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DUNES CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of the July 14, 2005 City Council Meeting. 4. BILLS OF THE SESSION 5. RECEIPTS OF THE SESSION 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A. Introduction of the newly hired Planning Secretary - Teri Tinker B. Committee Vacancies: Site Review and Conservation Committees and Planning Commission. 7. GUEST SPEAKERS/CITIZEN INPUT ON UNSCHEDULED ITEMS - None. 8. UNFINISHED/OLD BUSINESS A. Land Use Ordinance Update: Set a date for the CCI to reconvene and finalize the revision. It was decided that the next meeting would be August 23, 2005 at 7 PM and Councilor Judy Martin would chair the meetings. It was also decided there would be a special City Council Meeting for September 1, 2005 with a work session at 6 PM and the Reedal Public Hearings (Variance and Infraction Hearing if needed) starting at 7 PM. Dinner will be provided. 9. NEW BUSINESS A. Beckman's request to remove the Open Space Overlay on Booth Island. The Planning Commission has recommended to the City Council that the Open Space Overlay be removed on Booth Island. Darnielle summarized the request and said the removal could be done by Ordinance. Darnielle said the Council had identified the overlay in the Comprehensive Plan, since Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was unsure of the need. Darnielle said he would draft the findings of fact, since there is no reason to have the designation. Lee Riechel said that the overlay requires a site review with almost no criteria. Councilor Howison disagreed with removing the overlay, since there are osprey nesting on the island and Howison said the island is disturbed by the loading and unloading heavy equipment. Riechel said that the Planning Commission monitors 50' of the shoreline. Darlene Beckman said the difference to her is that a $425 Conditional Use Permit is required. Petersdorf said that the Audubon Society did a bird count in 1988. Darnielle said that LCOG can provide an aerial photo with the development overlaid, plus send out letters to State agencies as needed. Discussion will resume when the aerial photo is available. B. Application for Appointive Office: Planning Commission. C. Audit Contract Renewal The Council instructed the City Recorder to submit a Request for Proposals to other auditors to get a cost comparison. Hickey suggested that the Road Commission do the same for City Engineer. 9. Reports: CITY ATTORNEY - Gary Darnielle Darnielle summarized the list of complaints from Shawn Bedsole of Fish Mill
Lodge: Darnielle presented a memo (see Exhibit A) and discussed System Develop Charges that could be used to upgrade substandard City streets. Darnielle said in September, the County Administrator will review the City's request to use the Justice Court. The public hearing for the Reedal fence variance and the infraction hearing will be September 1, 2005. The Sassi-Sinclair lien is in place awaiting a property transfer or someone else to initiate a foreclosure action. Scott asked if the fine could be on-going. Darnielle said the City could reinstitute the abatement procedure. When collecting on the lien, the City would be in second position to the mortgage lender and the value of the property should be more than enough to cover both of the existing liens. ROAD COMMISSION/MASTER ROAD PLAN/LCOG - Robert Petersdorf Road Commission Report - See Exhibit A. PARKS & REC./TOURISM/CONSERVATION COMM. - Della Robinson Robinson said the Conservation Committee will look at the Morris revegetation in the next couple of months. SITE REVIEW COMMITTEE - Judy Martin Martin reported that the fine of $500 per day for the Watts went into effect July 26th. Martin said that she is still determining the ownership of the Munger property. Darnielle will get the last deed of record to verify. Martin reported on the Carroll complaint where there are nine vehicles of which only two are licensed. Martin asked the Council for comments on what would be an acceptable fence/screen for hiding vehicles/debris. One comment was that the screen be solid and maintained in a good state of repair. POLICE COMMISSIONER/SVFR/WATER - John Scott Scott reported that the Water Quality Committee worked on cleaning up the Septic Ordinance and discussed how the acquisition of a septic database might impact the City staff. Scott mentioned the possibility of joining the Siuslaw Watershed Council for financial benefit. Also, Scott said he is looking into grant funding for snag removal in the lakes. COMMUNITY CENTER - Peter Howison Howison reported on vandalism at City Hall. GRANTS/FRANCHISES/LICENSES - Sheldon Meyer None. MAYOR - Rob Ward Ward said he would be meeting with Lillian Beers on Monday. PLANNING -- Planning Report Darnielle said the $10,000 that was designated by the City Council to process Land Use Applications has almost been used up. LCOG is processing 1 Minor Partition, 3 Planned Unit Developments, 2 Subdivisions, and 2 Variances. The applications are being tracked as to actual cost. Hickey suggested having applicants submit a deposit, and then pay the actual cost. Ward asked for a summary of what the costs are for the September City Council Agenda. 11. Public Hearings - None 12. Unscheduled Items Not Listed on Agenda 13. Executive Session - None. 14. ADJOURNMENT: Ward adjourned the meeting at 8:29 PM APPROVED BY:
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