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11-07-2019 Council Newsletter • ouncel Newsletter S Provided to the Tigard City Council on a weekly basis to stay abreast of current city issues. November 7, 2019 1. Confidential Material in Mailbag Sean Farrelly placed a confidential memo in your Tuesday, Nov. 19 Executive Session Only mailbag. Red Rock Conference Room 2. Tigard Holiday Tree Lighting Tuesday, Nov. 26 Business Meeting Debi from the Chamber shared that the 2019 Tree 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall Lighting event will take place on Friday,December 6 I hursday,Nov. 28 Thanksgiving at 6:45 p.m. in the Rite Aid parking lot. The after-party City Offices Closed location a work in process with a new business owner in downtown and details will be announced later. 3. New Business Licenses Liz Lutz attached a list of new business licenses for October 2019. 4. Construction Project Update Christina Zellmer attached an overview of road, trail and construction projects underway in the city. 5. Public Works Update Marissa Grass attached an overview of public works activities. 6. News Articles - Survey doesn't show strong support for proposed public safety levy - November meetings will be crucial for SW MAX - Everyday Heroes: SROs go above and beyond - That plan to remove traffic lanes from Barbur Blvd.?Never mind. - Washington County sets four public sessions about budget priorities - Portland Water Bureau could lose big customers as it builds $1 Billion filtration plant - World's First Dog Tap House leaving its mark on Tigard 7. Council Calendar Monday,Nov. 11 Veterans Day City offices closed Tuesday,Nov. 12 Business Meeting 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall 13125 SW Hall Blvd.Tigard,OR 97223 1 Web www.tigard-or.gov Phone:503.639.4171 FAX: 503.684.7297 TDD 503.684.2772 Item#j New Business Licenses October 2019 Newsletter: ! BUSINESS NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE BUSINESS TYPE -#EMP Shiels ObleU,,Johnsen Inc. 13125 SW Hall Blvd Tigard Or Consulting Services 1 Frutas Y Antositos Dianas LLC 12957 SW Pacific Hwy Tigard Or Restaurant 4 Shawn Motor LLC 11511 SW 135th Ave #103 Tigard Or _Auto Sales 1 Fredy's Transport LLC 15885 SW Stratford Lp #B Tigard Or Trucking 1 Box Lunch #4647 9412 SW Washington Sq Rd Sp #K10 Tigard Or Retail Store 2 CC's Catering Company 11220 SW Cottonwood Ln Tigard Or Catering Services 1 TJU Construction Inc 9585 SW Washington Sq Rd Tigard Or Construction 3 Riverside Homes LLC 17933 NW Evergreen PI Beaverton Or Residential Building Construction 2 Wanderlust Mobile Grooming LLC 18549 SW Colfelt Ln Sherwood Or Personal Services 1 Twenty20 Tax and Consulting PC 15115 SW Sequoia Pk-%-3-#160 Tigard Or Accounting Services I Shopandcher LLC 8575 SW Joelle Ct Tigard Or Apparel and Accessory Store 1 Bluesun Inc 13125 SW Hall Blvd Tigard Or Staffing Services for City of Tigard 2 Geographic Technologies Group Inc 13125 SW Hall Blvd Tigard Or On Call It Assistance 1 Bridgeport Interiors Inc 8900 SW Burnham St#F16 Tigard Or Interior Contractor 5 Parr Lumber Company 6713 SW Bonita Rd #270 Tigard Or Material Warehousing 11 Fossil Stores I Inc 9585 SW Washington Sq Rd #Kk63 Tigard Or Retail Goods 3 Reclaimed Hair Salon& Spa 11995 SW Pacific Hwy Tigard Or Hair and Spa Salon 1 Cyclyx International Inc 13220 SW Wall St Tigard Or Manufacturing 8 Compass Oncology 12123 SW 69th Ave Tigard Or Physician's Office 75 Mclellan Estate Co 12700 SW Ha11 Blvd Suite B Tigard Or Real Estate Investment 1 Mary Mahnski LNIT 7100 SW Hampton St #126 Tigard Or Health Practitioner 1 Total Employees 126 Item# Construction Project Update — November 06, 2019 Newslet er: If _.7 jq This update is a listing of major construction projects with traffic impacts. If you do not see a project on the list here are a few resources you can use to find more information: • Tigard Active Permits —interactive map with a list of planning, building, and engineering permits. https://wv<-•.arcgis.com/apps/NlapScries/index.htrnl?aphid=d86ee383511 e430da 1c050637040107c • Public Works Update—summary of work done by our Public Works crews. https://v4-ww.tigard- or.gov/community/12w news.php • Capital Improvement Plan—Tigard's 6-year plan for large-scale improvements. https.//u-ww.tigard- or.gov/city hallci h • ODOT Project Tracking— State Transportation Improvement Program projects. haps:/// gis.odot.state.or.us/transgis/opt/ • Washington County Roads Washington County projects impacting roads. http s: www.wc-roads.corn/ Tigard Street Heritage Trail Tigard Street Heritage Trail is closed through the November between Main Street and Katherine St,while trail renovations are in progress. Pedestrians are rerouted along Tigard St, and bikes share the roadway with vehicle traffic. Commercial Street Sidewalks ODOT is constructing sidewalks between SW Lincoln and Main St. Commercial Street is now open between Lincoln Ave and Main St There will be daytime lane closures as construction finishes. 99W Sidewalks ODOT is constructing sidewalks along 99W on the east side between Naeve Street and Beef Bend Rd, and the west side at the intersection with Bull Mountain Rd as part of their Safe Access to Transit project. Expect sidewalk closures and intermittent nighttime lane closures. 124`'Avenue and Ann Court 124`'Ave north of Ann Ct has been reopened. Expect some delays as construction continues. River Terrace Area Construction • Traffic on Roy Rogers Rd has been shifted to the east side of the roadway onto the newly widened portion, and work begun on installing a waterline and widening the west side of the road. • River Terrace subdivisions are under construction particularly on the east side of Roy Rogers Rd south of Scholls Ferry Rd. See https://www.tigatd-or.goN-/river tertace.php for more information. • A new sewer line is being installed along Clementine Street, out to Roy Rogers Rd and will impact Clementine Street, a section of Pumpkin Valley Terrace, and Sabrina Ave. Expect some delays and short closures while work is in the roadway, • A contractor is building a new subdivision on the west side of 150` Ave south of Hawksridge. There are other significant road, sewer and water projects underway or planned in the area. Visit GetLTsThere.org for information and updates. Item# 5 Public Works Newsletter: N 6 11/7/19 >>City Committees Review Three Fanno Creek Trail Projects On Wednesday, city staff and consultants met with a OPEN HOUSE Technical Advisory Committee and Citizens Advisory 6N UBLICA Committee on three Fanno Creek Trail Projects. l J The Bonita to Durham Alignment Study is known as the "missing link" as it is the final gap in the Fanno Creek Trail inNOV 20 Tigard. This project will determine the vicinity of the route in MWn PUBLIC[IBRHFY this area and provide a conceptual design and future grant 5:310-7:30 P.M. materials for final design and construction. Meetings on Wednesday were a kickoff for the project, and included feedback from partners like the Tigard Tualatin School District, City of Durham and members of the Parks Board and Transportation committee. The Connections project is a construction project that will fill key gaps on the trail: • Woodard Park to Grant Avenue • Main Street to Hall Boulevard (Reconstruction) • Tigard Public Library to Bonita Road • 85th Avenue to the Tualatin River While the Fanno Creek Trail is being developed in segments, a cohesive look and feel for the trail in Tigard is desired.The Amenities Project is planning for elements that will unite the different locations and provide amenities along the trail. This information will be presented at an upcoming open house: Fanno Creek Trail Open House November 20, 2019 15:30-7:30 p.m. Tigard Public Library Community Room rr , II >>Cook Park Construction Clean Water Services has resumed construction activity in Cook Park.The Upper Tualatin Interceptor (UT) serves the cities of Tualatin, Tigard, King City, and Sherwood and flows into the Durham Wastewater Treatment Plant.The UT must be replaced in order to meet the long term capacity needs in the area.This project is being constructed in two phases to minimize costs and accelerate the construction schedule. The first phase was completed in December 2018, Phase 2– Initial work was completed in April 2019;the project resumed in October. Work will continue within the park through the winter and crews will finish construction and restoration within the park by the end of March 2020. >> First Leaf Disposal & Food Drive a Success On Saturday, the Public Works Department hosted the first of four Leaf Disposal & Food Drive events. All told, 278 cars visited Cook Park to drop off leaves. Leaves, coupled with rainy weather, can spell trouble for city roadways. Leaves that collect and clog storm drains cause standing water and occasional flooding.This creates hazardous conditions for people driving, walking or biking on city streets. What can you do to help? • Collect and contain your leaves—don't let them accumulate on city streets. • Dispose of leaves properly—either compost them, or place them in your yard debris container for pick-up by your garbage hauler. • Report clogged storm drains by calling 503-718-2591. Drop off leaves and food items between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Cook Park on: • Saturday, November 2 &16 • Saturday, December 7 & 14 Leaves can be loose or bagged. Paper bags, purchased at local hardware stores, are preferred. Plastic bags may be used for transport, but must be emptied before leaves are accepted by city staff. This event is free,though a donation of two non-perishable food items is recommended. Donations will be forwarded to area residents through Tigard's St.Vincent de Paul food distribution facility. >> Overwhelming Response to Tree Planting on Saturday Friends of Trees will host a tree planting event on Saturday in Bonita Park.This park borders Fanno Creek, and the planting will be focused on increasing the number of native plants along the creek. Friends of Trees reports that "Tree planters are at the root of the work that we do." Due to popular interest,this event is now full and closed.Thank you to our Tigard volunteers! Survey doesn't show strong support for proposed public # 1 ' safety levy Newsle(ter:1Item Ray Pitz Wednesday, November 06, 2019 �7 l A survey shows only 38% of those polled are certain or would lean towards supporting a police levy PMG FILE PHOTO-The Tigard City Council will continue to examine whether to send a public safety levy to voters in May 2020, saying there is a need to add more officers. 'If not now, when?' Mayor Jason Snider asked during a meeting Tuesday. Despite initial low polling numbers regarding support for a potential police patrol ' and neighborhood safety levy, the Tigard City Council says it will continue to examine whether to approach voters with the measure in May 2020. "If not now, when?" asked Tigard Mayor Jason Snider following a review of polling data presented by DHM Research. A telephone and online survey of 300 voters conducted Oct. 3-8 shows that only 38% of those contacted would support a police levy while 54% said they wouldn't at the moment. "Concerns about housing affordability and cost of living are the primary reasons why voters oppose funding the levy," according to survey results. Other highlights of the survey included: • Voters are satisfied with the overall direction of the City of Tigard as well as its police department. • The fact that the Washington County Sheriffs Office's plans to also place its public safety levy on the May 2020 ballot left neither a positive nor negative impact regarding support of the measure. • Questions regarding whether respondents would support building a new police facility polled "about as well" as the levy, survey results showed, although voters wanted to know more about potential costs and the benefits of a new police station. • When told a levy would increase the typical homeowner property taxes by about$125 per year, support for the measure increased slightly, the surveys revealed. At the same time, pollsters discovered when mentioning that of a possible cost of 46 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, 2 to 3 cents of that amount would be dedicated to safety improvements along school routes, support for the levy increased significantly. Meanwhile, the Tigard Levy and Bond Advisory Task Force conducted three meetings before sending a letter to the council suggesting it hold off on a May 2020 public safety measure to voters because of a need to have more time to educate and advocate for the issue. "In simple terms, success will be contingent upon showing the need," according to the letter. "We feel that before any ask is made, the city needs to embark on an educational campaign, where the city's story is told, and finances are explained." Still, the task force said it would support the decision of the council. At issue is discussion of adding eight officers to the patrol division as well as two officers dedicated to homeless outreach issues. Generally, the city has only three officers patrolling the city's five districts at any given time. Snider suggested that the council work on cost sensitivity issues and sharpen their pencils when they meet again to discuss the levy proposal again next Tuesday. "I am of a mind that we are moving forward," said Councilor Liz Newton. "I am interested in additional poling in December." Councilor John Goodhouse said he would like to discuss how 40 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation would play out with voters, whether it would "move the needle." November meetings will be crucial for SW MAX Bill Gallagher Sunday, November 03, 2019 Key decisions to be made in November, after public comment and a debate about project's aspirations November will tell. The seven men and one woman who decide what a light rail line through Southwest Portland will look like if it's ever built, should decide this month if it would go to Tigard or to Tualatin and whether Barbur Boulevard would lose two traffic lanes to accommodate it. The answer to those two questions will determine how much it will cost taxpayers to build what would be the sixth MAX line. One year from now, voters in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties could vote on whether to pay about a third of the projected $2.38 billion cost. The Steering Committee, made up of six elected and two appointed decision makers, is holding a public hearing on what is known as the Southwest Corridor Project at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, in the Tigard Library. Even If the project clears a number of hurdles in the next few months, planning proceeds and the money is found to build it, the soonest a light rail line would start rolling is 2027. After it hears from the public, members of the Steering Committee will hold a meeting at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Tigard City Hall to vote on what SW MAX would look like and how much it will cost to build it. There will be no public testimony at that meeting. Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly is Portland's one representative on the Steering Committee. The other members are TriMet General Manager Doug Kelsey, ODOT Region 1 Manager Rian Windsheimer, Metro Councilor Craig Dirksen, Washington County Commissioner Roy Rogers, Tigard Mayor Jason Snider, Durham Mayor Gary Schirado and Tualatin Councilor Robert Kellogg. TriMet Public Information Office Roberta Allstadt tells the SW Connection in an email, "Staff will share updates about potential scope reductions and funding assumptions, then public comment will precede committee discussion. As with previous meetings, staff will determine speakers' time limits depending on how many wish to speak. People are encouraged to submit written comments in advance to swcorridor@trimet.org Here's what that means. "Potential scope reductions" refers to the debate about whether a light rail line should go 12 miles from downtown Portland to Bridgeport Village in Washington County or only the 8.5 miles to downtown Tigard. That debate began when it was revealed that the project was nearly $500 million over a preliminary, proposed budget. There are now options to also cut costs by removing one traffic lane in either direction on Barbur Boulevard from the Fred Meyer store to the Barbur Transit Center. Those are the "budget assumptions" referred to by TriMet. The other big issue the Steering Committee needs to resolve is what to do about those two old bridges on Barbur Boulevard that are crossed every day by thousands of motorists. The Newberry and Vermont Viaducts, as they are officially known,will either have to be structurally reinforced to support the weight of light rail trains or a route around the bridges must be approved. According to Allstadt, "This is expected to be determined at that November Steering Committee meeting." KATU NEWS WEATHER TRAFFIC LIFESTYLE C141ME IN WATCH LIVE Everyday Heroes; SRO's go above and beyond by KATU News Saturday, November 2nd 2019 fi) r 3 014fter Brion Imus. (KATU Photo) TIGARD, Ore. — Some might see school resource officers as only authority figures on campus, dealing with problems as they come up, and keeping kids safe. But this week's Everyday Hero is showing how one officer can go above and beyond and make a difference in kids' lives. Officer Brian Imus Officer Brian imus greets students as they arrive to the Tigard High School cafeteria,just as he's done every day for the past three school years. 1 love it," he says. 1 think, honestly, this is the best gig for a law enforcement officer." Ensuring student safety is the main reason he's on campus, but Officer Imus sees that as just a part of hisjob. "You get to build relationships with the students, the staff, get to know them. They build a trust with you over time. So, you can actually have conversations and make a difference in someone's life," he says. But soon, there could be a new officer walking the halls at Tigard High. "This is a four-year assignment. So when you go into it, it's four years and then you rotate out," Imus says. And while Officer Imus understands all things must end, students can't imagine the campus without him. "He is understanding, and every teenager just wants to feel understood. And Imus is one of the few adults in the world that can understand teenagers," says junior Graceann Davis. She doesn't want to see Officer Imus go, so she took the initiative by emailing Tigard police Chief Kathy McAlpine. The chief explained that this is part of the routine for school resource officers. But Graceann persisted. "So, obviously,just one person emailing her is probably not going to do a difference, so I started an online petition where it had over 500 signatures on it," she says. Officer Imus says he never expected this kind of response. "Especially in this position, you hope you were making a difference and a positive difference, and the fact that enough people, students and people in the community, want to see me stay here makes me feel awesome about what I do," says Imus. Graceann's petition is full of comments from students and parents urging Tigard police to keep him on campus, saying they feel he cares about the kids and listens to them. "He's the only police officer that I feel like the kids I've talked to that know him say that they can trust him," Graceann says. "I really do care about these students, and I want to see them when they graduate and go on from here to do awesome things in their lives," says Imus. Tigard police say even though it's bittersweet when an SRO's rotation comes to an end, they always hope officers can take the lessons they learned during this time and apply it to other areas of law enforcement. That plan to remove traffic lanes from Barbur Boulevard? Never mind. Bill Gallagher Tuesday, November 05, 2019 'It's Bridgeport or bust,' TriMet General Manager Doug Kelsey tells Southwest Corridor Project Steering Committee. _ PMG PHOTO: BILL GALLAGHER-Portland Commissioner Chole Eudaly tells the SW Corridor Project Steering Committee why she wouldn't support removing traffic lanes from Barbur Boulevard. The people responsible for planning, pitching and completing a 12-mile light rail project through Southwest Portland dealt with the three B's Monday night: Barbur Boulevard, Bridgeport and budget. BARBUR BOULEVARD: The Southwest Corridor Project Steering Committee buried the plan to remove two lanes for cars and trucks along Southwest Barbur Boulevard. That idea was born of a need to cut dollars from a proposed preliminary project budget. The mayor of Tigard, Jason Snider, said he couldn't live with fewer lanes. There also was significant public opposition to "skinnying" Barbur to fewer lanes; a proposal that saw little support. BRIDGEPORT: TriMet General Manager Doug Kelsey announced at the Committee meeting and public hearing in the Tigard Public Library, "It's Bridgeport or bust. If you don't play big you don't win big." Snider had briefly backed a plan to run a light rail line only as far as downtown Tigard. His fellow Steering Committee members from Tualatin, Durham and Washington County, along with Kelsey, insisted on Bridgeport as the southern end of the line. "It's the north star of the project," Kelsey said. BUDGET: Just four months ago the project was reported to be $462 million dollars over the $2.4 billion proposed budget. It was the effort to balance the budget that generated cost-reduction plans to "skinny" Barbur Boulevard or to only go as far as Tigard. Though both options for reducing the budget are off the table, Kelsey told the Steering Committee that the $462 million shortfall has been slashed and is currently, "somewhere south of$100 million due to significant effort outside these microphones." The savings were mainly achieved by betting that voters will pass a multi-billion dollar transportation funding measure in November 2020. Kelsey thanked Metro Executive Lynn Peterson for adding $125 million to increase the "ask"for Southwest light rail in that measure to $975 million on next year's ballot. A critic of the Southwest Corridor Project, John Charles with the Cascade Policy Institute, said he doubts the voters will pass that measure. "The Steering Committee doesn't have an actual finance plan; it is just hoping voters will give TriMet a billion dollars next year in a bond measure. But every light rail bond since 1994 has been defeated; why do supporters think 2020 will be different?" he wrote. Councilor Robert Kellogg of Tualatin said of the last four months, "It's been a roller coaster. To go from a project that's fully funded to one that's $460 million over budget to one that's now $100 million over budget. On a two and a half billion dollar project to get to $100 million shortfall is positive. We're close and will be working to find additional resources." Portland's elected representative on the Steering Committee, Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, said that a narrower Barbur Boulevard "is not feasible at this time," but seems not to have abandoned the idea of a shorter line. "It would be ideal to get to Bridgeport but I would hate to see this become an 'all or nothing' thing," she said. Leah Robbins with TriMet reminded committee members and the hundred or so people in attendance that it's "still early on the timeline. There are many years to go" before trains on the region's sixth light rail line could possibly start running in 2027. Nevertheless, Kelsey was optimistic that the Steering Committee would give final approval at its Monday, Nov. 18, meeting to the project recommendations discussed Monday night. "We're on the nine-yard line. We've gone 91 yards but sometimes the last nine yards is the hardest," he said. Washington County sets four public sessions about budget priorities Pamplin Media Group Friday, November 01, 2019 90-minute meetings will allow people to voice their opinions about what matters to them. Sessions set in Aloha, Hillsboro, Beaverton, Tigard; emails also accepted. Washington County commissioners want to hear from the public to help them shape budget priorities over the next several years. Four separate 90-minute listening sessions are scheduled in each of the four commissioner districts through November. Each session will provide an opportunity for people to gather information, discuss and offer opinions about how county government should prioritize spending. All are welcome at the sessions, which will include light refreshments. Language interpretation is also available by calling (503) 846-6288 at least one day in advance of the chosen session. Free, online registration is strongly encouraged Go to www eventbrite.com/e/Washington-county-budaet- listening-tour. All sessions are from 6 to 7:30 p.m • Wednesday, Nov. 6: Aloha Community Library, 17455 S.W. Farmington Rd. Wednesday, Nov. 13: Hillsboro Public Library, 2850 N.E. Brookwood Parkway. • Monday, Nov. 18: Meadow Park Middle School, 14100 S.W. Downing St., Beaverton. • Monday, Nov. 25: Tigard Public Library, 13500 S.W. Hall Blvd. Spanish speakers are invited to register for the same dates and times and can request language interpretation if desired at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comentarios-sobre-el-presupuesto-de-washington- county-tickets-78993751437. Those unable to attend may also submit their ideas for top budget priorities by sending an email to CAO(a�co.washington.or.us with the subject line 'Budget Tour." Portland Water Bureau Could Lose Big Customers As It Builds $1 Billion Filtration Plant by Amelia Templeton OPB Nov. 6, 2019 4 p.m. I Portland, Ore. The banks of Reservoir 1 in the Bull Run Watershed. Roughly one in four Oregonians gets their drinking water from the same remarkable �";'.=•! source: the protected Bull Run watershed in the Mount Hood National Forest. For years, the Bull Run has provided most of the drinking water for the city of Portland— • and a steady revenue source for the Portland } Water Bureau, which sells city water to dozens of smaller communities. These wholesale customers currently make up about 40% of the demand for water and about xo% of the bureau's gross annual revenue. But the demand for Portland's water is shifting dramatically as the city prepares to build and pay for a new treatment plant that will cost in the ballpark of$1 billion. Four of the five largest wholesale customers are looking at switching to other sources and scaling back or not renewing their 20-year purchase agreements with the city. Several factors are driving the shift, including a new plan to use the Willamette River to supply drinking water to the growing communities in Washington County and the steep cost of Portland's proposed filtration plant. If wholesale customers end their contracts — and in the process avoid sharing in the capitol cost of the new plant — that could mean even higher future bills for residential customers in Portland. The Portland City Council voted in 2017 to build a water filtration plant after state and federal regulators revoked an agreement allowing the city to rely largely on the pristine natural environment in the Bull Run to guarantee the safety of its drinking water. The Bull Run watershed is approximately ioo square miles of protected land in the Mount Hood National Forest, much of it old growth forest, that drains into a river and the city's two reservoirs. The public isn't allowed in the area, and the area is carefully managed to protect water quality. Testing in 2017 found very small amounts of cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite and potential pathogen, in the Bull Run reservoirs. There were no indications the parasite was making people ill, but the EPA stringently regulates all crypto in drinking water because of the risk it can pose, particularly for people with compromised immune systems. Putting A Price On Water The project is facing new skepticism after the Water Bureau revealed substantially higher cost estimates for in September. Bureau officials initially told city leaders the plant would cost at most $500 million, but the estimate is now $850 million to $1.25 billion for the most robust version of the plant. That more expensive design combines water filtration with treatment with ozone, a common disinfectant, and it includes two main conduits running in and out of the plant. Andrew Degner, the water resources manager for the city of Gresham, calls the filtration treatment plant "a necessary investment,"but he worries about the potential impact on lower income customers in his city if his department is forced to pass along the cost of the new facility to ratepayers. "Obviously the impact is going to be substantially increased water costs at the wholesale level," Deguer said. Gresham, which has been buying water from Portland since 1912, is exploring developing new groundwater wells as a cheaper alternative to renewing their purchase agreement for Bull Run water. "Water is essential," he said, "and we don't want to price people out of an essential product." The neighboring Rockwood Water People's Utility District serves about 62,175 people in Gresham, Fairview and East Portland and is another of Portland's largest wholesale customers. Rockwood Water already operates three of its own groundwater wells and is working with Gresham on a strategy to add more wells and move way from needing to purchase water from Portland. "The goal is to be able to make that transition in the next five years," said Tom Lewis, a member of the Rockwood Water Board of Directors. "When you see a big filtration system coming, with some good guesswork of the expense, then for ourselves it was, How much would it cost us to supply our own water?" he said. To Renew Or Not To Renew Gresham and Rockwood both have 20-year purchase agreements with the Portland Water Bureau that expire in 2026. They must indicate by 2021 whether they plan to renew the contracts and give the Portland Water Bureau an estimate of their minimum water purchase. The Portland Water Bureau plans to bring the new treatment plant online by 2027. Under the terms of their agreements, wholesale customers would only pay their share of the treatment plant cost after it comes online. In the near term, the bureau plans to finance construction by increasing water rates for its Portland customers and issuing revenue bonds. Chris Wanner, director of operations for the Portland Water Bureau, said cost estimates for the plant are still "speculative." He hopes wholesale customers will hold off on making any decisions until the bureau has better design specifications and more precise cost estimates for the plant. "By 2021, the bureau will have much more defined costs of what that filtration system will look like," he said. Wanner acknowledged that the potential departure of large wholesale customers — and the hundreds of thousands of households they serve — could mean higher rate increases for the Water Bureau's remaining customers. "There would be an incremental increase in the cost for our own retail customers, and the remaining wholesalers on our system," he said. "It is a complicated equation to say that everyone's rate would go up a set amount." The water bureau has estimated that the most expensive version of the plant will add $132 to the average annual residential water bill by 2028. But that estimate doesn't take into account the potential loss of customers in Gresham, Fairview and East Portland, While Gresham and Rockwood are scrambling to put together plans for alternative water sources, Portland's biggest wholesale customer, the Tualatin Valley Water District, is much further along with a plan to develop its own supply of water to serve the growing population in Washington County. The Tualatin Valley Water District buys water from Portland and sells it to 2x5,000 customers in parts of Beaverton, Hillsboro and Tigard. But the district is partnering with Hillsboro to develop a new source of drinking water: the Willamette River near Wilsonville. That project is expected to cost $1.2 billion, a total that includes a new filtration plant in Sherwood to treat the river water. It's slated to come online in 2026. An Evaporating Pool Of Customers Tualatin Valley has notified Portland that it won't be renewing its wholesale agreement, and the Water Bureau has factored that into its long-term projections for supply, demand and rate increases. Less certain, though, is how many other smaller customers the Portland Water Bureau might lose as the Tualatin Valley source comes online. Michael Grimm, general manager of the West Slope Water District, said his utility is weighing the cost of renewing its agreement with Portland versus switching. His utility serves around 11,000 people in the hills between Portland and Beaverton and has a20-year agreement with Portland that expires in 2026. "All the planets are aligning at the same time," Grimm said. While the cost of paying for Portland's new filtration facility is one consideration, Grimm said the most critical issue for utilities to Portland's west may be security of their water supply in the event of an earthquake. Many of Portland's pipes are a century old,while Tualatin Valley is building its new treatment plant and distribution pipes to withstand a major subduction zone quake. "Cost is going to be a concern of our customers. Water quality. Resiliency. Long term stability. All those things are key," Grimm said. The Benefits Of A New Plant Some of the Portland Water Bureau's wholesale customers question how carefully the Portland Water Bureau and the City Council are managing the filtration project, given the ballooning cost estimates. But even skeptics of the project said they see Portland's filtration plant as a fundamentally sound investment. "No matter what West Slope does, the city of Portland is going to be well served for decades to come," Grimm said. A filtration system is particularly valuable, wholesale customers say, because it will help the Water Bureau continue to provide drinkable water in the case of an earthquake or a fire in the dense forests that surround the Bull Run. The city and the forest service say a large fire in the bull Run could trigger a multi-year water supply emergency for Portland and its customers. Two years ago, water managers got a taste of just how real that threat is when a fire ignited by a stray firework ripped through the Columbia Gorge and the Mount Hood National Forest, and burned right up to the edge of the protected forest surrounding the Bull Run reservoirs. "Having a treatment plant will help deal with the taste and odor and water quality issues that are associated with that," said Degner, with the city of Gresham. For its part, Water Bureau officials said that whether whole customers continue their purchase agreements, they will maintain relationships with all of them at minimum for disaster relief. "We still have a valve we could open and provide water to them, or conceptually they could provide water to the city of Portland retail customers as well,"Wanner said. "We will remain regional partners in, if nothing else, the ability to back each other up." `World's First Dog Tap House' leaving its mark on Tigard Ray Pitz Wednesday, November 06, 2019 Patrons can enjoy a brew, adopt a dog at Fido's, located in the Tigard Triangle Two years after setting up shop in Tigard's Walmart complex, Fido's: The World's First Dog Tap House, still has the distinction of being the only type of brewhouse of its type around. "I'm just hoping someone would copy me, because I really like dogs," said owner Scott Porter. "People know what a cat cafe is. ... This is the first tap room with adoptable dogs." PMG PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ-Scott Porter,who along with his wife Vee owns Fidos: The Worlds First Dog Tap House, holds his Yorkie purebred, Meesha, in the adoption area of the tap house. In January, the business celebrates its two-year anniversary at its 7700 S.W. Dartmouth St. location in the Tigard Triangle. While Porter said he's always had an interest in opening some sort of tap room, it wasn't until he and his son visited Purington's Cat Cafe in Portland that a restaurant and tap house that included animals popped into Porter's head. The only problem, said Porter, was that the cats weren't necessarily interested in interacting with humans. "And then my son said, 'If they had dogs, it wouldn't be an issue.'And I thought: bing!" said Porter. "And (we're) still the only one." A Beaverton resident, Porter said he initially tried to locate in Beaverton, but things didn't work out there because of the difficulty of finding the correct zoning for such a unique business that hadn't been tried before. Porter said although the city of Tigard didn't have a specific zoning designation for his unusual type of business, the city made one for him. It's essentially zoned as an eating and drinking establishment that contains a retail pet store. And while 1=ido's is big on dogs, it serves food and beverages—30 beers on tap, six taps with cider and four with wine— as well. Of course, there's a dog-themed menu, with so-called "hot dawgs"that range from the German Shepherd (a German sausage covered with sauerkraut)to The Hound (barbecued pulled pork with cote slaw and pickles). "The food and beer keep the business open," Porter remarked. t x .�. r. • s r. PMG PHOTO JAIME VALDEZ-Tigard Officer Eric Enzenberger and Mayor Jason Snider listen to Sebastian Salway. a citizen of Tigard. address his concerns Tuesday night during a Council, Cops and Conversation night, hosted by Nos--Worlds First Dog Tap House Then, for a nominal fee, patrons can turn their attention on the four-legged friends enclosed in a separate room with windows. Cost is $4 for a half-hour with the dogs, or$2 for children. Also, an outdoor patio seating area allows customers to bring their own dogs as well. Fido's actually owns the dogs, supplied by Oregon Friends of Animals Shelter, with most of the animals coming from rescue shelters in Stockton, California. "We typically like to have four (dogs)," Porter said, noting that they can go as high as six. On a recent Tuesday, four smaller dogs played together; two of them were Porter's own. Porter said when customers decide they want to adopt a rescue dog is all a game of chance, noting that a dry spell of adoptions in the summer was followed by a period when "suddenly everybody wants a dog." To date, Fido's has adopted out 70 dogs. On a recent tour, Porter showed off his unconventional tap room, the dog themes of which extend throughout, including a wall displaying large portraits of dogs with their owners. Those dog owners include everyone from an astronaut who has the only official NASA photo taken with his dog to a shot of Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond actor Daniel Craig being "dogged," so to speak, by Her Majesty's corgis. PMG PHOTO JAIME VALDEZ-A furry friend looks up from a chair in the adopt-a-rescue-dog portion of Fidos Porter said he thought once he opened he would attract famous dog-admiring people worldwide and he's done just that. Lee Asher of the Asher House, who travels all � around the world in an RV with his dogs in an effort to inspire others to rescue sheltered animals, has been to Fido's twice. On Sunday, Nov. 3, Fido's hosted a Great Dane jumping ,.� contest and race where the dogs carry caricatures of the Democratic hopefuls and long-shot contenders tied around L their collars in a race to see who they thought would be the next Democratic presidential nominee. "We had seven Great Danes run," said Porter. "The Danes didn't like the pictures attached to their collars, and many candidates were shook off their horse and fell out of the race before it began, so the owners used lots of tape." In the end, it was the dog with Oprah Winfrey aboard that won, said Porter. For its second anniversary celebration in January, Fido's is hosting a Best Friends Awards contest for videos that showcase the special relationship between dogs and owners. There will be a public vote on the businesses' website before announcing a winner. PMG PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ-Scott Porter wrangles together the four dogs in the adopt-a-rescue-dog waiting room where customers can sit and visit with the dogs for a nominal fee With Fido's located in a rather odd location, Porter said most of the gatherings at the restaurantitap house/adopt-a-rescue-dog business are "event-driven," like a recent"Council, Cops and Conversation" j gathering where Tigard residents could meet with Tigard Mayor Jason Snider and Tigard Police Officer Eric Enzenberger to chat about city issues. r Regardless, Porter said he has no plans to close up shop anytime soon. "My wife and I have been self-employed for 24 years," he said. "We're staying."