City Council - Regular Meeting

We have National Preparedness Month. September is National Preparedness Month, a reminder of the importance of planning for emergencies. Being prepared helps protect you, your family, and our community in the event of unexpected events. Simple steps like having an emergency kit, a communication plan, and staying informed can be a big make a big difference. Let's all take a moment this month to review our plans and be ready for whatever comes our way. And then moving on to um some fun stuff. Um, this week started Bowman's Harvest Festival. So that's in our neighboring community of Jervis and that runs from September 20th through October 30th. Um, and then in early October we are celebrating the Woodburn Fire District opening up their new location. Um, so Saturday, October 4th, it looks like they are going to do a district open house. So that's here in Woodburn. Um they'll have some health and safety vendors, um fire displays and demonstrations, fire engine rides, con shaved ice, hot dogs, and raffle prizes. So it sounds like a fun event to take the kids to. Again, that is Saturday, October 4th from 11 to 3 here at the Woodburn location. Um then the Woodburn Fire Grand opening at Jervis is the day before. So, Friday, October 3rd from 4 to 8 and that location is at 13925 Butville Road in Jervis. Um, they will do station and engine tours, games, hot dogs, and chips. And that's Friday, October 3rd from 4 to 8.

That's all I have on my sheet.

A lot going on. Thank you. So, moving on. Uh, we do have one appointment and, uh, this appointment actually just came in today. Um, first we had a resignation from our public art and mural committee and I'd like to take a moment and thank our council president for serving on that committee so graciously and since the the beginning of that so for many years seen a lot happen in the city under uh under her design and leadership. So uh councelor thank you for that. You're welcome. Thank you. It was a pleasure.

Loved every minute of it.

So, with that, uh, we've been talking on a couple of our other, uh, boards. We've brought in student members u library board at our last meeting and then I know on our our park and rec committee we have a student and uh this angel cruise uh was has been recognized by a art teacher who is on our committee Kathern Johnstone and I certainly uh uh if she's recommending him I uh certainly will endorse him and recommend him to the council to be on the uh our city public art and mural committee. So, I know that you the council's not had a whole lot of time to look at this. Uh but if there's any questions, we certainly can delay it or we could go ahead and vote them in and they can come to our next meeting. Not hearing any discussion. I'd entertain a motion. I'd make a motion to approve the gentleman.

I'm Cruz. Thank you. Second. Thank you. All in favor signify with an I. I opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Welcome to the committee. So, moving on. Uh we do not have proclamations. We do have presentation. We're going to get an update on our community center and uh settle park. Uh the city's got to be aware that we have closed our pool and looking at alternatives and options and where we're going to go with this. So,

all right. Well, good evening, Mayor City Council. Jesse Cuomo, community services director. Um so, I'm going to go through um an update for the community center in Settlear Park, and Jim might pop in with some addins as we go through. Um, so, um, we'll kind of do a a stagnant fly through, um, as we go through and try to point out some key, um, aspects of the project as we go through. Um, I really just want to I'll probably say it multiple times, you've heard me say it multiple times over the past several years, um, whenever I get a chance with our projects um, to to state this, but both of these projects are being funded without general fund dollars for them to be constructed. So, um, with community center, there was the the large $15 million allocation from the legislature a few years ago. And then, you know, the rest of that to backfill that funding for that is out of park SDC's, which all of you know is dedicated funding and can't be used um for any other purposes other than um development and and growth within the the system as well as um seen park project as well. And so, um there was another $2 million legislative contribution to that project from Lesie Munos. Um so many thanks to her for that contribution and pushing that through for us as well as we um just actually last week um got informed that we were able to announce um that we received um a $1 million contribution from the local government grant fund. Um we've you've um seen some of those funds over the past several years. Um the park that's being developed on Boon's um South Boon's Ferry right now was um halfway funded through a local government grant as well as other projects we've done throughout the city. So again, um, those projects, I just really want to point that out. I say that every time I have an opportunity to to the community because, um, you know, we have a very strong direction from our city leadership, yourselves, as well as our city administrator to provide amenities that aren't at the cost of the community. We understand there's going to be operational costs, but when we're building these things, we do everything in our power not to put that burden on our community, especially when we heard, you know, so so clearly during the bond process and and what we were able to do.

So, just wanted to lay that foundation before I got into the fun pretty pictures and and go from there. So, so um this is an exterior shot of the building. Um this is kind of basically looking to the um south um southeast to our right hand side. Let me see if I can pull up a little sec here. Um laser pointer. Can everyone see that laser pointer piece on your screen? Um so this is actually coming down First Street here. So, City Hall is um to the right here if you keep on going up First Street. Um we'll show a full site plan of this, but we're actually looking at terminating a portion of um Oak Street to allow kind of better um connectivity for people using the facility. We're actually adding additional parking and it'll all make sense here in a minute. Um it does have very similar um features and things that is one, you know, when we had to do the reduction. Um we didn't lose a lot of the kind of style in which the original community center committee wanted to see. So, you're still seeing these kind of blue panels. This these windows here are that event space. Um, this is walking into the entrance here. And we're looking at trying to do this is just a concept for the mural, but really trying to do something significant with a piece of art as you're coming into the facility to kind of make it feel really grand and really inviting and something kind of abstract with some pop of color, right? Really kind of identifying with the diversity we have in the community and and things like that, but really identifying that. And then this here on the kind of top of this, it's it's not a solid corrugated metal. It's actually going to be slatted. So you can see how it kind of has shadowing and and shade here. So it's going to have a nice kind of shaded entry and then this entry plaza with seating and other um other pieces. And feel free to stop me with any questions as we go throughout. So a quick just um overview layout of the of the new facility plan. Again, we did a significant reduction in the kind of services to get it to fit within the budget we had. So, um, as you come in, the vestibule is right here in this yellow space. This is a new lobby entry area. Just kind of a soft seating area

where people could wait for programs to open, something, you know, whether it's in this event space or something, maybe a fitness class or something like that or a kid or a teen or someone waiting for someone to pick them up. A nice kind of sitting there. A new reception desk. Um, kind of very welcoming open space that allows allows that. Um, like I said, down this north hallway here, you have your event space. and we'll go into further detail there as well as your um your commercial kitchen. Also, a new reception area which has a few enclosed offices which will be very nice for the operators of the facility. Right now, we only have one enclosed office which makes it difficult um when you're trying to you know hold multiple kind of private things as well as cubicle space, break room and then we get into the lifeguard changing spaces as well as the lifeguard office. So, they have a view directly out onto the pool deck within their own office of the lifeguard space. And then um lastly in this kind of wing here is um access to public these are just public restrooms to be accessed here. We were very strategic in the design of this facility having this is more the um kind of free wing or unpaid wing. So you'd have like you know service club your meetings and things like that where you might not be paying for actual entrance. There might be some programs obviously that we offer in these spaces, but a majority of them are probably like I'm showing up for a training, I'm showing up for a conference, um showing up for a service club, something like that. Really coming to the um to the south here is really what we're calling like the active wing or the paid wing. And so this was when you would really be services like using the actual niatorum in the pool or the fitness space or fitness class. So this is actually looking down that hallway. We're kind of standing at kind of a 45 degree angle off the vestibule. You can see kind of a nice welcome desk. Um these concepts are pretty refined. There's going to be some slight changes to them, but you can see kind of a nice very open welcome space, wood tones. Um, something I really want to point out and we've been working very hard on

throughout this project is is creating this facility in a way that it is um at a lower cost um but with these pops of kind of accurate um architectural nuances that add value and kind of color and things like that. So, and also making sure that the surfaces and supplies we're in um and different things we're using are going to last. So, um, this hallway here is all going to be in a polished concrete. So, something that is going to last a very long time. We want this to look as good as the day it opens and as it does in 15 years. We didn't have that um didn't have that ability with the current facility. And so, we really are trying to be very conscious of every surface we're using and hey, if if we have the budget, can we do this surfacing to get longevity out of it? Um, we, you know, you kind of use inferior materials and you receive that product. So, we're looking at every single aspect of the project through that lens and how we're going to maintain it moving forward. And then down this to the left here, that's where you would get into the aquatic spaces and the locker rooms as well as that seating space we showed is on the left here. Um, I do want to point out on the right hand side is the event space, but also this wall is where we're looking at possibly doing some recognition as well as having an kind of art wall. So, tying into some of the um pieces we've already been doing in the museum and theater, working with the school district, working with um the art center and all these different folks to be able to kind of show off um the unique and beautiful art we have and the talented people we have in our community is another piece we're looking at as well. This is that community room. And so, this community room can be divided into three equal spaces. Um when open it'll serve about 180ish folks um on rounds. So, as we've said many times over this space, you know, the DSA awards and things like that won't be have to held in other communities like Mount Angel or um or Brooks or things like that. Um thank you to those communities, but we'd really like to have those commu those programs back. Uh and then to the um to the west here, you're looking into the

commercial kitchen space. Um this would has a nice kind of barn door um that has again it has some pop of it has like a marble look to it. It's not going to be actual marble, but it has a very unique look. Again, providing value at a like value of kind of accents, these pops of but wow, that looks really upscale and fancy, but without going over the top and creating something that's going to not be budget budgetarily friendly. So, um, so this would be able to be closed off to kind of conceal that noise as well as just that space. And so, you can close this down into three equal spaces for many different things as well. Um, so you can have you could have a Rotary Club meeting and a Kuanas meeting and things going at the same time. Um, or whatever the case is in this aspect. And these will all be a um equipped with AV as well. So audio video in each room. So you would have access to be able to connect presentations or things like we're doing here. Um, another point I want to point out here is this is a a sprung wood floor. Um, so that's going to be similar to what we're going to have in the fitness space. So, we would be able to if for some reason we there was a program that was extremely popular, we'd be able to not only be able to do it in the fitness um exercise space, but we'd be able to move those programs into spaces like this as well. So, trying to create that versatility within the space because we are limited on it. We want to be able to separate out those things. Obviously, you wouldn't want to kind of book a Zumba class at the same time you're trying to do a private function, but those things would be all um kind of there. And this would be obviously once it's open a rentable space to the community. We don't know rates and things like that. Um, we'll have to do some evaluation of other like facilities to make sure it's comparable and make sure we get some cost recovery on it. Um, but these are just pieces I wanted to point out. This is moving into the fitness space. So, if you're coming down the hallway to the south, um, we are going to be doing a a rubber gray rubbered um, flooring here. Um, they're not going to actually have beams in here, but they will have exposed duck work. So, um, at kind of having more of an industrial feel, but having in those fitness spaces, it felt

appropriate. And it does save us quite a bit of cost savings um doing simple things like this where it doesn't take away from the space because it is kind of that ind more active industrial um grainy type of piece. But you're going to have treadmills that are lining the um looking out to the east here um out toward the parking lot where there will be nice landscaping as well as other pieces of cardio equipment. Um in the way of equipment itself, it's it's not really a what I call a heavy lifting gym. It's going to be more for like that folks that are getting their after afterwork workout in. It's machines. It's going to be some free weights, things like that. Um, but you're not going to see really heavy lifting, deadlifts, things like that. It's really about kind of more um that different kind of clientele um that we currently serve, but in an expanded capacity. So, um it'll be a little different than you see at even like a Burn Fitness. They have a little bit more options when it comes to those types of equipment. And we're just not that's not kind of what we're going here for here. Um, as well as you obviously have mirrors. Um, we'll have we're not going to hang up TVs right away because a lot of the actual equipment has functionality to have TVs on them like the treadmills and then we'll have Wi-Fi throughout. So, a lot of people watch their own content, but we'll have it kind of again, we're looking at cost savings. We'll have it stubbed out so if for some reason there is a want, we'll be able to hang those things where where we wanted to place them with no additional cost. So, um, we are really trying to diligently go through every aspect of this. So, this is probably going to be the biggest change for everyone in this project is the is the locker rooms. And so, one of the big pieces we hear from um clients over at the aquatic center currently is they they do like private changing spaces, right? They people do like family changing rooms. People do like that private space where they can go. And so, this is a big change because we this is a a for lack of a better term, you know, or just a genderneutral. It's it's not gender specific locker room. So um so you have access these green space. So um I guess how I should say it is anything personal you are

doing whether it's using a restroom, changing my clothes, taking a shower, you have an individual changing space to go into. There's 21 changing spaces in this space. So if I want to go um go change um for my activity, I would I could use one of these changing rooms that are just changing rooms. We have restrooms that you could also do that in. And then we have eight um individual showers as well. So, this is allowing a lot of privacy. Um I've talked to a lot of um parents and things like that where it's nice to be able to take your kid with you instead of having them separate from you and go into a different um having to go through a different entrance, things like that. Um it just allows a lot of privacy when it comes to that. And then there the common space is really when you're washing your hands out here at the sink and or using the lockers that are along this south wall here. Um so that is going to be a change. just going to have to provide some education. We're really working with the consultants for the signage and how we're going to make sure we're educating folks. And that's why you see these kind of pops of color here is we're going to then it would allow us to educate the community saying the green blocks. If you're going into a green space that is a shower, it's also going to be on the door, but really trying to be very intentional on like color schemes and things like that. You also would have um like I said, you have these individual changing spaces which don't have a sink or anything like that. It's just purely a changing. But these are not stalls. I want to make sure that is very clear. This is floor to ceiling walls. So it is as private as you could get, right? It's not like I'm I'm in a changing room at Target where I have I can see someone's ankles or I'm in a stall next to someone in a restroom. This is your own individual personal space. And so this is just um really I think will provide a lot of privacy. Once people get used to it, I think they're really going to enjoy it. I think it's going to be a little odd at first because people just aren't used to it. Um, but this is really allowed us to maximize the space and provide the most privacy as possible when doing this renovation. So, looking into the niatorum. So, we're

doing obviously um we didn't weren't able to do the big warm water pool, all those things. Um, but we are able to do a significant overhaul of the current auditorium. And so, what does that really mean? Um, again, it's being very strategic. So, this is looking toward coming off of the locker rooms, which are these two entrance entrances here. You have on deck showers um because, you know, we always want you to rinse all your oils and things off your body before getting into the water. It allows us to keep a better chemistry in the pool, all those things. And so, having those on the deck, it'll also assist the guards and asking folks, oh, would you please rinse off? Right now, you're having to ask people to go back into the locker room. It's kind of really inconvenient. Um so, that's a really key thing. Um they're having this kind of section here will be all gray tile. Again, just trying to not the whole piece, but having these kind of spots of um of intentional pieces. So, really making that really clean and tile. Again, pops of color. So, doing pops of color instead of doing something too intricate. This will be a new 12person spa here in the corner. Um all in kind of a green tile. Um we're also looking at doing the waiting pool in a um we had concepts of a mosaic, things like that. You can imagine costs like that go up extremely when you start to get really intricate. And so again, doing a solid pop of color. When I saw this, I was like, I kind of love this as a parent because my 8-year-old listens like an 8-year-old and he doesn't know what a spa is. And so we come in and I say, "Hey, you can't go in the green thing." It's pretty clear. Hey, don't leave the purple pool. Like, you need to stay in the purple pool. Or as a lifeguard, they can use kind again color cues, but it also allows this pop of color, but it's going to be easy to maintain because it's consistent. Um and so really popping that out here. Um here are those um lifeguard windows um and things like that so they can see directly onto the deck when they're you know doing office work or things like that when they're not actually on the deck whether it's an aquatic supervisor or something like that. So they'd be able to kind of keep a good eye on the staff on the deck. Um as well as this is the new spa. So this is another change currently or sorry new

sauna. Um we have a sauna in each locker room. This would be a um which would be a co-ed sauna on the pool deck. um which the staff when we you know before closure we talked to and they love because it is really hard to keep the right people in the sauna and the wrong people out of the sauna like youth and things like that. So being able to see on deck who's in this space and again doing this essential we're actually looking at pulling out the wood grain out to here. So again, it creates a really high-end look without a lot of extra cost, right? It gives this nice dedicated look. Oh, that's this that's the sauna. Things like that. And then a and then a play feature as well. Um into the the waiting pool. What are they looking for in ter uh the capacity in the sauna

sauna? I believe it was a 12 person sauna. I don't remember the exact numbers, but it was pretty condensed, but I think it's 12 or 10 10 to 12. Let me get back to you on that though. And I believe it's larger than the ones that we have individually in each individual locker room currently. That is correct. Yeah, I know it's larger than that. It's a little deeper. Um but yeah, I think it's between 10 and 12. I know this maybe I'm getting stuck with the spa. I think the spa has 12 people, but we can get back to you on that for sure. Being out on the deck with the higher humidity. Will that affect the maintenance of it at all?

No. No, it's our No, it shouldn't affect any of that. Actually, honestly, the biggest maintenance issue we have at the current ones is people continually, even with the dry sauna, would continue to pour out um water onto the rocks or onto the thermostats, which would increase the temperature in the space. And so, we constantly were having electrical components get ruined because people wouldn't listen to the rules that were posted. Um, and so this would allow us to v visibly see those things and try to give um corrective action when it happened. Again, looking a little closer here, you can see that green tile again pops. And this is kind of nice, too. It's above the pool deck. Currently, it's sunken. So, it just allows a little bit easier access in. Um, we would have all new deck. We're also looking at all new deck draining and all new um all those things. The whole pool deck will also be sand blasted to create a a new refresh finish without having to actually do new concrete work. This is um looking into looking to the other side of the pool. So, um we are um looking considering the cost of a new slide. Um the current one we have is really kind of getting to the end of the useful life so we can either kind of put a patch on it um do new surfacing things like that wouldn't be the ideal solution but as a cost savings budget we might have to go that route um but we are looking into the possibility of doing a whole new slide again accent pop of color something fun something active we're just going to do that pop of color but instead of having a very sterile white feeling across the whole space you can look at these little accents of gray that the architects are putting in to just provide some texture and depth to the space. Um, so it doesn't feel so sterile and so kind of penitentiary. Um, and then also really important to point out are the all these little kind of round pieces here are called solar tubes. So that'll be bringing you've seen them in some people's houses, little dome things and they bring light into the home. Um that they did the solar study on this and this could actually on full sun days um it could possibly um you wouldn't actually need the lights on in the niatorum because it's going to produce so much light. So,

it's going to feel a lot more open and airy and bright without because the cost of actually doing a lot of additional glazing or windows, it's very expensive because of you're having to support the CMU block and things like that. So, this is a cost-effective way of bringing in additional light even though we are doing additional glass coming into the side looking out to a settlement park. This is just another way to do that. Um, the current weight room that's in the back of the facility will just become storage um as well. And so, and then we'll be looking at new um new starting blocks and um new tile obviously around the pool edge, new deck drain covers, um all of those pieces here. And then one other small thing that might not mean much to folks, but there is um it's called a sound sound board around the top. And so this would just help with, you know, obviously a lot of activity in that space. Um it just helps deaden that a little bit, but also creates this nice band to bring your eyes down into the active active space. All right, moving into kind of the outdoor um design. And this is what I kind of pointed out in the in the beginning. So, we were looking down um we were looking down First Street toward this entrance here. And so, we are looking at at terminating Oak Street um here at the end. So, it wouldn't be a through street anymore. You'd be able to come um come to the west up Oak and then you'd be able to turn on to First Street. There's going to be ballards and things like here or curbing, so you wouldn't be able to drive through. Um but then you also would be able to access this way. This allowed us to use the empty lot across the street that we currently own as well as maximizing parking um both on um on this portion of Oak as well as um the west portion of Oak as well. And so we would still add circulation. You would be able to come through and still come out towards City Hall um to circle around or you'd be able to access um parking in this main lot. This parking lot um I feel is going to provide a lot of flexibility. Even if you've tried to come to city hall on a Tuesday morning, good luck finding parking because the court and so this would just provide capacity in the downtown core for parking, let alone for the community center itself. So I think

it's a really good use of the space um and that and then there is a small kind of staff parking lot in the back where you'd also we'd have a um a a spot for like deliveries of food and things like that for events um and items as as such for that. Um, and then it really, um, I'll get into the settlemire park pieces, but we are building this in a in a way that allows for future expansion. So, if money does rain down from the heavens and we're fortunate enough to expand with a warm water pool or add a gymnasium, the capacity is built there. So, we'd be able to easily put in a single gymnasium without it affecting um the whole layout of the park. You know, we might take a little bit of a trail or something, but that's really minimal in the way of that, right? we would add additional electric, you know, electrical capacity and those things that need to go with that, but we're not going to have to move mountains to put those components in.

Um, I guess one other thing that's really important is we did um we did a significant amount of ADA parking because that is where we're extremely short in the current facility, especially in the early mornings. That's a lot of our users is people who have mobility um mobility issues. And so providing additional ADA parking here in the front or on this section um was really a key function what we're looking at as well. And were you doing the the ADA playground?

Yeah, I'm going to get to that. So this is all commuter center and I'm going to switch over. So I'm sorry for folks that wanted to get out of here quick. Um and then this is the current timeline. So we're currently right here at this yellow star. So we're getting really close to um that 60% constru construction document. Um so that is we're we're kind of done selecting a lot of the materials and things, but we're refining those pieces. We'll get an updated cost estimate. We get these updated cost estimates along the way. And then once we're at 100% construction documents, which is that document that we go out to bid for. So it has the placement of every outlet, every screw, every light, every type of fixture we're going to use, the surfacing we're going to use. We're going to have alternates because there are several there are a few spaces like the commercial kitchen where we'd like to see what's the cost of an epoxy floor versus a rolled rolled laminate flooring. what's the cost of tile in the restroom versus or you know what possibly tiling the pool or you know these different alternates that we're going to put in there but that's going to be the full bid dock or bid set that we're going to go out with um in um the beginning of December there and then um for permit and bid

and Jesse if I can just jump in on the schedule a little bit

because I think a lot of people may wonder well the why is the pool closed now and construction isn't starting for a little while what's happening right now later in the construction document phase and This is one of the benefits of the construction manager general contractor form of uh construction contracting that we're doing is that we've hired our contract uh contractor triplet Wellman. Um we did that gez six nine months ago long time now. um they're on board early in the process and they're working with staff and the design team to make sure that the design is actually cost-effective and they do constructibility reviews to make sure that what we're designing to be constructed is actually kind of the best and most cost-effective way to do that. And one of the things that they need to do through this process, especially towards the tail end of the construction document phase, is an a bunch of selective demolition inside the building. So, they're going in and taking stuff apart and they're opening up walls into the building to see what the condition of the building is because you can imagine that a pool in madiatorum um lives in a really harsh environment and you typically have a lot of moisture intrusion into the wall space and up into the ceilings. And so, there's a lot of work that where they're in there taking things down, opening up walls and determining what level of work is going to be necessary to actually successfully complete this project. And this really helps us prevent going through a significant change order process because when you do the traditional design, bid build project, you make assumptions about the existing conditions. And when you're dealing with an existing building like this that's a significant component of the project, there are a lot of unknowns. And so we're trying to eliminate as many of those unknowns throughout this design process as possible. And to add to that, I first time we've ever gone through this process, but I it's invaluable because having we have weekly meetings with triple and opsis architects and for them to basically they they will speak up and be like, "No, we've done that. It did not work, right? We've done this

surfacing. It did not work. It's not worth your money." or hey, you know, that that HVAC system, we've worked with, you know, a contractor on that and we need to order that stuff as soon as possible because we're actually seeing actual market and the current projects we're working on. We need to order those items ahead of time. So, like just having that back and forth, Opsus has been amazing throughout this whole process, but you know, they like the pretty stuff, too. And so, to come with some of the reality of the contractor being like, we've installed that, it was a headache and it was awful and we had to go back and redo it. Like, can we think of another way of doing this? or they just got off of the Lake Aspiggo Recreation Center um Lorac and so they have a lot of just lived experience just from that project alone from a year ago and so it's been it's been fantastic and and they've been great partners um throughout this process so far. All right, now moving into Settlemire Park. So again you see the community center laid out the the playground um again this fully funded um through um nondis um non non-general fund dollars. I can't even speak. I'm running out of words. Um but just want to highlight here. So, um kind of some of the big components of this is here's your full um larger inclusive playground. We'll get into it in a minute of a little bit more detail. Um a redo of the whole tennis courts. So, actually a a removal and a new install of those. They've just seen significant kind of heaving just with age. So, looking at redoing those all really a pretty significant um what are we going to do because currently we have the dugouts and things. There's a elevation change within the park from the back of the community center on. So, we're we're actually looking at putting in a burm um which we're hoping actually serves as kind of a natural amphitheater if we chose to use it. So, we're ideally going to have lighting and electrical around the basketball court. So, that would allow us to put a small stage or something like that in here or a movie screen or something like that, but then use this burm here for people to lay blankets or to kind of use it as another active activity space for us. even though we have the library and things, it just allows maybe we need something

bigger or something that has kind of this elevated seating piece. Um, we'll get into this a pretty significant shelter also. Um, so this would sit around 90 people we're hoping for. So slightly larger than Centennial, maybe not quite as big as Legion, but we feel with these improvements, access to community, the whole revitalization of this space, it's going to become a space that people really want to be in. The easy access to parking through the Central Park parking lot. Um, many items. We also have this K trail through here which is funded um out of a separate fund. Neither of the two I mentioned. This is Oregon Community Pathways Fund that Rnado came and spoke to you about. Um we're doing several different parts of our trail. Hermison pond area. We're doing Evergreen and a few other place or um not sorry we're not doing evergreen on that but it was on the list but we pulled it.

It was open for bicycles. What was that? Open for bicycles.

Yes. So bicycles will be able to access all these pathways here. Um so doing pavement throughout, but this actual connection goes straight from Front Street over to um the connection right across from where it connects for the Smith edition. Right now we kind of it kind of jogs out of necessity where this older trail was, but we're going to be removing this actually this piece here um and moving it further to the to the south here. Um, so and then we're looking at doing a refresh on the um on the restrooms themselves because they're, you know, were made in 1960, I think, and have seen a few different updates, but we can't afford to redo those. Restrooms are extremely expensive. Um, hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace, but we're looking at doing a significant overhaul of them. So, currently there's no actual stalls in that restroom. It is CMU block walls that don't even have doors. So like ripping those things out, new surfacing on the flooring, new fixtures, updating lighting, all of those things to just provide a new inviting piece. And then we're also looking at because we're doing all these significant new shiny things in the park, looking at doing kind of a sand blasting of the skate park, trying to pull out, you know, give that new fresh concrete look, doing some touchup um within some of the basic maintenance things within there. Um items like that.

I was just noticing this K trail. Yes. is going down there to Front Street. Yes. Which is like right in front of the tracks. Is there a sidewalk there? Yeah, this is the This is the side the sidewalk on this side goes all along um all along here from the other side of the railroad tracks. Aren't thinking they can go over the tracks and then jump in on this K line?

No. And we're we're looking at doing possible fencing along this line as it is. Um but yeah, so this is this does have all sidewalks right here currently. And I'll add to that that when you're walking on the K trail and you're headed east, when you get to the sidewalk on Front Street, there will be a bar like, you know, there will be metal, you know, railings, barricade kind of that will have signage that will point people to the directions that they're supposed to go to make it clear. There's no sidewalk on the east side of the street and of course the, as you mentioned, the railroad tracks are over there. And so we're doing our best to make sure that people understand that the best way to,

you know, proceed from there is to either head north or south. And then if you want to cross the tracks, you go um north up to the crossing at Cleveland and then there's a safe crossing um for pedestrians. I don't know. Yeah, cuz I was just thinking maybe that that that doesn't end at Front Street. Maybe it goes over to like the other one towards the parking lot. But whatever you think is best. That's my only concern.

The the only reason we placed it here is because there's actually already an active street light. So, we're going to use it as actual lighting for the the terminus of that path right there. um as well as and then there is a a concept of expanding the parking lot as well. So, we just thought um put it placing it here just allowed easier expansion. Again, moving a path isn't a big deal, but it's just what was in consideration for that. So, um and then before I move on to the other kind of pieces of this project, I really want to point out this too. So, currently the playground is in the dark corner of the park, which is from someone who has worked with youth and things for a long time. I hate not being able to see into places or not have light. And so pulling away, removing the shelter and the playground, all of it back there and just making it a natural space again, I think we and then putting these positive elements out in this open space where you see activity and positivity and all these things. I think we'll have a a great transformation on the park itself.

So this is kind of a dive in a little further into the um into the playground itself. Um I'll go through these I think in my slides I can go into these elements a little deeper. Um it's a pretty it will definitely be the gem in the way of playgrounds within our our park system and we are trying to be really intentional on maximizing every inch of space. So um we're looking here um this some different components when we talk about accessibility and um and access. Um we're also we're looking at not only kind of mobility options like this carousel in which you could actually wheel a um wheelchair onto because it's on the same grade. It's on the ground level. holds on grade. Um or even these rockers, there's, you know, it's kind of cradled, so people might not, you know, they'd be able to either do a transfer in or something like that, as well as this spinner. So, these are just some little components, these little highlights of pieces um to put in um with adding additional access items. Um when people think of kind of accessibility and um adaptability, I think they automatically think mobility, but there is other pieces, right? there's a lot of youth with sensor adults and youth um with sensory issues things like that and so or or verbal issues. Um we even have ver you know just communication issues between languages. So having a communication board where people could be able to translate or even having someone who's maybe non-verbal could communicate with a youth that is verbal using these cues. Also putting in kind of play features that and do kind of that musical piece tying in those um typing the items as well. Also looking at doing kind of a nature play. So, you'll see standard playground equipment that you've seen before, but we don't really have anything. There's a little bit of kind of stuff at Legion, but not really. Um, but this is um a nature play space where it's actual logs and ropes. Um, and so it's not just your standard metal types of things. So, you kind of have this wide diversity of types of items across the spaces between these like individual rockers or spinners, this large playground space, um, as well as like

this nature's play and then a smaller space that I'll talk about in a moment. Um, something before I forget to bring it up. We have the large shelter here. We'll have a drinking fountain over here and obviously benches, all those types of things. But this is kind of a fun feature as well is we're looking at bringing up this trail up here. So, it starts out at zero zero grade and then it goes up to 5t. So, this is a little burm, a little hill. So, it's going to be this all of this is going to be artificial turf. So, it's going to be this natural thing where little kids will be able to run down it, you'd be able to roll down it, whatever you want to do, but it it adds more depth and kind of um dimension to the park itself. And then this boulder scramble. So these boulders are bolted into place so they're not going to move. But again, it's another nature place where the kids can climb and and feel and touch and do all those things. Um again talking about different types of items. So we're doing a wide array of different types of swings. So a disc swing so kids could, you know, it's kind of takes the place of a um kind of your um tire swings and things like that. you have just a standard tot swing or you have these really cool partner swings where a parent can sit in front of their youth and their youth is in the in the top swing in front of them. So you kind of instead of you just having to push your kid, you actually can engage with them and enjoy that. And then you see a lot of these these harness swings. So again trying to do that wide spectrum of different items um as we're looking at it. And so we did look at this as possibly splitting out some of these smaller things into the smaller play space. But we thought you know really family units like to be together doing these things instead instead of separated. So, when you have kids that are like three and eight like mine, you could have everyone together on the same play structure and be able to keep an eye on them easy there. A piece I also want to point out is this whole site would be fenced other than this kind of main opening here. So, as a parent, if you did want to let your kid kind of run crazy, it's only a 4ft fence, but it still does allow for you to feel a little bit of comfort um as a parent or guardian while your kid is out there playing.

That top swing looked like a slingshot. She's ready to Yeah, exactly. We're going to get you on there. You're going to be the first to test it, mayor, and we're going to see how it goes. So, I was going to say it makes me want to be a kid again.

Exactly. That's the whole point. We want we want adults to feel like kids again. So, um so this is the the larger playground space. We don't have anything remotely in this realm within our park system. We have some pretty standard playground equipment. So, this has um again ADA access ramps coming off of that hill. Um there is these spaces kind of here on the ground. So, again, mobility type of things where you can access 60% of the structure. Um, mobility wise, there is still spaces that won't be fully accessible because they have ladders, things like that. Um, but lots of slide options with tube slides. Um, really this has a significant height, too. So, at its max height, it's going to be 22 feet tall. So, like it is going to have a presence. It's going to have really a fun component to it. Um, we're going to be taking some color options to the parks board to do some selections on this, but again, just trying to maximize the space and provide the biggest wow factor and engaging kind of fun piece into the park. And so, um, another big component, we we we know this is good for that 5 to 12 range, but having little ones as well, you kind of this is too much, right? Like they're going to get bowled over because kids are playing tag, whatever the case. And so, we looked at we wanted to provide that additional this little space here um as a nice little um seating wall. You can see these, I point these out, seating walls, concrete seating walls around, but having a dedicated space for those like youngers to really play. It's not a super indepth engaging piece, but there are several components where a little one could kind of, you know, that two to eight um two to five could really engage in play.

So, um one before we leave the playground, I I'd just like to make a recommendation that we schedule a council work session uh once we have the installation. Yeah, I know. It'd be great. Um, so one other thing I wanted to point out here as well is we're looking into hopefully hopefully can fit it within the budget because if you can imagine how this playground is set up,

it will feel like the surface of the sun in the middle of summer especially because there is no shade where this playground's going to be which is a positive from sidelines things like that. But it is going to be it's going to be centennial. It gets really hot, right? Like it is. So we are looking at trying to do different um kind of spanning coverage species. It's not going to cover everything, but we're looking at, you know, the swings, the smaller tot space, and then kind of in things like this, the nature play where it's wood. You're not not too worried about that. Doesn't hold as much heat. Um, but really trying to look at some of these things to still provide a space during the summer. We also want a removable because we don't want it a pl a place where someone might decide to stay overnight or something like that. We want this to be a really kid-friendly space. So, in the winter months and things, we'll be able to remove that. Um, so ideally, we can fit that into the budget. Um, and we're getting some modifications on the pricing we've seen on that. Um, as well.

Uh, Jesse, what is the lifespan of these fancy?

So, you're looking at a lot of these are kind of honestly you're looking about 30 years. The the wood play I was really hesitant. Um, I guess it's a hardened ash that comes out of like Tennessee because I was like, we live in Oregon. Wood like you breathe on it and it disintegrates. Um, so but they said it's like it's a very specific ashtria that they say is about 20 plus years. Um, but a lot of these a lot of these things should last about 30 years ideally. Um, that's what they say. Um, all depends on use, you know, things like that. I I do want to point out what six years ago we did the the library and that turf is still holding up. Um, that structure is holding up and that is probably one of the more popular structures in our system. like there is kids on that all day long every day in some capacity. It's not really hard used. It's not like kids are really getting crazy on it, but it you can see it's holding up. And and to the playground company's credit is they really do build things a lot better than they used to. Um and just because they, you know, they do

put the everything in a, you know, a specific ceramic paint or whatever the case is. So things are made to last longer. And it's kind of nice too. a lot of these components that we can replace in house too that you can still order pieces and replace items and things. Also, um just a timeline on this piece. So, we're we're close to 60% construction documents like the community center project. Um end of December, we're hoping to have the full construction set so we can go out to bid in January. Um and then we're hoping to be able to start um because that will probably a month-long process and then doing our selection and we're hoping to start ideally in March and then hopefully this could be in completion of October. Um we will go out to bid for this project. It's it's too big not to but there'll be an opportunity for even like um current contractors like triplet to bid it and things like that. Um and we'll see where it goes from there.

I point out that I think that October dates in error because that's a seven month seven month construction period. So, it's more like 16 months is the projection. So, that kind of puts it into like late spring of 2027. You're talking community center, right?

I'm sorry. You're talking I'm talking park. Sorry. I'm sorry. Two two things. So, park I ideally it would be great if we're kind of wrapping up. You can if you've been out of boons like that is moving very quickly. Granted, this is more in depth. Um but ideally we're have something like that. Um but it really we have to also communicate with the construction of the community center. So there's going to be if it's two separate contractors, we're going to have to figure that as well. They're going to have to meet and say, what does this look like? Because that might totally throw this whole thought of a timeline to the wolves a little bit until we really align those things because triplet might need access from a certain location where they're trying to put equipment or put the basketball court or something like that and it just won't be ideal. So there'll be some coordination. This is totally kind of a rough back of the napkin timeline once you get past the construction or the bid bid part, right? actual um estimated that's why it's estimated construction start and completion. So

I thought I was going to go swimming in November. Right. Exactly. Will the entire park be closed during that March and October?

Um not the entire park. I think there are going to be some access points. So like you're going to have access on that north side. You'll still Boys and Girls Club will still have access, things like that. Um we're not they're not going to not have access. We also are looking at doing improvements to like the Boys and Girls Club recently. um we actually split the cost with them, but we painted that facility to match um what we would see in the community center and it was kind of odd. I I selected a color we used at Legion and thing um things like that and I brought it up to the the architects of saying, "Hey, we used this at the in the Boys and Girls Club. We was we wanted to match that dark gray tone and they were like, "That's like exactly the color we actually picked for this community center." And so, um really those gray tones, honestly, we love it from a maintenance standpoint because if there is vandalism, super easy to cover. Um, it's really nice and um, it creates a really clean, professional look. So, sorry to really go a mile a minute, but there's a lot going on with these projects. So,

so I understand that most of the classes that were going on at the pool have been relocated to the library. So, when it comes to dryland fitness classes, a lot of them are at the library now. I don't know if we could carry them all over, but a significant amount are over there now, and it's going fairly well. Um, morning classes and evening classes. And then we have started transportation as well for one of the deep water fitness classes for a for aqua aquade deep fitness um out to Malala to help some of the the folks especially seniors who have um kind of vision issues in the evenings and things like that. And so as long as the programs are are viable and people are showing up um we'll maintain those but if we start to see a drop in attendance we have to kind of manage um what we're doing and then we'll we'll evaluate that as we go.

What I've heard so far at least from my wife that takes some of the yoga classes it's working out very well. They appreciate the library's willingness to open up a little early and let them in. And the room is very warm and comfortable. Yeah. And I I want to take every chance I can to give Mike Jansen, our library manager, compliments. Um he really kind of has a similar vision as all of us do within the city, but within our department is is the library is is a space to be used. It's not a space to just come out check books. So you see all kinds of activity. And so when when I said, "Hey, Mike, we'd like to do this." It wasn't there was no push back. He was like, "Absolutely. Let's find a way to do And so, um, you know, it is definitely his space to we want to respect that that he does an amazing job of using every inch of that space. So, he's joined a yoga class.

I know he checks people in and then he clocks out and he goes to he goes to yoga. It's great. Any other questions? Any questions, comments? Thank you, Jesse. Thank you, guys. I'll let you do the rest of it.

Moving on. Uh, next up, I do not have any communications. This is from the public. focus allows public to introduce items for the council of consideration. It's not already scheduled on the agenda. Uh comment time would be limited to three minutes. Anyone care to come up? No. Looks like we're looking good. Next up is the consent agenda. Items list on the consent agenda are considered routine and may be adopted by one motion. Any item may be removed. Discussion with the request of council member. Okay. We have the city reporter. Please read the items on the consent agenda.

The items on the consent agenda are as follows. Woodburn City Council minutes of August 11th, 2025, monthly financial report for June and July. Traffic photo enforcement report June through August. quarterly investment report and approval of a partial release ex extinguishment and termination of easements for MCHA Farmdale Apartments at 1219 and 1233 West Lincoln Street.

Thank you. Any questions, comments, anything that anyone would like to take off? Then I would entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda as presented. Uh I move to adopt the U consent agenda as presented. A second. Second. All in favor sign second with an I. I. Opposed with same. Motion passes unanimously. You moving on. We do not have any table business. We do not have a public hearing tonight. Under general business. Couple items. First one is the word of construction contract for waterline corridor potholes. and we have a staff report.

Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor, counselors. Curtis Stoultz, public works director. Um, just want kind of wanted to give you guys a little bit of an update on this one. Technically, this one didn't have to come to council for approval, but because of the complexity of what we're trying to do, I want to kind of give you an update on it. And then the price ranges that we got um on the project as well. Um this is part of our um design phase to find the best route to reroute our main water line that comes from one of our water treatment plants on um where is it at what's that? Country Club. Country Club.

Country Club. Correct. To the water tower. And our existing pipeline is an old um it's an old transite pipe which is non-existent anymore. So if we have a major problem with it, we're we've got problems. So this is a project that we're really pushing to kind of get taken care of. The old line kind of wanders through downtown, old town, and kind of comes, you know, it's very shallow. So what this project does is allows us to pothole, which is basically we're going to have a contractor come in and they're going to bore a small hole in the street and then they're going to take a vacuum truck and suck the soil out and then they're going to locate all of the utilities that are in the street where we think we're going to put the water line. So, we're going to look for sewer. We're going to look for existing water connections, power, um you know, cable TV, all that kind I mean, there's all kinds of stuff out there. So, that's what this project is about. So, it's going to help our internal engineering department figure out the best way to lay lay that water line if we have to move it to a different location. So, I just kind of want to give you guys an update on what that is. There's going to be some traffic slowdowns. We we're not going to close the streets, but we're going to do one lane of travel while they're coming and going. So, um, that's that's the main purpose of what this is going to be about.

And I assume you're looking at a at a direct more direct line of something. We're looking at coming down Boon's Ferry to Cleveland and then directly across the tracks over to our water tower. So, that would be the best way. So, we're going to leave the existing line while we're doing all of this work so that we can make a quick change over and not have to worry about it. So, and then the old line, we're probably going to fill it with with a CDF material that will allow it to just stay there, but not worry about it collapsing or anything. So, that's our goal on that. How deep will your new line be?

That's where the potholeing is going to tell us. We'd like to keep our pipes at least four fourt deep, but depending on crossings with other utilities and stuff, we may have to go under more than likely under some of them at at some point. And if it's in the way, we'll have them move them because we can have the, you know, other utilities within our ride ofway move their stuff for one of our projects. So, we're just going to have to balance that. So, trying to make it the most efficient way that we can. We were a little concerned about the low price on this. Um we did um reach out to the contractor and verify um that they felt that they could do this work and we explained to them in detail what we were making sure that that they were that they were giving us a bid for and they felt that they could.

Yeah, there's a real disparity. Yeah, there was. Yeah. So, we'll see. What was your what was your estimate that you thought it was? Um, I think we were looking probably right around 75,000 is what we're That's why we put it out to bid the kind of the way that we did. So, but we'll see. Good luck. I hope that works. Hope so, too. Any questions?

I would entertain a motion. I move to um approve the um award of construction contract for the waterline corridor pothole project phase one uh to the lowest responsible bidder which is flowline construction LLC in the amount of $41,740 and also um approve an additional 25 um000 um for the project um as a contingency. Thank you. Is there a second move and seconded? All in favor? I I oppose the same motion passes. Thank you.

Thank you, Curtis. Moving on to second. Uh this business is the same DUI enforcement program grant funding.

Good evening, Chief. Good evening, mayor. Good evening, city council. My name is Jason Milin. I'm your chief of police. And that is correct. I'm here to talk about the second year of our DUI grant. Um, just so we're clear, we applied for this back in March. We still haven't received it yet, but we're asking for tonight is obviously the council's approval to continue if we receive the funds. I don't know why we won't. So, I'm I'm planning for success. So, um, and we do want to continue this grant because it's been very effective for us. You know, I've talked about these numbers before, but you know, we've seen a 36% increase in DUI arrests. Some of that's in the presentation there. Um, that alone in my mind is worth it. Um, not to talk about tragedies too much, but you know, last week on Crosby Road a couple nights ago and just out in Salem, which really isn't far from here, four people were killed. That was a DUI related accident.

Um, it's it's an unfortunate unfortunate reality that we live in. So um we do want to continue this grant and again uh the the key the other key to know key note here is this covers 75% of the funding for this next fiscal year and then the third year would be 50% of at that point it drops off and so um that's what we're looking to extend through the through the third year and then we'll uh we'll see what happens then my plan will be to continue position whether we have the funding or not. Yeah, I agree with you. Definitely has been a successful program so far. Yes. Yes. Any questions? Any questions? I entertain a motion.

Um, excuse me. I move to um authorize the city administrator um to execute the grant agreements for a second year for the ODOT/TSO um um application for the Woodburn um Police Department. the sustained um DUI enforcement program. Second. Second. Move and seconded. All in favor signify with an I. I. Opposed with the same motion passes unanimous. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Before you leave, second, of course, since we got a minute and that takes care of that.

Um, looking at this and reading your report, it got me kind of thinking and and I probably do this more than I should, but reflecting on my time in the on the council and uh as mayor, there's been a lot of things that we have have worked together with the the police for and a lot of assets we've given them and and I wrote some down and I don't know if I have them all, but started with with some body cameras.

Um some state a lot of stationary cameras downtown and throughout the city. Uh recently a license plate reader. Uh we have red light cameras on on 99 that we look at the report every minute every meeting. We have drones that uh are helpful. Um certainly vehicles are good vehicles that uh we I don't ever recall turning anything down there. Um a little over a year ago we did a commercial retail theft grant. Correct. That turned out to be pretty profitable. it is

um like say here the DUI grants and um our SRO program that uh so my point here one is to help educate the the council on what we've done for for our police department but it to me personally and this I'm not I'm speaking personally and having time uh seeing these programs it's programs well spent I believe we have an extremely safe city because of this. And what we've gotten back from helping the department is providing safety for our our officers and uh certainly a a safe city that that that uh for our citizens and certainly uh these assets I think have have proven well well spent going forward. What's next? Is there anything there that that you can think of that uh we should be thinking of in the future?

Sure. Um my biggest focus right now is staffing, trying to get back to full staff. Um but in regards to what you were just referring to, some things just around the corner are uh Marrying County is in the process of doing a very large uh radio project that um all the communities in in the county can and may be a part of. Of course, there's a cost to that, but right now we're on a a radio system that is old. And so, the new system is going to be a what's called a 7800 system, and that will be that will be actually they're starting construction in the very near future, and that will be done and up and running by next fall. Um, I'm still in the process of talking with my boss about how we're going to uh insert ourselves in it because of course it is a cost. Um, but that's probably the next big thing coming is that.

Okay. But again, my boss isn't here, so don't tell him till I he's he already knows. I've already called for a meeting with him, so he is aware. It is something we do need to talk about. Uh, right off the top of my head, the numbers are going to be somewhere in the 40ish thousand range a year to pay for that. But that provides our radios upfront without a no cost us. That's part of the cost. Okay.

Um that that's uh that's one that's coming. Um the other one that may of course we're adding uh ALPRS to our few more of our cars which was in the last uh presentation from last council meeting. Um things with Axon are kind of up and running. That's why I've invited our city attorney Mackenzie Grano to join me at uh the Axon conference here next spring. I want her to see firsthand the things that are coming. For instance, what you refer to our body cameras. Well, one of the features that we can use with body cameras is uh what's called Axon firstdraft. And this um uses I know it's scary, but it uses AI to write reports. Um that's something that we're going to look into. Um departments are have been using it now for a couple of years. There's Washington County is I think currently demoing it. Um the benefit of it is uh this system uh obtains the data from your body camera footage. It doesn't make it up. It actually gets it from your body camera footage and it um it actually can write the report for you. Of course, there are safety measures in place where the officers have to review it, look for the um the anomalies in there that they need to remove that are are not factual, things of that nature. And so that's probably the next thing after the radios that's up and coming. Of course, there's a there's always a cost to everything we do. And every time I come to you, there's a money you you so that's those are the two biggest things probably coming up. Is that

okay, good good to know in advance. Good. Something for us to think about. Any comments, questions? Well, thank you. Thank you department for us. Like I say, I I I definitely feel that uh you've given us a very safe city. Well, we could not do I I do not say this like we can't do without your support. So, we very much appreciate all of your support. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, moving on. The was planning commission action. Does any council care to call that up?

I don't want to call it up, but I am interested in what's the location of the restaurant. I have there's a street address. Is it the old Sher's building? Does it cross street? Cross the street. It's in the BART parking lot. By parking lot. Okay. Yeah. where the buses go, the chica buses, which I actually think will be very helpful to maybe deterring some characters from that parking lot. Yeah. Yes. A lot of uh cars have been left and RVs. Yeah. Okay. Moving on to our assistant city administrator's report. I have nothing for you tonight, Mr. Mayor.

Oh, come on. This is your chance. Sorry. What? You got to one up Scott. I am sure that our city manager is sitting someplace looking at at a camera waiting to hear it. And nothing. Oh, okay. Then mayor and council reports. Uh, council gro. Nope. Council can I'm excited to be the new announcement girl. Thank you, Council. You know, I have nothing but uh the chief gave me an ID. This idea, this artificial intelligence, somehow maybe I could use that to generate my reports. You can get it to read your packet,

council. No, I have nothing. Council Bro, nothing on my end. Oh, here we go. Council Carl, when when was the uh second Friday? Did we meeting since then? No, this Go ahead. You can shine. I was I was going to mention it to you. Um, two weeks ago, yes, we had a a celebration in the plaza. It was a Friday night and there were many in attendance and it was the Mexican consulate. They came in on horses. And the thing that I really liked was the small art

presentation down at the bungalow and the salsa competition that I was uh warned ahead of time which one not to I never heard who won. Oh, I don't know. But it was it was just a delightful time to see so many people out. The weather was perfect and it just was a good good time. Yeah.

So, I'll jump on that. Yeah. I want to thank this the city for putting that together. Yera, I think kind of oversaw it. Marisol was there with taking pictures and uh who's making sure everybody was comfortable. We had several counselors that showed up. Uh Sariah was was part of it. The part of the the fiesta court was there. The Mexican consulate came down and did do a procession, a flag ceremony. They plan on coming back in March uh to do work uh with citizens to help with immigration status. So, just kind of a heads up that uh we expect them to be they're looking for the city to be a little bit involved, but we're very appreciative of that event and the city's uh work on on that night. And I agree, the the uh museum uh hosting the art show that night that a local uh artist Brenda Bravo, not our executive assistant, but the other Brenda Bravo that's a teacher and a art teacher at the high school presented a lot of art that was really beautiful. And yeah, so a lot of good things in going on in town. Another thing, uh, the Burgerville, I think their grand opening was today.

We had a ribbon cutting this morning. Yes. Um, they wonderful, wonderful food. Yeah. Welcome them to uh to Woodburn. They're excited to to be here. Um, yeah, that went well. You know, I I missed that. I I can't believe I missed the free meal. But um one thing I'll mention about Burgerville, they also opened in Salem this year, a new facility donated to the food bank in Salem a significant contribution and they will be making a significant contribution to the Aware Food Bank. They announced that they they told me Yeah, they're they're real happy. They're they're part of that a good community player. Yeah.

Yes.

So Woodburn is growing. We have business coming in getting uh showing our vitality and and economic benefits going on. Um that we did have an event at the library uh a week ago. Uh the city put it on railroad safety that uh I went called Operation Lifesaver. There were about uh eight nine kids and probably four or five adults parents there. uh just an hour presentation, you know, just if we can reach one person, it'll help. And so uh the uh lady that uh presented uh Jessica Keane is the executive Oregon State Director for Operation Lifesaver did a good job uh talking to to these kids. Basically, stay off the tracks. Stay off the tracks. And that's that's the bottom line. But, uh, the city certainly is, uh, trying to do our part with, uh, putting that on and and, uh, looking at additional safety features, uh, at intersections and and, uh, fencing. So, I thank the city for that.

And actually, sorry, I do have an announcement. Um, too late.

Too late. Sorry. Um, last week we learned that we'd actually received an award from the Union Pacific Foundation uh to help us with the cost of installing some fencing around the rail line in the vicinity of the police department um and kind of in the high school Legion Park sort of area. So, we are actively coordinating with Union Pacific on the installation of fencing that it's going to be kind of shared between the city. We'll do a we're doing a portion and Union Pacific is um has pledged to do a portion kind of more up in in uh the vicinity of the high school for right now and then they're going to look at their uh ability to perhaps even do more later on. So we're planning to start that work hopefully I think talk looking to Curtis perhaps it's kind of going to be done in uh coordination with the expansion of the police department's parking secured parking area. So, that project will be coming up soon.

While I'm thinking of it, I'd like the city, and I'll talk to Scott about this. I would like to have this council have a joint workshop with this new school board that they have there. There's things going on with talking about one safety here, railroad safety. Uh we have art projects going on there. Uh enough activities that I think there's enough that we need to work together. and uh and we have a very good relationship I know with with them right now but I think part of this is sometime probably after the first of the year with stuff going on but let's let's try and plan on that please so I'll leave it open to the council to push for it

um that's one more thing mark the 15th of October it's the tenative date for the unveiling or celebration of the new bison um display over at the high school. So that's there's installation. There's nothing up now. So it's kind of amazing. That's only three weeks away, but that's National Fossil Day. This is an exciting project. Yeah. This is going to be really really really cool. Yeah. So family of bison. They're lit. Yeah. Down on the hillside. So I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second.

Okay. All in favor? IO. Thank you. We're out of here.