03/08/1988 - Minutes CITY CENTER PLAN Task Force Meeting
March 8^ 1988
Stuart called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
Roll Call
Present: Cohen, Juarez, Marr, Morley
Absent: Ash, Monahan, Duferding
Also Present: Liz Newton, Duane Roberts, Valerie Johnson, Dan Dolan (A Boy
owner), Bob Bledsoe (Tigard Water District) .
The minutes of the February 18 meeting were approved as written.
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Bledsoe was present to answer questions regarding plans for the new Tigard
Water Building.
Public Relations Subcommittee
Pam reported that the first breakfast meeting went fine. Jerry Caoh,
John Savory' Russ Jnki and the Tigard station postmaster attended.
Bill Monahan gave an overview of the committee' s progress to date and
requested input. Jerry Caoh said that he had some concerns about zoning on
Burham Street.
Fanno Creek
Stuart Cohen said that the Fanno Creek Conference went very well for downtown
revitalization. The final vote was 47 supporting revitalization and 2 against.
Park Committee
The Park Committee joined our meeting and requested input on our goals for
Fanno Creek Park . Mike indicated that we wanted the Park to have a manicured
or village green appearance and to be an activity generator. The idea of an
outdoor amphitheater was mentioned in this connection. We also discussed
widening the frontage on Main. Liz passed out a handout on the scope of work
for the park design utudy. There appeared to he agreement on the Fanno Creek
Park development concept.
Dan Dolan was asked how the park plan would affect his business . He indicated
that he has tentative plans to develop his property . He said that he would be
willing to work in partnership with the City as long an he could protect his
interests . He mentioned the difficulty he was having with the zoning
requirement for a 50 feet setback from the property line. He in requesting a
25 foot variance. Also, building over a sewer line trunk line running through
his lot is a problem. Liz gave Dan her business card and said that he should
contact her for further information.
Market; Consultants
It was agreed to ask the consultants to participate in our May 6 breakfast
with business owners . Stuart felt that the consultants would want to attend
our lunch with the developers at no additional cosi:. Any other meeti.ng.5 would
be at full cost to the laity.
Urban Land Institute
Liz asked if any committee members would be interested in attending a ULI:
meeting in Portland on March 31, 1.988 . 1"Flere was a consensus that we would
like to have two representatives there.
Leggy suggested that: the committee have a booth at Tigard Days dealing with
our planning efforts thus far. There will be more discussion on this matter
next meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM
Respectfully,
Foam Juarez
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