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03-08-2018 Council Newsletter a C0MXdJ _dN7pWS1 6 Prozn4ed!o the Dr anj City Cowi:,,l on a weekiy oas?r to rtay-abreast o['cu;%W1,vt city roves March 8, 2018 1. Filing Time Nears for SEI Statements o Westside pipe project nears approval The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is contacting elected and some appointed officials that it 7• Council Calendar is time to file annual Statements of Economic Tues.Allarch 13 Council Meeting Cancelled Interest. The SEI notification will come directly to Lack of quorumyour home email. Please note that your SEIs are due by April 15 of each year as required in ORS Tuesday,Mar. 20 Workshop Meeting 244.050. Call Carol at 718-2419 if you have issues with 6:30 p.m.—Town Hall the OGEC website. Tuesday, Mar. 27 Business Meeting 2. Joint (draft) Statement from Police & School 6:30 p.m. —Town Hall District Tuesday,April 3 Business Meeting Following the recent school shooting in Florida, the city and school district formed a joint statement (draft 6:30 p.m. —Town Hall attached) to share with residents who write to council Tuesday,April 10 Business Meeting asking what we are doing to address school safety. 6:30 p.m. —Town Hall The school district is waiting to hear back from Tuesday,April 17 Workshop Meeting Tualatin and King Citi-to add their names to the 6:30 p.m. —Town Hall statement. Once they've signed on,TTSD will send the statement to all families in the school district and we'll post on our website. 3. February Businesses Liz Lutz shared the list of new business licenses for Februari. 4. Construction Project Update Mike McCarthy attached an update on construction projects around Tigard. 5. Public Works Project Update Marissa Grass attached an update of work underway in Public Works. 6. News Articles o Man praised for helping out Tigard officer during tussle o TriMet announces new GM and Westside bus line o Dirksen Nature Park protects sensitive habitat, connects students with nature o Beaverton opens day center, transitional housing for families 13125 SVS'Hall Bled Ligaid,OR 97223 1 Ai eb u••av:tt�id-olid-oi gL,- � Phane 303 639 4171 1 F.:U. 5O3.08472977 TDD.SU3.584Z­' DRAFT Item# 3 n Newsletter: City of Tigard March 8, 2018 f --- To: All Tigard-Tualatin School District Families From: Tigard-Tualatin School District A?A City of Tigard Police Department P RE: Joint Response to School Safety Since last month's tragic school shooting in Florida, there's been a heightened focus on school safety both nationally and here in our own communities. Our schools and law enforcement officials have received numerous questions about the safeguards and procedures in place to protect our students. XX.'e've also received a range of suggestions for safety improvements. During this same time, our schools and our police departments have been conducting their own reviews of current procedures and possible safety enhancements. A joint meeting is planned to share those ideas and to strengthen the partnerships that exist between our organizations. Later this month, the school district will also be convening a meeting of selected community stakeholders to receive feedback on existing plans and guidance for future safety initiatives. As you know, since the Florida shootings, we've experienced some social media posts and rumors related to possible threats---each of which was determined to be non-credible and lacking intent Whenever this occurs, our schools and police departments work together to find the source and thoroughly investigate ever-report or rumor. For students who make these threats, we conduct a comprehensive risk assessment to determine the student's potential for harm and the actions--if required--to support school safety. We also identify and put in place any inten-entions needed. We cannot close this message without sharing some of the preventative programs we have in place that include: School Resource Officers; individual school goals focused on helping "every student feel safe, supported and connected;" additional staffing for student behavior, mental health and drug and alcohol rehabilitation; the Safe Oregon tip line and Standard Response Protocol training and drills. There are also some planned school safety improvements funded by the 2016 bond measure that include: new security cameras and classroom door locks district-wide as well as new school entry vestibules at selected schools. We want you to know hove strongly all of us are committed to providing a safe school environment for our students. Please feel free to continue to share any concerns or ideas you believe will help us. Item# Newsletter: February 2018 Business Licenses BUSINESS NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE ZIP # RNIPS American Technologies Inc 7845 SW 74TH AVE Tigard Or 97223 1 Cascade Bikes Inc 9009 SW HALL BLVD Tigard Or 97223 5 Celebrate Catering /Bistro 12753 SW 68TH_AVE Tigard Or 97223 3 Clarity Direct NW LLC 12005 SW 70TH AVE Tigard Or 97223 1 Columbia Pacific Construction Inc 13125 SW HALL BLVD Tigard Or 97223 7 Crown Memorial Centers 12995 SW PACIFIC HWY Tigard Or 97223 2 Firenza Pizza Portland 12280 SW SCHOLLS FERRY RD Tigard Or 97223 5 Iconic Group Inc 9585 SW WASHINGTON SQ RD Tigard Or 97223 2 Insulpro Projects 2920 142ND AVE E 106 Sumner Wa 98390 2 Jarrett Walker&Associates 13125 SW HALL BLVD Tigard Or 97223 2 Jeff the Barber 11645 S\x'PACIFIC H\X'Y 4 Tigard Or 97223 2 JSE Labs Inc 7460 SW HUNZIKER ST H Tigard Or 97223 2 Mcleod Carpentry LLC 11340 SW WALNUT ST Tigard Or 97223 1 Metaltrim LLC 13807 S\X' FANNO CREEK DR Tigard Or 97223 1 Monarch Learning Center 14361 SW PACIFIC HWY Tigard Or 97224 4 Portland Audiology Clinic LLC 9735 SW SHADY LN 302 Tigard Or 97223 2 R3 Supercuts 9009 SW HALL BLVD # 150 Tigard Or 97223 5 Res Contracting&Mechanical 11745 SW PACIFIC H\x'Y Tigard Or 97223 1 Rose City Distilling 7272 SW DURHAM RD #100 Tigard Or 97224 8 Sabrix Inc 13888 S\X' 124TH AVE Tigard Or 97223 1 Sunlight Home Decor Corp 10655 SW GREENBURG RD Tigard Or 97223 4 Thenell Law Group PC 12909 SV'68TH PK\X'Y# 290 Tigard Or 97223 17 Tidv Solutions 16147 SW PALERMO LN Tigard Or 97223 1 Total Employees 79 Construction Project Update —March 7, 2018 Item# 34 Hwy 99W (1-5 to PfafIIe) Night Sewer Pipe Work Newsletter: A contractor will be working at night in Hwy-99W starting next week to repair and reinforce an existing sew er pipe under Hwy 99X'.-Drivers should expect lane closures and delays from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wall Street (south of Humiker) Work begins this week on the reconstruction of Wall Street south of Hunziker Rd. Access is available to local properties (including Potso Dog Park) but drivers should expect delays. Commercial Street (951"to Lincoln) Sidewalk A contractor is building a neva sidewalk on Commercial Street between 95' and Lincoln. Commercial Street is closed during the day to through vehicular traffic during construction. The street is open to pedestrians and local residents. Main Street at Commercial Street Crosswalk A TriMet bus recently knocked over a sign with flashing lights at the crosswalk across Main Street at Commercial Street. The street crew-has replaced the post and sign, and will be reinstalling the flashing lights when replacement parts are received. Durham Square Development A developer is constructing site improvements for two commercial buildings on the property south of Durham Road between the railroad and Fanno Creek. The sidewalk on the south side of Durham Road is closed while the contractor reconfigures it to add the driveway. Fanno Creek Trail (Woodard Park to Bonita and Hall Blvd to Tualatin) Design work is in progress on a project to build the remaining segments of the Fanno Creek Trail from Woodard Park to Bonita Road and build a new connection from the end of 85'Avenue (Hall Boulevard) to the Tualatin Bridge. Technical and citizen committee meetings started today, and the first public open house is this evening from 4:30—6:30 p.m. (stop by any time between 4:30 and 6:30) in the Tigard Library Burgess Community Room. Contact Mike McCarthy at 503-718-2462 or mikem a)�gard-or gov with questions. River Terrace River Terrace subdivisions are under construction particularly on the east side of Roy-Rogers Rd south of Scholls Ferry Rd. If you have any questions,please contact Mike White at 503-718-2464. Oak Street near 901'Avenue A contractor is installing storm and sanitary sewer pipes under Oak Street near 90`x'Avenue for a new apartment complex along Oak Street. Daytime delays likely. 132"Avenue south of Walnut Street A contractor is working on 132"d Avenue for new homes on the west side of 132"'Avenue south of Walnut Street. Daytime delays likely. Main Street Parking Signage The street crew (when they are not responding to snow events)is updating the parking signage along Main Street and in the other 2-Hour parking zones to clarify that the 2-hour parking zone is in effect. Item# r Public Works Update 3/8/18 Newsletter: 23 Here is a summary of the work happening in Public\Works. Wastewater/Stormwater Division Update The\X'astewater/Stormwater Division proudly provides stewardship over the city's wastewater and stormwater systems. Pictured below are KF&Bowers,Joe Conrad and Craig Daily,who are working to clean the storm system using a combination cleaner truck. Based on a regular schedule of inspection and maintenance, all stormwater pipes within the city are cleaned and inspected within a seven year period. n. _ 7 Y ■ ■ R D Water Division Update Tigard works to ensure the quality of drinking water through monitoring, planning, comprehensive designs, construction, operation and maintenance of ' the water system. The Water Division crew sends the following update: • Zach Sorensen and Derek Johnson (right) operating a vactor truck on Durham Rd and searching for a service line. We found it, 8 feet deep and we'll be back soon to make repairs. • Crews assisted with a damaged service line Wednesday on Walnut Street. A contractor damaged the 1" service line. • Hydrants: Crews are continuing to work on hydrants around the Alderbrook Drive area. r cam_ a' - Nighttime Construction on Pacific Highway Starts Next Week A contractor will be working at night in Hwy 99W starting next week to repair and reinforce an existing sewer pipe under Hwy 99W. Drivers should expect lane closures and delays from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. A contractor (Insituform) will be using a cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) process to rehab an old sanitary sewer line that was built in the 1950s. Next week they will start by cleaning the pipe and the following week they w-il1 install the liner. Two weeks total construction time. One southbound lane will be closed along 99X'at night. The project is located on Pacific Highway between 65`x'Avenue and Pfaffle Street. Project Manager Andy Newbury describes that after years of water jetting to clean the pipe, the walls of this concrete pipe have become thin and may fail in the future. Instead of the traditional dig and repair method to replace the line, the CIPP process will be used. The contractor will blow a resin liner through the pipe and cure it with steam. The liner will attach to the inside of the pipe providing additional strength and greatly increasing the pipe life. Welcome New Employees! Join us in welcoming Je Nylen and Kaitlyn.McKinney to the Public Works Department.Jeff joins the Streets Division as a Utility Worker II and Kaitlyn joins Parks &Rec as a Temporary Program Specialist.4 ' Spring Training Kicks-off for Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program Tigard's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a team of (10-MIMU'NITY dedicated individuals who keep our community strong by connecting neighbors 11 FESPONSE TEAM to deter crime,prepare for and respond major storms, earthquakes and other emergencies. About 50 community members started the city's spring CERT class on Tuesday. CERT students receive 24 hours of training in basic emergency response skills like first aid, search and rescue, and fire safety and suppression. 1i■■I�a■�1� FMT _ dwr IUJ ;. r c � •� Busy Week for Parks & Recreation Parks &Rec staff are kicking-off the spring season with a busy week of soccer! Activities and events starting this week include: • Soccer Shots: Nfini Class (Ages 2-3) • Soccer Shots: Classic Class (Ages 3-5) • Soccer Shots: Premier Class (Ages 5-8) Register for classes and activities at www.tigard-or.gov/recreation :' :� Item#`„ Man praised for helping out Tigard officer during tussle Newsle er:? -�-I Ray Pitz Thursday, March 01, 2018 Kent Willey of Lake Oswego helped out Officer Brian Jackson while he was wrestling with a man at Tigard Public Library Monday. THE TIMES: RAY PITZ- Lake Oswego resident Kent Willey receives a plaque and police coin from Tigard Police Chief Kathy McAlpine during a brief ceremony Thursday at Tigard City Hall. y Kent Willey was sitting inside his pickup in front of the Tigard Public Library around 2:45 p.m. Monday when he saw an incident involving a Tigard police officer quickly unfold and get nasty. Police reported that the library staff was having trouble with a man inside so they called police. That's when Tigard Police Officer Brian Jackson arrived and asked the man if they could talk outside. However, they only made it to the foyer. Getting ready to go inside,Willey, a Lake Oswego resident, said he knew something was up. "I saw the suspect's demeanor change and become aggressive," said Willey. "I could see it was coming." THE TIMES: RAY PITZ- Kent Willey displays the plaque he just received from Tigard Police Chief Kathy McAlpine Thursday, thanking him for helping out Tigard Officer Brian Jackson when the officer became involved with a scuffle = � with a man at the Tigard Public Library on Monday. - What happened next was Willey"saw the officer go down," along with the suspect, tussling on the floor inside ' the glass-enclosed front entryway. The 52-year-old Willey quickly exited his truck—on two bad knees no less—and started sprinting toward the front door. "I jumped on the guy and we were rolling around,"said Willey. "The guy reached out and started choking me." In fact, the suspect choked Willey not once but twice, something Willey called to the attention of Officer Jackson. "(The officer)tapped me on the back and said, 'Let's lay on him' (until backup arrives)." Other officers quickly raced up and took the man, later identified as Devonte Anthony Boatright, 23, who has no permanent address, into custody. He was charged with interfering with a police officer, resisting arrest, fourth-degree assault and assault on a public safety officer and lodged at Washington County Jail. (Both Willey and Jackson, a 17-year veteran of the Tigard Police Department, received minor injuries in the melee.) On Thursday, Tigard police honored the Good Samaritan with a certificate of appreciation and a police coin during a brief ceremony and reception at Tigard City Hall with remarks of appreciation from Tigard Chief Kathy McAlpine. She praised Willey for his selfless actions. "People are more apt to record (the situation) and catch it on video," McAlpine pointed out after the ceremony. "When somebody does put themselves in harm's way ... it is appreciated." Willey, who has law enforcement individuals in his family, said he was completely taken by surprise by the recognition, thinking he was simply going to be a time where he would shake the chiefs hand. Meanwhile, Willey, who already had surgery scheduled to replace those aching knees of his, said he has been impressed by the police department and its officers. "I think the Tigard Police Department has been amazing," he said, noting that after the incident four or five officers called to personally thank him. r - w r w rau.ti TriMet announces new GM & new Westside bus line TriMet's Chief Operating Officer Doug Kelsey has been named the agency's next General Manager, pending his contract negotiations with Board Chair Bruce Warner. ! ' His track record of success in prior settings, as well as his work since coming to r TriMet in 2015 is what set him apart, according to the TriMet Board. In other TriMet news, the mass transit agency is also rolling out three new bus dines -the 42 will be a new Westside route. Bus line 42, also known as Denny/Hall, will start connecting riders on Monday between the transit centers of Tigard, Washington Square, and Beaverton. "Line 42 is a great alternative to driving congested roads and will serve highly populated areas and employment corridors between Tigard and Beaverton," said Tigard Mayor John Cook. The new line will offer service on parts of Hall Boulevard in Tigard and Denny Road in Beaverton that TriMet did not previously serve. Dirksen Nature Park protects sensitive habitat, connects students with nature Despite being surrounded by residential neighborhoods and a school,Dirksen Nature Park allows visitors to experience seven unique types of native habitats,including a rare forested wetland. By Rebecca Koffman March 5,2018 2:58 p.m. Bylined articles are written by Metro writers and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Metro or the Metro Council. On a recent winter morning, Carla Staedter paused as she led a small group through the woods. All was quiet, except for the trill of a nearby song sparrow. But she has been surprised before at this spot. "This huge mule deer, big chest and rack, sometimes hangs out right here," she said. "You can smell him before you see him." The deer's hangout is not far from a busy urban area. Dirksen Nature Park sits behind Fowler Middle School in Tigard, close to playing fields and surrounded on three sides by residential neighborhoods. It's a much- loved community space where people walk their dogs, skateboard, cycle, exercise, and play lacrosse,baseball and rugby. The 48-acre park at the confluence of Fanno and Summer creeks also contains environmentally sensitive ecosystems and functions as wildlife habitat. It's an important link in biodiversity corridors in the region—"part of the wild underbelly of Tigard," Staedter said. Staedter is the environmental engineering project coordinator at the City of Tigard. The forest where she is sometimes surprised by the mule deer is one of seven distinct Northwest habitats within the park, she said. The others are oak savanna, forested wetland,mixed deciduous forest, ash forest, emergent wetland and scrub shrub wetland. Forested wetlands in good condition are rare in urban settings, Steadter said. Trees are often cut down, removing the canopy component of the wetland and invasive plants often take root, she said. The forested wetland at Dirksen is unusually pristine. On a recent winter morning,the trees in the forested wetland lean close to the boardwalk and are reflected in the gleaming water below. "The idea is to feel like you're in it," Staedter said. She loves how the Oregon ash and oak "provide an ever-changing ceiling"through the seasons: the dense, cool green shade of summer,the quiet drift of yellow leaves in the fall, and the mosaic of twigs and changing sky in the winter. "The sounds here are always changing," she adds. It's a place of quiet despite the traffic that is not far away. Red-tailed hawks and pileated woodpeckers are frequent visitors. Sometimes,this forest wetland is loud with the calls of migrating birds. "When you work on something this special," Staedter said, "it touches everything." p arrF eerships ri rot.,cct tl:e park The efforts to protect the site from development and restore its sensitive habitats have leveraged resources from across the community. "The story of Dirksen is about partnerships," Staedter said. "It's heartwarming how much people love this place." The property, also known over the years as Fowler Woods and Summer Creek Natural Area, was bought by the Tigard-Tualatin School District in 1974 to build Fowler Middle School. The district used the open area behind the school for playing fields, and the site's creeks, wooded areas and wetlands were used for outdoor learning. In 2001,the City of Tigard developed the Fanno Creek Trail, which runs along the park's eastern boundary. People can walk to the park from downtown Tigard along the Fanno Creek Trail in about 20 minutes. The Trust for Public Land negotiated an option agreement with the district in 2008, allowing the trust to hold the property off the market until 2010, when the City of Tigard purchased the site using bond and grant money. The park is named after Metro Councilor Craig Dirksen, a former Tigard mayor. "Developers were very much interested in the property, as it was among the last large, developable tracts close to downtown Tigard," Owen Wozniak, project manager at the Trust for Public Land, said in an email. "I have no doubt Dirksen Park would be a subdivision now were it not for our effort." Metro contributed a$1 million Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant to help buy the property. A second Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant in 2014 provided $390,000 to install a boardwalk through the forested wetland,restore the oak savanna and build an overlook. Work on the boardwalk and overlook was completed in October 2017. A Nature in Neighborhoods grant provided money for the construction of an overlook at Dirksen Nature Park. The overlook, made from basalt, was designed to enhance the open feel of the savanna and offers an expansive view. The overlook, made from basalt, was designed to _ ' � =• :_ = - enhance the open feel of the savanna and offers an expansive view. Non-native trees have been removed, providing dramatically more sunlight for native oaks to � thrive. Crews also planted native grass and wildflower Y bulbs and seeds. Some things they didn't plant also blossomed. "Last spring, we had a wonderful surprise bloom of camas," Staedter said. She suspects that the bulbs, long dormant under the soil, were at last able to germinate when the invasive species were removed. She's hoping for similar views from the overlook this spring. The boardwalk over the forested wetland gives visitors an immersive experience while keeping them from tromping `+ through the sensitive wetland. The capital grant will also pay for the construction of a .7. nature play area, scheduled to be built in 2018. This will allow kids to play with natural elements such as wood, rocks and sand. Here again, Staedter is leveraging community resources. There are several enormous logs lying near the parking lot from a huge sequoia that stood near the public library. �[►' _ Fanno Creek was undermining the tree, which had to be removed. Staedter got crews to bring over several of the logs to the Dirksen site. Sr N `- "That's a 14,000 pound slice," she said. The logs will be debarked and oiled. They could become seats,tunnels or climbing walls in the nature play area. l This project, she says, has been about"people coming together, investing in people and nature, and getting things done." A'orthwest Youth Corps members pull ivy near the boardwalk at Dirksen Nature Park, Two Nature in Neighborhoods grants from bfetro helped acquire the park and build the y boardwalk. Nature education in action Dirksen Nature Park provides hands-on nature education to children through programs run by Tualatin Riverkeepers and school field trips,particularly for students from neighboring Fowler Middle School. Photo by John Driscoll In addition to protecting sensitive habitat, the new improvements will also provide better first-hand ` { learning experiences for students. Charissa Jones, an environmental education coordinator at the nonprofit Tualatin Riverkeepers, is keenly aware of the park's importance to local students. In 2015,more than 2,000 kids participated in nature education, field trips or summer camps at the park. Tualatin Riverkeepers contracts with the City of Tigard to provide environmental education to kids from several schools and three affordable housing complexes in the area. On the field trips, students learn about oak savanna habitat; identify poison oak, stinging nettle and toilet paper plants (mullein); notice transitions between different habitats; identify scat; observe aquatic insects, crawdads and fish in the creek; and more. "It's all part of getting community members to know and value this natural space,"Jones said. In addition to protecting sensitive habitat, the new improvements will also ?.' t provide better first-hand learning experiences for students. Photo by John Driscoll '" y T. s 'r•' Sue Manning recently retired after 19 years as Fowler Middle School's seventh and eighth grade science teacher. r _ The site was an outdoor learning laboratory for her students Ike y_ who, over the years, raised salmon for release in Summer Creek removed invasive iv d blackberry,y anand planted thousands of native trees and shrubs. The students worked on many of these projects with community groups, high school students and business volunteers. The place is different as a result. What used to be a grassy field is now full of trees and shrubs. What was once part of a rather soggy baseball diamond is now an emergent wetland. "It's satisfying to see kids recognizing plants, birds and fish,"Manning said. 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I.,'Wgi. ."(',y'tl.t?T ,00 t{7l�;tf'i ll-i.':5 I�.r lit 1ti-n,tiff!fir'a J�C17- u i Beaverton opens day center, transitional housing for families Peter Wong Sunday, March 04, 2018 Family Promise model draws support from churches, city and regional park district to enable families and children to move toward permanent quarters without being under a single roof. y r PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP.,PETER WONG-Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle presents a bouquet of flowers to Jolene Guptill, left, executive director of Family Promise of Beaverton. Also present is Lois O'Halloran, board chairwoman. Family Promise opened its day center for homeless families and children on Thursday, March 1. After 18 months in the making, Family Promise of Beaverton has opened a day center ■ and transitional housing that will enable homeless families and children to move into permanent quarters. The day center opened March 1 at Sunset Presbyterian Church, and about a dozen area churches will take part as host or support sites for four families at a time. Most will provide housing for limited periods. The Family Promise effort also won support from the Beaverton City Council, which approved $50,000, and the Tualatin Hills Park& Recreation District. Both agencies also will be host sites for families. Similar efforts are underway in Tigard and Hillsboro. Family Promise is a national network founded in 1988 and based in Summit, N.J. It builds on existing resources, particularly churches. "Five families on average every day are looking for a place to live in the Beaverton School District,"said Lois O'Halloran, board chairwoman of Family Promise of Beaverton. "As citizens, we cannot accept that they should live out in the cold." Beaverton schools led Oregon districts in 2017 with 1,522 students who either were living in temporary shelters or in places, such as cars, not considered suitable for habitation. In addition, Washington County's 2017 point-in-time count turned up 196 families without housing on a single night. Beaverton does have a cold-weather shelter, which is open Thursdays and in severe weather, for five months of the year. It began last year. Although Family Promise provides transitional housing for the families, they do not spend the night together under one roof, unlike a conventional shelter. During the day, families go to work or to Sunset Presbyterian, where they can work with case managers to resolve problems that led to their losing their housing in the first place. Children attend school or day care. "We want to shelter people," O'Halloran said. "But we want to help them get into permanent sustainable housing." At night, the families go to places arranged by their host churches—their commitment is for one week at a time, four times per year—or by the city of Beaverton and the regional park district. Washington County Commissioner Greg Malinowski, who attends one of the participating churches, said Family Promise is needed because no Beaverton shelter accepts children. Beaverton council helps Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle took part in the opening ceremony. The council approved $50,000 to supplement the fundraising effort by churches and community organizations. "We provided a real shot in the arm financially, no strings attached, to get them going. We said to them go forth, get this done if you can, and let us know how we can help," Doyle said. "It was so much fun to see the faith-based community and others step up and do this, because that us what makes this community a cool place to live." One of those churches is First Baptist of Beaverton, whose lead pastor is Doug Boyd. He's already familiar with Family Promise, having taken part in a similar effort in 2012 when he was in Orange County, California. "When I came here and found that Family Promise would start up in Beaverton, I jumped on and said we want to be a host church," he said. Boyd said it appears contradictory, but an indicator of success by Family Promise is that participating churches rarely, if ever, see the same family in each 12-week cycle they play host. "They would enter the program, and then they were out and back in a home or apartment. To me, that is encouraging because you see the results—you do not see the family again," he said. "Some people are bummed by that, but the exciting part is that we know they are back and now have their independence." Other Family Promise efforts are underway in the Portland metro area. Family Promise of Washington County serves Hillsboro. Family Promise of Tualatin Valley serves Tigard-Tualatin, Sherwood and Lake Oswego. There is also a Family Promise effort in Vancouver, Wash. According to the network's national website, Family Promise also has efforts in Salem and Lincoln City. Website for Family Promise of Beaverton:www.familypromiseofbeaverton.org/ Westside pipe project nears approval Corey Buchanan Tuesday, March 06, 2018 Wilsonville may come out on top in the water-share agreement with other governments on the project that will serve much of Washington County. SUBMITTED PHOTO: CITY OF WILSONVILLE - �4 Workers lay water pipeline along Kinsman Road as part of the project to expand Wilsonvilles water intake facility. dnew The city of Wilsonville is close to forging an - agreement that Wilsonville City Attorney Barbara Jacobson recently described as the biggest real estate deal for underground land in the city's history. Though a recent development could scuttle the project, Wilsonville city councilors voted Feb. 22 to approve an ordinance that would form an intergovernmental agreement between Wilsonville, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tualatin Valley Water District(TVWD), Sherwood and Tigard to expand Wilsonville's water intake facility, allow access to its water treatment plant and build a pipeline that would flow from Wilsonville to Hillsboro. If passed, the agreement would last 99 years, and the construction of the projects are projected for completion in 2026. For Wilsonville, the plan would stipulate significant roadway construction that could last over five years. But, for various reasons, Wilsonville staff and councilors are happy with the proposed agreement, which has been greenlighted by almost all relevant city councils. Wilsonville is set to pay a significantly smaller portion of construction costs than other cities, attain seismic upgrades to the intake facility for free, gain 5 million gallons per day in capacity and garner permanent designation as the managing owner of the Willamette River Water Treatment Plant (which is in Wilsonville), among other benefits. SPOKESMAN PHOTO: LESLIE PUGMIRE HOLE -The water intake facility will undergo seismic upgrades and additional capacity. Jacobson said she, city staff and councilors drove a hard bargain. "I'm not going to say it was a great deal for them (the other cities and TVWD) but I think they believed we had justification for what we were asking,"Jacobson said. Wilsonville Mayor Tim Knapp said the project is important for the region. "This project is an important component for water certainty in some of our ^ neighboring communities. Certainly we don't stand alone when it comes to that. If water became a serious concern for any of our neighboring cities, it would ultimately affect us also," Knapp said at the Feb. 5 city council meeting. "It is important that we are protecting and looking after our own residents but also . participating in finding a way for this project to happen for the entire region." In Wilsonville, the pipeline would run for three miles through Wilsonville, Garden x- Acres and Kinsman roads. Various projects such as placing pipe under Kinsman Road have already begun. City Manager Bryan Cosgrove indicated at the Feb. 22 city hall meeting that construction would prove challenging for the Wilsonville planning department to manage. "This was Barbara's nightmare and baby for a long time," he said. "Now it's going to be mine and Nancy's (Wilsonville Community Development Director Nancy Kraushaar)." Though the project is close to approval, a late wrinkle could jeopardize it. At the current intake facility, Wilsonville has access to four pumps—which receive water from the Willamette River. But, at a design meeting last week, various interest groups suggested using one of the pumps for TVWD's new treatment plant. This would limit Wilsonville's intake flexibility, according to Public Works Director Delora Kerber. "You want to have pumps put in place to have flexibility to use smaller pumps during winter, or larger pumps during summer," Kerber said. As a result, Jacobson added a stipulation into the ordinance stating that it will not go into effect until this design issue is resolved. "One of our core provisions of the agreement with this group is that nothing that happens with the intake facility is to have an adverse impact on our plant,"Jacobson said. "That's not something we're agreeable to from an operations perspective." In 2000, the city of Wilsonville and TVWD invested $45 million in the Willamette River Water Treatment plant— which can process more than 15 million gallons of water per day. Prior to that, Wilsonville obtained its water from city wells. TVWD then sold its intake capacity to Sherwood. Knapp praised the foresight of Wilsonville lawmakers for greenlighting the project prior to the rise in demand for water in the region. "The cost of water throughout the Portland metro region is becoming something different than we're used to. Wilsonville did a marvelous job of being on the front edge and getting that water plant built," Knapp said. Since 2014,Wilsonville has negotiated with the aforementioned cities and TVWD on expanding the intake facility so that water can be transported to adjoining cities via a pipeline that would run beneath Wilsonville roadways. TVWD plans to build its own treatment plant but would continue to use the intake facility. Establishing a position of leverage, Jacobson told negotiators that the city of Wilsonville could do without the additional water capacity and that the agreement would cause considerable construction hassle in Wilsonville. "We didn't need this project to happen at all. Other cities in the region did. Their water is going to become a very precious commodity. It's part of our regional job to look out for each other so we did want to cooperate with that but at the same time not at the expense of our residents," Jacobson said. And in some respects, they seem to have negotiated an advantageous deal. Regarding the intake facility, Wilsonville would have the third highest ownership capacity of any city or district(16.67 percent) yet will pay just$125,000 in construction costs. On the other hand, Beaverton would pay$752,000 for 3.3 percent of capacity, TVWD would pay$5.8 million for 39 percent capacity and Hillsboro would pay$5.4 million for 24 percent capacity. "It was a long time walking through the process. Sort of having the other cities understand (that)yes, we were getting a limited benefit but not nearly the same benefit because we already had water for our citizens,"Jacobson said. In addition, Wilsonville will receive more than $17 million in prepaid rent from the cities, which would be paid in installments until 2026. "We had quite a long negotiation over how much ground rent they were going to pay us to put pipe through the city. Our number was considerably higher than what they anticipated,"Jacobson said. In assuming the role as day-to-day manager of the water treatment plant, Wilsonville could decide upon capital improvements and hiring contractors to help maintain the plant. However, each city would have equal power in managing the water intake facility. Wilsonville wasn't planning to implement seismic upgrades to the intake facility but Jacobson says Hillsboro and TVWD wanted the upgrades. So the plan stipulates that the intake facility would receive the upgrades without Wilsonville paying a dime. Wilsonville would also hold environmental indemnity if the pipe's construction causes environmental hazards. "TVWD and Hillsboro, in conjunction with building the plant outside of Wilsonville and using the Wilsonville facility to get water into the plant, determined it was critical in the event of a natural disaster that the intake facility at the existing plant would be well protected,"Jacobson said. Beaverton and Hillsboro currently receive their water via the Joint Water Commission—a partnership with Forest Grove and TVWD that collects water from Hagg Lake. Though it comes at a steep cost, at least in comparison to Wilsonville's cost, Beaverton City Councilor Cate Arnold says the project would help her city provide water to citizens for a long time and in case of emergency. "It has to do with providing water to our citizens for the next 50 to 100 years. There have been thousands of hours spent on these items. We have spent years talking about it,"she said in a recent Beaverton City Council meeting. "There is good news in that we are finally putting in a resilient water system that, when we have a Cascadia subduction zone event(earthquake), we should be able to get some water going through our valley." When extending Jacobson's contract at the Feb. 5 council meeting, Councilor Scott Starr said the project is an example of the attorney's value to the city. "Ms. Jacobson has done an incredible job for the city. One of the pieces of her work that has been really incredible has taken up a huge amount of the city's time (the intake project) but I think she has represented the city extraordinarily well as she does with every piece of legal work that we have," he said. "There are a lot of tax dollars that Ms. Jacobson saves our city and that's very important to note."