Remarks by Maureen Wolf
24 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Just comment. Thank you, Matt, for following up and responding to the questions that were submitted as well as in the testimony. But with that, I move to approve ordinance number 26-14. I'll second.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you both for the presentation. And just to confirm, I appreciate the recommendation for the three half-time non-sworn. Any downside, anything that would be missed by replacing sworn officers with non-sworn individuals or FTE? Just kind of confirming. I know that that's allowed. In my mind, it makes sense. But I feel like just to ask that question,”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I APPRECIATE IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU READ MY MIND ABOUT CAUTIONING THE LAST SIX MONTH WE WILL WIPE THE DEFICIT OUT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WE WILL BE GOOD TO GO. IN A PERFECT WORLD THAT HAPPENS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE SLIDES BUT WHAT KEPT GOING THROUGH MY MIND IS forecasted scenario. And if I remember correctly, part of our challenges over the last couple years was the performance of the cameras themselves operationally. So have we been able to kind of protect ourselves maybe from incurring high operational costs where our revenue pretty much becomes almost nonexistent because the cameras…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Eric, so I support the hybrid and my only question is I'm assuming the 300,000 is an assumption that a bunch of the credit card users will convert to ACH so that bucket of people will dramatically increase.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONFIRM THE 300 FACTOR THAT IN WHICH MAKES SENSE AND I SUPPORT HYBRID BECAUSE I AGREE PEOPLE WOULD BE FRUSTRATED IF THEY HAD TO PAY FOR AN ACH.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So comment and then I guess a request as we look to budget. So first, Samantha, I just have to say how much I appreciated your sense of pride as a team and the work you do and the passion that you demonstrate. And it just shows and just the respect you have for your colleagues. And I just wanted to call that out. AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU. MY REQUEST AND WHAT I KEPT THINKING ABOUT AS YOU PRESENTED, AS I LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN WE GO INTO BUDGET SEASON, KIND OF THIS IDEA OF TAKING THIS PROCESS AND THIS SYSTEM AND THEN HOW DOES THAT REFLECT ITSELF IN…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Director Wolf, I'm just interested, Sean, and I know that based on the timeline, you're probably still compiling answers, but the close date to ask city questions was the 27th. So I'm just curious, what are people asking about? What are they interested in? And so.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm also interested. Okay. So that's great. So my question, Director Wolf. So I was surprised when you said November. If it closes mid-September, that you think it will be six weeks before the process starts. So that was my only curiosity. I don't know. It's still probably the safer route to go. But I was surprised at the six-week delay.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Early November might be awesome. Yeah. And Sean, I was not, I forgot about the second one, like the short list, and to give that time. So, okay.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Councillor Shaw and Nicole. Great research and I support staff's recommendation. The curiosities that I have is even if we don't designate a senior person on every committee, you know, I still think it's fair to kind of have those questions. you know, what is the impact to this particular group? Because they are different than a group of 45-year-olds or a 35-year-old. And I think that's fair to just kind of be cognizant of those needs, whether it's parks or libraries and what services. So I think there's a great opportunity to be creative in how we create opportunities. What I'm…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So we can follow up and see. Okay. Cause I just thought that might be an opportunity. Yeah. Definitely. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Go ahead, Council President Wolff. So the only thing I would like to add is to make a plug. Councilor Shaw and I met with Stacey Triplett, and AHRQ has the Age-Friendly Program. I know staff attended their conference in Salem last year. So I guess maybe that's part of the strategic plan or back to that idea. But I think there's really great frameworks to leverage and partner with. if it's something that we're serious about and want to make that as part of our vision for the city. So that's my thought. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, just a couple things. WEA did have a board meeting, but I think I want to highlight, and I forwarded to you all, this slide deck from Hillsborough's community development, economic development manager around data centers. I just thought it was a really great presentation to give clarification around the types of data centers, what Hillsborough is doing, how that's impacting the community. So hopefully those of you that were interested had a chance to look at that. And then also after that, they also hosted an education summit, which really focused a big piece also on workforce…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Oh my gosh. Well, for me, one of the biggest things for me is to understand what are the types of data centers that are in Hillsborough versus the mega centers, which might be more so in Eastern Oregon or on the A84 corridor. The other thing I think was really interesting is what are those data centers providing and the use in terms of advancing technology and And some of those other components to really understand the industries that the data centers are supporting. And the use of, as technology continues to improve, the use of water and some of those concerns. And really that that's not…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much and ditto to Councillor Shaw and the work that you do. And I think just as a follow up, going back to the leveraging technology slide, you heard public comment earlier and just the anxiety, the concern about many of our local community members. How do you ensure, as we leverage technology in so many ways, that really helps move the work forward but has the concern of the risk? OF INFORMATION BEING SHARED THAT PUTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT RISK. I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK IF YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO ENSURE THE BEST THAT WE CAN, THE SAFETY OF THOSE…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED A FOLLOW-UP FOR CLARIFICATION. SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FUND BALANCE 53 USED FOR CAPITAL AND THEN THE OPERATIONS AROUND THE 94, BUT IS ALL THOSE DOLLARS GENERATED FROM THE ANNUAL INCOME TAXES AS OPPOSED TO THE BONDS, RIGHT? I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I THINK THE CAPITAL BOND DOLLARS ARE ESSENTIALLY GONE SO THAT'S STILL ALL GENERATED ANNUALLY.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I do want to thank you both and the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of the slides and the information that you shared, but I feel like I would be remiss if I didn't take my opportunity just to once again advocate for those opportunities to bring resources locally to Tigard. As I look at my sheriff's report, the total population in Washington County is 614,000 and we are roughly 56,000 and as the only access center, as a city that holds major shelters and supports those individuals as they kind of flex during the day, it has taken quite a bit of resources locally to support those individuals.…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So essentially ditto down the line. And I think my only comment, Brittany, is first I just want to thank you for just the link to the developers forum, posting all the questions, all the follow-up letters. It was very helpful for me. I appreciated listening or watching the developers forum and just hearing the questions and even some of the confusion for someone that this is not at all in my wheelhouse. JUST AN APPRECIATION OF JUST TRYING TO LISTEN TO THEM AND HEAR FROM OUR EXPERTS IN BUILDING WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE. SO I SUPPORT THE DIRECTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO GREATER DETAIL ON HOW THE…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'll just be brief. Carol, just thank you so much. Heartfelt for just your care, not just as an employee, but a community member and everything that you've done for Tigard over so many years.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Mayor, I move to approve the consent agenda as presented.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I think I'm the third to tag on and thank you Mayor and Councillor Shaw for the questions because my curiosity really is I look forward to a study session to really understand how the state does that because my question is how how is it defined for us that we build more apartment complexes before, as opposed to create opportunities for housing that could be purchased and really promote home ownership. And so I really look forward to an opportunity to dig in that. And again, the fact that we're looking at 2019 and so much has occurred. And I'm also just curious, with neighboring communities,…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Sambo thank you so much and I know I sent a variety of questions and thank you for incorporating those in the response. Thanks for sharing that as well. And I think my one question under pillar four with and I know that the teams are working really hard on the new regulations and kind of future forward which some of that is long term action. Are you learning anything from businesses who might be kicking the tires in Tigard and looking like today to develop and are there challenges or excited to come in, just curious what you're experiencing today.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“THANK YOU, NICOLE, AND I WAS JUST PROCESSING COUNSELOR SLACK'S KIND OF STRATEGY AND WHILE I AGREE WITH IT, I ALSO THINK THERE'S VALUE IN VERY CONSISTENT LARGE AND BROAD SUPPORT TO SAY Public meeting laws is currently not working and that City of Tigard agrees So I wouldn't necessarily agree, but I I did give pause Especially around the shelter and homeless response. I do think other associations are going to hit workforce development pretty hard that may not be League of Oregon cities, but I think that will be a priority and So I am fine with the five. It does give me pause, given the number…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I WOULD SUPPORT COUNSELOR ROBIN'S SUGGESTION OF DROPPING THE FIFTH AND BUMPING UP THAT. SO THANK YOU, COUNSELOR ROBIN.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026