04/19/2017 - Minutes City of Tigard
- Neighborhood Involvement Committee
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Meeting Minutes
MEETING DATE/TIME: Wednesday,April 19, 2017; 7 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Red Rock Conference Room, City Hall
13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard OR 97223
Member Attendance Status
Jeremy Audritsh yes
Basil Christopher yes
Cathy Olson yes
David Hanna yes
Dolly Specht yes
Amelia McCree es
Kristen Fitzpatrick yes
Miranda Wood sick/absent
Connie Ramaekers yes
Joseph Lyons yes
Lexi Hallum yes
Also Attending: Rudy Owens (Communications Strategist and Committee Liaison),Liz Newton
(Assistant City Manager), Susan Shanks (Senior Planner)
Other visitors:John Pierce, Neil Burnham
Council Liaison Marc Woodard: Excused and attending city Budget Committee meeting.
1. Welcome and introductions.
All committee members attending introduced themselves as did two guest from the community:
John Pierce and Neil Burnham.
2. Review of draft minutes from Feb. 22, 2017.
The committee moved to approve and adopted the meeting minutes from Feb. 22, 2017.
3. Review of updated bylaws for the NIC to become the Committee for Community
Engagement (CCE),Assistant City Manager Liz Newton. Discussion and possible vote
by the group on bylaws.
Newton said city councilors were excited and would like to see the bylaws on May 9 at a council
business meeting.
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The group discussed the bylaws provisions for grandfathering members in who were current
members and for removing existing members.
Newton suggested the group stagger in current members. One section of the draft bylaws, section
12,was changed from the draft last shared. Newton explained this was required in order for the
bylaws to be adopted by the council. If we change something, they need to approve them.
Hanna asked about terms of office. Newton said turnovers can be good because more residents
become involved, but some members of committees like to serve long. In the current bylaws there
would not be term limits.
Olson said she liked seeing renewed interest in the group. Christopher also noted the committee's
greater focus with the new draft bylaws.
Audritsh asked about the diversity of membership, and Newton suggested that was a good idea.
Committee members began a discussion of the length of terms of service and Owens said he
would organize an after-meeting polling system to set limits the members preferred. A deadline
was set for May 9.
The committee voted unanimously adopt the revised bylaws, to be presented to the City Council
on May 9.
4. Presentation on the Tigard Triangle Urban Renewal Plan and City Center Urban Renewal
Plan Amendment ballot measures that will appear on the May 16,2017, ballot in Tigard,
Senior Planner Susan Shanks.
Shanks presented a summary of the two ballot measures with a PowerPoint presentation (Measure
34-274, City Center Urban Renewal Plan Amendment, and Measure 34-275,Tigard Triangle
Urban Renewal Plan Implementation).
Only about half of those the room said they knew about urban renewal. Shanks said the City
Center Urban Renewal Plan was put in place in 2006, and the ballot measure would expand it by
38 acres.
Shanks also asked if the group knew about the Triangle. Most said yes. She said the Measure 34-
275 would create a new urban renewal area for the Triangle.
Regarding the urban renewal expansion downtown, Shanks said the expanded area would generate
funding and help pay for new projects in the plan. She discussed the projects completed
downtown.
Shanks discussed with the committee how taxes are used to fund developments in urban renewal
areas. She explained that urban renewal was not a new tax or a tax increase. Urban renewal only
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changes how tax revenue is allocated. Revenue that pays for projects in an urban renewal area is
generated by new development and increased property values in the urban renewal area.
Shanks also addressed why there should be urban renewal in the Triangle,which is home to large
retailers there like Costco,Winco, and Walmart. She explained the area was 500 acres, the size of
downtown Portland. Erosion had become a problem undercutting a main sewer pipe in the area.
The city lacked funds currently to address erosion issues for the whole stream. She also described
dirt streets,uneven development,lack of sidewalks, and the lack of access to the area. She said the
city had long thought about the area's potential for mixed-used housing and an urban landscape to
be more walkable.
Olson said urban renewal could make areas destinations where businesses want to locate. Olson
said currently, the Triangle did not have a lot of attractions for people to live and work there.
Shanks said the long-term plan was to have a more "complete community."
Hallum asked about parks and open space. Shanks said there were project goals, one for parks and
open spaces.
Olson asked about what voters want. Shanks said the project proposed were on the city's project
web page,including another crossing over State Highway 217.
When asked about eminent domain, Shanks said it could happen regarding dedicated right of ways
to the public,but for now, those could not be identified.
Shanks was also asked about traffic issues and the current volume. Shanks said projects need to be
completed that improved connectivity. Having a"complete community"would minimize the use
of the cars. It would include housing so people could live where they could access amenities.
Lyons said more affordable college housing for PCC Sylvania students would be welcome.
The group discussed how the concept of urban renewal overall could be confusing. You had a
message of no new taxes along with tax increment financing,which some voters may not fully
understand.
Attendee Pierce asked how affordable housing could be done without blight. Shanks said the
nonprofit group Community Partners for Affordable Housing had bought property in Triangle.
She said regulated affordable housing had to stay affordable.
The group thanked Shanks for her overview.
5. Introducing new applicant (applicant Anne Kinnaman, who submitted her application in
2016).
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Kinnaman described her desire to live in a community that was walkable. She said she wanted to
be part of the conversation. She lives close to Main Street now. She also wanted to be involved in
a place and community that helped to make connections. The group unanimously approved a
motion to accept Mnnaman as the newest committee member.
6. Sharing map identifying membership by city neighborhood—request item from the
committee
Owens shared a map prepared by Tigard GIS that showed current members by Tigard
Neighborhood Network. While there is wide geographic distribution, some areas of west Tigard
are less represented geographically.
7. Comments and input from around the table.
The group shared updates from around the table. Owens said he would do a poll of members
concerning their staggered term preferences before May 9. Specht said she felt the group's work
was fresh and useful. Overall the group liked the urban renewal discussion. Christopher suggested
the city host a larger Tigard meeting bringing to gather all board and committee members. Owens
said he would share that proposal internally with other committee chairs.
8. Adjourn.
The group adjourned at approximately 9 p.m.
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