From: To: Subject: Date:

Dear Kelli,

Jo Beaudreau Kelli Weese Public Notice Reply for Street Closer (Rhody Days) Friday, April 19, 2019 4:59:41 PM

Please record the following for the City and City Council: I appreciate the snail mail notification for street closers on Maple Street during Rhody Days. I live right smack dap in the center of it all and love that Old Town comes alive (Florence too) for Rhody Days! Looking forward to an amazing Rhody Days!

Sincerely,

Jo

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Rhododendron Festival Vendor FairStreet Closure RequestApplicant:

Florence Area Chamber of Commerce

From: To:Friday May 17th Sunday May 21st

At 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

Location

Overview

Process for Street Closure: Applicant must account for...

Plan for Ingress & Egress(Residents, Visitors, Emergency Vehicles, Deliveries and Event Participants)

Sanitation (Trash / Restrooms)

Security(Number / Deployment of Security Personnel)

List of on-site contacts

Public Notice

Notice sent to following on April 12th

Businesses & property owners within 100 feet

Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue and Western Lane Ambulance District

Public Hearing notice posted in Siuslaw News – April 13th

Public Comments Received:(As of 4:30 p.m.)

Jo Beaudreau

Appreciation for the notification

Home location near the festival

Appreciation for the festival atmosphere

Donna Burke

Against placement of vendors on Bay Street

Loud Generators

Trash Containers location

Vendor parking locations

Vendors attempt to setup on their property

City Council Decision

Decision shall be based on the following: Compliance with criteria from FCC 7-5-1-1 (Next Slide)

Information provided credible and submitted plans adequate to protect the City, public, and affected property owners

Potential harm or inconvenience to public and affected property owners reasonably mitigated or avoided by applicant’s plan

Approval Criteria Considerations

Traffic Disruption

Safety Concerns

Fire Hydrant Interference

Emergency Services Access

Undue Hardship to adjacent businesses / properties that cannot be reasonably mitigated

Staff Recommends Council Approve the Request with the Following Conditions…

Staff Recommended Conditions of Approval:

1 Chamber to post “No Parking” signs

2 Police will enforce prohibited parking after 10:00 a.m. on Friday May 17th

3 Delivery vehicles shall be allowed access

4 Chamber to ensure that no permanent business is blocked by vendors & that foot traffic continues to permanent businesses

5 Chamber shall apply for a Master Vendor Business license and ensure all vendors are licensed by the City

Next Steps1. Questions for staff

2. Questions for applicant

3. Public Hearing

4. Decision on street closure application

Options for Council: Approve with conditions specified

Approve with alternate conditions

Do not approve application

Questions

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January 28 April 2019 May 2019

City Council Accepted

Grant

Site SurveyBegin site survey

work for sidewalk,

bike/ped path and RRFB

Engineering Services

Civil West awarded contract April 1st

for sidewalks and bike/ped path

OBEC considered for engineer

services for RRFB

Mid May 2019 Summer 2019 March 2020 May 2020 September 2020

COMMUNITY OUTREACHFirst round of community

outreach

RRFBPermits, final

plans/bidding & engineering

documents for RRFB

CONCLUSIONProject

Completed

SIDEWALKS/PED PATH

Begin construction on sidewalks & pedestrian/bike

paths

CONSTRUCTIONConstruction

award

Questions and Comments

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Erin Reynolds

From: Joe HenrySent: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:21 PMTo: Erin ReynoldsSubject: Fw: The cost of PERS on our cities

FYI 

Joe Henry, Mayor Florence Oregon (A City in Motion)

From: PERS Solutions <contact@perssolutions.org> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:00 PM To: Joe Henry Subject: The cost of PERS on our cities    

 

Dear Joe, As a member of the McMinnville city council, and as the interim deputy director for PERS Solutions for Public Services, I was encouraged last week by Representative Tina Kotek’s statement that the legislature needs to address the impact that PERS costs are having on local governments. This burden, which has more than doubled since 2010, is costing every household in Oregon more than $1,500 this year and will exceed $2,200 within four years, when payroll costs borne by state and local governments will exceed 31% of payroll on average. If you have been following the conversation in Salem around PERS, then you know that the legislature and governor have committed to insulating schools from the impacts of these PERS costs by subsidizing K-12 education with state dollars, but while they have agreed to modest cost-sharing with employees, there is no commitment to spend state dollars to protect local services like public safety, fire and other services. For many cities and counties this will mean layoffs and reduced funding for public safety, fire, parks, libraries, road maintenance and a litany of other core services that Oregonians rely on. I am writing to ask you to consider raising this issue at your next council meeting and to consider asking your city to sign on to a resolution that: "We agree that cost-saving reforms to PERS are urgently needed to protect and improve public services in Oregon."

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This aligns with the League of Oregon Cities survey that many cities already signed on to. But the point is that we need to act now or else these costs will soon be a permanent fixture in government budgets unless corrective action is taken. If you are interested in having me or our executive director, Tim Nesbitt, speak to your council about this issue, please contact me directly at 503.437.2833. We have a 10 minute presentation about PERS and its impacts as well as detailed information about trends in costs for your city that may be helpful in your planning process. Please feel free to contact me with questions. Sincerely, Sal Peralta

PERS Solutions for Public Services

Phone: (503) 386-8016 www.PERSSolutions.org

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Erin Reynolds

From: Scott Winkels <swinkels@orcities.org>Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 12:42 PMTo: Scott WinkelsSubject: Legislative Alert !!!

Importance: High

Dear City Leaders,  We are calling on you to contact your legislators and the Governor to urge them to include cities and other local governments in revenue and reform package!  Last week legislators and the Governor released finance reform and PERS stabilization plans that did not substantially include cities.  This is unacceptable. Please take a look at the press release the League has issued for specific information.  Its vitally important that we change the dynamic of this conversation to recognize that ALL levels of government provide essential services and they should all see relief.    Contact information for Senators may be found here, Information for House members here, and Governor Brown here.  Please write, call, text, or visit and let them know cities need relief from unsustainable costs and preempted sources of revenue and let the League know how they respond!   Best Regards,  League of Oregon Cities (LOC) Calls for PERS Relief for All Employers  Salem, OR— 4/1619 — The League of Oregon Cities (LOC) is calling for action this legislative session to address rising Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) rates for all covered public employers.  The plan proposed by Governor Brown to the Legislature on Friday, April 12 directed all benefits towards education interests.  In her comments, Governor Brown stated that if action isn’t taken to address the looming pension crisis  the Hillsboro School District will see rates increase to more than 30 percent of payroll.  The City of Hillsboro and the other 240 cities in Oregon will experience a similar fate without state action and assistance.    Revenues Not Keeping Pace  The revenue side of the balance sheet is simply not keeping pace with the expenditure side for cities.  For example, despite rapid growth, the city of Warrenton, has seen only a modest  increase ($45,000) in  property tax revenues, while PERS costs have increased dramatically ($135,000).  With limited options for increasing revenues and no relief for PERS rate increases in sight, many cities, including Warrenton, will have to cut services to balance budgets. “We see this time and again with cities,” said LOC’s Scott Winkels.   “Revenues are capped constitutionally or restricted by the Legislature, but costs are unlimited and eventually city services suffer.”  How to Mitigate These Challenges  The LOC is calling on the Legislature and Governor Brown to take the following steps to address the problem: •            Don’t make the ledger imbalance  worse.  The League is calling on the Legislature and Governor Brown to pledge not to inflict any additional unfunded costs on cities. •            Capitalize the Employer Incentive Fund (EIF) that was created in the 2018 short session. That program was intended to provide a 25% state match to new cash contributions government employers make to their side accounts, which allows employers to pre‐pay their pension costs and reduce their rates and long‐term liability.    While the fund was created at the urging of Governor Brown, it was not funded in her budget or in the PERS plan presented on April 12.   We are asking for $400 million for the incentive this session. 

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•            Apply proposed tiered employee contribution requirements system‐wide.  The plan outlined by Governor Brown included the partial shifting of employee contributions away from their deferred compensation plan towards their defined benefit pension. However, the presentation did not make clear if that was to apply only to school employees or to state and local government employees system‐wide.   We are asking Governor Brown to make clear that all employees should contribute to their pension costs going forward. •            Do not cut any existing state‐shared revenue with cities, include cities in distributions when raising surcharges and other taxes/fees, and do not impose new tax/fee preemptions on cities.  The current surcharge on liquor isn’t included in state shared revenues, but the state preempts cities from imposing their own taxes on alcohol to address local costs.  This is just one example where the state could help its own situation and the plight of local governments.  •            Finally, we need to change the dynamic. It’s time to recognize that all levels of government provide vital services, that we are partners, and that solutions to our shared problems should be inclusive.   

### For more information: Scott Winkels, swinkels@orcities.org     

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