City Council - Regular Meeting

Council President. I get to be the current liaison, although this is my second time. It's kind of what I want to mention is not about your reporting, but I attended meetings before I was in council. My first year, I got to be the liaison. And this year, so I've actually seen the group not only grow, in its conversations, but in its technical sophistication. We have planners, basically. I know Mick is a recent graduate, but like the level of sophistication and the advice you're giving us on a regular basis, not just on the presentations, I find it incredibly illuminating. And we have an unoffic

Thank you, Mayor. I move to approve the council consent agenda and the contract review board with the exception of agenda bill 26122 and 26128. Is there a second?

Yep, I'm in agreement with what... The only thing I would add, and there are some boards and commission members in this room, many of us have served before being on this council. Councillor Kimme, I believe, was one of the original members of DAB and the Night Market, right? If you're out there, don't wait on us, right? Like, you can do some of this work now. You know it's coming. THEY DIDN'T WAIT ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO THE NIGHT MARKET. IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT WAS INCLUSIVE. IT WAS FOCUSED ON EQUITY. SO I'M CHALLENGING OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. WE WILL WEIGH IN, BUT DO TH

Thank you, Mayor. I am declaring an actual conflict of interest for both water and sewer because I am a Beaverton water and sewer rate payer.

Mayor, I move the council adopt resolution 4958, a resolution establishing the water consumption rate and monthly meter charges and repealing resolution number 4920. I'll second.

Thank you, Mayor. I move the City Council adopt Resolution 4959, establishing the sanitary sewer and stormwater rates and charges and repealing Resolution 4921.

THANK YOU. ELIZABETH, BEFORE THIS FISCAL YEAR, I KNOW WE JUST ELIMINATED OUR BUDGET APPROXIMATELY TEN FTEs. IS THAT CORRECT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE JUST PASSED?

WHAT WAS THE CUMULATIVE BEFORE THAT, 30-SOMETHING?

And if we come back in the fall with another $2.5 million cuts, I'm guessing somewhere around 12 to 13, 15 FTEs. Yeah.

Yeah. But approximately, right? So when I'm looking at that, if that holds steady, that would be 55 people that we've cut. And I think that's important for the public to hear because We are to the marrow now. You can't do that much more. I'm struggling a little bit like Councillor Huston with this, but I'm also struggling, I think for me the most of it is that escalator. And let me explain why. I don't mind the idea of an escalator. I feel like if we set it at 8%, we're just saying, okay, like that's the reality. Instead of us setting it at like 3% or tying it to inflation and having us work r

Council President. Mayor, in the consent agenda, we passed certification of the election. And the only reason that's germane to my comments is because I had to run for reelection this year. And I talked to several thousand people over the course of that campaign. And yes, affordability did come up a lot. But surprisingly, quality of life consistently came up. Keep Beaverton high in its quality of life. We want to keep that over and over. Beaverton is a lot more expensive than it was to keep it that quality of life. In my friend group a couple years ago, an article in the New York Times was pas

Council President. Probably a question for Tim. Tim, what's driving the deterioration of the streets? Because from what I've read in other places, it's vehicle weight. Is that accurate or? It's vehicle weight. And the weather cycles, too. You bet. It's vehicle weight.

And have you seen any model in other cities, probably within Oregon, but certainly elsewhere, where they account for, like, the weight of, and I'm thinking the big tractor trailers, right? Like, I read once that, like, for every one of those, and I know we all benefit from that, right, because we all get deliveries, but, like, that's the equivalent of, like, 1,000 cars driving on the same road. Yeah. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OTHER CITIES WITH A REVENUE OPTION TO ACCOUNT FOR WEIGHT FOR THOSE BIG THINGS?

OKAY. AND CERTAINLY, THAT'S REALLY COMPLICATED.

I WILL BE VOTING YES BUT I WILL REFERENCE PORTLAND AGAIN BECAUSE THAT IS A THEME TONIGHT. 2015 WE SOLD OUR HOUSE IN PORTLAND AND MOVED BACK TO BEAVERTON. I LOOKED IT UP. THEIR ROAD MAINTENANCE BACKLOG IN 2015 WAS $1.2 BILLION. LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE PORTLAND PASSED A STREET MAINTENANCE FEE. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THEIR BACKLOG IS NOW $7 BILLION. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PREVENTING BY DOING THIS. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS IS THE AFFORDABLE OPTION BY FAR BY PASSING THIS. AGAIN, I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY I WISH WE HAD AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THIS IS HOW WE REMAIN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE HERE IN B

Council President. I just want to ask the City Manager, a couple of the commenters asked for the reporting to be public. Is that possible? And can we, I don't think we need to change the resolution, but can we?

Yeah, I think, yeah, I think I'm enthusiastically supporting this, but request that that be public and transparent as possible. Thank you.

Time to come back. Let's get this show on the road. I'M GOING TO CALL US BACK INTO ORDER. I'M GOING TO BANG THAT LITTLE THING. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE. NEXT UP WE HAVE A FIRST READING ORDINANCE REGARDING ORDINANCE 4883 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING BEAVERTON CODE SECTIONS 6.02.030 AND SECTION 6.02.390 RELATING TO PARKING PERMIT FEES. parking eligibility criteria and grounds for misusing a parking permit. On August 18, 2026, during a regularly scheduled city council meeting, a public hearing will be held regarding an ordinance amending Beaverton Code section 6.02.030

So next up is a work session. Tonight's first work session is regarding draft transportation system plan network policies and maps. We will begin the work session with a presentation by planning manager Brian Martin and senior planner Jessica Engelman. When the presentation is done, each counselor will have the opportunity to comment on the presentation and ask questions of the presenter. Please begin your presentation.

Thank you, Councillor Teeter. You're up first.

I'll close this out. Washington County is kicking off their TSP, I believe. I THINK JUNE THEY STARTED LAST MONTH. I MIGHT BE WRONG ABOUT THAT, BUT HOW WILL OUR PLAN ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE NETWORK CHANGES WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAVERTON ON COUNTY ROADS? HOW DOES THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE AHEAD OF THEM, RIGHT? IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR NETWORK COMPLETENESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ACCOUNTING FOR A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION?

A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE GREAT TRAILS THAT I DIDN'T SEE GREAT TRAILS THAT I DIDN'T SEE ON THE MAPS. ON THE MAPS. WHEN I FIRST MOVED BACK, THERE'S WHEN I FIRST MOVED BACK, THERE'S TONS OF TRAILS AND THEY ARE TONS OF TRAILS AND THEY ARE EXTENSIVELY USED BY BOTH EXTENSIVELY USED BY BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THAT INCORPORATED INTO IT. INCORPORATED INTO IT. THEY ARE ALREADY BEING USED AND I THEY ARE ALREADY BEING USED AND I THINK THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE TH REALLY CONNECTS THEM TO

MY LAST THING IS THE FOCUS ON SAFETY IS 100% CORRECT AND YOU GUYS NAILED IT. I'LL ADD TWO AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS IN MY BRIEFING. RELIABILITY OF CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE KIND OF SUCKS NOW. IT REALLY DOES. IF WE DID THE SAME THING FOR CARS THAT WE DO FOR BIKES, 5th and 6th out to Murray is a bike boulevard. I'm told by the city I should bike there. And when I get to Murray and 6th, I have to get off my bike and go and push the pedestrian crosswalk because it will not recognize me, the cameras. What if we had to do that as a car? Go to an intersection, hop out of your car, go and press a butt

All right, friends, our last thing. We have another work session regarding urban service framework project. We will begin the work session with a presentation by CDD Director Annie Varner and Tom Reinhart from Reinhart Strategies. When the presentation is done, each council will have the opportunity to comment. You guys know how these works. You guys can begin your presentation when you're ready.

Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Tivnot.

Thank you. I'll close this out. Washington County, the largest unincorporated population in this state, I think pretty close, or not close, right? How does its cost structure providing urban services compare to, say, Multnomah County or Clackamas County?

Yeah, that would be interesting to me. Not necessarily a deep dive, but just kind of a high level, just because I suspect that it's pretty high, just based on the geography. It's hilly, especially in certain parts of the county, which makes it more expensive. One area that does concern me, and I do think about this a lot, is it feels like, and I have no scientific basis for this, we all pay county property taxes too I don't get a lot of services from the county as a city resident. Most of mine is provided. I know that Aloha pays $3 less per ish per thousand of property tax in the city of Beave

Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. If that was our last agenda on Council New Business, anyone have anything? Councilor

And that was a day after we lost a 19-year-old cyclist in Orinco. So we've had two pretty monumental losses in the community over the last couple weeks. So this is, you're absolutely correct, Councilor Teeter. Councilor Hartmeyer-Prigg.

and they need to work so it was wonderful to see that city city in action thank you so much thank you very long and very productive meeting colleagues thank you all unless close it out we adjourned recording stopped