Planning Commission Minutes - 03/16/1992 Noe
TIGARD PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING - MARCH 16, 1992
1 . Vice-President Barber called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM. The
meeting was held at Tigard Civic Center - TOWN HALL - 13125 SW Hall
Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon.
2. ROLL CALL: Present: Vice President Barber; Commissioners Boone,
Castile, Fessler, Hawley, and Moore.
Absent: Commissioners Fyre, Saporta, and Saxton.
Staff: Associate Planner John Acker, Community
Development Director Ed Murphy, and Planning Commission
Secretary Ellen Fox.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Boone moved and Commissioner Castile seconded to approve
the minutes of the March 2nd meeting as corrected. Motion carried by
unanimous vote of Commissioners present.
4. PLANNING- COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS
There were no communications.
5.1 TIGARD TRIANGLE WORKSHOP
Associate Planner John Acker reviewed the background of the Tigard
Triangle planning process which has been going on for more than five
years. He described the locational factors which make the area
important to the City. He referred to a memo from Pat Reilly (see
packet), dated June 14, 1991 , pointing out the major themes of retail
and residential uses as well as marketing and zoning considerations. He
discussed the citizen involvement process as it relates to the planning
process.
Associate Planner talked about the information in the binders provided
to Commissioners for this meeting. There was discussion regarding the
NPO involvement and input received.
Associate Planner reviewed the completion process and the master plan
which is intended to provide a guideline for future planning.. He said
the public involvement will be important at this stage.
o There was discussion concerning the term "Land Use Analysis," and
Associate Planner provided clarification.
o Community Development Director Ed Murphy talked about the existing,
outdated zoning which is not currently in harmony with the natural
features, present market conditions, and transportation. Discussion
followed regarding land use and the various elements involved.
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o Community Develent Director explained the importance of design
standards. Commissioner Boone was not in favor of too strict design
standards, as he believed they might tend to discourage developers.
Discussion followed concerning language used, with Commissioner Barber
noting the use of terms such as "encourage" and "promote" in the design
standards are seem to be more flexible. There was discussion of when to
present the design standards to the public for their input, as well as
gathering input from developers.
o Further discussion followed concerning gathering input from the public
and the NPO and what information to send out to the Triangle property
owners. Commissioner Hawley suggested sending out the page from the
packet entitled "What We've Done to Date," to update the public on the
process. Commissioner Fessler suggested sending out packets to the NPO
similar to the ones provided to the Commission for this meeting. She
favored giving the NPO some time to digest and discuss the information
to be followed by a joint meeting between the Commission and NPO for
discussion. Commissioners agreed to have a meeting with NPO #4 on April
20th at 6:00 prior to the regular meeting at 7:00, and John Acker said
he would forward the necessary information to the NPO for their April
meeting. It was also agreed to set up a meeting several weeks later
with the property owners.
o It was decided to send "Alternative D" to the property owners and the
NPO to study, but there was some disagreement as to how "polished" the
document should be. Commissioners made suggestions for modifying some
of the language, and Associate Planner agreed to eliminate or clarify
particular statements before sending out the document to the public.
There was consensus to change the section on "Design Standards" to
"Development Ideas." It was agreed to label the document with either
"PRELIMINARY" or "DRAFT". Community Development Director suggested the
Commissioners report ex-parte contact to each other as a matter of
courtesy.
6. OTHER BUSINESS
o Community Development Director talked about "Land Use, Transportation,
Air Quality Connection" (LUTRAC) study being sponsored by 1000 Freinds
of Oregon, and also about Metro's "2040" study. He said that the
Planning Commission and City Council could consider a joint meeting in
May for a work session on the "2040" study. He advised he would send
summary information to the Commission.
o Commissioners discussed future transit plans.
ADJOURNMENT - 9:30 PM
Ellen P. Fox, Secretary
ATTEST:
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Vlasta N. Barber, Vice President
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