City Council Minutes - 01/08/2013 Agenda Item No. 383
Meeting of
City of Tigard
Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes
January 8, 2013
TIGARD
1. BUSINESS MEETING
A. Council President Buehner called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
B. Roll Call—Council President Buehner will ask City Recorder Wheatley to call the roll.
Name Present Absent
Mayor-elect Cook ✓
Councilor Buehner ✓
Councilor-elect Henderson ✓
Councilor-elect Snider ✓
Councilor Woodard ✓
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C. Pledge of Allegiance -Boy Scout Troop 423 - Flag Ceremony
D. Council Communications &Liaison Reports: None
E. Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items: None
2. ADMINISTER OATHS OF OFFICE TO MAYOR JOHN COOK, COUNCILOR
MARLAND HENDERSON AND COUNCILOR JASON SNIDER
• Municipal Court Judge Michael O'Brien administered oaths of office individually to:
o Mayor John Cook 10
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o Councilor Marland Henderson �J
o Councilor Jason Snider
From this point forward, Mayor Cook presided over the meeting.
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3. INAUGURAL REMARKS IR
• Councilor Marland Henderson
Paraphrased highlights of Councilor Henderson's remarks:
• My daily guidance is drawn from the Serenity Prayer and the three powerful messages contained
within.
o Accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.
o Courage to change the things that should be changed.
0 Visdom to distinguish the one from the other.
• Acceptance of the things that cannot be changed is the most dicult and those things include:
o An economy that needs to get better.
o Acceptance of loss of personal goals.
o The differences in philosophy between public and private enterprises.
o The responsibility borne by prior councilors.
• Courage to change things is frightening when faced alone. Establish civility, trust and
cooperation to work with others constructively. Speak and act with honesty and integrity as a
representative of the public.
• Wisdom usually comes from experience. Things take time. A councilorgets his or her check
and power from the people. Haff the people don't know what I do and the other half don't care
(laughter).
• My mission is to "leave it better than how I found it."
• My accomplishments for the firstyear—everything changed from what I wanted to do:
o The budget changed.
o There were reductions in income.
• My secondyear, I witnessed with the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. The city
increased the parks and improvements budget by 17 million. As budget reserves continued to
fall, so did our economy.
• Foryear three, I was no longer a new councilor. There were drastic changes on staff including
the retirement of the city manager along with several department leaders. This was inopportune
for the City of Tigard as itgrew larger in side with the annexation of River Terrace.
• Year four—along with the annexation of River Terrace's 500 acres, Tigard added several large
parks to its inventory. For the first time in manyyears, the city reached outside the city for new
talent by hiring the new city manager. The greatest partnership, to date, has been Tigard's
partnership with Lake Oswego to secure a water source that the city has been trying to lock-in
fora long time.
• Wlhere do we go from here? For the nextyear, we will struggle with our uncertain economy.
lle need to support the people's No. 1 priority:the downtown and its identity. We need to
continue to build a better council with a new member and an interim mayor. IYIe must
prioritise an economic development strategy by employing an economic development director to
assist and implement the efforts of our new community development director and his department.
• I thank all of those who allowed me to return as Tigard's City Councilor for four moreyears.
Special thanks to those who responded to my request for comments last August. "...Your voice
was heard by me and...I will echo it asyour representative and councilor."
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• Councilor Jason Snider
Councilor Snider's remarks:
I want to thank all of the residents of Tigard for trusting me with the leadership of our city and
community. I am committed to the fciency and transparency of our local government. I believe
difficultproblems are best solved through creativity, ingenuity and teamwork. Over time, I found
that simple solutions are often the most effective. As I serve, I am going to balance situations as I
see them through the lenses of my unique experiences.
In my healthcare profession, I am a practical scientist and this will lead me to ask for data that
supports a statement or assumption and will often ask `why.' .For these reasons, I am going to pray
for the city staff to have patience with me.
Last, I would like to personally thank my wife family for supporting me with the time it will take to
serve ffectively as a councilor. Thank you.
4. INAUGURAL REMARKS -MAYOR JOHN COOK
Mayor Cook's remarks:
Good evening and thankyou all for attending tonight. It's an honor to be able to serve asyourMayor. I
would like to thank the citizens of Tigard for their vote of confidence and look forward to working withyou on
the issues that are most important to the city. Wle are fortunate that Mayor Dirksen has left the city in very
good shape. The council has been working hard an several initiatives that I plan to keep moving forward, and
we have several pending issues that need to be addressed.
Later this week, the council will be settinggoals for theyear. During the campaign, I spoke with many ofyou
aboutyour concerns;the issues thatyou feel most pressing the reasons thatyou choose to live in Tigard;your
hopes for the future;and from those long-time residents, the things thatyou miss about our changing city. I
will be bringing these to the table as we plan for the future, and I look forvard to chatting with you further at
a Fireside Chat or a Town Hall.
Growing up in Tigard, the one thing I could always count on is that small town, neighborly feel. While we all
would like to keep that atmosphere, we have to recogni.Ze that Tigard is a majorplayer in the Metro region
now. Wle will likely have some big decisions to make related to growth and livability. I see three areas that
we'll be taking a hard look at.•
o Transit— Wlorking on the SWI Corridorplan with our neighbors, and to address transportation
issues in the 991X1/Pacific Highway region. This discussion will include what type of high capacity
transit our citizens will want for Tigard.
o Water— Continuing to work to secure an ownership in a water source for Tigard. Currently, we
are working with Lake Oswego to accomplish this.
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o Growth—The annexation policy for the council, including a large part of Bull Mountain that
residents are asking to be included in Tigard later this month.
So, there's work to do to maintain the livability in our city and I'm ready to get started. I look forward to
talking with you and continuing to have Tigard be A Place to Call Home!
5. ELECT COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO SERVE JANUARY 2013 TO DECEMBER 31,2014
The Tigard City Charter states: At its first meeting of each odd-numbered year,the council
by ballot shall choose a president from its membership. In the mayor's absence from a
council meeting, the president shall perform the duties of the office of mayor and preside
over it. Whenever the mayor is physically or mentally unable to perform the functions of
office,the president shall act as the mayor pro tem.
City Recorder Wheatley distributed ballots,which were filled out and signed by the Mayor
and City Council members. City Recorder Wheatley tallied the ballots and submitted the
results to Mayor Cook who announced that Councilor Henderson was elected to serve as the
City Council President.
6. ADJOURNMENT: 7:48 p.m.
Motion by Councilor Woodard, seconded by Councilor Buchner,to adjourn the meeting.
The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of City Council present:
Mayor Cook Yes
Council President Henderson Yes
Councilor Buchner Yes
Councilor Snider Yes
Councilor Woodard Yes
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