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Klamath Falls council accepts $1.5M CDBG, approves National Guard agreements, parking lot contract and rezoning
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Summary
At its April 20 meeting, the Klamath Falls City Council accepted a $1.5 million CDBG award for the Klamath Advocacy Center, authorized multiple National Guard cooperative agreements for airport projects, approved a Ross Ragland parking lot contract, extended a water‑resupply MOU with Klamath County, and adopted a small rezoning ordinance.
The Klamath Falls City Council on April 20 approved a series of grants, contracts and land‑use actions, including a $1.5 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) awarded on behalf of the Klamath Advocacy Center, multiple cooperative agreements with the National Guard Bureau (NGB) for airport facilities, a downtown parking‑lot reconstruction contract and the second‑and‑final reading of a rezoning ordinance affecting two Campus Drive parcels.
City Manager Jonathan Teichart told the council the city was awarded a CDBG of $1,500,000 for project C25006 on behalf of the Klamath Advocacy Center, and the council voted to accept the award. “Good work,” one councilor said during consideration; a motion to accept was moved and seconded and the motion carried.
Airport manager Colin Grandy briefed the council on three related National Guard cooperative agreements. He said a modification to an existing Facility Sustainment, Repair and Modernization Cooperative Agreement (FSRMCA) is needed to cover mold remediation at Building 216 and that a change order will come later; the modification amount is $96,006.34. Grandy also described a new FSRMCA to design a munitions maintenance facility related to the F‑35 mission (listed at $208,000) and a Military Construction Cooperative Agreement (MCCA) to redesign Building 333 (fuel cell maintenance) with an amount of $1,427,400. Grandy noted that the National Guard Bureau fully funds these projects and that the city’s role is administrative in exchange for an agent fee; “There are no costs to the city,” he said. Council authorized the city manager to execute the agreements.
City Engineer Andrew Lakey recommended awarding the Ross Ragland parking lot reconstruction contract to Rocky Mountain Construction LLC as the apparent low bidder for $536,648, with an additional contingency allowance of $80,500. Lakey said bids were received after design by Atkins Engineering and the project funding will be drawn from a combination of street department, downtown parking and city right‑of‑way funds. Council authorized the contract.
Water manager Robbie West asked the council to authorize a third memorandum of understanding (MOU) extending the time the city will provide water to county residents with dry wells while the city brings a new fill station online. West said the updated MOU dates would carry through October, the target month for the fill station; the council authorized the mayor to execute the MOU.
On land use, the council held second and final reading and adopted a special ordinance rezoning approximately 0.14 acres at 2682 and 2684 Campus Drive from medical professional (campus planned unit development) to campus planned unit development — neighborhood commercial; the ordinance was read by title and passed on roll call.
The meeting’s consent agenda — including a construction services contract with Bully Fence LLC for wastewater treatment plant fencing (roughly $102,703.18 plus contingency) — was also approved at the start of the meeting. The council adjourned to executive session under ORS 192.660(2)(e) and (h) after regular business.
