City Council - Regular Meeting

When you, I know you did this, but when you divided up and got this new CIO, did you equalize the number of housing units in each different CIO?

No. Well, yeah, thank you for all your work on this.

Thank you, Mayor. Hi, guys. Thank you very much for your presentation. It's not over yet. I know it's not over. I'm curious, when we go back to the map of the new one, So is that all residential in the yellow or all the yellow is residential? Yes. And so then the commercial CIO still stays its own? Correct. Yes. That's all I want to know. Thank you very much.

All right. Questions for Patricia and Doug. Council Brooks.

First of all, thank you for bringing up the park rangers. I didn't know that we weren't doing park rangers anymore. I don't think we had a specific conversation about that. I remember when we brought that on. And so that's interesting, so I really appreciate you bringing that up to us. I also understand the concern about the recycling. I also have an issue with the ones here. They're not clearly marked. And so I do think we could do a much better job in our recycling and waste. But I also don't know what the whole... Contract situations like with the Republic, but they're great for our homes.

I'm just going to give my own anecdotal evidence that you do not have cell coverage in Eibach Park and Eibach by where you live and Cindy lives. So I had that happen multiple times in that neighborhood. So I'm just reaffirming that. And I just want to overall thank the CIOs because back in COVID, these things almost fell apart. And thanks to Kathy Holland and other people. But you guys have pulled this together and you're such an important voice to us and especially the land use issues where we kind of have you know aren't allowed to say anything because of the quasi judicial position we're in

just for equitable, just thinking equitably about the cell towers, maybe there's more experience, people out there are experiencing the same thing and I would encourage to ask around so it doesn't seem like IBAC is getting the cell tower and then somewhere down in valle Las vecitas. I WOULD ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION AMONGST THE PRESIDENTS OF THE CIOs TO SEE WHERE ELSE, SO THAT WAY IF IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ONE PLACE, WE'LL DO IT EVERYWHERE INSTEAD OF COMING BACK AND SAYING, OH, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS, WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT. So like try to see where else it's needed because I'm sure

I too did not know we didn't have a park ranger.

I'm glad you brought it up because I didn't have any knowledge on that as well. So getting to hear a little bit more on what's happening with the parks and who's caring for parks as far as safety in the evenings. Maybe the police does that.

Well, thank you. Thank you very much. That's all I have.

Okay. Council Hillier and then Councilor Gonzalez.

Thank you everyone who's here representing all the hours that you put into all the different things that happen and Beth, welcome. We hope that that will be a short-lived on hold for that because as far as I'm concerned, I don't know why we would not move forward with that for the representation to ensure that. And I love that we're being sure that we're including a business community mix in there and that it's not usurping or taking away from the business CIO. Because I do think that that industrial one is a critical voice in our community. I could tell you the many stories that I have about

Thank you very much for the update. This is very exciting. I do have one question that I brought in the past is that a lot of people don't even know what CIO stands for anymore. And I know that I had brought up it maybe for a period of time, calling out what CIO stands for, community. See, I too even forget what it stands for to try to encourage a little bit more participation. With all the signs everywhere in the city, sometimes those just people just drive by and don't even know what's happening. So could we consider naming the whole organization out versus just calling it an acronym? So, th

I just have 1 more question, because I don't remember if it came back or not, but. At 1 point the community involvement. organization was going to be going to non-profit or not be, or just something about becoming a non-profit or having seven non-profits. Did that ever get discussed? And I never heard back, so I just, I'm curious.

Thank you. Okay, so making an assumption that we do vote in the new downtown, will you all take the budget that you have for this year and divide it up equally among all of them, or are you asking the City Council to add funds?

Sorry, I just wanted to be clear what the ask is.

Other questions? So it sounds like, just from what people's comments are, there's support of changing the CIO map. So let's go ahead and bring that forward and all the requirements for it. I know it's just not a simple... That's done. There's a couple other changes. As far as the park rangers, it sounds like the City Council would like to hear more about that, either, especially during the next budget session, you know, when we do the next budget to find out. where it was cut off, what it costs, what it would take to implement. Because I know there's also a need for additional police officers

And then Amanda in our CAP would be the person to talk to. Because I guess it would just come down to how it would work, costs, stuff like that. So I'm sure we want to hear about that, maybe part of the CAP, okay? And that was all of them? As far as the tower, okay, the tower, I'm the geeky IT guy. So the problem with the towers that I see, because we had it in our neighborhood for a while, it's just line of sight and topography. Usually... The cellular carriers have no problem putting up towers, but the towers have to actually work and hit the blind spots. I'm sure that we could reach out to

I understand. It's just as people start, get very sensitive when you say you're going to put a tower somewhere.

I have a question about this too. I think for our attorney, I'm just curious with not having, I didn't know about the cell reception at Eibach. I'm there a lot. And anyway, my concern is around if there was an accident at the park, And people can't reach emergency services. And we know that this is happening. Do we have liability as a city?

Okay. So, anyway, it seems to me. I think we should pursue it. It seems really concerning to me.

And see what the carriers come back with as a solution. But knowing that some of your members of your CIOs might not like the solution. If a tower is going to come in.

Yeah, it's all terrain. I'll pick on our neighborhood where Ms. Holland lives after her house. There's a big dip, and where I'm at, near the river, it drops. Right. So the beams go right over where our houses are sometimes.

It might be a solution that they put on telephone poles. There's ways around. It's got to be.

We'll follow up with staff and let you know. Thank you for coming tonight. Thank you. Appreciate it.

government a local government issue it might be something where we reach out to the governor affairs people on some of these places I know I don't have anything with those three carriers it was Comcast that'd be different but let's see I'll see what I can dig up and you know with the governor affairs folks and on the big carriers and Like Sherilyn's saying, we don't have a lot of juice. It would just be a matter of poking them and saying, hey, what can we do? Bridget, do you have something?

I also just think having a gap where there's kids playing ball and stuff like that is a really serious thing. So I don't know if there's a way to strengthen the argument or understand the level of service from which carrier so that we can be sure that we at least post which ones work. That to me seems like it might motivate some of the people, some of the companies where it doesn't work. Thank you. Just to be like, if there's an emergency because the chief can call out, that's great. But if you're sitting at the park and you can't call them, then if somebody gets hit in the head, sometimes it'

I'll reach out because back in the day, that's why there's a crap ton of antennas on top of Meridian Park Hospital because that had the height to cover that neighborhood. Exactly. And they make... I mean, it's a lot of antennas. I'm running a park hospital.

All right. That brings us to our next item is the project update on 65th Avenue and Borland Road intersection. There they are. Mike was hanging over there. Mike and Abby, welcome.

I just had a question if, for instance, the maintenance did fall to us. Have we done the math about what kind of percentage increase it would be for our road maintenance program?

Okay, so it's less than a mile of road maintenance, if it were to fall to us?

That's my only question. I'd just like to know, because if people are worried, I'd like to be able to have the information and One mile out of 80 miles about is good to know. Thank you.

I don't want to dig too deep in this, but if Washington County pulled out of maintaining, we'd be maintaining half the road and they'd be maintaining the other half because that would literally happen.

Okay, I mean, that's not likely, but I mean, okay. And then, will you just remind me what the cost of this project is overall, approximately?

Okay, so that's a big chunk of pain for this project.

Other questions? Council Heria and then Council Reyes.

Thank you, Mayor. Will you just one more time please clarify for me the length? Is it one mile or how much of 65th? Is it the all of 65th that will become?

I had a similar question, but it was more like from the red line. Just a clarification question from my brain to picture something. From the red line that's right in the middle of 65th, the one that's on the east side, that extra portion is going to come to Tualatin? Is that the half of it or north half?

And they're giving us $750,000 to get that or take care of it?

Other questions? I can't see. Councilor Gonzalez, do you have a question? Can't see you. Okay. My question is, this seems like a weird example or a weird circumstance. Is it a city road or a county road? And what's the classification going to be in the future? Are you aware of any other instances of something like this in Washington County where half a road is a city road and the other half is a county road? Or responsibility? This just seems weird.

And in terms of design standards, obviously all design standards have to meet Washington County's design standards, so there's not going to be an issue or improvement in the future that one of the design standards is out of whack with the other side of the street?

My last question is, you just mentioned it, my favorite thing with the county, sidewalks. Who's in charge of the sidewalks on both sides, and who maintains them? Because we've got Norwood Road, and we all know about that one.

Okay, so it's the same as, even though it's there right away.

Do you feel comfortable with this arrangement? I do. Okay.

Okay. It just seems weird to me that a city-county road, it's usually one or the other, and this is like a blend.

Yeah, it's a bit of a blend. One day we have a mischief project on this. Holy crap.

Okay. Any other questions? All right. So you need anything from us or it was just an update?

All right. Well, thanks for coming. You have one more?

I just had a question. This brings up, people have asked me about with the 12th and Sherwood Road, since it's a county road, and the widening about street trees. And I'm just wondering how we make sure that we ensure the street trees. And are we going to ever see more street trees on the expanded part of 12th and Sherwood Road? Do you know? They took out a ton of trees, and everybody's been asking me, like, what's the story with the trees? And I'm like, I'm not part of the county.

Right. I just would want our standards with trees to be thought about and protected.

The north side of the road will have it. The north side of the road will have it.

All right. Anything else? Thanks for the update. All right. Thank you. All right. So that brings us to agenda review, our reports and roundtable. Councilor Pratt, you're up for the Pledge of Allegiance tonight. The announcements will be Councilor Hillier and Sacco with the science and technology, correct? All right. Any questions or concerns with the consent agenda? We have five items on consent. Council Hillier.

Thank you. I am not going to ask to have it pulled off, but I am going to say I completely do not believe that Red Robin needs to have a change in their liquor license to sell bottled alcohol. I think that is ridiculous. They should, especially with other community members coming in and talking about restaurants and bars in our community, I think we have a responsibility to do a better job. And I do think that we have to work harder as a council to sift through some of these things and make statements when we can. And so I know it just would be symbolic. Okay, whoops. Sorry, I thought you were

They just require a new liquor license. It's not to sell bottled. Okay. Correct. Thank you. Okay. Never mind. I still think we have a strong responsibility, especially after last council meeting.

Okay. With that, I think that's that, that, that we'll go ahead and start the round table and we'll start with our city manager, Cheryl Lambos.

On that point, when I drove by 12, 30-ish or so, the I-5 south exit was backed up from Tualatin past the Bridgeport exit to get off. And then if you looked over at the Tualatin Park and Ride, you could see all the way down the road, cars just wanted to make the right-hand turn movement. They were way down to Club Sport. So it's a design that the signs are a joke from ODOT there. It's ridiculous. And, you know, first off, I'm like, or a what? They had the state highway name as the detour. It's terrible. Yeah, but it is. It's bad. Yeah, it's bad. Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank you, Sherilyn. So we

Thank you, Mayor. This is just a point of information. On Tuesday, the 28th of July, I attended the Tualatin Valley Crates board meeting where they interviewed me for being on the Tualatin Valley Crates board. And then the next day, I found out that I was appointed to that board. And that Wednesday, the 29th, I helped arrange a gallery tour for the board over at Jeffrey Allen Gallery, who's also been starting an Asian arts nonprofit. On Tuesday, the 4th of August, I was at the National Night Out. We saw the chief, our wonderful CIO leadership, which we just saw, and Commissioner Treece came in

I have nothing new to report at this time. Thank you.

Thank you. So we had the idea committee canceled this month due to people being very busy in the summer. And so I have nothing to report there. And then Last week we had the CAC, we met on the 5th, and we reviewed suggestions for the Lake of the Commons area. And it was fascinating to see all the different ideas that came forward, and also fascinating to see or to hear all the different remarks. And it was interesting that we have such a diverse group of folks on the CIC. And generally, there was a lot of shared feelings about what to do with the Lake of the Commons, which was really great to

Thank you. I have no formal meetings to report, but I wish that I had known that National Night Out, I thought I understood it was canceled, and so I didn't go anywhere. And so I just am embarrassed that I didn't get out there, and I'm sorry I just didn't understand.

Councilor Hillier. Councilor Reyes. Okay.

I, I too have not have had a formal meeting, but also missed the national night out events because I was going to go to the Las Casitas and we got any an email saying that it was canceled because of the smoke. I wonder if that's going to come back or is that, that was it. That's all. Thank you.

Well, I'll start with on August 3rd, we had our R1 Act meeting, and it actually went better than our previous, what, six months have gone, or whatever. So I think we still got a lot of issues, but there were some open discussions, and I think we're... Making an attempt to move forward. And one of the things we looked at was connect Oregon grants, which can be used for matching federal funds, and we went through the list, and then that will go to a final committee, and of our two employees to that committee, mayor bubenix, our alternate. So congratulations. Yeah, I went to the Midwest CIO ice c

That's it Busy couple of weeks was my pleasure to the final safety town of the summer spent lunch with the littles and that was again a lot of fun a lot of peppering of questions and a lot of bad jokes oh my god but it was fun with so the jokes were kind of fun but did I didn't try to tell any I just got a lot of kid jokes thrown at me... Later that afternoon... The clapkins county... Mayors met with the Chair roberts... Discussion there was the recent resignation or of a the the Clackamas county sheriff and who was running for Clackamas county sheriff and then what does Clackamas county do in

Please put your hand over your heart or salute if you're military. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. into this world with liberty and justice for all.

That brings us to our announcements. We have one announcement tonight, and that's our Tualatin Science and Technology Scholarship. This will be led by Councillor Hillier and Sacco.

Thank you, Mayor. So if we could have our amazing candidate come up, candidate, scholarship winner. We would like to say a few words and then we have your certificate and we'd like to be able to get a picture with you. So if that's okay. Yes, okay. So it is our pleasure and honor to announce the Tualatin Science and Technology Scholarship winner for the 26-27 school year. This year the city is awarding a $2,000 scholarship. And our recipient this year is Bilal Harani. Bilal graduated from Tualatin High School in June with his ultimate goal of becoming a certified registered nurse anesthetist.

In his recommendation letter, one of Bilal's teachers said, Bilal is a student of remarkable substance. He leads with his heart, works with purpose, and treats others with profound respect. Any institution fortunate enough to welcome him will gain not only a brilliant scholar, but also a principled leader and a genuine good human being. Son of Jihad Hirani and Hala Sheikha, I hope I pronounced that right. of Tualatin, VLAW plans to pursue a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing at the University of Portland. The scholarship committee consists of Counselor Cindy Hillier and myself, Kristen Sacco, re

We are so happy to recognize Bilal for his many achievements and are pleased to be able to help him reach his academic goals. And half of Tualatin came tonight to celebrate you and help the Tualatin City Council and the committee honor you with this. Would you like to say anything, to share anything about your studies and your amazing interest?

It's tricky when it turns red. There you go.

Thank you. The future is indeed bright. Moonlight, do you want to do the picture? I think you need to do it.

I just think it's probably better. Yeah. We'll put you in the middle.

Again, congratulations. I'll just put my two cents in of, as an IT guy, I was working with the nurse anesthetists at Kaiser Permanente, and they are very special people. A lot of education, a lot of people prepare for stress through anesthesia, but they We're super dedicated to their patients, just like it sounds like you're going to be. And good luck, best wishes. I know my former business partner is a former pilot, so I know he'll be very happy to hear you're going to UP. But congratulations and best wishes. All right, that brings us to public comment. Public comment is an opportunity for so

She'll distribute them. Thank you for coming tonight. Thank you. All right, that's the only sign-up I had tonight. Is there anyone else in the room who would like to address City Council on an item that's not on the agenda tonight? All right, I don't see anyone in the room. How about on Zoom, Nicole? All right. For those folks in Zoom, this is your opportunity for public comment. I'll give you a few seconds to get your hands up so Nicole can recognize you. Anything? All right. So we'll go ahead and move on to our consent agenda. Our consent agenda are items that are considered routine. They wi

I move that we adopt the consent agenda as read. Second. Second.

I have a motion and a double second to adopt the consent agenda as ready. Any discussions on those motions? All those in favor say aye.

Didn't hear that. Councilor Gonzales got unmute. Aye. Thank you. All right. It's unanimous. All right. That brings us to special reports. Our special report tonight is the Republic Services 2025 Annual Update. That will be Lindsay Marshall along with Cindy and Travis from Republic services. Welcome.

The Metro Council heard about it. Yeah, yeah.

All right. Questions for Cindy and or Travis? Or comments? Council President Pratt.

So did you say that you could put motor oil in the glass bin?

Oh, okay. And then it just gets dumped in the garbage truck? I'm sorry, I'm trying to visualize this.

Okay, and then I was wondering on that, mixing the food with yard debris, are you seeing a more, picking up more yard debris now that we've added the food?

Okay. And thank you so much for adding that mattress thing because that's a tough one for people.

Other questions or comments? Council Brooks down here.

Earlier, we had the CIO community talk about their desire to see more recycling on city property, especially the parks. And I'm just curious, from your perspective, is that in the realm of possibility? And are there things that we should know about that as a city?

And then I've seen in other countries and things like that, there are specific containers that you can only put certain things in. There's ones for cans and ones for, and I'm just wondering if there's any best practices around helping with identifying recycling versus non-recycling, especially in public buildings like our buildings and our parks.

Just a quick thank you, as always, for making sure you're taking care of our youngest to our oldest and all the things in between. And the big truck day, I know people not just from Tualatin go. And so just thank you for always having a smile, always saying yes and being part of whatever's happening. So thank you for your partnership. Appreciate it.

I just got three wonky little questions for you. So on the pizza boxes, I thought pizza boxes went in the compost, in the compost garden bin. Which one is it?

And then on the metal, on the pots and pans, is there Teflon? Is there any limits or any kind of pot pan?

Cast iron skillets? We really want those. Those you pass down generation to generation. Yeah, exactly. All right. My car's outside. All right. And then on my favorite subject of Metro, any impact, and you don't have to answer me now, but I'm always concerned about when they jack up their fees, it's a pass-through to you, and then it eventually becomes a pass-through to the residents. So have you got a... I'm assuming you already did some number crunching on the 9% increase in impacts possibly to the community or TBD on that one.

You already know what they're going to do next year. Yeah. On the Recycling Modernization Act, I thought a group of manufacturers has challenged that and have taken it to court.

It's all my wonky questions. Anyone else have any questions? I love the wonky questions. This is your last chance. I'm going to miss the wonky questions. Oh, I know how to get a hold of you. You know where we are. You know where we are. Yeah, I know where you are in Ritter Road now that all that construction is done in Wilsonville. Dude, they still have the roads there. Oh, it was closed last week? They're still out there. Closed it again? Okay.

Yeah, and to get to that intersection is a nightmare. A little bit. Well, welcome to our railroad track issue now. Do you have anything, Councillor Gonzalez?

He's frozen. He's frozen, yeah. All right. Well, thank you for coming tonight. Thank you. Thank you guys for giving us time. All right. So that brings us to general business. Our first item on general business, item number one is consideration of resolution number 5990-26, authorizing the city manager to enter into a strategic, Investment Program, or SIPP, agreement with Washington County and Lamb Research Corporation. Starting off the conversation tonight are Marnie and Sid. Welcome. For those, Marnie represents Washington County and Sid represents the city of Tualatin.

Hit the guy with the little face. There you go.

All right. So just so folks remember, this is a resolution. It's not a public hearing. So it's a little bit looser, if you will, in terms of formality. We will be taking comments from folks who are for the project and those who are against it. As far as Q&A, I'll probably wait for questions from the counselors until after we're done with comments in case there's a question for questions. a speaker or a commenter, kind of like we do for a hearing. I want to kind of keep that kind of process because it's fair to everyone. So with that, gentlemen, you can probably sit back, and I'll start with, a

All right. The next person I have signed up is Pat Clemens Mortensen. Welcome, Mr. Clements.

Next sign up I have is Silicon Forest Partnership.

Thank you. Next up, I have the Westside Economic Alliance. Danny. Now the test is can you turn it on?

Thanks, Dani. Next up, I have Jen Little with the Washington County Chamber.

Thank you, Mr. Kearney. That's all I have as far as sign-ups for those in favor of the SIP agreement. This is your opportunity, if you haven't signed up and you're in the room, to come forward and make a statement. Seeing none, do we have anyone in Zoom? No hands? All right. Last chance on Zoom. Give you a few seconds just in case I know there's a delay. Still nothing? FM staff, all right. All right, so now we'll flip over and I'll take those comments from folks in opposition of the SIP agreement. First, folks I've signed up are Brett Hamilton, Sue Pelletier, and Danny O'Neill, who are tag tea

All right. Thank you. Next, Deborah Anderson. Welcome.

Thank you. Next one I have signed up is Marius Bryson. And you have folks with you in Zoom.

If they're in Zoom, yeah. I have here Riley and Sherry.

Thank you. That's all the sign-ups I have for those in opposition of the SIP. Again, you don't have to be signed up to state your views on this. Anyone else in the room? All right. Nicole, anybody in Zoom? All right. We also have the folks, always leave it open for hearing, just general comment. You don't have to be for or against, but you just want to have a general comment about the application. Anyone in Zoom or in the room? I see anyone in the room. Do we know one in Zoom? All right. With that, I'll go ahead and we'll bring it back to City Council for questions, comments, discussion. Who w

I just want to address these issues that have been brought up here.

Oh, okay. So I think the lamb people first. I guess I'm just going to get to the bottom line. I know that you... I mean, I see your employees at every event we have in town, and it's great. You guys do a lot of good. And this issue with the noise has been going on for a while, so... and you put in that you're a good neighbor, and I believe that, but we've also heard that we're not getting communication to the neighbors, so I'm just wondering, like, it seems like it's these scrubbers in the HVAC system. Is there anything you can do to help alleviate that or reduce the noise and that you're will

Okay. One suggestion I would make is that a River Grove Citizen Involvement Organization is that neighborhood, and if you would be willing to just have periodic discussions with them on these issues, that would, I think, go a long way, because I feel like a lot of this is a communication problem. Thank you for that suggestion. Yeah, and then my other question is It was said that this tux project is already under construction and I want some clarity on that. I

Okay. And I guess if you didn't get the SIP agreement, How much would this project be reduced? I know it's a guess, but...

Thank you. And then I have one question for Kevin. Yeah, wake up. So there was a comment made that this SIP agreement could be canceled by either party at any time. Is that correct?

Thank you. That's all I have for right now.

Other questions? Councillor Hillier, then Councillor Sacco.

Thank you. Thank you. I think I'd like to say we're proud that you're investing in Tualatin, at least from my perspective. And we thank you for the work that you have done already and that you're willing to do in the future. That said, I'd like for you to use the words very carefully, constructive and collaborative in the good neighbor conversation. And will you please share with me in the last example that you gave how you applied constructive and collaborative solutions to that?

Yes, sir. Yeah, so as soon as those- Or with the construction company.

Thank you. I love that. I guess what I am, I think from my perspective and potentially I'm not trying to put words in the community's mouth, But what I think that I am missing in the story is that I didn't hear the closing the loop with whomever it was who made the complaint. So I don't know if that's because I don't know the process. I don't know if that complaint goes to the city and then the city reaches out to you or is it the neighbor or whatever. Because I do understand that there's a lot happening and there's a little bit of history and we have to be, you know, I think selective and int

So maybe a different example. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pull that up.

Okay. That's just what I missed. Okay. Thank you. That's all I have for right now. Mr. Sacco.

Thank you. And thank you for everyone who came tonight and spoke on both sides, because it's very helpful to get the full scope of the project and the issues at hand. So through this process, I've had concerns with, and I forget who spoke to this, but there are corporations moving outside of Oregon. And I think from news sources, a lot of that does have to do with the tax structure of the state. And so that was definitely a concern to me as this came across our desk. And LAM has a lot of resources, which also means they would have resource to move, which again was a concern of mine as well. An

I share the same sentiment that a lot of our city councilors have spoken prior to me. I thank you for being in this community and thank you for the things you've, for this presentation, for coming together and hearing everyone's thoughts, the city, the residents, LAM, and everybody that's in for or against this agreement. I'm I share the same sentiment as Councillor Sacco of not just meeting code like being compliance but also be mindful when things be a little bit proactive and I'm speaking to them as like well how would this affect this community you know I think that waiting for the city re

Thanks to everybody that came tonight to our city council meeting. It's a busier night than usual. And I appreciate the work that the city's done in negotiating and what people have talked about around our deal with the county. I appreciate the conversation around the technology. It's funny, I've been talking about lamb because of that book chip wars and my brother's a computer geek and so the fact that we can get to this micro micro level is really really different than AI and very Smart brilliant stuff And I'm also curious because I understand that there has to be really clean areas, and so

Okay, thank you. And then my other question was around, there was a building time, there was a statement of, somebody said three years, and then the contractor said 10 years, and I'm just curious how long the...

Okay. So just to be clear for everybody in the room that if there's an anticipation of 10 years, that might not be correct. Yeah. So we don't want to have false promises either way, right? And at the same time, because part of these public meetings are about public disclosure at this point now that we're putting this on the floor. And so I want to make sure, because one of the real issues is around construction fatigue that communities have next to construction sites like this. And these are the people that we have to look out for as elected officials. And then I guess the other question I hav

I'm sorry. I'm used to the other format that we have a lot of times which is always attorneys.

Thank you. Yeah, those are my specific questions, and I think those were the kinds of questions that I think that the community is concerned about. And then as far as, like, the agreement that people are supposed to take a look at over four days or whatever it's been, like, how many pages? Okay.

So I guess my question is, is there... Well, I guess with... with there being public meetings and making sure that there's public discourse, is there an opportunity for time before we make the final decision for the community to feel more comfortable around? I mean, and I guess my big concern is How do I want to say this? I think I just want to reiterate that I think the city's done a great job, that we've come through a good process. The only feeling that I'm having right now is that the community that lives very close isn't feeling heard. And I don't know if there's any way that we can help

No, I think that the city and you have worked very well together, and I've always said that I believe that part of the reason that we have community hearings is so that the community brings the wisdom of the community as well. I don't live in that area, so I don't have that noise, but I don't know that that's happening until the people that live there come tell me about it, and then... we have the opportunity of helping those citizens in our negotiations make sure that their needs are taken care of around just basic needs of sleep. And I happen to also be a therapist, so I know how important s

What does that mean? I don't think that there's going to be a perfect solution for everything. And I think that the city leadership, the community, and LAM have shown a great ability to come together and have difficult conversations and negotiate solutions. And I believe that that is part of the reason that it's great that you guys are here and that the community likes you being here. But this particular one is just something that you know, I'm not part of lamb, but I've gotten a lot of letters over the last years. I don't know how many we got for the public record tonight from the community.

And I just want to make, and I agree with everything that you said, and I also hear that the community doesn't feel heard about this one issue. So there's a thing about validating that, even though I do believe that you're doing your best in good faith. And I think that the community is feeling unheard in a certain way, or else I wouldn't be getting these letters. That's just my evidence. So I... And I don't think it's a hard thing. And I think there's brilliant people at LAM that have invented all kinds of things. So I have confidence in that part of it as long as there's really a meaningful

So, I do want to echo some of the feelings that our council members have already said, and thank you very much. Our community as well. I applaud you for coming out and speaking up. I do want to say that. we are so fortunate as a city to have a high quality of life because of the kinds of jobs that we have here, the community happiness that they are. These are tough decisions that we as a council have to make to the future. As we are heading into next year, we're looking at the high cost of operating a city and the increased cost everywhere. You know, the city is facing possible, Tax increases

So my two cents is... You've heard loud and clear about neighborhood concerns, and it sounds like you have a process that you're vetting them with. So I'm not asking you to put this in the SIP or have a separate contract, but I'd like to see a process that you have, but that, as people are saying, that when you do make those complaints, let us know what you've gone through to vet that complaint. That we can validate from the neighbors when I hear when we get an email as council Brooks says complaining about this the potential noise that might come from building B's HVAC you've received that we

And to the point, I forget, was it Council Hillier? I'm sorry. Or it might have been Maria. Sorry, Council Reyes. about, yeah, there's always the city standard, but that's the minimum you can do. You know, if you have an HVAC exhaust that is two decibels lower than the city, you know, if we were talking a few decibels difference, if there's something that we can adjust, fix, and, you know, temper down, because, of course, you guys want happy neighbors across the street. It would make your lives way easier, as we all know. Let's figure out how we can make a very simple system, a feedback loop,

Discussions that's all for the prep start the discussion... Yeah I'm still concerned about that you're going to put the noise issue and we're going to just hold it to it because that's the only thing here that's holding all this my concerns out as far as the revenue... In in the transparency thing that's really hard I feel like the community didn't get the transparency they deserved and it's just the way the process works But when we looked into this, I truly believe that in the end, the overall revenue, you just see this tax reduction. But the overall revenue, there's so many different bucket

I Really appreciate the work we brought in a lot of experts and help make sure that the city was well represented as a city and And part of the things we did have to negotiate and get in writing right so I'm not one that just thinks that always get handled by a conversation, but that's fine and And I do think that having time, giving time if there is time for people to look over things just helps people feel more comfortable so they don't have a problem with that conversation. I also don't have a problem with the SIP agreement and the way that it's been negotiated. The actual agreement itself

Thank you So We have a motion discussion further discussions.

I'll make a motion To do we have to do is it just okay to adopt resolution number five nine nine zero two six Authorizing the city manager to enter into a strategic investment program agreement with Washington County and lamb research corporation I have a motion second to adopt resolution number five nine nine zero dash 26 any discussions on those motions I

If not, this is a roll call vote. I'll go ahead and start with Councillor Sacco.

Councillor Reyes. Yes. Councillor Brooks.

Chair votes aye. It's unanimous. Resolution number 599-26 is adopted. Congratulations.

All right, that brings us to item number two, consideration of resolution number 5992-26, adopted in the City of Tualatin's 2027 State Legislative Agenda. I got Megan and a very patient Tyler and Leah. Thank you for your patience.

Just because we had that conversation tonight with 65th, I'm just curious if there's anywhere that in our transportation package any of those funds would fit now that we have different leveraging for funding.

Okay. And then my second question is about the actual program that moved forward, the, what is it, housing...

Is there anything that fits in with that work?

Yeah. I know we're talking about state, but on your federal list, sorry, it's the Vets Plaza stage.

Tell them so we can see Octavio. Oh. Yeah, okay.

Anyway, we had talked about also adding a shade structure at the splash pad, because I hear more about that from people than anything. But are we just ignoring that for now, or is that not feasible, or what's the deal?

The Riverfront Park construction would be just fine, too. Thank you.

Other comments or questions? All right. If not, what's the... Feeling about adopting 5992-26.

I move that we adopt resolution number 5992-26, adopting the City of Tualatin's 2027 state legislative agenda. Second.

I have a first and a second motions to adopt resolution number 5992-26, adopting the City of Tualatin's 2027 state legislative agenda. Any discussion on those motions? I think this is a roll call vote again. So go ahead. We'll start with Councilor Sacco.

Councilor Gonzalez. Aye. Council President Pratt. Chair votes aye. It's adopted unanimously.

Our last item on the business subsection is the League of Oregon Cities 2027-2028 legislative priorities. Based on the notes from our city manager, I guess I'm facilitating this discussion. So I asked you over the weekend to go ahead and look through the LOC's pamphlet. And each counselor pick their five items that they'd like to see as the LOC's priorities. And so I'm going to ask is either Nicole or Sherilyn just to scribble down on a piece of paper as someone mentions a priority that you just keep count. And whatever gets the top five counts, bubbles up to the top, and we can discuss it.

So we'll go ahead and start. Hopefully you all did it, did your homework. We'll start with Councillor Sacco.

Okay. So you just want me to list them? You don't want to give me no commentary yet?

Okay. So funding and coordination for shelter and homeless response I particularly like to this one based on the funding eviction prevention and rehousing emphasis Strengthening economic and workplace development I think for all the reasons we just talked about for the last couple hours and then the transportation package Infrastructure funding, I mean, for all the things mentioned in this section, including sustained investments in drinking water, wastewater, stormwater management, and also includes expanding flexible low-cost financing tools to reduce rate payer burden. As we know, the cost

Okay, mine in no particular order. We're under General Government Committee to the Public Meeting Law Clarity. It seemed like that's kind of something that really needs to get navigated for all of our best interest. The funding under housing and land use, the funding and coordination for shelter and homelessness response for the exact reasons Councillor Sacco indicated. I think it continues to support our position and goals for the council. The 2027 transportation package, I just want to make sure we're including any sort of local dollars coming back. The ratepayer assistance, underwater and w

But I'm just going to, there's some here, but the top, I'm just going to say the top three for me will be the maintain local control, transportation package, and economic development. Those are the top three. Okay.

Transportation, economic development, and maintaining local control. Thank you.

One of the ones that hasn't been brought up that I think is really important is the... I wrote it down, but I can't read my writing. Sorry. It's the water... We're in a really bad situation with that. I think it's something that's probably going to pass, but I think that the city's understanding and knowing about it would be helpful for the decision-making at the state because it's gotten close a couple times and we're really in need. I also put down... there it is water of first development the Energy resilience and disaster with the fires and everything else it's and The problems with FEMA.

No. Or the shelter and homeless response? Shelter and homeless response. We've already streamlined enough. We need to not do that.

All right, in the order they were listed, maintain local controls for the rideways, because that's revenue we would lose. The one that I haven't heard is public meetings law clarity, and that's the whole thing where we know what kind of conversations we could have. Oh, Cindy said it, okay. I just think it's going to go anyway. Funding and coordination for shelter and homeless response, invest in community energy resilience and disaster planning, and the transportation package.

All right. My five, again, as everyone else said, no particular order. Public meeting clarity. What a surprise, transportation, 2027. Infrastructure funding.

No, there's one in particular for infrastructure.

I'll be the odd guy out here. Cautious adoption of autonomous vehicles. Because Portland's starting it and it's going to creep to us pretty darn soon. And finally, strengthening economic and workforce development. Survey says.

So what are the ones that are remaining?

I'll add to the infrastructure funding vote. You have to pick two of those three. I'd pick the infrastructure one for sure. I feel like...

The other ones, they're going to impact that. What was the other one?

I'm going to pick my two already, infrastructure and maintain local control.

All right, so it sounds like infrastructure is four.

Okay, what's the fifth one? What's the last two?

As Councilor Brooks is saying, the public meeting law thing obviously is going to get attention. When I was in action at OMA, that was one of the big topics we talked about. All the other cities. Yeah, I think it's gonna get covered well, but so people won't do public right away. Yeah, I gotta speed you out people out, right?

Sorry. Which one? Which one? The disaster. You didn't. I had two, yeah.

Again, remember, other cities are across LOC. With that, we had no items removed from consent. Council Communications.

Just want to wish Councilor Gonzalez fast and easy healing on his recovery.

Thank you very much. It's going to be a good, solid year. Oh, geez. Yeah. Did a number on myself.

We have a motion to second to adjourn. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Thank you. Good night. Have a good evening.