Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Well, good morning, everyone. I will now call the order of the Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners meeting on September 17th, 2026. County Administrator Gary Schmid, you call the roll for us.

Yes, thank you, Chair. First, our staff support today, County Council, Billy Williams. Clerk to the board today, interim clerk is Caroline Hill. Roll call, online, Commissioner West. I'm here. In the room, Commissioner Savas. Present. Commissioner Helm.

Here.

Commissioner Schrader.

Here.

Chair Roberts.

Here, thank you, Gary. If you're able, would you please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? So first up, we have public communication. Testimonies limited to three minutes per person. And as always, I ask comments to be respectful and courteous. As a reminder, you can also email written testimony to BCC at Clackamas.us. It will be accepted for our public record. Clerk, would you please help us moderate the in-person and virtual testimony for us?

Yes, of course. I'll now begin with in-person testimony. If you would like to testify, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. I do not see any in-person testimony. I will now move on to the virtual testimony. If you would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order you received. Okay, our first speaker is Les Poole. I will unmute you and please introduce yourself and you will have three minutes. Go ahead.

Good morning, Commissioners and everyone. Crazy times we're having. I'm a specific commissioner here, but in general, we're heading into an election. There's a lot of anxiety out of the community. People are, as you well know, deeply concerned about the high cost of living. And the message to our elected leaders is, And when folks are hurting financially, they really come by and pound away at the commissioners and often think that the commissioners are operating out of Salem when really you're operating here locally and you're elected for a specific purpose. I hope that we don't see personal attacks and what I've I would just describe as nonsense and ridiculous conduct during the election. And that can be by people on Facebook, people on the street, and even from elected officials. I can point no further than the current Washington County Chair, Katherine Harrington. And Ms. Harrington flipped off someone in a meeting a couple of days ago. Recently she was invested. Well, Washington County. Has so much in cost and I just want to remind everyone and and put the word out that I were treating each other goes a long way and I harken back to days when former Commissioner. Jim Bernard attacked Julie Parish after an election with some pretty crazy stuff. I even recall Commissioner Fisher at the time defending it, so hopefully will maintain high standards and as we headed through November and into the end of the year. I'm certainly hopeful that the county can make progress on big issues. Transportation, certainly the center. um there's a lot of uncertainty about the sheriff's office so you got your plates full and uh so welcome back and uh i certainly uh appreciate as always uh the opportunity to share my thoughts thank you if anyone else online wishes to testify please raise your hand and i will allow you to speak

Okay, Mr. Chair, it appears that we do not have anyone else online who wishes to speak, but we do have one in-person testimony that we just received.

Sure, go ahead.

Mr. Ross Hemminger, would you please step forward?

Just right here?

Yeah, come on up here to the microphone.

Up here?

Yep, come on up and then just tell us your name. Ross Hemminger?

I came today just – and I'll be super brief, but I just wanted to say a few words about Commissioner West as he begins his transition to other things. I have spent a big part of my life with politicians, with elected officials, and I have known no one who is more true to their word at this dais and outside of it in a one-on-one basis than Commissioner West, and he deserves to be commended. He talks a lot about the recovery campus, and that's obviously something very important to him. I think it's worth noting that he cares about this issue outside of politics too because when I struggled with addiction myself, when I went to treatment for alcoholism, it was actually he and his husband were the first two people that I went to for help and they gave it and they saved my life. So Commissioner West and his husband are really, truly wonderful people. And it's not just a political game for him the way it is for so many others. It's actually real, and that matters. And so I just wanted to come here today and share that with you and commend Commissioner West as he transitions to other things. So thank you very much.

All right.

Thank you. Thank you. Okay, Mr. Chair, I don't have any additional speakers.

Okay, I'll now close the public communication portion. I'll recess as the Board of County Commissioners convene. As the Housing Authority of Clackamas County Board of Commissioners, I turn to Gary as to what's first up.

Thank you. This is the consent agenda for the Housing Authority of Clackamas County Board. Housing Resident Commissioner Leenstra is not able to join you today, so it is just the five of you. Caroline, would you please read the consent agenda?

Okay. For the Housing Authority Consent Agenda, we have one item. It's approval of a personal services contract with Epic Land Solutions for relocation of public housing residents. Total agreement value is $1,800,000 for three years. Funding is through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. No county general funds are involved.

All right. Do any of my colleagues want to remove any items? Seeing none, may I have a motion?

Chair, I move to approve the Housing Authority Consent Agenda.

Second. I think it was a close tie. Okay, all right. Commissioner Helm has moved to approve the Housing Authority Consent Agenda. It's been seconded by Commissioner West. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, please call the poll.

Okay. Commissioner West?

We do not hear you, Commissioner West. Aye. Can you hear me?

Yes. Thank you. Commissioner Schroeder? Aye. Commissioner Helm? Aye. Commissioner Savas?

Aye.

Mr. Chair?

Aye. All right. Thank you. I will now adjourn as the Housing Authority Board and Reconvenience Board of County Commissioners.

Gary? Thank you. Next is a previously approved land use item. It is adoption of a previously approved comprehensive plan map amendment and zone change in file numbers Z0437-25 and Z0438-25. Caleb Hugel, Assistant County Council, will present.

Thank you, Gary. Good morning, Commissioners. The item is to adopt an order approving the files just mentioned, plan map amendment and zone change from agriculture and exclusive farm use to rural industrial for property located at 33532 South Crop Road. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on July 13th and voted 9-0 to recommend approval of the application with conditions as recommended by staff. As you'll recall, the Board held a public hearing on August 4th and voted 4-0 to approve the application with conditions as recommended by staff in the Planning Commission. The order before you today would do just that, and findings supporting the decision are attached to the order. Commissioner Schrader, you were absent from the Board's public hearing. You aren't automatically disqualified from voting on this matter, but unless you've reviewed the record and are prepared to vote, it would be perfectly appropriate for you to abstain. It is staff's recommendation that you adopt the order. I believe planning staff are here, and we'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you.

All right. Colleagues, anybody have a question about this? All right, seeing none, let me have a motion.

I move to adopt the board order approving the comprehensive plan map amendment and zone change profiles Z0437-25 and Z0438-25.

Second. All right. Commissioner Helm has moved to adopt the board order approving the comprehensive plan map amendment and zone change per files Z0437-25 and Z0438-25. And Commissioner Salvas has seconded that motion. And is there any other further comments or discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll?

Commissioner Savas?

Aye.

Commissioner Schrader? I will abstain. Commissioner Helm? Aye. Commissioner West?

Aye.

Chair Roberts?

Aye.

Okay, the motion passes 4-0-1.

All right, thank you. What's next, Gary? Thank you. Next is a presentation, the county's awarding of a 2026 National Association of Counties Award. Presenting is Nancy Bush, and her role is Interim Director of Public and Government Affairs. Go ahead, please.

Good morning, Commissioners. So today is Gary's time here to talk about the NACO Awards, which we have received two. And we do have staff in the room. So if you have any questions after the presentation, you may ask those. And we're asking for a photo today as well. So we are here to recognize and celebrate two innovative programs from Clackamas County that earned 2026 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties, which is NACO. NACO provides services and support to the nation's more than 3,000 counties with a membership that represents more than 80% of the country's population. Each year, NACO recognizes counties for programs that modernize county government and improve vital services for residents. Programs are judged on such criteria as innovation, effectiveness, measurable results, enhanced resident participation, and understanding of government services. Since 2020, Clackamas County has earned more than a dozen NACO awards. This year's two award-winning programs align with performance Clackamas goals of providing a strong infrastructure and vibrant economy, assuring safe, healthy, and livable communities, and building public trust through goods governance. The first award goes to DTD's Sunrise Corridor Community Visioning Project. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLANNING INITIATIVE TO GUIDE THE FUTURE OF THE CRITICAL ORGAN TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC CORRIDOR. JAMIE, THE TRANSPORTATION LAND USE POLICY MANAGER AND ADAM TORRES, TRANSPORTATION OF LAND USE POLICY ASSOCIATES LED THE PROJECT AND PLAYED KEY ROLES. IT WAS STARTED IN 2023 AND COMPLETED IN 25. The project engaged more than 1,500 residents, businesses, and stakeholders to co-create a shared vision addressing transportation safety, economic development, environmental stewardship, and neighborhood livability. Through an equitable engagement framework and multi-agency partnership, the county completed a comprehensive vision plan and implementation roadmap featuring more than 100 actionable strategies. The project has successfully transitioned from planning to implementation, securing $12.5 million in regional flexible funding allocation dollars to advance key infrastructure improvements. The second award is for PGA's Community Planning Organization Awareness Program. The Community Planning Organizational Awareness Program is spearheaded by Donna Hockey, who is PGA's Community Engagement and Government Relations Specialist. The innovative multifaceted program was designed to inform and educate the public about the value contributions of the county's community planning organizations, or we call CPOs, which struggle with declining membership and attendance following the pandemic. CPOs are composed of volunteers who live in unincorporated areas with boundaries established to meet community, excuse me, involvement requirements outlined in state goal one and community involvement laws. Using strategic ads, downloadable CPO marketing materials, monthly and quarterly newsletters, training sessions, and other informational tools, the program helped reactivate three dormant CPOs, drove nearly 600% increase in CPO website visits, and significantly improved two-way communication with our CPO community. So I want to congratulate everyone who worked on these projects. And if you have any questions, please let us know. Otherwise, we'll take a photo.

I would like to comment because I was part of this project and I see some familiar faces in the audience what I can't give kudos enough to Jamie and her staff for the most comprehensive citizen involvement I've ever seen throughout Clackamas County and I have been involved in a lot of advisory committees and stuff like that before but One of the greatest comments I heard from people when they would return to one of the public forums is, oh my gosh, they actually took my advice. Because when people would go up to the map and suggest changes, they made sense. So we made those changes. So I just want to give a shout out to everyone who was part of that. And a lot of work went into it. We would love to see something come of it someday, right, after all that. But I'm still rooting and I'm still working with our legislators and our federal delegates to make sure that we get the funding for this really, really important project. So thank you, everyone who was involved.

All right. Thank you. Commissioner Schrader.

I just want to say that getting an award from the National Association of Counties is a big deal. We are a mid-sized county, and we do phenomenal work. And the fact that we get that recognition at the national level by our peers is gratifying and really showcases the way we do things here in Clackamas County.

Happy that we got it and and I know Diana you were very involved in those discussions all right Commissioner yeah, I'll echo all of that and just say that someone who's been around here for a long time and work with a The late Dave Senior, who was one of the initiators of the Sunrise Corridor project back in the 80s, 90s. You know, when I came on the commission, I said, gosh, that project's been on the books for 30 years. We're still working on it now. You know, 16 years later, it's 40 years and we're still working on it. But I do want to thank our staff and all the people here and the volunteers, everyone who participated in that process for your volunteering time and your efforts. We're moving the needle. I think this is big. So I really feel from a standpoint of public process and moving this project forward, I've seen more momentum in the last couple of years than I've seen in a long time. And it's all thanks to everyone in this room. So thank you. On the CPO side, Donna, others, great work. I'm going to go back again. I mean, I was inspired by way back when it was a complete communities and concurrency was something the Board of County Commissioners at the time initiated. And I participated in both of those at the C4 level, which was the concurrency and complete communities, which was ultimately... the CPOs and Hamlets and Villages model that we currently have. So I'm really proud of the work. It has been, as mentioned, a downturn after COVID in attendance. And I'm hoping we can put some life back in that as best we can. I appreciate the hard work and how engaged CCI is more than ever. So I'm really, really proud of their work as well. But our volunteers, I think, are underrated. And I also, as someone who came from the, and lives in the unincorporated area of Clackamas County, half our population's unincorporated. So that's why the CPOs and the villages and hamlets, even though we don't have a village currently, are so important. And, you know, not even unlike last evening, and almost often there are a lot of rooms we go in, those people don't feel like, they don't have a mayor. They don't have a city council. They don't have the committees and the structures that cities have. They don't have all of that. So we are really their support system for all those things that would otherwise be provided by a city. There have been efforts in the past to incorporate some areas those have not been very successful But being a voice for them is an important part of our job and because they're half of our constituency They rely on us as the board so and our staff so great job staff and PGA and Working with those in and again the Sunrise Group for all your work, and we will continue to Make a difference.

Thank you Thank You Commissioner West

Thank you chair. It has really been an honor to be able to be involved with NACO. I know commissioner Schrader has been very involved, not just at the state level, but at the national level, championing many of the things that we've done well here in Clackamas. And this board is really valued that interaction with our peers nationally and locally and driving policy at both levels. And these awards are very competitive and there's a lot of different organizations and counties vying for that recognition. And we continue to rack up these awards because we do really good work here in Clackamas County. Our staff does phenomenal work. We have great experts that put in the time and do the research and. and make sure that the community is well informed and make sure that us as policy makers are well informed and have the tools necessary and then great at collaborating with community members and members of our CPO and different unincorporated and incorporated areas. So I'm really proud of these awards that we received to everyone in the hearing room. I can see you on the camera. I see the hats. And I just want to say thank you so much to helping us have this success in the county. It does not go unnoticed. And there's a lot of great momentum with the Sun-Rice corridor. And really, really excited by all of that. So I'll just echo everything and say, you know, I agree with every sentiment expressed by my colleagues on the dais. And I thank you so much. And this is something to be very proud of. Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner. And really, I'm just going to echo what Commissioner West and Commissioner Schroeder had said. This is a big deal. And NACO, and if you look at really how many counties are in the entire United States, there's 3,144 counties. And being recognized, you know, as you mentioned, Nancy, over a dozen since 2020, correct? Yes. is really standing out across the entire United States. So I think each of us, when we go back to NACO, when you see how many counties there are and how diverse it is, and to hear that back here in Clackamas County we have staff that are setting the trend across the entire United States, it is impressive. So with that, just a huge thank you. And I think what next we're going to have, if we could have folks come up, we're going to have a picture. Is that all right, Nancy? That is correct. All right. Let's go ahead and do that.

Thank you.

We have them.

We have two options.

We have this. OK.

So we're going to do one with hats and one without. Is that right, Ed? OK. Perfect. Here we go. Everybody, three, two, one. We'll take a couple here. Got it.

OK. We'll do one without the hats. All right. Here we go.

Here we go, three, two, one. Take a couple here. Perfect, thank you.

That's a good tractor hat.

It is. That's a good hat for the coast.

Yeah, there you go.

Well, I must say, Gary, that's the county business I enjoy. All right.

Gary, what do you have next? Thank you. Next, you have two public hearings. The first hearing is approval of a supplemental budget for fiscal year 2026-2027. Fiscal impact is a net increase in appropriations of $13,214,990. Funding is through beginning fund balance, charges and fees, federal, state, and local funding, and an increase of $88,000 of county general funds. Senator Montoya, budget manager, will present. Go ahead, please.

Good morning and thank you for having me. Sandra Montoya, budget manager. As Gary said and summarized very nicely, thank you, is the supplemental before you. This is routine business and it's necessary any time that we project that a fund and a category, or in CCSO's case, a fund department and detailed category is going to exceed its budget authority. So we are required by law to bring those to you and request an amendment to the appropriations. And so before you today, you have I SEE I LOST COUNT. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. YOU HAVE EIGHT ITEMS. SEVEN OF THOSE ARE CCSOS AND AS I SAID THIS IS SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE IN 26-27 THE BOARD ELECTED TO APPROVE THE CCSO BUDGET AT A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL SO YOU WILL BE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THESE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. And then the last item is H3S, and that is related to the recovery campus, and it is us just now recognizing some of those dollars, those grant dollars, federal, state dollars that are coming in, whereas before we believed they were going to be coming, now we know that they're here and we're budgeting that revenue and also budgeting the corresponding expense.

All right.

Any questions before I...

Any questions before I open up for the public? All right, seeing none, I'll open the public hearing, and clerk, will you help us moderate the in-person virtual testimony for us?

Thank you, Chair. I'll now begin with in-person testimony. If you would like to testify, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. I do not see anybody wishing to testify here in person. So I will now move on to the virtual testimony. If you would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received. Excuse me, Mr. Commissioner West wanted to make a comment.

Go ahead. Thank you, Chair. I guess my question is, wanting to have a little bit better understanding about that. maybe getting a little more detail about that granular level with the CCSO office. And I know that we changed the board directed by category and kind of wanted to look specifically within the categories within the budget. And maybe this is a, this will be further discussed or be available for discussion when after a motion is made. But I don't know if Ms. Pantoja, if you can give us a little more detailed or if that's coming.

Thank you. So yes, normally we adopt by fund and then department, and then the categories of personnel, materials and services, and capital outlay are combined into an operating budget. So that's three categories rolled up into one, and that is legally allowed by Oregon budget law. In CCSO's case, in 26-27, we adopted a budget that is by program, so three levels lower, and then by actual category, so personnel is by itself, materials and services alone, and capital outlay is all alone. Anytime that CCSO has any changes, let's say that they shifted an additional person from patrol to investigations, they're going to have to bring that change to the board and actually request the shifting of those dollars because those are two different programs. It's personnel to personnel, but because it's a different program, that would need to come here. let's say that they decided that a car gets wrecked and they need it and so they're going to shift money from materials and services to capital outlay, that would need to come to the board. So that's what I mean is that more of a granular level, whereas in prior years, they would have had the discretion to shift dollars within their programs and within their operating budget. Now they are being asked to bring those sorts of decisions to the board for consideration.

Thank you for that clarification for the public. And I know that we're doing this because we're trying to be really good stewards of every single public dollar and we're having to take a really critical eye to the ccso's budget based on previous and past behaviors under the previous administration for the sheriff's office but i wanted to just make sure that we were clear about this change and this is a change from how things have been done previously and so that was a great explanation um and uh for for the public to understand why this is happening in this manner thank you

All right. I'll now close the public hearing portion and move on. So may I have a motion?

Go ahead, Commissioner Summers. To adopt the supplemental budget resolution as recommended by staff.

Second.

Right Commissioner West has moved to adopt the supplemental budget resolution as recommended by staff Commissioner Schrader a second of that and For the discussion I see Commissioner Savas has a comment.

Yeah, I just saved my comments for this portion here Sandra, thank you for the presentation I Expect we'll be doing this you know frequently especially in this particular department, and I can understand why and ideally When things get lined up in the ideal world, there'll be less of these once everything gets realigned properly. And that's what I'm looking forward to. And just for the public, I know you said it correctly, and I want to make sure people understand. if the sheriff, in this case, move a position or create a position and move it around, you know, and it's not, wasn't in the program to begin with, but now it is, let's just say that, you know, we're making this change. But if they move the actual person from one program to another, but the position is already there, that's not required for you to report.

Correct.

Right, right. So it's just simply the position or the change of position, not the person. Correct. I just wanted the public to know that, and thanks for your confirmation of that. And again, I think it's going to be a good exercise for everyone in the learning curve so we can better understand and maybe program and foresee, not program, but foresee where the costs are and the expenditure. So it'll probably get tighter as the months go every quarter and quarter. I expect it to be a little bit more complex. But I'm hoping that by next budget season and early on here, we'll have a better idea of where the costs are and where the expenses are Growing or inflation is taking over and those kinds of things. So thanks for the work and I'm very prepared to support this today All right clerk.

You want to call the poll?

Yes, Commissioner Helm aye Commissioner West aye Commissioner Schrader aye Commissioner Savas aye Chair Roberts aye the motion passes 5-0

Thank you. Gary, what's next? Your next public hearing is approval of board orders to authorize borrowing and the issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds for the Columbus County Recovery Campus in an amount not to exceed $10,300,000. Funding is through bond purchasers. No county general funds are involved. Sandra will present on this as well. Go ahead, please.

Good morning and thank you. This is exciting. This recovery campus is going to be a real great asset to the county. And just as background, I know you all know it, but the public, just in case they don't, two new two-story buildings to an existing county-owned land parcel at 15301 Southeast 92nd Avenue. Building one is gonna include withdrawal management, residential treatment, and support services. Building two includes transitional housing and outpatient services to support successful community reintegration. The operator that we have is Fora Health, formerly known as DePaul Treatment Centers, and FORA is one of Oregon's oldest and largest and most respected nonprofit treatment centers. Because FORA is a nonprofit, we are allowed to issue tax-exempt debt. on this financing and the financing is simply the gap uh it's a 45 million dollar project and the county has done tremendous work and being able to get partners to cooperate on your packet on page two we've got the breakdown of the revenue we've already identified to date and i'm very happy to report that yesterday we got an email that the federal earmark of two and a half million was awarded and we do have it in writing now so that's fabulous news so the financing will drop uh just a little below eight million and so this request today is twofold one is because we are not the operators we have to do tax exempt financing a public hearing approval it's called a TEFRA hearing and it just basically acknowledges that there's a tax exempt transaction with another entity going on that's the first I'm sorry the first one is you approving the bonds the second is the TEFRA hearing so it's two full two board orders that you have and with that I'm available to ask any questions or answer any questions

BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC PORTION. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER HELM.

I WANTED TO VERIFY BECAUSE IT IS IN THE PACKET THAT THE MEANS TO PAY THIS BACK IS FROM OPIOID MONIES COMING IN. WE DO HAVE REVENUE COMING IN TO PAY THIS DEBT BACK.

That's a really great point. I apologize that I missed saying that. I know I have it in the report, but it's not general fund. This is opioid settlement dollars, and those dollars are really restricted in their use, so using it to repay the debt for a treatment center is an absolute great alignment of those dollars, and so it is not coming out of any other pool of money but the opioid settlement funds.

Right commissioner West, this is incredibly exciting before we knew we had the commitment from the governor for 10M dollars and then the earmark for 2.5M dollars from the federal government and from our delegation. Those were a little tenuous, and we were still trying to figure out how to brave funding and be as creative as possible from all these different sources about how to make this. Campus become a reality and so we were at the point where we thought we were only going to be able to fund. Phase 1, not phase 2, so only 1 of the buildings, but we were committed about then about moving forward as a board and the need for this recovery infrastructure. And so just a little history for everyone is. We worked with our staff with Cindy and others to figure this out. And one of the ways we were going to do that was what we needed to issue debt. How do we pay that back without having it be a direct impact to our taxpayers? And Commissioner Helm very articulately and correctly stated how that's going to be done where we're using opioid dollars, which we paid that debt back. But it is so great to hear that those dollars that were tenuous that we didn't know if we were going to get, including the $10 million from the governor and the 2.5 million. allocation from the federal government is coming in. And that doesn't happen often. I just want people to know that it is not easy to actually go through that earmark process from the federal government and to actually land those dollars. We've done that. That is a big accomplishment. And especially when I think Governor Kotek and our Clackamas County caucus legislators in particular to helping us get that additional 10 million dollars to make this happen and this is one of the most significant recovery infrastructure pieces in the region it is different than anything that currently exists it is innovative it is smart it has been done at record pace for government in just three and a half years we're breaking ground and this is just one of those critical pieces about how it's funded that's going to allow us to have a ribbon cutting pretty soon so i'm ecstatic And I just wanted to say thank you to everybody involved, every department, every layer of support, all of our regional partners, everybody across the board broadly. Thank you so much into our community for believing in us and allowing us to move forward with this important policy decision. So thank you to everybody.

All right, I'll now open the public hearing. Clerk, you want to moderate the in-person and virtual testimony for us?

Thank you, Chair. I will now begin with in-person testimony. If you would like to testify, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Okay, we don't have anyone in person wishing to testify today, so we'll move on to the virtual testimony. If you wish to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call you in the order received. I don't have anyone online wishing to testify.

All right, thank you, clerk. I'll now close the public hearing, and we'll go ahead and move forward. There are two board orders to consider today. We need to take action on each one of them separately, and we must approve both of them to move this forward. So I would ask one of my colleagues if they would have a motion authorizing the borrowing.

I move to adopt the board order authorizing a borrowing in an amount not to exceed $10,300,000 to provide a recovery campus and delegating to the county finance director and budget manager to take the necessary actions.

Second. All right. Commissioner Helms moved to adopt the board order authorizing a borrowing in the amount not to exceed $10,300,000 to provide recovery campus and delegating to the county finance director and the budget managers to take necessary action. Commissioner Savas is second of that. Any further discussion or comments?

Yeah, Chair, just to let people know, I just want to use this as an example, because there's a great little story here. As Commissioner West kind of alluded to, there was a Phase 1, and we figured out a way to braid the funding to get Phase 1. And I want to thank Commissioner West for his patience, because I know at that moment he was wanting to see Phase 1 and Phase 2 happen, but we didn't have a way to get there. And the strategy we applied there is by showing that we had not skin in the game, if you will, but we were serious and we made that investment in phase one. We were able to convince others that we were serious, we were doing this, and then we were fortunate enough for people to see that, including the governor's office, to make the additional phase two possible. So two examples here of that. One, that strategy I just laid out, as well as great example of braided funding if you look at all the different moving pieces that came together to fund this project. So I want to thank my colleagues, most especially Commissioner West, for his passion towards this project and working with us.

All right. Clerk, you want to call the poll?

Okay. Commissioner West?

An enthusiastic yes.

Commissioner Schroeder? Absolutely a yes. Commissioner Helm? Aye. Commissioner Savas? Aye.

Of course, yes.

Chair Roberts.

Aye.

The motion passes 5-0.

All right, now I need a motion on the issuance of the tax-exempt financing.

Chair, I move we adopt the board order approving the issuance of a tax-exempt financing by the county. Second. Second.

Commissioner West beat me to the punch.

All right. Commissioner Savas has moved to adopt the board order approving the issuance of a tax exempt financing by the county. Commissioner West has seconded that. Any further discussion or comments? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll?

Okay. Commissioner Savas?

Aye.

Commissioner Hill? Aye. Commissioner Schrader? Aye. Commissioner West?

Aye.

Chair Roberts?

Aye.

Okay. The motion passes 5-0.

Thank you, Gary.

Thank you.

Thank you. Next is the consent agenda for the Board of County Commissioners. Caroline, would you please read the consent agenda?

Okay. Consent agenda for elected officials. One, approval of previous business meeting minutes. Technology services, one, approval of amendment number three to a service level agreement with the city of Happy Valley for a new dark fiber connection from city hall to the police building. Amendment value is $3,144 for one year with a total contract value of $183,936 for 15 years. Funding is through the city of Happy Valley. No county general funds are involved. Two, approval of an intergovernmental agreement with TriMet for shared resources for a new fiber optic project. IGA value is $21,765 in the form of contributed material and labor. Funding is through TriMet. No county general funds are involved. Three, approval of two change orders to a contract with North Sky Communications for added scope of work. Change order value is $617,247 with a total contract value of $3,109,237. Funding is through American Rescue Plan Act funds. No county general funds are involved. Four, approval of a board order authorizing a purchase order to Oracle America Inc. to renew the technical support contract for PeopleSoft Finance and HR Systems. Total contract value is $769,201.92 for a one year term. Funding is through departmental allocations which may include a small portion of budgeted county general funds. Health, Housing, and Human Services. One, approval of a subrecipient grant amendment with Project Quest for non-opioid pain management services. Agreement value is $300,011.25 for 12 months. Funding is through opioid settlement funds. No county general funds are involved. Approval number two, approval of amendment number three to an intergovernmental agreement with Multnomah County for the provision of services to Clackamas County veterans. Amendment value is $491,513.39 for a new total agreement value of $855,458.12 for five years. Funding is through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. No county general funds are involved. Three, approval of a subrecipient grant agreement with Central City Concerned for Chesame Mental Health Housing Operations. Agreement value is $156,311.60 for 12 months. Funding is through Oregon Health Authority. No county general funds are involved. for approval of revenue amendment number one to an intergovernmental agreement with Gladstone School District for mental health in classroom support and counseling to the student and their family. Amendment value is $56,600 for one year. Total agreement value is $113,200 for two years and three months. Funding is through Gladstone School District. No county general funds are involved and that concludes the consent agenda.

All right, does anyone want to remove any item? Seeing none, may I have a motion then?

I move we approve the consent agenda as read. Second.

All right, Commissioner Schrader's moved to approve the consent agenda. Commissioner Helm has seconded that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll?

Commissioner Schrader? Aye. Commissioner Savas?

Aye.

Commissioner West? Aye.

Aye.

Commissioner Helm? Aye. And Chair Roberts? Aye. Motion passes 5-0.

Thank you. I'll now recess as Board of County Commissioners convene as the Water Environment Services Board of Directors, Gary.

Thank you. Next is the Consent Agenda for Water Environment Services. Caroline, would you please read the Consent Agenda?

Water Environment Services Consent Agenda. A, approval of amendment number one to contract number 1120 with Parametrics Inc. for engineering services and design of phase two of the Kellogg Creek Water Resource Facility disinfection project. Amendment value is $998,923.35, increasing total contract value to $1,469,625.35. Funding is through West Sanitary Sewer Construction Funds. No county general funds are involved. And that concludes the West consent agenda.

All right, anybody want to remove any items? Seeing none, we have a motion. Chair, I move to approve the West consent agenda as read.

Second.

Commissioner West has moved to approve the Water Environment Services consent agenda as read. Commissioner Schrader has seconded it. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, can you please call the poll?

Commissioner West.

Aye.

Commissioner Helm. Aye. Commissioner Schrader. Aye. Commissioner Savas.

Aye.

Chair Roberts. Aye. The motion passes 5-0.

All right, thank you all. Recess as the Water Environment Services Board and reconvene as Board of County Commissioners. Gary.

Thank you. Next is county administrator update. That's me. I like to recognize our employees during my time. Today, I would like to honor Katie Knutson, who's a program planner from our public health division in health, housing, and human services. She recently was honored by the Native American Youth and Family Center. for her work on the center's family shelter. Public Health helped secure funding of $25,000 for this family shelter center to support projects helping indigenous people experiencing homelessness and substance use disorder. Each year, the Native American Youth and Family Center takes the opportunity to recognize community members, and this year they recognized Katie for her contributions on behalf of the county for strengthening the public health family shelter and the Native American community in Clackamas County. Thank you, Katie, for your important work and all of our team that supports this work for the Native American Youth and Family Center. That is my update today. Thank you, commissioners.

All right. Commissioner of Communication, Martha, you're up.

Yeah, I've been doing a number of meetings this week. On Monday, I attended the National Association of Counties Midsize County Caucus Leadership Call. And this is a new group that we formed at the national level for counties that are 500,000 and below when we fit into that group. NICHE HERE, AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING. IT'S GOING TO BE SOME PRETTY ROBUST DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PULL TOGETHER COUNTIES THAT ARE OF SIMILAR SIZE AND ACTUALLY HAVE RURAL, URBAN, SUBURBAN And it's been a long time coming to make this happen. And I'm really looking forward to continue to work on those issues at the national level as we move together as counties. And as I think the chair mentioned earlier, there are over 3,000 counties in the United States of America, and we are the oldest form of government, if you can believe that, from the 1600s, based on the counties that... Basically, we're formed in England, believe it or not. So that was a good meeting. The other piece was that I had an opportunity to, you know, we had a pretty robust discussion last night. about the you know parks district the NC PRD and I am hopeful that with the next meeting that we have that we pull together I don't I personally however long it takes if it's a 24-hour meeting I am fine with that but let's work together to to make sure that we move the process forward and that the unincorporated area gets what they need in terms of parks and that we recognize that there are no borders between parks. That children from unincorporated all use the same parks and to me That needs to be what the focus is. It's on the kids It's on having open space and it's also about equity and fairness And I do believe the unincorporated area. We do need to rectify and make sure that they are getting their needs met for their communities there. And I think we've had a big step forward, particularly because of the new library, where it's been recognized nationally by the library. American Library Association is one of the top libraries. And with the new park that we've done, but there's more work to be done. We were recently at a ribbon conning in the unincorporated area for Jennings Lodge. That was a long time coming, and there's going to be more as we move forward. My only regret was back in the day, we could have had a larger park, for that area but at the time as much as I think Commissioner Savas and I wanted to move forward with it but there were differences of opinion on the board and I to this day think that was a mistake I think that we should have really given the opportunity for that land and space to that area but I can't undo what's been done but what we can do is move forward to make sure that people's needs are met no matter where they live in the county and that's just my take and my philosophy on this we represent everyone there's a reason why we are elected at large because we can't ignore the mountain we can't ignore the rural areas we can't ignore the urban areas we can't ignore the unincorporated areas we are elected to serve everybody across the county and I take this very seriously and I'm looking forward to a conversation so we can move forward and make sure that people get what What they need particularly in parks because the two things we do best in this county in my estimation is libraries are critical and open space and parks and We need to champion that and make sure everybody is getting their needs met Thanks.

Thank you, Marna Commissioner Salvas

Yeah, well, I appreciate Commissioner Schrader's points. I'll just build on that before I talk about a couple other things. In reality, I think what I've learned from talking to people is that parks are, it's location, location, location, right? I mean, people want to walk to their parks. Kids, you know, parents don't want their kids to walk, you know, six miles to go to a particular park because the safety of their kids, right? They're going to walk to the nearest park, and hopefully there is one, right? That's what we're trying to rectify. There is one close, and there's a safe means of getting there. So, you know, my... You know, my hope is that we do, as I think Commissioner Howell mentioned the other day, achieve the parity as one of our goals across, and that's not going to be overnight. That's going to take a long time, and that's going to take some very thoughtful planning, and that's going to make sure that everything we do, including agreements and IGAs, that are very thoughtful and mindful so that we can get there. I do want to shift a little bit and just, you know, because part of this is really about, you know, some poorly crafted agreements in the past. That's how we got here. And I think sometimes governments or people don't have a lot of patience, or they rush, and communication maybe is not key, or maybe people don't understand the legalese. I mean, we all, each of us, have different skill sets. Other boards, city councils, commissioners, everyone's got a different skill set. And I know that as elected folks, we are policy makers. We're told that all the time. Matter of fact, I think sometimes we are even, I won't say scolded, schooled maybe sometimes. Commissioner, that's not your job. Your job is to make policy. And we're not supposed to be rubber stamps either. I've seen where, you know, my gosh, maybe a board or a council is, you know, have a lot of people that just rubber stamp maybe what's there and they're not making the policy. And then when things go awry, You know, the electeds get blamed or the constituents are shorted or whatnot. So, you know, I take that seriously. It's been a long haul. I've learned a lot. I'm always learning. I don't pretend to know everything. I definitely want to learn. And I've watched attrition, how attrition affects policymaking with how long it takes to get up to speed. If you're someone new, bring up speed on how policy is crafted. But really, it's about cooperation and collaboration and communication amongst the board and staff and making sure that, you know, the board's given the opportunity to make policy and chime in on policy, that staff are there to support that, legal counsel's there to make sure that things are in line and informed and legal. And we all need to respect our individual Authority and our role particularly here with policy making and it it's it takes it takes some effort And I think it's worthwhile to make sure we get it right not all boards are Worked that way. I mean some are like I said I just kind of see that sometimes they don't really understand their learning and they mean they're more actually rubber stamping something that's brought to them and We, with, again, thanks Commissioner Schroeder, but mentioning NCPRD last evening.

It was a hard meeting.

Yeah, it was a hard meeting. And we need to be thoughtful and we need to understand the mechanics of what went wrong and how to get it right. And the agreement we're currently living with right now that we're dealing with, grappling with, is 18 years old. And we know these agreements, it takes forever to get them moving. And you just don't change them overnight. And so our opportunity to get it right is before us. And it's not going to be perfect. I know that. There's always going to be compromise. I get that. but we have to get it right because this agreement will probably last under 15 to 20 years and we won't be here to make those changes. And we've seen how that has, I'll say harm using your example of not being able to purchase a building and having someone tell us that there's no money when there was money, having bias where maybe perhaps that money wanted to be steered towards someone else or another part of the district. There's been a lot of injustices in there. And frankly, I think some of them rise to the level of something... I won't go there. I'll just say that as long as we're making progress, we're fixing something that we don't have to bring up some of the past excursions of what I think might even be legal issues as well.

Yeah. And I just want to say, Commissioner, you've been a champion of the area. and I think we're really trying to rectify okay get equity make sure there's open space and parks for everybody and I think that Since I've been here as a commissioner for a long time We were three commissioners moved to five built an entire campus in my whole tenure here and I would say when I first came on board I kind of felt like it was more like the Wild West and Little bit. Okay. I mean it was three members. We were down by the railroad track and every time the train went by the whole building would shake and I You know we didn't have office the the kind of offices our County was scattered all over The place one of the reasons we built this campus is so we can consolidate Services, so I've seen How the opportunity you see a lot of changes and yes, I agree that The Wild West worked then. It doesn't work now. And we have fixing that we need to do. But we're all smart people. We all care about the kids. We all care about our constituents. So if we can put our heads together and really work towards equity, And making sure that everybody gets what they need. I think we can do it. We're a good commission. We're good people. We do the best we can with what we've got. And the errors of the past are the errors of the past. But now it's time to, just for what it's worth, repair the errors of the past. We can do that. I can't change them completely, but we can repair. And I think that's where we need to be right now. Thank you, my friend.

We just need to take the time. And I remember when I first got on the commission, we worked, you know, I was here Four days a week, you know. It's always been a four-day schedule. But Mondays we were working and preparing for the business meeting and the packets and the work sessions. On Tuesday we got here. We started early in the morning. We broke for lunch. We came back. We worked until 4 or 5 o'clock. Came back on Wednesday and did more. So we actually did more roll up our sleeves, get stuff done. And we were more informed than we currently are. I know that was a lot of work on staff. But now we're finding out. in hindsight that staff actually felt good about that because they were able to tell us and the public what they were doing and now we're finding out that now they're realizing there's very little opportunity to do that so now we'll have these not quarterly but monthly presentations to get us ready for the budget as a means to try to address that. The last thing I want to talk about today is I had been in a lot of communication with a lot of businesses and business friends of mine, people that have supported me in the past, when I was in business, people I worked with in the past. And I'm seeing, so I just want to make everyone aware on the dais here, I'm seeing something I've never seen before. And that's how many people I'm calling to say, and the response comes from, Paul, I just want to let you know, I'm no longer in Oregon. I either move my business or I sold my business or I shut it down every day. Yesterday, the same darn thing. An employer said, Paul, I have two employees left in Oregon. That's all I can afford. The other 198 are now in Idaho.

Yeah.

So that kind of theme is growing and growing and is telling me, I'm just thinking about the math, that as we're losing those employees and they no longer have employment, the state that we rely on employment tax and that's where the state gets this money. Exactly. you know, so forth, that, you know, it's kind of spooky from a financial standpoint what the revenue forecast is going to be for the state, let alone ourselves, when these businesses that formerly invested in Clackamas County and grew their businesses and assessed value and their buildings and everything, when they just say, we're done, we're out, It's troubling. And they're also paying into the support of housing services. They're paying into the CAT, all these things. And some of that is actually the impediment to some degree. But I just want to make you all aware tonight, not tonight, but right after this meeting, I'm going to be heading over to Washington County and working, talking with a few of the business associations out over there that are struggling, that are trying to find new ways to bring value into the chamber slash business association model to keep businesses and help advocate for businesses to make sure they're successful. So I'll inform you with that, and also I know that Commissioner Helm and I have been working closely with Some of the other challenges are local chambers that are happening and trying to figure out ways to make them successful. But the overall message I want to convey here that times are really tight and the economics are, I've never seen it like this. I have not, never really seen a tightening like this. Diesel at $6 a gallon, double what it was a year and a half ago. All these things are stacking up and the interest rate went up a quarter point yesterday. So I'm an optimist Struggling in a real in the world of reality Which is sometimes got as it's challenges But I'll keep you apprised of what's happening and what comes out of this meeting today and in their future Commissioner Helm and I will be working on Any kind of solution or ways again help the chambers locally as well. So that's it for I have the day chair I yield back.

All right, Commissioner West Uh, thank you chair. I just want a really quick piggyback on my colleagues, uh, commissioner Schrader and commissioner service. I really appreciate your comments regarding and the parks district issue. I think that there is. True intentions with the majority of this board to get this right. And I know we have more work to do. I'm committed to helping you guys do that. And I think your comments were very timely today. And then also just to piggyback on Commissioner Savas, this morning, listening to the news on the radio, Oregon has lost 25,000 plus jobs in just the last couple of years. And though it has plateaued, our unemployment rate is severally higher than the rest of the nation at over 5%. And, uh, I think maybe commissioner saw this, what you were seeing and feeling in reality with your neighbors and businesses in the community is the reflection of those numbers. Um, and so I, not all of it, but much of these outcomes, I believe are self inflicted here in Oregon. Certain policies decisions were made by. Those that currently hold statewide elected office and currently control the legislature and the majority of the power in the metro area, they made policy decisions that have exasperated us and made us less ideal or competitive to our neighboring states and regions. And so people have voted with their feet and just said enough is enough. And have moved on and so I think that's what we're seeing. I hope we can pull out of this tailspin as a state as a community, but those are really concerning trends that we're all seeing now over the last couple weeks or the last week or so. There has been some conversation. regarding my tenure as a Clackamas County Commissioner and my new role as Junction City's new administrator. And I just want to quickly take some time to address that. So everybody knows that I'm finishing my term as a Clackamas County Commissioner. I have begun my role as a Junction City's new city administrator. And I want the public to know that I am fully committed to filling the responsibilities of both positions with the time, focus, and dedication each requires. My schedule still remains flexible. Doing a lot with a little time is not new for me. And being productive in that time is also not new. And I am committed to being completely responsive to both organizations' needs. And I'm going to ensure that the attention that every organization needs, it gets. I'm meeting all professional and legal obligations in my role. And my role in Junction City, I think it's important to note, by contract is part-time through the end of the year, knowing that I'm still a sitting County Commissioner here in Clackamas, and I will be finishing my term here through December. And I also recently stepped away from previous nursing obligations to allow me to focus on my public service roles fully. I have also met all clinical hours that are necessary to maintain my nursing license and my requirements credentialing-wise within the Navy. Where I also serve, and I wanted to make sure that everybody knew that I am committed and dedicated to both entities and believe that I can do both roles effectively. And I've met all legal and professional obligations of the commissioner and will continue to do so. And to be honest, if I look at my track record over the last 3 and a half years of things that I was able to spearhead, put my fingerprints on, get accomplished and help navigate through this county. My record is impeachable, and I think it shows the work ethic and my capabilities of wearing multiple hats within public service. And I'm open to any questions or concerns that the public may have, but I want you to hear from me first where I'm at on this. Instead of politically motivated bomb throwing, that reeks of selective outrage instead of actually what the truth is or based on my actual record. I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS HEAD ON AND MAKE SURE THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND I WILL YIELD BACK.

COMMISSIONER HILL. YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE AOC ASSOCIATION OF OREGON COUNTIES DISTRICT 8 MEETING IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND. THIS IS A MEETING WITH ALL THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ELECTEDS. OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYONE FROM EVERY COUNTY CAN SHOW UP. Great conversations. We had some good presentations. We had a senator and a state rep there as well from Ways and Means. It's gloomy, I will say. Yes, there's a lot of doom and gloom. Regarding revenue, there was also the assessor that represents AOC was there as well, and there are some revenue out revenue sources out there that she She talked about that are you know there's possibility of increasing it, but I will say that this is a state top-down problem that has to get fixed both at the state level and the city of Portland level and Multnomah County That affects all of us, so yes people are leaving. I hear it every day, too. I And it's not just concerning, it's alarming where a state is headed. So there's a lot of good questions yesterday. There was a lot of smart people there. I always have the stupid questions, but that's okay because there's still the newer questions of things I don't totally comprehend. But what I see every day, and as a business owner, previous business owner, I know where the problems are, and I know why people are leaving. So I... THERE'S GOING TO BE FOLLOW-UP TO THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT. LAST NIGHT'S NCPRD MEETING WAS HARD. IT WAS INTENSE. WE WORK TOGETHER WELL. WE'RE POLITE. THERE'S DYNAMICS GOING ON IN THE ROOM AT ALL TIMES OBVIOUSLY WHERE YOU FEEL THAT BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM MY STANDPOINT And why I've kind of dug my heels in on this about these new things that have come up about the IGAs is, A, they're new. Some of these issues were new to us. So I think one of our biggest jobs is research. being good stewards of taxpayer dollars. And I think I hear way too often about what previous commissions have done that have been detrimental to the county financially. So I don't want my name tied to that in four or five or ten years. I want to make sure that I have all the information necessary to make the decision that is right for Clackamas County and for NCPRD. and to be that watchdog of taxpayer dollars. So I make no apologies for dragging this out and doing the right thing because I'm trying to fix the parity that has happened from previous boards that have, you know, for whatever reason, whatever mindset they were in, there's a problem. So I just want to say that I... As I continue to learn, as I continue to find out more information, there is an end to this, and I think it's coming up soon, I will say, I hope, at our next meeting, however long that is. And I think we've got, and I do want to say, too, and I said it last night to the DAC there, that I appreciate their hard work. The advisory committee has put in the time, they've learned They've gathered the information, which is what their job is, and then they are making recommendations to us. So I appreciate all their good work. Tonight, I get to go into another head-on beehive at the Hoodland CPO meeting. So anyway, I'll be up at the mountain tonight for another another meeting for maybe a little contention regarding the walk bike path that they were promised that has been cut in half. So for whatever reason, but I will have our best and brightest there. Mike Besner will be there to help. And I hope that the explanations that are forthcoming are, you know, it's really tough. I said this yesterday that the decisions that we make on a daily basis here are hard, you know, regarding the budget, regarding programs and services that we offer. And as our budget is more tight, and revenue is not there, it's going to make an effect downstream. It's not going to be fun, but we do the best we can with the money that we have, and I want everyone to know that it's not fun trying to decide where to cut. So, well, I'll fill you in after the meeting tonight. I yield back, Chair.

All right. JUST A FEW COMMENTS AND I WAS JUST A FEW COMMENTS AND I WAS AT THE DISTRICT 8 MEETING AT THE DISTRICT 8 MEETING ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HAS TO EXPLAIN AROUND THE STATE BUT TO EXPLAIN AROUND THE STATE BUT THERE'S DISTRICT 8 IS WASHINGTON I think Commissioner Hill and I can agree that Senator Kate Lieber and Representative Sanchez laid out the financial forecast as they see it, I guess, and just a number of areas where the state is dealing with, for example, the forest fires. is higher than expected as far as those costs and just a number of other areas and so I think it is going to be a difficult upcoming session and I think that's where we roll up our sleeves and figure out the priorities which I know is a challenge. I did bring up one of the suggestions I had in there and that was as we discussed it we're also looking at revenue REFORM AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN THAT AND EXPENDITURES AND I DID REFORM AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN THAT AND EXPENDITURES AND I DID MAKE ONE SUGGESTION AND THAT MAKE ONE SUGGESTION AND THAT WAS I KNOW WASHINGTON STATE WAS I KNOW WASHINGTON STATE HAS ELIMINATED BASICALLY DEQ HAS ELIMINATED BASICALLY DEQ IN THEIR STATE FOR VEHICLES IN THEIR STATE FOR VEHICLES AND COMMISSIONER HELM REITERATED AND COMMISSIONER HELM REITERATED ABOUT 97% OF THE PEOPLE PASS ABOUT 97% OF THE PEOPLE PASS WHEN THEY GO IN FOR DEQ SO PERHAPS WHEN THEY GO IN FOR DEQ SO PERHAPS MAYBE A REDUCTION OR SOMETHING MAYBE A REDUCTION OR SOMETHING THAT IF SOMEBOD because that is a big cost. And when you're kind of trying to weigh out the priorities on a state level, I'd much rather personally see some of that money go to folks that are on the edge of homelessness or other critical, really almost life-saving health care needs that would benefit. So I mean, those are all tough decisions. But it's something I think we all have to kind of look at. So that was the other thing I was very impressed about I mean we met with Dr. Joe Hardman with HealthShare and talked about really kind of where we're at on some of the mental health issues that are facing the state and some of the things that they're looking in this next legislative session I think I thought it would be a benefit to actually bring Dr. Hardman in talk about some of their research and what they're kind of seeing. So we had a short presentation. I had a zillion questions to follow up and had to be respectful of time. It was like an eight-hour meeting. I mean, I was not there as long as you were, but had some really valuable information. And then another person presented, which I thought was extremely beneficial. They had each county present on their deflection program and how are they doing, and these are another area where funds are kind of at risk. BUT DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN MILLER PRESENTED ON THE DEFLECTION. SOME OF THE DATA HE REFLECTED THERE'S 1500 CASES THAT REFERRED TO THEIR OFFICE. 287 OF THOSE ENTERED DEFLECTION AND 144 COMPLETED DEFLECTION PROGRAM JUST TO KIND OF GIVE US IDEAS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND COMPARISON. the other thing just quickly talk about I know each of us have almost touched on the North Clackamas Parks and Rec District Board of Directors meeting we had and I just quickly want to give a shout out to Sheila Shawn the DAC and all that in the vault they volunteer and they really did put a lot of work into taking a look at providing I thought was really thoughtful recommendations Sheila used to be a principal and a school teacher and I just have been very impressed with her and and how she's always staying positive and really trying to get everybody to work together so Sheila big shout out you're doing amazing work keep it up and I'm also hopeful we'll come to some resolutions here soon. Then on another note, just some Oktoberfest and fall festivals, especially with some of this last nice weather we're all having, many local farms and community event centers are beginning their Oktoberfest and fall festivals, such as Oaks Park, Mount Angel, and our own Clackamas County Fairgrounds are hosting activities for families, so just encourage you to check some of the websites out for additional details. And one other, I wanted to give a shout out. This is kind of a public safety issue as far as for law enforcement really working together. There was an amazing marijuana bust that was with Clackamas and Marion County. And to give you an idea, they took off over 110,000 plants 81,000 pounds of marijuana cash guns and It was really an amazing coordination. So this is not the legitimate distribution and Oftentimes these individuals come to Oregon Manufacture it ship it around the country where it is still restricted in some ways, but Just want to give a shout out to Public Safety for following up on those. That was really great work by working together. And then I'm almost done. The last thing I wanted to say, and that is A volunteer recognition, and this is an amazing lady, Carol Anderson Neff, and is a volunteer with Gleaners of Clackamas County. Carol started the Gleaner member, helping distribute food and serving at monthly warehouses, warehouse weekdays, and later she joined the warehouse team, assisting with the distribution of food boxes. Seven years ago, she joined the office, faithfully overseeing the membership. And one story has remained consistent throughout the years. When Carol sees a need, she meets it. And whenever someone comes in to join but can't afford the membership fee, she quietly reaches into her own wallet to bless them. Her generosity has touched countless lives and reflects the compassion she shows every day. And I want to say thank you to Carol for your service and care to Clackamas County. And this is a wonderful picture of her. And just on behalf of the entire board, we just want to thank you, Carol, for your amazing work that you do to help support our community. Thank you very much. So with that, I always like to leave with a positive note, and I think she's that positive note for our county. So on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners, thank you for joining us today, and this meeting is adjourned.