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City Council Minutes - 03/22/2016 City OT igard = Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes March 22, 2016 STUDY SESSION A. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS Councilor Woodard reported on his Washington DC trip and sessions he attended at the National League of Cities Conference. He will email his written report to City Manager Wine who will distribute it. He heard from the youth attending from Tigard High that they would like to be involved in next year's State of the City Address. He said emerging markets should be sought after,whether through industrial,cultural or arts connections. Councilor Goodhouse attended sessions on transportation and noted that walkability has become a major interest nationally and Tigard's vision is in line with what many communities are doing. Council President Snider reported on the Lake Oswego/Tigard Water Partnership.A memo was sent out in last Thursday's council packet. He said a decision about future water system management is coming up. He asked council to give some thought to which governance option they recommend.The memo lists five options but only two are under consideration. One is Lake Oswego continuing to manage the facilities under an oversight committee and the second is to create a separate entity that both cities control. Councilor Goodhouse supported the latter. Council President Snider said council needs to become familiar with these options and share their preference with Tigard's representatives - Mayor Cook or Council President Snider. B. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN OREGON PARKS AND RECREATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANT TO FUND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURE Project Coordinator Staedter gave the staff report and asked council to approve a resolution in support of the grant. Tigard applied for this grant last year and lost out but was the next project in line. Staff wants to make another attempt at this grant for an interpretive shelter/restroom at Dirksen Nature Park. The park is growing in popularity at a rate faster than funding for infrastructure is becoming available and the city has no money available for a shelter/restroom to accommodate park visitors and Fanno Creek Trail users. The only cost is staff time to prepare and pursue the grant. The amount requested is $450,125. Council agreed to add the resolution of support to the Consent Agenda tonight in order to meet the application deadline. Collecting letters of support from the Tigard-Tualatin School District and other local leaders was discussed and council offered their help in seeking additional support from mayors of nearby communities and legislators. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES -March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.dgard-or.gov I Page 1 of 13 EXECUTIVE SESSION: At 7:16 Mayor Cook announced that the Tigard City Council was entering into an Executive Session called under ORS 192.660 (2) (h) pending litigation or litigation likely to be filed. The Executive Session ended at 7:36 p.m. 1. BUSINESS MEETING—March 22, 2016 la A. At 7:41 p.m. Mayor Cook called the Tigard City Council and Local Contract Review Board to order. B. City Recorder Krager called the roll. Present Absent Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ C. Mayor Cook asked everyone to stand and join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. D. Mayor Cook called to council and staff for Non-Agenda items: City Manager Wine said she would cover a few administrative items at the end of the meeting. 2. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION A. Follow-up to Previous Citizen Communication—City Manager Wine said there was none. B. Citizen Communication—Sign-up Sheet. Shannon Wilson, 12643 SW 135t`Avenue,Tigard,OR, spoke as Deputy Director of Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH). She thanked council for considering a resolution tonight that will allow property tax exemptions for CPAH housing as well as one other affordable housing development in Tigard. She said this helps CPAH build new affordable housing like The Knoll at Tigard and also maintain older properties such as Greenburg Oaks Apartments. The households served range from large families to seniors living on social security. Their average income is $25,000 annually. She said by supporting affordable housing for these households the city is not only caring for some of its most vulnerable residents,it is also increasing the number of low income kids that are successful in school,limiting the number of people living on the street or in cars, and helping to support a strong community for all of Tigard. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES— March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.dgard-or.gov I Page 2 of 13 3. CONSENT AGENDA: (Tigard City Council) Mayor Cook asked if there were any items council wanted removed for separate consideration or added to the Consent Agenda. Councilor Henderson requested Item 3.0 be removed for separate consideration. Councilor Goodhouse moved to add Resolution No. 16-10. Council President Snider seconded the motion to add the resolution. All voted in favor. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ A. APPROVE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES: • February 9,2016 • February 23,2016 B. PROCLAIM APRIL AS ARBOR MONTH C. PROCLAIM APRIL AS ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH (Considered separately) D. PROCLAIM APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH E. APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 16-10—A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN OREGON STATE PARKS AND RECREATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANT (2016)TO FUND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERPRETIVE SHELTER/RESTROOM AT DIRKSEN NATURE PARK Councilor Woodard moved for consideration of the Consent Agenda minus Item 3.C. Councilor Goodhouse seconded the motion. Mayor Cook conducted a vote and the motion passed unanimously. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES— March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 3 of 13 C. PROCLAIM APRIL AS ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH Councilor Henderson asked for this proclamation to be considered separately because of its importance to the community. He noted that this was his 32nd birthday of being clean and sober. He said there were experts in the audience that could speak about a local organization,Tigard Turns the Tide, formed to help youth avoid using alcohol and drugs. Marie Watkins of Tigard Turns the Tide said alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States and more than 7 million children live in a household where at least one parent abuses alcohol. She said 31 percent of those aged 12-20 consume alcoholic drinks. A big concern is the wide-awake drunk because of the new alcoholic energy drinks. She noted that the earlier the onset of use, the more likely a person will become dependent. She said their primary goal is to provide as much education as possible. Councilor Henderson moved for approval of the Alcohol Awareness proclamation. Council President Snider seconded the motion. Mayor Cook conducted a vote and the motion passed unanimously. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ 4. LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING: CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING TMC CHAPTER 15.20 STREET MAINTENANCE FEE a. Mayor Cook announced that anyone wishing to testify should sign in on the form provided at the front of the room. He noted that agenda items 4 and 5 were related and would be heard together but voted on separately. b. Staff Report: Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance and Streets and Transportation Project Engineer McCarthy gave the staff report. Mr.LaFrance said the Street Maintenance Fee has appeared on utility bills for nearly a decade. It was most recently updated in 2010 and part of the program is to discuss the fee with council every five years. This is the fourth discussion over the past 14 months. Council gave staff policy direction and feedback during those discussions and asked for more survey work,including some of the same questions now that the fees have been identified. He summarized the policy issues and direction received from council. • The Pavement Condition Index (PCI) goal has resulted in a backlog and to get caught up on this work will cost$11 million. Council direction was to make it into ten chunks and add that to the street maintenance fee each year for ten years. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES—March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 4 of 13 • Recently enacted ADA legislation requires sidewalk curb cuts be constructed when a road is being paved. The Tigard Municipal Code is in conflict because it says required work must be done but it does not allow money to be spent on sidewalks. The ordinance to be considered tonight changes the code to allow this required ADA work to be paid for out of the SMF. • The source of SMF funds by road type is set by the code and allocates payment by the different classes based on use.Arterial road costs are shared by residential and non- residential customers. A residential street is 100 percent paid for by the residential fee and a commercial street is paid for 100 percent by the non-residential customers. Council did not want to make changes to this program cost split. • A small portion for right of way maintenance (about$100,000 annually) is paid by residential customers. Some landscape additions along Main Street and the medians along Pacific Highway will cost about$50,000 and this will be paid for by commercial customers. • Non-residential customers are charged based on the number of required parking spaces the business would have if it was built today,not how many it has,because it could have been built years ago. The number of required parking spaces is a proxy for the number of trips that business is putting on Tigard's streets.There has been a cap at 250 spaces. Council directed staff to remove the cap which will increase revenue as about 30 businesses are currently capped at 250 that would now pay for their actual required parking. This will generate roughly$80,000. The fees are indexed and council chose not to remove the indexing. Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance covered the survey which went out to residential and non-residential customers through the city's website,Cityscape,Facebook, and Chamber of Commerce members. It was available for two months. 80 responses were received from residential customers but only four non-residential customers took the survey. People were also invited to make comments through the website and Economic Development Manager Purdy sent this to his business contacts. Rob Ruedy asked for clarification on business and residential customers. He was concerned that a resident operating a home business would be charged the commercial rate. Mr.LaFrance said the current practice is that a home business operator is considered a residential customer but that is not explicit in the code so staff recommends the code be clarified. Steve DeAngelo that he was generally in favor of removing the cap as that makes the program more fair for small businesses but requested that the language explaining how the non-residential fee is calculated be made more understandable. Mr. LaFrance said there are occasional changes to the parking requirement code so language would take the current code and freeze calculations to the 2014 level in order to reduce confusion when parking changes occur. Mayor Cook commented that sometimes parking requirement changes are due to industry adjustments. He gave banks as an example where 25-30 years ago customers had to drive to a bank to conduct their business but now most banks rent out some of their parking spaces to other tenants because they no longer have the walk-in business volume. Freezing the rates would not take into account those industry changes. Council President Snider asked how simple this would be to administer. Engineer TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES—March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 5 of 13 McCarthy said this idea arose during a discussion on retail business parking code changes a few years ago. And with the proposed lean code for the Tigard Triangle there may be fewer spaces required as space is used for other purposes.This leads to an equity issue if the same type of business has to pay more outside the Triangle than one within. Staff wanted to avoid unintended consequences and keep the system fair. In response to a question from Council President Snider about whether this would be an administrative burden,Mr. LaFrance said it would be easier to administer. He said fees are only recalculated every five years or so with an index applied in the years between. At recalculation time there is an opportunity to update the code. Council President Snider suggested that industry parking needs be considered at that time. Staff recommended a housekeeping matter to remove the phase-in language from Section 15.20.050.0 from five years ago. Mr. LaFrance said the indexed and updated SMF is currently at$6.39 per month for residential and $1.44 per required parking space for non-residential. Residential customers have been paying more because the residential neighborhood streets have received more work in the past five years. The upcoming four years will focus more on arterial streets so the program will have more of a shared cost. Without adding the backlog work the residential rate will decrease and the commercial rate will increase. However,including the $11 million backlog work over a ten year period increases both. Residential customers would see a 40 percent increase and non-residential a 46 percent increase. The proposed commercial right-of-way maintenance affects non-residential customers by about 8 percent and including this almost doubles the commercial parking space fee at$2.76. C. Council Questions: Councilor Woodard asked what Tigard's current PCI was. Mr. McCarthy said it is 71 and confirmed that the city wants to achieve 80-82 and this has been factored into the calculations. Councilor Woodard said the language regarding the non- residential calculation in Section 15.20.050 is confusing and Council President Snider agreed. Mr. LaFrance said he will work to clarify the wording. He said there are two policies addressed in this section. The first is that council wanted the cap removed and the second is that they instructed staff that the cap removal should increase revenue for the pavement management program. Councilor Henderson asked if sidewalk cuts are taken into account. Mr. McCarthy said they were and staff estimates a cost of roughly $5,000 per ADA curb ramp for design and construction. The city does 75-100 per year. Councilor Henderson asked if there was an addition for concrete. Mr. McCarthy said the concrete for the curb cuts is included in the calculation and while this is an additional cost there have also been reduced costs due to the slurry sealing program working well and the fact that the roads are lasting longer than they did five years ago. He said in 2009-2010 the council adopted a hold-the-line level but not one that improved the PCI or addressed the backlog. Councilor Henderson said there has been a backlog of paving projects for years and commented that the amount spent on sidewalks has the city losing ground. Mr. LaFrance agreed that the cost of the mandated curb cuts means there is less to spend on paving roads. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES—March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.6gard-or.gov I Page 6 of 13 d. Public Testimony: No one signed up to speak. Mayor Cook asked if there was anyone in the audience who wished to testify on either agenda item 4 or 5 and no one requested to speak. e. Council Discussion on Agenda Item 4: Councilor Henderson distributed curb cut information from the Department of Justice. He read a highlighted section,"However, the ADA does not require installation of ramps or curb ramps in the absence of a pedestrian walkway with the prepared surface for pedestrian use. Nor are curb ramps required in the absence of curb elevation or other barriers between the street and the walkway." He provided copies of photos of three places on Walnut Street with"curb cuts to nowhere,"where there are no sidewalks. He said he also did not understand why usable curb cuts were removed and replaced with newer, fancier ones. Senior Streets and Transportation Projects Engineer McCarthy said staff asked the same question. A non-conforming ADA ramp existed before they paved so they thought the ADA would require a conforming ramp. He said they may have been able to push the case legally but the cost of doing so would have exceeded the cost of the ramp. Council President Snider asked how many ramps in Tigard were as depicted in Councilor Henderson's photos and Engineer McCarthy said four came to mind. He referred to one of the photos and said the city decided to replace it and include the yellow raised bumps which help the visually impaired to realize that they are exiting a sidewalk and entering a traffic area (conflict zone). He said that ODOT is currently being sued for not replacing ramps or bringing them up to grade on some state projects so staff felt safer following the law. Mayor Cook said if these ramps to nowhere equaled half or even a quarter of the ramps the city constructs he would be worried. He has heard from citizens on this. Councilor Goodhouse said out of the percentage we do,it is better to do an extra three percent and not risk a lawsuit. Councilor Woodard said he agreed with Councilor Henderson. He asked staff how to explain to citizens why the city is doing this. Engineer McCarthy said he explains that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires the city to put in ramps when streets are resurfaced or reconstructed and paving is considered reconstructing which triggers the requirement. He confirmed that in each case of the "ramps to nowhere" there had been an existing ramp and staff felt that they needed to upgrade them to current standards. Councilor Henderson said previous city councils fought hard to get precious public dollars and curb cuts take money from streets that need it. He said he saw this use as wasteful. Council President Snider asked if the city could provide some policy direction on curb cuts to nowhere and asked if it costs more to construct them later if in fact the city got sued. Engineer McCarthy said it would. Council President Snider said that was an important point to him that it would cost more to put them in later and also pay litigation costs. Mayor Cook suggested working on the code changes including the parking space cap and also clarification of the home occupation permit holder as a residential customer. He said TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES—March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.dgard-or.gov I Page 7 of 13 putting in language about the number of employees required to define it as a business is confusing and would be hard to administer. Council agreed to add home occupation businesses to section 15.20.020.D Residential property. Council President Snider said the 250 cap language is not understandable. Mayor Cook said there are two issues; one is whether to remove the cap (or phase it in) and the other is to rewrite the language to make it more easily understood. He asked if council agreed with removing the cap. Councilor Henderson said he was not OK because council would hear about this and it was put in place for a reason. Council President Snider countered that people complained because they did not want to pay their fair share and he did not find that a good enough reason to change it. Councilor Goodhouse asked if the city had conversations with the few businesses that had over 1,000 spaces. In response to a question from City Manager Wine about outreach to customers with large parking lots,Mr. LaFrance said they sent letters to each of the 30 businesses that are currently capped at 250 that not only told them about this hearing but laid out for each their current rate,their proposed rate, how many spaces they would be paying for and the resulting monthly charge. He received no feedback from any of these businesses. Councilor Goodhouse expressed satisfaction with the outreach. f. Council Discussion on Agenda Item 5: Council President Snider said he did not have questions because staff prepared materials that were very clear and easy to understand. Mayor Cook proposed asking citizens to vote for a 5 cent increase in the gas tax to help pay for the backlog. Costs would then be paid not just by Tigard citizens but also by people driving through on their way to California and buying gas here.Tigard sits on three freeways and residents and non-residents will help pay for the streets they are using in Tigard. Citizens would pay for street maintenance through the SMF and a gas tax but they would pay less with a gas tax. Mayor Cook offered another idea to pay the $50,000 proposed commercial right of way cost from the $80,000 raised from businesses when the cap is removed. He said if both of those things happened the commercial rate would go up 38 percent and the residential would decrease by 17 percent. He said he could accept this more easily than a 92 percent commercial increase. Council President Snider asked for clarification that he was proposing new fees of at$5.30 and $1.98 and then would go to the voters in November for a 5 cent gas tax which if it failed would increase the amounts to $7.82 and $2.76,or did he mean to implement the higher rates first and then repeal them if the tax passes. Mayor Cook said he would rather put the lower rates in place. He noted that a sewer charge is coming up too and he would rather ask the community for approval of a tax and let them know that the SMF will rise to the higher levels if the gas tax does not pass. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES— March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 8 of 13 Councilor Woodard agreed with the mayor's suggestions. He noted that the city has not yet hit the 72-75 PCI identified in Resolution 10-01. He supported a gradual phase-in of taking care of the backlog by using some of the$80,000 for right of way and then going out for a gas tax. He said doubling up from$1.44 to $2.76 for commercial is not the right thing to do. There are other charges coming up and he is seeking moderation. He expressed disappointment that the backlog was not addressed years ago. Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance said by taking the mayor's suggestion and using the$80,000 for right of way maintenance the convoluted code section about calculation can be removed. The non-residential fee will simply be based on parking spaces and the per space charge of$2.44, not$2.76,which is a 69 percent increase rather than a 92 percent increase. Instead of paying$124.24 per month,the average business would pay $109.80. Councilor Goodhouse said he liked that option and does not want the city to get behind in street maintenance. He said voters understand,especially with what is happening in Portland, what can happen if roads are not maintained. He suggested charging the full amount and then reducing the fees if the gas tax passes. Council President Snider offered a compromise; consider setting the increase to occur after the election. The amount will depend on the election results and if the gas tax passes the increase will be less. The businesses will have a huge incentive to get it passed if their fee will only go from $1.44 to$1.98. Councilor Woodard said he was concerned about increasing costs for citizens. Businesses are hurting and increased fees and taxes will be passed on to the customer. He recommended cutting the funding for the backlog in half. Mr. LaFrance said at the end of the ten year period the PCI would be 76 rather than 81. Council President Snider said Tigard's tax burden is lower than other nearby cities and it is still a bargain to live here. Councilor Goodhouse said if council was looking at taking on the entire backlog at once that would be very costly,but the recommendation is to tackle it incrementally. He noted that customers have many shopping choices and decisions may be made where to go based on avoiding bad streets with potholes,etc. He said attractive,well maintained streets benefit businesses. Councilor Woodard said since he has been on council he has not seen a plan before to address the backlog so this is a step in the right direction but it is a large increase. He suggested looking at the 81 PCI as aspirational and not try to do it all at once. Councilor Henderson was troubled by how the majority of the backlog was commercial streets. City Manager Wine said there are both commercial and residential streets by year on the backlog lists. Engineer McCarthy clarified that at the beginning years of the backlog there are more connecting streets and in years 5-10 there are more cul-de-sacs and streets with very low volume. g. Staff recommendation: Finance and Information Services Director LaFrance said the staff recommendation is to make the changes to the Tigard Municipal Code in Chapter 15.20.020.d to add home occupation businesses to the definition of residential property and in 15.20.050.4 to remove the proposed language but keep the strikethrough language which eliminates the cap. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES— March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 9 of 13 h. Mayor Cook closed the public hearing. i. Council Deliberation and Consideration of Ordinance No. 16-07. Council President Snider moved to approve Ordinance No. 16-07 as recommended. Councilor Goodhouse seconded the motion. There was no further discussion. City Recorder Krager read the number and title of the ordinance. Ordinance No. 16-07—AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE 15.20 STREET MAINTENANCE FEE by adding a section definition to 15.20.020.D - Residential to include home occupation business and in 15.020.050 - Determination of Street Maintenance Fee Section 4 will not be changed but the cap will be eliminated. City Recorder Krager conducted a roll-call vote of council and the motion passed unanimously. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ 5. INFORMATIONAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION ADOPTING INCREASED STREET MAINTENANCE FEE (Public Hearing combined with Agenda Item No. 4) j. Council Deliberation and Consideration of Resolution No. 16-08 Council President Snider proposed approving the resolution with the following provisions: The new levels are set at$5.30 for residential and $1.98 for non-residential which include the proposed commercial right of way and there will be an increase effective in January 1,2017 if the gas tax does not pass for$6.56 residential and $2.15 for non-residential. Councilor Woodard wanted to cut the backlog funding in half. Engineer McCarthy said that would take 20 years to do and would yield a 76 PCI. A discussion was held on the monthly fees and staff calculated the difference. Council President Snider moved to approve Resolution No. 16-08 with the following provisions: the new levels are$5.30 for residential and$1.86 for non-residential,which includes the commercial right of way, effective July 1,2016,and if the gas tax measure does not pass in November, the rates will be$6.56 for residential and$2.15 for non-residential, TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES—March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.dgard-or.gov I Page 10 of 13 plus inflation, effective December 1,2016. Engineer McCarthy said typically adjustments are made January 1 and Council President Snider amended his effective date for changes if the gas tax fails to January 1,2017. Councilor Goodhouse seconded the motion. City Recorder Krager read the number and title of the resolution. Resolution No. 16-08-A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEES AND CHARGES SCHEDULE TO REVISE THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE, effective July 1,2016,the new levels are $5.30 for residential and $1.86 for non-residential which includes the commercial right of way. If a gas tax does not pass in November, then in January 1, 2017 the fees will be revised to $6.56 for residential and$2.15 for non-residential,plus inflation. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ Mayor Cook announced that the motion passed unanimously. He thanked everyone for their work on this. 6. LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD: CONSIDER CONTRACT AWARD FOR TIGARD TRIANGLE STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Senior Planner Shanks and Public Contracts Manager Barrett presented the staff report for this contract. The contract with MIG Consulting is for the Tigard Triangle Strategic Plan work and is fully funded with a Metro grant in the amount of$145,250. This contract was discussed at the March 15,2016 council meeting. Councilor Goodhouse moved for approval of the contract award. Council President Snider seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES—March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 11 of 13 7. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION GRANTING EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXES UNDER TMC 3.50 FOR FIVE NON-PROFIT LOW INCOME HOUSING PROPERTIES Finance Confidential Executive Assistant Lutz and Public Works Confidential Executive Assistant Grass gave the staff report for this item. Council was being asked to consider a resolution to grant property tax exemptions under Tigard Municipal Code Section 3.50 for five non-profit low income housing properties. They include Greenburg Oaks,Tangela,The Knoll at Tigard,Village at Washington Square and Hawthorne Villa. Councilor Woodard asked if there was a new submitter. Ms. Grass confirmed there is a new property owner for Hawthorne Villa. In response to a question from Councilor Woodard about Tangela Court,Ms. Grass said it is a single-family house that CPAH purchased. Councilor Goodhouse moved to approve Resolution No. 16-09. Councilor Woodard seconded the motion. City Recorder Krager read the number and title of the resolution. Resolution No. 16 - 09—A RESOLUTION GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXES UNDER TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.50 FOR FIVE NON-PROFIT LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS OWNED AND OPERATED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING (CPAH) AND HAWTHORNE VILLAGE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP Mayor Cook conducted a vote and the motion passed unanimously. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ 8. NON AGENDA ITEMS City Manager Wine had three non agenda items. • The date for the quarterly Council Outreach event has changed for scheduling reasons to Saturday,April 30 at TVF&R Walnut Street Station. Topics have not been selected. • Does council wish to endorse the Washington County Communications Center levy which will be on the May ballot? Council agreed to endorse this so a resolution will be placed on an agenda within the next few weeks. • It is requested that when council brings something in for the other members they bring ten copies so there are enough for council, staff and an official copy for the city recorder. She said it would be helpful to notify the city recorder in advance of the meeting that you will be bringing in materials. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Held during the Study Session. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES —March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 12 of 13 10. ADJOURNMENT At 9:44 p.m. Council President Snider moved for adjournment. Councilor Henderson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Yes No Councilor Goodhouse ✓ Councilor Henderson ✓ Council President Snider ✓ Councilor Woodard ✓ Mayor Cook ✓ Carol A. Krager,City Recorder Attest: 00k John . Cook,Mayor Alla �� C�L Date TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES— March 22, 2016 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 13 of 13