HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Resolution 1269RESOLUTION NO. ~ 2-b~
A RESOLUTION CLARIFYING THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT'S POSITION
RELATIVE TO JURISDICTIONAL EXCHANGES OF COUNTY ROADS AND THE
ADOPTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PROCESS FOR THE REGIONAL PLAN.
WHEREAS, pursuant to former ORS l 97.654(1) (2007). Jackson County and the cities of
Central Point, Ashland, Eagle Point, Medford, Phoenix and Talent entered into a collaborative
regional problem solving (RPS) process; and
WHEREAS, the City of Central Point (City), as a participant in RPS, having signed a
Participant's Agreement identifying a regional land use problem, establishing goals addressing
the problem, creating mechanisms for achieving such goals, and a system for monitoring the
implementation and effectiveness of those goals; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Bear Creek Valley Regional Problem Solving Plan (Regional Plan)
contemplated by the Participant's Agreement has been proposed under the provisions of former
ORS 197.654(1) and former 197.656(2), which remain applicable to this RPS process; and
WHEREAS, in the course of Jackson County's deliberation for adopting the Regional Plan, the
County Roads Department stipulated (Letter from John Vial dated June 4, 2010) that the City
accept jurisdiction of all county roads within its city limits at the time of plan acknowledgement
by the state ;and
WHEREAS, the premature transfer of county roads would adversely affect the City's Capital
Improvement Program and the City's Budget associated with this program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CENTRAL POINT, OREGON that jurisdictional transfer of County roads within existing city
limits as recommended in John Vial's letter should not be tied to the adoption and
acknowledgement process for the Regional Plan. This issue was not stipulated in the
Participant's Agreement and may have significant budgetary implications with need to be
considered further by the Cities and the County.
P ssed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its assage this ~.~iay of
~~ , 2010
Mayor Hank Williams
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City Representative "
Approved by me this l07 day of ~~~~~~,~, 2010 l
Mayor Hank Williams