[0:10] Heat. Hey, Heat.

[0:52] stuff chopped up into a broken. >> Well, good morning everyone and uh thank

[0:57] you for joining us. I will now call to order the Clackamus County Board of

[0:59] County Commissioners business meeting for September 10th, 2026. Start off with

[1:05] County Administrator Gary Schmut. Would you please call the role?

[1:08] » Yes. Thank you, Chair. First, our staff support today. Billy Williams is out of

[1:12] the office. County Council serving today is acting county council Sarah Foreman.

[1:16] Um, acting clerk to the board. Tony Marinick. Roll call online. Commissioner

[1:21] West.

[1:25] Commissioner West, we know you're there. Is he unmuted?

[1:29] » Commissioner West, we can't hear you. All right. Commissioner West is online,

[1:34] so I'll say that. I'll come back. Commissioner Shrader

[1:36] » here. >> Commissioner Helm

[1:38] » here. >> Commissioner Savis

[1:40] » present. >> Chair Roberts

[1:41] » here. >> All right. Thank you. If you'd please

[1:43] stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance if you're able.

[1:47] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[1:52] republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisibley

[1:57] andice for all.

[2:04] Well, first up we have uh public communication and as uh as always

[2:09] testimony is limited to three minutes per person. I always ask your comments

[2:13] be respectful and courteous. As a reminder, you can also email submissions

[2:17] for public communication at bccclacmus. us and they'll be accepted as a part of

[2:22] our public record. I'll take in-person testimony first and I'll turn to our

[2:28] clerk that will help us moderate the in-person and virtual testimony for us.

[2:33] Good morning. If you are here in person and would like to testify, I would ask

[2:36] you please fill out a blue card and turn it into the basket up front. I will

[2:39] begin with Mr. Steve Bates. Please come forward.

[2:54] Good morning, Chair Roberts and commissioners. Uh, for the record, I'm

[2:57] Steve Bates, uh, president of the Boring Oregon Foundation, the fund for the

[3:01] construction and operation of the Greater Boring Area Community Center. I

[3:06] wish to make a quick thank you to Commissioner Helm and Savis for helping

[3:10] with the Boring Station trail head park issue. We don't have a solution yet, but

[3:15] because of your help, uh, conversations are ongoing. With that said, it's an

[3:20] exciting time for the people of Boring. The Boring, Oregon Foundation has

[3:24] purchased the former Boring Square Garden Center in downtown Boring as the

[3:29] future site of the greater Boring Area Community Center. We intend to refurbish

[3:34] that property and its buildings in addition to building a meeting and

[3:37] exhibit hall. Our board of directors have a consensus to use Clackamus County

[3:42] businesses in every possible way as we proceed with this project.

[3:47] Our community center project is expected to cost about $3 million. We've raised

[3:53] $1 million to date. I'm not here to ask for money. I'm here to ask for your

[3:59] endorsement of our project. As we enter into our capital campaign, we'll be

[4:04] applying for grants and funding uh support from several different

[4:08] organizations. These organizations want to see who supports our project as they

[4:14] consider whether or not to participate with us. My request today is merely this

[4:20] uh to whom it may concern letter of support and endorsement for the Greater

[4:24] Boring Area Community Center uh project uh from this austere body. That's my

[4:31] request. Just a a letter that will help us raise money for our community center.

[4:37] Thank you for this opportunity and I'll I'll answer any questions if they if

[4:41] anybody has any. >> All right. Um what I think

[4:46] » Oh, go ahead. Um yeah, go ahead. Typically, we hold our comments at the

[4:51] end and I'll make an exception here and uh I know you've been in here several

[4:55] times. We appreciate your all your effort. So, uh, Commissioner Sav, do you

[5:00] want to go first on the comments? >> Thank you, Chair, for accommodating that

[5:03] and making a special exception. Uh, Steve, I just want to just say thank

[5:07] you, um, for you and the Boring community for all you do. You have done

[5:11] extraordinary amount of work in that area. I feel really bad about the

[5:15] irrigation that we learned, you know, very very late about, but I just want to

[5:19] just personally share my gratitude on behalf of your community, our community

[5:24] for what you do. You're a model. Um, and I just really appreciate the work you've

[5:28] done. >> Thank you,

[5:30] » Commissioner Hill. >> Um, I echo those sentiments, Steve, and

[5:33] uh, thank you for, uh, being so persistent. Uh, I, you know, it's, it's

[5:38] very hard. We, we have, uh, we have some issues and some challenges with the park

[5:41] and we're working on it, but, um, I appreciate your persistence and I'm

[5:46] thrilled for this this, uh, building you're going to do. And the location is

[5:50] fantastic. Um it's in the heart of Boring and your volunteer uh groups in

[5:56] your community are just amazing. So uh kudos to all of you for taking part in

[6:00] this. >> Thank you. Right. And Commissioner Stra.

[6:04] » Yeah. I just have a question, Steve, and thank you for all you do. I echo the

[6:08] sentiments. You've been a real uh just a stellar citizen, you and your family,

[6:13] for the whole area for years and years and years. Um, but have you folks ever

[6:18] contacted the National Guard at all to do any work on the parks there? Um, we

[6:25] have a close relationship with them and at one point we had a conversation where

[6:30] they look for projects to do and I remember years ago we um we had the uh

[6:37] the climbing wall project that we had and they actually were the ones that

[6:41] went out there and uh you know got it up to snuff and do it. So,

[6:46] » I I was unaware of that. Thank you. Yeah, because we'll try to look into it.

[6:50] » I I would say try and get some contacts. >> If you all could give me a contact

[6:54] information, that'd be great. >> Okay,

[6:57] » we'll do that. >> All right. Thank you again and keep up

[7:01] the great work. We sure appreciate it. >> All right, clerk. Next.

[7:06] » That is my last in-person registration. If you would like to testify, I'll ask

[7:09] you please to fill out a bill card. Otherwise, I will turn to virtual

[7:13] testimony. If you would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I

[7:17] will call on you in the order received.

[7:23] » Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised.

[7:25] » All right. Thank you, Gary. What do you have next for us?

[7:28] » Thank you. You have several presentations. The first is uh general

[7:32] election information update on the November 3rd, 2026 election. Presenting

[7:36] is the uh Clackmus County Clerk, Clerk McMullen, and Justin Larson, the

[7:41] elections manager in the clerk's office. welcome and go ahead please.

[7:51] » Thank you. Uh my name is Katherine McMullen. I'm the county clerk and head

[7:54] election official for Clakamus County and I have with me

[7:59] » my name is Justin Larson and I'm the elections manager in the office of the

[8:02] county clerk. >> Um thank you chair and commissioners for

[8:06] allowing us this public presentation. It's an update um of the November 3rd

[8:11] general election.

[8:19] » How do you get the presentation started? >> It should be started and on your screen.

[8:23] » It's on my screen. >> On my screen.

[8:28] » Thank you, Tom.

[8:34] » Okay. So, first we'll talk an overview of the May 19th, 2026 primary election.

[8:40] By the numbers, there were 318,500 eligible voters for a 44.86%

[8:48] turnout. Um, that's the highest turnout that we've had for a governatorial

[8:52] primary um since vote by mail went to an effect in Oregon in 1998. So, turnout

[8:57] was quite high and it was higher um than other area uh counties around the

[9:02] region. We had 969 ballots or 7% that were challenged and could not be

[9:09] accepted because of signature issues. Either there was no signature on the

[9:13] ballot return envelope or the signature did not match. Our election cost per

[9:17] eligible voter was $1.70 and election personnel cost was $1,000,

[9:24] excuse me, a thousand ballots processed for $775.

[9:29] Um, Clackamus County Elections conducts logic and accuracy tests for each

[9:34] election, ensuring that our tabulation equipment functions as expected and

[9:38] accur accurately counts votes as marked. A logic and accuracy test is conducted

[9:44] once before ballots begin to be processed and again after all ballots

[9:48] have been tabulated. We do this before and after each election. For our coming

[9:53] election, we have an LNA test or logic and accuracy test scheduled for

[9:57] February, excuse me, Friday, September 18th at 11:00 a.m. and and then again on

[10:04] November 25th at 400 p.m. So before and after we start processing ballots.

[10:10] Um and we posted unofficial election results three times on election night

[10:15] for the primary and then six more times before official certification um to the

[10:20] Secretary of State's office.

[10:24] Okay,

[10:28] National Voter Registration Day is September 15th. It is coming up. We are

[10:33] encouraging voters to check their voter registration record online at

[10:37] oregonvotes.gov. Uh you can also register to vote at

[10:42] oregonvotes.gov. as well. We're encouraging voters to

[10:46] sign up for Track Your Ballot, which is a free service to voters, um, where they

[10:51] can sign up and receive email, phone call, or text message notifications when

[10:56] their ballot is mailed to them, when it's been received by the county clerk,

[11:00] when it's been accepted, or if it's been challenged due to a signature issue.

[11:05] Voters may also request an absentee ballot if they're going to be away from

[11:08] home during the active voting period. and absentee ballots can be picked up as

[11:12] early as Monday, September 21st.

[11:18] To sign up for Track Your Bot, uh voters can scan the QR code on the screen or

[11:23] they can visit us online at www.clackmus.

[11:27] us/elections and uh sign up for track your ballot

[11:32] online. This is a fantastic service that we have for voters that provides

[11:36] proactive communication to the voters that notifies them the status of their

[11:41] ballot when it's been accepted.

[11:46] » There have been questions around changes at the federal and state level around

[11:50] our elections. Um, at this point, Oregon's votebymail system has not

[11:54] changed. Voters should expect their ballots at the same time and vote their

[11:58] ballots as they normally would. Uh, county clerks and election

[12:02] administrators continue to comply with our Oregon election laws. We received a

[12:07] directive from the Secretary of State 2026-08

[12:12] that um orders us or directs us to comply with state statutory regulations,

[12:17] including key statutory dates for mailing ballots. On Friday, by Saturday,

[12:22] September 19th is the deadline to mail ballots to military and overseas voters.

[12:28] On October 5th is the first day that we can mail ballots to voters with a

[12:32] nonorggon mailing address who are not military overseas voters. And then

[12:37] October 14th is the first day that we'll mail ballots to all voters. Voters

[12:42] should receive their ballot by October 22nd del mail delivery and you should

[12:46] contact us at Clakamus County Elections if you have not. Um myself and my office

[12:51] will continue to do our part to maintain the integrity and security of our

[12:55] elections and we will comply with our Oregon statutory deadlines unless we

[12:59] have further direction by the Secretary of State's office. Uh we are continuing

[13:03] to document our United States Postal Service drop off dates. We're monitoring

[13:09] the delivery confirmations and we're documenting and reporting any

[13:12] irregularities or challenges with the mail. Um, and we will also track any

[13:18] ballots that have been rejected for processing. We're going to continue to

[13:22] ensure that ballots are processed, mailed, and postmarked in full

[13:25] accordance with Oregon law.

[13:30] General election. What is on my ballot? Um, we have federal and state offices

[13:36] that will appear on all ballots regardless of the party affiliation of

[13:40] the voter. Those offices include the United States Senate, the United States

[13:44] House of Representatives at the state level, Governor, State House of

[13:49] Representatives, as well as the state senate offices will appear on the

[13:52] ballot. We have state judges. Special districts include Clacamus soil

[13:58] and water conservation district officers, Mount Angel Monitor Fire

[14:03] District. Nonpartisan county offices include

[14:07] commissioners position two and position four which will appear for a two-year

[14:11] unexpired term. Sheriff, who will be elected to a full

[14:15] four-year term, the county clerk, the county treasurer, and the county justice

[14:21] of the peace for a full six-year term. There will be additional local offices

[14:25] and measures including city offices and then 10 local measures for cities,

[14:30] school districts, and fire districts.

[14:34] Uh information about what is available on the ballot is on our website and will

[14:38] be included in the voters's pamphlet which will be mailed to voters the week

[14:42] of October 6th.

[14:46] October 6th is when voter pamphlets will begin to arrive for all Clacamus County

[14:51] households. October 13th is the voter registration deadline and the Clacamus

[14:56] County Clerk's Office will be open to the general public until 7 p.m. Voters

[15:00] that are registered may update their registration until 8:00 p.m. on election

[15:06] day. However, for those that are not registered to vote in Oregon, their

[15:10] voter registration deadline is October 13th.

[15:14] The general election is a countywide election. All registered voters will

[15:17] receive their ballots and the Happy Valley Vote Center at the Happy Valley

[15:21] Public Library will be opened on October 19th and will be open through November

[15:26] 3rd with the same business hours as the Clackamus County Elections Office.

[15:34] There are 26 official ballot drop sites available to return your ballot. We are

[15:39] recommending that voters return their ballot as soon as they're done voting to

[15:43] one of the 26 official ballot drop sites. um they are located throughout

[15:47] the county and you can go to clackmus. uslection

[15:51] to see exactly where all those are are. If you choose to return your ballot by

[15:55] mail, make sure to mail your voted ballot back no later than a week before

[15:59] election day. A mailed ballot must have a valid postmark indicating that it was

[16:04] mailed on or before election day, which is November 3rd, and must be received by

[16:08] our office within 7 days of election day.

[16:12] The US Postal Service postmark no longer reflects the actual date your mail was

[16:16] sent. So if you choose to mail your ballot close to election day, you should

[16:20] take your ballot to a customer service counter at a local post office and

[16:24] request that they hand postmark it. Um again, we recommend that you return your

[16:28] ballot to an official ballot drop site and then sign up for track your ballot

[16:33] as well so that you can know um when your ballot was received by our office.

[16:39] Equity and inclusion import is important in the county clerk's office. Um what

[16:43] that means is that every eligible voter has the resources that they need to vote

[16:48] easily and without barriers. Some of our recent improvements including includes

[16:53] adding voter assistance technology that's available at our two voting

[16:57] locations allowing voters with disabilities to vote independently and

[17:02] protect their right to a secret ballot. We have extended office hours for our

[17:06] voter registration deadline the Saturday before election day and election day.

[17:11] Our Happy Valley Vote Center is open for East County communities, so it's a

[17:15] closer location to get a replacement ballot or get voter assistance.

[17:20] We also have 15 of our 26 official ballot drop sites h that have left side

[17:25] drive up access, which improves access so that voters don't have to park or get

[17:29] out of their vehicle to return their ballot.

[17:35] Election integrity is also very important at the clerk's office. Um,

[17:39] what this means is that our elections are safe and secure, accurate, and

[17:43] transparent. We continue to adhere to state and federal laws and the secretary

[17:48] of state's 2026-08 directive.

[17:52] We've recently upgraded our ballot tabulation system to improve processing

[17:56] and lower the need for labor intensive ballot duplication.

[18:00] We host candidate open houses and cover common elections administration

[18:04] questions with targeted events for candidates for political parties, city

[18:09] recording staff, and other partners. We've increased our observation access

[18:14] through signature verification and adjudication monitors. We welcome you to

[18:18] come and and see us in action there when we're processing ballots at our office.

[18:22] And then our voter registration maintenance is a continuous task that's

[18:25] done at the county level by four election staff. And that's kind of just

[18:30] what we're doing within the elections division. Um it's important to

[18:33] acknowledge that conducting elections is a countywide endeavor. We have support

[18:38] from um technological services, facilities, other jurisdictions, human

[18:43] resources, our county admin, county council, as well as local law

[18:48] enforcement partners. So it really does take the whole county to conduct a

[18:52] successful election. And I want to make sure to thank everybody for that.

[18:59] Finally, we invite voters to make a plan to vote. Again, sign up for track your

[19:03] ballot. You can do that um by going online to the Clacamus County elections

[19:08] website. You can also double check that you're registered to vote and update

[19:12] your information on the Secretary of State's website. That's Oregon

[19:16] votes.gov. And please come visit us at the elections office to be an elections

[19:20] observer. It's important to us um that you can see the public process for

[19:25] yourself because it is indeed your election. Um Justin and I are available

[19:29] for questions and we thank you for your time.

[19:32] » All right, Mr. Helm, go ahead. >> Thank you for that presentation,

[19:36] Katherine. Um I had heard uh on the news the other day that Secretary of State

[19:40] Reed had requested um like half a million dollars for extra dropboxes. Do

[19:46] you know if anything happened with that? >> Yeah, there's it's about 1.25 25 million

[19:50] um emergency funding requests to the um eboard at the state level. My

[19:54] understanding is that decision may be made today. It does include uh 20

[19:59] additional official ballot drop sites around the state. Um I do not know if

[20:04] any would be placed in Clakamus County. >> Um or if we'd have the resource to get

[20:09] to get them placed before this coming election, but the minute that I do have

[20:13] that information, we'll we'll act as quickly as we can to see if we can place

[20:17] them if we do get some Thank you. >> Okay,

[20:20] » Commissioner Savis. >> Yeah. Um I I think I know the answer to

[20:24] this, but I it'd be great to hear it from you directly. Um I'm noticed the

[20:29] August 13th deadline for people to register to vote. Correct.

[20:33] » Uh October 13th. Yes. >> October. Yeah. 13th. And then next day

[20:37] the ballots are dropped in the mail and maybe people don't realize until maybe a

[20:42] week afterwards, you know, or towards the election, couple weeks before the

[20:46] election, I didn't get my ballot. I didn't get my ballot and maybe they were

[20:49] registered or maybe they're not. Um but really if they discover that they're not

[20:55] registered or assume they were registered really that October 13th is

[20:59] the drop deadad date if they were never registered. Right.

[21:02] » So it's the the voter registration deadline for someone who's never been

[21:06] registered in Oregon. Um if you've moved, you can update your voter

[21:09] registration up until 8:00 on election night, but you have to already be

[21:13] registered by October 13th. >> That's what I want you to say. Thank

[21:16] you. >> Yes. All

[21:18] right. Uh the only question I had was you mentioned 10 local measures uh

[21:24] schools and some other ones and um I wondered if you could talk about what

[21:29] those are. Do you have that available? If not, I can get it from you later.

[21:32] » Yeah. No, it's definitely on our website, but we have measures in the

[21:36] city of Cami, the city of Esticada, the city of Portland, and the city of

[21:40] Wilsonville. The school districts are Gladstone, North Clakamus, and Silver

[21:45] Falls. Uh the fire district is the monitor rule fire uh for dis um

[21:51] dissolution and then the mount angel monitor fire fire for formation. Um and

[21:57] then was there any other ones? >> No.

[22:01] » No. Okay. And then there's details and measure numbers on the website as well.

[22:06] » Okay. All right. >> Let me make a comment about the

[22:09] » which one monitor. >> Yes. Yes. Well, and you were at this

[22:13] meeting too. So, just a a comment to the um our constituents. So, um the Mount

[22:20] Angel and Monitor fire districts are merging. So, it is a two-part

[22:27] um vote. One of them is to dissolve the monitor and you have to have both of

[22:33] them be a yes in order for that measure to pass. So, um it's just a very tiny

[22:38] portion of Clacamus County in that. But um just so people understand they both

[22:42] have to be yes in order to actually pass. So

[22:46] » and I and I think there's a a money component to it as well.

[22:50] » Yes. I think they're Oh, yes. Because they're voting on you.

[22:52] » So they're also asking for that. I think that what impressed me when I was out

[22:56] there Well, both of us were out there was um

[22:59] » literally I mean they have I don't want to over exaggerate, but a lot of

[23:04] volunteers. All the farmers out there when they have fires all come in. and

[23:07] they have a siren that goes off and the number of volunteers is is really

[23:12] incredible. So, um uh if they had to pay for all that service, it would be

[23:17] astronomical. So, I I do believe they're really trying to continue a service out

[23:22] there for that is critical to that community. So, anyway, and there's a lot

[23:27] of other ones on the ballot as well. So, >> yeah, thank you specifically for for

[23:32] that instance. So both Monitor and Mount Mount Angel will have to vote to

[23:36] dissolve and then they would have to then vote to form. Um and then there's

[23:41] also a election for five directors that's also on the ballot. So

[23:46] » I didn't know that. >> I didn't know that either. Oh my gosh.

[23:48] » There are people running for election for positions that don't yet exist.

[23:52] » Oh my. Okay. >> So that South County better pay

[23:56] attention. A lot on the ballot. So Okay. Well, if there's no other questions,

[24:00] just thank you for the information. You're doing a great job and we sure

[24:04] appreciate your hard work. Thank you. >> Thank you,

[24:06] » Gary. What do you have next? >> Thank you. The next presentation is

[24:10] recovery awareness month and proclaiming September as recovery awareness month in

[24:15] Clackmus County. Presenting is Mary Rumba, director of health, housing, and

[24:19] human services and Katherine Caruso from Life Works Northwest. Welcome and go

[24:24] ahead.

[24:28] » Good morning, Chair Roberts and commissioners. Uh today we would like to

[24:32] bring forward a proclamation to recognize September 2026 as National

[24:37] Recovery Month. The proclamation is being brought forward on behalf of H3S

[24:42] and the Clacamus Community Alliance or CCA, which is a coalition that brings

[24:47] together community organizations, treatment providers, people with lived

[24:51] experience, and service providers to improve the health of our communities.

[24:56] The CCA works to reduce preventable harms and death from substance use

[25:00] through education, outreach, and meaningful engagement. I am joined today

[25:05] by Katherine Caruso, who is our program director at LifeWorks Northwest and

[25:10] chair of the CCA. And as you'll see in the room, um, you get a good audience

[25:14] today where we have our co-chair of RCCA, Jenna Neville with Kota, as well

[25:19] as staff and leadership from public health, health health centers,

[25:22] behavioral health, NC FCC divisions, as well as members of the CCA advisory

[25:28] committee. It just speaks to how important this proclamation is to all of

[25:31] us. So national recovery month is observed every September to recognize

[25:35] the strength and res resilience of people in recovery to celebrate the

[25:40] gains made by those in recoveries from substance use disorder disorders pro

[25:45] promote evidence-based treatment and recovery practices and to honor the

[25:49] providers peers families and community partners who make recovery possible.

[25:54] The substance use crisis has create created tremendous loss across the

[25:59] country in terms of lives lost, individuals and families impacted and

[26:03] increased strain on public services. In 2024, nationally 70 79,384

[26:10] individuals that we know of uh died from a drug overdose in the US. In that same

[26:15] year, Clackamus County lost 103 lives. We are seeing drug overdose deaths

[26:21] declining both nationally and locally due to a combination of factors

[26:26] including changes in the drug supply, expanded overdose prevention efforts,

[26:30] better access to treatment, and peer uh recovery supports. We've made a great

[26:35] deal of progress, but too many lives continue to be lost uh due to drug

[26:39] overdose. So, Clacknus County will continue to prioritize and sustain this

[26:43] progress to support our community members. Thanks to this board's adoption

[26:47] of a recovery recovery oriented system of care framework, we see continued

[26:52] investments in critical uh recovery services including housing, employment,

[26:57] treatment, and peer support. A few examples of the great work happening

[27:01] here in the county. Um in 2025, H3S um and our partners, we distributed over

[27:07] 6,500 locks on kits to community partners. 240 people at risk of overdose

[27:13] were connected to peer support case management uh treatment and housing and

[27:18] over 485 individuals with opioid opioid use disorder received medication

[27:23] assisted treatment at Clakammus health centers and through the Clackamus

[27:27] Community Alliance uh staff work alongside community partners to improve

[27:31] the health of our communities. Last year, the CCA provided quarterly

[27:34] Nlloxxon trainings to 155 people and hosted ed educational events focused on

[27:40] recovery housing and building a recovery ready Clacamus County. On September

[27:45] 16th, the CCA in partnership with 4D Recovery will host a networking and

[27:50] resource event to celebrate recovery month. The event will feature stories of

[27:54] recovery, a drumming ceremony, and a chance to learn more about the people

[27:58] and organizations supporting recovery throughout Clackamus County. and we

[28:02] invite you to join us. Recovery Month affirms that recovery is possible when

[28:07] people have access to treatment, support, resources, and community

[28:12] conditions that help them thal and thrive. This month, we remind our

[28:16] communities that behavioral health is essential, treatment is effective, and

[28:21] recovery is possible. Staff respectfully requests that the board of county

[28:25] commissioners declare September 2026 as recovery month and authorize Chair.

[28:30] Robert Roberts or his designate to sign on behalf of Clackamus County. We are

[28:34] happy to answer any questions before I ask that Katherine read the

[28:37] proclamation. >> All right. Thank you. Uh questions. Um

[28:43] Commissioner West has his hand raised. >> Yes. Go ahead, Commissioner West. Can

[28:47] you guys hear me? Okay. >> Yes.

[28:50] » Yes. Yes. Terrific. Um, this is really exciting, Mary. Great presentation. In

[28:56] 2023, the board of county commissioners made a bold step and we implemented a

[29:00] recovery oriented system of care. Anybody can go to the website and they

[29:04] can see what a recovery oriented system of care looks like in Clackamus County.

[29:08] Uh, they can find the original resolution that we passed to make sure

[29:13] that our interventions as a county fit this policy prescription. And over the

[29:18] last few years, we have been wildly successful. And for those in the public

[29:22] that um are new to understanding what a recovery oriented system of care is, it

[29:27] is a coordinated network of community- based services and supports that is

[29:31] structured to help individuals with substance use and behavioral health

[29:34] challenges build sustained long-term recovery. In this, we emphasize patient

[29:40] centered or person- centered approaches. It's strength-based. It's self-directed.

[29:45] And there's many pathways to recovery. We focus on long-term recovery, not just

[29:49] acute treatment or just different aspects within someone's recovery

[29:54] process, but we fill the gaps in the care continuum. Uh the services that we

[29:58] want need to offer in Clackamus and are offering are holistic. We are addressing

[30:02] health, housing, employment, relationships, community involvement,

[30:06] and all of the important pillars in an individual's lives. We support and use

[30:10] peer recovery support systems and involvement with people through their

[30:14] lived experience. We believe in multiple pathways. There's no wrong way to get

[30:18] into recovery and we respect that individual journey for each person um

[30:23] and the routes that they need to take to find sustained uh support to be healthy

[30:27] and whole. We we have strong community partnerships. We haven't done this alone

[30:31] as a county, but I could see the camera showing me that in the in the audience

[30:36] today, many of our partners that make this possible across healthcare, social

[30:41] services, even the criminal justice system, education, and different civic

[30:45] organizations. Uh, thank you to all of you. I see I saw loved one hoodie or

[30:49] t-shirt in the audience today on the camera. U, thank you for all the work

[30:53] you do. Special shout out to Father's Heart and Loved One and anyone else in

[30:56] the audience that cares deeply about this and does that work. Um, we do it uh

[31:02] innovatively. We do it better than most. We have lots to be proud of. Just three

[31:07] and a half years ago, we had no infrastructure on how to help this

[31:10] population. Uh, we walked in a little rudderless um uh as we tried to address

[31:15] this this big issue and Clacamus County really rose to the occasion and Mary uh

[31:21] I think even just spoke to some of the big things. We just broke ground on the

[31:25] recovery campus, a multi-acreage recovery campus that brings holistic

[31:28] patient- centered care um at one colllocated area. It's the crown jewel

[31:34] of our entire system and that's exciting. We just did that

[31:37] groundbreaking. I can't wait for the ribbon cutting um in the near future.

[31:41] So, thank you everybody that cares about this issue that is passionate about it.

[31:44] Um and this is a great thing to celebrate and I look forward to to

[31:49] getting to vote on this and of course supporting it. But um uh thank you to

[31:54] everybody uh who helped make uh what we're doing possible here in Clackamus

[31:58] County and the results speak for themselves. So kudos to all of you. Um

[32:02] and this is a really um great um uh effort that we that we've taken. So

[32:07] thank you >> Commissioner Savis.

[32:12] » Yeah. Um, just want to thank everyone here today and others that are out there

[32:15] that have um, in particularly dedicated their lives after recovery to this cause

[32:21] and helping others. And I think those personal experiences are powerful. And I

[32:26] think that is something I've learned over my years service here is meeting

[32:29] people, seeing people who dedicated their lives to helping others and are

[32:33] the walking living example of success of recovery. So, uh, I just want to just

[32:38] say thank you to everyone here and others out there that are doing that

[32:42] work every day.

[32:46] » All right.

[32:49] So, I understand Katherine uh would like to read the proclamation. Are you ready

[32:54] to do that? >> I I think so. Yes. Thank you. Hi, my

[32:57] name is Katherine Caruso. I uh am a social worker and a drug and alcohol

[33:01] counselor. I currently am the program director of life works northwest for

[33:04] outpatient substance treatment in Clakamus and Multoma. I worked for

[33:08] Clakamus County for many years building our addiction medicine program within

[33:12] health centers. Clackamus is very important to me and today I am

[33:16] representing as the chair of the Clacamus Community Alliance.

[33:22] The September 2026 recovery proclamation is as follows. Whereas substance use

[33:28] disorders and mental health conditions affect individuals, families, and

[33:32] communities across our nation, and recovery is possible through prevention,

[33:36] treatment, support, and sustained community involvement.

[33:41] Whereas millions of Americans are living healthy and productive lives in

[33:45] recovery, demonstrating recovery from substance use and mental health

[33:49] conditions is real and achievable. Whereas recovery support services,

[33:55] health care professionals, peer specialists, family members, faith

[33:59] communities, employers, and community organizations play an essential role in

[34:04] helping individuals achieve and maintain recovery.

[34:08] Whereas increasing awareness and reducing stigma surrounding substance

[34:12] use and mental health conditions encourages individuals to seek help and

[34:18] support long-term recovery outcomes. Whereas communities benefit when

[34:23] individuals in recovery have opportunities for stable housing,

[34:27] meaningful employment, education, health care, and social support.

[34:32] And whereas recovery month is observed each September to celebrate the gains

[34:37] made by those in recovery. Recognize the contributions of treatment and recovery

[34:42] service providers and promote the message that recovery is possible for

[34:46] everyone. We request that you proclaim September as recovery month and

[34:51] encourage all residents to recognize the importance of prevention, treatment,

[34:55] recovery support services, and the strength and resilience of individuals

[34:59] and families affected by substance use and mental health conditions.

[35:04] » All right, colleague, is there a motion? >> I move we adopt the proclamation

[35:11] declaring September 2026 as recovery month. Second.

[35:17] » All right. Commissioner Shers moved to adopt the proclamation declaring

[35:21] September 2026 as recovery month. It's been seconded by Commissioner Savis. Is

[35:26] there any other further discussion?

[35:32] I think I'd just like to make a short comment and um that I kind of come from

[35:39] a different world of public safety, right? and really got to see firsthand

[35:44] really the impact of addiction and mental health and uh unfortunately saw

[35:49] folks cycling through the system really. Um so I am

[35:55] completely thrilled to see the recovery campus um and as a step that um for

[36:02] non-justice involved people which is really important to kind of address it

[36:06] earlier on. We ended up obviously after they were in the criminal justice system

[36:10] and I and I did see over 16 years of doing that really a holistic approach

[36:15] and I was so thrilled to hear you talk about all those elements. you know, it

[36:20] is it is a holistic approach about mentors, jobs, clean and sober living

[36:27] and and I think the one thing I would I would just say and that is um having

[36:34] folks understand that unfortunately relapse is a part of recovery

[36:38] » and to not give up on people and to make sure that uh um hey, we're here. We're

[36:44] ready. um uh you're always welcome back and to encourage them to uh get back on

[36:51] track. And that is something I think public safety had a hard time adjusting

[36:56] to. We used to like, okay, you use drugs, we'd send you back to prison.

[37:01] we finally adjusted to see that um you're an investment and and when we did

[37:08] that investment those same people gave back to the community tenfold and

[37:12] helping others and personally I would get energized by just sitting down and

[37:19] talking to somebody about their history how they got to where they were and

[37:23] really how they're helping other people. So, um, for Cotchmus County having the

[37:28] recovery campus, uh, justice involved ones, medicated assisted treatment, I,

[37:34] you couldn't be more thrilled. Um, and it really does touch so many of us in

[37:40] the community. Um, and so, thank you for coming today. Um, I'm I'm just uh uh

[37:48] pleased by the work the county has done in this effort. So, thank you very much.

[37:52] I think we're at a point then to uh call a poll.

[37:57] » Commissioner West. >> I

[38:02] » Commissioner Schrader >> I.

[38:06] » Commissioner Helm >> I

[38:08] » Commissioner Savas >> I.

[38:10] » Chair Roberts >> I.

[38:12] » Motion passes 5-0. Mr. Chair. >> All right. Thank you both very much.

[38:22] Gary, what's next? >> Thank you. Final presentation today is

[38:25] the next business spotlight presentation. Today it's Bridgetown

[38:30] Mushrooms. Presenting is Laura Edmmonds, our economic development manager, and

[38:34] Trevor Hubert, who is the founder of Bridgetton Mushrooms, who's here today.

[38:39] Welcome. And go ahead.

[38:50] Good morning, Chair Roberts, commissioners. I'm Laura Edmonds, um

[38:53] manager of the Office of Economic Development, and joining me today, um as

[38:56] Gary said, it's Trevor Heert, the founder of Bridgetown Mushrooms. So, we

[39:02] are excited to be able to present to you the final video bit business spotlight

[39:07] in this series. And then, of course, we're working on the next. So, very

[39:10] excited. Yep. >> They're pretty fun. Um but we're just

[39:14] excited about this series um to showcase the the businesses in the region and the

[39:20] grants the business development grants that you have approved to invest in

[39:24] business retention and expansion efforts. So we're really excited about

[39:28] it's being very successful and we just want to say thank you again for that. Um

[39:32] so as you know May 132 you approved this series um and we put these together in

[39:38] collaboration with public government affairs. The proceeds that pay for these

[39:43] videos are lottery funds from the office of economic development as well as

[39:48] county general funds from the public and government affairs um team department.

[39:52] So we are the videos are posted on the

[39:56] county website as well as um numerous other um social media outlets and that

[40:01] way they become very visible. The businesses themselves are able to use

[40:04] them on their website should they choose. So the it really does provide a

[40:09] lot of visibility for the organizations. So Bridgetown Mushroom founded in 2018

[40:14] in Tiger, Oregon, is a USDA organic culinary mushroom farm that cultivates

[40:20] freshly fresh specialty mushrooms for distribution throughout the West Coast.

[40:25] Bridgetown is a 2024 grant recipient that received $90,000 to support their

[40:30] relocation into unincorporated Clackamus County to be exact and capital

[40:35] investments um investments in equipment for the new space that they are

[40:41] redeveloping. So, let's go ahead and do the video. Tone.

[40:56] Here at Bridgetown Mushrooms, we celebrate and cultivate organic fresh

[41:01] mushrooms for our community. Generally, we start right behind me

[41:05] here. And this is where we mix our substrate that exists in our fruing

[41:10] blocks that the mcelium will eventually colonize on. And then they're ready to

[41:16] go into our fruing chambers where we cut the bags open and they grow in our

[41:22] humidity chambers. After that, the mushrooms take about 7

[41:26] to 12 days to mature. And at that point, that's where we go in with our team and

[41:31] harvest the mushrooms. You can just wiggle them right off the block. Then we

[41:36] take them to our station where we trim the substrate off the bottom of the

[41:40] mushrooms and pack them up for our wonderful wholesalers. And they also go

[41:46] out to our farmers markets as well. >> Bridgetown Mushrooms sought out a grant

[41:49] because we have an astronomical amount of uh needs for for money to to progress

[41:55] the business. Um the process was pretty straightforward. We just wrote a really

[42:00] honest dialogue about what the um money would be used for. The real kind of

[42:06] catalyst that brought us here was the building itself. It was almost perfectly

[42:11] bespoke for what we needed. There's a really beautiful linear flow here. Um

[42:16] there's a great amount of power available to us. When we got this

[42:20] building, there was no lighting in it. The roof had probably 10 to 15 leaks and

[42:26] there was water coming into the building and there was trash all over the place.

[42:29] There was holes in the walls and there was a major pest issue here as well.

[42:34] We've added lighting so we can see now. We had a full remodel of the bathrooms

[42:39] and the front office and hallway space. We got a brand new roof on the building.

[42:45] The grant money really helped us get to that place because the grant money

[42:49] really sent in a vote of confidence to the investment group that was able to

[42:53] help us get the roof. And the building just represents our ability to scale and

[42:58] grow for a long time into the future and even to have some other like peripheral

[43:04] lines of income through agro tourism potentially in the future. Farm-m

[43:10] dinners, things that are more in alignment with our broader dream as a

[43:13] company. We've hired three new people since the grant has occurred and we're

[43:18] in a process of kind of developing the building right now and once we get

[43:21] through that we'll be able to hire probably another three people on top of

[43:24] that. So, it's been a significant lift for us as a company on on our staffing.

[43:29] I think out of all the grants that we've we've applied for, this was this was

[43:35] probably the the nicest experience we've had. We we really like the community

[43:39] that we've worked with on this and um just feel really supportive throughout

[43:43] the whole process.

[43:53] » Nice. >> Oh, no. Just Trevor's

[43:56] » first. Fantastic. Um, again, great video and, um, I guess Trevor, I'd love to

[44:02] hear from you and, um, uh, boy, how did you get into this? Uh, very innovative.

[44:08] Um, so love to hear. >> Sure. Yeah. So, first and foremost, I'd

[44:12] just like to express my gratitude for your graciousness in in offering us the

[44:16] grant. It's was a true dream come true for me. I think um, at the inception of

[44:21] the company, I had dreamt of having this equipment uh, for our production line.

[44:25] Um, and it was an absolute monumental milestone for me personally. Um, as to

[44:31] how I got into the business, I've always kind of had a curiosity for the natural

[44:35] world. I always felt that um, soil was actually kind of a microcosm for the

[44:41] universe above us and there's a lot of like reflection that can happen there.

[44:45] Um, and I've always been really interested in those things and I was

[44:48] studying soil science trying to understand where soil came from which

[44:52] led me to the fungal kingdom. Um, and then I learned that it was the least

[44:56] documented area of natural science and it already had touched on so many things

[45:01] that could impact society and the problems that we have in society. Um,

[45:06] you know, the the list goes on and on, but such as like Alzheimer's mitigation,

[45:12] plastic issues, um, there's a lot of really big issues that exist in the

[45:17] world that could be uh, greatly impacted by the fungal kingdom. And I kind of

[45:21] made a decision at that point to dedicate my life to expanding awareness

[45:26] around this kingdom, especially the youth, and trying to inspire curiosity

[45:31] um within the youth in hopes that they would further the research around this

[45:35] kingdom and bring it to light in the in the public eye.

[45:38] » Yeah. Fantastic. Um and you got my curiosity up as I'm watching this grow

[45:44] in seven days or whatever. And uh very impressive uh work. Any other comments

[45:50] from my colleagues? Go ahead, Commissioner Helm.

[45:52] » Um, well, first of all, when I saw the heading, I kind of wondered what kind of

[45:55] mushrooms you were growing. Then it said culinary, which I'm I love

[46:00] mushrooms of all kinds. I just I'm one of those. The more the stranger the

[46:04] better. Um I will say that you just brought up educational and um I'm hoping

[46:10] that maybe one of your agurism or you you can probably have hopefully it's

[46:14] allowed to have um you know school uh tours and stuff through your plant

[46:19] because I think you have a lot to offer >> children who are learning about this.

[46:23] And then one more question. Um, it mentioned farmers markets and I know I

[46:28] recently had a friend who bought a block >> at a farmers market that was ready to

[46:33] take home and grow. Do you do that as well?

[46:35] » We do. >> Okay. Very cool. Yes. So, you can you

[46:39] can buy a block and take it home and put you mist it. I think she said you missed

[46:43] it and then you put it in the garage or something and then in 7 to 12 days you

[46:47] have your own mushrooms. So, um, >> very cool. And tell me where farmers

[46:50] market you might be at. Uh currently at Tiger Farmers Market, Lake Oiggo, and

[46:55] the South Waterfront. >> Wow.

[46:57] » Cool. Thank you. >> See you at Lake Oiggo.

[46:59] » All right. >> Sounds like a field trip.

[47:01] » It does. I know. I know. Very good. Thank you.

[47:04] » All right. Commissioner Sus. >> Yeah. Just curiosity about two things.

[47:07] Number one is um your availability. You probably don't use a lot of water.

[47:12] Probably. That's one question. >> Uh we use a very measured amount of

[47:17] water. Um whereas other traditional crops may use um an kind of an

[47:21] undetermined amount of water based on weather, we know exactly how much water

[47:24] we're going to be used using. Um which which does ultimately result in us using

[47:30] not very much water comparatively. >> Yeah. And the other question I have is

[47:34] on the air air quality side. I mean is there is there a humidity factor, a

[47:38] temperature? I'm sure that's ideal. >> That is correct. we have to have certain

[47:43] atmospheric conditions to for the mushrooms to to grow. Um, which is why

[47:48] mushrooms tend to be seasonal typically in nature. Um, but because we're able to

[47:53] control those those metrics within a a grow chamber, um, we can actually

[47:57] provide a year- round product at that point.

[47:59] » Yeah. Are they is are mushrooms light sensitive as far as timing? You know,

[48:03] the long days, short days, typical crops, you know, grow and harvest a

[48:07] certain time. is mushrooms have that same kind of sensitivity to light as far

[48:11] as timing and harvesting. >> Um they sense light. They don't

[48:16] photosynthesize like other uh plants do, but they do sense light, specifically

[48:21] blue spectrum light. So um when a a beam of light comes through a forest, it's

[48:26] getting filtered out by the forest canopy, and what typically makes it to

[48:30] the ground floor is a blue spectrum of light. So mushrooms are particularly um

[48:35] sensitive to to this spectrum of light and it just makes them aware that it's

[48:39] time for them to pin um which is a term we would use for uh the growth of a baby

[48:45] mushroom basically. >> Well, thanks for that. Appreciate you

[48:48] investing in Clakamus County as well. Thanks.

[48:50] » Yeah, one last question before I move on. Where'd you go to school?

[48:55] » Uh I went to school in Kansas at uh Kansas University.

[48:59] » Yeah, >> I can tell you're very bright. I was

[49:02] curious where you went to school. So, thank you very much and uh all our best

[49:06] to you and your business and glad to have you in Clackman County. Thank you

[49:09] very much. >> Yeah, if I could just add one comment.

[49:11] Um we we do have our production equipment, but we are currently unable

[49:16] to utilize it. We have had some hurdles with the permitting office um that have

[49:21] um caused us to not be able to install the the the

[49:26] equipment currently. So, if there is anything that you could do to help that

[49:30] along, that would be greatly appreciated.

[49:32] » Well, I think you're talking to the right people here.

[49:35] » So, if we can >> help us follow up on that, would you?

[49:39] » So, we've already followed up on that. Matt Rosselle in permitting was very

[49:43] helpful in providing us a complete update. And at this point in time,

[49:47] there's a couple of the permits we're waiting for the plumber to complete his

[49:52] plan, unfortunately. So there's a there's a couple stages that we are

[49:56] waiting for. Um and so we have a the list of everything that's pending and we

[50:02] have all the dates and when they started. So we have had a complete

[50:06] conversation a thorough conversation over this. So we've done we've sent

[50:10] feedback um to the prop because there's a

[50:13] property owner that man that owns it and then to the um and he's working directly

[50:18] with the architect. So, as of September 9th, we That was our most recent

[50:23] conversation around the permitting. >> Okay.

[50:26] » All right. >> Great.

[50:27] » You're on it, right, Laura? >> I'm on it.

[50:30] » Okay. >> Thank you. I'm all over it.

[50:32] » All right. Thank you both very much. Thank you so much.

[50:35] » All right. Gary, what's next? Thank you. Next, you have two public hearings. The

[50:39] first is approval of a board order transferring jurisdiction over a portion

[50:44] of Ivy Street, which is Market Road number 10, transportation and

[50:49] development number 61012, from Clackamus County to the city of

[50:53] Oregon City. There is no fiscal impact. There are no county general funds

[50:56] involved. Mike Bezner is the assistant director of transportation and

[51:00] development. Go ahead, please. >> Thank you. Um, and yes, this is Ivy

[51:04] Street with the city of Cami. Um, this is a project that has been going on for

[51:10] several years, dates back a ways. We made an agreement with the city way

[51:14] back. They wanted to do a uh basically a complete street kind of improvement on

[51:19] Ivy south of 99E pretty much to 13th. They wanted us to, it was a county road,

[51:25] still is, and they wanted us to manage the project and we agreed to and as part

[51:30] of the agreement and we spent money on our staff and the agreement was when the

[51:34] project was over they would take jurisdiction of Ivy over and here we are

[51:38] a few years later and the project is substantially complete and it is time.

[51:43] Um, CAMBI already passed a resolution requesting the road. Um, we've

[51:48] advertised it per requirements and law in the Cami newspaper for a few weeks

[51:54] and so we are definitely looking for permission from the board to transfer

[51:59] jurisdiction of Ivy and it's from 990 all the way to the city limits which is

[52:04] pretty much where um the bridge over the Malala River and it becomes Cami Markham

[52:09] Road on the other side. >> I'm happy to take questions if you have

[52:12] any. >> All right, any questions?

[52:14] » Uh, no chair, just a comment. I you know I I remember way back on the council

[52:20] wanting to transfer some of their roads over the city council. So um it just

[52:26] goes to show that progress sometimes is uh inches along but we eventually get

[52:30] there. So thanks for all the great work. >> All right I'll now open the public

[52:34] hearing on this item and clerk you want to help us moderate that.

[52:38] » Good morning. If you're in person and would like to testify please fill out a

[52:42] blue card and I will call you in the order received.

[52:50] Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you would like to speak on

[52:53] this matter, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the

[52:57] order received.

[53:00] Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised.

[53:02] » All right, I'll close the public hearing and check with the commissioners.

[53:06] Anything else? Seeing none, is there a motion? I move we adopt the board order

[53:12] transferring jurisdiction of Ivy Street to the city of Oregon City.

[53:16] » I apologize commissioners. There's a there's a typo in your script. It's to

[53:20] the city of Cami. There's also an error on the the the public agenda. I

[53:24] apologize. This is the city of Cami. The next item is to the city of Garden City.

[53:28] » Okay. >> So then I will amend my motion to move

[53:33] this to uh jurisdiction of Ivy Street to the city of Cami Horn.

[53:38] » Second. All right.

[53:41] Uh, Commissioner Trader has moved to adopt the board order transferring

[53:44] jurisdiction of Ivy Street to the city of Canby and Commissioner Helma second

[53:49] of that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call

[53:53] the poll? Commissioner Savas >> I.

[53:55] » Commissioner West >> I.

[53:58] » Commissioner Helm >> I.

[54:00] » Commissioner Shrader >> I.

[54:02] » Chair Roberts >> I. Motion passes 5-0. Mr. Chair. All

[54:06] right. Thank you, Gary. What do you have next?

[54:08] » Thank you. The next public hearing is, and this is correct now, approval of a

[54:11] board order transferring jurisdiction of a portion of Old 82nd Avenue, Market

[54:17] Road number 38, transportation and development number 22308

[54:22] from Clackamus County to the city of Oregon City indefinitely. No fiscal

[54:26] impact, no county general funds are involved. Mike will present again.

[54:30] » Thank you. This one's really different. Uh, this one just came to our attention.

[54:35] It's basically a patch of dirt, but it happens to have a county road

[54:39] designation over it. We think it's a remnant from I205 construction way back.

[54:44] And Oregon City recently came across it and they want it and we're we think it's

[54:49] a good idea for them to take it. And so, um, again, they passed a resolution

[54:54] requesting it. We advertise it in the Oregon City newspaper the required

[54:58] number of times and we're looking for your approval to transfer it.

[55:02] » All right. Thank you. Questions, comments? Go ahead, Commissioner.

[55:05] » Why was the word indefinitely added to this one instead of not the other one?

[55:10] » I don't know the answer to that question. Um, it could be the way the

[55:15] actual original easement was worded. They're all very different and different

[55:20] and so um, when the surveyors drew this up, it it could be they had felt like

[55:25] they had to add that word, but I don't think there's a lot of meaning attached

[55:27] to it. >> All right. Just wonder. Thank you.

[55:30] » All right. I'll open the public hearing on this item. Clerk, do you want to help

[55:34] us moderate that? >> If you would like to testify on this

[55:38] matter, please fill out a blue card and I will call on the order received.

[55:43] Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you would like to testify,

[55:47] please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

[55:54] Mr. Chair, do not see any hands raised. >> All right, I'll now close the public

[55:58] hearing, check with our commissioner, see any other comments. Seeing none,

[56:02] I'll ask for a motion. >> Chair, I move we adopt the board order

[56:06] transferring jurisdiction of the designated portion of Old 82nd Avenue to

[56:10] the city of Oregon City. >> Second.

[56:14] » All right. Commissioner Elman has moved you adopt the board order transferring

[56:17] jurisdiction of the designated portion of Old 82nd Avenue to the city of Oregon

[56:21] City. Commissioner Shrader has seconded that. Any further discussion?

[56:26] Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Commissioner West.

[56:33] I, >> Commissioner Savas,

[56:35] » I, >> Commissioner Shrader.

[56:37] » I, >> Commissioner Helm.

[56:39] » Hi, >> Chair Roberts.

[56:40] » Hi. >> Motion passes 5-0. Mr. Chair,

[56:43] » thanks. Gary, what's next? >> Thank you. Next is the consent agenda

[56:47] for the board of county commissioners. It's a long one. And Tony, would you

[56:51] please read the consent agenda?

[56:57] » Good morning, commissioners. The Clackamus County consent agenda, elected

[57:01] officials. Item one, approval of previous business meeting minutes for

[57:05] the board of county commissioners. Item two, approval of a board order with

[57:09] Northwest Bend Boats LLC doing business as North River Boats for two sheriff's

[57:14] patrol boats. Total agreement value is 280,000,

[57:18] $250 for one year. Funding is through the

[57:22] Oregon State Marine Board funding. No county general funds are involved for

[57:26] the Clackamus County Sheriff's Office. Item three, approval to apply for the

[57:31] Stop Violence Against Women Act Fund, Oregon Department of Justice Crime

[57:35] Victim and Survivor Services Special Projects 2027

[57:40] Stop Violence Against Women Act, Competitive Request for

[57:46] Apologies, I'm not sure what the RFA stands for

[57:49] » for law enforcement, prosecution, and courts. Anticipated grant award is

[57:54] $22,857. Funding is through the Oregon Department

[57:57] of Justice and the Stop Violence Against Women Act federal funds. No county

[58:02] general funds are involved. The District Attorney's Office.

[58:06] Item four, approval to apply for the Stop Violence Against Women Act fund.

[58:10] Oregon Department of Justice Crime Victim and Survivor Services 2-year 2027

[58:14] VAWA competitive RFA for law enforcement prosecution and courts. Anticipated

[58:18] grant value is up to $1,199,597,

[58:24] but likely $400,000 over two years. Funding through the Oregon Department of

[58:28] Justice and Stop Violence Against Women Act. No county general funds are

[58:32] involved for the or for the district attorney's office. Disaster management.

[58:36] Item one, approval to apply for fiscal year 2026 emergency management

[58:40] performance grant. Estimated values $166,900

[58:44] for one year. Funding is through federal emergency management performance grant

[58:48] and matching funds of $166,000 of $900 of budgeted county general funds. Item

[58:54] two, approval of a grant agreement amendment with the state of Oregon for

[58:57] flood mitigation assistance. Total values $570,4623

[59:02] for three years. Funding through federal flood mitigation assistance grant

[59:06] program. No county general funds are involved. County Council item one,

[59:10] adoption of a correction to ordinance ZDO-293.

[59:15] No fiscal impact. No county general funds are involved. Transportation and

[59:19] development. Item one, approval of an annual intergovernmental agreement with

[59:23] Metro to implement the F fiscal year 2026 2027 annual waste reduction and

[59:28] recycle at work program. Total revenue is $58,656

[59:33] for fiscal year 2026 2027. Funding through the regional system fees

[59:37] collected on tons of waste disposed in the Metro Service District. No county

[59:41] general funds are involved. Item two, approval of a goods and services

[59:44] contract 1868 with Pacific Landscape Services Incorporated for landscape

[59:49] services. Total contract value $1,463,880

[59:54] for 5 years. Funding through county road funds. No county general funds are

[59:58] involved. Item three, approval of a public improvement contract with

[1:00:02] Wickwire Contracting LLC for the Leeland Beaver Creek Intersection Improvements

[1:00:07] Project. Total contract value $213,570.50

[1:00:12] until project completion. Funding through county road funds. No county

[1:00:16] general funds are involved. Item four, authorization to purchase one

[1:00:21] 2027 autocar ACMD42 chassis with easy liner model TSAC50O

[1:00:31] paint striping truck using source contract and identified. Total contract

[1:00:36] value $788,11 funding through the county road fund. No

[1:00:41] county general funds are involved. Item five, approval of a professional

[1:00:45] services contract with KDson and Associates for the Shared Street

[1:00:48] implementation project. Total contract values $249,960

[1:00:53] for 15 months. Funding through the county road fund. No county general

[1:00:57] funds are involved. Health, housing, human services. Item one, approval of

[1:01:01] amendment number two to a local subreient agreement with Northwest

[1:01:04] Family Services for the operation of a food pantry program in the city of

[1:01:08] Gladstone. Amendment value is $90,173. Total agreement values $177,2720

[1:01:17] for two years. Funding through Metro supportive housing services measure

[1:01:21] funds. No county general funds are involved.

[1:01:24] Item two, approval of amendment number two to a personal services contract with

[1:01:28] love one for homeless outreach engagement and support services.

[1:01:32] Amendment value is 3,45,55242

[1:01:38] for one year. Total agreement value is $6,775,3942

[1:01:44] for two years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services measure

[1:01:47] funds. No county general funds are involved. Item three, approval of

[1:01:51] amendment number 12 to the revenue intergovernmental agreement with the

[1:01:54] Oregon Health Authority for the financing of public health services.

[1:01:57] Total amendment value 6,40,21420

[1:02:03] for one year. Total agreement value is $13,386,9781

[1:02:09] for two years. Funding is through the Oregon Health Authority federal and

[1:02:12] state grants. No county general funds are involved. Item number four, approval

[1:02:17] of amendment number one to a personal services contract with the Father's

[1:02:21] Heart Street Ministry for a homeless medical respit housing pilot program.

[1:02:25] Amendment valued 925,3325.

[1:02:29] Total agreement value is $1,28,836.25

[1:02:35] for two years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services measure

[1:02:38] funds. No county general funds are involved. Item number five, approval of

[1:02:43] amendment number 11 with Clakamus Women's Services for supportive housing

[1:02:48] services. Amendment value is 6,639,87141

[1:02:53] for one year. Total agreement value 29,721,11.95

[1:03:00] for five years funding through state of Oregon grants 9234 and 9238 funds and

[1:03:06] metro support of housing services measure funds and $88,836

[1:03:12] of budgeted county general funds. Item number six, approval of an

[1:03:16] intergovernmental agreement with Washington amount and multma counties

[1:03:19] for get trained to help mental health promotion and suicide prevention. Total

[1:03:24] agreement value is $18,600 for one year. Funding is through. Oregon Health

[1:03:29] Authority federal and state grants. No county general funds are involved. Item

[1:03:34] number seven, approval of amendment number nine to a personal services

[1:03:38] contract with Impact Northwest for resource navigation, supportive housing,

[1:03:42] case management services for Hillside Park residents. Amendment value

[1:03:46] is1,266,244

[1:03:50] one year. Total agreement value 5 million $185,53828

[1:03:57] for four years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services measure

[1:04:00] funds. No county general funds are involved.

[1:04:06] Approval of amendment number seven to a personal services contract with

[1:04:10] immigrant and refu refugee community organization for supportive housing case

[1:04:14] management services. Amendment value is $414,289

[1:04:20] for one year. Total agreement value is $2,840,8541

[1:04:27] for four years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services Measure

[1:04:31] Fund. No county general funds are involved.

[1:04:35] Item number nine, approval of three revenue grant agreements with the US

[1:04:39] Department of Housing and Urban Development for continuum of care

[1:04:42] programs and administration. Total value of agreements is $866,313

[1:04:48] for one year. Funding is through US Department of Housing and Urban

[1:04:51] Development and $37,953 of budgeted county general funds. Item

[1:04:58] number 10, approval of amendment number six with Dog Good Northwest for support

[1:05:04] services at Clackmus County Veterans Village. Amendment value is $676,39.33

[1:05:12] for one year. Total agreement value 2,763,5782

[1:05:19] funding through Metro Supportive Housing Services measure funds. No county

[1:05:23] general funds are involved. Item number 11, approval of amendment number five

[1:05:28] with Dog Good Northwest for Supportive Housing Case Management Services at

[1:05:32] Clayton Moore Commons. Amendment value $333,783

[1:05:37] for one year. Total agreement value is 1,271,7643.

[1:05:44] Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services Measure of Funds. No

[1:05:48] county general funds are involved. Item number 12, approval of a life cycle

[1:05:53] form and agreement with the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs for funds

[1:05:56] to operate the county veteran services office. Total agreement value is

[1:05:59] $1,147,863

[1:06:02] for one year. Funding is through Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs and

[1:06:06] $663,474 of budgeted county general funds. Item

[1:06:11] number 13, approval of a personal services contract in Northwest Family

[1:06:15] Services for operation of the coordinated housing access rental

[1:06:18] assistance screening and referral services. Agreement value $335,247

[1:06:24] for three years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services

[1:06:27] measure funds. No county general funds are involved. Item number 14, approval

[1:06:32] of amendment number one to a revenue grant agreement with the Oregon

[1:06:35] Department of Transportation for planning, operations, and capital

[1:06:38] funding of the Mount Hood Express. Amendment value $142,139

[1:06:44] for 3 months. Total agreement value is $950,454

[1:06:51] years. Funding is through the Oregon Department of Transportation federal

[1:06:54] pass through funds. No county general funds are involved. Item number 15,

[1:06:59] approval of amendment number one to a contract with userve Holdings to provide

[1:07:03] microransit for transportation reaching people. Amendment value is $150,000 for

[1:07:09] 6 months. Total agreement value is $200,000 for one year and 6 months.

[1:07:14] Funding is through TRAT federal pass through funds. No county general funds

[1:07:19] are involved. Mr. Chair, that concludes the list.

[1:07:24] » Good job there, young man. All right. Any colleagues wish to remove

[1:07:28] any item from the consent agenda? >> I don't want to remove anything but just

[1:07:33] a clarification Tony when uh under E10 you said do good northwest and our

[1:07:39] packet says do good mult is it one and the same.

[1:07:43] » Uh the error is mine. It should be do good mult.

[1:07:48] » Okay. Thank you. I just wanted a clarification. Yeah.

[1:07:52] » All right. All right. Is there a motion then? Move

[1:07:57] to approve the consent agenda. >> Second.

[1:08:01] » Excuse me. Commissioner Savis has moved to approve the consent agenda.

[1:08:04] Commissioner Helm seconded it. Any further discussion?

[1:08:07] » Clerk, please call the poll. >> Commissioner West.

[1:08:11] » I. >> Commissioner Shrader.

[1:08:14] » I. >> Commissioner Helm

[1:08:16] » I. >> Commissioner Savas.

[1:08:17] » I. >> Chair Roberts.

[1:08:18] » I. >> Motion passes 5-0. Mr. Chair.

[1:08:21] » All right. Thank you again, Tony. I'll now recess as the board of commissioners

[1:08:24] convene as the water environment services board of directors hearing.

[1:08:28] Thank you. Next is the consent agenda for water environment services. Tony,

[1:08:32] would you please read the consent agenda?

[1:08:36] Another lengthy consent agenda. One item, approval of an agreement with

[1:08:41] Portland General Electric Company for incomequalified bill discount program.

[1:08:46] Estimated agreement value is a maximum of $250,000 for 12 months. Funding is

[1:08:51] through water environment services, sanitary sewer and surface water funds.

[1:08:55] No county general funds are involved.

[1:09:02] All right. Anyone wish to remove anything from the consent agenda?

[1:09:08] Seeing none, may I have a motion? >> I move we approve the west consent

[1:09:12] agenda. >> I'll second.

[1:09:16] Director Helm has moved to approve the West consent agenda. has been seconded

[1:09:21] by director Schrader. Is there any further discussion?

[1:09:24] » Uh yes, chair. I just want to make a comment um on this effort. Uh we have

[1:09:29] been very deliberate in trying to encourage our partner agencies as well

[1:09:34] as our own west in this case to uh develop and support uh lowinccome uh

[1:09:41] programs for rate relief. Um and that's what this is about. in this partnership

[1:09:45] with Portland General Electric as they are an agent so to speak to do that

[1:09:49] billing directly through PGE. So, I just want to just u acknowledge um that

[1:09:55] partnership and our deliberate efforts to try to in these very difficult times

[1:10:00] to um uh for low-income families and households to offer that um discount

[1:10:06] program and also take this opportunity to let people know that are watching

[1:10:10] that it is available and look into it. if you are number one um a customer that

[1:10:16] has waste um your garbage service andor west um and other programs as well. So

[1:10:22] » Sunrise too. >> Yep. Yep. Sunrise water. A lot of water

[1:10:26] agencies do that. So we're doing our best to make sure that we're encouraging

[1:10:31] um our utilities to reduce the rates um where possible. So that's all I have.

[1:10:36] Chair. >> All right. Clerk, will you please call

[1:10:38] the poll? Commissioner West.

[1:10:43] » I, >> Commissioner Helm,

[1:10:47] » I. >> Commissioner Schrader,

[1:10:48] » I, >> Commissioner Savas,

[1:10:50] » I. >> Chair Roberts,

[1:10:51] » I. >> Motion passes 5-0. Mr. Chair,

[1:10:54] » thank you. I'll adjourn as the water environment services board of directors

[1:10:57] reconvenes the board of county commissioners. Gary,

[1:10:59] » thank you. Next is county administrator update. That is me. I'd like to

[1:11:03] recognize our county employees during my updates today. Uh, I want to recognize

[1:11:08] Health, Housing, and Human Services case manager Libby Strus. Not for what she

[1:11:13] did during her work time, but what she did off off her work time. She was

[1:11:17] recently at a local restaurant during her lunch break having lunch when an

[1:11:21] 8-year-old boy right next to her started choking on his food. And the the adult

[1:11:26] with the child panicked and said, "Help, help. He's choking. I don't know what to

[1:11:31] do." Libby did know what to do. And again, this is a complete stranger. She

[1:11:35] calmly stood up, walked over to the little boy, performed the Heimlick

[1:11:39] maneuver, and dislodged the food and saved his life. And the little boy,

[1:11:43] after he stopped panicking, gave a high five to Libby, and the adult was so

[1:11:47] affusive by saying, "Thank you so much." Libby literally saved a person's life on

[1:11:51] her lunch break during the county work time. Now, Libby came back to the office

[1:11:55] and continued her day and didn't say a word to anyone until a few days later,

[1:11:59] and that person told me. So, I don't even think Libby knows I'm saying this,

[1:12:02] but Libby, wow. phenomenal service of helping someone in need. And I think

[1:12:07] that's a model and an example of of every county employee who when they see

[1:12:12] someone who needs help, they serve and they be of help whether they're on the

[1:12:16] clock or not. And related to that, Chair Roberts did the very same thing a few

[1:12:21] months ago. He was at a restaurant at dinnertime outside work hours, personal

[1:12:25] time, and someone at the table next to him started choking and the chair

[1:12:29] performed the Heimlick maneuver and saved that person's life. And Craig is

[1:12:32] humble. He told me about this months ago and said, "Don't say anything, Gary.

[1:12:35] Don't say anything." But I'm saying something, chair, because again, you

[1:12:39] didn't have to do that, but you knew what to do and you intervened and you

[1:12:42] saved a person's life. So, Libby and Chair Roberts, thank you for all you do

[1:12:47] every day to help people whether you're on the clock or not. That is my update

[1:12:51] for today. Thank you, commissioners. >> All right. Thank you, Gary. So, we'll

[1:12:56] move on to uh Commissioner Communication, and I'll start with

[1:12:59] Commissioner Shrader. >> Yeah. Well, um, congratul That was

[1:13:04] remarkable, Craig. >> It was an Italian restaurant.

[1:13:07] » Italian restaurant. It's probably one I go to often.

[1:13:11] » I think it is. >> I'm glad you were there.

[1:13:16] » Uh, in any case, uh, I'm going to do one of my favorite things today. I think

[1:13:20] Paul and I, I think some of us are going, uh, to the Jennings Lodge uh,

[1:13:25] park. Uh and uh it's always great to uh have a new park in our system and this

[1:13:32] is important because we are trying to move with our North Clackmus parks and

[1:13:36] rec district into a phase of where we're um really going to make an effort to

[1:13:41] serve the underserved areas in the unincorporated area. And um that is we

[1:13:48] you know for a long time when I was first here we were we were really

[1:13:52] concentrating on the larger regional kinds of parks. Uh but now uh it's time

[1:13:57] to make sure that the folks in our unincorporated area get the open space

[1:14:03] uh they need and uh this is at least one small step. Uh I wish years earlier we

[1:14:08] had the opportunity for a bigger park. uh we didn't um didn't have the uh the

[1:14:15] the votes at that time to move that one forward, but uh now uh I'm glad that

[1:14:20] we're at least trying to accomplish uh serving an underserved area. So I'm

[1:14:26] think everybody's nying their head. I think we all may be there this this

[1:14:29] afternoon. Uh next thing I want to mention is I know tomorrow is the 25th

[1:14:33] anniversary of 911. I think all of us remember where we were. Uh I actually

[1:14:39] was in eastern Oregon at a leadership conference and had no idea that the Twin

[1:14:44] Towers had been attacked and got up in the morning and I I don't tend to listen

[1:14:49] to news in the morning um at all. I saved that for the evening

[1:14:56] and found out that the towers and it was somewhat personal to me because I think

[1:15:01] some people know that I grew up outside of New York City in Portchester, New

[1:15:06] York and spent a great deal of time in New York City. We could we could hop on

[1:15:11] the train and you know be in Grand Central within a half an hour or so. And

[1:15:16] so it was devastating for me as someone who had grown up there. And uh also I

[1:15:21] had a dear friend who was in the vicinity of it and luckily she got out.

[1:15:27] Okay. But, uh, I just want to remind everybody, I imagine that there's going

[1:15:31] to be a number of, um, uh, things tomorrow to to really, uh, remember that

[1:15:39] day and remember the people that, um, lost their lives as well as the first

[1:15:45] responders who uh, lost their lives and actually worked so hard to save people.

[1:15:51] » So, that's all I have for the day. >> All right. Thank you, Commissioner.

[1:15:54] Commissioner Savas. >> Yeah. Yeah, on a similar note as far as

[1:15:59] 911. Um, I was uh in my elected position in 2001

[1:16:06] on the Oak Lodge Water Board. I I had uh signed up for the AWA conference um in

[1:16:13] Washington DC. It was a pre-conference class that I had also signed up for on

[1:16:18] domestic and international terrorism. And um it was quite the weekend

[1:16:23] actually. It was two two-day uh pre-conference. Uh and the whole theme

[1:16:28] there was we know something's going to happen. We just don't know where what

[1:16:32] and where it's going to be. And they had a lot of the you name it anyone involved

[1:16:38] in the national security um or security services around the country um and

[1:16:43] abroad was in that room. Um it was a very powerful uh a very powerful setting

[1:16:48] of people and the theme there was for utilities to be prepared uh do

[1:16:54] vulnerability assessments where possible and there were some grant monies that

[1:16:58] were uh distributed out to anyone who wished to apply for doing a

[1:17:02] vulnerability assessment for your utilities. Uh and so as the uh as the

[1:17:09] Northwest uh region representative and also the Oregon representative on um on

[1:17:15] special districts at that time, I reported back to my colleagues um in all

[1:17:19] different areas um of the region. And um you know it was I think it was kind of

[1:17:25] dismissed as nothing's going to happen. Nothing's going to happen. And there it

[1:17:29] was a couple three months after those reports uh 9/11 happened. I was uh at my

[1:17:35] place of business listening to the radio while I was working and um I heard you

[1:17:40] know a plane had a small plane had struck one of the towers or something

[1:17:45] like that and it was bigger and then when I heard about the second one I knew

[1:17:48] that something was up. I it was not an accident but um yeah I mean I think in

[1:17:53] remembrance of of all those folks and that period of time is something that

[1:17:59] will have an impact an impression upon many of us who who live through that

[1:18:03] time. Um and thank you Martha for mentioning the groundbreaking at

[1:18:08] Jennings Lodge. Um it is going to be an emotional day. Um I think uh a number of

[1:18:14] things that are happening um in the parks world um have really drawn my

[1:18:19] attention to our state of conditions whether it's county parks or North

[1:18:23] Clakamus. I attended two events uh this summer at Barton Park and I was

[1:18:31] wow. I mean the change um the change uh we we need more resources to take care

[1:18:37] of our parks and it was quite the contrast from my last visit at Barton

[1:18:41] Park to two events this summer. So, um, you know, the resources are tied for

[1:18:47] county parks and it it's I'm I shared this with Commissioner Trader this

[1:18:53] morning and I think I think I shared that with some of you. U as Metro Park

[1:18:57] or Metro's Parks Bond continually continually acquires properties in

[1:19:04] around the region, but in this case, Clackamus County. Um, I asked our staff

[1:19:09] a few months ago to look at, well, if that property was not acquired by Metro,

[1:19:14] what would be what was our loss of revenue that the CLA Clackmus County,

[1:19:20] let alone the districts, but Clakmus County alone, what's our loss of revenue

[1:19:23] from loss AV? Because once it's acquired by Metro, it's exempt from property

[1:19:27] taxes. And that number was around $34 million I believe somewhere in that

[1:19:32] range. You know, I think $3 to $4 million would be a a great gift for some

[1:19:39] of the parks, whether it's in our county parks uh um portfolio or whether it's in

[1:19:46] um uh the parks uh in North Clakamus. But anywhere those dollars are applied,

[1:19:52] I I'll have to do some more research and find out if that applied to also the

[1:19:56] cities if there's any park land that was acquired and break that out. But I I do

[1:20:02] intend on talking to Metro counselors about this and say, "Hey, if you're

[1:20:06] going to put this back on the on the bond on the voters uh renewal for

[1:20:10] renewal, uh could can you do a carveout that kind of compensates renumerates us

[1:20:16] for that?" and we'll commit those to um um those dollars for park purposes. It

[1:20:21] seems like a a responsible thing to do and a mindful thing to do. So, I just

[1:20:25] want to let you know I'm working on that. Um and um uh I also want to

[1:20:33] reflect. I'm going to hand this out. Martha, I I know that Commissioner Helm

[1:20:36] read this yesterday. Um but I'm going to make I'm going to say this publicly so

[1:20:40] people know. I I was pleased to hear that Virginia Foster's around. I I

[1:20:48] wasn't sure. It's been so long. I I haven't seen or talked to her in a very

[1:20:52] long time, but I re we all received a a letter from her. Um and and it tells a

[1:20:59] little story about North Clakamus Parks and Recreation District. But I'm going

[1:21:03] to hand this letter out to all of you. Um I Diana Commissioner Helm, thank you

[1:21:08] for reading it yesterday. um uh Chair Roberts. Um but um I I think it tell I I

[1:21:16] don't I'm not going to expand on it right now at this moment, but it there's

[1:21:19] a lot of history here that is really important to know. And I if I get choked

[1:21:24] up this afternoon,

[1:21:29] it's because of the pain and the lost opportunity that uh this community

[1:21:34] experienced over these years. So it's time to write the ship. Um and uh I will

[1:21:42] always stand up for people that are taken

[1:21:46] advantage of and um I think deprived of of opportunities and um investments um

[1:21:55] at the expense well at their expense dollars have been politically

[1:22:02] motivated and directed elsewhere um into more affluent areas if you will Um, and

[1:22:09] um, I think it's our job to uh, make sure that

[1:22:16] our dollars are invested where they're needed the most and that level of

[1:22:20] service is done fairly across this county regardless what that is. And um,

[1:22:25] I take that really personal and seriously. So, Chair, I yield back.

[1:22:30] » All right, Commissioner West.

[1:22:34] » Uh, thank you, Chair. Um sorry I could not be there today. Um but I uh am

[1:22:42] grateful to be here um in the meeting virtually.

[1:22:46] 911 is uh always a difficult time of year for me and some of my friends. I

[1:22:54] had a high school buddy, a friend of mine in my younger years who was in the

[1:22:58] second plane that hit the second tower. Um and every year we we we uh take time

[1:23:04] to remember Eric. Um, and so it's very sombering and you know, my son and many

[1:23:11] young people today don't have that same familiarity about what that event was

[1:23:16] like and how it not just rocked, you know, the entire country and galvaniz

[1:23:21] galvanized us together in a very unified way, but it really impacted the world.

[1:23:26] And um, I'll be remembering Eric tomorrow. Um, and uh, it's a tough time

[1:23:33] every year and I'm probably going to have a drink with a couple of my friends

[1:23:37] and just talk about Eric uh, and the impact that that day had on all of us.

[1:23:44] And so we're all not that far removed from somebody who had a direct impact

[1:23:47] from 911. And it is important to not forget and to remember that was attack

[1:23:54] on our country and uh, our way of life and our value system.

[1:24:00] And so I want to make sure that um I'm telling my son and other people about

[1:24:05] the importance of 9/11 and what had happened. Uh so

[1:24:11] with that I I won't belabor the issue any longer and um take much more time,

[1:24:16] but I uh take a minute to to to have a time of remembrance for those that were

[1:24:21] lost in the attack on our country um a few decades ago. Thank you.

[1:24:27] All

[1:24:29] right, Commissioner H. >> Um, first of all, I want to thank Steve

[1:24:34] and Betty uh Bates for sticking around. Um, and I want to address uh your

[1:24:38] request that uh we sign this letter and I'm hoping the board is is on board with

[1:24:43] that as well. Um um supporting the Boring Organ Foundation I think is

[1:24:49] really important and thank you for coming before us today with your letter.

[1:24:53] Um, Virginia, if you're listening, um, your

[1:24:58] letter really hit home yesterday. I did read this in full. It's

[1:25:02] » and you you warned us it's long. It's full of a lot of really great

[1:25:07] information. Um, thank you for the history lesson. Um,

[1:25:13] it explains a lot. It explains where we're at today. Um, and why it is pretty

[1:25:19] messed up. um and why uh the pressure is on us uh

[1:25:26] as a board to do the right thing for the district as a whole. So, um I I want to

[1:25:33] thank you. I I'm going to reread it. I read it yesterday at my desk with my

[1:25:37] door closed so I can have a little bit of quiet. And um between that and some

[1:25:42] other uh emails we've received regarding the disparity with NCPRD um it it really

[1:25:50] is time to address I don't even want to call them um

[1:25:55] park deficient I they were just parkless areas in in you know unappropriated

[1:26:01] Clackamus County. So um thank you for that. And

[1:26:05] you know, one of the things as we get closer to the 9/11 anniversary every

[1:26:09] year, there's a lot of stories that come out and I do read a lot of these

[1:26:12] stories. Um, heroism, we have heroes here on our own board. Um, I had a

[1:26:19] situation in a restaurant where my son at 5 years old was choking and uh,

[1:26:24] somebody got up and gave him the Himlick maneuver and saved his life, too. sat

[1:26:28] back down in his booth and and it's it's amazing where people just come out and

[1:26:33] help each other. And that's one of the things about this 911 thing every time

[1:26:37] it comes up is we came together as a country. We it

[1:26:42] really brought everyone. It didn't it united us in a way that I don't think

[1:26:47] I've ever seen or ever will see again. So hoping we can do that again. Mhm.

[1:26:56] » Our country really, really needs it. >> Back to you.

[1:27:02] » Thank you. Um,

[1:27:08] so I'll follow up on the note of uh the 25th anniversary of 911. And um I think

[1:27:17] many of us know exactly where we were standing

[1:27:20] » uh what we were doing when that hit. I I can just tell you I was getting ready

[1:27:24] for work. I was a detective. I was actually had the television on and I saw

[1:27:28] it. >> Yeah.

[1:27:30] » And I thought, "Wow, we're immediately we're under attack." And it was shortly

[1:27:35] after that actually um a longtime friend of mine, he had

[1:27:40] worked for the NTSB. He was air traffic controller. He was since retired and

[1:27:45] called me and said, "Uh, listen, whoever was in that plane, it was not a pilot

[1:27:51] that would ever intentionally fly into a building." And whoever did had to go

[1:27:57] through a uh simulator training and at that time he told me there's two in the

[1:28:02] world. One's in Seattle and one I think was in Florida. And he said, "So whoever

[1:28:07] was operating that plane had to go through that." And uh he goes, "You have

[1:28:13] some connections. Maybe you can pass that information on." And I thought kind

[1:28:17] of gave me chills when he had told me that. And anyway, I called the local

[1:28:21] FBI. And and uh they had no idea kind of. And immediately, you know, that's

[1:28:27] where they started pulling all the list of who went and they actually did go

[1:28:30] through that school. And um so uh I think what was I had the

[1:28:37] chance to go back to the Pentagon and really kind of see the damage of where

[1:28:42] that had happened and the number of lives that were lost there. And um uh

[1:28:49] it's whoever's had a chance to go back there, it's pretty somber. And um and so

[1:28:56] I kind of wanted to recap just to kind of uh help us all remind everyone kind

[1:29:01] of how many lives were lost. So there was a total of uh 2,66 people had died.

[1:29:06] » There were 343 firefighters. There were 60 police officers.

[1:29:12] » At the Pentagon, there were 125 people that were killed actually in that

[1:29:16] building. And then I think it's often uh you you can't forget the passengers on

[1:29:22] those planes. So there was a total of 246 passengers on the plane that were

[1:29:27] killed that particular day. And as you me remember, you know, there were some

[1:29:31] heroes on that plane that prevented it from hitting another target, really

[1:29:36] sacrificed their life to try and save others. So countless heroes. Um, and I I

[1:29:43] will echo what Commissioner Helm said. You know, I I think it it really did

[1:29:48] unite all of us. And I think um I think that's uh really uh what we all want.

[1:29:56] You know, it is time to come together and to look forward uh to how we can

[1:30:00] benefit our community. I think it's important that we all work together that

[1:30:05] um that we be good examples for others and um and I think that uh um and really

[1:30:13] to never forget I think um one of those things. So, as a reminder of helping

[1:30:18] everyone remember that, um, this year because it is the 25th, the city of

[1:30:23] Westland's hosting a memorial at the Bernard Landing at Wamut Park and

[1:30:28] they're partnering with the VFW, law enforcement, uh, sheriff's office, Clack

[1:30:34] Fire, Twan Valley Fire, and many others, uh, to make sure that, uh, um, that we

[1:30:39] don't forget. Everyone's invited. So, I want to, uh, pass that information on.

[1:30:44] Onto a lighter note, um I will tell you something probably nobody else is

[1:30:50] excited about, but I wanted to warn folks that uh an upcoming road closure.

[1:30:55] ODOT, it will be closing I5 southbound between I 405 and 84 for five weeks

[1:31:02] beginning at 10 p.m. this Friday, September 11th. Um, I've talked to

[1:31:07] several businesses that are actually, believe it or not, in that area and

[1:31:10] they're not looking forward to it. But, um, the closure will include all

[1:31:14] southbound lanes of I5 near the Rose Quarter. Uh, um, and it will be closed

[1:31:20] 24 hours a day for five weeks. So, uh, travelers and freight will be

[1:31:26] encouraged to take I 205, which will be, uh, significant impact to commuters. uh

[1:31:31] it's going to cause delays and most importantly just I think it's uh when

[1:31:36] that happens just asking for everybody's patience because I know tensions can be

[1:31:40] high. So uh with that um I had one other exciting announcement and that is to

[1:31:49] um uh recognize a volunteer and I hope we

[1:31:55] have that picture up there. If we do, Tony. Um, this is, uh, Nancy Barton is a

[1:32:00] volunteer with Phto Pet Food Bank and, uh, Phto supplies, uh, and distributes

[1:32:07] dog and cat food to those experiencing homelessness, veterans, and low-income

[1:32:11] seniors of Cladmos County. This amazing lady, Nancy, is currently the president.

[1:32:16] And in 2025, under her leadership, FHTO served 20,000

[1:32:24] and 13 pets, provided over 27,000 pounds of dry dog food and 63,28

[1:32:33] cans of cat food. And uh just an amazing lady. We all love our pets. Uh I just

[1:32:41] want to extend our thanks to her service and what she does to Clackamus County

[1:32:44] and extend a big thanks to her. >> Um and then one one last thing before we

[1:32:51] wrap up today's meeting. I think that um uh and and this is this kind of comes

[1:32:58] back to what Commissioner Helm said and that is um uh trying to work out our

[1:33:05] differences. And I yesterday Paul I know you made some comments about where we

[1:33:11] overpromised and underd delivered on some of the public safety levy issues

[1:33:16] and I think that um uh you know and I have one view and you have another and

[1:33:22] that's okay. I think that um what what I would hope is I know you've brought this

[1:33:27] up before and there's you you've talked about spreadsheets that you have. what

[1:33:32] what I think would help us all just to provide clarity if you could bring that

[1:33:35] to the board where we can have a conversation because perhaps I'm missing

[1:33:40] something and would uh really try and like to understand kind of how we kind

[1:33:46] of uh have different views on that because I think it's important we kind

[1:33:50] of find some uh common ground and resolution as we kind of move forward.

[1:33:55] So, I' I'd look forward to seeing that further conversations about uh Yeah. Go

[1:34:01] ahead. >> I'm sorry. My I'm having a hearing

[1:34:05] challenge. I'm working on it. What' you say? What part were you anxious to hear

[1:34:11] » about um the uh the numbers were um uh to include the um the public safety levy

[1:34:21] where we uh overpromised and underdelled. we didn't ask for enough

[1:34:25] and you appear you've talked about some other numbers that you have um not

[1:34:30] charging the contract cities appropriate numbers so what I'd like to do is

[1:34:35] perhaps just bring some of that information forward so um I think we can

[1:34:39] kind of come together you've talked about that and uh the more I thought

[1:34:43] about that I thought well hey let's try and figure this out right so uh if you

[1:34:47] can bring that forward to the board that would be fantastic and and then maybe we

[1:34:52] can kind identify what what maybe we're missing

[1:34:56] or not. >> Yeah. Well, I'm Yeah, I'm happy to and

[1:34:59] it be it'd be actually even better maybe to even have a small work session and

[1:35:03] bring uh Patrick from CCSO Finance and bring whoever might want to be whether

[1:35:09] it's Cindy Becker, others from county finance or who help with that. Um we did

[1:35:14] discuss this at the work group. There was consensus on that understanding. So,

[1:35:18] it was no disagreement on this on the staff side of this. The math is math. I

[1:35:22] love math >> and dollars are math. Um so it all

[1:35:26] reconciles. Um and um you know I think the the

[1:35:32] in hindsight maybe if that work group was public um and everyone could have

[1:35:37] participated then yourself and others and Sheriff Brandenburgg at the time

[1:35:41] could have participated in that because it was um you know we found we found the

[1:35:48] the principle was the idea was the goal was to have an a mutual understanding of

[1:35:53] what the facts are and again which I love about numbers you you know, they

[1:35:57] they they tell the truth. There's no there's no if ends, buts. I think your

[1:36:01] comments about, you know, the the labor contract, yeah, there's a there's some

[1:36:06] some truth to that, but it's a portion of that, right? And, you know, I know

[1:36:11] that we recently extended that contract um for another year. So, we added

[1:36:16] another 6 million on top of the 18. So, you know, we all did that with uh you

[1:36:21] know, with a mutual vote. So, uh happy to lay out those numbers. And um I I

[1:36:26] think the goal is uh for us and if you be united on messaging, I think we can

[1:36:32] convey to the public we're doing the right things and I want to see the levy

[1:36:36] be successful and we keep Clackmus County the safest county in the metro

[1:36:41] region and I think that's our goal. Um, but um I I think it's silly for us to

[1:36:47] argue or disagree about facts that are number-based because I I find security

[1:36:54] in math. >> Likewise. So that's why I think if you

[1:36:57] can bring that forward, it'll help us, right? So look forward to seeing that. I

[1:37:00] think we can move ahead and um I think that um uh it's be a great opportunity.

[1:37:07] So, sounds like Gary will help work on bringing that information forward and

[1:37:13] it's been a a long day. And with that, I'll go ahead and adjourn this group and

[1:37:18] thank you and have a great rest of your day.

Board of County Commissioners' Meeting - September 10, 2026

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