Beaverton City Council Meeting - November 18, 2025
Beaverton City Council Meeting - November 18, 2025
On November 18, 2025, the Beaverton City Council held a regular meeting beginning at approximately 8:00 PM. The meeting included visitor comments, a quarterly capital improvement plan presentation, city manager updates, approval of consent agenda, two public hearings, a work session on development fees, and council new business. Six council members were present; Mayor Baby was absent.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the council consent agenda and contract review board consent agenda unanimously (6-0). Items included acknowledgment of staff work on Open Air Beaverton rulemaking and the janitorial contract award to Relay Resources.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Lauren Garrett (Executive Director, Beaverton Education Foundation) expressed support for the "Feed My Body, Feed My Brain" campaign, raising $100,000 to provide grocery gift cards for students over winter break. She highlighted partnerships with THPRD, TVF&R, Beaverton Police, Skanska (goal $25,000), Saktius, and the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce.
- Evelyn Cooker (lifelong Beaverton resident) urged the council to take decisive action on ICE raids, describing personal observations of arrests and calling for declarations of emergency, verification of federal agents, and codification of sanctuary policies.
- Yasmin Ibarra (Political Director, SEIU Local 49) applauded the city's janitorial contract award to unionized employer Relay Resources, noting that living wages reduce dependence on social services and sharing the story of worker Laile Shassis who achieved independent living.
- Mason Crosswaite (Lead Janitor, Relay Resources, Beaverton Public Safety Center) expressed support for the five-year extension of the janitorial contract, emphasizing benefits of union protections, seniority, and cost-of-living raises.
- Marlene Smith (via proxy) expressed appreciation for the 14-year partnership with Relay and supported contract renewal, highlighting union protections against discrimination and dangerous working conditions.
- Dr. Miranda Morgan (Portland State University, Beaverton resident) described increased ICE detentions and requested stronger action beyond the city's statement, asking what more the council could do.
- Sarah Taylor made four requests: declare a state of emergency (citing Forest Grove), disable Flock safety cameras (if used), establish ICE-free zones on city property and require agents to show identification, and enact an eviction moratorium.
Discussion Items
- Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Update: Public Works Director Tim Elsie and new City Engineer Brian Vinson presented the first quarterly CIP update for FY 2026. Key projects included the North Transmission Line (6.8 miles, 36,100 ft of ductile iron water line, 90% complete on Segment 1, completion fall 2028), the 209th Pump Station (spring 2026 start, summer 2027 completion), the Sterling Park Stormwater Treatment Facility (completed June 2025, now in winter testing – unique in Oregon), and the AMI Metering Project (6,000 meters installed, five leaks found, saving over $2 million in meter box replacements). The five-year CIP shows $23.1 million for water capacity in FY26, dropping sharply after Willamette Water Supply completion. Staff recommended quarterly updates to council.
- City Manager's Report: Included Belonging Speaker Series (next session January 2026 on housing/houselessness), Welcoming Week 2025 (11th annual), Winter Lights & Tree Lighting (Dec 5), Neighborhood Match Grant program (up to $3,500), annual council retreat (Dec 7-8), and budget deficit update ($9 million in cuts, 32 positions eliminated). The city manager also presented an immigration enforcement response: reaffirmed sanctuary city status, outlined support for impacted residents (utility assistance, no shutoffs during holidays), partnership with Centro for know-your-rights training (Dec 9), business support (multilingual campaign, microgrants up to $3,000), and legal advocacy.
- Work Session on Development Fees: Staff (Andy Varr, Anna Latinsky) presented a study of planning and Open Air Beaverton (OAB) fees. Current planning fees recoup ~35% of costs; staff recommended targeting 75% cost recovery, with some fees subsidized for affordable housing and small businesses. For OAB, two options were presented: Option 1 – variable fees based on parking space usage and sidewalk cafe area; Option 2 – flat $300 for sidewalk cafes and $500 per parking space for parklets. Council discussed subsidizing OAB fees further, with councilors Duggar and Teter favoring deeper subsidies to support downtown restaurants, while others cautioned against additional subsidies given the city's structural deficit. Council consensus leaned toward Option 2 with potential reductions.
Key Outcomes
- Consent Agenda: Approved unanimously (6-0).
- Ordinance 4874 (Town Center Boundaries for Raleigh Hills and Sunset): Adopted unanimously (6-0) after a public hearing with no opposition.
- Ordinance 4875 (Firearm Disposition – allowing police to trade surrendered firearms for credit): Adopted unanimously (6-0) after a public hearing with no public testimony. Councilors noted oversight mechanisms and that individuals can request destruction.
- State of Emergency Declaration: Council unanimously (6-0) passed a motion to direct staff to draft a resolution declaring a state of emergency due to federal immigration enforcement actions.
- Sanctuary Ordinance: Council unanimously (6-0) directed staff to return with an ordinance codifying Oregon's sanctuary statute into city code.
- Data Collection/Sharing Review: Council unanimously (6-0) directed staff to examine how the city collects, stores, and shares court-related data to prevent harm to immigrant communities.
- Lawsuit Framework: Council unanimously (6-0) directed staff to develop a framework for council policy on joining lawsuits, including on immigration enforcement.
- Informal Direction: Council asked staff to explore state programs related to housing and food assistance for impacted families.
Meeting Transcript
So we are still having technical difficulties. So you won't see much on the screen until later on, but we're going to start the meeting anyways. So now I'm calling to order a regular meeting of Beaverton City Council, City Recorder, please call the role. Counselor Duggar. Here. Councillor Hartmeyer Prigg. Here. Councillor Hassan. Here. Counselor Gimme. Counselor Teeter. Here. Counselor Tivnon. Here. And for the record, Mayor Baby is absent tonight. Just to explain, we are able to broadcast the audio. It's just not the video right now. So the audio is being recorded. Okay. Thank you. We'll begin tonight's agenda starting with visitor comments. We will then move to presentation, city managers report, the consent agenda, two public hearings, one first reading of an ordinance, a work session, and conclude with council new business. There are seven people registered to comment at tonight's meeting. As a reminder, visitor comments provide the opportunity for community to speak about matters, even if they're not on the agenda. Visitor comments are limited to two minutes for each person. As this is a matter uh time for a council to hear from the community. If follow-up is needed, our city manager and the City V quarter are taking notes. First speaker is Lauren Garrett. Please come up. Welcome. You have two minutes to address the council. Good evening. Hi, President Kimmy and members of the council. I'm Lauren Garrett. I'm the executive director of the Beaverton Education Foundation. And I'm excited to be here tonight to just share a little update on our work in the community and some work we're actively engaged in. The Beaverton Education Foundation and the Beaverton School District are once again raising funds for families in the Beaverton School District with students who depend on school for their two meals a day, breakfast and lunch, and when they are away from school during winter break, they're missing many, many meals. I know you have all been actively and diligently working with our community in these most recent days and weeks, and thank you for all you've been doing to support everyone. The need is real and it is not going away. We know that. Last year we were very successful in galvanizing all of our community to come together. We were able to meet the goals and requests from all the schools within the Beaverton School District at the time. We're very proud of that. And we also know that this year looks very different, and the need is greater. The demand will be more, and things are much more expensive than they were a year ago. So we have increased our goal to 100,000 this year. We are increasing the value of the grocery gift cards that students will receive and take home over winter break to make sure that we can do more and try to make a bigger difference in the lives of our families. I just wanted to share a couple of highlights. THPRD always does uh incredible community support and work within their own um networks, but they've directed donations and supporters to be make gifts toward this campaign this year, so that everything is heading in one direction. They they used to do it's different fundraising.
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