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Ordinance adoption: Council voted to approve Ordinance No. 3191, amending various sections of Title 14 of the Cottage Grove Municipal Code to implement adjustments required by Senate Bill 1537 (procedural and design‑adjustment options for housing development). Staff said the Planning Commission held a public hearing on March 19, 2025, and recommended approval. Councilor Lamriman moved adoption; the motion carried unanimously on roll call.

Pump station purchase authorization: Council authorized the city manager to sign a purchase agreement with RomTech, Inc. (Sourcewell contract No. 081721‑RMT) to buy a preconstructed wastewater pump station for the West End of Cleveland Street for $409,112. Staff said the purchase will be funded with $3 million from a state infrastructure award under Senate Bill 1530 administered by Business Oregon; the item will be delivered to city shop pending land‑use approvals from Lane County. The motion to approve the purchase concluded with a unanimous vote.

Appointments and administrative actions: Council appointed City Manager Mike Sauerwein as the city’s budget officer as required by ORS 294. The council also created a subcommittee to interview budget‑committee applicants and appointed councilors Irvin, Day (mayor) and Wilson to the subcommittee, later appointing Councilor Wilson as the subcommittee chair. All appointments and motions carried unanimously.

Consent agenda and other motions: The council approved the consent agenda and other procedural motions by unanimous vote during the meeting.

Next steps noted by staff: Staff said the pump station purchase requires a public notice period (a procurement notice was scheduled) and resolution of any protests before the city executes the purchase agreement; installation requires additional land‑use approvals from Lane County and will occur after delivery to the city shop. For the ordinance, staff noted the change is intended to bring the city code into compliance with state law and that no immediate public‑facility changes were required to accommodate the code amendments.

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“That's what community use looks like. That's the therapy pool ... And then the big lap pool. It's a big pool, a lot of water,” the director said when describing program areas. He reported 7,049 single lessons given to schoolchildren and 2,086 single lessons to community children, and said community membership and attendance have trended upward since he began in the role.

The director told council that seniors account for a majority of regular monthly visits and that an upcoming lifeguard training class had 23 registrants. He also described ambitions to expand facility programming — hosting invitational swim meets year‑round and cautiously exploring incremental fee increases to support operations while maintaining access.

Councilors asked about broader community outreach to increase general public participation beyond school programs. The director said he plans more promotion via local paper, radio and community contacts and that he is still learning the most effective methods in his first 18 months on the job.

During public comment, residents praised the pool as a community asset and urged continued city support. One speaker, calling parks and the pool “quality of life” amenities, said such facilities draw prospective residents to Cottage Grove.

Council and staff also discussed Bohemia Park construction and related funding decisions. Staff reported that a water tower/splash‑feature item was removed from the current park contract after bids came in substantially above the engineer’s estimate; staff said the removal was a cost‑reduction measure and confirmed the splash‑feature will operate without the removed component. City staff described plans to install remaining gates and upgrade a water meter so the splash facility can open when temperatures meet state rules (staff indicated roughly May timing but did not set a firm opening date). The director said the facility remains committed to safety, training and youth programming.

The council did not take an action on pool funding during the meeting but praised the director’s report and welcomed further details on outreach and scheduling.

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Knuston said LRAPA runs eight federal-grade monitors in Lane County, supplements those with about 100 PurpleAir sensors, and maintains a local fee and permitting structure he described as more predictable for local businesses than the statewide system administered by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. “We are a local organization that's countywide. We protect air quality in Lane County, essentially implementing the Clean Air Act here locally,” Knutson said.

LRAPA staff explained the agency’s work tracing back to efforts in the 1960s and 1970s to reduce smoke from field burning and from residential wood stoves. Knutson said the agency also monitors particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), ozone during hot months, and hazardous air pollutants such as benzene and formaldehyde. He noted that wildfire smoke in recent summers has pushed some readings well above federal standards once wildfire data are included.

Knuston described LRAPA’s regulatory role as a delegated local authority under EPA rules and the Oregon DEQ, including issuing some Title V (federal) permits on behalf of the EPA. He said that LRAPA’s local presence shortens permit backlogs for county sources and provides more time for technical assistance with sawmills and other local industries.

“LRAPA’s approach ... provide[s] much more stability and ability for businesses to be successful and not, see added fees, unnecessarily or unexpectedly,” Knutson said, contrasting LRAPA’s roughly 4% annual fee escalator with state fee adjustments that previously produced large one‑time increases statewide.

Councilors asked about enforcement, local use of penalty funds and LRAPA’s role in wildfire and forest‑management conversations. Knutson said enforcement assessments collected by LRAPA in 2024 were about $21,000 and that, by statute, LRAPA enforcement dollars go to the Lane County General Fund. He also described the agency’s supplemental environmental projects program: when regulated entities face enforcement assessments, they may elect to fund local environmental projects such as yard‑debris programs or household hazardous‑waste removal instead of paying the funds to the county general fund.

Knuston highlighted a recent example of LRAPA securing federal funding to address a localized air‑quality nonattainment problem in Oakridge: a roughly $7 million program to replace uncertified wood stoves, provide dry season wood for cleaner burning and install ductless heat pumps and related measures to reduce winter inversions and wood‑smoke exposure.

Councilors and staff thanked LRAPA and asked to continue coordination on complaints, permit backlogs and wildfire‑smoke response. Knutson said LRAPA will remain available for follow‑up meetings and technical assistance.

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