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Council approves consent agenda, directs staff on sign code changes and advances poultry ordinance
Summary
The council adopted the consent agenda, directed staff to clarify and simplify the municipal sign code (Title 16) and approved second consideration of a poultry ordinance; several motions passed by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
At the meeting the City Council took several procedural and policy actions:
Consent agenda: The council approved the entire consent agenda by voice vote after a motion and second; no items were pulled for separate consideration.
Sign code direction: A councilor moved, and the council seconded and approved, a motion directing staff to work on clarifying and simplifying Estacada Municipal Code Title 16 (sign code). The motion instructs staff to prepare clarifications and to bring proposed clarifications back to council for a policy review before any hearings or final adoption.
Poultry ordinance (animals in the city): The council approved the second consideration for Ordinance 2025-003 (poultry/animals in the city) by motion, second and voice vote. The transcript records the motion and passage; the ordinance number was cited in the motion but the transcript does not include the ordinance text.
Other council business: Staff sought direction on forming project advisory committees for multi-disciplinary city projects. Councilors favored a hybrid approach: form project advisory committees that include a few members from existing standing committees plus community stakeholders directly affected by each project. Staff will invite committees to nominate members so advisory panels do not create quorum issues for existing committees.
Why this matters: The sign-code work aims to simplify permit navigation for businesses and residents (councilors requested visual, GIS-based guidance showing allowable sign types by zone). The poultry ordinance advance shows the council proceeding through required readings; second consideration passed and further procedural steps will follow per the city's ordinance-adoption process.
Votes at a glance (actions recorded in the meeting transcript): - Consent agenda: Passed (voice vote). Motion to approve the consent agenda moved and seconded; chair announced "consent agenda passes." - Motion: Direct staff to revise and clarify sign code (Title 16) and return proposed clarifications for council policy review prior to hearings: Passed (voice vote). Motion moved and seconded. - Ordinance 2025-003 (second consideration; animals/poultry): Motion to approve second consideration moved and seconded; passed (voice vote).
Ending note: Councilors asked staff to return with draft sign-code clarifications and to manage project advisory committee membership to avoid quorum and scheduling conflicts; staff will prepare materials for future policy review and hearings.
