Sherwood City Council Recap | April 21, 2026

SHERWOOD, Ore. — The Sherwood City Council met Tuesday, April 21 for its regularly scheduled meeting following a work session.

Mayor Tim Rosener, Council President Kim Young, and Councilors Keith Mays, Dan Standke, Doug Scott, and Taylor Giles were all present. Councilor Renee Brouse was absent.

In its work session, the council reviewed the tree code, discussed the public safety fee, and heard an update on the Sherwood Area Chamber of Commerce.

In executive session, the council discussed a real property transaction with the city attorney.

There was no public comment. 

The next council meeting is scheduled for May 5.

Overview

The council amended the zoning to conditionally allow food cart pods within the light industrial zone district along Tualatin-Sherwood Road.

They approved an ordinance vacating two public right-of-way easements over a property along Oregon Street after a second public hearing.

The council authorized a contract for a regional storm facility rehabilitation project along Southwest Second and Park Streets, an intergovernmental agreement with Washington County for the Recycling Modernization Act containment reduction program, and a contract with Talbot, Korvola & Warwick, LLP for municipal audit services.

They also heard two proclamations for National Library Week, April 19-25, and National Arbor Day, April 24.

Food Cart Pod zoning

Hugo Agosto, associate planner with the community development department for the City of Sherwood, presented the second public hearing for a zoning change that would conditionally allow food cart pod developments along Tualatin-Sherwood Road.

Councilors declared they could be fair and unbiased in their vote. They voted all in favor, with Councilor Brouse absent.

This vote creates a conditional use in the zone to allow the food cart pods to begin their development process, which includes submitting development plans to the planning commission.

“It makes sense that it would be allowed to go there if someone so chooses to develop it there,” said Councilor Doug Scott. “Let’s open up more places it’s allowed, and the market will decide where it gets built, whether that’s the previously allowed commercial areas or in this newly allowed light industrial area.”

This comes after the city of Sherwood began to allow food cart pods in the code in October 2024.

“In the time since we have adopted this code, my family has probably left the city of Sherwood more than a dozen times to go to food cart pods for this experience,” Councilor Taylor Giles said. “If this does make it easier to stay in town, I’d be for it as well. I’d love to see some go in by the high school or different areas.”

Brenda Christine of ORWA Sherwood, LLC is spearheading the Tualatin-Sherwood Road food cart pod. ORWA owns two properties along Century Drive. Brian Varricchione, urban planner and civil engineer at Mackenzie, spoke at the second public hearing on behalf of ORWA.

“We feel that there are a lot of benefits for the community at large: for employers, for residents, for employees, to increase the options available to all the people particularly on the western end of town,” Varricchione said.

There was no public testimony. However, 174 readers submitted their opinions to an unofficial Sherwood Sun survey.

“I think this is a reasonable expansion of our food cart code,” said Mayor Rosener. “It allows more opportunities in the city.”

Southwest Oregon Street easement vacation

Property owner MB Family Properties, LLC, along with their consultant AKS Engineering & Forestry, LLC requested easements north of the intersection of Southwest Oregon Street and Southwest Lower Roy Street.

The council approved the easement vacation. 

The vacation of the easement does not involve a right-of-way; the applicant has planned to remove access granted to the public from a private property.

“This area was envisioned as a small, light industrial park with more properties than we currently have,” said Eric Rutledge, community development director with the City of Sherwood. “Since then, many of the properties have been consolidated … the need for public access here no longer exists.”

The former easement resulted in the general public at large being granted access to use the easements, and access to the City’s properties to the east, which is the future public works site.

The property owners proposed to vacate the easement and establish a new easement that does not provide access to the general public at large.

The City has determined that a right-of-way vacation process would establish an appropriate level of public involvement to allow the City to change the easement text. The process would result in access easements that retain rights for reciprocal ingress, egress, and utility purposes between the owners and the City.