05/16/2012 - Minutes City of Tigard
Neighborhood Involvement Committee-
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MEETING DATE/TIME: Wednesday, May 16, 2012; 7:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Tigard City Hall, Red Rock Creek Conference Room
13125 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard OR 97223
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:15 p.m. without the chair present.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Cathy Olson, Connie Ramaekers, Sue Carver
Absent: Chairman Basil Christopher, Bev Froude, Patti Anda
Staff. Joanne Bengtson
3. APPROVE JANUARY 18,2012 MINUTES
Lacking a quorum, the committee chose to defer approval to the next meeting.
4. APPROVE MARCH 14,2012 MINUTES
Lacking a quorum, the committee chose to defer approval to the next meeting.
5. SHIFT IN FOCUS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK PROGRAM
Lacking a quorum for this discussion, the committee members briefly reviewed each of the
subjects listed on the agenda and agreed to ask the rest of the committee to meet in June to
engage in a discussion of the items and to catch up on business.
a. CONSIDER QUARTERLY MEETING SCHEDULE
b. REVIEW CURRENT BY-LAWS FOR NEW STRUCTURE
c. MEMBERSHIP OUTREACH
d. WEB PAGE INACTIVITY—WHAT TO DO?
6. OTHER
FY 12-13 Budget
Joanne shared a copy of the new budget press release. On May 14,Tigard's Budget Committee
approved a proposed FY 12-13 budget with some changes. The proposed budget was balanced
based solely on service level reductions in core governmental services of$2.5 million and 20.5
full time equivalent positions (FTE).
Key to the Budget Committee approved budget for FY 2012-13, is a proposed increase in the
electrical franchise fee from 3.5 percent to 5 percent. The increase will provide resources to
restore some of the operating reductions made in the proposed budget. The additional revenue
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will be used to re-hire two police officers, restore youth services for peer court, cadets, a liaison
for the Tigard Youth Advisory Council, the Backpack Program and DARE/GREAT classroom
support. This includes 0.5 FTE Youth Services Officer. Lastly, Tigard will make progress toward
the Council goal to evaluate options and resources to create a pilot recreation program.
The City Council will conduct a public hearing to adopt the budget and amend the franchise fee
on Tuesday June 12, 2012 at City Hall as part of the regularly scheduled City Council meeting
Neighborhood Web Administrator Update
Joanne reported that Area 13/West Tigard has a web administrator. Candace Carsh,who served
as the web administrator in West Tigard when it was our pilot site for the program, has come
back to take the helm of this blog.
Area 6 (downtown) web admin Stefan Lidington is stepping down after many years—as is Area 1
(Summerfield/Scholls) web admin Karen Brandenburger. Stefan has agreed to post until I can
find a replacement.
Area 4 (Metzger) is still looking for a partner to share web duties.
Walnut Street News from Washington County
In the Wlinter 2012 Updates newsletter, the county reported that they're working with partner cities
to plan which major road projects to fund over the next five years under phase 3d of the Major
Streets Transportation Improvement Program (MSTIP 3d).
On April 24, the Board of County Commissioners advanced six MSTIP 3d projects for
construction in 2014, including Walnut Street (from 116th to Tiedeman Ave.) in Tigard. The
complete list is available at http://mstip.org/3d. Read the county's Updates newsletter at
www.co.washington.or.us/News/Newsletters
TTSD Mentoring Partnership
Connie shared news about the mentoring program underway in the school district and asked for
the committee's help in spreading the word throughout the community.
The Tigard-Tualatin Mentoring Partnership provides children facing adversity with strong,
enduring one-on-one relationships that change each young person's life forever. Children who
have positive mentoring relationships are: more confident in their schoolwork better able to
get along with friends and families less likely to skip school, use alcohol or drugs, or be
involved with law enforcement.
Mentoring can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. It requires a minimal time
commitment and can be done in the child's school or in the community. For information on how
you can make a positive difference in a child's life contact Big Brothers Big Sisters: 503-249-4859
www.bbbsnorthwest.org. This is a community partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters,
faith-based organizations, Tigard Police Dept., Tigard-Tualatin School District Safe
Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, and individual volunteers.
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Next Meeting
The assembled committee members agreed to hold a meeting on June 20 at 7 p.m. in the library
2nd floor conference room. Waiting until July 18 would be too long to hold off discussion about
program changes. Joanne will send a note to the rest of the committee asking if they agree or
wish to hold off meeting until July.
7. ADJouRN
With no more items to discuss, the group adjourned the meeting at 8:20 p.m.
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