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City administrator reports legal changes, creek log-jam work and several community events
Summary
City Administrator Lonnie Rainville told the council the Supreme Court overturned Ninth Circuit rulings on homelessness camping and that Measure 110 was repealed; staff also received authorization to remove a log jam in Myrtle Creek, announced ethics training and upcoming public events including a Sept. 12 Stream Table demonstration and a Sept. 28 DEQ hazardous-waste collection.
At the Sept. 3 Myrtle Creek City Council meeting, City Administrator Lonnie Rainville briefed the council on recent legal and natural-resources developments and upcoming community events.
Rainville reported that "the Supreme Court overturned the ninth circuit courts homelessness camping decisions allowing penalties to be put back into place for illegal camping." He also said that, effective Sept. 1, 2024, Measure 110 had been repealed, allowing police to issue citations again for illegal drug possession as described in the minutes. The council did not record additional debate on those legal updates.
On a local natural-resources matter, Rainville said the city had worked with the Department of State Lands and Fish and Wildlife on a log jam in Myrtle Creek. The city was given permission to break up the log jam provided debris were left in the stream to serve as habitat and to stabilize the bank to help prevent further erosion.
Rainville told the council that the State passed legislation requiring all elected officials to attend ethics training and that the Oregon Ethics Commission has completed training that meets the requirement. He announced a Stream Table demonstration for Sept. 12 at the Community Center and a Department of Environmental Quality household hazardous waste collection event at the Myrtle Creek Transfer Station on Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Other administrative notes included the City Administrator presenting at a CCD small-business education conference and a brief facilities update that the pool house has a new roof.
In councilor comments, Councilor Diana Larson proposed a document-shred day for residents and asked about progress on city branding; Lotus Media will attend the next council meeting to discuss branding. Council President Robert Chaney asked the council to consider a process similar to a Roseburg resolution regarding assemblies in parks and inquired about progress on Fairway properties. Councilor Susan Harris asked about a downtown visitor center and shared community event dates: the Chamber meeting at Abby’s on Thursday at 6 p.m., Grocery Outlet’s Challenge of the Heroes on Sept. 19 at Millsite Park, and the Myrtle Creek Airport Support Group’s Fly-in Pancake Breakfast on Sept. 14 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The council adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
