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Tigard Business Meeting —Agenda
TIGARD
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL AND LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD
MEETING DATE AND OCTOBER 25,2022- 6:30 p.m. Business Meeting Revised 10/24/2022-Agenda Item
TIME: No. 7 will be rescheduled.
MEETING LOCATION: Hybrid- City of Tigard-Town Hall- 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 -See
PUBLIC NOTICE below
PUBLIC NOTICE:In accordance with the City of Tigard's Safety Plan related to COVID-19 and Oregon House
Bill 4212,this will be a hybrid meeting where some Council,staff or public will participate in person and some
will participate remotely.
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•Written public comment may be submitted electronically at www.tigard-or.gov/Comments before noon the day of
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•You may comment through video through the Teams app. Go to this link to learn how to participate by
video: October 25,2022 Council Meeting
(https://www.tigard-or.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/1816/372).
Upon request,the City will also endeavor to arrange for the following services:
• Qualified sign language interpreters for persons with speech or hearing impairments;and
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" City of Tigard
Tigard Business Meeting —Agenda
TIGARD
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL AND LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD
MEETING DATE AND OCTOBER 25,2022- 6:30 p.m.Business Meeting Revised 10/24/2022-Agenda
TIME: Item No. 7 will be rescheduled.
MEETING LOCATION: Hybrid-City of Tigard-Town Hall- 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223
6:30 PM
1. BUSINESS MEETING
A. Call to Order
B. Roll Call
C. Pledge of Allegiance
D. Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items
2. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
A. Follow-up to Previous Public Comment
B. Tigard High School Student Envoy
C. Public Comment—Written
D. Public Comment—In Person
E. Public Comment—Phone-In
F. Public Comment—Video
4. CONSENT AGENDA: (Tigard City Council and Local Contract Review Board)The Consent Agenda is
used for routine items including approval of meeting minutes,contracts or intergovernmental
agreements.Information on each item is available on the city's website in the packet for this meeting.
These items may be enacted in one motion without separate discussion. Council members may request
that an item be removed by motion for discussion and separate action.
A. Local Contract Review Board:
1. MIDDLE HOUSING REVOLVING LOAN FUND CONTRACT
• Consent Agenda-Items Removed for Separate Discussion:Any items requested to be removed from the Consent Agenda for
separate discussion will be considered immediately after the Council has voted on those items which do not need discussion.
5. PUBLIC HEARING:ADOPTING WATER SDC UPDATES 6:45 p.m. estimated time
6. GOAL 3: CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.PATH TO CARBON NEUTRALITY
BRIEFING 7:00 p.m. estimated time
7. COUNCIL GOAL 1 UPDATE This agenda item will be rescheduled to a future meeting date.
8. NON-AGENDA ITEMS
9. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 8:00 p.m. estimated time
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Tigard City Council may go into Executive Session. If an Executive
Session is called to order,the appropriate ORS citation will be announced identifying the applicable
statute.All discussions are confidential and those present may disclose nothing from the Session.
Representatives of the news media are allowed to attend Executive Sessions,as provided by ORS
192.660(4),but must not disclose any information discussed.No Executive Session may be held for the
purpose of taking any final action or making any final decision. Executive Sessions are closed to the
public.
11. ADJOURNMENT 8:05 p.m. estimated time
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Public Comments received by noon
for the October 25, 2022
Meeting of the
Tigard City Council
1. Robert Ruedy 10/25/2022 In opposition of allowing Urban Farming,
Agriculture & Livestock within the City of Tigard
City Limits
October 25, 2022
To: The Tigard City Council
Subject: The City of Tigard Development Code Amendment Urban/Agriculture(DCA2022-
00003)
Position: Written Testimony in opposition of allowing Urban Farming, Agriculture &
Livestock within the City of Tigard City Limits
Dear City Council Members and Mayor Snider;
My personal position and observations over my past 30+ years of property Ownership and
Residency in this fine City is that we have enough Urban "nuisance" challenges currently with
Domesticated Cats and Dogs, Barn Cats, Ferrule Animals, Wild Coyotes & Foxes, Raccoons,
Squirrels & Chipmunk's, Possums, Mice, Rats, Compost Piles, Invasive Species, and Hazard
Trees. So why make the "Urban" environment less livable with Farming, Agriculture, and
Livestock when we primarily live within 20 feet of each other. There was a time when Urban
Farms meant "Vegetable Gardens of 2,000 SF or less & one or two Fruit Trees with possibly a
Rose garden." So why complicate our lives further then this simplicity?
Now don't get me wrong, I think "farming" is great... on Farmland and Agriculturally EFU
(Effective Farm Use) Zoned parcels locally. But the "Urban" environment is not "Farmland"
(EFU Zoned) and therefore should have strict limitations to just growing vegetables, fruits,
flowers, and other non-noisy or unpleasant "stench" producing products such as "urban life"
types of flora and fauna, and most certainly not livestock, poultry, or otherwise "farmland" type
animals, bees, etc.
So let's take this matter a bit closer to home. Put yourselves in these "shoes" and mindset
please:
How are each of you on the Tigard City Council, including the Mayor Snider, going to feel when
the neighbor next to, or behind, your personal property, investment, and humble abode, who
may not even be the Owner of that property, decides to "Urban Farm" 40 chickens, 5 pigs, 2
Llamas, 8 goats, 4 sheep, 26 rabbits, 6 bee hives, and all their noises, unpleasant and
pervasive stench, and potential ancillary personal health hazards such as bee stings and/or
their harassment, rats, or otherwise during outdoor dining, entertaining guests, or simply trying
to live in your own personal space?
Imagine trying to enjoy your own backyard individually or with guests, with overwhelming noise,
the stench of pooh, and bees hovering within your yard. Imagine living in this type of
environment as a stay-at-home "Remote Worker", or"Home Schooling" parent with kids playing
in the yard, some whom may have bee sting allergies. This is a ridiculous scenario to have to
endure for anyone or any family, and your and their property values will very likely suffer
accordingly, along with your and other neighbors within blocks. And what about the related
reduced City Taxation revenues of decreased property values? Isn't that a concern of yours? I
feel so sorry for those directly impacted by such selfish infringement by others. Imagine having
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to take the financial "hit"just to move away from such an unpleasant scenario which currently
exists within our City, simply to maintain your sanity and financial "nest-egg" of most folk's
largest asset.
My request within this testimony is simple... that the City Council Vote down this subject
amendment and instead work to eliminate the un-pleasantries of all so-called "urban"farming,
agriculture, and livestock that is way more than a "hobby." If you've got 40 chickens, that's a
"business", not a hobby for personal protein. And why does this example or any other form of
Urban Commercial or Non-commercial Agricultural or Livestock for that matter, even belong in
the "Urban" environment? I just don't get it... but it does seem to reflect a perception of a "pretty
selfish of the few to impact the many" mentality.
So within this Written Testimony I'm pleading with you to please remain focused on the City of
Tigard motto of "Tigard - A Place to Call Home", to not become "Tigard -The Place to Avoid
Coming Home To..."
Regispectfulllyy submitted,
Robert (Rob) Ruedy
14185 SW 100th Avenue
Tigard, OR 97224
Cell:
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AGENDA ITEM NO. 3 C - PUBLIC COMMENT DATE: October 25, 2022
(Limited to 3 minutes or less,please)
The Council wishes to hear from you on other issues not on the agenda, but asks that you first try to resolve
your concerns through staff.
This is a City of Tigard public meeting, subject to the State of Oregon's public meeting and records laws. All
written and oral testimony becomes part of the public record. The names and cities of persons who attend or
participate in City of Tigard public meetings will be included in the meeting minutes, which is a public
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(Limited to 3 minutes or less,please)
The Council wishes to hear from you on other issues not on the agenda and items on the agenda, but asks
that you first try to resolve your concerns through staff.
This is a City of Tigard public meeting, subject to the State of Oregon's public meeting and records laws. All
written and oral testimony becomes part of the public record. The names and addresses of persons who attend or
participate in City of Tigard public meetings will be included in the meeting minutes, which is a public record.
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