Good evening, everyone.

I will call this uh City Council business meeting to order.

And before I start, I just want to remind everybody that today's election day and Washington County voters are being asked to consider two important uh levies, uh, one for our county libraries and one for uh public safety.

Uh the Tiger City Council has passed resolutions in support of both measures because of their direct impact on our communities.

But no matter how you vote, please remember to return your ballots by 8 p.m.

tonight.

You can drop drop them off safely and conveniently at the official ballot drop-off box right here at a city hall.

Um your participation makes a difference.

So thank you.

So with that, um city recorder Crager, would you please conduct a roll call?

Councillor Schlack.

Here.

Councillor Shaw.

Council President Wolf.

Here.

Here.

Counselor Gerdisi.

President.

Mayor who?

Here.

Councillor Robbins.

Here.

Uh would everybody please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Council and staff, do you do you have any non-agenda items?

None from us, Mayor.

All right, seeing none.

Um let's move on to the public common.

So there were three written public comments received by the Monday noon deadline.

Topics include proactive rental inspection programs and river terrace 2.0 annexation.

And for uh in-person public comments.

Uh we have four.

Was it walking fast as well?

Thank you.

So we have four uh people sign up for uh public comments, and when I call your name, please go come forward and uh you have two minutes.

Uh the first person is Shylockadia.

Oh, hi.

Welcome, Shalak.

You have two minutes.

Okay.

Um, so my public comment is about um Metzgora Elementary's multicultural night.

It's supposed to be this Thursday.

Can you push your mic a little bit?

Like this way?

Okay.

So my comment is about Metzger's multicultural night.

It was supposed to be this Thursday, but it was canceled due to individuals not being able to bring food because of food insecurity, and because people didn't want to come to the event because of uh ice presence, if that were to happen.

And um, you know, it's it's sad because it's one of the nights where we can celebrate all of our ethnicities, especially from immigrant communities.

Sorry.

Um I just wonder what as a city we could do to provide resources, and I've seen a lot about the food insecurity, but I haven't seen as much about offering safety and protection from ice in for our immigrant communities, especially when there are spaces where we gather.

And so I don't know if there are creative or innovative solutions because I don't think we should be robbed of our uh joy or ability to celebrate our cultures because of what's going on in society, and if there's ways in which we could you know, ways in which we could provide resources for things like these that are happening in our city.

Um could the city of Tiger provide that in order for um these events to continue instead of having to be canceled or rescheduled.

And yeah, I apologize not as articulate because it's uh very emotional topic.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Next person who sign up is Elise Sher.

Hal Elies.

I actually performed it here.

Hello.

Good evening, counselors and mayors.

I'm here as a member of the St.

Anthony's Social Justice Committee, and we are focused on two things.

The food insecurity is one issue at St.

Vincent de Paul.

We're serving 60 to 80 families a day right now.

And that's like tripled from what we were doing just earlier this summer.

I'm also here on part of the proactive rental registry.

You have 39% of the city of Tigert's citizens are renters.

And I know that your focus on housing right now is on missing middle housing, um, building affordable housing outside of the primary downtown and Tiger Triangle area and trying to spread it out a little bit.

Um but we have that's 39% of the Tiger citizens are renters.

That's 21,000 people of our 55,000 plus population.

That's everyone from single parents to families to immigrants to senior citizens.

And we need to have those people feel secure in their housing.

And right now, Skylar Warren, one of your staff members, is a champion for us because a couple of years ago he did all the work on the rental registry program and has it on a shelf in his office.

But he's our hero because he's already done it.

He's done all the facilitation, the research, talking to people who already have programs running.

And I would really, really like to have you have a good conversation with him about what's possible here in Tiger.

We support it, and I hope you do too.

Thank you.

Thank you, Lise.

All right, the next one.

I have problem reading Rumi.

Rumi Mathon or Matthews.

Well, whatever who sign up, the third person.

Do you know what it is?

Or is it McLean?

McClang.

McClang.

Okay, so next person is Ed Berger.

I don't know what that is.

I think that you should mention that.

Yeah.

Welcome, Ed.

Uh, can you turn on your mic?

There we go.

Good evening.

I'm also with the St.

Anthony uh social justice team, and we just want to be here to support the the uh council and you, Mr.

Mayor, uh in your in your efforts towards housing issues, and just want to thank you for that and let you know that we're available to work with you in that regard and uh reach out and assist in any way we possibly can going forward, especially with the rental assistance rental housing inspection program.

Um we're looking forward to working with you all.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ed.

So there was another person who signed up, last name McClane, I think.

It was incorrect.

Oh, okay.

So that you don't want to okay, that's fine.

All right.

I think you should mention that we are gonna address the later on.

I know, yeah, and the youth counselor just remind me to let everybody know we're addressing the housing um there's this item on the housing um later on, so hopefully you will stay around for that one.

Um so next next item is phone-in of video.

So, Mr.

Thornberg, if there are any callers in the queue for phone or video testimony.

Not at this time.

All right, thank you very much.

Uh, next uh item is city manager report, and now we invite acting city manager Trish to provide a brief report.

Thank you very much.

Good evening, honorable mayor, council, community members.

I do have a slide, Eric, if you wouldn't mind pulling that up.

Okay, while Eric pulls up the slide, I'll go ahead and get started.

Um I just had uh three brief items for you this evening.

Um I uh thank you very much.

Um we had uh several of us had a tour of the uh uh Pact with Pride um food pantry this afternoon and uh Margie Yamoto Green, uh their executive director was kind enough to to show us around and shared some information that I wanted to pass along, including that last week uh they had 33 new families um shop their um their food pantry and all together fed 1,000 mouths last week.

Uh in communicating uh the change or the uptick uh in folks visiting their food pantry.

She talked about the um generosity of uh several members of community who have donated food, who've donated money and donated time.

Um in addition to uh Pact with Pride, uh there's several other um uh uh food providers, uh pantries and other service providers in the Tiger area.

So I'd invite you to look into whether uh you or your family are able to donate money, food or time.

Uh Bethlehem House of Bread, Twilight and Food Pantry, and uh the Tiger Twilight and Schools Foundation Pact with Pride are some good opportunities for you to look into.

Uh I also wanted to share an update uh on the 11th, November 11th at 11 a.m.

We'll be doing the Veterans Day flag raising at the Tiger Public Library.

Uh this is an opportunity to honor service members, veterans, and their families.

And um we'll have uh the Boy Scouts will be joining us, um members of our police, uh FIRE, and um other guests will be at the event that day.

Also reminder, we don't have city council that evening in recognition of Veterans Day.

Uh the last note I wanted to share with you is that the uh respectful workplace training that we had planned for city council and uh city leadership is planned for the council meeting on January 27th.

That's all for my report.

Thank you.

Thank you, Assistant City uh acting city manager Trish.

Uh next item agenda is board and committee appointments.

So our city manager assistant to city manager Hathaway will give us the staff report.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

My name is Rebecca Hathaway, and I'm the city management office assistant.

I'm excited to be here tonight to ask council to consider passing a resolution to appoint 25 new members across our budget committee, committee for community engagement, library board, park and recreation advisory board, planning commission, town center advisory commission, tiger transportation advisory committee, and the Tiger Youth Advisory Council.

Our board members play a vital role in shaping Tigers programs and policies.

They dedicate their time and expertise to serve as an important link to community needs and representatives of our shared values.

I'm joined tonight by some of the recommended appointees who are both in person in the audience and perhaps online as well.

After the formal resolution is adopted, we'll ask the appointees to come up and receive a city pin from the mayor and get a photo with their group and or board.

And there are snacks and some cider in the back for anyone to enjoy while we are taking those photos.

Um as well.

Applications to serve on a city board are open year round for anyone to apply.

We had a large round of appointments to fill openings for the upcoming year.

38 people applied, two withdrew and 28 were interviewed.

25 are being recommended for appointment tonight.

And I'll hand it back over to the mayor for any comments and next steps as well as the next slide, please, Eric.

Thank you, Rebecca.

And uh it was really a pleasure, you know.

My first my first time interviewing so many committee members, the mayor, and I really want to thank our counselor Schlack and Councillor Shaw for joining me in this uh selection process.

And ultimately it was uh really great to hear about our committee member about why they're interested in serving on the different board and committee and how they would love to contribute to help us moving Tiger forward.

So with that, um there are quite a there are quite a few members to point tonight, so I'm just going to read out each names and their board or committee uh you're being recommended for.

So when I call your name, please feel free to raise your hand or stand up and uh and afterwards we'll come forward as groups, uh different board committees, and we'll take group photos.

So okay, here we go.

So first uh for the budget committee.

Uh uh, I recommend Derek Lawson and Glenn Armstrong.

So Glenn, there we go.

Thank you.

So we'll come forward for a fo for photo later.

So next.

So next is the communic committee for community engagement.

So we have Israel, Jacquas, uh Shela, Coda Dia, Kaitlin McMakin, uh Connie Raw Makers, and Brian Horace.

If you are here.

Yes.

All right.

Wonderful.

Library Board, we have Jessica Len.

Hi, Jessica.

For the Park and Recreation Advisory Board, we have Jolene Singer and Laurie Racer.

Welcome.

And for the planning commission, we have Elizabeth Sprague and Carl Springer.

Welcome.

Next slide, please, Eric.

And for the Town Center Advisory Commission, we have John Goodhouse, Robert Tomas Sovik, and Ben Collie.

Welcome.

And for the Tiger Transportation Advisory Committee, we have Jen Honeyman, Laurie Surverino, and Henry Taylor Gobi.

Thank you.

Okay, and we have the Tayak Tiger Youth Advisory Council.

We have uh Ayala.

Ayla Laniger, right?

And Faith Lai.

Kalani Roo, Kim Vargas, Chelsea Vincenti, Shiloh.

Hey.

Sorry.

Zoe Gaffrey and Millie Williams.

All right.

So that's uh so this is uh everyone being recommended for appointment tonight.

Thank you, everyone.

Are there any questions or comments from the council?

Uh Councillor Shaw.

Um before I would like to make the motion, I would like to say thank you, Mayor, for opening the process so that uh your fellow counselors could also interview uh the members of future members of the committee.

So thank you very much.

Um I just really appreciate you taking that lead, Mayor.

Um with that I move to approve resolution number 25-39, a resolution appointing City of Tiger Board and Committee members to the budget committee, committee for community engagement, library board, park and recreation advisory board, the planning commission, the town center advisory commission, tiger transportation advisory committee, and tigered youth advisory council.

Thank you, Councillor Shaw.

Any second?

Second.

All right, Councillor Robin second.

Any other discussion?

Uh Counselor Schlack?

Councillor Robbins beat me to the second.

Um I just want to take a moment to thank all of you for your dedication to the city of Tiger and our community that we all call home.

Uh met a lot of really great folks who are curious, engaged, collaborative.

Those are the sort of things that we need more of in our community right now in a policy making environment.

You all are on the front lines of making our city great across transportation, budget planning, and so many other areas that impact our lives.

So thank you all for taking some time out of your busy lives to make our community a better place to live, and I look forward to seeing the contributions that you all make over your terms.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councillor Schlack.

So uh I will ask the youth counselor for advisory vote.

Aye.

Thank you.

Those in favor of the motion, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Uh those uh opposed say nay.

Okay, the motion carries.

So that's uh that's come up one group at a time.

So the first so the first two are uh Derek and Glenn for budget committee.

If you want a picture taken, please come forward and council member, please.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

All right, look at the birdie.

Budget committee.

Woohoo.

Beautiful, thank you.

Committee for community and C C E C C E, you know me.

All right.

C C E C C E you know me.

Happy, happy, happy.

Oh, yeah.

Yes, I love barks.

Oh, yeah.

Beautiful.

Congratulations.

Carl.

You're already planning.

All right.

All right.

All right.

PCAC.

Robert and Penn.

Yes.

Yes.

Beautiful.

Transportation advisory committee.

Jane, Laurie, and Harry.

Transfer.

Thank you.

All right.

Now it's the Thaiak.

All the Tayak members.

You're getting the front.

All right.

Excellent.

Thank you.

Well, I mean, if no one else is gonna be all sorts of line.

We're getting cookies.

Take some cookies before you leave.

Really?

All right.

Counselor Schlag.

I got some cider.

Okay.

Who's gonna say?

That was like a pretty fast.

There's the law.

The line was so long, I thought let the constituents have the code.

Wow, that was exciting.

I know.

It's all right.

I'm sure they will watch our video online.

So we're about 25 minutes early, but that's great.

So next item our agenda is safe street for all.

And uh plan action, action plan adoption, and we have principal principal engineer forman and principal transportation engineer Gherke to present the stab report.

Welcome.

Oh, thank you.

Good evening, council and mayor.

I'm really happy to be here to talk safe streets again with the group.

Um I'm Courtney Furman, principal engineer at Tiger, and I'm joined here with our consultant project manager, Talia Jacobson, and our principal transportation planner Tiffany Gherky.

And um Talia is going to start us out.

Um so if we can go to the next slide.

Thank you.

Um very pleased to uh present the plan to United for consideration for adoption.

Um your Safe Streets uh action plan packet includes the plan itself, two appendices, one uh providing a summary of the safety projects that are proposed for advancement as priorities, uh, one of the speed management toolkit uh which will give the city a new robust suite of ways to manage speeds on streets of all sizes, and as well the uh draft resolution language for your consideration.

So this is the fourth time we've gotten to bring this plan to you.

As a reminder, uh the path of the city work that led here began in 2023 with an overview of uh safe streets leading to resolution twenty-three twenty-five that committed to the safe systems approach.

We held our first briefing for you in September of 2024, bringing the draft vision and goals for your input and approval, uh returned in February 2025, um bringing a really robust body of safety analysis as well as input from the communities on uh where they didn't didn't feel safe and what locations they wanted to see improve.

In August, we were here uh looking at both the safety corridors that you had advanced uh earlier with your our work in September in uh February and also bringing a set of policy considerations, uh actions that the city can take beyond just projects to advance safety.

And tonight we are here to talk about the plan itself.

Next slide, please.

Uh this is the vision for safe streets that the council approved a little over a year ago, setting a goal of having a transportation system where every journey is safe for every road user, eliminating deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes within a generation.

Um setting the goal of achieving that milestone by twenty by twenty forty-five, because no loss of life is acceptable on Tiger's streets and roads.

Next slide, please.

This plan has really benefited from uh robust engagement from yourselves from our Safe Street Task Force with whom we've met four times.

As we said, this is gonna be the fourth uh city council briefing, three prior ones.

Uh we've had four public events to date, each of which is involved dozens of community members of all ages, all abilities, all backgrounds, stopping to share their experience of moving through Tiger's streets.

Met three times with TAC.

We've spoken to over, we estimate more than 300 community members in person, written down many comments from public events, gotten more than a thousand web page visits, and more than 300 survey responses.

And so the plan really represents the unification of that valuable public knowledge with what we learn from data and analysis.

Okay, and if you can go to the next slide.

A few things that I wanted to share, some highlights that are in the plan.

So we have 24 safety priority corridors that were identified.

And more details are in the summary sheets, and there is a summary sheet for each safety priority corridor.

And these summary sheets are going to be a really great tool for the city to help us with grant applications and looking for funding to implement these safety improvements.

The summary sheets themselves have a lot of information about the roadway, information about the crashes that have happened, and proposed safety improvements.

And I did want to highlight that the safety improvements included in the summary sheets are all proven safety countermeasures.

So improvements that we know based on research are effective at reducing crashes.

And so that was we wanted to make sure that the improvements were as effective as possible.

And so that was where we focused our efforts.

And also just wanted to point out that having an adopted plan that met all of the eligibility requirements with this grant funding makes us eligible for future rounds of construction funds.

So that's just one grant opportunity, but there will be many others that this will help help us be ready for.

So to complement the priority corridors, we also have our safe street strategies.

And we have 32 strategies, and they will be the plan is to be implemented over the next 10 years, and they are led by five different city departments.

And did want to highlight that these strategies were carefully developed, working with staff across many different departments.

And this was to ensure that the strategies really were reasonable and possible within the resources that we have.

So not only the cost to implement, but also the staff time to make sure that this really felt like it was customized to Tigered and that it fit within the resources that we do have.

The near-term strategies are all fit within the current budget that we have, so within our approved budget.

The strategies that are further out in the timeframes, we will need to work on developing funding plans for each of those strategies where applicable, and then those will be included in future budget cycles for consideration.

Okay, I think we can go to the next slide.

So just wanted to highlight a few tools that we now have available that were developed through this project.

This is our safe streets crash or our safe streets data dashboard.

And this is a publicly available tool, and will be updated annually with the most recent or the most recent available crash data, and we get the data from the state.

And this provides the public, they're able to track how we're doing and helps us to see how we're doing year by year.

I won't spend too much time going through the dashboard, and I don't want to complicate trying to get to the web browser separate from the slides, but I did want to highlight if you have time to get in there and look at it.

Um you can sort by year.

So we are including the most current five years of data that are available.

You also can filter or sort by the ownership of the streets.

So you can look at all of Tigered, but you also can say, I really want to look at just the streets that are owned by Tigered, and then the information will update for that.

So we can go to the next slide.

So one of the other tools that we developed as part of this project is a speed management toolkit.

A very important part of safe streets is managing and reducing speeds.

So this is, and this table in front of you has a lot of options, but these are all options, and the toolkit provides us guidance on where these tools are recommended or where they should be used and where they shouldn't be used.

So there may be some tools that could apply for any type of road where some maybe are better fit for a street, let's say that's 30 miles per hour or less, just for example.

So this toolkit is really catered to the characteristics of the street, the speed that the street currently has, and then our goals.

And it's set up in a way that helps us incrementally make changes, which again makes us gives the ability to make this just feel like a lot more easier for us to implement.

So it doesn't feel like well, we really want to reduce the speed by 10 miles per hour, but how are we going to do that?

Um it gives us the ability to make those incremental changes that we know are so important.

Um the toolkit is focused a little bit more on the busier streets, so the arterials and collectors.

Um we do have a complementary program to this that is focused on local streets that is neighborhood traffic calming.

Um but the two will really work um in tandem.

And then these toolkits can be applied to any city streets, um, but we are able to focus on the safety priority corridors as a starting point.

And I think we're turning it over to Tiffany next.

Yeah.

Yeah, next slide, please.

Yeah, so what Courtney had stated previously about the um safe streets and roads for all construction grants, uh adopting well, having an adopted safety action plan that um adheres to all the requirements, which this one does, um actually allows us to now pursue those construction grants.

Now the um safe streets and roads for all construction funding and well the grants in general, it's um been um allocated through IIJA, which is good through 2026.

So we have been alerted um by um DOT, US DOT, that that is still set up, and recently we've just gotten word that they anticipate that the NOFO will be released in early to mid-spring.

So we'll be pursuing that, um, but we it won't be guaranteed for future years, so we want to try to get on this um to try to get those funds for you know one of our priority corridors.

So that's the that's a big one.

Um we don't want to miss an opportunity to get funding for a vital project in our community.

Um so that's a big step for us.

But other steps that we'll be doing are developing strategies and tools, really.

Um I think in the last presentation, we went over some of the policies and strategies, um, but we'll be focusing on the now strategies, um, a safety checklist, uh also that data dashboard that's actually live now, correct?

So it's live now, so our community can start accessing it and seeing it as well as you all.

Um, and then also to formalize a um safe streets task force that can continue to monitor the progress of the plan, and then also launch a crash investigation team internal, correct, internal team to review fatal crashes.

So we've got some um plans ahead of us now.

As Courtney had mentioned, what we have in the near-term strategies, that's all something that we've budgeted for as far as we have already we already understand our champions and we understand that that's within our capabilities and our workload, and they've been included in the process.

Um, but as far as any future years that will have to go through the budgeting um committee and budgeting process.

And next slide, please.

And really what we're here today is to get your support to adopt this plan.

Um we do want to see zero fatalities on our roadways into the future.

Um we believe that this is a great start, and of course, as we continue with the progress of this plan, um, we do plan on updating it every you know, every um few years.

Um but so as we see progress or and able to monitor that through the dashboard and other tools, um we can pivot and um reassess our needs and what works and what doesn't work.

So um, but for now this is a great starting point, right?

And we really hope to achieve those zero fatalities and serious injuries within a generation.

All right.

Thank you.

No questions, comments, counselor Schlack.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um a couple of questions.

So the task force would be largely internal or community partners.

This wouldn't be a publicly like community member sort of task force, correct?

Yes, so the the task force will be probably a slight variation of the task force that was involved with helping to develop the plan.

And we had internal, but we also had external agencies.

We also had um members from various committees as well included.

Um so we don't know the exact composition of what that will look like, um, but it definitely will include uh members of the public.

Cool, and then I think you mentioned it twice, but I just want to make sure I'm understanding this.

So we approve that if we approve the plan, then this will just be processed through as part of our regular CIP budget effectively over the next 10 years.

Yes, so the the um the now strategies, so the strategies that we'll be doing in the next year or two, um, those are things that we will start doing as part of our regular day-to-day work that are already budgeted for.

Is that the question?

No, I just want to make sure because always good to check with the just double triple check because we can approve policies and talk about things we want to do all day long up here.

But if we don't have that next action step, the staffing, um the funding resources and so on, um, then we're just saying nice things up here.

Yes, absolutely.

And we had a lot, yeah, we had a lot of work sessions with staff to really go through all of the strategies and have those conversations to say, hey, maybe there's a strategy that we really want to do, but we either don't have it budgeted right now or we don't have the staff time to do that right now.

Uh, there's other priorities that were time is committed, and so that's where some of the strategies ended up in that further out time frame.

And so we'll be still having need to have those conversations, and um, but that will be part of the budget cycle each year if we are proposing to add in some of those strategies where they do have an impact.

Terrific, yeah.

And then I my final sort of remark is I printed it out and read through the entire document.

I thought it was very well put together, easy to understand what the problem statement was, what the factors were that you considered when making decisions, the overview of the data driven elements of this in order to help prioritize what areas we're gonna focus on and when, and then also touching on the next steps, say for grant funding opportunities and sort of the order of magnitude that those can be in for the future.

So really appreciate all the complex technical data driven work that uh the team has done on this very important policy that we're considering tonight, and thank you all for your work on it.

Thank you.

Counselor Shaw.

Great, thank you.

I'd like to echo Counselor Schlack's comments.

It was very comprehensive and great roadmap that really has some identifiable data and metrics.

So appreciate that.

Two questions.

Uh, one is you had mentioned launch a crash investigation team.

Who would that be including?

And then would that be has that already been factored into the budget?

And then I'd one other question after that, Mayor.

Yeah, so the crash investigation team is we actually have two strategies that are related to that.

And this came out of conversations that we had with our task force about making sure that we weren't taking on a strategy that was too large too quickly.

And so we're starting with the fatal crashes because there's already a lot of investigation that happens with the fatal crashes through the police department and through uh support with Washington County.

Um, and so we're able to have really good information on those, and we'll be looking at it more from a perspective of is there anything engineering related that we could do?

Like, are there any signing improvements or striping, things like that that are something we could improve uh depending on what happened during that crash?

So we have a lot of information already for the fatal crashes, and so that's why we're going to start with that to make sure that it's manageable, and then in further out years, we will also like to look at the serious injury crashes, but that one's gonna take some more work between us and the police department to figure out how are we going to make sure we have enough information because we don't always have as much information on those as we do with the fatal crashes.

Um so that one's gonna take a little bit more time for us to figure out, and that may be one where we come back in a future budget cycle to say, hey, there are actually resources needed for us to do this.

Is this really something that we want to do?

Um, but the we felt like having kind of a phased approach would help us with that strategy.

Thank you very much.

Uh the second question I had is obviously um robust, a lot of segments, the South Segment Hall Boulevard, um, partnership with ODOT, because Hall Boulevard for those who don't know or watching is not a tiger-owned road.

It's termed an orphan road.

There's a segment there that still doesn't have sidewalk that is dangerous.

And just for get asked that quite a bit, but just for community members, is there a plan?

Is that included in here to finish that segment of sidewalk so the folks can go from Durham all the way to the airport to the airport to the library and beyond uh to ensure that they can walk or bike safely?

Yeah, so for we felt like it was very important to make sure that we included Hall Boulevard, even though it is a state facility in our because we know that it's a very important location, um, and there are a lot of safety concerns on that corridor and as you said, missing sidewalk.

Um, but a lot of that will get deferred through the jurisdictional transfer project and conversations that are happening.

Um but I know that the filling in the sidewalk is part of what we are wanting to do with the transfer.

I don't know, Jennifer.

Anthony, if you have anything else to add with the conversations with the transfer.

No, um, we'll be continuing to pursue that.

I know that with the um transportation, the original transportation bill not passing and then coming up with the you know, kind of scaled down um transportation package that that Great Streets was removed, which would have funded the jurisdictional transfer.

But um, we're gonna continue to come back to the table.

We've already continued we're having conversations with ODOT.

Um, and so we are moving forward and continuing to fight for that, push forward.

Council Press and Wolf.

Thank you, Mayor.

And to kind of tag on um to counselor Shaw's question, uh, but let me step up uh Ditto on the work and the plan, and I think it's incredibly helpful for community members if they're curious what's been identified.

So kind of um just to follow up again, um uh council has received, as you all know, um, a lot of uh questions around the safety on Durham.

And I know Durham's been identified specifically Durham to lower Boone's Ferry.

Um, but just kind of if you could just for those that continue to advocate for what is the work around Durham is kind of outside this plan, but just as an open conversation, so folks know kind of where that's headed and maybe why it's not included in here.

And I I know there's concerns, right?

That while fatalities or crashes are low, that the focus is no noise and speed, that's always a higher risk, and there certainly have been accidents in that area on Durham.

So hopefully that makes sense, just to kind of say kind of the state of the state of where that is would be really helpful.

Thank you.

And thanks again, great report.

Yeah, so um one thing is that as you said, Durham Road is identified as a safety priority corridor.

Um, and as we shared, we have this new speed management toolkit.

And so I think that's a location where we could look at you know, tools from that toolkit to see uh what might be applicable.

Um, and that's that kind of helps for all users.

Um and then I know that there's some other efforts that we've been doing um on Durham.

So we're doing some work on updating the signs, you know, both in Tiger right away, so on Durham itself, and then also working with ODOT on signs that are outside of our right-of-year.

Um, and then the other thing, and maybe I'll I'll have you add to this, Tiffany, but um, we have our transportation system plan that's going to be starting soon.

And so I think that's a really good opportunity for us to look system-wide at freight more closely and really just take a closer look, not just at Durham, but at the routes that we have in Tigered and the restrictions and an opportunity to really open that conversation more.

Um, so I'll if you have anything else to add, Tiffany.

Yeah, and the like like Courtney mentioned, the transportation system plan update.

We hope just be starting that in 2020.

So we plan to be starting that in 2026.

Um, with that, I would like to um have uh kind of not a fairly robust section on freight and really incorporate our freight partners in the conversation so that when we do our freight planning and we say these um, you know, are these are the routes that we expect freight to be on, that they're reasonable and um somewhat adequate, right, to allow that mobility to happen because people do need to have the good goods and serve the goods provided to their businesses and throughout our community, especially now that I mean I hate to say this, but a lot of people are buying online, right?

And we do see more trucks on the roadway.

So I think we just need to do our best to be accommodating that in a reasonable fashion.

Of course, safety is our number one priority, but we do need um our economy to continue to run.

Um thank you both.

All right, so thank you for um your presentation and your work on this.

Um just for me, um, we heard a lot of uh resident complain or concern about speeding, right?

Especially in residential area.

So the adoption of this plan will be you know reflection of of our council's and the city's commitment to address those concerns.

Um but you know, just because we adopt it, if we adopt it, it doesn't mean you will happen overnight, as you said.

We still have to continue to explore um funding opportunity or staff bandwidth, or even what our partner like ODAT will do, right?

Those are not predictable right now, but we will continue to work on them and the adoption is the first step, right?

So I appreciate you doing that.

But my my request would just be in the future.

What you know, I appreciate this regular update and um tracking, but once we finish something, maybe we keep it there, say it's finished.

So just to show for historic reasons that we've done something, right?

It just doesn't disappear.

And uh in the future, when you talk about budgeted items, maybe just mention re reference back to this.

So, you know, this is what we're requesting budget wise because of this.

So just some sort of wording that were referenced back to what we have done.

So there will be a historic reference.

So yeah, and I think that the task force and the continuation of that monitoring of the progress, and we also have that kind of um from even um city management.

We have their involvement in kind of um making sure that you know that we continue to see progress and people are committed um throughout, because this isn't just uh an engineering or a community development.

This is PD, this is you know, this includes city management and budgeting, so and finance.

So this is across the entire city, really.

Um, and so we are going to be continuing to step forward and monitor our progress and maybe perhaps we haven't discussed this, but periodically, perhaps bringing it back to council to share.

That's another thing I request just periodic briefing or or just keep track and more importantly, report to the public.

So you show that what you're doing.

And and actually that's perfectly in line with the city council goal, which you're all familiar with, and you probably will end up seeing Courtney and I's face on that on that on that section of the City Council goals.

I can't remember exactly our title, but I think it's something about safe streets.

Right.

Um, and really that comes back right to this plan.

Right.

So um you'll be seeing, you'll be hearing the progress even in that update.

Wonderful.

So with that, I will I will entertain a motion.

Mayor, I move to approve resolution number 25-40, a resolution adopting a safe streets action plan for the city of Tigerd to create a safe transportation system for all, including our most vulnerable users, where traffic deaths and serious injuries are eliminated by 2045 because loss of life is unacceptable while traveling on city streets.

A second.

Thank you.

Uh, so motion being uh uh made.

And second, is there any further discussion?

I see none.

Uh I will start with youth counselor for advisory vote.

Aye.

Thank you.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed say nay.

So the motion carries.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

All right, the next item on our agenda is housing work plan update.

And the update will be presented by housing planner Middle.

Welcome.

Good evening, Mayor who and council.

My name is Trinity Miller.

I am the housing center of the city of Tiger.

This presentation provides clarification on the proposed housing with my next slide.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor Who and Council.

I apologize.

My name is Trinity Miller, and I am a housing planner for the city of Tiger.

This presentation provides clarification on the proposed housing work plan.

Next slide, please.

We're thankful that council continues to place a high priority on housing, and the council goal to create housing opportunities for current and future residents is reflective of that commitment.

The housing work plan focuses on our community and is reflective of that commitment for our current and future residents.

The housing work plan also focuses on efforts which advance strategy 1.1 to develop an inclusive housing strategy that increases the variety of housing types while balancing infrastructure capacity needs of the city.

Next slide, please.

Since the briefing in September of 2025, I'm happy to share that the state announced their intent to award grant funding to the city of Tiger for housing planning assistance to support the housing capacity analysis and housing production strategy projects and amounts up to 100,000 for the housing capacity analysis and up to $90,000 for the housing production strategy.

Some of you may have noticed a discrepancy between the project completion deadlines listed in the memo attached to this agenda item and the presentation.

This grant award shifts the project completion deadlines for both the housing capacity analysis and housing production strategy, and this will also be further clarified on a future slide.

Next slide, please.

Here we'll discuss the work plan components.

So elements of the housing work plan are organized into components based on whether they are required, existing, or in progress.

The required component is focused on compliance with state legislative or administrative actions.

The existing component focuses on management of existing housing programs and strategies to facilitate affordable housing, as well as ongoing regional coordination with local partners and private developers.

The in progress component focuses on housing policy work and other long-range planning projects such as River Terrace 2.0 and Tigered Home.

In development of this work plan, the project team identified the existing or required work that will need to be completed.

The first year of the housing work plan will focus on these three components shown on the slide above.

This includes development of both a housing capacity analysis and a housing production strategy, which together will serve as the roadmap for Tiger's housing policy and implementation work.

And it will allow the city to position itself towards determining capacity to take on additional programs in the following years.

Council involvement in additional work elements will vary depending on the programs.

Next slide, please.

Here we'll talk more about the required component.

Under the required component, first listed is the housing capacity analysis.

The housing capacity analysis replaces the formerly required housing needs analysis and helps cities determine if there is enough land to meet the projected housing needs for the next two decades.

If there is a shortfall in housing capacity, cities must either amend its urban growth boundary, allow more housing development within the existing urban growth boundary, or combine both approaches.

Cities, like Tiger, within the Portland Metro, must update their housing capacity analysis every six years.

The housing capacity analysis will compare the supply of buildable lands within the city to project its housing need based on population growth and under supply.

The housing capacity analysis will also identify options for text amendments to the development code and comprehensive plan.

The deadline to adopt Tiger's first housing capacity analysis is June 15, 2027 due to the recently awarded grant funding.

Next, the housing production strategy will replace the city's existing affordable housing plan and identifies housing policy approaches to meet the city's identified housing need and remedy identified fair housing issues.

It also includes an equitable engagement plan as well as a plan for monitoring progress.

The housing production strategy must be created within one year of adopting the housing capacity analysis.

However, the deadline to adopt Tiger's first housing production strategy is June 15, 2027, due to the recently awarded grant funding.

Additionally, several new housing-related bills passed in the 2025 legislative cycle session.

So text amendments to the development code will be required to comply with these legislative changes.

In addition, the state is undergoing rulemaking, which will create more requirements.

The implementation deadline for provisions that do not require rulemaking is July 17, 2025, and the implementation deadline for provisions which require rulemaking ranges from January 1st, 2027 to January 1st, 2028.

Required housing reporting.

I'd like to note that the City of Tiger is required to report semi-annually to DLCD or the Department of Land Conservation and Development on its housing production.

The required reporting elements focus on surplus lands inventory, production of middle housing, and the city's progress towards meeting its Oregon housing needs analysis targets.

We received a council question about these Oregon housing needs analysis targets.

During the current six-year plans planning cycle, TigerGrid's ONA target production is 2,772 total housing units and 1,314 regulated affordable units.

The production targets will also be recalibrated with the housing capacity analysis.

Can you say those numbers again?

Yeah, I'd be happy to.

Just to repeat, the ONA target production is 2,772 total housing units and 1,314 regulated affordable units.

You're welcome.

No problem.

It's also important to note that updates to state law and our own enterprising permitting and licensing system have created a more complex system to collect data and report it out.

So to remain in compliance, these items cannot be delayed beyond their deadline.

Next slide, please.

These are the existing programs which directly support new affordable rental development, such as the tax exemption and construction excise tax program, as well as home ownership opportunities.

Tiger's nonprofit affordable housing tax exemption program has been in place since 1996.

This program is a key strategy for maintaining the financial viability of nonprofit affordable housing developments.

In fiscal year 2025, 14 properties were granted full exemption from property taxes.

The community development block grant is a federal program that provides formula grants to urban cities and counties.

As a joint entitlement agency, the city receives a CDBG allocation through Washington County.

And the FY25 CDBG allocation will be paired with the construction excise tax to support down payment assistance for permanently affordable homeownership.

Like CDBG joint entitlement, the construction excise tax was a recommendation of the affordable housing plan, and this program is authorized by statute and must be utilized to create new affordable housing.

We also have a middle housing revolving loan fund.

This program provides fixed rate lending to qualifying middle housing developers in exchange for a guarantee that at least 30% of the units will be offered for sale to low to moderate income households.

This fund increases the financial feasibility of middle housing and demonstrates viability of a variety of housing types while supporting working families and obtaining homeownership.

The city's affordable housing plan includes a gap funding program as one of the city's strategies for facilitating affordable homeownership and affordable housing.

Coordination with regional partners ensures that we're in alignment with other agencies and neighboring cities and allows us to share best practices.

Examples of coordination include applications for state infrastructure financing programs, including the moderate income revolving loan fund or MO program, or the housing infrastructure financing program.

Next slide, please.

For the in-progress component, the housing planner or myself will provide housing policy technical support for in-progress long-range planning projects such as Tigered Home and River Terrace 2.0.

Additionally, I'll track housing related bills, advocate for the city's interests, and report the impacts of adopted bills to council.

Next slide, please.

The items I've covered so far represent the work program for the next year and beyond.

I know there has been council and community interest in exploring other policy options, so I want to talk about the work we will be doing to build a roadmap for the city's future housing policy and implementation work.

And that roadmap will be the housing production strategy.

It is updated every six years and replaces the existing affordable housing plan that was adopted in 2019.

Community participation will be vital to crafting solutions that reflect the lived experiences and needs of Tiger community members, and we encourage everyone interested in housing equity and new policies to engage with this project and apply to join an advisory committee.

Next slide, please.

There are a number of programs that will be considered as part of the housing production strategy.

A list of these programs is shown on the slide and includes some anti-displacement programs that were previously explored but paused, as well as some policies from the affordable housing plan that have not come to fruition.

I'm happy to talk more about these tonight, but we will have the opportunity to dig deeper on these in future council updates on the housing production strategy as well.

Next slide, please.

I'd like to leave the rest of this presentation time open for questions.

Two questions that I would request council feedback on are does council concur with the recommended work plan to advance council goal one?

And does council concur that the housing production strategy is the appropriate venue to consider future housing actions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

So council members, uh, in front of us are two questions that the staff would like feedback on.

Um but we can start with some questions.

And if you want to give direction at some time, please feel free.

So who would like to start Councillor Godusi?

Thank you.

Thank you.

It's a question not directly with these two questions, but more out of curiosity.

When we talked about the nonprofit affordable housing tax exemption, it talks about uh what was it?

Working with colleagues at the Tiger Twelton School District.

Can you talk about that relationship a little bit?

Absolutely.

So the uh memo that is brought to council each March will provide tax exemption for a portion of the property taxes.

However, we're working with our partners at Twelton Tiger School District to streamline that process because there's a second part that also goes to them for exempting their portion of the property taxes.

You're welcome.

I mean, start with counselor Schlack.

Are you ready?

Well, do you have any questions or you want to provide directions on the two questions?

Sure, happy to.

Um well, I mean this is probably too smart Alec of a response, but I feel like the state decided a lot of our strategy for us reading through this document.

Um I've got to say though, I found the memo to be really easy to follow, very um comprehensive and really explained in depth all of the different tools and requirements that are at our disposal as well as the funding and staffing requirements in order to pursue different policies.

And um going to that remark about the state deciding lot for us, um, you know, I'm um it's good to understand how much of our staffing capacity around council or around council goal number one is going to be dictated by a number of these new state requirements that are coming through.

Um so I don't feel um like it is um I wouldn't feel comfortable asking for additional work to be taken on outside of um the well basically the second question does council concur the HPS is the appropriate venue to consider future housing actions the way I read through this is unless we're gonna start allocating additional budget and staffing to pursue additional policies, that is the appropriate venue.

Um so I I do concur with that and I concur with the recommended work program to advance goal one based on this document.

Again, most of it being state law requirements that we have to now comply with.

Um that said um going over the um what was the original phrase?

Existing components and the different elements.

We have a number of programs there.

I would like, and this could probably just be an email at some point.

I would like to dig into some of the numbers behind these programs to really understand their efficacy to date so we can evaluate if we want to continue directing um you know city resources to supporting these programs, make sure that they're doing what we want them to do in order to advance that goal.

Um so that would be my my only request going forward.

Um and the only other thing I'll specifically mention is um for coordination with regional partners and private developers.

I support um you know, continuing to look at new gap funding resources and layered incentive strategies in order to make sure that we can build more affordable housing.

Um so those are my immediate thoughts.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Counselor Prize and Wolf.

Um I just want to thank Councilor uh Schlack for kicking this off and and really kind of encapsulating um the key issues, so I concur with counselor Schlack um on all accounts.

And the one thing um that I do agree as well is and when I think we met in September, um one of the questions is um I the report was really well done.

So thank you to Skylar Trinity to uh to really kind of help what's mandatory, what's in place, what's future options.

Um so that was very helpful.

The one piece of that though that I think we talked about in September is that you know, kind of resource a little bit more granular how much does that take, what levers do we have?

Um I mean, I can't imagine unless the CDBG funding goes away, that we're we wouldn't continue to do that, nor would we look to do that independently and not do that in conjunction um with Washington County, because that would leverage more resources, I think, on our part.

Um but just trying to better understand what those tools are.

So as if we look at future items and want to try to incorporate that, what is the real cost of trying to um do that and what are our options?

But um really appreciated the report, so thank you.

And thank you, Mayor.

Yeah, Counselor Shaw.

Thank you.

Um really appreciate a few questions.

Um in the memo you had provided us that talked about the housing work plan update in the housing work plan overview.

There's a mention of HCA and HPS elements we require outside consultant assistance.

Can you let me know how much that would be an estimate?

Yes, um, the grant funding that we received for the housing planning assistance grant from the Department of Land Conservation Development should cover the cost for the consultant services for the comprehensive approach that we will be doing for that plan.

So 100% of that will cover this.

So we won't look to a city to augment any funding for this.

At this time, we do not plan to request city funding to augment this.

And can you remind me how much that is again?

The total amount?

190,000.

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

So there would be up to 100,000 for the housing capacity analysis and up to $90,000 for the housing production strategy.

So about 190 already paid for.

So we don't we potentially will not have and hope not to have any budget impact.

Great.

Also, what I really appreciate is that we talk a lot about legislative tracking.

What we don't talk about is regulatory tracking.

And as you would also mention in the state compliance work, there's at least 10 bills that we're following because of, and as Counselor Schlack mentioned, things we're going to be beholden to.

Because that will help also give us a lens of what is appropriate for a city our size and what isn't, and what we potentially one day, maybe even sooner would look to a waiver for.

So if you could also include regulatory tracking, that would be my request.

And then also you mentioned required housing reporting under OHA.

And the goal is 2,772 total housing units and 1,314 regulated affordable units.

Can you tell me where we are today in both those?

How close are we to those goals?

Unfortunately, I don't have that information handy with me, but I am happy to provide that in a follow-up to this meeting.

There's also a dashboard available that we can readily check that information.

That'd be great because I just would like to know the delta.

It seems to me we're pretty darn close, particularly in the regulatory regulated affordable units and probably pretty darn close for target production.

So like to see where we are on a benchmark.

That'd be terrific.

And then it's a oh, it's you also mentioned a technical advisory committee that's gonna be comprised of public agency representatives will be formed.

Can you give me a little bit more color, just a little more framework to that?

Absolutely.

So as part of the equitable engagement for the housing production strategy, a technical advisory committee will be formed to ensure that we hear the perspective for from producers of housing within Tiger, but especially producers of low-income housing, as well as folks that represent some of our marginalized community members as well.

So we are open to anyone that is interested in housing policy development to ensure that our housing production strategy actions truly reflect the vision of our community.

Okay.

And I hope we're gonna include in there too, the developers, those who would actually be building.

That would be terrific.

And then also with regards to, let's see.

I made my last question.

Oh, with regards to, I agree too with um both Council Schlack and Council President Wolf, just about the staffing capacity and the concern there because we have a lot of programs currently.

So I would not be in favor of the potential future components because I just don't think we have the staffing capability now, but certainly would like to look at a future date.

Um, and that I believe, Mayor, is all like questions.

Uh counselor Robbins, we're at time limit, but please go ahead.

I'll go fast.

I can talk fast.

Um thank you for this.

Super thorough.

I appreciate that.

I spent some time yesterday and just looking through it, some of my questions I sent got answered, like I saw what a mural is, moderate income something loan, something um revolving loan.

So um I do appreciate all that.

I just for the second question.

I feel like yes, the housing priority something, the HPS yes is the appropriate.

I don't think we have a choice, but it does seem like the appropriate thing to do.

The first one, do we concur with the recommended work program to advance goal one?

Does that mean we concur with all of all of the work you're already doing?

The recommended work plan are the first three components.

So the work underneath the required existing and in progress components would be the work plan for the first year.

I so yes, with the caveat of I don't know because um, like I wrote here, and we've already said a couple times, stats, stats, stats.

So I don't I I assume that the programs are working, and if they weren't working, you would say, hey, this isn't a great thing to do.

But um I would love to know more about the middle housing revolving loan fund, how many loans have we given out, are people paying them back, you know, all that kind of stuff.

So it it is I think it all looks great, but without having that information, that data, and this is an update, right?

So it I feel like it should be this is what we've done so far, and this is how successful we've been.

Without that, I have difficulty really saying I concur, but it all sounds great.

Um so I would love just some data checkpoints, or if there is a dashboard I can go look at, if you could send me that link, I would love it.

And I know Counselor Schlack would love it.

He's a data guy.

Um I did appreciate the the information quickly on the future um potential future components.

And what I really appreciated was the fact that um it was pretty informative and frankly a little bit blunt in that some one of them says this program has a high funding need, no grants have been identified.

So that gives us a very good picture of if we want to pursue this, we're gonna need to find the money for it.

Um we've had multiple people come and talk to us, um, some repeatedly about the proactive rental plan.

I would appreciate a time for a presentation to us about what a potential plan like that could look like here.

I do see that it says that you told us that um we would need a 0.5 FTE, but that that should be self-funded once the program gets going.

Um I think that might be kind of retroactive, right?

And we might have to put some funds up to begin with.

And I don't know if we can do that during this budget cycle, but I would be interested in learning more.

Thank you.

And uh just to piggyb on other counselors coming.

I don't have anything new to mention other than Wow, the state really required us to do a lot of stuff, and I hope this sincerely hope they don't put any new additional requirements because we're already committed.

It's not fair if they want us to change course.

And so I really appreciate your memo.

It's really clear.

And I really appreciate you being very blunt.

I'm bottom of page five saying this is all I could do right now, right?

And page uh six and sidelines like if you want this, you need to come up with additional funding.

So I appreciate that.

So one at two, I concur um with the recommended priority because uh I believe they strike the right balance between compliance capacity and action.

So you set up what's realistic, that can be done.

And then uh two housing production strategy.

Again, I concur because I don't believe we have any other choice, right?

With the staffing capacity.

So yeah, so I think the I think the council direction is we concur on both.

So thank you very much.

Thank you.

And mayor, just to close out and the questions that we've had, trying to do come back and answer those because that is part of the HPS uh venue to consider.

I'm sorry, can you repeat that question?

So the questions that we had, you'll come back uh and answer those because it's part of the HPS.

Yes, the questions regarding the data dashboard.

Um I can follow up with the questions I asked too.

That'd be fantastic, thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh so next item agenda is counselor council consideration, a one-time donation of fund to address food insecurity.

And we have uh finance director King to pre to lead the discussion.

Welcome, Eric.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council.

Uh for the record, my name is Eric Kang, Finance Director.

Uh on October 28th, uh, council requested information from staff on the city council's available budget to consider a one-time donation of funds to address food instability in Tiger in response to the SNAP benefit pause.

Uh for our staff report, we did provide a memo that was included in the agenda that outlines the total savings in the mayor and council's budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

Um, included in that memo.

Um we've outlined that there's approximately 148,000 in unspent funds as of October 2025, of which 70,000 comes from travel and training, 38,000 in dues and subscription, 26,000 in professional and contractual services, and 13,000 in uh special department expenses, which is uh um a catch-all for miscellaneous expenses.

Uh one thing I'll note for comparability, uh council's budget for travel and training was approximately 35,000 in 2024, or or not budget, but actuals in 2024 was 35,000.

And then in 2025, it was 28,000, which is less than half of the 7,000 that was budgeted for this upcoming fiscal year.

Or the current fiscal year, sorry.

Um in the fiscal year 26 budget, there's approximately you'll you'll know the detail that's included in the memo.

There's 10,500 budgeted for travel, um that includes for two TIEC members and a chaperone for travel, um, nine thousand dollars budgeted for each counselor, and sixteen thousand six hundred dollars budgeted for the mayor's travel and training.

Um and again for comparability on average the city budgets uh about one thousand six hundred and forty dollars per FTE for staff.

Um but there are of of course some variation based on level and job requirements.

Um so I've had the opportunity to connect with executive directors from several of the city's grantees that operate food banks and just wanted to include some notes.

Um so these conversations included Pact with Pride, Twilets and Food Pantry, and the Bethlehem House of Bread.

Uh they report that due to the foods instability caused by the SNAP benefit pause, they're experiencing at least double the number of guests that they typically would see.

Um and so they have expressed that you know the the need out there outstrips what they're able to offer and support.

Um and additionally, they've uh mentioned that there's a lack of volunteers and staff um to actually open and operate the food pantries as all none of these pantries operate every day.

And so for tonight I'm here to facilitate and answer any questions, uh a discussion around um whether or not council is interested in utilizing any of their unused fiscal year 26 budget to address food instability, and if so, how much and from which pool of funds.

I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thank you.

Uh Counselor Robin, do you have any questions or comments?

Yes, thank you.

Um thank you for this.

It's super detailed.

I do appreciate that.

Um we haven't used any of our consulting services for um goals, city council goals setting a facilitation this year.

We have a budget of 15,000 and we haven't used any of that because I thought we've had some meetings with Jill.

Um currently there has been, I believe there might be a few minor expenses um coming up, but I also understand there is a future council goal session um coming up.

And this is through next July 1st, right?

Or June 20th.

June June uh 30th, 2026.

Okay, correct.

Go ahead.

So I apologize, Council Robins, but I just wanted to piggyback on that just for clarity, Eric, and I know you can do this.

So I'm rewinding what I remember the council goal consulting process, right?

So that's in every other bill.

And for some reason I felt like we had this conversation that wouldn't be part of this fiscal year, correct?

It would be the next one.

So I just want to make sure we don't pull friends funds from something that we need, we just haven't used it yet.

But I feel like that's an every other year line item.

So if that's what that's referring to, if that makes sense.

Correct.

So the council goal facilitation is every other year, and we there but we did take a root, so we did take a reduction when we did the uh planning for fiscal year 26 budget.

And so this is um there were some remaining funds just in case um for any additional services that were needed.

Oh, sorry, so Robin.

So I'm sorry, I I'm just a little bit confused.

So when it says FY26, that's for the fiscal year 25-26, right?

Correct.

So the period from why does it say so?

It's 15,000 and previously it was 25,000.

Okay.

But we're not gonna do any goal setting during the remainder of this year, correct?

Because we did it the beginning of this year.

So where does strategic planning fit in?

Is that in the city manager budget or is that council budget?

Correct.

That's in the uh city manager budget.

And uh the some of the conversation around uh the funding for the council goals.

Uh we set aside some additional funds.

Should there be a desire to um follow up on uh ground rule conversations or other opportunities to engage uh Jill or other uh consultant professionals just on the operations of council outside of uh the biannual goal setting process.

Okay.

Okay, so I feel like we could possibly donate some of that money.

Um but I okay so let's put it this way.

We'll only schedule five minutes for this discussion, so uh maybe it's more productive just to get a sense of how much each of you think we should donate.

And so how I don't know if that's helpful, but I don't know how to facilitate a five minute discussion.

That seems like should go longer, but it does.

So I would say I think that we could probably come up with 10,000.

10,000.

Okay, counselor Shah.

Does that sound reasonable?

Uh yes, and Mayor, I'd look to you, but it seems an easy one.

We'd be the mayor's innovation project.

I agree.

So just off the top, and I think that would be my recommendation.

Second third.

Second third it's Councilor Schlag $10,000 on the Mayor's Innovation Project.

Sounds good to you.

Oh yeah, I wanted to cut that back in March.

Okay.

But I want to make them just make a point here that I um you know I support a lot of what the city's doing when it comes to our social service grants, nearly $40,000 that we did this year to local food pantries.

It's very disappointing that we're having to consider such desperate actions right now in a lot of other local governments.

I saw Washington County declared a state of emergency today.

Yes, the governor kicking in five uh five million dollars legal uh you know federal court discussions to figure out how do we pay for this.

So um I just want to say that um if the city's really concerned about food insecurity in Tiger, I'd like to see a more concerted system effort going forward and uh sustainable funding in order to address this.

We we can talk about the next budget cycle as well.

Or consider considering that we have um made a point of emphasizing this through the non-agenda item process.

I think it's important to to state that we should have a longer term vision if this is something the council really wants to pursue rather than just uh a one-time check.

Thank you.

I agree, Councilor Calusian.

You know where I stand with consulting services and where we should reallocate resources, but yes, 10,000 innovation project.

Okay.

And I would also add some from our travel budget too, if everyone were amenable to do that too.

Well, we can thousand.

We can revisit that later.

Um so anybody want to make a motion?

I don't know what's the appropriate motion.

Should I make a motion?

Um I move that we move or reallocate ten thousand dollars from the free money that we have uh this unused funds that we have to donate to the mayor innovation project.

From the mayor innovation project to packed with pride, or just say food assistance for food assistance.

I move that we donate ten thousand dollars from the mayor's innovation project fund for food assistance.

Any second seconded?

Okay, those those in uh youth counselor advisory vote.

I'm not allowed to, but I say aye.

Okay, you're not gonna budget it.

It's a budget.

Okay, good.

All right, so those in favor say aye.

Aye, aye.

Aye.

Opposed saying nay.

Ocean.

Okay, the motion carries.

Thank you, everybody.

All right, so uh we had a scheduled executive session, but it has been canceled.

So there being no additional item, this meeting is adjourned.

Good night, Tiger.

We are 15 minutes out of time.

Perhaps I don't care.