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  2.28.2008 Medford Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors - Minutes
  
  
  A.
  Executive Session
  
  A meeting of the Medford Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors was called to order in Executive Session at 11:00 a.m., on the above date, in the Agency Conference Room by Chair Gregory Yechout, with the following Members in attendance:
  
  BOARD MEMBERS:
  Present
  Gregory Yechout, Chair
  Jason Anderson, Council Representative
  Dick Entinger
  Claudette Moore
  Joy Pelikan
  
  Absent
  Skip Patterson, Vice-Chair
  Bill Dames, Secretary
  Jim Kuntz, Council Representative
  Eric Stark
  
  STAFF:
  Present
  Jackie Rodgers, Executive Director
  Errin Sills, Office Administrator
  Dan Thorndike, Attorney (via Telephone)
  
  Pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(e), ?The governing body of a public body may hold an executive session to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions.?
  
  Pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(h), ?The governing body of a public body may hold an executive session to consult with counsel concerning the legal rights and duties of a public body with regard to current litigation or litigation likely to be filed.
  
  EXECUTIVE SESSION CLOSED AT 11:10 A.M.
  
  
  
  
  B.
  Open Session
  I.
  Roll Call
  
  1.1 A meeting of the Medford Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors was called to order in Open Session at 11:10 a.m., in the Agency Conference Room, on the above date, by Chair Gregory Yechout, with the following Members and Staff in attendance:
  
  BOARD MEMBERS:
  Present
  Gregory Yechout, Chair
  Jason Anderson, Council Representative
  Dick Entinger
  Claudette Moore
  Joy Pelikan
  
  Absent
  Skip Patterson, Vice-Chair
  Bill Dames, Secretary
  Jim Kuntz, Council Representative
  Eric Stark
  
  STAFF:
  Present
  Jackie Rodgers, Executive Director
  Errin Sills, Office Administrator
  Dan Thorndike, Attorney (via Telephone)
  
  II.
  Business
  
  2.1 Consideration of Resolution No. 08-02-03 approving the Mutual Release and Memorandum of Termination of Agreement between Cook Development Corporation and Medford Urban Renewal Agency.
  
  Staff reported that the Agency and Cook Development Corporation (CDC) have been negotiating the status of the Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) for the Evergreen Way Mixed-Use Development Project. After considerable consideration and discussion it has been mutually agreed that termination of the DDA is the preferred action.
  
  The decision to terminate the DDA requires formal action by both the Agency and CDC. The Mutual Release and Memorandum of Termination Agreement (Agreement) memorializes and sets forth the terms of each party?s consent to terminate the DDA. Once signed, notarized and recorded the DDA will be officially terminated.
  
  Resolution No. 08-02-03 includes as an exhibit a copy of the Mutual Release and Memorandum of Termination Agreement and its attachments.
  
  MOTION: It was moved by Dick Entinger and seconded by Claudette Moore to approve Resolution No. 08-02-03 approving the Mutual Release and Memorandum of Termination of Agreement between Cook Development Corporation and the Medford Urban Renewal Agency.
  
  VOTE: The following Board members passed the motion with a unanimous affirmative vote: Jason Anderson, Dick Entinger, Claudette Moore, Joy Pelikan and Gregory Yechout.
  
  III.
  Communications from the Board
  
  There were none.
  
  IV.
  Adjournment
  
  The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 a.m. The proceedings of this Board meeting were recorded on tape and filed in the Medford Urban Renewal Agency office.
  
  
  ______________________________________
  Submitted by:
  Errin L. Sills, Office Administrator
  
  
  _____________________________________
  Approved by:
  Gregory Yechout, Board Chair
  
  2.28.2008 Agenda
  
  A. EXECUTIVE SESSION
  
  1. Pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(e), ?The governing body of a public body may hold an executive session to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions.?
  
  2. Pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(h), ?The governing body of a public body may hold an executive session to consult with counsel concerning the legal rights and duties of a public body with regard to current litigation or litigation likely to be filed.?
  
  
  
  
  
  B. OPEN SESSION
  
  1. Attendance
  1.1 Roll Call
  
  2. Business
  2.1 Consideration of Resolution No. 08-02-03 approving the Mutual Release and Memorandum of Termination of Agreement between Cook Development Corporation and Medford Urban Renewal Agency.
  
  3. Comments from Board
  
  4. Adjournment
  
  
  
  NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING: TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008