BEAVERTON CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES POLICE DEPARTMENT HOLDING FACILITY INSPECTION: At 6:00 p.m. the City Council met and Police Lieutenant David Gilbert conducted the Annual Inspection of the Police Department Holding Facility.  Present at the inspection were:  Mayor Drake, Couns. Dennis Doyle, orrest Soth.  Also present was City Recorder Sue Nelson CALL TO ORDER: The Regular Meeting of the Beaverton City Council was called to order by Mayor Ro Drake in the Forrest C. Soth Council Chambers, 4755 SW Griffith Drive, Beaverton, Oregon, on Monday, May 12, 2003, at 6:30 p.m.    ROLL CALL: Present were Mayor Drake, Couns.  Dennis Doyle, Fred Ruby, Forrest Soth and Cathy Stanton.  Coun. was excused.  Also present were Chief of Staff Linda Adlard, City Attorney Mark Pilliod, Finance Director Patrick O’Claire, Community Development Director Joe Grillo, Engineering Director Tom Ramisch, Operations/Maintenance Director Gary Brentano, Human Resources Director Sandra Miller, Library Director Ed House, Police Chief David Bishop and City Recorder Sue Nelson. PROCLAMATIONS: Mayor Drake declared the following proclamations: Peace Officers’ Memorial Day (May 15, 2003) and Police Week (May 12 Workplace Safety Awareness Day May 14, 2003 Emergency Medical Services Week (May 18 National Bike Month (May, 2003) and Bike to Work Day (May 16, 2003) PRESENTATION: Metro West Ambulance Plaque to City Council Beaverton City Council May 12, 2003 Mark Prinzmetal, Supervisor, and Tamara Schurter, Paramedic, Metro West Ambulance, presented a plaque to the City for its commitment and support of Emergency Medical .  Schurter reviewed the services and health care EMS workers provided to the citizens.  She thanked the Council for the EMS Week proclamation and for its continued support of EMS workers and services.  She invited the ouncil to participate in Along Program during EMS Week and to come to Year Celebration Barbecue on May 22, 2003, at 3:00 p.m. at their Hillsboro Office yor Drake thanked them and noted Metro West did a good job and worked well with City and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. Coun. Soth expressed appreciation as the ashington ounty Consoli Communications Agency (WCCCA) which governed the dispatch center.  He said they appreciated their work and cooperation with WCCCA. Tree City USA Award Operations Landscape Supervisor Steve Brenna received e Tree City He introduced Jay , Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Worley said the State appreciated the City’s efforts to make the community more liv and beautiful through its tree programs.  He presented the award and flag to the City on rbor Day Foundation and the Oregon Department of Forestry.  yor Drake noted the Council strongly supported and protected its tree resources.  He thanked Worley for the a Coun. Stanton hanked Brennan for uncil policy and protecting valuable asset.  CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS: , Beaverton, said he represented Citizens for Education Support and thank the Mayor and Council for their support of the School District’s operating levy.   He ed the Police Department for their on Saturday with the “Standup for Education” Event.  He said they had more than 2200 participants spread out over 49 intersections and it all went smoothly.  He spoke on the strong grass roots movement to support cation and on the importance of economic development to provide a strong financial base for services that citizens have come to expect.  He urged that citizens vote yes on the education levy.  Coun. Soth said he had five boys that went through the Beaverton School District support the education system.  Coun. Doyle thanked the Citizens for Education Support for putting on the event. Coun. Stanton said she wanted an educated public in the work force and was willing to contribute her share towards education. Beaverton City Council May 12, 2003 Mayor Drake thanked Zenka for their work. Reverend Ja West said she had been in Oregon for one year.  She asked if the City could donate a building for a shelter for her church, The Saints of United Missions.  She spoke about Dr. Mathews from Georgetown and his writings about Christians.  Reverend Mary Sue Evers, Beaverton, said she was the S astor at Cedar Hills United of Christ and a fairly new Beaverton resident.  She said it was a wonderful surprise to find Beaverton was a thriving multi cultural/multi ethnic community.  She said she came to give her opinion on the Mayors Prayer Breakfast.  She s Jesus offered hearted inclusion and acceptance and she believed to exclude others in his name e as Christian as possible.  She suggested in this community many forms spirituality could be honored and she hoped events like this would be inclusive of all the diversity in Beaverton.  Hal Ballard, Beaverton BIKE Task Force, noted he was wearing shared with Council excerpts from a poem “All I Needed To Know About Life, Learned From My Bicycle   He spoke about the Task Force the City was doing to promote bicycling in Beaverton.  He presente bicycling ouncil.  Mayor Drake thanked him for his many years on the Bicycle , Beaverton, said he commended Coun. Ruby his interest in upholding the onstitution but said he could not agree with him that the Mayor was violating spirit of the Constitution concerning the recent Prayer Breakfast   He said the court case of Newman vs. City of East Point, Georgia, hich Coun. Ruby referred to ruled that such a breakfast program could be called the Mayor akfast as long as it was not endorsed by the city.  He said he attended the Mayors’ Breakfast for many years and the Mayor spoke as the officia eeter for the City; there wasn’t any eligious content to the Mayor’s speech.  He said if taxpayer money or staff time was used to put on the would have crossed the line.  He said having the Mayor or any City official give the official greeting did not violate the spirit of the mendment.  He said the Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast did not have any overnment expenditures involved; money had been spent in the East Point case. Coun. Ruby said he thought Kane’s points were fair and the Georgia case Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast was constitutional as long as there wasn’t any y support for rogram.  Ruby said originally was concerned because the Mayor’s Executive Assistant was on the Planning Committee for the event and he observed promotional posters for the event posted in City Hall.  He said he resolved the issues the Mayor assured him City staff had not rogram on City time.  He said the instructed staff to remove unauthorized posters.  He said he accepted that the rogram met the requirements of the Constitution; whether or not it violated the spirit of the Constitution was a subject of principled differences of opinion.  He said the most important issue was that rogram should reach out to all faiths in the community. Kane commended him Beaverton City Council May 12, 2003 Francine Kaufman, Beaver asked the name of the television company that broadcasted the Council’s meetings and when the rebroadcasts could be seen on cable television.  Mayor Drake replied the cable company was TVTV and she could call them to get program listing information. Kaufman noted the City supported community policing and asked where she could access information about the policing districts and how many officers were assigned to each neighborhood. Police Chief Dave Bishop explained that statistical information from the districts was on the Web site.  He said this included crime statistics and the number of officers assigned to various district .  He explained the districts were established based on calls for service. Mayor Drake suggested that Chief Bishop designate an officer to assist Bishop noted Lieutenant O’Keefe was available to answer her questions. COUNCIL ITEMS: Coun. Stanton noted that Family Art Afternoon would be this Saturday, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., at the Beaverton Library, with ma activities offered.  She invited everyone to attend.  STAFF ITEMS: Chief of Staff Linda Adlard said she testified in Salem today on the final Red Light Photo orcement Bill.  She said it passed out of the Judiciary Committee with two “no” votes should go to the floor n a few days.  She said if it passed on the floor it would go into law.  She the Bill would allow to increase the intersections from four to   She noted the Economic Development Bill would be on the Senate floor tomorrow.  She said both of these bills went through Max Williams’ Committee; a great help to and represented citizens well.  She asked the Council to thank Mr. Williams. Finance Director Patrick O’ noted was distributed on Friday.  He added the budget meetings were Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and would start at 6:30 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA: Coun. Doyle MOVED, SECONDED by Coun. Soth, that the Consent Agenda be approved as follows: Minutes of Regular Meeting of April 7, 2003. 0027 Progress Quarry Conditional Use Permit/Planned Unit Development/Outline Concept Plan Beaverton City Council May 12, 2003 0028 Progress Quarry Conditional Use Permit/Planned Unit Development/Preliminary Development Plan 0016 Progress Quarry Subdivision Preliminary Plat 0006 Progress Quarry Tree Preservation Plan 03115  Authorize Mayor to Sign Intergovernmental Agreement Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail Project and Realignment of S.W. Lombard Avenu Resolution Supporting City of Beaverton 2003 2005 Transportation and Growth Management Grant Application (Resolution No. 3716 A Resolution Increasing the Water Service Fee (Shutting Off and Restoring Water Service) (Resolution No. Contract Review Board: Bid Award Fire Hydrant Replacement Program Contract No. 3 CIP Project Number 4001   Coun. Stanton concerning Agenda Bill 03117 any years there was a $7.00 reconnection fee if a customer’s water was disconnected.  She said the actual cost for this service was closer to $40.00.  thanked staff for updating the fee and noted other fees were being reviewed.  She said this was a big increase and she preferred fees increased ementally.  Drake said her point was well taken for to increase fees.  He noted majority of calls for reconnection were during the weekend; per Union contract the was required to pay a two hour minimum for employees to come in and reconnections, which was very expensive.  He said they were not insensitive to but there was a need to cover these costs Question called on motion.  Couns. Doyle, Ruby, Soth and Stanton voting AYE, the MOTION CARRIED unanimously.  (4:0) ORDINANCES: end Rules: Coun. Soth MOVED, SECONDED by Coun. Ruby that the rules be suspended and that the ordinances embodied in Agenda Bills 03119 and 03120 be read for the first time by title only at this meeting and for the second time by title only at the next regular meeting of the Council.  Couns. Doyle, Ruby, Soth and Stanton voting AYE, the MOTION CARRIED unanimously (4:0) Beaverton City Council May 12, 2003 First Reading: City Attorney Mark on Agenda Bill 03119, Exhibit C of the staff report referred to a section of County rig way that was part of this annexation.  He said the report was intended to include the letter from Washington County indicating its consent to the annexation.  gave the City Council and City Recorder copies of the letter. Pilliod read the following ordinances for the first time by title only: An Ordinance Annexing Property Lying Generally Outside of the Existing City Limits to the City of Beaverton; ANX 2003 0001 (6945 SW Scholls Ferry Road Expedited Annexation) (Ordinance No. 4253). An Ordinance Annexing Property Lying Generally Outside of the Existing City Limits to the City of Beaverton; ANX 2003 0002 (8904 SW Canyon Road Expedited Annexation) (Ordinance No. 4254) ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. ______________________________ Sue Nelson, City Recorder APPROVAL: Approved this 16th _______________________________ Rob Drake, Mayor