10/04/2026
Miss our September 10 meeting? We have you covered. See below for our (unofficial) meeting minutes:
Meeting Details
Date: September 10, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Addington Place of Canfield, 14570 SW Hart Rd, Beaverton, OR 97007
Meeting Called to Order: 6:33 P.M.
Updates
• Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) Update
Station 66 was represented with four firefighter paramedics who shared the following tips. Find a way to take care of weeds that isn't burning them as doing so often creates fires. Roads will be getting wet soon with fall rains so take care when driving; First rains bring up slick oils off the roads, causing accidents. TVF&R continues adding more staff into system due to levy funding, filling out the force now with the last of 36 new paramedics this December. The Advanced Practice Community Paramedic program is being expanded to better address certain emergency response calls. The back-to-school traffic safety event was recommended to happen again in Highland.
• Beaverton Police Department (BPD) Update
Officer McCullough reviewed August 2026 crime statistics for Highland: 20 group A and 31 group B which is slightly up from this time last year. Due to budget cuts there are 8 positions that haven't been filled so some internal restructuring is happening to prioritize patrol calls. High wait times at jail mean police department has to hold suspects for longer, and low jail staff means the jail is being selective about who they should take in due to capacity. In other updates, due to rain, car crashes have increased, including a major one on Allen and Murray with 8 cars involved. There have been a lot of fi****ms observed during stops which is concerning. Even on this day, September 10, there have so far been 8 crashes.
• Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD) Update
Chelsea Nikirk gave an update on future events: Sept. 26 12-4pm is the Cedar Mill C***r Festival at the John Quincy Adams Young house with vendors and c***r making. THPRD is working with Clean Water Services at Commonwealth Lake Park to update a weir, bridge and walkways to improve the stormwater management system. Construction starts now through winter. A question was asked about THPRD tree planting updates; Check website, lots of volunteer events in fall through spring, tualatinhillsparks.org
• Beaverton Committee for Community Involvement (BCCI) Update
There were no BCCI July and August meetings but NAC leaders met with each other and staff during the leadership meeting in August to discuss issues like meeting places and not being able to meet at the schools easily anymore.
Presentations
Guest Presenter - Yuri, Community Relations Director, Addington Place at Canfield There will be a veterans celebration event September 24 from 3-5 P.M., building a wall of honor and doing a pinning ceremony for veterans that live here and in the neighborhood. Canfield staff are also doing a progressive w**e tour to introduce the home to the community on September 17.
Tree Subcommittee Update
So far in the All-Highland Street Tree Planting project, 12 houses have signed up for 18 trees. The deadline to sign up is September 28 and planting event is November 15 from 12:45 to 4:30 P.M. NAC will be recruiting groups for volunteering in late September. Volunteer registration: www.surveymonkey.com/r/5B5Z7H8. Linda with the Hyland Hills HOA expressed interest in receiving more information about street tree planting and Reggie offered to follow up after the meeting to provide more information and to schedule a time to walk the grounds. Regarding the Highland-Central Beaverton-Vose NAC tree planting coalition's projects, Ted Miller the maintenance manager for the Portland region at Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) responded to the NAC's planting proposal. He said without the City of Beaverton willing to dedicate funding, the project can't go on. He said he contacted Jered Lane, lead arborist at the City, who said no funding was available. It's unclear still what funding is required for maintenance according to ODOT, as volunteers were planning to do all the work at no cost to ODOT or the City. The NACs will take this proposal back to the drawing board to get more City buy-in and review previous ODOT agreements with groups for tree planting. Second, the coalition received an email response from Cameron Hall with THPRD that they are planting trees at Eichler and Center Street Parks this fall. Reggie responded that the NACs would help with volunteering to plant and spreading the word but still want to do their own independent project, specifically to add onto what THPRD is already doing to without creating a "burden" for staff, and offered a list of alternate parks for the NACs to plant at aiming for February 2027. In grant news, the Tualatin Watershed Improvement Grant for up to $5,000 by Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District is not available again until July 2027. Lastly, Friends of Trees is having a native plant giveaway at Southminster Presbyterian Church at 12250 SW Denney Road from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. on October 3. From 1 to 2 there is a flash giveaway, where the limit of 5 plants per party is removed.
Board Business
Approval of Minutes
Reggie distributed copies of the August meeting minutes. Juanita moved to approve the minutes as written, Alan seconded, approved unanimously.
Treasurer Report
Konnette distributed copies of the treasurer report. The beginning of August balance was $3,537.32, including the annual stipend from the City of Beaverton which is now $500. Major expenses were poster and postal costs which were up this year, since the NAC can no longer send mailings through the City due to budget cuts. The NAC sent 3 mailers for 4 neighborhood events which came to $183.31 per event mailing or a total of $549.92. This included paper, envelopes and 82 cents per stamp, paid through the Highland NAC account. Expenses from the lasagna picnic included two lasagnas, salad, dressing, croutons and seltzer water, coming to $349.89. Regarding the Highland Street Party project expenses, there were 2 streets that requested funds from the matching grant: The Hyland Hills HOA requested $100 which the board voted to pay out of NAC funds as their request met all project requirements but came in past the matching grant deadline. Secondly, the Hargis Road street party requested $400 out of $680 in expenses. This paid for $398 which the NAC reimbursed the resident for who arranged an insurance writer for the party since it was set up in the street area. The matching grant reimbursement from the City replenished NAC funds from this project. Third, the family nature walk in Hyland Woods had expenses of $187 for one THPRD instructor, $19.92 for snack bars, $4.09 for water and $27.59 for children's binoculars which all totaled $238.60. A matching grant reimbursement application was submitted for these expenses. A comment was made that the walk is relatively expensive. Another comment was made that July may be a better time in the summer, and that the NAC should meet with the Fir Grove PTO to promote it. The ending NAC treasury balance for August was $2,240.05.
New Business
Mayor Lacey Beaty had to reschedule the HNAC visit to February 2027. Konnette reviewed the visioning poster of ideas from the August 2026 lasagna picnic meeting, including past activities such as dumpster days, tree plantings, native plant seminars, shredding events, family nature walks, back to school safety, lasagna picnics, and block parties. She distributed a flyer of all the 2026 HNAC events and meeting presentations, including suggestions for 2027 from the visioning meeting. Meeting presentations included the City recycling specialist, City community development, City code compliance and City mediation program. Major events and activities included the April 18th Getting Into Native Plants workshop, August street parties, picnic and nature walk, and November tree planting. NAC members voted on preferred 2027 projects, ranking first through fourth, and Konnette will analyze and report back on the results. In other news, the City Celebration Parade is this weekend along SW 5th Street; Konnette and Alan are walking for Highland with the neighborhood program. Looking ahead, there will be NAC board and officer elections in October. The NAC is currently seeking volunteers to serve on the board. The position is for one year and requires regular meeting attendance. NAC board members are representatives of the neighborhood and can cast votes during regular board meetings. Officer positions within the board are chair, vice-chair, BCCI representative, treasurer and recorder.
Meeting Adjourned: 7:53 P.M.
Next Meeting Date: October 8, 2026
Photo: Highland NAC Dumpster Day event, September 2025
