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Agendas and Minutes

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Regular Meeting

Agenda
Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Important: Any citizen may orally address the Council on non-agenda items during the Public Forum. Any citizen may submit written comments to the Council on any item on the Agenda, unless it is the subject of a public hearing and the record is closed. Time permitting, the Presiding Officer may allow oral testimony. If you wish to speak, please fill out the Speaker Request form located near the entrance to the Council Chambers. The chair will recognize you and inform you as to the amount of time allotted to you, if any. The time granted will be dependent to some extent on the nature of the item under discussion, the number of people who wish to speak, and the length of the agenda.

AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING

ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL
August 2, 2016
Council Chambers
1175 E. Main Street

Note: Items on the Agenda not considered due to time constraints are automatically continued to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting [AMC 2.04.030.E.]

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

1. Goal Setting of July 18, 2016
2. Business Meeting of July 19, 2016

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS

1. Mayor’s proclamation of August 6, 2016 as Hiroshima Day and August 9, 2016 as Nagasaki Day

PUBLIC FORUM Business from the audience not included on the agenda. (Total time allowed for Public Forum is 15 minutes. The Mayor will set time limits to enable all people wishing to speak to complete their testimony.) [15 minutes maximum]

Document Submitted at Meeting

CONSENT AGENDA

1.   Appointment of Risa Buck to the Conservation Commission
2.   Appointment of Tracy Peddicord to the Wildfire Mitigation Commission
3.   Approval of a resolution titled, “A resolution exercising the power of eminent domain”
4.   Approval of a liquor license application for Amrik Bagri dba South Town Market & Deli
5.   Approval of a liquor license application for Koongsun Lee dba Little Tokyo
6.   Purchase of real property totaling 45.79 acres in the City of Ashland and Jackson County, including taxlots 391E08DB200 and 391 E08600
7.   Consideration of the sale of an access easement on Parks property at Nutley Street
8.   4^th Quarterly Financial Report of the 2015-2017 Biennium
9.   Approval of a public contract exceeding $100,000 for a heavy duty cab and chassis

PUBLIC HEARINGS (Persons wishing to speak are to submit a “speaker request form” prior to the commencement of the public hearing. Public hearings shall conclude at 9:00 p.m. and be continued to a future date to be set by the Council, unless the Council, by a two-thirds vote of those present, extends the hearing(s) until up to 10:30 p.m. at which time the Council shall set a date for continuance and shall proceed with the balance of the agenda.)

1. Public hearing and first reading by title only of an ordinance titled, “An ordinance amending the citizen participation and involvement chapter of the Ashland Comprehensive Plan to establish the Ashland Planning Commission as the Committee for Citizen Involvement”

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Continuation of Grandview Drive discussion

NEW AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS - None

ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS

1.   Second reading by title only of an ordinance titled, “An ordinance amending Ashland Municipal Code Chapter 10.110 Fair Housing”
2.   First reading by title only of an ordinance titled, “An ordinance amending AMC Chapter 4.34, Food and Beverage Tax, and referring the ordinance to the voters of Ashland in the November 8, 2016 General Election”
Documents Submitted
3.   Approval of a resolution titled, “A resolution of the City of Ashland to submit ballot title to City Elections Officer of election on a measure to amend 4.34, Food and Beverage Tax at the November 8, 2016, General Election”

OTHER BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS/REPORTS FROM COUNCIL LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT OF BUSINESS MEETING

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