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Good evening and welcome to the June 22nd, 2026 Tualatin City Council work session. Our first item on the agenda tonight is our Climate Action Work Plan Development discussion led by Amanda. Welcome, Amanda. Good evening, Mayor and Councillors.

My name is Amanda Watson. I'm the City's Do I need to get closer? Okay, perfect. Good evening, Mayor and Councillors. My name is Amanda Watson. I'm the City's Climate Action Program Manager, and I'm going to talk to you today about our Climate Action Work Plan development. I first presented to you all in April, and we talked a little bit about the process. This is a continuation of that discussion. So as a reminder, which direction do I need to click for this? Doesn't seem to be working. I'm getting a light, but it might just be. Technical difficulties. Exactly. I had an extra long weekend. I can still get started, though, while we wait for the slide. I was just going to kind of give, for the audience, a brief reminder that the Tualatin's Community Climate Action Plan was adopted by the City Council in May of 2024. And the plan includes, thanks, perfect, strategies and actions for Tualatin to adapt to and lessen the impacts of climate change on our community. So these are our community-wide goals, net zero emissions by 2050, and preparing for and increasing community resilience to the impacts of climate change. So we're currently developing a five-year work plan that will guide implementation of this plan, which has 28 different strategies, over 100 individual actions, right? Guide the implementation of that work over the next five years, which would be 2026 through 2031. And in April, you got an update on the work on the Climate Action Plan so far. At that time we talked through the process for developing this work plan, so I just wanted to give a brief reminder of that. The plan was to start with developing prioritization criteria, right? How do we want to decide which actions to take on in the next five years? So that's the phase we're in right now. We will then apply those criteria to the actions in the plan, come up with a short list and review that list, right? Make sure it aligns with our priorities, make sure the balance feels right, make any adjustments we might need to make to the criteria. We'll then develop metrics for the actions that are in the plan and adopt the plan. And the goal is to do this by the end of this calendar year so we can have a plan that informs budgeting and goal setting for next year. So since I last met with you all, we have convened a city staff working group. We call it the Climate Action Coordinating Committee with representatives from across city departments to meet and talk about the THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, AND WE'VE ALSO MET WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS, INCLUDING THE IDEA COMMITTEE, THE TWALTON PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN THE CIO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES AT THEIR QUARTERLY LAND USE MEETING. The other piece of work that we did to inform our draft prioritization criteria were to review the criteria that we're using in different city plans and processes around the city. We already have a lot of good experience with doing this, and so we reviewed the criteria used for the parks utility fee projects, capital improvement plan. our neighborhood transportation system program, and the criteria that were developed by the Downtown Revitalization Community Advisory Committee. They had a really interesting process to develop criteria for prioritizing projects for that revitalization work as well. All right, so I'll just jump into the draft prioritization criteria, unless there's any questions on the process side of things. So this is the draft list that that staff advisory committee came up with and that we then got feedback from the advisory groups on. And just to walk through it at a high level, your packet also has a chart that has a little bit more detail, so I'll talk through that piece of it. So one of the draft prioritization criteria, we would look at the climate impact of an action, really. the degree to which that action contributes to either mitigation, so the greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the climate pollution reductions of an action, or adaptation, so the degree to which the action helps reduce the risk of climate hazards, things like extreme heat or extreme weather in our community. We would also look at the co-benefits of action. So in addition to those kind of primary benefits of how does this action align with our overall climate action plan goals, are there other benefits that it produces like economic opportunity, you know, jobs or cost savings, health and well-being, for example, improving air quality, ecosystem health, or reducing disparities, right, sort of advancing equity in the community. We also have a criteria around alignment with City Council goals Like your 2030 vision and other adopted plans in the community so think the transportation system plan our stormwater management plan other adopted plans that we have And then a criteria around feasibility. And this is an attempt to get at what's the level of effort to implement this action in the next five years. Is this kind of a quick start action? Is this an action that's going to take a lot more effort in terms of staff capacity, funding availability, and community support? And so, again, getting a sense of where are we now before we started work on this project. All of these things obviously could be, we could increase staff capacity if needed, or funding, community support can be assessed, but just sort of a baseline assessment of all of those three aspects in the action. Implementation costs, pretty straightforward. You know, the cost in dollars. And I expect we probably would do a high, medium, low. We don't have a lot of these projects fully scoped out yet or the actions are not fully scoped into projects. So it would be a high-level estimate of will this cost a lot of resources for the city or fewer resources. And then the last criteria, we're calling opportuneness timeliness. This says a little bit, it's kind of a catch-all for a few different things. It's a sense of whether or not implementing this action in the next five years, so including it in the work plan, would make it more efficient or effective compared with waiting to the action later. So this is where we would look at For example, is there an opportunity to leverage funds or leverage partnerships? For example, if Clean Water Services is already doing something, can we work with them to advance an action in our plan that's related to their work? Or is there another city project that's happening where we can incorporate our climate action goals like Riverfront Park Project, which we're doing? and advance an action that way. So it's getting a little bit at both that kind of opportunist piece, but also sequencing. So for example, there's some actions in the plan that help us get data that can help us implement other actions. So we would have to do a study of our tree canopy right before we could effectively address gaps, right? Those are two different actions that we have. So it's a little bit, it encompasses those two pieces. That's our short list. We are also working, so this is kind of the high-level categories. We're working through how we would score each of these. So that's kind of the next big piece, too, is getting really specific on the scoring to apply these. But I would love to get your feedback at this point, kind of on the high-level categories or criteria here. Are there any criteria you would add or remove? Does this feel like the right list, right? Or do we need to change some things? Are there particular criteria you might want to wait more heavily than others? And then just any questions or feedback you have. Thank you.

Thank you. Council Brooks.

Thank you very much for the presentation and working as our climate action plan manager. Thanks. Very exciting. We were over at PGE today and We're talking to them and people are excited about you and our program, as well as some other people that are around the community, like in Portland. I was talking to a gal there. One of the things that I have a question about, just from the example of the in-pipe water how do these efficiencies measurable efficiencies that save the city money go feed back into the climate action plan and can we create durability for our program through those kinds of efficiencies

That's a good question. I think there's definitely an opportunity to do that, to kind of track where are we saving money as a result of this action and what do we want to do with those savings, right? So yeah, I think that's a really interesting idea. That reminds me, too, I did want to give an example of kind of how we might apply these criteria to an action, and I can use the InPipe project as an example for just a sense of how we might walk through those criteria. We do have an action in the climate action plan that's to support clean water services in implementing the strategies in their thermal load management plan, right? One of which is using more recycled water. So, you know, looking at that climate impact, that has moderate hazard risk reduction, right? It helps us reduce urban heat a little bit. It helps to certainly with water conservation. But those co-benefits are high, right? We have ecosystem health co-benefits. We have those economic opportunities in the terms of cost savings, right? So that would Be that criteria it aligns with other plans right aligns with our stormwater management plan and with our water conservation water management conservation plan And also with the City Council's 2030 vision around environment And then we would look at feasibility so you know the the staff capacity is there currently right because we are already working on this project and You know, funding, I'm not sure. I don't have the details of the project in front of me, but I think that we have a good plan for that. Community support is unknown, right? But that's certainly something that we would know more about as we go on that, continue with that project. And then that's really a great example of that opportunist criteria, right? Whereas Clean Water Services has this plan that they need to implement. We have an opportunity to work with them to implement it. It's meeting both our goals at the same time and we're taking advantage of infrastructure and investment that they are making anyway and right helps save money for us.

So Thanks to just use that as a little opportunity to give you a sense of how we might apply these criteria to that so but I like that synergistic and also for if we're getting benefits that it feeds back into this Department in this program so that we can lift better and brighter solutions my other And I'm not sure if it was on that list or not is sort of health and well-being with heat with extreme weather We just did a like a little Walkthrough of the Veterans Plaza, which is beautiful and I'm really proud of it and it was too hot to stay out there and have a picnic because it was so much concrete and And then when we were at PGE today, there are these solar panels that go above and shade all the cars that are amazing. And so how do we think not always small, but ways that we can do things that benefit the people, the children, everybody that was kind of trying to find cover and also You know, utilize it for solar, utilize it for reducing off gassing from the city. And then I had two other ones from Metro, the heat maps. I think that we should have that baseline and I'd like to see more information about that. And then also in their 2050 goals, our community. We just had that picture of climate being very big and that has nothing to do with what we've directed. So it'd be interesting to know more about those statistics from Metro as well from their 2050 study and how what those numbers really are that we got from Yeah, I'm happy to follow up on both of those.

Just to clarify, you mean the kind of emissions study that Metro did?

Yeah, they're doing the 2050 right now. And so far, climate was one of the biggest words on the scatter, and it was just for Tualatin. So that's nothing we're driving, nothing that has anything to do with our program. So the community is really invested in it, and I just want to hear more about that so that we can really leverage that.

Absolutely.

I'll follow up with you on both of those. Thank you.

Council President Pratt.

Yeah, when I look through the criteria there were two things I and I think council Brooks kind of alluded to him The first one is yeah, the big one to me is I think there should be a like a separate category for Preparedness and resilience how that builds up for our community. It's very important and I I kind of would like to see a separate item for cost savings, like specifically. Thanks.

And so right now, in our draft, we have climate impact as including both the preparedness and emissions. Do you think we should have two separate? Is that what you're suggesting?

Where do you have it in?

It's a little bit, it's not phrased very, I should have used more accessible language.

Bates, can you pull that back up, please?

It's that first one where you talk about climate impact, the scale of climate hazard risk reduction. That's talking about reducing the risks.

Oh, okay. I just read the emissions.

Sorry, I should have used better language there. A little wonky. If it's in there, that's fine.

I just think that's such a huge, important part of what we're trying to do here.

Definitely agreed. Yeah, we're gonna make sure to look at both There's some actions that are clearly in one or another and there's some that are both and so that way we can kind of rank it on Right all three of those.

Yeah, and then like as well, I think like the in pipe like their savings. They're right off the bounce. Oh, yeah Perfect.

Thank you other comments questions And I don't know exactly how this fits with the plan but I think things that we can incentivize that are low lifts like for instance a just if it's a lighter colored building like especially we had such a big amount of heat generated from our buildings so what can we do to just incentivize easy changes for companies that are affordable

people's homes that are affordable but i think the companies were the highest as far as the um heat production for our city okay absolutely yeah thank you thank you um energy affordability was something that came up a lot in those discussions we had with um the community advisory groups too right wanting to um wanting to prioritize that and to prioritize sort of the incentive approach or um yeah things that can help people to access the benefits of these types of actions thanks

Other comments? Councillor Sacco? Can't see her. Do you have anything? No comments.

Thank you.

The only thing I would have to add is on your second question about, you know, some of the criteria being weighted more heavily than others. To me, personally, I think items four, five, and six should be weighted a little bit more heavier than the other three. Obviously, what's more important to me, is it feasible in the next five years? There should be an increased criteria evaluation and a score, if you will. Cost, of course, always is in there. And the opportuneness and timeliness. You know let's take on things we can get done in five years give those higher points and those things are gonna take longer But that's just my opinion that those three should factor a little higher than the other three Folks yeah, I'm surprised.

I just wanted to add on what you said earlier, especially the projects that align with other projects Thank you, yeah council Brooks I'm in agreement with the mayor

And I also think that bigger projects sometimes come along, that there's great opportunities. So even if there's a bigger project, to be able to break it up into five-year phases. So in my mind, it would be phasing it rather than just eliminating it, but breaking it down in a way that's manageable. Yeah, that's great.

Thank you. Great feedback, too.

Thank you.

Any other comments? Do you have what you need, Amanda?

Yes, thank you. So next steps will be that you will be taking this set of criteria and we'll be applying it to the actions in the plan. And I'll be back to you probably late summer, early fall with the results of that exercise so we can talk through the balance of the overall portfolio, get your feedback, and finalize from there. So thank you very much.

Thank you for coming. All right. That brings us to the second item on our work session agenda tonight, which is the 2027 legislative agenda development. This discussion will be led by Megan and Cody. Welcome.

Hi, everybody. I am Megan George, Deputy City Manager, and I'm joined by Cody Field, our Policy Analyst in Community Development. And we are here tonight to discuss the 2027 legislative agenda, and specifically our funding requests for 2027. And yes, it does feel early, but it is in fact the exact right moment to be talking about these things. And we'll get into the timelines for that in a little bit. We are going to move fairly quickly through the agenda for... tonight in the interest of time. But let us know if you'd like us to slow down. So our plan is to cover the purpose, why we're here, timelines on both the state and federal level for adoption of the legislative agenda, as well as making those requests, key questions that we have for you this evening and that we are looking for your input on, and then projects for consideration. So we are at the beginning phase of preparing our agendas for 2027. So tonight we're hoping to review a preliminary list of projects, discuss your funding priorities and which projects you think are missing from that list and which projects you think should be added to the list. At this stage, we're hoping to move forward with two to three funding requests per agenda. So two to three ideas on the state side, two to three ideas on the federal side. They may all end up on your agendas. That does not mean we will move forward with submitting requests for all of those items, but it allows us greater flexibility so that we can, to borrow the terminology from Thorne Run, follow the zeitgeist of the respective legislative body as well as pivot as needed depending on additional information we get from our representatives' offices. So the project list generated for today's meeting, we'll talk through with Thorne Run Partners and with our partners in Congresswoman Salinas's office, as well as Representative Walters and Senator Wagner. Okay, so I won't spend a lot of time on the timelines because there's a lot of details. There's a separate timeline for the state as the federal side. There's some dates that we have the ability to change. There are other dates. I'll point out the election day that we have no power to change. That will happen whether or not we want it to. as with the interim legislative days and the beginning of the Oregon legislature. Keynotes here for the state timeline. We are planning to return on July 13th, which is your next meeting after this one, to continue discussing the legislative agenda. At that point, Thorn Run will be here and they'll talk about the themes as well as potential priority items and revisit the funding request discussion from this evening. Our goal is to have that agenda adopted at the August 10th meeting. so that we have the agenda in hand for legislative days the following month. Moving towards the federal timeline, again, some dates we can negotiate on, some we cannot. We are planning to also discuss the federal agenda on July 13th, and in July and August, pursue conversations with Congresswoman Salinas's office about those funding requests. We got quite a bit of feedback after this last year's round, so hoping to implement that and learn more. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT INTEND TO MAKE A TRIP TO D.C. TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS. SEPTEMBER IS IDEAL TIMING BECAUSE THEY WILL BE IN SESSION AND IN D.C. AT THAT TIME. IDEALLY IN THE FALL WE'LL HOST A TOUR IF IT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT ASK OR INVITE FOLKS TO COME OUT AND GET TO KNOW THE PROJECT BETTER SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED when and if they announce a cycle for community project funding, which this year occurred in February and March, and we anticipate would be on along a similar timeline next year. There are a variety of things that make a good funding request. Some of the things that come up most often are whether the project timelines match up for when you are asking for funds and when the funds will be dispersed. This is the stickiest thing, it feels like, because you want to be far enough along in your project that you actually can ask for a specific thing, but not too far along that the money would be too late. We're looking for a Cinderella project. Last dollars in, there's a saying, I think it's the capstone, not the cornerstone of the project that we've heard a number of times. Of course, we want the project to be reflective of the community's needs and the legislative zeitgeist. I really enjoyed that one. And, of course, the funding request is reasonably sized. So that means smaller dollar amounts in some cases, larger dollar amounts in other cases with flexibility so that we can accept less than we have asked for, which was another issue that popped up for us a couple years ago. So the questions that we will be asking you, and we have this slide again at the end of our deck, but just so that you're aware, are there projects or funding requests that should be added or removed from the list? And which projects are the city's highest priority for funding? Tonight, we don't need you to say these are our five projects done, but if you've got general feedback and guidance at this stage, we'll take that in so that we can add it into the discussion at the July 13th meeting. So a general conversation at this point is sufficient in terms of direction. With that, I'm going to turn it over to Cody, who will take the next series of slides.

Perfect. So we have an initial project list for review, and we developed this by reviewing all the projects in this current CIP, applying those what makes for a good funding request bullet points issues, TAKING THAT INITIAL LIST, VETTING IT WITH STAFF, AND COMING TO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A STARTING POINT FOR DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO BREEZE THROUGH THESE PROJECTS REALLY QUICKLY. WE DO HAVE SOME STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CAN ANSWER TECHNICAL OR LOGISTICAL QUESTIONS IF THEY HAPPEN TO COME UP. SO FIRST ON THE LIST IS THE RIVERFRONT PARK CONSTRUCTION. I THINK EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT. SIX ACRE RIVERFRONT PARK SITE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PHASE. IT'S GOING INTO DESIGN LATER THIS YEAR AND THAT WORK WILL MOVE INTO 2027 AND THEN CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED FOR LATE 28, 29. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY A $14 MILLION PROJECT. WE THINK THE TIMING ALIGNS WELL WITH A FEDERAL OR STATE ASK, PROBABLY STATE FOR THIS ONE. THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM METRO PARK AND NATURE BOND AND WE ANTICIPATE USING CORA BOND FUNDS AS WELL. The pros for adding this to the list, as stated, the timing request likely aligns well with the funding request, and the city likely has enough funding to complete the project, so any additional funding would likely fit into that last dollars in category, and the metro funding may also be a selling point for some state legislators. Okay, Tualatin Greenway Trail, this project is related to but not part of the Riverfront Park construction project, and this would fill the remaining gap in the five-mile regional trail. The first phase would be an alternatives analysis to determine the specific alignment. The timeline right now is design 2027-2028. We do have a consultant doing some costing on the alternatives. and construction would likely be in 2029 into 2030. The cost is to be determined at this point. Hopefully we'll get that information from the consultant relatively soon. Pros are that this provides key connectivity and river access, fills last remaining gaps in that five-mile regional trail, reduces pedestrian crossing conflicts with vehicles in a congested area. The timing could line up relatively well for a legislative funding ask. And there's already consultant work underway. The cons are that it probably is going to be a high cost project. And at this point, the trail extension is not shovel ready. So things to consider. 12th and Sherwood Road, Teton intersection improvements. This project would address safety and traffic flow issues at the intersection of 12th and Sherwood Road and Teton Avenue. Staff is currently in talks with Washington County to potentially allocate some excess MSTIP funding from the Herman Seiple project to this project, but that's not guaranteed at this point. So the timeline is kind of different. to be determined based on the funding plan as it's developed the cost is approximately 1.6 million pros are there's a clear freight nexus onto alton sherwood road and teton avenue so as we look forward to the transportation package in 2027 these that could be an attractive selling point this is also a potential candidate for gap funding or last dollars in because we likely have close to enough or maybe enough funding for this project The cons are if state funding is awarded, this could result in the project becoming a huge over-design project and doubling construction costs. The Nyberg Creek Trail, this is a new east-west trail along the south side of Nyberg Creek from Martin-Ozzie Avenue under the existing I-5 bridge connecting to the recently completed Nyberg Creek Trail near 72nd Avenue. The timeline is dependent on funding availability. The cost is still to be determined. But the pros are that there's a clear equity nexus providing connectivity to the Las Casitas neighborhood. This is an existing project in the trail master's plan and the metro trails plan. And phase one of the two-phase project is already complete. Other than the lack of timeline and cost information, there aren't a lot of clear cons for this one. So the Tualatin-Sherwood Road Railroad crossing, this project considers the feasibility of grade separating Tualatin-Sherwood Road from the Portland and Western Railroad. on which the west train runs and or Boone's Ferry Road. So that could be a bridge carrying traffic over Tualatin-Sherwood Road or carrying Tualatin-Sherwood Road over the railroad tracks and Boone's Ferry Road or possibly a smaller at-grade option such as additional turn lanes or potentially a no-build option. An advisory committee is currently in place and will be considering the alternatives developed by the consultant firm. TIMELINE, THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS IS HAPPENING NOW. FUTURE PHASES OF THE PROJECT WOULD DEPEND ON THE ALTERNATIVE SELECTED. THE COST ESTIMATE, OF COURSE, WOULD BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE ALTERNATIVE SELECTED, AND WE'VE INVESTED ABOUT $200,000 IN THAT ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS. THE PROS ARE THIS IS A POTENTIALLY MASSIVE CITY REGIONAL PROJECT THAT IS REALLY ONLY POSSIBLE WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, SO THAT BASICALLY REQUIRES AN ASK. And the cons are the scope of the project needs to be better defined. Basalt Creek Area Sewer Planning and Construction. This project is proposed for planning and possible construction of sewer infrastructure that will support development in the Basalt Creek area. The timeline is based on planning efforts. The cost would be about $3.1 million. The pros is there is a clear nexus to industrial and economic development in the area, and it could be a potential candidate for federal funds for future phases of sewer trunk upsizing. But the cons are there's already a fair amount of CWS SDCs available for this type of project. And CWS, not the city, would be delivering any pump stations or force mains. So we're not desperate for funding for this project, but there is that economic and industrial development angle to think about. The A1 reservoir upgrades. The A1 reservoir is in need of interior and exterior coating, and part of that process would also include some seismic analysis. This is a project that the Water Division has been eager to get started for a while now. Currently, there's been no planning or design work, but depending on staff capacity, we think that a 24-month project window is doable. It's a project cost of about $3.6 million. The pros are the project's overdue. Any state or federal funding would alleviate the strain on the water operating and SDC funds, and it should be a relatively straightforward project to get started. The cons are this is more of an O&M type of project, which may not be as attractive as other projects, and outside funding could delay something that's already overdue. The next two projects on the list are renewable energy projects. So kind of building off of the last conversation, we have the library city offices solar. Public Works staff recently partnered with two firms to complete an analysis of the library and city offices specifically focused on renewable energy options. That work identified solar as the most feasible renewable energy option for the facility. The first phase would include solar panels on the library roof and potentially on canopies covering the courtyard and portions of the parking lot, and these solar panels would cover 100% of the site's current and future energy use. Out of the two renewable energy projects on the list, this is a less exciting but more preferable project from a staff standpoint. And the timeline is to be determined, but there has been some analysis done already. The cost estimate is about $1.7 million. The pros are it's an easy-to-deliver project with a contractor, publicly visible in high-traffic facility, supports the climate action plan and state local climate goals. The timing aligns well with upcoming roof replacement work, and no structural work would be needed to accommodate solar panels. And finally, we have the Tualatin City Services microgrid. I'm sure you're all familiar with the recently installed microhydro turbine at this building, which I, oh, thank you, which I hear is already generating an astonishing amount of energy. So part of that work, included work to prepare the site for future microgrid, installing a new larger electrical service centralized on site, which allows for easier consolidation of meters and can accommodate increased electrical loads. The cost would require some additional analysis. However, depending on timing, staff could engage a consultant and complete deeper analysis of the project prior to a funding ask and have something closer to construction ready project by 2026 later 2026 the timelines to be determined but could be expedited if there is interest the pros are it creates a resiliency at a critical city facility supports climate action plan resiliency actions builds upon the micro hydro turbine work the cons are the exact scope is unknown Battery microgrid tech changes quickly, so we'd have to complete this whole thing in one go to risk any rework of trying to phase the effort. It'll be an expensive project, likely requiring... matching funds in addition to whatever state or federal funds that we might be able to get awarded in. It's great for resiliency, but not a major day-to-day benefit. And then just a note, building off of the last conversation, if you recall a couple years ago, we submitted the Veterans Plaza shade structure as a potential project, but were not awarded funds. That's an idea that we could potentially revisit.

All right. That takes us to the key questions again, which are, are there things missing from the list or things that we can definitely remove? And which projects are the city's highest priority for funding? And in case it's helpful, we've got all projects listed there with the exception of the one Cody just mentioned at the Veterans Plaza. So with that, Mayor, back to you. All right.

Questions, comments? Council Brooks.

As far as the city services microgrid, can we get the list back? The city services microgrid, is the battery storage, can you tell me a little bit about what the goals would be?

I don't know a lot about this project. I was hoping Rachel would be here.

Stand by, we're seeking our public works director.

I'm just curious about, and part of the reason why I ask is there can be optimization from utilizing a microgrid. We just watched like they have an entire room dedicated to that at PGE as far as, what's really interesting is that we've turned a cost into a commodity here. So how are we managing a commodity? We're used to managing assets. Now we actually have something that's a commodity. And so I think we need to think about efficiencies in that and think about it from also, I'm just curious how people are thinking about it from an economic perspective as well.

Rachel, are you there? I'm online. Can you guys hear me?

Yes.

Okay.

So just to answer the question as quickly as I can, part of a microgrid project does include battery storage. In order to have a microgrid operate, you have to have somewhere for your electricity to be stored to then be utilized on site. So part of the analysis we would need to do, Councilor Brooks, is figuring out the sizing of what the battery would look like, and that would... determine, be determined by how much electricity we want to store on site and then hypothetically use on site. So do we want to be able to power the building for a day, two days, a week? That would be something that we would really need to look into and figure that out because with a larger battery comes a larger cost. But one of the economic opportunities that we could explore as part of the microgrid project and I need to look into this a little bit more, is that PGE, you can execute agreements with PGE so they can utilize or tap into your battery to help offset their peak demand. So that could be a way to help make the project pencil, but I don't have any more information to share beyond that piece. So the economic kind of opportunistic piece could be there, but I don't know how much it would help factor in when it comes to the pricing of the project. Does that help?

It does, and then I'm just curious, currently, where does the energy go?

Right now, from in-pipe, the turbine, it's net metered, so we have a bidirectional meter installed on site, so it's plugging directly back into PGE's grid.

AND THEN DO WE GET ANYTHING FOR THAT? YES.

WE GET A ONE-TO-ONE CREDIT ON OUR ELECTRICITY BILL FOR THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY THE TURBINE. THAT'S HOW ALL NET METERING ARRANGEMENTS ARE OFFERED THROUGH PGE IS A ONE-TO-ONE CREDIT.

OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, LIKE, WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WITH THE CREDIT, AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORTH DOING THIS OR SETTING IT UP FOR FUTURE ADDITIONS?

Right now, for the in-pipe project, we're tracking the credit, and that was part of our analysis when we determined whether the project was a go or a no-go. We wanted to make sure that the electricity generated would help the project pencil, and the payback period I think we're looking at now is between four and seven years. So right now, we're using that one-to-one credit to help pay the project back for the costs that the city had to put up for the money we were paying. We were obviously fortunate enough to get a lot of external funding for that, but for a microgrid project, we would probably do the same kind of look and see how much money we could essentially make back from a battery storage arrangement with PGE. I don't believe it's a one-to-one ratio like net metering is, but that could be part of figuring out. And then once the in-pipe project has paid itself back, then with those additional savings generated, that kind of speaks to what you were talking with Amanda about earlier utilizing those and tracking those quote unquote savings or money earned for the city and potentially making a policy decision to utilize those funds for further climate action work.

Thank you.

Council President Pratt.

Well, since we're on the microgrid, one thing I got out, we went to the PGE tour today, but their batteries only store like two to four hours. And I'm just wondering, I think it's an excellent idea. I'm just concerned about the technology advancing quickly in this area. Like if we waited two to five years, we might be in a better place and those batteries might be a lot smaller and the project a lot less costly. And I want to go back the other idea and this might be out there, but the vets plaza And I know it's not on our project list But I go down there and I see those parents where the splash pad is kind of all huddling under that one tree Is there a way to combine those two covers together? Like make a cover there too because that's just out in the open hot Sun and and

I think we could potentially look at that. One advantage to the Veterans Plaza shade cover is that it was already designed as part of the project. They just pulled it, so we would need to do design work for a cover on the alternative place and then get price estimates, but it's something we could explore.

I'm just wondering if it's better to phase them together or separate.

Yeah, that's part of the dance, right? Yeah, exactly. What's the right funding request?

Other questions, comments? Council Brooks.

Is there, those solar covers that they have at PG, and I know they're like a ginormous company, but they're very impressive, and I'm just curious if there's ever been thought about, instead of doing a canopy, to do like a solar piece over there, and what it would be, and I'm also curious if the PG can tell us more about those covers, and then what Nat, Nat, natural partners we'd have that we because i think that microgrid stuff with these stackable batteries is flexible so that you can replace especially with natural partners that we might have in the community that are um you know specializing in that kind of technology so those are my kind of um i like all of these except uh maybe the sewer because of the it's not our project uh... and i also want to know if there's uh... i want to know more about the bussell creek sewer before i would support that other questions or comments thank you thank you for this list and adding the pros and cons makes a big difference in making conversation

I I'm I'm fine with the list I also I was a little concerned about understanding the sewer at the Salt Creek I think maybe maybe I don't think it's a priority because I don't understand it well enough but I am concerned about how do we get infrastructure up there in that area and so if there is an easy way to do it and understand that and that could be a fit that feels like it I know I'm flipping what I just said, but it does feel like a huge priority for the industry and such that we're trying to move in to that area. So I would just like to know a little more about it. I feel like, yeah, I feel good with it. I do wonder why, I mean, are we dumping the whole 65th? Priority, we're dumping that then. That's off the list.

For external funding requests at this point, yes.

I couldn't remember. I know we talked about that. Okay, that was my thought about that. Thank you.

Other comments? Councilor Sacco.

No additional comments. Thank you.

Councilor Reyes.

Can you...

Yeah, the 65th and Borland Transportation Improvement Project was intended to make changes to the intersection right there on 65th and Borland. We requested funding via federal funding two cycles ago. And our request was somewhere in the ballpark of $3 million. And we did receive funding, but it was in the amount of $250,000, so far less than what we needed to complete the project. And in order to accept that federal funding, we would have had to design the project a certain way, which would have increased the overall cost of the project to an amount more than $250,000. So unfortunately, we needed to tell the congresswoman that we had to decline that funding award

I do recall now. Thank you very much for inviting me. I was out in a community event, and people kept asking me about the railroad crossing to Alton Shovel Road. And this might have nothing to do with this or not, but I'm just bringing that to... They were like... UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY, I WAS REALLY LIKE, OH, THAT DOESN'T, SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S A PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE, IF WE CAN LOOK FOR FUNDING NOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING FOR THAT. BUT TO ME, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, They were actually, from the people that I spoke with, it was almost like they had thought that we made a decision to have this overhead, like the one that goes over the bridge, like not the... The one, the over hip kind of overpass thing. And I had to explain a lot. I'm like, no, there were several sketches that were presented. And so to me, it seems like the community is not ready for that. So I would probably put that on like one of those that we would work on. But if it doesn't have a great explanation, because I couldn't even explain it myself. I did try, but it just really... IN THEIR MINDS, IT WAS LIKE WE HAVE ALREADY MADE UP OUR MINDS THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO OVER WITH THAT. AND ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT. AND I'M LIKE, SO I DIDN'T EXPLAIN A LOT. SO TO ME, IT SEEMED LIKE I WASN'T READY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, SO MAYBE SOMETHING THAT NOT COULD BE A PRIORITY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND IF IT'S A PRIORITY, EXPLAIN IT THE RIGHT WAY SO THAT WAY I'M ABLE TO SAY IT WAS, THESE ARE IDEAS AND SKETCHES.

I think we can take your notes about community feedback and understanding of the project back to the project team as they engage in public engagement over the summer. That project, there is a specific federal funding source for these types of projects. And somewhat uniquely, that funding source can be used for both design and construction of the project. But it's tricky because they open up windows of funding, and they have already opened up the last window with the current funding allotment. It's likely that they will add that program back in, but that will be determined later this year. And if they do add the program back in, it will still be contingent upon them opening that window of applications again. And at that point, we could decide whether to apply for funds for design or depending on where we're at with the project, construction even. You can also make multiple bites at the apple depending on when they sequence the funding requests. SO I WOULD ENVISION IF COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT, IN SOME FASHION, WE COULD INCLUDE IT ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES BUT KNOW THAT IT'S FOR THAT SPECIFIC FUNDING SOURCE IF AND WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AS OPPOSED TO A MORE BROAD APPLICATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. IT SEEMED LIKE THE COMMUNITY WERE MORE HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE HAVE MADE DECISIONS. YEAH. AND I HAD TOLD YOU, OF COURSE, A LOT OF EXPLANATION THERE. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. Other than that, I kind of agree with the rest of the council on some of it, like the sewer, although we need good sewer for good clean and public health. Thank you.

Thanks, Councilor.

Councilor Brooks.

I'm just going to dovetail on the railroad crossing. I am in support of it because just after going to the NLC, the only federal money that I saw and the only people that the administration seemed to invite to the conference was from the railroad, so it's like, if we want to bring money in that are federal dollars in decent amounts, that doing this design, and I went to the meeting and also heard feedback from the community, and I would just say that I think that there, Like here it would be nice to start more strongly with the problem statement. I think that people are not understanding and I don't think in the presentation the depth of the purple circles or the 45 minute clearing or those types of things were really like laid out. And so I think that people just felt a little bit confused after the thing and just started imagining terrible tunnel to have to walk through to go to so I think that we need to just be more clear that we're just doing research because there's a problem that the community has talked about forever as far as traffic goes and keep it really simple and because I just think they got really confused thanks just have a few based on my numerous

Meetings with our field representatives. We already know that operational and maintenance dollars are a no-go. They don't fund those, so those are out. Riverfront park construction, unless the zeitgeist, as you put it, changes, that's DOA for resubmission.

May I clarify, specifically for federal funding? For federal funding, yes. Still viable for state?

Sure, why not? Okay. I've been told loud and clear from the congresswoman's office they're only going to fund capital infrastructure projects and it has to be between one and three million. If it's not in there, they're not going to take it. The list I think we need to vet with the Congresswoman Salinas' office, Wyden and Merkley's office, to see which one they, you know, are the warmest. And we've been told, you know, give three of them. We'll list down the three projects. And then we work through the summer, as you mentioned, to focus in on one that has the full support of the three offices. So I like that you have a wide variety of projects. As was mentioned, the railroad crossings are never going to fly because that's not one to three million, and the safe crossings will take care of that. Um, but yeah, let's keep thinking about these projects and, you know, let's, um, think Congresswoman Salinas is field rep said, you know, she wanted to start discussing this in July, uh, and present this to her, uh, see which one she's, you know, warm and fuzzy with, and then bring in, you know, the Senator's offices. Because I'd hate to have us zone in on one, spend time on it, staff spend time on it, and our representatives in D.C. said we're never going to support these. So let's find which one or which three they would support and they were interested in and go with that. But knowing that, yeah, O&M is no, one to three million is the most. Three is iffy for Congresswoman Salinas. That's usually a senator who gets that much money. And parks are no, unless the zeitgeist changes. But last round was all capital infrastructure. That's all that got funded. Yep. Yeah.

Absolutely. All right. So to sum up the direction, with the exception of the O&M projects, which I think was the A1 reservoir.

That's correct.

Upgrade specifically, as well as the Basalt Creek area sewer project. The remainder are good to move forward at this stage. For further discussions with staff, we're going to meet with Thorn Run tomorrow morning as well, and perhaps they can begin reaching out to Congresswoman Salinas' office with the full list. Locally. Locally, yes. Specifically Erin, if she's listening. We'll be in touch. And then we'll return on July 13th to revisit the conversation about projects, plus tag in the themes and other priorities for state and federal agendas.

Yep. Council Brooks.

I'm also curious if I could get sent information about the STIP program, the ones that were presented and the ones that were proposed. Thank you.

All right. Thank you for your time.

Thank you. All right, that brings us to our third item on the work session agenda tonight. That is an introduction to Tualatin's contextualized housing need and housing capacity analysis project. This discussion will be led by Erin and Teresa. I like this contextualized housing.

Good evening, Mayor and Councillors. I am Erin Engman. I serve as Tualatin Senior Planner, and I'm joined by Theresa Maltavu, who is our Planning Manager. As mentioned, tonight we are introducing the Housing Capacity Analysis Project, which will help us answer two important questions, which are what types of housing should Tualatin plan for in the coming years, and do we have enough buildable land in the right location to help us meet this future housing need? This work fulfills state requirements and supports a council priority identified in Tualatin's 2030 vision. The presentation tonight will be led by our consultants, Mary Chase and Matt Craigie of Echo Northwest, and they are joining us virtually. You may recall that ECHO Northwest helped us with our previous iteration of this work, which was called the Housing Needs Analysis. They'll get into some details, but the state has rebranded how we refer to this work and how we do this work. And their work is funded by a planning assistance grant that was awarded to the city by the Department of Land Conservation and Development. And following the presentation, Teresa and I will be available if you have any questions. With that, I'll turn it over to Mary.

I think I'm going to jump in here. Thank you very much, Erin, and good evening, Mayor and City Councilors. Great to be with you all virtually here. Like Erin talked about, this is an introduction to this project that we're going to be working with you all on over the next year. So we're going to get into it here. We are going to be meeting with your council and the Planning Commission four times over the course of this project to make sure that your council is guiding this process and has input at all stages. And so we will also talk about that schedule. So just a little preview here. Let's see. Next slide please. Thank you. So tonight's presentation, like I said, is a summary overview of the CHN and the HCA. Today, we're going to talk about the what, the why, the how, and I guess the who as well. And this information includes direction guidelines required by the state. So we will have some time for discussion and questions at the end of the presentation as well. Next slide, please. Okay, we are going to start with some definitions, and I will say there are a lot of acronyms in this work. I promise there won't be a pop quiz at the end, but boy, there are a lot of acronyms. So let's start with definitions. This is a good place to start. So the CHN is the Contextualized Housing Needs Analysis. This analysis identifies the needed housing within your community by type, characteristics, and locations. So it takes into account housing types like single-family homes, townhomes, multifamily homes or apartments. Characteristics are things like the number of bedrooms in a housing unit, ADA accessibility, And then location is an important part of the mix with an examination of where housing could be accommodated within Tualatin. The HCA is a housing capacity analysis. And like Aaron mentioned at the beginning intro, the state has rebranded part of this process. So you might be familiar with the HNA is what it used to be called, the housing needs analysis. So the HNA is now the HCA. The HCA is a companion analysis to the CHN, and it estimates the capacity for buildable land for housing within your community. So we're looking at actual land within Tualatin. We're doing a lot of spatial analysis. So it looks at things like potentially developable land for housing while taking into account already developed land land developed for other uses or planned for other uses, and then also constraints, things like slopes, wetlands, other places where it's not great to build housing. There is another component study to the kind of string of analyses that are required by the state. Mary is going to get more into this later on in the presentation. That other study is called the Housing Production Strategy, the HPS. That's an implementation-focused plan to encourage the new housing development. So that comes after the CHN and the HCA. That's actually not part of the kind of our consultant agreement with your city right now. That's something that would be picked up in 2027. So one way that I like to think about these studies is that the CHN is kind of a demand study that explains how household demand informs the housing type and locations of housing within your community. And the HCA is a land supply study that explains how much room or land there is needed to accommodate that housing demand. Next slide, please. HCAs and CHNs are required every six years within the metro region. So Your City last completed what was then an HNA in 2019 before the pandemic and HPS in 2021. The chart here on the right is an example of some of that work. So this chart shows how estimated new households within Tualatin, within the Tualatin planning area, would roughly split between lower incomes and middle incomes, 15% in some of those categories, up to 60% overall, with a projection of 40% of households within that high-income category, which is 120% above AMI. Your city also adopted an equitable housing funding plan in 2023. Kudos to that. That's wonderful. That's actually something that's not required under the state system, but I appreciate cities like Tualatin that take that deeper dive into thinking about how you can implement new tools with a strong focus on affordability and accessibility. Next slide, please. Here's the schedule for the HCA over the next year. So we are gonna go on this journey across four phases here. You will notice that some of these phases run concurrently, and we are already doing some of the work on a few of them, actually on phases one, two, and three. We have different staff members working closely with your staff to get different components of the project going. So just a brief overview here of the phases. The first phase is the kickoff phase. This is focused on data gathering and project planning. That's well underway. The second phase is really focused on that contextualized housing needs analysis of doing a lot of that baseline demographic analysis to understand those demand components. In this second phase, we also kick off engagement activities. So we've been working very closely with your staff on developing some focus groups to make sure that all communities within Tualatin have a voice within this work. We're also going to be doing some tribal engagement as well as part of that engagement. The third phase, this is really focused on those spatial components. Yes, apologies, more acronyms here. You have the BLI, which is the buildable lands inventory. That's kind of the high level look at all of the land within the Tualatin planning area. So this is fun with maps. This is looking at kind of all of the land within the community, taking out some of those constraints that I mentioned. TAKING OUT OTHER DEVELOPED PROPERTIES AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR OTHER TYPES OF USES TO GET TO AN ACTUAL NUMBER OF ACRES AND LOCATIONS OF WHERE HOUSING COULD BE DEVELOPED. A NEXT STEP THERE IS THE DRLI, SO THE DEVELOPMENT READY LANDS INVENTORY. THAT TAKES A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK ON LANDS THAT ARE PREPARED OR NEAR TO BE PREPARED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. In the final phase, and this is moving into the end of this year, in the beginning of 2027, we will be wrapping up the report, the CHN and the HCA, both reports. And a piece of that is the residential land needs analysis, which addresses how much land and what type of zoning Tualatin will need to accommodate the housing demand. And then we will also be coming to your council within that phase for adoption of the process. 1 thing I want to point out in this slide, you look across the bottom of the slide. We've got 4 stars there at each phase. There is an opportunity for conversation. guidance and input from your council and from the planning commission. And so this is not the consultants go away and do some work and come back. Your council will be involved at all phases of this project and we look forward to those discussions. Next slide please. With that, I think I'm turning it to you, Mary, to talk a little bit about some of the state's guidelines.

Yeah. Thanks, Matt. We can flip to the next slide here. We're going to start with just a quick overview. This is statewide planning goal 10 to give some context. This hasn't changed with recent rule making at the state level, but there has been some shift in the emphasis with this last round of legislative updates. So goal 10 at some level is about buildable lands and ensuring an adequate number of housing units. But what's been changed here is more of a focus on This part about being commensurate with the financial capabilities of Oregon households and allowing flexibility of housing location. So this language again hasn't changed, but there's some new emphasis in around what I'll go through in terms of new state planning requirements. If we want to move to the next slide. This touches more on the ONA, which is the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. And that's a calculation of housing needs that accounts for a lot of different factors, like underproduction, homelessness, population growth, demographic change, vacation homes, et cetera. So that's the place that cities are now at the beginning of this process with the HCA to build off of what the state has already done. And the point of the next step that we're doing with the capacity analysis is going to be finding realistic long-term and near-term residential capacity for cities, including Tualatin. And the word realistic here can be somewhat flexible. Really, the goal is that we don't want to over or underestimate housing capacity. As much as possible, we want to get close to a real estimate of what Tualatin could expect to see in coming years. And this is also intended, as these last couple bullets speak to, to build towards that housing production strategy and lay the groundwork for supporting those implementation actions and making sure that they are meeting housing needs and promoting fair housing choice. So As Matt also mentioned, we're not getting at that quite with this project. We're getting at the first piece of that equation, which is about housing needs and housing capacity. If we flip to the next slide here, this is a helpful graphic for just demonstrating how those different components are supposed to work together. So we're starting in that top left corner with the state allocation that came out of the ONA. One thing to note, this chart looks more linear than the process actually is, but hopefully this helps simplify it. But essentially, we're starting here with that state allocation and then looking at contextualized housing need. And that informs the housing capacity analysis and what we're looking for in terms of what could actually be built in Tualatin. And that's informed by that development-ready lands inventory, which is also based on the buildable lands inventory, not shown here explicitly. But it all leads towards this analysis of whether Tualatin has that capacity. And again, that later feeds into the housing production strategy, but we won't get into that. And we won't get into the UGB amendments piece here either, since we're within Metro. It's a bigger setup we need to get into than we have time for tonight. But yeah, out of that, you'll get housing need by type of housing, location, and characteristics, and answering the question, do you have enough land for the next 20 years of housing need? And then also from the development ready lands inventory, Do you have enough land to accommodate development that we really think is going to come over the next four years? So looking at that shorter term cycle. And then where the answers are no, and there are unmet housing needs, that moves into the housing production and strategies and actions. If we want to move to the next slide here. Just to reiterate some of the bigger pieces of this project, the CHN or the contextualized housing need, that results in the determination of needed housing by type. So housing types, that means looking at single unit, multi-unit, middle housing, and then other characteristics like tenure, affordability, accessibility, those all fall into that category and things that contribute to fair housing choice. As part of this, we are working on an analysis of past discriminatory harms and what some of those historic and systemic barriers are that might apply. Just to note for a small community like Tualatin, a lot of that is tied with regional and state history and really just looking closely at that to see what's relevant when we're talking about Tualatin. We also have a mention here about community engagement and that component that really feeds the qualitative side of this assessment. There's a lot of emphasis in the rules on engagement with low-income communities, people with disabilities, people of color, and tribes, which will all be part of this project, primarily through focus groups and also meeting people where they are as much as possible. On this last slide that I've got here to recap some of these state rules, the housing capacity analysis is where we combine all that information from the CHN, the historical development trends, what we've seen in the buildable lands inventory, and use that to estimate capacity within Tualatin's existing land and whether it will be enough to meet anticipated housing needs. So I think I've made the points on this slide before, and I think this is where I'm going to pass it back to Matt to talk about just a few key numbers and what they mean.

Great. Thanks, Mary. Next slide, please. Terrific. So if you know our firm, ECHO Northwest, you know that we can't do a presentation without a little bit of data here. So we couldn't help ourselves. So we just a couple of slides here that demonstrate some of the analysis that's part of the work here. So, again, HCA's and HPS's are required every six years for jurisdictions, for cities within the metro's boundary, urban growth boundary. And the work is required to consider housing need both at kind of a shorter term and a longer term here. So the planning horizons are both six and 20 years. The state does some work to figure out housing allocation, like Mary talked about. So this table here is illustrating the state's forecast for dwelling units within Tualatin, broken down into different categories by area median income over the two planning periods. So this is some of the baseline analysis that the state has done that goes into the work that we are getting started now. Next slide, please. This slide here, so this is a graphic that we like to use. We find that it's helpful with these analyses. So this is the type of work that you can expect as we have engaged with your council here over the course of this project. So to break this down here at the top of the house graphic there, you have different categories of area median incomes broken up from 30% on the left there up to 120% of area median income. uh ami is is about 130 000 a year there so that's that's kind of breaking up in those different categories and if you go to kind of the the first level of the house go from the second floor go down the stairs to the first level of the house um you'll see that that helps you understand um what households that make uh that level of income can afford in housing and we have that both within a monthly cost, so easier to think about with renting, and then also a home sale price. So we will be using graphics like this and pulling data from your own community around housing sale values by various types and crosswalking all of that to see how that matches up within Tualatin, I'll inform the analysis.

Mary, were you gonna jump in there? Did I see you?

Nope. Okay, all right, terrific. Next slide, please. So just a summary of the introduction presentation here this evening. So remember that the CHN, the contextualized housing need, this is really about the demand side of the housing equation here. It's telling us a deep story beyond affordability, but really getting into type characteristics and land demand. The HCA, this is more on the supply side, right? This is taking a look at actual land in Tualatin and helping your community understand where housing can go, where housing can be accommodated. And then, yeah, and then again, I think we mentioned that the is kind of the 3rd component here, the housing production strategy and that's something that your city staff will be launching in 2027 and 2028. Next slide please. I think we're just yeah, I think we're right here. So next steps here. We have a few planning commissioned meetings coming up in July and August. We will be back with your council there in mid September, where we'll be talking about the results of the contextualize. housing needs. And then in the fall, that's when the draft BLI and DRLI, those two spatial analysis components, will be launched there. So we'll be planning for a meeting around that time as well. That's what we have for you this evening. Erin, I'll turn it back to you, and we welcome discussion and questions. Thank you.

Thanks, Matt and Mary.

Are you ready for questions? Any questions? Okay. Questions, comments? Council President Pratt.

Okay. On the CHN portion, I'm wondering if you're looking at the actual current and projected demographics like if we're going to have more if we're going to have more, you know, a lot of younger people are single, our senior population, are we looking at the demographics and their specific needs, type of how, like, someone young and single wants something affordable, not necessarily a, you know, big house that has lots of bedrooms for kids. So is that part of the analysis? That's what I... Yes, it is.

Thank you. Oh, go ahead, Erin. Sorry.

I was just going to say, that's what I understand, but I'll let Matt round it out for us.

Apologies, Aaron. I can only see the back of your head there. So I would have read some body language differently had I been in the room. Yes, City Councilor, terrific question. And these analysis do go to that level of detail. We do want to make sure that the household types, whether it's a single older person or a single younger person, or a family is well aligned with the housing types and how that might fit within the mix of the land that's available to develop within Tualatin. So that actually gets to the heart of it, really, is the state wants to see this deeper analysis of housing type by different types of households and different ranges of affordability.

Okay, and then on the community engagement, I read through your list, but I just have to put this out there, but the elderly are a historically marginalized community, and we have a decent elderly population here, so I would like them included in that community outreach. and they you know that type of housing has specific needs so and then um my only other concern is um and i know wilsonville's already got this problem but when they look at our i'm hearing the word zoning and i'm a little nervous here is there going to be something like because we have such limited land that they're going to say we're going to have to change our zoning to a con you know accommodate like we're going to have to put i'm going to be a little absurd i hope but that we're going to have to put apartment complexes in the middle of our low residential areas? Is that going to be a – is this a potential requirement we're going to have in our city to densify in a way that our zoning doesn't permit at this point?

Thank you for that question. I might turn it over to Matt, but I believe that we'll be looking at potentially upzoning and increasing density in certain areas based off the results.

Okay. So once again, the state's telling us what to do. Okay.

Yes, that's right, Aaron. We'll be looking at Tualatin's land ability to accommodate the demand that is forecast as part of the CHN. And so recommendations will come out of this analysis to inform actions that your council could take to accommodate that demand, which could include changes to zoning.

This is a really basic question, but we keep reading that we have this net outflow in Oregon, so why is this demand there?

I'm sorry, I don't think I heard the question.

We keep reading like the population is decreasing. For the first time in forever, we're having this outflow of population. So is there just this pent-up demand that we don't have enough housing for the people here? We keep hearing we need all this housing, but then we are also hearing that people are leaving. So it's confusing to me why we need the housing.

I think part of it is to ground truth what we actually need. I think for... Potentially years or decades. We've been under producing housing and Mac can correct me if I'm wrong But I think we might be playing a game of catch-up.

Okay.

Thank you Other questions comes cancel.

Oh, yeah Thank you. My question is around the the state's forecasting for the six year and 20 year period and I'm curious what kind of especially with what council president Pratt just mentioned with the outflow of people, and I do appreciate hearing that we're in a catch-up situation, but what percentage are they assuming for these numbers? Is there a standard percentage?

I may turn that over to Matt.

And I could follow it with a couple others that might then help round out the question, if that's okay. And how does whatever percentage that came to Tualatin from the state, how does that compare with our neighbors and in the region? And does it make some assumptions about the Lamb-Tucks project in that?

A terrific question, Councillor. That is a question I'm going to have to come back to you in terms of how Tualatin was allocated specific numbers versus your neighbors in Tigard and Wilsonville. But that is something that we can definitely bring back. I do not think that recent, you mentioned the lamb investment, is that correct? Councilor?

Yes, sir.

Thank you. Yeah, I do not think that recent investments like that were taken into account, to my knowledge. Mary, I don't know if you have any other information. I know you've worked on the ONA with the state on some of this, on either of those pieces.

Yeah, I'd say it's something we can come back to in more detail, but it's essentially based on projections of population and household growth and then takes into account all of those other factors that we started listing. But it can be very complicated to talk about the actual calculation, but it looks at different factors like share of population, housing under production, population growth, homelessness, second and vacation homes. But yeah, happy to share more details the next time that we come back on that.

Thank you very much. And I was curious, Matt, your language, you used the words that the city council could apply. It seemed like that was a very careful choice of language. And I'm curious, is there not a mandate or could you expand on that, please?

Terrific. I think by using the subjective tense there, Councillor, in that language, I'm trying to defer and recognize the City Council's power for policymaking within Tualatin. Yes, I think there is engagement between the state and local cities in terms of allocated need and how cities accommodate that need. But I think, yes, again, I'm kind of deferring to the city council's ability to make those policy decisions. So there might be multiple options there as there are with most policy changes for your council to make about how to accommodate that housing demand.

Thank you. So it is a mandate from the state to make change then, basically. So I just wanted a clarification because of your language. And thank you for the respect that you're giving us. I appreciate that.

Other questions or comments? Council Brooks.

I have about four questions. So my first question is, when we're looking at the total housing needs analysis in our region, have we been also looking at any conversions of existing buildings that are not being used at this point? Part of the reason why I ask that is because I get mail about people that are working to try to do lofts and artist lofts and things like that. And part of it is because of the change that we've experienced in use of buildings since COVID and more remote work. So I'm just curious if those factors and how those factors have been figured into these equations.

I might hand it over to Matt, but I believe the buildable lands inventory will kind of study what ability we have to utilize some of the development capacity within our neighborhoods. Um, and the state is changing some rules about what we can do with commercial structures and conversion to residential structures. And that might be getting at maybe a little bit of what you're asking.

Well, yeah. And also, um, offsetting some of the demand within the city where there's transportation and all kinds of other cool things that can help people with affordability issues that we don't have as much access to here. So I'm actually really concerned about quality of life for all the people in each one of those little parts of the house. My second question is With the mixed use work that we're looking at, the mixed use zoning, I'm just curious about how we're, like more information about how that is plugged into this allocation and if there's limitations or how do we share those kinds of how do we balance that conversation and use because I'm just not as familiar with that since we haven't had a lot of it and the other one I've got is when there's change in zoning is it solely for density or is there ever like industrial residential shifts in planning with these kinds of Conversations. So those two zoning questions.

So I think regarding your first question with the mixed-use capacity, I believe the state has maybe used some modeling efforts to kind of think about what the market might provide based off of base zoning and what would realistically pencil. But again, Matt might correct me if I'm wrong. And then regarding your second question about... can we potentially look at maybe rezoning land as opposed to increasing density or supplementing that?

What's the flexibility in that, or is there a direction that we're given on that? I just would like to know those kinds of things.

There might be some... maybe we might have to get realistic about how we zone land. I think we have some residential land designated on things that are public parks and cemeteries and things like that. And I know the state takes those acreages away when considering allocation, but I think it probably looks a little cleaner to have maybe applying the zoning. Okay. I think we have limited opportunities to maybe take industrial land and apply a residential zoning to that just because of Metro rules around industrial land.

Okay. Thank you. And then, um, And then for council options with policymaking, just because we've had recent conversations as well, I'm just curious about where there's manageability for the council. Like, for instance, are there fundamental economic policies that help us when the chief was discussing increase of services and what the costs of something like that are as we build and concentrate. How do we plan as a city to make sure that we're doing our fiduciary responsibility around the people in their safety that are living here when we're doing this kind of planning? as well as with diverse incomes, how are we making sure that we have the services like transportation, healthcare, social services, et cetera, that people need so that Um, we're not utilizing, you know, emergency rooms and emergency services to take care of our population. So those are my, like, how can we dovetail health and human service concerns in with this conversation for our give and take part of this conversation with the state? Okay. Thanks.

Other questions or comments? Cause our soccer, do you have anything?

No, thank you. Right.

I have nothing. All right, well, thank you for coming tonight. Appreciate it. Thanks for your presentation. Looks like a lot of work coming in the next year.

Thank you.

All right. Thank you. I forgot one.

Okay. Also, I would like to know about carbon offsets as we look at densification and making sure that we're balancing the needs for health. Thank you. Thank you.

All right that brings us to our agenda review and council updates Tonight, I have councillor Sacco as leading the Pledge of Allegiance tonight. We have one proclamation For pollinators so council Brooks I assume is going to do I give that to her to do any concerns with any items on the consent agenda I

Councillor Gonzalez? So I know that we're going to be casting a one vote for all of the items. Is that correct?

Correct.

So I am not going to be voting in four for two of the items. So I'd like to highlight that right now.

So you need items pulled from the... Yes. Okay, which items?

So the first one is the utility increases. Okay. That's item number...

I'm scrolling down.

and five and five the one council to be a second here to pull it up exactly here so you want item number five in the consent agenda pulled it's the one that increases are the fees okay that's what she's not having ready so it's number five in Anything else? And the other one is going to be the budget, our 2026-27 budget.

That's not on consent. I thought I saw it. No, it's a general answer.

Okay.

Okay. All right.

Anything else on the consent agenda? That's it. All right.

With that, we'll go ahead and start. We've got about 10 minutes, so ideally keep it as brief as possible. If we don't complete the roundtable, then we'll pick it up at the end of the council meeting. So I'll go ahead and start with City Manager Jordan Alambos.

Thank you, Mayor. You have a packet in front of you that was passed out regarding – parking signs. I have an update for you on that. I'm happy to announce that there have been some fits and starts to this project, but the signs for the core area parking lots are on order as requested from the CCIO. In addition, there are wayfinding signs, so directional signage, around the perimeter pointing to where the parking lots are. So that is, I believe, good resolution. It has been a little bit delayed, but it will hopefully be installed within the next two or three weeks. So I'm happy to report that.

We celebrated the sustainable... Oh, you turned off your mic.

We celebrated the Sustainable Year City Program, our partnership with the University of Oregon on May 29th, since our last council meeting. That was a wonderful celebration. What a tremendous amount of work and ideas came out of that partnership. So I'm so glad we were able to participate in that. On June 3rd, we had an all-supervisor meeting. quarter two all supervisor meeting. This is ongoing support for our leadership group and the theme was conversations worth having and it was a very good, it was a very good training. We had blender dash on June 6th and the rain held off until the very end and then it stormed so our crews got wet but the the kiddos had a great time and it was a full house. WE DID OUR POLL CENTER WELCOME BACK PARTY ON JUNE 12. THE OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING WILL BE SOMETIME IN AUGUST WHEN WE CAN COORDINATE WITH ALL THE FUNDING PARTNERS. WE HAD 82 SIGN-UPS FOR LUNCH AND TRIVIA WITH DOUG, SO THAT'S A HIGH. Last Saturday, June 20th, we had the Nyberg Creek Trail ribbon cutting. That was wonderful. It's a beautiful trail, and I'm so proud of it and to get it open. And then the River Park CIO, a community involvement organization, had their fair also on Saturday afternoon. They're celebrating 15 years, and they have a cake, and they did not break into the cake, so they gave it to us, and it is out in the lobby, and they hoped that we could eat it. So it's out there, and take a bit of it. Coming up next Monday, 6-29, is the public meeting training. It is right here in this room at 5 o'clock, and I hope our city attorney, Kevin, will be giving that Next week, we have our first round of interviews for our library director. We have seven fantastic candidates, and I'm really excited about that. Friday, July the 3rd, is our 4th of July observed holiday, so our city offices will be closed. And then before our next council meeting, July 11th, from 2 to 8 p.m., is Viva Tualatin in the community park. And I want to end with words about my colleague and friend, John Walsh. So John was the city administrator of St. Helens and he tragically died last Saturday and after falling in the river. John served the city of St. Helens for over 12 years and was a true public servant. He served on the Oregon City Manager's Board as well as the League of Oregon City's Board. John was a positive and optimistic person He was one of the most resilient and thoughtful leaders in our profession. Thank you for letting me honor him in this way. Rest in peace, my friend.

Thank you.

Councillor Gonzales. Thank you. I have nothing more important. Councillor Brooks.

So it's been a while. I would say that I also was at the Sustainable Cities reception. It was a really nice event. And it was good to hear, especially not being on the Quora, more about it from the perspective of the students. the fact that they're all volunteering to do that, and they kind of remind me of city councilors because they're sort of unicorns of service and also seem like a really sharp group of people. I'm excited to go through the, I don't know what they're calling them, prospectus, or... Presentations like they said gets posted as yeah, so it'd be interesting to look at what the ideas are and learn more about how people how the students think about Sustainability through all different lenses. So it was a really interesting fascinating piece. It was nice to also see representative Walters attend I Was let's see at the I Sorry, my stuff is a little bit too... Well, I was at the railroad crossing event on the 2nd, and I mentioned it before, but the presentation was good. The community had a lot of... There was concerns about lighting if there was any kind of overpasses and safety. So I think that it's just like what we're doing is just design, that it's a really important thing to consider that we are looking at a problem set and then There's nothing about design right now or anything like that as far as And that the community will also be heard there was concerns that there are only businesses on the Advisory committee and I think that people just don't understand the phases that were pot that were possibly working with But it was a good meeting I enjoyed the presentation and learning more from all of the people involved um i substituted well i went to the water consortium on the third and that we um we went through it was a journal meeting we went through elections and somehow i got elected uh as vice chair so i used to chair Then I was just on executive committee, going back to the vice chair, and we also did the I did several LOC planning committees for the upcoming conference. I was selected as one of the members of the women's caucus meeting. We had a women's caucus meeting for the League of Oregon City on the 3rd that I attended. We had our titanium monthly planning on the 10th of January and accommodating the change in leadership over at the chamber, but moving forward with the titanium work. We... Oh, yes. Then we did the Tualatin Valley Creates Networking. So it was the first time that Tualatin Valley Creates, which is an arts group for the whole Tualatin Valley, has done their networking here. It's sort of like how the Chamber does networking with businesses, et cetera, with artists. and we showed them the Veterans Plaza. Some people had never even been to Tualatin before. They never saw the lake before, so it was really fun to show them what's happening and they're really interested in integrating further, because I think they're sited in Hillsboro, so integrating further through the valley with the leadership that's currently there. So we're excited about that and Julie, Our recreation manager did an amazing welcome with a lot of information, treats from Tualatin, and as everyone knows, Janet Carr is a big fan of the work that we've done with the arts uh... and she did a beautiful job uh... touring uh... and showing the artist things from a from artist perspective uh... we did the uh... i did a virtual onboarding for the uh... metro parks and nature oversight committee so the parks and nature oversight committee uh... does post spending work and We went through all the different roles of that. If there's more about that, I just feel like I should stop because we're getting close to time and we need a break. But I was very busy over the four weeks that we've been gone, and there's a lot of new really cool information that I'd love to keep sharing. Thanks.

So we'll go ahead and close this work session, and we'll come back at 7.05. give people a little break, run to the bathroom, come back. So we'll start the city council meeting at 7.05.