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Tualatin City Council Meeting - August 10, 2026: SIP Agreement, CIO Updates, and Legislative Agenda

City Council — Monday, August 10, 2026

BodyTualatin, Oregon

SessionCity Council

DateMonday, August 10, 2026

StatusFILED

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3:48

Doug indicated we've had um CIO annual meetings.

3:54

Some of them have been very well attended, and we give thanks to the counselors and the city for um participating and giving great information to our residents who attend these these events.

4:20

Coming up September 15th is the uh commercial annual meeting.

4:25

And then on September nineteenth, we're going to hold our first, hopefully, annual uh commercial model sailboat, regatta.

4:34

We're gonna have races and um vendors.

4:38

It should be a fun, fun event.

4:40

And our goal is to bring you know more visibility to the lake and the businesses around the lake.

4:47

So uh we hope that you can all come and join.

4:52

And pictures.

4:53

Now I didn't take any pictures of our fair because I was too busy well, I just forgot.

4:58

So anyway.

5:02

Okay, I'll take this one.

5:04

Okay.

5:13

The IBAC CIO we've been in concert with does development to create a unified and civil relationship with our community.

5:25

That has not been an easy task.

5:29

River Park CIO has been very active with the LAM Research Corporation expansion.

5:36

That has had its challenges as well.

5:38

And BIREM CIO with the Basalt Creek Living Development.

5:42

We have a lot of development happening in our community, and the CIOs are very active in the communication.

5:52

Again, our goal is to really help create that communication with the developers in the city and the residents.

6:02

Okay.

6:03

Okay.

6:03

So on August 25th, 2025.

6:06

Okay, I'm sorry, certainly not the top there.

6:08

So we so the CIO discussion items presented or to be presented will be the review of the CIO boundary map due to the city growth, and then review how to increase the impact of the CIOs and neighborhood communication to developers.

6:28

So discussion items would be review the CIO boundary map due to city growth, which is a new down new downtown CIO map approved by all CIOs.

6:39

Review how to increase the impact of the CIOs and neighborhood communication to developers, which is active.

6:50

I'm going to let you read that.

6:51

Yeah, so I I'm not going to read it.

7:10

All right, so option four is the seventh residential CIO, which is going to be the Trollton Downtown CIO.

7:18

This will include missing multifamily units from downtown and on Lower Boons Ferry to further balance the household count, include and joining multifamily units on Southwest Suite, Lake Grove, and Nyburg Lane.

7:35

Okay, red is hard to read.

7:38

I can get it if you want.

7:39

Okay.

7:39

All right, so the process for updating the map is to analyze the current boundaries.

7:44

City staff create map alternatives.

7:47

CIO leadership reviews and provides feedback.

7:53

City staff revise preferred options.

7:56

CIO leadership outreach to neighborhoods.

8:04

CIO leadership selects preferred option and individual CIOs vote to recommend new map.

8:13

And then City Council adoption.

8:17

So here's our current CIO map.

8:21

And here's the due new downtown town town CIO proposed area.

8:37

So the new discussion items requiring city approval.

8:41

This is what we'd like you all to consider.

8:43

Initiate the process for the city council to adopt the updated ordinance for the new downtown CIO.

8:51

Reconsider adding funding for park rangers, encourage a new cell tower for the IBAC neighborhoods since Verizon ATT and T Mobile Wireless users report poor coverage and more on that in a minute.

9:05

And consider adding recycling bins to the parks.

9:09

So let's just go back for a minute and look at this new map.

9:15

Anyone have any questions from council, mayor, city on this?

9:21

Uh-huh.

9:25

When you I I I know you did this, but when you divide it up and got this new CIO, did you equalize the number of housing units in each different CIO?

9:36

Well, it's not actually equal.

9:39

Um if you look at the total households.

9:45

Okay.

9:45

Yeah.

9:46

Um we ended up taking from, and I'm going to need Megan.

9:53

Well, we took we took we took a little bit out of River Park, and we took a little bit of out of east.

10:00

And we basically are on option four.

10:01

We column one is the total, and we looked at one, two, three as the options, and we selected four just to try to create the downtown CIO so it's more than just businesses.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting

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Economic Development█████████████13%

Procedural████████8%

Community Engagement███████7%

Public Comment███████7%

Technology and Innovation██████6%

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Public Safety█████5%

Summary of Proceedings

Tualatin City Council Meeting - August 10, 2026

This regular meeting and preceding work session covered a range of topics including a Community Involvement Organization (CIO) presentation on boundary maps and neighborhood concerns, project updates for the 65th Avenue and Borland Road intersection, Republic Services' 2025 annual update, and major general business items: approval of a Strategic Investment Program (SIP) agreement with LAM Research Corporation, adoption of the 2027 state legislative agenda, and selection of League of Oregon Cities (LOC) priorities. The meeting featured significant public testimony both in support of and opposition to the SIP agreement, with residents raising concerns about noise, transparency, and community benefits.

Consent Calendar

Approval of work session and regular meeting minutes of July 27, 2026.
Approval of a change in liquor license for Red Robin Tualatin #534 (noted as a change of ownership).
Approval of a new liquor license for J and J Basket Company, LLC.
Resolution 5989-26 authorizing the city manager to sign a first amendment to an intergovernmental agreement with Washington County and cities of Tigard and Sherwood for homeless services system funding.
Resolution 5991-26 authorizing the city manager to execute an intergovernmental agreement with Clackamas County relating to the 65th Borland Improvement Project and transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of SW 65th Avenue.

Public Comments & Testimony

Wayne Carver (Baha'i Faith of Tualatin) presented a statement titled "The Common Endeavor," emphasizing unity, collaboration, and respectful dialogue to build community.
Public Testimony on SIP Agreement (in favor): Nick Triska (Greater Portland Inc.), Pat Clemens (Mortenson construction), Peter Chung (Silicon Forest Partnership), Danielle Siver (Westside Economic Alliance), Jen Little (Washington County Chamber of Commerce), Brian Carney (Tualatin Chamber of Commerce), and Dave Kearney (local business owner) all expressed strong support for the LAM SIP agreement, citing job creation, economic multiplier effects, and LAM's community partnerships.
Public Testimony on SIP Agreement (opposition): Brett Hamilton, Sue Pelletier, and Danny O'Neill (Save Tualatin Road) argued against the SIP, citing inadequate public notice, lack of a cost-benefit analysis, and ongoing noise issues from LAM's operations. Deborah Anderson and Marius Bryson echoed concerns about noise, transparency, and questioned the need for tax breaks given LAM's financial strength. They urged postponement or rejection.

Discussion Items

CIO Presentation (Patricia and Doug): Reviewed upcoming events (commercial annual meeting Sept. 15, model sailboat regatta Sept. 19), discussed the creation of a seventh residential CIO (Tualatin Downtown CIO) to include multifamily units and balance household counts. The proposed boundary map (Option 4) was presented. Additional requests to city council included: initiate the process to adopt updated ordinance for new downtown CIO, reconsider funding for park rangers, encourage a new cell tower in the IBAC neighborhood (due to poor cellular coverage), and add recycling bins to parks. Council members expressed support for the map and encouraged follow-up on cell tower and park ranger funding.
65th Avenue and Borland Road Intersection Project Update (Mike McCarthy, Abby McBeetridge): Provided timeline, existing conditions, and future improvements including shifting northbound through movements, adding buffered bike lanes and sidewalks. Discussed potential jurisdictional transfer of Clackamas County's half of 65th Avenue to Tualatin, with Clackamas County offering $750,000 toward the project. City would then own the road, but Washington County would continue maintenance under an existing agreement. Estimated project cost ~$2 million; construction targeted for spring 2027.
Republic Services 2025 Annual Update (Cindy Rogers, Travis Comfort): Reported service to nearly 6,200 households 12 times per month (2% increase over 2024). Total waste hauled: over 20,000 tons. Revenue nearly $14 million; franchise fees $350,000. Highlights included new Recycling Modernization Act (RMA) implementation, bulky waste events (3.14 tons at Los Casitas, 29 tons at transfer station), participation in Big Truck Day and Safety Town, and addition of mattress recycling. Discussed challenges with glass recycling and potential contamination in public recycling bins.
Strategic Investment Program (SIP) Agreement with LAM Research (Sid Sen, Marnie Kyle, Wayne Nobles, Vartan Zanin, Don Hudson): LAM is investing $1.5–$1.7 billion in the TUX (Tualatin Expansion Project) including $620 million in construction, 445 new high-wage jobs (avg. $173,000/year), and 1,400 construction jobs. Over 15 years, the city estimates $33 million in new revenue (ad valorem taxes, community service fee, and payment in lieu). The SIP is a partial property tax abatement. LAM emphasized the project's economic impact: supporting ~11,270 jobs statewide, $1.85 billion annual economic output. Community concerns about operational noise (HVAC equipment) were discussed; LAM committed to continue addressing complaints and improve communication with neighbors.
State Legislative Agenda (Megan George, Tyler, Leah from Thorn Run Partners): Presented 2027 agenda focusing on transportation funding, housing and homelessness, economic development, infrastructure, and local control. Resolution 5992-26 adopted establishing the city's priorities.
League of Oregon Cities (LOC) 2027-2028 Legislative Priorities: Council selected five priorities: (1) 2027 transportation package, (2) funding and coordination for shelter and homeless response, (3) strengthening economic and workforce development, (4) infrastructure funding, and (5) maintaining local control over public right-of-way.

Key Outcomes

Unanimous approval of Resolution 5990-26 authorizing the city manager to enter into the SIP agreement with Washington County and LAM Research Corporation (vote: 7-0).
Unanimous approval of Resolution 5992-26 adopting the city's 2027 state legislative agenda (vote: 7-0).
Consensus on LOC priorities as listed above; staff will submit to the League.
Directed city staff to follow up on cell tower feasibility, park ranger funding, and recycling bin implementation in parks.
Approved jurisdictional transfer of part of SW 65th Avenue from Clackamas County (included in consent agenda).
All five consent agenda items adopted unanimously.

Note: The meeting included work session components from 6:00 PM onward, with the regular council meeting called to order at 7:00 PM. The meeting adjourned around 9:30 PM.

Meeting Transcript

Doug indicated we've had um CIO annual meetings. Some of them have been very well attended, and we give thanks to the counselors and the city for um participating and giving great information to our residents who attend these these events. Coming up September 15th is the uh commercial annual meeting. And then on September nineteenth, we're going to hold our first, hopefully, annual uh commercial model sailboat, regatta. We're gonna have races and um vendors. It should be a fun, fun event. And our goal is to bring you know more visibility to the lake and the businesses around the lake. So uh we hope that you can all come and join. And pictures. Now I didn't take any pictures of our fair because I was too busy well, I just forgot. So anyway. Okay, I'll take this one. Okay. The IBAC CIO we've been in concert with does development to create a unified and civil relationship with our community. That has not been an easy task. River Park CIO has been very active with the LAM Research Corporation expansion. That has had its challenges as well. And BIREM CIO with the Basalt Creek Living Development. We have a lot of development happening in our community, and the CIOs are very active in the communication. Again, our goal is to really help create that communication with the developers in the city and the residents. Okay. Okay. So on August 25th, 2025. Okay, I'm sorry, certainly not the top there. So we so the CIO discussion items presented or to be presented will be the review of the CIO boundary map due to the city growth, and then review how to increase the impact of the CIOs and neighborhood communication to developers. So discussion items would be review the CIO boundary map due to city growth, which is a new down new downtown CIO map approved by all CIOs. Review how to increase the impact of the CIOs and neighborhood communication to developers, which is active. I'm going to let you read that. Yeah, so I I'm not going to read it. All right, so option four is the seventh residential CIO, which is going to be the Trollton Downtown CIO. This will include missing multifamily units from downtown and on Lower Boons Ferry to further balance the household count, include and joining multifamily units on Southwest Suite, Lake Grove, and Nyburg Lane. Okay, red is hard to read. I can get it if you want. Okay. All right, so the process for updating the map is to analyze the current boundaries. City staff create map alternatives. CIO leadership reviews and provides feedback. City staff revise preferred options. CIO leadership outreach to neighborhoods. CIO leadership selects preferred option and individual CIOs vote to recommend new map. And then City Council adoption. So here's our current CIO map. And here's the due new downtown town town CIO proposed area. So the new discussion items requiring city approval. This is what we'd like you all to consider. Initiate the process for the city council to adopt the updated ordinance for the new downtown CIO. Reconsider adding funding for park rangers, encourage a new cell tower for the IBAC neighborhoods since Verizon ATT and T Mobile Wireless users report poor coverage and more on that in a minute. And consider adding recycling bins to the parks. So let's just go back for a minute and look at this new map. Anyone have any questions from council, mayor, city on this?

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