[3:30] Good morning everybody. I'm going to
[3:31] open up this Yuma County Board of
[3:33] Commissioners formal session at 10:00
[3:35] a.m. on June 18th. Commissioner King,
[3:39] will you lead us in the flag salute?
[3:43] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[3:46] United States of America, and to the
[3:48] Republic for which it stands, one nation
[3:52] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[3:55] justice for all.
[3:59] Thank you for that.
[4:01] >> Well.
[4:05] » See is our calendar session. Is there
[4:07] any changes?
[4:08] >> Nope.
[4:09] >> None. All right.
[4:12] D is a presentation and we're welcoming
[4:15] our
[4:17] we're welcoming Alerica
[4:20] to give us a presentation on the
[4:22] broadband grant funding that we
[4:23] distributed here. When was that? Year
[4:25] and a half ago?
[4:26] >> No, it was 2 years.
[4:28] >> Almost 2 years ago.
[4:30] >> Time gets by. Well, the project's
[4:32] wrapped up and we're here to get a
[4:34] presentation on it. Welcome.
[4:36] >> Thank you.
[4:38] So, I did make a little PowerPoint on my
[4:40] laptop. Is there an easy way to share
[4:42] that or do you want me to just kind of
[4:44] go through it?
[4:44] >> We will direct you
[4:46] >> Sure.
[4:47] >> to the lovely Bailey and K.
[4:49] >> That'd be great. Yeah, do you
[4:50] >> have So, do you have it on your
[4:52] Perfect.
[4:55] » Looks good.
[5:02] Try to keep it short and sweet.
[5:03] >> Sure.
[5:05] >> Appreciate you coming out.
[5:06] >> Absolutely. So, you guys
[5:08] >> Oh, that looks familiar.
[5:09] >> probably remember
[5:11] uh
[5:13] December of
[5:14] uh
[5:15] year and a half ago, 18 months ago, we
[5:18] decided we wanted to go fix
[5:20] internet connectivity for about 300
[5:22] households in Yamhill and uh
[5:25] Oh, sorry.
[5:27] Absolutely. So, about 18 months ago, we
[5:30] all decided we wanted to fix internet
[5:31] connectivity for about 300 households
[5:33] that had
[5:35] very poor service options.
[5:37] So,
[5:38] um
[5:40] you go to the next slide. We had
[5:42] uh
[5:43] needed we we we had 24 months to deploy
[5:47] uh
[5:48] all the capital and and connect
[5:50] everyone.
[5:52] Got it done in 18 months, which we're
[5:53] really excited about.
[5:55] We wind up with
[5:56] a little more underground fiber than we
[5:58] expected in the beginning.
[6:00] Underground is generally better because
[6:02] less prone to storm damage. You guys
[6:04] might remember the storm that came through the area a
[6:08] few years ago and put a lot of the
[6:09] aerial fiber on the ground.
[6:11] So for that reason we we tried to if
[6:14] there's a lot of tree cover, I go
[6:16] underground with it.
[6:18] So we wind up with 131,000 ft of
[6:20] underground fiber placed,
[6:22] um, past all the 297 addresses that we
[6:25] wanted to pass.
[6:26] Um,
[6:27] we had some significant
[6:29] issues with
[6:31] fiber supply chain. Most of that due to
[6:34] the BEAD grants starting to hitting in
[6:36] other states.
[6:37] But fortunately, we have a great team in
[6:40] procurement and they were able to
[6:42] do some things like driving to Colorado
[6:45] to pick up spools of fiber to make sure
[6:48] we we got it done quickly and
[6:49] efficiently.
[6:51] So 100% of the permitting and
[6:53] construction is complete and we're now
[6:55] doing
[6:56] connecting customers and and doing
[6:58] drops.
[6:59] You can go to the next slide.
[7:02] So this is just a kind of a a brief
[7:05] overview of of kind of what got done.
[7:08] A lot of vault set. That's just because
[7:10] there's a
[7:11] lot of main line required to put all
[7:13] those
[7:14] the people that were unserved were
[7:15] unserved for a reason. They're they're
[7:17] out in the middle of nowhere.
[7:19] And so put 271 vaults in and had
[7:23] 20,000 ft of aerial strand as well.
[7:26] So it's all energized and lit. The
[7:30] first customer should be coming online
[7:31] here in the next few days.
[7:33] >> How many hookups did you end up with?
[7:35] >> Well,
[7:36] um,
[7:39] it's looking like we might wind up with
[7:40] 220.
[7:42] Um, so uh you know, you never know until
[7:44] you hook someone up. Uh there might be some people that drop out or
[7:47] other people that add in, but um
[7:50] uh right now 221 is the number that we
[7:52] have uh
[7:53] on the on the docket to do drops for.
[7:56] >> Can you remind me what the cost of your
[7:57] basic package was?
[8:00] >> It's $59 a month.
[8:03] I'll go to the next slide.
[8:06] Um so the uh we have 85 that are that
[8:11] are in the pipeline to get dropped um
[8:13] hopefully in the next few weeks. Um
[8:15] we're targeting the next 4 weeks for
[8:18] those 85 drops. We're we're trying to
[8:20] get them in the hopper as fast we can.
[8:21] We'd really like to get all 221 done by
[8:24] the end of summer, um but some of them
[8:26] are are quite long.
[8:28] Um so it it may be into September,
[8:30] October before we get all of them done.
[8:32] >> When you say quite long, just their
[8:33] driveways are a long ways into like the
[8:36] actual house that it needs to be hooked
[8:37] up into or
[8:38] >> Uh one of them is is over 4,000 ft long.
[8:42] >> Folks.
[8:43] >> Yeah, so we're looking at some of those
[8:44] going, "Well, that's going to take a hot minute." But um uh
[8:48] yeah, the the 85 that we have that is in
[8:50] the pipeline includes one that's 1,200
[8:52] ft. So so we're going to be biting off a
[8:54] couple of the long ones in the beginning
[8:55] to make sure we don't wait to the end to
[8:57] get them all done.
[8:59] Um we've been uh
[9:01] keeping in contact with customers with
[9:02] mailers. We've had four rounds of
[9:04] mailers go out just to let all of the um
[9:06] uh
[9:07] the people know what's going on and
[9:09] where we're at.
[9:10] Um and that's been uh very well
[9:12] received.
[9:13] And um
[9:15] just in the last few days we've
[9:17] completed 13 drops. So we should be
[9:19] turning those customers on in the next
[9:21] week or two.
[9:23] Next one.
[9:26] So the budget went well. Um we had a
[9:29] initial uh
[9:30] budget of $3.6 million and it was $3.62 million. So uh um
[9:38] very excited about that. Um there's
[9:40] still going to be more cost incurred by
[9:41] Alyrica as we get these drops in in
[9:43] place and and installs done, as
[9:46] expected. Um but uh
[9:48] the team did a very good job of
[9:50] estimating costs and controlling costs.
[9:52] Um
[9:53] uh we had a lot of uh
[9:55] panic moments as uh the costs were
[9:58] rising from our our subcontractors and
[10:00] the material costs were rising and had
[10:01] to get creative with how we how we
[10:04] control them, but I was very impressed
[10:05] with how well the team did on that.
[10:08] Um you can go to the next slide.
[10:11] So,
[10:12] we really appreciate you guys helping us
[10:14] make this happen. Obviously, would not
[10:16] have gotten these
[10:17] the the connectivity options to these
[10:18] people without you guys.
[10:20] And so, really appreciate Yamhill's
[10:21] support in this.
[10:23] And um excited to get all the customers
[10:25] online and and make their lives better.
[10:31] » Thank you for that. Uh one of the things
[10:32] I had brought up during this whole
[10:35] conversation was the cost of broadband
[10:37] and how we were pretty much restricted
[10:40] to this being a broadband project. Uh I
[10:43] had brought up what about Starlink? And
[10:46] when you compare the cost of Starlink
[10:48] for rural customers for anybody compared
[10:51] to it's what comes down to $12,000 per
[10:54] hookup and that's not even and that's if
[10:56] you get all 297.
[10:58] Uh $12,000, $13,000 per hookup of
[11:02] taxpayer money and then we had a couple
[11:05] of million dollars just in the
[11:07] assessment and the study to do this
[11:09] before we handed it off. So, I I've
[11:12] always had concerns about the fact that
[11:14] here was, you know, federal handout. I
[11:17] just want this for the record as not an
[11:18] indictment against Alyrica. You guys
[11:20] have done a wonderful job in Polk
[11:22] County. You did a great job here. You
[11:23] did exactly what we asked you. But it
[11:25] was like our we were hamstrung by you've
[11:29] got you can't use Starlink and you can't
[11:31] pay people to put in Starlink cuz it's
[11:33] so much cheaper and it's excellent
[11:34] coverage for those who live in the rural
[11:38] areas. So, I just want for the record
[11:40] sometimes these federal programs or
[11:42] state programs just are just they don't
[11:45] pencil out and they're not taxpayer
[11:47] friendly, but everybody goes, "Woohoo,
[11:49] you know, I got broadband." And now it's
[11:52] you know, whatever, but thank you for
[11:53] getting it done
[11:54] under budget and on time. With that
[11:57] being said.
[11:58] >> Absolutely.
[12:00] Anything else?
[12:01] >> Thanks for coming and all the work you
[12:02] did. And I know that um
[12:05] you know, did and your team to nail down
[12:06] that right on budget is pretty
[12:08] impressive and with the added expenses
[12:11] of having to travel to go get your
[12:12] stuff, I think that's
[12:14] really great. So, thank you. Appreciate
[12:16] that.
[12:16] >> Thank you. Thanks.
[12:18] >> Can you guys email us that uh
[12:21] presentation?
[12:23] Thank you.
[12:23] >> Thank you.
[12:24] >> Appreciate you coming. Thank you.
[12:25] >> Thank you.
[12:31] » All right. This is our public comment
[12:33] period. If there's anybody in the
[12:35] audience, raise your hand. If you're
[12:37] online, raise your virtual hand.
[12:39] If you'd like to give public comment.
[12:43] » Chair, I want to respond to one of the
[12:45] comments we received online. This was
[12:47] from a gentleman who had some concerns
[12:49] about the long lines at the waste uh
[12:51] management um in Newberg and uh said,
[12:56] you know, they've gotten an increase
[12:58] over the last 15 years, but they haven't
[12:59] increased their capacity. So, I
[13:01] contacted Ashley Watkins and uh she is
[13:05] with Yamhill County Planning. She got a
[13:06] hold of Waste Management and Dave Huber
[13:09] pointed out that there was a land use
[13:11] application submitted to our planning
[13:13] department and they're going to add
[13:15] additional entrance lanes for the
[13:16] Newberg transfer station. So, I
[13:18] responded to him and I think a lot of
[13:20] people are going to be very happy to
[13:21] hear about that.
[13:23] >> I think that the the lanes though, they
[13:25] don't
[13:26] take away from the 2 and 1/2 hours, but
[13:29] just getting people off of Winooski. So,
[13:31] there's still a hang-up with Waste
[13:33] Management in their
[13:35] ability to
[13:38] >> [clears throat]
[13:39] >> move people through. So,
[13:41] >> Do we know how often there's a backup?
[13:43] >> I don't know, but I
[13:44] >> Very often. Especially weekends.
[13:46] >> Yeah, but I think the fact that they're
[13:48] increasing the capacity is really what
[13:51] they can do. And beyond that, I don't
[13:54] know what we
[13:55] >> Look, this is something we're interested
[13:56] in having a conversation about. We can
[13:58] have them. They're more than happy to
[13:59] come before if you can kind of give us
[14:00] an update cuz I've
[14:02] seen their
[14:03] uh presentations before city councils
[14:05] many a time, and I actually think that
[14:07] there's mansion plans for
[14:09] uh
[14:10] the
[14:11] transportation. But let let me hear it
[14:13] from them.
[14:13] >> Yeah, Newberg talked about it this week,
[14:14] and they had they were were this week at
[14:16] their city council, and there was a
[14:18] lengthy discussion about it. Um
[14:22] Yeah, I mean, it they talked about 4
[14:24] years ago putting in
[14:25] a
[14:26] compactor, and that hasn't happened yet.
[14:29] So, I think that uh Newberg and Dundee
[14:31] are both kind of pushing on
[14:33] >> Mhm.
[14:33] >> on um
[14:35] Waste Management to make that happen
[14:37] sooner rather than later. Um so, it's
[14:39] not another 4 years to go. So,
[14:43] yeah, I'm interested to see what happens
[14:44] as garbage
[14:46] changes with the closure of Coffin Butte
[14:48] or
[14:49] the denial of the
[14:51] um conditional use permit for them. The
[14:53] I think garbage prices will be going up
[14:55] over the next as we've seen uh just in
[14:58] the last few weeks, uh but over the next
[15:00] few years, we'll we'll see more of it.
[15:02] So,
[15:03] >> Especially since our own landfill shut
[15:05] down, which we we knew was going to
[15:07] increase costs to you the the uh
[15:09] consumers, and also we've lost a million
[15:12] dollars a year in tipping fees. So,
[15:14] yeah, it's been an it's been an impact.
[15:16] People don't understand it's got to go
[15:18] somewhere.
[15:18] >> It does.
[15:19] >> Where is it going to go?
[15:22] >> So, we interested in having them come
[15:23] before us or is that the end of the
[15:25] discussion?
[15:25] >> I don't know what there is to add to
[15:27] that.
[15:28] >> I mean, the only thing could be is uh if
[15:30] we need concerns addressed if we keep
[15:32] getting comments about backups, we
[15:34] probably need to figure out how often it
[15:35] happens and if there is any plans for
[15:37] expansion besides the uh new lanes, it
[15:40] sounds like.
[15:41] >> Yeah, I mean, I think that yeah, I I I
[15:43] think that Newberg is going to ask us
[15:45] for some support. Um
[15:49] just with the
[15:51] Trying to remember exactly what with the
[15:53] acute with uh
[15:54] to allow them to be able to put in
[15:57] um compactors and you know, with the
[16:00] mentioned earlier the uh
[16:02] closure of the incinerator um down
[16:04] further south. So,
[16:06] um
[16:07] I think Newberg is going to be looking
[16:08] to us for
[16:09] some
[16:11] help in that. So, maybe we would hear
[16:13] from Newberg first and then what their
[16:15] needs are.
[16:18] And then
[16:19] maybe Waste Management.
[16:23] >> Who wants to drive that bus?
[16:24] >> You want to go ahead and do that?
[16:25] >> Okay. Sounds great.
[16:27] We will wait to hear further from
[16:29] Commissioner King on that.
[16:31] Um up next is F department update. Uh
[16:33] there was no other public comment.
[16:36] Uh F is department updates, there is
[16:38] none. G is work session, there's none. H
[16:40] is consent agenda.
[16:43] I would move approval.
[16:47] Is there any further discussion?
[16:49] >> None.
[16:50] >> All those in favor signify by saying I.
[16:52] I. Motion passes unanimously. Thank
[16:54] you.
[16:55] I is old business. There is one item
[16:57] there. It's consideration of a board
[16:59] order and findings in the matter of
[17:01] upholding the planning director's
[17:02] decision to approve planning docket FD
[17:05] 01-26
[17:07] principal farm dwelling in conjunction
[17:09] with farm use tax lot R4523-0203.
[17:15] Applicant is Ray
[17:17] and Bernadine Markham.
[17:19] I would move approval. Is there any
[17:21] further discussion?
[17:22] >> None.
[17:23] All those in favor signify by saying I.
[17:26] Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.
[17:29] J is other business. J1 is consideration
[17:31] of resolution 26-06-18-1
[17:35] for adoption of the MH County budget for
[17:37] fiscal year 2026-2027
[17:41] and setting the appropriations and
[17:43] levying taxes.
[17:46] I would move approval.
[17:48] Is there any discussion on this item?
[17:50] >> None.
[17:51] All those in favor signify by
[17:53] saying I. I.
[17:54] >> I.
[17:55] >> Motion passes. Thank you.
[17:57] >> And chair, before we move on, um
[18:00] It's a good segue. I'm used to this
[18:02] being further down on the agenda, so um
[18:04] just uh another discussion. Um first I
[18:07] want to express
[18:09] um gratitude to the board
[18:11] and to our budget committee members and
[18:13] all the department heads and our
[18:15] everyone involved with the budget
[18:16] process. I know this is a very long
[18:17] process that we go through that, you
[18:19] know, our internal team start working on
[18:22] this in October November.
[18:23] >> It's pretty much never-ending now. You
[18:25] can say that.
[18:25] >> I can say that. That's it's year-round
[18:27] for me.
[18:27] >> For you.
[18:28] >> Um
[18:29] and uh I really want to appreciate you
[18:31] know, I appreciate everybody's efforts
[18:33] in getting this budget put together. Um
[18:35] you know, it's a it's a challenging
[18:37] process. Uh that being said, um I do
[18:41] want to recognize and and just mention
[18:43] to the board that we've had two
[18:44] resignations from the budget committee.
[18:46] So Jason Fields has resigned his
[18:49] position obviously because he'll be
[18:50] taking office in January.
[18:53] Um and then uh Greg Thoresgard also uh
[18:56] gave me a resignation last week. Um
[18:58] so we have two openings on the budget
[19:00] committee and I wanted to talk briefly
[19:02] about process. I'd like to
[19:05] uh
[19:06] open uh a recruitment for filling those
[19:09] two late positions so we have them just
[19:12] in case we ever need to convene the
[19:14] board between now and next April. Uh
[19:17] convene the budget committee and uh
[19:19] I know in the past, you know, this has
[19:21] been one of those committees that there
[19:23] we do get a lot of interest. Budget
[19:24] Committee and Planning Commission seem
[19:26] to be the two that where we get the most
[19:27] interest in applications.
[19:29] And I just wanted to talk process um
[19:32] with the board briefly before we move
[19:34] too far away from the budget. So,
[19:36] um what I'd like to do is post on the
[19:39] website and that we do have two
[19:41] vacancies and I'm basically looking for
[19:44] feedback on how long you would like to
[19:46] have that open
[19:49] uh to to set a deadline for
[19:51] applications, so then I can bring the
[19:52] applications back before the board for
[19:55] consideration.
[19:56] >> Okay.
[19:57] >> Could we say uh end of June, beginning
[19:59] of July?
[20:01] Um and then everybody spread the word.
[20:03] >> To open or to close it?
[20:05] >> No, in other words
[20:06] >> To close it?
[20:07] >> Keep it, you know, keep it open, post it
[20:08] now, keep it open and then spread the
[20:11] word and we've got it on the website and
[20:13] then we're going to spread the word as
[20:14] far as Do you have anybody that's
[20:16] interested and then come back with the
[20:18] applications and take a look at them.
[20:21] >> So, that's two weeks, three weeks?
[20:23] >> So, until July 3rd.
[20:25] Would that be a two-week period?
[20:27] >> our next meeting after
[20:29] >> July 2nd would be our next
[20:32] >> July 2nd. And so, um we could do a close
[20:36] date, which I was thinking kind of
[20:38] giving it a little more than a two-week
[20:39] period if we did it till July 3rd and
[20:42] then on July 9th would be the formal
[20:45] session that the applications you can
[20:46] >> 5 p.m.
[20:48] >> Okay.
[20:49] >> And what I can do is um once that
[20:51] deadline has come closed, I'll take all
[20:53] the applications, I'll share it with
[20:55] individual commissioners and then so
[20:57] that way you can review them and kind of
[20:58] be prepared for the 9th on
[21:01] for discussion and appointment.
[21:03] >> While we're drawing attention to
[21:05] openings on committees, can we go ahead
[21:06] and make sure that we're up to date on
[21:08] the others and maybe post them right
[21:09] below that?
[21:10] >> Can do.
[21:10] >> Okay.
[21:11] >> Yeah.
[21:12] >> Might be a good opportunity to attract
[21:14] some attention to the other ones.
[21:15] >> Yeah, and at Northwest Seniors we're
[21:17] looking for
[21:18] consumer advisory and we always have
[21:20] those positions open. So, I know we've
[21:22] taken it down because it's been up so
[21:24] long, but we can put those two Northwest
[21:26] Senior
[21:27] and Disability Services uh
[21:30] Consumer Advisory Council and I can send
[21:33] the information. Yeah.
[21:34] >> I'm looking at the meeting to please
[21:36] take notes for me cuz
[21:38] >> uh Northwest Seniors and what else do we
[21:42] have?
[21:44] >> Was your Drug and Alcohol Committee
[21:45] full?
[21:47] We'll do a review of all committees.
[21:49] But I think for this one in particular I
[21:51] was really wanting to cuz we'll set a
[21:53] deadline um for the budget committee and
[21:55] then we'll we'll go through all the
[21:57] committee rosters and check in with
[21:58] departments and then call attention to
[22:00] those as well.
[22:01] >> Okay. All right.
[22:02] >> Cool.
[22:03] >> Thank you.
[22:04] >> All right.
[22:06] Moving on. J2's consideration approval
[22:09] to implement a commercial property
[22:11] assessed clean energy C-PACE program as
[22:13] allowed by ORS 233
[22:17] .680-685.
[22:22] I would move approval of this. It's nice
[22:25] to see we finally got this. I did not
[22:26] think that it would be this long to kind
[22:28] of go back and forth between us and MDP
[22:30] and
[22:31] finally get this implemented, but I'm
[22:33] glad to finally see it.
[22:36] » I have a question before we You want to
[22:38] read it first or
[22:40] >> Yeah, so we have a motion, but we need
[22:42] to do a first.
[22:45] » Okay.
[22:52] » Hearing none.
[22:53] >> Hey, hold on.
[23:17] » Okay, in the matter of authorizing the
[23:19] Yamhill County
[23:24] Two Yamhill counties in there. The
[23:25] Yamhill County commercial property
[23:27] assessed clean energy program and
[23:29] adopting the Yamhill County C-PACE
[23:33] program code declaring an emergency and
[23:35] setting the effective date.
[23:38] » Is the effective date today?
[23:40] >> If everyone votes for it, it'll be an
[23:42] emergency and yes. But if not everybody,
[23:45] then we have to wait the for the second
[23:47] reading.
[23:48] >> Commissioner Stirk, question.
[23:49] >> had a question. Um, and I don't know if
[23:52] this is for MEDP or for Kevin. Put you
[23:55] on the hot seat here. They talk about
[23:57] um, seismic being uh, one of the
[24:00] categories that's eligible for
[24:03] authorized by the statute in this bill.
[24:06] And
[24:08] have has anybody had discussions about
[24:10] whether anybody's going to take
[24:11] advantage of this for seismic cuz it's
[24:13] so expensive and whether or not with the
[24:16] applications or the interest that we've
[24:18] had we've seen anything. I see some of
[24:20] the a listing of things that this could
[24:22] be authorized to pay for, but
[24:26] uh, seismic being a really big ticket.
[24:29] So, do we have any information on that?
[24:32] >> Um, my name's Patty Herzog. I'm the
[24:34] executive director for the McMinnville
[24:36] Economic Development Partnership and
[24:39] partnering with uh, the county on this
[24:41] program.
[24:42] Um, seismic retrofits are an eligible
[24:46] um, project under the the state
[24:49] ordinance. And so, we haven't had any
[24:52] interest in that yet, but the program
[24:54] isn't fully established. So, we would
[24:56] expect to see some of that. Um, there's
[24:59] been four inquiries since uh we've
[25:02] talked about this last in in January.
[25:06] Um, and uh while they didn't speak to
[25:09] the specifics of what they're doing, um
[25:12] a couple of those uh inquiries had to do
[25:15] with uh rehabilitation of buildings. So,
[25:19] I would assume that would include some
[25:21] seismic acti- seismic retrofitting as
[25:24] part of that.
[25:25] >> Yeah, as far as your outreach and
[25:27] getting folks familiar with this
[25:29] potential um opportunity,
[25:32] how will you get that information out?
[25:34] So, many of the of the, you know, people
[25:36] just can't move forward because of the
[25:38] seismic requirements.
[25:39] >> Yeah. Um, we plan to to hold information
[25:43] sessions. We'll have the information
[25:45] available on our website. We'll be
[25:47] including it in the newsletter that we
[25:49] have, sending it out to the county um
[25:52] broadly, and then we have uh quarterly
[25:55] business leader forums, and so we'll be
[25:58] getting the information out to folks and
[26:00] addressing any questions as they come
[26:02] up. Um, we I have been attending uh
[26:06] regional C-PACE um collaborators group.
[26:09] They just met yesterday,
[26:11] um and that group meets every month. So,
[26:14] uh
[26:15] collaborating throughout the region to stay in alignment with what other
[26:20] counties and jurisdictions are doing and
[26:22] staying on top of uh any legislative
[26:26] changes that may be coming, too.
[26:28] >> Thank you. Thank you. I know in the
[26:30] past, and Ken, I don't know if you can
[26:32] remember, but when we tried to we talked
[26:34] about this years ago, and the the board
[26:37] at the time
[26:38] majority of the board came to the
[26:41] you know, understanding that this might
[26:42] just be too much of a heavy lift for the
[26:44] county, and I'm I'm not sure what
[26:46] changed, but it seems like everything is
[26:48] going to be okay on our end in terms of
[26:50] covering our administrative costs, and
[26:52] whether it's going to be too much for,
[26:55] you know, the assessor or for any kind
[26:56] of administration.
[26:58] >> I think the original concept is we were
[27:00] going to administer this program, and
[27:02] the next agenda item is looking at
[27:04] working with MEDP to administer the
[27:06] program. So,
[27:08] it's been a while since that that's what
[27:10] I kind of recall.
[27:11] >> Yeah, okay.
[27:12] >> And cost recovery will be through the
[27:14] application process up to a limit, but
[27:16] the limit is fairly substantial. In
[27:18] fact, I think it's changed while we've
[27:20] gone through this process.
[27:22] I think originally it was like 15,000,
[27:24] but now it's 25,000.
[27:26] Is that right, or
[27:26] >> I believe our agreement says 15.
[27:29] >> Okay. Okay.
[27:33] » Yeah, I was just going to say I I spoke
[27:34] with the the county assessor, and he
[27:35] assures us this is not going to be a
[27:37] major burden for his. It it's going to
[27:40] be entered into the tax rolls similar to
[27:42] any other
[27:43] special assessment, which they already
[27:45] do a substantial number of years. So,
[27:46] it's it's just one more in an already
[27:48] underway set of work for them.
[27:51] >> Okay, good. All right, thank you. And
[27:53] thank you for doing this
[27:55] doing all the legwork. And Kevin, too.
[27:58] >> Thank you, Commissioner.
[28:00] >> Can you reach out to Don and let him
[28:01] know that everything's going to be
[28:04] hopefully in place after today, or or
[28:07] let him know what your process is going
[28:08] to be, because he's been emailing on a
[28:10] monthly basis to see where we're at with
[28:13] it. Yeah, hopefully he's been reaching
[28:14] out to you, too, also, but
[28:16] >> Yeah,
[28:18] I just wanted to confirm on the fee
[28:20] structure. Our current fee structure for
[28:23] this is 1%
[28:25] with a minimum of 2,500 and a maximum of
[28:28] 15,000.
[28:30] >> Okay.
[28:30] >> The message to to folks that have
[28:33] reached out has been this program is set
[28:37] up for cost recovery
[28:39] for the for what the program costs to
[28:41] run.
[28:42] Talking with other jurisdictions, those
[28:46] fee structures have been going up
[28:49] substantially.
[28:50] So
[28:52] we may want to revisit this
[28:54] as as things move forward.
[28:57] >> Okay.
[28:57] >> Appreciate that.
[28:58] >> Yep, keep us posted.
[28:59] >> Thanks for resurrecting this chair.
[29:01] >> absolutely. I appreciate the time
[29:03] Patty's put into it and
[29:07] pushing it forward. So thank you.
[29:08] >> Thank you. So we have to do a second
[29:10] reading still.
[29:11] >> And we're all agree that we can go into
[29:13] second reading. Yeah, okay.
[29:15] >> Um
[29:17] one perfect Do we need to call for any
[29:19] public comment as part of this process?
[29:21] >> No.
[29:21] >> It's legislative. But
[29:24] if you do want to change the fees, it's
[29:25] in the code. So you're going to have to adopt a new
[29:29] ordinance if you want to change the
[29:30] fees.
[29:31] >> Okay.
[29:39] » Second reading in the matter of
[29:40] authorizing the Yamhill County
[29:42] commercial property assessed clean
[29:44] energy program and adopting the Yamhill
[29:46] County C-Pace program code, declaring an
[29:48] emergency and setting the effective
[29:49] date.
[29:51] >> All right, with that we vote on it,
[29:53] right?
[29:54] All those in favor signify by saying I.
[29:56] >> I.
[29:57] >> Motion passes unanimously and the
[29:59] effective date is set for today or right
[30:02] now, right? Okay.
[30:03] Perfect.
[30:04] >> Thanks, Patty.
[30:07] J3 is consideration approval of an
[30:09] agreement between the Yamhill County
[30:11] Administration and McMinnville Economic
[30:13] Development Partnership MEDP to
[30:15] administer the commercial property
[30:17] assessed clean energy C-Pace program
[30:20] effective for 3 years upon approval.
[30:23] I would move approval. Is there any
[30:24] further discussion?
[30:26] >> None.
[30:26] >> All those in favor signify by saying I.
[30:29] >> I.
[30:29] >> Motion passes unanimously.
[30:32] Item J4 is consideration approval in the
[30:34] matter of amending the Yamhill County
[30:35] tax foreclosed property management and
[30:37] disposition policy.
[30:43] » You want me to go?
[30:44] Uh this is something I proposed
[30:50] a year ago.
[30:52] Um
[30:53] in response to House Bill 2089. Uh so it
[30:56] updates our foreclosure policy to match
[30:59] what's now required in statute.
[31:02] Um
[31:03] so
[31:03] Yeah. It's just housekeeping.
[31:05] >> interesting and uh how it's a double
[31:08] process now for the auction.
[31:10] >> Just on the auction portion of it. It
[31:12] really covers a lot of different
[31:13] avenues.
[31:15] >> It does. It does. It's going to be a
[31:18] I'll say it. It's a burden on the
[31:19] government. Um
[31:22] but it is what it is.
[31:24] >> Question about about the um the auction
[31:27] twice. It says regardless of the
[31:29] properties uh real market value. But if
[31:32] it does sell at auction, is it required
[31:36] to
[31:37] auction it again cuz it says all
[31:39] properties will be auctioned twice
[31:40] regardless of real market value.
[31:43] And then it says
[31:45] if it fails to sell at the first
[31:46] auction, so if it's sold is there a
[31:49] requirement to do a um another auction?
[31:53] >> No.
[31:53] >> So basically if it makes that real
[31:55] market value threshold, does it have to
[31:57] go through the second?
[31:58] >> Well no, it'll be sold. Um
[32:01] we won't own title to it anymore. If
[32:03] that's in there, if that
[32:05] >> Yeah, it is in there under 1 2 3rd
[32:09] paragraph.
[32:11] Um
[32:13] uh 3rd sub after your second paragraph
[32:15] on your uh update letter.
[32:20] Where it says all properties will be
[32:21] auctioned twice regardless of the real
[32:23] market value.
[32:25] >> I I think the intent is
[32:28] real market value comes first process,
[32:30] which is higher in most cases than what
[32:32] is owed for the taxes and the properties
[32:34] typically don't bring that much. And so
[32:36] the secondary is okay if it doesn't sell
[32:39] >> Yes.
[32:40] >> most likely then we come back and run it
[32:42] through auction. So we've covered
[32:44] ourselves there as far as value and not
[32:46] on the hook anymore. So then we go
[32:48] through what I would consider a normal
[32:50] process which is just recouping putting
[32:52] it to auction recoup our taxes.
[32:54] >> Yeah, that was in my memo. I was
[32:55] thinking I had that in the policy. Yeah,
[32:57] that just is a
[32:59] that's a not clear way to say what he
[33:02] just said. Which is we tax it or we
[33:05] auction it once. If it doesn't sell we
[33:07] have to auction it twice before we can
[33:08] go to a private sale which is what we
[33:10] used to do.
[33:11] I just want to make sure we didn't get
[33:12] ourselves in trouble by having that in
[33:14] there as sort of a prescriptive. Yeah,
[33:17] no that's not in the that would be Yeah,
[33:19] that's not in the policy that was just
[33:20] in my memo. Yeah, yeah. Thank you. And
[33:22] then the other question I had was
[33:25] uh the county transfers the surplus
[33:27] proceeds to the state treasurer.
[33:30] So can you clarify that because it's
[33:32] always you know to me when we have the
[33:34] state involved in terms of recouping and
[33:36] this has been a county effort and it was
[33:39] their problem to begin with that they
[33:41] didn't want to fix.
[33:42] Don't get me started.
[33:44] Um
[33:45] so
[33:47] this actually was
[33:49] um a benefit and something that the
[33:51] counties were okay with.
[33:53] The
[33:55] um
[33:57] burden of processing claims for surplus
[34:00] would have been insane especially for
[34:03] bigger counties. So the state treasurer
[34:06] offered to take it off the county's
[34:08] hands.
[34:09] The downside being that they keep
[34:14] whatever's extra.
[34:15] Um
[34:16] >> In general so
[34:17] >> It I mean at the end of the day it was
[34:19] being distributed to the taxing
[34:20] districts anyways so it's not like the
[34:22] county was holding that money.
[34:24] >> 17% of it though was going to
[34:27] Oh, coming to the county? Yeah. Um but
[34:30] that's
[34:33] I mean
[34:34] it's surplus proceeds. It's technically
[34:36] not anybody's money until it's
[34:39] the statute statutory redemption
[34:41] period's up.
[34:43] But it's, you know
[34:45] it was that was a give from the state to
[34:48] take that burden off her hands. So it's
[34:50] not a bad thing.
[34:51] >> How nice of them.
[34:53] >> Yeah, they get a perk for sure. But um
[34:56] there were other things in House Bill
[34:58] 2089 that were far worse. I know
[35:00] >> Okay, well thanks for all the work you
[35:01] did on this for a long time.
[35:04] >> help much, but you know, we tried.
[35:07] >> I know. Thank you.
[35:10] » All right.
[35:11] I would move approval if I didn't
[35:12] already. Is there any further
[35:13] discussion?
[35:14] >> None.
[35:15] All those in favor signify by
[35:16] saying I. I. Motion passes unanimously.
[35:19] Thank you and thank you, Jody.
[35:22] J5
[35:24] is consideration of approval of
[35:26] amendment number eight to agreement
[35:28] number 185833 between Yamhill County and
[35:31] the Oregon Health Authority for public
[35:33] health services board order 25-269
[35:37] increasing funds by $329,974.
[35:43] » I just want to add before I move
[35:44] approval of this is back when HR1, the
[35:47] big beautiful bill was in discussion,
[35:49] this was sort of a a
[35:52] sort of things that were being done to
[35:54] make this less impactful for counties
[35:56] and it was the rural health
[35:57] transformation dollars that came from
[35:59] centers for Medicaid and Medicare. We
[36:02] got a an allocation to the county that
[36:04] was going to be used for public health.
[36:06] A lot of these grants are competitive,
[36:08] but what the decision was made um was to
[36:12] include, you know, solving problems for
[36:14] families in some of these underserved
[36:16] schools and that was Sheridan and Dayton
[36:18] that didn't have a school-based health
[36:19] center. So these are for two family
[36:21] health navigators.
[36:23] This is going to fund two positions. So
[36:25] my concern was after the funding for
[36:27] this goes away, is this going to be
[36:29] self-sustaining? But, the hope is that
[36:31] it will and that they're going to use
[36:33] these funds that we came that came from
[36:34] the federal government to cover these
[36:36] positions in these schools. So, I think
[36:38] it's a win-win at this point for public
[36:40] health and I would move approval.
[36:41] >> All right. Any further discussion?
[36:43] >> None.
[36:44] All those in favor signify by
[36:45] saying I. I. Motion passes unanimously.
[36:49] Thank you.
[36:51] J6, consideration of approval of
[36:53] amendment number two to an agreement
[36:55] between Yamhill County and Summit Food
[36:57] Services Board Order 23-214
[37:00] establishing a 3% increase and amending
[37:03] other conditions effective July 1, 2026
[37:06] extended through June 30, 30 2031.
[37:10] >> I would move approval.
[37:11] >> Motion's been made. Is there any further
[37:13] discussion?
[37:14] >> None.
[37:14] All those in favor signify by
[37:16] saying I.
[37:16] >> I.
[37:17] Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.
[37:21] Um item J7's consideration of approval
[37:23] of a board order in the matter of
[37:25] limiting certain claims arising from
[37:27] recreational use of
[37:30] public trails and or structures in
[37:32] public easements, unimproved
[37:33] right-of-way, and adjacent property
[37:35] pursuant to ORS 105.
[37:39] 668.
[37:43] I would move approval. Is there any
[37:45] further discussion on this?
[37:47] >> No.
[37:48] >> Or does anybody want to
[37:49] Uh Travis brought this before you. Did
[37:51] he finally get
[37:52] >> Yeah.
[37:52] >> This is just
[37:53] >> to opt in for Senate Bill 179.
[37:55] >> It's just a housekeeping thing. Yeah.
[37:58] >> Uh any further discussion? None. All
[38:00] those in favor signify by saying I. I.
[38:03] Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.
[38:07] J8's consideration of approval of an
[38:08] intergovernmental agreement between
[38:10] Yamhill County and Marion County Board
[38:12] Order 03-922
[38:14] for 20% of the ferry operations,
[38:17] maintenance, and capital improvement
[38:18] costs effective July 1, 2026.
[38:22] I would move approval.
[38:24] Is there any questions or further
[38:26] discussion?
[38:27] >> None.
[38:27] All those in favor signify by
[38:29] saying I. I. Motion passes unanimously.
[38:33] Thank you.
[38:34] >> [gasps]
[38:34] >> J9's consideration approval of a
[38:36] transfer appropriation authority in the
[38:38] fiscal year 26 budget from discretionary
[38:41] fund to jail maintenance fund for
[38:43] unanticipated expenses and reimbursement
[38:46] revenues due to jail kitchen fire
[38:49] of the 90,000.
[38:51] How much was covered by insurance?
[38:53] >> Actually, the full amount that's being
[38:54] appropriated is the full reimbursement.
[38:57] >> From the CIS?
[38:58] >> Yeah. It
[38:58] >> Perfect.
[38:59] >> You know, that's what we had as far as
[39:00] claim
[39:02] and return.
[39:03] >> Right. I would move approval. Move approval.
[39:05] Okay. Any further discussion? None. All
[39:08] those in favor signify by saying I. I.
[39:11] Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.
[39:14] J10's consideration of ratifying a
[39:16] collective bargaining agreement between
[39:17] Yamhill County and Yamhill County
[39:19] sergeants {slash} Teamsters Local 223
[39:22] effective upon approval through June 30,
[39:24] 2027.
[39:27] >> I would move approval.
[39:28] >> Motion's been made. Any further
[39:29] discussion?
[39:30] >> None.
[39:30] All those in favor signify by
[39:32] saying I. I. Motion passes unanimously.
[39:34] Thank you.
[39:36] >> [sighs]
[39:36] >> And with that, we have K is a public
[39:40] hearing and I'm going to open it up at
[39:42] 10:36 and it is to receive public
[39:45] comment for Community Development Block
[39:47] Grant for Cove Orchard Sewer District.
[39:50] If you're in the audience and would like
[39:52] to give public comment or if you're
[39:54] online and like to give public comment,
[39:56] raise your virtual hand.
[40:02] Seeing or hearing none, I will close
[40:05] this public hearing at 10:36 a.m.
[40:11] And then, what's your next step on that,
[40:13] Ken?
[40:13] >> There's no further action required. It's
[40:15] it the script.
[40:17] >> What?
[40:18] Did you get the script?
[40:19] >> Yeah, I
[40:20] sent it to everybody.
[40:23] Do I know
[40:27] » Good.
[40:31] Let's see.
[40:37] Did we not put them I don't think I got
[40:38] them in this pile.
[40:41] It's in this folder.
[40:50] That's the memo.
[40:53] I got it.
[40:55] There should be another workflow memo.
[41:39] Was there something in addition to the
[41:40] cover sheet that you sent?
[41:46] » Did you Did you say you had it?
[41:47] >> I have the cover sheet. You have the
[41:48] cover sheet.
[41:49] >> Yeah, cuz I'm only seeing the cover
[41:51] sheet.
[41:57] To me?
[42:01] » It's okay. We were ahead of schedule
[42:03] anyway.
[42:09] Yeah, nothing. Yeah, nothing. Okay,
[42:12] that's fine.
[42:14] What's going
[42:15] >> Jody talk more.
[42:16] >> No.
[42:18] >> In the well, yeah.
[42:18] >> We are in public in a public meeting.
[42:21] Game face.
[42:22] >> It's a long script.
[42:24] I don't have to read all that.
[42:26] >> She didn't do the
[42:28] Pledge of Allegiance this week, so we
[42:29] can make her
[42:32] >> You know what? Why don't you come
[42:33] forward?
[42:34] >> Can you get her a little flag pin?
[42:36] >> Update.
[42:37] >> So, she can be a little more patriotic.
[42:38] >> I'm looking really quickly to see if
[42:40] there are any
[42:41] >> You can listen to the recording later.
[42:45] » I got it.
[42:53] » Okay, why don't you get the quick update
[42:55] cuz I'm not seeing anything that
[42:56] requires board action unless it's
[42:59] authorization to apply for the grant.
[43:01] And then
[43:01] >> Well, this is language that was in the
[43:03] grant.
[43:04] And the grant
[43:05] action had had to be read.
[43:07] >> Okay, why don't you come forward and you
[43:09] get to read it?
[43:10] >> No, boy.
[43:10] >> Ah.
[43:12] >> Let me shorten it up.
[43:16] It's It's not really a script. It's kind
[43:17] of an overview of what's being proposed
[43:19] and I think the memo covered a lot of
[43:21] this, but then there are requirements
[43:23] under their rules that we have to make
[43:25] sure that we cover.
[43:26] >> Okay, so
[43:28] >> Uh do we want Do we have an item number
[43:29] for this? Do we want to sign it?
[43:31] >> It'll It'll still be under the same uh
[43:33] >> So, do you want me to open the public
[43:35] hearing back up or no? That was just for
[43:37] the public comment.
[43:39] I did.
[43:40] >> Yeah.
[43:43] » Okay.
[43:44] >> No.
[43:46] >> I'm just reading a script.
[43:48] >> requirement that we have to put
[43:49] something on there that we heard. So,
[43:50] why don't we just in an abundance of
[43:51] caution reopen the hearing, we'll read
[43:53] the statement, see if there's any
[43:55] comments in regards to Mark's statement
[43:57] and then we can close the hearing.
[44:00] >> Okay.
[44:01] So, I'm going to reopen uh
[44:04] this public hearing for the receipt of
[44:06] public comment for a community
[44:08] development block grant for Cove Orchard
[44:10] Sewer District at 10:40. Go forward,
[44:13] Mark.
[44:13] >> Okay.
[44:14] We are presented We're here to present
[44:16] the proposal for public hearing for the
[44:18] Yamhill County Community Development
[44:20] Block Grant funding application. The
[44:22] purpose of the public hearing is to
[44:24] obtain citizen views to allow response
[44:27] for the public to funding proposals and
[44:30] answer any questions posed by citizens.
[44:33] Yamhill Yamhill County proposes to
[44:35] request fund for Community Development
[44:37] Block Grant for Cove Orchard Sewer
[44:39] District wastewater system
[44:41] rehabilitation project. The purpose of
[44:44] the CDBG grant is to improve the quality
[44:46] of life for low and moderate income
[44:49] people can
[44:50] people by providing clean environmental
[44:53] and clean drinking water through the or
[44:55] through water and sewer infrastructure
[44:57] improvements and extensions of service.
[44:59] To benefit the residential area, there
[45:01] must be at least 51% of the benefit
[45:03] entry areas
[45:04] are low to moderate income
[45:06] to to perform uh legal activities, to
[45:09] minimize displacement, provide
[45:12] displacement assistance as necessary.
[45:14] The CDBG program can fund a wide variety
[45:16] of community development activities,
[45:18] water and sewer infrastructure,
[45:20] neighborhood re- revitalization,
[45:23] uh urgent need, and economic development
[45:25] projects. Yamhill County is applying for
[45:27] this project under the water and sewer infrastructure program. The CDBG
[45:32] program can fund a range of sewer
[45:35] infrastructure activities including but
[45:36] not limited to uh wastewater. Projects
[45:39] that involve inflow and infiltration to
[45:42] collection systems that surcharge from
[45:44] pumps, pump stations, and manholes.
[45:46] Projects that extend public sewer and
[45:48] areas and failed septic tanks.
[45:52] Projects to rehabilitate the wastewater
[45:54] treatment plant to allow greater
[45:56] efficiency and compliance with
[45:58] regulations.
[45:59] The grant will fund the design,
[46:01] environmental review, construction, and
[46:03] replacement of several main lines,
[46:05] laterals, manholes, clean outs, 14
[46:07] septic tanks, upgrade to the flow
[46:10] monitoring, dosing tank components, as
[46:12] well as video inspection of entire
[46:14] system according to the Calaveras plan
[46:16] for
[46:17] Cove Orchard Sewer District. An income
[46:20] survey was conducted door-to-door this
[46:23] winter at Cove Orchard Sewer District.
[46:25] Based on the results, 79 75.9
[46:29] of the population served is considered
[46:31] low to moderate income. This data
[46:33] validates the need for funding grant as
[46:36] assistance cannot afford
[46:38] required infrastructure improvements
[46:39] without economic assistance from the
[46:41] CDBG grant. Next steps for the public
[46:44] hearing will be to write the CDBG grant,
[46:46] then submit the grant package by
[46:48] September 30th, 2026 for design and
[46:51] environmental review only.
[46:53] For the fiscal year of 2027, the CDBG
[46:56] funding availability is expected to be
[46:59] approximately $150,000.
[47:02] Then the county will come back a year
[47:04] later and apply for a CDBG grant for
[47:06] construction phase of the project. The
[47:08] maximum available grant is 1,000
[47:11] 4 1,000 Excuse me, 1 million
[47:15] 40,000 over the next 3-year period.
[47:18] We open the floor in questions about the
[47:22] CDBG program and about the proposed
[47:23] project.
[47:25] >> Is there any comments? Raise your hand,
[47:28] or if you're online, raise your virtual
[47:29] hand.
[47:32] » In your survey, what is the um
[47:34] threshold for low to moderate income?
[47:37] >> I I don't I think you asked that before.
[47:40] Uh there's actually a um
[47:43] something I had to find online for that
[47:45] specifically
[47:47] number, and I got that from the business
[47:48] in Oregon. I don't remember that value,
[47:52] but it really it depends on how many
[47:54] people are actually even living in the
[47:55] home as well. So, it goes by the number
[47:57] of families living in in there and the
[47:59] number of people living in the house.
[48:01] So, it's like three different
[48:02] categories.
[48:04] » Okay.
[48:05] >> Seeing no public comment,
[48:08] I'm going to close this public hearing
[48:11] at 10:44 a.m.
[48:14] >> And I was just going to add if the board
[48:16] is wanting to take action, another
[48:18] proposed action could be a motion
[48:20] to authorize
[48:22] um
[48:24] staff to apply for the grant to proceed
[48:26] with the next steps and make the
[48:27] necessary applications.
[48:29] >> So moved. Is there any further
[48:30] discussion?
[48:31] >> None.
[48:32] All those in favor signify by
[48:33] saying I. I. Motion passes unanimously.
[48:36] Thank you very much for that, Mark.
[48:38] >> Thanks, Mark.
[48:43] » All right, with that, that brings us to
[48:46] our announcements.
[48:49] Commissioner Keen.
[48:53] » Last week, I think we a lot of us saw
[48:55] the last days of school, [snorts] so
[48:58] universities are back at home or
[49:01] my kids are at home,
[49:03] already getting antsy, so
[49:06] that's been fun.
[49:09] Pride Festival this last weekend, PFLAG
[49:12] in Newberg put on the Wine Country Run
[49:14] Club,
[49:16] 5K and a little fair afterwards. It was
[49:19] a really well-attended event, so kudos
[49:22] to those guys.
[49:26] Met with Brandon from Congressman
[49:27] Salinas' office.
[49:30] I'd mentioned that we're going to have
[49:31] open house, so I don't know if
[49:34] Ken or
[49:35] we can
[49:37] Brandon said that they would be
[49:38] interested in coming to our our open
[49:40] house, so if we can make sure that they
[49:41] get a invite on when we have a solid
[49:44] date for that, that would be awesome.
[49:47] Uh Recovery High School, I spoke with
[49:49] some groups to come and present on the
[49:52] 2nd or 3rd August
[49:53] week of August for for us once we get
[49:55] back into our new digs and into the
[49:58] groove of things.
[50:01] Is there any particular date that would
[50:03] be better
[50:04] one over the other for you guys?
[50:07] That far out I can't imagine.
[50:10] » Hard to say right now.
[50:12] >> Well, we'll we'll I'll follow up with
[50:13] them.
[50:14] >> out there that we can pick.
[50:17] >> Um spoke a little bit about Newberg City
[50:19] Council. Um
[50:21] discussion around
[50:24] waste management and
[50:26] um
[50:28] just they're not adding any more capacity to
[50:32] that. So,
[50:34] um that is one thing to pay attention
[50:36] to.
[50:37] Um they did de-annex the piece that we
[50:39] mentioned a few weeks ago um
[50:41] over by Rogers Landing. Uh so, that
[50:43] should be coming back to us for approval
[50:46] as well um soon.
[50:49] And uh tomorrow's June is June June
[50:52] 10th. I think offices are closed. Is
[50:54] that correct, Ken?
[50:55] Um
[50:56] you know, I think that this was a way to kind of celebrate the last
[51:01] emancipated slaves and
[51:03] I know that as that might not mean a lot
[51:05] here in Oregon or Yamhill County,
[51:07] there's still quite a bit of
[51:09] racism that we see. I know in Newberg
[51:11] High School it's a huge problem.
[51:13] Um and I see it happen all around. So,
[51:16] uh hopefully with this we can just bring
[51:18] some awareness to um
[51:21] some of that racism that happens in our
[51:22] community and
[51:24] that it would make a step towards the
[51:26] stop of it. So, thank you.
[51:29] >> Do you have any specific examples of
[51:31] this racism that you say is so rampant?
[51:33] >> Oh, yeah. I mean, I I know I had a
[51:35] friend um
[51:37] two or three weeks ago was leaving uh
[51:39] the pool in Newberg and some kids drove
[51:42] by and called her the N-word.
[51:44] And said, "Get out of town." I think it
[51:46] happens in you know, in the in the high
[51:48] school. It happens um with the same
[51:50] thing between Hispanic people being
[51:52] called racial slurs and uh
[51:54] you know,
[51:56] racial slurs is is a huge problem
[51:59] um that that I see happen all of the
[52:01] time.
[52:02] >> You see, I I I'm I'm just I think when
[52:04] we hear when we make those statements,
[52:07] we're painting a picture of a community
[52:09] that I think is completely erroneous.
[52:12] >> true. It's real.
[52:13] >> And
[52:13] >> We're painting a picture that's real.
[52:14] >> You hear it. You You say you see it. I'm
[52:18] just trying to to see whether or not
[52:20] this is verifiable or whether you're
[52:22] just painting a picture of Newberg as a
[52:24] racist community.
[52:26] >> you'd like, I can have them come here
[52:27] and show and tell you their stories.
[52:30] >> Well, you know, I think we have to be
[52:31] really really careful about that. I just
[52:33] think it we we need to be really careful
[52:35] about calling our communities
[52:37] a just a blanket statement of calling
[52:39] them racist.
[52:40] >> call our our blanket community racist. I
[52:43] said that it's here.
[52:45] >> Okay.
[52:45] >> And and it's it's verifiable. If you
[52:48] want, I can have them, but I didn't call
[52:49] every person in Yamhill County a racist.
[52:51] >> All right. Well, I just want to put that
[52:53] on the record.
[52:53] >> Well, I'd like to have it on the record
[52:55] that racism is here.
[52:57] >> Right. Okay. All right. Well, here we
[52:59] go.
[53:01] All right. Uh
[53:01] >> Go ahead.
[53:02] >> What you Are you done?
[53:04] >> Yeah.
[53:05] >> Okay.
[53:06] Uh my update is that we had our adult
[53:08] recovery court policy meeting. That's
[53:10] presided over that court is presided
[53:12] over by Judge Wiles, and he um
[53:16] puts together a group, and we're we've
[53:18] got um
[53:19] POs, clinicians, recovery court uh
[53:22] involvement, uh and we talk about the
[53:25] policies that will help the folks who
[53:27] are enrolled in the participants get
[53:29] through the get through the It's a very
[53:31] grueling process, and we want to make
[53:33] sure that when they are out of the
[53:35] process, that they're able to maintain
[53:37] their sobriety. So, I always appreciate
[53:39] the work that's being done there. Our
[53:41] CCO board meeting, we talked about some
[53:43] of the
[53:44] funding recommendations and some of that
[53:47] money is going to go to Grand Sheramina
[53:49] and to the Churches United for West
[53:51] Valley, which is another community group
[53:53] in the West Valley, some tribal
[53:55] supports, and also some funding for the
[53:58] um
[53:59] uh the traditional health health worker
[54:01] development in our county. Also want to
[54:04] talk about when we have these work
[54:05] requirements that are starting as a
[54:07] result of HR 1. They'll be
[54:10] uh they just started and now we have to
[54:11] look at some of the Medicaid uh the
[54:13] Medicaid changes that are going to take
[54:15] place in our community. Conversation was
[54:17] around the Providence health plan going
[54:19] away and also internally the pharmacy
[54:22] benefit manager, they're going to have
[54:24] to look for a new one. So, lots of stuff
[54:26] that the CCO is facing and I do want to
[54:28] appreciate the work that they do.
[54:30] >> Thank you.
[54:32] Uh last Thursday was Lafayette City
[54:35] Council meeting and if the mayor were
[54:37] here, she'd probably correct me, but
[54:39] it's very interesting. So, they have to
[54:41] if they're going to expend more than a
[54:42] million dollars in grant funding that
[54:43] they've already received, they actually
[54:45] have to put it to the vote of the
[54:47] people. So, they're creating a ballot
[54:50] title right now to go on November ballot
[54:52] so that they can expend grant funding
[54:54] that they've received for the for pump
[54:56] station. So, I found that very
[54:57] interesting if Kevin wants to
[54:59] >> Yeah, it's a piece of the one of the
[55:00] quirks of their charter is any project
[55:03] over a million dollars has to be
[55:04] approved by
[55:06] public vote. Which these days means
[55:09] there's a lot that's going to have to go
[55:12] before the voters. So,
[55:14] um it does make it very difficult to
[55:15] apply for the large grants and things
[55:17] like that. But,
[55:18] >> And how to word the the title for the
[55:20] ballot to make sure that's well, wait,
[55:22] is is it city funds? Where's it coming
[55:24] from? Well, the funding's already there.
[55:25] It's hey, will you let us go ahead and
[55:27] use this grant funding? Or I think in
[55:29] this case it's already been received
[55:31] maybe.
[55:31] >> It maybe. I'm I'm not sure about this
[55:33] specific
[55:34] >> Anyway, I wish the The was here so she
[55:36] can clarify, but
[55:36] >> It's a challenge really.
[55:37] >> It was very interesting and watching
[55:39] them go through the whole process at the
[55:41] dais trying to come up with a ballot
[55:42] title for
[55:44] November. Anyway, that was interesting.
[55:47] Uh Friday
[55:49] uh
[55:49] I had a meeting uh with a new
[55:53] potentially a new grant writing firm for
[55:55] specifically for the Newberg Dundee
[55:57] bypass to go after mega grant, rural
[55:59] grant, or an infra grant. Um they did
[56:02] release a infra grant uh or a nofo
[56:05] before a grant coming out, but the
[56:06] window was like it's like 2 weeks long
[56:09] for a federal grant. It was basically
[56:11] written for grants that were probably
[56:13] either denied previously and they
[56:15] already know the projects that are out
[56:17] there and they opened up this short
[56:19] window so that that those grants could
[56:20] go apply for it. Um e- either way, we
[56:23] still had a
[56:25] uh conversation with the transportation
[56:26] solutions company in Washington to see
[56:29] uh what it looks like for us to either
[56:32] apply for that one, which is not going
[56:34] to happen, or now what it would look
[56:35] like for the future for uh any other
[56:38] potential grant fundings that come out,
[56:39] which probably will hit early next year,
[56:42] mega grant, rural grant, uh infra,
[56:44] something like that. So,
[56:46] uh conversations are in in in play. I'll
[56:49] come back to you guys with probably
[56:51] dollar amounts that uh these grants may
[56:53] end up costing. Uh we are between
[56:57] Parkway Committee and and Dave
[56:58] Hargerberg is spearheading it going
[57:00] around to all the other different uh
[57:02] groups throughout the community, whether
[57:03] it's the tribes or Spring Mountain group
[57:05] uh to
[57:07] um
[57:08] get funding from them first and then our
[57:09] next stop is going to be ODOT to see
[57:11] what they have for funding to help with
[57:12] this because, you know, they really
[57:14] should be driving this, but uh we're
[57:16] going to proceed
[57:18] uh in conjunction with them with advice
[57:20] or or whatever they do. My biggest thing
[57:23] I don't want ODOT time-wise to hang us
[57:26] up because um
[57:28] transportation solutions Inc. They
[57:30] naturally get this grant done in about 6
[57:32] to 8 months. There's a lot that goes
[57:33] into it with different studies besides
[57:35] the application. There's traffic studies
[57:38] and there's um cost analysis benefit analysis that
[57:42] need to be done and they're
[57:44] uh well in tune to be able to do that
[57:45] for us. So, that's hanging out there. Um
[57:48] there are it seems like a
[57:50] Springboard uh has some funding that
[57:53] they're willing to throw towards it. Um
[57:55] uh next stop is ODOT to see where
[57:56] they're at and I'll give you guys an
[57:57] update probably in 2 or 3 weeks.
[58:02] Question?
[58:04] To uh John and Patty back there as well
[58:06] for being on the committees and in uh in
[58:09] Salem for those. I'm sure it's uh
[58:11] >> Yeah, I'm sure it's an extra
[58:11] >> an extra work.
[58:13] >> Yeah, I'm there.
[58:14] >> Condolences.
[58:14] yes. Thank you for
[58:16] representing though.
[58:17] >> And thank you, Chair Johnston. You have
[58:19] pushed this farther than anybody has
[58:21] over the years. So, thank you for that.
[58:22] >> More than happy to be there and we got
[58:24] funding for McDougall after the Oregon
[58:27] Transportation Comm- I can't remember if
[58:28] I updated uh last week on this or not,
[58:30] but $14 million and we are slated for
[58:33] construction for McDougall now, which is
[58:35] fantastic. Um we're funded for design
[58:38] phase for La Fayette 18. They're talking
[58:41] like 2030, 2031 for construction.
[58:44] Um there are I guess while I'm on the
[58:46] subject, uh there are
[58:48] three
[58:50] fairly relevant transportation projects
[58:52] that are going to happen within the next
[58:54] uh 2 to 3 years.
[58:56] One is on the backside of uh
[58:58] McMinnville. It's Highway 18 from I'm
[59:00] just going to say the la- the first exit
[59:03] behind Lowe's and then probably around
[59:06] uh
[59:07] well, it ends pretty close to
[59:09] uh behind Lowe's there.
[59:11] That's going to be a fairly major
[59:12] project where they got to close Highway
[59:14] 18 for multiple days twice in about a
[59:18] year.
[59:19] Um so, and and thanks to Counselor
[59:21] Chenowith brought attention to, it's
[59:24] going to be closed on Sunday,
[59:26] which is a heavy traffic day for
[59:28] everybody coming home from the coast in
[59:30] August.
[59:32] So, the way they had their detours, he
[59:33] was super concerned, and so he invited
[59:35] me to the meeting plus ODOT officials,
[59:37] and we had a pretty good conversation
[59:39] about um either rerouting or having
[59:42] multiple detours, or if there is if we
[59:45] don't change the detour, we know that
[59:47] like for example, people coming from the
[59:48] coast are going to take Durham,
[59:50] whether you put that detour cut that off
[59:52] or not. We talked about actually
[59:53] shutting that road down so people don't
[59:56] take it, or they better have a flagger
[59:57] at 99 and Durham because people are just
[1:00:00] going to naturally take that as a
[1:00:01] bypass. So,
[1:00:02] seems like a pretty good plan. That's
[1:00:04] still a year away, but uh bid goes out
[1:00:06] in October for that project.
[1:00:09] Bid goes out for McDougal also in
[1:00:11] October, but they will not do both of
[1:00:13] those projects at the same time. They'll
[1:00:15] actually delay McDougal till 2028 when
[1:00:18] they're done with the project behind
[1:00:20] Lowe's at Highway 18.
[1:00:22] In the mean
[1:00:23] >> It's also going to impact transit with
[1:00:25] its location on Durham. That's just
[1:00:27] another thing to kind of put in there.
[1:00:28] >> Right.
[1:00:29] Yeah.
[1:00:30] So, it's not going to be fun, but I look
[1:00:33] forward to I don't
[1:00:35] I look forward to the trans or the
[1:00:36] project being complete, and we'll we'll
[1:00:38] get through this, but it needs a little
[1:00:40] bit better
[1:00:42] planning, and ODOT's very fully well
[1:00:44] aware, and thanks to Counselor Chenoweth
[1:00:46] for kind of bring all that those pieces
[1:00:48] together. And we're still a year away,
[1:00:49] so
[1:00:50] even in ODOT terms, I think we can get
[1:00:52] this in. We may need an IGA between us
[1:00:55] and ODOT. If we do in fact use Durham as
[1:00:58] a detour at least for that Sunday, and
[1:01:01] they put flaggers at 99, they said if we
[1:01:04] do a detour on that, then we'll need an
[1:01:06] IGA between us and them.
[1:01:07] >> Is that also potentially are they
[1:01:09] looking
[1:01:10] What What road is that?
[1:01:14] Old Sheridan Road?
[1:01:15] >> Mhm.
[1:01:15] >> Yes, Old Sheridan was another one that
[1:01:18] not designated as a detour, but you know
[1:01:20] people are going to take it. So.
[1:01:22] >> Mhm.
[1:01:25] It's coming, but
[1:01:26] we're focused on it and
[1:01:29] Councilor Chenowith will not let this
[1:01:30] one slip through the cracks. I guarantee
[1:01:32] you. He's all over it.
[1:01:34] Anyway, so construction projects, they
[1:01:36] will not do McDougal at the same time
[1:01:38] even though they both go out for bid
[1:01:39] this fall. McDougal actually will be
[1:01:41] delayed one more year till 2028 cuz they
[1:01:44] don't want to have two major projects on
[1:01:46] the same highway cuz it'll talk about
[1:01:49] really mess things up. But what will be
[1:01:51] happening in conjunction in 2027 are the
[1:01:55] smaller projects in that McDougal Road
[1:01:57] area. So right by the way scales,
[1:02:00] they're going to realign McDougal at a
[1:02:01] 90° instead of an angle.
[1:02:04] They're going to do that project.
[1:02:05] They're going to go ahead and do the
[1:02:06] turn lane project at Stoller Road.
[1:02:09] And they're going to cut off the end of
[1:02:11] McDougal on the Lafayette side. So they
[1:02:13] will in 2027 do those projects, but the
[1:02:16] roundabout will wait till 2028 cuz
[1:02:18] that's going to
[1:02:19] create some major closures. So a lot
[1:02:22] happening.
[1:02:25] And glad to see it all moving forward.
[1:02:28] AOC Friday, we had natural resource
[1:02:30] committee and our transportation
[1:02:32] committee.
[1:02:34] Monday we had our Yamhill County
[1:02:36] Economic Alliance meeting. Very
[1:02:37] interesting discussion Patty about the
[1:02:40] urban form and what they're doing for
[1:02:42] all the cities. I'm looking forward to
[1:02:46] extended conversations on that and see
[1:02:48] if there's a fit for them for us.
[1:02:51] Um.
[1:02:54] Also on Monday with Sheridan City
[1:02:55] Council, Sheridan discussed
[1:02:58] um
[1:03:01] potentially
[1:03:04] and it's just they just asked a
[1:03:05] question. It's fine and I probably
[1:03:07] wouldn't even be updating if I didn't
[1:03:09] actually being called to the dais to
[1:03:11] give some background on where we're at
[1:03:13] with the fairgrounds, but they want to
[1:03:15] be a part of the conversation for
[1:03:18] possibly if there is a relocation of the
[1:03:20] fairgrounds they want to be at the table
[1:03:21] to help with that.
[1:03:23] Um, so I'm in the process to seeing as
[1:03:26] we get closer to the master plan process
[1:03:28] over the next 8 months to a year
[1:03:31] and we set up probably committee
[1:03:33] we need to have a representative from
[1:03:35] West Valley on that committee. So
[1:03:37] just as a quick high overview
[1:03:41] um, update on that. Tuesday
[1:03:44] uh, was the Oda meeting that I just gave
[1:03:46] a big rundown on. Um, done DC to council
[1:03:49] meeting.
[1:03:50] Uh, I gave them an update on our
[1:03:52] construction process for GSB and I'm
[1:03:54] just letting everybody know that we
[1:03:56] could possibly if you plan on coming to
[1:03:58] a meeting in person check the calendar
[1:04:00] just to make sure because we may be all
[1:04:02] virtual for a few weeks. So I'm just
[1:04:04] kind of pre-warning everybody.
[1:04:07] Um, park board meeting was canceled for
[1:04:10] tonight.
[1:04:11] Uh, parkway committee was this morning
[1:04:13] which pretty much was the same update
[1:04:15] that I just gave for the construction
[1:04:16] projects.
[1:04:17] Um, and then fair board meeting tonight
[1:04:19] at 5:30.
[1:04:22] And we're a little over a month away
[1:04:23] from fair time. So get ready. It's going
[1:04:25] to be here before you know it.
[1:04:27] Is there anything else for the good of
[1:04:28] the order?
[1:04:30] None?
[1:04:31] All right, cool.
[1:04:33] Appreciate it. We're going to close it
[1:04:34] out at 11:01 a.m. Everybody have a good
[1:04:38] weekend.