All right, good evening, everyone.

It's 6 31.

So I will call this Tiger City Council and local contract review board meeting to order.

City Recorder Craig, would you please conduct a roll call?

Councillor Anderson.

Here.

Councillor Goodusi.

Mayor Who?

Here.

Councillor Robbins.

Here.

Thank you.

Councillor Schlack.

Here.

Councillor Shaw.

Here.

Council President Wolf.

All right.

So will everybody please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Congratulations to the flag of the United States of America.

One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Council of staff.

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

Seeing none, let's move on to public comment.

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

While it is not a dialogue, either the mayor, 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 present wanting to comment should sign up on the public common form at the front of the room.

First item is written common.

One suggested, including the Tiger Historical Association in downtown Reimagined Project Planning, and another was in support of the spot micro transit item on tonight's agenda.

Let's move on to in-person public comments.

After you speak your name and where you live, you have two minutes to speak.

All right, first uh we'll have Elise.

Please good evening.

There we go.

Excellent.

Hi, my name is Ooh, Golly.

My name is Elise Laubach, and I am a resident of the city of Tigerd.

However, I am here tonight as in the capacity of my role as executive director for Family Promise of Twilight and Valley.

Um I submitted a letter to the council in this past week, and I'm just here in person to kind of reiterate that concern.

Um it's my understanding that in the June 23rd a meeting that the city presented a proposal to the council to change the allocation for CDBG infrastructure funding so that the City of Tiger would retain the portion that was previously combined with the Washington County amount, um, and that the City of Tiger then would be able to use that amount.

Um, what is perhaps an unintended consequence of this proposal would be that nonprofits from the City of Tiger would be ineligible to access any of the Washington County funding.

Um I just wanted to uh state that from from my uh evaluating of the proposal, it looks like there will be an addition of 40,000 per year.

However, the Washington County pot of money is usually between 600 and 800,000 a year.

That's accessible to nonprofits for critical infrastructure projects.

Uh Family Promise of Charlotte and Valley was planning to apply for that this year, and uh it would make potentially a large difference in our being able to support the capital needs of our facility.

Um I do understand that budgets are tight everywhere in this environment.

I just would ask you to weigh the potential cost benefit of this and as an impact on one of your nonprofit partners.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

All right, let's move on to the next item on the agenda, which is uh phone or video.

Mr.

Water, are there any callers in the queue for phone or video testimony?

There are no callers in the queue.

Thank you so much.

Um let's move on to the next item, which is Department uh Police Department Fourth of July update.

Um we have police chief Rogers and Assistant Police Chief Sutton to give a uh brief report.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

I'm Bob Rogers.

I'm currently the interim chief of police, and Brad Sitting's with me.

He's our interim assistant chief.

We were uh asked to come in and talk about fireworks.

Uh 4th of July marked our 250th anniversary in our country, and it was very well celebrated in the city of Tiger.

We had, as you well know, a large event, one big fourth, the celebration took place, uh, centered around Tigert High School, that campus, and then also down into Cook Park.

We estimated about four to five thousand people were on or around that area enjoying the event.

Started off around six o'clock.

Um we were present, um, trying to do as much visibility as we could.

And our basic plan was to call in night shift early, so we had extra additional officers all on overtime.

That allowed us to use those folks to go ahead and take care of calls that were going to be emergent during the evening.

And the calls were multiple.

We ended up having 138 calls during that period of time from 6 o'clock until about two in the morning, and that's a high call load.

Of those, we had about 60 fireworks calls.

The uh swing shift focused on the event.

They were out present to be seen in and around the event, and we also had two vehicles that had two people in them.

One of the vehicles uh contained two officers who were prepared to respond to fireworks calls solely.

Um they weren't going to be assigned any other types of calls, they were gonna respond to uh congregate major fireworks calls.

Uh, many of the calls we got we weren't able to respond to accurately, but I'm gonna go ahead and turn it over to the assistant chief to talk about the operational details and also the outcomes of what took place with those enforced uh focus patrol.

Good evening, mayor, council.

Again, I'm Brad Sitton, the assistant chief of police.

Um from 6 p.m.

to midnight on the fourth, there were about 60 firework-related calls, which is in line with previous years.

Of the 60 calls, 30 of them were area info calls, which basically means there's no specific address, but officers would respond to the area to see if they could find any of the fireworks that were being launched.

Uh officers did speak with 13 different locations and individuals at those locations, and they issued warnings and gave some education to the individuals.

And additionally, three formal warnings were given based upon the response in the CAD program itself.

Uh there were two separate calls where fireworks were seized under ORS 480.120.

Additionally, officers were located two fires.

One was in a vehicle that they extinguished themselves, and one was in a tree that they notified TV F and R, and TBFNR responded and put the fire out before it went to the residents associated with that tree.

So part of the evening we wanted to share with you guys the dynamics of call volumes during holiday events.

It's similar to uh St.

Patrick's Day, where we know we're gonna have lots of gatherings with folks, and alcohol ends up being a base of most of those types of events.

We do increase DUII patrols.

We try to advertise that we're gonna be doing that to the community and ask them to comply with clearly um what's enforceable laws of DEYI.

Um, same thing with this.

We tried to get the message out that we were gonna have enforcement of fireworks.

Then again, people are going to be using fireworks.

We're so close to Washington State and the availability of obtaining illegal fireworks and the magnitude of those is pretty stunning, actually, what you can buy.

We did some research earlier today to see what you could have shipped and what you can purchase.

It's it's amazing what you can do.

But we wanted the officers to focus on specifically responding and engaging with the community with firm compliance.

And we had that in many of the instances.

We were able to gain compliance with folks, whether they believed they had legal fireworks or otherwise.

Um we tried to do that as much as we could.

The dynamics of enforcing this violation is complex.

We have to actually see the violation take place.

Unlike other statutes we're able to enforce, like at a traffic crash.

We're unable to do that without physically seeing the incident take place.

And many of the calls we got were loud noises in my area.

I have fireworks falling on my house, and the officers would transit across the city to get to that location and then try to determine where it's happening.

Um it's very difficult for us to be able to luck upon somebody who's engaging in fireworks.

Now, if you were out during that event, we were.

You could see them happening.

It's just hard to get to the location where it's actually taking place.

Anonymous callers make that more difficult as well, where people call in and just give us redundant information.

Keeping in mind that as we begin to wrap up this presentation, we spent quite a bit of money from the city to make sure presence was occurring out in the community and making sure that the event that was lawful was safe and people were able to come to that location and feel confident.

I heard nothing but positive remarks from folks about us being out there in the in the community as best we could.

We've received complaints as well.

I know the council's also received those from constituents out there.

Um, troubled by the fact that we weren't doing anything.

And I want you to trust me, we were doing the best we could.

The call volume during that period of time ranged from assisting motorists, we had a death investigation, we had multiple vandalisms that had taken place in other parts of the city.

It was a busy night for us anyways.

So although fireworks are emergent and they are important, and we dedicated time and resources to it, the city was still doing many other things to include celebrating the 250th of our country.

So we're available for questions if you guys have any.

Thank you.

I just want to say thank you.

Appreciate the efforts towards enforcement and knowing how difficult that is and the mirror of other activities, of course, that still go on.

So thank you very much.

Uh you had mentioned you thought it was about four to five thousand people.

I uh there had been estimates there is upwards of twelve thousand.

So I wasn't sure if we actually had an accurate head count number or not.

No, that was purely my estimate.

So if you had a better on the ground counter of people, um we've we had estimates of up to 10,000 is what we expected.

Um but it looked comparable to events in the past.

It was it was good.

It was packed.

Any quickly?

Yeah, the reason I re uh request uh thank you so much, Chief and Assistant Chief for this presence.

The reason I requested just because we, as you mentioned, council received, you know, concern and you know somewhat frustration about um you know, maybe we're not doing enough, but as you mentioned, we have you know, I don't say we, but the police department is actually doing quite a bit doing one of the business business of the year, right?

And and you do have to prioritize many calls.

So I appreciate you coming and explaining to us.

So um yeah, so uh is anything uh the council can help you in the future with with this kind of situation or July 4th um actually happens a little bit earlier in the evening than January 1st that's gonna be coming up.

That event right up till midnight.

So we're gonna do some type of uh a communications mode again.

Okay.

And we're probably gonna staff up based on what we've learned through the years to do again additional patrols and go out and insist that folks beforehand or after.

There's usually a moment in time where society basically has a vote and they just decide they're gonna go ahead and do it.

And that happens right around the moment of new year.

Um I we just asked for you guys to echo what we're going to share about the safety concerns we've had, uh, the fact that it is illegal, the fact that it's up to a $1,500 uh violation or a criminal action, which is our last effort.

Um, the last thing we want to do is engage in a in a criminal action if we don't have to.

Yeah.

Um it's obviously about engagement and making sure that people are being safe.

So if we have the opportunity for counselors to also echo that message, coming up, we'll prep it up and uh use our different communications modes.

Yeah, okay.

All right.

Thank you again so much.

Thank you for everything you do.

Thank you.

All right, let's move on to the next item on the agenda, which is city manager report.

Acting city manager Kirkman will provide a brief report.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

See if the slide goes up.

Perfect.

Okay.

July is both Parks and Recreation Month and the 10th anniversary of Park of Parks Tiger Parks and Recreation, making it the perfect time to celebrate the people and places that help our community thrive.

For the past decade, our park and recreations team has created opportunities for residents of all ages to connect, play, learn, and enjoy Tiger's beautiful parks and public spaces.

Whether it's concerts and movies in the park, fitness classes, youth programs, special events, or simply maintaining welcoming parks and trails, they help make Tiger a vibrant place to live, work, and play.

We invite everyone to join us this summer and experience the many programs and activities happening throughout the season.

Looking ahead to next Saturday, July 25th, we also encourage the community to attend our community preparedness fair at Cook Park Family Park from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

This free family-friendly event offers hands-on activities, demonstrations, and presentations designed to help residents prepare for emergencies before they happen.

Visitors can learn hands-only CPR, explore the map your neighborhood program, see amateur radio in action, build emergency preparedness skills, and discover simple steps to create emergency kits and family communication plans.

Preparing isn't about expecting the worst, it's about building confidence, resilience, and stronger neighborhoods.

We hope you will join us for a fun and informative day that is truly of all ages.

Those are our two items.

Thank you.

Counselor Shah.

So you think you said that in your talking points, but on the slide it says 26th.

Oh, and I just know the date specifically.

So I just wanted to point it out.

That is a good thing to point out, and we'll uh make sure our media is updated.

That's great.

It's a terrific event.

So for community members who have not been before, I highly recommend it.

It is really helping you get prepared for a number of uh either personal emergencies or just uh natural emergencies.

So I'd recommend it.

Yeah, I concur.

That's where I learn how to build an emergency kit for my pets and how to build an emergency toilet.

Those are those are very helpful.

So yeah, so I highly encourage everybody to check it out.

It's a lot of interesting and educational activities there.

So all right, thank you.

All right, so let's move on to uh next item on the agenda, which is consent agenda.

Uh the consent agenda is used for routine items, including approval or meeting meeting minutes, contracts, or intergovernmental agreements.

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.

On tonight's consent agenda, we have a contract amendment to the pavement management program, slurry and crack steel services contract, and review of a post-project evaluation for exemption from competitive bidding for the Reservoir 18 and Pump Station Improvement Project.

Do you have any questions or motion?

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

Seconded.

Any discussion.

Um I have a actually I have a question about the item B, the post-project evaluation for exemption from competitive bidding for the rest of our 18 and pump station improvement project.

I just wanted to clarify this item before us is for review and public record purposes.

And we are not being asked to adopt finding or anything, right?

Because it's already approved by council in 2021.

Good evening, Mayor, City Council.

Uh, my name is Ross Horton.

I'm a senior project engineer with Tiger Public Works.

Um the Reservoir 18 uh and pump station project was was my project, and that is correct.

Um we are not asking council to approve anything.

Okay.

This review of um the review of this exemption from competitive bidding is a state requirement that we're required to do for any project that is delivered with an alternative delivery method.

Yeah, I I really appreciate your uh detailed reporting this.

There's many great things about this um uh progressive design bill process.

And there are some uh you mentioned to mention that's something that could be done better.

So from this process, did you learn anything that could be that's be useful in the future if we go forward with this kind of uh progressive design build again?

Can you I think we did learn some good lessons as part of the project?

Um this was the Reservoir 18 project was Tiger's first progressive design build project.

Um there were many benefits with it, I think with a very complex project like this.

Progressive design build was uh a great way to achieve all of the city goals cities goals while maintaining a fixed price on it.

Um of the things that we learned where we could do better.

I think there's some minor things in the contract language that would uh help us out in future projects, just defining exactly what counted as project savings versus what um what the contractor could charge us for.

Um but uh all in all it was the correct delivery method for a project of that size and scale.

Yeah, it sounds like a great project, so and great these great process.

So yeah, so looking forward to more of that in the future.

Thank you.

Great thing.

All right.

Any other discussion or question?

No.

No, okay.

So those all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed say nay.

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

Which is spot microtransit Pilot Project, Principal Transportation Transportation Planner Gorky, and we'll introduce Quash and Kanti's senior planner Fahudi and Mara von Rye Connection.

Good evening.

Hello, I am just going to sit up here just for a moment, just to introduce our visitors and presenters today.

My name is Tiffany Gherky.

I'm the principal transportation planner for the city of Tiger.

And I have the pleasure of introducing our speakers.

We've got Raza Ferruti with Washington County as well as John Mira with Ride Connection.

And I will have them come up to Grace you with their presence.

Hello.

Hi, good evening.

I'm Reza Farhudi.

I'm transition planner of Washington County.

And here today is John Mura, planning supervisor for Rai Connection, and really happy to be reviewed today to talk about the Spot Southwest uh microtransit service.

Next slide.

Next slide.

So just to provide a brief overview of the presentation, we're going to talk a bit about Rye Connection's role as a transit provider in Washington County.

We'll then uh discuss the project background and the purpose of how SPOT uh came to be.

Um we will do a brief overview of what is microtransit exactly and then go over the service area and the connections that the spot provides in uh city of Tiger and beyond.

Um and then we will do um a brief overview of how to use the spot service and then we'll go next steps.

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So Rye Connection, uh we the Washington County, we can we contract with uh Rye Connection.

They're a private nonprofit um to provide public transit service in areas of Washington County um that lack uh sufficient fixed route transit service.

Um so one of the areas that they uh serve is um well they serve within the TriMet service area they serve several um cities and communities um and they provide a very useful first and last mile uh transit connection for the community.

Um you can see on the map there above.

Um we also uh um Rye Connection also has a very important role serving the rural area.

Um they operate a inner city shuttle that serves um the communities of North Plains and banks, and they also provide a door-to-door uh demand response service um as well for uh those um in the rural area.

Next slide so the idea with SPOT came about from our transit development plan.

So we're responsible, the county um developing a plan every two years to identify transit uh service needs and as well as um uh a budget to um address those needs.

Um so we receive um payroll tax revenue from um ODOT um as well as from TriMet to operate these services in the county and so um within the transit development plan we identified that there was uh gap in transit service in the communities of Beaverton and Tiger, uh specifically in uh Southwest Beaverton, so South Cooper Mountain, uh Progress Ridge.

Um we also identified River Terrace as an area of transit need.

Um and we felt that microtransit could be a near-term step to address this need.

Um we know that TriMet has long-term plans to serve uh this area with fixed route service, but we thought this could be an opportunity to deploy service faster for those in need.

We know that there's several affordable housing uh developments in the area.

There's obviously a major high school and mountainside and a lot of uh jobs and um commercial development as well.

Um so we applied for a uh stiff discretionary grant, um a statewide translation improvement fund grant to uh not only operate the service but also to purchase the vehicles and the uh software needed to operate the microtransit, and uh John will get in more into um how that works.

Um and this uh pilot was um obviously in partnership with uh Rye Connection.

Next slide.

So with the spot service, the two main goals are to connect to key destinations within the service area.

So again, with the high school with the Progress Ridge, uh Murray Shoals, there's a a lot of different commercial developments in the area that lack transit service.

Um and obviously there's been an explosion in growth in the last 10 years in the area.

Um and so this obviously was an area of important need for um uh for the community.

We also wanted to help connect folks to the TriMan system at large.

So whether you want to connect to um Washington Square to go to the mall, or if you want to connect to other transit services to get you to Beaverton to Tigered, uh further afield, um you're able to do so.

Um we're hoping that uh with this pilot, we'll be able to um uh monitor how uh the service is being used and see what travel patterns are being formed and how that could inform future transit investments, whether it is by ride connection in the county or by TriMet one day eventually expand service into the area.

We're also hoping to potentially uh adapt this microtransit model to other areas of the county that are in need of service but don't necessarily have the requisite population or job density to support fixed route.

Microtransit could be that perfect in-between solution to allow folks to get where they need to go at a lower cost than providing uh a full fixed route service.

Next slide.

So now I'll pass over to John and he'll go over uh how exactly microtransit works.

Thank you, Reza.

Um say a little more about microtransit.

Um it is a flexible on-demand service, not unlike ride hailing services you might be familiar with, say Uber or Lyft.

I think the key difference is this is public transportation.

The uh software we use, the algorithm behind it really emphasize the grouping of trips wherever possible uh to make this uh efficient, uh cost effective service.

So somewhere between those ride hailing services and the bus.

Uh, like Uber, also it is app-based.

Uh customers will download an app, they'll be able to request a trip in that app, track their vehicle in progress, eventually get picked up.

They might pick up or drop off other riders on their way to their destination, and then they will arrive.

Uh the vehicles we use, we uh with with our our statewide transportation improvement fund grant, we're able to purchase two uh uh Ford Transit vans to operate the service with.

Um they uh can accommodate up to eight passengers and then up to two wheelchairs or other mobility devices.

And ride connection has a really strong 40-year uh history of serving older adults and people with disabilities.

Um our vehicles are equipped with uh wheelchair lifts rated a thousand pounds, that's well above and beyond uh, I think 88 requirements.

And our drivers receive extensive training in uh transporting, uh safely securing people in mobility devices, people with other disabilities.

We can also accommodate up to two bicycles on racks on the front of the vehicles.

We know this is a first last mile service for a lot of people.

Um and it might be a multimodal trip for those same people even to get to our service or get from our service to their destination, they might be using a bicycle.

Um it's free to the public.

Um the cost of the service is entirely covered by the state grant.

And there's no eligibility requirement.

Unlike some microtransit pilots, um, anyone can ride.

Uh doesn't or uh have an age requirement, a disability requirement, or anything, or an income requirement or anything else.

Next slide, please.

Um we uh uh back in summer of of 2025, a year ago, did uh extensive public outreach in the communities, Beaverton, Tigered, uh unincorporated Washington County, elsewhere in the service area, um, so that we could sort of define the parameters of the pilot, the service area we would serve, and other considerations when designing a transit service.

We tabled at several events during that summer, including the Tiger Farmers Market, New Seasons and Progress Ridge, uh Murray Shoals Town Center at the library, as well as a few Tigered Parks, uh pop-ups at Summer Lake Park, Blueberry Hill Park, heard a lot of great community feedback.

We brought a map along so that people could um uh place stickers, sort of notate where they were coming from, where they needed to go, um uh, especially if they were you know transit dependent or didn't have a vehicle.

We also hosted uh uh summer survey on an online open house, and we're able to get a fair amount of community feedback that way as well.

Just a quick note.

We also came to the uh Tiger uh Transportation Advisory Committee and got some really helpful feedback from them as well.

Next slide, please.

With all of that community input, um, we then went ahead and designed a service area um that spot vehicles would operate um within.

So microtransit, part of the reason it's uh uh efficient, something that's uh viable for a uh transit agency to operate, is that it typically operates within a pretty narrow uh small service area um so that uh we can reach customers uh uh providing pretty good on-time performance, pick people up within 10 or 15 minutes of their request and also better group trips.

So what we came up with was a seven square mile service area, includes about 33,000 residents and 5,000 total jobs.

1,500 of those residents are in Tigered, as well as 400 of those jobs.

Um and we serve uh part of a few uh or uh parts of of several Tiger uh neighborhoods.

That includes River Terrace, to the very south of the service area, as well as parts of Bull Mountain and the uh Shoals Summer Lake neighborhood.

Um and then some of the key origins destinations we had in mind.

Um Mountainside High School, of course, pretty large, large and student body high school with no uh TriMet service, uh, as well as the various um uh shopping centers in the area, Progress Ridge, Murray Shoals, uh Cooper Mountain Nature Park, we are really interested in serving the outdoor uh recreation need.

Um, and then the affordable housing going up around uh especially Mountainside High School, the Alternate and Amity Orchards development, um, and and as well as grocery stores in the area, which are both employers but also sources of uh uh groceries and other shopping needs for residents.

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Um and we wanted to serve not only the service area, but being that first last mile service and with the stiff goal of connecting people to the wider transit network.

We knew we had to connect to a TriMet transit center so that people could access other key destinations in the region using TriMet.

We considered a couple during our planning and outreach phases, um, including the Merlow Max Station, Tiger Transit Center.

Um, but uh what we heard uh especially in community feedback was people wanted to get to Washington Square, not just because of the number of transit uh transfers they can make at Washington Square, but also because the mall is a destination in and of itself and a major employer in the area as well.

Um there are a number of TriMet lines served there, including the 45, 56, 62, 78.

We are aware that um some of TriMet's uh plant service reductions later next month will impact those connections, but at least uh with you know an additional transfer, people will still be able to make it to say downtown Portland and some of the other key uh um uh routes are being left largely uh intact.

So it's still it still makes a lot of sense for us to connect there.

We are interested to see if um ridership coming out of Washington Square Mall has improved uh since implementing this pilot, and we'll work with uh uh TriMet to evaluate that.

Um there's a couple nearby destinations uh in and around the transit center as well that you know people could connect to with a spot trip.

Uh that includes uh the the Hall Nimbus West Station, three quarter mile walk, kind of challenging walk, I would say.

Um then also uh affordable housing in the area as well.

Next slide.

And then a little more on how to use spot.

We operate Monday through Friday, 6 30 a.m.

to 9 30 p.m.

Um people must request the ride the same day.

It's a completely on-demand service.

Like I said, we hope to fulfill that demand within 15 to 30 minutes, if not uh if not sooner.

Um people can be request, can request to be picked up as soon as possible, as soon as they request the trip.

Or uh if they need to say plan a trip for later in the day, they can select leave at or arrive by times.

Um they're able to specify the number of riders.

So we have a lot of riders who might travel with children or high schoolers traveling with friends.

Um people can specify mobility devices and bicycles they plan to bring as well in the app, and they're that that way they have that assurance that they'll get on the bus with their bike or mobility device.

It's not gonna pass them up due to no available capacity.

Next slide.

And we're really happy with initial uh pilot performance so far, especially ridership.

Um it's kind of taken us by surprise within the first five months.

Uh we saw nearly 5,000 rides looking at June data, we're actually you know surpassed 5,000 rides.

I think we're at about 6,500.

Um and ridership was really quick to increase.

Like this caught on way sooner than we expected.

We saw uh 250% increase in ridership between January and March.

Um, and uh within the first couple months, almost 1,500 customer accounts being created.

Um our initial goal when we're looking at like productivity and efficiency of the pilot was to get to two to three boardings per hour.

Now that's not a lot if you compare it to like trimet fixed route or other high capacity transit.

For a microtransit pilot, it's actually pretty efficient.

We're aware this is a small-scale um service um meeting community needs.

And we've uh already blown past that goal.

We're at uh about three boardings per service hour, looking at the first five months, looking at June, we were all almost four boardings per month.

That translates to I mean, four boardings per per hour, that would translate to less than 20 dollars per trip, which is a pretty good um transit subsidy.

It might still seem like a lot, but um uh it's actually a fairly low subsidy for public transportation.

So in order to see where this goes if ridership uh uh uh rises too fast, we might have challenges maintaining good on-time performance, um, meeting that 15 to 30 minute goal for trip fulfillment.

Um but so far uh customer feedback, uh other key metrics, they've they've pointed to a successful service.

Next slide, please.

And then I will hand it back to Reza for next steps.

Thanks, John.

Uh so uh we currently have funding uh with our existing uh discretionary grant to operate the pilot through uh June of 2027.

Um we're continuing to monitor um ridership behavior and we might make small changes to driver shifts to uh accommodate demand um in terms of when the peak hour uh usages, it's typically been in um weekday afternoons, um, especially right after school that's out at Mountainside.

Um, but we're open to making small tweaks as needed to um adjust.

Um we're continuing to do outreach with Mountainside High School and other um underserved populations.

We're looking uh forward to getting the word out and making sure people are aware of the service.

We've had uh we uh send out postcards and we're open to meeting with other uh with groups as needed to um help uh them get more applicated with the service.

And then we're actually exploring uh funding opportunities to um expand or extend the pilots.

So we received a uh letter support from uh your uh city, which we're really appreciative of um to extend the pilot to uh June of next year.

So it's a one year extension that we're hoping to receive.

And then we're also hoping to uh possibly add weekend service as well.

It's been something that's been requested from the community.

Um right now we only have funding to operate on the weekdays, but to be able to extend to week weekends would think be great to um help people um you know accomplish errands, or if they want to go to Cooper Mountain Nature Park, do more recreational opportunities, it'd be great for that.

Um and we're also hoping to, like John said, uh address some of the challenges we're we're facing with increased demand and uh lower reliability by hopefully being able to add more service in the weekday peak hours to um accommodate that demand and hope that people don't have to wait um as long uh for a trip um to be fulfilled.

And so uh we're hoping to hear back by early next year on that um grant, and we're hope that we're successful and be able to keep this service going.

Um so we'll wait and see for that.

But in the meantime, we're really excited with the progress that we've been seeing with ridership and uh community support has been um has been has been really great.

So uh yeah, we're looking forward to keeping this going.

Next slide.

And I think that's all we have.

So if you have any questions, we're happy to take them as well.

Thank you so much for your time.

Thank you for the presentation.

Councilmember, any questions?

Uh Counselor Robin, please go ahead.

Thank you.

Hi.

Um this is a really exciting program.

I'm glad to see it's been so successful.

Um I am wondering, and I uh you probably answered this by saying, you know, you're just sticking with the areas you are.

But are you considering at all expanding up Bull Mountain?

Because it looks like where you are is really focusing around Bull Mountain down by River Terrace.

And I think there's a lot of uh non-driving teenagers and probably non-driving adults up on Bolt Mountain itself and Bull Mountain closer to Pacific Highway that um don't have access to any sort of metro transportation.

And this would be a great way to get those people out and about.

Yeah, thank you, counselor, for that um uh uh comment.

And you know, I think we're we're approaching this pilot with a uh a very open mind.

We want to meet as much of the community need as as we possibly can and are very open to making tweaks during the pilot phase.

At the same time, we know uh and and we're already seeing this sort of tested or strained.

transportation and this would be a great way to get those people out and about yeah thank you counselor for that um uh uh comment and you know I think we're we're approaching this pilot with a uh a very open mind we want to meet as much of the community need as as we possibly can and are very open to making tweaks during the the pilot phase at the same time we know uh and and we're already seeing this sort of tested or strained we want to ensure reliability of the service so we have to be very uh uh cautious when considering um expansions of the service area for instance or changing any of the other service parameters um I think if if we are if the county is awarded um uh an additional year through June 2028 of funding for the service and there's the possibility of expanded funding for the service uh we will absolutely consider um changes to the service area expansions to the service area especially if we are able to um increase capacity at the uh the a midday or or early evening peak um so yeah thank you for uh the the speaking up about Bull Mountain and the the needs especially if high school is there will we'll certainly look into it Counselor Shaw Thank you mayor so is LINK considered the same thing as spot or there are two different services because they're branded differently yeah so Link is the community connector shuttles so those operate on a DVA fixed route uh basis so they operate on a fixed route but they're able to deviate up to half mile off the route to meet it for um to meet requests uh spot is completely free floating demand response like it's it's doesn't follow any sort of set schedule or route um it is a free floating service so that's the main difference between two thanks I just saw it was on that first slide so I just want to make sure the community knew they were really two different services and the second um and appreciate the pilot and hopefully it gets funded beyond June at 27 and I have some ideas for you which you probably already do with the climate protection program and maybe even electrifying your fleet but uh in the meantime um I d you had mentioned it's similar to what Council Robbins I think was also asking but uh River Terrace you mentioned you there's a tremendous transit need and how do you determine where that need is uh because in Tiger it's about you mentioned 1500 residents 400 jobs so just wondering how you chose that service area so one of the first things that we were looking at was the Mountainside high school boundary because we understood that students lacked any other uh transportation to get to or from school and so that was sort of the first kind of pasture we did um and we recognized that a lot of River Terrace most of River Terrace doesn't attend mountain side they attend uh tiger high school but that was uh kind of the first um uh the the first pass we took at um establishing service area um I think we want to make sure that all of a router is covered so we tried to extend as far south as we could that was of major importance to us um and then we were just trying to avoid duplication with TriMet routes so we serve um Murray Boulevard we're at the very um eastern edge of our service area is Marie Boulevard and that's where TriMet operates our 62.

We really wanted to make sure that we weren't duplicating service um to the extent possible um obviously on shoals ferry road you know they have trimet but they have buses on that street we operate uh spot on there as well but for the most part we've tried to make sure that we're not duplicating service and that's one of the reasons why um we haven't yet looked at expanding to north either we've gotten requests from folks in the community like could you take me to Beaverton Trans Center?

Could you take me closer to the max and that's one of the things where we would love to if we had the available resources we would love to look into that but one of the things we want to make sure is that we're not necessarily cannibalizing TriMus service our main goal with this is to feed TriMet and not necessarily compete with them.

So those are some of the factors in mind.

Do you have anything else no I think that's a really good summary.

We did actually uh look at the the service area at first with like a a link style shuttle in mind as well um I think in studying it what quickly became apparent is the the the need for transit it's kind of all over the place it's on an east-west axis along Scholes Ferry Road on a north south uh axis it'd be really hard to design a fixed route that served all of that plus river terrace plus Cooper Mountain um so that's that's part of the appeal of microtransit is you get quite a bit more um coverage um uh uh while still being able to maintain you know pretty good reliability pretty good span of service from 6 30 to to 930 um but you know I uh I I think eventually we'll find this this place has proved itself for uh you know fixed route service from TriMet what that looks like exactly and how many years off we're not sure um but could probably benefit from some combination of fixed route and microtransit feeding into it thank you yeah I thank you for your presentation update and uh I was like the ribbon cutting and I think I and other speakers all use the word innovative right so it's it's it's great and it just so wonderful to see it's so popular and and now you have to worry about not wanting your customer to weigh more than 30 minutes.

And uh I was at the ribbon cutting, and I think I and other speakers all use the word innovative, right?

So it's it's it's great, and it's just so wonderful to see it's so popular.

And and now you have to worry about not wanting your customer to wait more than 30 minutes.

So that's a good problem to have, I guess.

So hopefully, uh fellow counselor mentioned, hopefully we can get funding to continue this and hopefully even more to expand the service area.

This is a great success.

So thank you so much again for the update.

Thank you very much for having us.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you.

All right, so let's move on to the next uh item on the agenda, which is the leg legislative led legislative public hearing ordinance to amend Tiger Municipal Code Chapter 10.30 residential parking zones.

And I will open the public hearing.

Um anyone uh who may want to anyone who wants to testify, please call uh 503 966 4101.

Um and you may also testify in person by signing up at the sign-up sheet in the front.

And first uh I will invite police administrative specialist House Strom and again assistant police chief sitten to give the staff report.

Good evening.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor and Council.

My name is Michelle Helstrom, and I'm a police administrator administrative specialist for the police department.

I am here this evening to speak with you regarding TMC 1030.050 for residential parking zones.

Currently, the code code states a resident must reapply each year for all parking permits on Urbou 4 July 1st.

We would like to amend the code to after July 1st to align with our current practice and the school year.

Staff recommends that council approve the proposed council chain ordinance change.

Thank you.

Uh so let's move on first to public testimony.

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

Uh Mr.

Walter, are there any callers in the queue to testify on this item?

There are no callers in the queue.

Thank you.

City recorder Krager, has anyone sign up to provide test testimony?

No one has signed up.

All right, so thank you.

And so there's no response needed.

Uh so uh before I close the public hearing, council member, do you have any questions?

Question only.

No.

Oh, council Anderson.

Yeah, so you're gonna start it on July 1st and you want the them to apply after July.

Right?

So there's gonna be a pretty big rush at the first of July.

Do you are you expecting that?

Yes, that is what our current practice actually is because that makes it easier to wait until July 1st to have the new sets of permits because the other ones are actually still current until June 30th.

So it's easier and cleaner just to do after July 1st.

So any other questions, counselors.

Go ahead, Counselor Shaw.

And this also aligns more efficiently with Tyler, or we're calling it EPL system.

So it's efficiency as well.

Correct.

We're in the process of uh transferring our software over to Tyler.

So there are no further questions.

I will close the public hearing and now we move move on to council consideration of ordinance 26-13.

Mayor, I move to approve ordinance number 26-13, an ordinance amending chapter um 1030 of the Tiger Municipal Code Residential Parking Zones to change the date for reapplication submittals.

So I'll second the motion.

Thank you.

The motion being uh moved and second.

Are there any further discussions?

Seeing none with the city recorder um conduct a roll call vote.

Yes.

Councillor Anderson.

Yes.

Mayor who?

Yes.

Councillor Robins.

Yes.

Councillor Schlack.

Yes.

Councillor Shaw.

Yes.

Ordinance number 26-13 is adopted by unanimous vote of the council member present.

Thank you so much.

You all right.

Let's move on to the next item on our agenda, which is receiving receipt briefing on proposed Southwest Barnes, Southwest Cherry Drive Water Service Area Transfer with Twalton Valley Water District.

And we have senior project engineer Horton to give the staff report.

Good evening again.

Good evening, Mayor.

Good evening, Counselors.

It's nice to be up here again.

So I'm here tonight to provide a briefing on an intergovernmental agreement that's going to be coming your way at the next city council meeting on the 28th of this month regarding transferring water service responsibility in the Southwest Varns and Southwest Cherry Drive neighborhood from Twellaton Valley Water District to the City of Tiger.

Next slide, please.

So first off, just stepping back and taking a big picture look at this.

There are two drinking water providers in Tiger.

The first is City of Tigerd, which provides what we call the Tigered Water Service Area, which serves about two-thirds of Tiggard, King City, Durham, and unincorporated parts of Washington County.

This is the area that was formerly served by the Tigerd Water District.

Now North Tigerd, north of Greenberg, Tiger Triangle, north of 2017.

That area is served by Towalton Valley Water District, and that was historically served by the Metzger Water District.

Next slide, please.

But you'll notice that there is a small area south of 217 that's served by Tualeton Valley Water District.

Now there's kind of a long story about why this area is still served by T VWD when all the areas around it are served by Tiger.

Back in 2002, Tigered and T VWD were updating our urban services agreement.

And Twalton Valley Water District transferred most of its areas south of 217 in this particular area to Tiger.

But there was a board member at TVWD that lived in this neighborhood and did not want this particular area transferred because it meant he would no longer be part of T VWD's board.

So he convinced them to uh continue, he convinced T VWD to continue serving this area.

So for over 20 years, we've TVWD has been serving this very small area because of actions of one of its board members many years ago.

It's it's a um silly thing to do, but we're finally getting around to to rectifying it.

Um it's a relatively small area.

Currently there are 73 connections.

71 of those are residential.

Uh there's one commercial connection and one fire service connection.

Um and all of those connections are served by a single pipe attached at the overpass on 72nd Avenue that goes over Highway 217.

So it's a um a single pipe that serves this area.

And this area is also at the very south end of TVWD's kind of larger service area.

So there are TVWD has to make extra efforts to make sure that the water quality meets all the state standards just because the water by the time it gets here is sometimes relatively old.

So they have uh a flushing program in the area to flush new water in.

Um again, it's also not a very resilient area, just being served by one single pipe.

Um so late last year, TVWD approached Tiger to develop an IGA for Tiger to assume service responsibility for this area.

It's something that we've done in the past.

So when when TVWD has had to do maintenance on that pipe that serves the area, um there are valves in place and um ways that Tiger has served this area in the past.

So we know that it can be done.

Um we're just kind of making that next step to officially transfer this this water service area.

Um next slide, please.

So when they approached us, um the first thing we did was do like a technical evaluation of what what impacts this was going to have to our water system.

So just based on the number of customers there and average water consumption.

Um, we expect an additional average demand uh of about 20,000 gallons and uh a maximum daily demand on a really high hot summer day of 38,000 gallons uh per day of of water to be served in this area.

Now that may sound like a lot, but um our average daily demand for the Tiger Water Service area is six and a half million gallons, and it peaks at uh about 13 million gallons on our maximum demand day.

So overall, this would be a negligible increase to our water system demands.

So from a supply standpoint, there's no issues with serving these people with the T from the TWSA.

Um we looked at pressure changes and how Tigerd's water system and TVWD's water system in the area compare.

Um they are only a couple of pounds per square inch difference of pressure between the two, so uh the impact from that standpoint is negligible.

Uh no impacts to customers from a pressure perspective.

Um, and again, there are not any major piping modifications needed to serve this area.

There's already valves in place between TV WD and Tigerd system.

So to start serving this area with Tigered water would just take some coordination between our two utility crews to open and close valves.

Next, we looked at this from a administrative evaluation.

Not only are we going to be serving water, but we have to bill these people for water.

Luckily, this area is also sorry, this area is already within Tigered City limits.

So residents in this area already receive a Tigered utility bill for sewer and parks fees, street maintenance fees.

So everybody in the area is already in our utility billing system.

I've worked been working with our utility billing group, and the consensus is that it's a very small effort to add water billing to these customers.

So from a uh utility billing perspective, it's very feasible for us to start billing these people for water.

Next slide, please.

So from an operations perspective and an administrative perspective, this works.

But we also wanted to take a look and see how customers would be impacted.

So this chart and table here is a comparison of what their current rates are under T VWD versus Tiger rates.

Now, as part of a water bill, there are two kind of main components to it.

One is this flat fee that you get charged every month for your water meter, and that fee is based on the size of your water meter.

Now most residents in this area, all those 71 residential connections use a 5-8-inch water meter.

And the flat rate for Tigerd's is a couple dollars more expensive per month than uh what T VWD currently charges, but we also charge a consumption rate for every hundred cubic feet of water every 748 gallons.

Um you are charged a fee for each CCF that you consume.

Um Tigerd's rate is actually lower than T VWDs.

So if you look at this chart here or the graph, um, you'll notice that for small consumption, uh, if you're consuming relatively small amounts of water per month, your water bill with Tiger will be slightly less than what you'd see at TV WD.

Um, the larger users would actually see a greater cost savings.

So from a residential rate comparison, I think that most water customers would be excited to see a small uh a small decrease in their water bill.

Next slide, please.

Um there are costs involved with the transfer in order for Tiger to start serving this area.

Um there is no there's going to be no money exchange between Tigered and T VWD, but from an operations perspective, Tiger needs to install our own water meters.

Um that was that's gonna cost some some materials and equipment.

Um we estimate that cost to be about 22,000 for new meters and radios and miscellaneous parts that we need to make those connections.

Um we also estimate it's gonna take about six days of staff time to go out and change all those water meters, uh plus an additional uh about about 20 hours of administrative time in the utility billing department to take all of these customer accounts and add water service to them.

Um so um but those relatively small costs would be offered would be offset by approximately $75,000 a year of revenue.

Um that's based on our water rates and TVWD's historical consumption data.

So within uh a couple years we'd be even on uh on the cost.

Next slide, please.

So Tiggard and T VWD over the last few months have been developing a IGA uh to transfer this service area from TVWD to Tigered.

And here are the main bullet points of of the IGA, the main takeaways.

Um the first is that Tiger would assume water service responsibility for uh this service area, and TVWD would transfer all of its water system assets to Tigered.

That includes hydrants, water mains, valves, um anything that they use to operate the water system that would all be transferred to Tiger.

Now there is a concern with that in that water system infrastructure is relatively old.

Uh it's an older part of Tigerd built in the 70s, so that water system infrastructure that's in there is is older.

Um, not unlike many parts of Tiggard's water system, but because of the potential for age because of the potential for assuming aging infrastructure and the repairs that that that that aging infrastructure might need, um, as part of the IGA, we are having T VWD go out and inspect any assets that it can inspect.

So you can't go in and take a look at the water main, but you can go look at the water meters, you can go look at the hydrants, you can go turn valves and exercise them and make sure that they're all working.

So that's what T VWD is doing is going and making sure to the best of their ability that that the water system assets they'd be transferring to Tiger are in good working condition.

If they find anything anything that needs repairs, uh TVWD is on the hook to make those repairs prior to the transfer date.

Um and they also need to provide us with an inspection and repair summary to make sure that we we know everything that they did and uh all the repairs are made to our satisfaction before we take ownership of of those items.

Um T VWD would also provide us with all the customer utility billing information just to make sure that their utility billing information matches with ours so that we can make sure the uh the switchover process to bill these people for water is as smooth as possible.

Um the water system assets and responsibility are transferred to Tiger, Tigerd would go in and install our own water meters.

Um as part of this IGA, we also specify that uh Tiggard and T BWD will maintain a connection there at 72nd Avenue to be used as a potential future interty between our two systems for emergency use or for uh any other time that Tiger might need water.

Now, when I made this presentation a couple weeks ago, there were two items uh in that IGA that we were kind of going back and forth on negotiating.

Um but since then, and since I submitted this presentation to Carol to present to you guys, we've actually made a lot of progress on those two items.

Um was uh changing some of the language regarding dispute resolution, uh, if there ever was a dispute between the two entities.

We've simplified that language quite a bit in the the latest draft of the IGA.

Um, and then the last part that we were negotiating was um there is an equipment vault in 72nd Avenue near the uh northbound ramp for 217.

That's um it's would become obsolete after the service area transfer was completed.

So we've asked T VWD to go in and abandon that so that it doesn't become a maintenance problem for Tiger in the future, um, and they've agreed to do that.

So from an IGA perspective, I think both Tigerd and T VWD are satisfied with the latest version of the IGA, and we'll make sure to share that with you before uh the next council meeting.

Um next slide, please.

So as part of this, um there, you know, there's 73 customers that are going to be uh affected by this transition of water service providers.

So T VWD and Tigerd have also been working on a communication plan to make sure that these customers are well aware of what's happening and what impacts it's going to have to their water.

Um so next month in August, we're going to start communicating with all these affected customers.

Um the communications will first come from T VWD, followed up by more information from Tigered.

And the communication will include information about what their current water rates are with T VWD and what they will be with Tiger, information about where Tiger gets our drinking water, where our sources and kind of our our latest water quality report so that they know they're getting good high-quality drinking water, letting them know kind of the schedule and what they can expect after the transfer date.

Next slide, please.

So just schedule from now through the transfer date.

Uh in June, uh this subject was brought up with the Tiger Water Advisory Board.

Um, and back in April, we also gave a briefing to to the WAB.

Um and in June, they made a unanimous unanimous motion recommending that uh City Council move forward with the the IGA.

And also late in June, uh, this item was brought up with T VWD's board and they reviewed and approved the IGA.

Uh this month, well, you're talking to me tonight, uh, you'll be talking to me again on the 28th at the next council meeting, just uh regarding the IGA and assuming that uh City Council approves uh in August, we'll start communicating with these customers, and we're targeting for a transfer date of uh October 6th.

That date aligns with uh T VWDs at the end of their billing cycle and from that date, Tiger can start serving water, and then we can start billing uh the customers in that area to uh the Tiger water billing.

And then uh looking out in the future, 2027 and beyond, um the there we'll be changing, we'll be switching around some valves to change the water uh provider, but there are some minor permanent water modifications that we'd like to make uh just to make sure that the pipe that's uh going across 72nd Avenue over 217 is properly abandoned and we don't have any issues or risks of that water main breaking at some point in the future.

Um we'll also be looking at uh developing that connection between Tiger and T VWD system into a uh a permanent usable connection uh as an emergency interty as part of our next water system planning efforts.

Uh next slide, please.

So just a a quick review.

Um Tiger can absorb this area into our water system with negligible impacts to our our our system overall.

Um our utility billing system is already in place for these customers.

It will take relatively minor efforts on the utility billing group to uh include a water bill for these customers.

Um the customers in the area would uh likely not see any increases in their water bills, they'd likely see a small decrease.

So um we think that the transfer of this water service area from TBW to Tigered uh is going to benefit both T VWD Tigered and our our customers in the area.

Um so the the next step is that tonight, if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them.

Um and if you have anything that you'd like me to do further research on, I'm happy to do that and come back at the next council meeting and answer any questions you have before we ask you to approve the IGA.

All right.

I think the next slide is just asking if you have any questions.

Yeah.

Thank you, Ross.

Uh counselor, any questions or comments?

Counselor Shaw?

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you very much for the presentation.

Uh I have a question and perhaps this for City Attorney Rahala.

Uh with regards to IGAs, I'm assuming they just go through you for review, but I never thought to ask you that question.

Yes.

Uh typically I do review all the IGAs at the city, and uh Ross and I have worked on this when we've reviewed multiple drafts together.

Thank you.

Thank you both.

And the second question, I think you answered it, but you mentioned the abandoned infrastructure that was going to be there and then later possibly removed.

And what my question was, is it something that's obvious?

And I guess at the end it wouldn't become something that would be then vandalized or be harmful to anybody.

No, all of the uh water infrastructure is underground.

So the main things that we'd be abandoning are the pipe that goes across the highway, uh, making sure that's not pressurized anymore so that uh there's no risk of a main break.

Um and also there's a underground utility vault.

Um that would be abandoned and essentially filled so that uh there's no chance in the future of it causing any any roadway issues.

Uh so you mentioned there are additional work to be done in 2027.

Um so doing those work, uh so the costs you mentioned in slide number six, twenty-two thousand plus seventy-two hours, so staff time.

Are they part of that work that's that's going to be dying 27, 2027, or is that additional to the 22,000 dollars?

So the it would be additional.

Um the piping modifications, essentially what we would do is uh dig down we'd our Tiger's water utility division would go out uh with a construction crew uh and dig down to the pipe uh that's to be abandoned and essentially cut it and cap it so that there's no no chance of of uh uh uh any anything bad happening to it, essentially disconnecting that pipe from our water system.

And uh I did not include the cost in that.

That's uh uh a relatively small cost.

Okay.

Uh just for a day's work of our utility crew.

Oh, okay.

Just cappa some and it's it's probably something that uh I I know they like working on construction projects, so it's probably something they might look forward to.

Um but if need be um uh I assume that cost would be absorbed by the utility operations division budget.

Um but if need be we have a water system major maintenance CIP that they could use to help pay for that.

Okay.

Um and you mentioned their their systems over there is quite old.

Do you know how old it is?

Oh, is the end reaching the end of salive, useful life?

Do you have any idea?

It was installed in the 1970s.

Um so it is old.

Uh the design standards that they use, like the materials are are similar to Tiger's water system.

Um expected useful life on pipes like that are about 100 years.

So uh there is still time to use that before it needs replacement at some point in the future.

About 40-50 years left.

Okay.

I think 100 years is kind of the standard uh replacement interval for water mains, but uh, if you go back and look on the East Coast, there are our cast iron water mains in service that are 150 years old and and still working fine.

Okay, thank you.

So as part of this, um we also got TVWD's kind of maintenance history for the area.

So we've reviewed uh the main breaks that they had and the condition assessments that they did when they repaired those main brakes, and it was nothing out of the ordinary.

So we we assume that the uh that that infrastructure is in decent shape.

And they're going to do a final check before transfer.

And they're going to provide an inspection report.

So uh is is our city staff going to independently verify those reports, or we just gonna take their words for it?

Yes, we will.

So um our water operations division, we have uh leak detection equipment that we use um to go out and we'll we'll go through and we'll make sure that um there's no active leaks in in the system that we're that we'll be acquiring.

Um I think between the combination of the report that TV WD is going to give us and our independent kind of verification to make sure that there's no no pinhole leaks or anything in the pipe.

Um we're pretty confident we're getting getting pipe that's in good condition.

Wonderful.

Because the contract says they will provide the equipment as is, that means there's no warranty.

So I just want to make sure we do all our due diligence before we take over ownership.

Great, great to hear all those great answers.

So any other questions?

Good.

Okay.

All right.

So yeah, we have no questions.

So thank you so much for your presentation by answering all our questions.

Have a good evening.

All right, so uh we have no non-agenda item.

So and we have no executive sessions.

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

Good night, Tiger.