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Hillsboro and Hillsboro SD 1J review longstanding intergovernmental agreement on shared fields, explore turfing and replacement options
Summary
City and Hillsboro School District officials reviewed a 2007 intergovernmental agreement (IGA) governing joint use of parks, gymnasiums and pools, and said staff are discussing turfing and relocation options to replace fields lost to a new stadium.
City and Hillsboro and Hillsboro School District leaders reviewed an existing intergovernmental agreement for shared facilities and described active planning to replace and enhance athletic fields lost to recent stadium construction.
The meeting on a joint work session opened with Robbie Hammond, City Manager, and Travis Reimann, Superintendent of Hillsboro SD 1J, emphasizing the long-standing partnership. "Our first IGA that we had in place was in, 02/2007," said Rahim Hajjim, deputy city manager, summarizing the agreement's origin and purpose.
Why it matters: the city and district share recreation assets—parks, gymnasiums, pools and fields—under an IGA that allows each owner to program its facilities first and the other entity to schedule afterward. Officials said the arrangement reduces duplication and helps both organizations stretch limited land and maintenance budgets.
Officials described specific pressures and options. Saeed Haggi Khushku, operations officer for the school district, said the district owns many grass fields and that staff are "jointly having conversations at a staff level about what other opportunities exist out there," including partnerships to pay to turf fields so they can be used year-round. Rahim Hajjim said the district is "actively in negotiations with the county on some other options to, relocate that use in a different place" to replace three softball/baseball fields affected by the new stadium.
Speakers noted constraints and priorities: city and district staff aim not to displace current user groups, to consider multi-use designs for soccer, lacrosse and other sports, and to reduce maintenance costs through turfing. Parks director Kendall Reid and senior parks manager Sean Morgan were acknowledged as the city staff who regularly interface with district staff.
Officials said land scarcity within city limits makes partnerships preferable to new construction. The city indicated projects under discussion are at a planning stage and that details—including sites and funding sources—are not finalized.
Ending: both the city and district leaders framed the work as ongoing staff-level negotiations with county and community stakeholders, and said they would return with more details as proposals and funding options are developed.
