City Council

CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA SESSION FRIDAY – MAY 9, 2025 – 8:30 AM CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 400 EAST MAIN STREET, COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON 97424 This meeting will be held in person and electronically using Zoom Webinar. Use this link to join the meeting electronically: https://zoom.us/j/99938538093 You can also join by telephone: 253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 999 3853 8093 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY – MAY 12, 2025 – 7:00 PM CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 400 EAST MAIN STREET, COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON 97424 This meeting will be held in person and electronically using Zoom Webinar. Use this link to join the meeting electronically: https://zoom.us/j/95233816917 You can also dial in by telephone: 253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 952 3381 6917 City Council meetings are live-streamed on YouTube Live and available the day following the meeting at https://www.youtube.com/user/citymanagerCG The complete agenda packet is available on the City’s website at https://www.cottagegroveor.gov/meetings Page 2 - City Council Agenda May 12, 2025 Providing Comments to Council Anyone wishing to comment in person or virtually during Appearance of Interested Citizens for “Items Not on the Agenda” or “Action Items on the Agenda” should sign up using the comment request form available at: https://www.cottagegroveor.gov/citycouncil/webform/may-12-2025-city-council-meeting-comment-request- form by 5:00 pm on the date of the meeting. Anyone wishing to comment in person may also sign up on the appropriate form in Council Chambers, before the Presiding Officer calls the meeting to order. Written comments or testimony may be submitted to cityrecorder@cottagegrove.org or delivered to the City Recorder by 5:00 pm the date of the meeting at 400 E Main Street, Cottage Grove, Oregon (1) CALL TO ORDER (2) ROLL CALL/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (3) PRESENTATION (a) Urban Forestry Committee Report – 15 Minutes (b) Request to Transfer Ownership of Pallet Shelters – 30 Minutes (4) ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA Appearance of Interested Citizens This is a time for citizen comment. The Council will first take comments addressing items not listed on the agenda, for a maximum of 30 minutes. The Council will then take comments addressing action items on the agenda, for a maximum of 30 minutes. Individual speakers must be recognized by the presiding officer, provide their name, identify whether they are a City resident, and if so, their ward. Please limit comments to three (3) minutes (or less, with Council approval.) Comments regarding any matter scheduled for a public hearing may be provided only during that hearing. The Council will not make any decisions based on public comment; however, Staff and Council may choose to ask questions or comment following the conclusion of citizen comments. (5) APPEARANCE OF INTERESTED CITIZENS (a) Items not on the Agenda (b) Action Items on the Agenda Page 3 - City Council Agenda May 12, 2025 (6) PUBLIC HEARINGS (a) Public Hearing for Ordinance Amending the Cottage Grove Comprehensive Plan to Add the 2025 Cottage Grove Economic Opportunities Analysis and Amend the Economic Element (Associate Planner, Leni Crow) – 20 Minutes (b) Public Hearing for Ordinance Amending the Cottage Grove Municipal Code Title 14, Section 14.37.200 Flood Damage Prevention (Associate Planner, Leni Crow) – 10 Minutes (7) CONSENT AGENDA (a) Approval of April 25, 2025 Agenda Session Minutes (b) National Cities, Towns and Villages Month Proclamation (c) Peace Officers Memorial Day Proclamation Time permitting, the Presiding Officer may provide an additional opportunity for members of the public appearing in person or virtually to comment on one or more of the following action items, after the staff report and prior to Council discussion on an item, except on items for which a public hearing was or is scheduled to be held. Citizen comment time on any action item will not exceed 10 minutes, cumulatively, and will be limited to three minutes per speaker, or less, as determined by the Presiding Officer. Comments should not repeat prior comments, must address the specific item, and cannot be used for additional discussion of other agenda action items. (8) RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES (a) First Vote for Ordinance Amending the Cottage Grove Comprehensive Plan to Add the 2025 Cottage Grove Economic Opportunities Analysis and Amend the Economic Element (Associate Planner Leni Crow) – 10 Minutes (b) First Vote for Ordinance Amending the Cottage Grove Municipal Code Title 14, Section 14.37.200 Flood Damage Prevention (Associate Planner Leni Crow) – 10 Minutes Page 4 - City Council Agenda May 12, 2025 (9) BUSINESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL (a) Councilor Subcommittee Appointment for Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission (Temporary Work Unit Manager, Melany Klemmer) – 15 Minutes (b) Council Goal Discussion (City Manager, Mike Sauerwein) – 30 Minutes (c) Concerns from Council (10) BUSINESS FROM THE CITY MANAGER (a) Report from City Manager – 5 Minutes (11) BUSINESS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY (a) Report from City Attorney – 5 Minutes (12) ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA (13) ADJOURNMENT THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2025, AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL. NOTE: Cottage Grove complies with state and federal laws and regulations relating to discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as amended. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Mindy Roberts at 541-767-4112 at least 48 hours before the meeting.