Good evening.

I would like to call to order this meeting of the Forest Grove City Council at 711 on February 9th.

Will the city recorder please call role?

Councillor Gesterson here.

Council President Valenzuela here.

Councillor Schimmel.

Here.

Councillor Falconer.

Here.

Councillor Martinez.

Here.

Councillor Marshall.

Here.

Mayor Wenzel.

Here.

We acknowledge the land on which Forest Grove is located rests on the traditional village sites of the Atvalati, a tribe of the Calapuas who originally inhabited the Tualetan Plains, including Forest Grove.

They are now part of the Confederate tribes of Grand Ron.

Will the audience and the Council please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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We're going to start over.

Whereas the Forest Grove City Council takes pride in recognizing February 2026 as Black History Month, honoring the many notable contributions of Black Americans.

And whereas the theme of Black History Month this year is a century of Black History Commemorations, marking 100 years since the inaugural week long observance of Black History in 1925, and urging us to explore the impact and meaning of Black history and life commemorations and transforming the status of Black peoples in the modern world.

And whereas the recognition of Black History Month has made February a time when Black history finds its way not simply into schools, but into cultural heritage sites, public squares, workplaces, houses of worship, and homes across the land and across oceans, offering opportunities to discover and learn more about African American history.

And whereas there is no American history without Black history.

And as we mark the 250th anniversary of the US independence, we recognize the importance of telling not only an inclusive history, but a true one, of recommitting ourselves to looking unfit unflinchingly at the past, including the parts that are uncomfortable, unflattering, and even shameful.

So that we may work towards the lasting institutional and societal change necessary to create a better future and a better America.

And whereas today and every day we celebrate African, African American, Afro-Latino, Afro-Caribean, and Black Heritage, and encourage all people to recognize and confront systemic racism in our neighborhoods and the wider community by standing in the gap of every opportunity, bridging barriers with fearlessness and determination to fight against racism and bigotry and improve representation of black people in all facets of our society.

Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Forest Grove does hereby proclaim February 2026 as Black History Month in Forest Grove, Oregon, Washington County, and calls upon all citizens to observe this month with the appropriate programs and activities and reflections and to continue our efforts to create a world that is more just and proper us for prosper prosperous for all.

Thank you.

Thank you, Council President Valence Wellet for your help.

We are now moving on to item B, which is public comment.

Public comment time provided for anyone wishing to speak to the city council on an item not on the agenda or on the agenda but not scheduled for a public hearing.

Comments are limited to two minutes unless additional time is granted by the presiding officer.

The public comment period shall not exceed 30 minutes unless the majority of counselors present vote to extend the time.

Zoom attendees may use the raise hand option to be called on.

Thank you for being patient with me.

Last time I spoke to this council, I expressed my fear.

ICE agents continue to claim immunity to the strictures of the Constitution.

Schools are instructing staff to treat the presence of ice as any other active shooter.

In previous discussions, we've heard about the lack of manpower.

The Forest Grove police cannot stop ice if ICE chooses to come here in force.

We have heard that our police force is reluctant to put officers in harm's way to protect people against ice.

I understand this.

You are, many of you, just as fearful as I am.

You have heard many of the same rumors that I have that ice will be surged to Portland soon.

You are, as I am, frustrated by the framing of litigation as protection.

Unlike me, you have the power to act on a citywide scale.

You have the power to reach out and formally ask for assistance from Hillsborough, Cornelius, Portland, all of our neighbors.

If more officers from our neighbors are needed to defend us from illegal violence, then that is what you must seek.

Officers of the law cannot interfere with ICE's legal activities, but it is their duty to prevent violence, prevent murder, to keep us safe.

When an officer puts on their uniform, they accept the risk of violence.

Do not force the people of Forest Grove to accept that risk in your thank you, Mr.

Dean.

Michael Johnson.

Michael Johnson, I'm uh with Indivisible Forest Grove.

And I'm not necessarily speaking for them.

I think I'm speaking probably for just about everybody here.

And that if anybody was at the town hall recently held by the attorney general, you know how desperate some people are feeling.

And we know which people those are.

And I heard it today in your discussions earlier.

Um I quite agree that a lot of of the legislation that's being posed is is going to be only symbolic.

Or at best, uh, you know, a threat of litigation later.

But maybe that's got some power to it if we publicize it enough.

If we get DAs out there constantly saying, hey guys, you may be able to pull this stuff off because you can, but nevertheless, there will be accountability someday.

You're breaking the law, and there's no pardon for a state crime.

Maybe that'll slow them down a little bit.

The only thing that I know is that every citizen, whether they swore an oath to the Constitution or not, has an obligation to defend our democracy, and the time is now.

We are running out of time.

They are desperately trying to consolidate power.

And you think those prisons they're building are just for immigrants.

Someday we're gonna be in those prisons if we don't get prisoners to resist, resist, resist.

Thank you, Mr.

Johnson.

They all fake.

Congresswoman Bonamici spoke January 28th to high school.

You entered.

No.

The superintendent of public schools introduced her.

She spoke.

Main thing of all, and you concluded the presentation.

And you were there, the counselor Falconer.

Main thing was fear and safety.

And there were ways to address that.

And I hope everybody does what they said they were going to do there.

I do support you, and it goes to the other two topics I have.

I sent you emails already, there are links in that.

Uh but I support what you said, Mayor.

Get the mayors involved.

There's a group of you.

Work hard to do what you need to do as mayors and the local actions make a difference.

Please do that.

The email, first one I sent to you had to do with uh clean water services work sessions and business meetings.

Now they've separated that.

Now they're clean water services separate from the county.

So you have a work session and you have a business meeting.

The first one is tomorrow.

Let me public comment to the clean water services during the nine o'clock session.

Second thing has to do.

Well, and there was a fine of $31,603 to uh to clean water services because they failed to conduct initial performance test on its engine generator Rock Creek wastewater treatment facility.

Most people don't know that.

And I said in email, I'm sure that Clean Water would be much more able to deal with these kinds of issues with new organizational structure.

Set up by the County Commission's cooperation of staff and clean water services.

I'm pleased with it.

Second thing had to do with energy crisis in Oregon.

Four part series.

I encourage you to all read those stories in the Oregonian.

The last thing also Co-Tech names panel to study data centers impact.

Huge tax breaks are not on agenda.

It should be on the agenda.

Please read what I emailed you.

Thank you, Mr.

Fake.

Carol Allery.

Hello.

Good evening.

Okay.

So last week I heard something that made some sense to me.

It says lying is always loud, but quiet is truth.

Truth is usually quiet.

Okay.

Proverbs 12 22 says that I love to bring the word of God to you guys.

We need to have truth in the midst of all the excitement we have going on.

The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

First Corinthians 13 6 says love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in truth.

Proverbs 12 22 says, Bless is the man who fears the Lord.

Perfect love cast out all fear.

Have a good day.

Oh thank you, Miss Allery.

Thank you.

There are no other um individuals signed up for public comment, but I would like to give anyone in the audience who may not have seen our sign-up sheet an opportunity to speak for public comment if they so wish.

Is there anyone in the audience who would like to give public comment?

Okay, thank you for those of you who have given public comment in the past and continue to do so.

Oh, on Zoom.

If you are on Zoom and you would like to give public comment, could you please use the raise hand feature at this point?

I see none.

So we're gonna move on to item C on our agenda, which is the consent agenda.

Let me get my stuff together.

Items considered the consent agenda are items considered routine and that are adopted with a single motion without discussion.

Counselors may remove items per the motion to adopt any removed items are discussed and acted upon following the approval of the remaining items.

What is the wish of the council?

Move to approve it.

Second.

Okay, the consent agenda was moved by counselor marshall and seconded by councilor Martinez.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

All those opposed, hearing none of the consent agenda is approved by the Force Grove City Council and a seven to zero vote.

Item D on the agenda is additions or deletions.

City manager, any additions or deletions.

I do have one item, Mayor, that I'd like the council to consider.

Um, at the January 26th work session regarding the police police facility.

The council reached a consensus to have another uh work session on the police facility on February 23rd.

Uh I'd like to see if there is a consensus amongst the council to postpone that work session until March 9th.

Uh the reason for the postponement is city staff has applied for a grant at the state legislature, and we should know the outcome of that grant prior to that work session, and that could have an impact on the work session.

So if there's a consensus for that, I'd like to move the police facility work session from February 23rd to March 9th.

Okay, can I get a thumbs up if you want to?

Okay, there's consensus to move that.

Thank you, Samander.

Uh 2D, are any additions or deletions proposed by council?

Seeing none, we're moving um on to item E, which is presentations.

The council will hold questions until the end of each presentation.

A two-minute reminder will be given to the presenter to conclude remarks.

I'm really excited about all these presentations, just a little editorializing.

Our first presentation tonight is from ODOT, and it's our East TV Highway Updates.

Um streets.

Anyways, I'm gonna turn it over to Miss Stephanie Turner from ODOT.

Hi, Stephanie.

Thank you for joining us.

Hi, thanks for having me tonight.

And thanks for having me over Zoom.

And I couldn't make it in person.

I'm sorry.

So with that, it looks like someone sharing the presentation.

So I will just oh, there we go.

Um so thank you for that.

So um, as you mentioned, I'm Stephanie Turner.

I'm the area manager west for ODOT Region One.

Um, so primarily Washington County, and I'm here to talk about the work we're doing out in Forest Grove.

Uh next slide, please.

So we are installing a new pedestrian crossing at AMB Row, um more commonly known as the Rose Grove Mobile Home Community Park.

Um, and that's on OR 8, about halfway between Quince and Mountain View.

Um we had bid the job, but there were some changes in um disenfranchised business rules from the federal government.

So we had to take the the language about that out and then rebid.

So um we will be construction constructing this spring summer.

Um, but if it is part of a there are other parts of the project in Hillsborough, so I don't know right now when exactly the contract will be at this spot, but I'm happy to come back or or share when I know more.

Um and then very excited to talk about the new project at four or eight at Aira Av and U.

Um so we're installing a new traffic signal with lighting and curb ramps.

Um we're also coordinating with Forest Grove on their safe route to school project.

So the projects will tie in together, and also with TriMIT with the future OR8 BRT improvements.

Um we're currently just kicked off design and construction is expected in 2028 and 2029.

Um next slide, please.

So we were able to um advance this project into this step because of the help from Forest Grove.

Um Forest Grove applied for and was granted an ERMAR from the federal government and provided that along with the match so we could advance the work up into 2025.

So we were in design, both right away starting in 27 and then construction again in 2029.

More most recently along Highway 47, um, we replaced 13 intersections with 88 per ramps, and then coming up, we're also replacing curb ramps at two intersections in 2027, and that's Pacific Avenue and Mountain View, and that their work will also will connect into that State Rodstone School project that you're all are delivering, and then baseline at you.

And then in addition to that, we just recently finished last year, I guess, um, an arts project that added flashing beacons on 47 at Maple and B streets to warn drivers of the intersections.

Next slide.

That was really fast.

I'm I'm sorry, it was so quick.

Um are there any questions for me or comments?

Yes, Stephanie, I'm gonna have a bunch, but I'm gonna wait till the end.

So counselor or no, Councilor Schimmel had one.

I don't know why you're saying for me.

Did you have one?

We can't be confused with each other.

No, it's just me.

I'm confused.

Well, thank you, Stephanie, for being here.

Uh well, there's particular intersections I hear uh a great number of concerns about.

You know, one is the the quince and uh highway eight and that northbound slip lane in particular.

I know we're waiting for the crossing paint to be laid down.

I know we've asked for signage that's been turned down.

Uh it's and I I do believe that um getting people away from that intersection entirely is is important once that midway uh crossing is is done.

But but I I'm concerned in the next couple years of the the safety of that slip lane in particular and just passing by it today.

The the water was just collected right there at the 80 day ADA ramp, which I think happens in other locations too, but it it just was ironic that uh with the intention of uh improving accessibility, we we make it less accessible if there's water collecting or if or if the crossing of that those kind of slip lanes proves more dangerous.

the the water was just collected right right there at the 80 day ADA ramp which I think happens in other locations too but it it just was ironic that uh with the intention of of uh improving accessibility we we make it less accessible if there's water collecting or if or if the crossing of that those kind of slip lanes proves more dangerous so uh and it and this is just relaying some of the the the number of concerns especially as that community is largely a retired or senior living community any other um oh sorry I was just gonna um quickly respond um I hadn't heard about the ponding so I will share that with the construction team I know that they're not fully completed and make sure that the contractor knows about that so thank you for that any other questions or comments I'm just so happy to see all this the list of presentations go ahead counselor Falkner I do have a quick question if you if you know the answer I'm not sure I mean because I think the TV highway project is is so you know it's farther away in the future further away in the future um but when you say coordinating um with them on the bus rapid transit do you know at this point whether that includes closing the gap in you know on that north side of TV highway where there's just no sidewalks at all so I mean I I understand you know you will your ODOT project will include um you know some curb improvements and crossing and then tying that into mountain view but I'm concerned a little bit about um you know creating those but but not closing the gap on that north side um you know sort of west of um mountain view between where this other you know where this other project that you were just indicating um so there's there's that gap in front of the four dealership basically and I'm wondering if that's going if that's waiting until TV highway project or will that be included in these projects Stephanie I'm gonna bring up our mastermind engineer uh who works on all this projects to help too thank you Greg for being good evening uh mayor members of the council Greg Robertson mastermind um the answer to your question is uh the gap of the sidewalk from U Street to Rose Grove is going to be completed as part of the safe routes to school project okay we're doing some gaps down around the railroad crossing uh by the middle school and we are also completing that portion so we'll be coordinating with uh ODOT and are having ongoing discussions right now about the signalization and then just permitting uh uh of the of the work that we're gonna be doing in there right right away okay so that sidewalk in front there will be a sidewalk in front of the floor yes there will be part of this project yep perfect thank you that answers my question don't leave since you're up here Greg sorry sorry Steffi I'm gonna circle back to you no no since you're up here I just think I'm like so immensely proud and excited by all the work we're doing on in the East Forest Grove with transportation safety the east side park and I'm just wondering I'm saying this to Jesse to you and Lane if you're listening to me but it'd be really cool if we could have like an east side livability timeline and mapping because I'm curious as to like how this is all going to play out right so we're gonna get the my this is based on my understanding we're gonna get the crosswalk this spring then east side park is being built this spring and summer and then safe routes to school 2027.

Highly dependent on our successful negotiations with the railroad which is usually more difficult than the federal government with the railroad they take their I know I was hoping you were gonna we are working railroad uh mayor we are working on developing uh a timeline based on uh conversation we had with counselor schimmel uh last week to kind of lay out a sequence of what's going to be happening in that area okay cool great well thank you for staying answering the questions and you know Stephanie I just want to say um well I guess I guess I have a question question I'm gonna ask a little bit of a tough question but really just a lot of appreciation uh there's major safety improvement improvements that we needed in Forest Grove that U Street intersection is one of the um most unsafe intersections in our community not just for vehicles but especially for pedestrians and so I'm really just excited about it but I do have a concern with transportation funding um I know it's in the plan I know it's in the step and I'm just wanting to make sure that this is gonna continue to happen no matter what it's can it's gonna happen.

Like I know that like it's really hard to say everything for certain but the the funding's been secured it's in this dip the only reason that right of away and construction are programmed yet is because the new CIP process and so those will be programmed once we get to 30% plans.

The only reason that right-of-way and construction are programmed yet is because of the new CIP process.

And so those will be programmed once we get to 30% plans.

Okay, cool.

Thank you.

Yeah, and it you know, this is on public record.

So thank you for that.

I know that doesn't I guess pending like a tragedy that none of us see coming.

Yeah, right.

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

Thanks for joining us.

Have a good night.

Thanks to you too.

Thank you.

Okay, and then next up for our second presentation is the Council Creek Regional Trail with Renith Kalfkins.

I hope I didn't put your name.

And he's our Washington County Senior Project Engineer.

Hello, sir.

Good evening, Council.

Mayor.

Perfect.

So, yes, my name is Janice Kalfkins.

I'm a senior project manager with Washington County managing the Council Creek Regional Trail as well as the Fernhill Maple.

So we'll go over Council Creek first.

So put the agenda.

I'll go over the project background, the design funding, the status of the two projects, why we have two projects, as well as the near-term communications and reporting, and then our next steps with this project.

So for the background, the Council Creek Regional Trail came from the master plan, which was adopted and complete in 2015.

The two corridors were identified, the north-south, which is more long-term, no funding is identified yet, and then the east-west connector from Hillsborough to Forest Grove.

That one had the Council Creek Regional Trail Working Group, which was a partnership of the county, the cities, Metro, TriMEC, and ODA, and they helped really build momentum to secure funding.

They achieved three grants.

The first one was a regional flexible fund allocation, which allowed them to start with preliminary design on the trail.

And then from there, they apply they apply for a ray rebuilding American infrastructure through sustainability and equity arrays grant.

That one they told us to reduce the request, which we did, and then we in order to reduce that request, we took out all the road crossings.

So the raise grant is a direct recipient to the county to design and construct the trail portion only.

For the crossings, they went out for another regional flexible fund allocation, which we're awarded, and that is through Metro.

ODOT manages those funds, and then we deliver the project.

So we've got two funding, three technically three funding sources.

The first was just for preliminary, and then the trail, and then the crossings project.

So for the trail, the design started in September of 2023.

We had an open house in May of 24.

We had our environmental permits in August of 2024, and by September we had our design complete.

The reason for that very close timeline is the federal funds for the raise grant had very strict timelines we had to adhere to that also required that we stayed within the rail corridor.

The rail corridor at the time was owned by ODOT, so we would not have the actual rights to construct and maintain the trail yet.

Federal Highway has said if you get your design done, your permits in, submit, we'll hold, we'll review, and then once you know the next year, once you get your right-of-way sorted, we'll do another precursory review and then set you free to construct.

That's what we did.

So in July, we ODOT sold the property to TriMet.

TriMet issued an easement to the county to maintain and construct a rail or trail.

And while in 2025, what we also did because we had a bit of time, we refined our design a little bit.

We did some additional geotechnical investigations for the bridge to really try and reduce some of the risk in construction.

And we needed an amendment to get through how federal how in that which we got.

And then in and while we're doing that, we're getting every other little permit we may need for erosion control from uh for our 1200 C, as well as going through the city of Tillsborough for their permits.

So come December of last year, we had every permit design done, right-away secured, everything's submitted to Federal Highway.

And right now the grant is being reviewed by the grant review task force.

We don't have any direction for how long that review is going to take.

We don't know what the direction is going to be.

Our local federal highway office, they're trying to be as accommodating and helpful as they can.

But right now, the grant review task force is reviewing our grants.

We just waiting right now, but we're ready to go.

So right here, if you see now open house, these are some just exhibits from the open house for the trail cross section.

It'll be a 12-foot trail, two feet on either side.

What isn't depicted here is our treatment trench.

We'll have a trench on sometimes the north, sometimes the south side of the trail to collect any runoff treat before discharging.

There are three sections we had to narrow the trail to eight feet with two foot shoulders.

That was in order to ensure the trail stayed within the rail corridor.

And then there's one section in Forest Grove where we narrow it to 10 feet.

The reason for that is some wetlands and some other sensitive areas within the area.

So to exhibit so that's the new bridge we'll be building at uh overie creek.

And the reason we're trying to get the trail out now, we need two summers to construct the bridge.

We've got to remove the old ballast of the railroad, we've got to build a temporary bridge and construct the new one.

So there's a lot of work, and we need two seasons in order to do that.

We can only work in the along the creek during certain months of the year.

And then the cattle crossing, there's a property that is bisected by the trail embankment where a property owner uses it to cross his cattle.

So we'll remove that old ballast, put in a new box culvert, maintain that connectivity for the cattle.

So that was the trail portion.

Next, we've got the enhanced crossings.

Preliminary design was done in February with the previous grant, and then we had the new grant for the river funds.

We started off the final design in January.

We are expected to have an open house in April of this.

Yeah, a few months away.

And so with the open house, um, I spoke to City of Cornelius um council last week.

Initially, we were going to just do the open house online, but we heard a lot of requests to do it in person to make sure we gather more of the community, which we can accommodate no problem.

So it will be in at the City of Cornelius Library.

We're just sorting out dates with them still, and we'll host the open house there, and everything will be translated into Spanish as well.

And so the construction for the crossings is anticipated in January, but everything is contingent on finding out when we can go to construction on the trail.

Odot is the administrator of these funds, and we have been told we wouldn't be allowed to go to construction on the crossings without the trail, which makes sense.

We can't build crossings to nowhere.

But so, as far as our construction timeline is really contingent now on hearing back from Federal Highway and getting some direction that we can actually go into construction, and then we can tie in how the two projects will relate to each other in the construction phase.

So, just some concepts.

So, this is the crossing at U Street.

So, all of these will be looked at again.

Out of all the crossings, only three, maybe four, are actually county jurisdictional roadways.

Everything else, the 23, so 19 of the remaining or all city roads, either city of Cornelius, Hillsboro or Forest Grove.

So we are working with all our city partners.

We'll be setting up meetings with city staff to make sure we are meeting those requirements, meeting the needs here.

So and go to the next slide.

This is just a zoomed in view of that crossing right now.

What's the concept for U Street is a pedestrian refugee median in the middle with the approach?

We'll have this uh a signage ahead.

Every and just the crossing will accommodate whatever the traffic, the ADT, the speed, all those will be analyzed, re-analyzed for each of the crossings to ensure we're providing a crossing that is adequate for the road type.

Near-term communications reporting right now.

The cities and counties, cities and the county are working together on the near-term communications.

Everything's we've decided everything's going to come to the project because we'll be out there for several years for construction for maintenance requests, all coming to the LUT Proj website or email address.

From there, we'll disseminate it out to whoever needs to be.

If it's for debris or pickup, we might reach out to Washington County Solid Waste or reach out if we need some backup if there's uh uh a partner that can maybe assist us with that.

Safety is under the jurisdiction of local law enforcement.

So when you call non-emergency or 911, it will be dispatched accordingly, and then for long-term, actually, it'll be in the next slide, please.

So next steps.

So just to touch on the county on maintenance, the county's convening meetings on the long-term government operations governance plan.

The idea right now is that Washington County Parks would take over maintenance of the entire trail.

The details of that is being worked out with our planning group.

As I said, we'll be in construction until at least 2028 if we get the go-ahead now.

So we've got a few years to look at the final details to the long-term maintenance, but until we finish with construction, capital projects will have either center contact there.

Construction of the trail, we're waiting for federal highway, and then the enhanced crossings design started.

Notices of the open house will go out at least two weeks prior.

And hopefully, we get the go-ahead for the trail so that we can get the crossings out right after that.

And any questions on the Council Creek Regional Trail?

Okay, any questions from council?

I have a question, but I don't want to cut anyone off.

Okay, I'm gonna go for it then.

Thank you for the presentation.

My question's about, and I'm gonna be like fully transparent.

It's actually a question for staff and all of us.

Um, I appreciate that you're gonna have that open house information translated into Spanish um and have that be accessible.

But you know, as we all live with like engagement, I guess I I want to know a little bit more, and I and again, this is not just for the county, this is for us with like our state of the city and our engagement is how do you really let people in the Latin you know communities know like hey, this is what we're doing, and this is the benefit.

So I guess that's my question is how are you also sharing out that there's this open house information to engage people, and then the other thought that I was having was then it's also like feels like not safe for some community members to go and access the things in our community, and so I'm just wondering if we could work with Grove Link or the County Grove work with Grove Link or the city could, you know, when we have our state of the city to say, hey, we could go to these areas and pick community members up and bring them to the open house and take them home because my understanding, you know, is that public transportation is a very safe way for people to travel right now if they're feeling not safe in their own vehicles getting places.

So I I don't necessarily need answers right now.

I'm just thinking that you know, as Mr.

Johnson and as we all sit here and think like what are we doing to protect democracy?

And I'm like and you know, all these things collide in my head.

I'm so proud of the work the city is doing to increase safety to provide recreation, to do all these things, you know, and then that there's also a community that's living in fear of not being able to access that.

So, like maybe it's not just fighting and slowing down tyranny, it's also like trying to continue to create safety so people can live, so people have livability.

Um, so anyways, those are just my deep thoughts that aren't necessarily needing an answer, but I think that we as count cities, counties and the state need to figure that out as well.

Anyways, that's all I got.

I will say um with the outreach, we it will be we will have the open house virtual as well, and that's uh and then our outreach we send out all our mailers also translated.

We post on all social media accounts, and then we release the information to the cities if they want to post on.

We've had some cities put in water bills, all sorts of things to help get the word out.

So these different in those mechanism, that's just getting the word out.

But it is a curious question about how getting people, those want to attend the open house, getting them there.

And have you reached out to Centro Cultural and then Adelante Muharis?

I would say that like uh also utilizing community-based organizations that have a trusting relationship with the community they serve is always a win, right?

Like that's always a way to go about it.

So I do appreciate um you just letting me kind of ramble as my process was going.

Um, any other questions on Council Creek?

Go ahead.

Besides the open house, are you gonna have like a a QR thing where people can complete a survey and things like that?

Because for some of us who are teachers, for example, uh, that would be very useful to have.

We can have our students complete something like that, you know, at the high school or something, and do a survey that would be a great value, you know, because that's one place where they're feeling kind of safe.

Uh but like Mayor Wensel said, uh, reaching out to our communities.

We did a lot of work, uh, community engagement work for Council Creek about five or six years ago at Centro Cultural for Metro.

So it would be something great to reach out to to them and adelante.

And with that QR code thing, you know, that goes a long way.

Yeah, all our mail mailers have the QR codes to the website and to the open house.

Awesome.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, any other.

So I don't think you get to leave the hot seat.

So we're gonna have our third presentation, which is really timely.

I don't know if you realize this, but there was another accident at that intersection just last week.

And so um we look we are well overdue for some safety improvements at this intersection.

So I'm happy to hear this update and then ask you a couple hard questions.

Perfect.

So with the uh Fernhill Maple, Oregon 47 and say so.

But this one again, we'll go over the location, the partners in this project, and in that slide, you'll just have to click through.

There'll be a few things popping up, and then the coordination and next step.

So project location, yeah.

We're right at the south end of Forest Growth.

Think everyone's familiar with where Fernhill Maple 47 is.

So the partners of the project.

So right here, this is our current design.

There's still some tweaks work out with ODOT.

We've got our rain gardens there to address rain runoff and everything.

But the real intricacies with this project has come with everyone that is over right at this intersection.

So first click, that's the railroad right-of-way that is owned by the railroad.

The fernhill crossing there is there by permit.

Next one.

That is the track which is owned by Union Pacific.

And next is that's the yellow line is Portland Western.

So Union Pacific owns the tracks, Portland Western leases the tracks, where they put permit and ODOT rail oversees the railroads in general.

So with our working through this process, we're going through all three, and every iteration has been quite something.

We're working through that.

And then next that green block that is City of Hillsborough property.

They have a building on that site, and our sidewalk does impact the property.

So we're working with the city there to dedicate the necessary right-of-way, and then we'll be removing that building as well because we impact it.

Next.

But anyway, so South E Southwest there with the blue, that is private property acquisition, where we will be encumbering upon a private owner there, and there will be some acquisition there.

Next one.

On the southeast there, that property is owned by Clean Water Services, and we're impacting them as well.

We need to get a bit of ride-away dedication from our partners there for that sidewalk.

Next the yellow line there with the dot right in our center turn line is Bonneville Power Administration BPA.

They've got a major power line that runs right down the corridor, and we are impacting that first pole right there.

The next the orange line is Forest Grove Light and Power.

They've got their facility that runs across down Maypoint to Fern Hill.

They've got several utilities attached to their pole as well.

The red is Portland General Electric PGE.

They've got a line that comes up and then across line 47.

And then they've got a guy Y that crosses Fern Hill there.

The green is a sanitary sewer for clean water services that we're coordinating with.

The orange is Northwest Natural.

They've got their facility as well that runs to this intersection.

Then we all know the Maple Street is Forest Grove.

Fern Hill is the county.

Blue is ODOT jurisdiction.

And then the red is Bonneville Power, they own that parcel.

Luckily, we're avoided we avoid it.

So no impacts there, no land use needed for them.

And then the pink is the new signal arms that will be installing, and the maroon are the gate arms for the railroad.

So all of this working together.

So we can go to the next slide.

I'll go into the coordination first and we can jump back to this.

So where we've been with this project, the coordination in September, we got an urban design concurrence from ODOT.

That is the first step we needed to get through with the state that sets our conditions of our design.

That opened the door to allow us to get our state traffic engineer conditional approval for the new signal, which we received in February of 2025.

That then opened the door to then start with the coordination with ODOT rail and the signal timing.

And then also part of the conditional approval, we needed to get in front of the mobility advisory committee.

They oversee all freight movements in the state on state highways.

So we needed to provide an update on this project to them.

We got their concurrence on the project in September.

And right now, the next major step with ODOT is getting the final signal approval.

The railroad, we are trying to get our rail order from them, which is an edit to the current order.

So as I said, we've got to work with Union Pacific, Portland Western, ODOT oversees it, but it's directly with the railroads and trying to get through their thing to amend the permits because they've got their own interests and making sure that everything is crossed and meets the requirements there.

Once we get that rail order, we get into the construction and maintenance agreement with them, which is more just the technicalities of paying them for the long-term maintenance of the of the um of the crossing, as well as what the estimate is for their construction work to do it.

And the big thing we're looking at right now is the BPA relocation.

So if you jump back to the previous slide.

So in this image, so BPA being that yellow line, that is really the first major thing we need in order.

Because even if we had our signal approval design done and the crossing order, we still would not be able to start any construction with the utilities in place.

However, Bonneville Power starting their relocation now in May.

And thank you, City, for your letter and really appreciate Forest Grove Light and Power.

They've been a huge partner in getting us through everything with vulnerable power, but they're starting their relocation now with them starting their relocation now in May, that possibly could start in April.

That sets the dominoes in effect with the utilities.

So once BPA has moved, that allows Forest Grove, Light and Power to relocate their poles, raise their lines to get out of having to be over those.

Oh, if you go back to the BS1 again, please.

Yeah.

If so, if you look at the orange line, once Forest Grove Line of Power, you get they get out of the conflict with our signal heads, and they also avoid the conflict with the railroad railroad gate arms.

Once they relocated, all the other utilities on their pole can then start their relocation work.

So you've got Comcast, you've got Xyo, they're all out there as well.

Ziplies on the pole, they said they're going to go underground.

So all of those start moving, and then PGE will start their relocation as well.

They're going over the other gate arm as well.

So with the BPA movement starting, that sets the dominoes that starts getting all the utilities relocated.

So it cleans up our construction sites when we're ready to get out there.

You go to the next two slides, please.

Next, yep.

So next steps we'll be looking at with this project is the right-of-way acquisition.

We haven't started that because we needed to know when we'd get our rail order and the construction maintenance agreement.

There's a TCE, which requires dates, and we don't want to overextend what how long we need that temporary construction easement for.

So right away we'll start in April, May, June now, if possibly even April, we'll start the relocation of the or BPA will do their relocation work.

Also, what you'll see out there next week is there's a tree in the railroad right away that needs to be relocated or needs to be removed for utility relocates as well.

That tree is going to be removed next week.

So we're really setting the stage to get the utilities relocated.

So then through July, January, we'll have the utilities periodically out on site doing their relocation work, setting up and get clearing out the way for our construction work.

August is when we targeting to have our design complete final submission to the state for our acceptance.

November, we're hoping to advertise, but that is pending the construction maintenance agreement with the railroad and then construction in March on the on the actual intersection.

That is also depending as long as we get our construction maintenance agreement with the railroad impact.

We're looking at other mechanisms to try and improve our schedule, such as per our signal poles are generally a six to nine month lead time.

So those are items we're going to look to purchase ahead of time and have those ready for the contractor that it's not something that they're buying and then waiting on.

And then the coordination with the railroad on how best we can help them get in and out, what construction work we need to get done so that they can come and get it done because they would not open that crossing until their signals together, everything's bought off and everything is completed.

So there's a lot of finer details that will be working through with them the next few months while the utilities are doing all their relocation so that we can hit the ground running when we get onto construction.

Any questions on the phone your maple in my contact?

Councillor Falkner.

Did I mishear you?

Did you say Zippley is planning to underground?

Correct.

And so you did hear me.

Yeah, thank you.

I did hear you correctly.

Sorry.

I I don't remember if you if you pointed out sort of where they run, but I'm just, I guess maybe my really dumb question is why isn't everyone it's then it's a separate permit with the stay with with the railroad, and it's up to the utilities.

So utilities can operate in the railroad or in the they can operate in right-of-way at their own, and it's up to them if they want to stay on the pole or if they want to go underground.

Underground is generally more expensive for them.

And so not many go.

And with the amount of utilities on the poles right now, that was one of the I believe governing reasons why Zippy chose to go under.

It's easier permitting in the underground, but it's a lot more expensive and a lot more intricate for the utility.

Yeah, it's just it's just such an opportunity, and I'm sad because you know it's poles are also dangerous, you know.

I mean, they they are, and for more for multiple reasons.

So I'm a little sad about that.

Um not that you can do anything about it.

I just wanted to share that.

Uh the other grape that I'm sure my colleagues are sick of hearing about.

Um, I, in addition to being a driver on this road frequently, I'm also a runner on this trail.

And currently, I don't know if you're familiar at all, but all of the stop stripes are yards away and away from the stop sign and beyond the pedestrian crossings currently.

Um, and so cars who are approaching the highway.

They they they they drive over top of the crossing beyond the stop sign without looking left or right for people who are using the trail.

And I think I see, I'm not sure, but can you point out whether or not that will continue to be the case?

Or I mean, I see the markings for the crosswalks themselves, but I'm not sure I see the stop lines on the stop lines will fall where roughly where you've got the double markings, so they're all further back.

Say you're coming, you know, you're driving south on Maple Street, and you're going to take a right onto the highway.

Um, currently the stop stripe is all the way out onto the highway beyond the um beyond the the crosswalk.

Yeah, and this we're pulling it back behind or putting it behind again.

Okay.

And is that sort of county's typical standard?

I'm just wondering, you know, maybe that's not ODOT standard.

I'm not sure why it was striped this way to begin with, but I mean generally comes down.

They want to they want the cost to stop ahead so that they come to the stop and ease into the intersection, so it's not just a free ride.

And the idea is that when you've got the stop, you're supposed to stop at the crosswalk.

They don't.

Yeah.

I'm also around, yeah.

I've had a few very close encounters.

And part of the striping at this intersection, ODOT is the governing agency.

And so part of the going through the design concurrence, then reviewing our plan details, it goes to their striping group, and they tell us if we're meeting their requirement or so, but it's their standard to bring it back here.

And the county generally follows that.

We're trying to encourage more defensive driving and slower speeds.

Okay, so the design will bring it back in.

We'll be bringing him back.

Thank you.

Are there any other questions?

Um, okay, I'm gonna ask a couple.

Um I just um is there anything we can do to push up the timeline?

Because I mean, that I'm just a little pressure point, but and you know, and I want to give a shout out to Bonneville and to Keith for that poll.

Like, I understand it was actually, I mean, just a little for the history of the audience.

I don't know if you care, but the construction project was supposed to be done last year, and then there was this poll by Bonneville, and then we had to have it move.

And Keith and City staff, like we did a great job, like working that out.

And so I'm just gonna be honest.

I thought we were gonna, I thought construction was gonna be this summer, like I really did, and it is just such a dangerous intersection.

It is such a dangerous intersection, and you know, I I've been on this council for 12 years.

This is my 12th year, and I know that when I came on in 2014, we were trying to work on this and having work sessions, and so it just feels like I'm letting down our community.

Like every time there's an accident, someone gets hurt.

I like we all look at ourselves in the mirror and we're like, what are we doing?

And I know we're doing all we can, and I really do appreciate and I you know, I want to give a shout out for MSIP, which is this is Washington County Major Street Transportation Improvement Program funding.

Like we need to protect that.

I was wishing Mr.

Feek would be here so I could tell him the next time you go testify at the board, like say protect MST.

But um, I'm just wondering, is there anything the city can do?

Um, can we write a letter to the railroad?

Can we is there any way we can get this expedited so we can start on this sooner?

That's one of the things we talking so online is Matt Maya, he's my the principal over this with me, and he just went through three rail orders with the rail in three different projects.

So we do have an understanding, and that's what we're trying to tackle now because as I said, it we're permitted at this crossing.

It's and what we're trying to do with the railroad is always share all the information.

So when Daniel Stewart passed away there about five years ago now, I think it was we shared the information with the railroad.

Like we've had a fatality here.

We need to get this, and now we've had another.

We're gonna share that information with them again.

Say, listen, this is a major concern for us.

Barneville's moving.

This is a last switch, and trying to really grease the wheels with them to see what we can do.

If anything comes up in our conversation, I'll definitely be reaching out to Greg and following up through those channels to make what the city can help us with to scoot the rail along to get us on this three permits.

Great.

And we thank you because we are cooperative, we're collaborative, we have great staff.

We appreciate the work the county's doing.

Bonneville, Keith.

I mean, we understand that it takes all of us doing our part, and however we can support you, uh, because it supports us, right?

Like this is definitely important.

So I appreciate I'm happy uh that it's moving forward.

I'm just, you know, of course, want it to be done sooner.

So okay, great.

Thank you so much.

Thanks for coming out tonight.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, we are gonna move on now to our uh ordinances and resolutions.

We have our second reading of ordinance 2026-01, amending force grove code of ordinances, title 11 business regulations, chapter 110.

I guess I don't need to read all of this, and I'm gonna turn it over to our city recorder, Miss Mariah.

Thank you, Mayor.

The city council held a public hearing on January 26th to consider ordinance 202601.

The no public testimony was received, and the public hearing was closed.

This is item is for the second reading of the ordinance um and no additional updates.

Um there are no additional updates to the staff report.

Okay, and so we're not gonna have a second reading.

Um, we're not gonna open up public hearing or a second hearing or yeah, second public hearing.

So are there any questions from council for staff?

Any questions?

I see no questions.

Okay, so is there a motion on the floor?

Move to approve ordinance number 2026-01.

Great.

It was moved ordinance 2026-01 was moved by Council President Valenzuela and seconded by Councilor Martinez.

Any discussion?

No, I'm just happy.

Thank you, Mariah, for doing this work.

It'll make everyone's job just more efficient and smooth and consistent.

The state does these.

Um okay.

Well, the city manager please read it by title only.

Ordinance 2026-01, amending Forest Grove Code of Ordinances Title 11, Business Regulations, Chapter 110, Business Licensing, Section 110.070 through section 110.999.

Amending liquor license guidelines and repealing ordinance 2010-05.

Great.

Thank you.

Do we need to do a roll call vote or can I just do it?

Okay, all those in favor of approving ordinance 2026-01, please say aye.

Aye.

All those opposed, same sign.

Hearing none.

Ordinance 2026-01 is approved by the Forest Grove City Council in a vote of seven to zero.

Now we will move on to council communications.

And I'm gonna start with our council president, Miss Valenzuela.

Thank you.

So uh we're meeting, uh, we have our uh a special event with the library commission on Wednesday.

So it's like our little retreat and special meeting uh with the podlock and and things like that.

So I don't have any news besides what I told you last time.

Uh from the um CDBG, we had the in-person presentations.

We heard uh from 13 organizations that are seeking funds for their projects uh related to housing, uh to improvements of sidewalks, and um they were all great projects.

We spend the weekend evaluating them, each of us of course individually, and then submitted our evaluation, our scores.

And this Thursday we will find out what the results were uh from those uh from the presentations and our scoring for that.

Um that's that's all I have.

Great, thank you, Councilor Falkner.

Uh I had HLB, so historic landmarks.

Um, they will we we probably will end up seeing a draft of the downtown design um in June.

So very quickly.

However, we have they you know, Matt stress multiple times.

It is um in order to satisfy the grant.

Um, they were able to find someone to help, you know, to do the work.

Um so it will be a very rough draft.

And they will welcome our feedback.

Um very important to understand it.

You know, sort of a I don't want to call it a place, but it it will need the draft.

It is a draft.

Um, and they'll understand that and and understand that we'll have an opportunity as well.

Uh we obviously we saw um that Neil stepped down.

Um they had elections.

Um is the new chair.

Um, Jennifer will be vice chair, and George remains the secretary.

Um fun piece is that Jennifer will be liaising with the um with arts on the glow up receptacle project.

Um, and so I'm excited to see what they do.

They've sort of, you know, had some of the conversation was like maybe it could potentially be almost like um art gallery installation, so it would it would be up, it would change frequently.

Um so I think that's a pretty fun project, and I'm excited about it.

And I think that's it.

That's a great project.

Do you know why Neil said in?

Um he needed okay.

Well, thank you.

I want to I'm glad we brought that up because Neil's um like done a lot of volunteer work with the city of Horse Grove, and so just want to say thank you to his commitment and you know it's my understanding, his wife Kathleen is still she's on the library commission as well.

So I just I just want to say thank you.

Okay, and sorry, I got off track.

Next up, we have Councillor Gussen.

I have nothing to report.

Okay.

And then Council Marshall.

I have nothing to report either.

Okay, and then Councillor Martinez.

So Gills Creek station.

Um, the community's trying to decide now between a manual versus an electronic reader board, which I guess there's not much cost difference, so it should be a no-brainer because they can manipulate the other one with the phone.

So yeah, so that's really the big thing with them right now.

Thanks.

And the counselor shimmel.

Uh when in CCE, uh the the group had interest in the question of boards of commissions participating in the sanctuary training.

I don't know if him and Jesse you received that inquiry.

Uh I don't have a response yet.

Uh, but I did receive the inquiry and I've asked um uh human resources about it, so I'll add more information on that later.

Okay.

And then uh last week I was able to attend a housing opportunity day in Salem where you know over 100 housing advocates from around the state meet and identify six priorities to uh um to share with our elected representatives.

Uh and it was nice that they all hit on different elements of the housing continuum from homelessness to homeownership, uh including tenant right, uh retaining as much of the homelessness budget that we lost from the federal government's uh part of that.

Uh so that was a good good opportunity to connect with some other advocates and just uh commiserate on you know the house housing is kind of a sleeper topic this short cycle, but there are a number of uh bills that are being proposed.

Um and then one thing I I I wanted to mention in our earlier session on immigration.

I I was able to talk to uh a special counsel from the AG's office, names and asked and um you know, even what he was able to articulate very succinctly was uh the question of who is the rules enforcer, and and that uh sort of challenges you know, like what is the backstop to this immigration enforcement?

Um it it's it's it's not clearly the the court uh it's not clearly Congress, it's the who like they're they're wrestling with the with that question in their office is who is the rules enforcement.

Um that's the challenge with when I you know when when I was kind of vigorously uh sharing my thoughts earlier about you know litigation versus versus protection.

That's it kind of stems from that conversation where if if if the court says the backstop, then you know we're gonna pick.

I mean, it's how how do we slow the suffering stop the suffering is uh challenge.

I ask a follow-up question on that.

So he just to clarify, he didn't have an answer to the backstop button.

No, he posed the question.

That's what I found uh enlightening was that even within AG's office with a tremendous amount of effort they're putting into litigation, you know, court orders are being ignored, hundreds of them.

Um so the the courts are aren't the emphatic backstop is the unfortunate reality.

It was a good conversation.

I mean, they they empathize with us a great deal.

They're the that office is working tirelessly, you know.

I greatly appreciate them.

Yeah, great.

Thank you.

I'm gonna move over to our city manager report.

Thank you, Mary, members of the council.

Just a few updates.

Um we recently and successfully renewed our oak leaves trademarks through the Secretary of State's office.

Uh you'll see that on all of our um website and Tutorhead and so forth.

So Jesse I'm gonna interrupt you.

Yeah I couldn't hear what did we just renew?

So our Oak Leaves branding etc.

Yeah we have to approve that through the Secretary of State's office so that it doesn't it's essentially it's trademarked and this is just a renewal of that trademark.

A couple updates on some storefront remodels you may have noticed this in the downtown area the Wild Willow Studio is now complete.

A couple ones that are in progress are Fry's action athletics and Case Kiev uh by Adelante Moratez um all three of those have been uh were approved by the council and one of them is complete and two are currently in construction.

Uh this is just kind of a heads up pursuant to the warrants analysis for 21st and Maine and a warrants analysis looks in depth at some of the traffic patterns associated with that intersection the the uh traffic review board did approve a four-way stop that four way stop is moving ahead um we have purchased essentially all of the things to do it now it's just a matter of um kind of rolling it out in a way that is um very transparent but also very intuitive so that we don't have uh any um um so that everybody is kind of accustomed to the change before the change is made essentially so you'll be seeing some changes uh coming up very soon and that 21st in Main it will eventually go to a four-way stop but it will start with you know traffic pattern will be changing soon and we'll have pre-warning signs and then we'll actually change the traffic pattern or the traffic signage and then after that the stuff that was notifying you will kind of go away and then it'll become just permanent but we want to make sure that it's uh implemented in a way that that you know the community is very familiar with it before we um before we change the signage that makes sense so look for that coming soon uh the city did apply for a three million dollar capital grant for the police facility down at the state legislature um our chief of police will be going down and testifying uh on that it does have a committee hearing not this week but next week the meeting got the hearing got changed I believe it's next Thursday so staff has essentially drafted up some testimony and uh the chief has been requested to come down and and talk about the police facility I believe we get three minutes it's the standard time that we get in front of any committee so um let's see just uh uh a couple things um pursuant to the council approving uh the remaining three firefighters in the budget and recall that there was four added as a result of the last levy uh we have now been able to staff on a very consistent basis seven career firefighters per day and just as a small metric for the month of January um at least for the first 23 days in January we are able to response able to staff two units instead of just one twenty two out of twenty three days so a marked increase in what our response capability um has been over the month of January and and as we look forward uh the public works administration remodel if you have a chance to drive down 23rd Avenue it is going vertical uh it's got Tyvek wrapped all around it they're starting to put finishes on it um uh it's it's uh it's looking really good uh we've had a lot of renovations at the library the reading tree the children's area but also some new furniture over by um the fireplace so a big thanks to the library foundation for all of that so if you get a chance please stop by the library and that concludes my report thank you mayor thank you can I follow I want to just make a little statement that four-way stop on 21st in Maine is the corner of bullets and brews then pizza smitsa and then the Legion building and and I and I hope this person's not embarrassed but this I'm just gonna get a little history lesson because I I just want to encourage people I really do value public comment and so this traffic control change is due to Charlotte one of our can I say our first last name I don't know I don't want to like infringe on her privacy but Charlotte uh wrote an email to council and said hey there's this traffic pattern I feel it's dangerous.

I think you need to take a look at it.

And so this issue went to the traffic review board and then the process started.

And I I mean we all know that us government officials are slow.

Everything is a little slower than we'd like right counselor shable.

Doesn't happen in one term I'm just giving them bad time but anyways the deal is is that it's gonna be a whole lot better and we're in this together like we all do it together.

So just a shout out to Charlotte, because I think she did good work there.

Okay, I'm gonna do my mayor's report before I get too preachy.

Uh I attended Bonamichi's Town Hall on January 26th, and then the attorney general, Representative McLean, Sosa, and Senator Solman um town hall on Friday.

Yeah, just lots of work.

We have lots of work to do.

And the Region One Transportation recommended their we our um region one act, and we recommended our five projects for the SIP priorities.

We did not rank them.

We did not rank them in what was the most important.

But the projects we are gonna move forward or our act is moving forward is the I5 Roves Quarter Improvement Project.

Um I want to go back to I believe this was like a 2017 transportation plan that was supposed to get done.

TV Highway investment for the Bus Rapid Transit Project, the BRT project, the Sunrise Corridor phase two, expressway 205 to 192nd, and the historic Columbia River Street Trail Completion and Arterial Safety Investment.

But once again, we did we chose not to prioritize them.

Um we just were like, hey, these are the five we're gonna send through.

Uh I met with the Washington County mayors and the chair.

Uh that's a monthly meeting.

Just something I think the community needs to be aware of, and the council is that the board is considering increasing vehicle registration fees from $30 to $60.

Uh, there would be a reading in May.

If it's approved, the adoption would be in January.

This money if this revenue that they would earn would be restricted to transportation.

Um, and I think there would be an like the city would also have some revenue, right?

From this.

So this is an FYI.

And then CPOs are community, like what is CPO stand for?

Like it's your community partnership organization participation.

Yeah, I couldn't remember, but it's like almost like a CCI for a city, but for the county, the county's reconfiguring that.

Um CPOs will no longer exist, they're starting a new district-based committee, uh, public meeting, so that way they will be subject to public meeting, focus on county services.

Um, so that's a move.

And then, you know, it was unbeknownst to me, and I just want to follow up this this city council had sent a letter to the Washington County Commissioner about the use of flock, uh there about their flock contract.

And I learned from Chair Harrington on the 26th at Congressman Bonamici's town hall that they never received that.

I don't know if you guys knew that, but that they had never received it.

And then when I spoke to um our district, that's District 4 Commissioner Jerry Willie.

He was like, I don't know if you guys picked it up, but he seemed a little like, what are you talking about?

And so that's why.

So I think they are having a work session coming up on that.

And the jail capacity expansion, you know, funding and different things.

The absolute earliest that expansion would happen and open would be 2032.

So it's uh yeah.

And then today I met with uh Washington County coordinating committee, and um we got a vote, and I want to say thank you to the Washington to the WCCC that they approved 1.3 million dollars.

I mean, it's not exact.

Uh, and that money will be used for that TV highway or the TV Highway U Street intersection project and highway 47 and Martin Road.

So that will come back to Forest Grove and help ODOT with those projects to make Forest Grove safer.

Um, I think that's all I want to discuss.

Um, okay, so that's all I have.

Thank you all for coming tonight, and I'm gonna adjourn this meeting.

We're done in our