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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/25/24 DC Minutes CITY OF CENTRAL POINT oregow Community Development Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Thursday, January 25, 2024 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Hank Williams MayorPresent Taneea Browning 4 Ward IV Present Kelley Johnson Ward II Remote Melody Thueson Ward III Late 6:37 PM Michael Parsons At Large Present Rob Hernandez At Large Present Neil Olsen Ward I Absent Staff present: City Manager Chris Clayton, City Attorney Sydnee Dreyer, Planning Director Stephanie Powers, Finance Director Steve Weber, and City Recorder Rachel Neuenschwander III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Community Development Commission - Regular Meeting - Nov 16, 2023 6:30 PM RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Rob Hernandez,At Large SECONDER: Taneea Browning, Ward IV AYES: Williams, Browning, Johnson, Thueson, Parsons, Hernandez IV. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Commercial Facade Grant Program Update(Presented by Powers) Planning Director Stephanie Powers presented an update to the Commercial Facade Grant Program to the Community Development Commission. The changes are adding a Tier 2 structure to the program. Commissioners question if a business could apply for another grant after five years and if a business could apply for a Tier 2 grant if they were already awarded a Tier 1 grant. Staff responded that each property could get a City of Central Point Development Commission January 25,2024 Page 2 maximum of $10,000 and that if a business were awarded a Tier 1 grant, they would also be eligible for a Tier 2. Mike Parsons moved to approve Resolution No. 2024-01 a resolution of the Development Commission Modifying the East Pine Street Commercial Building Facade Program. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Michael Parsons, At Large SECONDER: Taneea Browning, Ward IV AYES: Williams, Browning, Johnson, Thueson, Parsons, Hernandez B. Jackson County Fire District 3 update City Manager Chris Clayton spoke to the Community Development Commission regarding his meeting with Jackson County Fire Chief Mike Hussey. In the Downtown & East Pine Street Corridor Revitalization Plan, one of the many projects within the Urban Renewal District was for Fire Safety. Staff will bring a Memorandum of understanding to the Commission that will lay out a safe timeline regarding the Fire Safety Project of helping purchase new fire equipment to service growth within the Urban Renewal Area. The Fire Department is ordering new fire trucks; this is a four-year wait for a truck to be built and equipped to meet the department's needs. V. ADJOURNMENT Meeting was adjourned at 6:52 PM. The foregoing minutes of the January 25, 2024, Development Commission meeting were approved by the Development Commission at its meeting of l Aj '2 - 1 I Dated: W I?)\2L-1 Chair Hank Williams ATTEST: City Recorder