This meeting of the Lake Oswego City Council covered a broad agenda including the 2026 pavement rehabilitation project, legislative updates on housing and transportation, a study session on Senate Bill 1537 mandatory adjustments and exemption, a public hearing on utility facility regulations in public rights-of-way, and approval of the Fifth Addendum to the North Anchor Development and Disposition Agreement (DDA) in the redevelopment agency session. The council also approved sending a letter to the EPA regarding climate change findings.
Good afternoon, everyone. This Tuesday, September 16th, 2025 meeting of the Lake Osico City Council is now called to order. Ms. Hawkins, will you please call the roll? Yes, Mayor Buck. Here. Councilor Rath. All right, here. Councillor Afgan is on Zoom. Councillors Maboop. Wendlin. Here. Verdict. And Corrigan. Here. Thank you. Thank you so much. Now, everyone, will you please stand or move your hats and join us in the pledge? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Thank you. First item on the agenda is uh public comment. And if you are here to provide public comment and have not already done so, please saw White Forms back to the table and hand it to Ms. Hawkins there. But first up, we have our Clackamas County Clerk, Catherine Whitmall in here to talk to us about National Voter Registration Day. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is Catherine McMullen and I'm the county clerk for Clackamas County. I want to thank you, Mayor Joe Buck and the City Council for allowing me to speak today. Today is the National Voter Registration Day holiday. It's an opportunity for us to celebrate every eligible citizen's right to vote easily and without hassle. I want to invite invite you as local election officials, local officials across Oregon and the count country as we celebrate National Voter Registration Day. We're encouraging Oregonians to take a few moments today to check their voter registration to make an impact and to vote local in this election in the next one. In Oregon, you're eligible to register to vote if you're a resident of Oregon, a citizen of the United States, and at least 16 years old. Once you turn 18, you'll get that first ballot in the mail. So it's always a good idea for people to maybe instead of getting a car on their 16th birthday to get that voter registration card. The City of Lake Oswego has 30,741 registered voters across three counties, with 93% residing in Clackamas County. Lake Oswego voters make up 8.9% of Clackamas County's 319,600 total registered voters. County election officials recommend you take three steps.gov. Second, sign up for track your ballot. That's a service that's available here in Clackamas County, and you can go to Clackniss County elections to find the link and sign up. You'll receive an alert when we mail you your ballot, another alert when we've received it back, and a final one whenever we verified your signature and accepted your ballot for counting. And finally, make a plan to vote in the next election and everyone thereafter. And that plan includes knowing when your ballot's going to come to you in the mail, when and where you're going to vote, and then how you'll be returning your ballot, whether it's through the mail or directly back to an official ballot drop site. County elections officials are a reliable source of trusted and accurate information about elections processes and voter resources. So I invite you to visit Clackamas County Elections website, which is Clackamas.us forward slash elections for the most up-to-date information about each election. So I want to thank you for your time today and happy National Voter Registration Day. Thank you, Clerk McCallin. I appreciate you being here. Thank you. Carol, Carol Alkart.