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Tigard Workshop Meeting - Agenda
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE/TIME: July 20, 2010 — 6:30 p.m. —Workshop 1\leeting
MEETING LOCATION: City of Tigard—Town Hall, 13125 SW Hall Bh.d., Tigard, OR 97223
1. WORK-SHOP MEETING
1.1 6:33:22 PNI Mayor Dirksen called the Tigard City Council Workshop Meeting to order.
1.2 Deputy Recorder Krager called the roll:
Present Absent
Council President Wilson x
Councilor Buchner x
Mayor Dirksen x
Councilor Henderson x
Councilor Webb x
1.3 fledge of Allegiance
1.4 Council Communications &Liaison Reports—Mayor Dirksen said Council would discuss
at the end of the meeting who is planning to attend the League of Oregon Cities Conference in
September.
1.5 Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items
2. BUDGET COMMITTEE I\METING
6:35 PNI Mayor Dirksen announced that there was one item of business requiring Budget Commuttee action
tonight so it would be convened and toll taken. Member Dan Goodrich called the Budget Comtruttee to
order. Deputy City Recorder Krager called the roll.
Present Absent
Budget Committee Member Jaines x
Budget Cornmittee Member Parker x
Budget Committee Member Bailey x
Budget Cona nittee Chair Struck x
Budget Comxuittee Member Goodrich x
Budget Committee Member Moghimtan x
Budget Committee Member Wilson x
Budget Comnuttee Member Buchner x
Budget Committee Member Dirksen x
Budget Committee Member Henderson x
Budget Committee Member Webb x
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Budget Committee Member Goodrich asked if there was a motion for approval of the minutes from the May
10, 2010 Budget Committee meeting. Budget Committee Member Buchner made a .motion to approve the
minutes. Budget Committee member Webb seconded and the motion was approved unanimously.
Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance said$e wished to discuss three items:
• Update on the documentation of the Adopted FY 2011 Budget
• Update on the close of Fiscal Year 2010
• Present staffs work plan for the Fiscal Year 2012 budget and CIP process for
review and comment
Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance covered the 2011 budget adopted in May saying that
Finance staff are nearly done with preparation of the annual budget document. He said extra time was spent on
history as Councilor Henderson noticed historical data that didn't match the prior budget documents. He said
time was spent working on data reconciliation including going back through audited financial reports. Budget
documents should be available in early August,-,with pdf copies available on the website.
Assistant Finance Director Smith-Wagar described the software conversion which did not go as planned so the
City has returned to using Springbrook financial software. She said the City is closing the books in Springbrook
for the 2010 soft close. She noted that the financial statements will, be prepared before the auditors arrive in
October.
Budget Committee Member Bailey asked if the City was going back to using the IFAS software. Finance and
Information Services Director LaFrance said the City has reached an agreement with the software vendor and
has been able to recoup some of the costs.
6:44:23 Phl Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance described the general process and work plan
for the 2012 budget, illustrated in a document he handed to Council called the City Operating Budget
Flowchart. This Flowchart ties together on a timeline, the processes, decisions due and documents required for
the Capital Improvement Program(CIP), Financial Forecast and Budgets for the City and the CCDA.
Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance said Senior Management Analyst Collins' major focus is to
help the City put together a Capital Improvement Plan and help the departments prepare their budgets.
6:55:25 PM Budget Committee Member Bailey asked Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance if
his outlook on the economy had changed. He said the outlook is that economic recovery will continue slowly.
He said the economy was buoyed by government stimulus spending but that has ended. City Manager Prosser
added that two years ago the City had to snake cutbacks in the Building Department but has experienced an
increase in permits lately and is considering adding back some hours in that department
6:58:16 PM Budget Committee Member Bailey asked to see a step in the process where the Budget Committee
would be involved. When asked where he thought was appropriate,Budget Committee Member Bailey
responded that the month following each quarter seemed logical to him.
Mayor Dirksen said there could be a Budget Committee and CCDA review in this format. He said he liked the
format of the City Operating Budget Flowchart. City Manager Prosser said the CTP column is the result of the
engineering review the City completed last year. Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance
complimented Senior Management Analyst Collins on her work on the Flowchart.
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7:01:36 PM Councilor Henderson asked if Budget Committee meetings should be identified on this flowchart,
perhaps with a star icon. Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance agreed and said staff would add
them.
There being no further business, Budget Committee Member Dirksen adjourned the Budget Committee at
7:03:18 PM
3. JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION—TREE GROVE INVENTORY
7:03:25 PM Senior Planner Wyss said thus Joint Meeting with the Planning Conwnission was to discuss and
receive feedback on the tree grove inventory project prior to beginning the project. He said Tigard has
budgeted funds to develop a Tree Grove Inventory and Protection Program and hired a consulting firm to
assist staff. He introduced Greg Winterowd of Winterbrook Planning.
Senior Planner Wyss said inventory protection is a component of the larger process to update the City's forestry
regulations. He noted that updating the Tree Code is one of Council's 2010 goals and thus tree grove inventory
is guided by the adopted LTrban Forestry Master Plan,which includes protecting Tigard's remaining native tree
groves. He said the City's approach is proposed to be flexible and incentive-based. Goal 5 requirements must
be met. He said they wanted to cover three items with Council and the Planning Commission:
1. Give an update on the scope and schedule for this project
2. Discuss the definition of a tree grove
3. Discuss potential options for protection
Senior Planner Wyss said Winterbrook Planning is scheduled to complete this-work by April, 2011. He read the
scope of work and work plan. He said GIS tree data has been collected. Fieldwork,which will identify the
groves for protection can begin once Council and the Planning Commission define.a"tree grove." Next will be
an analysis of allowed and conflicting uses,which will follow the Goal 5 process.The last step is the
development of a protection program. He said public involvement will continue throughout this project and
staff will keep Council and the Planning Commission informed of progress throughout the project.
Consultant Winterowd complimented the Council and Planning Commission on what they have accomplished
and said he thought the Urban Forestry Master Plan was excellent. Senior Planner Wyss said they used Metro's
definition of a tree grove once they got the numbers and took into account the project budget. He said they
looked at various size options, including half-acre, one-acre and two-acres. After analyzing different options,
staff settled on the description of"vo-acre groves, or 930 acres (12.3% of the City). He said 60% of these fall
within the significant habitat areas which have already been surveyed. He said as a basis for the project, the
definition of a tree grove is "a two-acre or larger, contiguous, healthy canopy of predominately native trees that
provide scenic,aesthetic,environmental or other functional values to the community."
Mayor Ditksen asked for a brief explanation of how staff arrived at two-acres being the cut-off point. Senior
Planner Wyss said the two-acres or greater size yielded 930 acres Citywide. When dropped down to one-acre it
meant 1,107 acres, gaining less than 200 acres but increasing by 131 the actual groves that would need to be
inventoried. This would take up the entire budget just to do the inventory. Mayor Drrksen asked if there was a
scientific measurement of a tree grove.
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Consultant Winterowd asked, "What is a tree grove? It is a subjective sense we have. You want something big
enough to enter. It is more round than linear: From a practical standpoint the more tree groves you have the
more lives of people you affect.You want to be careful and selective aboutwhatyou call a tree grove."
He said Tigard needs to be confident that these can be identified and appreciated by average citizens as a grove
and can be defended in terms of their functional and aesthetic qualities.
Assistant Community Development Director Hartnett asked Senior Planner Wyss about the effect on the
Buildable Lands Inventory with the different definitions. Senior Planner Wyss said staff analyzed the tree
groves that would fall on a piece of land considered buildable and when increased from one-half to one-acre in
size, the difference was not much,and usually the grove would extend onto other parcels.
7:16:41 PM Consultant Winterowd said as a general rule, the most difficult Goal 5 resource to protect is trees.
It raises fairness issues. You need to make sure you have something that will. rally neighbors to protect and
preserve them.
Mayor Ditksen asked Council what their reaction was. Councilor Webb said she liked the idea of two-acre
groves instead of a smaller size.
Council President Wilson said he envisioned that this will be inventive-based, by designation of tree groves as
historic or by provision of a tax abatement or some other kind of perk. He said while some citizens might not
want more regulations, he thought some property- owners might actually want this designation. He said he
favors the two-acre size and the grove should ixse to the level of city-wide significance. He asked if parcels
planted with native trees that are crops (cottonwood or Christmas trees) would be listed. Sensor Planner Wyss
said those would be inventoried and catalogued through the inventory process but the consultant would put
them through a significance test.
Consultant Winterowd said developers like meaningful density transfers that combine with setbacks, or height
restrictions or patking. He said the City should not come up with a set of regulations that take design creativity
away from the developers. He said any incentives should be vetted with the development community and
property owners.
7:26:1.$PM Regarding types of incentives,Council President Wilson said he wouldn't think of a grove in a
cemetery as a diverse wildlife habitat and wouldn't want to strictly limit it to naturalresource value. Consultant
Winterowd said pioneer cemeteries have historic value and all are peaceful contemplative places.
Councilor Buchner commented that if one looks at old maps of Tigard, Bull Mountain was clear-cut from
about the time of World War II to the mid-1950's. She suggested that the consultants investigate how the
replacement growth has occurred. She said in many places there are too many non-native trees, planted too
closely,taking the place of native trees.
In response to a question from Councilor Henderson about how many people are affected per parcel,
Consultant Winterowd said they will count the number of houses,not people in each house. Councilor
Henderson asked how large these groves are and.Senior Planner Wyss said one is nearly 30 acres,a few are
20 acres and most large groves are city-owned.
Council agreed that the two-acre def rntion seemed reasonable.
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7:33:32 PSI ConsLdtant Winterowd said most of the time when we thunk of resource protection we think of
zoning to keep people away, but he suggests the following.
• Buy the grove (although most cities don't have the money)
• Regulatory incentives (Density transfers)
• Tax incentives
• Recognition incentives
• Conservation easements
Consultant Winterowd suggested approaching developers to work with you as a good neighbor. Give the
developer or owner recognition by naming the grove after them, for example. He said if the City pays for the
easement without any regulations,staff should negotiate the value of trees with the property owners.
Consultant Winterowd said tax incentives have less value for developers currently,but in busier times there is
value to having a tax write-off for donating property. He said all approaches depend on good will and a sense
that the city is negotiating in good faith. He said developers will be looking for a way to negotiate A th staff and
a combination often works best, such as a tax incentive and recognition.
In response to a question from Council President Wilson, Consultant Winterowd said he didn't recommend
off-site density transfers, but did suggest looking at how developers could pool their resources, which had
recently been done in Sherwood.
Mayor Dirksen .suggested the City could offer developers a voluntary program whereby a builder agrees to
reconfigure his lots to save the maximum number of trees. When this is verified and staff, Planning
Commission and the developer all agree, the builder would be able to build without having to provide costly
mitigation. He said this could be a voluntary program as opposed to out regulatory program which requires
mitigation.
Mayor Dirksen commented that the City hears from property developers that mitigation costs are too high so
an alternative to mitigation is appealing because it would cost less.
Consultant Winterowd said it-makes sense to preserve groves of trees rather than a few trees in a straight line.
The worst thing is to say to a developer, "just save twelve trees,we don't care where they are."
Senior Planner Wyss summarized the discussion:
• Two-acres is the size definition for the inventory process.
• Some sites initially identified will be eliminated if they don't pass the significant test.
• Staff will return in a few months to present an update and statistics on the groves.
• Notices will be sent to property owners.
Mayor Dirksen called a five-minute break 7:59:39 PM
8:04:06 PM Mayor Ditksen reconvened the meeting,
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4, WATER RATE CONSULTANT PRESENTATION ON WATER RATE STUDY AND SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES (SDC) FINDINGS
Utility Division Manager Goodrich introduced this item. He said Consultants Paul Matthews and Joe Healy
from RedOak Consulting were present to present preliminary findings and discuss the financing of the Lake
Oswego/Tigard Water Project. He described different elements of the financing project and said there will be
project cost revisions coming out in September or later this fall.
Water Rate Study Findings -
Consultant Healy gave an overview of financial planning for utilities. He said a financial plan is a planning tool
and a communication tool. A plan can be used for stakeholder communication, highlighting upcoming issues
and gives an opportunity to focus on key performance indicators. He showed graphs in a PowerPoint slide
shoe of the annual capital expenditures through 2020 and surrunami ed operations and maintenance costs, of
which the major item is purchasing water from Portland. He said costs will drop starting in 2017 by$2 million
a year because of the Lake Osurego/Tigard partnership.
Consultant Matthews gave an update on the project status and uncial planning in general. He discussed debt
service and the importance of coming up now with the additional bond test amount to demonstrate that Tigard
has enough money to cover the debt. He said their assumptions include funding this reserve and this is driving
the rate increases. He noted that the consultant team met with the City's Finance staff and discussed the
assumptions.
Council President Wilson asked if the revenue increases required are on top of each other. "In other words,you
have a 35%increase one year and another 359/6 increase on top of that and then-when it flattens off,you stay at
that high level?" Consultant I4latthews said yes,the consecutive annual increases are required to acquire the
money needed.
Public Works Director Koellermeier said, "If we had been doing this five years ago, those numbers would be
substantially different and part of the issue is the inability of cities to get insurance on their bonds anymore...
This steepens our curve at the front end of this project because we have to have this reserve sitting in the bank
when we are ready to sell the bond issues." Consultant Matthews said the good news on the reserve is that it
becomes the last year's debt service payment.
In response to a question from Mayor Dirksen on whether the City could reduce the upfront increases if the
larger increases were extended out further.into the future,Public Works Director ltioellermeier said that would
require the building of the Lake Oswego partnership at a slower rate and it would not be operational in 2016.
5:22:51 PM System Development Charge (SDC) Findings -
Consultant Matthews discussed goals and objectives of SDC's,which include developing a practical SDC that is
easily implemented,understandable to customers, ensures equity,maintains the financial health of the utility and
complies with Oregon law. He said the idea is to level the playing field and without sufficient SDC's the
ratepayers have to shoulder more of the burden. He said the cost is based on meter size,which is what Tigard
currently does.
Councilor Henderson asked what the current SDC is. Utility Manager Goodrich said it is $2,366 for a 3/4-inch
line, He noted that the rates had not been raised since the year 2000.
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Referring to the slide showing future rates, Council President Wilson asked, "For a two-inch meter -- we're
going to charge $88,000? If you do that you aren't going to sell any two inch meters." He said he works in the
industry and installs meters all the time and didn't think the market would support that.
Public Works Director Koellermeier said the policy decision Council will have to make is how much of this
calculation is charged, the full amount or a portion. He said that process will play out as we conduct public
hearings, discuss it with the Homebuilders'Association and find out what other jurisdictions are charging.
City Manager Prosser cautioned that it is a closed system, If Council determines that these SDC
recommendations are higher than the market will bear, the options are to cut back on the service, which is
difficult with water, or bring in additional honey, most likely through the ratepayers. Money could be raised by
grants but there are not a lot of other sources out there.
Council President Wilson asked what percent is borne by the existing ratepayers and what by the SDC's. He
asked, "If development completely paid for itself, these are the numbers?" Consultant Matthews said they
were.
Council President Wilson argued that the City is buying a water system for the first time and to make
development pay for it all doesn't seem fait. Consultant Matthews said that is not what is happening and a
good portion of the $118 million is not included in the SDC because it is not growth related.
Consultant Matthews said implicit in the assumptions are the revenues expected from. SDC's to provide some
of the project cost, but low growth rates are assumed. Councilor Buchner said if the assumption is that there
will be little or no SDC income within the next three or four years, the rate payers pick up 100 %of the freight.
In response, Consultant N-latthews said 0% growth rate is assumed for 2011 and 3/10 of a percent in 2012, on
UP to two percent, so we are gradually assuming that growth will resume but we didn't want to count it until it
has occurred.
Council President Wilson asked if the consultants figured on what's going to happen with conservation if water
prices double within three years. Consultant Matthews said that would be part of the next phase of the study
which is the rate design,where a conservation impact mode will be developed,
He said this is a significant issue so an entire study phase is dedicated to it. Councilor Buehner said Tigard is
very conservation minded and this should dilute some of the conservation impacts. Public Works Director
Koellermeier said that was a fair assurnption.
8:36:47 PNI Public Works Director Koellermeier said guidance was needed from Council. The City is in
the third year of a planned water rate increase. Built in to the current budget is a 7%increase effective October
1. He asked Council if they wanted to postpone that until January 1 which will roll out the first year of the water
rate study. He said another option is to impact the 7% with a higher number now and do the second half of
the higher number in April, splitting the first year between April and October.
He said the issue to Council is that they'd be adopting a potential 18% rate increase and replacing the 7%
increase before the study has been adopted. He said another issue for Council is to take a serious look at
monthly billing. He noted that other communities have made that adjustment and this seems to help the
customers.
Councilor Buchner said she strongly advocated for imposing half the rate increase in the fall and half in the
spring. Councilor Webb said she liked the idea of going to monthly billing.
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Mayor Dirksen said, "I knee, this was coming but hadn't really seen the figures and it's a stunning amount."
Council President Wilson said he expected rates to double but thought it would be over ten years,not three.
Councilor Webb commented that a lot of communities are going through this now, including Tualatin,
Sherwood and Portland.
Public Works Director Koellermeier said the real message is the cost of ownership. Mayor Dirksen agreed,
saying there is nothing to be saved by Tigard in remaining renters of water, He said rates would still go up,but
we'd have nothing to show, for it.
Council discussed previous options that were projected to cost even more.
8:43:20 PM Councilor Webb said that when she was on the Tigard Water Board in 1991, they saw this coming
and were trying to find some kind of ownership.
Councilor Buchner asked Public Works Director Koellerineier to obtain the infortnation for the public about
when we estimate that our rates will cross what Tigard citizens would be paying if the City stayed with Portland
water. Public Works Director Koellermeier said he would get that information. He said the year 2016 is not
only the end of Tigatd's contract with Portland, but gets us ahead of when Portland can legitimately start
putting some of their capital costs into their rate model.
Mayor Dirksen said, "In listening to public testimony that is going on in surrounding cities that are also having
these discussions, I've heard questions from citizens saying there are other canes in the country, even the desert
southwest, that pay less for water than we do. They ask why that is. I've researched this and have found that
their water systems are not sustainable. They are essentially using their grandchildren's water today." Public
Works Director Koellermeier said at the end of all this the water will still be a penny a gallon.
8:47:01 PN4 Council President Wilson asked if it helps or hurts Tigard to expand out to the west. Public Works
Director Koellermeier responded that they are still working on that issue. He said capacity to serve ureas 63
and 64 is built into the SDC Model. He suggested there may be an additional SDC when_areas 63 and 64 get
ready to develop to help pay for the additional capital within the limits of those boundaries. He noted that this
is a common model to fairly assess SDC's on a growth area.
8:48:32 P11,1 Councilor Buchner said, "Brom a policy point of view it is really important to remember our
current rate payers and fairly charge SDC's to pay for the growth." Mayor Dirksen replied that he doesn't want
to unfairly burden either group.
Public Works Director Koellermeier said the entire ratc design package will come before Council. He asked if
Council's inclination was to chunk down the revenues at 18%, Council agreed.
Councilor Webb asked if anything will be built into this for people that use enormous amounts of water. Public
Works Director Koellermeier said that generally, in an incline rate there is a fixed fee, a historic use and
anything over that would cost more. Council concurred with this.
Councilor Buchner strongly urged that the consultant's PowerPoint presentation be posted on the website.
Councilor Webb disagreed, saying, "It could be misunderstood without the detailed discussion, like we just
had." mayor Dirksen agreed that a presentation should be available to citizens but it inay be too preliminary
right now, He suggested a presentation be created in the near future that gives significant information without
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being too specific until we have those answers. Public Works Director Koellermeier said a communication plan
had already been prepared and a press release would come out tomorrow.
Councilor Webb complimented Lake Oswego on their Water Savvy format and weekly updates which make the
information easier to digest.
Councilor Buehner said, "I'm particularly concerned that citizens, the rate payers are aware that this didn't just
come out of the blue—we got a consultant in to do a rate study to help us figure out that we need this inuch
revenue. Don't just hit them with a final number. They need to understand that this was a very long and
thoughtful process. We were stunned, too,when we saw the numbers."
City Manager Prosser said this information naturally flows from what we are already putting out there to discuss
the partnership's solution to water supply problems both communities are experiencing. He said that is what's
leading to these rate increases. He said Lake Oswego may be looking at some large rate increases also. He said a
communication plan is being built off of the base that the partnership is operating now.
5. REVIEW CURRENT CITY COUNCIL GROUNDRULES ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION
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P.I City Manager Prosser said Council procedures call for an annual review of groundrules.They were last
adopted in 2008 and last year Council felt they were still workable. Staff was given direction to work on a code
of conduct for Council and Boards and Commissions. He said that as they worked on this some questions were
raised:
• Does Council want separate groundrules and code of conduct or should they be merged?
• If you do want separate groundrules and a separate code of conduct, are there things currently in the
groundrules that would be better addressed in a code of conduct?
• How do are deal with accountability issues in terms of making sure that groundrules and code of
conduct are followed?
Councilor Webb commented that until a recent problem with a Commissioner, there hadn't been any trouble.
She noted that the City has nothing in writing that prevents any behavior or gives any consequences.
City Manager Prosser said that Council is elected and cannot be removed from office by anyone but the citizens
of Tigard. He said through working with the City Attorney however, Council could make a motion of censure.
Mayor Dirksen said if the Boards and Commissions have a code of conduct, the Council should have one. He
suggested that the code of conduct doesn't need to repeat provisions already listed in the Charter.He said there
needs to be separate documents for Council and for Boards and Commissions because issues and consequences
are different. He suggested for Council there needs to be something up to and including formal censure. He
said he couldn't imagine a time when anyone would need to invoke this,but thought it best to have a formal
process in place. For violations of the code of conduct,he said he thought the primary consequence would be
damaging relationships with the other Councilors and subsequent loss of ability to influence the direction of the
Council and the City. He said that in itself would be a major deterrent for a violation of the code. He said that
violations of the Board and Committee code of conduct could result in renioval and that should continue,but
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other steps to be taken prior to removal should be considered. Mayor Dirksen suggested putting something in
about Council relationships with board members and commissioners.
9:04:06 PM Council President Wilson said., "There is a lot to learn. I'm not so sure we shouldn't repeat certain
sections. It is a good idea to separate procedural from ethical parts although it may be difficult to identify what
is procedural rather than ethical."
Councilor Webb said she liked the example from Glendale. Mayor Dirksen agreed, saying he liked the tone of
the language,which sounded more litre advice rather than law.
9:013:17 PIM Councilor Henderson asked why there hadn't been a May meeting for potential candidates to hear
about what is involved in being on the Council. He reflected on questions he had upon election to Council
about the relationship between CCDA or LCRB and the Council. Mayor Dirksen apologized for there being
no meeting this year and explained that the person who would have coordinated it had been laid off. He said,
"It fell through the cracks."
Councilor Buehner commented that Tigard is unusual in that there are only five councilors. She said it
becomes more important to have cooperative skills given how small the Council is.
City Manager Prosser summarized that Council wants one document with two sections Groundrules (internal
relationships) and Conduct (external-relationships). The Glendale model is desirable. A section will be
included on Board and Comrnission liaison responsibilities. Councilor Buchner asked that it specify that
Council's job is to be there to listen,answer questions and act as a haison,but not get involved in or unduly
influence their work.
Councilor Henderson requested that the draft be sent out for review prior to the meeting.
6. 9:04:01 PM COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS -Assistant City Manager Newton said registration was open for
the September 23-25 League of Oregon Cities Conference in Eugene. She asked if any Council members were
planning on attending. Councilor Henderson said he was and would not need accommodations. Councilor
Webb said she would not be attending. Councilor Buchner said she would probably attend only the Friday
meetings. Mayor Dirksen said he would only be attending the Mayor meetings on Thursday,and said if the City
of Tigard wills an award, Councilor Henderson could accept it on behalf of the City.
7. NON-AGENDA ITEMS—There were none.
& EXECUTnT-SESSION—There were none.
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9. ADJOURNMENT
At 9:19:24 PM Councilor Buehner moved to adjourn the meeting and Councilor Webb seconded the motion.
All voted in favor.
Yes No
Council President Wilson x
Councilor Buchner x
Mayor Dirksen x
Councilor Henderson x
Councilor Webb x
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