Springfield City Council — September 21, 2026

0:05 Call the Springfield City Council regular session to order with roll call. >> Here. >> Councilor Mowat. >> Here. >> Councilor Rodley. >> Here. >> Councilor Padros. >> Here. >> Councilor Beck. >> Here. >> And Councilor Stout. >> Here. Thank you. >> Please join me for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> There is one time designated for public testimony this evening under business from the audience. If you are attending in person, please complete the request

0:50 to speak card located at the front of the council chamber and turn them into the city recorder. If you're joining us with online with a tablet, smartphone, or computer and wish to speak during business from the audience, please use the raise hand feature in Zoom. The order of public testimonies is as follows. Anyone in person in the council chambers and then anyone who has raised their virtual hand. First item, please. >> Mayor, the first item is a food waste prevention week proclamation September 28th through October 4th, 2026 and this is your item. >> I do not think somebody from the county's here, so I will read a shortened version of this. Uh whereas up to 35% of all food produced is wasted even though much of it is safe. Excuse me. It's safe and nutritious and can help

1:36 feed those in need. Whereas everyone benefits from better utilizing of food resources creating a stronger and more sustainable community. Whereas we have an opportunity to conserve shared resources such as land, water, and energy that are used to produce and transport food that ultimately goes uneaten. And whereas food in landfills decomposes slowly releasing methane gas, a potent contributor to climate change. I, Sean Van Gordon, mayor of Springfield, proclaim September 28th through October 4th as food waste prevention week in Springfield, and encourage residents to commit to reducing food waste in their homes, workplaces, and communities. Next item, please. >> Mayor, the next item is the domestic violence awareness awareness month

2:21 proclamation for October 2026. Again, this is your item. >> Whereas home should be a safe and trustworthy place, but too many people uh but for too many people domestic violence threatens that sense of safety and security. Whereas domestic violence can violate an individual's privacy, dignity, and sense sense of security through physical, emotional, sexual, financial, or psychological abuse and control. Whereas domestic violence is not limited to physical or verbal abuse and include can can include isolation, coercive control, reproductive abuse, economic and sexual exploitation, stalking, harassment, and online abuse. Whereas survivors and the advocates who work alongside

3:07 them providing important perspectives on raising awareness of domestic violence, supporting safety, and promoting healthy relationships. And whereas Hope and Safety Alliance continues to provide advocacy and support to survivors of domestic violence of all genders, while also providing education and prevention efforts throughout Lane County. Well, that organization has served this community for more than 45 years. Whereas too many lives have been lost to domestic violence, and we remember those who have died while recognizing the survivors, advocates, service providers, community members working to prevent uh violence and support those affected by it. And whereas domestic violence has far-reaching effects on individuals, children's, families, and communities,

3:54 and increasing awareness can connect those people with the support and encourage safe and healthy relationships. I, Sean Van Gordon, mayor of the city of Springfield, proclaim October 2026 to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Springfield and encourage community members to learn about domestic violence, support survivors, and become familiar with resources to promote health and safety throughout the our community. And I believe they're here for the proclamation. So, come on. We'll We'll take a picture.

5:22 All right. Next item, please. >> Next item is the consent calendar. >> I move approval of the consent calendar. >> Second. >> Any discussion for the consent calendar? You all could you call the vote, please? >> Yes, Council Weber. >> Yes. >> Council Moe. >> Yes. >> Council Roddy. >> Yes. >> Council Quadros. >> Yes. >> Council Buck. >> Yes. >> And Council Stout. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes, six yeses, zero nos. Next item, please. >> Next item is business from the audience. >> I have no cards for business from the audience. Neil, do you have anybody online? >> We have no hands for business from the audience. >> Next item, please. >> Um any business from the city council? >> Councilor Stout. >> I have one item and it's uh actually neither about chickens nor e-bikes. Um

6:07 one of the uh committees that we chair or that I chair ends um Council Weber's vice chair of is the judiciary committee. And I just wanted to share a few updates with the whole council so we're not caught off guard about any changes that we're doing. We're trying to use just basically best practices for um evaluating not only our judge and our pro tem judges uh sort of as we're doing for the city manager. So I'm just going to read briefly uh Chaim Hertz's comments on this. So um here's a quick summary of some of the changes that you'll be seeing come to you but you're being we're appraising you of in advance. Narrowing the evaluator group to just three uh JFC members is permissible. Um joint uh judiciary and fiduciary judiciary and finance committee.

6:53 Any decisions related to discipline or termination must remain with the full council consistent with the employment contract and the charter. No formal council action is required to implement the updated evaluation approach. The uh judiciary and finance committee is authorized to conduct the evaluations under this structure. So council's informed of this change. Here we are at uh the business from the council. And the judiciary and finance committee should review and approve an updated SOP uh standard operating procedure before using it. And any deviations from the SOP should be documented with a short email or memo for the record. So that is my brief update um and we've enjoyed working on this process and it's been

7:38 really fun to have um especially Chaim leading and also um uh Judge Tierney leading the effort to uh reevaluate and um rework this process which has been kind of um sticky for a little a little while here. So, thank you. >> Thank you for your work on that. Councilor Roddy. >> My My only comment is that it was fun for you to work on all of that judiciary stuff. So, you are in the right committee. >> [laughter] >> All right. Anybody else for business from council? All right. Next item, please. >> Next item under business from the city manager is a project delegation to CEDA of city-owned property in the Glenwood Master Plan area. Ellie Camp is here for this item.

8:33 >> Good evening, City Council. Ellie Camp, Economic Development Manager. Um tonight we are here to talk about an item in regards to the tax lot that has the addresses 325 and 295 North Brooklyn. This is a city-owned piece of property within the Glenwood Master Plan area, a Springfield Economic Development Agency project. To maintain efficiency and clarity, staff have drafted a delegation agreement and resolution for the council's decision tonight in your packet. The delegation agreement proposes to assign to CEDA all development-related negotiations, specifically for the park, open space, and riverfront trail elements. The delegation agreement specifically excludes topics of tenancy and leasing, which will continue to reside with the council. The city and CEDA have aligned interests

9:18 in this in bringing this riverfront area to fruition because the entire council serves on CEDA, the council will remain informed of development-related negotiation progress. Um next step, should the council continue, this item would go to CEDA for to determine whether to accept the project delegation. And I'm available for any questions. >> Are there any questions? Anybody concerned about sending it over to those folks in CED A? >> I move to adopt a resolution delegating to the Springfield Economic Development Agency CED A the negotiation of one or more binding agreements for the development of city-owned property at 295 and 325 North Brookline

10:04 Street map and tax lot 17-03-34-41-00800. >> I will second that. >> Any discussion to this? Neil, could you call the vote, please? >> Yes, Counselor Weber. >> Yes. >> Counselor Moe. >> Yes. >> Counselor Bradley. >> Yes. >> Counselor Quadros. >> Yes. >> Counselor Buck. >> Yes. >> Counselor Snow. >> Yes, thank you. >> Motion passes six yeses, zero no's. Next item, please. No other business from the city manager's office. Any business from the city attorney? >> Uh no business, thank you. >> All right, that was the last item. We are adjourned for the evening. Have a good night.