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City Council Minutes - 03/16/2021 Ins City of Tigard City Council Business/Workshop Meeting Minutes March 16, 2021 1. BUSINESS MEETING A. At 6:32 p.m. Mayor Snider called the City Council meeting to order. B. City Recorder Krager called the roll. Present Absent Councilor Newton ✓ Council President Lueb ✓ Councilor Shaw ✓ Mayor Snider ✓ Youth Councilor Calderon ✓ Councilor Goodhouse ✓ C. Pledge of Allegiance—Mayor Snider asked everyone to mute their mics and join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. A flag was projected on the screen. D. Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items —City Manager Rymer said staff is requesting that Council pull Agenda Item No. 4—Consider Approval of a Resolution of Necessity for Property Acquisition Related to the Public Works Facility and Yard Project from the agenda. There were no objections from Council.Agenda Item No. 4 was tabled to a future meeting. 2. PUBLIC COMMENT A. Public Comment—Written—Mayor Snider noted there were two comments received today, one regarding the proposed resolution of necessity in Agenda Item 4 and another regarding the rate charged to 1-inch water meter users. B. Public Comment—Phone-In—Mr. Brian Spencer commented on Agenda Item No. 4 and said he is a principal with the group owning the property originally scheduled for a discussion about the city purchasing it through condemnation, if necessary. He requested that the Council reject the Resolution of Necessity or at a minimum, defer the decision to allow for more time to consider alternatives and what effect this would have on the businesses involved. He said the existing business has been in Tigard since 1972 and at that particular property location since 1992. The property is unique in the Portland area and he is not aware of any other property that this tenant could currently relocate to. Even if one was identified and purchased, it could take three to five years to develop and construct. This action by the city would displace or eliminate a significant local employer. It would be a loss to Tigard and to the people employed there. He said he reviewed the agenda material, and it appeared the selection TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 1 of 11 process has gone on for quite some time. But they were first notified on March 3 and he was shocked by such short notice. He did not understand why they were not notified as soon as the property was under consideration. It leaves the property owner and tenants inadequate time to engage and find another location. He said he was unfamiliar with the other properties under consideration,but it appears they would cost less to acquire, and he thought this would be important to a public body spending public money. He suggested that the city seek under- or undeveloped property and consider the factors he sent in his email and his testimony tonight. B. Follow-up to Previous Public Comment—None. 3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH EMILY OBERDORFER FOR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE Central Services Director Robinson gave the staff report on consideration and possible ratification of an employment agreement for Ms. Emily Oberdorfer for the municipal court judge position. Former presiding judge Michael O'Brien retired at the end of 2020 and a statewide recruitment was launched. The position was advertised through the Oregon State Bar Association, the Oregon Municipal Judge's Association, Indeed, social media and the city's website.We received 29 applications and 8 semi-finalists were interviewed.Three applicants were invited to come before the full council and Emily Oberdorfer was selected as the finalist. Central Services Director Robinson said she and HR Director Bennett negotiated a 15-month employment agreement which automatically renews for one-year terms unless notice is given.The initial hourly amount is the current judge pay rate of$100 per hour,but hours are expected to increase due to photo enforcement. When the position increases to half-time or more, compensation will shift to salary,which starts at$93,000. The contract also includes a reopener provision so if those work hours regularly exceed.6 FTE,there is the ability to discuss a different salary. It allows for a six-month probationary period and annually the judge will meet with Council to provide a report and to do goal setting. Ms. Oberdorfer is eligible for Management, Non-represented benefits,pro-rated for her part-time status. If Council approves the employment contract,March 28,2021 would be her start date. Judge Oberdorfer said she was honored to become a judge for the city of Tigard. She gave some background noting that she attended Lewis and Clark Law School after receiving her bachelor's degree at PSU. She acted as Judge pro tem with and for Judge O `Brien and shares his judicial philosophies. She looks forward to working with the community as we get used to photo radar. Council President Lueb offered congratulations and welcomed her, adding that she looks forward to meeting her in person (but not in the courtroom). Council President Lueb moved for approval of the contract with Emily Oberdorfer for Municipal Court Judge. Councilor Shaw seconded the motion. City Recorder Krager conducted a roll call vote and the motion passed unanimously. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 2 of 11 Yes No Councilor Newton ✓ Council President Lueb ✓ Councilor Shaw ✓ Mayor Snider ✓ Councilor Goodhouse ✓ 4 CONSIDER A nr n O r A T OF A RESOLUTION T TTION OF ATE C SSIT V FOR O P OPE rc� A!`QUISIT0N RELATED TO RE telG A TT/lR7_OF T' 1 PUB G WGPJjC F A GI ffy .�v�..��rri�-�r.r ��..rcrrrxvr` 'D'�1t^c+ .. This item was tabled to a future date. 5.. RECEIVE MARCH 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE City Engineer Faha said the CIP is part of city's annual budget and represents projects for the existing budget year and those planned for the next five years. She highlighted projects that have some cost or schedule issues.The Fanno Creek trail project,which will create four new sections has several budget and schedule issues. The project uses federal highway funds meaning that ODOT must manage the grant. Staff is looking forward to bidding the project in the fall with construction starting in the next fiscal year. In the upcoming budget process there is another increase of$700,000. She researched whether there would be any savings to the city if the grant was just turned back and discovered that there would be no cost savings. Trail amenities can be defended for a savings of$650,000 that could be available to help with the increased cost. The city applied for an Oregon Marine Board grant to make the Cook Park dock ADA accessible. People in wheelchairs could access their watercraft.The Cook park softball and baseball turf infields are underway. There will be a third-quarter budget request for additional funds as the contractor ran into subgrade foundation issues and a cement-treated base is required. Contracts for slurry sealing and paving will be coming soon to Council for approval. There is a 79th Street Engagement website seeking input to develop short-term ideas to help with traffic calming and slowing in that area and to define future sidewalk gap projects.The Upper Boones Ferry Road adaptive signaling project is aiming for summer 2021 construction. An 8-month closure of the overpass on Hall Boulevard is planned during the ODOT Highway 217 widening project. A traffic signal is going in at 72nd Avenue and Tech Center Drive and should be in operation by June. Staff is hoping to bid the Main Street Phase 2 project by August. It is at 60 percent design and staff has been doing outreach to businesses on that segment of Main Street. City Engineer Faha said sanitary sewer projects are all going well. She showed slides of the Frewing Street stormwater culvert construction and headwalls for the creek crossing under Frewing Street. Councilor Shaw commented that the Cook Park ADA project is vital and will be a tremendous asset to the community. She asked if there was an opportunity to bring back some of the Fanno Creek Trail amenities through grants. City Engineer Faha said staff is watching for grant opportunities and possibly looking to the Metro Parks Bond. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 3 of 11 6. RECEIVE UPDATE ON TYLER TECHNOLOGY PROJECT Tyler Oversight Project Manager Beck gave a slide presentation to update Council on progress of the 4-year Tyler Technologies project implementation. Over many years of customization to the city's software it has reached the point where we need to overcome the siloed systems that can't communicate with each other. The Tyler Technology Project will replace outdated and disparate software throughout the city's core business systems with a modern,integrated system designed to allow standardized, efficient workflows, data sharing and reporting, heightened security, and enhanced customer service.The project will modernize the enterprise system, using LEAN/process efficiency improvements and solutions that will help the city meet performance audit recommendations. Current solutions provide very limited public-facing capabilities and Tyler will increase transparency and ease of access for the public. To date, the team has established a framework and set up a 4-year scheduled implementation, established internal project management and an internal Tyler Steering Committee comprised of department leads. There is a project stakeholder communication plan. Key achievements include the launch of Phase 1 -Munis implementation (Core Financials). Recently, Phase 2—EAM (Enterprise Asset Management and work orders) and Phase 3—HCM (Human Capital Management,Risk and Payroll) were kicked off. Tyler Oversight Manager Beck said public benefits include an improved and streamlined customer interface including access portals. There will be vendor online capabilities to eliminate paper processes and reduce the need for in-person visits to conduct business. The public will eventually have access to a centralized 311 solution to submit various concerns and comments. The 311 solution will improve the intake, tracking and response to community concerns and has much greater analytical capability which will be transformative to the city. He discussed the schedule for the next four years showing a ramp up to having multiple modules going at once this year, and five by next year. This is the largest business system project the city has ever attempted. Significant teammate time is needed during and after implementation. Councilor Newton expressed concern that this project might impact the delivery of services to the public as we move through the implementation. She verified that in the long run the city will have the ability to make more informed decisions because its systems will be more connected,which is a benefit. Mr. Beck said there will be one stop shopping for city business all in one place and the 311 component will help people report potholes or trees down in the road,etc. Councilor Goodhouse commented that in a recent discussion about a land use process it was noted that software important to the process was not implemented yet and he asked if the Tyler implementation was holding this up. IT Manager Nolop replied that these types of programs will come forward from the departments and Community Development will bring this forward beginning in 2022 and go live with Intergov in 2023. Tyler Oversight Project Manager Beck offered to come back in six months to provide an update and Mayor Snider agreed that would be helpful. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 4 of 11 7. RECEIVE BRIEFING ON WATER COST OF SERVICE ANALYSIS AND RATE STUDY PROJECT Public Works Director Rager, Executive Manager Goodrich and Management Analyst Rico were joined by Finance and Information Services Manager LaFrance to present the second workshop session regarding the water cost of service analysis (COSA) and rate study project. FCS Consultants Doug Gabbard, Zechariah Hazel and John Ghilarducci attended and a copy of their slideshow is in the packet for this meeting. Executive Manager Goodrich said this was Workshop No. 2 on the COSA and rate study project. Council would be provided information on rate design which is necessary to finalize any proposal regarding water utility rates. Information from the previous workshop was provided to newly elected Councilor Shaw. The Water Advisory Board (WAB) received the same information and presentation at a Special Meeting on March 10. City Manager Rymer gave Council the information at that time. FCS Project Manager Gabbard covered rate design basics and how they fit into the larger project. He said they first identified water utility revenue requirements (Capital Improvement, Operating Budget and Fiscal Policies) and came up with an across-the-board rate increase to cover the requirements. But they did not stop there. The next step was to take the revenue requirement and allocate it by function, and then finally allocate by customer class.That is where the discussion left off at the last workshop in February. The main goal of a rate structure is to recover the targeted level of revenue. It is generally composed of fixed and variable charges and includes considerations such as equity,understandable and implementable (Can it easily be explained to customers? Can the current billing system implement it?),impacts,revenue stability and predictability. Other considerations are affordability and conservation. There are many competing agendas to balance. He reported on specific items the city wanted FCS to examine and their recommendations: • Booster Fee Charges - FCS found that the current booster charge over-recovers. They recommend a smaller charge reflecting only costs required for the booster, mostly electicity. But there will be a small impact as this revenue drops. • 1" Residential Meters with Fire Suppression systems— 185 customers have 1" meters for fire suppression purposes.Their fixture unit counts only demand 5/8" meters. For all rate design scenarios, the FCS recommendation is for these customers to be downsized to a 5/8"meter. • 1" Residential Meters analysis and outcomes—Is it equitable to price all residential meter base charges the same? Staff put together data on usage and peaking factors. Presently, those with 1" meters pay a significantly higher base charge than those residents with 3/a" or 5/8" meters. Pricing them.the same would mean a$5.26 monthly increase for 5/8", an $8.09 decrease in 3/a"meter users and a$32.43 decrease for 1" meter owners. (FCS does not recommend the same fixed rate and their proposals tonight assume single-family customers are charged by meter size.) TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov ( Page 5 of 11 Mr. Gabbard showed a graph of a year's worth of bills for residential customers. At the 50th percentile (average) a 1" meter is using 7 CCFs and smaller meters are using fewer CCFs. At higher percentiles the 1" meters are using more but they have to use 16 CCFs in a month before going to Tier 2. About 80% of 1" meter bills never get out of Tier 1. But if they were to be priced the same as 5/8" meters and if that change encompassed a lower fixed charge and lower Tiers then the top of Tier 1 would come down to 6 CCFs which is where the 5/8" meters range. Then only 40 % of the 1" meters would be able to avoid Tier 2. • Uniform volume charge for multi-family—Currently multi-family users are subject to the same tiers. However, this is not as practical because a multi-family user may not be the same person as the one paying the water bill so price signals are lost. A uniform volume charge would simplify the rate schedule without doing much damage to incentives.They recommend a uniform multi-family volume charge for all usage (all tiers) of$4.37. FCS Consultant Hazel discussed implementation strategies and timing. He said they did not recommend a one-time adjustment because that is too dramatic a transition.A better approach is to take the adjustments and phase them in over five years. He showed a slide of the COSA rate increases going into effect in 2022 and some classes have too dramatic an increase, such as Multi- family at 29.30%.But if this one-time adjustment went into effect there would only need to be a 2%increase for the next four years. He said the recommended implementation strategy is phasing the COSA over five years,which smooths the rates over the time and is less dramatic. This slide showed multi-family at 7% at the highest increase. Industrial and irrigation uses remains flat. Residential starts by over-collecting by almost 2%but in 2026 they are exactly on target.When phasing in over five years there are adjustments that will need to be made at the end of that time to lessen over-collecting and making sure rate increases are subtle. Cost of service adjustments between classes are not made to the fixed charges so instead the recommendation is a 4%across-the-board adjustment to all classes. Volume charges are impacted by cost. (Multi-family class has no tiered system in this scenario but other classes do.) FCS Consultant Hazel outlined the Staff Recommendations on Policy Decisions: • Booster charge - continue to charge Yes at allocated cost in earlier slide • Fire Suppression and a fixture count consistent with 5/8"would be charged fined fee based on 5/8" Yes • Continue fixed charge based on meter size for Single-family customers Yes • Multi-family charged a uniform volume rate Yes • COSA adjustments—one-time or phased in Phased in • If phased in, should it be as presented Yes Next Steps: Staff would return on April 6 for consideration of an amendment to the fees and charges schedule based on this discussion.After that,the focus will be on communication and outreach. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 6 of 11 Mayor Snider noted that the WAB agreed with all staff recommendations except the 1"meter rates. Councilor Newton asked for clarification on how fair share relates to consistency of multi-family rates and asked about conservation. Consultant Gabbard said the COSA identified the shifts necessary to make sure all classes pay their fair share. Through the volume rates everyone is brought to the cost-of-service rates. But in rate design, the practicality of multi-family users being insulated from price signals means their use is not influenced like any of the other classes. There is a separation of user and payer. Single-family residential users continue to be in the tier system and price signals are sent clearly. There are multi-family developments with significant landscaping that have irrigation meters. Councilor Goodhouse asked if there had been any outreach to industrial or irrigation users and suggested they get notification of these changes. He asked if this affects costs for the city as they install water parks. Executive Manager Goodrich said that any rate increases will affect the city and the parks if they are using city utilities. He said staff did similar outreach for multi-family users years ago. Multi-family residents are less likely to be concerned about how much water they use compared to their neighbor.A benefit for the property owner is that a system without tiers is easier to explain to the tenant and forecasting property management budgets is easier. The revenue requirements are already built into the rates. Staff will explain the COSA and their new uniform rate with one communication. Councilor Shaw noted that slide 7 mentioned 1"meters for fire suppression and asked if this included some homes or just townhomes. She mentioned that a building code requirement for homes on a steep grade was to have a 1" meter. Executive Manager Goodrich said these are townhomes in the River Terrace development. Staff recommended more hydrants,but the developer put in separate fire suppression systems,perhaps to market them as safer. It was not a requirement from TVF&R. For those customers on steep hillsides or in areas where fire equipment is impacted on arrival, staff found the fixture counts are close to 1-inch. There would be no change to their cost of service. Mayor Snider requested the slide showing Water Use by Meter Size be displayed. He said the question being asked is the wrong one and certainly not what the 1" meter users are asking. He said rather than asking to pay the exact same amount, they are asking why they are paying so much more. It doesn't seem equitable and proportional. Looking at the graph,he pointed out that among the 3/4" and 5/8" meter users there are 10% (1,656 meters) that are using more than 16 CCF per month. He compared that to 1" meter users who use more than 16 CCF at 18%,which is more on a percentage basis but that only represents 284 customers. He said he has heard for years that 1" meter customers needed to be charged more because they demand so much more of Tigard's water system and that has caused the city to build its system more than 5/8" and 3/a" customers requie. But doing the math, 1,656 5/8" and 3/a" meter customers are using 26,496 CCF and 284 1"meter customers are using 4,544, or six times less!When he thinks about equity,maybe the 1"meter customers should pay somewhat more,but almost half of them are only using 1 CCF more which means that half are paying more than double the base charge for the 1 CCF more. He said that is the definition of inequity. He added that he would not support a plan that has 1" meter customers paying more than double what 5/8" and%" customers do. Consultant Gabbard said mayor's points are well taken. He said the rate design process is a top- down decision if starting from scratch. It needs to be decided how much revenue should be raised from fixed charges and how much from volume. Once a decision is made on how much should be TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 7 of 11 raised from fixed charges,you need to decide on what to base the rest of the charges.A decision was made in Tigard to base it on the flow capacity of meters,which is an approach FCS supports. He said volume isn't the fairest way to allocate a fixed charge because that is already covered in the usage charge. But meter size could be used as they vary in the amount of flow that is supplied. Councilor Goodhouse noted that when his sprinklers are on in the summer, he has low flow inside the house. He asked if a 1-inch meter would make a difference. Consultant Gabbard said he would certainly have more flow available with a larger meter. In response to a question from Mayor Snider on differences in flow per meter size,Executive Manager Goodrich provided slides showing the following: Max. flow per minute Max. flow per day 5/8"meter 16 gallons 23,040 gallons 3/4" meter 24 gallons 34,560 gallons 1" meter 40 gallons 57,600 gallons He said the meter size was the basis of how the rates were designed in 2010 as the city was taking on a large amount of debt for the water system. It was important at that time to have at least 40% of fixed costs covering that portion of the debt service so we would not default technically on our bond coverage. Mayor Snider said we can still do that—the 40%is not in question;it is how it is allocated.There is a disconnect in how much is charged. He referred to the maximum flow numbers for 1"meters and said none of those customers are anywhere near the maximum use. Executive Manager Goodrich said the base charges that increase with the size of the meter send a strong conservation message. He said the 1" meter customers took on 2 '/z times the debt for the capacity they have and are paying for the debt service on a system designed to meet their potential demand and the 5/8" meter customers are paying for the debt service designed to meet their lower demand. Mayor Snider said he cannot defend it and it needs to change. FCS Consultant Hazel said the fact is, the system must be designed to meet potential demand of customers and there are choices to charge for the actual demand or the potential. There is a trade-off. you would see more customers adding 1-inch meters.You want incentives for people to use the smaller meter that they can. Mayor Snider said that is not what we have been seeing. People are moving into Tigard and River Terrace and when they get their first water bill they say, "Hmm,why is it so high?"Then they call the city and find out they have a 1" meter. But that was put in by the developers.The people making the decisions to put larger meters in are not the people bearing the monthly payments. He said he has not seen that incentive working. Councilor Shaw said her family did the math and came to the same conclusion. They do have that potential demand, but they are not using that amount. She agreed that water conservation is important but added that most people don't even know what size water meter they have. Councilor Newton said she struggles with the same issue. Being on the Lake Oswego Tigard Water Partnership Board,we had a lot of people struggling to conserve. She supervised Utility Billing for a time and heard a lot of questions and saw a lot of 1-inch meter users that never get above Tier 1 so it is hard to explain how this is a fair system. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 8 of 11 Executive Manager Goodrich responded that he has been following the policies set by the city. In 2010 Council adopted the rate structure after analysis and information was given and this system has been in use for ten years. We have a few vocal customers but for the most part we are not communicating a lot with 1" customers at the staff level about pricing,however, that doesn't mean that their concerns aren't valid. He advised that if the council makes any changes to the structure, they are creating a special class and whatever those revenues were to fund capital improvement projects,LOTWP repair and replacement will have to come from somewhere else. It could be shifted to the consumption rate,but then the problem is that if it is moved to a variable rate and we have a mild summer, the amount of water we sell in Tiers 2 and 3 could lead to struggling to meet our operating ratio requirements. Questions are how would this affect other classes on a fixed proportional base rate. Would it affect multi-family rates? How would this impact our commercial customers? He said staff and consultants are ready to "sharpen our pencils," but need some direction as far as who is going to pay more. Council President Lueb said she has heard complaints about the 1" meter situation since she became a councilor. But after looking at the history and usage, she understands that the system was priced to make us able to pay our bond and capital improvement projects. But we now have usage history and can look at it to make it more equitable.A shift from 1" meter base charge needs to be covered by other customers. She suggested reducing the amount of capacity before going to the next Tier. Youth Councilor Calderon agreed that it is not equitable, and the difference is too drastic for the 1" meter users. He said we need to look more at who is using the most water and have them pay more. Councilor Goodhouse asked if there is a way to look at the bills to see if it would balance if they pay more for usage but less for the meter. Mayor Snider suggested that taking the average amount of$35.57, adding 39%per Mr. Keith Jehnke's public comment letter for 1" meters and leaving 5/8" and 3/a" meters as they are would remain at the average and then figure out the deficit. There would be a tier for all users that charges customers using obscene amounts of water. Councilor Goodhouse cautioned that there might be the issue with mild summer weather. Council figured several ways to make adjustments. Council President Lueb said the base charge needs to be flat. It would be a nightmare from an accounting standpoint if a property turns over and the new owner uses less water than the previous owner did. She said if we want to "punish" water use,have more of a significant first tier. Mayor Snider heard we want something equitable to some extent based on and anchored to real life water usage instead of a theoretical maximum that nobody is using.We do want a fined base fee of approximately 40 %. Finance Director LaFrance recommended that instead of having Council doing math during the meeting,we let FCS group do this work. On April 6,we can bring results back to Council. He noted that any alternative needs to be one that our billing system supports. Mayor Snider said Council shares that desire. Finance Director LaFrance said Council was clear about what analysis needed to be done by FCS Group for the April 6 meeting. • Single-family residential customer costs should be equitable and anchored to real life water use rather than potential maximum capacity TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 9 of 11 • Fixed base fee of 40% • Single-family residential rates would balance fixed and variable (consumption) fees • The 5/8" meter represents 1 and the 1"meter represents 1.4 ratio • Alternatives must be able to be supported administratively Councilor Newton thanked staff for providing the information and she appreciated staff s involvement in the robust discussion. Mayor Snider thanked staff for preparing slide of distribution of billed use by meter. After he read the summary of the WAB meeting, he wanted to see a picture and he appreciated staff putting that together so quickly. 8. NON-AGENDA ITEMS—None 9. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT— City Manager Rymer thanked the IT team.We were recently notified about vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange email service. Mike Nolop and Keelan Cleary and worked hard to address this and vulnerabilities were monitored and addressed. The website revisioning process is ongoing and over 200 website survey responses have been received.The city is looking at the website design through the lens of what the community needs rather than setup by department. Look at it by what our community needs rather than by department.The State of the City Address is a few weeks away. We are planning to bring forward a refined agreement regarding School Resource Officers to the Tigard-Tualatin School Board, the Public Safety Advisory Board and then to Council. The Library became fine-free a month ago.This is becoming the trend in libraries across the country. The City Management Team is reviewing barriers to applying and examining ways to streamline the board and committee applications process to make it more equitable. The budget is being finalized. 10. EXECUTIVE SESSION—None. 11. ADJOURNMENT At 9:05 p.m. Council President Lueb motioned for adjournment. Councilor Shaw seconded the motion and City Recorder Krager conducted a roll call vote. The motion passed unanimously. Yes No Councilor Newton x Council President Lueb x Councilor Shaw x Mayor Snider x Councilor Goodhouse x TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 10 of 11 Carol A. Krager, City Recof er Attest: Jason B. Snider,Mayor Date: r t ;2d4 J TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2021 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 11 of 11