Skip to main content
Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 2/24/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers / Hybrid Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video:  
Attachments: 02-24-25 Council Addition 1, 02-24-25 Council Written Testimony 1, 02-24-25 Council Written Testimony 2
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsVideo
25-67 11.3a.ProclamationProclamation recognizing Salem Fire Department Engine 15 staff. Ward(s): All Ward Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoodsread into the record  Action details Not available
25-66 11.3b.ProclamationProclamation recognizing Women in Construction Week. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoodread into the record  Action details Not available
25-72 13.1a.MinutesJanuary 30, 2025, Draft Joint Marion County and City Council Work Session MinutesapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-73 13.1b.MinutesFebruary 10, 2025, Draft City Council MinutesapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-61 13.3a.Action ItemRequest to create a mid-year project for sanitary sewer rehabilitation on Center Street NE between Church Street NE and Capitol Street NE. Ward(s): Ward 1 Councilor(s): Tigan Neighborhood(s): Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization (CANDO) Result Area(s): Safe, Reliable and Efficient InfrastructureapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-62 13.3b.Action ItemRequest to create a mid-year project for sanitary sewer rehabilitation in the vicinity of Waldo Avenue SE and Wildwind Drive SE Ward(s): Ward 2 Councilor(s): Nishioka Neighborhood(s): South Central Association of Neighbors (SCAN) Result Area(s): Safe, Reliable and Efficient InfrastructureapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-53 14.a.Public HearingsSupplemental Budget 2 for unanticipated City expenses related to the Airport Fund. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governance; Strong and Diverse Economy.adoptedPass Action details Not available
25-68 15.a.SOB - Matters of special importance to councilFindings and Recommendations of the City Efficiency Committee Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governance.received and filed  Action details Not available
25-78 15.b.SOB - Matters of special importance to councilReferring a five-year Community Services and Livability local option levy to Salem voters and approval of the explanatory statement. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governance; Natural Environment Stewardship; Safe and Healthy Community; Safe, Reliable and Efficient Infrastructure; Strong and Diverse Economy; Welcoming and Livable Community.adopted as amendedPass Action details Not available
25-55 15.c.SOB - PresentationOverview of ODOT’s Center Street Bridge project to seismically retrofit the Center Street Bridge over the Willamette River. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Safe, Reliable and Efficient Infrastructurereceived and filed  Action details Not available
25-46 16.a.Informational ReportPlanning Administrator Decision - Multi-family development of 60 units as Phase II of the Gussie Belle Commons - Approved. Partition Tentative Plan / Class 3 Site Plan Review Case No. PAR-SPR24-13 - Greenlight - Home First Development LLC (Mark Desbrow, Ben Pray) - 739 23rd St NE. Ward(s): 1 Councilor(s): Tigan Neighborhood(s): NENreceived and filed  Action details Not available
25-65 16.b.Informational ReportPlanning Administrator Decision - A Tree Variance and a Driveway Approach Permit for a cottage cluster - Approved. Tree Regulation Variance / Class 2 Driveway Approach Permit Case No. TRV-DAP25-01 - Terence Blackburn, Sean Blackburn - 1000 Block of Schurman Dr S. Ward(s): 7 Councilor(s): Nordyke Neighborhood(s): SWANreceived and filed  Action details Not available
25-54 16.c.Informational ReportPurchases approved administratively from January 1, 2025 through January 31, 2025. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governancereceived and filed  Action details Not available
25-57 16.d.Informational ReportQuarterly information report on economic development. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Safe and Healthy Community; Safe, Reliable and Efficient Infrastructure; Strong and Diverse Economy; Welcoming and Livable Community.received and filed  Action details Not available
25-59 16.e.Informational ReportFiscal Year (FY) 2024 Urban Renewal Agency (URA) Annual Financial Report as submitted by the Urban Renewal Agency Board. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governance.received and filed  Action details Not available
25-60 16.f.Informational ReportFiscal Year (FY) 2024 Financial Audit of the City of Salem, Oregon. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governance.received and filed  Action details Not available
25-1 16.g.Informational ReportSalem Public Works Department Strategic Plan FY2024-25 through FY2028-29 Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governance; Natural Environment Stewardship; Safe and Healthy Community; Safe, Reliable and Efficient Infrastructure.received and filed  Action details Not available
25-45 16.h.Informational ReportUpdated Salem City Council Committee assignments for 2025. Ward(s): All Wards Councilor(s): All Councilors Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods Result Area(s): Good Governance; Natural Environment Stewardship; Safe and Healthy Community; Safe, Reliable and Efficient Infrastructure; Strong and Diverse Economy; Welcoming and Livable Community.received and filed  Action details Not available
25-19 17.2a.Ordinance Second ReadingDesignation of the Criterion Schoolhouse as a Salem Local Historic Resource. Ward(s): 5 Councilor(s): Brown Neighborhood(s): None (State Fairgrounds) Result Area(s): Welcoming and Livable CommunityapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-70 17.2b.Ordinance Second ReadingAnnexation of a 1.43-acre territory located at 5725 Skyline Road S and Land Adjacent (ANXC-759). Ward(s): Ward 7 Councilor(s): Nordyke Neighborhood(s): Sunnyslope Result Area(s): Welcoming and Livable CommunityapprovedPass Action details Not available