April 2019 committee minutes
Post date: Apr 17, 2019 5:2:18 PM
Attendance
Guests: Jeff Wiens
Meeting called to order at 6:30pm by the Chair, Carole Ockert at the Lake Oswego Public Library Baars Meeting Room.
Guest Presentations
· None
Subcommittee Reports
· Tree Subcommittee – Sharon Gustafson. Sending comments regarding Fir tree permit at 670 Iron Mountain.
· Treasurers Report- Dennis O’Neill. $114.11 in our account. Spend is about $70 per year.
· Emergency Preparedness – David Rudawitz.
o Various neighborhoods have plans, stock piles. FAN-FH has none.
o City provides CERT training but no emergency planning
o Encouraging NEP grants to purchase emergency equipment/supplies (City wants to vet the requests)
o Use second mailing to organize planning development (David and Jeff Wiens to coordinate the grant and lead the project)
o Officially established an Emergency Prep subcommittee with David Rudawitz as the chair.
Updates
· New City Manager; City Council presentation by Carole Ockert on the process for hiring the new City Manager. Encouraged opening up the process and including members of the neighborhood associations, business and civil groups.
· Six Corners Update; Carole Ockert reported her experience at the TAB meeting to the neighborhood chairs meeting. Staff had proposed changing six corners to permanently remove the “six corners” stop signs at Country Club and at 10th and A and to close C Ave and part of Iron Mt.
Staff traffic engineer had intentionally withheld his staff report so that she could not influence the TAB committee during citizen comment at their quarterly meeting.
The mayor intervened and the intersection will return with the stop signs as previous to projects.
City staff has not acknowledged the violation of trust and transparency.
Fan-FH board has authorized:
Carole to bring this to LONAC and Committee for Citizen Involvement and to pursue mediation with the Engineering dept. Allow for formal FOIA request on all documents relating to this incident.
· Sustainability Committee meeting; Kathleen Wiens attended and heard two presentations one about tree removal and air quality as well as gas powered landscaping equipment and air quality/noise issues.
· Bus Barn in Rosewood; Jim Bolland attended the DRC hearing regarding City bus barn relocation project approval. DRC voted 5-0 to deny the application.
· City Hall project hearing; same night DRC Public Hearing. Public comment was requested at 10:45pm, no one had stayed and the hearing was closed without public testimony. Evergreen had submitted a written comment.
· NEP grant; $300.00 Will use to cover the annual meeting costs – unanimous vote in support
Pre-Apps
· Lot split on C Street; Blue Palouse project
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.
Respectively Submitted,
Karl Ockert
Co-secretary