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City Council Minutes - 09/09/2008 Agenda Item No. S, ' Meeting of FUCG�1 —--- City of Tigard g Tigard Bus ine s s Meeting Minutes TIGARD CITY COUNCIL &LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD (LCRB) MEETING DATE: September 9, 2008 MEETING LOCATION: City of Tigard- Town Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 6:30 PM • STUDY SESSION Present: Mayor Dirksen, Council President Sherwood, Councilor Woodruff,Councilor Buehner and Councilor Wilson. City Attorney Ramis,Assistant City Manager Newton,Assistant Community Development Director Bunch,Senior Planner Wyss, Assistant Planner Daniels and Deputy Recorder Krager CITY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Assistant City Manager Newton said volunteers are an important and valuable part of how Tigard connects with the community. She said the executive "staff has been discussing the City's volunteer program and how it works. One issue is that Cityprograms use volunteers in different way. o The Library uses them for daily operations. o Public Works uses them for special projects such as tree plantings. o Community Development relies extensively on volunteers for board and committee membership. o Police Department has Explorers and Reserves and views having volunteers as an opportunity for training. o Finance and Administration Departments use mostly clerical volunteers. o judge O`Brien offers Community Service as an option for offenders. She said the City is considering adopting a new guiding principle for the Volunteer Program and making adjustments operationally to reflect separate departmental needs while recognizing the value of volunteer opportunities.She recalled for Council that the vision document's concept was maximizing the use of wlunteers,which had the effect of driving staff to find jobs for volunteers to do as opposed to being mindful all the time of maximizing how services are delivered. She said the new guiding principle is Enhancing and Maintaining Semice Deliwry while Strengthening Connections to the Community. She asked for Council comments. Councilor Buhner said because of the variety it didn't make sense to pull all volunteers together under one central umbrella. Councilor Wilson said there are two aspects: 1)Volunteers can help get things done by lowering our costs and helping us deliver services;and 2)Community/Citizen Outreach,which is more of a public relations program and is separate. He said he does see it as a problem if staff is spending time finding things for volunteers to do. Councilor Sherwood agreed that staff should not be creating jobs for volunteers. She suggested maintaining a list of available volunteers and calling on them as the need anises. She said there should be a clearinghouse for coordinating background checks,etc. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 1 of 10 Mayor Dirksen commented that the City's volunteer program has evolved and has gotten off the ground. It is working well and this valuable resource has become integrated into the City's processes. LEGISLATIVE AGENDA Assistant City Manager Newton gave Council copies of the League of Oregon Cities (LOG)legislative priority questionnaire as well as Council's past legislative priority lists to aid in this discussion which will ultimately result in adoption of a 2009 legislative priorities resolution. She noted executive staff has discussed this and listed: • Transportation funding • Land use,including Big Look funding • Library patron confidentiality,Access to information and Intellectual freedom • Ethics law reform She said they also identified the following from the LOC list as important: • G—Support statutory changes to allow increased flexibility of the use of transient lodging taxes to offset expenditures for tourism related services. • H — Support new, statutory authority to allow cities to create service districts within city boundaries, establish a permanent property tax levy,and fund specific urban services within the district. • I — Work towards an ethics policy that protects the interest of the public but is clearly understood by all and does not intrude into the private lives of Oregon's city leaders. • J — Initiate legislation to allow local government to restrict the possession of a firearm in publically owned buildings. • K— Work with other stakeholders to pass legislation to make it more difficult for thieves to profit from metal theft. • L — Ensure city leaders are represented on the governance structure of the Oregon Wireless Interoperability Network and advocate for a funding level that will allow all public safety first responders to communicate seamlessly. • P—Work to insure that labor arbitrators must use the same type and size of jurisdiction as comparables when comparing compensation and benefit packages;and • Q—Move to an alternative revenue system for telecommunications providers and oppose preemption of city franchising,rights-of-way and taxing authority. Mayor Dirksen remarked that Land Use is not even listed as a category on the LOC list. Assistant City Manager Newton asked Council what their priorities are and the following were mentioned: • Affordable housing through support of the document recording fee • Local control of taxes and avoiding preemption of local revenue sources • Transportation Funding/Allocation of State and Federal Revenues by population • Land Use/Urbanization Assistant CityManager Newton said that after approval she will send Council's resolution to the LOG Assistant Community Development Director Bunch mentioned that Metro is also preparing its legislative agenda and some items listed maybe helpful to Tigard.He mentioned ODOT's mobility standards and how they prevent the City from fullyurbanizing the Tigard Triangle,and replacement of aging infrastructure systems. He said Metro continues to be interested in the topic of urbanization and annexation. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Assistant City Manager Newton presented a proposed resolution regarding the establishment and composition of a citizen advisory committee to guide the preparation of the Tigard Transportation System Plan.Council discussed the TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 2 of 10 membership composition. Councilor Wilson said he questioned the wisdom of having specialized advocates on committees because theyare bydefinition,unbalanced. He asked,"Whywouldn't we just take average citizens to reflect the views of the community?" Council agreed that while they are not opposed to transportation means other than vehicular,they would prefer to delete the specific references to Bike/Pedestrian Advocate and Transportation Disadvantaged Advocate and increase bytwo the members of the Residents-at-large category. Council's recommended categories: Planning Commissioner(1) Member of Transportation Financing Strategies Task Force (1) Tigard Chamber of Commerce Representative (1) Residents-at-large (4) Council said they want to consider this item under Non-Agenda Items tonight rather than hold up assembly of this ad hoc advisory committee. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS Assistant City Manager Newton noted the September 16 and 23 agendas are lightly scheduled.The joint Meeting with the Park Board has been rescheduled for the October 21 Workshop Meeting so the September 16 meeting will be cancelled.The School District is discussing a potential joint meeting date. She also reminded Council of the October 7,2008 Budget Committee Meeting. Assistant City Manager Newton read an e-mail from Engineer Duenas on the Highway99W/Hall/Greenburg intersection design status.Ms.Newton noted that Council President Sherwood was the only Councilor receiving the e—mail because it was in response to a question and she would forward it on to other Councilors. SL)MMER CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT CONCERNS Assistant City Manager Newton said there was a public records request regarding this current restoration project and staff was putting together information. She said Assistant Public Works Director Rager was also sending a letter to concerned property owners. Councilor Wilson noted a lot of concerns in the community about these types of projects. He said the City may not be engaging the public upfront adequately and recommended that the Park Board be actively involved in reviewing the plans and soliciting public comment. Council President Sherwood said that the City's work along creeks is done to respond to Clean Water Services' Healthy Streams Plan. Attorney Ramis said when we sign contracts with Clean Water Services there might bean opportunityto put in language regarding process. Mayor Dirksen said,"Our stated policyis that we are supportive of the Healthy Streams Plan and so when these come through,staff may think Council is OK with this." Councilor Wilson said he would like to know more about the scientific intent of Clean Water Services'plans for these restoration areas and by whose authority they are deciding that this is the way it ought to be. Mr.Marland Henderson identified himself as a property owner in the Summer Creek restoration area.He said the main issue was the lack of notification to property owners.He said homeowners saw brambles being chopped up and left in place which created fears that such material would flow downstream,block the creek and create flooding. He said a notice had been sent out specifying that work would be occurring on Ash Creek and no one along Summer Creek knew why they received the notice. Evidently the notice had not been proofread because it should have read, "Summer Creek" Neighbors were upset and a petition was circulated.He said,"The people in harm's way Eve down the creek There are a couple of houses in the floodplain. They are already being flooded now and two more feet will wipe them out." He said a little more notice and public relations would have helped a lot. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 3 of 10 Councilor Wilson noted that the City recently issued an RFP for work on Fanno Creek in the downtown park area and he hoped as that plan gets developed it gets reviewed because it is a critical piece of our downtown plan. In summary,Assistant City Manager Newton said staff needs to do more to engage the people who are affected by these restoration projects up front,and she will get scientific information supporting the Healthy Streams Plan to Councilor Wilson in response to his request. The Study Session was adjourned at 7:20 pm 1. BUSINESS MEETING 1.1 At 7:30:13 PM Mayor Dirksen called the Tigard City Council and Contract Review Board to order. 1.2 Deputy Recorder Kruger called the roll. Name Present Absent Council President Sherwood ✓ Councilor Wilson ✓ Councilor Woodruff ✓ Mayor Dirksen ✓ Councilor Buehner ✓ 1.3 Pledge of Allegiance 1.4 Council Communications&Liaison Reports - Councilor Buehner mentioned that she would give a liaison report at the end of the meeting. 1.5 Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items —Mayor Dirksen noted that a Transportation System Plan Task Force agenda item will be considered under Non-Agenda Items. 2. PROCLAMATION— Mayor ROCLAMATION—Mayor Dirksen proclaimed September,2008 as NATIONAL DRUG&ALCOHOL RECOVERY MONTH 3. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 7:32:07 PM Tigard High School Student Envoy Alexa Kanbergs gave a brief report on the activities of Tigard High School. Councilor Buehner asked Ms. Kanbergs if the issue regarding the location of homecoming float staging was settled. She responded that floats will start from 113th Street. Councilor Buehner asked her to make sure people living on that street know about these plans.Ms.Kanbergs said the high school will be circulating flyers to the neighbors. 7:33:49 PM Tualatin Valley Fire&Rescue Captain Dawson introduced Division Chief Mike Duyr-k,former captain of Station 51. They updated Council on the status of Station 50,showing slides of the construction. The new fire station is being built on Walnut Street near Jack Park and the anticipated opening date is February 2009. He said TVF&R will be working with City staff on an opening celebration. They also have two acres they plan to partition and give to the City to add to Jack Park Division Chief Duyck said there will be an oversized community room available to the public for meetings. Captain Dawson noted that with the WES commuter train beginning its run this fall,some specific training was scheduled. He said Tigard's TVF&R Station 51 houses a technically trained rescue team with special equipment to respond to emergency incidents involving trains,light or heavy rail and TriMet busses. He said on September 15�h there will be a joint drill involving TriMet,Metro West,AMR,Pacific&Western and law enforcement officials to assess the readiness of WES for emergency incidents. Three federal regulatory agencies will have representatives present at the drill to check on TVF&R's progress. Emergency communication protocols between WES and WCCCA are also being developed. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 4 of 10 Councilor Buehner asked if the Progress Fire Station will respond to Washington Square commuter rail station incidents. Captain Dawson said the Progress Station responds to Washington Square calls, but all firefighters receive training on train incident response and the equipment closest to an incident would be called to respond. Captain Dawson discussed TVF80s Local Option Levy which will be on the November 2008 ballot. Citizen Communication 7:48:01 PM Joanne Bengtson who works in the Gigs Administration Department invited everyone to the Fourth Annual Family Fest starting Thursday,September 11,which is also Tigard's 47th birthday. Events include: Thursday,September 11 - • Clown School in the Library Community Room,including BJ the Clown performance • Genealogy experts on the Library second floor to help people research their families Friday,September 12- • Youth Advisory Council (YAC) will show Disney's new movie at 7:00 pm in the Library Community Room;treats provided Saturday,September 13 - • 5K Fun Run (or walk,bring strollers, etc) from City Hall to the LDS Church on North Dakota Street. First Student buses will deliver everyone back to Town Hall from the church. • City Administration staff member Helen Marvin designed the t-shirts which are new this year. The first 200 people at the Fun Run will get a free t-shirt. • Treasure hunt,based in downtown starts at 1:00 pm • Picnic at Library at 5:30 pm and dedication of Indonesian pavilion at 6:30 pm • Birthday cake (cut by Summerfield resident Betty Mills, who was Miss Congeniality in 1962 in Miss Tigard pageant). The Historical Society provided photos of Tigard's first birthday celebration. • Magician Tom Waldrop at 7:15 pm • Tualatin Valley Community Band Performance at 7:30 pm • Fireworks at dusk • Skate park will be lit for night skate,complete with disco ball,tower lights and glow in the dark freebies. There will be a professional skate show,plus gifts from LAB 33 and Exitrealworld. Ms.Bengtson said local businesses have been very supportive and provided lots of prizes. Mayor Dirksen invited the community to come celebrate Tigard's families and said, "Leave your wallet at home; it's all free." Council expressed thanks to Ms.Bengtson for her planning,enthusiasm and hard work on this event. 7:57:45 PM Virginia Caullay, 13990 SW 100th Avenue,Tigard spoke about Potso Dog Park She said the open hours are currently 4:30-dusk and all day on weekends and holidays. She noted that this schedule was for the convenience of Coe but they are closed except for administration so the parking lot is no longer being used as in the past. She asked who owns the parking lot and if the dog park hours could be increased to dawn to dusk daily. Mayor Dirksen said staff would check on this and get back to Ms.Caullay. He also mentioned the upcoming Potso Dog Park Halloween Costume Party on October 25,2008. o Follow-up to Previous Citizen Communication-None 4. 8:00:45 PM CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Dirksen announced the items on the Consent Agenda. 4.1 Approve City Council Minutes for July 8 and 15,2008 4.2 Receive and File: a. Council Calendar b. Tentative Agenda c. Fifth Tuesday Minutes from July 29,2008 TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 _13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov JPage5oflO 4.3 Local Contract Review Board: a. Award Contract for 08-09 Pavement Major Maintenance Program (PMMP) Phase II (79th Avenue Reconstruction) 4.4 Approve Resolution of Necessity to Acquire Certain Real Estate along SW Dartmouth Street for Street Improvements—Resolution No.08- 52 4.5 Approve Grant Application to the Royal Rosarian Foundation in the Amount of$28,000 4.6 Approve Mini-Grant Application to Alliance for Community Traffic Safety in Oregon (ACTS) Bicycle Safety-- Resolution afetyResolution No. 08-53 8:01:52 PM Councilor Woodruff moved to approve the consent agenda with a change to Item 4.2.a— Council Calendar amended to read that there is not a Workshop Meeting on September 16,2008.Council President Sherwood seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Council President Sherwood Yes - Councilor Wilson Yes Councilor Woodruff Yes Mayor Dirksen Yes Councilor Buehner Yes 5. 8:02:32 PM WORKSHOP for COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT(CPA) 2008-00006: URBANIZATION Senior Planner Wyss gave an overview of the process and said this Comprehensive Plan Amendment would be back for a public hearing on October 14,2008.He asked if Council had any questions or required further information. He said the Council and the Planning Commission met on July 8,2008 to discuss this amendment.An outcome of that meeting was that Council directed the tone of the language to change so that policies were clear and assertive without being confrontational or negative. The Planning Commission then hosted two Policy Interest Team meetings where the language was refined.The language was then sent to the City Attorney who reviewed it and made one change in Policy 3 under Goal 14.2. He said the change can be found in the Planning Commission minutes. The Commission then held a public hearing on August 18,2008 where no further changes in the language were requested. He said the chapter recommended to the Council has been organized into three goals: o Provide quality services to City residents o City's Approach to Annexation o City's Approach to Promoting Tigard Citizens'interest in growth decisions Senior Planner Wyss said staff has since received feedback from Council on a change in the 14-3 Introduction. Mayor Dirksen proposed that the sentence,"Until Areas 63 and 64 can be included within an existing city..."should read,"...,within a city... " Councilor Buehner asked for clarification of the sentence,"Tigard currently is precluded from providing urban services to these areas as evidenced by the annexation vote of 2004." She asked if it was necessary to have that sentence in the paragraph since circumstances may change in the future. Staff agreed that the sentence can be removed without changing the intent of the paragraph. Senior Planner Wyss asked if Council had any further questions on this chapter or process. 8:07:40 PM Councilor Woodruff commented,"All of these chapters are important but none have been involved with more controversy over the last couple of years than this issue of urbanization and annexation,so I really want to make sure we get this right. He asked if there could be a general statement inserted under Goal 14.1 saying,"Tigard will actively participate in state,regional and county efforts regarding annexation legislation and policies relating to urbanization." Senior Planner Wyss referred him to Goal 14.3 and suggested adding this phrase as a Recommended Action Measure. Councilor Woodruff agreed with this suggestion. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 6 of 10 Councilor Woodruff said his second question was about item 4 on page 14-7 which he said might raise red flags for people living next door to an annexed property who may believe the City would require them to annex. Assistant Community Development Director Bunch said in some cases this is probably more appropriate as a promotional policy as there are few circumstances where the City can require annexation. Councilor Woodruff suggested the word"require" be changed to"encourage" since we have already stated the other reasons why we might require annexation. Councilor Buehner referred to the Walnut Island area when the County wouldn't allow residents to replace their septic systems,and asked,"Wasn't the City required to annex at that point? Something like that could come up again." Mayor Dirksen noted that there is already a provision related to health and safety. Councilor Wilson said the law says you must have consent from a majority of electors and a majority of the property owners in order to annex but it does not need to be unanimous. He said there were times when the City could have annexed more properties but in most cases chose not to do so. He said this language refers to that possibility. Assistant Community Development Director Bunch said this represents a policy matter that might change as Council evaluates the annexation policy on an annual basis. Councilor Wilson said he would like to see language that doesn't preclude the City from annexing a parcel that there is not full agreement on. Mr.Bunch said the policywording could be adjusted to say,"..and we determine to be in the best interests of the City and public health." City Attorney Ramis said one possibility would be to have a separate section saying,"The City's policy is that it will maintain its right to use all authority granted by State statute to require annexation." Council agreed Attorney Ramis' sentence worked well. Councilor Buehner said she didn't want anything in the Comprehensive Plan that encourages limited-service city formation because they don't function well. Councilor Wilson agreed but said,"Suppose there is some property adjacent to King Qty. They can't come into Tigard because they are not contiguous. They can't come into King City because they are located in Tigard's Urban Services Area,so they stay unincorporated. Is that a good thing for public policy?" Assistant Community Development Director Bunch responded,saying,"State law does allow cities and counties to amend and revise Urban Services Boundaries and Urban Planning Area agreements. We have the flexibility to do that. We will evaluate the plan every five years and work with Metro to determine changes in urbanization policies and infrastructure issues,etc." Mayor Dirksen referred to his earlier request to the change the wording in 14.1 from"existing city' to"any city" and said it also appears in Section 14.23, Action Measure I. He also mentioned that Policy 4 under 14.3 seemed to be in conflict with Policy 1 under Goal 14.1 Senior Planner Wyss said the City's Public Works Department commented that the City is currently providing water outside Tigard's city limits. The stance that the Planning Commission took with these two policies is more focused on sewer and storm water because the water is already there. City Attomey Ramis said this does not come through in the language and there needs to be something that explains the policy. Assistant Community Development Director Bunch said this affects one relatively small area which is minor in the context of the entire policy intent. He agreed that this should be modified to address this special case. Councilor Buehner said that Public Works intends to negotiate with Tualatin Valley Water District to make an adjustment in the boundary that would resolve this issue. Councilor Wilson asked,"What about providing services to other cities? As Durham or King City annexes parcels, we are providing water to them" Councilor Buehner said,"There is an Intergovernmental Agreement provision saying the subject property has to be added to the Tigard Water District." Senior Planner Wyss said staff will make the language more case-specific. Senior Planner Wyss asked Mayor Dirksen what Council's preference was regarding the introduction sentence. 8:30:17 PM Mayor Dirksen suggested,"The position of the City of Tigard is that cities are better equipped to provide governance and urban level services than counties. Until Areas 63 and 64 can be included within a city,the City of Tigard opposes the provision of services that would allow for urban level development within the area." Council TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 7 of 10 agreed with his suggested wording. 8:31:18 PM Mayor Dirksen noted that a citizen had signed up to speak Phil Decker, 14540 SW 148th Place,Tigard spoke regarding this Urbanization chapter. He said he organized a number of people to oppose the incorporation of the City of Bull Mountain and many times his house was packed with people discussing annexation issues. Mr.Decker said he reviewed this proposed Comprehensive Plan chapter and found it to be of high quality. He said there was a lot of language concerning unincorporated Bull Mountain and Areas 63 and 64 but the document has no focus because it lacks direction. He said,"This document presents the opportunity to clearly state that Tigard intends to annex unincorporated Bull Mountain and Areas 63 and 64 in the future. Such language would make it clear and unequivocal to all of the interests and constituencies concerned that Tigard has finally set a direction." Mr.Decker stated that there are two major obstacles to annexation: money and legislation. The fact is that property taxes will increase if property is annexed. The economic forecast is not encouraging so there is a perception that there is insufficient incentive to annex now. 8:37:33 PM He said he picks up on a perceptual current from Council that the people of Bull Mountain are in the main opposed to the city of Tigard and are against annexation. He said his belief that this is not true is corroborated by recent voting results two years ago in the election to form the City of Bull Mountain. He said in that election three precincts voted and only one approved incorporating.Since that time the incorporation effort is heavily in debt and has become fragmented. There has been turnover in the neighborhoods and in voters. He said his understanding of recent legislation is that a relatively small group of people can freeze annexation attempts by filing a petition for incorporation. He urged Tigard to join other cities working to free themselves from the"hostage position"this legislation has cities in now. He said there is not as much sentiment against annexing to Tigard as there once was. From the standpoint of sound Citypolicy,everyone (Tigard staff,Bull Mountain residents,Metro,developers,and Washington County) would benefit knowing where Tigard wants to go in this key area over the next several years. He said everyone could then plan accordingly instead of the City drifting and being inconclusive as to its policy directive. 8:45:41 PM Councilor Wilson thanked Mr.Decker for coming. He agreed that the document avoids controversy by purposefully avoiding anything that might kick the hornet's nest again. The previous annexation effort required an enormous amount of energy both at the staff and Council level.He said even staff whose jobs had nothing to do with planning or annexation,such as police officers,were impacted by the constant insults about their work from Bull Mountain residents 8:48:12 PM Councilor Sherwood said when she and Councilor Wilson came onto the Council they were eager to make some progress in the City. She said they were idealistic and heard from people on Bull Mountain saying what Mr.Decker said tonight about wanting to annex. She said,"We thought this would be a good thing.Tigard could get some land;we could put parks up there.But sitting here as people from Bull Mountain slammed the City of Tigard made me lose the stomach for any kind of controversy having to do with that area. We have offered annexation but not many have taken us up on it." 8:49:29 PM Councilor Woodruff said our goal is very clear- it is to have as many people join the city as want to. The ideal thing is that everyone would want to be part of the city. Right now we have to live within the constraints of the annexation legislation and we could say that we want to do something,but right now it doesn't allow that. 8:50:44 PM Councilor Buehner said she has a different perspective.She said she has seen the materials staff sent out to encourage annexation and said she wouldn't be likely to annex based on them.She hopes that Tigard can put their best foot forward in future materials.She noted that the latest annexations have not been controversial and she agrees with Mr.Decker that there has been a change in attitude on Bull Mountain. She said she is concerned about a policy that locks Council into doing nothing for the next 20 years. 8:52:12 PM Councilor Sherwood said Council is elected by the citizens of Tigard and Council's first dutyis to those citizens. She said,"We spent a great deal of time and energy on the Bull Mountain annexation effort. The drive in TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 8 of 10 the last few years has been to refocus on the City and what the City needs. It is frustrating to see Areas 63 and 64 sitting out there. But at the same time,I don't want to focus our energy there." Councilor Wilson said the rapid advance of subdivisions in the 1990's up and over Bull Mountain seemed wrong to him but Tigard couldn't get ahead of it. He said,"We had no tax base,we couldn't get parks up there. People on the Mountain were rightly concerned. They blamed Tigard for it but it was not something Tigard had any control over." 8:56:29 PM Mayor Dirksen said he would encourage people to annex because he feels that is what is best.He said by and large,Tigard residents don't seem to care one way or another if these areas come into the City because they don't realize the financial impacts on the City. Our citizens are concerned about downtown improvement,traffic congestion,and better infrastructure,etc. As a Council we are better off spending our time on issues our citizens value as important. 8:59:19 PM Assistant Community Development Director Bunch agreed,saying,"We do beat about the bush.But we specifically say that in order to get urban services you have to annex to the City. Instead of doing it right away we are looking at the ultimate result." He said regarding Areas 63 and 64,those issues are gradually working themselves out and some alternatives maybe presented to Council as part of the urbanization forum. He said,"The basic principle, and we all know this,is that the City of Tigard has the water and there is no other water provider out there.The only other way to get water to them is through a seven-mile transmission line and all new storage facilities." 9:01:19 PM Council President Sherwood said at some point the County may run out of money and can't provide these services anymore and that will force people into our city. Assistant Community Development Director Bunch noted that over time as the County gets pressured to provide state-mandated services those decisions will ultimately be made. Mayor Dirksen complimented staff,the Planning Comrnission and the Policy Interest Team on their forthright but not aggressive stance in the language used in this section. 6. COUNQL LIAISON REPORTS (This Agenda Item was heard out of order,after Agenda Item No.7.) 9:05:23 PM Councilor Buehner gave an update from an Urban Reserves Committee meeting. She said they met to primarily make a decision on the initial study area. She noted there were a number of comments from the public and from cities. Ultimately,the Committee Chair suggested that the boundary as proposed should be adopted. She said she raised issues about the northern boundary and was given assurance that the issue could be brought forward and the boundary could be adjusted in the future. She said the decision about flexibility would be entered into the minutes.She said there was also a presentation on future land for manufacturing and industrial development. She said there would be a series of meetings at Metro in the fall and she will attend as many of these meetings as possible. 9:08:41 PM Mayor Dirksen said he felt the best option for industrial land in the Metro area is redevelopment of North or Northeast Portland land that is under-utilized and adjacent to river and major transportation routes. The infrastructure is already there and there is a lot of land out there that is not being used to its highest extent. Councilor Buehner said she agreed on the issue of redevelopment. 7. NON-AGENDA ITEMS 9:03:10 PM Mayor Dirksen said there was a non-agenda item which was consideration of a resolution to form a Citizen Advisory Committee for the Transportation System Plan task force. He asked if there was a staff report. Senior Planner Wyss said there was none. Mayor Dirksen asked if there was any discussion on Resolution No. 08-54 Establishing a Citizen Advisory Committee to Guide the Preparation of the Tigard Transportation System Plan and Deciding the Membership of the Committee. He announced that the membership would include one member from the Planning TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov IPage9oflo Commission,a member from the Transportation Financing Strategies Task-Force,a member from the Tigard Chamber of Commerce, and four citizens-at-large. Councilor Buehner moved for approval of Resolution No. 08-54, as amended. Council President Sherwood seconded the motion. Mayor Dirksen asked the Deputy Recorder to read the title and number of the Resolution. A vote was taken and the Resolution passed unanimously. Yes No Council President Sherwood ✓ Councilor Wilson ✓ Councilor Woodruff ✓ Mayor Dirksen ✓ Councilor Buehner ✓ 8. ADJOURNMENT 9:09:44 PM Councilor Woodruff moved for adjournment and Council President Sherwood seconded. The motion passed by unanimous vote. Yes No Council President Sherwood ✓ Councilor Wilson ✓ Councilor Woodruff ✓ Mayor Dirksen ✓ Councilor Buehner ✓ Carol A.Krager,Deputy City Recooer Attest: r M r ty o iga' Date: 0 " r • �� I:\ADM\CAR0L\Counci1\080909 business TIGARD CITY COUNCIL/LCRB AGENDA- September 9, 2008 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 10 of 10