The Grants Pass City Council approved a set of ten separate resolutions (items 2a–2j) authorizing the sale or conveyance of small portions of city property, and temporary or permanent easements, to the Oregon Department of Transportation for Phase 3 of a statewide ADA ramp upgrade project.

Wade Elliott, assistant director, briefed the council on the project background, explaining the action continues a multiyear program of ADA ramp replacements tied to a state settlement. “ODOT lost a lawsuit related to ADA ramp construction on state highways and are under a settlement agreement to replace every ADA ramp within the state,” Elliott told council; he said the state is on schedule to complete roughly 26,000 ramps by 2032 and that the current batch includes ten city properties that require small conveyances, permanent easements or temporary easements for construction and restoration.

Elliott described standard right‑of‑way acquisition procedures: fee acquisitions transfer title of tiny pieces of property to the state; permanent easements authorize long‑term maintenance access; temporary easements allow construction access and expire after the project. He also said city properties impacted typically include landscaping, irrigation, signage or decorative stone and that appraisals and an independent review vet ODOT offers. For most of the ten properties staff said compensation will be placed in the city’s capital projects account for surplus property sales; staff estimated the total ODOT offer for nine of the properties (those purchased with general‑fund dollars) at about $27,150, with $750 separately offered for the water treatment plant parcel.

The resolutions covered these parcels and broadly consistent terms (offers and sizes from staff presentations):
- Parkway Fire Station: ~31 sq ft permanent easement; 338 sq ft temporary easement; $505 for permanent easement; $1,795 for improvements/damages.
- 821 Southeast M Street (Water Treatment Plant): ~58 sq ft permanent easement; compensation for landscaping/irrigation; project stated not to affect the sequoia’s drip line.
- Kesterson Park (NW corner): ~228 sq ft permanent easement; 178 sq ft temporary easement; higher compensation for turf impact.
- 704 NW Sixth Street (across from City Hall): ~80 sq ft permanent easement; 252 sq ft temporary easement.
- 101 NW A Street (City Hall parcel): ~155 sq ft fee acquisition; 114 sq ft temporary easement; total offer noted ~ $7,100 (includes landscape/spotlight relocation).
- Downtown Welcome Center (198 SW Sixth Street): ~43 sq ft fee acquisition; 127 sq ft temporary easement; concrete and landscape impacts noted.
- Lewis & Sixth parcel: ~11 sq ft permanent easement; large temporary easement; gravel surface, minimal damages.
- Frog Lot (160 Redwood Highway): ~52 sq ft permanent easement; 155 sq ft temporary easement; landscape damages ~ $631.
- Beaver Lot (145 SE G Street): ~40 sq ft fee acquisition; 66 sq ft temporary easement.
- Duck Lot (SE G Street): ~4 sq ft fee acquisition; 76 sq ft temporary easement.

Council combined public input and questions for convenience and then voted on each resolution individually, following required reading of each resolution. Councilors moved and seconded the individual resolutions in open session; staff confirmed ODOT is following the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policy of 1970 and that appraisals are independently vetted. Council recorded roll calls and each of the ten resolutions passed.

Elliott said nine of the ten impacted parcels had been purchased with general‑fund dollars and that revenues from the conveyances would go to capital project LB6388 (surplus property sales), with the water treatment plant payment treated separately to go back to that facility. He also noted the city could elect to donate parcels to ODOT instead of accepting payment.

Votes at a glance (each resolution passed): each item was approved by roll call with unanimous affirmative tallies on the record for the council present that evening.