Parks Advisory Board - Feb. 17, 2026

Minutes

Members Present at DSB 118: Mike Ferrell, Sarah Furber, Tom Hester, Louise Lopes, Chad Parker, Angela Pederson, Chad Parker, Rob Smoot

Members Not Present: Walter Hull, Don Morgan

Staff Present at DSB 118: Tom Riggs, Barb Guthrie, Tim Farrell 

Staff Via Zoom: Ellen Rogalin

Guest: Mike Turley

1. Call To Order
   Mike called the meeting to order at 6:03 pm
2. Meeting Minutes
   Mike called for the approval of the January 20, 2026, meeting minutes. Rob called for the motion to approve minutes Louise and Chad 2nd the motion. Minutes were approved.
3. Citizen Input & Correspondence
   Chad reported that there was a disc golf course investment on Brandywine Drive that was questionably operating under a Clackamas County conditional use permit that had not been granted by Clackamas County. That disc golf course is no longer allowed under that permit. There are some people who are looking for a disc golf course in around Hebb Park, on the west side of the Willamette River, in particularWest Linn. Chad was wondering if this would be something County Parks would be interested in take on.There are some discarded baskets from the now closed course that we may be able to acquire. Chad would be willing to facilitate a meeting with those county residents that are interested in starting a course at Hebb in conjunction with County Parks.
4. Stone Creek Update - Mike Turley
   • Things are going great out at Stone Creek. The weather has been good this winter, especially in January. February is off to a particularly good start.
   • Our new golf carts are here, and the customers have been loving them.
   • This winter, we have been doing a bunch of drainage projects, and a few bunker renovations.
   • Also working on some green renovations at the dome of the collars, i.e. the edges of the greens have accumulated puddles and so we have re-graded those and that kept the puddles from forming.
   • Hopefully within the next couple of weeks, we will have changed all our fluorescent lighting to LED lighting inside and out.
   • Looking forward to spring and we are getting a lot of tournaments rebooked as well as some new ones as well. Looking forward to a great summer.
   • Questions about the new carts: there are 75 new power carts, two PA carts and 2 new beverage carts. Ther other ones were 6 years old, and they had reached their useable life span for us. The new ones are under warranty. The carts are on lease. They have USB ports and can also have GPS.
5. PAB Applicant Interviews
   As originally mentioned, we received eleven applicants. Two were not eligible to serve on the PAB, and some of the remaining declined to interview, so we ended up with four candidates to interview: Steve Glazer, Brian Echerer, Zaira Carranza, Cary Watters. The candidates will attend via Zoom, and each will brought onto the screen separately and interviewed using our new questions. After all the candidates have been interviewed, we will debrief the slate of candidates and take a vote for those who will join the PAB; we need two but can take up to four.
6. Park System Plan Update-Tom/Ellen/Rob
   Rob and Justin serve on the system plan Public Advisory Committee, and Tom asked Rob to speak about the meeting he has attended. Rob mentioned that the project has a very nice website, learning about theprocess and what it entails. We got to meet the consultants that are doing the work and were briefed on their backgrounds in the industry. Rob and Justin will be tasked with reporting back to the PAB, and to get out in our communities and encourage the PAB to also get out there in their communities to spread the word, get feedback and learn what people value in terms of parks.
   There is also a Technical Advisory Committee that Mark Shaw and Tim Farrell are on.
   Next, Tom asked Ellen to speak to the PAB, she attended as a staff member both the Technical Committee and Public Advisory Committee meetings. The meetings were well attended, with good discussions thatfollowed. Next will be preparing for the community outreach; we hope to have focus groups assigned by March, and then more community outreach after that.
   Tom remarked that the staff are working on talking points and questions for the focus groups and figuring out what voices we need to bring to the table.
7. Administrative Updates-Tom Riggs
   Fee schedule updates – At our last meeting, the PAB supported proposed fee changes for the day-use parking fee, the future amphitheater, and the new bunkhouse rate/clarification. There are additional proposed changes for fees that weren’t included last time; our extra vehicle fee and extra tent fees (which have normally been aligned to the day-use parking fee), our sports bag rental deposit fee (which as arefundable, generally cash deposit make sense to stay an even $20), and the creation of an overnight pet feefor the future overnight lodgings (such as cabins) that we intend to build. Tom asked the PAB for a motion to support the additional fee changes. Rob moved, Tom H. seconded, motion passed.
8. Park Updates- Tim Farrell
   • The Boring Station stage project base had the concrete poured last week. The footings are still in progress, with the main area of the stage still to complete.
   • Metzler and Eagle Fern bridge repairs due to the storm damage in December are now complete. Bridges are tentatively ready to reopen, just waiting for staff to finish clearing debris on the trails.
   • Barton Quarry Pond planting area was worked on with additions of plant materials as of last week. Work is progressing well.
9. Good of the Order
   Mike asked about the Stone Creek golf carts, and how they were replaced. Do they just replace them when needed, how is that covered in the budget? Tom explained that their budget is managed through Sarah’s office. There are basically two Stone Creek budgets, which we have seen before; the County budget for Stone Creek from which we pay TGM (Mike and Gordy) to run thegolf course and where the revenue comes to the County, and TGM’s Stone Creek budget which details their internal operations of the golf course. Tom pointed out that the golf carts at Stone Creek are an ongoing lease, not purchased.
10. Interview debrief and voting of the candidates for inclusion on the PAB
    The PAB members inquired whether the PAB applicants could exit the meeting so they could more freely to discuss the candidate interviews and qualification. Tom explained that it was a public meeting, so the applicants could stay if they want, but that if they wanted to honor the PAB’s request, they could choose to leave. The candidates voluntarily left the meeting. After a thorough discussion of the pros and cons of the candidates, three were selected.
11. Adjournment Mike called for adjournment at 7:49 pm—Rob called for the motion to adjourn, Sarah second.