City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. It is 7 o'clock and I'll call our July 27th city council meeting to order. We'll start with a flag salute.

Can I have our council president please lead us in?

and indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Can we have a roll call, please?

Councillor Cornwell? Present. Councillor Bravo?

Present.

Councillor Schaub? Present. Councillor Wilk?

Here.

Councillor Kentu? Here. Councillor Grijalva? Present. Mayor Lonergan?

Here. Thank you.

um do we have some announcements we just have a single announcement here regarding the fiesta so the fiesta court coronation and the show and shine car show will take place on friday august 14th at 4 p.m here at the downtown plaza thank you and then of course all the fiesta festivities

to follow at legion park community connection oh community that's not on here community connection uh august 1st saturday 10 to 2 at legion yeah so invite the city to that there'll be several thousand it's a chance to for the kids to get ready to get back to school which i'm sure they're very excited about but a lot of activities in the park fun that's going to be 30, 40 vendors out there. It's free to the world.

And lots of free stuff, backpacks.

And the 10th, this is their 10th annual community connection. So this is a big deal. So hope to see a good turnout out there. They do a good job getting ready for this. So that's it for announcements. Did we miss anything? Jesse, you good? Okay. Then moving on, it is not... on the agenda, but I did pass out to the Council two appointments that I'd like to see if they agree with for the Public Mural and Arts Commission. Both are people that I talked to. We're looking at two members that are leaving the committee. Catherine Johnstone has been on for the last couple years, and she is retired from the school. And then Mary Berlin, who has served for several years, is asking to be off. So I'm looking for the council to appoint Anastasia Leschenko. who is a new teacher coming in, master of arts and teaching, very qualified. And then one of her cohorts at the high school, Janice Davidson, who also is a teacher of public arts at the school, teaches visual arts and sculpture. Any questions?

I did have a question. Well, it's an assumption that there's not a residency requirement for any committee members?

We normally have one at large on most committees. Okay. So they work in the city.

As long as it's not required, I'm fine. Yeah, if there is anything written there.

Thank you for bringing that up. Yep.

Anything else? No. I'd entertain a motion. I move to appoint Anastasia. I didn't get her last name. Mishinka. Mishinka and Janice Davidson to the Arson Mural Committee.

Thank you. Is there a second?

Second.

Move and second it. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed say aye. Thank you, Ellen. That's unanimous. Both welcome both new members to the Arts and Mural Committee. So moving on before I get down to proclamations I wanted a couple things that I occasionally bring up on reflection one is at our last meeting it was in the park city barbecue and I happen to have run into a few people some of the chamber that were extremely appreciative of the city putting on the barbecue and the way I went it wasn't too hot that night but they thought it was a very good Good evening. And so I want to reach out to all staff members, everybody that was part of that, of putting on a good. And certainly our Fiesta Court here was fantastic with your serving and being part of that throughout the whole evening, too. So I thank you for being part of it. It's another opportunity. We recognized four people that night. Andy Shadron for the Mary Tennant Award being dedicated to the city. Meg for her work with Farming or Housing and being another part of the city getting the Nancy Kirksey Award. and two long-term committee members, John Reinhart and David Piper, that have been equally supportive and assets to the city in their roles over the years. So I definitely want to thank them for their work and service. So it was a good evening. So I definitely want to thank everybody again that has been involved in that. And then since then, we happen to have another big event that I am appreciative of. And I want to bring it up that I don't know, something we haven't talked about in the past, but we have a curator at our museum who has been doing an awesome job. And sometime I mentioned I'd like to get her in here. But a week ago, there was a three-page article in the Statesman over the work that she has done. And I hope everybody's seen it and I'll pass this around. Jennifer Gritt. And she has done some work and research on a World War I coat that had been donated back in 1989, and she found who the owner was, but there's bloodstains on it, and she did quite a history of that coat, which really reflects what we have going on here in Woodburn. You know, not only do we have the the bison and the bones down at the museum. But this is, I'll pass that down, is a great story. I hope everybody gets a chance to look it up. And Marcella did a great story on it in our e-blast last week, and thank you for that. So if anybody missed it, it was last Friday's e-blast. But there's a lot of good things going on in Woodbury, and that's just a small example of what we have to offer here. And so I want to thank her. Jessie, if we could never get her in here and thank her and see what other things she's doing. I know she only works part-time, but again, it's a true asset to the city.

Absolutely.

um moving on we have our proclamation uh it's the 30th anniversary of the consulate of mexico in portland and uh carlos mendoza has been a very good friend of of woodburn and i'd like to we put a proclamation together and i'd like two readings of it the first in spanish i'd like counselor bravo please to cover that okay proclamation

El 30 aniversario del Consulado de Mexico en Portland, Oregon. Considerando que el Consulado de Mexico fue establecido en Portland, Oregon el 15 de julio de 1996 y considerando que el Consulado de Mexico desempeñe un papel invaluable en servir, proteger y empoderar a la comunidad mexicana, at the same time that it promotes deep cultural, economic, and educational ties throughout the region, and considering that more than 60% of the inhabitants of Woodburn identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino, which makes it one of the communities with the greatest cultural diversity, and considering that for almost three decades, the Consulate of Mexico has maintained a close relationship with the city of Woodburn, hogar de una de las comunidades mexicanas más grandes de Oregon, y considerando que las familias mexicanas han desempeñado un papel fundamental en el desarrollo de Woodburn a través de sus contribuciones a la agricultura, el procesamiento de alimentos, local businesses, entrepreneurship, education, public service, and community life, and considering that the consulate works continuously to promote social inclusion, provide legal assistance and vital counseling, and enrich the community through binacionales, comercio y la celebración del rico patrimonio de México, y considerando que el Ayuntamiento de Woodburn y el Consulado de México han colaborado en iniciativas cívicas, culturales y comunitarias que han fortalecido la larga amistad entre Woodburn y México, Y considerando que este año se cumple el aniversario número 30 de la apertura del Consulado de México en Portland, Oregon, un hito que destaca años de servicio público dedicado a cooperación binacional y amistad transfronteriza. Considerando que el aniversario número 30 del Consulado de México en Portland es una oportunidad para reconocer tres décadas de cooperación institucional y generaciones de familias mexicanas cuyas contribuciones siguen formando la identidad y el futuro de la ciudad de Woodburn. Ahora, por consiguiente, Thank you, Counselor.

Now we can get the English version by Councilor Welk.

Boy, I'm inclined to ask Orlando to do the English for us. Quite a Bravo job. And I'll, bear with me. Proclamation, 30th anniversary of the Consulate of Mexico in Portland, Oregon. Whereas the Consulate of Mexico was established in Portland, Oregon on July 15th, 1996. And whereas the Consulate of Mexico plays an invaluable role in serving, protecting and empowering the Mexican community while fostering deep cultural, economic and educational ties across the region. and whereas more than 60% of Woodburn's residents identify as Hispanic or Latino, making it one of the most culturally diverse communities, and whereas for nearly three decades, the Consulate of Mexico has maintained a close relationship with the city of Woodburn, home to one of Oregon's largest Mexican communities, whereas Mexican families have played a fundamental role in the development of Woodburn through their contributions to agriculture, food processing, local businesses, entrepreneurship, education, public service, and community life. And whereas the consulate continuously works to promote social inclusion, provide vital legal and consular assistance, and enrich the community through binational partnerships, trade, and celebration of Mexico's rich heritage, And whereas the City of Woodburn and the Consulate of Mexico have collaborated on civic, cultural, and community initiatives that have strengthened the long-standing friendship between Woodburn and Mexico, and whereas this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Consulate of Mexico in Portland, Oregon, a milestone that highlights years of dedicated public service, binational cooperation, and cross-border friendship and whereas the 30th anniversary of the consulate serves as an opportunity to recognize three decades of institutional cooperation and generations of Mexican families whose contributions to continue to shape the identity and future of the City of Woodburn. Now, therefore, Frank J. Lonergan, Mayor of Woodburn, does hereby proclaim that the year 2026 marks the third decade of the Consulate of Mexico in Oregon. and encourage all Woodburn community members to join in celebrating the enduring partnership, mutual respect, and cultural richness that the consulate brings to our region.

Thank you, Councillor. Like I mentioned earlier, Council Melendez has been a good friend and has been down to Woodburn several times for different events and along that line he has invited a few of us to go to a conference with him down in Mexico City at the end of September and I will let our city manager Talk about that.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. It's true that the city has had a long relationship with the Mexican consulate out of Portland on a variety of issues impacting Woodburn. And this year, for the first time, the consulate invited the city's participation in the North Capitol Forum. which is a symposium that's put together both Canada, America, and Mexico, and it's described as a three-day gathering that brings together leaders from across North America to explore the region's most pressing challenges to co-create innovative, mutually beneficial solutions. It's hosted by the United States-Mexico Foundation and provides a dynamic platform for government officials, private sector leaders, scholars, and civil society representatives to shape the future of trilateral collaboration. And given that the city's pretty high profile right now, particularly with our All-American City designation, which I will say as often as I can, We've agreed to participate this year. The mayor, myself, and Brenda, our executive legal assistant, will attend that conference in Mexico City at the end of September. And the council should know that one of the issues that we have or one of the projects we've talked about for some time is building cultural exchange with Oaxacan the state of Oaxaca very specifically given the cultural heritage between that part of the world and our part of the world or this part of the world so that's going to be one of the objectives is to see if we can broaden communications and maybe talk about sister city program and have other types of maybe a greater relationship with The areas of Mexico that impact Woodburn just culturally and historically with our residents. And that's at the end of September.

Thank you. Look forward to that and continuing on with a very good relationship here in the future with them. So moving on, we have a presentation from our Fiesta Court. Welcome and I'd like to invite Yanira up to the podium.

I'm going to sit over here so I can click. So good evening, mayor and city council members. I'm Yanira Herrera, community relations manager for the city. And I have the honor of working with our Fiesta Court program. So as a reminder, Fiesta Court is a leadership development program for high school students, juniors and seniors in Woodburn and the North Marion County area. And I'm going to have each one of them introduce themselves and then also share a little bit about what they've been doing throughout this last couple of months. So, wanna come up?

Hello, my name is Ashley Bernal Escalona and I am a recent high school graduate and I plan to attend a two-year community college followed by a four-year university focusing on dental hygiene. I was able to participate during high school in the Cerro Falls Equity Committee for equity throughout our district as well as our Silver Falls basketball team overall. I was able to be the manager for the Silverton JV2 team, as well as the Willamette Career Academy Student Ambassador Program. Those programs have taught me how to overall build my leadership skills, my communication skills, and my teamwork skills. I joined Fiesta Court because I really wanted to enrich myself with more culture. And where I come from, Silverton, they don't really have a program like this. So it was honestly such a wonderful opportunity just to overall just be here and give back to the community and just learn more about overall what Warburn is about. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you.

Hello, my name is Amaya Cruz Reyes, and I will be an incoming senior at Woodburn High School. During my time in high school, I participated in volunteering and dance, Danza Florico, even being able to have the opportunity to get published at Portland Book Festival. And this has taught me skills such as confidence, creativity, and independence. And I joined Fiesta Court because I want to inspire younger generations to keep pursuing their culture, learning more about themselves and love for who they are and not ashamed of it at all. And I want to be more involved in my community as much as possible. And this coming fall, I will be a senior and pursuing writing as in poetry and keep pursuing dancing and my education. Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, everyone. My name is Maribel Salana Lopez. I am a recent graduate, class of 2026. I did graduate here from Woodburn High School. During my time in high school, I had participated in many clubs, such as American Red Cross Club as a vice president and OHSU On Track as a class representative. I was also part of Woodburn's varsity cheerleading team. These clubs and teams have taught me or developed my skills such as responsibility, liability, teamwork, committee, and just personal growth. I joined Fiesta Corp because I wanted to continue to grow as a person and just overall personal growth and doing so with the program, it has helped me so much to just not just grow as a person but also give back to the community. I didn't realize how much it was until I am now part of it, which I'm super grateful for. After high school, I will continue to go to college and continue to pursue higher education and career as a biologist. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Hello. Good evening, everybody. My name is Cynthia Morales. I am a recent high school graduate at Woodburn High School. And during my time in high school, I participated in choir, theater, and lead crew. That taught me the amazing skills of responsibility, punctuation, commitment, That was an amazing thing that I did. I'm so thankful for that. I joined Fiesta Court because I really wanted to help out the community. I wanted to expand my horizons and learn about the Fiesta Court in general. I genuinely came into this not knowing anything and I've had such an amazing experience meeting all these beautiful people and I'm very thankful for that. This upcoming fall I will be working hard to build my savings and then the following year I will be going to Chemeketa Community College. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

My name is Amirani. I'm a recent high school graduate, and I will be attending community college this upcoming fall, where then I plan to transfer to a four-year university to pursue a career as a sports medicine physician's assistant. While in high school, I was president of my school's on-track OHSU club and Red Cross club. I also participated in Link Crew. I was a peer educator with Planned Parenthood, and I also worked with Marion County's Youth Voice Committee. With all of these experiences, I have strengthened my leadership skills, communication skills, and a passion for helping others. because I wanted to continue developing my leadership skills while giving back to my community and building meaningful connections.

Thank you.

Hello, everyone. My name's Emma. I'm a recent high school graduate. During my time in high school, I was a two-term Key Club Lieutenant Governor. Key Club is an international student-led volunteer service organization. I was part of my school's Mariachi as a violinist, and I participated in the OnTrack OHSU Club and the Oregon Young Scholars Program, which is a student enrichment program out of the University of Oregon. I was also a Link Career Leader. Through these experiences, I learned about communication, responsibility, and independence, and of course, leadership. Through this leadership, I joined the Fiesta Mexicana Court because I wanted to strengthen my relationship with my culture and empower youth to give back to their community. Come fall, I will be attending a four-year in-state university where I plan on studying to become an immigration lawyer. Thank you.

Thank you.

hello my name is Adriana this coming fall I'm gonna be going to high school and finishing my junior my senior year and during high school I've been involved with track and field link crew and a cultural awareness club less called as Aguilas through high school during these programs and clubs and activities I've been able to gain skills such as creativity, communication, and teamwork. I joined Fiesta Mexicana because I want to, like, I wanna tell people, inform them about this beautiful program that I'm a part of and I'm really glad that I'm a part of because I could gain more skills, get out there and be part of a community that I think really admires Hispanic culture. And I think it's just really nice to be a part of and I wanna inform my club members and classmates to do the same because it's such a great opportunity to be able to share about your culture in a different town. I want to go to and major in business.

Thank you.

And then we do have two other princesses who are working and weren't able to be here tonight. But Naima and are on the slide.

What a talented court. Yes. Yes, it's got to be one of those talented .

So the Fiesta Mexicana started in 1964. It's been a longstanding tradition in the Woodburn community. It was started by the Club Latino Americano in the Woodburn Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the end of the harvest. But the Fiesta Mexicana has gotten the chance to grow into so much more than just a celebration of the harvest. From traditional dances to food so good you'll be really stuffed, to live music like Banda and Mariachi, all aspects of Mexican culture have time to shine. Along with that, we have the Fiesta Mexicana court, that serves its community and creates future leaders. Though the court has changed throughout the years, its growth reflects that of our own community. Alongside that, we have the parade that allows community members to showcase their culture and for local organizations to show their support for the Woodburn community. This event embodies the love Woodburn holds for its people and for its traditions, and it's an event that we hope will be able to continue for generations to come.

Thank you.

Hi guys, I will be giving you guys the overview of the Fiesta Court. Can we just take a minute and admire how much community service this entire program has done. We have done 274 hours and I'm going to give you a bit of an overview. So Fiesta Court is for students from the Warburton to North Marin County area where we are able to just overall participate in skill building, events and workshops where we also are able to give back to the community through community service. We are also able to just overall go through career and exploration, financial literacy programs that our beautiful Yanira has been able to like partnership with. We were able to also do lots of going out and just connecting with them when we wanted doing public speaking like this program right now. Our beautiful program is partnered with the Chemeketa Community College, which allows the queen one year free tuition and our first princess a one term free tuition. Thank you.

With the Fiesta Corps, we had the major opportunity to attend Portland's Oregon Expo Career Fair. They welcomed us with many skilled trades between the community and industry. Several of them offered hands-on activities that gave us the chance to experience these careers in an engaging, interactive way. We also have like a short video where we, what I mean by we interacted these careers in an engaging, interactive way. We were thrilled to be able to be there and have fun, know the many pathways there is available to get into these trades if we were interested. So yeah, thank you. Hope you enjoyed the video, it was fun.

Is that one of you in the becoming a welder?

Yeah. We had the chance to weld our names, obviously, with the professionals. Yeah.

All right.

Thank you for watching.

Thank you.

Thank you for being part of it.

We also went on a college visit. So we went to George Fox. And as you'll see, we were able to participate in a tour. One of these faces might look a little familiar if you've been with us for a few years. So our Fiesta Court Queen, Irene, from three years ago, was able to put together a student panel so that our apprentices were able to ask questions and learn a little bit more about what it takes to be in college. Yeah, we also did an admissions presentation, so they learned, again, what types of scholarships were available, what the application process looks like, and just a variety of information. This is who isn't here tonight, but she wants to be a nurse and was able to take a picture with the nursing building at George Fox because this is the school that she wants to attend. And here's a closer picture of Irene with the girls.

During our time in this program, we were able to do lots of skills We were able to do a lot of skills that were taught to us, and we got to practice with each other. So that gave us a lot of time to do a lot of group thinking and learn a bit more. We were able to do some public speaking skills, like some tips on how to public speak. We also did some power poses, which I thought was really helpful to get more comfortable out in the public when speaking, as well as some more breathing exercises. And we got to learn about self-care learn how to do a lot more things. And we also got to do mock interviews, which was really nice. And I think we could really use all the skills that we gained from this program into our future careers or just in the future in general. It was really nice. Thank you.

The Fiesta Clerk had the amazing opportunity to do multiple workshops as we could see here. One of the workshops that really stood out to me was a workshop led by Robin Kerner. She taught leadership. That's something that really stood out to me. She taught us about the importance of accountability, the importance of leading a good group and how to lead a good group. She taught us about the different styles of leadership and that was just something that really really impacted me. Ever since then, I've been thinking about it. Another workshop that really stood out to me was led by Marie Little. She taught us about mental health and the importance of self-care and how to identify when you might need to get some extra help. And she taught us different methods, ways, as she said, breathing methods, the box method. And that's all I want to say. I'm so thankful to have the opportunity.

Thank you.

Through the Fiesta Corps, we also had the amazing opportunity to attend a financial literacy workshop in partnership with College Possible. The workshop basically It was valued as a guidance to college preparation, financial responsibility, and literacy. Sorry.

I'm trying to remember all what we did.

It was so much. There's so much information. It was so much. But basically, they taught us a bunch of financial responsibility and college preparation, also essential life skills. Equipping with knowledge and confidence about our futures and how we should move on forward. And what else?

We got to tour the building too.

Yeah, we also had the privilege to have a touring of the building, the new building in Woodburn. It was really amazing. People have asked us, what's like your favorite part about the building? And many of us are saying like, there's this vending machine, a machine. yeah i said a machine that had like many flavors of like sparkling water or like i think like tea or flavored water it was a bunch of like options i was like that's really impressive that's really cool and i feel like a lot of people would want a machine that has all those options to pick from so it was really fun overall it was a really fun experience i really enjoyed it i feel like it wasn't just how fun it was but it was also as we toured we also i also realized so many resources and opportunities that they offered for college students to help succeed and beyond yeah thank you thank you

Fiesta Court was able to partnership with Dress for Success in Portland. We were able to go dress shopping, which was basically the outfits you're seeing right now. We were able to also do a, like, a pure pre, like, interview style type of lecture, which we were able to obtain information on how to mentally prepare for an interview, how to answer questions, how to use the STAR method. So that was a really good partnership that we were able to do. And most of the girls, all of the girls had so much fun just going around and shop. Thank you.

It looks like it.

Yes. And they got some really nice outfits. Yeah.

The Fiesta Court had the amazing opportunity. I mean, every opportunity is amazing, but we had the opportunity to help our community food bank, which was such a blessing. We got to help distribute food. We got to help stock. We got to help check in clients. help guide them and answer questions. I got the opportunity to answer questions for people who have never been there before, who heard about it through something else that Ashley will talk about soon. But it was just a really great experience to guide these people and show them there's help out there and help feed their bellies. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

So Fiesta Corp was able to partner with Aware Food Bank to go outside and just go to overall fields and help the community that was with them. We were able to just help set up, as you can tell right here, we have set up a station where we're able to provide them with food and essential care. And we were just able to overall help organize and make that entire program go through. And we were able to provide information as to where they can get food, housing, and other good essential cares for overall the migrant families which work really hard and provide us with our daily nutrition. Thank you.

As you know, we have done a lot of volunteering, but one of the opportunities we were able to have was being able to participate in Woodburn Public Library, where we were able to help out, set up games, activities for younger audience to enjoy with their families. Even this helped us as well, being able to interact more with our community, helping them out, understanding each other, and overall having a great time that this library has have done over, I don't know, but they have done it for a while. That's what I know for sure. And I am very proud to know this library ever since a kid, and being able to be grateful enough to enjoy these activities.

We were also given the opportunity to serve more in our community, such as being part of helping out with the Punnix Fair. We set up some games for the little ones while there was a bunch of resources. And it was really nice to be a part of it because knowing that there's people out there that want to help out and showing that they care about their community. And it's such a nice way to feel connected with your community, knowing that there's people out there that want to help. And there's a lot of help out there. There's housing and hygiene and stuff. And there's also stuff out there for young ones, like for college. And there's scholarship opportunities I think they were informing us about. Same with the Liberty House. It was really nice because they're also willing to help out the community and a lot of people. We were also able to help volunteer at the Fourth of July celebration. We set up games and gave out little goodies for everybody, and it was such a nice experience knowing that everybody could come together and watch the fireworks show. And then towards the end, we were also able to enjoy the fireworks show. Yeah.

So I'm sure you guys are all aware about Music in the Park. But Music in the Park is an event that is hosted at the Woodburn Public Library every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. It is a chance for the Woodburn community to come together and hear music and get to support local businesses that come out with all the food that's there. And I hope that you are all able to take advantage of how much fun the Music in the Park can be and just how fun summer can be.

Thank you.

And then I just wanted to take this time to invite you guys all to our coronation on August 14th. The coronation will be held downtown in the center. There will be a car show from 4 to 7, vendors, and our coronation will start at 5.30. There will also be live music by Grupo Save from 6 to 7 p.m. We hope to see you guys there. and everybody else.

Okay, thank you. Thank you.

Okay, and finally, I'd like to invite you all to a very special event, the 62nd Fiesta Mexicana. The Fiesta Mexicana is a weekend full of food, fun, and live music. I hope you're all able to join the Fiesta Mexicana court on August 21st through the 23rd at Legion Park, and to the parade on Saturday, August 22nd, starting at 11 a.m. I hope to see you all there.

You probably will. SO MUCH FOR ALREADY GIVING SO MUCH BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN SOME GREAT EVENTS, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT BEING ON THE FIESTA COURT ISN'T JUST ABOUT WEARING A CROWN. IT'S DOING A LOT IN LEADERSHIP AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED COURTS THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF IT.

Great job, ladies. Congratulations.

Thank you very much. Thank you. So, Yanira, thank you. It was a very good presentation.

Thank you. And then we're going to let our princesses head back home before it gets too late. Thank you for having us.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Bye. Bye. Great job.

So moving on, next item is communications. And I did reach out to the council about a letter I'd received from the county commissioners looking for support in trying to stop or set back the drawdown of Detroit Lake. Any questions about that? I'm looking for a motion then to support the commission on that with a letter to that effect, which they are trying to get from a lot of cities down the canyon. They have one already in support from Salem and Kaiser. Thank you.

I move to support the commission on the issue of Stopping the drawdown.

Yes, stopping the drawdown. Thank you. Move it and second it. All in favor, signify with an aye.

Aye.

No, just a point of clarification. It's not to stop the drawdown. It's to make sure that they do at least a turbidity study first of all to see what's the adverse impact.

It's not a lawsuit. It's a study that is correct. Thank you. But do what they can to do that. That's right.

Mitigate.

Councilor Grijalva, did you have any comments or anything you wanted to say?

No comments. Thank you.

no comments i agree okay then again all in favor signify with an aye aye aye aye opposed the same motion passes unanimously thank you next up is business from the public this allows the public to introduce items to the council consideration not already scheduled on the agenda comment time will be limited to three minutes i'll ask anyone from the public would like to speak TO THE COUNCIL AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. I DO HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS THAT HAVE COME IN FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE CALLED UP ON THE HERMANSON SUBDIVISION. MR. VILLADAN. Would you like to speak on that? I can give you three minutes. That would be the time, but yeah, that's an item that came in from the Planning Commission, and I don't expect it to be called up, but certainly if you have something to say, give me an opportunity to speak on it.

Absolutely, I just want to bring some concerns to your attention, especially.

Please give me your name and sit down. Relax, enjoy it for a moment.

My name's Avellino. I live in Woodburn. I live on Hermanson Street. And I just want to bring some concerns up to you guys, especially this last weekend, especially on the intersection of Cleveland and 99E. It was talked about and brought up as a hazard. to that development at the first meeting that we took place last month. But it seems like it just got overseen with everything else that they were discussing about the plans and the extensions and the pipeline and everything, how it was going to get developed. So that hazard is still going to be there even after the development is put in place. And with, you know, the actions and incident that happened this last weekend, I mean, they're talking about 90 units getting put in. On average, every household is about five family members. I feel like we'd be putting 450 members of the community at risk by not addressing that issue, which is that intersection, which I personally take every day to go to work. I don't know if that part during that whole conversation meeting just got overseen, but it's an issue and it's been an issue and it's going to continue to be an issue. And that's why I'm still opposed for that development to go in because we were not ready for it. That intersection is not ready for it. So and with that being said, the cross traffic that it's going to create on Deer Run and Hermanson Street for people to run into town, I mean, again, it's just, I feel like there's no crowd control there. There's no, I don't know, motivation to put some safety features in effect to help pursue that development. Don't get me wrong. I'm opposed to the development, but at the same time, you're all going to do what you think is best for the community, which is why you're sitting up here. But I mean, if I don't do my part in letting you guys know how I feel and what's going on around us, because it's there i mean it's at the end of the day my family got to look for and protect so i mean i don't know if it's coming across but i mean something needs to get done about that intersection and then as far as crowd control especially if you're going to make another interest on on legion off of 99 so and i personally have lost friends on that 990 strip. So it's, I mean, I don't know if reducing the speed is called for or if we need to get ODOT involved or how we go about surveying that intersection. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's come up here and talked to you about it, but it's bad. Okay, thank you very much for sharing.

That's something that, yeah, I think the engineers in the city will be looking at.

I have a question. I don't believe that the entrance and exit, I believe they are on Yonge Street. I don't think that Cleveland Street is used at all for those, because there's a railroad track. And I don't think there's going to be any crossing. I believe Holly Street is proposed to be opened up which would take you to Cleveland.

Okay.

Moving on, I don't see anyone else that has anything to say without other things on the agenda. So next up is the consent agenda. Items listed on the consent agenda are considered routine and may be adopted by one motion. Any item may be removed for discussion at the request of a council member. I'd like the city recorder to please read the items aloud that are on the consent agenda.

The items on the consent agenda are as follows. Woodburn City Council minutes of July 14th, 2026, traffic enforcement report April through June, traffic enforcement quarterly report 2026, quarter two.

Thank you. Any questions, anyone? Then I'd entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda as presented. I move to adopt the consent agenda as presented. Move to do their second.

Second.

Move and second it. All in favor say in front of an aye.

Aye.

Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Moving on, we do not have any table business. Next up, we do have a public hearing. So open the public hearing. And let's see, the staff has a short presentation.

Hi, Mayor. Counselor is Renata Wakely, Special Projects Director. This hearing is being held as part of the Community Development Block Grant closeout process. The city was originally awarded $417,926 in Community Development Block Grant CARES Act COVID-19 Impact Assistance Grant funding in October 2025. to help our partners respond to the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus for income-qualifying persons and households. Specifically, the City was required to partner with Aware Food Bank, owned and managed by Marion Polk FoodShare, to purchase food and health-related supplies to help bridge the current gap in services under the Aware Food Bank's service umbrella. Ultimately, the Business Oregon Identified Additional Cares Act impact assistance grant funding from other projects that may not have been able to move forward in a timely manner, and they increased our CDBG award to $470,412. Marion Polk Food Share estimates 354,000 pounds of food, shelf-stable food, and over 295,000 meals were served or purchased with these additional dollars, and with the city serving as a conduit. The purpose of the hearing is for the City Council to review the results of the project with citizens and for the City Council to obtain citizen views and comments about the local government's performance on the project. I will also note that we have Ian Dixon McDonald, Vice President of Programs for Mayor and Polk Food Chair, who can take questions from the council either before or after public comment. And he may have comments as well, Mayor.

Okay, thank you. Do we have any public comments that we're expecting? OK. Thank you. So this is a measure of following through with the grant application, which has already happened.

Close out requirement. Yep. We have drawn down all funds. Mary and Pope Food Share have submitted all their receipts. And we're expected to close out the grant by next month.

Thank you. Ian, thank you for being with us. Do you have anything you'd like to share regarding the process?

Sure. Really, I would just like to express my gratitude to the city of Woodburn, the whole council here, and the staff that we've had the pleasure to work with. This grant just made a huge difference in the lives of thousands of people in Woodburn and the surrounding communities. The pounds of food that was shared is equivalent to about 425,000 meals. And this comes at a time when we already were seeing declines in our food supply from the USDA and ongoing increases in need, especially in the Woodburn area. And we were able to purchase really high quality foods at a really good pricing. The food that we purchased averaged about $1.23 a pound. So that's why we're able to stretch that to over 350,000 pounds. So that included things like cheese, tuna, ground beef, tortillas, chicken, eggs, shelf-stable milk, canned fruit, masa flour and white flour, among other products. So it was just an incredibly helpful thing. I'm really thankful to Jamie and Renata and EVERYBODY AT BUSINESS OREGON AS WELL TO HELP MAKE THIS WORK AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR GROHAVA, DID YOU HAVE ANY?

NO QUESTIONS.

We certainly appreciate the work that you have done also. We're sorry that there's such a need for the type of assistance that we're getting, but it certainly is helping our community. So greatly appreciate the work that you've done and what our community is able to do to help also. So with that, I will close the public hearing. And that is it, and that finishes our responsibility.

Lots of the receipts were spent locally as well, I will say. Marion FoodShare does a nice job of making sure they're supporting our local businesses as well.

For sure. Thank you, Renata. Okay, moving on to general business. The first step is Council Bill 3308.

Would you introduce Council Bill 3308? Yes, I'd like to introduce Council Bill number 3308.

Council Bill 3308 has been duly introduced and as a resolution requires one reading, may we have that reading by title only if there's no objection?

Council Bill number 3308, a resolution declaring the public necessity and purpose for acquisition of a water line easement and authorizing good faith negotiations and condemnation actions.

Thank you. Do we have a staff report on this? Yes.

Yes, so this project is a public works project. I know Curtis is online and may be able to answer some specifics around the actual improvement that we're looking to construct, but essentially this is to complete a water line connection between two properties that are on Mount Hood Avenue between the Salud Medical Center property and the adjacent property, which is currently the Mount Hood self-storage facility. There is a current water line on both properties, but they don't connect. we the city has identified this area for both in the water master plan for a looped system but also for fire suppression purposes so with some of the improvements at this medical center facility they are unable at this point in time to meet the fire suppression requirements needed for the hydrants both on that site but also likely adjacent sites due to just the increased development in that area. So it's really important that we acquire the easement rights on the adjacent property. It's a five foot connection, about 80 square feet of area is what we're looking for because we need eight feet on either side of the water line total easement area, so five feet by 16 feet is the easement area we'd be looking to acquire. I do know that Public Works has been in communication with the property owner, who I believe is here this evening, to informally work through negotiations to try to acquire those rights, but this step this evening would be to actually declare the public purpose and authorize staff, if needed to, to undertake formal condemnation proceedings, which would run through the city attorney's office.

Thank you, any questions of staff at this point? I do have two comment cards, I'm assuming from the owners. First up is Kim Griffiths. Welcome and as we do, you have three minutes to. No problem. Sure, thank you.

My name is Kim Griffiths and I am 50% owner of Mount Hood Self Storage and I thank you for hearing what I have to say tonight. I come before you tonight extremely frustrated. KWG Enterprises, Mount Hood Self Storage is a DBA, commenced construction on Mount Hood Self Storage in approximately 2017. We were required by various government agencies to put in thousands of dollars of architectural changes, some of which we found ludicrous. For instance, let me just name a couple, not to bore you or go on with length. We were required to put in a 12-foot manhole for the 100-year flood. If this event happened, the police station would be underwater. We were also required to move our driveway, completely move it, to accommodate a fire ladder truck. to be able to suppress one-story metal buildings that were all sprinkled. These are two of many examples. The water line in question was also required. We informed SALUD that this would be a good time to hook up to the connection as any improvements that they would want to make in the future would be required for them to join while it was open. They declined. So we put up our mandatory CMU wall. We wanted to just use our buildings as a wall, but we had to put up CMU. And so here we are, seven years later, and we find ourselves negotiating with the city, not with Salud. Salud has not even contacted us about this. Only the city has. We find that the city is using its power to fight for Salud. When Salud could have prevented all this years ago, Why is the city involved between two private parties? It doesn't make sense to us. I know they need the loop closed. This water line is very important. It could have been taken care of seven years ago. But it seems to us it's pretty one-sided on Salud's side. We're asking $38,000 from Salud to dig up the asphalt for us to be able to keep it in good repair over the years. $38,000. Is it worth it to the city to go through the condemnation process?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Walt Griffiths.

Mayor, council persons, my name is Walt Griffiths. I'm the managing member of KWG Enterprises that holds real estate throughout Oregon. But I come to you today to talk about the fact that this information was already known by the public works engineers clear back in 2017 when we offered this. The city or Salud could have connected But now they come to go under our CMU wall to open up an area that we have plans for future expansion. And we take issue with the fact that the city has gotten involved. I have taken the opportunity to correspond with our ward counselor and send her information on this. I'm not sure if she transmitted that to the rest of you. I have tried to contact your city manager, but my two phone messages have gone unreplied to.

taxpayers i have returned your phone calls no yeah i have no you haven't i called the number you left for me i did you haven't received my information i did i know i did i dialed it you may have dialed it but you didn't talk to me or leave a message i left you a voicemail on whatever machine was the number you left i just want to clarify i did i did return your call well

So let me just go back to the fact that we have offered through Diago Garcia information, they've offered $10,000. And I see under the staff report that the financial impact will be the responsibility of the Yakima Valley Farmers Working Worker Clinic for all of this. Now the question is why is the city involved? This is not a public issue. This is a private issue. This is an issue that before Salud did any improvements starting in 2024, their water line for water suppression was undersized to their fire hydrant in the back of their property, as told to me by the fire marshal. Because we checked out connecting with them when we built to see if we could connect and make the loop. So if it's so important now, why wasn't it important seven years ago? Now if you think you're dealing with a small time business, you're dealing with a business that the CEO makes $685,000 a year. The COO makes $424,000 a year. Physicians are paid plus or minus half a million dollars a year. The projects officer for 10 months.

You've used up your time.

Thank you for coming. 10 months did $624,000 of income. The city has no business, no business whatsoever between two private parties.

Thank you for coming in. Thank you. So do we have any discussion?

Looks like we need to go back and look into this a little deeper. I'm not comfortable voting on it tonight.

I think irregardless, I think this has been looked after quite a while by the city.

But I've never heard these concerns before.

That's because we weren't told you were gonna talk about it.

Any other discussion?

Well, my understanding of what's before the council is a resolution that would authorize good faith negotiations to resolve this matter, which obviously negotiating is much preferred to litigation, but it does offer the opportunity because of the public necessity of moving forward with an adverse possession action, if necessary, because the parties are unable to, in good faith, negotiate a resolution. So that is my understanding of what the resolution before us is, and I would support that.

I agree. Any other comments?

I'll just say, since it was pointed out that an email was sent to me, it may have been missed. I don't recall seeing an email. So I did not forward anything on to anybody.

Could we have a roll call vote, please?

Yes.

Councillor Bravo?

Yes.

Councillor Cornwell? No. Councillor Wilk?

Yes.

Councilor Schaub?

Yes.

Councilor Cantu? Yes. Councilor Gujalva?

Yes.

Okay, the resolution passes five to one. One against. Thank you. Next up is award of contracts for an on-call construction services.

Good afternoon, Mr. Merrick. Counselors, this is Curtis Phillips, your public works director. Can you guys hear me okay? Yes, we can. Thank you, Curtis. Go ahead. Perfect. This is a contract the public works put out to try to be a little bit more efficient in our contracting through all of our departments and all of the city when it comes to some of the construction projects. like some concrete work or if we have to do some small pipe repairs or maybe, you know, do some repairs on a building or small things like that. So we put out an RFP for this project or for this contract. The evaluating team came through and found that we had three contractors that could specialize in pretty much three different areas. And we bring it to you tonight so that we can have three contractors under one contract in the sense that will allow us to pick and choose or go down the list to see which one we can actually use that fits our situation the best. So basically we're going to have one year contracts with each one of the three contractors that we have listed on our recommendation here. And we'll be able to renew those up to five years so that we can keep our costs down as far as the administration of contracts. That's pretty much the gist of it.

So Curtis, who in your department is the one that would decide on picking up one of these three companies?

Contractors.

Yeah, one of these contractors.

Yeah, what would be is our, probably one of our supervisors from either water, wastewater, streets, police department, parks, We'd go to Dago and pretty much just explain what their project is going to entail or what the repairs are. And we would basically either go down the list if we felt that all of them were qualified or if we felt that one of them was more specialized. Using Gelco as a good example, if we have a sewer manhole repair that we need to do, they're probably of the three the most qualified to do that kind of work. Smaller contract jobs for like... you know, other things that would be building repairs or something along those lines. Jelco's not really an expert on that kind of stuff, so it would allow us to use one of the other two. So, Dago Garcia and myself would probably be the ones that would be deciding which one of these contractors that we actually used.

And we've used all three of these in the past for similar projects?

No, we've only used one in the past, and that's a gel coat, to my knowledge. The other two with the evaluation team met all of the criteria that we had required during our bidding process.

Thank you. Any other questions? No. Entertain a motion.

I move to award contracts for on-call construction services to the three highest ranked proposers, GT Excavating LLC, Landis and Landis Construction LLC, and Jelco Construction Company.

Second.

Thank you. All in favor, signify with an aye. Aye. Opposed, the same.

Aye.

Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, Curtis. Next up is Woodburn School District and the City of Woodburn Intergovernmental Agreement for Three School Resource Officers.

Good evening. My name is Jason Milliken. I'm your chief of police. And tonight I am here to ask for the authorization for renewal of our IGA with the school district. There's really nothing new. This is literally just a renewal. No additional funds are asked for, just merely a continuation of our current IGA. It's to supplement the income of the three officers. It doesn't cover it.

And part of this school is responsible for part of the...

Yes, that is correct. The school is responsible for $105,000.

So that's totally the city's... Correct. And your experience... Dealing with SROs over the years has been... Yeah, it's, well, it's... How's it work?

Anymore, it's kind of cherished, actually, because we're one of the few that still has SROs that work. A lot of, as you know, through various reasons a few years ago, a lot of agencies dumped the SROs. But we kept them. In fact, we added one position. or last year, to go from two to three. And so I'm still trying to get the third SRO in there. We're trying to get our staff. Our staffing numbers are almost there. We're getting the people through training. But I can tell you that what's been interesting is the last year with Bill Ochendikoff, one of our SROs, and Andrew McCowan, They just hit the ground running, and we've gotten so many good comments about them for them. It's actually been kind of pretty neat to see. It's been going very well for us. In fact, when I was talking to Casey Woolley, one of the school admin, he couldn't say enough about Bill. He sees Bill more than he does Andrew, and so he couldn't say enough about him. So it's been going very well, and we're excited to continue this program.

Mr. Mayor, I might just add that one of the keys to success here is Chief Milliken's leadership and understanding that selecting the right police officer for that job is critical to its success. The program remains a high level of support, both within the school district and with school admin staff, but it's not by accident. We understand the subtlety and the nuance of police officers in schools and working with young people. And I'm happy to say that the police have represented, I think, not only the city well, but those people who are victimized in school. A lot of people don't realize that a lot of our kids in school are victims of crimes and don't have an adult in their life or any access to authority other than a teacher or a school resource officer. and there's a lot of good stories that i think that have good outcomes that have come because of the program over the years in this regard in terms of representing the community and the resources and services provided by the city to young people in the school itself so a lot of people think that they're there to somehow enforce laws on kids but a lot of these kids are victims of crimes and victim victim of situations that they have no no control over and this is just another tool to help leverage resources into the school district to help address those needs

It's been very successful. And something to add to that is, speaking of the selection, is both of these came from the outside. They were both lateral hires. Because when we originally opened it up, nobody who was there currently wanted it. Because the SRO position is challenging. It's political. There is some nuances to it. It's not just jump in a police car and go out and take calls. It's a very, very different job. I won't force anybody to do that job and I was not going to do that. And so that's why we opened up and we're thankful that we got the two that we did.

Do the SROs have any either influence or referencing to the teen court program?

They do. They are involved with the teen court program. In fact, Bill was, I think, judge, I think, the first time around. And so he enjoyed that and thought it was pretty neat, pretty good experience. So yeah.

I've heard that from Salem. They think it's a very good thing. They do.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's just overall, it's just really successful program. And I'm pretty proud of what they've done.

Thank you. Any questions for the chief? I don't have any questions. I just have a comment. Actually, I read through that intergovernmental agreement. Wow, that's a lot for those SROs to assimilate all this information. And then plus, like you say, the important thing is personality because they need to be able to relate to these individuals these victims of either crime or or um abuse or right whatever whatever they are yes they wear many hats yes yes they do yeah well you should just have everybody read this it's amazing thank you i do have one uh uh citizen i'd like to comment on it mr freeland yeah would you like to come up and speak

Hi there. I'm Devin Vreeland. Good evening. Sorry? Good evening. Good evening. So I've got kids in the Woodburn School District. Currently, I have one kid there. And I guess in my experience, I think we don't have a SRO at French Prairie Middle School. um i think they used to um i guess in my experience you know i haven't seen any real justification for having an officer in the school and i'm very involved with the school and it's not like a topic that comes up a lot and i think a lot of people don't know what um what the SROs are doing, or what the purpose is, or how they're interacting with the kids, or how they're interacting with the teachers. And it feels like something that's been put on us. and i think you know i don't know the advantage of having an sro but i do know that you know if a child gets involved in a court system in our legal system that can be very damaging and yeah so i don't i don't understand the justification i don't understand i think a lot of parents probably don't understand the justification and i'm also on the budget committee for the school board. And I know for a fact that, you know, 105 grand a year, I think that's per officer, right, is... No, that's the total. Well, it's still a lot of money that they don't have. You know, there's a lot of programs that they can't do. And, you know, teachers, teachers' aides, you know, they can't hire. And... Things I think that would be a lot more beneficial to the kids, a better use of our tax dollars, honestly. And this is nothing against law enforcement. I just don't know that that's the best solution that's going to improve our children's lives the most. And in terms of safety, my experience So, okay, I've got a story, like, 2012, Sandy Hook happened. My daughter's at Nellie Muir. And we dropped her off at school, like, I don't know, it's like a couple days later. You know, we were driving away from the school, and there's a guy with an assault rifle walking down the street, right, towards Nellie Muir. He's, like, on haze. And we called the police. And know we were told well he's allowed to have a gun and i think i don't remember exactly but they said well you know the guy and it's okay don't worry about it and of course we went back to the school and we're like hey just so you know guy there's a lot while you're full is walking down the street and we don't know why um and i just i don't know it's i don't have experience that shows me what the benefit is. It shows me what the justification is. And like I said, it's a lot of money that could be spent elsewhere.

Thank you very much for coming and sharing.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Can I make a comment? Yes, thank you for your service. As far as the budget committee, it's really essential that we have citizens that are part of that. I work at the school, I've worked at Woodburn schools for over 40 years, and that makes me old, I know. The school resource officer, I can see your point, but they are essential. They build community within the community. Children kind of have a level of respect as well as fear when it comes to police officers, in my opinion. You don't have to agree with me. That's fine.

Do they need to be afraid in school though? They're afraid of a lot of things. Do they need to be afraid in school, too, you know, of stepping out of line?

That's why the officer is there to build the community to show that they're people, too. And I've seen many times where the officers have been there when situations have occurred, and thank goodness the officer is there because they've taken control of the situation. They're able to contact. the chief and let them know what's going on so things are handled immediately. Sometimes students get completely out of control, and as a teacher, we are not trained to deal with that. And if they have a PO or someone like that, the resource officer can come along, take the kid alongside, deescalate the situation, and get him the help that he needs. And without them there, this kid is escalated And no one really knows how to give him the sports scaffolding they need. Hopefully they do somewhat, but it's so unpredictable. Every day is unpredictable. And you may say you know your children, you know they're friends, but your boots are not on the ground day to day. They're not.

No, I'm not saying that at all. I know there's problems. And my only comment is that A police officer is not necessarily the response. That's the guy with the gun in the school. And that's not necessarily the solution to every situation. And I understand things happen. But I guess a big part of what I'm saying is it's not communicated to us, the parents. We just show up and there's a police officer in the school. I wouldn't talk to that. when we go to school, you know, before the year starts, it's not like we have a discussion about it or anything. You know, I think the teachers and the administrators want that because they want to handle the out of control children, I guess. But, you know, fine. Sorry. I want to move on here. Yeah, I'm sorry.

It's okay. Thank you again for sharing. This is open for other discussion from council.

Chief, am I under correct understandings if this resource officers are there, but they can get called out if there's essentially needs in the community at the time that they're on duty at the school?

That is correct. They can. We still serve the entire community. That includes SROs. And so sure, there could be times where they're pulled out of the schools to respond to help officers you know, more dangerous incidents, maybe domestic violence calls, active threats, things like that. So sure, they could be caught out of the schools.

Because I can see where people might think, well, what are they doing all day?

Right.

And I see them in there working on other things. I never see them just standing around, you know, twiddling. They're always on task doing something or out in the halls visiting.

Yeah, there's... I probably don't need to cover a lot of it, but I can tell you I don't want to say a majority, but a lot of their time is spent handling what we call DHS referrals. And what happens is these referrals come in to our detective sergeant. We can get anywhere from one to three a day to 10 to 20 a week. And these referrals usually involve physical or sexual abuse. And not all, but a fair amount of them. And then what happens is, depending on the circumstances, situation, things of that nature, are they students at a certain school, we would give that case to the SRO to make the initial contact to see and determine what has happened. And then the SRO may take it from there and run with it and remake the Liberty House referral, things of that nature. And or it's a significant serious offense that's alleged that may go to our detective division and be taken over by them, depending on the allegations, of course. So that's why I say they wear many hats. They're not just police officers. They also act in a detective capacity, if you will. And so they do spend a lot of time on DHS referrals, unfortunately.

One of the things we've also found, I think, pretty beneficial, it's worth noting, just community-wide are these relationships, this community you're talking about, Councillor, has been important in the work that the city council has done in addressing the uptick of gang presence and the gang activity at the school district and the city work to address collaboratively in the last several years. And ancillary things in the community around crime, some violence, and also graffiti. This has been a key tool and relationship for us to help address those things throughout the community as well. Our SROs provide information, have access to kids, and a lot of those kids are involved in these activities. And so that is a link each there that is really beneficial for the community and a lot of the city to be, I think, an effective partner in addressing those issues, which we've had some success out. I think we all recognize that. So the youth coordinator outreach program and the collaborations of the schools and addressing the expulsion issues, gang-related activity, couldn't have happened as effectively as it did without the SROs, for sure. They were a key part of that, for example.

And we also toured McLaren. And I think some students reenter the school district after serving their time at McLaren. So it's good to have that scaffolding to know the student, have someone to turn to that they feel like, OK, I don't have to wade through. I can go talk to this person.

Good point. Any other? So I just have one comment. I appreciate Mr. Freeland, your comments and concerns and Councillor Cornwell, your perspective as well. It occurs to me that one area where there could be some improvement is communication with parents about what the value and role of SROs in the schools are. So I don't know if that falls on the city's plate or on the school district's plate or maybe a little bit of both. at both, but I think the more informed people are about the value and the resource that they offer, the better I think our community would be served.

Yeah, I agree fully with- Thank you for bringing that up. Yes, Councilor Wilk.

Okay. Other comments? I'd entertain a motion.

Okay. Excuse me. I move to authorize the city to enter an intergovernmental agreement with the Woodburn School District and to assign three Woodburn Police Department full-time school resource officers to be present in the schools. Okay.

Is there a second?

Second.

Moving to second, all in favor, signify with an aye. Aye. Opposed with the same. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Moving on to leasing specialists, LLC contract award for motorcycles.

Yes. Thank you. I'm still here. So here we are. I'm sorry. It's been a little while since I presented. So I was thinking about it. I'd have to make sure and get everything in order here. Yes. Long story short, we still have our two traffic units. And unfortunately, just like regular motor vehicles, our motorcycles, their service time is about up. And so it's time to renew a new contract in order to purchase two new motorcycles. And along with that also comes all the equipment with it. That's why you see the cost the way it is. These machines are not cheap. It'll be a while before we get them. It takes a while. But unfortunately, that is, I dare say, the cost of doing business. And they're valuable to us because obviously we have As you have heard many, many times in your traffic concerns, traffic complaints, our city is growing. We are dealing currently with the growing pains of that. And so part of that is having a robust traffic unit that can handle the needs. Also, they're crucial to parades such as Fiesta. So pretty vital to our organization. So I am asking for a contract to go and extend our leasing contract with leasing specialists for the amount of money of $111,364.

Is two the total that what you'll have?

That is correct. We still currently have our two older motorcycles. We'll still have them for a little while until we get the new ones. I'm kicking around a few other ideas, but I'm not prepared to discuss them at this time. But yes, we will eventually replace those.

Thank you. Questions? We have a motion.

I move to award a contract in the amount of $111,364, the total estimated cost over the next four years, to leasing specialists LLC for the acquisition of two BMW police motorcycles with an additional 20,000 contingency authorized to account for potential increases in final outfitting costs and financing adjustments. Authorize the city manager or his designee to sign the vehicle lease agreement with leasing specialist LLC.

Thank you. Is there a second? Second. Move to second it. All in favor of the motion signify with an aye.

Aye.

Opposed with the same? Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Next up is purchase of fitness equipment for our new fitness room, Mill Creek Community Center program.

Yes, but I...

Good evening, city council, mayor, Jesse Cuomo, community services director. So before you tonight, I have a purchasing agreement for our city manager to hopefully enter into for the purchase of the fitness equipment in our soon coming Mill Creek Community Center. Obviously, you've seen some vertical steel going up. The building's taking shape nicely. We've obviously had our bumps in road, but it's moving. The project's moving forward as best as it can at this point. And this is one of those items that will be taking up space. We have a 2,100 square foot fitness space in this location. and um so we wanted to make sure we were equipping it with you know ideal um high-end equipment that can also that can meet the commercial abuse and community abuse that it will and just have a wide range of equipment too i feel like with this i have some background in this space prior to this this career and so i think we're really trying to maximize every square foot we don't have a huge fitness space but i really do feel like with the um breadth of different machines and equipment, free weights, machines, all of the types of equipment we have in here. You even see like yoga mats and things for the cardio weight room, or sorry, for the fitness classroom as well in there. So this is just before you tonight. I'm happy to answer any questions on this stuff. I was privileged enough to drive up to Seattle and back or just past Seattle and back for the day and actually tour the facility where a lot of the cardio equipment's coming out of. the Precor facility. So we're purchasing through Pacific Fitness, but the actual, a lot of the equipment's coming through Precor, which a majority of their equipment is manufactured in the US. And then they have really strict, really strict oversight on anything that they send overseas to get manufactured. And I was able to actually see how they test those things. They have some, you know, they had, one example was they had casters from one of their ellipticals that, one of their elliptical brands, Lions, was getting built overseas, and a manufacturer wanted to put in a different caster, and they were very specific on it, and they were like, well, send us what you have. And they put it through some testing, and they immediately failed. And they were like, well, we're not putting those on our machines. And they were like, well, let us try this again. So they sent some other ones, and they actually had them on this machine for seven years, or for, sorry, for, yeah, it was, sorry, it was... Sorry, it was 14 months. It was seven casters. That's where my numbers are going to mix up. But they were running it constantly for a year and a half, constant, with 350 pounds of pressure. And so they do these types of things and tests. So it was really nice to actually be able to feel and touch the equipment. It's hard to tell with a lot of this equipment because it's all encased in plastic. And so you just never know what is really good. But you actually got to go to the machining shop and hold the components and stuff. And I feel really good about the equipment we'll be getting. I think it's going to provide a nice... Option to for the kind of wide range of clientele. We're hoping to get at the facility Whether it's kind of younger adults or people kind of in there later in life I think we're gonna have a lot of good options even in a limited space We have so happy to answer any questions on this, but that's what before you tonight Yes

The layout? Yeah. Is all of this, that's the equipment that's going in here, that's part of the 234? Correct. Yeah. Okay. Because I was trying to go through to look at all the... pieces of equipment. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Okay, now this one goes here.

Yeah, it's kind of playing the little puzzle. It was kind of fun too because I've been out of that space for, you know, just shy of probably 15 years or so. So like a lot of it's the same, but there's some new toys that I was like, oh, this is fun. You kind of see things. And I think it's going to be really neat to see. I think that all the stuff is really updated, touch screens, types of things like that. It's just going to have a really high scale feel, I think, for our community.

Are they easy to use?

yeah yeah they are they're they're very basic they're very kind of intuitive um i always show you know the most advanced piece of technology you're walking around with your pocket and it's your iphone and if if my three-year-old can find a way onto youtube in about two seconds you know that's how everything should be and so um that's very similar to how this equipment is too especially with the weight equipment It's very, very good in that way. My hope is once we get staffing and things that people get offered an opportunity to get a tour of how to use the equipment because there is a lot of fear and hesitancy when someone is kind of beginning their fitness journey they're like oh I want to do this and then they get their membership and then they go wait I don't know how to use that is that a torture device or is that a piece of fitness equipment and so to be able to go through and say actually you need to have this machine at this height for you and things like that I think will be really important and I also think it allows us to build a bridge with the community and also will help drive our membership and our return on investment for the facility so There's a lot more to come, but this is kind of the base start of let's get this stuff kind of in place, and there will be more of these types of things coming with the soft cost items coming through.

Okay, thank you. How close to the budget were you on this?

So this was within our soft cost budget. This is kind of in the realm of what we were expecting to spend on the type of fitness equipment.

It seems kind of low.

Oh, well, no, this is honestly, we went through and there's, we actually went with the top end of all of the equipment we were getting. So we, there's like lower models, which don't have like the, you know, screens where you can watch your content or things like that. And we actually went with a higher end, plus you get a little higher quality longevity out of the pieces. And so, so yes, we're supposed, you know, it might be, I don't know if it's low. I don't think we have a huge facility. You saw the layout. But we'll see. What will happen is in about five years, we'll be looking at how do we replace some of the treadmills and things like that. going to be maintaining them obviously with service contracts and things like that but then things will just run their course especially heavily used pieces of equipment they just do you know the weight equipment will probably be there for a decade all the dumbbells and stuff will be there forever but it's the treadmills it's the steppers it's the you know ellipticals those types of things they just get a little a little different wear and tear counselor you had a comment a question

Yeah, I just had a couple of questions. It's probably too soon to ask these questions about there definitely will be a fee schedule that will be for using the fitness center and another fee schedule for using the pool where some of the money will eventually go towards maintenance of those things. And then my other part, it would be nice to have some actual fitness trainers and be that part of a program that people could purchase like they do in most gyms. Is it too soon to start thinking about those things? Is that in your planning for the operating of it and the cost and fee?

So absolutely, the city has always offset the cost of the aquatic center and now soon to be community center. We hope to have as much cost recovery as possible, over 50% with having this facility. And I think with having some of the new amenities, I think it will be definitely obtainable to do that. We will be coming with a fee schedule to the council for approval prior to opening the facility. And we'll probably update a lot of our fee schedule at that time, park rentals and other things. And so we'll be looking at the kind of variety of options in type of membership types. Prior to closure, we had day passes, we had punch passes where you buy like 20 punches. We had monthlies, we had yearlies, all those types of things. And so I think we just kind of need to look at the landscape and what that looks like now. I think it would be a little difficult to separate out aquatic fitness and dry land fitness. I think it might be like, hey, you're getting access to all these kind of amenities. But we will definitely be looking at different options. I know even some facilities do kind of prime times of day. So hey, if you want a membership that's in the middle of the day when we're really slow, it's going to cost you less. I don't know if we would go down that road. But I can tell you, I think one thing we will heavily consider is the in-district or in-city, out-of-city rate, because we don't want our residents to subsidize maybe the use of outside users. I would say about 18% to 20% of our users of the Aquatic Center was coming from the outside area using our pool at that time. So like Silverton, things like that. So it's just a lot of those pieces we're going to be figuring out over the coming months and year. But that will come, we'll get to that.

And she had a question about a trainer.

Oh, yes. And then personal trainers, absolutely. Personal training is, honestly, it's a good cost recovery model too. But it just gets people, again, ideally in situations I've done in the past, if you can, you would connect the personal trainer to give that orientation of the equipment at no cost. And then they'd have an opportunity to say, hey, if you're interested, we could set you up on a once a week kind of thing and get you going or twice a week, whatever the case is. That's how I've at least done it in other facilities, but we'll see what that comes. But having personal trainers, especially with having the equipment. Another dream of mine with you having an aquatic facility and a fitness facility is trying to find partnerships with physical therapy types of locations that maybe don't have a lot of equipment. We do have some in town that are pretty well equipped, even have small pools. But if there are groups that, you know, a doctor's office that don't maybe have the access to what they're wanting, maybe there can be a partnership there.

And then my question, I always ask when the community center opens up, we're still on schedule.

We're hoping so. There's definitely, you know, there's definitely many. It's that darn old building that's going to cause us the most headaches. But so far, that kind of June date we're looking at, we haven't heard kind of a full catastrophic stop or anything from the Triple Omen team. So as of tonight, I can say, yes, we are. But you just never know that. That older building has given us headaches left and right.

all right thank you absolutely thank you jesse any other questions comments or just one quick comment i suppose so 234 000 seems like a lot of money for equipment but i i noticed going through the price list that we got a substantial discount on everything was not a matter of negotiation or do they just try to uh

I strong-armed them. Scott said, go fight them. No, we really didn't. It was part of the procurement process. So they're part of Oregon Buys, and they're on several procurement projects. procurement contracts across the nation. And so they do this often with bigger groups and it benefits them as well to kind of knock down their pricing. And so there was no real strong arming. This was kind of one of those things. Honestly, it's one of my least favorite things in the world when I call someone and they're like, well, what's your budget? I'm like, no, just give me the price. That's the best. Why do I have to have this conversation? And they were like that from the get go. They were saying, hey, this we feel like this is fair and this is good and it really is when you kind of look around if you go to look at buying this equipment off this contract it's significantly more and so that's why you do see such a cost savings okay okay i move to authorize the city manager to sign a purchasing agreement with

Pacific Surrey Fitness Products LLC in the amount of $234,779.45 for the purchase of fitness equipment for the Mill Creek Community Center. Thank you. Second.

Thank you. Motion and second. All in favor signify with an aye.

Aye.

Opposed the same.

One more quick question. So are you going to store it somewhere, or will it not be delivered?

They won't deliver it until we get to that point. And again, the ellipticals and treadmills and things like that are literally made right outside of Seattle. And then they have a large storage facility in Glass. It's just right out of Portland. They have a facility that Pacific Fitness has. So this just kind of places orders, secures our pricing, because they expect pricing increases. I think they actually held us to the prior year rates. But this just kind of puts everything contract-wise in place. And then once we get close to opening, they will come and install everything for us, make sure everything's up and running. There's going to be some time with some trial and error and just making sure everything's up. And it's going to take them a few days to even get all the equipment down and installed.

And then you'll go test it all, right?

I will. I'll watch Jim do it. And then I'll, you know. Okay. Thank you, Justin. Thank you guys so much.

Moving on, we do not have any other business. Next up is we have one item underneath the Planning Commission and Administrative Land Use Actions, which the Planning Commission has handled and not much that we really can do about that. Is there any interest?

Mr. Mayor, I did want to comment on the public comment that came in earlier related to traffic and specifically around this project, if that's okay. Sure. So the Planning Commission when they reviewed this application there was a TIA a traffic impact analysis that was completed for the project and that TIA did look at both the Cleveland Highway 99 intersection as well as the what will be the new intersection which is across from the US Foods driveway and So that will be aligned and essentially the improvements for the new intersection on 99 will have protected left hand turn lanes for going in and out of this development. The Cleveland intersection itself won't have specific improvements made, but the developer is contributing a proportionate share contribution to a TSP project for that intersection. So Cleveland and 99 improvements are on our TSP It's a medium priority project with a cost estimate of over a million dollars, so probably not happening anytime soon, but that intersection was studied. It does have a high crash rate, 19 crashes over a five-year period of time, mostly people turning left to go north. to 99 which I think you would expect so again that intersection was studied as well as where this new intersection south of Cleveland will be across from the US food driveway but those intersections will function and actually look a little bit different because at the Cleveland intersection there is no protected lane for turning movements this one will have protected turning lane movements So I just wanted to point that out.

And it's probably too close to the other light to put another light in there. And it's a state road, too.

Yeah. So the 99 and Cleveland intersection, the TSP project that's identified is installation of what's called intersection traffic control improvements, such as a traffic signal. But the problem is the proximity not to the next light to the north, but the railroad. And so that's the wild card in terms of what improvement goes there. And that would definitely need to be a city ODOT cooperative project, just given the cost and all of the complexities around it. So yeah, this developer is not making any improvements to that intersection. They are contributing what we consider a proportionate fair share. It's a very small dollar amount in terms of the overall project cost because they're only contributing a small number of those trips to that intersection. There will be a number of trips that do navigate and turn out at Cleveland instead of the primary driveway to the south, but that's how we were able to at least, you know, address to the extent that we could legally that concern.

And since it's a state highway, we cannot reduce speed. We cannot move through 25 down to 25.

Yeah, so ODOT would need to do a traffic speed study. I do believe after this development is completed, there may be justification, just like we did out at the Amazon facility. Once new developments are completed and there's additional traffic volumes, we can request a new speed study because right after you pass Cleveland is essentially where the speed jumps up again. And so with this new development being to the south, it's something that we could look into. But it'd probably be once all of these homes are constructed.

Okay.

Any other questions?

Thank you. Any questions on that?

Yeah.

Okay. Thank you for that update. I appreciate it. Moving on, we'll go to the city manager's report.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a couple things for me tonight. First is, Councilor Cornwell talked about McLaren, and at our last meeting, this wasn't something that came up on the agenda at the barbecue, but The mayor did facilitate a tour of the McLaren facility that was prompted by the Marion County Grand Jury investigation into the McLaren over years. I saw the secret. I was called. I testified in front of that grand jury about the city's history and relationship with McLaren, at least for the years that I've been with Lindburn. And one of the grand jury recommendations was that McLaren collaborate with more local partners, including the city of Woodburn, to try to institute various volunteer programs, community interaction, to try to put more services and resources of the community to support the people being housed in McLaren. we would like to do that. So the city has reached out to McLaren. The mayor and I have met with the director of the program at the state. We've met with the superintendent of McLaren at least once in addition to the tour. And we're continuing to try to foster this dialogue. I think there's a real a real community interest in wanting to see people being released to the community to be embraced and good community members, our neighbors and our friends and brothers and sisters, and we want people to be successful. We're going to continue that dialogue. It seems that the city is willing, but I know that the state is building resources there to try to address the issues that washed out of all of the news. But it's an opportunity to be pursued down the road, I think, this collaboration. the other thing is uh you counselors may have seen late last week there was a news article about potentially people impersonating ice agents that conducted to stop in the area of woodburn we don't believe it was inside city limits uh the article i read we made a reference to uh woodburn clackamas county which is probably the woodburn zip code which You know, it could be one foot outside or it could be up by Canby. I don't know where the stop was. But counselors recall during much of our public deliberations and a lot of the internal discussions about the city's response to federal enforcement, this scenario, what happens in this scenario, and how can residents know if they're acting with a legitimate law enforcement officer or not. And so it's problematic, at least from a community policing standpoint, for a lot of reasons. And so the chief and I began talking about this over the weekend. I asked Chief to be prepared just to talk a little bit tonight to the city council and to the community about how can you know residents should should know when they're interacting with a legitimate law enforcement officer representing the city of Woodburn and so I've asked chief to talk out of his team's been on that would be briefed on this issue over the weekend that today and so I'm just gonna let the chief sort of give you his thoughts on this

Yeah, it's, like Scott mentioned, we talked about it over the weekend, but really we've been talking about this since the very beginning in many different aspects. This was one of our fears of somebody impersonating ICE because of, quite frankly, their unprofessional attire they wore, things of that nature. Anybody can get that kind of stuff. You can go to any, ordered off Amazon for all I know, I'm not sure, but you probably can order the vest and things. Anyway. So some things we've talked about, some things I've presented in communities. I know when we went to President Shemeketa there a while back with the mayor, I specifically talked about Woodburn police officers, what we look like, what we wear. I was very clear to point out the patches on our shirt. There's a reason we wear this stuff. It's to readily identify ourselves as police officers, really for officer safety reasons as well, but also for the community. Especially the badge and everything we wear. I am nice, our officers wear the outer carriers, right? It's better health-wise for them, but we still have clear markings on them. Our vehicles we drive are clearly marked. You can't mistake, you almost, I would say you can't mistake them. I don't know the particulars of this traffic stop. I don't know exactly what kind of vehicle they were driving. OSP did reach out to us. because the victims came from I-5 and headed eastbound. We don't know where the suspect vehicle picked them up. Was it in the city? Was it on 211? We don't know. They did ask us for some video footage from our building. We have a camera that points out to the road. So if we can try to do that, we'll do what we can. to help them out. They obviously, we didn't have much more information to share. It is still an active investigation, so I really couldn't share that much if I knew anyway, so I do apologize. So some of the other things that we've talked about is, you know, continue to message with the public. You know, for instance, If they're really not sure, if they're getting pulled over, if they're really not sure, something doesn't seem right, and if they feel like they're in immediate danger, they can call 911. Again, there are certain parameters for that, of course. In my opinion, when you look at a clearly marked police vehicle with its lights on trying to stop somebody, it's unmistakable. Versus somebody who has a dash light on their visor or things of that nature, we don't use anything like that. We haven't had those for years. Again, I don't know what these people use to pull them over. I'm sorry, I do not know. I'm hoping that we'll find out soon enough as our investigation continues to unfold. In fact, I've had my people continue to reach out to OSP to see if we can assist them in any way we can. Because again, it may not have been in our city limits, but it was close enough. And it's a concern we've had for a while. But I think the biggest thing is to just continue to message with our community. If they ever feel threatened, especially if they're in immediate danger, call 911. If they're not sure, if they don't know, then they can call our non-emergency number. If they ever get pulled over, if they can't tell, they are certainly welcome to, and I would encourage them to ask them for identification. They need to identify who they are, where they're from. They need to show identification. They must clearly have a badge marked. They have to have that stuff. That's law. And so, I'll give you one scenario. Back in the day when we worked drug cases, even even though we had a lot of unmarked cars we wouldn't usually stop the cars ourselves we would call a patrol car to do it for a variety of reasons one being officer safety so and we want the community to know that it's a police officer doing that kind of task and so That's really the best thing that we can do is continue to message that. You know, I'll show up to any meeting anywhere and say the same things I've been saying. I'm happy to do that. This was an unfortunate incident. I hope, I hope, I hope it's not a plan. I want to be clear. i hope this was an isolated incident um but i that we can't think like that so um you know we'll obviously continue to encourage our our people to be on the lookout especially for any suspicious vehicles i can remember a few years back we had a gentleman that liked to look like he was a police officer drove around in a dodge charger and actually had it all kind of decked out he he went above and beyond which is highly unusual by the way But he went to prison for some other things.

Chief, we saw today that the governor is taking this pretty serious as well and is aware of it and has called for the Oregon State Police to try to resolve this as quickly as possible. Impersonating law enforcement is a serious crime in itself, much less other crimes that you may commit in the course of impersonating law enforcement. So it's a serious crime and And we would take it quite serious in Woodburn if somebody were impersonating a police officer.

Extremely serious.

That would be a high priority call.

Yes. That can damage our reputation. And I don't want people in our community to be afraid to call us. And so I can't have that. And so, yeah, we'll continue to message. We'll continue to talk. I'll gladly show up to any meeting anywhere, anytime. I don't want to say it's my job. It is my job, but I'm happy to do it. And so, yeah, with that being said, I think that's kind of where we're at right now. Again, I'm hoping that we learn some more about this incident so that if we get more information and then when we can release it, OSC, OSP will release it. But if we can share it, we will. Because I want to learn more about this as well and find out some of the circumstances that I wish I had answers for. I just don't. I don't know all the details yet.

The difficulty we've had, we've talked about this a lot. I mean, we've talked about it a lot just in prior months, but even over the weekend is the city and the police department aren't always aware when ICE is conducting activities in the city or outside the city. And even when the police officers have seen ICE, they don't have consistent uniforms, rental cars. So you can see how this creates an opportunity to be abused by somebody that's intending to, you know, not be law enforcement, being nefarious.

Right. Yeah, you know, we have a vulnerable population. And so, I mean, people... A lot we talked about was people being robbed or things of that nature. And so unfortunately, there are people out there that prey on these kind of incidences and use them to their advantage.

Obviously, the person or persons that got pulled over thought they were legitimate police officers. Would you advise that if somebody has some doubts as to whether? And obviously, we want citizens to stop for a police officer. Yes. If they have suspicions that it's not legitimate, they should call the police?

Yes. Yeah, if, again, that's, it's, I don't want to say the gray area, but yeah, if they feel that they're in immediate danger, I would tell any, for anything, call 911. In this situation, I think you could certainly cross that threshold, but I would also encourage, for example, if it's nighttime and you're, you know, and this is true for any situation, if you're going to be pulled over and, you know, the car behind you lights you up and you need to drive, you know, an extra block to get to the street light, I would encourage people to do that. but when we turn our activate our lights at some point you do need to stop sooner than later. So like we can't have people driving three miles to a safe point but we would tell anyone I would in fact I would probably appreciate if they waited two more blocks to pull over to a lighted area just for my own safety. So yes I think things like that if they are if they're unsure if they don't know I would say you know to keep their doors locked. They can still curl you can still don't roll down the window a half an inch and communicate with somebody And if they're unsure if they show up wearing anything but this Yeah, they can certainly ask. I would like to think we can respond to every single one. I can't guarantee that. It depends on the calls and service for the day. But this is kind of a high priority for us, especially this is such a hot topic, sensitive issue with ice just presently in our community over the last year. And this just re-soaks the flames, if you will. And for example, ice, every once in a while I can tell you that ice, would reach out to us and let us know that they are coming to our community. And then, sorry, I don't want to go on too long. But this was a couple months ago. They called and let us know they were going to be in our community for a couple hours. They showed up. They did whatever they were going to do. And they called and said they left. And then they left. But some of the groups found them and followed them. And then they called us back the next day saying it was kind of suspicious that they called to tell us they were in town and they were followed. Well, they were insinuated that we called these groups, these civilian groups. We didn't. They don't need our help. They're very capable people that were likely followed here. We didn't call anybody. So we don't help them. We don't participate with them. We don't. We don't do anything with them. So it was a little offensive, but I can handle it, and so it kind of rolls off my shoulders. But anyway, that's the kind of stuff that we deal with with them at times. It's a little frustrating.

We're contemplating some public messaging around this, too. We've done similar things in the past, and we're looking at some drafts. We may try to learn more about what the facts of this are, but we may try to message the community, too, about... ensuring that you can properly identify Woodburn police officers, what they will do, what they will not do, and how you can know as a resident that this is all law enforcement that represents your community, your police department.

Thank you.

You're welcome. Any other questions? No?

Mr. Mayor, if I may, real quickly, you have these Woodburn, Oregon, All-American City 2026 buttons. We have ordered an obscene amount of these. So there's no excuse why not every household and resident in, like, Oregon can't have one. So if you need some, let me know. But we intend to distribute these far away.

Did you order the shirts? We're working on the shirts. Yeah, no.

They're ordered.

Those are in high demand. Yes.

And I'm hoping to have them by Fiestas and maybe even for the parade.

All right. Yes. Thank you. Is that it?

Oh, I have Mr. Mayor, unless there's any questions. Thank you.

And Mayor and Council reports?

Councilor Schrapp? Well, I'll just make it quick. I did go on the tour to the facility. McLaren? McLaren. Wow, it was an eye-opener for me because, you know, you just kind of go by and seeing all the different departments that they have that offer these individuals some training. I was very impressed with that. And I'm also very glad to hear that there'll be some coordination between the city and them. Yes. I think that'll be it.

That's it. That's all I have to say. Thank you. Nothing from me today. Thank you.

Piggybacking on to councilor shop. The head of the McLaren said that before COVID they had a lot of volunteer programs where people would come from outside and work with the students and young men. in different training programs and activities and social activities, church activities, just different great things to keep the kids engaged within the community. And then after COVID, it dropped off during COVID and after COVID. And so they're hoping to somehow get the word out to get more volunteer programs back in there. And with the city's help, hopefully we'll get that word out so that more people will engage with this program group of people out there. Last Monday night I was there with the mayor at a candlelight vigil that was held at, I want to say, Pacoon. In memory of the people that were recently, their lives were taken by the ice and it was a very moving event. gathering, a lot of music, singing, and then afterwards you had the opportunity to talk to Debbie Cabrales, who used to be a counselor, about how to get involved as a member of the community to support other members of the community that may feel like their lives are not being respected or their freedom. And then beyond that, on the first, which is this Saturday, I'll do my best to say it correctly, La Morente, the tortilla factory. La Morenita. Out on the highway they've got a new building, as we all know, and they're having their own little car show. And I'm pretty excited about it because we've uncovered my old 1963 Ford Falcon and we actually got to the gas station the other day and had to tow it home. Probably not. But I don't want to break down. but I'm so excited because I know the father that is in the American dream that we all cried about. He's an avid car collector. So it's going to be exciting to see what he brings along. And it's so cool. The family and their community is supporting him. It just, I'm going just for that just to see what they'll have going on. But that's from 12 to five on Saturday.

Thank you. Councilor, do you have any,

No, I'm good, thank you. Thank you.

Councilor Wilk? I just want to reiterate what a great community we live in. We have so much going on here in Woodburn. We should all be proud of where we live.

Thank you, I agree.

I didn't get a chance to talk about it, but I was part of the delegation that went to Denver for the All-American City presentation. And I just have to give it to the kids. I mean, they want it for us. They are amazing. The youth in our community, including the ladies that were here today representing the Fiesta Corps, are amazing.

just yeah amazing young people that and they're going to be us someday so looking forward to seeing what they all do better than us yeah better than us that's right i agree yeah thanks i agree um all i have is the opportunity for the council to sign up for the league of oregon cities conference which is going to be at the salem civic center october 16th 17th 15th, 16th, and 17th. So it's a good learning experience. There's always something there to pick up over the days. The city will support you. I am going to an added conference. There's a mayor's conference next week in Ashland. that I'm going to go down to and learn how to be a mayor for you guys. See how that goes.

Mr. Mayor, if I could jump in just quickly, I want you to know and the council know that the city partnered with Amazon this year, and we submitted to the League of Oregon Cities a tour for Amazon as a League of Oregon City Conference tour, and it was approved and accepted. So it will be on the agenda, and elected officials and community leaders from around the state will bus it up to Woodburn from Salem to tour the Amazon site. And I'm of the understanding that it is the hottest excursion this year at the conference. So the city and Amazon will work collaboratively. We'll work together. We'll do that show, that tour. We've done it before. It's something that Amazon highlights across the country, the Woodburn experience. And it's something that we're pretty proud to show up to. And you all can be part of that. OK.

Okay entertain a motion. I move too. So moved. Is there a second?

Second.

Moving second to adjourn. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? We're out of here. We're done.

Okay.

Thank you all. Thank you.