344
04:00:51,700 --> 04:00:55,680
Can I make one comment on it? If possible, I would prefer to have all

4345
04:00:55,720 --> 04:00:59,300
of our names and the mayor's signature on it, and not just the mayor on our behalf.

4346
04:00:59,340 --> 04:01:02,369
That's what it says, is mayor and council signatures, or mayor signs on our behalf.

4347
04:01:02,369 --> 04:01:02,600
Yes.

4348
04:01:02,880 --> 04:01:02,900
I-

4349
04:01:02,980 --> 04:01:05,720
I am professing in a, my, my

4350
04:01:07,040 --> 04:01:07,760
favorite-

4351
04:01:07,800 --> 04:01:07,809
Moorfield.

4352
04:01:07,840 --> 04:01:08,640
Yeah.

4353
04:01:08,680 --> 04:01:09,120
I, I-

4354
04:01:09,180 --> 04:01:10,890
I wanna, I want my signature on it .

4355
04:01:10,920 --> 04:01:14,820
Yeah, no, I, I, I put it out there 'cause it was just a logistical thing

4356
04:01:14,860 --> 04:01:18,840
in getting signatures, and Alex said she would have suggestions,

4357
04:01:18,900 --> 04:01:20,010
or the city manager about it.

4358
04:01:20,040 --> 04:01:23,249
Yeah, I think we can, we can seek those

4359
04:01:23,300 --> 04:01:27,200
signatures. Uh, due to the time, we may not get

4360
04:01:27,260 --> 04:01:30,110
every councilor to sign, but we'll seek those

4361
04:01:30,200 --> 04:01:32,300
out.

4362
04:01:32,320 --> 04:01:35,480
By when? To sign it by?

4363
04:01:35,520 --> 04:01:38,820
Because Councilor Schaefer is out of the state,

4364
04:01:39,820 --> 04:01:42,760
and because of other councilor obligations, we would

4365
04:01:42,920 --> 04:01:45,120
probably do a e-signature.

4366
04:01:46,240 --> 04:01:48,480
Ca- can you DocuSign for me?

4367
04:01:49,880 --> 04:01:51,100
You can DocuSign it, yes.

4368
04:01:51,140 --> 04:01:51,620
Yeah.

4369
04:01:51,940 --> 04:01:52,620
That would be great.

4370
04:01:52,660 --> 04:01:55,050
I think... And that might be the best way to move forward, just so we can capture

4371
04:01:55,080 --> 04:01:55,580
everybody.

4372
04:01:55,620 --> 04:01:56,600
Sounds good.

4373
04:01:56,620 --> 04:02:00,330
So we have a motion. Vote on it? Okay, all in

4374
04:02:00,440 --> 04:02:03,869
favor of the motion to sign on to this letter to the

4375
04:02:04,280 --> 04:02:06,100
BL- Bureau of Land Management?

4376
04:02:06,180 --> 04:02:06,940
Aye.

4377
04:02:07,020 --> 04:02:07,240
Aye.

4378
04:02:07,280 --> 04:02:09,420
Aye.

4379
04:02:09,430 --> 04:02:09,430
Aye.

4380
04:02:09,460 --> 04:02:13,180
All those opposed, no? All right.

4381
04:02:13,560 --> 04:02:15,500
That sounds like it passed unanimously.

4382
04:02:15,540 --> 04:02:18,800
Did you have anything else for us, Councilor Moorfield?

4383
04:02:18,880 --> 04:02:19,580
I do not.

4384
04:02:19,620 --> 04:02:21,300
All right. Councilor Ellis?

4385
04:02:21,460 --> 04:02:23,660
I am glad that he did not make his letter a lie.

4386
04:02:23,670 --> 04:02:27,140
We said already that we had voted unanimously in the letter.

4387
04:02:27,340 --> 04:02:31,100
It's like we did. Um, I had a couple of things.

4388
04:02:31,180 --> 04:02:34,480
Um, on Tuesday the 31st, there's going to be a

4389
04:02:34,500 --> 04:02:38,360
discussion of prioritization of neighborhood bikeways, which

4390
04:02:38,400 --> 04:02:42,160
is kind of an actually fascinating topic, and it will be here at

4391
04:02:42,640 --> 04:02:46,550
5:30. Um, I believe there, there'll be a present- I don't

4392
04:02:46,560 --> 04:02:49,480
know how they're gonna organize it, but they're very excited about it, and the

4393
04:02:49,520 --> 04:02:53,420
information is getting out. Um, so I think people who

4394
04:02:53,440 --> 04:02:56,200
are interested should engage in that.

4395
04:02:56,280 --> 04:02:56,560
Um,

4396
04:02:57,700 --> 04:03:01,460
I do wanna say, that when I was in college, it was $35

4397
04:03:01,820 --> 04:03:02,460
a credit.

4398
04:03:03,260 --> 04:03:04,140
Wow.

4399
04:03:04,220 --> 04:03:07,080
Um, and I remember 'cause I was paying it.

4400
04:03:07,160 --> 04:03:10,659
Um, and then I had a couple of, more serious things.

4401
04:03:10,719 --> 04:03:14,219
I actually appreciate the fact that we had some flexible things on the agenda.

4402
04:03:14,820 --> 04:03:17,740
At first I thought, "How'd that resolution get on there without the form?" But I

4403
04:03:17,940 --> 04:03:21,880
actually think that people bringing a resolution or a letter forward

4404
04:03:21,940 --> 04:03:24,280
in councilor comments is the way things should work.

4405
04:03:24,640 --> 04:03:26,260
So I appreciate that. Um,

4406
04:03:27,880 --> 04:03:31,580
and then I also... We're gonna be seeing a lot

4407
04:03:31,760 --> 04:03:35,460
of, as Director Bellotta referred to it,

4408
04:03:35,560 --> 04:03:39,440
urban form in terms of multi-family

4409
04:03:39,600 --> 04:03:42,980
housing coming forward into established

4410
04:03:43,060 --> 04:03:46,320
neighborhoods, and we need to recognize that is an

4411
04:03:46,360 --> 04:03:50,020
incredibly stressful experience for are, the people who are

4412
04:03:50,100 --> 04:03:54,040
living there. Um, I, I, I, I hear

4413
04:03:54,140 --> 04:03:58,040
you. I started, before I was a city councilor, involved

4414
04:03:58,080 --> 04:04:01,260
in some of the land use decisions, when we actually could say

4415
04:04:01,360 --> 04:04:05,000
things. And to find out that, an

4416
04:04:05,200 --> 04:04:08,810
urban form is landing on your neighborhood is very

4417
04:04:08,880 --> 04:04:12,820
difficult. I know some people will adjust and some people will move,

4418
04:04:12,900 --> 04:04:16,760
but we need to keep the fact that this is very stressful for people

4419
04:04:16,840 --> 04:04:20,060
in very stressful times in mind as we go

4420
04:04:20,100 --> 04:04:23,240
forward. Um, and I think that's what I

4421
04:04:23,280 --> 04:04:24,680
had.

4422
04:04:24,720 --> 04:04:26,740
Thank you. City manager.

4423
04:04:27,860 --> 04:04:31,760
Yeah, I have two things. Uh, some happy news and some less than happy news.

4424
04:04:31,780 --> 04:04:33,940
I'll start with the less than happy news.

4425
04:04:33,980 --> 04:04:34,400
Just wanna

4426
04:04:35,340 --> 04:04:39,000
keep council informed of impacts, staff seen

4427
04:04:39,240 --> 04:04:42,320
in their jobs. Uh, two incidences

4428
04:04:42,580 --> 04:04:45,540
recently. Um, as you know, we do

4429
04:04:45,640 --> 04:04:49,540
allow, sleeping outside of our facilities

4430
04:04:49,640 --> 04:04:52,700
downtown, and, last week,

4431
04:04:52,780 --> 04:04:56,308
unfortunately-Uh, one morning we had some

4432
04:04:56,348 --> 04:05:00,308
individuals outside the Madison Avenue building, which is

4433
04:05:00,368 --> 04:05:04,108
not uncommon, but, one of the indi- individuals

4434
04:05:04,148 --> 04:05:07,288
became very loud and shouting

4435
04:05:07,308 --> 04:05:11,108
obscenities, was asked to, to stop, did

4436
04:05:11,168 --> 04:05:15,108
not stop. Ultimately, we had to call the police and have that person

4437
04:05:15,408 --> 04:05:17,928
trespassed from, the facility.

4438
04:05:18,008 --> 04:05:21,528
Again, not, not what we like to do, but for, the

4439
04:05:21,608 --> 04:05:25,528
safety, of our staff and disruption to people

4440
04:05:25,588 --> 04:05:29,128
trying to enter our facilities, public, we had to deal with

4441
04:05:29,168 --> 04:05:32,608
that. And then we also had, one of our security attendants

4442
04:05:33,388 --> 04:05:37,308
at the library, i- asking someone

4443
04:05:37,318 --> 04:05:39,868
to leave the library for behavioral issues.

4444
04:05:39,908 --> 04:05:43,148
They were struck, their glasses were knocked off,

4445
04:05:43,488 --> 04:05:45,408
significant scratch across their face.

4446
04:05:45,448 --> 04:05:49,048
So I'm just keeping you informed of what's happening with,

4447
04:05:49,708 --> 04:05:52,708
with our staff. So there's the unhappy

4448
04:05:52,788 --> 04:05:56,548
news. The, the happy news, as Councilor Lewis

4449
04:05:56,608 --> 04:06:00,548
pointed out, Chief Harvey, our

4450
04:06:00,648 --> 04:06:04,498
two captains and some other police staff and myself were,

4451
04:06:04,748 --> 04:06:06,868
down for the final step in CALEA

4452
04:06:06,948 --> 04:06:10,808
re-accreditation. Ended up being a, a working weekend for

4453
04:06:10,888 --> 04:06:11,168
us,

4454
04:06:12,788 --> 04:06:16,708
but I'm happy to report that, we have been re-accredited

4455
04:06:17,728 --> 04:06:21,368
a thirtieth year. There is not anyone

4456
04:06:21,408 --> 04:06:25,198
working for Corvallis Police who was there before we were accredited,

4457
04:06:25,328 --> 04:06:29,208
so it is part of our DNA, which I, I

4458
04:06:29,288 --> 04:06:32,208
think is fantastic. And during the last...

4459
04:06:32,218 --> 04:06:36,148
So Saturday morning is when we had our panel interview with the evaluators, and one

4460
04:06:36,188 --> 04:06:40,168
of the issues that came up through the evaluation was challenges with

4461
04:06:40,208 --> 04:06:43,908
our facilities. And so I was asked, "What are you gonna be doing

4462
04:06:44,648 --> 04:06:47,868
about those facilities?" So just a reinforcement that there

4463
04:06:47,928 --> 04:06:51,328
are, there are impacts to these

4464
04:06:51,368 --> 04:06:54,988
facilities, and it's being seen now even by our

4465
04:06:55,088 --> 04:06:58,648
accreditation, evaluators. So,

4466
04:06:59,208 --> 04:07:02,427
it's important we continue to move forward with, dealing with that.

4467
04:07:02,468 --> 04:07:06,148
But very happy to announce, the re-accreditation

4468
04:07:06,888 --> 04:07:10,798
and, we'll be getting, you know, the official plaque and some pictures and

4469
04:07:10,868 --> 04:07:14,838
all that. But, great work by our staff, Lori Jackson,

4470
04:07:14,838 --> 04:07:18,788
our accreditation manager, and all the police staff who follow

4471
04:07:18,928 --> 04:07:22,908
through and actually do what we say as far as those

4472
04:07:22,928 --> 04:07:26,808
policies and procedures. And, and staying accredited is

4473
04:07:26,928 --> 04:07:30,768
very rigorous. They're-- They, they're not only asking you for

4474
04:07:31,048 --> 04:07:34,388
your policies, but proof that you are following those.

4475
04:07:34,408 --> 04:07:38,008
And they talk to, officers,

4476
04:07:38,328 --> 04:07:42,048
different staff, even community members at times to make

4477
04:07:42,128 --> 04:07:44,488
sure that we're doing what we, we say we do.

4478
04:07:44,548 --> 04:07:48,248
So, we are very blessed to have the police

4479
04:07:48,508 --> 04:07:51,048
department that we have and the staff that are there.

4480
04:07:51,128 --> 04:07:53,828
So congratulations to them.

4481
04:07:53,928 --> 04:07:57,428
I forgot it was a group of you. I should have asked you.

4482
04:07:57,488 --> 04:08:01,368
It's late. And if there's nothing else then, everybody's

4483
04:08:01,408 --> 04:08:03,838
tired. Have a good night, everybody.

4484
04:08:03,888 --> 04:08:04,688
We are adjourned