So call this council meeting to order.

Deputy uh city quarter Bartholomew, please conduct a roll call.

Council President Wolf.

Here.

Councillor Anderson.

Here.

Councilor Gadusi.

Present.

Use Councilor Halleck.

Mayor Who?

Here.

Councilor Robbins.

Present.

Councilor Schlack.

Here.

Councilor Shaw.

Here.

All right.

Thank you.

Will everyone please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance?

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

Seeing none, let's move on to next section, which is public comments.

The public comment period provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the city council.

While it is not a dialogue, either I or staff will follow up to address the issues brought forward in these comments.

The calling number is 503 966 4101, and those wishing to comment should call now to get into the queue.

Anyone wanting to comment should sign up on the public comment form at the front of the room.

Those calling in for agenda items number nine or nine or ten should wait until that item is announced and then call in.

First is uh written public comments.

Uh we receive two written public comments by Monday noon deadline regarding the uh water advisory board recommendations, public hearing agenda publishing and the proposed code change and sound tracks.

Uh next we move on to in person, and those who uh wishing to comment in person, please sign up uh in the in the on the you know on the forum in the in the front.

So no one sign up, so let's move on to phone or video.

Mr.

Van Are there any callers in the queue for phone or video testimony?

No callers.

Thank you, Mr.

Van.

Let's move on to City Manager Report.

Acting City Manager Rager will provide a brief report.

Good evening.

Good evening, council.

This past weekend marked the opening day of the Tiger Farmers Market.

Always a welcome sign of the summer season and something so many of our community look forward to each year.

It's a great opportunity to connect with local vendors, neighbors, and it's also a great time to stop by the city booth to ask questions, chat with staff, learn about current projects, or simply say hello.

It's events like these that bring people together and help keep Tiger to welcoming and connected community.

Uh looking ahead, tomorrow, May 6th, students across Tiger will take part in the spring walk and roll event at their elementary schools.

It's a great celebration of active transportation and healthy habits and a chance to support the safe routes to school program for students and families.

Events like walk and roll bring families, schools, and neighborhoods together, encouraging students to walk, bike, roll, or take the bus, supporting healthier lifestyles, reducing congestion, and helping care for our environment.

As they head out, it's also a timely reminder for all of us to slow down, stay alert, and watch for kids traveling through our neighborhoods.

Thank you.

Counselor, do you have any questions or comments?

Uh Councilor Shaw.

Just one comment.

I was fortunate enough to be in the city booth, and it was exciting because we apparently are the first uh tiger farmers market or the first farmers market to be online in our region.

So we had a lot of folks who are there from Hillsborough and Beaverton and Lake Oswego spending their money to support Tiger.

So I really appreciate that.

But thank you.

Yeah, that's very exciting.

All right.

Let's move.

Thank you for the uh city manager report.

Let's move on to the consent agenda.

The consent agenda is used for routine items.

Information on each item is available on the city's website.

In the packet for this meeting, these items may be enacted in one motion without separate discussion.

Council members may request that an item be removed by motion for discussion and separate action.

Tonight we have two consent items.

Both are resolutions of a support.

One for an opportunity zone nomination and one for safe streets and rows for all grants.

Do we have any discussion or motion?

Mayor, I move to approve the consent agenda as presented.

The motion be carried uh for moved by um Council President Wolf and second by Councillor Robbins.

Is there any further discussion?

Seeing none, those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed say nay.

The consent agenda is adopted by a unanimous vote of the council.

Thank you.

All right, let's move on to the next item, which is the water advisory board recommendation and acting city and acting cemetery manager Rager will introduce this item.

Thank you, Mayor and Council.

For the record, Brian Rager, public works director, acting uh city manager.

Um I'll try to keep my comments as brief as I can.

Uh you saw the memo I wrote uh in the in the packet.

Um basically we we appreciate that the Tigerd Water District would like to donate uh toward the water system.

Uh the challenge for staff has been in the approach of uh how these recommendations have come to us.

We've uh had some disagreement, uh expressed some concerns to the Tigert Water District and through the Water Advisory Board.

Um so it it's a it's a difficult situation that we're in.

Um so we have some, you know, I provided some thoughts in in the memo.

Uh with regard to recommendation number one, this is the emergency water distribution idea for you know basically the the TWD proposal is for us to uh have uh agree to an engineering study that would look at one of our reservoir sites to house a uh emergency water distribution manifold system uh that could be operated by volunteers.

Uh really to sum up our concerns with that is that that is not how we will uh distribute water during an emergency.

Uh we our emergency response plan, uh our emergency management planning uh calls for distributing uh many things through what what are called commodity points of distribution.

So in a state of an emergency, we're we're gonna be looking to at the very least the four quadrants of the city where our cert teams are you know there's there's distribution across the city, and we would be setting up these points of distribution where we can uh be able to provide not only water but food, emergency supplies, first aid, uh that kind of thing.

And this concept was also mentioned last night at the budget committee in the in the uh when Rick Gruen was uh talking about resilience, resiliency hubs.

This is a new a new concept that staff will be bringing to the council soon.

And it we think it has a lot of uh potential uh for how these C pods uh could become one with with a resilience hub.

Uh so and even if we didn't have the resilience hub, if we had an emergency tomorrow and we had to set these up, we would be setting up C pods.

Uh you kind of you could envision at le at the very least a large tent that would that would have supplies that people could come to, but we would not be using our reservoir sites for that kind of for that kind of use.

Um recommendation two is regarding a water filtration trailer.

Like I said in the memo, we're not necessarily opposed to this one, but we don't think that uh the use of the trailer would meet what the Tigert Water District is hoping for.

Uh they had some when they presented it to us, uh they're thinking about the the Cascadia subduction zone earthquake scenario, which is you know the word probably the worst thing that we could we could deal with.

We wouldn't be using a filtration trailer right off the bat.

For the first weeks, months, we're going to be man, we're going to be working on other things in the in the city and the water system.

And that's why we we talk about how the community really needs to be self-reliant for a while until C pods can be set up and water and food can be distributed.

But we would not be operating a trailer during that time.

Now what we what we are interested in are these smaller units that I mentioned in the in the memo.

And we're still looking into that.

Other agencies, water providers have been uh looking at them.

And they it looks like it has promise.

They're much more portable.

Uh they could be deployed uh very easily uh to C pod locations, and if we you know ultimately had resilience hubs uh permanent set up, could even be permanently housed there, staged for when they're needed.

So uh in summary are our recommendations for the for the council, and we're looking for your direction really.

Um that the Tiger Water District consider a financial contribution toward the design of a future resilience hub or C pod in a specific district in their sp even in their specific district uh would be would be great.

Um you could direct us to have conversation with the Tigered Water District.

Um sorry, looking at my memo here.

Uh oh, just to talk about this other uh water filtration uh tool that could be set up, that could be also a another uh potential contribution.

And then uh recommending that the water advisory board and Tiger Water District get involved with our CERT programs because it's it's trained cert volunteers that we're gonna look to first.

And if we have some kind of water filtration tool available, we would be that's one where we think that uh appropriately trained personnel or volunteers could actually operate those.

So there is potential there.

That's it for my report.

Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you, Acting City Manager Rager.

Uh council, so uh in front of us those three staff recommendations.

So I will like to open the floor up for your um comments on how you would like to proceed.

Counselor Schlack, please go ahead.

Thank you, Mayor.

I support the staff recommendation in full.

Any other comments?

Counselor Caduce.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um although I do agree that we should follow with what search would want to do and would say if it did come to that and we should look at the resiliency hub and things like that.

Um I do think that if the water district wanted to do the donation for a new water filtration system, that that should be something that we should look at for the trailer.

All right.

Thank you.

Thank you for your report and thank you water advisory board and Tigered Water District members for being here today.

Um I do have a a couple of questions.

One is um if say if we we proceed with the proposal of purchasing water filtration trailers and then saying you guys are trained, you get to run them.

What liability would the city have for those volunteers at that point?

So just a point of clarity.

Um the water filtration trailer, we have one, uh, and uh we believe that trailer, if it were deployed, would have to be operated by uh one of our operators that have the certifications through the state, because it's it's really a miniature water treatment plant.

But what I'm to understand about the smaller units is there are a much different um uh a much different unit that uh the training and uh the operation of them is much more simple.

Um a trailer it's not it's not like a plug and play and turn you know flip the switch and go.

Um so I think I think part of it then seems like kind of a disconnect between the the proposal and how it would be implemented that if Tiger Water District were to donate money to purchase another water filtration trailer, it would not be something that then Tigered Water District or WAB volunteers could run.

Is that correct?

That's correct.

Okay.

Um so then we would be taking money for something to purchase that then we couldn't use, and that gets back to what you're saying about for the first several weeks to months, we won't be using this.

So now I see that that's um I I really want to work with the Tigered Water District, our partners and the water advisory board, but I want to make sure that what we're doing is realistic.

And one concern I have is that it seems like some of our volunteers are reluctant to trust our city experts, which I don't have much experience at all with anything other than like hooking up hosts, right?

So I have to trust you.

I know we while I was on the web, we had an extensive emergency preparedness review of all the things.

Um I think we have to figure out a way where our our various councils that we're working with can work with city staff to come to something that is utilizing the generous donations that Tigered Water District is offering in a realistic and economical way.

So I am for exploring using the these smaller water filtration things.

Um another clarification question I have is that um because we did get a letter saying what does the city have to lose with doing the engineering study, and it sounds like we could spend what could be a lot of the Tiger Water District's money doing an engineering study that then said this is how you should do something that we've already said we we won't be able to man that and so it would be better to do some sort of study on something that would be foreseeable and so um and implementable.

And so uh I want to work both with the water advisory board and the tiger water district, but also taking staff recommendations.

So um so I would be amenable to learning more about the smaller things so that everyone can feel like they have some control, and I also would encourage anyone who is worried about emergency preparation to join CERT.

I have signed up.

So you agree with those three recommendations from the staff okay, and again, Council Guzsi, just want to confirm I would want to pursue the trailer, but otherwise agree with uh okay.

Counselor Shah.

Uh thank you, Mayor, and thank you to my fellow counselors.

Um I'm always one who likes to have a strategic plan in place and know where it starts and finishes.

And what I'm afraid with this proposal is that it's a piecemeal proposal, and to staff's point, it wouldn't be utilized because the staff that would be needed to utilize it wouldn't be available.

Um I think we have a very robust program at CERT, and they do have a very strategic plan as well as our own emergency operations center.

Um so I would love to explore the idea of the smaller units.

That seems to make a lot more sense and could be more nimble.

And so with that, I would support the staff recommendations uh both one, two, and three.

Okay.

Counselor President Wolf.

I feel the end game goal is how do we get access efficiently and effective, uh, effectively to our community members.

So I think we're both trying to get to the same goal, and I again not an expert will defer to acting city manager Rager in this idea of having these hubs that provide a variety of resources along with easier access to water.

So to that point, I support the recommendations presented by staff.

Council Anderson.

Yeah, I support the staff recommendations and uh you know we do belong to the uh regional water providers consortium, and they have some emergency smaller units that they well I think they prefer.

So I mean we could check in with those guys, I'm sure our water guys would bribe shaking his head.

So there you go.

So you support a staff recommendation in full.

Okay.

So the vast majority of council, well, all of us support staff recommendation in full, and only Council Gazus you want to explore the trailer, so that's not a majority recommendation.

So all right.

Thank you.

No, you are not scheduled to give a presentation.

So thank you.

All right, so let's move on to the next item on the agenda, which is capital improvement plan CIP update.

And we have City Engineer Joe Winanowski to introduce the item.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

For the record, I'm Joe Isneski City Engineer, and I'm here today for a quarterly update on the capital improvement plan.

Before we get into the plan, just a quick uh high-level summary of what's in front of you tonight.

Uh, there's approximately 54 projects that are in this current year's uh capital improvement plan uh budget.

Uh it ranges from anything in the early planning phase through design construction, and a handful of projects are in their closeout phase right now due to construction being wrapped up.

Um these projects are delivered primarily by the engineering division within public works, where we have 21 FTE staff.

Um, engineering also includes our private development group.

So when you take them out of it, we have about 10 folks that work day to day on delivering these projects along with some administrative support staff.

Uh next slide, please.

Uh today we'll go in this order.

We'll talk about uh water projects first, then move into sanitary sewer, stormwater transportation, parks, and we'll wrap up with some facility projects.

And we'll use the uh traffic signal uh color coding of green, yellow, and red based on kind of the status of if we're on track or if there's any issues that we need to bring to your attention.

Next slide.

So in the water system, uh, the first project to talk about is the 560 East Pressure Zone Consolidation Project.

Uh, we are currently in the planning phase and drafting the RFP.

Uh before I get into too many projects, I will note that the um amount of time it takes to put together our project management worksheets, do some uh financial accounting behind these projects.

The status you're seeing is about six weeks um old at this point.

Uh so some of the projects I will try to give you a more current update than what you see in the PM worksheet if there's been recent bidding or anything like that to note.

But the slides are aligned with the project management worksheets that were a supplemental add to your AIS or your agenda.

Uh the next project is the Red Ruck Creek Waterline uh relocation project.

This project's been around for quite some time.

This is the third and final phase of that effort.

Um, it says that we're moving into construction in June uh to August of this year.

This project was recently bid, and one thing that's really nice to celebrate today is it's a very uh uh city friendly climate right now for bidding, and multiple projects have come in under engineers' estimate, including this one.

Um so in a few weeks, the local contract review board will see some of these contracts coming to you for approval, um, and this is one that came in under engineer's estimate.

Uh the Aquifer storage and recovery well number two and number three, that construction is complete.

Um, so we will be uh just closing out paperwork on that, and you will no longer be hearing about that project uh going forward.

And then the pipeline renewal and replacement program.

This is an ongoing program uh where we're trying to proactively replace aging infrastructure in the water system.

Um, one thing that we're starting to do with this program is pair it with our pavement management program.

So anywhere that we know we're going to be doing some resurfacing or paving projects, we're evaluating the water system in advance of that.

And one location you'll see this year is a section of water line being replaced on Guardi Street.

It's another bid that came in underestimate, and you will see here in a few weeks uh in front of you.

Um, and then we'll be paving shortly after that.

So this summer a section of water main will be replaced.

Next slide, please.

The generator replacement at Pump Station One, also known as Canterbury.

Uh, we're about 90% complete on design, and we'll be moving into construction this summer and fall for the replacement of the generator.

Uh, the budget and the schedule are getting more on track now, but there was some early uh issues with the the budget that has been corrected now, and then schedule is just the uncertainty on lead time for generators is quite lengthy.

So we're hoping they get this wrapped up by this fall, but we won't know until we get through the bidding and get a contractor on board to uh establish that time frame.

The water system plan addendums uh project that is for the urban growth boundary expansion areas of Kingston Terrace and also River Terrace 2.0.

Uh the Kingston Terrace Plan just recently went to uh Planning Commission and will be coming to council uh for adoption soon, along with the river terrace addendums that will be coming to council closer to December time frame.

But this is looking at those expansion areas and uh addressing what project needs there are for serving those areas.

Reservoir 8 and reservoir 4 improvements.

Uh, we have a consultant selected uh for a structural assessment, and then that will drive uh what the improvements are uh necessary to make the improvements at those two reservoirs.

Uh that one was mostly uh a little bit behind schedule right now due to some early on uh project management resources.

Uh happy in the water area that we are full staff now, and these projects are uh proceeding uh on a better schedule now.

And then the water meter modernization project.

Uh we're saying that we're still in a planning phase, but we're more um assessing technology and doing a lot of pilots right now on the radio reads and the different way of modernizing our water meters.

Um so this is a multi-year uh long-range project, uh, but there's a lot of effort going on to assess the technology for the new water meters.

Uh next page or next slide, please.

The water treatment plant and rips generator project.

This was delivered by uh Lake Oswego.

It was primarily completed last year, um, but for billing and closing out the project, it rolled into this fiscal year for a small payment.

Uh so that project is wrapped up, and I believe we made our final payment at this point and will be closed out.

The lead and copper rule revision compliance project.

Uh we say it's complete, but it's um always gonna be around just pending uh further revisions from EPA, and if there's anything else that comes out of their direction, we will address it as it comes up, but we are meeting current guidance and uh complete as we sit today or as it is today for uh mandates.

The ASR expansion feasibility study.

Uh, this one has not started yet.

Uh, right now we're forecasting that it may not start until fiscal year 27.

Still shows us green right now because um we're we're looking at some of our longer range planning in the water system, doing some modeling uh to really determine uh the order of a few projects coming up.

So my next update will have a better uh schedule for this project, but we're mostly going to focus on the reservoir 19 sighting and some water modeling for where we need to site that reservoir before we get into the ASR feasibility study.

And that reservoir 19 project is the last one on this list.

And then finally on this page, the Lake Oswego Tigered Water Expansion Project.

The design kicked off in January of 2026.

However, this is a large project that has multiple phases.

So we also have an RFP out with the same title for the bigger effort of design.

The work that kicked off in January was for a additional pump to be added to our Benita pump station.

Excuse me.

Uh so that that portion of the design is taking place right now, and then the larger effort that the RFP processes advertised for is for the piping and larger portion of the project to increase the amount of um volume that we can bring over of water supply from Lake Oswego.

We have believe it's approximately four million gallons more water that we can bring over from the treatment plant, and this project will allow us to move that water into the system.

Next project or next page, please.

So at the end of each system, um, I tried to put a few highlights in here of photos.

These photos here are from last summer's um emergency response to a water main issue that we had on Catherine Street, and we used our pipeline renewal and replacement program funding to uh respond to that.

The issue we had here was uh just before school started or opened, we had multiple water main breaks in one block, and we were able to respond quickly because of that CIP program and replace this, and then in this upcoming summer, we'll come back through with PMP and we'll actually pave that section of street to clean it up after uh the water main work was completed previously.

Uh mayor, would you like me to pause at each system for questions?

Any questions about water before we move on to sewer?

Nothing, so go on to the next session.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Uh next slide, please.

So sanitary sewer is one of our smaller uh CIP sections, and that's primarily because anything on the larger scale, uh, like pump stations and um treatment is handled by our partner agency clean water services.

However, we do have a few projects to highlight.

Uh the first one is our major maintenance program, and this is just for things that are a little bit larger on the maintenance side that wouldn't be handled by our routine crews day to day on the operations uh side of public works.

And um that that's just a good program to have.

We have it in most of our systems.

Uh that budget and schedule looks great.

The sanitary sewer system plan update is underway right now, and council can expect to hear a briefing and then hopefully adoption of that uh come July of 2026.

Uh, there's a few new chapters being added to talk about unserved areas of the city, uh, kind of identifying areas that may still be on septic and talk about what we want to do with those areas.

Uh the next one is cured in place pipe project.

Uh this project is actually going to become a program in future years.

Uh so we had a large need of pipes that needed to be lined.

It's a trenchless technology.

We've I probably talked about it many times before, but um, it's a good bang for our buck to get in there and line pipes and preserve what is there without having to do the conventional open cut and disrupt disrupt the neighborhood or the community.

Uh so we got caught up on a lot of our needs, but we are already starting to identify more areas that need this.

So we're looking at creating a program out of it where we do a design one year and then a construction package a second year.

Uh so you'll start seeing some of that conversation in budget committee meetings as well.

And then the final product or project in sanitary sewer is the Rotary Plaza restroom project.

Uh, this project is showing as red on schedule because a while back we were looking at doing a sewer upgrade, and we determined that it was uh in the best interest to just remove this restroom.

And so now we're pivoting and working on the decommissioning plan for removal of the uh rotary rotary plaza restroom.

And next slide.

Uh in on that, we do plan to have it removed um this summer, but we're coordinating with all the downtown events and making sure that we pick the right schedule.

So uh more to come on when that is planned to be removed, and we'll definitely communicate on that before it takes place.

And then here's uh just the photos of what it looks like before and after we do that uh pipe the CIPP liner project on the left side or the before side, you see a lot of root intrusion.

Um we go through the contractor will clean uh the pipe out, and then on the right side is when the liner is cured, and it looks essentially like a brand new smooth pipe.

Any question about sewer?

Counselor Cotus.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, going back to the rotary plaza restroom.

Can you give a little bit of history in terms of why it was placed and then why we're currently decommissioning it?

So um I may have to follow back up with the original why it was placed.

Um, but more why we're decommissioning it is there was um a lot of issues with being able to uh manage the hours that it was open and the way it was being used, and then also um there was a lot of issues with things being put down the sewer and um having to frequently maintain the uh sanitary sewer side of the restroom.

So that is why it showed up as a sanitary sewer project because we're proposing some upgrades to the sanitary system to hopefully alleviate some of those concerns.

But then we went through some um downtown engagement, talked to chamber, talked to some of the businesses down there, and we landed on the best solution was to just remove the restroom.

Correct.

Follow-up question.

Um are we worried we will see similar concerns with the Universal Plaza restrooms?

I don't I don't think we're seeing those concerns.

I don't know if we want to follow up with our parks manager and get you some more on that with from Rick Gruin, but not that I'm aware of.

Yeah.

Uh no, I'm not aware of anything either.

I think those are functioning just fine.

Um but the you know, the one at Rotary Plaza was there was just a lot, there was also a lot of vandalism of those uh facilities and a lot of money spent trying to trying to fix them.

Yeah, my understanding was that they were it was placed there because that's originally where the tiger farmers market was, so it was to be um a resource for community members, and COVID happened and became more of a resource uh for the houses and homeless um with a lot of items being disposed that the sewer system was just not meant to handle, um, and there has been no downtown opposition uh to this removal, but I just want to make sure I'm accurate in that.

Yeah, I believe I believe that's accurate.

I believe the TDA and various businesses right around there.

The restroom's actually been locked and closed for extended period of time right now, and seems to be operating.

And then during business hours, the visitor center has restroom available as well.

So there is a period of time that there's a public restroom down there.

All right.

Let's move on to stormwater.

Next slide, please.

So stormwater is a little bit larger system.

And uh we'll start with another one of those major maintenance programs.

Uh can be anything from outfall uh retrofits where storm sewer dumps into like a creek or a stream, uh, some smaller projects to take care of inlets and uh drain structures, that kind of stuff.

And then uh the next project would be the water quality facility rehab program.

Uh this is an annual program, and the area that we're focusing on for this upcoming year is the water quality facilities along Burnham in the phase one of Main Street.

Uh it's kind of ran its course of its life.

The plantings uh need to be replaced, the media the the plant the growing media needs to be uh replaced uh periodically.

Uh so we're gonna use this program to improve those areas so that we're continuing to treat the stormwater that comes off of the paved surfaces before it gets to the waters of the state.

Um this program is also going to start working on some of our older, larger water quality facilities throughout the city, and you'll hear more about that coming into next year next summer's program where we get into doing similar work but on older water quality facilities.

The Red Rock Creek stabilization enhancement project uh is under construction right now as a multi-year effort.

Uh, it is currently scheduled to be completed by November of 2026.

It is on schedule for the contractor's contract, uh, but we do show it as a yellow light on schedule because we had some earlier permitting delays and uh land acquisition delays that led to a delayed schedule, but the contractor is on schedule at this point to complete their terms of their contract.

Uh the stormwater system plan update is um we're in the early scoping and charter phase of it right now, and we plan to take about a year to complete that task and come to council um next spring.

We're now looking at March of 2027 for council adoption of that system plan.

And then the detention pipe retrofit project.

This is um addressing various areas throughout the city where we have older underground detention systems that during large rain events will store water and slowly release it to the to the outfalls or to the sh the drainage way.

Um but these issues these areas were constructed many years ago where there's no access to that pipe system, and so we're not able to maintain it.

And uh what this project will do will install those access points so then our operations staff can get in there and do their uh annual cleaning and televising of the pipes and make sure things are functioning the way they're supposed to.

Uh next next slide, please.

Uh 121st Avenue Bridge and Summer Creek Bank Stabilization.

Uh we just recently went through the land use and most of the permitting phase of this project, and we'll be advertised for bidding uh very soon.

It's being reviewed right now.

Um then we will move into construction as soon as possible.

There's restrictions for in-water work windows, so it may go into next summer, but the that project is moving along.

And then the final one here to highlight, and this is a big win of many years of trying to figure out how to solve the problem.

Many people probably know every time it rains, the turn lane on Durham at 99W is holding water or flooding.

Um with ODOT taking on some of the ADA ramp improvements at that intersection, we've successfully uh got them to incorporate this work into their project.

And as of right now, no cost to the city of Tiger.

So hopefully it stays that way, but if not, it's budgeted, so we can cover it if we have it.

But um that work is hoping hoping to take place this summer, but uh either way it's in their project and happy to have a solution to that location.

Uh next slide, and just a project uh highlight is kind of the current state of that 121st Avenue at Summer Creek.

You can see one of the utility structures there.

I think it's price sanitary sewer that's exposed, and then on the right side, you see because of erosion, you're starting to see more of the guardrail post and different things that uh the stream is causing damage to.

Um, so that is the area that we'll be focused on uh stabilizing when we get into construction.

All right, questions on storm water project.

None.

Okay, that's move.

Oh, Council Shaw.

More of a comment.

Congratulations on Southwest Durham Road and Pacific Highway because I get to drive that frequently and just watch some seniors try and navigate that while walking and just individuals with with dogs.

Not that I have a dog yet, but even having walked there, it's it's a it's gonna be a delight not to have it flooded.

Thank you.

Yeah, welcome.

All right, let's move on to transportation project.

Okay, next slide.

Uh by pure uh count of projects and budget.

This is probably our largest system.

Uh so we'll have multiple slides here to go through.

Uh, the first one is our pavement management program.

Uh, this is where we complete slurry seal, crack sealing, and major rehab of our our paved streets.

Um and right now we have various contracts already issued and construction underway.

We just recently bid our Slurry seal package for this summer, which came in under engineers estimate as well.

Uh so the council or LCRB will be seeing that one as well at the end of May for awarding, and uh things seem to be going well with that program.

The next one is Hall and Fafel traffic signal.

Um we are looking at we're kicking we kicked off design right now.

Uh we're showing the schedule as yellow, and it's because it took a uh long process to get approval from the state for the traffic signal.

We had to go through the traffic analysis and warrant analysis and then work with Salem and the traffic engineer from ODOT or the state traffic engineer to get that approval.

Um it was just long process, but there wasn't any nothing negative from ODOT on it, just going through the process that took time.

So now that that's approved, uh we're kicking off the design.

I don't have a schedule yet for construction.

Uh by the time we get a design, go through all the permitting being in the ODOT right away.

It will take time, but we'll keep council updated on when that signal is going to be in construction.

Uh the next project is our North Dakota bridge replacement project.

Uh previously I I announced that we were successful in securing more grant funding.

Um, but because of the terms on that grant funding, it's a couple years out yet.

So the project is pretty stagnant at this point.

Um, but it's being delivered by ODOT, and I believe it's uh around fiscal year 28 that we'll start picking up steam on that project more.

Um but then the next project is a little bit more exciting.

Tiger Street Bridge replacement.

Uh, we are at final design, we're securing right away, and we'll be going into bidding phase for that shortly.

Um, and we're working out what the construction schedule look like.

We'll report back on the final construction schedule as soon as we have it.

You may see work as early as late this summer or early fall along Tieteman preparing for the bridge replacement that is most likely going to start next summer in the dry weather season for for in-stream work.

And then the ADA right away program is a similar program like our pavement management program where it's an annual program focused on maintaining and updating our uh curb ramps or curb cuts.

I'm hoping this will be the last year that we show the schedule is red as we come out of the issue where we had a fire a contractor a couple years ago, and we're getting caught up on backlog of work.

Um I believe this is the year that we'll will come out of that.

We have multiple contracts going out, uh so things are improving with that program.

Next project or page.

Traffic and transportation major maintenance program uh is primarily focused on maintaining traffic signals and all the components that go with the traffic signal.

It can also include rapid flashing beacons, uh, but it's primarily like signalized uh locations in our uh transportation system.

The Benita Sequoia Intersection project is a county misstip funded and county-led project to install a brand new signal that doesn't exist today at the intersection of Benita and Sequoia.

Uh that project was just bid by the county, and I believe it came in at or slightly below engineers estimate as well.

Um we have very little funding in that project, mostly our internal effort because it's all funded through the county, but still nice to see the the bidding climate uh continue on this same path as other projects.

The Murdoch Street sidewalk and stormwater improvements project, and then I'll jump down to the final project on the list, Safe House to School.

Uh both those projects were combined into one, and they are complete.

They're in the Templeton Twaldy neighborhood, McDonald's Street to Sattler kind of area.

And then McDonald's Street, the community engagement and preliminary design effort is underway.

Excuse me.

We're approaching 30% design right now.

We've had two public open houses, and we've met individually with probably about 45 property owners talking about right-of-way impacts along there.

And so just stay tuned.

There's gonna be a lot of communication on this project, and I believe next week or the week after, very soon, we have an update coming to council about the project.

So our project manager and consultant team will be here to talk in more details about that one.

Next slide.

The budget is yellow at this point, but uh I think we're I think county's managing it quite well and working with the consultant to make sure that they have a reasonable scope that they can deliver within the awarded amount uh or awarded budget by misstip and meet the count or sorry, meet the city's complete street policy, which is our number one goal for for the project.

Um so we're still showing it as yellow because it was awarded at a dollar amount less than what the city applied for, but we're we're confident it's gonna be successful at the amount that it's at right now.

We'll report back to the uh council if that changes and have to have any concern.

Um the ultimate goal with that is if the county delivers the scope of work that we are asking for, then we'll do a jurisdictional transfer and take over maintenance of that section of road.

Um so well, we're we're in the early phase, um, probably about 10% design right now, and I'm sure the council will have a briefing briefing on the project as we get closer to 60%.

The street light replacement program uh construction has kicked off.

Um, nothing in the field yet as far as construction, but the contractor is procuring all the materials.

There's a long lead time on street lights right now.

The big thing for this one is it's a safety improvement for the community.

PG was maintaining all of these street lights for us and still will after the project, and they put us on notice that all of our old wood laminate poles were in uh dire needed replacement, and basically just fall over looking at them.

Um so we put together this program to replace them, and the bids came in under budget, and we're hoping to replace them over the next year and a half.

We just had a really good coordination meeting with PG to talk about the logistics of our contractor working with them and getting all the materials procured and the approach on how we're gonna replace them.

The safe streets and roads for all action plan.

Uh, council has adopted that in November of 2025.

So I think you've had a lot of briefings on that one.

And then the Fannel Creek Regional Trail Crossing Safety Improvements.

Um, our status on here is that the uh IGA is completed, but that's essentially all we have to do at the city for this project because it's an ODOT-led effort in there right away.

Um, so our portion of this is done, and we're just waiting for ODOT to actually make the improvements out in the hall.

The work has been bid, and we're just waiting for them to give us a schedule update on when the work will take place.

Next slide, please.

Uh the 95th Avenue Highway 217 PED and Bicycle Bridge refinement study.

Uh right now where we're at is the consultant has been selected, and ODOT is working on kicking off that project.

It's a state-funded effort and delivered by ODOT.

Um, so we're a little bit at their mercy for schedule and that's why we're showing this schedule is yellow right now.

It's just a little bit slower process for us.

And then the final project is the wayfinding signage installation plan and construction.

Uh we've been coordinating with community development on the wayfinding project, and it's now in engineering to uh implement that.

Uh so you'll be hearing more about that as this year goes on as well.

Next slide.

Uh, this time of year, we don't have a lot of projects and exciting constructions, so I found a few things to highlight.

Um, on the left, we had Selena's visit and or Congresswoman Selena's visit.

We took her out for a little tour of uh where these Fannel Creek crossing improvements were going to take place.

It was also the same day that we looked at the uh library HVAC project that we were able to have some federal aid on.

Uh the middle picture is showing one of those street light poles that will be replaced as part of the replacement program, and then on the right hand side is just our McDonald's street, one of the advertisements for an open house.

So questions on transportation.

Great.

Thank you so much for the report.

And last week we had a few community members in public comment talk about McDonald's Street project, and they were concerned about the number of right-aways, but more so that they hadn't been notified of the project.

It sounded like they may have been on a street.

I know they happen to be very engaged community members, but I just wanted to sound like you were you knew about that, but just wanted to highlight it.

Yeah, so I believe our project manager provided a response for those uh concerns.

Um I'm not sure exactly where those folks are uh where they reside, but our communication we've had direct uh mailing to all property owners that front McDonald's Street to schedule those one-on-one conversations that we had, but then uh we picked a radius, I don't know the distance, 500 feet out or so.

So we captured some of the side streets of everyone that we sent postcards to for all the open houses, but then we have um we had a digital presence as well.

So all of our social media channels, um, and then there's a project website that we communicated all these open houses on as well.

Um so it's hard to say if they were on the fringe of some of those distances and maybe not may not have got a mailing uh to it, but I'm hoping the amount of time that we're talking about it here now, the response that we provided to the individual that showed up last week, and just by word of mouth, this project is quite large and will impact the entire community.

That by the time we get to construction, um the hope would really be that everyone is fully engaged in this project and aware of it.

Thank you.

And I communication has been robust, so really appreciate and following up too.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Any other question, comment on transportation?

Uh, youth counselor.

I was just oh I was just curious why the grant for the North Dakota Street Bridge replacement is like the restraint is you can't access it until fiscal year 28.

Yeah, so that um that project we ran into some funding uh shortfalls a couple years ago, and we identified we needed to secure additional money.

So then the there was another we call it a NOFO, a notice of funding opportunity came out for the grant that we secured, but those monies are typically tied to an appropriation at the federal government level, and those monies are not available until fiscal year 28 and beyond.

Uh, so it's more of the federal budgeting cycle and how they appropriate all the money for projects that we you can't bring it up early.

Thank you.

Yep.

Welcome.

All right, let's move on to parks.

Next slide, please.

Uh the first project, uh, Dirksen Nature Park uh small nature play.

Uh the Dirksen Nature Park has a uh master plan for full build-out of everything, and this is one of the final projects uh that need to be delivered for that plan.

However, we are coordinating with clean water services for a large uh uh Fannel Creek trunk line uh project that they're gonna be taking place and a possible pump station they have to build.

And so before we start to deliver additional projects at Dirksen, we're gonna coordinate this effort with the Clean Water Services Project.

Um so we anticipate it being on schedule or slightly uh behind depending on what we negotiate with clean water services, but we see it to be a benefit to everybody if we can either get them to deliver the work or worst thing that I could see happen is we build something that they impact right after we construct it.

So the city wants to do some coordination with clean water services before we start any of this effort.

Uh similar to all the other systems, we have the major maintenance program.

Uh we use this one primarily to replace uh small playgrounds and uh features in in parks that exist today and are due for maintenance or replacement.

The Steve Street Park and Trail Project is going to construction this summer.

Uh that one came in significantly under engineers' estimate.

I want to say by the magnitude of about $600,000 under at a price tag of about 1.2 million dollars compared to the estimate of 1.8.

Um so we're we're happy to see that.

And that project also has uh some metro uh funding tied to it that helps with the budget as well.

The trail system plan um we broke that into two phases.

Phase one was kind of current state or current condition of trails and identifying the um need what it's gonna take to maintain our current trail system before we get into a phase two of planning expansion of the trail system.

We show it as yellow because it's um ready to come to council and have more discussion on that, and we need to get that scheduled.

So it's coming up very soon.

Um right now we're in uh um holding pattern for that one, so we're we're showing it as yellow.

And and it's not holding, we just need to get it scheduled to come talk more.

Uh the Begin Park project uh is also coordinating with clean water services, similar to the Dirksen Nature Play effort.

Begin Park is impacted by the Metzger sewer trunk line project, and um we're coordinating with them because they need to work in Begin Park area.

Uh so we need to have the sewer work completed before we build a park in or around where the sewer work will take place.

And then Cook Family Park Accessible Boat Rampage 2.

We just awarded the contract for uh the fabrication of the dock, and we're putting out the bid right now the uh civil side or the construction side of the improvements for um uh for that boat ramp.

Next slide, please.

Uh the LASIC park uh boat launch and parking lot.

We're looking at kicking off design right now.

Uh the charter and the scoping of that effort is being put together.

Um this is the area that's out by Roy Rogers Beef Bend, and it would be another access point to the Twalton River uh water trail.

The Copper Creek uh Cook Family Park Stream Stabilization.

Uh this project is out for bid, and uh it hopefully the timing works out that we can see construction this summer, but it's another one of those in-water work uh windows where we're very restricted on when we can work in the stream.

Uh, depending on contractor availability and when materials are available, uh, we may have to look at pushing that into next summer.

But for right now, we're hopeful it can take place this year.

Um, and this is if you're in Cook Family Park and you leave on the trail heading west, you'll see the I think it's an Eagle Scout Bridge that's built over the stream, and our maintenance crews did a great job maintaining that flow for a while.

Uh, but there's a lot of pipes and different things that are starting to erode, and it's time to do a more robust uh solution to that.

And then uh Fannel Creek Trail, the Benita to Durham project development um effort.

This is grant funded as well through the state, and we are coordinating with ODOT right now on project delivery and kicking off that project with a um some uncertainty in the schedule from them.

So we're showing it as yellow on both budget and schedule uh just because of the delays, we don't know how it's going to impact budget potentially as well.

And then Ash Creek Trail, um, this is the one that we just asked for the letter of support from uh council to uh submit to Metro for a large-scale community visions grant, um, coordinating with Clean Water Services for a large partnership and match, and hopefully build a connection someday from Begin Park across 217 with the study that just mentioned over uh 217 for a Ped Bridge through the uh green space and connect to Oak and Washington Square Regional Center.

So there's a lot of things all coming together in this one area, and this is a great opportunity for public-private partnership and including bringing clean water services into the project.

Next slide.

The before photo, this is just the open space that is currently the Steve Street Park property.

Uh in the middle is a little bit of a uh civil plan sheet for from the bid documents, and then on the right-hand side is the rendering for the park that will be going into construction this summer.

Question on parks, Congressman Schlack?

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, two questions on my part, and I feel like they're they're admittedly a little trivial.

Um, one uh Steve Street Park.

Uh I recall back in winter of 2024 that the council was interested in renaming Steve Street Park.

Are we still looking at renaming Steve Street Park or are we going with Steve Street Park?

So my understanding right now is we are staying with the Steve Street Park name.

Um our parks manager Rick Gruin has a memo that he put together uh outlining all the research that he has put into this area.

I mean, he met with historic society Shippo, uh Tiger House, really did a lot of effort looking into something alternative or something that might be tied to this property.

And I believe the recommendation right now is that it stays Steve's Steve Street Park.

But we'll make sure that that memo gets out so that can be reviewed.

For the record, I like the name Steve Street Park and did so at the time.

And then the second one is uh for the LASIC property.

I guess where I'm a bit confused with that project is how it relates to the broader plan for that property, considering that's sort of in an indefinite holding pattern for a variety of reasons.

So I guess I'm just trying to understand how that individual, like how does it fit into that, if at all, or if this is just an individual project so people can access the Twalton River there, regardless about of the use of the rest of the property.

Yeah, uh so good question.

I think the long range plan is to always have water access or river access at that property.

Um, but the bigger picture, the original plan was having some sports field and more of a community park there.

However, it's outside of the urban growth boundary at this point, and we've researched it that it's going to be quite some time before that could ever come into the urban growth area.

Um so the work that we're proposing right now fits within the zoning of Washington County, and we're able to at least deliver that access for our community to get to the river.

It's a very long stretch of Twalton River that you cannot reach at this point.

Uh so we're we're looking at at least getting in the kayak or boat launch for for that property, and then further uh planning for what can be done between now and when the urban growth boundary encompasses that area.

Thank you.

Uh Councillor Shaw.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um the Cook Family Park Accessible Boat Ramp.

I'm very excited that's going to be starting.

Will that have any impact on the current boat ramp?

Any about with day use summer with summer coming up?

Yeah, so um there will be some impact, and we'll definitely be putting out a lot of communication on there as far as the timing and what those impacts will be.

Um a lot of the work is actually going to be downstream from there.

Uh, but the contractor is going to have to be floating in materials and they're gonna have to be accessing the water as well.

And so that will be partly their access point during construction.

Um so there'll be a lot of construction fencing and secure areas for construction, and we'll try to minimize that as much as possible, but it will be impacted.

Yeah.

Does that also include parking then?

I'm assuming.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right.

So we have about three minutes left for the facility project, and everything's green.

So I have faith you can take us home in three minutes, Joe.

Yeah, this is a uh quick one for us.

Uh next slide, please.

So the first project is the library HVAC system.

Uh that project has just been completed and the library is uh back open and everyone relocated from their uh satellite location where we're sitting right now back to uh the library.

Uh open the doors earlier than we planned by approximately a week or maybe a few days.

So that's that's always good to be on schedule.

Uh the other project is a library roof replacement effort that was completed in advance of the HVAC project.

So that one is complete as well.

Uh safe facilities modernization uh project.

Uh that one has been talked about quite some time.

So we'll uh be talking about that for hopefully next couple years ahead of us as we move into construction or delivering the new facility.

And then the final one is the facility system plan.

Uh at the point of putting this together, we're doing the scoping and consultant selection.

Uh where we're at right now is really identifying our internal department needs and facility needs, and then the uh consultant team will be uh putting together a 20-year system plan that will guide what we do with all of our existing facilities, uh, come up with the funding needs and what that project lists.

It'll be similar to all the other systems we talked about tonight, where they all have a system plan that guides project prioritization and um how we deliver all our projects.

Next slide is just some photos of the library HVAC project.

Um the middle photo is probably the biggest component of the project, and it's the chiller.

This is um a new system that the library didn't have before.

So the enclosure, the chiller, and everything that's outside the library was all constructed as part of this project.

And then um the AHU, the air handler unit, um, that's just showing one of the areas that didn't have an air handler before, so we're trying to make the library more comfortable and making sure the uh even heating and cooling uh everywhere.

So in the lobby area, that was a new unit that was added that didn't have before.

So, with that questions on facilities or anything I may have.

Consider Schlack?

Uh thank you, Mayor.

Um, regarding the facility system plan, um, being sort of involved with the bond measure campaign and talking to community members, the facility system plan is something that has come up with uh as something that people are really interested in.

What's the long-term vision for these facilities if the bond measure passes on um May 19?

So I'd like to understand.

Uh will council be briefed on the scoping once staff have sort of agreed on where that is and what council's role and maybe even public the public's in engagement would look like um throughout the the development of that plan.

Yeah, I'm happy to uh keep council informed on where we're going with the scope and keep you know keep you all involved in that.

And then just like any of the other system plans, there'll definitely be briefings and then it comes to you for adoption as well.

So um the simple answer is yes to your question.

Counselor Anderson.

I don't know if you want to comment, but I love hearing that these construction bids are coming in lower than estimates.

Yep.

Um we've had times where they were quite a bit over.

So we're taking advantage of that, obviously, right?

Yeah, yeah, it's um been a pleasant surprise when we're hearing from other agencies that they're seeing the same thing right now.

Um so I don't know if that's because more on the private construction side, there's less work and um our work is a little bit more stable and available, so it's a hungry market for contractors to be bidding right now.

All right, thank you so much, Joe, for the update.

Lots going on.

Yeah, thanks for the opportunity.

Yeah, and let's hope uh in two weeks we'll we'll know if we'll be busy for the next two years on the new facility.

So thank you so much.

All right.

Yeah, we are perfectly on time.

Excellent.

So next uh will be next item on the agenda is legislative legislative public hearing.

Ordinance repealing Tiger Municipal Code 5.16 regarding sound trucks, and I will open the public hearing.

Uh anyone may testify testify on this uh public hearing by phone, video, or in person.

I may call now to gain the queue now by calling 503-966-4101.

And City Attorney Rihala will give the staff report.

Good evening.

Good evening, council.

So repealing this section is really a cleanup item.

Uh this section, we could not find any ri uh registration submitted to the city in the 40 plus years that uh the ordinance has been in place.

Additionally, even if we did require it, it would probably be unconstitutional based on current case law, both the registration requirement itself and uh the regulations that are imposed by the section.

Uh importantly, this section does nothing to change the regulation of loud noises and sound in the city of Tiger, including from vehicles.

Uh, there is a state statute that specifically addresses sound from vehicles, and the city's nuisance code continues to apply exactly the same as it does today.

So this is really just a cleanup item.

With that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thank you.

We receive only one written comment for this item by new Monday, and I have already responded pretty much paraphrasing city attorney Rihala's point.

So, Mr.

Vang, are there any uh callers and queue to testify on this item?

No callers.

Thank you.

Uh WC recorder Bartholomew is going to run very quickly to check to see.

I don't see anybody here, so nobody sign up to testify in person.

So uh so no response uh by staff, but now any questions on council members on this.

No question?

Okay.

I will close public hearing.

Now it's time for council deliberation.

Any comments or motion?

Mayor, I move to approve ordinance number 26-10.

Second.

All right.

Uh counselor uh schlag move to uh approve the ordinance and second by council president Wolf.

Uh is there any discussion?

Seeing now with uh WDC reporter read the number and title of the ordinance ordinance number 26-10.

An ordinance repealing Tiger Municipal Code Chapter 5.16 regarding soundtracks.

Thank you.

With the city with the deputy city recorder, please conduct a roll-code vote starting with a youth counselor for an advisory vote.

Youth Councilor Halleck.

Aye.

Council President Wolf.

Aye.

Councilor Anderson.

Yes.

Councilor Gadusi?

Yes.

Mary Who?

Yes.

Councilor Robbins.

Yes.

Councilor Schlack?

Yes.

Councilor Shaw, yes.

Ordinance number 26-10 is adopted by unanimous vote of the council.

Thank you.

All right, let's move on to the next legislative public hearing.

Tiger Municipal Amendments to Chapter 2.40.

And I will open the public hearing.

Anyone who want to testify by anyone can testify by phone, video, or in person.

And may call in now to gain the queue by calling 503 966 4101 and City Attorney Rihala will again provide the staff report.

Thank you, Council.

So this is a slightly more relevant code section.

This chapter deals with elections and nomination to the council position.

So with the help of the city recorder team, who are the uh elections officers by city charter or code, uh, we have gone through and one is just make this code easier to understand.

It was a little confusing uh the way it was written.

Uh some things could definitely be pared down, so we made it more approachable and easier to understand.

Uh the second change is um with the adoption of our new charter, now a couple years ago, uh there was the requirement that a seated counselor resign their council seat in order to run for mayor.

That was eliminated in the new charter, and so uh the code now mirrors the charter and that was deleted.

The final change uh reflects a change in state law.

So uh right now, incumbents and uh seated or incumbents and new um candidates have to have the same uh filing deadline by law that has now changed, and an incumbent who was elected to their seat has uh filing deadline seven days earlier than everybody else.

The importance is that it is an elected position, so somebody who was appointed to their position has the same filing deadline as somebody running for election for the first time.

So our code now reflects that change in state law to provide the different filing deadline deadlines for a uh re-elected incumbent.

So with that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thank you.

Uh we we have we received no written comment on this item by noon Monday.

Mr.

Van Are there any callers in the queue to testify on this item?

No callers.

Thank you.

Deputy City Recorder Bartholomew.

Anyone sign up for it?

Numb, okay.

Uh counselors, do you have any question for our city attorney?

Counselor Robins.

Thank you.

I just a point of curiosity.

Why do incumbents have to file seven days earlier?

So it's a state statute.

It was part of the uh big campaign reform bill from a couple years ago.

I didn't look at that specific provision, but my guess is that it's something to do with the perceived advantage that or the real advantage that an incumbent has.

Uh prospective candidates know before they file whether they are challenging an incumbent is my guess.

Thank you.

Any other questions before I close the public hearing?

All right, seeing none, I will close the public hearing.

Now it's time for council deliberation.

Discussion or motion.

Mayor, I move to approve ordinance number 26-11.

Second.

Counselor uh counselor Schlag move to approve motion uh ordinance number 26-11 and second by counselor shaw.

Is there any further discussion?

Seeing none will the deputy city recorder read the number and title of the ordinance.

Ordinance number 26-11, an ordinance amending Tiger Municipal Code 2.40 regarding election filing procedures.

Thank you.

Will the deputy city recorder please conduct a roco vote starting with a youth counselor for an advisory vote?

Youth Councilor Halleck?

Yes.

Council President Wolf?

Yes.

Counselor Anderson?

Yes.

Counselor Caducey?

Yes.

Mayor Who?

Yes.

Councilor Robbins?

Yes.

Counselor Schlack?

Yes.

Councilor Shaw.

Yes.

Thank you.

Ordinance number 26 11 is adopted by an unanimous vote of the council.

All right.

Thank you, everybody.

Um there being no additional items, this meetings adjourned.

Good night, Tiger.