City Council - Regular Meeting

All right, it's 630. I also good evening everyone. I will call this Tiger City Council and local contract review board to order WC the recorder Bartholomew. Would you please conduct a roll call?

Councilor Gudusi is absent. Mayor who here? Councilor Robbins here. Councilor slack here. Councilor Shaw here. Council President Wolf.

Here.

Councillor Anderson.

Here. Thank you. Would everyone please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. All right, council and city team, do you have any non-agenda items? Seeing none, let's move on to the public comment section. Public comment period provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the city council. While it is not a dialogue, either I or staff will follow up to address the issues brought forward in these comments. The calling number is 503-966-4101, and those wishing to comment should call now to get into the queue. Anyone present wanting to comment should sign up on the public comment form at the front of the room. Regarding written comment, we received seven written comments by Monday noon deadline. Topics include downtown reimagined, the intersection of Walnut and Highway 99W, safety along Southwest Garden Place, River Tires 2.0, the splash pad, concerns with a person living in their car, commercial solicitation, and firework enforcement. All right, so next, let's move on to in-person public comment. And we have one person sign up. It is Luann Tilkey. Luann, please, welcome. Please have a seat and turn on your mic. And after you state your name, you have two minutes. Thank you.

Good evening. This is a compliment. I want to tell you how much everyone appreciate the fireworks instead of the drone show. I have not heard one negative comment. We live in Summerfield. It was full again with people parking there. There are places on the golf course where they're allowed to sit if they can't walk or don't want to walk over the stadium. And people left and I went outside to see because there are so many cars. We had all ages, a lot of young people. They were all happy and smiling and laughing, people riding their bikes, and it was just wonderful. So while I think it was great to try the drone show, I was one of the ones that came and said I didn't think it was very effective because it couldn't be enjoyed by very many people. Let me tell you, you did a bang-up job this year, so thank you very much.

Thank you, Luanne. I appreciate it. All right, so I don't see anybody wanting to provide public comments, so let's move on to online interview. Mr. Miller, are there any caller online?

We do not have any calls, Mayor.

All right, thank you, Mr. Miller. So let's move on to city manager report. Acting City Manager Rager will give a brief report. Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. So as was just mentioned, last weekend's one big fourth event was a huge success. We drew over 12,000 attendees to honor America's historic 250th anniversary. Perfect weather. The day was great. A blend of festivities of all sizes, including the local favorite, the middle of Mill and Drive Parade. Summing up the whole day, the massive community gathering was made possible really through partnerships with King City, Tigard-Tualatin School District, and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, and we're really thankful for the partnership between the four groups to bring that together. It just made it a safe and fun environment for everyone. I also want to give a shout out to the many city staff that were there to support that event. Couldn't have happened without all of them, so my thanks to them all for being there. We also want to encourage everyone to keep checking the city events calendar regularly so they don't miss any of the other things we've got planned for the rest of the summer. And that's the end of my report.

Thank you. Any question or comments? Yeah, I also appreciate the King City's partnership. Marching the King City parade in the morning, that was a lot of fun. So great job, everybody. So thank you. All right, so let's move on to the next item on the agenda, which is consent agenda. The consent agenda is used for routine items, including approval of meeting minutes, contracts, and intergovernmental agreements. Information on each item is available on the city's website in the packet for this meeting. These items may be enacted in one motion without separate discussion. Council members may request that an item be removed by motion for discussion and separate action. Tonight we have the May election canvas of votes, approval of minutes, of fuel and related service contract, the Lake Oswego Tiger Water Supply Expansion Engineering Service Contract, and an amendment to the McDonald Street Engineering Service Contract. Any questions or motion?

Mayor, I move to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Second. Thank you, Councillor Schlagg and Councillor Preston-Wolf. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favour say aye.

Aye.

Opposed say nay. The consent agenda is adopted by a unanimous vote of Councillor Preston. Thank you. All right, let's move on to the next item on the agenda, which is Downtown Reimagine Project Update. And Senior Planner Shanks will give the staff report. Hello.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANTED TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE SUSAN WHO IS RETIRING TOMORROW. HOW MANY YEARS? 13. 13 YEARS HERE AT THE CITY. SO BEFORE WE STARTED, I WANTED TO MAKE A MENTION OF WHAT A VALUABLE RESOURCE SHE'S BEEN AND JUST A WONDERFUL PARTNER IN ALL OF PLANNING AND WE WILL BE VERY MUCH MISSED BY THE TEAM.

I THINK WE HAVE ALMOST WORKED TOGETHER THAT LONG.

WHEN I STARTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS SUSAN SHANKS, I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF and tonight I'll be presenting an update on the downtown reimagined project and seek council's feedback on some specific questions, but of course welcome any of your comments, thoughts, questions about the draft proposal. And I need a presentation.

Yeah, I'm sure Mr. Miller is working on that. Well, while we wait, do you have any plans after you retire?

Like little ones, big ones, aspirations. I'm not thinking of maybe build furniture or build houses with habitat for humanity. We'll see. Less computer time is the goal. Sounds good. Much less computer time.

In a particular city? For building houses?

I mean, I'm hoping to stay local, but I was reading about how they have this annual, it's like the Carter annual bill, because former President Jimmy Carter and his wife were really, really active, and so they go from city to city, like they change it.

Yeah, it just sounds amazing.

We'll see. More local. I want to learn, too. I'm pretty handy, but it would be nice to know more. Okay, thank you for bringing up the presentation. So next slide, please. And actually before, I just want to say one thing before I start. Congratulations to our new city manager, Brian Rager. And you and I worked together for my entire time here, although you have been here much longer. So thank you for stepping up yet again.

Thank you, Susan. It's been nice working with you, and I wish you all the best. That'll be great.

Yeah, thanks. Okay, with that, so tonight I'll be going over kind of just the project in general, purpose and outcomes, as well as the project schedule, stakeholder engagement done for this phase of the project, and as well as the draft proposal. PROPOSAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF MAPS AND SOME TABLES, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THE FINAL PROPOSAL WILL ACTUALLY BE AN UPDATED DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER, SPECIFICALLY THE DOWNTOWN TIGERED PLAN DISTRICT CHAPTER. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE WORDS WITH SOME OF THOSE MAPS AND TABLES EMBEDDED INTO IT. SO THIS IS STILL AT THE DRAFT STAGE, BUT MAPS AND TABLES AT THIS POINT IN TIME REALLY ARE THE BEST WAY TO CAPTURE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AT THIS TIME, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND PERHAPS SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL PLANNED DISTRICT CHAPTER AND ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT WILL GO INTO THAT CHAPTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. So this is a long range planning project. I've had a number of updates recently with the city council. And so hopefully you're familiar with what the project is going like where we're at now. We picked it up after a hiatus due to staff resourcing and just changes. But so the project purpose is to basically update the development code and the regulations that govern development in downtown Tigard. and really to integrate the core of downtown Tigard, the kind of historic and kind of community center that the community actually really wants to come to and hopefully wants to live in, but the businesses that are here that really kind of integrates it with what's here, but also with a modernized approach to the housing that we need as well as the multimodal transportation facilities that we need while still recognizing that people still drive to downtown Tigard and kind of providing that balance in our transportation system that it currently lacks. Next slide, please. So this project is now in its third phase, hopefully third and final phase. It's been, like I said, a long range planning project, but a long project in general. There was a big community effort in 2020 to come up with a new vision statement for downtown Tigard, which I've included on the slide. AND PHASE TWO WHICH ENDED IN 2024 WAS UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH IS THE CITY'S LAND USE, LIKE OVERARCHING DOCUMENT AND SO IT WAS UPDATING THAT DOCUMENT TO REPRESENT AND IMPLEMENT THE VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD COME UP WITH. And then this phase that we're in now, which is the third on the list, is to basically do policy implementation work, which is creating that plan district chapter that goes into our development code. And that's to implement both the vision from 2020, as well as the comp plan policy updates to bring that together in a way that then applies to development when new development, redevelopment happens in downtown Tigard. Next slide, please. So this is the project schedule for this phase of the project. And as you can see, it started back in September of 2025 when we picked it back up again and we started looking at where we left off. The questions and concerns were raised at that time. AND WE KIND OF REDRAFTED, CAME UP WITH A NEW DRAFT, ZONING PROPOSAL, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK PROPOSAL, AND SYNC P DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. BROUGHT THAT TO A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WILL BE SHOWN ON A LATER SLIDE. GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK, CONTINUING TO MAKE REFINEMENTS, HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL AS WELL AS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP THAT TBD arrow, which is not yet determined, but that would be when we would have a final proposal developed after receiving direction from you tonight and any, you know, any times that we need to come back after that. But to develop basically a final proposal, i.e. that draft plan district chapter, and that this would then be available for public comment, usually around, we do two weeks to a month. And then we would bring that whole package and any other additional refinements we had made after receiving kind of that more formal public comment to both the Planning Commission and City Council at a series of public hearings. So there's still plenty of opportunity for the community to weigh in on this. It is by no means done at this point. So that's where we're at. Next slide, please. So these are the stakeholder groups that we've engaged during this phase of the project. And this is pretty much in the last four months. So we've presented and gotten feedback at the Planning Commission, at the Transportation Advisory Committee, at the Town Center Advisory Commission, the Downtown Alliance, the Chamber of Commerce. We sent out emails to, well, as many emails as we had to downtown businesses and property owners and had an online information session and we're in the process of developing an online survey for that stakeholder group as well. And then we also reached out to potential developers and previously had some meetings with potential developers to understand more about kind of their issues when they look at DOWNTOWN TIGARD AS A PLACE TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW OR REDEVELOP A PROPERTY. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE GROUPS AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO. FIELDING EMAILS AS THEY COME IN. I UNDERSTAND ONE EMAIL CAME IN FROM THE CHAMBER, SORRY, NOT FROM THE CHAMBER, FROM THE TIGARD DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE THAT WE RESPONDED TO IN DETAIL WITH THE PROJECT SCHEDULE AS WELL AS HOW WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM. And if you can go to the next slide, please. I kind of briefly summarize the kinds of feedback that we've gotten to date, and it's still coming in. So I kind of broke it out into three different categories, the things that people have concerns or questions about, what they like, and what they want. So concerns are about impacts of the land use, the new use restrictions, and potential prohibitions on certain businesses or types of land uses, which is totally fair. If I had a business, I would be wanting to know about that and how it affected me. And I've had, I think, like a series of, I think, four different email exchanges with different businesses like really wondering like, okay, how does this apply to me? And we have that documented. We can share those details, especially as we move forward into preparing the final proposal, because we're still, we're definitely considering that feedback. There's also been concerns about just the potential for displacement of the current housing that we have in downtown Tigard that is like market rate affordable to some degree. And there's the concern that if we are successful and as hopefully there's a market upturn that as we get more development in downtown Tigard that it might actually displace those folks who are already here. And which is also a very valid concern. There's some things we can do about that and other things that is not in our control. But obviously something that we want to take into consideration. In terms of what people like about the draft proposal so far, they liked the balance of that we've come up with for balancing kind of the need for more of a more robust multimodal network. And by multimodal I mean more facilities for bicyclists and pedestrians, but also balancing that with the need for vehicular access as well. Definitely like the off-street bike network and the six-story height limit, as well as the location of the new zones, just generally, like how we've gone from one monolithic MUCBD zone, which stands for our mixed-use central business district zone, to a more nuanced, here's where we want some mixed-use residential, and here's where we want mixed-use commercial, so that we actually are more intentional about trying to get more residential development in downtown. And developers definitely like the no maximum density aspect of the proposal, because right now we've been hearing that that is one of the things that is a barrier to redevelopment, given some of the site sizes. Like we have some really, really small parcels, and it's really hard to actually make a project pencil, even with staying well below six stories. and not going over that maximum density. So that was an easy one to forego. But how we're still controlling kind of the size and scale of development, because we're not downtown Portland, we're not looking 20-story skyscrapers is through that maximum height. So we're being agnostic about how many units someone might be able to put into any individual building, but as long as you like meet the building setbacks, meet the building height limitations, So it just provides a lot more flexibility for developers. And some of the things we heard that people want, which is in some case both in and outside the scope of this project, but we definitely heard some wants about preserving the historic buildings and character in downtown Tigard. We have different parts of our code. We have a whole historic resources chapter that protects historic resources. when they've been designated that way through the city. And so we've done some education around the fact that state designated historic structures don't necessarily fall under our development code. It's a voluntary program. It's only when someone then voluntarily has that structure or structures designated as a historic structure through the city's process that then our code would kick in and we'd be part of the regulatory process. But right now we actually have very, very, very few properties in all of the city of Tigard that have chosen to be voluntarily designated as a historic building. There are resources there for people who want to go to have their structure preserved in that way, but we can't force people to do that. So that's available. People definitely said they wanted a landscape buffer along Fano Creek, which is something we've built into the more detailed draft. And they also talked about on-street ADA parking spaces as a need. So that's what we've been hearing and we've definitely been taking all of it into consideration as we continue to iterate on the very, very, very fine details. Next slide please. SO THE DRAFT PROPOSAL AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING IS MADE UP OF A SERIES OF MAPS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS WELL AS SOME TABLES. SO WHAT YOU HAD IN YOUR PACKET AS ATTACHMENT ONE WAS A CURRENT AND PROPOSED BOUNDARY FOR THE PLANNED DISTRICT AND THAT'S WHERE THESE REGULATIONS WOULD APPLY. ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO JUST THE ZONE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT THAT PROPERTY IS IN. There's a proposed zoning map and a table that shows all of the different land use standards and it compares it to the current land use standards. And it has another table that kind of gives you an overview of the key development standards and those are things like building setbacks, building height, minimum density, because we want to make sure we have kind of a minimum baseline density when people do decide to do mixed use or standalone residential. And then there's a series of transportation maps, as well as a table that kind of goes through, actually it's not a table, it's a document that graphically shows and identifies where different kinds of streets and trail cross sections would apply. We don't have a lot of area in downtown. We do have a lot of barriers for transportation connectivity. And so that's like, so we have very targeted specific proposals for individual streets because of the unique NATURE OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, WHERE THE CREEK IS, WHERE THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE, SO WE WERE TRYING TO BE VERY, VERY STRATEGIC AND TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO PROPERTY BUT PROVIDING THAT KIND OF CONNECTIVITY THAT WE REALLY NEED IN DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S WHAT THE DRAFT PROPOSAL IS CURRENTLY MADE UP OF. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. And so to kind of understand a little bit of the sausage making that we went to based on all the feedback we got during phase one and phase two of this project, that the draft proposal really kind of comes out of this kind of these key criteria. It is about how these regulations will support the community vision for downtown. So going back to that one slide where the vision is stated about being welcoming and accessible, opportunities for both business and housing. So it's really about supporting the community vision for downtown in the best way that we can to maximize connectivity, our transportation network, and to minimize impacts to private property owners by minimizing where we put potential new connections, whether it's a path or a street. And then even considering we went to one-way streets in certain locations, and again, that was very intentional to minimize impacts to properties. And then removing regulatory barriers to development and redevelopment, things like density, maximum density, like I was just talking about. and unlocking the development potential of large blocks and lots. And there's different ways to do that. One that is providing like inserting some streets where the lots are quite large. But it's also about things like removing like maximum density standards. So there's different ways to unlock development potential and kind of facilitate redevelopment potential. And the next two are really specific to the transportation proposal. Obviously, it's really key that it's both safe and comfortable for everyone, so users of all ages and all abilities. And that speaks to, in part, like having a really robust and connected multimodal transportation network, so bike facilities that are not all on street, not everybody is comfortable. You know, even in a bike lane on street, many people are much more comfortable when they're separated more from vehicular traffic. And lastly, we hear this all the time because the Fano Creek Trail is such a great resource. Even when we were doing the Washington Square Regional Center update, people wanted access to the Fano Creek Trail. And no surprise, people want more access to it in downtown as well. So it's about providing more direct and convenient access to that trail, to the Tigard Heritage Trail, to Universal Plaza, and the TriMet Transit Center. And we think that, I mean, that has definitely guided us as we prepared the transportation proposal. we again were very strategic we could have drawn a lot more lines to connect to the um fanno creek trail for example as the um preliminary proposal back in 2024 did but uh it had too many impacts to sensitive lands as well as to private property owners so again it's just it's that balancing act um so we ask that you consider kind of these criteria um or versions of them as you kind of think about the draft proposal and either direct us to refine something or have a question about something. But hopefully you have enough familiarity with it now that you have some feedback for us about, you know, what do you like about it or what you would like to see changed about it. Because I think the next slide, if you can go there, is like some specific questions we have for you that we'd like you to weigh in on. The first three are really related to some specific transportation facilities because they really do have policy implications. Sometimes we just think like a street is a street is a street, but it's not. If you put a bike lane on a street, it's different than one without it. And that's a policy consideration. And so, like, I'm actually hoping if it's possible to even bring up the attachment number two that's online. No, it's not possible.

We have it on our screen. Okay, great. So it's fine.

So I was just realizing that... Yeah, that I could just roll through that, because as I've been doing in my other presentations. So there is, in your attachment two, which is available online for the public, there is a map that identifies what P2, C4, and N1 are. They're very specific street segments. that we are wanting to hear Council's feedback on, again, because there's policy tradeoffs. And so in the staff report, kind of listed out some of those pros and cons. There is no right or wrong answer, though. They really are policy questions. So I'm just going to go from top to bottom, just to kind of set the stage, and then I would love to hear from you. So right now we are proposing two different kinds of paths. We could kind of merge them and just have one type of path because there is something to be said for simplicity. So that's a layer of feedback that we're open to. Right now we are proposing like kind of a bigger path width in two very specific locations to really support kind of placemaking, urban areas for future residents because we don't have a lot of public space. We have Universal Plaza, but that's one place and it's on one side of the railroad tracks. So, for example, one of these larger paths is on the other side of the railroad track to provide kind of almost like think of it like a linear plaza. But it is still a transportation network, but it is a place for people to gather and for community to happen. So one question is about, like, does that make sense to you, the location and kind of the size of that particular facility? It's still much smaller than a street, but like a standard path width would be a minimum of 20 feet, whereas this one would be proposed at a minimum of 40 feet to provide pedestrian and bicycle access as well as kind of like an urban living room of sorts, allowing people to come and go. So that's one question. And then the C4 street is about a one-way street, kind of that is part of three different one-way streets. Did you, like, I'm happy if you...

I think we will maybe pause for any questions before we go into any deadlines. Sure, okay. So, Councilmember, do you have any questions? Go ahead, Council Robbins.

Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for this presentation. So I do have a question for the pass. I don't see, so I'm looking at slide, page five, and also page four is the map, and I see P1 and P2 of various places, and staff recommends the inclusion of the wider pass P2 in strategic locations to do all these things. What if we say, no, we don't want that? Would all of the P2s turn into P1s? Or would they just not exist?

That's really up to you. We think that something is needed there. So like they could, for example, become streets. That's another option. We recommended the path to try to minimize impacts while providing that kind of multimodal connectivity. because even the wider path is less wide than even a local street. So if there's a desire to have them not be like that wider path, they could be a narrow path, or they could be a street. Depends on which way you want it to go. But that's a really great question. This is our recommendation, but like I said, there are no right or wrong answers. It's really about... what you think is like the best policy decision in terms of the benefits.

And currently right now where there's the dotted yellow where it's so proposed path, there's nothing there?

Correct. Okay. And same with any other dotted line. There is no transportation facility there whether it's a street or a path or a trail. And those are the places that... I see.

So are the little gray lines underlying some of these lines, are those boundaries of property line boundaries? Yes, correct. Okay. OK. SO JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. SO THE PATH THAT WOULD BE A P2 PATH COMING PERPENDICULAR OFF OF ASH AVENUE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY. SO WOULD WE HAVE TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY OR GET AN EASEMENT?

No. So the one that you're talking about and actually most of them, with the exception of some, but the majority of dotted lines on there are actually on top of property lines. It's a pretty standard practice with long-range planning when you're trying to kind create infill streets is to basically split the burden and put it on a property line, so each property holder is responsible for part of that, not the entire thing. Like I said, that's not the true case for all of the dotted lines, but where it makes sense, we always try to do that. It's a best practice. And so how that works in general for any of the dotted lines or even for a street that exists, but maybe let's say like there's a street that exists, but it doesn't have any sidewalks means more of a common thing that it's upon redevelopment that we get those improvements.

So it doesn't happen until redevelopment. Correct. And it's included. Yes. Okay.

And then there's this, what we call both a nexus with what's happening on the site, like the new impacts, the new transportation impacts that new development would bring, then that makes it possible for us to ask for the facilities to support the new development. Okay.

Right. After all those questions, I support these paths. I think it looks nice. I really like the idea of the street trees, or I guess in this place, path trees, to really bring more shade and more cooling that we get a lot of heat, especially in the summer, and then just cement and concrete everywhere doesn't provide that cooling, so...

So I have a question. So for the first three, they will have staff recommendations. Yes. Have you heard any concerns from business owner or landowner about any of the staff recommendations?

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY ABOUT STREETS. MOSTLY IT'S BEEN ABOUT THE LAND USE. IN THAT CASE, I AGREE WITH THE FIRST THREE.

I'M FINE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FIRST THREE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THANK YOU, SENIOR PLANNER SHAKESON, NOT TO THROW A RUNCH IN IT. started in COVID 2020. And as we know, there had been a hiatus because of staffing issues. I do feel personally that I think that policy implementation is premature. I think these questions are premature. We have since had an economic development strategy put in place. I don't see where this might marry or kind of fit. I also think we're going to see this online survey with our downtown businesses, and I would love to see their feedback first before we made any policy implementations. And also, I think some of the data, we know there will not be any foreseeable future of light rail coming through. Some of that data is included in there. So I'm just not prepared for those reasons. Plus, it should be passed tonight, but we will have a new city manager who this will be somewhat new to. And so it seems to me, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO DO LIKE A WORK STUDY OR LIKE A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN REALLY KIND OF SEE HOW ALL THESE PIECES FIT TOGETHER. SO WE'RE WORKING ON ONE COHESIVE STRATEGY INSTEAD OF PIECE MEALING DIFFERENT CITY FUTURE ACTIVITIES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. BUT AGAIN, HAVING BEEN HERE SINCE 2020, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I JUST THINK IT'S PREMATURE FOR ANY POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Councillor Shaw. And Susan, really appreciate the packet that was put together and especially the link to the business work session that you held. I listened to the Q&A component. And to Councillor Shaw's point, there were just some great references, I think, Tiffany, I think you all recognize what I heard in the questions of business folks is we've got all these layers. Really interested in economic development, really interested in, I think Tiffany said, how do we meet our current needs and build to our future? AND IT WAS HANGING THERE, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION OR TSP. AND SO LIKE COUNSELOR SHAW, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BUT I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT CONNECTION TO THE PILLAR THAT SEAN REFERENCED, THE DEVELOPMENT PLACEMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN PILLAR. I WANT TO SEE THAT, I WANT TO SEE CURRENTLY HOW DOES THIS IMPACT ME AS A BUSINESS OWNER. and then strategically where we headed downtown. And I don't know if I'm asking for a genie to pop out of a bottle to say, can we stack all those pieces together? But like Councillor Shaw's point, that would be fantastic to really see how do we impact today? How are we driving economic development? And yeah, we've got you in the long run because they all align. So that's where I sit. So not in opposition, but in curiosity of where we're headed collectively. I HOPE THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THAT KIND OF JUMPS TO FEEDBACK, I SUPPOSE. BUT REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THAT VIDEO. SO THANK YOU FOR POSTING AND SHARING THAT ONLINE, FOR REALLY ANYONE, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SITE. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR SCHLACK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT WOLF AND COUNCILOR SHAWN FOR THOSE REASONS. I WOULD BE HESITANT TO PROVIDE A PREFERENCE AT THIS TIME, KNOWING THAT DECISIONS WOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF IT. sort of to just repeat what they said, at least from my perspective, there's just a lot of moving parts with a lot of really great long-term projects that community development is working on. And it's a bit hard for me to follow all of them at once. When I was, as you know, I asked for like a map of this whole downtown re-imagine project overlaid with our TIF district, because I'm curious about how those will interact with each other. So there's a lot of moving parts here that I'd love to better understand for providing preferences. That's just my viewpoint.

Councilor Anderson?

I think it looks good. I think 1, 2, 3. I like the staff recommendation. The land use development standards, it just depends on you've got some mixed use residential and you've got some mixed use commercial. What if a developer has an idea to bleed over into that area? Are there room for variances for that? But as a starting point, I think this is good.

CAN I RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS? THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. SO COUNSELOR ANDERSON, SO WITH TAKING THE ONE ZONE, THE ONE MIXED-USE ZONE AND MAKING TWO MIXED-USE ZONES AND ALSO INCORPORATE THE MIXED-USE EMPLOYMENT AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED THAT WAY BUT INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT INTO THE PLANNED DISTRICT, BUT JUST WITH REGARD TO THE MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL AND MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL AND THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN, that there are some differences in terms of the land uses allowed in those two zones, but both would support commercial and residential. And what we're doing with trying to do with the standards is to foster more residential in places where there already is residential, which is not to say that commercial that is very compatible with residential, like office use, for example, couldn't also be there as well. So it's actually not necessarily excluding, but it's more driving a certain kind of mix in certain locations, but allowing basically many things together. I mean, we want to see the... VERY MUCH AN EFFICIENT LAND USE APPROACH TO HAVE A MIXED USE BUILDING BUT IF WE HAD A STAND ALONE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WHICH WE HAVE MANY OF RIGHT NOW OR A STAND ALONE COMMERCIAL BUILDING BOTH ARE ALSO OKAY IN BOTH LOCATIONS. And in terms of, I hesitate to use the word variance because it means something very specific to certain people, but in our code we have what we're calling restrictions. So something that is a restricted land use, like let's say retail is restricted. The restriction is not a prohibition of the use at all. it usually relates to the form of that development. So for retail, because of the nature of downtown, we don't want to see a Walmart come in. And on some of our neighboring lot, which is ginormous, a Walmart could come in. So the restriction on retail use is that it can't be greater than 60,000 square feet in size. So there's some detail that y'all haven't seen yet, because there is so much detail in doing these kinds of projects, and we don't want to completely overwhelm you. And you would see the next layer down of detail with regard to what some of the finer-grained restrictions would be. but would still allow all the things that we have in downtown, for the most part, and expect to see in our urban city center area. So there's definitely a lot of flexibility in there. but thank you for that like that helps me understand where how you're thinking about it um and with regard to the we want um to understand more about all these different layers which i'm a big picture person i want to see how things connect as well and so i don't want to put words in your mouth but i i'm looking at counselor schlack and wolfenshaw that Like you mentioned like TIF district, and I hope you got the map okay great So TIF district TSP our transportation system plan because there's going to be an update effort shortly And also the active strategy. I'm hearing that like you want to understand how these things relate to each other Because they are different layers and in some respects they they Some of them don't really like super relate, but they also don't inhibit or conflict. But it sounds like we need to better explain kind of the different layers and how it all applies. the nature of development and planning for future development with regulations is that there are these like pots of things and they're meant to be these discrete pots and like we can't put the ECDEV strategy into the development code. Like that doesn't make sense. So all these different documents and these different both programmatic as well as regulatory kinds of things do weave together and we want to have them all be very compatible and Reinforcing and it sounds like we need to better Connect the dots for you about how those all those things work would that be like a somewhat accurate summary and Relative to those things and like with the TSP update coming and in some ways I mean the thing is because we can never update everything all at once. There's always going to be like sometimes like the timing can be perfect and you build and you understand like you started here and then you end up here and it all like, you know, kind of builds. But sometimes life is messier than that. But there's definitely with the TSP update around the corner that this work would actually inform that work. So that's actually lined up really well. Like, what basically ends up going forward here would end up in the TSP. We wouldn't start, like, then take another look at downtown transportation network. Because TSP is citywide, and there are these special planning areas where you do a deeper dive. But the deeper dive is being done with this project, essentially. But so that's just one example. And honestly, I'm not the active manager. Sambo is still here if she can more respond to that. But because I'm not as familiar with the active strategy, I know a little bit about it, but probably not enough as Sambo does.

I think my concern, I understand what the councilor is saying, but my concern is that do you understand what they need exactly before, I just don't want this to drag on indefinitely. Sure.

Go ahead. My understanding is to help you understand those different pieces and how they work together.

Okay, and that's not going to delay implementation of this co-writing.

I'm sorry, I didn't hear the first...

I just want this to be an open-ended request. I want a defined... solution, resolution to their satisfaction. So can you, I personally don't, quite don't get it, but go ahead.

Well, I was going to say, I think it's a reasonable thing that we could kind of create something either if it's just a study session or if it's an actual document, but to help that, or the one-on-ones, but I actually think that there is a way to respond and help you. Okay, good. That's, Sam, what do you think?

Yeah, I guess I wanted to jump in because I appreciate SEEKING CLARITY, JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, WHAT I HEARD AS I LISTENED TO BUSINESSES IS ALSO, I MEAN, A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE THE ONES THAT SET SWEAT EQUITY AND INVESTMENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN TO START US MOVING IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO WHAT I HEARD AS I LISTENED IS ALSO WANTING THAT CLARITY. HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT HOW WE, AND IT COVERED LONG-TERM, SHORT-TERM, LAND USE, HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. I LEARNED A LOT JUST BY LISTENING TO THE QUESTIONS AND THE RESPONSES YOU ALL GAVE. BUT I'M FEELING LIKE THERE'S CURIOSITIES THERE, NOT TO MENTION But just questions and curiosities about how does this all fit together? How is this moving Tiger downtown forward? And how does it hit our economic plan? So for me, it's not only I would appreciate the education, but that we're getting the support, which maybe goes to the survey, right, that's still outstanding. And how do we really make sure we have high engagement, right? I mean, you all have, you know, 200 emails that go out and 19 or 30 people show up. So how do we elevate that so that as a council member I feel at high confidence that a lot of people contributed and gave feedback? And in all fairness to you all, that's frustrating, right, when you try to do outreach and the response back. IS REALLY LIMITED. THAT IS UNFAIR AS WELL. I WILL OWN THAT PIECE, TOO. I AM LOOKING FOR EDUCATION FOR MYSELF, BUT ALSO I THINK WE ARE DOING A BETTER JOB COMMUNICATING HOW WE ARE MOVING DOWNTOWN FORWARD, NOT ONLY FOR PLANNING, CODE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR

And we can most certainly try to provide some bridges or connections to it, but I will point out that as part of our processes, this isn't done in a silo or vacuum. We do have our economic development manager, Dale Hawther, as well as as was part of the development process. So taking the lens of the economic strategic plan as well as taking the lens of what the TSP is about moving forward, those are things that we do also do with our internal code team or internal teams to move the policies forward or to provide the recommendations that we have here as well. So for tonight, our interest is being able to say are we in the general direction? in understanding the transportation proposal itself. Because this will help us move the TSB forward in the work that we're hoping to do in the next couple years as well. As for the strategic pillars itself, again, in reviewing this, I don't think it lends us, if there's an opportunity for us to provide more engagement, we are more than happy to do that and come back with what the responses are from the survey itself. Overall pillars and the need for us to maybe a bit modernize the codes that are down in the downtown area right now, which is one of the things, one of the impetus for us to do this work is that it's a pretty old code for the downtown area. And it was one of the asks was to say, is there an opportunity for us to provide other opportunities for development in the area? So... I'm getting a sense that we may need a little more. There's still some key questions that you all have when it comes to how the economic strategic plan layers with this. And I'm happy to come back and provide that information. But at the end of this, we'll need to understand, is the direction that we're going towards, where we're looking at the additional streets and the types of land use LANGUAGE DESIGNATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SITE ITSELF GENERALLY AN AREA IN WHICH THE COUNCIL FEELS CONFIDENT BECAUSE WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH HOW IT RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, HOW IT RELATES TO THE TSP, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE AT LEAST THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE THE WORK IS GOING.

Again, I'm looking at the draft proposal criteria. It's to make development code more flexible. We want to make it more connected, provide more direct community access to Fennell Creek Trail. And this is not economic development plan. This is code zoning. We cannot force people to come develop. We can only make it easier for people to do it. That's why I'm a little unclear on what MY COLLEAGUES ARE LOOKING FOR. GO AHEAD, COUNCIL CHAIR.

I GUESS I'M NOW EVEN MORE CONCERNED. IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT POLICY IMPLICATION OF THIS AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TONIGHT SAYS THAT WE CANNOT MOVE WITH THE TSP, WE CAN'T MOVE THAT FORWARD WITHOUT THIS, THEN I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THEN I'D REALLY WANT TO LOOK THROUGH A FINE-TOOTH COMB ON THOSE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND I'D REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM BUSINESS THEN. since they are the ones, as Council President Wolf had mentioned, the ones that have been investing in downtown. And I'm not sure they've made that connection too, that these decisions tonight could impede or impact the TSP for future. So even if we put aside the economic development strategy, and I appreciate you saying that you've been working in tandem, now I'm probably even more concerned.

And I'll say, I don't, The work that we're doing now in developing a new transportation network proposal for downtown, it doesn't need to happen for the TSP to happen. It's actually good timing to do this work where we can focus in a lot of detail on one very important area. In the city of Tiger because the TSP being citywide it can't take a microscope to the entire city It's just the TSP is at the level of the comprehensive plan It is much more about policy than it is about exactly the specific standard that a local street needs to be built to or if this one has an eight-foot sidewalk or a 10-foot sidewalk which is what our development code does and so this actually timing wise and they don't all work out this way this actually helps to inform the TSP work by providing the most recent and up-to-date thinking on what a future street network should look like in downtown so it doesn't have to do that work so it's it's actually really good timing and is not but at the TSP update could start tomorrow and if if even if they were both going in parallel or if this came after it that it's it's neither would really inhibit the others but it's actually good timing for this to come before because we have the ability to focus on this one area exclusively. And maybe it's like, so when I say the comprehensive plan, like there is a document that we had.

I'm sorry, so it's already 45 minutes. So I think a good compromise right now is just to wait for the feedback we get from business and see if there's anything changed. and then we can talk about it. I'm sorry to cut it short, but I think I just need a little break right now to understand what we are asking for. So why don't we just wait and schedule another meeting after we get community feedback to see if any business or land owner have problem with any of the street design. and then, or any other feedback. Does that?

We'll follow up with a, we'll start with the study session and move on.

All right. Thank you so much Susan and happy retirement.

Thank you.

All right. Let's move on to the next item on our agenda. which is Tigard Home Housing Opportunity Mobility and Enterprise Project Update. And we have Associate Planner Gomez to give the staff report. Good evening.

Good evening. I'm Amber Gomez, Associate Planner for the City of Tigard and Project Manager for Tigard Home Housing Opportunity Mobility and Enterprise. This evening I will provide an update on engagement efforts for the Tigard Home Project as well as recommended policy approaches based on the input we've received. Next slide. For this presentation, I'll start by reviewing the project timeline, then provide an overview of phase two engagement efforts, go over some of the key takeaways and recommended policy approaches based on those efforts, lay out next steps, and end with requesting feedback from council. Next slide. THIS PHASE OF THE TIGERED HOME PROJECT KICKED OFF WITH THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN WE'VE CARRIED OUT 27 ENGAGEMENT EVENTS WITH A PLAN TO WRAP UP ENGAGEMENT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. IN THE FALL WE'LL PRESENT THE FINAL TIGERED HOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT AND WE PLAN TO PRESENT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION IN 2027. As a reminder, we split the Tigard Home Engagement Plan into three phases. The first phase went from June through October 2025 and gathered input on the types of amenities, shops, and services residents want in Tigard neighborhoods. Last month, we wrapped up the second phase, which began in November 2025. This phase focused on gathering input on preferred building forms and locations for these new shops and services. Phase three is shorter and is planned to begin and end this summer. This phase will seek feedback on the recommended policy approaches based on the first two phases of community engagement. Next slide. Since June 2025, as I mentioned, we have completed 27 community engagement events, including 16 tabling events, five community-based organization targeted outreach events, three community dinners, and three pop-up events. More than 1,000 community members have directly participated in these events and activities. Throughout both phases of engagement, we have continued to use a variety of activities to get input on Tigard Home, including small focus groups, one-on-one conversations, using blocks to build a dream neighborhood, preference surveys, mapping activities, and community vision boards. Next slide. Next, we'll discuss some of the key takeaways from phase two of engagement and recommended policy approaches based on those takeaways. At the end of this presentation, we'll ask council if staff should move forward with drafting policies based on these recommendations, as well as engage the public about the recommendations in the final phase of engagement. No formal adoption of policy approaches is happening at this time, and final policy recommendations could change following the final round of public engagement. TO START, HERE WE HAVE DEVELOPED A RECOMMENDED BUSINESS TYPES FRAMEWORK. AS STAFF HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING HOW TO INTRODUCE SMALL SCALE SHOPS AND SERVICES IN TIGERED NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT THIS IS INTERTWINED WITH HOW WE CURRENTLY REGULATE BUSINESSES CONDUCTED FROM RESIDENCES CALLED HOME OCCUPATIONS. THIS FRAMEWORK OUTLINES THREE DIFFERENT BUSINESS TYPES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THEY SHOULD BE REVIEWED TO ENSURE CONSISTENT APPROACH BASED ON RELATIVE IMPACTS. The first type, called home occupations, consists of businesses that have little to no impacts to surrounding properties, such as bookkeeping, offsite services, or someone who sells items online. In many cases, there may be no external indication that any business is taking place within the residence. Because of the low impacts, staff recommend home occupations be allowed by right and subject to minimal standards. The second type, called home businesses, would have minimal impacts to surrounding properties and includes examples such as in-person tutoring, therapy, or a barber. Because more impacts are anticipated as customers or clients would be coming to the residence, more standards are recommended, and this type of business would be subject to a type one review. The third type, called neighborhood scale commercial, encompasses the new neighborhood shops and services that could be allowed in residential areas as a key component of the Tigard Home Project. EXAMPLES INCLUDE A CORNER MARKET OR SMALL RESTAURANT AND THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE MOST STANDARDS AS THIS BUSINESS TYPE WOULD HAVE THE MOST IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. WE RECOMMEND THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS REQUIRE A TYPE 2 REVIEW WHICH WOULD REQUIRE NOTICE TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. To go with the recommended business types framework, we have also prepared a recommended standards framework. This framework is not proposing specific standards at this point that would apply to each business type, rather it outlines the level of standards that would apply for different business types. For example, operating hours is one of the items listed here. At this time, we're not proposing the specific hours that businesses would be restricted to, but rather the level of restriction that would apply to the different business types. Starting with home occupations, which are recommended to be allowed by right, no employees or customers would be allowed, minimal outdoor activity would be allowed, and because of the nature of the business, operating hours would be largely unrestricted. And because home occupations would be allowed in virtually any residence, there are no building or site design standards or location restrictions, and signage would not be allowed. Home businesses would allow outside employees and customers on site, but the total number would be restricted or may require appointments. Some outdoor activity may be allowed but restricted, and operating hours would also be restricted. Again, since home businesses would be allowed in most residences, there would only be minimal building and site design standards. Signage would be allowed but restricted. Finally, as business opened to the general public, neighborhood scale commercial would not restrict the number of employees or customers. Due to their presence in a neighborhood, operating hours and outdoor activity would be restricted. Neighborhood scale commercial would be subject to the most building and site design standards of any of the business types. They would also be restricted in where they can locate and would have restrictions and standards for signage. Next slide. I want to highlight building standards and location restrictions for neighborhood scale commercial here, as we'll be getting into a little more depth in those particular areas next. Next slide, please. Here we have a recommended approach to building design standards for neighborhood-scale commercial businesses. The staff recommendation is to develop standards to allow neighborhood-scale commercial to take place in a variety of building forms. When asking people about design preferences, participants liked both traditional craftsman-style architecture with designs that evoke the Pacific Northwest, as well as more modern aesthetics. ACROSS THE DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, WE ALSO ASKED THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR PREFERENCES FOR THE TYPE OF BUILDING NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES SHOULD LOCATE IN. EXAMPLES INCLUDED EXISTING HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN ADAPTIVELY REUSED, MIXED USE BUILDINGS WITH COMMERCIAL ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR AND RESIDENCES ABOVE, ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL UNITS, WHICH ARE SMALL COMMERCIAL SPACES ON THE SAME PROPERTY AS A RESIDENCE, AND STAND ALONE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WITH NO RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT. No clear favorite among the different building types emerged, nor did any type stand out as particularly disliked. A couple people asked if standalone commercial businesses or standalone commercial buildings could potentially reduce housing supply, but staff believe the likelihood of this happening is very low. Based on the overall input, staff recommend developing standards that allow a variety of different building forms for neighborhood scale shops and services. Next slide. Finally, staff recommend restricting where neighborhood-scale commercial businesses can locate. To engage folks, we use mapping activities, visualizations, and preference surveys to ask community members where they would like to see neighborhood-scale commercial buildings in Tigard neighborhoods. We ask both about specific locations or areas that might be well-suited, as well as types of locations, such as along main roads, clustered around intersections, near parks and trails, or anywhere. OVERALL THERE WAS A PREFERENCE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPS TO BE LOCATED MORE ALONG MAIN ROADS. THIS BENEFITS BUSINESSES IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY AND PROVIDES EASY ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE LIMITING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON QUIET OR LOCAL STREETS. THE EXACT DETERMINATION OF WHICH STREETS ARE CONSIDERED MAIN ROADS IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED BUT COULD FOR EXAMPLE BE DEFINED BY ROAD CLASSIFICATION. Shops and services locating near parks and trailheads was also popular among the community. Many participants liked the idea of being able to stop and buy a drink or snack while recreating in a park or walking along a trail. However, there were a number of folks who would prefer to keep these areas quiet and tranquil. This is a policy area that will require more consideration. In the meantime, staff recommend developing standards to only allow neighborhood scale commercial businesses on main roads. Another theme that has come up across engagement events is the importance of having safe walking routes to get to new shops and services. Community members shared that it is important for walkability to have both destinations that they want to walk to as well as a safe way to walk there. Next slide. That concludes the recommended policy approaches and takeaways from engagement. The next steps for the Tigard Home Project are to complete phase three of community engagement and draft the final community engagement report. During this time, staff will continue to draft potential code and policy recommendations. Next slide. As the end of my presentation, we do have a couple questions we'd like to get Council's feedback on. First, should staff proceed with developing regulations based on the recommended policy approaches? As I mentioned earlier, nothing is being formally adopted at this time, and that for the third phase of engagement, we'll share the information and policy approaches in this presentation with the community. Depending on the feedback we receive, there could be some changes to the final policy recommendations for Tigard Home. Second, are there any particular elements of the policy approaches the Council would like staff to highlight when seeking feedback during the final phase of community engagement? Thank you.

Thank you. This time we'll start with, on this end, let's see if Council Anderson have any questions or comments.

No, it looks good. I think we just wait for the, THE FEEDBACK, I GUESS WHAT SPECIFIC BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN COMING TO YOU, IF ANY?

DO YOU MEAN BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OPENING THIS SORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL?

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THIS, I CUT HAIR OR I DO X. WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

Yeah, we have heard from a few businesses or people that own or are interested in owning businesses that could open up in this neighborhood scale commercial concept. I don't know that all those businesses are like existing now, so I can't name them, but there have been people we've heard from that are interested in doing this sort of thing.

Do you... Mr. Miller, can you leave the last question slide up on the screen for discussion? So the questions are, should staff proceed with the developing regulation based on the recommended policy approaches, or are there any particular elements of the policy approaches that the city council would like staff to highlight when seeking feedback during the final phase of community engagement?

I would say that, yeah, you can proceed. Okay. until your final feedback that you're coming up with. And I don't have any particular elements at this time.

Councilor Schlack?

Yeah, I'm fine with definitely for proceeding with the home occupations and home businesses portion of it. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the neighborhood scale commercial, and I think that's really contingent on what we would define as main streets, looking at some of the examples there. I think, you know, if someone's going to, looking at the examples you have for home businesses, if someone wants to have an in-home barber business and they want to put a sign up, for instance, under the restricted code like that, I CAN IMAGINE THAT PRETTY EASILY BUT SOMEONE PUTTING IN A CORNER MARKET OR SMALL RESTAURANT FEELS REALLY CONTINGENT ON WHERE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED SO THAT'S THE MAIN INFORMATION I WOULD WANT TO SEE THERE. MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S MY FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WOLFE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR SCHLACK'S COMMENTS AND I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD SO THANK YOU.

Thank you. Similar with Councillor Zanderson and Slack, home occupations, home business, I think you'll just work out the details. The neighborhood scale commercial could be, depending on what main roads are defined as, and that actually goes to our earlier discussion on the previous item. So that's something I'd want to see a little bit more detail on. Thank you.

Councillor Robbins.

Thank you. I think this is an exciting project. I've been waiting for this for years since it first was announced. Personally, my hairdresser does have a home business like this where he built a little separate ADU and it has a little sign. It's in Portland, but it looks great. So I don't have any problems with that. Like everyone else, I do have concerns about what a main road means. And I really don't like that idea because I think that... If we're restricting it to what I imagine a main road being a busier road, there's not a lot of main roads running through most neighborhoods. So it really would limit the amount of variety that we'd get within the neighborhoods. And so that doesn't mean I have the right answer, but I really don't like that restriction as much as something a little more open and just say maybe the size of the road or the track of the road would limit somehow guide or limit the the size of the business you could have you know you want some huge restaurant on a little neighborhood street but if somebody wants to have three or four tables for a coffee shop maybe that's okay i don't i don't know um and um i am curious one thing i haven't seen is any negative feedback you know we have a lot of they like this they like this they didn't really care about this but what have you heard from what do we not know right about who's saying this is a terrible idea

Yeah, luckily not too many people are saying it's a terrible idea. Overwhelmingly, I hear a lot of support for the project and most of the people who do have concerns are interested in the idea. but they do have concerns on things like noise or you know traffic on their local streets and wanting to make sure that they still feel safe walking around and having their kids play around in their neighborhood and things like that so I'd say those are some of the main concerns as well as You know people often think worst-case scenario about the types of businesses that might open so there's definitely a lot of QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARTICULAR USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AS WELL.

SO MY FEEDBACK THEN WOULD BE THAT THE FINAL PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE PICTURE OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS MIGHT BE AND WHAT THE CITY WILL DO TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO SUPPORT THIS.

Yeah, I also support proceeding, but like the rest of the counselors, I guess it's a variation of the same thing. I just, during the study session, I still expressed concern about the difference between home business and neighbors. neighborhood-scale commercial, right? Because if we say two tables are home business, but three are neighborhood-scale commercial, does that make sense, right? And I understand that, you know, from noise concern, right? So we don't want home businesses that are creating noises to be in neighborhoods so so that distinction i really want us to drill down in addition to what the definition of main road so yeah so that's my my request so all right so like looks like everybody's in it's a consensus that we will go forward but we really need better definition on some of the terms so all right do you have everything you need from us absolutely thank you

I THINK THE EXAMPLE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU SAID AROUND HOME BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL JOB MADE ME THINK ABOUT THIS. I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE REALLY START GETTING INTO WHERE WE ARE SPLITTING HAIRS IS UNLIKE FOOD SERVICES AS AN EXAMPLE SO IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FITS INTO THIS. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ANY CONCERNS AROUND IN-PERSON TUTORING OR BOOK KEEPING OR THOSE THINGS. IT'S THE ONES WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND MAKING NOISE.

food waste potentially involved and i think that's the the example i keep getting hung up on and i just wanted to add that since it relates to what you said thank you okay all right thank you so much all right so so let's uh move on to the next item of the agenda which is considered city manager employment contract human resources director gomez will give the staff report Good evening.

I am actually excited to be here tonight and to wrap this up with this great announcement. So for the record, my name is Laura Gomez. I'm the HR Director for the City of Tigard. As you know that we, with Council's direction, partnered with Prothman to recruit and select and identify a new City Manager for the City of Tigard. And in June, council was able to identify three finalists, and quickly within a couple of weeks, we moved to in-person interviews with the staff and community meet and greet, followed by three panels that consisted of leadership team, council, and the unions. After that deliberation last week, council selected and identified Brian Rager, EXCITED AND WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH BRIAN REAGER AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

Any questions or comments? Well, I would like to first thanks Brian so much for willing to serve in this role and for the past several months you've been doing the acting job and you just, you know, I heard so many great things about you providing steady leadership and just institutional knowledge in a time that we really need it. So as Laura mentioned, we have three panels, interviews. I want to thank all the, you know, city leadership team as well as union members for providing valuable feedback. They were very helpful to me personally. As well as the community member panel and, you know, open house. COMMENTS, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. BUT ANYWAY, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BRIAN IN OUR NEXT CHAPTER, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST MOVE ON WITH A LOT OF IMPORTANT STUFF AHEAD OF US. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR MOTIONS?

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH BRIAN RAKER.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD.

JUST TO ADD ON THE RECORD THAT I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU, BRIAN, IN YOUR NEW ROLE AT THE CITY. YOU HAVE BEEN AN EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVANT IN MY OPINION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU BRING TO THIS ROLE IN HELPING LEAD THIS ORGANIZATION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. The motion is adopted by a unanimous vote of the council present. Congratulations. Would you like to say anything, Brian?

I was given a gift before the meeting.

There you go.

I just want to thank you all for your confidence in me. I will do my very best for you, and I look forward to getting to know each of you a little bit more as we go forward. And thank you, Laura, for just leading a great process. I'm actually glad that the meet and greet was first because I was a little more angsty about that. It set me up well for the panel interviews the next day. That was quite a process. But, yeah, again, just thank you very much for the opportunity. Looking forward to it.

Thank you, Brian. All right, so we have no executive session schedule and no non-agenda items, so there being no addition item, this meeting adjourned. Good night, Tiger.