City Council - workshop

I'll call to order the work session of the Wilsonville City Council of September 10th, 2026 at 5 p.m. I'll start by asking council members for review of the agenda and items on consent. Are there any comments? Are there any councilor concerns? Okay, I just have one item. I want to briefly bring an issue to the council's attention for future consideration. I received an email from Oregon City Mayor Denise McGriff asking whether Wilsonville would consider joining an effort supporting a Clackamas County ban on the retail sale of flavored tobacco and flavored synthetic nicotine products. Washingto

I think you've answered several of my questions already, but I'll just clarify them. In 1.01, oh, I'm sorry, 1.016, in possession of the civil penalty, could we go back to that slide, please?

Uh, prior, prior violations on property or by responsible parties. So that's kind of the, uh, the repeat offender clause and how would they gauge that? Is it, would they just look at the record and kind of take that into consideration?

Okay. Second question comes to, in a corrective action situation, where we have to do the work and we have to charge the violator for that work. Will that typically be subcontracted or are we gonna do it with city resources and how would we calculate the cost?

And then that's applied in addition to the fine. And then just a general, I'm not up on the law with this. With a lien, a property lien, is it pretty much a standard in Oregon that if you apply a lien, you cannot force a sale on a property, you have to let it wait until the property is sold?

All right. I ask that because, just for personal also, because in an HOA situation, we're up against the same situation. All right, thank you.

Thank you. I have a comment and then a couple of questions. Good work. I know you and your team have been working on this now for a year and it's a lot of work. And I look forward to chapter two or the second. Iteration, but good work on that. Simple question, and I just don't have the information for this. How many, typically in a year's time, how many code violations do you deal with?

And then my last question has to do with the fact that just about a year ago, Council President Berry and I had the opportunity to attend at a League of Oregon Cities conference about the use of AI when writing code or rewriting code and how much simpler it can be to be able to apply AI principles to your work. Your example of checking with IT to see if there's anyone that is currently an offender and that hasn't come into compliance with their violation and yet is applying for something else or hoping to do something else is a simple but good example. To the extent possible, are you able to u

Yeah, and Citi is the workshop that Council President Berry and I went to last year. It was a small city and they didn't have a lot of human resources and so they used AI to help write their code and found that it was really simple. So maybe in your application it wouldn't be as helpful, but I was just curious. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you for your presentation and thank you for all the work that the staff has been putting forward on this. You've mentioned that there's not a whole lot of violations every year that we're able to. I really like the approach that the city takes of trying to walk through and talk through a problem before we get to a big problem. So this code would affect sign code, right? Mm-hmm. And so what of the violations that you've seen in the last two or three years, what are the predominant ones where it gets to the point where the city's law staff is getting involved?

Well, I really appreciate going through an entire code like that. It's so much work. But it's going to help staff and the Planning Commission and all the committees and the council in the future. So thank you, everybody.

Thank you for all your work on this. I know it's been a lot over the last year and a half, and there's still more to come, but... It's good that it sounds like it's been 30 plus years since we've touched a lot of this stuff and it's probably well overdue for a little spring cleaning on it. The one question as we're going through also 1016 in parent three, subsection E, that's where it goes into the unavoidable negligent or intentional act, being a part of that. How does something like You know, somebody with mental illness or a physical disability or something like that who's, you know, I thin

Right, and I know that our current approach and philosophy to that is very much that more compassionate approach where we understand that people are dealing with things and that their mental illness may preclude them from doing or not doing certain things. And I just want to make sure that our current philosophy is great and that we understand that the code going forward that in 20 years from now that we continue that philosophy of compassion with people that don't have the ability or means.

My turn, I guess. I think you've done an exceptional job, you and your team, on this. I concur with all of counsel. AI and lawyers don't mix. Someday maybe they'll change, but right now it's an ethical issue for lawyers. I respect the fact that you wouldn't utilize that. I'll be interested to know if they ever change some of those rules. Costs. RECOVERY OF COSTS, I KNOW AS YOU MENTIONED, STAFF TIME. DOES THAT ROLL INTO CITY ATTORNEY TIME? BECAUSE THAT TO ME IN MY JOG IS ATTORNEY FEES. SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY? AND I COULD SEE THAT IF YOU HAVE A VERY BIG ACTOR THAT HAS A POTENTIAL ongoing way of d

Okay, so... I know I'm retired, but may I offer some thoughts on that? At the Oregon Department of Justice, as a lawyer, we build for our time. Yes. And I think that there's two mechanisms, given your comments, that I'm a little worried about. I think we would want to provide notice to the responsible party that, there is exposure to a potential attorney fees as opposed to general costs and to give them that heads up and also making sure that there is a segregation between what is attorney fees versus what are considered costs like from an expert or in this case staff which to me are two diffe

Thank you for all your work on this, appreciate it.

Anything else? Oh, Councillor Scull? Just one question.

One more question before we go, let this go or move on. In a compassionate circumstance, if you have someone, as Councilor Cunningham was referring to, that's a hoarder or has mental disabilities and all that, and they get into this situation, are there, Are there services that can help them move through the process?

Thank you very much. Okay. The city council will now meet an executive session pursuant to Oregon revised statute section one nine two six six zero subsection two paragraph E. Real property transactions to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the city to negotiate real property transactions. In paragraph H, legal counsel, litigation to consult with counsel concerning the legal rights and duties of a public body with regard to current litigation or litigation likely to be filed. Members of the public outside of representatives of the news media, please exit counsel chambers. will be

I'll call to order the meeting of the Wilson City Council for September 10th, 2026 at 7 p.m. Will the city recorder please call the roll?

Here. Please stand and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. City Council president Barry, can I have a motion to approve the following order of agenda?

I move to approve the following order of the agenda.

Is there a second second? The motion to approve the following order of agenda has been made and seconded. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passes 5-0. Good evening, everyone. I hope you had the opportunity to enjoy Labor Day weekend. I want to thank the working people of Wilsonville and throughout Oregon who work so hard every day in both the private and public sectors, supporting our economy, serving our communities, and most importantly, working to support your families. You are our rock stars, and I want you to know that your hard work matters and is appreciated by this council and t

Thank you. Any comments? Councillor Shevin.

Thank you for your report, and it was wonderful reading the report in the packet. It really warms my heart. You don't become an award-winning library without realizing and doing the work that you and your team have done to reach out, because the library, as we all know, is a lot more than just bricks and mortar, and you and the Wilsonville Library are the perfect example of understanding the role that libraries can play in a community, and in my opinion, you reach and exceed all of those through the efforts of your team. And it's just heartwarming to me to be able to recognize our library as s

Thank you. Councillor Scull. I just want to reiterate what Councillor Sheldon said. Thank you very much. The library is a great place, a great place to hang out. I've used it quite a bit. The library of things I find very distinctive and a great program. And if there's needs to extend on that and build that, please let us know what we can get into the program and all that. And then also the library, it's a network system too within the county also, right?

Excellent service, great library, and keep up the great work. Thank you.

Thank you for your report. I love the library, and I wanted to say congratulations. I didn't think the library could get any better, but then the recent citywide survey showed an even higher rating than in the past years. I mean, that's just amazing. So you and your team's doing an outstanding job. When I first joined the library board, I was thinking it's just about books, and then I learned that it's really programs and services, and the little free libraries that extend out to the libraries and the staff going into the schools and the great relationships that you have. You're doing an amazi

Yeah, thank you for the presentation. You mentioned a couple of things that we didn't quite get to. I'd love to hear just kind of a quick brief thing on that, just so it kind of puts it on the radar for us up here. And if we can think about that and put it in the back of our minds on how we might be able to help with those things, I think that could be useful.

Yeah, the couple you said that were kind of the more aspirational ones, but...

I can't add any more other than, you know, I watched my son grow up in that library and to counselor, I appreciate counselor Cunningham singling out some of these aspirational things. You know, originally there was really no teen programming. I mean, it was a struggle and I understand why, and it is developed into something amazing. And I'm all about additional teen programming. That is that age group that so often kind of falls in the black hole. You know, I think all of us that have raised kids here, there's always events and things for that certain age group. But then when, once they hit th

Well, thank you very much for your presentation. I appreciate it. to the city attorney Am I allowed to do kind of a short circuit? Sure, okay. Yeah, is there anybody in the audience that? Anticipates wanting to give citizen comment tonight outside of the public hearing outside of the public hearing citizen input Seeing none, is there anybody online that wants to give citizen input right now that you see? Okay, council, do you have any objection to me bypassing the reading I need to give for that piece and jumping straight to councilor comments? You okay, staff? Okay, so I'm gonna turn to counc

I'll just keep my remarks brief, but along with Councillor Shevlin and the other Councillors here, the Mayor, Councillor Schell, we attended the Frog Pond Park opening. It was a really nice day, not too hot, not raining, not smoky. We had a really good turnout from the neighbors that surround the park, and they're all excited about the new playground for the children. So I just wanted to mention that. Thank you.

Thank you. I spent most of the time since the last council meeting in San Diego, so I don't have a whole lot of city stuff to report on, but good trip down there with the family. Today's my wife's birthday, so happy birthday, hon. And that's all I have for tonight. Thanks.

Thank you. I did have a busy month, as I know we all have. On August 20th, I attended the Wilsonville Party in the Park, It was just wonderful to see so many of our residents come together and enjoy the music and the food and learn all about our different departments. The kids playing, having the duck races, and it was just a great time, and it was wonderful to, excuse me, we had a little table there, meet your mayor and council, and it's kind of fun to see the mayor's reaction when a young lady who's probably about 13 or 14 looked at him and said, are you the mayor? Oh my gosh, and extended h

For me, since the last meeting was also pretty busy. Attended a lot of the same events as the others. The Wilsonville volunteer event was a great event and very well attended and it was nice to get out and see and meet a lot of different people within the community there. Attended the city staff barbecue, also a great event. Good food, I liked the pizza, the pizza bus. It was pretty good. And it was a good opportunity to meet a lot of the city staff that we don't meet. So I made a lot of new friends there that I didn't know. I attended the Frog Pond Park, and it was a good turnout. The kids lo

Thank you. The next item is our consent agenda. Will the City Attorney please read the items on consent?

Thank you. City Council President Berry, can I have a motion to adopt the consent agenda?

Is there a second? Second. Motion's been made and seconded. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passes 5-0. There's no new business or continuing business, so we're now going into a public hearing. Tonight we'll have a public hearing to consider on first reading ordinance number 906. This comes to us as a recommendation from the planning commission. I'll ask the city attorney to read the ordinance title.

Thank you. The order of procedure for tonight's hearing is set out in detail in our city code. In brief, we will start with the staff report. Next, the public will be asked to provide testimony. I'll ask everyone who has signed up in advance to testify first in the order in which they signed up. Then I'll ask if anyone present in council chambers would like to testify. And then I'll ask anyone who is on the Zoom meeting who has not testified but would like to testify to do so. After each person testifies, counselors may pose questions to me to be addressed by the person who testified or to sta

No one on zoom. I just want to make sure. All right. All right. Does staff have anything further to add unless council has any last minute questions? Seeing none. Okay. All right. Hearing no further questions and everyone having testified or having given the opportunity to testify, I hereby declare this public hearing closed at 7.47 p.m. It's now time for council to consider on first reading ordinance number 906. Do I have a motion?

I move to adopt ordinance number 906 on first reading.

Motion to adopt ordinance number 906 on first reading has been made by Council President Berry and seconded by Councilor Shevlin. Is there any discussion at all? Okay. Hearing no further discussion or commentary, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. Next is City Manager's Business.

When you say coming months, do you mean by the end of this year or are you talking about early next year?

Thank you. Having worked in an industry where budget cuts were a requirement every single year, and they were always tough, I appreciate you working with staff, because staff can come up with wonderful ideas on increasing revenue, but also areas for savings. So I look forward to the ensuing months where we'll learn about it and how we can support the plans going forward. But I really commend you for involving staff and the various departments on coming up with, I'm sure, creative ideas for both revenue enhancement and savings as well. I look forward to it. Thank you.

Anybody else? I just would add that I appreciate the fact that you're presenting it in the way you are. I'm a little concerned. I mean, you want to roll it out with the information that's as accurate, as complete as possible because the community could take away a little part of it. I think it's important that we allow you that time to really have a full report for us and a full education for us. And I really commend you for suggesting that last year at the budget committee meeting, the initial one. I think that's helpful to know it makes sense. You were our new city manager. It's a, to me, a

I know I'm going to walk right into this, but what is a pop-up grand opening?

Yeah, I heard a lot of great things. So it's like a great amenity that's part of that, especially for Voila. So thank you for that. Is that it for you? All right. City Attorney, do you have anything you would like to discuss? All right. With that, unless anybody has any objections, we're adjourned at 6.