Call to order the city council meeting for Monday, May 4th, 2026.

Is this particular part of it on uh the Zoom and TV TV and all that in Wordley also?

Okay.

So we're on Zoom webinar.

The information is on the agenda on the website.

Uh TVC TV, we're live streaming.

And we also have Wordley live translation available.

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We had our executive session and now we're going to have a work session.

The work session is Clean Water Services, cost of service study and rates.

Presenters, please approach the table and introduce yourselves.

And if you're not familiar, you need to have a little green light showing.

Yep.

If the green light doesn't show, you don't get to.

And it's just a tap.

You don't even have to press, just a just a quick tap and go.

There you go.

And the microphone will probably need to be if you're both speaking, you'll probably need to slide it back and forth between you.

Welcome.

And please introduce.

Yes, Mayor and Council.

I'm Joe Gall.

I'm the chief utility relations officer.

I was just telling Kathy I'm get to come to Cornelis two nights this week.

I'll be here Wednesday night for state of the city.

So looking forward to that.

You're not going to hear from me primarily tonight, uh, as in the past.

You're going to hear from Kathy Leader, our chief financial officer, about our cost of service study and the rates projections, and we're here to answer any questions that you might have on those topics.

Or anything else, CWS related.

So with that, Kathy.

Thank you, Joe.

Um good evening, Mayor, members of council.

Um need to get that mic a little closer.

It's probably not going to pay.

Is that good?

Yeah, I guess we could hear you over the mic and speakers now.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So Clean Water Services provides regional sanitary sewer and stormwater services for your customers in the city of Cornelius.

The City of Cornelius provides the local services for the their customers.

And so on on the regional side, they build for those services and remit them monthly to Clean Water Service.

That's that connection with the city and the district.

So first I'm gonna start and talk about the history of our rate increases at the district.

Then I'm gonna go into the cost of service study and the cost allocation process that we went through and finalized.

We're gonna define regional and local services, and we're also gonna look at our 10-year rate forecast.

So Cleanwater Services has a history of modest and predictable rate increases.

Over the last 10 year period, we've had an average annual increase of 3.38% on our rates for our these are the customer rates for our direct bill.

So it's our local and regional rate to our local customers' cleanwater services bills directly.

Um in 2026, it was $66.95 for both the sanitary and storm services.

Um development and reserve policy that prepared and adopted by our board back on April 14th based on that cost of service study update.

So the cost of service study, um, this was an ask of our board, but also this member cities, because there was a feeling over time, the last time it had been looked at was in 2008 that over time our rates, um, our service levels had changed not only between the two different utilities, but also the regional and local component.

So we initiated that study back in 2021, and um we contract with Bartel Wells and Associates to complete that final study and and the update to all the numbers for in February of 2026 this year.

Um after that completion of that study, it did show that local rates charged did not fully cover the local program for both the sanitary sewer and the stormwater programs.

So this study that we put in place provides the basis for our long-term financial planning and rate development under a new um met cost methodology.

So the three main objectives of the study were to first review and update the cost of service study, the allocation between the Santerio sewer and stormwater programs and the regional and local services, then prepare a 10-year financial plan that helps us fund operating maintenance debt service and capitalese annually, correct that local service area funding deficit that's going on, and then ensure that clean water services has adequate reserves to maintain um in their future operations effectively.

And finally, the calculation and update of rates and evaluating their impact on our customer bills.

So we the rates now under this new methodology, rate increases vary across our service areas.

So this map you're seeing here, and the green area and outlined in black, that's Washington County.

And inside of Washington County, Clean Water Services provides regional services to the cities in blue there.

Forest Grove, Cornelius, Hillsborough, Beaverton, Tigard, To Wallet, and Sherwood.

But we bill directly for regional and local services for the brownish areas on the map.

Those are the urban unincorporated areas of Washington County, cities of Gaston, Banks, North Plains, King City, and Durham.

And when we talk about that regional and local service, regional services are that construction, operating, and maintaining the treatment plants, the pump stations, the pressure lines, and the lines over 24 inches in diameter and conveyance.

It's also that compliance piece of the of our program, that compliance reporting oversight for the national pollutant discharge elimination system that impeds permit, and including the municipal separate storm sewer system MS4.

It includes maintaining minimum stream flows in the corridors and service area restoration enhancing stream corridors on the regional program.

For the local program that we provide, it's the design bill and maintaining and repairing sewer lines 21 inches and smaller.

And there's also the design bill maintaining repairing local stormwater facilities.

It's our street sweeping program that's provided, maintaining water quality facilities and cleaning catchpations and water quality manholes.

So this is this graph is showing you the monthly projected rates for five the f under our five year plan.

In this plan for the regional rates, they it's a four percent each year.

And for instance, in fiscal year 27, it's a that would be equates to a dollar ninety-seven increase in monthly rate on an average residential customer.

So this is graph here is showing you the regional surface water and storm rate that's billed to customers in the city of Cornelius.

So 20 fixed with 27 is included in our our budget, documents the basis of our budget we were proposing for 27.

The out years 28 through 31, those are projections based on existing operating and capital program.

So each year we'll we go in and we will update our our forecast with our actuals in that year and how we ended the year, and then we project out then on our updated operating and capital needs and evaluate those rates every year.

So these are just projections as a point, and every year they're reevaluated.

So first we're so that was the combined for sewer and storm.

This is the regional sewer funding.

So the graph is showing you the bars are our annual operating debt and capital costs, and the dotted line is our um projected revenue with the rate increases over time.

So as I mentioned for the regional program right now, our forecast shows it at a four percent rate increase annually.

Um and with that increase, rates are projected to run a slight deficit in our programs through fiscal year 30 and begin to cover costs in all years beginning in fiscal year 31 under this existing um forecast plan.

For the surface water, once again, the the bars are the um operating debt and capital costs for that program, and the dotted green line is our revenue with rate increases.

Um, four percent once again each year, fiscal year 2027, that's 11 cents a month on an average um customer.

In our forecast right now, that that four percent increase over that 10-year period covers costs in all years of the program.

So, one of the main drivers of our cap of our um our financial forecast and rates are our capital program, which is a significant program.

Um, right here we're mapping out our 2026, the current year we're in, and our five-year CIP of spend, and um the current year plus the five-year capital spend is uh over just over 754 million in planned um infrastructure improvements.

Um, 90 percent of that, you see the dark blue line, 90 percent of that significant portion is the regional part of the program, and 10% the light blue is the local um share over that time period.

Similarly, same idea for the surface water management.

We're uh spend planning to spend 11.7 million over the the current and next five years in the CIP.

76 percent of that is regional projects and 24 percent um local.

So this is kind of wrapping it all up.

This is um all sewer and surface water management costs, regional and local.

It's that projection, uh that 10 year forecast going out.

Um starting just in 2026, um we're projecting to spend a total of 273 million um in capital and expenditures and and revenue of approximately 246 million.

So we're actually planning to spend about 30 million in reserves in fiscal year 26, and a real driver is that is some key projects we have going on right now.

They're high in high level construction.

Um our forecast right now shows that we're gonna run a small deficit through fiscal year 31, uh, mainly due to that local program, and then in and building its uh reserves, using the reserves to cover that as it raises rates over time to then cover and replenish reserves on the local program.

Um if we do the forecasted rate increases, um we project that um expenses and the reserves will be replenished beginning in uh fiscal year 32 that would start to replenish those reserves in this in this um forecast map.

Another way to look at it, this is the reserve side of it.

So um the blue line is our ending reserves by year, and the dotted line is our um minimum our target reserves that we have in our new adopted um reserve policy.

Um and right now it's showing that um the reserves are um will cover deficits through 2031 and then begin to replenish reserves starting in 2032.

So then you see that the dotted line is kind of going back over and staying in line with our target reserves.

So next steps now that um we've completed the the the rate study and forecast, um on May 8th, the budget committee is going to review the proposed budget that includes these um these rate uh adjustments for fiscal year 27 in them.

Um on June 9th, there will be a public hearing uh to adopt the budget and then also adopt the rates as separate actions.

There are two separate actions that will happen.

Um and then July 1st would be the for the start of the new adopted budget and the rate increases for fiscal year 27.

Just before we get to questions, want to put a plug mainly not only for the council but for your uh residents here.

We do facility tours.

Um it's a great way to actually see where these rate payer dollars go to.

Um obviously the Rock Creek Tour is closer, and that's the facility that serves Cornelius.

That's on River Road in Hillsborough, and you can see the dates in June, July, and August that the public can come out and spend an hour or two basically and get a behind the scenes look at how we treat the water uh in a variety of ways.

Uh there are also Durham tours, uh, that's the large facility next to Tiger High School also on May, June, and July.

So we wanted to just remind folks that those are available.

And I think with that, we're happy to answer any questions uh the council might have.

Questions, council.

Yes.

Uh I didn't uh every time I thought I had a question I'd throw your way, your next slide answered it.

So I actually don't have a question.

Uh but but a comment.

Um something I recognize in your graphs as you're planning to actually run as a deficit.

One of my questions was going to be well, how much of a reserve do you have to be able to manage that?

But you you had that covered.

Um but I recognize the fact that you're not increasing rates drastically over the next couple of years to cover that deficit and then flattening out that you're doing a gradual, you know, a gradual consistent growth.

And so I just wanted to uh say I appreciate that.

You know, when you look at cost and the economic pressure on our on our citizens that yeah it's super helpful to not have giant spikes and that we can kind of have it be more planful and smooth.

So thank you.

Others?

Questions?

Um Council Lopez?

Yes.

Question.

Um this is kind of looking towards the future.

Would data centers and the possibilities of them being being developed in our communities?

How would they impact with the services that you provide the treatment?

Is there any intersection there?

We're talking to two non-technical um folks uh in CWS.

The simple answer is no.

However, every data center is different, and the wastewater that they send to us may have certain contaminants or certain um factors in it that would affect our treatment at those facilities.

So we want to be very cognizant of any data center proposal and get to understand what kind of discharges.

Just like any industrial customer.

We want to make sure that we know what is being sent to us so we can treat it properly.

And certain levels and certain types of companies like Intel, for example, have separate industrial discharge permits from us because of either the amount of wastewater that they're sending or what's in the wastewater.

None of the data centers in Hillsborough, for example, have industrial discharge permits for us.

So at this point, we have not been concerned.

The drinking water side of the equation is certainly one that gets discussed a lot in terms of usage of water, but we have not really seen big impacts on the wastewater side.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes.

Yeah, actually, similarly to what he asked, because I know that Crane Data Center is developing one here in Forest Grove.

So right on the outskirts of Cornelius.

And so I'm curious to that aspect.

How do how do we know the impacts of that right now?

Since that's already like set to complete by the end of 2026.

Yeah, it's under construction, and I think the first part of the construction isn't the actual data center, is my understanding.

There's different phases.

So we have a new lab building that's being built right next to that, and that facility is right next to our forest grove facility.

We're working very closely with that developer to assess what kind of wastewater stream they're gonna send to us.

So again, the same process.

We'd work with them, determine what they're sending that might trigger industrial discharge permit.

That would be a lot more monitoring in terms of what the wastewater is being sent to us.

But I don't have a lot of specifics at this point because it's still under construction, or we don't necessarily know the details at this point.

I know they are very interested in reuse water, so the wastewater that we clean, um, they're interested in using that instead of drinking water for their facility.

That's one of the reasons they were very interested in locating next to our treatment facility.

So that's another variation.

Um the proximity makes that a little easier for us.

Uh a lot of the data centers in North Hillsboro getting reuse water from our Rock Creek facility.

We don't have the pipes to get the water to where they could use it instead of using drinking water.

In a perfect world, we'd have purple pipes that would ship the treated water up there so they could use it rather than uh valuable drinking water, but that doesn't exist right now.

So we'll stay on top of that.

Forest Grove is also very interested in in that crane data center and how it impacts our facilities.

And we are as well.

Thank you, Councillor Goodness.

Um the one that caught my eye is three-quarters of a billion dollars in capital investment.

That's that's a fair piece of change.

Um can you give us an idea of what some of those investments are?

I mean, that's that's big that's real money.

I mean, that's the Intel size money.

Yeah, it's significant money.

Um a lot of those are at the treatment facilities themselves.

So there's a project right now in Forest Grove.

I think we're adding a clarifier.

That's about a 20 million dollar investment, just that alone.

That's where I I think when you get an opportunity to go behind the fence and tour some of our facilities and see how expensive a lot of these improvements are that we are planning for uh for growth and other things down the line.

A lot of those heavy investments are in our four treatment facilities spread throughout the county.

Um pump stations come into that as well.

Um we have to plan for pump stations for future expansion.

Um those are significant investments uh that we make.

Again, those are regional investments that all the cities in our entire service area pay for.

Um we have the new lab building that's under construction uh in um Forest Grove that will be done this fall.

That was a significant investment, about sixty one million.

61 million dollars to build that new lab.

That was the former TTM building that uh we bought.

Um we have a new administration building we call CWS Central that uh we are in in Beaverton right now.

We're actually moving our headquarters from Hillsborough at Jackson Bottom next year to that facility.

It's in another existing building that we have some tenant improvements that we have to make.

That's another significant investment.

What we can do, Mayor and Council, is I can get you a list in the next five years on this side, maybe in the Forest Grove Cornelius area, significant projects in this area, so you can get a sense of that large dollar amount, how much is being spent here locally in Cornelius and Forest Grove.

And you like open the door to my next question.

Why would we be subject to any of your local improvements?

Because we take care of the local side ourselves.

So why would our funding be at all affected by those local increases?

So those are that's that's to be blunt.

That's a Washington County problem with ALOA.

And they need to figure out how to fund and pay for that part themselves.

And just like it would be within Durham or King City, that's theirs.

We take care of our sewer systems.

And I understand we all will when we give up our own sewer system and join the we all took on a responsibility for the larger.

But for the local ones, I don't understand why that would even be a topic for us, because that's a that's an ALOA problem, King City, Durham.

So those I don't know.

My rates should increase at all in any of the Hillsborough, Forest Grove, Cornelius based on whatever you do in Aloha.

And the reason I ask this is because we we're not just beating up you, we beat up the county the same way.

Because every time they do something in one of the unincorporated areas, uh that other that big area up there that's the West Hills that's not actually a city, the county takes care of the Bethany.

Right, takes care of all those services, all those beautiful roads, all that other stuff.

And I'm like, how does that not have a draw on the rest of us?

And the and the one that hit the ground for us is the community of ALOA has never they've actually rejected incorporation, and the county built them a new beautiful library of their own and is sinking a tremendous amount of money into it into a community that's unwilling to fund their own services.

So I this is one of those things is the mayor's talk where about the Washington County mayors were concerned that what drag do the large organizations, the county or clean water services, have on the rest of us in that.

So that that's if you can you you can you can feel the tension, I'm sure, but that's the why you know if ALOA doesn't choose to invest in ALOA, um why are we investing in ALOA?

So a couple of things, Mayor, and it's not the first time I've heard that concern from yourself or other mayor.

So your local program is your local program.

So our local rates don't pay for anything local here in Cornelius.

And what we've discovered in this cost of service study, as people like yourself may have uh sensed over the years that our local rates were not covering the costs of providing those local services.

We now have data after this cost of service study that that shows that.

We need to fix that.

So the rates in those areas that you mentioned, the unincorporated urban areas and those small cities, though those local rates are going to increase significantly percentage-wise over the next five or six years to get to a point where they are supporting themselves.

Probably long overdue.

Um but there isn't going to be that subsidy subsidization.

Wow, you get triple word score for that one.

Yeah.

Um as maybe uh in the past.

Um that I think is the the big the map showing the different rates.

Usually we would just apply a rate increase across the board.

It was the same for the entire service area.

We now have to look at things differently.

We have to look at things for each utility, sanitary is one, storm is another, uh, and we have to look at the regional program separately and the local program separately.

So I think we're heading in the direction that you and other mayors probably will say long overdue, is my guess.

Um but your local program is your local program.

Any local funds that we raise do not get spent in your community for local resources.

Yeah.

Thank you for answering that, because that's one of those that as you can tell has been a burr under the saddle of the the mayors looking over it, you know, to the point where we've um historically you know threatened legal action over the books, basically, go and show us how this is justified, right?

And you if you've been in your position, you probably remember some of those uncomfortable discussions that we've had about the the books at Clean Water Services.

So thank you for bringing us through that.

Because that's I think that's part of what coming to light what we've had concerns about for a long time.

That you know, basically, especially the big kids, Beaverton and Hillsboro were carrying ALOA.

And uh, you know, we need to be appropriate if they choose not to incorporate and they have services they want, and which that area does, right?

Um I'm a former resident of Aloha.

I remember paying for a separate lighting district and enhanced sheriff services and uh Twell and Valley Fire and Rescue on top.

When I compared my bills with my buddies' bills that are still there, I'm like, huh?

Heck of a deal you got there.

You're paying more than I am for all those independent services, but you didn't want to have a city so you can manage it.

So the city is still huge.

You showed the you showed the map.

It's no longer as big as Beaverton or Hillsboro, but it previously was bigger than either of those as a city.

So as a former city manager and someone that is a strong believer in cities and incorporated areas.

I I personally echo that.

I think that's gonna be one of the big challenges for the county in the near and midterm is how do we deal with all these urban unincorporated areas and parity and fairness.

Well, and and you know, um King City and um who else down there?

They they basically chose hey, we're just gonna contract that service.

And that's entirely a city's option, right?

Is to just contract.

We could have made that decision as a city at some point too and said, hey, we just want you to take care of it, you know, from the littlest pipe all the way up, and just contract it out the service.

So I I appreciate that you know that they've they went down that path.

That was the decision for their city.

So and at some point, North Plains and King City may grow to a size that they have the resources and the desire to take on those local services.

We have those conversations.

I think that's down the road.

It's not going to happen next year.

But in the next five, ten years, as those cities continue to grow, they may want to do what you do, provide those local services.

Say thank you, CWS, for all the years you've done it, but we think we can do it better and more effectively.

Yep.

It's a it's a thing.

Other questions?

Anything from that conversation, sir?

Anything?

Thank you.

Well, thanks for coming out.

Thanks for answering the tough questions.

And uh I'm sure we'll have more times.

And I I encourage if you haven't been there, go take one of the tours.

Um go on.

Uh I suppose my last one, we've got like a minute here.

Um, what's the plans for um basically the old Clean Water Services mothership?

So the City of Hillsborough, as you know, has property totally surrounding our property, and we've been in discussions with them.

They have interest in our property.

Um the treatment facility up the street, uh just south of downtown.

Um that property is actually not owned by Clean Water Services.

That's our treatment facility.

It's actually owned by the City of Hillsborough.

That was a Hillsborough plant 40 plus years ago.

And then they have the former public works building that they no longer need that is adjacent to our plant.

So we're basically going to do a property swap um between the two organizations.

Uh we need land for future expansion of the treatment facility.

Right now it's landlocked.

We can't really grow there.

Um they would like to be able to utilize the property that right now it's a donut hole surrounding all their other property.

And they have space needs as well.

Cool.

Thanks, guys.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Thanks for the update.

Okay.

Well, that is the end of our initial city council meeting.

We'll have a transfer over to the urban renewal agencies starting now.

Good evening, and uh welcome to the urban renewal agency board meeting.

We are meeting in person this evening in the City of Cornelisity Chamber City Council Chambers.

Uh the meeting is also being transmitted live on TV C T V and via Zoom.

Language captions and translation services are available through Wordley for those who wish to use them.

Uh you can also use any smart device to access this service.

There is a QR code uh and instructions in the back of the room, I think on that table back there.

Um and now we will call this meeting to order at 7 p.m.

Uh, can we start off with a roll call, please?

Member Delane.

Present.

Member Vaughn.

Present.

Present.

Chair Lopez.

Present.

All present.

Thank you.

All right.

So the consent agenda.

This is the first item of business on our uh the consent agenda is the first uh line of business.

Do any members on the board have any items they would like to remove from the consent agenda?

No?

Perfect, because there's only one.

Um get a motion.

Anyone won to a motion to approve the consent agenda?

Do we have a second?

Second.

All right.

Looks like it's been uh motion by member Galinas and second by what is it?

Member Bond.

Thank you.

Sorry.

It's hard to see from the angle here.

Apologies.

Uh is there any further discussion?

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

All right.

Looks like it's passed unanimously.

Thank you.

And public comment.

Is there any public comment uh in person or online?

No.

Looks like there's no public comment.

Uh we do have a uh public hearing.

Uh we have a public hearing resolution number 2026-02, supplement budget number two.

Uh, before we get to that though, there is a script.

Uh need to read.

Okay.

So I will now open the public hearing.

Do any members of this Cornelius Urban Renewal Agency Board have any potential conflict or ex parte communication with regard to the proposed action?

Don't think so.

No.

All right.

Thank you.

Um any member of the audience like to challenge the right of any city councilor to hear the matter before them for reason of conflict of interest, bias, or expart contact.

Nope.

Seeing none.

Okay.

Uh staff will now present the reports and application.

So staff uh assistant city manager Ellie Jones.

Thank you.

Uh Ellie Jones, Assistant City Manager.

Um, so this is a public hearing for the second supplemental budget number two of the urban renewal agency for fiscal year 2026.

Um this was published on the city website beginning on April 14th, and it was advertised in the local newspaper on April 26th.

This supplemental budget includes um essentially three items.

We increasing the revenues uh for due to the inclusion property taxes that we have received.

We'll also increase the expenses by eighty-nine thousand ninety dollars for expenses related to the Grande Foods Building Maintenance and Uities.

That expense is offset by a decrease to capital.

We also increasing the expenses by forty thousand dollars for professional services related to urban renewal projects.

That is also offset by a decrease to capital projects.

So in total, there's an increase to revenue and contingency and expenses remain the same in total.

Uh and that is my report, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

So regards to I'll make that motion.

I'll make that motion.

I make a motion to approve resolution number 2026-02, a resolution of the Cornelius Urban Renewal Agency Board authorizing appropriations amending the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget, supplemental budget number two, and this action takes effect immediately.

Second by the discussion.

All those in favor, you say.

Aye.

Any opposed.

So it looks like there is no one's news.

Second.

I'd like to welcome everyone in the cornea city council in meeting.

This is for Monday, May 4th, 2026.

We're available on a Zoom webinar.

Uh the TVC TV live stream, and we have wordly live translation.

These are all available with instructions on them on the website through the agenda.

We've had an executive session, work session.

We had a presentation by Clean Water Services, Urban Rural Agency meeting, and now we're at our regular session.

Meeting's been called to order.

Please join me in a pledge of allegiance.

One nation under God and divisible with liberty and justice for all.

Staff, could you call roll call, please?

Councilor Lopez.

Present.

Councilor Vaughn.

Present.

Council President Godinez Valencia.

Present.

Mayor Delane.

Present.

All present.

Thank you.

Uh first up is our announcements.

Pull this in a little closer so I make sure I'm getting good contact.

Uh if you haven't had enough of me, you can get more of me and the rest of the city council on Wednesday, May 6th at 6 p.m.

with our state of the city.

That'll be here at the City Council Chambers.

We also have Saturday, May 9th at 10 a.m.

We're gonna do the Mariposa Causeway ribbon cutting ceremony at Mariposa Park.

Please join us for that.

Wednesday, May 14th, from 4 to 7.

We'll have an accessory dwelling unit workshop at the Forest Grove Auditorium.

Where are is Force Groove?

I will adjust.

Thank you, staff.

It's gonna be from five to seven.

Are we co-presenting that or is that being presented by the city, or who's who's the sponsor on that?

Yep.

Mayor, uh City Council, Barbara Fryer, community development director.

It is a co-produced event with City of Cornelius and City of Forest Grove.

Representatives from both agencies will be there to answer questions.

So they delivered our notices in person.

Awesome.

Thank you for that update, staff.

Uh Monday, May 18th, for all of us that are old enough to remember.

That's uh yeah, Mount St.

Helens Day, actually.

6 p.m.

We will be having a second city council work session this month.

And at 7 15, we'll have a city council regular session on May 18th also.

May 19th, don't forget to vote.

That's the primary election.

You should have received, or if you haven't, in the next day or so you should receive your ballots.

I know I'm uh signed up for the notification system.

The county notified me when mine hit uh was getting mailed out Wednesday.

So uh get your ballots, vote on the measures, turn them in.

And you can still vote by mail in Oregon, and or if you choose.

I'm one of those people.

I like to drop it off.

We have a great little ballot box right outside the council chamber here and uh Washington County libraries, um the the wingspan.

There's lots of places that you can drop them off if you're a kind of person that like me like to drop it in the box.

It feels like you actually got accomplished something by voting.

So if you're worried about the mail.

Uh May 25th.

City facilities will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.

Monday, June 1st, 6 p.m., we'll have a council work session, and then Monday, June 1st at 7, we'll have a regular council meeting.

And then we also have the announcements that starting Fridays in June and running through August from 4 to 8 p.m.

We'll have our community market at the old elementary school parking lot.

So June through August, set your calendars, Friday evenings, four to eight for the community market.

Okay, I think that's all the announcements, unless council had something else.

Nothing else.

Public comments.

Comments are limited to three minutes.

Do we have anybody with comments this evening?

Not online.

Okay.

Uh, just as for the record, you can speak by filling out a form in the council chambers.

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Consent agenda.

We have a couple items, city council meeting minutes and a resolution for grant application.

Council, any considerations or concerns with the consent agenda?

Anything you need to pull out?

No.

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the consent?

I motion to approve the consent agenda.

Councilor Guninis, we have a motion.

Do I have a second?

I second that motion.

Second by Council Lopez.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Abstentions?

Passes unanimous.

Takes us on to recognition.

Our first recognition is an employee recognition.

For the library.

I bet that's why Maria is here to present tonight.

Awesome.

Could you come up, Maria, and present this recognition?

We got your microphone.

My staff member is not here tonight.

But I would like to take a moment to recognize one of our staff members who's celebrating five years with the Cornelius public.

Juliet Salgado began her journey with us as a teen volunteer.

Very quiet, very shy.

And then she joined the library team as a library.

Over the years, it has been truly rewarding to watch her grow in her confidence.

I had to coach her how to say no to me.

Because every time I'd ask her, I'm like, Juliet, can you do this?

She'd be like, Yeah.

I'm like, you know, you can tell me no.

She's like, oh, it's okay.

One time she did tell me no.

I'm like, Juliet!

She's like, I'm sorry, I will do it.

No, that was great.

And so now she does tell me no more often.

Um in her current very part-time role, she consistently demonstrates reliability, creativity, and a strong sense of thoughtfulness in all that she does.

She contributes to the development of our flyers and a lot of our publicity materials, social media.

She creates engaging library displays and is happy to help wherever it is that she can provide support.

She may not speak up very often, but when she does, she has a lot to say and carries a lot of ways.

And you can see that because she observes a lot, and so it's a lot of lost.

Either you got to get it close or it died.

Um very mindful in the way that she does things.

She brings a calm, welcoming presence to our space and connects genuinely with our patrons.

We are incredibly fortunate to have her on our team, and I want to express my sincere appreciation for the value that she brings to the library and our community.

Well, can we do a round of applause, even though she's not here tonight?

Five years, okay.

Next up, uh, we have public works, and I think City Manager Brandham, you're gonna do that one.

Yep, it's coming through.

Okay.

But I at least just wanted to say thank you to him for his five years of service in the public works department.

And it it went really from a very seasoned team to a very young team over just a few years, and so having Blaine uh stay with us for that time is is huge glue for the team.

So I just want to recognize him for that.

So thank you.

And you've got another one.

I do have another one.

Itzel, will you join, please?

And police chief can take some photographs.

I'm sure he'll do a fine job.

So Itzel has grown up in Cornelius personally and professionally, having worked for the city since 20 2016, I believe.

2014, if you count aid aid work in the library.

So, yeah, really 12 years if you count that.

It's al has brought her graphic design, marketing, communications, community engagement, and people skills to the city for many years.

She created many programs uh as a longtime employee of our library, including design and deployment of one of the first outdoor libraries in Oregon during COVID.

A few years ago, Itel was chosen at the conclusion of a competitive hiring process to be our city's first communications and community engagement manager.

She has cut quite a trail already establishing communications tools, coordinating internally across departments and divisions, and enhancing both our print and web-based communications presence.

I often hear from community members their appreciation for our new emphasis on keeping the community informed.

And she rejuvenated the Cornelius Youth Advisory Council last year.

It's always recognized by the League of Oregon Cities for her efforts with our YAC with their statewide civic leadership award.

It's all thank you for your dedication to the community and the city.

Okay, it's the don't get to sit down.

Come on, you gotta at least get a handshake around 10 years.

Yeah, you could at least get a handshake from the council members.

That's awesome.

What you've done with the app, that's incredible.

Thank you.

Yeah, if I may, Mayor, yeah.

Yes, go ahead.

Yeah, I just really want to thank you.

It's been such a joy to have you as part of the team, and I'm just so appreciative of all the work that you've done in both breaking down barriers to communication and access and even just with everything that's been going on for our community this year.

You've really made sure that the resources are front and center, and that um, you know, you're or when there's something happening in the community, you're reaching out to us to let us know and give us the heads up of like, hey, you might hear this, or um so I just appreciate how available you are, and most importantly, getting to see the work that you've done with the YAC is amazing.

I mean, I know I'm a little biased because I work with youth, but I think that civic engagement at such a young age is so crucial and important, especially for our city and for their development.

So really just you you hold so much, you do so much, and I think that everything you do, you do well.

So thank you so much for all of your hard work.

Council, any other counselers have comments.

You had some ditto.

Uh yeah, and um I would say thank you also for the communication.

The the communication is just changed.

I don't even know where we were.

I mean, if you'd say where we were before was one, we're like tenfold where we were before.

Um the work you did on my state to the city stuff, and we're gonna look at that tomorrow night amongst the council.

That's great.

Um, and all our technology worked at our presentation, unlike the neighbors.

Um but you know it it's the yak, the communications, the the outreach.

It it just really feels like we are not just another level, it's like 10 levels up from where we were before.

And that's um I think we had an idea that we needed to step up.

And when Peter brought it to our attention at the council to open up another position, because we haven't really added any positions at the council uh at the the city, really.

And most of the time I've been here, you know, the 20 23 years.

Um, pretty much, except for you know, communications, that's the first real new position.

And uh wow, just hit it out of the park.

So thank you.

Okay, next up we have uh another employee recognition.

Ellie Jones will come up and present for Susan.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um Susan.

This is your life.

Uh so Susan Rush, I have had the pleasure of working with Susan since she began with the city back in 2001.

Susan started employee employment as a part-time assistant public works secretary, and over the years she has continued to work her way up, being promoted to a support specialist too in 2010 to taking over the permit specialist position in 2022, and recently to the public works business manager in 2024.

Each time transitioning into the new role with ease.

Susan has always been willing to help and assist multiple departments, not just her own with projects and day-to-day operations, ensuring timeliness and accuracy.

Co-workers are comfortable going to her for guidance to discuss personal issues and to seek advice about the own working environments.

Susan helps ensure that policies and procedures are followed and helps develop and update them as necessary.

She works well through challenges, disputes, and obstacles with the focus to achieve a positive outcome.

Most recently, Susan has overseen the citywide facilities assessment project, creating a consultant selection process, hiring the consultants, managing the contract, and working with the consultant and staff members to ensure that all of our questions were answered.

Susan has done a great job managing all aspects of this project to date.

With her promotion to public works business manager, Susan coordinated the efforts of the Kodiak managers to ensure that the capital improvement program and the budget documents were complete and submitted timely.

So I also reached out to other co-workers of Susan's to see what they had to say.

And here's some of what I got back.

With each step up, she learned the new job well and never complained about added tasks.

Susan always works in a collaborative manner with all staff.

She listens, she teaches, she's a respected leader and makes everyone feel important and valued.

Susan is incredibly competent, thoughtful, and observant.

She approaches her work with both intelligence and patience.

Susan is deeply invested in the success of the city and the people she works with, bringing far more than just a sense of duty to her role.

Susan always has a smile and is willing to help out with projects.

Well, I mean, the only reason Mark had a longer record because they didn't have child labor laws when he started.

So it's a joke, it's a joke.

But he did start really young.

So thank you, Susan.

This is it's it's great.

I I'm thinking, I was trying to think back to my first memories in the city with you, and I think it goes back to like planning commission when I was on that before.

And I we I go to those planning commission meetings down at Kodiak, and sometimes you were finishing up the day and we were getting started on that stuff, and you'd be handing on agendas or maybe making sure we had some cookies so we didn't dive a little blood sugar during the meeting of those long planning commission uh meetings and stuff.

So I think that's my earliest memory of you when you were still operating in your part-time receptionist role down there.

So it's been incredible to watch you blossom to where you are now.

So it's been incredible to watch you blossom to where you are now, and uh obviously the words from the rest of the staff just echo that you know you're uh you're part of the heart down there that you know keeps that place beating.

So thank you.

Other council questions, comments?

No?

Go ahead.

Yeah, I just want to thank you.

I don't know if you remember, but uh and I told this story before I ended up going to the wrong office when I first uh came here for um what is it called uh for the planning commission, and I just remember being all frantic and I ran into you.

You were like, it's fine that they were in there, like you know, it was just a very quick interaction, but I was like, ah, she was so nice.

Mind you, I'm in here like freaking out and just like in the wrong place.

But I think that just hearing some of the comments that were echoed, you're so patient, you're so kind.

And I remember one time we sat in a meeting together and I had all these questions about the parks, and you were just like so knowledgeable, and I was like, wow, she really knows her stuff.

I mean, later I come to find out why you know so much, but I just I really appreciate like everything that you do, and I hope that we get to have you for a lot more time.

So thank you.

Awesome.

Great.

Well, that's uh that's the end of uh this is your life, Susan Rush.

We'll move on in the agenda.

Thank you.

Next up is presentations and appointments.

Our first up is the Twallon Valley Highway Safety Projects Udate.

Please uh approach, make sure you got a green light on the speaker or on the microphone there.

And it's just a tap is all you gotta do is just give it a tap if it isn't already green.

Can you hear me okay?

Yep, you're coming through loud and clear.

Just uh don't get too far from the mic.

It uh you'll you'll drop off and then TV C TV will come out and bang on the door and tell us we got to get you a bit closer.

Well, thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, counsel, for having me tonight.

And thank you, Peter, for coordinating this.

Um, so I'm Stephanie Turner, I'm the area manager west for Oda, and that's region one, so the Portland metro area, and my area is primarily Washington County, um, all the way out to Forest Grove, so far away from here.

Um, and then into Portland along like Kittrich US 30, the west side of Portland.

Um, so with that, I'll kick off and go to oh, I have a clicker.

Okay, just the main one.

Thank you, Peter.

Perfect.

All right.

So I'm here to give an update on the TV Highway Road Safety Audit.

Um, so back in 2017 to 2020, there were uh six fatalities in the area of uh TV Highway between Hillsborough and Cornelius, and there needed there was a recognition that something needed to be done.

Um so the need for a road safety audit was identified, and and that we call them an RSA.

It's a week-long deep dive.

So with that, and it identifies issues that contributed to the crashes and also suggests some treatments um to address those.

So in May of 2020, a team was established, um, and that included technical experts from Cornelius, um, Washington County, ODOT, Killsen was our traffic representative, and we also had some stakeholders involved.

Um, those included uh members from Cornelius Police, uh TriMet, our maintenance team, the Hillsborough School Board, and the Youth Advisory Council.

And is that the YAC?

Nice, thank you.

Um, so the limits were 17th to 26 here in Cornelius.

Um, that work was completed in June, because it is just a short little deep dive.

And what resulted from that was a 90-page report.

But really, what the meat and potatoes of it was was a list of recommendations.

Um, what could we do to improve that section of highway in the immediate, near-term, mid, and long term?

Um, and with that, I have clicker.

So um the RSA outcome.

So the effort really identified the safety goals and community concerns, um, and those included slowing traffic down, um, enabling easier crossing for pedestrians across the highway, um, separation between vehicles and vulnerable users like bicyclists and pedestrians, and um consolidating left turns and lighting.

It's a pretty dark stretch of highway.

Um, at the end of this session, um, the group produced both the list of the issues and then potential solutions.

And I will say it should be noted that not all the solutions would be implemented.

There's kind there's some that were either or like a roundabout or a signal.

Um, and so I'm here to give an update on the work we've done on those solutions.

Um, so with that, um, some examples for the solutions include so immediate fixes um were quick fixes that our maintenance team could do.

Um, maybe they could do some tree tip trimming to improve site distance, they could replace some old signs with higher um higher reflectivity um to warn drivers of upcoming intersections and side streets.

Stephanie, is this on another slide?

Did we not progress?

I'm sorry.

I this is on one slide.

I was just kind of giving an update.

Okay, I can the if you're not gonna be able to do that.

No, no, I just I was I was curious.

Yeah, yeah.

Um and then near term we're a little bit larger, so looking at sidewalk info where possible, RRFBs or those pedestrian crossings, and then midterm is moving more into like the signal upgrades and things like that.

And then the longer term really like what we hope for um is an ultimate vision for the corridor as it progresses and changes, and what does that look like for all users?

So with that now, um I'd like to share the work that's been done since this.

Um so the first big thing we were able to do was the pedestrian crossing the east lane.

Um so that's that pedestrian activated crossing.

It included a median island refuge island um for people to wait if needed.

Um ADA compliant curb ramps and sidewalk, um, additional lighting.

I will note that ODOC generally only installs lighting at pedestrian crossings or signals.

We don't do um linear lighting along highways.

Um and then just it provided better access to transit on both sides of the highway as people use the line 57.

Stephanie?

Yeah.

Um can we go back to that one?

Because I think there's uh uh if it's okay if we interrupt at this point, I'd like to so I think um as a community we value the addition of the rapid flashing beacon.

I think the part that we'd give feedback and that we've gotten, I've gotten lots of feedback.

I don't know if some of the others have too.

Um I think it well, there's no other way to put it.

It fails on the left turn from the manufactured home park.

So basically, when they pull out from the street that's to the right in this image, they end up now being instead of having an ability to cue in the mid lane.

Yeah, they end up actually diagonally in the lane.

And we've had near crashes.

The chief can probably tell me if we've had actual crashes.

He's nodding, he said we've had actual crashes, because the the island and that intersection are too close together.

So we don't they don't get a complete exit and into the center stage before they can get into the full lane and do the traffic volume, 30 to 40,000 curves a day in the mornings and the afternoons.

If you don't take the half out into the center, um you may never get out without making a right to go somewhere else to turn around to come back.

So um if you're looking at these in additional places, that that would be something you guys really need to consider is how you would address um the exits of other lanes.

And I will say I wasn't involved in the design of this.

I moved into this role.

No, no, I'm not trying to pass off.

I do I will say I can find out why the location was chosen.

I don't have it off the top of my head.

Um, but we are looking at an additional location and we're being very thoughtful about that because this is a turn a trade-off that we have to make the choice on a lot of at a lot of locations.

It's a pedestrian, it does take away that two-stage left turn, unless you have a smaller car and can kind of sneak into that middle lane.

And so yeah, yeah, and that's and and you can see the proximity of it, just doesn't do it.

And I think the reason this was chosen, this is on our um I think this is on one of them on the TV highway for the bus rapid transit.

It is.

So that was kind of where we picked it.

But uh yeah, the question was would we you know you guys looked at whether you killed the left turn into the manufacturer home park or did you kill the left turn out of manufactured?

And I I think they thought they gave enough room and it just isn't working in application.

I appreciate that feedback.

And I will say that this project also had a million dollar earmark on it, and those come with funding timelines that are fairly quick, and we oftentimes have to make other decisions about locations that avoid ride-of-way, and that might be why this location was chosen.

Yeah, that's the one that knocked us off our chairs that that rapid flashing beacon was a million dollars.

It was like, wow.

And it didn't trigger right-of-way.

If it had, it would have been more expensive.

Yeah, I know it's it's impressive how much things cost.

Council, any other questions or comments on this one?

Or did we did I get them all?

Okay, thank you.

Oh, of course.

Please proceed.

Thank you.

Um, so additional work that we've done.

Um, we installed permanent feedback signs.

Um, so those signs just give drivers real-time feedback on their speed.

Um, this is especially important in these straight long sections of highway.

Um, we've improved site distance with vegetation tree trimming and tree removal.

And we also replaced some old faded signs with some newer, more reflective signs and some advanced warning signs on the larger intersections so people can like um understand that what's coming up their way.

They can if I can talk, sorry.

Um with that, I'll go to the next slide.

Um, some more work.

Oh, Stephanie, on that.

Um currently it's actually been reduced to 35.

Just because there's construction.

And I was wondering, yeah.

So that's that's only for the construction time for the the ADA ramps that are being done.

It is.

And it will go.

I told Peter mid-May, but I got some more feedback.

It actually might be in place till late May.

Yeah, because people are a little confused because they come out and it says 45, and then all of a sudden it's 35.

And we did give that feedback to bag the 45 miles.

Yeah, okay, good.

Okay, good.

But don't worry, people are not complying.

So well, I it it's funny.

Um we talked about this for speed, right?

We wanted to bring the speed down in the corridor.

Um as a 45 mile an hour corridor, I think the average travel speed I've witnessed is 55.

But since it's been turned down to 35, I think the travel speed is 45.

So maybe if we put it at 25, we can get it down to 35.

But I mean, it's it's interesting because there's um the the chief will give us probably an update on what his writing tickets for, and then I don't think there's been any shortage of an ability to write 80 to 100 mile an hour tickets in that area.

But um it yeah, I just wanted to comment that it feels like moving it down moved the general public down some.

It may not have been compliant, but it moved I think a lot of people down with it.

So thank you.

Yeah, do you think maybe this is a question for the chief, but uh when it was at 50 that people were going like 60 to 65?

Yeah, interesting.

Quick comment if I may.

I think um it was yeah, before it was 50, it was really fast.

People would go zooming their you know, 60 plus all the time.

So it has gone a little bit slower, but I mean, it seems like 35, just like the mayor was saying, is probably the perfect speed for their area to keep it under 45.

Um I uh uh I think we'd be interested in finding out some information on how much of an impact that has on traffic both ways, and if that might be something that could be looked at reducing that.

Uh I think we had a at one of our budget meetings, someone asked if it could be reduced from 45 to 35, and then the next day, not knowing that there's construction going on there.

I think if we were I was driving on the way to Hills and we're like, oh, look, we did it already at 35, but we had nothing to do with that.

But uh it'd be interesting just to see what kind of impact that has on the commute.

Yeah, um, I I and I can get some more information on what it takes to do a speed zone reduction study.

Um, one was just done back in 2020 that resulted in this and this reduction to 45.

Um, there's probably current information that doesn't support a lowering at this time, but as this stretch changes and more people move in and it feels different, there's more pedestrian crossings, there's these enhanced trimet stops, like those are the things you want to look for to ask those questions again of like is it time to to reevaluate the speed.

Um in addition to the no no, yeah, I was just gonna ask you got one of the hot button topics of the community.

Yeah, just because um I mean a lot of time has passed since 2020, so I would really love to see a new study be done, especially with the development of um of um the Laurel Woods properties that we have here in Cornelius.

We've had a lot of more folks moving in.

There's more developments that are going to happen in the future, and so um something that I notice a lot is even if people are going 45, it almost sometimes feels like you come to a stop the moment you come down that hill because there's just so much traffic, like traffic is now getting backed up to exactly where um you guys put in the lighting beacon.

And so a lot you don't see it until you're at the bottom of the hill.

So if people are going even 45 or even slower or even faster than that, which a lot of times they are, it you really are even at the speed limit, like sometimes going hard on those brakes just to make sure you have enough time to slow down with all the traffic.

So I think it's definitely considering taking a look at.

No, and I appreciate that feedback and I'll share that with our traffic team.

I will say that speed zone reduction studies are done in partnership and often at the request of the local agency.

It's not something that ODA will start on their own, and instead you'll get into a queue.

Um but like Kate, I'll have her look at it and see if it's even a good idea to do right now or why she would advise against it.

And we I can work with that with you, Peter.

Thank you.

Of course, yeah.

And and I would say um I'm gonna not that I'm afraid to go sideways.

Um speed studies great, and if it comes back and it says 35 is the right answer, great.

Um, but we shouldn't let a study stop us from what we know is the right thing to do.

And I think if you were looking for a vote from the council, we probably could get you a the four probably a unanimous vote tonight that says 35 is the right answer to go answer.

So I think not only is it good to do the engineering, but in this case, from those who live this road every day, I think it would be very easy to get a support for 35 to do the right thing by this corridor.

So thank you.

Especially it's just because I was driving.

Um what is that road that leads you to Sabbies or um US 30?

Yes, US 30, yes.

And that used to be one of those that was like 55, and now it's 35.

And that and I know why that happened.

There was a tragedy, right?

That um, but that's the same thing.

We've had a lot of tragedies here, and I would say that that's very similar in terms of like how fast you're going.

So if we can get that from 55 to 35, I don't know why we couldn't do that in this small corridor.

It's a much smaller corridor that I think has seen a lot more accidents, and maybe um yeah, I just I I just was thinking about them like how can we not make that happen when we have a lot of similarities here?

I I will share that they have a huge compliance issue in that section, and now that Portland police isn't monitoring it, like people don't go 35.

35.

Yeah.

Yeah, I saw that this weekend as well.

Just something to be mindful, because there are trade-offs and lowering speeds as well.

You have a different type of crashes, you have different things that are happening.

And so it's it's just things to consider as you're you're thinking about the right.

Yeah.

Thank you for taking uh all this feedback along the way.

I'm writing notes.

I've got you guys.

Yeah.

Um okay, so more work that we've done.

Um so we installed a buffered bike lane.

Um, because we didn't really have room to widen or the budget to widen this road in that section, we took a foot from the outside lane and and installed that buffer.

Um so it might feel a little tight, but with that buffer, hopefully b bicyclists feel a little safer.

And also we've installed profiled striping.

So so uh the drivers have a like a tactile response when they go off into the shoulder to hopefully correct and go back in the lane.

Um hot topic, but we did permanently reduce the speed limit to 45.

Um and there were some signal enhancements at 26th and 17th that were done with a larger project, and that included uh reflectorized backplates.

Um, so it's just the black plate of the signal so people can see them as they're heading into a dark area.

Um we also installed pedestrian countdown heads, so walkers know how long they have to cross the street, um, and leading pedestrian intervals.

Um so that just allows the walk sign to activate before the right turn that would have that conflict point with them, so the walker has time to get into the intersection and and a higher visibility before that driver starts to turn.

Um let me see if I have any other notes.

Nope.

Perfect.

Um so I will say that Oda is a big agency with a lot of federal process.

And we recognize that when fatalities happened or people got hurt, we didn't really have a mechanism to go out and do immediate improvements um to really look at at the crash site and to focus on like quick quicker installed um safety countermeasures that that we could do.

Um so these like don't take any ride-of-way, they take very little um design generally.

There are things like in new lighting, um, we do look at speed limit reductions, we look at vegetation maintenance, which reach I mean a lot of the things that we already did on TV on this section of TV Highway is what we're now looking at statewide when there's when there is traffic accident.

Um so we have two VCR, we call it V CR.

Um it's vulnerable user crash response.

Um there's two projects, one that has been completed and one that's upcoming.

Um so we upgraded the signal timing at South 20th, um, and that added a protect uh pedestrian protected phase and a separated left turn to to avoid that conflict point.

And then we have some upcoming work at North Davis, and that's just new lighting, and that's expected to be done later this summer or fall.

Oops, I'm sorry, I keep pressing the wrong button.

So what's going on now and what's coming up?

The things you want to know that you haven't seen already in place for a couple of years.

Um so you've seen the two curb ramps intersections, or excuse me, three underway.

Um so those are anticipated in May to be complete.

And then we also have a project in design that have a bunch of locations, and I won't read them off.

Um, but we anticipate construction beginning on 2027 in that uh for that project.

Um in addition to that, in the next step, so design will kick off in 27.

Um we have uh a pedestrian and bicycle project, and it's called the ORA East Lane to 170th project.

Um we're pre-project design and kickoff.

We haven't even adapted this adopted the step officially.

Um, but this will install that other RFB at the other TriMet location, um, the stop location up towards 334th.

And I hear your feedback, and that's something we're taking very seriously about balancing those left turns and that center turn lane for vehicles and also getting a safe crossing for pedestrians.

And so we haven't completely dialed in on where that exactly will be, but it will be near 334th.

Um and it also includes sidewalk um infill and lighting.

So the hope is to get sidewalk between East Lane and that new crossing.

So hopefully quite a bit.

And with that, those are the updates I have for the RSA and the work we've done.

I will say I have the report, and I'm happy to share with Peter to share with the council on that draft of the recommendations.

Yes, good counselor Gardinas.

Yeah, I just would one comment that I would say, especially since I'm excited there's gonna be a week in the air 334th.

I think my only concern is taking into account how close it is, like what the visibility is in seconds the moment you get up the hill.

Because uh if you've driven it, you can't see anything until you're at the top, basically, and 334th is like right there.

So if you're doing it right on 334th, what I see happening is people speeding speeding, and then even if that light is on, you're gonna have seconds before you see it to like to stop.

So just taking into consideration, like maybe you have to have uh a light that goes on and at the bottom of the slope that lets you know that it's flashing, so you're gonna have to slow down or something along those lines because what I would hate to see is um someone get ran over because of the positioning of that.

Great feedback.

I'll take it back to the team.

And I will say we do use advanced warning um signs for these crossings in situations like this.

Yeah, so but great feedback.

Thank you.

Of course.

Other counselors, questions, comments?

Yeah, Council Lopez.

Yeah.

Um if I was more daring, I'd stand up and give you uh oh, the work that was done on 20th and the left turns, there they've been uh great.

Uh oh great.

Yeah, yeah, for a community, for it's just uh good feedback on there.

Um just um thank you for for whoever did that taking an issue to do the code.

It takes a whole team.

Yes, I'll I'll share that feedback though.

Thank you so much.

Okay, I've got I've got a list.

So um do you have any information on when the remaining projects will be incorporated in ODOT's uh capital improvement project plans?

The new ones that they're talking about at the act tonight or the one that's in the CIP?

The the the laundry list of ones that are on there for improvements.

We how what do they say?

We're building the plane as we fly it.

Yeah.

Um I don't have a date.

I can try to get some feedback for that for you and and I'll work with Peter on getting it back.

I will say we are entering projects into the evaluator system um in May with the hopes that that'll be done and then ready to present um to the I believe it's the CIAC in June.

But I shouldn't say that because I will now automatically be wrong and it'll be July or something.

So but I will get that for you, Mayor.

Appreciate it.

Yeah.

Um as you notice the the analysis was done in 2020 and your update was in 2026.

This update is done in 2026.

Yeah.

We we haven't seen much of vote out between the two.

Okay, that's fair.

Um I have visited that well, which I think is now disbanded the COA, this OP.

Right.

Yeah.

Um which doesn't get televised and doesn't have the same reach.

Um we we we actually have our uh applications for a new city council position, the fifth seat, and they talk about the number of people that watch us.

And it amazes me every time I'm in Fred Meyer, somebody stops and goes, hey, I was watching you guys talk the other night, and they talk about something have a question.

So um, yeah, the CAO um was one, but I think a more regular frequency if it's annual or every other year or maybe annually would be the appropriate on where where we're at, what's up next, what's our progress would be helpful for the community to understand what progress is being made.

Understood.

And then this is um one of my favorite near and dear to my heart physical barrier.

Um we have we still have a problem, and we the the chief can talk probably will talk later about.

Um just because we don't get a fatality, we get a lot of near misses.

Yeah.

And people are doing mid-block crossings, all of that area from basically you know the last light at 26th all the way down to the light at 17th.

Um I think that's one of the things where it's helped in part of our downtown area on highway eight where we have put a hedge.

Oh, okay.

A physical barrier.

I'd I'd I'd take fence posts, anything that can be safe, but um the hedges and trees occasionally one gets hit by a drunk driver in there.

But anything that discourages people from making a mid-block, and you'll probably see the counselor's heads bobbing on this one.

Anything we could do.

Um, you know, what are those the the little burgundy colored the barberry the first time you touch him is the last time you want to ever touch him?

We could plant those down in a row down the center, and that would keep people from crossing the highway.

So any of that.

I mean, even a jerk uh, you know, a parkway or jersey barrier might be something.

Um, but whatever.

I think that needs to be one of those things on the list is how do we discourage mid block changes because it's it's unnecessarily dangerous, and it's it's almost like we've planted an attractive nuisance by having it out there.

People will stand.

People will stand on the left turn curb 20 feet from the intersection and wait to cross in the middle of the road.

So they're this far from a car doing 45 miles an hour or more right behind them, and they're looking to cross, and they're standing in a lane where somebody's coming in at 45.

So I think we need to protect the community from itself a little bit.

So we need to figure out what to do there.

Um there's striping, we've done some striping.

Um I know there's an idea for striping, but I think the chief will talk to it.

Every one of us can attest.

We need to look at physical changes.

Okay.

Uh a chicane.

Okay.

Um something that will physically cause people to slow down.

We we know from our own experience on North of Fred Myers, if you put something in there that makes it uncomfortable to drive past, people will a hit it and B slow down because of that.

Yeah.

Um, I think we've kind of gone beyond the point of and then you know, the chief nodding back there about, you know, that there the 35 isn't being it's generally being accepted, but it's not widely accepted.

Um, I think we really do need to look at the physical, because the place is other than the the whoops, it looks a lot like the Woodburn Drag Strip.

And they do 150 miles an hour, 200 miles down there.

And people apparently think they should try that in between.

Um the chief will give us numbers later on how many hundred mile an hour tickets are in excess of eighty mile an hour tickets probably been sighted in that section.

So I think we need to go beyond, you know.

If we're talking about pedestrian safety, it's a it's a barrier or vegetative matter, right?

And then we're talking about the road, we need to probably change its characteristic to make it uncomfortable to go that fast.

Yeah, and that longer term vision for the road, is that a roundabout instead of a signal, like as you say, like a physical way to slow folks down.

Yeah.

Um we've got the whole long list of the intermediate, right?

Pedestrian facilities, enhanced crossings, large-scale signalization, um, corridor lighting.

And it it's interesting because I I think about it when I drive it.

The corridor lighting we have, like at 31st, 29th, 26th, we all have one or two lights, and they're actually over the pedestrian part.

So they're on the street.

That's good if you're a pedestrian crossing across 26th, they're 29th.

But if you're a pedestrian going across the highway, there's nothing.

And I regularly scare the living daylights out of myself, my wife the same.

I'm sure you guys have experienced the same out there, that somebody in a dark hoodie and dark pants is walking across the road, and they're nearly invisible.

Yeah.

And I think if we are gonna have any kind of crossing that isn't um blocked from going across, if we want to encourage it, we probably need to start thinking about a second light on that same post that goes out over the highway to at least give somebody a chance of being seen out there, because we've had other near fatalities since 2020, we've had fatalities since 2020, and um one of my co-workers lost himself, his wife, and two of his three children pulling out from the north side onto the TV Highway.

Um what was that, 2020, 2001?

So we we have a long history of fatalities in this corridor, and it just goes a few years, and then we have another crop of them.

Yeah, and to continue to let it go unaddressed, feels a lot like negligence on our part.

I mean, people have a personal responsibility to do the right thing to be, but they also are trying to get to work, they're trying to get to jobs.

The family lost their only daughter was on her second job headed to um Memorial Coliseum or the Rose Garden, one of the two.

But she worked concessions, and she was just crossing the road to catch the bus and she's gone.

That's one of the fatalities.

So I know it sounds silly, but we got to do better.

I don't think it sounds silly.

Yeah.

And I think we're all in alignment there, and I'm proud of the work we've been able to accomplish, but there's always more.

Well, and and and we didn't I didn't say it and I'd be remiss not to.

Um I discourage my loved one from riding their bike on TV Highway, because it's one momentary distraction away from death.

Right.

Um, and that's why we're investing in Council Creek.

Right.

The Council Creek Trail will get us a grade separated path that's blocks off, you know, four blocks off.

And that's really that's to me, I hate to say, but every dollar we spend on um bike route that goes east-west feels like a dollar we should have spent on Council Creek Trail.

Yeah.

Because that's really where pedestrians, if you're gonna walk the highway or bike the highway, we really need to get those people on Council Creek Trail.

And that's I think have been a resounding feedback from all of our communities.

That's the investment we need to make.

And thank goodness we're moving forward on that.

We know that they're working on the bridge.

And I can get um an updated timeline on that too.

Okay.

Katie's working on that.

Thank you.

Council, any other questions, comments before we let our find out.rep that I get to meet with at least once a month with Washington County coordinating.

Um, well, thank you so much for you know, listening to us.

I know that you're not directly responsible for a lot of these things, but I do appreciate you um, you know, taking the time to listen and um take it to the right individuals.

I know something that we've talked a lot about too, are just more traffic lights because a lot of while we're making um putting on beacons, making crosswalks and things like that, those are all important, but I feel like it's not adding to the solution that we really see happening with the growth of so much traffic, so many people moving into town, specifically on gosh, I had it up.

What road is that that I'm thinking of where we're putting the right-of-way.

Um, is uh 345th?

Is that what I'm thinking?

Yes, yes, Laurel Woods, yeah.

345th, like that's a prime example of where I think we will need a traffic uh light, honestly, as soon as we can, just with all the new developments happening and all the developments that currently exists in that area.

Um, and I think that could solve a lot of the issues that we're seeing.

Same thing with where we're putting it on 334th.

Like we're talking about a beacon.

I think really what we need up there is uh just an all like a stoplight so that people can cross and not just that, but cars can exit safely and have a way to um to do that under a controlled um, just because I think that these will all continue to just be like band-aid solutions to the overall bigger issue.

And I don't know what that entails, what Od has to do to make that happen.

I know it's very expensive.

I know that if I can only imagine if we spent a million dollars on you know the beacon, then how much we spent on putting up some traffic lights, but ultimately um I'd like to understand what that cost is and how to make that happen because if you know we need to come up with ways to get some of that funding, I think that we would be willing to do that if we just knew how to make it happen.

Like what's what are we talking?

300 million, you know, like I'm just realistic, you know.

It's not 300 million.

Yeah, but I'm you know, I'm just saying like you give us a number and we can actually work with something.

Well, and and to you to your point, counselor.

I mean, we we are supporting a 300 million dollar project from Beaverton to Forest Grove of bus rapid transit, and to not consider the right safety.

If it if it's a million dollars for a rapid flashing beacon and it's two million for a light, is the right thing to just actually go out and pursue the light instead of stopping at the rapid flashing beacon.

And what what do we have to do if that's our our senator, our our your congressman, state, federal monies?

If that's what we need to do, maybe that's one of the the carry-ons to this is what would it take to get us signalized, not just rapid flashing beacon at all the places that we think are going.

We're going to invest.

We've already decided that, right?

These are the stops that are going to exist forever, basically, with the uh the BRT.

So I think understanding what that fractional increase from the rapid flashing beacon to a full signalized intersection would cost us, then we can put it on the list and we can start working the community uh above and around us on how do we proceed, right?

I know we're it feels like wow, it took us this long, and how many people had to be injured or die?

But you street, you know, just west of us in Forest Grove at U Street there, and we're you know, there's probably not a week goes by that there isn't an accident or a pedestrian hit, and we're finally starting to talk about putting a light there instead of just mountain view, right?

Because mountain view is the next closest light.

Well, I think that's a really good example.

Forest Grove was able to secure a million dollar earmark, which wasn't enough for them to go out and do their own federalized project, but they were able to partner with us, advance you from the 2730 step, and we're already have survey completed, we're underway on design.

So that moved the project up a year, if not more, of where it would have been without it.

So I think those earmarks are tricky for these for a small agency like Cornelius because if you have a project already that's not federalized, it bumps it into much more expensive arm of getting that built.

But if you are thinking of partnering or if you already have a project with federal dollars on it, those do seem to be getting traction with our representatives in in DC.

Which the BRT is it?

And I think you guys have already got you know rapid flashing beacons on those, and that's already federalized money with the basically open, we're planning for 150 million of that to come from the Fed.

So maybe that's just how do we fund and finance the other increment to get to the what we consider the ultimate solution is a traffic signal instead of just the RFB.

And I I guess I do want to add like RFBs have a a really good track record of being a safety improvement that people like it's a it's a good thing, and you don't have to go through a like a signal warrants analysis and all of that data that maybe you don't have the vehicles right now to prove it for a signal and it's something interim and it's getting people safely across to ORA because we too take that very seriously, and we too are tired of seeing fatalities.

And so anything that we can do in a quicker fashion to get these implemented, I think is a win for the community, even if it's maybe not the best long-term solution.

I think it's still a win that we need to like really recognize.

Oh, yeah, I'm there we I talked about it for the employee, right?

It takes you from we're less than a one right now.

Yeah on a scale of one to ten at these crossings, right?

There's no lights, there's no markers, there's nothing.

And getting a rapid flashing beacon gets us a long ways down the road.

So it's just the difference of what if we went the next step, which is a full controlled intersection, because the the traffic right now, I'm uh uh the entrance to my house is 31st, the nearest light is 26th, and the traffic backs up past 31st.

The only way I got to the meeting tonight was through the grace of others stopping and letting me pull on.

And that backup goes another several streets.

So it'd easily go to 345th.

So we're basically stop and go traffic every night that far out.

So it's kind of like, okay, well, where's the next logical place?

Because 345 makes sense, then where's the next one?

And I guess to your point, and I I've probably taken more than my own.

No, it's but it's a very important discussion.

That's why it was okay for us to take some more time on that.

Yeah, but I guess to your point of like long-term vision, if we get an RFB in, you know, in the short term and we provide that safety, does it allow us the time to evaluate something more expensive like a traffic circle or your roundabout, which maybe would take years of planning and engaging and like really advocating for money to do it because you know it takes more right-of-way, you know, like all of these things, but if you want the corridor to change and feel different, it would it would go a lot.

I'm sure it would feel a lot different than a signal.

So okay.

Other questions, comments?

Yes, Councillor Vaughn.

You mentioned the ODOT doesn't cover corridor lighting.

No, not generally.

Um unless I are in the interstates.

Gotcha.

Okay.

So only around crossings with ODOT provide lighting there.

I was just kind of reviewing some of the RSA things, and that was one of the long-term plans was corridor lighting.

Would that be kind of up to the city's responsibility to fund that?

So we've been able to partner with our local partners a lot and get some um light some just PGE style lights.

Um we sometimes we're able to do if we get a funding source, but we can't maintain or want to maintain them, we can partner with someone like Hillsborough Cornelius, and we write an IGA and could pay the life cycle of that, or there's a lot of different mechanisms when there is funding available.

Um, when there's not, we rely heavily on these improvements to do them as part of projects or the locals really wanting something and and going out and working with PGE.

Um I will say that Washington County was always told me how shocked I would be at how like not very expensive it is to work with PG and get a light out there.

So over the life cycle of 20 years.

I'm not advocating for you to do anything like that, but I like if it's something that your city wants to consider outside of ODOT.

Um like the I I can definitely help out with the conversations I've had with PGE and other locals.

Well, and I think that immediately goes to what we said about if if right now we've got like a 29th Avenue as a crossing lit across it, but what would it cost to put a light on the pole into the highway, right?

And at least light effectively half the highway on the crossing, which right now is just dark.

So if it's you know, I think understanding those costs, then we could look at where and how many, and we can look at frequencies at crossing locations and start thinking about where we want to make investments because that's something that would that would be a game changer to me being able to actually have a light that lights half your crossing.

If there's already a pole there, that means there's power there.

I don't know what it takes to get a second light at 90 degrees to the existing one, or if those poles can even take it.

But oh, the the O dot signal illumination pole or the No, these are PG light poles.

Yeah, yeah.

And those are it's definitely something I can work with Peter on.

Cool.

Yeah.

Council Vaughn, thank you.

Anybody else?

We good?

Thank you.

That was a lot longer than we planned, but it was a lot of high value conversation about a very important topic to our community.

Yeah, thanks so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next up, Chief Coley.

Can you do it like they do the uh the symptoms of the side effects?

Can you do it that speed?

No, take take the time, you've got important stuff to talk about.

Uh good evening, uh mayor, counsel, city manager, community.

Um Mitch Coley is uh I serve as your chief of police.

I do have a prepared uh topic to talk about or a couple, but I don't want to gloss over some of the questions that were raised by uh Odot, and I think she might have left her readers just kidding, they're mine.

I'll use them when I need them.

Um you want to circle back to any of the questions that you had about the traffic safety?

Yeah, I mean if you've got any of those that that we kind of brought up and I saw you nodding to, that'd be great if you could talk about those.

So I don't have any uh numbers on citations issued at 80 or 100 miles an hour because I just didn't prepare for it.

I'm sure I could go back and look.

It would probably be our county traffic team in that corridor that would look.

Um Counselor Gadinas did bring up a good point.

Is that's the speed comes into the city?

You can put a traffic light in in some of those locations, but then you're gonna have an abrupt stop because people are speeding in.

Um people race out of the city.

I drive in that direction and drive in to uh the city from that direction, and I consistently pull cars over leaving the city.

So speed is a problem, and we can pull traffic there, but as long as we're gone, then it's just gonna continue to happen.

And you can put beacons up and you can put reader boards up, and people will become desensitized, just like when we put a car out there that's nobody's in it.

They see it and they slow down, but then they realize, oh, that's been there for a week.

Uh so I I have a little bit of a belief that sometimes cameras can uh fix the problem.

And the reason I say that cameras can fix the problem is because they're not really looking at discretion.

They're looking at safety.

So if you set your speeds and you have speed uh cameras that catch people and issue a citation, and it's not an officer that's making a decision, that's always there that will slow people down.

That's just my belief system.

So Chief, I I would actually, there's uh both Willamette Week and uh Oregonian articles that Portland's quoted in that they've speed cameras are not revenue neutral, they're revenue negative, they cost more than they generate, but their their biggest point I took away from those articles is they have seen a dramatic reduction in speeding in the areas that are cameras.

So they are an effective deterrent to bad behavior.

Occasionally you will write tickets because people will do bad things, but um they just were very blunt about the uh the point that it really in areas where they're having a high crash and they were having speeding that was related to that, it really changed the entire element.

And I think that's maybe something that we also need to look about in the in the equation of it.

Where would we put um we used to be known under when we had our own police force, known for writing, you know, ticket a lot of tickets in this area.

Um, and we've had county officers that have held the record in the county for the number of tickets written.

It is a um opportunity rich corridor.

Um, but I think if that means putting up some cameras and they cost us a little money, I think we look at it in the the on all the options, right?

Lights and stripes and barriers.

And and that's the balance is trying to find what's most cost effective to present a proposal from different companies that do it.

But I also am aware that we don't want to impact our community with more cost.

However, safety is important.

And if you're violating the law that bad to a standard that's set on the camera, then you know, then you do need to be held accountable for safety.

Since the uh 2020 study, we've had somebody in that area hit on a bicycle.

We've had another person that was walking or riding a bike.

We couldn't locate them but got hit with the mirror from a truck and they took off in the woods.

Probably an unhoused community member that we contacted later.

We've had somebody that was in a motorized uh scooter get hit, and that one is really concerning because it's not a child that's running out in front of a moving vehicle.

It's somebody that takes some time to be in the roadway, right?

So for that to happen, they're there for a while, and for a car to run into them.

Lighting is an issue, so is speed.

Um I think that kind of covers the the majority of what the topics were.

Sorry.

Um, and I I think the one I'd add to it maybe is if if your reports would allow you to do it, I maybe some characterization of what kind of accidents were because we we keep focusing on fatalities, but um, you know, a person made a bad decision, pulled out in front of my wife and I last summer.

Um that was in the end of July.

My wife just got back to where her doctor's considering releasing her from treatment.

And that was a low speed accident.

That was 35 miles an hour with two cars.

Um you can have life-changing we can have a lot of life-changing impacts that don't include a fatality.

Um so I think um I I'd be interested if that date is that we can definitely uh look at the how many rear ends or front ends or what whatever you can tell us about's going on in that corridor there for sure to help us understand better what's what's what's what kind of bad decisions are occurring and what's happening.

I I do want to point out that I've seen fatalities on car on car at just over 35 miles an hour.

So I think that that's that's a a speed point that can become really dangerous for for anybody walking, riding a bike, or being in a car.

Um if we're ready to move on, I can move on to get created or the actual counselor Vaughn.

Yeah, um, you had uh mentioned getting some numbers for what's going on on on that corridor.

I'd be interested in knowing how that corridor compares to other corridors in the metro area.

Uh I remember hearing years ago that the East Highway 26 out past CD used to be the deadliest highway in Oregon.

I'd be curious to know if that's moved within the metro area and how we compare to that with this section with as many accidents and injuries and fatalities that we've had there.

I can definitely look and reach out to Odot and see what studies they have for their highways compared to ours.

Uh another one that counselor Godinus mentioned.

I think you were talking about a uh school bus fatality out on Highway 30, and that was altering for that speed.

Well, that's one of the things that I monitor for when I'm driving to a meeting or out of the city is this are the school buses and people running right past the red lights, not realizing that it because it's not a hard divided highway that they have to stop on both sides.

Well, I know for 26, because that's one of them I drive from time to time.

I mean, they went out and put out the the barrier, right?

They've got the cables and the posts, uh, because they were having so many head-on collisions out there on 26.

So I mean uh I don't think we're having those the same way, but I think looking at what we could do here and how that that normalizing, like you look at 2022.

I mean, I know we're on there's no doubt designation for how dangerous our highway is considered in basically all of TV Highway has a black mark on it of being a very dangerous place to be.

So thank you, Chief, for looking into that for us and maybe incorporating that in your next update.

Of course, um I'll borrow Stephanie's readers.

And uh so what you're seeing here is uh a chart from uh January 2026 to May 2026.

These numbers are the deputies that are assigned to Cornelius, my numbers included in here as well.

Uh so when we look at the traffic stops to date, we've had uh 761 traffic stops.

Uh our public demand, when people call in and they want assistance from law enforcement, we're at uh 1,213.

Now that those are just the deputies that are assigned here.

The reason I'll say that is because sometimes we get assistance from Forest Grove or Washington County deputies that aren't assigned here.

For example, right now there's a a call that just ended, and they set up a command post at Cornelius Elementary for uh a small child that's been missing.

So we had about 20 staff members come here to assist the city with with that.

There are other things that happen that um in the end will will change the numbers.

Consistently, I think for the past five years, we've seen about 9,500 calls for service in the community that are initiated by the community.

Now, if you look at the next number, that's our self-initiated.

Those are the uh contacts of people that are standing out in the roadway in the median, like asking for uh money, or that's uh uh somebody that's not supposed to be in in a parking lot, circling around the back when it's closed, um, or making contact with somebody just to say hello.

So self-initiated has a wide variety of of meetings, and then we move on to warrants, and we had uh 83 warrants today in uh in the city.

And now these are again just the deputies, so there are other uh teams that will come and look for warrants as well.

Uh our reports were at 647, and we've made 260 arrests in uh in the city so far.

So from January 1st through uh 2020 uh through May 2026, what what really stood out was the self-initiated.

It it doubles in our um in our public contact, what they're asking for.

Well, and Chief, you're talking about all of January, February, March, and April.

Yeah, so we're talking four months, so 30, 60, 90, 100, basically around less than 120 days.

Correct.

So it's kind of uh looking at the numerator denominator there.

I mean 20 20 20 almost 2,500 self-initiated in 120 days.

You're you're an order of magnitude plus a multiplier over the per day, plus all the other activities that are going on.

Now I'm contributing.

I think I made two, but no.

Uh they were good too.

So our public demand it remains steady.

Uh so our currently we have 65 warrants in the city that deputies are trying to locate.

Those can range in variety, and those are kind of important to me because that is somebody that's been uh arrested and likely released on a raiment, some type of uh release, and there's no closure for the victim that can be a violent crime or a property crime, and uh so they do look to bring resolution and closure to those cases.

Uh the investigative efforts.

So we had uh 343 violent crimes in Washington County Sheriff's Office Cornelius venue last year.

Out of those 22 occurred in Cornelius, so less than 10 percent of the 343 have occurred in the city.

So, like I said, we we remain pretty steady in our in our crime numbers for the past five years.

Our DHS, I was really concerned with all the ICE activity that anything that was going to happen to a child or a violent crime towards a person that they were not going to reach out to law enforcement during ICE activity.

Um so that's I'm still waiting to see what that's gonna look like.

But as far as our child abuse reports, uh the county had 1,800 that were reviewed for the county and 153 of those were in Cornelius.

And then notably what we saw in 2024 to 2025 was a 20% reduction across the board in DHS reports, and those are uh consider 307s where somebody is making report to DHS that requires law enforcement intervention.

So um I've kind of highlighted the numbers for you, and if there's no questions to that, I want to switch uh topics just uh here in a second.

Okay, we can keep that slide up there because I don't have a slide for the next part.

But separate from the uh the numbers, I want to highlight the strength of the partnership with the sheriff's office.

Last year, our community experienced a tragic event that had a profound impact on everyone involved.

Members of this uh community, members of uh council, the city manager, and the deputies.

Uh the response from the sheriff's office investigations division was immediate.

It was thorough and highly professional.

Their team committed significant resources over an extended period of time, including 400 hours of dedicated to scene response interviews, forensic work, and follow-up investigation.

To try to absorb that as a city is just not possible, not in our current state, and even for a uh horse grow, that would just be a hard thing to try to accomplish.

That fact alone, and then what just happened with the the missing child that we located, it um it strengthened not only our operational capability but also our ability to serve the community professionally and um bring difficult circumstances to a positive resolution, sometimes not positive, but at least can to a conclusion.

That's the presentation that I had for you tonight.

Were there any clut questions?

I guess Council Lopez.

Yeah, um you mentioned a drop in DHS reports, uh 20 percent was it or it was a 20 percent reduction across the board for the county, like uh you mentioned the low uh Bethany Cornelius across the board for the for the sheriff's office and Cornelius included.

There was a 20 percent reduction in what was being reported.

Now that can happen for a couple of reasons.

Um part of it can be just uh reporting patterns, part of it can be intervention.

So if you have school teachers that are actively getting involved and going, this child's not looking so great, let's start the talk, and DHS gets involved early enough, then law enforcement doesn't necessarily have to take a role in it, and that can mitigate some of the cross-reporting.

Also, if people live in our uh communities and then they move away and they report somewhere else, and that's gonna have an impact as well.

So it's really hard to um determine what the broader system functions were that changed that.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

I I think you you you hit on a point.

I mean, um been in the community a long time, several of our our members here have.

I mean, the we had a murder investigation, I think the BUSA murder investigation number of years back, and if not for the support of the county, we we didn't have the resources to investigate that.

We would it would have bankrupt our our police department so that interagency support on these kind of major crimes is um a backbone tradition that we've had as a relationship, even when we had um you know wholly owned police department that the county would commit resources to to lean in and help with that stuff, and I'm not sure how that uh occurs in other parts of the county.

I'm assuming that um every all the all the kids get treated the same.

We're all we all get presents for Christmas though.

So um, kinda so what what happens with some of the other agencies that have people on specialized teams is they give up that resource for the additional training for the call out to King City or the call out to uh Beaverton.

You're giving up your officer, your staff member, and you're paying for that person to go assist another uh jurisdiction, and that's how the multi-agency teams work.

Um that's just a benefit that comes with the Cornelius contract.

Yep.

Yes, Councilor Goodines.

I know you don't have the numbers, but I would be curious to see um how many people called uh dispatch for related to ICE, whether they saw something, whether they themselves were being taken.

I'd just be curious to see uh specifically what that looked like in our community.

Already working on it, but yes, I will definitely uh look at that.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Thanks, Chief.

Anything else from the council?

Chief, thank you for your presentation.

Thank you.

All right, that takes us to a proclamation for police officer week.

City of Cornelius, Oregon Proclamation, police week, May 10th through the 16th, 26th.

Whereas National Police Week was established in 1962 by President John F.

Kennedy to honor law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, and to recognize the service and dedication of those who continue to protect our communities.

And whereas law enforcement officers serve with courage, integrity, and a deep commitment to public safety, often placing themselves in harm's way to protect the lives and property of others.

And whereas the women and men of the Cornelius Police Department are dedicated to serving the residents and visitors of the city of Cornelius with professionalism, respect, and dignity.

Working tirelessly to preserve peace, prevent crime, and build trust within the community.

And whereas the City of Cornelius recognizes the importance of supporting law enforcement officers and their families and acknowledges the sacrifice made by those who serve and those who stand beside them.

And whereas the state of Oregon will honor fallen officers at the Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony tomorrow, May 5th, 2026 at the Oregon Public Safety Academy, providing an opportunity for remembrance and reflection and advance of the national observations.

Now, therefore, we the City Council of Cornelius, Oregon, do hereby proclaim the week of May 10th through May 16th, 2026 as police week in the city of Cornelius.

And we encourage all residents to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities to honor those who have fallen and to express gratitude to the law enforcement officers who serve our community each day.

Dated this fourth day of May 2026, Jeffrey C.

Delane, Mayor.

Thank you.

Um takes us on to City Council appointment process, interview selection.

Shell?

City recorder?

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

I'll start with a brief overview of the process outlined in the agenda report.

For tonight, the goal is to discuss the submitted applications.

Determine how many candidates you'd like to interview and select the candidates to move forward.

So tonight's step one of the process on the May 18th meeting that we added, we'll conduct the interviews during the work session and deliberate and appoint someone during the regular meeting, and then the selected candidate will complete the oath of office and be seated on June 1st.

So before we begin, have you all had an opportunity to review the applications included in your packet?

Okay.

Yes, looks like in general, yes.

Rather than doing it myself, I wrote a little script for the mayor.

Um if you want to do that.

Oh, yeah, you put more paperwork for me.

To facilitate you had a comment here.

Initial thoughts.

That's you, okay.

I see that.

Uh okay.

I see how you're doing that.

I thought, you know, I was looking at like a play where it says City Recorder Speaks.

It's open to uh up.

Uh I'll open up to any initial thoughts or discussion on the applicants.

Council.

You've seen a pile of applications.

I suppose my my first one on there was um did you see people on there with the possibility that when you read through it, you could see where they could be a counsel.

Because so to me, it's like if if we're either like there's people there that we could see they could come through the process and we could support, or you're like, nah, we'll need to open it back up again.

Um that would be a very early kind of step.

So where where do you just think?

Counselor Lopez?

Yeah, definitely.

I think I definitely saw uh three or four that were probably good candidates.

Uh and uh others that you know might not be as as well qualified perspective.

Counselor Gordinez.

Yeah, I I agree with what um counselor Lopez said, and this could just be me, and this could be the teacher in me, but I I just believe in giving everyone the opportunity to to have an interview, and I know that's a lot of work for us.

Obviously, there are some applications that stood out more than others, but I would also say that I'm not always the best writer, or sometimes you know I I feel like I could speak better what I have to say, and so I just don't want to diminish anybody's ability, but I support the council in whatever we decide if we do want to narrow it down.

Otherwise, I am happy to interview everybody that applied.

Okay.

Counselor Vaughn.

You get done waking up from punching yourself out with the microphone.

Dabb myself with the microphone.

Um, yeah, I actually came to the meeting tonight, had even jot down a few of the names that were there so that I wouldn't have to try and remember them at the at the moment during our conversation tonight.

Um, but much like Councillor Lopez, there was you know a few folks that I were like, okay, they've kind of had the steps, they've they've been involved already, they've done um their due diligence, if you will, some of the things that were recommended to me when I was looking for appointment a few years ago to the council, um, that you know these these folks have already done, right?

And so they're kind of like ready for that next step, I think.

And then some that maybe need to take that advice that I was given a few years ago and maybe take some initial earlier steps than just jumping into council.

So I did I did bring you know my selection of names with me tonight.

That's funny because that you go back to that that we basically I remember telling you it's like nice application.

Um you haven't been overly involved, go do your homework, basically.

And you were like, yeah, that that seems like reasonable feedback.

Twice.

Yes.

Not that he's counting.

Um cool.

So it sounds like uh anywhere from a few to all of them.

Uh I think that is our next step, right?

Determine how many candidates we like to uh invite to the interview.

Um I kind of felt the same way as Counselor Lopez.

Maybe I I saw three or four of them there that definitely I thought were in the in the possibles, definitely could be any of those.

Um it's interesting that you bring up the point, Counselor Gardines, about um maybe they didn't write a great application.

Would we like to and I I thought it was almost the opposite when we did our last ones.

It's like we read some of them, it's like, oh, that person could be possible, yeah.

That person can be possible.

And then they presented, and you're like, no.

No, not just no, but no.

Um their presentation really spoke to the no part.

It was almost more like that was the part that really um eliminated it in the person from the possibles.

So yeah.

And I would add to that too, Counselor Govinas's comment that you know that they they should have their shot in one degree because it is that is two components, right?

There's the the written and the presentation in person component.

Um your comment kind of puts me on the fence a little bit with that, but I also have to recognize too that I think we had seven applicants and the time involved and giving each one of the appropriate amount of time for response to could be a factor uh if you have seven folks that are trying to respond to things.

So and I agree.

I mean, I think that as you've all said, like it is we are clearly looking for someone that has some sort of experience on a board and commission.

That being said, I don't want to diminish anybody who doesn't have that.

Um because it's not like we're saying you wouldn't be a great fit for the council, but there is a lot of jumping in that goes into the understanding the legalese and the bureaucracy behind everything.

So um I totally understand that stance that point.

Do I still want to interview everybody?

Yes, only because and I know it's a commitment.

I know it is, but I feel like exactly like you said it, Mayor.

Someone could write really well, and then when they're talking, but it could be the opposite too, that they write really well and they're not the best public speaker, but we have to recognize that a big part of this is public speaking and sharing your ideals out there.

And I think being up here and being interviewed is a great way to really see that firsthand.

And so I support if we want to narrow it down, but again, that's a big reason as to why I feel like you you took the time to submit this.

Like you you took the time.

I feel the least I can do is take the time to hear you out.

Right.

And we do that when with public comment, right?

Everybody, everybody can come in and get the three minutes on a topic.

Um staff to that point.

Could we what what kind of time commitment would it be if we don't pre-reduce, right?

Because I mean we talk about the next step of being, you know, if we select it down.

I think some of us have seen three or four of those that you know definitely made it through the the written part for us.

But if we took the time to do all seven, what what would it take for us to do?

For the last appointment process, we interviewed five candidates and we took a full hour.

Um so to do seven would extend that.

I had a suggestion to turn one of those questions into more of a practical, um, which would take longer, but that doesn't need to happen.

Um so we would be looking at closer to think about an hour and a half.

An hour and a half, maybe two.

The they are given the questions in advance.

Um that does speed it up a little bit.

An hour and a half.

Um we do try to keep the regular city council session as close to seven as possible for consistency, but we would be looking at starting earlier or starting regular session at 7.30.

So for the hour, how many did you have in mind?

Or what was it, what would be the breakdown if we did the hour?

We plan for an hour 15.

Um because there would be increase in questions and a possible change in format.

Um what was your question?

How many for an hour?

It was five for an hour.

We did five in an hour, and it was tight.

I mean, it's it's an important thing, and if people or feel strong enough that it's important to give everybody a chance to do that, I I I think the extra half an hour of council time if it says we start at six and we go to 7.30.

Do you city manager Rochelle, do you have any concerns that we'd be able to get whatever business else has to be done in that 90 minutes between 7.30 and 9?

Could we get everything else we need to get done in two weeks?

We're not planning to have a lot of regular business, um, but there'll be some, so yeah.

And is that kind of where we're looking at start at six, and instead of being done by seven, we'd probably need it to go to 730, probably just for interviews?

Yeah.

Council.

At least give everybody a shot.

What do you think?

Councilor Lopez?

Yeah, I mean, I've I've heard of other cities uh that they go sometimes to midnight for particular reasons.

So we go closer to nine, you know.

Um I don't I don't mind that.

And um I also wanted to add that you know that we are looking just to fill the last part of this year.

Um and there is other opportunities uh to run for city council um in the next uh period for the next I think there's two positions or three positions that are gonna be well mayor will be up, it's up every two years, and then two of the counselors would be up.

That's our normal so there is other opportunities.

Is it you or do you have any?

Yeah, it would be needed.

Yeah, so yeah.

Um are you announcing your candidacy right now?

No, no, but I'm just saying there is other opportunities just you know, and it's this is just filling the last you know, six, maybe seven months of the year or yeah, months of the year left.

Um with that being said, uh I I do like the idea of uh interviewing everybody, and you know, a lot of times not everybody will accept they'll have a change of heart, and maybe out of the eight that we invite, you know, maybe five or six will come through.

So uh if they all come great, we'll just stay a little bit longer.

Yeah, I'm I'm hoping this is better than uh what I'm hearing from my friends that hire people where they're like the schedule eight and get one person show up for actual.

I mean, you know, Edgar's actually here, right?

You know, he's he's been keeping an eye on us for for quite a while.

So I'm sure he'll show up uh in two weeks.

If he isn't, I'm gonna call his mom and ask her what if he's in the hospital, right?

Um, but um yeah, and and um I think to what to what a couple of you said that keeps rattling on my brain, and we tried that with some of the folks on the last one that applied, there's still open seats at boards, committees, and commissions.

And you know the one I always see is the great predecessor to city council is planning commission.

I we we robbed from one of our hard ones to fill people on, but it gives you the the quasi-judicial, it gives you all it gives you some really good training that you need for city council to be on planning commission.

That I I was on planning commission before I came to council too, and I thought it was a much easier transition to go from that to this.

So it sounds like we're settling in on uh give everybody um that their chance.

You you get a winner, you gotta win it.

You won one.

Be happy.

I'm happy for but I feel bad for you.

It's not, you know what?

Um this is one of those um the tougher thing is is if uh seven people come to interview, we gotta tell six no.

That's the tougher part of this, right?

Um and then it's no with a but please would you but apply for boards committees or commissions, right?

It's not that um you know that you're not a bad person.

We just we had to pick one for the council for the to finish out the year, basically.

Um so please consider these other things.

Because I because that's what I saw too when I looked through the list.

I'm like, this person, their interests or desires, they want to be on planning commission, right?

They've got the alignment for a planning commissioner, and we've got two three openings on planning commission right now.

Where are we at?

Barbara, is that you?

Do we have two openings on planning commission right now?

Yeah.

And if we took one person that's a planning commission, we'd have three openings.

So um not to foreshadow, but I mean that's the kind of thing, right?

So I think um I would encourage anyone, right, that had the enough gusto to apply for a council position, they should go look if they aren't already on at planning commission, right?

And we had somebody apply that's on budget committee already, right?

So I think there's those are some of the good ones.

So I think you got your answer.

So I was gonna ask about exploring the idea of replacing one of the questions with uh group um activity where you'd actually get to observe them or cage match working on a team and collaborating.

Um I'd have to do the math on the time to see if it would still be feasible with that large of a group, because you know, three minutes per question if I'm replacing that anyway, doing the math.

Um is that something you'd like me to explore?

I wouldn't have time to bring that for you to review the activity, so while I find that interesting, I'll open up at the beginning, it's the end of the list here.

Uh while I find that interesting, I think it was easy enough to with the list of questions we let gave them ahead of time, gave them a chance to answer.

I I thought that did a pretty good job of weeding a differentiation where there was a clear, and I think even when we talked in the last ones, there was like these folks, no, these folks are in the cloud of yes, okay.

Out of the cloud of yes, where do we think is a a candidate, right?

And it was pretty easy to narrow down.

So I I don't think we need to go to that next level.

It's it's intriguing, but I think for the purposes of this, we can go through the questions.

And I think you already shortened them up because there's some of them that were a little semi-repetitive from the previous.

Yeah, I think we're down to four questions.

Um, but excellent.

Less work for me.

Um, I can take what you've said and prepare for that next meeting.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

I opened up, but other comments?

Uh just a comment.

I I agree.

I think um last time we did this.

Um, the answers and uh the information we got was enough for us to be able to select uh select someone.

Um however, though, um if you do get a chance, that would be interesting to see what that would look like, not necessarily for this one, but it's just interesting.

I I haven't um seen that done, so I would be interested in finding out what that would look like.

Yeah.

I was just gonna say I I agree also.

It's very intriguing.

Uh but something else to think about is that this is a short runway too.

Like we're we're already adding an extra meeting to try and get this done, adding more stress to the candidates, and when it's only gonna be the remaining of a six-month term.

It feels like a lot of extra work for compressing it into what we're trying to do.

So I yeah, I'd say forego it for now, but definitely something to key up if we need to go through it again, certainly.

I'm not appointing another one between now and the end of the year.

We're just gonna finish with four, I think.

Silly.

Okay, we got our information.

Um let's see, informational memo, comprehensive plan, rewrite task order with Portland State University.

Barbara Fryer, we have a community development item here, E.

Yeah, I noticed that we're 10 minute warning.

I'm sorry, what?

We got 10 minutes, so we got to uh close or extend.

Okay, I'll be fast.

So thank you, Mr.

Mayor and City Council.

This is a an agreement with the um Portland State University Center for public space services, and it's to provide service or provide students to work on our comprehensive plan update.

We received a Department of Land Conservation and Development Grant for $85,000, which is probably not enough to hire a professional consulting firm, but it is enough to hire students who can get that necessary experience and their advisor to get this project done.

Cool.

Questions, comments?

Speaking of getting everybody a chance, right?

A little student student uh project.

Support the yeah.

So this is a good one.

Okay, thank you.

Um motion, just kind of a head nod on that one.

Okay, great.

Public hearing, none, unfinished business, none, new business.

We have a few items.

Um I feel like it's gonna take more than nine minutes to get through three resolutions.

Um staff, any suggestions?

Do we need uh what you want to do?

A well, because we are also gonna do reports, and then we have an executive session.

Do we need to include the executive session in time for 15 minutes, 20 minutes, half an hour?

What do you guys think?

And okay.

So um Can I motion to extend the meeting until 915?

I have a motion by Councillor Godiness to have a second.

Second, second by Councilor Lopez.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed, abstentions.

We are extended to 915.

Okay, that takes us to resolution number 20, 26, 27, development agreement for Laurel Crown.

Ms.

Fryer.

Good evening once again.

Barbara Fryer, uh community development director.

This is a development direct development agreement with Holt Holmes with regard to the Laurel Crown development, which is um a portion of the Hillsborough School District property at 345th and the railroad.

Um the property has been in the process of being divided into two pieces, one that the Hillsborough School District will retain, and the other one has an approved subdivision on it.

The developer agreement is to specify the spit systems development charges, the transportation development taxes, and who is going to do what type of infrastructure related to the property in within the property and adjacent to it.

Okay.

Questions, council?

Everybody did their homework, they're all happy if motion.

Um I motion, I can make a motion.

Yes, Councilor Godines.

I make a motion to approve resolution number 2026-27, a resolution of the Cornelia City Council authorizing staff to enter to developer agreement with Holt Holdings or ORLLC for the Lauren Laurel Sorry.

It's been a long night, has it?

I also have retainers in the I was going to say.

Second by Counselor Vaughn.

Any further discussion?

Saying none, all those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Abstentions?

Passes unanimous.

Takes us on to resolution 2026-28, Laurel Gardens Public Park Naming.

Ms.

Fryer.

Good evening once again.

You may recall that Laurel Garden was a uh 27-lot subdivision down in the southern, southeasternmost portion of the city.

It abuts it is I'll put it this way, it's sandwiched between the Twileton River and a very significant bend in the river, and 345th on the east side.

And speaking with the public and infrastructure advisory board, they recommended calling the park because of that significant bend.

Um river bend park.

Sorry, uh the the names have just gotten so like they're exactly what we said.

Um Davis Street Park.

Yeah.

Davis Street Park.

Yes.

Okay.

Staff, I mean uh council, questions, comments?

No comments, I can make a motion.

Yeah, sure.

Go ahead and make the motion.

I make a motion to approve resolution number 2026-28, a resolution of the Cornelly City Council naming the park at 1965 South 29th Boulevard as River Bend Park, and this action takes effect immediately.

Motion by Councillor Gordinas, do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Council Lopez.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Abstentions?

Passes unanimous.

That takes us to 26, 2020, 26.

Goodness, 29.

An intergovernmental agreement.

IGA wish Washington County for Recycling Modernization Act.

City Manager Brennan.

Thank you, Mayor.

The city is a longtime member of the Washington County Technical Waste Shed Committee, a group of 12 cities that work together to ensure regulatory compliance and to protect natural resources and public health and the management of solid waste.

One of the main objectives is properly in properly managing solid waste is maximizing the recycle recycling of materials at the end of their useful life.

It's one of the carts at the curb or or in your property where you live.

This includes pi uh fiber, plastics, glass, and many other materials.

Given the proliferation of materials, especially the many different types of plastics, a longstanding challenge to materials recycling is contamination of recycling streams.

So the things that end up in your recycling cart that that are problematic in the system that that recycles the material.

State law requires local governments to reduce this contamination and a new statewide program will enlist the support of the companies that produce much of the materials that end up needing to be sorted for recycling.

This new program, the Recycling Modernization Act, has been in place in other countries and has resulted in significant improvements in contamination reduction.

It's a big stand-up.

It's it's taking a lot to get the program stood up, but there's a lot of optimism about outcomes.

The Oregon program will provide funding, including to Cornelius, which we will direct 50-50, half half, with half going to the county cooperative uh staff and our and the other half going to our primary solid waste collector, evergreen disposal.

The total funds allocated to Cornelius is 43,470, which I'll note I didn't include in the staff report because I didn't have that number when when I turned it in.

So that's the total number.

So half, 21,735 will will be going to each of those entities to enhance signage and container labeling, multilingual education materials, an apartment champion model for multifamily uh contamination is particularly prob problematic in multifamily properties.

Recycling bags for inside the home and property, a cross-section and a cross-section media campaign.

The proposed IGA with Washington County will facilitate our participation in this program.

Happy to answer any questions.

Council, questions?

Yes, Council Lopez.

This was particularly interesting.

But I did have a question, and I'm not sure you'll have the answer to this city manager.

But uh would there be any uh involvement with the schools getting kids informed about this and you know how to better improve the recycling at home?

That's a helpful question.

Thank you.

Um I don't know of any specific school interface uh pieces of this new program, but there are existing programs that I think, and and this is me speculating, but I think they will naturally benefit from the recycling modernization act because it the law places some burden on those upstream entities that the companies that actually produce the materials.

And so in doing so, they have now an investment, they have an incentive to improve the outcomes.

And so some of that will involve educate educating youth.

So yeah.

Thank you.

Others?

Questions, comments?

Yes, Councilor Vaughn.

My memory could be a little bit off on this, but I do recall before we transitioned from Cornelius disposal to Evergreen, that on a regular basis, they would not pick up my mixed recycling if they found a contaminant in the bin.

They opened it, they're like, nope, not taking it, they leave a note.

I don't recall that happening since Evergreen took over.

So with this additional funding they would get for this, how do we get the oversight or the accountability back to the waste collector to kind of hold the property owner responsible for what's in their bin?

Well, first of all, Councilor Vaughn, I believe you've improved your recycling habits.

That's probably the reason, but no.

Um there are a number of points along the stream, starting with the vehicle where um contamination is is identified and then reported.

And yes, different haulers uh behave differently in that.

And so uh but there's also a cost to the hauler when they bring in beyond a certain level of contamination in the whole truckload, which is something like seven tons of material, that might be rejected, and then they have to pay for the disposal.

Of course, ultimately that cost ends up being borne by all of you.

So um but I think that uh there will be if what we've seen in other countries where these programs exist, there will be um improvements in this area.

Um I think too that over time the the collectors at the curb are becoming more sophisticated, like the vertically integrated corporations like waste management, they have cameras in the hopper and all of that.

And I think over time we'll we will see that too, even at at the smaller company level.

So yeah.

I I'm actually um I like Councilor Lopez's point, right?

I think I think our best champions are the kids.

I mean, the I think about the no smoking, that was a big thing that was pushed on my generation, and uh I was constantly working on my parents about that.

Um, you know, challenging um friends and family on what is and I can't remember what they call it, but basically the idea, oh yeah, this should be recyclable, and you throw film in, which like film is the hardest thing to recycle, and people just want it to be recyclable, you know, but it isn't, right?

There's there's actually a short list of things that are.

Um so I think you the the kids idea is probably a great one.

If we if we could get the kids to really understand what is and isn't recyclable, so they could really help mom and dad, you know, the parents at home sort appropriately to garbage and recycle.

We go a long ways.

Because they're they're they have a vested interest in the future, and they're like I said, they think they're the best champions.

The another I'm glad you mentioned uh what is or isn't recycled recyclable again.

Um this program is actually going to add more, especially different types of plastic materials, so like clamshell containers and these things that we end up with that we would love to get into the right stream because it is technically recyclable.

It's just whether or not it's able to be sorted from all the other types of plastic.

So this program is going to really help on that front too, which which is gonna be great.

Okay.

Any other questions?

Anyone wish to make the motion?

I can make a motion.

Council Lopez.

I make a motion to approve resolution number 2026-29, a resolution of the Cornelius City Council authorizing the city manager to sign an intergovernmental agreement with Washington County to administer the solid waste contamination reduction program, and this action takes effect immediately.

Motion by Council Lopez, do I have a second?

I second.

Second by Councillor God.

Sounds like you're burning in too.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Abstentions?

Passes unanimous.

That takes us into council reports.

City council, do you have any reports?

Yes, Councilor Vaughan.

I'm glad to see that Chief Coley came back because I had a comment that uh uh for our local Cornelius police.

Uh I had a pretty significant accident happen in front of my house uh about a week ago.

And since I've lived there about 15 years now, this is probably the seventh accident I've had at the end of my driveway.

Um I initially text Peter actually before even trying to call uh police because everybody that was on scene was on their phones.

Um I actually used to take my ring camera and only film my driveway, but there was so many accidents happening in front of my house that I now capture the intersection.

I was able to upload that video to uh the city's uh Google Drive uh for for Peter to share, and then the the officers that responded, um, they came over and spoke with me.

I let them know that I had it on on film and uh film, I dated myself.

Uh and and they they came over and and spoke with me and uh instantly sent me the link to upload the video to them.

They uh I know one of them was officer Christensen.

I don't know if I captured the officers, uh the other officer's name.

There was a secondary issue that happened that that afternoon, though, is that my wife tried to call 91.

The call failed.

She got some Spanish came in, and then just like three beeps over and over.

And nobody about 30 seconds before she hung up.

Um having reported that to Peter, it was probably within about 10 minutes that made it through both the fire chief, the police chief, and back to us through the officers that were on scene.

And they came over and took a statement from uh my wife to ask how it happened, and then she was followed up with the next day, and they had her call 911 again to make sure that it was working.

So just kudos to Chief Coley and the local police department um for not only their follow-through, but their professionals in the scene.

Nobody was injured, thankfully.

Um, but there was a lot of at 10th and dogwood, there's a lot of traffic, you know, obviously.

Somebody ran a stop sign, is what it appeared to be in this situation.

Um, but the officers that were on scene not only took control of the scene, but when the tow trucks arrived and everything else, they were having to do the old school direct traffic, right?

Because there's a lot of traffic that goes through there.

So just want to comment and compliment uh Chief Coley and and his officers for his response on that and also the follow-through on the 911 because I was a little concerning.

So thank you.

Cool.

Any other council reports?

Yes, Council Cardinas.

Yeah, I would just remind people it's starting to get really nice out.

And again, kiddos are out there playing.

I've seen a lot of speeding, and so I just want to remind you all to be aware, especially in the neighborhoods.

You never know a kid could you know kick a ball somewhere, and then they're just kids, they're not thinking about it, they're running after that ball.

And if you're not aware of your surroundings, um, you know, accidents happen, so I just want us all to be aware and safety first.

Talk to your students about what they should and shouldn't do.

Um, yeah, and remembering that it gets dark at night, and I know that people want to be out there looking at the stars and clear, but um I see and I think about myself when I was a kid and how many times I was walking in places where I was not seen, and there's not a lot of lights out here.

So just reminding your kiddos as well to really think about their own safety as they're out and about and playing at night.

Council Lopez, do you have anything?

No.

Um, I will take uh mayor's report then.

Um it's funny you talked about you the kiddos out there and they're speeding.

Um I was coming in it from a different direction.

Um parents, could please please put a helmet on your kids.

The kids are riding around on scooters and e-bikes, and they are going so fast through my neighborhood and around the neighboring streets.

Um I'm really concerned.

I'm really um they had a bad piece of gravel, they hit something some debris.

Um I know one of my co-workers was wearing his helmet and riding his um e-bike into work, and he just didn't see a little bit of gravel, came right into the parking lot and laid it down, and uh luckily had his helmet on because he road rashed his arm and his um helmet.

It it did its job, but he was just that was at one of these 20 to 28 mile an hour e-bikes, and uh it's uh it's it's a lot different crashing at 20 to 28 miles an hour than it is at 11 or 12 on your bicycle pedaling yourself.

So please, please, please put get a helmet on the kids and uh yeah, enjoy the time out there, but get get some safety equipment on them, please.

Um other things had the opportunity to participate again in a joint policy advisory committee on transportation discussion all about trans transit with uh uh we've had two I've had two meetings in the last few weeks with uh TriMet and other representatives.

Um the second meeting, everybody got real honest and really opened up about um how did we really feel about what's going on with TriMet?

And uh the feedback to Sam DeSue, the the general manager was you know, him asking us to stand beside him to go to the state to ask for more money.

And I'm like, Sam, the pitch can't be more money just to save the same service we have today.

It just that's kind of dead on arrival.

And you've kind of seen it with the pushback that we've had on the transportation initiative that we'll be voting on in this ballot.

You know, they pulled it in out of November to May, but we'll be voting on those that point.

And I said, I I think that's dead on arrival, Sam.

If you were talking about enhanced services, more neighborhood services, and I use the example of Cornelius.

For over 20 years, I've sat up here and I've sat at that table and argued for enhanced bus service in Cornelius.

And until we got the street transportation improvement program that gave us the ride connect, there was no vision of us ever having better bus service in Cornelis.

And now we have a local collector, uh, you know, a shuttle bus that drives around and connects our neighborhoods to the main TriMet system.

I said, if you were gonna pay, if you were going to give me more of that kind of service, then we'd have something to stand beside you with.

And I I continued to show the big example.

If you're in if you're in the east side Portland, you can walk a few blocks each direction and catch a bus, one that's headed east or west or north or south.

They've got a complete grid.

And we don't.

Clackamas County doesn't, and Washington County doesn't.

You've got Cornell, you've got TV Highway, there's East West.

You've got a little bit on Maine, and you got Corn Pass and Brookwood.

That's a long ways between the two north-south connectors.

Right?

It's just it's not comparable.

And the point we continue to bring up is um, even though they've given up, oh, I'll talk about that too.

Even though we've lost thousands of jobs in Washington County, primarily Intel has been a big shedder of jobs.

The last report I saw, they're still the number one income.

Number three.

Three minutes.

Um they're a huge provider of income in the state.

Where uh yet we don't have equitable levels of transit service in Washington County or Clackamas County in comparison to Multnomah.

And Mayor Stovell from Gresham chiked up and said, Hey, wait, wait.

We got five lines in Gresham, but it's Gresham's like 140,000 people.

So it's no it's no Portland service.

So I continue to emphasize that we will have don't look to Washington County or Clackham's County to cut services because they need to cut hundreds of millions of dollars to get back to base budget.

Um and they keep talking about raising money, and I'm like gotta figure another answer out.

Um other one I want to take from that also is they, and I don't have the numbers right in front of me, but they talked, um, we've got seen a lot of rhetoric about whether we've had job ads or job losses.

TriMet has lost.

I wish I had the numbers, and I I want to say it was like 27 million dollars in revenue because of the job losses in the TriMet service district.

Got to remember the way they're funded.

They get so much from an employer tax, and now they get a small percentage, like 0.1% of an employee's paycheck.

And they've lost over 27, I think it was 27 million from employers and like several million from the employee side.

So that says there's less income being paid in this Tri-County area.

Because TriMet's a direct indicator.

There's no more what you feel about anything.

If they've got less money, it's because there's less money in the Tri-County area being done in payroll.

So I will park my comments there and hand the floor over for the last two minutes.

The city manager.

Can you get it done in that time or do we need to extend a few more minutes?

No, no.

I I actually don't have anything further tonight.

So that's it for me.

Okay.

I make a motion to adjourn.

Uh nope, can't do it.

Following the regular city council meeting, the Cornell City Council will meet for an executive session pursuant to ORS 192.660 sub 2 sub I, which allows the city council to meet an executive session to review and evaluate the employment related performance of the chief executive officer of any public body, a public offer, uh, employee, public offer.

That seems weird.

It's probably was supposed to be officer.

Uh employee staff member who does not request an open hearing.

Representative of the news media and designated staff may attend the executive session.

All other members of the audience are asked to leave the room.

Representative of the news media are specifically directed not to report on any deliberations during the executive session, except to state the general subject as previously mentioned.

No final decision we made in executive session.

The council will not reconvene to a public meeting following the executive session.

I made my comments, it's 9 15.

Would you like to adjourn?

I motion to adjourn.

Motion to adjourn by Councillor Goodinas.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Councillor Lopez.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Abstention?

We are adjourned to our executive session.

Are we going to do it here or in the other room?