Good evening and welcome to the September 8th, 2025 Twalton City Council regular meeting.

I'll go ahead and call this meeting in order.

First item on the agenda tonight is our Pledge of Allegiance, which will be led by Councillor Gonzalez.

Our flag is way over there.

One nation under God.

That brings us to announcements, and our first announcement tonight is a proclamation declaring the month of September 2025 as National Preparedness Month in the City of Twelfton.

Council President Pratt.

All right.

Whereas September marks National Preparedness Month, the annual campaign to remind everyone that preparing for emergencies and disasters can keep them, their families, and their communities safe.

And whereas disasters often strike quickly with little or no warning, and residents might be forced to evacuate neighborhoods, schools, and work sites, or be confined to homes.

And whereas the challenges posed by climate change, such as more intense storms, heat waves, drought, wildfires, and extreme flooding could be significant could significantly alter the types and magnitudes of hazards faced by communities.

And whereas preparedness is the responsibility of every resident of the city of Twalton, and all residents are urged to make preparedness a priority and work together as a team to ensure that individuals, families, and communities are prepared for disasters and emergencies of any type.

And whereas National Preparedness Month creates a significant opportunity for every resident of the city of Twellaton to reflect and act on shared responsibility to be prepared.

And whereas the city supports and encourages participation in the Twelveton Community Emergency Response Team, also known as CERT, so our community can be prepared, trained, and respond to emergencies.

And whereas we commit as a community to non-discrimination and equitable participation in planning for and responding to disasters, and whereas individuals, neighborhoods, businesses, and communities can all take steps to increase the resilience and look out for one another when major emergencies or disasters strike.

Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the City Council of the City Tualton that September 2025 is national preparedness preparedness month and encourages all businesses and residences to develop their own emergency preparedness plan and work together toward creating a more prepared community.

Introduced and adopt this eighth day of September 2025.

Excuse me.

Come on up.

All right.

Hello, Lindsay.

TFAS proclamation.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Uh Lindsay Marshall, management analyst in public work.

So as we just heard, uh, it is preparedness month, and just like every other month that has a named r thing, right?

It's meant to help us remember that this is a thing that we should be doing.

And we prepare all the time, um, thinking about like going out for the day with my young children.

I prepare by do I have enough water, do I have enough snacks to make sure we can have a pleasant day?

If you go on vacation, you know, you're like, I think ahead and do I'm what if I'm hot, what if I'm cold, and you prepare all these different options.

So preparedness to me is really just thinking ahead in a variety of different ways, and there's a lot of different avenues to take to do that.

It's preparedness for a day or two or three days or two weeks, or even three months, right?

If we have a major disaster, it's gonna take a while for services to get back up.

If we even if we have a power outage, do we have candles and batteries for our headlamps?

So it's just that little reminder to think ahead and take a little action to think ahead and to make sure that you are prepared for whatever comes up and that you have no snacks.

So there you go.

Um I think we have um you'll hear from our cert team later, but we have some of our wonderful CERT team members here to, I believe, accept the proclamation.

That we're yes.

So I will go ahead and bring them up and we can do our photo shoot.

All right.

Okay.

No, I think I never know.

Sometimes it's possible.

Sometimes it's a good question.

No, I don't think everybody should be steps.

Now I get the notes.

All right.

That brings us to item number two, a proclamation declaring September 11th as 9-11 Remembrance Day, and this be read by Council Hillier.

Thank you, Mayor, for the honor of getting to read this.

I know this is something you usually read and reflect on the friends that you have and that you've lost, and I just wanted to say thank you for your service and that of your friends.

City of Tualetin proclamation.

Whereas nearly 3,000 people were killed on September 11th, 2001 in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.

as a result of unprovoked and cowardly terrorist attacks.

And whereas we pay tribute to the men and women who perished and reflect on the bravery and courage of our civilian and military first responders and emergency personnel for their quick and selfless actions.

And whereas it is also important to remember the countless families who were forever changed by the loss of a loved one because of these horrendous attacks.

And whereas this September marks the 24th anniversary of that fateful day, which renewed patriotism throughout the nation and spurred American citizens to civic action.

And whereas throughout the state of Oregon, individuals, organizations, and communities will gather on this 24th anniversary and honor our nation and the memory of those who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001.

Now therefore be it proclaimed by the city council of the city of Towalaton, Oregon, that Towallaton recognizes September 11th, 2025 as September 11 Remembrance Day.

In the city of Tewalleton, all residents are invited to remember with eternal respect those whose lives were suddenly and without cause taken from them.

Introduced and adopted this eighth day of September 2025, City of Tualeton, Oregon.

And I think we can also at the Veterans Plaza, thanks to the amazing work of our arts committee, see the work that the gentleman, the artist, uh forget his name, who proc who uh was selected and did the um remembrance at the 9-11 site in New York City.