Springfield City Council — June 15, 2026

0:01 Mayor would you test? Would you test your Hello. Okay. Would you mind if we start from the top? >> Uh first item, please. >> Okay. Uh first item and we've done roll call already um but let's do it one more time since this is a new recording. >> Okay. >> Mayor Van Gordon. >> Here. >> Councilor Weber. >> Here. >> Councilor Molin. >> Here. >> Councilor Rodley. >> Here. >> Councilor Quadros. >> Here. >> Councilor Buck. >> Here. >> And Councilor Stout. >> Here, thank you. >> First item is Springfield Upte the 2026 Springfield Heritage Awards Preservation Award Illuminating Indigenous Roots and Mayor this is your item. Emily do we have folks in the other room that for this item?

0:46 Okay. Out the outstanding. Um so we have a lot of different groups in there. I asked Mindy to come up for a second before I reread this and um and just share some of the groups that are here tonight um that joined us. >> Uh thank you Mayor and Councilors. Um my name is Mindy Linder. I'm the Community Engagement Specialist for the Springfield Public Library and History Museum and was the manager of this project and I wanted to acknowledge the extraordinary group of humans who um came out to support tonight which included the Indian Parent Committee of Springfield Public Schools. They guide and steer and inform the work of the Indian Education Program and Chifin Native Youth Center. Um we also had um

1:31 uh Sheena Poles from Native Youth Wellness Center, Dr. Rochelle Weaver Nieto of the Native Youth Wellness uh Native Youth Wellness Program was not able to make it this evening. We also had um representatives from the Siletz Tribe here tonight. They're um education specialist. We also have Kimberly Pelster of the um she is principal at Thurston High School where um the program we're about to hear about was hosted. I also would like to acknowledge who isn't here this evening, which includes Angela Noah, uh Jesse Cain, Dr. Rochelle Weaver-Nieto, Kunu Barcham, Fish Martinez, Esther and Shannon Stutsman, Mila Saunders, Jolene Bettles,

2:19 Rachel Kidd, as well as Bobby Dano, uh educator at Thurston High School, as well as Brenda Johnson, and Xavier Davis, and um Taylor Madden. Uh Xavier couldn't be here, but Taylor is here from Springfield Public School District, the Equity Team, uh as well as the Thurston High School NASU and Five Powers Affinity students, all of whom visioned and dreamed up the project that you're about to hear. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Mindy. And thank you for letting us uh talking us through all the different groups involved. One of the things that made this project really special was just the amount of people in our community that came together to make it happen. So, the plan is I'm going to read the award citation, and then we'll have the the

3:05 team up, and we'll take a group picture. I brought the awards down, so I didn't have to, you know, delicately balance the medallions while walking down the steps. So, this is the 2026 Preservation Excellence Award, Eliminating Indigenous Roots. It Oh, excuse me, 2025. In recognition of its innovative and collaborative approach to cultural education and heritage stewardship, we are pleased to present the 2026 Springfield Heritage Award for Preservation Excellence to the Eliminating Indigenous Roots Educational Program. Hosted at Thurston High School in April 2025, the full-day program engaged more than 1,200 students and teachers through immersive presentations and workshops led by Native cultural leaders, educators, artists, and advocates.

3:50 Designed to align with students' learning outcomes and curriculum standards, the event explored indigenous languages, traditional foods, music, arts, histories, and contemporary native identity through a wide range of classroom lessons and hands-on experiences. Developed through the partnerships between the Springfield Public Library and Museum, Springfield Public Schools, Lane ESD Native Youth Wellness Program, Native Native Student Organization, and and local cultural leaders, the program the project created meaningful opportunities for students to engage directly with indigenous voices and traditions connected to the region. Highlights included indigenous drum drumming workshops, first food education, language instruction, and the creation

4:35 of a community mural gifted to the schools' Native American Student Union. By centering native perspectives and fostering ongoing relationships between schools and indigenous communities, Illuminating Indigenous Roots made a significant contribution to preserving, sharing, and honoring the cultural heritage of Springfield and the surrounding region. Congratulations.

5:53 >> They're having a good Thank you so much. >> And forgive me, I'm just going to add one last thing because I forgot two of our presenters, Meghan Anglin and Princess Bass Mason. Thank you. >> All right, you are more than welcome to join us for budget public hearings and other significant business, but if you

6:38 do want to exit the evening, it would be your time is appreciated. Next item, please. >> Uh Mayor, before we go to the consent calendar, would could I trouble you to read the uh instructions again since we have some folks that were online now that may not have been online before? >> Yes. There are two designated uh there are two times designated for public testimony this evening under public hearings and business from the audience. If you're attending in person, please complete the request to speak card located in front of the council chambers and turn them into the city recorder. If you're joining us online with a tablet, smartphone, or computer and wish to speak at either of those times, please use the raise hand feature in Zoom. The order of public testimony is as follows. Anyone in any person in the council chambers and then anyone who has

7:24 raised a virtual hand. Next item, please. >> Thank you. The next item is the consent calendar. >> I move approval of the consent calendar. >> Second. >> Discuss this. Right, Will. Could you call the vote, please? >> Yes, Council Weber. >> Yes. >> Council Maughan. >> Yes. >> Councilor Rodley. >> Yes. >> Councilor Quadros. >> Yes. >> Councilor Buck. >> Yes. >> And Councilor Stout. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes, six yeses, zero noes. Next item, please. Next item is public hearings. You have four public hearings this evening. Public hearing number one is a resolution certifying the city's eligibility to receive state shared revenue from cigarette, marijuana, gas, and liquor taxes. Again, this is a resolution certifying eligibility for

8:09 state shared revenues from cigarette, marijuana, gas, and liquor taxes approving the city of Springfield's participation in the state state revenue sharing program and declaring the city's election to receive state revenues pursuant to Oregon's Revised Statutes 221.760 and 221.770. Jessica Mummey is here for this item. Jessica, before you go, I have additional instructions for folks. Uh before we begin this evening, I'd like to take a moment to outline the protocol and expectations for public hearings. First, I want to thank everyone for being here and for taking the time to participate. Public input is an essential part of our decision-making process, and we value the opportunity for hearing from the community. We have four public hearings evening. Resolution certifying the city's

8:54 eligibility for state shared revenues. The fiscal year 2026 supplemental budget number three. Fiscal year 2026-2027 uh city budget adoption. And the 2025 Justice Assistance Grant. Today's Tonight's public comment period is specifically dedicated to these topics in the public hearings. I'm asking that all remarks stay focused on on the item before the council. This helps us maintain a clear and productive record and ensures everyone's time is respected. If you wish to speak and have not signed up, please commit uh complete a request to speak card and hand it to the city recorder. Speakers will be called in the order in which they signed up. Once your name is called, please come forward to the state your name for the record, and then begin your remarks.

9:40 If you're online, you will need to raise your virtual hand. Each speaker will have 3 minutes to address the council. We ask that all speakers and audience members maintain respectful conduct through the public hearing portion of this evening. This means no interruptions, no applause, and no verbal reactions, positive or negative, while others are speaking. This ensures a safe uh safe and fair space for every participant. Offensive language or disruptive behavior will not be permitted. With those guidelines in place, we look forward to hearing from each of you. Jessica, go ahead. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council. My name is Jessica Mommy. I'm the city's deputy finance director. Here this evening for the state shared revenue public hearing. Uh before that public hearing, I just briefly wanted to outline what state uh

10:25 shared revenue is. Oregon state law provides that cities that are located within counties that have a population of 100,000 or more, according to the most recent federal census, must provide four or more municipal services enumerated in ORS 221.760 and perform five additional actions to be eligible to receive state shared revenues of cigarettes, marijuana, liquor, and highway taxes under Oregon Revised Statutes. The city of Springfield provides six out of seven of the municipal services, which are police protection, fire protection, street construction, maintenance, and lighting, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, and planning, zoning, and subdivision control. The five additional actions that are

11:10 required are to advertise and hold a public hearing before the budget committee. That public hearing took place on May 6th. Advertise and hold a public hearing before city council. That is what we're here right now for. Adopt a resolution certifying that the city is eligible to receive funds under ORS 221.760 and 221.770. Adopt a resolution approving the city's participation in the program, and finally have the budget officer file a copy of the resolutions with the state of Oregon by July 31st. I'm here for any questions. >> Are there any questions for Jessica? Okay. Uh I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing. I have no cards for this item. Neil, do you have anybody online? >> Here's we have no hands for this item.

11:55 >> All right. I close the public hearing. >> I move to adopt a resolution certifying eligibility for state shared revenues from cigarette, marijuana, gas, and liquor tax liquor taxes, approving the city of Springfield's participation in the state revenue sharing program, and declaring the city's election to receive state revenues pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 221.760 and 221.770. Second. >> You want to discuss this further? All right. Neil, could you call the vote, please? >> Yes, Councilor Weber. >> Yes. >> Councilor Noll. >> Yes. >> Councilor Roddy. >> Yes. >> Councilor Quadros. >> Yes. >> Councilor Buck. >> Yes. >> And Councilor Stout. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes, six yeses, zero no's.

12:41 Next item, please. Next item is the fiscal year 26 supplemental budget number three. This is a resolution adjusting resources and requirements in the following funds: general, street, special revenue, community development, police local option levy, street capital, sanitary sewer operations, regional wastewater, ambulance, storm drainage operations, insurance, and vehicle and equipment. Jessica Mummey is also here for this item. >> Thank you, Neil. Again, Mayor and City Council, for the record, my name is Jessica Mummey. I'm the city's deputy finance director, here this evening for the public hearing on fiscal year 26 supplemental budget number three. Supplemental budgets may be used to meet unexpected needs or to spend revenues that were not anticipated at the time the original budget was adopted. These

13:27 adjustments to resources and requirements change the current budget and are processed through supplemental budget items that are brought to you through the finance department. This is the last of three supplemental budgets scheduled for fiscal year 26 to come before council. Just a couple of brief highlights of supplemental budget activity that's taking place. The police department has received grant revenue from the 2025 Justice Assistance Grant or JAG grant to support the digital forensics unit with a purchase of specialized software and computer equipment. The police department also has received a grant from Walmart to support future shop with a cop events. The development and public works operating expenditures are being increased due to emergency building repair work that's needed at the

14:12 operations facility. And finally, the police or excuse me, the fire department is increasing operating expenditures that are being offset by higher than anticipated ambulance transport revenues due to the implementation of procedures to increase the billing collection percentage. And this is to pay for overtime related to vacancy coverage. With that, I'm here for questions. >> Okay, any questions? All right. Uh I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing. I don't have any cards for this item. Neil, do we have anybody online? No hands for this item. All right, I close the public hearing. >> I move to adopt a resolution adjusting resources and requirements in the following funds: general, street special revenue, community development, police

14:58 local option levy, street capital, sanitary sewer operations, regional wastewater, ambulance, storm drainage operations, insurance, and vehicle and equipment. >> Second. >> All right, thank you. Is there any other discussion? All right, Neil, could you call the vote, please? >> Yes, Council Weber. >> Yes. >> Council Moore. >> Yes. >> Council Radley. >> Yes. >> Council Quadros. >> Yes. >> Council Buck. >> Yes. >> And Councilor Stump. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes, six yeses, zero nos. Next item, please. >> The next item is the fiscal year 2026-2027 uh city budget adoption. This is a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2026-2027 City of Springfield budget, making appropriations and imposing a category a

15:43 categorizing the tax. Uh Nathan Bell is here for this item. >> All right, good evening, Mayor and Council. Uh for the record, I'm Nathan Bell, the city's finance director. Uh the item in front of you this evening is a request to conduct a public hearing and to adopt not adopt a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2027 budget. On the evenings of May 4th, 5th, and 6th, uh the city's budget committee met uh to uh consider and recommend a budget to the council. Uh the budget that's in your packet this evening is uh the one originally presented to the budget committee by the city manager, Nancy Newton, and recommended to the council without any adjustments. Any questions for me? >> Are there any questions? All right. Uh I'm going to go and open the public

16:29 hearing. I don't have any cards to this item. Will, do you have any hands raised? >> No hands for this item. >> All right, I close the public hearing. >> I move a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2026-2027 FY27 City of Springfield budget, making appropriations and imposing and categorizing the tax. >> Second. >> Discussion to this motion? All right, Councilor Cuadros. >> I don't Thank you. Um I think it's important to acknowledge uh the significant community response we received regarding the library reductions. I felt like it was clear from both the volume and consistency of the public testimony that our library represents an important part of Springfield's identity.

17:15 While I support this budget, I would like us to revisit the library discussion in the fall. I believe the reductions made in this budget were necessary, but I also believe the public response highlighted an opportunity for us to better understand what services the broader community values most. I would like for us to use uh data and community input to identify those core priorities and ensure our available dollars are aligned accordingly. I appreciate the work of staff, the budget committee, and the community that came out uh and participated in this process. Thank you. >> Thank you. You know, could you call the vote? Yes, Council Weber. >> Yes. >> Council Mowen. >> Yes. >> Council Rodley. >> Yes. >> Council Quadros. >> Yes. >> Council Buck.

18:00 >> Yes. >> And Council Stout. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes, six yeses, zero noes. Next item, please. Next item is your final public hearing. It's the 2025 Justice Assistance Grant. This is a public hearing on the Springfield Police Department's proposed use of the 2025 Justice Assistance Grant. Our Police Chief Jamie Rush is here for this item. >> Uh good evening, Mayor and Council. For the record, Jamie Rush, Chief of Police. As Jessica Mowen mentioned earlier, we received the 2025 Justice Assistance Grant Justice Assistance Grant. It is a grant we receive on a fairly regular basis. This year, we took the amount of that uh and we addressed our needs to determine that supporting the digital

18:45 forensics unit would be the best use of this money, and it also uh worked with our budget recommendations from our earlier budget presentation. Uh if you have any questions about it, I'm happy to answer those. >> Are there any questions? Okay. Oh, good, Council Rodley. >> It's really more of a comment. Um and it looked like when I was reading through the memo, this is something we used to do, and then we had to cut it, and so now we're able to bring this back. >> Correct. We had the software um previously, but we could not uh afford it continually. So, we uh applied for the grant and then we're using it this time. >> Great. Thank you. >> All right. Any other questions? Okay. Um I'm going to go and open the public hearing. I don't have any cards for this item.

19:31 Neil, do you have anybody online? >> No hands for this item. >> All right. I close the public hearing and Christina, I don't see a motion for this. I think we just have to have a hearing and then it's no action. >> I I think there's a motion that was provided just to cover cover our bases. >> All right. Very good. >> I move to adopt Springfield Police Department's proposed use of the 2025 Justice Assistance Grant. >> Second. >> Any other discussion to this motion? All right. Neil, could you call the vote? >> Yes. Counselor Weber? >> Yes. >> Counselor Mano? >> Yes. >> Counselor Rodley? >> Yes. >> Counselor Quadros? >> Yes. >> Counselor Buck? >> Yes. >> And Counselor Stout? >> Yes. Thank you. >> Motion passes six yeses, zero nos. Next item, please. >> Next item is business from the audience. >> Okay. And before we begin this evening,

20:17 I'd like to take a moment to outline protocol and expectations for business from the audience. First, I want to thank everyone for being here and for taking the time to participate. Public input is an essential part of our our decision-making process and we value the opportunity to hear from our community. If you wish to speak up and have not uh speak and not signed up, please complete a request to speak card and hand it to the city recorder. Speakers will be called in the order in which they signed up. Once your name is called, please come forward to the microphone, state your name for the record, and then begin your remarks. If you are online, please raise your virtual hand. Each speaker will have 3 minutes to address the council. We ask that all speakers and audience members remain respectful, uh maintain respectful conduct throughout the business from the audience portion of the evening. This

21:02 means no interruptions, no applause, no verbal reactions, positive or negative, while others are speaking. This ensures a safe and fair space for every participant. Offensive language or disruptive behavior will not be permitted. With those guidelines in place, we're looking forward to hearing from each of you. I don't have any cards for business from the audience. Do you have any hands? >> No hands for this item. >> Next item, please. Next item is resolutions. You have two resolutions this evening. Resolution number one is urban services agreement among City of Springfield, Springfield Utility Board, and Rainbow Water District. Christina Kras is here for this item. >> If you don't mind, I think this will be brief. I can do it from over here. >> Yeah. >> Um so, this I'm bringing forward to you a new urban services agreement between

21:48 the city, Springfield Utility Board, and Rainbow Water District. Um Oregon planning law requires that when there are special service providers in um urban growth boundaries, that we enter into certain types of agreements. One is a cooperative planning agreement that outlines how we will work together to plan um sort of long dis- long periods into the future, 20 years or more, for the provision of urban levels of service. So, this one specifically relates to water, and Rainbow is the water service provider in the northern areas of the Springfield urban growth boundary, Hayden Bridge area, for example, and parts of Gateway. The um other type of agreement we're required to have is an urban services agreement. We're required to discuss how

22:34 um properties will transition from um special district provision of service to city provided or other um urban services. And so, the city, SUB, and Rainbow entered into a number of agreements um over many, many decades, but the most recent ones were in the 1990s. The um they're now over 30 years old. They were predicated on the city continuing to the count- city council continuing to drive annexations Um forward and since that time since 30 years have passed the city council now most often responds to requests to annexation rather than actually initiating annexations in a large group yourself and so that has changed some of

23:19 the foundational understandings from those 1995 agreements about how property was going to transition into city limits in those areas. So for that reason sub and rainbow have put in a lot of good work to re-envision and imagine how they will work together for the next 20 years and then as part of that we city attorney's office worked with legal counsel for sub and rainbow to make sure that the three-party agreement the urban services agreement that incorporates sub and rainbow's new agreement correctly reflects our planning obligations. We did not revisit the cooperative planning agreement. We're going to keep that same framework for how we work together on comprehensive planning for water facilities

24:04 but we did re-envision how we're going to work together on the sort of day-to-day operationalization of that when somebody is served by sub or rainbow when they propose to annex what happens etc. So I'm happy to answer questions otherwise this isn't an item for public hearing but I do because these agreements last for so long and they're important to the city we wanted to memorialize it in a resolution. >> All right. Are there any questions? All right, before we do the motion just thank you for sub right you guys did a significant amount of work. I know you've worked out a long time on this and we appreciate it. >> Look at those smiles. >> You sure you don't want to delay more

24:49 counselor whether? >> Just because David is so anxious about this and gives me a hard time at every sub board meeting. I don't know maybe 10 minute recess? Yeah, okay. I move to adopt a resolution authorizing an urban services agreement among the city of Springfield, Springfield Utility Board, and Rainbow Water District for the provision of water service to customers in the Springfield community North Water system. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion to this motion? Could you call the vote? >> Yes, Councillor Weber. >> Yes. >> Councillor Mowe. >> Yes. >> Councillor Rodley. >> Yes. >> Councillor Quadros. >> Yes. >> Councillor Beck. >> Yes. >> And Councillor Stout. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes six yeses and zero nos. Next item, please. >> Next item is a resolution of necessity on measure 20-351

25:36 street street repairs B21008 58th Street. Jeremy Shearer is here for this item. >> Good evening, Mayor. Good evening, Councillors. I'm Jeremy Shearer. I am your city surveyor here to present the resolution of necessity. I want to thank you for taking this in at the last hour. This is a critical path to getting the last of the the six bond measures that we've I brought before you for a resolution. So, this is number six. The other ones were Harlo, Aspen, G Street, 36th Street, and Daisy. And today we're finishing it up with 58th Street. So, once this resolution is done, then we'll we'll continue and finish the

26:22 work. But, I do want to mention a couple things that I I'm very proud of. I'm proud of my my team that that has worked very diligently on this. I'm just going to give you a couple statistics. We have 112 property files. In other words, there's 112 acquisitions for 112 different individuals. 98 appraisals, 98 offers, and we have closed 65 of those so far. So, tonight's tonight's vote will be on a resolution for 15 properties. These properties are on 58th Street. They're mostly going to be temporary construction easements, so they're not going to be there's not going to be anything you know, contentious about it. It should be pretty pretty easy. So,

27:07 anyway, I'm proud of Ryan Murray and Stephanie Day who we just hired recently to take on this work and we're doing they are doing an excellent job. That's all I have to say about about this. >> All right. >> Councilor Stump. >> On any of the permanent right of way loss, was there any pushback from any of the landowners? >> Was there any what? I'm sorry. >> Pushback from any of the landowners. >> That that goes yeah, everybody every negotiation we work through and we settle. So, usually we settle within less than 10% of the offer price. So, we we never go that much higher. We have had a few occasions where we had to go higher than that, but those weren't related to the

27:52 negotiation those are some other circumstantial circumstantial issues that were outside of our process. But yes. >> I want to provide a clarification. So, you're referencing other examples of the exercise of eminent domain. The resolution of necessity is the first step to approaching those property owners. So, it's unknown if any of the property owners affected by this project will oppose it. Jeremy described what they often do is reach an amicable agreement and then certainly before we would we have to by law have this process, but it is very common that before any litigation or anything that's more contentious with to move forward with someone who's really opposed, that we'd come back to council with an update

28:38 and potentially revise resolution of necessity to fine-tune those details. >> Councilor Buck. >> Thank you for that, Christina. Would it be fair to say that what we're doing here is just is is authorizing, "Hey, we're going to start the conversation." and then you're going to come back to council with like how the how that conversation went either way or only if there's pushback? >> Um so, the framework under the law is um very prescriptive. And so, we would come back to council only if all of the steps leading up to actually filing a complaint in circuit court under eminent domain authority, only if that those steps aren't successful, then we would update council before we filed any um

29:24 anything in circuit court, you know, to seek actual court-ordered eminent domain. Um this resolution authorizes all those steps because that's the that's what's required in a resolution of necessity, but the actual practice is that we will do all of the steps leading up to filing a condemnation action um in order to try to negotiate something, and we would come back to council with a refined resolution or an update if um we couldn't work something out with the property owner, which has not happened on any bond-funded projects to date. That that typically only happens in very significant right-of-way situations, and these are um all fairly minor um easements and um permanent dedications. >> Any other questions? Um before we take the motion, I just had

30:09 one quick comment. There there's a lot of interest in the community right now about street repair specifically. Right? And um and knowing that these uh this project and as well as six other projects are are uh guided by the bond, right? Yeah, I think it's just important that we look for two things to try to communicate to the public fancy. One of them is as these get out there is getting more specific about that this is um these are related to what was actually in the bond that they passed, right? So, we don't have an option to add somebody else. And the other question is if can you share um more information about the eight you know, about ADA ramps. We're getting a lot of questions about that Main Street uh project. And um as we start to do more construction, we're

30:54 going to see more of them in the Main Street projects in ODOT project. >> I appreciate that comment. Um I will talk to our public information officer about that. I know that um if you were not aware of some of the curb cuts that we have needed to make uh to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Um this is a it's a great project. It benefits our entire community when we improve our our street standards. So, we'll make sure that we're get that and also love to share the success of our bond projects. >> Yep. Thank you. >> I move to adopt a resolution exercising the power of eminent domain pursuant to ORS 335.600 through 35.625 concerning acquisition of permanent right of way and temporary construction

31:40 easements necessary for street repair projects funded by Measure 20-351 at 58th Street B21008. Second. >> So, conversation or comments to the motion? All right. Call the vote, please. >> Councilor Weber. >> Yes. >> Councilor Moon. >> Yes. Councilor Radley. >> Yes. >> Councilor Quadros. >> Yes. >> Councilor Buck. >> Yes. >> And Councilor Stout. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Motion passes six yeses, zero noes. Thanks, Jeremy. Next item, please. >> Any business from the City Council? >> Is there any business from the Council? Okay. Next item, please. >> Uh next item is business from the City Manager. Um item number one is a DevNW home agreement addendum. Aaron Fife field is here for this item.

32:36 >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. Um I'm here tonight with a request from Dev Northwest to amend an existing grant agreement that we have with them under the HOME program. >> [snorts] >> In 2014, then NEDCO, Dev Northwest now, um, was awarded federal HOME funds to help purchase a three-bedroom house over on Centennial. Under the terms of that agreement, Dev Northwest would rent out the house to low-income households for 15 years, otherwise known as the affordability period. Uh, it's been currently 12 years. Um, a renter, uh, in that home recently moved out, and Dev Northwest would like to convert the house to a community land trust. Under this model, Dev Northwest would retain ownership of the land, but sell the home to a low-income household,

33:22 thus being able to lower the cost of the home. The land trust would be in place for a 99-year affordability period. Um, however, the conversion from a, uh, home rental project to a land trust does not neatly fall under the HOME, the federal HOME program, uh, which is why they're asking. So, from a technical point, they're asking to, uh, change the grant agreement to reduce the affordability period under the HOME grant from 15 years to 10 years, and then they will convert, uh, the house into a land trust. Um, by, I guess the only caveat there, by lowering the affordability period, because they're at year 12, it will have met that under the HOME award, the terms of the affordability period have been

34:08 met, and thus it would not require, um, will not trigger the repayment of the HOME funds that were initially invested. Um, I will add, uh, Karen Sax with Dev Northwest is here tonight in the audience if you have any questions. >> All right. Are there any questions? Um, I just had Councilor Rodli. >> I don't really I a question. Um, well, I do have a question, but first I have a comment. I love this and I I know that we're doing more and more with um, land trusts, which is a great way to help folks to be able to purchase their first home. Um, but could you just for folks who might understand, when you say the affordability is for 99 years? So, if the person who purchases the house sells the house, right? So, they just can you

34:55 just explain that to folks so they understand like it does keep the afford or Karen can come and do that. So nice to see you. So, just for folks to understand what it is that we're doing, I would so appreciate it. Thank you. >> Uh, great. Thank you so much, uh, Mayor, uh, City Council. Uh, for the record, my name is Karen Sax. I'm the senior director of policy and advocacy with DevNW. Uh, thank you, counselor, for your question. So, yes, when a the way that a community land trust is set up is that the first buyer of the home, um, signs into a um, a ground lease and that is a 99-year ground lease. Uh, when they purchase the home, get a traditional mortgage and then they sign the ground lease on that home. Every time the house is sold, that ground lease renews with the next buyer. So, it is 99 years. We effectively call it in perpetuity. So,

35:40 that renews every single time. So, um, in this project in particular, we're really excited about the opportunity to continue to keep that home itself in the housing stock in Springfield and particularly in the home ownership stock in Springfield for perpetuity. >> All right, any other questions? Um, Karen, good seeing you. You were here, we might as well have a questions for you. >> Of course. >> Um, I would I would love to get more information about the about the land trust model and it's not the how the actual model works. I think I'm more interested as you guys run with this a little bit, what the outcomes of people getting into that home ownership ladder, you know, what happens when they move on, are they building the right amount of equity, just some, you know, basic, uh, basic information as we continue to learn about this model because it's

36:26 going to become a an important tool. >> Wonderful. Thank you so much. Yeah, we'd be more than happy to. We've been doing land trust development and work for about our development for about 7 years or so now. Um we actually have a longer community land trust in our portfolio and um we Oregon's actually newer to the land trust model across the nation. There are ones have been doing it for decades and so I think we could combo kind of a all of that. We're happy to present to a city council or whatever space makes the most sense. >> All right. Thanks, Karen. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? Okay. I think we're ready. >> I move to approve the addendum to the home grant agreement contract number 1187-1 with Dev Northwest and authorize the city manager to execute all documents needed to give effect to the addendum.

37:12 >> Second. >> Conversation on the motion? Yes, Councillor Weber. >> Yes. >> Councillor Mao. >> Yes. >> Councillor Roddy. >> Yes. >> Councillor Quadros. >> Yes. >> Councillor Buck. >> Yes. >> And Councillor Stout. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes, six yeses, zero noes. Thank you very much. Uh next item, please. >> Next item is a ratification of the two-year contract extension agreement with International Association of Firefighters IAFF Local 851 for the Battalion Chiefs. Chaim Hertz is here for this item.

37:57 >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. Chaim Hertz, Human Resources Director. I am here requesting a motion to approve or not approve the two-year extension to the current collective bargaining agreement with IAFFBCs. Uh the details of that extension were included in the packet and are consistent with the conversation that we had at the work session. Um and I'll pause for any questions. >> Are there any questions? >> I move to ratify the 2-year contract extension agreement between the cities of Eugene and Springfield and International Association of Firefighters IAFF Local 851 Battalion Chiefs and authorize the city manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the city of Springfield. >> Second. >> Comments to this motion? Nobody want to

38:43 speak to it? All right, Neil, call the vote, please. >> Yes, Councilor Weather. >> Yes. >> Councilor Mowe. >> Yes. >> Councilor Roddy. >> Yes. >> Councilor Quadros. >> Yes. >> Councilor Buck. >> Yes. >> And Councilor Stout. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes at six yeses, zero noes. Would the standing please? Any other business from the city manager? >> Just two quick things. I thank you, Mayor and Council, for formalizing the labor agreement with our firefighters. They're important employees of our city, and so I appreciate that. It's actually our James is going to correct me, Battalion Chiefs. Um I also want to point out the exemplary work of our our staff to utilize the partnership with DevNW and Community Land Trust. Um I love how

39:28 creative and nimble our city is. And I'm familiar with Land Trust Sacramento County utilizes that model, and so it's it's an interesting way to create a path to ownership and equity that, you know, may have not been available in the past. So I love that we're again exploring ways to be creative and cutting-edge in how we do city operations on a very slim budget, but with very talented and creative staff. So thank you, Aaron. I don't know if she's still here, but and uh community development staff. >> Thank you. Any business from the city attorney? >> No business, thank you. >> Adjourned. Have a good night.