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Good evening and welcome to the June 22nd, 2026 dual to City Council work session.

Our first item on the agenda tonight is our Climate Action Work Plan Development discussion led by Amanda.

Welcome, Amanda.

Good evening, Mayor and Councillors.

My name is Amanda Watson.

I'm the City's Climate Action Program Manager.

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Good evening, Mayor and Counselors.

My name is Amanda Watson.

I'm the city's climate action program manager.

And I'm going to talk to you today about our climate action work plan development.

I first presented to you all in April, and we talked a little bit about the process.

This is a continuation of that discussion.

So as a reminder.

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I was just going to kind of give for the audience a brief reminder that the Twalton's Community Climate Action Plan was adopted by the City Council in May of 2024, and the plan includes thanks.

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Strategies and actions to for Twiliton to adapt to and lessen the impacts of climate change on our community.

So these are our community-wide goals, net zero emissions by 2050, and preparing for and increasing community resilience to the impacts of climate change.

So we're currently developing a five-year work plan that will guide implementation of this plan, which has 28 different strategies, over a hundred individual actions, right?

Guide the implementation of that work over the next five years, which would be 2026 through 2031.

And in April, you got an update on the work on the climate action plan so far.

At that time, we talked through the process for developing this work plan, so I just wanted to give a brief reminder of that.

The plan was to start with developing prioritization criteria, right?

How do we want to decide which actions to take on in the next five years?

So that's the phase we're in right now.

We will then apply those criteria to the actions in the plan, come up with a short list and review that list, right?

Make sure it aligns with our priorities, make sure the balances feels right, make any adjustments we might need to make to the criteria.

We'll then develop metrics for the actions that are in the plan and adopt the plan.

And the goal is to do this by the end of this calendar year so we can have a plan that informs budgeting and goal setting for next year.

So since I last met with you all, um we've convened a city staff working group.

We call it the Climate Action Coordinating Committee with representatives from across city departments to meet and talk about the direct the prioritization criteria.

And we've also met with a number of different um community advisory groups, including the idea committee, the Tualeton Parks Advisory Committee, the Planning Commission, and then the CIO community involvement organization representatives at their quarterly land use meeting.

Um prioritization criteria were to review the criteria that we're using in different city plans and processes around the city, right?

We already have a lot of good experience with doing this, and so we reviewed the criteria used for the parks utility fee projects, capital improvement plan, our neighborhood transportation system, and the criteria that were developed by the downtown revitalization community advisory committee.

They had a really interesting process to develop criteria for prioritizing projects for that revitalization work as well.

All right, so I'll just jump into the draft prioritization criteria unless there's any questions on the process side of things.

So this is the draft list that that staff advisory committee came up with, and that we then got feedback from the advisory groups on.

And just to walk through it at a high level, the your packet also has a chart that has a little bit more detail, so I'll talk through that piece of it.

So one of the uh draft prioritization criteria, it would we would look at the climate impact of an action, really the degree to which that action contributes to either mitigation, so the greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the climate pollution reductions of an action, or um adaptation.

So the degree to which the action helps reduce the risk of climate hazards, things like extreme heat or extreme weather on our community.

We would also look at the co-benefits of action.

So in addition to those kind of primary benefits of how does this action align with our overall climate action plan goals?

Are there other benefits that it produces like economic opportunity, you know, jobs or cost savings, health and well-being, for example, improving air quality, ecosystem health, or reducing disparities, right?

Sort of advancing equity in the community.

We also have a criteria around alignment with city council goals like your 2030 vision and other adopted plans in the community.

So think the transportation system plan, our stormwater management plan, other adopted plans that we have.

And then a criteria around feasibility.

And this has to, this is an attempt to get at what's the level of effort to implement this action in the next five years.

Is this kind of a quick start action?

Is this an action that's going to take a lot more effort in terms of staff capacity, funding availability, and community support?

And so, you know, again, getting a sense of where are we now before we started work on this project?

All of these things obviously could be, we could increase staff capacity if needed, or you know, funding community support can be assessed, but just sort of a baseline assessment of all of those three aspects in the action.

Um implementation costs, pretty straightforward, you know, the cost in dollars, and I expect we probably would do a high, medium, low, right?

We don't have a lot of these projects fully scoped out yet, or the actions are not fully scoped into projects, so it would be a high-level estimate of will this cost a lot of resources for the city or fewer resources.

And then the last criteria and we're calling opportunity timeliness.

Um this has a little bit, it's a kind of a catch-all for a few different things.

Um it's a sense of whether or not implementing this action in the next five years, so including it in the work plan, would make it more efficient or effective compared with waiting to the action later.

Um, so this is where we would look at, for example, um, is there an opportunity to leverage funds or leverage partnerships, right?

Uh, for example, if Clean Water Services is already doing something, can we work with them to advance an action our plan that's related to their work?

Or is there another city project that's happening where we can incorporate our climate action goals like Riverfront Park Project, right?

Which we're doing and advance an action that way.

So it's getting a little bit at both that that kind of opportunity piece, but also sequencing.

So, for example, there's some actions in the plan that help us get data that can help us implement other actions.

So we would have to do a study of our tree canopy right before we could effectively address gaps, right?

Those are two different actions that we have.

So it's a little bit um it encompasses those two pieces.

That's our short list.

Um we are also working, so this is kind of the high-level categories.

We're working through how we would score each of these.

So that's you know, that's kind of the next big piece, too, is getting really specific in the scoring to apply these.

Um, but I would love to get your feedback at this point, kind of on the high-level categories or criteria here.

Um, are there any criteria you would add or remove?

Does this feel like the right list, right?

Or do we need to change some things?

Are there particular criteria you might want to wait more heavily than others, and then just any you know, questions or feedback you have?

Um thank you.

Thank you.

Councilor Brooks.

Thank you very much for the presentation and working as our climate action plan manager.

Thanks.

It's very exciting.

Um we were over at PGE today, and we're talking to them, and um people are excited about you and our program as well as some other people that are around the community, like in Portland.

I was talking to Miguel there.

Um of the things that I have a question about just from the example of the in-pipe water, is how do these efficiencies, uh measurable efficiencies that save the city money, um go feedback into the climate action plan?

And can we create um durability for our program through those kinds of efficiencies?

That's a good question.

I think there's definitely an opportunity to to do that to kind of track where are we saving money as a result of this of this action and what what do we want to do with those savings, right?

So yeah, I think that's a really interesting idea.

I did want to give an example of kind of how we might apply these criteria to an action, and I can use the in pipe project as an example for all just a sense of like how we might walk through those criteria.

So we do have an action in the climate action plan that's to support clean water services in implementing the strategies and their um thermal load management plan, right?

One of which is is have is using more recycled water.

Um so you know, looking at that climate impact that has you know moderate hazard risk reduction, right?

It helps us reduce um urban heat a little bit, it helps to certainly with water conservation, but those co-benefits are high, right?

We um have ecosystem health co-benefits, we have those economic opportunities in the terms of cost savings, right?

So that would be that criteria.

It aligns with other plans, right?

It aligns with our stormwater management plan and with our water conservation, water management conservation plan.

Um, and also with the city council's 2030 vision around environment.

Um then we we would look at feasibility.

Um so you know, the the um staff capacity is there currently, right?

Because we are already working on this project.

Um, you know, funding, I'm not sure.

I don't have the details of the project in front of me, but I think that we have a good plan for that.

Community support is unknown, right?

But that's certainly something that we would know more about as we go on that uh continue with that project.

And then that's really a great example of that opportuneness criteria, right?

Where it's clean water services has this um plan that they need to implement.

We have an opportunity to work with them to implement it, it's meeting both our goals at the same time, and we're taking advantage of infrastructure and investment that they are making anyway, and right helps save money for us.

So thanks.

So just use that as a little opportunity to give you a sense of how we might apply these criteria to the action.

So, but I like that synergistic, and also for if we're getting benefits that it feeds back into this department in this program so that we can lift um better and brighter solutions.

My other one, and I'm not sure if it was on that list or not, is um sort of health and well-being with heat with um extreme weather.

Um we just did a like a little um walk through of the veterans plaza, which is beautiful, and we're I'm really proud of it.

And it was too hot to stay out there and have a picnic because it was so much concrete, and um, and then when we were at um PGE today, there are these you know solar panels that go above and shade all the cars that are amazing.

And so, how do we think not always small, but ways that we can do things um that benefit the the people, the children, everybody that was kind of trying to find cover and um also you know utilize it for solar, utilize it for reducing uh off gassing from the city.

Absolutely.

And then and then I have two other ones from um Metro, the heat maps.

I think that we should have that baseline, and I'd like to see more information about that.

And then also in their 2050 goals, our community.

We just had that picture of climate being very big in, and that has nothing to do with what we've directed.

So it'd be interesting to know more about those statistics from Metro as well from their 2050 study and how um what those numbers really are that we got from that.

Yeah, I'm on climate.

Yeah, I'm happy to follow up in both of those.

So it's the just to clarify, you mean the kind of emissions study that Metro did?

Yeah, they're doing the 2050 right now, and so far climate was like one of the biggest words on the scattered, and it was just for Tualetans, so that's not nothing we're driving, nothing that has anything to do with our program.

So the community is really invested in it, and I just want to hear more about that so that we can really leverage that.

Absolutely.

I'll follow up with you on both of those.

Thank you.

Council President Pratt.

Um, yeah, when I look through the criteria, there were two things.

I and I think um counselor Brooks kind of alluded to um the first one is yeah, the big one to me is I think there should be a um like a separate category for preparedness and resilience, how that builds out for our community because it's very important.

And um I kind of would like to see a separate um item for cost savings, like specifically.

Thanks.

And so right now or in our draft, we have climate impact as including both the preparedness and emissions.

Do you think we should have two separate?

Is that what you're suggesting?

Where do you have it in?

It's a little bit it's not phrased very I I should have used more accessible language, but Bates, can you pull that back up, please?

Um it's that first one where you talk about climate impact, the scaling of climate hazard risk reduction.

That's talking about like reducing the risks of the okay, so yeah, okay.

I I just read the emissions and sorry, it's a little I should have used better layouts there.

A little wonky.

That's fine.

I just think that's such a huge important part of what we're trying to do here.

Definitely agreed, yeah.

We're we're gonna make sure to look at both.

There's some actions that are clearly in one or another, and there's some that are both, and so that way we can kind of rank it on all three of those.

Yeah.

And then, like, as well, I think of like the in-pipe, there's savings there right off the bat.

So yeah.

Perfect, thank you.

Other comments, questions?

Sure.

Um I don't know exactly how this fits with the plan, but I think things that we can incentivize that are low lifts, like for instance.

Just if it's a lighter colored building, like especially we had such a big amount of um heat generated from our buildings.

So, what can we do to just incentivize easy changes for companies that are affordable and people's homes that are affordable, but I think the companies were the highest as far as the um heat production for our city.

Okay, absolutely.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you.

Um, energy affordability was something that came up a lot in those discussions we had with um the community advisory groups too, right?

Wanting to um wanting to prioritize that and to prioritize sort of the incentive approach or um yeah, things that can help people to access the benefits of these types of actions.

So thanks.

Other comments.

Uh councillor Sako.

Can't see your comments.

Thank you.

Uh the only thing I would have to add is on your second question about some of the criteria being weighed more heavily than others.

Um to me personally, I think items four, five, and six should be weighed a little bit more heavier than the other three.

Obviously, more what's more important is to me is it feasible in the next five years, so should be an increased criteria evaluation of score, if you will.

Cost, of course, always is in there, and the opportuneness and timeliness.

Uh, you know, let's take on things we can get done in five years, give those higher points, and those things are gonna take longer.

Um but that's just my opinion that those three should factor a little higher than the other three.

Okay, folks.

Yeah, Council Pratt.

I just wanted to add on what you said earlier, especially the projects that align with other projects already plan.

Thank you.

Yeah, Council Brooks.

I'm in agreement with the mayor.

Um I also think that bigger projects sometimes come along that there's great opportunities.

So even if there's a bigger project to be able to break it up into five-year stage um phases.

So in my mind, it would be phasing it rather than just um eliminating it but breaking it down in a way that's manageable.

Yeah, that's a great thank you.

Great feedback too.

Thank you.

Any other comments?

Do you have what you need, Amanda?

Yes, thank you.

Um, so next steps will be that we will be taking this uh set of criteria and we'll be applying it to the actions in the plan.

And I'll be back to you probably late summer, early fall, um, with the results of that exercise so we can talk through the balance of the overall portfolio folio, get your feedback and finalize from there.

So thank you very much.

Thank you for coming.

All right, that brings us to the second item on our work session agenda tonight, which is the 2027 legislative agenda development.

This discussion we led by Megan and Cody.

Welcome.

Hi everybody.

I am Megan George, Deputy City Manager, and I'm joined by Cody Field, our policy analyst in community development.

And we are here tonight to discuss the 2027 legislative agenda and specifically our funding requests for 2027.

Um yes, it does feel early, but it is in fact the exact right moment to be talking about these things.

Um and we'll get into the timelines for that in a little bit.

We are gonna move fairly quickly through the agenda for tonight in the interest of time.

But let us know if you'd like us to slow down.

So our plan is to cover the purpose why we're here, timelines on both the state and federal level for adoption of the legislative agenda as well as making those requests, key questions that we have for you this evening, and that we are looking through your four-year input on, and then projects for consideration.

So uh we are at the beginning phase of preparing our agendas for 2027.

So tonight we're hoping to review a preliminary list of projects, um, discuss your funding priorities and which projects you think are missing from that list and which projects you think should be added to the list.

At this stage, we're hoping to move forward with two to three funding requests per agenda.

So two to three ideas on the state side, two to three ideas on the federal side.

Um they may all end up on your agendas.

That does not mean we will move forward with submitting requests for all of those items, but it allows us greater flexibility so that we can to borrow uh the terminology from Thornrun, follow the zeitgeist of the respective legislative body as well as as pivot as needed, depending on additional information we get from our representatives' offices.

So the project list generated for today's meeting.

Um we'll talk through with Thornrun Partners and with our partners and Congresswoman Salinas' office as well as Representative Walters and Senator Wagner.

Okay.

So I won't spend a lot of time on the timelines because there's a lot of details.

There's a separate timeline for the state as the federal side.

Um I'll point out the election day that we have no power to change.

That will happen whether or not we want it to.

Um as with the interim legislative days and the beginning of the Oregon legislature.

Um keynotes here for the state timeline.

We are planning to return on July 13th, which is your next meeting after this one to continue discussing the legislative agenda.

At that point, Thornrun will be here and they'll talk about the themes as well as potential priority items and revisit the funding request discussion from this evening.

Our goal is to have that agenda adopted at the August 10th meeting so that we have the agenda in hand for legislative days the following month.

Moving towards the federal timeline, excuse me.

Um, again, some dates we can negotiate on, some we cannot.

Um we are planning to also discuss the federal agenda on July 13th.

Um, and in July and August, pursue conversations with Congresswoman Salinas' office about those funding requests.

Um we got quite a bit of feedback after this last year's round, so hoping to implement that and learn more.

Um, understanding that the mayor and council president intend to make a trip to DC to lobby on behalf of the city and specifically talk about project funding requests in September's ideal timing because they will be in session and in DC at that time.

Uh ideally in the fall, we'll host a tour if it's a capital project ask or invite folks to come out and get to know the project better so that we are prepared when and if they announce a cycle for um community project funding, which this year occurred in February and March, and we anticipate would be on along a similar timeline next year.

There are a variety of things that make a good funding request.

Um of the things that come up most often are whether the project timelines match up for when you are asking for funds and when the funds will be dispersed.

This is the stickiest thing, it feels like, because you want to be far enough along in your project that you actually can ask for a specific thing, but not too far along that the money would be too late.

So we're looking for a Cinderella project.

Um last dollars in.

Uh there's a saying, I think it's the capstone, not the cornerstone of the project that we've heard a number of times.

Of course, we want the project to be reflective of the community's needs and the legislative zeitgeist.

Um, really enjoy that one.

And of course, the funding request is reasonably sized.

So that means uh smaller dollar amounts in some cases, larger dollar amounts in other cases with flexibility so that we can accept less than we have asked for, um, which was another issue that popped up for us a couple years ago.

So the questions that we will be asking you, and we have this slide again at the end of our deck, um, but just so that you're aware, uh, are there projects or funding requests that should be added or removed from the list?

And which projects are the city's highest priority for funding.

Tonight we don't need you to say these are our five projects done, but if you've got general feedback and guidance at this stage, we'll take that in so that we can add it into the discussion at the July 13th meeting.

So a general conversation at this point is sufficient in terms of direction.

With that, I'm going to turn it over to Cody, who will take the next series of slides.

Perfect.

So we have an initial project list for review.

And we develop this by reviewing all the projects in this current CIP, applying those, what makes for a good funding request bullet points.

Taking that initial list, vetting it with staff, and coming to what we have before you today as an as a starting point for discussion.

I'm going to breeze through these projects really quickly.

We do have some staff in the audience that can answer technical or logistical questions if they happen to come up.

So first on the list is the riverfront park construction.

I think everyone is familiar with this project.

Six-acre riverfront park site that's currently in the public engagement phase.

It's going into design later this year, and that work will move into 2027 and then construction scheduled for late 28-29.

That's approximately a 40 uh 14 million dollar project.

We think the timing aligns well with the federal or state ask, probably state for this one.

The city has received funding from Metro Park and Nature Bond, and we anticipate using CORA bond funds as well.

The pros for adding this to the list as stated, the timing request likely aligns well with the funding request, and the city likely has enough funding to complete the project, so any additional funding would likely fit into that last dollars in category.

And the Metro funding may also be a selling point for some state legislators.

Okay, uh Twalton Greenway Trail.

This project is related to but not part of the riverfront park construction project, and this would fill the remaining gap in the five-mile regional trail.

The first phase would be an alternatives analysis to determine the specific alignment.

The timeline right now is designed 2027-2028.

We do have a consultant doing some costing on the alternatives and construction would likely be in 2029 into 2030.

The cost is to be determined at this point.

Hopefully, we'll get that information from the consultant relatively soon.

Pros are that this provides key connectivity and river access, fills last remaining gaps in that five-mile regional trail, reduces pedestrian crossing conflicts with vehicles in a congested area.

The timing could line up relatively well for a legislative funding ask, and there's already consultant work underway.

The cons are that it probably is going to be a high cost project.

And at this point, the trail extension is not shovel ready.

So things to consider.

Staff is currently in talks with Washington County to potentially allocate some excess MSTIP funding from the Hermann Seipel project to this project, but that's not guaranteed at this point.

So the timeline is kind of to be determined based on the funding plan as it's developed.

The cost is approximately 1.6 million.

Pros are there's a clear freight nexus on Twalton Sherwood Road and Teton Avenue.

So as we look forward to the transportation package in 2027, these that could be an attractive selling point.

This is also a potential candidate for gap funding or last dollars in because we likely have close to enough for maybe enough funding for this project.

The cons are if state funding is awarded, this could result in the project becoming a huge overdesign project and doubling construction costs.

The Nybor Creek Trail, this is a new east-west trail along the south side of Nyberg Creek from Martinazi Avenue under the existing I5 bridge connecting to the recently completed Nyberg Creek Trail near 72nd Avenue.

The timelines dependent on funding availability.

The cost is still to be determined.

But the pros are that there's a clear equity nexus providing connectivity to the Las Casitas neighborhood.

This is an existing project in the trail masters plan and the Metro Trails Plan.

And phase one of the two-phase project is always already complete.

Other than the lack of timeline and cost information, there aren't a lot of clear uh cons for this one.

So the Towalton Sherwood Road Railroad crossing.

This project considers the feasibility of grade separating Twalton Sherwood Road from the Portland and Western Railroad on which the West Train runs, and or Boone's Ferry Road.

So that could be a bridge carrying traffic over Towalton Sherwood Road or carrying to all and Sherwood Road over the railroad tracks and Boones Ferry Road or possibly a smaller at-grade option, such as additional turn lanes, or potentially a no-build option.

An advisory committee is currently in place and will be considering the alternatives developed by the consultant firm.

Timeline, the alternative analysis is happening now.

Future phases of the project would depend on the alternative selected.

The cost estimate, of course, would be determined based on the alternative selected, and we've invested about 200,000 in that alternatives analysis.

The pros are this is a potentially massive city regional project that is really only possible with federal funds, so that basically requires an ask.

And the cons are the scope of the project needs to be better defined.

This project is proposed for planning and possible construction of sewer infrastructure that will support development in the Basalt Creek area.

The timelines based on planning efforts cost would be about 3.1 million.

The pros is there is a clear nexus to industrial and economic development in the area, and it could be a potential candidate for federal funds for future phases of a sewer trunk upsizing, but the cons are there's already a fair amount of CWS SDCs available for this type of project, and CWS, not the city would be delivering any pump stations or force mains.

So we're not desperate for funding for this project, but there is that economic and industrial development angle to think about.

The A1 reservoir upgrades.

The A1 reservoirs need is in need of interior and exterior coating, and part of that process would also include some seismic analysis.

This is a project that the water division has been uh eager to get started for a while now.

Currently there's been no planning or design work, but depending on staff capacity, we think they're a 24-month project windows doable.

It's a project cost of about 3.6 million.

The pros are the projects overdue.

Any state or federal funding would alleviate the strain on the water operating and SDC funds, and it should be a relatively straightforward project to get started.

The cons are this is more of an OM type of project, which may not be as attractive as other projects, and outside funding could delay something that's already overdue.

The next two projects on the list are renewable energy projects, so kind of building off of the last conversation.

Um we have the library city office's solar public works staff recently partnered with two firms to complete an analysis of the library and city offices, specifically focused on renewable energy options.

That work identified solar as the most feasible renewal renewable energy option for the facility.

The first phase would include solar panels on the library roof and potentially on canopies covering the courtyard and portions of the parking lot, and these solar panels would cover 100% of the site's current and future energy use.

Out of the two renewable energy projects on the list, this is a less exciting but more preferable project from a staff standpoint.

And the timelines to be determined, but there has been some analysis done already.

The cost estimate is about 1.7 million.

The pros are it's an easy to deliver project with a contractor, publicly visible and high traffic facility, supports the climate action plan and state-local climate goals.

The timing aligns well with upcoming roof replacement work, and no structural work would be needed to accommodate solar panels.

And finally, we have the towalton city services microgrid.

I'm sure you're all familiar with the recently installed micro hydro turbine at this building, which I oh thank you, which I hear is already generating an astonishing amount of energy.

So part of that work included work to prepare the site for future microgrid, installing a new larger electrical service centralized on site, which allows for easier consolidation of meters, and can accommodate increased electrical loads.

The cost would uh require some additional analysis.

However, depending on timing, staff could engage in consultant and complete deeper analysis of the project prior to a funding ask and have something closer to a construction ready project by 2026, later 2026.

Um the timelines to be determined, but could be expedited if there is interest.

The pros are it creates a resiliency at a critical city facility, supports climate action plan resiliency actions, builds upon the microhydro turbine work.

The cons are the exact scope is unknown.

Battery micro grid tech changes quickly, so we'd have to complete this whole thing in one go to risk any uh rework of trying to phase the effort.

It'll be an expensive project, likely requiring matching funds in addition to whatever state or federal funds that we might be able to uh get awarded in.

It's great for resiliency, but not a major day-to-day benefit.

And then just a note building off of the last conversation.

If you recall a couple years ago, we submitted the Veterans Plaza shade structure as a potential project, but we're not awarded funds.

That's a idea that we could potentially revisit.

All right.

That takes us to the key questions again, which are are there things missing from the list or things that we can definitely remove?

And which projects are the city's highest priority for funding?

And in case it's helpful, we've got all projects listed there with the exception of the one Cody just mentioned at the Veterans Plaza.

So with that, Mayor, back to you.

All right.

Questions, comments.

Council Brooks.

As far as the city services microgrid.

Um can we get the list back?

Um the city services microgrid.

Um is the is the battery storage.

Can you tell me a little bit about what the goals would be?

I don't know a lot about this project.

I was hoping Rachel would be here.

Stand by we're seeking our public works director.

I'm just curious about um and and part of the reason why I asked.

There can be optimization from use utilizing a microgrid.

We just watched like they have an entire room dedicated to that at PGE as far as what's really interesting is that we've turned a cost into a commodity here.

So how are we managing a commodity?

We're used to managing assets.

Now we actually have something that's a commodity.

And so I think we need to think about efficiencies in that and think about it from also.

Rachel, are you there?

I'm online.

Can you guys hear me?

Yes.

Okay.

So just to answer the question as quickly as I can.

Um part of a microgrid project does include battery storage.

In order to have a micro grid operate, you have to have somewhere for your electricity to be stored to then be utilized on site.

So part of the analysis we would need to do, Counselor Brooks, is figuring out the sizing of what the battery would look like.

And that would determine be determined by how much electricity we want to store on site and then hypothetically use on site.

So do we want to be able to power the building for a day, two days, a week?

That would be something that we would really need to look into and figure that out because with the larger battery comes a larger cost.

But one of the economic opportunities that we could explore as part of the microgrid project, and I need to look into this a little bit more, is that PGE, you can execute agreements with PGE so they can utilize or tap into your battery to help offset their peak demand.

So that could be a way to help make the project pencil, but I don't have any more information to share beyond beyond that piece.

So the economic kind of opportunistic piece could be could be there, but I don't know how much it would help factor in when it comes to the pricing of the project.

Does that help?

It does, and then I'm just curious currently where does the energy go.

Right now, from in pipe, the the turbine it's net metered, so we have a bi-directional meter installed on site, so it's plugging directly back into PGE's grid.

And then do we get anything for that?

Yes, we get a one-to-one credit on our electricity bill for the electricity generated by the turbine.

That's how all net metering arrangements are offered through PGE as a one-to-one credit.

Okay.

And then I guess my question is like what is what is happening now with the credit, and is there anything that would make it worth doing this or setting it up for future additions?

Yes.

Right now for the NPI project, we're tracking the credit.

Um, and that was part of our analysis when we determined whether the project was a go or a no-go.

Uh we wanted to make sure that the electricity generated would help the project pencil and the payback period I think we're looking at now is between four and seven years.

So right now we're using that one-to-one credit to help pay the project back for the pro the costs of the city had to put up for the money.

We were we were obviously fortunate enough to get a lot of external funding for that, but for a microgrid project, we would probably do the same kind of look and see how much how much money we could essentially make back from um a battery storage arrangement with PGE.

I don't believe it's a one-to-one cr ratio like like net metering is, but that could be part of figuring out, and then once the in-pipe project has paid itself back, then with those additional savings generated, that kind of speaks to like what you were talking with Amanda about earlier, utilizing those and tracking those quote unquote savings or or money earned for the city and potentially making a policy decision to utilize those funds for further climate action work.

Okay.

Thank you.

Council President Pratt.

Um well, since we're on the microgrid, um, one thing I gotta we went to the PGE tour today, but those their batteries only store like two to four hours.

So and I'm just wondering, I think it's an excellent idea.

I'm just concerned about the technology advancing quickly in this area.

And that like if we waited two to five years, we might be in a better place, and those batteries might be a lot smaller, the project a lot less costly.

Um, and I wanted to go back uh the other idea, and this might be out there, but the Vets Plaza.

Um, and I know it's not on our project list, but um, I go down there and I see those parents where the um splash pad is kind of all headling under that one tree.

I'm wondering is there a way to combine those two covers together?

Like make a have a cover there too, because that's just out in the open hot sun.

And I think we could potentially look at that.

Um one advantage to the Veterans Plaza shade cover is that it was already designed as part of the project.

They just pulled it, so we would need to do design work for a cover on the alternative place.

Um and then get price estimates, but it's something we can explore.

I'm just wondering if it's better to phase them together or separate.

Yeah, that's that's part of the dance, right?

Yeah, exactly.

What's the right funding request?

Other questions, comments.

Council Brooks.

Is there I'm cute, those um solar covers that they have at PG, and I know they're like a ginormous company, but they're very impressive, and I'm just curious um if there's ever been thought about instead of doing a canopy to do like a solar piece over there and what it would be, and I'm also curious if the PG can tell us more about those covers and um and then what natural partners we'd have that we because I think the micro grid stuff with these stackable batteries is flexible, so that you can replace, especially with natural partners that we might have in the community that are um you know specializing in that that kind of technology.

So those are my kind of um I like all of these except uh maybe the sewer because of the it's not our project.

Um and I also want to know if there's uh I want to know more about the basalt Creek sewer before I would support that.

Thanks, Counselor.

Other questions or comments?

So Hillier Thank you.

Thank you for this list and the adding the pros and cons.

It makes a big difference in making conversation and thought.

Um I um I'm I'm fine with the list.

I also I I was a little concerned about understanding the sewer um at Basalt Creek.

I think maybe maybe I don't think it's a priority because I don't understand it well enough, but I am concerned about how do we get infrastructure up there in that area.

And so if there is an easy way to do it and understand that and that could be a fit, that feels like it and on I know I'm flipping what I just said, but it does feel like a huge priority for the industry and and such that we're m trying to move in to that area.

So I would just like to know a little more about it.

Um I feel like um yeah, I I feel um good with it.

Um I do wonder why.

I mean, are we dumping the whole 65th priority?

We're dump we're dumping that then.

That that's off the list.

And for us for external funding requests at this point, yes.

I couldn't remember.

I know we talked about that.

Okay, that was my thought about that.

Thank you.

Other comments.

Councilor Sacco.

No additional comments.

Thank you.

Okay.

Councilor Reyes.

Um can you um what would you say what was that project?

1520?

What would you do?

65th.

Well, can you remind me what that is?

Yeah, the 65th and Borland Transportation Improvement Project Um was intended to make changes to the intersection right there on 65th in Portland.

We requested funding via um federal funding two cycles ago, and um our request was somewhere in the ballpark of three million, and we did receive funding, but it was in the amount of 250,000.

Yeah, that's correct.

So far less than what we needed to complete the project, and in order to accept that federal funding, we would have had to design the project a certain way, which would have increased the overall cost of the project to an amount more than 250,000.

So unfortunately, we needed to tell the congresswoman that we had to decline that funding award.

I do recon now.

Thank you very much for inviting me.

Um I was um out in a community event, and people kept asking me about the railroad crossing on to Alatin Sherwood Road.

And this might have nothing to do with this or not, but I'm just bringing that to the they were like it under the impression that was happening in the next two, three years or something like that.

And um, I mean, it was pretty I I was I was really like, oh, that isn't so I'm not saying that it's a project that should be if we can look for funding now, obviously we're gonna start looking for that.

But to me, it just seemed like there's not a lot of com they were actually uh from the people that I spoke with, it was almost like they had thought that we made a decision to have this over, like the one that goes over um the bridge, like not the one the overhip um kind of overpass thing.

And I had to explain all I'm like, no, there were several sketches that were presented, and so to me it seems like the community is not ready for that.

So I would probably put that on like one of those that we will work on, but if it doesn't have a great explanation, because I couldn't even explain it myself.

I I did try, but it just really in their minds it was like we have already made up our minds that we're gonna go over with that, and all the businesses that were gonna be affected by that.

And I'm like, so I didn't explain a lot.

So to me, it seemed like we I wasn't ready to answer those questions, so maybe something that not um could be a priority.

Yeah, I mean it is a priority, explain it the right way, so that way I'm able to say it was I these are ideas and sketches, but yeah.

I think we can take your your notes about community feedback and understanding of the project back to the project team um as they engage in public engagement over the summer.

Um that project, there is a specific federal funding source for these types of projects, and somewhat uniquely that funding source can be used for both design and construction of the project, but it's tricky because the they open up windows of funding and it and they have already opened up the last window with the current funding allotment.

Um it's likely that they will add that program back in, but that will be determined later this year.

Um and if they do add the program back in, it will still be contingent upon them opening that window of applications again, and at that point we could decide whether to apply for funds for design or depending on where we're at with the project construction, even um you can also make multiple bytes at the Apple depending on when they sequence the funding requests.

So I would envision um if council was interested in moving forward with that project in some fashion, we could include it on our list of priorities, but know that it's for that specific funding source if and when it becomes available as opposed to a more broad application.

Okay, thank you for explaining that.

It seemed like the community were were more have determined that we have made decisions and I told of course a lot of explanation there.

But anyway, thank you for that.

Um other than that, I kind of agree with the rest of the console on some of the um like the sewer, although we need good sewer for good, you know, clean and you know, public health.

So thank you.

Yeah, thanks, counselor.

Councillor Brooks.

I'm just gonna dovetail on the railroad crossing.

Um I um support in support of it because just after going to the NLC, the only federal money that I saw, and the only people that the administration seemed to invite to the conference was from the railroad.

So it's like if we want to bring money in for that our federal dollars in decent amounts that doing this design.

And I um went to the meeting and also heard feedback from the community.

Um, and I would just say that I think that they're um like here it would be nice to start more strongly with the problem statement.

I think that people are not understanding.

Um, and I don't think in the presentation the depth of the purple circles or um the 45-minute clearing or those types of things were really um like laid out, and so I think that people just felt a little bit confused after the thing and just started imagining a terrible tunnel to have to walk through to go to.

So I think that we need to just um be more clear that we're just doing research because there's a problem that um the community has talked about forever as far as traffic goes, and keep it really simple, and because I just think they got really confused.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Other comments.

Or just have a few uh based on my numerous meetings with our field representatives.

We already know the operational and maintenance dollars are no go.

They don't fund those, so those are out.

Uh Riverfront Park construction, unless the zeitgeist, like you put it changes, that's DOA for reassmission.

Um may I clarify specifically for federal funding.

For federal funding, still viable for state.

Sure, why not?

Okay.

I've been told loud and clear from the Congresswoman's office, they're only going to fund capital infrastructure projects.

And it has to be between one and three million.

If it's not in there, they're not going to take it.

The list I think we need to vet with the Congresswoman Salinas' office, Wyden and Mercury's office to see which one they you know are the warmest.

And we've been told, you know, give three of them.

Will this down to three projects?

Uh and then we work through the summer, as you mentioned, to focus in on one that has the full support of the three offices.

Um I like that you have a wide variety of projects.

As was mentioned, the railroad crossings are never going to fly because that's not one to three million, and the safe crossings will take care of that.

Um but yeah, let's keep thinking about these projects and you know, let's um think Congresswoman Selinas' field rep said you know she wanted to start discussing this in July and present this to her, uh, see which one she's you know warm and fuzzy with, and then bring in you know the senators' offices.

Uh, because I'd hate to have us zone in on one, spend time on it, staff sends some time on it, and you know, our representatives in DC said we're never gonna support these.

So let's find which one or which three they would support and they're interested in and go with that.

Like knowing that yeah, ONM is no, one to three million is the most threes iffy for Congresswoman Stelinas, that's usually a senator who gets that much money.

In fact, no.

And parks are no, unless the zeitgeist changes.

But last round it was all capital infrastructure.

That's all I got funded.

Yep.

Yeah, absolutely.

All right, so uh to sum up the direction uh with the exception of the OM projects, which I think was the A1 reservoir upgrades specifically, as well as the Basalt Creek Area Sewer Project.

The remainder are good to move forward at this stage for further discussions with staff.

We're gonna meet with Thorn Run tomorrow morning as well, and perhaps they can begin reaching out to Congresswoman Salinas' office with the full list.

Locally.

Locally, yes.

Specifically, Aaron, if she's listening, we'll be in touch.

Um, and then we'll return on July 13th to revisit the conversation about projects, plus tag in the themes and other priorities for state and federal agendas.

Yep.

Council Brooks.

Um, I'm also curious if we can um if I could get sent um information about the STIP programs, the ones that were presented, and the ones that were proposed.

Thank you.

All right, thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Thanks.

All right, that brings us to our third item on the work session agenda tonight.

That is an introduction to Twaleton's contextualized housing need and housing capacity analysis project.

This discussion will be less but let by Erin and Teresa.

I like this contextualized housing need.

Good evening, Mayor and Counselors.

I am Aaron Engman.

I serve as Twaleton Senior Planner, and I'm joined by Teresa Maltalvo, who is our planning manager.

As mentioned tonight, we are introducing the housing capacity analysis project, which will help us answer two important questions, which are what types of housing should Twalleton plan for in the coming years, and do we have enough buildable land in the right location to help us meet this future housing need.

This work fulfills state requirements and supports a council priority identified in Twilighton's 2030 vision.

The presentation tonight will be led by our consultants, Mary Chase and Matt Craigie of Echo Northwest, and they are joining us virtually.

They'll get into some details, but the state has rebranded how we refer to this work and how we do this work.

And their work is funded by a planning assistance grant that was awarded to the city by the Department of Land Conservation and Development.

And following the presentation, Teresa and I will be available if you have any questions.

With that, I'll turn it over to Mary.

I think I'm gonna jump in here.

Uh thank you very much, uh Aaron, and good evening, Mayor and uh city counselors.

Uh great to be with you all uh virtually here.

Like Aaron talked about, this is an introduction uh to this uh project that we're gonna be working with uh you all on over the next uh year.

So we're gonna we're gonna get into it here.

We are going to be meeting with your council and the planning commission four times over the course of this project to make sure that your council is guiding this process and has input at all stages.

And so we will also talk about that schedule.

So just a little preview here.

Let's see, next slide, please.

Thank you.

So tonight's presentation, like I said, is a summary overview of the CHN and the HCA.

Today we're going to talk about the what, the why, the how, and I guess the who as well.

And this information includes direction guidelines required by the state.

So we will have some time for discussion and questions at the end of the presentation as well.

Next slide, please.

Okay, we are going to start with some definitions.

And I will say there are a lot of acronyms in this work.

I promise there won't be a pop quiz at the end, but but boy, there are a lot of acronyms.

So let's let's start with definitions.

This is a good place to start.

So the CHN is the contextualized housing needs analysis.

This analysis identifies the needed housing within your community by type, characteristics, and locations.

So it takes into account housing types like single family homes, town homes, multifamily homes or apartments.

Characteristics are things like the number of bedrooms in a housing unit, ADA accessibility, and then location is an important part of the mix with an examination of where housing could be incommodated within Tiwallaton.

The HCA is a housing capacity analysis.

And like Aaron mentioned at the beginning intro, the state has rebranded part of this process.

So you might be familiar with the HNA is what it would used to be called, the housing needs analysis.

So the HA is now the HCA.

The HCA is a companion analysis to the CHN, and it estimates the capacity for buildable land for housing within your community.

So we're looking at actual land within Tualiton.

We're doing a lot of spatial analysis.

So it looks at things like potentially developable land for housing while taking into account already developed land, land uh developed for other uses or planned for other uses, and then also constraints, things like slopes, wetlands, other places where it's not great to build uh housing.

There's another component study to the kind of string of analyses that are required by the state.

Mary's gonna get more into this later on in the presentation.

That other uh study is called the housing production strategy, the HPS.

Uh that's an implementation focused plan to encourage the new housing development.

So that comes after the CHN and the HCA.

That's actually not part of the kind of our consultant agreement with your city right now.

That's something that would be picked up in 2027.

So one way that I like to think about these studies is that the CHN is kind of a demand study that explains how household demand informs the housing type and locations of housing within your community.

And the HCA is a land supply study that explains how much room or land there is needed to accommodate that housing demand.

Next slide, please.

So uh your city uh last completed uh what was then an HNA in 2019 before the pandemic and an HPS in 2021.

The chart here on the right is an example of some of that work.

So this chart, this chart shows uh how estimated new households within Tualeton within the Twelston planning area would roughly split between lower incomes and middle incomes, 15% in some of those categories, up to 60% overall, with uh a projection of 40% of households within that high income category, which is 120% above AMI.

Your city also uh adopted uh an equitable housing funding plan in 2023.

Kudos to that.

That's wonderful.

That's actually something that's uh not required under the state system, but um appreciate uh cities like Tualetin that take that deeper dive into thinking about how you can implement new tools with a strong focus on affordability and accessibility.

Next slide, please.

Here's the uh the schedule for the HCA over the next year.

So we are gonna go on this journey across uh four uh phases here.

You will notice that some of these phases run concurrently, and we are already uh doing some of the work on a few of them, actually on phases one, two, and three.

We have uh different staff members and working closely with your staff to get different components uh of the project going.

So just a brief overview here of the phases.

The first phase uh is the kickoff phase.

This is focused on data gathering and project planning.

That's well underway.

The second phase is really focused on that contextualized housing needs analysis, so doing a lot of that baseline demographic uh analysis to understand those demand components.

In this second phase, we also kick off engagement activities.

So we've been working very closely with your staff on developing some focus groups to make sure that all communities uh within Tualaton have a voice within uh this work.

We're also going to be doing some tribal engagement as well as part of that engagement.

The third phase, this is really focused on those spatial components.

Yes, apologies, more acronyms here.

You have the BLI, which is the buildable lands inventory.

That's kind of uh the high-level look at all of the land within the Tualetin planning area.

So this is this is fun with maps.

This is looking at kind of the all of the land within the community, taking out some of those constraints that I mentioned, uh, taking out other developed properties and properties that are planned for other types of uses to get to get to an actual number of acres and locations of where uh housing uh could be developed.

Um, a next step there is the DRLI, so the development ready lands inventory.

So that takes a more in-depth look on lands that are um uh prepared or near to be prepared for housing development.

In the final phase, and this is moving into the end of this year in the beginning of 2027.

Um, we'll be wrapping up the report, the CHN and the HCA, both reports, um, and a piece of that is the residential land it needs analysis, which addresses how much land and what type of zoning Tualaton will need to accommodate the housing demand.

Uh, and then uh we will also be coming to your council within that phase uh for adoption of the process.

One thing I want to point out in this slide, you look across the bottom of the slide, we've got four stars there.

Um, at each phase, there is an opportunity for conversation, uh guidance and input from your council and from the planning uh commission.

And so this is not the consultants go away and do some work and come back.

Uh, your council will be involved at all phases of this project, and we look forward to those discussions.

Next slide, please.

With that, I think I'm turning it to you, Mary, to talk a little bit about some of the state's guidelines.

Yeah, thanks, Matt.

Uh, we can flip to the next slide here.

Um, we're gonna start with just a quick uh overview.

This is statewide planning goal 10 uh to give some context.

This hasn't changed with recent rule making at the state level, but there has been some shift in the emphasis uh with this last round of legislative updates.

So goal 10 at some level um, you know, is about buildable lands and ensuring an adequate number of housing units.

Um, but what's been changed here is more of a focus on uh this part about being commensurate with the financial capabilities of Oregon households and allowing flexibility of housing location.

Uh so this language again hasn't changed, but there's some new emphasis uh in around what I'll go through in terms of new state planning requirements.

Um if we want to move to the next slide.

This touches more on the ONA, which is the Oregon housing needs analysis.

And that's a calculation of housing needs that accounts for a lot of different factors like underproduction, homelessness, population growth, demographic change, um, vacation homes, etc.

So that's the place that cities are now at the beginning of this process with the HCA to build off of what the state has already done.

Um the point of the next step that we're doing with the capacity analysis is going to be finding realistic long-term and near-term residential capacity for cities, including Tualaton.

And the word uh realistic here can be somewhat flexible.

Um really the goal is that we don't want to over or underestimate housing capacity as much as possible.

We want to get close to a real estimate of what Tualatin could expect to see in coming years.

Um these last couple bullets speak to to build towards that housing production strategy and lay the groundwork for supporting those implementation actions and making sure that they are meeting housing needs and promoting fair housing choice.

So, as Matt also mentioned, we're not getting at that quite with this project.

Um, we're getting at the first piece of that equation, which is about housing needs and housing capacity.

Um, if we flip to the next slide here, this is a helpful graphic for just demonstrating how those different components uh are supposed to work together.

Um, we're starting in that top left corner uh with the state allocation that came out of the ONA.

And one thing to note this chart is looks more linear than the process actually is.

Uh, but hopefully this helps simplify it.

Um but essentially um we're starting here with that state allocation and then looking at contextualized housing need, uh, and that informs the housing capacity analysis and what we're looking for in terms of uh what could actually be built into Walleton.

Um, and that's informed by that development ready lands inventory, um, which is also based on the buildable lands inventory, not shown here explicitly.

Um, but it all leads towards this analysis of whether Tualetin has that capacity.

Um, and again, that later feeds into the housing protection strategy, but we won't get into that.

And we won't get into the UGB amendments piece here either, since we're within Metro, it's a bigger setup we needs to get into than uh we have time for tonight.

Um yeah, out of that you'll get housing need by type of housing, location, and characteristics, um, and answering the question do you have enough land uh for the next 20 years of housing need?

Um then also from the development ready lands inventory.

Do you have enough land to accommodate development that we really think is going to come over the next four years?

So looking at that shorter term cycle.

And then where the answers are no, um, and there are unmet housing needs.

The that moves into the housing production and strategies and actions.

Um, if we want to move to the next slide here, just to reiterate some of the bigger pieces of this project, um, the CHN or the contextualized housing need, uh, that is that results in the determination of needed housing by type.

Um, so housing types that means looking at single unit, multi-unit, middle housing, and then other characteristics like tenure, affordability, accessibility, um, those all fall into that category and things that contribute to fair housing choice.

Um, as part of this, we are working on an analysis of past discriminatory harms and what some of those historic and systemic barriers are that might apply.

Um just to note for a small community like Tualatin, a lot of that is tied with regional and state history and really just looking closely at that to see what's relevant when we're talking about to Wallatin.

Um, we also have a mention here about community engagement and that component that really feeds the qualitative side of this assessment.

Um, there's a lot of emphasis in the rules on engagement with low-income communities, people with disabilities, people of color and tribes, uh, which will all be part of this project, um, primarily through focus groups and also meeting people where they are as much as possible.

Um, on this last slide that I've got here to recap some of these state rules, um, the housing capacity analysis is where we combine all that information from the CHN, uh, historical development trends, what we've seen in the buildable lands inventory, and use that to estimate capacity within Twiliton's existing land and whether it will be enough to meet anticipated housing needs.

Um I I think I've made the points on this slide before.

Um, and I think this is where I'm going to pass it back to Matt to talk about just a few key numbers and what they mean.

Great.

Thanks, Mary.

Uh, next slide, please.

Terrific.

So if you you know our firm Echo Northwest, you know that we can't do a presentation without a little bit of data here.

So we couldn't help ourselves.

So uh we just uh a couple slides here that demonstrate um some of the analysis as part of the work uh here.

So again, uh HCAs and HPSs are required every six years for jurisdictions uh for cities within uh metro's uh boundary, urban growth boundary.

Um the work is required to consider housing need uh both at kind of a shorter term and a longer term here.

So the planning horizons are both uh six and 20 years.

The state does some work uh to figure out housing allocation, uh like Mary talked about.

So this table here is illustrating the state's forecast for dwelling units um within Tualaton uh broken down into um different categories by area medium median income over the planning over the two planning periods.

So this is some of the baseline analysis that the state has done that goes into uh the work uh that we're getting started now.

Next slide, please.

This slide here, so this is a graphic that we like to use.

We find that it's helpful with these uh analyses.

So this is the type of work that you can expect as we have uh engaged with your council here over the course of this uh project.

So uh to break this down here at the the top of the house graphic there, you have different uh categories of area median incomes broken up uh from 30% on the left there, up to 120% of area median income.

Uh AMI is is about 130,000 a year there.

So that's that's kind of breaking it up in those different categories.

And if you go to kind of the the first level of the house, go from the second floor, go down the stairs to the first level of the house, um, you'll see that that helps you understand um what households that make uh that level of income can afford in housing, and we have that uh both within a monthly cost, um, so easier to think about with uh with renting, uh, and then also a home sale price.

Um so we will be uh using graphics like this and um pulling uh data from your own community around uh housing sale values by various types uh and and crosswalking all of that uh to see how that matches up within Tualiton, I'll inform the analysis.

Mary, were you gonna jump in there?

Nope.

Okay.

All right, perfect.

Uh next slide, please.

So just a summary of the introduction, uh uh presentation here this evening.

So remember that the CHN, the contextualized housing need, this is really about the demand side of the housing equation here.

It's uh telling us a deep story uh beyond affordability, but really getting into uh type characteristics uh and land demand.

The HCA, this is more on the supply side, right?

This is taking a look at actual land uh in Tualaton and uh helping uh your community understand where housing can go, uh where housing can be accommodated.

Um then um yeah, and then again, I think we mentioned that the HPS is kind of the third uh component here, the housing production strategy, uh, and that's something that your city staff will be launching in 2027 and 2028.

Next slide, please.

Oh, I think we're just yeah, I think we're we're right here.

So uh next steps here, we have a few planning commissioned uh meetings uh coming up in July and August.

Uh we will be back with your council uh there in uh mid-September, where we'll be talking about the results of the contextualized housing needs.

And then uh in the fall, uh, that's when the draft uh BLI and DRLI, those two spatial analysis components uh will be launched there.

So we'll be we'll be planning for a meeting around that time as well.

Uh that's what we have for you this evening.

Um, Aaron, I'll turn it back to you and we welcome uh discussion and questions.

Thank you.

Thanks, Matt.

Mary.

Do you ready for questions?

Any questions?

Okay, questions, comments.

Council President Pratt.

Okay.

Um the um CHN portion.

Um I'm wondering um if you're looking at the actual um current and projected demographics, like if we're gonna have more families, if we're gonna have more, you know, a lot of younger people are single, our our senior population.

Are we looking at the demographics and their specific needs, type of house?

Like someone young and single wants something affordable, not necessarily a you know, big house that has lots of bedrooms for kids.

So is that part of the analysis?

That's yes, it is.

Thank you.

Oh, go ahead, Aaron.

Sorry.

I was just gonna say that's what I understand, but I'll I'll let Matt Rand round it out for us.

Apologies, Aaron.

I can only see the back of your head there.

So I would have read some body language differently had I been in the room.

Uh yeah, city counselor, terrific, uh terrific question.

And this these analyses do go to that level of detail.

Uh we we do want to um make sure that um the the household types, whether it's a a single older person or a single younger person or a family is well aligned with the the housing types and how that might fit within the mix of the land that's available to develop uh within Tualaton.

So that's that actually right gets to the heart of it really is um the the state wants to see kind of this deeper analysis of housing type by by different types of households and and different ranges of affordability.

Okay, and then on the um community engagement, um I read through your list, but um I just have to put this out there.

But the elderly are a historically marginalized community, and we have a decent elderly population here.

So I would like them included in that community outreach.

And they, you know, that type of housing has specific needs.

So and then um my only other concern is um, and I know Wilson will this problem, but when they look at our I'm I'm hearing the word zoning, and I'm a little nervous.

Is there gonna be something like because we have such limited land that they're gonna say we're gonna have to change our zoning to a com you know accommodate, like we're gonna have to put, I'm gonna be uh a little absurd, I hope, but that we're gonna have to put apartment complexes in the middle of our um low residential areas.

Is that gonna be a is this a potential requirement we're gonna have in our city to densify in a way that um our zoning doesn't permit at this point?

Thank you for that question.

I might turn it over to Matt, but I believe it will be looking at potentially upzoning and increasing density in certain areas based off the results.

Okay, so once again, the state's telling us what okay.

Yes, that that's right, Aaron.

It will be looking at um uh toalliton's uh land ability to accommodate uh the demand that is uh forecast as part of the CHN.

Uh and so recommendations uh will come out of this analysis to inform actions that your council uh could take uh to accommodate that demand, which could include uh changes to zoning.

This is a really basic question, but we keep reading that we have this now outflow at Oregon, so why is this demand there?

I'm sorry, I don't think I hear the question.

We keep reading like the population is decreasing, and or you know, we're we've for the first time in forever, we're having this outflow of population.

So is there just this um pent-up demand that we don't have enough housing for the people here?

Or we keep hearing we need all this housing, but then we are also hearing that people are leaving.

So it it's confusing to me why we need the housing.

I think part of it is to ground truth what we actually need.

I think for potentially years or decades, we've been underproducing housing.

And Matt can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think we might be playing a game of catch up.

Okay, thank you.

Other questions are kind of councillor Hilly.

Thank you.

Um my question um is around the uh the state's forecasting for the six-year and 20-year period.

And I'm curious what kind of especially uh with what council president Pratt just mentioned with the outflow of people, and I do appreciate hearing that we're in a catch-up situation, but what percentage are they assuming for these um for these numbers?

Is there a standard percentage?

I may turn that over to Matt.

And I could follow it with a couple others that might then help make round out the question if that's okay.

And how how does whatever percentage that came to Towallatin from the state, how does that compare with our neighbors and in the region, and does it make some assumptions about the Lamb Tux project in that?

Uh terrific uh question, counselor.

Um that is a question I'm gonna have to come back to you in terms of how Towalatin was allocated specific numbers versus your neighbors in Tiger in Wilsonville, uh, but that is something that we can um definitely uh bring back.

Um I I do not think that recent uh you mentioned the the LAM uh investment, is that correct?

Uh counselor?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Uh yeah, I I do not think that uh recent uh investments like that were taken to account to my knowledge.

Mary, I don't know if you have any other information.

No, you've worked on the ONA with with the state on some of this on either of those pieces.

Yeah, I'd say it's something we can come back to in more detail, but it's essentially based on projections of population and household growth, and then takes into account all of those other factors that we started listing, but it it it can it could be very complicated to talk about the actual calculation, but it it looks at um different factors like uh share of uh housing under production, population growth, homelessness, second and vacation homes.

Um but yeah, happy to share more details the next time that we come back on that.

Thank you very much.

And I I was curious, um Matt, your language you used the words that the city council could apply.

You were it seemed like that was a very careful choice of uh language, and I'm curious is there not a mandate, or um, could you expand on that, please?

Um terrific.

Um I think by using the subjective tense there, uh, counselor in that language, uh trying to defer uh and recognize the city council's uh power for policymaking within uh to Walleton.

So um uh yes, I think uh it's um there is engagement between the state and local cities in terms of allocated need and how cities accommodate that need.

Um but I think uh yes, again, I'm kind of deferring to the city council's ability to make those policy uh decisions.

So there might be multiple options there as there are with most uh policy changes uh for your council to make about how to accommodate that housing demand.

Thank you.

So it is uh a mandate from the state to make change then, basically.

So I just I just wanted a clarification because of your language, and thank you for the respect that you're given us.

I appreciate that.

Other questions or comments?

Council Brooks.

I have um about four questions.

So my first question is when we're looking at the total um housing needs analysis in our region.

Have we been also looking at any conversions of existing buildings that are not being used at this point?

Um part of the reason why I asked that is because I get um mail about people that are working to try to do lofts and artist lafts and things like that.

Um part of it is because of the change that we've experienced in use of buildings since uh COVID and more remote work.

So I'm just curious if those factors and how those factors have been figured into these equations.

I might hand it over to Matt, but I believe the buildable lands inventory will kind of study what ability we have to utilize some of the development capacity within our neighborhoods.

Um and the state is changing some rules about what we can do with commercial structures and conversion to residential structures, and that might be getting at maybe a little bit of what you're asking.

Well, yeah, and also um offsetting some of the demand uh within the city where there's transportation and all kinds of other um cool things that can help people with affordability issues that we don't have as much access to here.

So I'm actually really concerned about quality of life for all the people in each one of those little parts of the house.

Um my second question is with um the mixed use um work that we're looking at, the mixed-use zoning.

I'm just curious about how we're like more uh information about how that is um plugged into this allocation, and if there's limitations, or how do we share those kinds of um that how do we balance that conversation and use?

Because I'm just not as familiar with that since we haven't had a lot of it.

And the other one I've got is when there's change in zoning, is it only solely for um density, or is there ever like industrial residential shifts in planning with these kinds of conversations?

So those two zoning questions.

So I think regarding your first question with the the mixed use capacity, I believe um the state has maybe used some modeling efforts to kind of think about what the market might provide based off of base zoning and what would realistically pencil.

But again, Matt might um correct me if I'm wrong.

And then regarding your second question about can we potentially look at maybe rezoning land as opposed to increasing density or supplementing the flexibility in that, or is there direction that we're given on that?

Like I just would like to know those kinds of things.

There might be some maybe we might have to get realistic about how we zone land.

I think we have some residential land designated on things that are public parks and cemeteries and things like that.

And I know the state takes those um acreages away when considering allocation, but I think it probably looks a little cleaner to have reapplying the zoning.

Okay.

I think we have limited opportunities to maybe take industrial land and apply a residential zoning to that just because of metro rules around industrial land.

Okay.

That's thank you.

And then um and then for um council options with policy making, just because we've had recent um conversations as well.

I'm just curious about um where there's manageability for the council.

Like for instance, are there fundamental economic policies that help us for um when the chief was discussing increase of services and what the costs of something like that are as we build and concentrate?

How do we plan as a city to make sure that we're doing our fiduciary responsibility around the people in their safety that are living here when we're doing those kind of planning as well as with diverse um incomes?

How are we making sure that we have the services like transportation, health care, social services, et cetera, that people need so that um we're not utilizing you know emergency rooms and emergency services to take care of our population?

So those are my like how can we dovetail health and human service concerns in with this conversation for our give and take part of this conversation with the state?

Okay, thanks.

Other questions or comments?

Councilor Sacco, do you have anything?

No, thank you.

All right.

I have nothing.

All right.

Well, thank you for coming tonight.

Appreciate it.

Thanks for your presentation.

Looks like a lot of work coming in 20 in the next year.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

I forgot one.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

Um also I would like to know about um carbon offsets as we look at densification and making sure that we're balancing the needs of um for health.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, that brings us to our agenda review and council updates.

Uh, tonight I have counselor Sacco as leading the pledge of allegiance tonight.

We have one proclamation uh for pollinators, so council Brooks, I assume, is gonna do I give that to her to do.

Any concerns with any items on the consent agenda?

Councilor Gonzalez?

So I do have some I know that we're gonna be casting a one vote for all of the items.

Is that correct?

Correct.

So I I am I am not gonna be voting in four for two of the items.

So I'd like to highlight that right now.

So do you need items pulled from okay?

Which items?

So the first one is the utility increases.

Okay.

That's item number scrolling down item five.

Item five.

Is that the one counselor?

Give me a second here.

We pull it up exactly here.

So you want item number five and the consent agenda pulled.

It's the one that it increases our the fees.

Sorry.

Okay, she's not having ready.

Okay.

So it's number five and else.

And and the other one is gonna be the the budget or 2026-27 budget.

That's not on consent.

I thought I saw that I no, it's a generalist okay.

All right.

Anything else on the consent agenda?

That's it.

All right.

Uh with that, we'll go ahead and start.

We've got about 10 minutes, so ideally keep it as brief as possible.

Uh, if we don't complete the round table, then we'll pick it up at the end of the council meeting.

So I'll go ahead and start with uh city manager Journal Lombos.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, you have a packet in front of you uh that was passed out regarding um parking signs.

I um have an update for you on that.

I'm happy to announce that there have been some fits and starts to this project, but the signs for the core area parking lots are on order and as requested in the in this uh from the CCIO.

In addition, there are wayfaring uh wayfinding signs, so directional signage around the perimeter pointing to where the parking lots are.

So that is, I believe, good resolution.

Um it has been a little bit delayed, but um it will hopefully be installed within the next two or three weeks.

So I'm happy to report that.

Um we celebrated the sustainable years.

We celebrated the Sustainable Year City program.

Um our partnership with the University of Oregon on May 29th since our last council meeting.

That was a wonderful celebration.

Um what a tremendous amount of work and um ideas came out of that partnership.

So I'm so glad we were able to participate in that.

On uh June 3rd, we had an all supervisor meeting, our uh quarter two all supervisor meeting.

This is ongoing support for our leadership group, um, and the theme was conversations worth having, and it was a very good um, it was a very good training.

Um we had Blender Dash on June 6th, and the rain held off until the very end, and then it stormed, so um our crews got wet, but the the kiddos um had a great time, and it was a full house.

Um we did our poll center welcome back party on June 12th.

Um the official ribbon cutting will be sometime in August when we can coordinate with all the funding partners.

Um we had 82 sign-ups for lunch and trivia with Doug, so that was that's a a high.

Um last Saturday, June 20th, we had the Nyberg Creek Trail ribbon cutting.

That was that was wonderful.

It's a beautiful trail, and I'm so proud of it, and um and to get it open.

And then um the River Park CIO, uh community involvement organization had their fair also on um Saturday afternoon.

They're celebrating 15 years, and they have a cake, and um they did not break into the cake, so they gave it to us, and it is out in the lobby.

Um, and uh they hoped that we could eat it.

So it's out there and uh take a bit of it.

Um coming up uh next Monday, 629 is the public meeting training.

It is right here in this room at five o'clock, and um hope our city attorney uh Kevin will be giving that.

Uh next week we have our first round of interviews for our library director.

Um we have seven fantastic candidates, and I'm really excited about that.

Uh Friday, July the 3rd is our 4th of July observed holiday.

So um our city offices will be closed, and then before our next council meeting, uh July 11th from 2 to 8 p.m.

is Viva Twileton in the community park.

And I want to end um with words about my colleague and friend, John Walsh.

So John was the city administrator of St.

Helens, and he tragically died last Saturday and after falling in the river.

John served the city of St.

Helens for over 12 years and was a true public servant.

He served on the Oregon City Managers Board as well as the League of Oregon Cities Board.

John was a positive and optimistic person.

He was one of the most resilient and thoughtful leaders in our profession.

Thank you for letting me honor him in this way.

Rest in peace, my friend.

Thank you.

Councilor Gonzalez.

Thank you.

I have nothing to important.

Councilor Brooks.

So it's been a while.

Um I would say that uh I also was at the Sustainable Cities reception.

It was a really nice event.

And it was good to hear, especially not being on the Quora, more about it from the perspective of the students.

Um the fact that they're all volunteering to do that, and they kind of remind me of city councilors because they're sort of unicorns of service, and also seem like a really sharp group of people.

I'm excited to go through the um, I don't know what they're calling on prospectus or um presentations that they said get posted as yeah, so it'll be interesting to look at what the ideas are and learn more about um how people how the students think about um sustainability through all different lenses.

So it was a really interesting, fascinating piece.

It was nice to also see Representative Walters attend.

Um I was let's see, at the I well, um sorry, my my stuff is a little bit too.

Well, I was at the um railroad crossing event on the second, and I mentioned it before, but the presentation was good.

The community um had a lot of there was concerns about um lighting if there was um any kind of overpasses and safety.

So um I think that um it's just like what we're doing is just design, then it's a really important thing to consider that we are looking at a problem set, and then there's nothing about design right now or anything like that as far as um and that the community will also be heard.

There was concerns that there are only businesses on the advisory committee, and I think that people just don't understand the phases that we're that we're possibly working with.

Um but it was a good meeting.

I enjoyed the presentation and learning more from all of the people involved.

Um I substituted well, I went to the water consortium on the third, and that we um we went through it was a general meeting, we went through elections, and somehow I got elected uh as vice chair.

So I used to chair, then I wasn't, and then I was just on executive committee.

Now I'm back to the um vice chair, and we also did um the I did several LOC planning committees for um the upcoming conference.

Um I was selected as one of the members of the women's caucus meeting.

We had a women's caucus meeting for the League of Oregon City on the third that I attended.

We had our titanium monthly planning on the 10th of January and accommodating the change in leadership uh over at the chamber, and um, but moving forward with the titanium work.

Um we then um yes, then we did the um Twalton Valley Creates networking.

So it was the first time that Twalton Valley Creates, which is an arts um group for the whole Twalton Valley, um, has done their networking here.

It's sort of like how the chamber does networking with businesses, it's up for with artists, and um we showed them the uh veterans plaza.

Some people had never even been to Twalton before, they never saw the lake before, so it was really fun to show um what's happening, and they're really interested in to integrating further because they're I think they're sited in Hillsborough, so integrating further through the valley with the leadership that's currently there.

So we're excited about that.

And Julie, our recreation manager did an amazing welcome with a lot of information, treats from Twalton, and as everyone knows, Janet Carr is a big fan of the work that we've done with the arts.

Um, and she did a beautiful job um touring um and showing the artists things from a from an artist perspective.

Um we did the oh, I did a virtual onboarding for the Metro Parks and Nature Oversight Committee.

So the Parks and Nature Oversight Committee does post spending work, and I we went through all the different roles of that.

If there's more about that, I just feel like I should stop because we're getting close to time and we need a break, but I we I was very busy over the four weeks that we've been gone, and there's a lot of new really cool information that I'd love to keep sharing.

Thanks.

So we'll go ahead and close this work session and we'll come back at uh 7.05.

Uh give people a little break, run the bathroom, come back.

So uh we'll start the city council meeting at 7.05.