City Council 1-16-18

Agenda, Minutes, Recording

• The council heard from 1 resident during open communications regarding the Standard Examiner’s unsolicited weekly free litter delivery to sidewalks and driveways.
• The council had a discussion about and heard a report from a representative of UYSA about the possibility of creating a youth soccer complex on city property immediately south of the civic center.  The council gave UYSA a consensus of interest in discussing the matter further, in more detail.
• The council held a brief discussion regarding a potential name change to the city’s veterans memorial.
• The council gave consent to the re-appointment of Kathy Eskelsen to the Planning Commission, and also ratified the election results within the Planning Commission naming Gary Boatright as Chair and Robert Wingfield as Vice-Chair.
• The council approved an inter-local agreement with various entities for a Paramedic Aboard Agreement.  I voted against this last year, but there have been some improvements made to the agreement, so I voted in favor this time around.

RDA Board 1-16-18

Agenda, Minutes, Recording

• I led a discussion during the RDA Board meeting regarding my desire to implement an initiative within the RDA Residential Housing Program that would assist residents (in very specific situations) who are instructed to evacuate their home with costs related to moving, storage and temporary housing.  We had a semi-productive discussion and are awaiting more information about the legalities of such a proposal from the city attorney.

City Council 1-2-18

Agenda, Minutes, Recording

• Before the meeting the City held a brief swearing in ceremony for Mayor Searle, Councilmember Ellis and Councilmember Stevens.
• During Open Communications the Council heard from 2 residents, both of whom are property owners negatively impacted by the November landslide event on the East Bench area of Riverdale.  They are concerned with the City’s transparency and direction, relative to fact finding and mitigation of the ongoing  situation.
• I will note here that I am still awaiting some communication from the city administration concerning my proposal to use the Riverdale RDA Board as a tool to assist residents evacuated due to the landslide event.  The last RDA meeting was cancelled, so I will pursue this through other channels.

LOOKING AHEAD:

There will be City Council meetings on 2-6-18 and 2-20-18.  The RDA Board will meet on 2-20-18.  There will be a Strategic Planning Meeting on 2-24-18 at the Senior Center at 8:00 am.  REMINDER: These monthly reports are only a brief summary (from my point of view) of our public meetings; you can always find more detailed information at riverdalecity.com.  These posts are also updated periodically as meetings take place during the month and new information and related links become available.