PRETTY BUSY MEDFORD CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT BUT NO DECISION OVER THE MOUNTAIN TOP VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD PUT 11 THREE STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON THE BASE OF ROXY ANNE PEAK. AT THE LAST-MINUTE IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. THE DEVELOPER FILED A WRIT OF MANDAMUS WHICH HAS MOVED THE CASE TO JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. NUMEROUS CITIZENS COMMENTING AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT EXPRESSED VARYING LEVELS OF OUTRAGE OVER DUE PROCESS BEING TAKEN AWAY WITH RESIDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO TRULY APPEAL THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION WITH THE CITY, ADDING THAT MANY HAD SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN THE APPEAL PROCESS..
IN OTHER CITY COUNCIL NEWS IT’S LEANING TO OPTION 2A FOR THE MAIN STREET REDESIGN. THIS WOULD ADD AROUND 40 ANGLED PARKINGS SPACES, THERE WOULD BE TWO LANES OF VEHICLE TRAVEL, A FIVE-FOOT WIDE BIKE LANE, AND KEEPING EXISTING PARALLELL PARKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MAIN. THE OFFICIAL VOTE ON THIS WILL BE MAY 20TH. ALSO THE MEDFORD URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY GAVE THE CITY A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE REAL COSTS OF ADDING A MINOR BASEBALL STADIUM.
A PROSPECT MAN IS JAILED ON FIVE CHILD SEX CHARGES. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS ARRESTED 35-YEAR OLD MICKEY LEE RYAN JR. WEDNESDAY MORNING AT A TRAILER PARK ON MILL CREEK DRIVE. RYAN’S BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE RAPE AND SEVERAL OTHER SEX CRIMES.
THE CITY OF ASHLAND SETTLED WITH A SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ACTOR WHO HAD SUED THE CITY OVER HIS 2019 PUBLIC INTOXICATION ARREST. ACCORDING TO THE DAILY COURIER, ACTOR TONY SANCHO ORIGINALLY SUED FOR TWO MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THE SUIT WAS SETTLED FOR 50,000 DOLLARS. SANCHO’S ARREST IN ASHLAND LED TO A SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST JACKSON COUNTY WHICH COULD STILLBE HEADED TO TRIAL. AT ISSUE IS WHETHER IT WAS REASONABLE FOR JAIL EMPLOYEES TO HANDCUFF SANCHO TO A CELL GRATE FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS.