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COMMISSION MEETING
MINUTES
CENTRAL
August 8, 2024 POINT
7:35 PM
Central Point City Hall
140 S 3rd St, Central Point, OR
www.centralpointoregon.gov
1 Meeting Called to Order
4 2 Roll Call
The following members were present: Ward IV Taneea Browning, Mayor
4 Hank Williams, Ward I Neil Olsen, Ward III Melody Thueson, Ward II
Kelley Johnson, At Large Michael Parsons
The following members were absent: At Large Rob Hernandez
The following staff were also present: City Manager Chris Clayton, City
Attorney Sydnee Dreyer, Planning Director Stephanie Powers, Finance
Director Steve Weber, and City Recorder Rachel Neuenschwander.
3 Approval of Minutes
A. Approval of July 11, 2024 Meeting Minutes
Motion: Approve
Moved By: Taneea Browning Seconded by: Melody Thueson
Roll Call: Members None voted yes. None voted no.
4 Discussion Items
1.1 A. Downtown Parklet Grant Program
Planning Director Stephanie Powers presented to the Development
Commission a Downtown Parklet Grant Program. On August 8, 2024,
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the City Council considered creation of a Downtown Parklet program
to create more outdoor spaces for people to enjoy shopping, dining,
and recreating downtown. The purpose of this discussion is to
consider whether to establish a Downtown Parklet Grant Program to
incentivize parklet installation to encourage business development
and investment in the downtown. The City of Grants Pass has a
parklet grant program that provides up to $4,000 for outdoor dining
parklets. The staff is proposing the Central Point program to include
both dining and gathering spaces. Additionally, staff recommends
reimbursing $5,000 or 50% of the project cost, whichever is less, to
provide funding for this program and the existing Commercial Facade
Grant Program.
Taneea Browning I move to direct staff to prepare a Downtown
Parklet Grant Program based on input from the Development
Commission and bring it back at a future meeting for
consideration.
Motion: Approve
Moved By: Taneea Browning Seconded by: Michael Parsons
Roll Call: Members Taneea Browning, Hank Williams, Neil Olsen,
Melody Thueson, Kelley Johnson, Michael Parsons voted yes. None
voted no.
5 Adjournment
Taneea Browning moved to adjourn, all said aye and the meeting
was adjourned at 7:45 PM.
The foregoing minutes of the August 8, 2024, Council meeting were approved by the
City Council at its meeting of E \c• 2• i 025.
Dated: 2Z 2
or Taneea W. Brownin
ATTEST:
City Recorder