The Tualatin City Council met on September 14, 2026, to address routine items, hear public comment, conduct a public hearing on two appeals of an architectural review decision for a LAM Research building addition, and consider ordinances on community involvement organization boundaries and building inspection fee adjustments. The council adopted consent agenda items, passed two ordinances, appointed a Parks Advisory Committee member, and left the record open for the LAM Research appeal until a continued hearing on October 12, 2026.
Just waiting on the queue. All right. Good evening, and welcome to the September 14th, 2026 Twalton City Council meeting. I'll go ahead and call this meeting to order first item on our uh agenda tonight is a pledge of leaders led by Council Brooks. Thank you, Councillor Brooks. That brings us to announcements. Our first announcement is a proclamation declaring September 15th to October 15th, 2026, as Hispanic Heritage Month in the city of Twalton. We have an English version of the proclamation and a Spanish version of the proclamation. So we'll start with the first one, which the English one, which will be read by Councillor Gonzalez. Thank you very much. And whereas what began in 1968 as a Hispanic Heritage Week under President Johnson was expanded by President Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15th and ending October 15. And whereas this year's theme, unidos, inclusivity for a stronger nation, encourages us to ensure that all voices are represented and welcomed to help build stronger communities and stronger nation. And whereas we recognize and honor the many ways the Hispanics have enriched the fabric of our society while also rededicating ourselves to address the lack of equal access to opportunity that many still face. Thank you. That brings us to item number two proclamation declaring September 17th through 23rd to the 23rd of 2026 as Constitution Week in the City of Twalton. I understand we have representatives of the daughters of the American Revolution. Come on up. Don't be shy. You can go ahead and sit in those two seats or and then turn your mics on, and I understand some brief comments. Welcome. Thank you, Mayor and the City Council. On behalf of the Tualetan chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, we thank you for this proclamation and to acknowledge the vital role that the Constitution plays in our country. Thank you. That's super brief. Thank you. Whereas the Constitution of the United States of America, the guardian of our liberties, embodies the principles of a limited government in a republic dedicated to rule by law. And whereas September 17th, 2026 marks the 239th anniversary of the framing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention. And whereas it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent document and its memorable anniversary, and to and to the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate it. And whereas public law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America, designated September 17th through the 23rd as Constitution Week. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Twalleton, Oregon, that Twalton recognizes the week of September 17th through 23rd as Constitution Week. Again, thank you for coming tonight. All right. Item number three, new employee introduction, recreation supervisor Erica Baylor. Hopefully I said it right. I think Julie, you're introducing her. Yes. Welcome, Erica. Mayor today. Good evening, Mayor Buvenick and members of the council. I'm Julie Ludman, recreation manager, and I have the distinct pleasure of being here tonight to introduce Erica Baylor, our new recreation supervisor. So Erica's first day was August 10th. So we are just a little over one month, and already she has gotten right to work. So Erica came to us from the city of Wilsonville, where she was a recreation coordinator too, and she worked there since 2017. So she's got quite a bit of experience under her belt that she is now taking to the benefit of our community. And I am super super excited to have her. She's already worked on some winter break camps, which we know is going to be well, we sure hope is going to be popular and working with some new partner programs to utilize our parks and the Van Raden Center. So she's just jumped in with both feet. Really, really excited to have her and looking forward to seeing some great new things. Erica Khala Hi everyone. Umie for the introduction.