City Council - Regular Meeting

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Welcome to the August 4th, 2026 City Council meeting. Thank you for joining us. For translation services, please use the QR code on the poster on the left hand side of the room. We're on the front page of the agenda. Just as a heads up, there have been several disruptions during city council meetings lately, and I want to begin by setting an expectation for everyone. Please do not disrupt. That precludes the council from being able to conduct its business and to hear from the community. Those who cause disruptions will be asked to watch the meeting from the conference room across the hall or asked to leave the building. This is deemed a first general warning to all attendees. Any person who disrupts the meeting will be provided with one individual warning. And then any further disruptions will result in that individual being asked to watch the meeting from the conference room or leave the building. To keep the space welcoming and inclusive and accessible for everyone and to avoid disruption, we ask that all comments be shared respectfully. To begin this meeting, I invite you to join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag and to the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Jacob, may we have a roll call?

Councilor Zell-Kerr?

Here.

Councilor Sinclair?

Here.

Councilor Case?

Here.

Councilor Harris? Here. Councilor Henry?

Here.

Councilor Salgado?

Councilor Salgado, you're on mute. Councilor Salgado, can you confirm that you've joined us? Okay, moving on. We have Councillor Allcare attending virtually, and Councillor Segato seems to be online, but he hasn't responded yet. Councillor Segato, just let us know when you join us that you're with us. Okay, moving on. Let's see, we have no presentations or items for consideration this evening, so we'll move straight to public comment. Persons wishing to speak will be recognized at this time. If you are here in person and wish to speak, please fill out a yellow card. You can get the yellow card over there from Marcus. And staff are collecting them to then give to the city recorder representative. When you are called on, please use the microphone at the public comment table which is directly in front of me and in front of you. The microphone is live when the green light is on. You will need to tap the purple button at the base of the microphone in order to be heard. We have one person, excuse me, registered to speak virtually and the deadline to register to speak virtually has now passed. This is called public comment because it's time dedicated for you to inform city council about your views. This is not a time for members of the public to address the audience or. Sorry, what feedback are we getting?

That seems to have come from Councillor Salgado.

Okay. Councillor Salgado, if you could please mute yourself. Thank you.

Yeah, I don't know what's going on with my devices. I was just connected and I was online and you couldn't see me and you couldn't hear me. So I don't know what's going on with the technical stuff today, but what's going on here in the executive community?

Okay, well, we can hear you now.

We can hear you now.

And please mute yourself when you're not speaking. Thank you. So this is called public comment because it's time dedicated for you to inform the city council about your views. This is not a time for members of the public to address the audience or the general public. Please direct all comments to council. Each person will have up to three minutes. If you exceed the three minutes, you'll be given a warning and asked to stop. If you refuse to stop your presentation, it will be deemed a disruption of the meeting and you may be asked to leave. If you feel you have to publicly express support for a comment or a viewpoint, we ask that you use a quiet non-disruptive method to do so, such as snapping your fingers, a thumbs up, or jazz hands. Clapping, calling out, or making any verbal outbursts not only interferes with other people's ability to hear clearly in the room, but it can disrupt audio for those attending virtually. These disruptions will not be tolerated. I also ask that if you disagree with somebody in the room, please keep it to yourself. You do not need to voice that to them. Again, to keep the space welcoming, inclusive, and accessible for everyone to avoid disruption, we ask that all comments be shared respectfully. Tonight, we are pleased to hear from you, and we'll begin by hearing from Pastor Ozzie Osborne, who will be testifying virtually. Pastor Osborne? I'm here. We can hear you.

My name is Pastor Osborne.

Go ahead. You have three minutes.

Representing Stinging Hills Christian Church at 3025 Southeast River Road. I'm here as a trustee seeking urgent remedy for a systemic supervisory within the Hillsboro Police Department. On July 15th, HPD ruled our misconduct complaint regarding a hazardous vehicle abandoned on Ministry property as unfounded, documented in Exhibit A. However, the next morning, Lieutenant Schroeder admitted in writing that under Holocene Point 2, shift supervisors self-cleared their own team's misconduct. This creates an undeniable structural conflict interest and direct municipal liability this policy led to operational negligence for over 72 hazardous vehicle haul blocked a stenciled federal ada wheelchair except buffer zone proven in exhibit f furthermore exhibit e details the environmental hazard that was abandoned by the city and remedied only by church volunteers. City Manager Robbie Hanna explicitly ratified this behavior in a written statement stating that the department acted appropriately. This is in Exhibit G. Because these internal channels failed to self-correct, we took this to Washington County District Office On July 31st, first assistant DA Lewinsky formally declined jurisdiction, explicitly ruling that view of the body of the city council is where this needs to be brought to. Finally, as logged in exhibit H, the city has actively slow walked the release of vital body cam footage from the night of the fire, ensuring that it remained unavailable for this public session. To resolve this transparently, The city must publicly execute three structural remedies. One, independent outside civil review of case hashtag 2026 IAP 170. Two, a formal administrative audit permanently stripping shift supervisors from self-clearing under policy 1000.2. And three, a citywide faith-based and non-profit... PROPERTY WHEN IT HAS A HAZARDOUS FOOTPRINT ON IT. MAYOR, I OFFICIALLY SUBMIT OUR EIGHT-POINT EVIDENTARY PACKET INCLUDING EXHIBITS A THROUGH H AND ALL METADATA INTO THE PERMANENT PUBLIC RECORD, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, PASTOR. WE HAVE NO OTHER VIRTUAL COMMENTS, SO MOVING TO IN-PERSON COMMENTS, WE HAVE LAFE ECHOLS AND TORY LEWIS IS ON DECK. Just press that center button and when the light is green you are live and you have three minutes.

Thank you, Council. So I went to the Hillsborough City Council Transportation Committee meeting last week, which was really enlightening. It highlighted a disconnect between the city and the county. We heard first a staff report about the issues raised by community members about safety along Main Street, particularly Main and Century. There was little accountability for improving road safety on roads owned by the county that run through this city. And I understand that there's roadblocks to making changes to county roads, but these are not insurmountable. We also heard the Hillsborough commuter transportation needs assessment report. It included data showing that overall freeway and roadway traffic throughout the city is relatively flat over the last decade, and arterial roadway traffic took a hit during the pandemic and still hasn't recovered. We also heard about city goals to improve bike and pedestrian access around the city, which is great. But then we heard the county project managers, Reines, Kelfinks, and Ryan Godsey, report about the Century Boulevard Extension project. They directly contradicted a document released at the end of June that was a response to the noise study comments from the public. And an email that I received that morning from Reines that said that they didn't need to do an environmental assessment. But when they came to the Transportation Committee, they told us all about the environmental assessment that they had done. So if that was done, why were the results not shared until the meeting that we had last Tuesday? And why did they state publicly on the noise study response that it wasn't done? They also shared that two enhanced pedestrian crossings added to the project north of Maine were added due to community input. This raises serious questions about the methods the county takes to share information, communicate and collaborate with city officials, and equitably engage with the public during project planning. Many documents justifying this project still haven't been shared publicly. City data contradicts the notion that there's a need for traffic relief on an arterial road, thus needing five lanes and 35 mile per hour road through a neighborhood. And additionally, if the city priorities are for bikes and pedestrians, the county clearly doesn't have those priorities. Any added improvements that were added benefit wealthier areas impacted by this project, showing that design decisions were not data-driven. After all, the busiest crosswalk along Century Boulevard is most certainly at Century High School, and there is no enhanced crosswalk planned there. I'd like to see the city and the county transportation committees formally work together on projects in the future. I'd like projects like the Century Boulevard Extension project to engage with the public equitably. Study, who is showing up to open houses? How are they informed? And are they representative of the areas and groups most directly impacted? And if not, how can the city and county ensure that you're serving the entire community and not just the wealthy and well connected? Thank you.

Next up is Tori Lewis, and on deck is Mark Watson.

Greetings, Council. Thank you for allowing me to come and speak this morning, or this afternoon. It's habit. Last time I talked about 1 Timothy 2, and it gave kind of the thrust of why I, as a Christian, pray for you all. Just as a reminder, it says, 1 Timothy 2, 1 to 4, First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, i.e., you all. So that would explain the reason why I believe all Christians are called to pray for our elected officials. I realized last week that I didn't give enough background to tell you who Paul was. Paul was a persecutor of the church in the early days. And when he first came to Christ, it was on the road to Damascus, and a great light shone. And Jesus said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Paul said, who are you, Lord? And Jesus responded, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do. Now, here becomes the more interesting part as it relates to you all. Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, here I am, Lord. And the Lord said to him, rise and go to the street called Straight and at the house of Judas, look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. For behold, he is praying and he is seen in a vision, a man named Ananias. Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name. Now, this is the important part. But the Lord said to him, go, for this Saul is a chosen instrument of mine. to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and all the children of Israel for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name my point is that God in his holy writ says that here is Paul who wrote the majority of the letters in the New Testament he specifically was called to carry his name before the Gentiles and kings At the time, that was all they had. Here in America, we have voted elected leaders and the children of Israel. I just say that that's an amazing thing and let you know that I pray for you all. Thank you much.

Next up, we have Mark Watson, and on deck is Mr. Brown. Excuse me. Excuse me. Yes. Is there a timer on the screen? Sure. I am keeping time, so... Okay. Yeah, they're on the clock, yeah, as well, yeah.

Purple button. Mr. Watson. I think I'm good. You have three minutes. Mayor Pace, Council, thank you for this opportunity. For the record, my name is Mark Watson. I live three blocks north of here in historic downtown Hillsboro, and I have the honor of serving on the Hillsboro School Board. In September, the school board is going to come before you with a very informative presentation regarding a school bond measure for the fall, for the fall ballot. And as you know, district staff while on their job cannot advocate for it, but they can provide information. So advocacy is often left to elected officials like you and me. So when that presentation happens, it is likely that the opportunity for you to show public support for this bond measure will have passed. So I'm just here to give you a little heads up that if you would like to fill out the JVC form and express your support publicly, you can speak to any member of the bond PAC political action committee or with any member of the school board. We'll get you hooked up with that. Also, bond funds are very restricted by the state of Oregon and how they can be used. They are for overly general things, capital expenditures, not for ongoing salaries like teachers and bus drivers. But however, when there's a problem in the things world and you don't have bond funds or have the ability to do preventative maintenance, you end up with a situation like the air conditioning at Liberty High School breaking to the tune of over a million dollars. And when you don't have bond funds to address that, then you do have to take money that should be going to nutrition workers, educational assistants, and teachers, and bus drivers, and spend that to do the repair. So as part of this bond, you'll get all the information, but something i know one of the pieces of equipment we are planning to replace was purchased in the 1950s the boilers at pointer middle school so preventative maintenance is a huge part of what we need to do so if you'd like to support that please uh see one of us and get a jvc form filled out and we'll get that taken care of i got 42 seconds wow i guess on a personal front uh it's just me personally Add another tick to the column, people who think we don't need to build more data centers in Hillsborough right now. I'm on board with that, so just add me to that list of people. It is sort of important to be accurate though, so I guess when people say that property tax abatements are costing Hillsborough School District huge amounts of money, that's not actually true. As you know, measure five, measure 50, state school funding formula, Tax compression, all of these things combined together mean that it really wouldn't make that, there's a sliver of truth there. So I guess if you want to have a 30 minute really boring conversation about how all that works, I'm happy to chat anytime.

Thanks. Next up is Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown, I would ask that you keep the chair on that side of the desk and you address council. Thank you very much. You have three minutes.

I didn't even start talking yet. Thank you. The Wretched of the Earth talks about how you don't need to convince people about the truth because they can see it for themselves. And for example, they canceled the Tuesday market because of how smoky it is. And if y'all didn't know, as of the last two days, we have had 99 wildfires across the US. I don't have to convince you our environmental situation is dire because we all see it and experience it for ourselves. I don't have to convince you that people who will suffer the most out of this are the colonized and the working class. Y'all know the Dust Bowl, the massive drought that devastated the US? That happened as a result of Europeans replacing year-round crops in favor of seasonal ones, which made it easier to gatekeep food and control people. And their agricultural practices such as tilling the soil left it exposed to the sun, drying it out. Now here in the Tualatin Valley where we have some of the best soil in the world, they're putting a pause on the data centers to see the environmental impact. But again, I don't need to convince any of you of the fact that building data centers are bad and that they'll make it harder to grow food. And there's a reason they're developing against our will. They're scared. They know they can't track everyone who's waking up to the reality that the real enemies are the billionaires and anyone who defends them while they waste our resources. I refuse to let them be the reason our planet burns. Did y'all know Earth is the only place in our observed universe with trees? And if my... And like my girl Katniss said, if we burn, they burn with us. I would rather die trying to bring change than let these evil people kill me slowly. Why do you think they're cutting public education budgets? They don't want us to be intellectually independent. Why do you think ICE got a $70 billion budget increase? Why do you think they're investing so much in flaw cameras and AI cameras in general? Why do you think the Department of Defense, which has failed every audit since it was created in 2018, now manages a trillion of our dollars? And all that while they're talking about targeting anyone opposing the law enforcement who defends the data centers. We all know what needs to be done, and they're scared that we're waking up. That's it. Thank you.

Next up is Antonia Lopez, and on deck is Carter Calhoun.

I'm here tonight to finish Jen Little's little statement that she made. The Washington County Chamber of Commerce supports thoughtful planning and responsible land use and policies that protect long term health of our community. Adopting a moratorium and supported by facts sets dangerous precedent and sends the wrong message to current prospective employers at a time when the business community is struggling under the weight of tax regulatory measures that have made Oregon one of the least friendliest business in the states in the nation. while our community has lost out on 85 million dollars or more in taxes, while our school system has lost 128 million while you guys cut teachers. This is the stance of the Chamber of Commerce and I need everyone to know that because candidates from the Commerce that are being championed by the Mayor are running for office. The Chamber of Commerce recognizes that things should not be implemented without them being studied. Yet you guys continue to approve applications under outdated land use regulations that were not intended for this type of industry. They're concerned about that when it comes to money. Someone please think of the poor corporations. Right? So what you did last week is a start, and you let the headlines run with that. The way that you let the headlines run when they came and interviewed you, Mayor Pace, about the actionable policy that we worked on for the police department, and you took all that credit. This was not your win. This was not done because you guys wanted it to. This was our win. Because we pushed you to it and we had to shame you into doing it. I am again telling you to enact a state of emergency and sue the state so that the applications that you allowed to come through are not being processed and approved under outdated land use ordinances that are not taking into consideration the impact that these data centers are going to have on us. Actually, Mayor Pace, I know that you used to talk to the mayor from Salem. You should really connect with the new one. You could take some notes from her. The city has already initiated a comprehensive process to evaluate these issues, including proposed land use code amendments, environmental economic analysis, utility coordination, and future review by the planning commission and the city council. This is precisely the type of transparent evidence based land use process that Oregon is planning. But all of your data centers are not going to be approved by anything that you develop or that comes next. Engage stakeholders. Who is the biggest stakeholder? The community is. It's our land, our lives, our children's education being cut. It is our utility rates being raised. You guys are killing us. But the Chamber of Commerce just wants the process to run its course.

Time is up. Next up is Carter Calhoun and on deck is Denise Kerr.

Hi, my name is Carter, and today I want to talk to you about Flock cameras. Flock cameras have become an ever increasing concern in today's day and age, and something I've heard many in my community, including my close friends and family, express disdain over. These cameras are manufactured by the company Flock and its CEO, Garrett Langley. The city of Hillsboro currently employs flock cameras for use by law enforcement, mainly used to read license plates and detect cars that may belong to suspects designated by the police department. It sounds innocent enough on its own, however, flock technologies have been subjected to abuse numerous times by police officers and those with access to their systems. There have been over 28 documented cases in multiple states of police officers using Flock to sock their ex-partners, current partners, fellow officers, and friends. The truth is we live in America where the definition of a criminal changes every day. War criminals with ICC arrest warrants are left to roam free while our government continues to designate peaceful protesters as domestic terrorists. Technology that may be tracking real criminals today could track citizens tomorrow. And I think I can speak on behalf of a lot of us when I say more cameras don't make us feel safer. They make us feel like we're being spied on. These technologies are not foolproof either. There are many instances of flawed cameras misreading plates and messing up in a way that puts innocent lives at risk. In Florida, one woman was wrongfully arrested and put in solitary confinement for days because flock systems misidentified her tags and car's color. In Tennessee, two grandparents were held at gunpoint and detained because a flock camera misread their plate, all while their three-year-old granddaughter watched from the back. The same thing has happened to innocent people in New Mexico, Ohio, Arkansas, South Carolina, and I can go on and on. Furthermore, these cameras have not even been proven to have a meaningful impact on overall crime. According to the Oregon American Civil Liberties Union, under 1% of cars scanned by Flock are connected to any crime, 1 in 10 plates scanned are misread by the systems, and no independent studies conducted have found a direct causation between Flock installations and crime rates. As sitting Oregon Senator Ron Wyden wrote, At the urging of concerned constituents, I have conducted further oversight and have determined that Flock cannot live up to its commitment to protect the privacy and security of Oregonians. Abuse of Flock cameras is inevitable and Flock has made it clear that it takes no responsibility to prevent or detect that. It can cost cities $200,000 or even more to have these cameras, which is money that could be put to much more efficient ways of helping the community. Having these cameras up not only directly contributes to the rise of mass surveillance, but it also directly puts our community's people and privacy at risk, all while having no strong effect on crime in the area. We should not be outsourcing public surveillance information to private corporations. And I strongly urge you to reconsider Hillsborough's deal with flaw cameras. Thank you.

Next up is Denise Kerr. You have three minutes. You have to press the center button, though, before you speak. And as soon as you start speaking, you have three minutes. And then on deck is Jana.

Hello, Mayor Pace, Council President Harris, and Councillors. My name is Denise Kerr, a 40-year resident of Hillsboro. When I came upon my grandfather lying on the side of Jackson School Road, I grasped at the wheel and trembling uttered a silent scream. Who did this? Who approved this? Who ordered the execution of this ancient sentient spirit? Did an arborist look at the age and health of this 400-year-old white oak tree? Who? Who? The city of Hillsboro is who. Dan Dietz planned the 81-acre industrial park currently being built at 6000 Northwest Jackson School Road. He set the plan in motion directly and indirectly. Don't get tongue twisted trying to come up with any kind of plausible explanation to justify killing an ancient heritage tree. Many COH staff had a hand in it. Is the construction company a crony of a staffer? The COH is a reckless, hostile entity. Many other words come to mind to describe the poor character of the COH and their MO of such an ugly, nasty, bushwhacking. ignorant, arrogant, entitled, narcissistic, cruel, sadistic, psychopathic, shameful. Do you know the age of that sentient spirit of my old grandfather? It was a heritage tree. Oh, except the Washington County and COH don't designate heritage trees. They aren't protected. That's ironic since part of the big marketing PR is that we're a tree city, right? Typical, the COH needs to push that idea because it looks good, sounds oh so alluring. Move to Hillsboro, your future is here. We welcome all you prospectors. We need you to accomplish our mission. I did a little research on the unalive old white oak tree. The circumference of the dead white oak stump measured at 4.5 feet from the ground per standard is 236 inches or 19.6 feet, all of this. Using the tree age calculator, it's about 382 years old with a range of 325 to 439. The tree may have germinated before the Mayflower arrived in 1620 and before Long Island was purchased in 1626. Now the current living oldest white oak tree in Oregon is the signature tree in Silverton with a circumference of 279 inches or 23.25 feet. The estimated age is 440 years old with a range of 377 to 511. It germinated from 1515 to 1649. It's a heritage tree and it's protected. Your time is up. Thank you.

Next up is Jana. Your microphone is already on, and so when you start speaking, you have three minutes.

Just wanted to quickly piggyback on what Leif mentioned regarding the city and the county's lack of communication. There's been several things recently that I was shocked to find out that there appears to be no communication between the city and the county regarding numerous things. First off, the Century Boulevard expansion, anything that's been brought up, It's been that's the county or the county saying that's the city. So I would really encourage you all to look at maybe making some kind of a committee amongst all of you so that you know what each other's doing. The fair just happened. and that's another issue where the city says it's the county it's in hillsborough city limits the city should be included in that they in 2024 began a rule that teenagers anybody under 18 couldn't go to the fair without a chaperone i am sure every single one of you went to the fair when you were a teenager without your parents. It's a rite of passage. There's absolutely no reason why kids as teenagers are being told and turned away at the gate. There's no reason for them to be ID'd. There's no reason for their parents or chaperones to be ID'd and the kids to be quizzed about where they live what their address is of the chaperone. These are legitimate issues that have come up in the people that I've talked to. It seems to be predominantly people of color that were turned away as teenagers or how they were dressing. So I strongly encourage you guys to figure out some way that the county and the city can work together on these issues where you two meet. I would also briefly like to thank Councillor Sinclair and AllCare for always being willing to listen to us, get back to us, sit up here and actually listen and not look at their phones. You guys are what a city councillor should be. And I appreciate you, and I'm going to miss you guys when you're gone. Thank you.

Okay, thanks everybody for showing up tonight and speaking. We will move to the city manager's report.

Thank you, Mayor. Just a few things I wanted to share briefly. Mark, if you want to pull up the PowerPoint. We have a new bilingual children's book about Oro the Forest Giant. Some of you might have seen this in the city views that came out recently. Oro the Forest Giant by local author Andy Baima and illustrated by Alyssa Garcia brings the magic of Hidden Creek Park West distinct play structure to life through a heartfelt story about friendship, inclusion, bravery, and the joy of exploring the outdoors. The book is bilingual with each page telling the story in English and Spanish so readers can choose their language that works best for them. It is a wonderful book. For those that haven't seen it, you can find these at pretty much any parks locations and they're available to purchase. And it's a wonderful, really fun book to read through. Second is on July 17th, the Joint Water Commission or the JWC celebrated its 50th anniversary with an event honoring five decades of regional water service. As a reminder, the city of Hillsboro serves as the managing agency for the Joint Water Commission, which provides water to the surrounding region. The JWC has grown from a 20 million gallon per day treatment plant back in 1976 to an 85 million gallons per day plant operating today, which is the largest water treatment plant in Oregon. So I just wanted to congratulate them and say a big thanks to our staff that keep that water plant running and create such wonderful water here in Hillsboro. and lastly the new open hillsborough online permit center is live this is an economic and community development partnership with information services and it's a new online development and permit center which opened on july 20th customers can now apply track and pay and upload documents all in one place the new platform improves customer experience and provides better reporting to inform service staffing and future enhancements You can see this picture, just how many people were involved in this. It's been a wonderful rollout, years in the making. So I just wanted to say thank you to all of those staff that were involved in that and congratulate them. And hopefully our community members will be able to experience better effectiveness and efficiency as they come in. Thank you.

Thank you, City Manager Hammond. Moving to item nine, we'll now move on to council comments. And before we jump into council comments, just so you all understand, We had a shortened city council meeting because typically on the first August is national night out. And so typically we come in for a short meeting and then some councillors decide to go out to national night out gatherings to interact with the community. So that was canceled because of the smoke and the heat. But if you're just wondering why it was a shortened meeting, that's why. All right, so moving to item nine, council comments. Council members have up to three minutes to speak. The council should not engage in any deliberation or debate over any comments or topics raised during the portion of this agenda, other than expressing general support for adding a topic to a future agenda. If a majority of council supports moving an item forward, then the item will be referred to the city manager for scoping. There is no requirement to speak, but this is something we all decided to have. So do any councillors wish to provide three minutes of comment? Councillor Allcare, go ahead.

So I just want to share that I had an opportunity to walk on Main today. I was going to an appointment and I stopped in a store. I talked to the store owner and they said they were grateful for the things that we have been doing. And one of the things that that person mentioned is thankful that we have this time, council had this time to make statements about things. And that person appreciated getting to hear our points of view. So I just wanted to share that. We have very little opportunity for public to engage with us as a group. So I think it's really telling of something that people want to know what we're thinking and we're doing it during this time that's reserved. And this appears to be the only way possible that we're able to do that as a collective body. So I just wanted to let you know that I've heard some good things about being able to give our public comment.

Thank you, Councillor Allcare. Any other councillors wish to comment? Councillor Sinclair.

Thank you, Mayor. This past week, I had the opportunity with Council on Care to listen to the stories of Latino immigrant and refugee families who have been impacted by ice. Not only during Washington County and Hillsboro being a hot spot in 2025 in October through January of 2026. but the ripple effects of that lasting impression that forces these families to continue to struggle and to run out of resources and It is vital that we understand how isolated families feel. It's a separate topic but it is connected because there's real people associated to these concerns and fears. I contacted Manager Hammond yesterday and the day before pertaining to reports, public reports of flock cameras being at the Washington County Fair as well as AI walk-through identifiers. I don't even know the title of them because that's how little I've heard of them. But due to public reports, I reached out to Manager Hammond who also had numerous conversations with Chief Coleman with the Hillsborough Police Department and he was adamant in the numerous conversations that he and I had that Hillsborough does not participate in having any agreements with FLOC. And so I want to thank our public for creating that awareness. I am deeply troubled by those cameras being at a community event at the wingspan. amongst our county. And so I just wanted to convey it's really important to understand that Wingspan is Washington County's property and we do not have the jurisdiction over that. And because of that and because of other concerns being reported by the public, I am going to move forward in exploring this council considering banning any flock agreements in the City of Hillsboro. And that'll be for further discussion and findings, and I hope this council will consider Um, thank you, um, that's our airs you Yeah

If you want to support Councillor Sinclair's request to further look into flock cameras, because we have discussed this in the past. So, Robbie, can you give us an update on, because we've discussed this like last year. We pulled the flock cameras offline, the two that we had.

Well, so there's a difference. So the city does not own any Flock cameras. We are not part of the Flock network. Flock is a company that actually approached many cities, including Hillsboro, a few years ago. And our Chief Coleman told them at that time, we are not interested in Flock. There's a difference. We do have a mobile automated license plate reader, but those are trailer driven and only used for like, for example, on a retail theft. So those are, the flock cameras are typically set up and permanently left out, so that's why they're constantly tracking. We don't use anything like that at the City of Hillsborough. If I'm understanding Councillor Sinclair correctly, she's talking about the possibility of banning all, so even though Hillsborough doesn't use them, There may be businesses or other agencies that use them, and that's something we'd have to look into. I can't speak to that right now about the ability of the city to ban that, but I think that's what she's asking for. And so that's what I would need to hear from other councillors on at some point.

So if you want to entertain banning cameras inside the city limits of Hillsboro, please email Robbie Hammond individually to let him know of your support or not. of Councillor Sinclair's request. Councillor Harris.

For those of you weren't able to make the transportation meeting last week. We did as mr. Eccles testify today Get some information to have a hearing how the county engineer the count the city project manager and our Transportation chief transportation planner there to answer a lot of our questions And I thought it was very informative. I think everyone learned a lot. I think that the county and the city INDIVIDUALS HEARD US AS TO OUR CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY ABOUT ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS ON MAIN STREET ALL THE WAY FROM 53rd TO 185th. that this is more than just an engineering or a safety problem it's it's it's a tragedy that we do not want to have repeated regardless of what the engineering book says so we asked them to do certain things one of the things we asked them to do is not only look at our concerns but also to come back to us at every and i thanks uh counselor sinclair and alcare both were in support of this and i was as well that for the next three transportation meetings, they are going to update us on what's going on there and the safety. So that information is going to come directly to the Transportation Committee, and we promise you we'll be keeping an eye on that. Thanks.

Councillor Salgado, you had comments?

Yeah, can you hear me?

Yes, we can hear you.

Awesome, awesome. Okay, one of my favorite things about summers in Oregon is that my happy-go-lucky butt gets to sit outside at 6.37 in the morning with my cup of coffee and stare at the sun for a good 30 minutes to really start the day out, right? And I couldn't do that today, and I took a picture of my backyard with the haze in the background, and I emailed it to my family. I said, you know what? I'm thinking about how my dad would react like this, and he would say he's moving out of Oregon because he can't enjoy his coffee. And then my brother responded, you know what, your nephew's in Spokane right now, and he's out there fighting the fires. And it really gave me perspective, right? And so I just want to take a moment to thank all the firefighters that are out there risking their lives to keep the fires away from the homes. You know, you're supporting the supporting teams of people that take them food, that make sure that everything's taken care of. The Hillsborough families here that have family out fighting the wildfires, I feel you. I know what you're going through right now. A lot of immigrants are out there also supporting this. And like I mentioned before, personally, having my nephew out there, it's a proud moment, but at the same time, you're concerned, right? Because it's not an easy fire and it's a very dangerous job. So again, I just want to thank everybody for their service, for protecting our public and for the families that have to deal with the anxiety of not hearing from their family every day because they don't get service every day. It's a very dangerous situation that these firefighters are living in. So thank you very much for everybody that's involved in doing that.

Thank you. Councillor Allcare, I see you have your hand up.

Yes, I have one more comment. And I want to agree with Councillor Salgado. I know a lot of friends who are in the Warm Springs who are struggling with these fires right now. Councilor Sinclair referenced the meeting that we went to. It was a listening session for Suzanne Bonamici. President, Metro President Juan Carlos was there. Nafisa Fai was there from the county. And Councilor Sinclair and I And the other folks in the room were people who had been impacted by ice and had family members detained by ice. They described the situation that they have been living in since this has happened. And it's pretty bad for a lot of folks. But the thing that I wanted to know when I asked them to raise their hands, how many people would call 911? to get help and none of them raised their hands. I shared that information with City Manager Hammond. He's going to pass that on to Police Chief Coleman. But you know, for myself, I was really disheartened to hear or not see people raise their hands. After going through a detainment with ICE, with lawyers, in a detention center, and coming back out, possibly, and others getting deported, they have had experience working with public safety. And it was really disheartening that they're not willing to call 911. I still think people should call 911 and if it's an ICE detainment so that our police can respond and show up and document what's going on. So I'd like to see a little more public facing work of our police and promise of public safety in a way that encourages people who are facing a really tough situation with their life to trust to trust police i don't know how to do that i think there needs to be a campaign public facing campaign where police are going to be able to help people understand what is that what it is that they can do what ways that they can protect them and i am speaking with ice And I'm going back to what is our codification agreement about? And I want to just confirm with our city manager that we are still going forward and our police are still supporting the codification agreement. Thank you.

Thank you. Moving on to item 10, advice and information. We have a few items under advice and information. Residents interested in running for city council can file now through Friday, August 21st at 5 p.m. And as always, community members who want to be informed and engaged on city council matters can sign up to receive the Happening in Hillsborough email newsletter. Spanish language updates are also available through our Creciendo Juntos email newsletter. And with that, the city council meeting is adjourned.