CITY VIEWS NEWS & EVENTS FOR THE CITY OF HILLSBORO January/February 2015 Election Results: Kyle Allen Will Join City Council Councilors Darell Lumaco, Steve Callaway Re-elected The Hillsboro City Council will mostly look familiar in 2015, as six members return and Council President Aron Carleson departs due to term limits. Councilors Steve Callaway and Darell Lumaco both ran unopposed, and each will serve a second four-year term. Joining Callaway, Lumaco, Mayor Jerry Willey, Councilors Olga Acuña, Megan Braze, and Fred Nachtigal on the City Council in 2015 will be newly-elected Councilor Kyle Allen, who will be sworn into office on Tuesday, January 6. Allen has served on the Hillsboro Budget Committee, and currently works for Working America, a nonprofit organization, as Oregon Director of Field Operations. He and his wife, Lisa, moved to Hillsboro with their two young children. Representing Ward 2, Position A, Allen plans to continue to advocate for safe sidewalks in front of local elementary schools, and will seek to build on the successful Hillsboro 2020 plan with Imagine Hillsboro 2035. “Hillsboro is a wonderful place to live and I look forward to working with our community to make our city even stronger,” Allen said. Newly-elected City Councilor Kyle Allen Looking ahead to his second term on the Council representing Ward 1, Position A, Lumaco has set his sights on continuing the City’s progress. “I want to help continue the positive momentum by providing opportunities for job creation, expanded housing and safe streets, along with an expanding network of sidewalks, bike paths and parks,” Lumaco said. continued on page 2 MAYOR’S MESSAGE State of the City 2015 Preview One of my favorite events of the year, the State of the City Address, takes place later this month on Thursday, January 29, and there’s no other event like it. What makes the State of the City special is that we can come together as a large group to recognize Hillsboro’s accomplishments over the past year, look ahead at the exciting things to come, and celebrate what unites us in our work: our appreciation for our hometown, and our collective desire to plan for a great future. STATE OF THE CITY Last year, more than 300 people gathered at the Hillsboro Main ADDRESS 2015 Mayor Jerry Willey Library as we showcased the best of our community, the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, Hillsboro’s PCC Future Connect scholars with Mayor Jerry Willey and my fellow City Councilors. Without the collaborative work between the Council, City Thursday, January 29 of Hillsboro leadership and staff, and our community, we would not be in as strong a position as we are today. Reception begins at 5 pm Speech begins at 6 pm With the continuation of our successful partnership with Intel in 2014, we have paved the way for a future investment in our community of up to $100 billion. Coupled with our Hillsboro Main Library continued commitment to providing educational support to local schools and students, many of our accomplishments in 2014 represent our efforts continued on page 2 Email [email protected] to receive the e-newsletter of the City of Hillsboro. Mail 150 East Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123-4028 Phone 503-681-6100 Web www.Hillsboro-Oregon.gov Election Results: Carleson Finishes City Council Term continued from page 1 In Ward 3, Position A, Callaway also wants to ensure that Hillsboro’s future is as great as its past. “Addressing quality-of-life issues will continue to be a priority: community safety and sidewalks, strong schools and opportunities for our youth; parks and libraries; transportation and jobs; and Hillsboro 2020,“ Callaway said. For Carleson, the end of her tenure as Council President will allow her to focus additional time on her role as the Executive Director of the Hillsboro Schools Foundation. “I have loved this incredible opportunity and have tried to represent our future while respecting our past,” Carleson said, who served as a Councilor for the past eight years. “From the local level, you can see the impact of a crosswalk, or the jobs created with new businesses. We have been able to enhance communities by making them safer and more walkable, including adding sidewalks around school areas.” Council President Aron Carleson Mayor’s Message: State of the City 2015 Preview continued from page 1 to provide steady, consistent leadership that has already produced great results for our community. A prime example is the continued progress we have made in working with our regional partners to plan the Willamette Water Supply Program. We have taken new steps forward for our great City with the opening of the 4th Main mixed-use development, which already is fully leased for residential living. Our efforts to revitalize Downtown Hillsboro have also led us to move forward with planning for the conversion of streets in the Downtown core to two-way traffic. I’m pleased to see this strategic investment bringing, not one but two, beer-themed establishments to the Downtown, with the expectation that there will be more exciting news to come in the months ahead. A short drive from Downtown, the remodeled Shute Park Branch Library is 4th Main ribbon cutting providing residents with the modern amenities that make our libraries great community gathering spaces. The space also reflects our commitment to sustainability, as Hillsboro was recognized by the Department of Energy in 2014 for the Shute Park Branch Library’s energy-saving design. On Hillsboro’s north side, we are excited to see our businesses continue to expand and prosper, leading to more job opportunities at companies such as Reser’s Fine Foods and Davis Tool. In the center of our City, the future of housing in Hillsboro is very bright as work continues to bring more than 1,000 new apartment homes to the Platform District at Orenco Station. While we have challenges to tackle in 2015, such as providing adequate funding to keep up with our road maintenance needs, we also have The remodeled Shute Park Library exciting developments in store. Continued progress in the Orenco Platform District, South Hillsboro and Amberglen, as well as additional recreation space at Orenco Woods Nature Park and Cornell Creek Park, give our community much to anticipate. I hope you can join us again this year, on Thursday, January 29, to celebrate our community and our efforts to plan for tomorrow’s success. 2 City of Hillsboro • 150 East Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123 • 503-681-6100 • www.hillsboro-oregon.gov COUNCIL The City Council’s Commitment to Our Students & Schools CONNECTION As we look ahead to the exciting opportunities in store for the Name one of your favorite City of Hillsboro City of Hillsboro in 2015, it’s also a great time to reflect on the accomplishments in 2014: positive impact that the City Council has had on our community over the past two years. While there are too many important Mayor achievements to list here, I would like to point out the Council’s Jerry Willey strong commitment to helping local schools and students. Moving ahead on The Council’s direction to support the Portland Community two-way street College Future Connect Program has allowed our City to help conversion 100 students from Hillsboro in achieving their goal of attending college. With $200,000 already invested, the Council recently Council President authorized an additional $100,000 to help a third group of 50 Aron Carleson local students to achieve their dreams. Kicking off This Council also felt very passionately about Hillsboro 2035 helping to protect our local students as they make planning their way to school. The City of Hillsboro already Councilor supports the safety of local schools by providing Olga Acuña School Resource Officers from the Hillsboro Completing Police Department. The Council increased that local road support by making sidewalk safety a priority. City renovation staff have since worked to improve the sidewalk projects connections for student pedestrians and bicyclists Some past PCC Future Connect students Councilor around W.L. Henry Elementary School and Megan Braze Poynter Middle School. The Council also identified Brookwood Elementary School as a high The 2014 Intel priority for sidewalk safety improvements in the near future. SIP agreement Paying for the sidewalk safety improvements projects was made possible by the Council’s direction to use Gain Share funding to cover the costs. In addition to helping our students get to their school safely, the City Council partnered with Washington County to provide Councilor $13 million in Gain Share funds directly to local school districts over the last two years. In Steve Callaway the Hillsboro School District, that Gain Share funding of more than $3.1 million was used to restore lost school days. The opening of Shute Park Beyond schools, the Council’s support for our public libraries has led to the expansion and Branch Library renovation of the Main Library and the Shute Park Branch Library. Both locations provide a great space for our students to study and research, and an environment where parents Councilor Darell Lumaco can guide our youngest residents into becoming lifelong learners and readers. Making Looking ahead to the future, the Council has advocated for the update currently underway progress on to the original Hillsboro 2020 Vision and Action Plan. With the vast majority of goals from planning South the 2020 plan now complete, the new Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan will pave the way Hillsboro for our City to raise the bar even higher. With the Council’s strong support, many of our Councilor City’s goals for the future will be tied directly to education and workforce development.