HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes - 02/24/2026 eCity of Tigard
City Council Business Meeting Minutes
CITY OF
Tigard February 24, 2026
1. Business Meeting
A. At 6:30 p.m. Mayor Hu called the Tigard City Council meeting to order.
B. City Recorder Krager called the roll.
Present Absent
Mayor Hu x
Councilor Robbins x
Councilor Schlack x
Councilor Shaw x
Councilor Anderson x
Councilor Ghoddusi (remote) x
Council President Wolf x
Youth Councilor Hellhake x
C. Mayor Hu asked everyone to mute their mics and join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
D. Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items—None.
2. Recognition—Presentation of Police Lifesaving Award
Police Chief McDonald presented a Lifesaving Award to Officer Yamashita for a
remarkable effort to save the life of a person found unresponsive in a parked car. Chief
McDonald said Officer Yamashita's actions reflected great credit on himself, the City of
Tigard and the Tigard Police Department, demonstrating core values of attitude,
leadership, integrity, service, and teamwork.
3. City Manager Report
Acting City Manager Tritsch announced that February 22-28 is Engineers Week. Some of
the city's engineers participated in events designed to inspire high school students to
become the next generation of innovative engineers. There are 91 projects underway in
Tigard to help improve our infrastructure, including the Cook Family Park Accessible Dock,
Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes — February 24, 2026
City of Tigard 113125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 1 of 5
McDonald Street Improvements, Steve Street Park and Stabilization of the Red Rock
Creek.
4. Public Comment
A. Public Comment - Written:
A written comment was received from Jeff Darland regarding the River Terrace 2.0
annexation and the Kingston Terrace Water System Plan Addendum, asking
Council to withhold approval until a plan district, funding strategies and an
adopted System Development Charge rate structure is in place.
B. Public Comment— In Person:
Julia Cai, a volunteer with the Oregon Falun Dafa Association, spoke about
upcoming performances by Chinese immigrant Shen Yun performers in April. She
noted that the Chinese Communist Party has intensified its campaign to turn public
opinion against the organization with disinformation.
Jeff Darland spoke about concerns related to Agenda Items 5 and 6 regarding
growth in River Terrace 2.0 and King City is moving faster than the financial
framework to pay for it and concerns that existing customers will end up
subsidizing the water service for development.
C. Public Comment—Phone in or Video: None.
5. Legislative Public Hearing Continuation: River Terrace 2.0 Annexation
A. Open Public Hearing— Mayor Hu opened the public hearing.
B. Mayor Hu announced that staff recommended that Council continue the annexation
hearing for River Terrace 2.0 to a date and time certain of June 2, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
Council President Wolf moved to continue the public hearing for Case Number
ANX2025-00001 to the regularly scheduled City Council meeting of June 2, 2026, at 6:30
p.m. Councilor Shaw seconded the motion. Mayor Hu conducted a vote and the motion
passed unanimously. He noted that public comments may continue to be submitted on
this item prior to that date, and the Council will take public testimony at the continued
hearing on that date.
Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes — February 24, 2026
City of Tigard 113125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 2 of 5
6. Receive Briefing on Findings and Recommendations Related to the Kingston Terrace Addendum
to the 2020 Water System Plan
Senior Project Engineer Horton gave an update and slide presentation on the findings of the
Kingston Terrace addendum to the 2020 Water System Plan (WSP). He reviewed what the Water
System Plan identifies and noted it is updated every 5-10 years. The next review is in Fiscal Year
2027, and the project kickoff is in Quarter 3 of 2026. Major changes to a Water System Plan
(WSP) are handled as addendums. The last addendum was done in 2014 for River Terrace 1.0.
The Council will be asked to review and adopt the Kingston Terrace Water System Plan
Addendum at an upcoming meeting. Results from the Kingston Terrace Addendum will be
incorporated into the 2027 WSP update.
Tigard has an intergovernmental agreement with King City to provide water to them. In 2024 King
City annexed 528 acres and the Kingston Terrace Master Plan calls for approximately 4,100
dwelling units to be developed, with full development by 2033 and the remainder of Kingston
Terrace area being developed by 2053. This will be a major change to the water system and will
expand the existing water system by about 20%. He showed slides showing estimated average,
maximum and peak hour Kingston Terrace Water Demands.
Senior Project Engineer Horton said an analysis of the water system storage capacity shows a
nearing reservoir storage deficit in the pressure zone that will be serving Kingston Terrace. The
Water System Supply analysis did not consider the Lake Oswego-Tigard Expansion Project, which
will add 4 million gallons a day in 2031 and onward. The actual supply deficit starts around 2050.
There are capital improvement projects in place and currently funded to make water system
improvements necessary to support expansion of the Tigard Water Service Area. Senior Project
Engineer Horton confirmed for Mayor Hu that Tigard will collect water SDCs from King City.
Councilor Shaw referred to Mr. Darland's public comment that the Intergovernmental Agreement
(IGA) may warrant scrutiny because it had been written before Kingston Terrace infrastructure
costs were known and asked if the SDC is constrained or somewhat deficient on funding. Project
Planner Horton said he could look into how the IGA will affect SDC fees, but the city is bound by
the current IGA saying that we will provide water to King City and any area they annex.
City Engineer Wisniewski said the IGA sets the guideline that we provide water to King City, but it
is the SDC methodology that sets the rate. On the current SDC project list there are a number of
planning efforts underway including River Terrace 2.0 and the citywide water system. If we only
looked into Kingston Terrace right now, we would shortly after be looking at the water SDC
methodology rate update, the upcoming River Terrace Addendum and then the water system
plan citywide. We holistically look at the entire system. If done incrementally, Council would be
faced with potentially changing rates 3 times in the near future. He said the way the water
system operates is that it is a citywide impact, not just a regional impact. In looking at the
current project list, we are confident that our near-term projects are afforded based on our
current rate. Then with system planning efforts being updated every 5 years on average, 10
years at the most, things like the Aquifer Storage and Recover Well (ASR) 4 Project will be
included in a future water plan update and rate study.
Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes— February 24, 2026
City of Tigard 113125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 3 of 5
Councilor Shaw said it would be helpful for Council to receive a financial analysis spreadsheet
prior to the next discussion. She was also interested in a retrospective review of River Terrace
1.0 just to see if the allocation of the SDCs was effective. City Engineer Wisniewski said that could
be prepared and remarked that very few River Terrace 1.0 projects were city capital projects as
most were done by private developers.
7. Downtown Reimagined Alternatives Discussion
Senior Planner Shanks gave an update on the long-range project for Tigard's downtown. The
vision was updated in 2020 and is "Downtown Tigard will be a vibrant, active and welcoming city
center at the heart of the community." Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan were completed
in 2024 in Phase 1 of the project. Phase II will revisit draft proposals to update the zoning code
and the City Center Urban Renewal Plan, with alternatives leading to adoption of code
amendments to local land use policies and regulations in August/September 2026. Original
proposals and suggested alternatives for the transportation network, bike network, and zoning
were discussed. Next steps include stakeholder engagement and sharing the input in a Council
Workshop meeting.
Previous council feedback during the Comprehensive Plan amendments included concerns about
the lack of bike facilities, high downtown speed limits, ensuring alignment with the MADE project
and maximum and minimum building heights being too high along Hall Blvd. Senior Planner
Shanks showed plans proposed to address those concerns and alternatives for council
consideration and asked for direction.
Transportation Network: Gaps were evaluated to explore what made sense from a development
aspect on how to add streets into existing networks, which is difficult and requires focus on
balancing the public need for mobility, connection and access while recognizing a desire not to
overburden property owners with right-of-way acquisition. Councilor Shaw asked what analysis
was done on proposing new streets. Senior Planner Shanks said pedestrian/cycling connection
needs, property ownership patterns, lot size and large block formation were all considered.
Mayor Hu said he wanted to address concerns about Main Street safety for cyclists.
The Refined Bike Network shows streets with bike lanes that should be there. Some of these will
be completed with CIP projects. The goal is to provide a comfortable alternative network for bike
riders who prefer not to share the road with cars, while getting them to key destinations such as
transit or the trail system. Mayor Hu requested more analysis and while he understands that
Main Street cannot be redone right now, suggested planning for the future.
Senior Planner Shanks highlighted a refined proposal to have a bike lane between Commercial
Street to Hall Boulevard, for riders less comfortable with sharing the road with cars. A graph was
displayed showing how much right-of-way width would be needed and impacts to parking spaces.
A revised zoning map was shown with some MU-CBD (Mixed-use Central Business District)
designation moving to mixed-use zones of business, residential and employment. In the refined
Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes — February 24, 2026
City of Tigard 113125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 4 of 5
proposal, the MADE project helped direct redevelopment in such a way that it supports the
original proposal. The proposal is that MUE (mixed-use Employment) remains. Since the light rail
project has stalled there is less reason for maximum building heights of 12 stories along Hall Blvd.
and the recommendation is a maximum building height of six stories.
A slide was shown of next steps including stakeholder outreach in March and April, draft code
amendment posting in May with a public notification and comment period through June, final
Code Amendment posting in July and legislative public hearings held in August and September.
Senior Planner Shanks asked for Council feedback on the Transportation Network, application of
Mixed-use zoning and building height maximum along Hall Blvd.
Mayor Hu asked if the Transportation plans were coming before the Tigard Transportation
Advisory Committee and Principal Transportation Planner Gehrke said she would get it
scheduled. Comments from Council were positive on to simplifying zoning and updating the
building heights. Councilor Anderson would like to see bike lanes vs. right-of-way acquisition
determined.
In response to a question from Councilor Shaw, Senior Planner Shanks said the stakeholders that
will be involved in March and April were the Chamber of Commerce,Town Center Advisory
Commission, Tigard Downtown Alliance,Tigard Transportation Advisory Committee, Planning
Commission, potential downtown developers and downtown businesses.
Councilor Shaw asked if Council could meet after stakeholder feedback is received for a
discussion at a future Workshop. Members of Council agreed with that request.
Assistant Community Development Director Warren pointed out that the project schedule is not
on a specific timetable and can accommodate obtaining feedback so the city can get this right for
the future of downtown.
8. Non-Agenda Items - None
9. Executive Session - None
10. Adjournment
At 7:57 p.m. Mayor Hu announced there were no additional agenda items and adjourned the
meeting.
Le;te4
Carol A. Krager, City Recorder
Attest:
7
Yi-Ka Hu, Mayor
Date: 771drre,A. 2 L/ aO,�
Tigard City Council Meeting Minutes — February 24, 2026
City of Tigard 113125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 www.tigard-or.gov I Page 5 of 5