It is as panelists.

Okay.

I think I see everybody in the attendees who need to be updated as a panelist.

So I'm going to go ahead and call this meeting to order.

This is the Bureau, the Beaverton Urban Redevelopment Agency meeting on September 23rd, 2025.

Roll the recorder, please call the roll.

Yes, Chair.

Board Member Duggar.

I'm here.

Board Member Hartmeyer Prague.

Board Member Hassan.

Present.

Board Member Kimmy?

Here.

Chair Teeter?

Here.

Board Member Chibno.

Here.

Board Member Beatty.

Oh, she's excused.

Okay, thank you.

Board Member Hanning.

Here.

Board Member 9.

Here.

Board Member Walton.

And Board Member Lair.

Okay, thank you.

And City Recorder, I did get a message from Ashley or Mayor Briggs.

She's having some issues with her Wi-Fi, so she will be joining the meeting as soon as she gets that sorted out.

But we will keep going forward.

We'll first start with executive session.

So we'll be moving into executive session in accordance with ORS 192.660 2E to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions.

So under Oregon Law, members in the news media are allowed to attend.

However, it's the Bureau Board's requirement that the item items discussed and executive session not be disclosed by media representatives or others.

Any action that the Bureau Board may take on matters discussed in executive session will be done in open session after the executive session concludes.

So Bureau Board members who've got a different link for executive session.

Please use that link now and then after that run, we will reconvene at this link here.

Robin, I do see you joining.

Do you have something to say before we go?

Yeah, can we just uh show for the record that another board member has joined?

Great, yep.

That's uh board member Hartmeyer Prigg is here.

Thank you, Chair.

Okay, great.

Yes.

Yep, thank you.

So yep, let's go ahead and move into executive session.

Thank you, everybody.

We are just about ready.

Give people a few more minutes.

Oh not a few more minutes, a couple minutes.

Okay.

Uh staff, do we look like we're missing anybody?

Do we lose anybody in the transition?

Hard to tell, but we probably are okay.

Okay, yeah, it is hard to tell.

I agree.

Okay.

Well, welcome back from executive session, everybody.

Let's start with our meeting agenda.

The first item out of our agenda or on our agenda, out of executive session is visitor comments.

So visitors are allowed to speak to the Bureau Board about matters not included on tonight's agenda.

Uh recording secretary, do we have anybody here to address the Bureau Board as part of visitor comments?

No, Chair Teter.

Okay.

Moving right along, we'll go up to board communications.

Do any board members have any information that they would like to share with the rest of the board or executive director?

And I do see board member Hussan's name in the chat.

Yeah, I just want to share with you all October 8th is international walk or roll to school day.

So if you haven't made a plan to walk or roll to school, assuming you have family or friends, or telling your neighbors to do that, you can also get a particular gift card through the Beaverton School District for doing that.

So I'm just going to pump it up because Bureau is all about sustainability, biking, walking, and rolling to all the places.

Thank you.

Great.

Thank you, Board Member Hudson.

Anyone else have board communication that they'd like to share?

Not seeing any news in the chat or hand wave around.

So we will move on to our agenda portion.

There's one set of Bureau minutes for our consideration tonight.

It's from the regular meetings of June 23rd, 2025, and one consent item Bureau Bill 2025-19.

The post-project evaluation of the construction manager general contractor contracting method related to the Creekside Parking Garage.

Do I have a motion for the consent agenda?

Sure, Chair Kenner, I would like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

Second anybody.

I'll second it.

You've got our motion and a second.

Is there any discussion on the motion or the consent agenda?

Okay.

Seeing none with a recorder please call the roll.

Yes, Chair.

Board Member Duggar.

Yes.

Board Member Hartmeyer Prigg.

Yes.

Board Member Hassan.

Yes.

Board Member Kimmy.

Yes.

Chair Teter.

Yes.

Board Member Tivnon.

Yes.

Board Member Hanning.

Yes.

Board Member 9.

Yes.

Board Member Lear.

Yes.

902.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you, everybody.

Let's move on to the business portion of our agenda where we have one business item for today.

And the item is Bureau Bill 2025-20 to select a developer and authorizes the executive director to negotiate an exclusive negotiation agreement regarding the disposition and development of the hall and center site.

So, Janine, I believe you have a presentation for us tonight, and you can go forward whenever you're ready.

I said so much on mute.

I apologize.

Well, Sarah and Gus, that was your intro.

Thank you both for joining us from Security Properties this evening tonight.

So we are here to give a presentation on the Hall and Center site RFQ solicitation process and developer recommendation.

Correct?

Okay, great.

So tonight's discussion will be a quick background on the site and Bureau's property portfolio redevelopment strategy, an RFQ overview, a little bit about the responses and our evaluation committee's recommendation and proposed next step.

So the background starts at the higher level with the Bureau Portfolio Redevelopment Strategy that the Bureau Board approved back in 2023, providing high-level guidance for the five Bureau sites worth about eight acres or so throughout the Beaverton Central and Mixed Use Districts of the Downtown Zone around centered round light rail.

In 2025, first quarter Bureau advanced the Holland Center site in the strategy to move forward more expeditiously seeking uh mixed-use market rate development.

So a little bit about the site.

It is situated at the corner of Southwest Center Street and Tesla's Hall Boulevard.

It's formerly known as the Buffet Palace building, which is still on the site today and will be demolished upon redevelopment.

Bureau purchased this property along with the Lombard West site, fulfilling some of the Bureau portfolio goals back in 2021.

We envisioned the site as a transit-oriented development site between two light rail stations, the Beaverton Central and the Transit Center, with access to the Crescent Connection Trail.

And this really represents a gateway intersection to the Beaverton Central District of downtown with proximity to both the Reeser and Cedar Hills Crossing area.

The development code, this property is the one in the portfolio that is in the RCMU district, which stands for mixed use district, which is intended to create a high density neighborhood with a mix of uses in close proximity to the higher density Beaverton Central District.

This site has 75 feet height as of right or up to 120 feet through a discretionary review process, whereas the Beaver and Central District has a higher zoning as of right at 120 feet.

So it's a little bit lower than the rest of the portfolio.

Active ground floor uses are required on Hall Boulevard in the development code, also.

Potential incentives offered in the solicitation were fairly limited, just the vertical housing development zone, which is available to market rate properties in those zones.

Potential for opportunity zone investors, TBD as that program continues on another version.

And then the partial write down could be applicable, citing community benefits and evidence of the financial gap to get there.

The evaluation criteria was approved in the solicitation that was released back in April with the development concept and experience being the highest weighted points, feasibility, time frame, and team capacity also quite strong, and then a small allocation for submittal completeness for 100 total points.

So the RFQ was released in April of 2023.

We held a pre-proposal virtual meeting on May 14th, and the RFQ itself closed in mid-June.

We received two responses, and we interviewed both teams, Security Properties and Mill Creek Residential Trust.

Two very excellent proposals from both teams.

This is the site plan proposed in the proposal.

It looks at the site plan level, like it has multiple buildings, but effectively is one building.

One of the things that really stood out was the contemplation of arts and innovation uses uses with Art Mews and Art Wall connecting in the retail spaces, and really bounded by these gateway plaza and other green space for the project.

The project has structured parking and does offer some surface parking for the commercial users.

This is the concept massing.

Again, the residential is in the yellow blocking with connecting sky bridges.

The green is a resident rooftop patio.

Retail is represented in the pink area, including at the corner of Southwest Center and Southwest Hall Boulevard frontage as well, with orange identifying resident amenity areas and lobby.

So this proposal is six stories.

Structured parking is included in that.68 per one ratio or 108 parking stalls and the surface stalls that we mentioned at a four-point four to 1,000 square foot ratio for the retail.

This is a quick look at the ground floor diagram.

Again, the retail is represented here in the pink.

And this is the parking that is in the structure, surface parking, service areas in this, and the lobby fitness is in bike storage in the orange.

Other diagrams illustrate the floors above, intermediate floor plan with the structure parking, and then the other floor plans with more residential focus.

Really focused on creating a wrapped structure.

Um they propose retail along Center Street, um sort of mid-blocks between uh the intersection and uh the uh entrance area with a lobby anchored at the corner and some uh outdoor courtyard with potential uh consideration for maybe food carts and really contemplated how to address um some of the stormwater floodplain um issues with this site at that corner.

Um the level two plan also is parking, um, and then this is open above and above uh for the next five stories is um the residential with a courtyard um that the residential units would look down upon internal to the site as a resident amenity.

So this would be one building and seven stories, so two of those stories would be structured parking.

That includes 215 residential units with studios through three bedroom units, 5,000 square feet of ground floor retail on Center Street, uh elevated outdoor space along hall with some public art, and then a little over a one-to-one ratio, uh 225 uh spaces in that structured parking with them allocated to the retail hall in the structure.

So the RFQ schedule again.

We released the solicitation back in April.

Uh responses uh were submitted in June.

In August, the evaluation committee met internally and then it held interviews with both of the development parties and met with our real estate committee.

Um real estate committee.

So tonight we're here seeking your uh selection of the developer based on the evaluation committee's recommendation.

Uh from there we would negotiate uh an exclusive negotiation agreement or an EMA and come back to you next month and then commence the ENA period following that.

So tonight, again, seeking your um authorization to negotiate uh for the executive director to negotiate an exclusive negotiation agreement with security properties for the development of the Hall and Center site and come back to you next month for approval of the ENA with security properties.

That's it for my presentation.

Questions?

Thank you, Janine.

Uh so first we'll just open up for questions and counts for Jeanine and staff.

Uh Janine is this also appropriate place to ask questions of the developers here as well.

Uh they are here and they have the ability to answer questions, so uh please do.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

We will go first to board member Duggar.

Sorry, I think is uh board member Hussan in front of me.

Uh she has to wait for just a second.

Oh, and she commented earlier.

So she will better.

No, I just gonna say I think this is a great proposal.

I want to commend uh both groups for really bringing fantastic proposals.

Um I also think constructively I do uh I do intend to support this.

I will say that you know especially with the developers here.

Uh I wish there were a few more units constructively.

Uh that was one of the strengths of the other bids.

I also think uh more heights here would be a really great so is as we as we enter into this and work through it.

Um we're starting in a really great place though.

I'm very happy with this.

I think it it was uh kind of exactly what our code defined and what our code has asked for.

We are creating a mixed-use walkable district.

So I can mend uh security partners for the work here.

Uh I look forward to to to this, and I I'm happily supporting just kind of with those couple constructive points.

Like if we could find a way to squeeze in more units or to squeeze in more heights, I think that would be best.

Thank you.

Sarah.

So you're not on mute, so you wanted to respond anything, or we keep going.

It's the preceding uh comments.

Thank you.

Okay, got it.

Okay.

Uh we'll go to board member Hartmeyer Craig.

Thank you.

Uh uh, thank you, Sarah and Gus, for being with us, my and Janine for all the great work.

Um, so to pull.

She might have frozen for a second.

Two seven Wi-Fi issues just before the meeting.

We'll give her a second and see if she comes back.

Um Ashley.

Yes.

Your Wi-Fi cut out right when you started.

Oh no.

Okay, I'm gonna go off camera and let's just let's just see.

Okay, that sounds good.

Okay, sorry about that, and thank you to Kevin Peter for letting me know.

Um I'll I'll just be I'll just abbreviate.

Uh I think that the project is really exciting.

I think it's going to be a beautiful option for this gateway part of the district as well.

So I'm really excited to see not just the value that it will bring to the district, the housing units, and the retail space that it brings, but I think it will be a really beautiful project and something unique in the area.

So I'm really excited to see this come to life and excited to support entering into an ENA.

Thank you, Board Member Hartmart.

Uh board member Chipnon.

Sarah, so far it's just been compliments and excitement, and I'm not going to be any different.

So don't have to weigh in on anything here other than um we I think all of us were really taken with the design and the um just the the striking features of it.

We really did want this to be a gateway project in an area that we've already um put in so much investment with the racer and and with just improvements around Crescent Trail and oh, there's just so much going on in this area.

It's it's it's heavily trafficked.

It's it's it's just a part of a grander vision of what we want this central area to look like and um think that this is gonna be a great project to bring forward to people.

And I I think I I speak for my fellow board members that it's also exciting to see something get going because coming out of COVID, we've we've been sitting on a lot of property and we're just starting to see some projects move forward.

Um, and and this being one that I just as recently as a week ago had someone say, what is happening with the Buffet Palace site?

So um it'll be exciting to be able to give them an update on that soon.

So um very excited about this, looking forward to uh approving it tonight.

Thank you, board member to board member Hudson.

Sure, yeah, I won't belabor all the niceties and thanks.

I will have one question, um, and then if I'm the last person, I can help make the motion.

Uh Sarah, I'm just curious when you do the residential units allocation, like how do you decide what the need is?

And this is me just wanting to kind of pick your brain and hear from you about this.

Uh thanks for the question.

Um I will say, you know, our initial um mix of units is preliminary at this point.

Uh we will spend some more time really um, you know, getting into the market, likely bringing in uh we typically bring in um someone to help us do a market study, really identify the core customer and what their needs are, and that will help us inform and continue to refine our unit mix and type.

And uh we'll learn a lot uh over the next couple of months about who we think uh will be the core you know resident here and we'll make adjustments as we go.

Okay, thank you.

I just a part of me is wondering, right?

Like, are we moving toward more single family housing or single housing or and and just wondering what that's gonna look like in a in a few years?

Yeah, it's a great question.

And yeah, it's a nuanced it's very it's very nuanced, and a part of me thinks that I'd like to see us like as a community go more in the one bedroom, two bedroom route, but of course you have to do what makes the most sense.

So uh I just wanted to ask the question.

Your proposal was very innovative, and it sounds like um staff is really supportive, so I'm super excited to support this, and I will let um Shiratita go next since uh I know he wants to finish up.

So thank you.

Thank you, board member Hudson.

Uh yeah, I've got a couple questions or questions or comments.

It's a little weird coming in from the bureau board side of things, because I know there's a lot of the work that's gone into this already, and it we like quick reactions that I'll throw off to you, and you all can give your feedback, your thoughts on kind of what's been considered so far.

Uh one of the things that I am a little bit concerned about, or it's just on my mind as we keep going forward with this.

I like the project a whole lot.

I think the concept is a really good start.

Um concerned a little bit about heat on the south side uh with sun around the parking and reflecting back up to the units there.

So uh I know there's the the special hazard flood zone uh there.

I'm not sure if we can look at tree coverage there, like what could be used now with shading.

Just some things to consider as you all keep going forward.

Um how we can help cool it there for the residents and workers who will be there.

Um I'm gonna keep going, but you yes or Sarah, either you can interrupt me at any point too.

Um I'm excited about and that ways uh some good weight for this proposal is uh the parking ratio.

About 30% of Oregonians don't drive or don't have a car.

And so I think targeting that goal and meeting that percentage.

And I want us to be able to show that it works here in Peaverson too.

And then my fat my last comment is kind of echoing board member Duggar about height and potentially wanting to go higher.

I'm curious.

Had you all talked about going higher, or what's the impact on that from your perspective as potential developers.

Thank you, Chair Peter.

I think height and sort of max development capacity, or it's always an interesting balance of how we choose do what we're doing.

And you know, we can continue and will continue to look at uh you know different some optionality here for sure, but generally what we find is um you know, we're we're looking at um kind of a combination of parking ratio.

So you hit the nail on the head with parking, you know, we are looking at this certainly as a transit-oriented site.

So we are comfortable with a ratio of less than one parking stall per residential unit because I think you're right, not everyone who lives here will have a car, but people will have cars, and uh we need to make sure that we build in capacity for that, or we start to risk losing market share uh of residents here.

So that's a fine balance that we're tweaking and looking at, and I will say that security properties over you know, having done many similar projects in you know, similar locations with uh transit walkability like this site has.65 and 0.75 to one seems to be really for these you know similar locations, the formula that that is right.

So we're um finding a balance between total parking and total units.

Um parking is not a credence to our financial model, so you know, we don't want to build more than we have to.

Um so you know, we're that's a balance.

Um, height, similarly, you know, once you get above that 75 or 85 feet or so, you start to trigger a different set of code criteria for how you you know how you have to address fire like safety in your building and different building materials, more expensive building materials.

So again, it's a balance of how many units on the site, you know, building a 90-foot building doesn't really make any sense because you're building in a lot of extra cost to that, going up to 120, you know, maxing out that envelope is if you're gonna you know go above that threshold, you want to go to the max, um, but then we start to get to a point where we're maybe delivering an uncomfortable number of units for the amount of parking um that we can deliver on a relatively constrained site without having to dig down.

And as you all know, Beaverson has some constraints in terms of doing below grade parking because of the um the high water table and floodplain.

So these are all the different things that we're trying to balance as we evaluate a project and its uh financial viability as well as the market, and you know um delivering a high number of units in the market um can sometimes be a challenge as well.

So, you know, I this is this is still I we are gonna continue to tweak this model a little bit.

I mean, the the fundamentals of how we um think we're gonna lay out the eventual development.

I think you you're seeing the bones and the things we're super excited about, including the RMUs and the the strong retail.

We do, we really do fundamentally believe that this will be uh an excellent retail location.

So we've built in quite a bit of retail.

Um, but finding that balance of kind of feasibility, viability, parking, and number of units is is the delicate balance that we'll continue to kind of work through over the next few minutes.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

That's very detailed.

I I really appreciate that.

And you mentioned one final piece that I really like.

It's just the amount of retail that you all included.

Um the size of the retail spaces or range between 1,250 to about 2,000.

Is that the size that you all feel is pretty marketable or is there need for smaller spaces or I wouldn't think larger spaces.

Yeah, you know, a lot of these could be combined or demise slightly differently if the market demand is slightly different.

But we did um consult with a retail broker as we developed this and they really liked the kind of smaller sizes here and felt that they would be quite marketable.

But for example, you could easily combine those two retail spaces at the corner and have a larger you know 30, 500 square foot space there.

It's always good to have optionality in terms of being able to produce that as larger smaller spaces as the market kind of continues.

And and when these types of smaller spaces it's going to be a couple of years before we really know who the tenants are going to be so we'll continue to monitor the market as we get closer to you know being in construction.

Great thank you.

That was all really questions I appreciate it.

I see board member Hartler Praig in the chat.

Yeah thank you.

Sarah you mentioned the art news and I see it on the layout.

Can you tell me a little bit about this is a new phrase for me and so I'd love to just hear a little bit more about that.

Yeah I'm going to let my colleague Dutch take that question.

Yeah thanks we're excited to be working with an architecture firm out of Seattle called Matun that we've done this will be our fourth project with them in the Portland metro area they introduce us to this concept of a Muse.

Essentially Muse is an architectural term that they use for a pedestrian pathway that brings you through a space not on a public right of way.

So what we're really looking at here is this um is this pathway that really trying to do two things functionally one is uh make a connection between the parking at the rear of the project and the you know the prime intersection at Southwest Center in Southwest Hall.

We've actually introduced two Muse here because we've created this retail cut um in part to respond to the floodplain mitigation that we're doing uh with the second muse and and some heights uh of the of the building that you're seeing there we've created a dock high retail environment um with a deck a generous deck kind of overlooking a floodplain garden behind it um so the Muse we uh intentionally started programming as this place where we could really start um emphasizing the the um the request for uh arts and art integration into our proposal um security properties uh just independently has art at the and creativity at the forefront of its developments we we pride ourselves on um working with our coordinators to introduce large scale um art often from local uh artists into our project what we call integrated art programs so you'll see in the detailed proposal we have several areas for our coordinator to focus on um they I imagine we will see some sculptural pieces come out of that um given our our coordinator's background might be some light-based um artwork in there and then uh we introduced this work says building services it's hard to see in this graphic but that tiny little blue section um we would like to participate or have the project participate in the uh in the first Friday walk art walk that we were to um and have a rotating gallery along that space so really trying to get the community to to engage with the project and use that right of way uh use the Muse to um kind of traverse through the middle of the project and uh and really experience the space at the ground plane.

Oh thank you so much guest I have camera off because of my Wi-Fi but I'm sitting here smiling because it just meets this district like where it is and where we want it to be and become you know and just like knowing that there's someone like those larger pieces just across the way at the Reecer and and just yeah I think this is really it's just really cool.

It also kind of gives me like a little bit of like a European alleyway you know like remote and uh I I just love that.

I think that uh it just makes me even more excited about the project.

So thank you for for for sharing about that and and even calling out um that flood plain garden or flood plain garden right I think there's a there's also then this natural element of the development right of of like a little bit of green space even if it's just the um you know like wetlands type you know foliage or whatever right but um I I just think just generally I have a better understanding of the project now so thank you.

Um, you know, I know that's a challenge for all cities, um, but you know, as we do our work, we really like the pedestrian and bicycle realm um and the and really trying to uh use design and architecture to help emphasize that in as many ways as we can and introducing concepts like like uh art news and other projects we've done throughout the city.

We've introduced a concept called a woo nerf, which is a Dutch term, similarly, where you're trying to slow automobile traffic and create spaces where where human the human scale um can have a more prominent place within our architecture is really something that we're trying to do and and in an effort to make our communities better.

Thank you.

Using Dutch terms, that certainly makes me happy.

Um I think we've heard all the comments and questions from Bureau Board members.

Uh is there a motion on Bureauville 2025-20?

Sure, I will jump in.

Just want to elevate really quick.

I do remiss if I didn't mention we have an amazing Beaverton Arts Commission.

I'm the council of liaison, so just so excited to hear all the art that you're doing.

I move to authorize the executive director to begin negotiations of an exclusive negotiations agreement regarding disposition and development of the hall and center site.

Oh second.

Second by Commissioner Duggar.

Board Member Duggar.

Uh is there any discussion on the motion?

Okay, seeing none, city or quarter, will we please call the rule?

Board member Duggar?

Yes.

Board member Hartmeyer Pray.

Yes.

Board Member Hassan?

Yes.

Board Member Kimmy.

Yes.

Uh Board Member Teter or Chair Teacher, I apologize.

Yes.

Uh Board Member Tipnon.

Yes.

Uh Board Member Hanning.

Yes.

Board member 9.

Yes.

Board member Lair.

Is he still on?

Doing that.

Oh, yeah, he said yes.

Okay.

Thank you.

Um motion passes 902.

Great.

Thank you, everybody.

Uh really excited about this.

So let's keep on moving forward.

Uh we'll move on to the next item of the agenda now.

Uh unless the take in the director's report.

Andy, do you have any items for us tonight?

Uh yes, I do.

Chair Teeter.

Um, unfortunately, no Dutch terms, so I apologize for that.

Um, but do have a few exciting uh updates to share.

Um, so I hope you can see the screen.

Um slides.

First of all, on October 27th, um Beaverton staff.

Well, that just uh disappeared for me.

I'll have to go back to that.

Uh Beaverton staff will host a tour of downtown Beaverton for the National Impact Conference.

It's being held in Portland this year, um, the end of October.

The Impact Transit and Community Conference, which is here's a um one page of their conference um uh pamphlet there, uh focuses on focuses on the relationship between transit, other forms of mobility, land use and development, and creating great places to live.

Um this group was originally founded in 1995 as a group called Railvolution, and then they were rebranded as Impact.

Um so we're excited to showcase all the excellent work happening here as a recognition of the many elements needed to make a great place and as a reminder that we still have a lot to achieve.

Uh the Beaverton Tour sold out quickly, and the organizers requested additional spots to accommodate interest from the participants across the country.

Hey Andy, sorry, really quick.

Can you either make it bigger or maybe go into presentation mode?

I feel like my face has gotten very close to the screen.

Sorry about that.

No more screen.

Or even if it's zoomed in.

Hopefully, I'm not the only one.

Is that good?

Can you see it?

Better, but I bet if you switch to presenter view by doing display settings.

Yeah, because we also see the next slide.

Can you see?

Yeah, so there we go.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right.

That ruined my script.

There's too many things happening.

So I'll just rip it.

But anyway, uh impact is coming to the Portland metro area at the end of October, and they're doing a tour in Beaverton, which is very exciting, as you can see.

It's going to be most of the entire days.

We have several staff from the city of Beaverton that are going to be there to uh kind of tell the story of downtown Beaverton's uh history and all the great things that uh many folks up here on here have been a part of.

Um a reminder our our fall building improvement program applications are are now open, and our staff held an informational session yesterday for downtown businesses and been doing a lot of outreach for them, and the closing day will be uh later this fall.

And it continues to be a very successful program, and here are a few examples of uh previous uh awardees.

Uh boards and commissions recruiting, it's that time of year for the annual uh recruitment uh season.

So just a reminder there that uh Bureau has three boards and commissions or committees, and the Bureau Board obviously, uh the Urban Renewal Advisory Committee, URAC, and then also the Bureau of Budget Um Committee.

So those recruitments are ongoing now.

And speaking of URAC, we're next meeting, I believe is October 6th.

So I think everyone here receives those agendas to be up to speed with uh what your URAC is doing.

And here's uh a reminder of what's on tap for both Bureau and URAC.

Most of the information will be similar.

We'll have two um goods and negotiation agreements to discuss, and then uh the downtown, oops, forgot a W there.

Um Don Thomas, somebody got something you'd find on a at the doe zone or something.

Our downtown Beaverton uh sub basin strategy, which is kind of an innovative approach to stormwater uh mitigation and management uh to create more development in downtown Beaverton.

We'll have a presentation on that, which should be um pretty exciting.

And I will exit out here.

So if you have any questions on that or any other projects, I'm happy to take them.

Thank you, Andy.

Uh board members, any questions or comments for Andy or staff.

Yeah, I see board member Kimmy.

Oh Andy, um I just have a question that's about your presentation, but in regards to Opportunity Zone 2.0, that just came out.

Um I remember Opportunity Zone when they first came out.

They followed the census track and seems like um North of Canyon was included, but not downtown uh Beaverton area.

Do you know anything about expansion and how we can get um downtown Beaverton into that uh uh hopefully opportunity zone 2.0.

Yeah, council uh uh board member Timmy, apologize.

Um we have um a couple a couple folks on staff here that are tracking that.

Um the with the um reconciliation bill that was passed by Congress a month ago or two ago, they obviously changed a lot of the criteria for 2.0.

We've seen initial maps, I think it was kind of best guesses of some of these national um uh national uh groups that do the analysis, but there's mixed opinions on what actually will be in 2.0.

So we're we're following that to kind of see how that may uh impact Beaverton and what we have to do if and when we have to uh talk to the governor's office or or or other uh folks in various agencies to to make sure that we can get uh the um the areas that we that we want in Beaverton.

But we know that they're definitely changing and they're probably going to be smaller than 1.0.

Oh, okay, thank you.

Thank you, Board Member Kimmy and Andy.

Anybody else?

Any urgent questions or comments for Andy?

I have not seen any.

So Andy, thank you.

Um I believe that ends our Bureau meeting for tonight.

So our next Bureau meeting will be October 28, 2025.

Thank you everybody for your great questions and tons tonight.

And with that, we are adjourned.