09/15/1982 - Minutes N P O p 3 M E E T I N G
REGULAR MEETING MINTUES - September 15, 1982 - 7:40 P.N.
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:40 P.M. at City Hall.
2. ROLL CALL: Present were Ramsdell, Horowitz, Watkins, Porter, Fyre,
Bledsoe, and Mortensen. Absent was Nonnier.
3. The minutes of August 18, 1982 were approved as written.
4. There was no input from the public.
5. Reports were given on meetings of Planning Commission, City Council, and
the C.C.I.
6. Alan Horowitz reported that City Administrator Bob Jean urged the County
not to locate four subsidized housing units together in Grant Court, but
to dispense them rare broadly.
7a. Citizen Involvement element of the Comprehensive Plan:
The consensus of the NPO was that the following should be added: (1) In
the introduction, the update on the history should include the new
ordinance regulating the NPO's. (2) A one-page flow chart of how a
citizen can get involved in the decision making process. (3) A map of
the NPO boundaries - the "Tigard Planning Area" map would be appropriate. !
In addition, members of the NPO were concerned about the Planning
Commission, but that public input is not allowed when an issue is appealed
or referred to the City Council. Associate Planner Liz Newton explained
that this is p&--'z of Tigard's administrative hearings procedures; she
further explained that anyone who had spoken at the original public
hearing had the right to speak at every level of appeal or referral
thereafter; but someone who had not spoken originally could not speak
later. The idea is so that the City Council would be making its decision
on the basis of the same information presented at the Planning
Commission. It was unclear how such a restriction of information helps
City Council make decisions in the best interest of the Community. The
common perception is that when a matter goes before Council on appeal,
public input is no longer allowed. Since the councilors don't hear the
testimony presented before the Planning Commission, their decision does
not benefit from the citizen involvement.
7b. Public Facilities and Services
Discussion on this draft only began when consideration of time and the
remaining agenda called for postponement until the next meeting.
S. Liz Newton reported for the planning staff on the reason for changes
proposed in the staff's new comprehensive plan for the NPO 3 area.
A. The reason for changing the Commercial Professional designation along
the highway to Commercial Linear are (1) an ordinance (78-2 or 78-4) for
the lot where Pietro's Pizza is located - this was a comprehensive plan
change at the request of the owner, J.B. Bishop, and (2) the land by
Hudson gas station is already developed at Commercial Highway (C-H). Some
NPO members thought this land- in vacant still.
b. The reasons for charging the Bechtold property from low density to
medium are: (1) S.W. Gaarde Street and S.W. 121st Avenue are both
designated major collectors. (2) This is a large piece of property and
(3) Washington County intends to connect S.W. 135th Avenue (from
intersection with Walnut) to S.W. Gaarde (at intersection with S.W. 121st) .
C. The reason for charging the area along Pacific Highway from medium
density to low density was given that this area is already developed with
single family houses.
d. Staff had no drafts for any remaining parts of the Plan to hand out
yet. Liz Newton stated that Jeremy Coursolle had changed lots 600 and
1400 on Washington County's map 2S1 4 (burgs's lot and the remainder of
Bec
htold'
s
from low density to medium density. The members of NPO 3
res onded •
p that- this is is violation of the principle stated by Bob Jean at
the August 10, 1982 meeting of the Planning Commission. At that meeting
when the map was presented publically, Bob Jean stated that each NPO could
adjust the density within its own area, but could not shove it off on
another NPO without consent of that NPO. No one has asked consent from
NPO 3, yet Mr. Coursolle under pressure from other NPO's has already
changed two lots. By unanimous vote, NPO 3 recommends that the area west
Of S.W.
121st Avenue at S.W. Gaarde
(specifically lots 400, 401 500
1400 on ma and
p #2S1 4 on Washington County's map #2S1 3cc) remain designated
at low density, and not be charged to medium density. Higher densities
will place extra burdens on Gaarde and 121st, exacerbating an already
difficult traffic
situation. Increased traffic will force the widening of
these streets, thus destroying existing neighborhoods; planning should
not deliberately destroy existing neighborhoods. The medium density is
incompatible with the County's designation of low density for the
surrounding, adjacent properties. Higher density should be located closer
to Highway 99, and other arterial streets. In conjunction, NPO 3
recommends that S.W. Gaarde Street and S.W. 121st Avenue between Gaarde
and Walnut be considered as minor collector streets for planning purposes.
9. Discussion of the July 20, 1981 letter from City Attorney to City Council
was postponed.
10. By affirmative vote of 5 members, an extra meeting of NPO 3 will be held
October 13, 1982 at City Hall, if available.
11. Adjournment shortly after 10:00 P.M.
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