On the agenda: Springfield drug recriminalization, Lane County housing affordability
This week, Springfield city councilors and Lane Transit District directors are slated to hold the meetings they had originally planned for the week of the ice storm. Lane County commissioners are scheduled to hear updates on affordable housing and the state Legislature and discuss land use.
Springfield City Council
To watch: Springfield's system requires registration to watch and to participate in meetings. Use the links for meetings to register and get information to attend.
To listen: Dial 1-971-247-1195 or 1-877-853-5247 and use the meeting ID.
To attend: Meetings are held in the City Council Meeting Room of Springfield City Hall, 225 Fifth St., Springfield.
To comment: There are instructions during the regular session to provide testimony.
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Z-sw8tIQm6GGYBFtXvbEQ
Meeting ID: 840 0662 1637
WORK SESSION
When: 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 29
What: Springfield city councilors are scheduled to hear the city's annual financial report for the 2023 fiscal year.
REGULAR SESSION
When: 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 29
What: Springfield city councilors have scheduled a public hearing on updates to the city's stormwater management regulations. They also plan to hold a public hearing and vote on the city's capital improvement program, a list of construction projects the city wants to undergo.
Next, councilors are scheduled to hear public comment. Then, they are expected to vote on an ordinance recriminalizing drug use on public property, pending Measure 110 reform.
AD HOC CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE
Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81393874691
Meeting ID: 813 9387 4691
When: 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 30
What: Mayor Sean VanGordon and city councilors Kori Rodley and Michelle Webber will discuss a "reimagining" of the Poverty and Homelessness Board and the Human Services Commission, two advisory boards to Lane County that the three sit on and to discuss a construction update at Catholic Community Services' OASIS daytime drop-in center for unhoused Springfield families.
Lane County Board of Commissioners
To attend: This meeting is slated to take place at the Harris Hall at 125 E. Eighth Ave. Doors to Harris Hall open at 8:45 a.m.
To watch: County meetings stream at bit.ly/LaneCounty-meetings, Lane County's YouTube channel and Comcast channel 21.
To comment: In-person commenters can sign up at the door. Online commenters should register for the Zoom meeting. To submit written comments, email diana.jones@lanecountyor.gov by noon Monday with the subject line PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 1/30/2024.
MORNING SESSION
When: 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 30
What: County commissioners are scheduled to hear public comment before voting on a new compensation plan for the county's non-unionized employees and hearing updates on housing affordability in Lane County and on the state legislature's 2024 session.
AFTERNOON SESSION
When: 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 30
What: Commissioners are set to continue a public hearing to develop a soil erosion policy, hear an annual report from the county planning commission and hold a land-use hearing on three proposed homes adjacent to the Oakridge airport.
Lane Transit District
To watch: Meetings stream online at govhub.ompnetwork.org and are broadcast on Comcast channel 21 and on Zoom at https://ltd.zoom.us/j/81550671367
To attend: LTD Board meetings are held in the Board Room of the LTD Administrative Office at 3500 E. 17th Ave., Eugene.
To comment: Written testimony can be submitted to LTD by emailing clerk@ltd.org For verbal testimony, sign up at the meeting.
REGULAR SESSION
When: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 31
What: LTD directors are scheduled to hear public comment, recognize the employee of the month, hear survey results from LTD riders, discuss recruitment and retention and vote on a supplemental budget to redirect funding to the marketing department.
This article originally appeared on Register-Guard: Springfield City Council to vote on drug recriminalization
