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Resolution No. 79-46 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON RESOLUTION NO. 79- ,V4 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO FURTHER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING PLAN OF THE CITY OF TIGARD. Acknowledging its earlier passage of the housing plan of the City of Tigard and its commitment to that plan and to satisfy at the earliest possible time the obligation to accomplish its planning and development work in accord with the goals and guidelines of the Land Conservation and Development Commission of the State of Oregon, and having received the recommendations of the planning staff of the City of Tigard with regard to methods of implementing the adopted housing plan, the City Council by this resolution expresses its intention to implement the housing plan by the methods recited in the attached memorandum. PASSED: This _2,�_ day of ,. 1979. ', OF-TIGARD ATTEST: �i CITY RECORDER; CIT 'F TIGARD �71 i RESOLUTION NO. 79-,4/(,_ Housing Implementation ITEM #D Location of Assisted Housing Applicable Policy (from adopted Housing Plan) Policy 8. Low and moderate income housing units shall be located ac- cording to appropriate standards (eg., not concentrations of undue size, to minimize impacts on existing neighbor- hoods, etc.). Findings 1. The City of Tigard currently has no guidelines to help public agencies and private individuals in selecting suitable locations for new assisted housing. Implementation Recommendations Private, public, and quasi-public providers of assisted housing should be urbed to use the following criteria when selecting locations: 1. The candidate sites should meet the following minimum or threshold criteria: A. The proposed housing density is permitted outright or is a con- ditional use according to the existing zone designation on the site. C. For projects intended to house families, rather than the elderly, there should be no other assisted housing for families within mile of the site. Housing Implementation ITEM #E Tigard's Fair Share of Low Income Housing Applicable Policy (from adopted Housing Plan) Policy 14. Accommodate for the provision of subsidized housing assistance to meet Tigard's fair share of local/regional needs. Findings 1. The CRAG Board of Directors will soon adopt a Housing Opportunity Plan (HOP) for the Portland area. The HOP will consider housing needs for the entire region and thereby will help improve the al- location of funds for those requiring assistance. Participation in a HOP by a local jurisdiction will make it, and the region, eligible for ad- ditional federal funds (from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) under various programs. 2. In the past, local jurisdictions seeking federal funds under some HUD programs were required to prepare their own Housing Assistance Plan (HAP) that estimated the number of local households needing hous- ing assistance and set target goals for meeting that need. The City of Tigard prepared such a HAP in 1976 as part of the process of applying for the Housing and Community Development Block Grant funds which were used to install storm sewers and bikepaths on Tigard and Greenburg. 3. Participation in the HOP will be one of the factors considered by LCDC when it reviews Tigard's Housing Plan (and implementing actions) for compliance with Goal #10 (Housing). 4. The HOP being developed by CRAG estimates the "fair share" of the region's needy households for the counties and largest cities only. However, Tigard's adopted Housing Policy 414 referring to "fair share" is not precise enough to guide the City in determining its general responsibility as a participant in the HOP. 5. To estimate the City of Tigard's implied general "fair-share" of needy households under the draft HOP, which should approximate the targets and fund allocations established by the Housing authority of Washington County, staff used the figures developed for Hillsboro and Beaverton. The HOP needy household fair shares estimated for those two larger cities were compared with their respective populations in 1978. The average of these two ratios (.106) was then applied to an estimate of the current population in the Tigard Plan Area (20,000). The resulting estimate of current needy households for the entire plan area (2120) compares well with the 1976 HAP estimate developed independently (1903) and an updated HAP estimate based on the intervening overall -population increase (2302). Page 2 If this ratio, developed from data for Beaverton and Hillsboro, is applied to the current City population, there are approximately 1272 needy households for which Tigard should be responsible if it agrees to par- ticipate in the HOP. This figure is somewhat lower than the rough estimate made in the 1976 HAP (1476). Implementation Recommendation 1. The City should agree to participate in the Housing Opportunity Plan. Housing Implementation ITEM #F Unnecessary Standards or Restrictions Applicable Policies (from adopted Housing Plan) Policy 11. Review and revise the subdivision and zoning codes to ascertain the presence of any unduly restrictive provisions which could significantly increase costs while providing negligible benefits. Policy 13. Accelerate the review process for approval of development proposals where the quality of the review is not adversely affected. Findings 1. In recent months various steps have been taken by the Planning Department to streamline the review process for permit applications. These include: is A. Development of operations/procedures manuals for each of the permits processed by the department (not yet completed). B. "Fast-tracking" of the review process, where feasible. C. Review of the zoning and subdivision codes for possible revisions to reduce unnecessary delays. This analysis, currently being conducted by a consultant, will also include an evaluation of the ,i potential for a "one-stop" permit system. 2. The proposal to permit rolled curbs was investigated by the Planning Department, which was advised by the head of the Engineering Division (John Hagman) that they posed several problems: A. The street gutter along the edge of the curb is eliminated after the first overlay is instylled (about 5 years). B. The City's street sweepers are ineffectual along rolled curbs. C. Rolled curbs are structurally inadequate because of a shallow base and raised gutter. In the City's experience they are readily made dysfunctional as use drives them into the ground (and rotates them) as on Fir Loop in NPO #5, for instance. D. Rolled curbs extruded by machine (eg., Viemount Ct. in NPO #3) are apparently as costly as standard curbs given their quality control difficulties. 1 3. The proposal to move utility lines outside the paved area of streets (and thereby reduce costs for dirt hauling and backfill rock) is Generally endorsed by the Engineering Division as follows: ....._._.>_-. �_ Page 2 A. This change of requirements will be a good idea with respect to telephone, electricity, natural gas, and water lines. B. Natural gas and electric utilities require, ncvertheless, that the right-of-way be graded to certain standards. C. The U.S.A. requires the location of sewer lines within 5 feet of the street centerline. D. Storm sewers should be located under the gutter portion of the paved section. 4. The proposal to reduce the pavement width standard for local streets was evaluated: A. The e_cisting standard is 34 feet and was originally adopted without serious analysis. B. The conventional textbook standards do not appear to be based upon an overall evaluation of the costs and benefits of generously large widths, especially such impacts as increased runoff, higher con- struction and maintenance costs, incentive for speeding, etc. C. Adjacent jurisdictions have a 32 feet standard. D. Access by emergency vehicles, especially fire trucks, should be a critical consideration: 1) In the City of Portland, fire trucks routinely negotiate residential streets of 28 feet width with cars parked on both sides of the street. 2) The Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District prefers the fol- lowing local street width standards: No parking - 24' Parking one side - 28' Parking two sides - 32' It has indicated, however, that it could live with a 30 feet minimum. Implementation Recommendations 1. Standard curbs should continue to be required. 2. The location of utility lines should be outside the paved section where feasible as indicated by the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department. 3. The local street pavement width standard should be 34 feet. Runoff, Erosion, Sedimentation POLICY #2 - The City shall initiate a cooperative, interjurisdictional water shed, storm drainage and flood plain management study of the Fanno Creek basin, and establish restrictive interim standards for development until sufficient data is available to set standards at identified levels of adequacy. Interim standards shall limit the rate of runoff and erosion caused by a development both during and at completion of construction, as well as development in all flood plain and wetland areas identified in the physical inventory. Findings 1. The City has contracted with an engineering firm to conduct a drainage study of the Tigard area. 2. The City adopted an Interim Stormwater Detention Ordinance (Chapter 18.58) early this year. This ordinance requires stormwater detention facilities on new developments to reduce the runoff impact of urban- ization. The Engineering Division of the Public Works Department has found this new provision of the Code to work well. 3. General controls on runoff and erosion are lacking, especially with regard to the construction process itself. 4. The Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District has developed technical standards for control of erosion and sedimentation. Implementation Recommendations 1. Title 14 (Buildings and Construction) of the City Code should be g amended to require that construction plans and practices incorporate measures to minimize runoff, erosion, and sedimentation. i a. The following general design principles will be applied insofar as i is practical: ' i. Wherever feasible, natural vegetation shall be retained and pro- tected. ii. When land is exposed during construction, the exposure shall be kept to the shortest practical period of time. iii. Sediment basins (debris basins, desilting basins, or silt traps) shall be installed and maintained to remove sediment from run- off waters from land undergoing development. iv. The permanent landscaping and structures shall be installed as soon as practical. b. All construction plans and specifications shall meet the technical standards and specifications in "Practice Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control" developed by the Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District, which is on file at City Hall, where appropriate.