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City Council Packet - 01/08/2008 City of Tigard, Oregon • 13125 SWHall Blvd. Tigard, OR 97223 TIGARD, TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING January 8, 2008 COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE TELEVISED 1: \Ofs\D o n n a's\C cp kt 1 Phone: 503.639.4171 9 Fax: 503.684.7297 . www.tigard-or.gov 9 TTY Relay: 503.684.2772 rt: EEE 1 , . _ i ~ r .i a P City of Tigard ~Qa D Tigard Business Meeting - Agenda TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 8, 2008 MEETING LOCATION: City of Tigard - Town Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 PUBLIC NOTICE: Anyone wishing to speak on an agenda item should sign on the appropriate sign-up sheet(s). If no sheet is available, ask to be recognized by the Mayor at the beginning of that agenda item. Citizen Communication items are asked to be two minutes or less. Longer matters can be set for a future Agenda by contacting either the Mayor or the City Manager. Times noted are estimated; it is recommended that persons interested in testifying be present by 7:15 p.m. to sign in on the testimony sign-in sheet. Business agenda items can be heard in any order after 7:30 12.m. Assistive Listening Devices are available for persons with impaired hearing and should be scheduled for Council meetings by noon on the Monday prior to the Council meeting. Please call 503-639-4171, ext. 2410 (voice) or 503-684-2772 (TDD - Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf). Upon request, the City will also endeavor to arrange for the following services: • Qualified sign language interpreters for persons with speech or hearing impairments; and • Qualified bilingual interpreters. Since these services must be scheduled with outside service providers, it is important to allow as much lead time as possible. Please notify the City of your need by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding the meeting by calling: 503-639-4171, ext. 2410 (voice) or 503-684-2772 (I'DD - Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf). SEE ATTACHED AGENDA TIGARD CITY COUNCIL- January 8, 2008 City of Tigard 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 503-639-4171 www.tigard-or.gov Page 1 of 3 = City of Tigard ~Q~ a a Tigard Business Meeting - Agenda TIGARD CITY COUNCIL LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD (LCRB) CITY CENTER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CCDA) MEETING DATE/TIME: January 8, 2008 MEETING LOCATION: City of Tigard - Town Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 6:30 - 7:30 pm Please join the Tigard City Council for a Reception to Congratulate Recently Elected Councilor Wilson! 000000000000000000000000000000000000000 7:30 I'M 1. BUSINESS MEETING 1.1 Call to Order - City Council & Local Contract Review Board 1.2 Roll Call 1.3 Pledge of Allegiance 1.4 Council Communications & Liaison Reports 1.5 Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items 7:35 1'M 2. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE - COUNCILOR NICK WILSON • , Municipal Court Judge Michael O'Brien 7:44) I'M 3. INAUGURAL REMARKS • Councilor Nick Wilson TIGARD CITY COUNCIL- January 8, 2008 City of Tigard 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 503-639-4171 www.tigard-or.gov Page 2 of 3 7:50 PM 4. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (Two Minutes or Less, Please) • Tigard High School Student Envoy Megan Foltz • Follow-up to Previous Citizen Communication • Citizen Sign Up Sheet 8:00 ISM 5. STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS • Mayor Dirksen 6. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS 7. NON AGENDA ITEMS • City Council discussion regarding start time of City Council meetings. 8. El' CUTIVE SESSION: The Tigard City Council may go into Executive Session. If an Executive Session is called to order, the appropriate ORS citation will be announced identifying the applicable statute. All discussions are confidential and those present may disclose nothing from the Session. Representatives of the news media are allowed to attend Executive Sessions, as provided by ORS 192.660(4), but must not disclose any information discussed. No Executive Session may be held for the purpose of taking any final action or making any final decision. Executive Sessions are closed to the public. 820 I'M 9. ADJOURNMENT 1•\ADM\Cat11y\CCA\2008\080108 business.doc TIGARD CITY COUNCIL- January 8, 2008 Cityof Tigard 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 503-639-4171 www.tigard-or.gov Page 3 of 3 Agenda Item No. 3 , 1 Meeting of 3 . 1) og 1sB p City of Tigard Tigard Business Meeting - Minutes TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 8, 2008 MEETING LOCATION: City of Tigard - Town Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 1. BUSINESS MEETING 1.1 Call to Order - City Council & Local Contract Review Board Mayor Dirksen called the meeting to order at 7:31:24 PM 1.2 Roll Call Name Present Absent Mayor Dirksen ✓ Councilor Buehner ✓ Councilor Sherwood ✓ Councilor Wilson ✓ Councilor Woodruff ✓ 1.3 Pledge of Allegiance 1.4 Council Communications & Liaison Reports 7:32:09 PM None 1.5 Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items: None 7:33:21 PM 2. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE - COUNCILOR NICK WILSON • Municipal Court Judge Michael O'Brien administered the oath of office as Tigard City Councilor to Nick Wilson to serve on the Tigard City Council from January 2008 through December 2008. Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes -January 8, 2008 Page I 3. INAUGURAL REMARKS 7:34:43 PM • Councilor Nick Wilson talked about his prior service on the City Council noting that he was elected to serve a one-year term for the position left vacant upon the resignation of Councilor Harding. He cited the major goals he would like to address, which included reducing traffic congestion in the City and continuing the work begun for Tigard's downtown.. Mayor Dirksen welcomed Councilor Wilson and noted his appreciation his willingness to continue to serve on the City Council and said he looked forward to the coming year. 4. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION • Tigard High School Student Envoy Megan Foltz presented a report on the activities of students at Tigard High. A summary of her report is on file in the City Recorder's office. • Follow-up to Previous Citizen Communication: None 5. STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS 7:41:52 PM • Mayor Dirksen delivered the 2008 State of the City Address. A copy of his remarks is attached. Also a copy of the PowerPoint is attached. 6. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS 7. NON AGENDA ITEMS Several Tigard High School students were in the audience. Councilor Buehner welcomed the students and noted that current information about City activities can be found in the Cityscape that is mailed to all Tigard households each month. In response to a question from Councilor Buehner, one student reported he would like to see better placement of crosswalks across Durham Road at the high school; i.e., near the auditorium. He advised the crosswalks are not near to main entrances to the high school. Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes -January 8, 2008 Page 2 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Not held. 9. ADJOURNMENT: 7:59:51 PM Motion by Councilor Woodruff, seconded by Councilor Sherwood, to adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. Mayor Dirksen Yes Councilor Buehner Yes Councilor Wilson Yes Councilor Sherwood Yes Councilor Woodruff Yes Catherine Wheatley, City Rec rder Attest: C " Z6~ .4 Ma City of Tigard- Date:- S • l I. 0 I:\ADM\Cathy\CCA4\2008\080108minutcs final.doc Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes - January 8, 2008 Page 3 2007 Tigard State of the City As 2007 ends and 2008 begins, it is.both appropriate and necessary that we look at what we have accomplished in the past year, what is ahead in the coming year, and how the City fares in general. I don't consider myself an overly optimistic person. I believe you have to view the world as it is, clearly and objectively, and face the issues that need improvement. Then, and only then, can you perceive the path that must be followed to make your world a better place. Past, present, and future - you must know where you've been in order to know where you are, and know where you are in order to know where you are going. That being said, I find my self at the.beginning of the New Year with really only good news to tell you. Tigard is a great place to live, and as time goes by it will only get better and better. Council's goals last year included: 1) Update the city's Comprehensive Plan, 2) Continue the Revitalization of our historic Downtown, 3) Find funding to correct traffic problems in the City, and 4) Improve the involvement process of Tigard citizens. The Comp. Plan project is on track and scheduled to be completed this year. When it's done and implemented into our Municipal Code, this document will make the face of the City better reflect the style and attitude of Tigard residents, and make development in Tigard and City operations in general much more environmentally friendly. I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly commend the staff and many private citizens who sat on the various Policy Interest Teams for the quality of their work and thank them for their service. The downtown plan is moving forward in an aggressive way. We have a new master plan for Fanno Creek Park in hand, and street improvement projects for Burnham Street and South Main Street funded. Burnham Street construction will begin this summer. Main Street is in design and will be built starting in 2010. The Commuter Rail station between Main and Hall Blvd. is under construction, and the whole line is on schedule, with trains scheduled to begin running between Beaverton and Wilsonville in September. Our 99W congestion study in partnership with the State of Oregon is almost complete; enough so the needed improvements have been identified. Work has already started on the recommended improvements to the intersection of Pacific Hwy. and Hall Blvd, and thanks to our new temporary gas tax we have also begun the design for the needed modifications to the intersection at Greenburg Road. When these two upgrades are made, which will happen within the next two years, they will go a long way toward clearing up the traffic bottleneck we've all endured through the center of town. Other smaller improvements, including some changes to development standards to surrounding property, will be continuing in the future as funding and opportunity arise. Communication between the City of Tigard and its citizens is good, but we knew it could be better. In 2007 the City began its new citizen involvement program, the City Active Neighborhood Network. The city is organized into thirteen different neighborhoods, roughly based around their local grade school or some other appropriate identifier. Each active neighborhood group has its own web page, and is designed to be a conduit for information between the neighborhood and the city, and between the residents of the neighborhood as well. With this new program, and utilizing the Cityscape newsletter, and with the input of well over 100 citizen members on various boards and commissions, your city government is kept on track devoting its time and resources to the things Tigard residents feel are most important. The results of a scientific Community Attitudes survey completed just last month show that residents agree that the City is doing the right things, and doing them well. This survey and every recent survey the city has done have told us that more parks and open space is a high priority for residents, and we're delivering. In the past two years the City has added over 18 acres of new parks, including open space in our most park-deficient area. As you may know, a large portion of Bull Mountain is within the city limits of Tigard. Councilor Wilson and Councilor Buehner both live in this area. As development exploded across the mountain in the 80s and 90s there was little or no opportunity to develop parks because the land was outside the city until after the building was done. But over the last several years the City has been quietly buying up undeveloped property near the top of the mountain, until today we have assembled over thirty acres of meadow, forest and ravine, all within Tigard city limits. Once we have created public access points, Cache Creek Nature Park will be available for the enjoyment of Tigard residents and will be Tigard's second largest park after Cook Park. While most of this park will remain in its natural state, over time some limited uses will be developed such as hiking trails, picnic areas and children's play areas. In the coming year you'll also see a new park we're going to place on top of a buried water reservoir we're building across the street from Alberta Rider Elementary School, and we are almost doubling the size of Jack Park with direct access from Walnut St., where there will also be a new fire station which will include a community room overlooking the park. The City is currently negotiating the purchase of another 5 acres for active parks and another 28 acres for preserved open space, and we expect these transactions will be completed in 2008 or 2009. There are other things the city is doing that I could talk about - the additional park purchases we've made just within the last month, the Commercial Crimes Unit our police department has begun, the Jim Griffith Memorial Skate Park that opened in November- I could go on and on. But I've learned that for both the speaker and the listener, the best part of a speech is the end. So just let me encourage you to visit the city's website at www.tigard-or.gov to learn more about these and other things happening in the City. The best news of all is that we are doing all these things and all the other things a city needs to do, without going broke. Not only are we staying within budget, as always, but last year, in fact the last few years, we have actually added to our ending fund balance - essentially putting money in our savings account. This means that the City of Tigard is living within its means and we're building up reserves to be able to pay for things important to the community like new parks and open spaces, downtown improvements and major equipment needs to provide quality services. Washington County and the Portland area is going to continue to grow, and Tigard is going to grow along with it. While we're not going to be going back to our semi-rural roots, as we grow we can make sure we preserve and create the kind of community amenities that will retain and enhance our quality of life. I look forward to this coming year as never before, and I also look forward to working with all of you to continue to make Tigard "a place to call home". May God bless you all, and God bless the City of Tigard. Craig Dirksen Mayor City of Tigard 1 CItY o T- Of 11 • • i 4 r I _ , `Ai I WIN In - y I d. 200 tt~1l9 rte f' e j orf i ~ e4 dpi ~ 1 f ~l ~~t +s Fr ..e., - +j I J ,y i r ~r a DEPOT M ~ ~~~tM r ,~rrat~► P I ti s LA~ NewtBridge and f~~\" \ S \ ^ \ \ / O a ` I . `Boardwalks O NewMixeB Use \ Ia' ~Ne~H in9 \ \ 5 j, y r e Pont \ l ,f \ Entrance Feature \ v " NeW Boa dw J A, "e works\ \ ~ .1 \ Annex O \ \ ~ \ / O u Pa \ nd nt Area rage \ Board al / Mitig ion Area R u ~J \ R ocat ridge If \ \ \ / Verizon rade~ w ridge Entrance / ~ ' ~ 'Re ionalTrail City Hall Up r fi E a 1. 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I~ t Y t , ~ t ! ,r r 7 f i ` i~ i°i i ; - -'•MERRlC~Y66WU'• ' ~ / • ~ - 45M Mr- Reservoir Outline o is I s 4~ B i c 4 6{ ti(Y TREES^ r I Q A t._._6 6 t• 6Cr.iQ4~`~ tons Elizabeth Price Park Conceptual Design I i l I I s x I' . 17 Agenda Item # Meeting Date January 8. 2008 COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY City Of Tigard, Oregon Issue/Agenda Title Oath of Office - Tigard City Councilor Nick Wilson Prepared B> Cathy Wheatley Dept Head Approval: City Mgr APProval: ' ~ ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL Municipal Court Judge Michael O'Brien will administer the Oath of Office to Councilor-elect Nick Wilson STAFF RECOMMENDATION Administer the Oath of Office to Nick Wilson, who was elected by Tigard voters at the November 6, 2007, election to serve as Tigard City Councilor from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. KEY FACTS AND INFORMATION SUMMARY On November 6, 2007, the Tigard voters elected Nick Wilson as Tigard City Councilor to serve a one-year term, January 1, 2008 until December 31, 2008. Municipal Court Judge O'Brien will administer the oath of office to Councilor Wilson in accordance with the Tigard City Charter, Section 30, which states: Before entering upon the duties of their office, every officer shall take an oath or shall affirm that they will support the constitutions and laws of the United States and of Oregon and faithfully perform the duties of their office. OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED N/A CITY COUNCIL GOALS N/A ATTACHMENT LIST None FISCAL NOTES N/A I:\ADM\Packct'08\080108\Oath of Officc AIS.doc 1 City of Tigard Oath of Office - - State of Oregon ) City of Tigard ) I, Nick Wilson, do solemnly swear that I will uphold and support the Constitution and laws of the United States of America and the State of Oregon and the Charter and ordinances of the City of Tigard. I will faithfully perform my duties to the best of my ability, in the office of Councilor to which I have been appointed, so help me God. ick Wilson Attest: iJ Gtr ~ City Recorder y Date n ..1Jf. 1 CITY MANAGER Citizen Communication Follow Up for the January 8, 2008, Meeting At the last City Council business meeting held on December 18, 2007, the following individuals testified during Citizen Communications to the City Council: • Mr. John Frewing was present to advise the City Council that the Oregon Environmental Council produced a book on low impact developments, entitled "Storm Water Solutions." The idea is to incorporate in city policies and regulations to minimize the impact of our human activity on the natural functioning of the streams and land in our area. The book was released just today and Mr. Frewing said he wanted to make sure that the staff at the City of Tigard has a copy. He indicated he would give a copy to Assistant City Manager Newton. He said that one of the important findings in the book is that "this kind of stuff' doesn't happen without action from the top. Mayor Dirksen noted that the City is in a favorable position because we are doing a Comprehensive Plan revision, which will lead to Code changes. We will have the opportunity to make sure we include the newest information and innovations offered L\ADM\Cathy\CCM\citizcn communication follow up\080108.doc Citizen Communlcatlons January 8, 2008 Page 1 Tigard High Leadership 9000 SW Durham Road • Tigard • Oregon- 97224 (503) 431-5518 • FAX (503) 431-5410 http://ths.ttsd.kl2.or.us/leadership/home.html 2007-2008 City Council Student Report: January 8, 2007 'Cha/%nging.ttie; Student Envoy: Megan Foltz Impossib/ery I. Academics ie►ctivities a. The first semester ends on Friday, January 25th. Director: Edtl b. Students will be taking finals January 23rd through January 25th. President: II. Athletics Megan Foltz a. The wrestling team competed well at a competition in Pendleton over the break. Vice President Amanda b. Both basketball teams begin league play this Friday saideepane against Forest Grove. The girls play at home while the boys play at Forest Grove. Activities Alexa Kanbergs III. Arts `secretary a. The guitar band will play during the basketball game this Heather L1oyd Friday as well. b. During the month of December the choir performed at Treasurer the Grotto. Michelle Chesney c. The next competition for the Tigerettes is Saturday, February 2nd at Sherwood. ',Human Relation's . ;;Bre Burnett Assemblies IV. Activities Kaitlyn Lange a. The speech team swept their categories at the Clackamas debate tournament. Their next tournament is this sp~rft~ " Saturday at Pacific University, which will be their first Libby Brallier: major college tournament. b. National Honor Society is collecting school supplies to Pubhc~ty Lzzie Parker help children in Costa Rica. c. The Human Relations week begins next week with the Tech coordinator assembly on Monday, January 14"'. ;Zane Rogers Executive Council:: ` Delegate: Yoli De le, Cruz ;