Springfield City Council — February 5, 2024

0:01 gentlemen i' good evening ladies and gentlemen i' like to open the Springfield City Council work session with roll call please mayor Van Gordon councelor Weber here councelor Mo here councelor rodley here councelor Blackwell here councelor Doyle here and councelor pisher here thank you first item please first item is the housing diversity tax exemption hdte boundary and Ali Camp is here for this item hi Council good to see you uh tonight we are here to talk about eligible program areas for the hdte in Glenwood market conditions continue to be challenging for new development we've recently

0:46 Revisited the downtown's eligibility for this program at the request of a developer and a similar request has come in for Glennwood uh the opportunities and considerations that apply to Glenwood are similar but a little bit different than downtown there are two maps in your packet to demonstrate eligibility for the program the two big program eligibility points are that areas need to be within a quarter mile of Transit and designated in a comprehensive plan to allow multi-unit housing uh we have policy support for a vertical housing development program and both the comprehensive plan and the Glen mode refinement plan for your decision tonight uh the AIS outlines additional considerations one being annexation uh projects would be required to receive would be required to Annex to

1:31 receive hdte but it's not required to define a program area to be annexed um there are a couple of financial considerations with annexation and the next item stacking of sdc's and htte uh we're following the proposed uh guidelines for downtown that uh the SDC program and the hdte can stack on top of each other if they are for buildings of four or more stories um Nathan's here in case any questions or considerations come up with regards to financial impacts since this is an urban renewal area um and then finally uh the maps that you have in your packet show all eligible areas however Land South of the railroad tracks is not ideal for housing it is was not intended to be zoned as such um so today uh we are here to hear

2:16 if you would like to have a boundary area in Glenwood and if so where specifically you would like that boundary area to fall do we have any questions from Council everybody have a to review it where would you like to go from here where everybody we we have a consensus to move forward as recommended this Glen is so hard to develop this is another tool to help somebody maybe get in there and so I really glad to see this come up I've I've seen our proposals before and it wasn't on the list I couldn't figure that out I'm glad I looks like we're proposing looking at it now it's just

3:02 another thing to help them in there thank you yes it's a great program tax exemption go ahead Corey thank you um so the the the map that's got the red on it that's the proposed boundary areas that we're good with those are all the eligible areas it is up to you to propose the areas you would like to Define so the piece about it being close to Transit now is this something that we could we can make a decision and then revisit should Transit change should we have more whatever would we be able to come back and add things into it uh the boundary areas are the one area that is a little bit more challenging to change with the program the htte program um Katy's on the call if we need more specifics um but with regards to the

3:49 program it's in the code um and not that that can't be done but it requires more steps and it would require conversations with our overlapping taxing districts okay well I would support supp just the maximum boundary that we can do then at the Forefront to get things going I would I would concur but I think we're looking at potentially excluding excluding that one section that one piece south of the tracks but everything north of tracks is what I would support as well correct that you're saying coms for broad okay thank you Yep looks like we have a consensus to move forward that do you have enough information or you need more defined um just to be certain it's all of the eligible areas or just the areas

4:35 north of the railroad tracks I think we're talking about north of the tracks okay that all the eligible areas north of the tracks is that yeah there you go thank you you bet good job next item no other items the works okay well that was longwinded so uh I guess we're going to close the uh work session at this point on I can tell and we'll be back in session at 7 o'cl for the regular Council session this meeting is adjourned good evening everyone I would like to order the regular session

5:21 Council session like to call the regular C Council session to order with roll call please mayor Van Gordon councelor Weber here counc Mo here councel rodley here councel Blackwell here councel Doyle here and councel pisher thank you so I'd like to read some

6:07 instructions for tonight's meeting um as we begin our meeting tonight there are two designate there's there are two designated times for public testimony this evening under public hearings and business for the audience from the audience if you are attending in person please complete the request to speak card located at the entrance of council chambers and give them to the city recorder if you are joining us online with a tablet smartphone or computer and wish to speak either of those times please use the rais hand feature in the zoom platform the order of public testimony is as follows anyone in person in the council chambers and then anyone who has raised their virtual hand next item uh your first item tonight is Springfield upbeat item number one is mayor's recognition the

6:53 2023 2024 Springfield library bookmark contest winners abigo Craig and Emily David are here for this item did I neglect the U roll call I didn't okay just want to make sure okay good evening can you hear me I through my mask I'm the youth services librarian Abigail Craig at the Springfield Public Library and I'm Emily David the director of the library Museum good evening counselors and we're here to present for of the 16 winners of the annual Springfield Public Library bookmark contest to all of you unfortunately not the mayor and this is we've uh

7:40 researched and it's the 43rd annual bookmark contest year and we had over 1,100 students from kindergarten through 12th grade participate this year and submit their unique bookmark entries all of their designs were about reading or libraries or our theme for the 2024 summer reading program which is read renew repeat and there will be a display in the youth Gallery in the Springfield City Hall during the month of March that will be hung um I think on the first day of March and will be up for the entire month the winning bookmark designs have been professionally printed and they'll be on display and distributed in the library all year long and we already

8:25 have them out um for people to enjoy we're thr to honor this year's winners so can I invite commissioner pisher to come down or is it I mean councilman sorry no that's fine I did want to say just a couple things first before we do that yeah and it's not scripted it's just off off off my cup I can't tell you how warm it how much it warms my heart to see this council chambers full of parents and children our future Springfield citizens and participating with the city function whatnot and it just it's just wonderful to see all of you sitting here and thank you all for coming taking time out this evening and supporting your children and supporting this event and it it's it's

9:10 it's amazing thank you so much for that so now we can roll and I was gonna say the the I think the commissioner of the Springfield Arts commission are you called the commissioner is here and they they're they sponsor our bookmark contest and provide the hall space so we're excited to have you here as well so we're we're going to go ahead and when you call the folks up we're going to go ahead and have them come into this area here oh I'm G I'll come right around there and I'll shake hands with them as they come in okay and this year we had um winners for most of the grades and then we had two winners for middle school and two for high school so I'm going to go from the youngest to the oldest so our first winner is Arya pesh from Two Rivers do Ros Elementary and

9:55 she's a congratulations got this you can do it good job come on over her bookmark is about how turtles like to read and our next winner also from kindergarten is Izzy brlo from Two Rivers do Ros

10:42 Elementary with a with a volcano with books coming out of it our next winner is grayan Smith a first grader from Walterville Elementary congratulations and and we have a winner who wasn't able to make it tonight Jesus Flores Ortiz a first grader also from Two Rivers do Ros Elementary Rowan Robinson a second grader at M Maple Elementary congratulations have Nathan is it oik I should have checked second grader from

11:28 Maple element country congratulations Luke Jordan a third grader from Yolanda Elementary congratulations Charlie gist third grader who is homeschooled congratulations Colton Jones a fourth grader from ridg viiew elementary congratulations Jenny we come Jenny Curts fourth grader from Two Rivers Doos Elementary

12:20 congratulations Mia Danielle a fifth grader from Mount Vernon Elementary congratulations Ava Dixon a fifth grader from thirston elementary congratulations and our Middle School winners are Perry nap from a sixth grader from Agnes to Stewart Middle School congratulations and Isabelle neli harez Humphrey who's a sixth grader at Briggs Middle School congratulations and our high school winners we have Audrey Bowman a ninth grader from Springfield High School

13:12 congratulations last winner was unable to come it's her birthday today why Maya Welsh who's a ninth grader at A3 The Academy of Arts and academics okay we're gonna take a quick picture counselor pisher do you want to go back up behind or do you want to stand up yeah that's that's perfect see two ends to squish in a little bit into the middle can you guys all squish into the middle a little bit there we go

13:57 that's it and then hold your yeah hold your bookmarks up so we can see them okay on the count of three one two three bookmark thank you all you can go ahead and come back out this way and sit down yes that was great I think we have I think we have some openings the next

14:47 election and so if you want if you you're welcome to stay but I think I'll give you the pleasure of if you want to go ahead and leave and and not have to stay that's fine don't feel as though you have to stay we give you a few minutes

16:17 meeting that was fun I really enjoy that a ton okay um so next item please next item is the consent calendar I move approval of the consent calendar second it's been moved and seconded call for a vote councelor Weber yes councelor Mo yes councelor rodley yes councelor Blackwell yes councelor Doyle I and councelor pisher yes thank you next item uh next item is public hearings public hearing um for this evening is the capital Street bond this is resolution number two resolution referring to the voters of of the city a ballot measure authorizing the issuance of a maximum of 20 million of General

17:03 obligation bonds to fund projects to fix streets Jeff Pascal is here for this item good evening Jeff good evening thank you council president and councilors uh so tonight before you based on conversations over the last few months and particularly um the 22nd of last month uh with the help of the city attorney's office the assistant City attorney and the finance director we have prepared for you the documents to refer to um the Springfield voters a $20 million um General obligation Bond um for Street preservation projects um one thing to note in there is based on the questions from the mayor and last I went and reviewed the December meeting and

17:48 the um project list is corrected it was not correct in the draft that was provided on the 22nd it was missing some projects on exhibit B they are all there now um and then the highest priority I believe six segments are listed in the ballot language I'm here for any other questions um beyond what we've discussed over the last few work sessions okay um should I go ahead and open the public or the questions first okay is there any questions from the council regarding this at this moment seeing no questions I like to open the public hearing are there any cards on this matter no cards and appears no hands on this one Cas see n none of those I'd

18:34 like to close the public hearing and uh entertain any discussion and or a motion at this time okay I entertain a motion all right I'm getting there I got way down in the weeds to see the things all right I move that we adopt resolution number two a resolution referring to the voters of the city a ballot measure authorizing the issuance of a maximum of $20 million of General obligation bonds to fund projects to fix streets second it's been moved and seconded call

19:20 for vote councel Weber yes councelor Mo yes councelor rodley yes councelor Blackwell yes councelor Doyle 100% And councel pisher um yes okay caught me off guard uh the motion has been approved by unanimous vote next item next item is business from the audience any hands raised um we have no hands raised and no cards okay next item next item is any business from the city council I see none next item business from the city manager no business thank you all

20:06 right and Business from The City attorney uh no additional business thank you and next item we not have those are all your items that's it had all right this meeting is a