-Topics-
- Work Session
- City Council
-Work Session-
Transportation System Plan Update
The Council will meet with the Planning Commission for a project update on the Transportation System Plan (TSP) for the City of Dallas.
What is a Transportation System Plan? A TSP is “a long-range plan that implements the transportation element of the City’s Comprehensive Plan. It considers all modes of travel and provides guidance on how to invest in the transportation system through a combination of projects, policies and programs to meet travel needs as the city grows.” (city website)
The TSP update is being supported by Kittelson & Associates (the consultant team) and the Oregon Department of Transportation. A Project Advisory Committee, made up of members of the City Council, local business owners, residents, and others, have also contributed to the TSP throughout the project. The last TSP was created in 2008.
Remember when? The Council and Planning Commission met in Feb 2026 for the 1st TSP update. Check out the Wrap Up from that meeting.
While the TSP is not complete yet, the Council and Planning Commission will have an opportunity to affect the final “proposed policy updates and preferred improvement projects.” (staff report, work session pg. 2)
A public open house is planned for late summer 2026 to get additional feedback from residents on the TSP. Another City Council and Planning Commission work session is scheduled for early fall 2026 which will wrap up the TSP work. The final TSP is estimated to come before the Council for approval in winter 2026.
What will happen? The Council and Planning Commission will meet to discuss and offer input on the new Transportation System Plan for the City of Dallas. No official action will take place, but guidance and direction on the TSP will likely be given.
-City Council-
Introductions, Recognitions, Proclamations
None.
Public Comment
This is your time to speak to your City Council, and Mayor. Each person has up to 3 minutes to speak.
Consent Agenda
The consent agenda is used to pass procedural items. If any Councilor has a question or wants to discuss something, they can pull the item to discuss.
What’s on the consent agenda?
- Approve the July 6, 2026 Work Session Minutes – pg. 4
- Approve the July 6, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes – pg. 5-6
- June 2026 Financial Report – pg. 7
Mayor and Council Reports
This is a time for Councilors and the Mayor to give any reports.
City Manager report
Water Conservation Incentive Program
The Aaron Mercer Reservoir supplies the City of Dallas with water for residents use. While the city continues to work on an expansion to the water storage capacity, they are also looking at ways to encourage water conservation for residents.
The City Council will consider a new Water Conservation Incentive Program. This would be a volunteer program to help conserve water in the summer months. The program would focus on single-family home water usage in the months of June, July, August, and September.
A single family home could earn a $100 per year credit to their city bill by decreasing their water use 20% in the summer months. The Public Works Committee (a standing committee of the Council) approved the 20% recommendation in their June 2026 meeting.
Follow the money: The number of homes that would qualify for the credit each year will vary. If an estimated 500 customers earned the $100 credit that would be $50,000 each year. The staff report noted, “The other fiscal impacts are the foregone revenues from the conservation, as well as the savings associated with the production of less consumed water.” (council agenda, pg. 41)
The city researched and counted 2,808 single-family water accounts. They found the average single-family home used 14 units of water per month. In the summer that average jumped to 58 units of water.
The single-family water accounts were then split into irrigation and non-irrigation categories. If an account used more than 10 units of water per month, it was added to the irrigation group.
The non-irrigation accounts used an average of 6 units of water per month with a summer high of 24 units of water. While irrigation accounts started at an average of 23 units of water per month and topped out at 94 units of water in the summer months.
Learn more: Read the full program in the council agenda, pg. 46-47.
The city believes the Water Conservation Incentive Program would “be fairly easy to implement, and staff have the capacity to implement and run the program.” (staff report, council agenda pg. 43)
What will happen? The Council can vote on approving the Water Conservation Incentive Program, designed to help encourage residents to conserve water usage in the summer months.
ORDINANCES
No. 1925 – Regulating electric assisted bicycles in public parks
E-bikes (motorized bicycles) could see new regulations inside city parks soon. The City Council will have a 1st reading of an ordinance that would set a speed limit and ban certain classes of E-bikes on unpaved trails.
Remember when? A resident spoke about the dangers of motorized bikes and scooters in the last City Council during public comment.
The Public Works Committee (a standing committee of the Council) discussed this topic in their April and June 2026 meetings and approved this proposed ordinance.
- What will the ordinance do?
- Separate E-bikes from the specific ban on self-propelled motor vehicles in the Dallas city code
- Set Speed Limits
- Paved trails
- 10 miles per hour for all E-bike classes
- Unpaved trails
- 10 miles per hour for Class 1 E-bikes
- Class 2 and 3 E-bikes are banned
- 10 miles per hour for Class 1 E-bikes
- Paved trails
E-bikes are split into 3 classes. Each class is determined by how the motorized part of the E-bike works.
- E-bike Classifications
- Class 1
- Assists only when the rider is pedaling
- Stops assisting at 20 miles per hour
- Class 2
- Assists without the rider pedaling
- Stops assisting at 20 miles per hour
- Class 3
- Assists only when the rider is pedaling
- Stops assisting at 28 miles per hour
- Has a speedometer
- Class 1
Speed signs will be posted at park entrances and along the trail to help remind riders of the law. The city would set up responsive enforcement of speed limits along the trails based on complaint volumes.
Learn more: Read the full ordinance in the council agenda, pg. 50-51.
What will happen? The Council will have a 1st reading of an ordinance set to regulate E-bike usage and speeds in city parks and trails. The ordinance will come back for a 2nd reading and vote in the future.
No. 1924 – La Creole Mixed-Use Zoning District
The 2nd reading and vote on an ordinance to create a zone planned for the new La Creole Node comes to the City Council. If approved, the new mixed-use zone category would be added to the city Development Code.
In a May 2026 public hearing, the Council made 3 changes to the mixed-use zone that was originally approved by the Planning Commission. Those changes removed building sizes limits in the commercial zone, restricted the height of mixed-use buildings from 8 stories to 3, and removed conditional uses that would allow less commercial space in mixed-use zoned multi-family buildings.
Learn more: Review the entire proposed mixed-use code, with changes, in the council agenda, pg. 53-67.
What will happen? The Council will have a 2nd reading and vote on the ordinance for a new mixed-use zone to be used in the La Creole Node. If approved, it would be effective on Aug. 19, 2026.
RESOLUTIONS
No. 3574 – Authorizing the refunding of an interim loan with Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority
4 covers at the Clay Street Water Reservoir were replaced in April 2025 to repair a leak. An interim loan back in 2022 from Business Oregon was used to fund that project. Now, the City Council will vote to authorize the pay-back of that interim loan.
Follow the money: The interim loan was approved in Feb. 2022 for a maximum of $2.2 million under Resolution No. 2477. The money for the interim loan came from Business Oregon’s Special Public Works Fund with the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority.
If the Council approves the resolution, the payments will be planned for in the next year’s 2027-2028 budget. The 1st re-payment of the interim loan is due in Dec. 2027. The interest rate will be known after Business Oregon issues bonds in Sep. 2026 for long-term funding of the project.
What will happen? The Council will vote on refunding an interim loan that paid for repairing a leak at the Clay Street Water Reservoir.
-More Information-
Learn more: View the entire work session agenda and city council agenda for a lot more information.
Attend the meeting: Come attend City Council meeting in person on Monday, July 20th, 2026. Work Session starts at 5:30 pm and City Council starts at 7:00 pm at City Hall in downtown Dallas, Oregon. You are free to come and leave whenever during the meeting.
Livestream: You can watch the livestream on the City’s Youtube page.
Speak to your city council: Everyone is welcome to speak for 3 minutes towards the beginning of the meeting during Public Comment.
Congratulations! You just summarized 176 pages. Are you ready for Dallas Days? Activities start on Friday July 24, 2026 and continue all day Saturday. The parade starts at 11:00 am on Saturday July 25, 2026. Learn more from the Explore Dallas website, and this schedule of events image from the Dallas Downtown Association.
Do you want to be Mayor or a City Councilor?
“Candidates running for Dallas Mayor and City Councilor can now pick up Candidate Information Packets at Dallas City Hall. This packet has all the information you need to run for Mayor or one of four City Councilor positions in the November 2026 General Election.
Councilors serve four-year terms and the Mayor serves a two-year term. Candidates must be a registered voter of the State of Oregon and have been a legal resident of Dallas continuously during the twelve months immediately preceding the election.
The first day candidates can file paperwork to run for office is Wednesday, June 3, 2026, with all completed paperwork due no later than Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
For more information, contact Kim Herring, City Recorder, at 503.831.3502 or [email protected]”
June 3, 2026 News release from the City of Dallas Oregon
