GP Council Delays Action on Registering Park Events & Approves Lenard Road Annexation.
The first action by the Grants Pass City Council Wednesday night was to move an ordinance slated for action to an upcoming executive session.
The ordinance pertains to the regulation of Humanitarian Service Events on Publicly Owned property. It would create a registration process to use city parks and prohibiting individuals, non-profits, individuals or charitable organizations to engage in the dissemination of drug paraphernalia and combustible materials
The Council then approved the annexation of two parcels at 3322 Leonard Road into the city limits. The vote was five to one for the annexation. Planned future development of the parcels include the creation of 54 separate lots for single dwelling residential units. Since the approval of the ordinance was not unanimous it will appear before the council at their next meeting.
The 5-year Annual Action Plan required public hearing to obtain Community Development Block Grants was held. The plan will be submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development this summer.
Councilors approved designating two Dawn Redwood trees as Heritage Trees, one located at 1995 Northwest Vine Street and one in Riverside Park at 304 East Park Street. Both were nominated for the designation by the Urban Tree Advisory Committee. Plaques will be placed at or near the relatively rare trees. There are only eight like trees in the City’s tree inventory.
The motion to readopt the City’s Budget Financial Policy was approved.
Councilors also approved the naming of the baseball stadium at Agnew-Lytle Field the Chapman-Reese Stadium.
