April 2025 City Council Meeting

Agenda

Public Notice

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Meeting ID: 848 5967 4536
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Agenda Packet (PDF)

Meeting Begins

Call to order and attendance (Mayor, Councilors, and Guests)

Presentations From Outside Agencies & Guests

Planning Commission Report: Representative from the Planning Commission

Standing items:

1. Ask if any member of the public wishes to speak on an agenda item or a non-agenda item. Please limit your comments to 3 minutes.
   • Public Comments for specific Agenda items will be taken during the later portion of the agenda, for each corresponding agenda item. This section is for general comments on topics not covered by the Agenda.
2. Approval of minutes - February Minutes attached, March provided at meeting
3. City financials – February and March financials attached

Existing/New Business

Public Comments for Agenda items will be taken before each item. Limit comments to 3 minutes, and please start by providing your name and address for the record.

1. Response to Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OGEC) complaint about public notice period and authorize City Attorney to reply on behalf of City Councilors. Resolution will be provided.
2. Canal Road Project funding sources. City Attorney is working with the City of Lake Oswego and Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to ensure that we are meeting the requirements of the Small City Grant agreement for the Canal Road Project.
3. Authorize the City Manager and/or City Attorney to initiate a request to Lake Oswego to transfer any property within the project area that is currently not within the City of Rivergrove.
4. Adopt a new public records request resolution. Resolution April 14, 2025, attached
5. Budget Committee Meetings: April 23, 7 p.m., May 7, 7 p.m., (if needed, June 4)
6. Authorize the City Manager to sign the DEQ service provider agreement with Clackamas County. The agreement assigns our DEQ regulations and money to Clackamas to meet our requirements. Documents attached.

Future Council Business/Agenda Items

1. Ask councilors for future meeting topics that they would like have placed on a future agenda.

Open Items for Future Meetings & in Process

1. Tree Code
2. City of Rivergrove Development Code revision - Work on after Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood completed
3. FEMA new special flood hazard rules – Staff is continuing to work on a new code and hoping to have code ready for review this summer. There is pending litigation with FEMA which may change the timeline.

Projects Approved & Ongoing

1. Child Road Speeding Issue – Update from City Manager.
2. Stark boat ramp neighboring properties drainage on City property. Will address in Stark boat ramp engineering designs.
3. Stafford Road/Childs Road construction project. There are ongoing flagging operations along Stafford Road. Those are for utility relocations that are taking place ahead of the road improvement work. The county has contracted with Westech Construction for the road improvement work. The tentative construction start date will begin the week of April 21.
   Single-lane closures with flagging operations will continue through April. Full road closures may begin as soon as May 1. The county will be providing details of the upcoming road closures as we finalize road closure dates. Feel free to visit the project webpage for updates.
4. Update on Stark boat ramp revitalization project - Staff is completing application
   • Design approved by City Council at the August 2024 meeting.
   • Firwood design is finalizing bid documents
   • Firwood design is finalizing permit documents
     1. City of Rivergrove Planning Commission
     2. DEQ
     3. WES
     4. DSL
     5. Army Corps of Engineering
     6. Oregon Marine Board
5. Rivergrove Water District – is replacing water lines on Childs Road from Indian Springs Road North on Childs Road. Work will be completed Spring of 2025. An update was provided in the February Rivergrove Water District Newsletter.

Council Reports

1. Mayor Barhyte
2. Council President Tuttle
3. Councilor McLean
4. Councilor Silber
5. Councilor Taylor

City Manager Report

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• All regular City Council Meetings will be held on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 p.m. via Zoom.
• The City Planning Commission meeting will be held on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

Executive Session

Council and staff may adjourn to Executive Session pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 192.660: As needed (appropriate subsection shall be cited).