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The Tualatin City Council met on October 26, 2026, for a regular meeting. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by veterans and included a Native American Heritage Month proclamation, public comments, a unanimous consent agenda, reports from Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder and the Family Peace Center, a downtown revitalization project update, advisory appointments, and council communications. No agenda or minutes were available; this summary is based solely on the transcript.
And welcome to the October 26th, 2026 Tewalaton City Council meeting. I'll go ahead and call this meeting to order. First thing on our agenda tonight is a Pledge of Allegiance, and we have a group of veterans here tonight. And so I'm gonna have the veterans led by Del Potts lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. So what the rules are you never served in the world? Yeah, they all have the wood. Under God, right? I like instructions. Thank you, Dale. All right, that brings us to announcements. We have one announcement tonight, and that is our proclamation declaring November 2026 as Native American Heritage Month in the city of Tewalton. I believe we have members of the idea committee that are gonna come on up and this is uh it was our recording. Come on up. Okay, we are really thrilled that Ty Washington and her daughter Lexi are newest members of the ID. Welcome. Well, not technically as of the next week. Welcome. I'll take it. Hi everybody, my name is Tay Washington, and I'm one of the newest members of the IDEA committee. Um hi, my name is Lexington Washington. Um, one of the newest members to all right. So I know we're gonna be doing uh councillor Saka will read the proclamation, then once the proclamation is done, we'll come over and do pictures. All right, Counselor Sacco. Thank you, and I just want to recognize um that um Tay Washington has provided feedback for the proclamation. So um, as you know, as as soon as um we the CCAA um have nominated Tay, she jumped right in, um, providing valuable feedback for the idea committee. So thank you both for being there tonight. Uh, my apologies for not being there in person, but I just wanted to recognize um your work that you're doing already. Thank you for that. Okay, on to the proclamation. Um I just had it up and I skipped over on my computer. So hold on one second. Whereas Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to learn a more complete history of indigenous peoples, including both the enduring contributions of Native communities and the impacts of colonization, displacement, cultural suppression, and historical narratives that have often overlooked in indigenous perspectives. And whereas the city of Tualeton recognize recognizes the unique and enduring relationship between indigenous peoples and their traditional territories and the area currently known as Washington County, Oregon, rests on the land first inhibited by the Atfality Calipoulians, also called the Tualaton people, who flourished here for thousands of years. And whereas Indigenous Peoples Day provides an opportunity to recognize and honor the histories, cultures, resilience, and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples whose stewardship of these lands predates the establishment of the United States and continues today. And whereas Oregon is home to nine federally recognized tribal nations, the Burns Paiute tribe, the Confederate tribes of Koos, Lower Umqua and Sousa Indians, the Confederate tribes of the Grand Ron, the Confederate tribes of Celeste Indians, the Confederate tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederate tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Cow Creek Band of Umkwa tribes of Indians, the Coquil Indian tribes, and the Klamath tribes. And whereas equity is the priority of the city of Tualeton, including ensuring the Native Americans are front and center in efforts to improve opportunities and outcomes for Native American families and business, sorry, families, communities, and businesses. And whereas Native American and Indigenous communities have endured generations of displacement, forced assimilation, loss of land, cultural suppression, and other injustices, while maintaining their traditions, languages, languages, sovereignty, and resilience. And whereas meaningful engagement centers the lived experiences of Native Americans in Oregon to provide equitable access to city services and to development infrastructure and program investments. And whereas tribal nations are sovereign governments whose leadership, cultural knowledge, and partnerships are essential in advancing mutual understanding and community well-being.