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09-19-2019 Council Newsletter Coundl Newskaff Provided to the Tigard City Coundl on a meekly basic to stay abreast o f current city issues. September 19, 2019 1. Tigard Walks Meets Oregon Walks Saturday, Oct. 19 Multi-City Equity Summit To celebrate STEPtember, this month's Tigard Walks 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., (Saturday, Sept. 28) will team with representatives from Lake Oswego High School Oregon Walks and special guest Project Planner Gary 2501 Country Club Rd,LO Pagenstecher. Gary will talk about current and future Tuesday, Oct. 22 Business Meeting projects/plans coming to the Tigard Triangle. Details 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall are at www.tigard-or.gov/tigardwalks. Tues., Oct. 29 Council Outreach Event 2. Construction Project Update Detatis ZEA Christina Zellmer attached an overview of road,trail and construction projects underway in the city. 3. Public Works Project Update Marissa Grass attached an update on Public Works activities and projects. 4. Press Release • DUII driver crashes into two Tigard homes 5. News articles - Driver faces drug charge after crashing into homes in Tigard - SW MAX line hits some serious speed bumps - Tigard police to hold open house Sept. 21 - City of Wilsonville could issue water rate hike 6. Council Calendar Saturday, Sept. 21 Tigard Police Open House 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 Business Meeting 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall Tuesday, October 1 Business Meeting 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall Tuesday, Oct. 8 Business Meeting 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall Tuesday, Oct. 15 Combo Business/Workshop Meeting 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall 13125 SW Hall Blvd.Tigard,OR 97223 1 Web w .tigard-ox p I Phone:503.639.4171 FAX: 503.684.7297 1 TDD 503.684.2772 # Construction Project Update — September 19, 2019 Item Newsletter: q-/q _/9 This update is a listing of major construction projects with traffic impacts. If you do not see a project on the list, check one of these resources for more information: • Tigard Active Permits—interactive map with a list of planning, building, and engineering permits. httns //uu-warcgis com/apps/NlapSeries/index htmPappid=d86ee383511e430dalc050637040107c • Public Works Update—summary of work done by our Public Works crews. httys://www.tigard- or.gov/communiry/pw news.1hp • Capital Improvement Plan—Tigard's 6-year plan for large-scale improvements. https://,c-vw.tigard- or.gov/city hall/cip_pho Pavement Management Program The intersection of Benchview and Mistletoe will be closed on Monday, September 23`d,weather permitting, for adding a layer of slurry seal to correct tire treads left in the initial application. Tigard Street Heritage Trail Tigard Street Heritage Trail is expected to be closed this weekend or next week and through the end of October, while trail renovations are in progress. Pedestrians will be rerouted along Tigard St, and bikes will share the roadway with vehicle traffic. Commercial Street Sidewalks ODOT is constructing sidewalks between Lincoln and Main St. Commercial Street is closed between Lincoln Ave and Main St through October 12. 99W Sidewalks ODOT is constructing sidewalks along 99W on the east side between Naeve Street and Beef Bend Rd, and the west side at the intersection with Bull Mountain Rd as part of their Safe Access to Transit project. Expect sidewalk closures and intermittent nighttime lane closures. 74'Avenue 74"Ave at Red Cedar Way may be reduced to one way traffic for road work and curb installation on the Red Cedar Estates subdivision. Arthur Court Colony Creek Trail is closed between Deeann Ct and Wall St for a streambank restoration project. 124"Avenue and Ann Court A short section of 124'Ave is closed north of Ann Ct for work on a culvert replacement. The road is expected to reopen in early-October,but may have one lane reopened earlier. Detours are provided. Beef Bend Road Culvert Washington County will be replacing a pair of failed culverts under Beef Bend Rd near 146`h Ave. This project also includes installing a new waterline for the City of Tigard. Beef Bend Road is closed between 146' and the Oak Mont Apartments. A six-week road closure is expected during construction from 9/4/19 to 10/15/19,possibly extending to 10/28/19. SW Beef Bend Road,between Roy Rogers and Hwy 99W,is open to local traffic only during the closure. Pedestrians with mobility needs who travel between 146th Avenue and the Oak Mont Apartment entrance will need to contact Washington County for an escort during construction. Visit the County's project website at htWs //www co washing_ton ox us/LUT/TransportaEonProjects/beefbendculy ert cfm?page—About River Terrace Area Construction • River Terrace subdivisions are under construction particularly on the east side of Roy Rogers Rd south of Scholls Ferry Rd. See https://Nv,,N-w.tigard-ot.gov/river terrace bhp for more information. A new sewer line is being installed along Clementine Street, out to Roy Rogers Rd and will impact Clementine Street,a section of Pumpkin Valley Terrace, and Sabrina Ave. Expect some delays and short closures while work is in the roadway. A contractor is building a new subdivision on the west side of 150`h Ave south of Hawksridge. There are other significant road, sewer and water projects underway or planned in the area. Visit GetUsThere.org for information and updates. 691 Avenue—Hampton Inn A Hampton Inn is being constructed on 69th Avenue at Clinton Street. 69th Avenue is closed to traffic from Baylor Street to Clinton Street. 114th Place A new subdivision is being installed on 114th Place north of North Dakota Street. Contractor will be striping the roadway in the upcoming weeks. 100'Ave south of McDonald St A new subdivision is being installed on 100th Ave south of McDonald Street. Expect delays on 100'Ave and 103`d as utilities are being installed. Public Works Item# Mj Newsletter: q-101-11 NNW 9/19/19 Let's Talk Transportation Project managers from Community Development and Public Works joined representatives from the Oregon Department of Transportation and TriMet on Wednesday night for an open house at the Tigard Public Library. Let's Talk Transportation is a biannual opportunity to learn about the city's efforts to improve travel for cars, bikes and pedestrians. Projects represented at the event included: • 121st Avenue Sidewalks —This project will fill a well-used sidewalk gap along 121 st Avenue • Fanno Creek Trail and Red Rock Creek Trail—We need help designing our regional and local trails. • Safe Routes to Schools - Get involved in this effort for parents to join with teachers, school administrators and city officials to encourage active transportation to and from school. • 72nd Avenue Transportation Study - We need help to make sure that no matter where you are going along 72nd Avenue, you have reliable options for getting there. • Photo Red Light Enforcement - Tigard Police will soon begin using photo enforcement to make intersections along Pacific Highway (99W) safer for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists. s Benchview Terrace & Mistletoe Drive Pavement Repair On Monday, September 23, the city's contractor (Blackline) is scheduled to add another layer of Slurry Seal to the intersection of Benchview Terrace and Mistletoe Drive. This work is weather dependent. ¢ r Slurry seal takes several hours to dry. During that time, C motorists, pedestrians and pets must stay out of the slurry seal p so as not to ruin the application and to avoid getting slurry seal on vehicles, shoes and paws. This work will correct tire treads left during the initial application. For more information about the Pavement Management Program visithttps://ww-w.tigard-or.gov/paving faqs/ Item# Tigard Police Department Newslett r: q-/"P/ Media Release 13125 SW Hall Boulevard I Tigard,Oregon 97223 www.tigard-or.gov/police FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / September 13,2019 Contact: Jim Wolf,Public Information Officer Tigard Police Department Phone: 503-718-2561 Email: jim@tigard-or.gov DUII Driver Crashes Into Two Tigard Homes Today at approximately 4 a.m. a motorist called 9-1-1 to report a possible DUII traveling eastbound along McDonald Street in Tigard. The caller also stated sparks and flames were visibly coming from the suspect vehicle. Police believe shortly after that,the vehicle careened through a series of fences,striking two homes before coming to rest atop a retaining wall in the rear yard of a home on Merlyne Court in Tigard. When Tigard Police arrived shortly after, the suspect driver had already fled the scene. Fortunately, none of the occupants within the homes impacted were injured. Police searched the area and located the bloodied female suspect about 2 blocks from the crash scene. The suspect was combative with police and emergency medical professionals who were offering help. Police were ultimately able to detain the suspect who then was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment. Tigard Police at the crash scene began to investigate and gather evidence.The driver, 33-year-old Davina Lyn Vongsaravanh of St. Helens, Oregon, was charged with DUII, PCS-Meth, Hit and Run and 3 counts of Criminal Mischief.Additional charges may be forthcoming. Page 1 of 1 Item#5 Newsletter: ' Driver Faces Drug Charge After Crashing Into Three Homes In Tigard Tigard, Or. A 33 year old woman from St. Helen's faces a meth possession charge after police say she hit three homes in Tigard early today. One of the homes on SW Merlyne Court suffered enough damage that the family was displaced. No one inside the home was hurt. The driver, Davina Lynn Vonsaravonh has been taken to the hospital to be treated for her injuries. Jim Wolfe with Tigard Police says they first got a call from another motorist early today about a possible DUI driver. Then came the call about a car into a house. Wolfe says Vonsaravonh ran from the scene and was found covered in blood about a block away. He says she was agitated and uncooperative with police and medical responders. He says more charges are possible. T lrlwrarta far,uaslwdxMaugn Came knees,aad tnbfMdalta a ao Sfe TigardmApt 13,2019 MTU,mwa KOIN 6 NEWS Southwest MAX line hits some serious speed bumps Millions over budget by: Bill Gallagher, The Portland Tribune Posted: Sep 15, 2019 / 09:21 AM PDT/ Updated: Sep 16, 2019 / 05:35 AM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The Southwest Corridor Project to bring light rail to Southwest Portland is full of surprises. Surprise one: Barbur Boulevard may lose one traffic lane in each direction despite significant opposition to doing so. Surprise two: The 12-mile line may not actually go all the way to Bridgeport Village in Tualatin from downtown Portland. Surprise three: The effort to plan and build a multi-billion dollar light rail line like the MAX lines in other parts of the city is running about $460 million over budget. The Steering Committee of the project, made up of seven elected and appointed leaders from Portland and Washington County, meets Monday, Sept. 23, to consider these developments and the need to trim costs from a budget that will have to be approved by local voters and the Federal Transit Administration. When members reconvene in October, they will decide where to cut the proposed budget; whether a line would go to Bridgeport or just Tigard; and what would happen to those traffic lanes on Barbur Boulevard. Barbur surprise After laying out the new options for a less-expensive project for members of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Sept. 5, TriMet program manager Kelly Betteridge said reducing traffic lanes on Barbur is under study. "We're gathering technical information about a couple of sections on Barbur to see if it's technically feasible to go from two lanes in each direction to one lane," she said. Tigard Mayor Jason Snider predicts that removing traffic lanes on a route many of his constituents use is a deal breaker. Asked if he was concerned about that possibility, he wrote in an email, "If you're asking the Tigard City Council, and I've asked, yes, it's a concern. If you're asking city of Tigard residents, I've asked them,too: yes, it's a concern. If you're asking many of the other elected members of the steering committee, it's not a concern, as you heard them state at the July Steering Committee Meeting." Mayor Snider said eliminating lanes so the line can run all the way to Bridgeport could be a deal killer. "We will be punished by the voters in this region for our stubbornness when the funding vote fails in November of next year," he wrote. According to David Martin, who chairs the Transportation Committee of the nearby neighborhood coalition Southwest Neighborhoods Inc., the removal of traffic lanes for light rail "is a huge issue for which inadequate time is available to assess the impact. "From Day 1 the (Southwest Corridor) Project has figuratively held up their right hand and swore, 'We promise we will maintain two lanes on Barbur in each direction.' That promise has been repeated for years. But now, at the 11th hour with minimal time to conduct proper public outreach, the project has done a complete about- face and says, 'We can't actually afford to do that,"' Martin wrote in an email. John Charles of the Cascade Policy Institute, which was involved in a campaign in Tigard against light rail, said Snider knows full well that voters initially rejected light rail for Tigard. "Mayor Snider has said that narrowing Barbur to only one lane in both directions would be a serious problem for him because Tigard voters would be outraged. I think this option (removing lanes) would be fatal to the 2020 bond," Charles wrote in an email. Charles is referring to a ballot measure scheduled to appear on the November 2020 ballot that is expected to raise $850 million for light rail if passed. Such a measure is almost sure to include millions of dollars for funding other transit projects through the three-county region. Details currently are being drafted. TriMet's Betteridge said removing traffic lanes from Barbur wasn't considered initially because TriMet didn't have enough traffic information. "The other thing that has changed is that the city of Portland is having conversations throughout the city and region about the potential of reallocating space," she said, which is another way of saying removing traffic lanes. Betteridge also laid out the possibility of not running trains right down the middle of Barbur Boulevard from Burlingame Fred Meyers to north of the Barbur Transit Center. Instead, trains would leave Barbur Boulevard and run in the area between Barbur and Interstate 5. Bridgeport surprise In July, Mayor Snider of Tigard began asking whether TriMet could afford to build a line that goes all the way to Bridgeport Village. Since then,TriMet has developed a series of options that include a line to Tigard rather than through Tigard to Tualatin. "I continue to be surprised at the blinders that this project has on, and the lengths that project stakeholders are willing to go to stretch the project beyond what the region can afford. I would have thought that, by now, people would accept that this project, if it gets built, is going to be a downtown Portland-to-downtown Tigard project," he wrote. TriMet General Manager Doug Kelsey has said repeatedly that he's committed to a light rail line that goes all the way to Bridgeport Village. He calls Tualatin "the North Star" of the project. Snider disagrees. "I predict that the Steering Committee will remain singularly focused on Bridgeport, taking lanes off Barbur to do so, and we will be punished by the voters in this region for our stubbornness when the funding vote fails in November of next year." The alignment vote —to go all the way to Bridgeport; only as far as Bonita Road in Tigard; or only to Hall Boulevard in Tigard — will take place at the Steering Committee in late October. "We've maintained all along, and continue to maintain, that a terminal station in downtown Tigard is actually the best possible place to end the line because of the enormous ridership potential that's there due to bus transfers, WES transfers and the redevelopment of our downtown properties into high density housing," wrote Snider. WES is TriMet's Westside Express Service, a commuter rail line serving Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin and Wilsonville. Budget surprise Although the light rail project is more than a year from seeking voter approval, it's projected cost is currently $462 million more than the money that TriMet is counting on to be available to build it. Initially, the cost was pegged at $2.375 billion. But the latest estimate is $2.84 billion. So the Steering Committee will consider four approaches to cutting costs and raising revenue. TriMet claims to have found $60 million in savings so far, leaving a $400 million shortfall. One approach would go all the way to Bridgeport, include lane reductions on Barbur and the need to raise another$200 million from somewhere. Another would only go as far as Bonita Road in Tigard, which is less than a mile east of Hall Boulevard. It would also mean fewer traffic lanes on Barbur Boulevard and not require any additional funding. Two other approaches would leave all the lanes on Barbur Boulevard intact. One of them would go as far as Bonita Road and would require $200 million more while the other would only go as far as Hall Boulevard in Tigard near the current city government offices. That one wouldn't require additional funding. In short, the Steering Committee will be considering the length of a light rail line; the impact on Barbur Boulevard; and how to bring the proposed project in line with the proposed budget. Here's the current funding scheme: TriMet is hoping to get the federal government to pay half the eventual cost of the project — currently estimated to be about $1.25 billion — with the balance coming from the city of Portland ($75 million), Washington County ($75 million), TriMet ($75 million), Metro ($850 million if voters approve the funding measure) and the state of Oregon ($150 million). The region won't know for a couple of years whether this light rail line for Southwest Portland will even be built. If voters approve a regional transit funding measure in November 2020 and if the Federal Transit Administration agrees by September 2022 to pick up half the tab, the first train won't run until September 2027. Pamplin Media Group reported in August that TriMet and Metro already have spent $36.27 million on the Southwest Corridor Project, the design of which is 15% complete. Tigard police to hold open house Sept. 21 Ray Pitz Thursday, September 12, 2019 The family-geared event will include educational demonstrations and tours of the police station. COURTESY OF TIGARD POLICE DEPARTMENT-The Tigard Police Department is offering an open house for the community from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. It will include educational demonstrations as well as tours of the police facility. The Tigard Police Department will hold a community open house on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the police station, 13125 S.W. Hall Boulevard. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. "We have so much to offer visitors this second go-around," according to Jim Wolf, Tigard police spokesman. "Our first-ever open house in 2017 brought nearly 600 visitors." Wolf said they are hoping to exceed that number this year. The open house will allow residents to meet Police Chief Kathy McAlpine and go on guided tours of the current police facility. (The Tigard City Council will decide at the beginning of the year whether to approach voters with a local option levy for public safety as well as whether to go out for a bond measure to build a new police facility.) The open house will include interesting demonstrations and displays designed to entertain and educate visitors including a virtual critical-decision making demo that will take place in a special darkened tent that creates shoot/don't shoot scenarios, which officers will demonstrate, said Wolf. "Visitors will be able to try on utility belts and outer vests to know what it's like to wear TIGARD POLICE DEPARTMENT nearly 20 pounds of equipment and tools on a daily basis," he said. We will also have a OPEN HOUSE display to illustrate some elements of the physical agility testing required for all police officer applicants as well as available recruitment and testing information with our recruitment lieutenant and an HR liaison." Also, a host of vehicles will be open for inspection and photos. Police K-9s and their handlers will be on hand as well. 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Then in 2018, the City committed to doubling the plant's capacity by 2032, which is projected to cost nearly$80 million, to meet future growth demands and is currently implementing the first phase of that project. But have the investments led to lower rates? According to data City consultant FCS Group provided at the Sept. 5 Wilsonville City Council meeting, the City's residential water bills are more expensive on average than Beaverton, Milwaukie, Gresham, Oregon City, Hillsboro, Tualatin and West Linn and lower than Portland, Lake Oswego and Tigard. Wilsonville officials said in 1999 that rates would initially rise due to the cost of infrastructure associated with building the plant and switching the water source but that doing so would allow Wilsonville more control over rates in the future than if the City had decided to collect water from Bull Run in Portland, which was another option the City considered in 1999. The latter claim has proven to be true as the City has raised rates at its own discretion while users of Bull Run water outside of Portland have had less autonomy. The City's water rates moved from the middle of the pack to the higher end due to the water treatment plant development. Now, Wilsonville's rates are on the higher end of the spectrum compared to nearby cities and are projected to go up for most users. For residential customers, the average monthly bill is currently$40.69 while Beaverton, Milwaukie, Gresham and Oregon City have rates within $3 of that figure and rates are $26.39 in West Linn, $50.96 in Lake Oswego and $63.24 in Tigard. The council is currently deliberating whether to approve a proposed change to the methodology it uses to collect rates, which it discussed at the recent meeting. If the cost of service methodology, which tries to distribute water costs based on the amount of strain each customer base puts on the system, is approved by the council, residential rates would remain relatively flat for the next four years while multifamily, industrial, commercial and municipal rates would go up at varying levels between 2.5% and 5.25% each year. The City last increased rates in 2017 and FCS Group also recommends increasing rates from 2019 to 2034. At the meeting Sept. 5, Mayor Tim Knapp said the City could decide against equitably distributing rates based on the burden to the system and Councilor Ben West said he felt uneasy about the idea of raising rates for multifamily users. "Many perceive our water rates as high and I know maybe we are ahead of the rest of the region in dealing with issues of water. ... I don't really want to see these people have increased rates if I'm being honest,"West said. However, FCS consultant Doug Gabbard said not setting rates high enough could mean that the City wouldn't have the revenue needed to keep the system going and expand and explained that the City needs to prepare its water system for the demand expected on the warmest day in August(when the system is most strained). The City will discuss the issue again at a later date. "You have choices as a council when it comes to setting rates,"Wilsonville City Manager Bryan Cosgrove said. "You can include any policy you want in terms of what you would like to see with your rate structure. You're being presented a cost of service model that isn't taking into account any of those issues you're talking about now." Councilor Charlotte Lehan faced staunch opposition to the Willamette River extraction and treatment plant proposals when she was mayor in 1999 and staved off a campaign to recall her from the council, which was initiated in part because of these projects. And while many Wilsonville community members were appalled at the idea of extracting water from the Willamette River for drinking use in 1999, the City hasn't had significant problems with its water quality and other cities have since followed suit, some of which were Bull Run users. And cities like Portland that use Bull Run have seen accelerating rates as well. Via the Willamette Water Supply program, the City will allow cities like Hillsboro and Beaverton to use its intake facility as part of their transition toward using water from the Willamette River via a Tualatin Valley Water District plant. And through that effort, which has included construction in Wilsonville, other districts agreed to pay the City $17 million by 2026, which Lehan has said she would like to see used to keep water rates down. However, members of the 2026 council will ultimately make that decision. Even though Wilsonville's residential rates continue to be comparatively high and other rates are projected to rise, Lehan said she is happy with where they are at considering the capital improvements the Clty has needed to make and will continue to make to meet the growing demand for water. Such projects are mostly paid for by system development charges, one time charges to developers for the burden a project adds to the system, but are also paid for via water bills. "Nowhere in there did we say our water rates would go down," Lehan said about the campaign to build of the treatment plant. "Every water system has capital improvements that have to be made. The hope was that ours would not escalate as fast as everyone else's has. That has continued to be true." She added: "I think our water rates are right where they need to be relative to other towns and other cities." However, Lehan said she would like to see more of an emphasis placed on water conservation, which was a major point of emphasis when the City approached the limits of its water capacity in the '90s. "My main issue with them (water rates) is whether we have enough incentives in there to keep water usage down because the City of Wilsonville used to be aggressive on that," Lehan said. "When we didn't have water we had odd, even days for outdoor watering. Now we don't have that."