Tualatin City Council Meeting - September 22, 2025
Tualatin City Council Meeting - September 22, 2025
The Tualatin City Council met on September 22, 2025, to address a range of items including a proclamation for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a public hearing on a code interpretation appeal regarding Honey Bucket operations, updates on Washington County library funding, adoption of state and federal legislative agendas, and implementation of climate action funding mechanisms. The meeting lasted from approximately 7:00 PM to after 9:00 PM.
Consent Calendar
- The council unanimously adopted the consent agenda as presented, which included: approval of meeting minutes from September 8, 2025; Resolution 5912-25 authorizing a state homeland security grant; Resolution 5914-25 renewing a contract with Axon for body cameras, tasers, and digital evidence storage; and Resolution 5916-25 awarding outside agency grant funds for fiscal year 2025-2026.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Jerry Mullins (business owner, Western Precision Products Inc.) expressed concern about transient individuals parking RVs and camping on the street in front of his business on 115th Avenue. He stated that police have been helpful but lack tools to resolve the issue, and asked the council for assistance. The council indicated they would follow up with the city manager and police chief.
Discussion Items
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Proclamation for Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Rachel Schultz presented an overview of the new Family Peace Center of Washington County, detailing its co-located services (justice system partners, medical care, legal aid, advocacy, and child/youth services). The council then read and adopted a proclamation designating October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Statistics noted: 7,204 survivors served by the Family Justice Center in 2024, 9,110 crisis services provided by the Domestic Violence Resource Center, and 151 people from Tualatin served so far in 2025.
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Public Hearing – Honey Bucket Code Interpretation (Resolution 5915-25): The hearing addressed an appeal by Northwest Cascade Inc. (Honey Bucket) regarding staff's interpretation (INT 25-0001) that their portable restroom rental and equipment business at 18805 SW 108th Avenue constitutes a solid waste treatment and recycling use, which is not permitted in the Light Manufacturing (ML) zone. The applicant argued it should be classified as wholesale sales, which is permitted. Staff presented that the use includes collection, storage, washing, and temporary waste storage, aligning with the code's solid waste category. After testimony from the applicant (including COO Jason Perry) and the property owner (Annette Neely), council questions explored the extent of waste processing on site. The council voted unanimously to affirm staff's interpretation, upholding the decision that the use is prohibited. Following the vote, the council reopened the record to hear the applicant's offer to remove a temporary storage tank, but the council did not change its decision; however, several members indicated the tank was a key factor and that removal could potentially change their view in a future application.
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Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) Funding and Governance Update: Library Director Jerry Ann Thompson presented the proposed funding methodology for a new levy, including a service population of 30,148 for Tualatin, a base allocation of $1.92 million, and an implementation plan adjustment raising it to just under $2.01 million (a 5% increase). Concerns were raised about the uncertainty of Washington County's general fund transfer, the fairness of including nonprofit libraries, and potential cuts to WCCLS services due to centralization costs. Council members expressed mixed views, with some supporting the increase but worried about long-term sustainability.
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State and Federal Legislative Agendas (Resolutions 5917-25 and 5918-25): Deputy City Manager Megan George presented draft agendas for 2026. The state agenda includes transportation funding, housing and human services (eviction prevention, local control), and economic development support. The federal agenda includes CDBG funding, CFI program, railroad crossing elimination, tax-exempt bonds, opposition to FEMA changes, protection of vulnerable populations, and the Riverfront Park project. The council adopted both resolutions unanimously.
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Climate Action Funding (Resolution 5913-25 and Ordinance 1452-25): City Manager Sherilyn presented two funding mechanisms: the "Pennies for Climate Action" program (a $0.99 monthly fee on utility bills, opt-out available, effective January 2026) and a 0.3% privilege tax on PGE (average 49 cents per month, estimated $150,000 annually). The resolution for the pennies program was adopted 5-1. The ordinance for the PGE franchise tax passed first reading 6-1 (Councilor Gonzalez voted no on first reading but yes on second reading), but the final vote was 5-1, requiring a third reading at the next meeting.
Key Outcomes
- Adopted Proclamation: October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
- Affirmed Staff Interpretation: Resolution 5915-25 adopted unanimously, denying Honey Bucket's appeal and confirming that the portable restroom business is a solid waste treatment and recycling use not permitted in the ML zone.
- Adopted State Legislative Agenda: Resolution 5917-25 adopted unanimously.
- Adopted Federal Legislative Agenda: Resolution 5918-25 adopted unanimously.
- Adopted Climate Action Program: Resolution 5913-25 adopted 5-1 (Councilor Gonzalez opposed).
- Passed First Reading of Ordinance 1452-25: Imposing a 0.3% privilege tax on PGE; final vote was 5-1, requiring a second reading at the next meeting.
- No Action on RV Camping Concern: Council will follow up with staff.
- Library Funding: No formal vote; information only.
Meeting Transcript
Meeting to order. First item on agenda tonight is a Pledge of Leaders led by Council Presidenter Pratt. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Under announcements, we have one announcement. We have a proclamation declared in October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Twalton. And I believe Rachel Schultz is presenting. Rachel, come on up. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. I have a presentation tonight on the Family Peace Center of Washington County. We've talked for the last couple years about how we are creating the Family Peace Center. And this is a preview of what the Family Peace Center is going to look like. And it's perfect timing for the proclamation of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And so briefly go ahead and go to the next slide. So you guys know that we the Family Justice Center has been operating since 2018 and we are a collaborative organization. We are now, as we move into our new center, going to be 18, not 18. We're going to move from 18 to 22 organizations. Next slide. Okay. So I will go through and give a quick overview, but we will have justice system partners. So the Washington County Circuit Court, Washington County District Attorney's Office, who will be moving their domestic violence unit into the Family Peace Center, and also have grand jury in the Family Peace Center. Washington County Sheriff's Office, Beaverton Police Department, and Hillsborough Police Departments will be there with their specialized detectives. So we'll have a much more expanded presence of our justice system partners. Next slide, please. And then Providence Health and Services is going to be building in a forensic medical clinic into the Family Peace Center. That will be acute and follow-up medical and forensic care for sexual assault examinations, physical assault, and strangulations. This will be the first clinic-based forensic model in Washington County. Otherwise, you would have to go to Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center, so the hospital. Next slide. Then we will have our legal aid partners, so our free legal assistance for survivors and their children with Oregon Law Center, Oregon Crime Victims Law Center, St. Andrews Legal Clinic, and then also Disability Rights Oregon providing, oh, thank you. Providing uh different services, uh, different legal services for survivors and their children, depending on their legal needs. Then we will have our survivor advocacy and crisis support, so those really important organizations that we've long partnered with in the Domestic Violence Resource Center, Sexual Assault Resource Center, Safety Compass, who provides advocacy and case management for individuals that are experiencing sex trafficking, and then also Voices Survivor Leadership Committee who provides oversight and leadership for the Family Peace Center itself to ensure that it is survivor run. And then child and youth services. So this is a big expanded component of the Family Peace Center. We've recently partnered with Adelante Mujeres, and for the last couple years, they've been providing their Beyond Trauma program at the Family Justice Center, but now they are going to be building out a therapeutic preschool for children who have experienced child abuse or witnessed family violence so that we can get that early intervention for the children of survivors to ensure that they have all the resources necessary in order for them to be successful in school, successful in the rest of their lives, so they don't have those negative long-term outcomes that we've seen from children who don't get that early intervention. A Village for One who provides clinical mental health services for youth that have been impacted by sex trafficking, and then Family Scale Builders, which is a parent support and home visiting program. Then our basic needs support systems such as community action for rent and utility assistance, Department of Human Services, Oregon Food Bank, and then also Ride Connection for Transportation Services to the Family Peace Center. And then this is just a little bit of a layout, kind of difficult to see from here. But the first floor is going to be survivor services. The second floor is our community-based partners, so domestic violence resource center, sexual assault resource center, et cetera. And then the third floor is our medical services with CARES Northwest, Providence Clinic, the Court, and Law Enforcement and District Attorney's Office. So these are just some of the pictures from the renderings of the new center. And then these are some of the construction in progress pictures. We've been really excited that it's looking exactly like the drawings. I don't know how they do that, but they plan they manage to make it happen.
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