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Tualatin staff summarize first board-and-committee summit; council backs repeat event
Summary
Deputy City Manager Megan George told council the Dec. 10 summit drew roughly 37 of 58 invited board and committee members and surfaced priorities including traffic, housing, downtown revitalization and parks; councilors praised the format and urged improved outreach and participant evaluation.
Megan George, deputy city manager, briefed the Tualatin City Council at its Jan. 12 work session on the city’s first board-and-committee summit, held Dec. 10 at the Juanita Poll Center. George said the evening began with a 5:30 p.m. dinner and ran from 6 to 8 p.m.; of about 58 invited participants, roughly 37 attended.
Staff identified four summit goals: deliver council direct feedback from advisory boards and committees; connect those volunteers to the council’s 2030 vision; create networking between committees and council; and express appreciation for volunteers. George said small groups responded to four question sets; common themes cited as city strengths included a “friendly and welcoming community,” parks and green spaces, library services and a strong transportation network. Top concerns repeated across groups included traffic, housing availability and costs, and the absence of a defined downtown.
George summarized a human‑spectrum exercise used during the summit to gauge priorities and tradeoffs. “The number-one complaint that I hear from community members is about traffic,” she told the council, and staff reported participants generally agreed that traffic connects to many other community issues. The summit materials and full small‑group notes are included in the meeting packet, she said, and a post‑event survey sent to attendees is live and due this Friday.
Council members praised the event as validating ongoing policy directions. Council President Pratt said it “was great” to make connections, while Councilor Sacco called the spectrum exercise “very helpful.” Councilor Brooks and others urged stronger Spanish‑language outreach and greater effort to ensure underrepresented groups are included in future sessions. Several councilors supported repeating the summit and asked staff to incorporate evaluation findings into next steps.
The council did not take formal action at the work session; staff will report survey results and any recommended follow‑up to council in a future packet.
