Resolution No. 84-19B _ CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. 84-_V
A RESOLUTION SUGGESTING A NEW URBAN PLANNING AREA AGREEMENT WITH WASHINGTON
COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the City of Tigard and Washington County have agreed to an Urban
Planning Area Agreement on two occasions, one through 1985 and the other from
June 28, 1983 through December 31, 1983; and
WHEREAS, the 1983 Agreement provided for the resolution of outstanding
transportation issues; and
WHEREAS, a dispute arose concerning the interpretation and resolution of
the transportation issues resulting in no agreement concerning the
transportation questions; and
WHEREAS, the City and County are unable to reach agreement without the
results of the Southwest Corridor Study; and
WHEREAS, the 1983 Agreement lapsed on January 1, 1984 and is no longer in
effect; and
WHEREAS, the prior agreement has been reactivated to continue until March
4, 1985 unless mutually amended; and
WHEREAS, the prior agreement is unsatisfactory as it is not consistent
with the City or County Comprehensive Plans specifically relative to
transportation issues.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
1. The sections of the 1983 Agreement which were previously agreed to,
with the exception of the transportation issues, are ratified and
reaffirmed (Exhibit A attached hereto);
2. The outstanding transportation issues are still unresolved and no
agreement is in effect at this time;
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3. The City proposes the following resolution to resolve the outstanding
transportation issues.
A. The City and County will each designate two individuals to meet
and prepare a joint report which presents a committee
recommendation on:
1) The status of Durham Road; and
2) The need and location of the connection between Scholls
/ Ferry Road and Highway 99W.
B. The Committee will meet immediately upon completion of the
i,. Southwest Corridor Study.
C. Within six months of the completion of the Southwest Corridor
Study, the Committee will report its findings to the City and
County for adoption of a mutual agreement on the resolution of
the transportation issues.
4. This agreement supercedes all earlier Urban Planning Area Agreements
between the City and County.
PASSED: This day of rn ex-{..r� , 1984.
ayor - City of Tigard
ATTEST:
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eputy Recorder - City of Tigard
RESOLUTION NO. 84- /8
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EXHIBIT A
WASHINGTON COUNTY - TIGARD
URBAN PLANNING AREA AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this day of
19 by IWASy;ur-.TON COUNTY, a political subdivision pf the State of Oregon,
hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY," and CITY OF TIG RD, an incorporated
municipality of the State of Oregon, hereinafter referred to as the "CITY." _
WHEREAS, ORS 190.010 provides that units of local governments may enter into
agreements for the performance of any or all functions and activities that a
party to the agreement, its officers or agents, have authority to perform; and
WHEREAS, Statewide Planning Goal #2 (Land Use Planning) requires that City,
County, State-and Federal-agency-and special district plans and actions-shall - -
be consistent with the comprehensive plans of the cities and counties and
regional plans adopted under ORS Chapter 197; and
WHEREAS, The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission requires each
jurisdiction requesting acknowledgement of compliance to submit an agreement
setting forth the means by which land use coordination in the unincorporated
areas within the Regional Urban Growth Boundary will be implemented; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY and the CITY, to ensure coordinated and consistent
comprehensive plans, consider it mutually advantageous to establish:
{ 1. A site-specific Urban Planning Area within the Regional Urban Growth
Bsandary within which both the COUNTY and the CITY maintain an
interest in comprehensive planning;
2. Policies regarding comprehensive planning and development in the
Urban Planniri Area;
3. A process for coordinating comprehensive planning and development in
the Urban Planning Area; and
4. A process for amending the Urban Planning Area Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
I_ Location of the Urban Planning Area
The Urban Planning Area mutually defined by the COUNTY and the CITY
includes the area designated on Exhibit "A" to this agreement.
II. Comprehensive Planning and Development Policies
A. Active Planning Area
I. Definition
Active Planning Area means the incorporated area and certain
unincorporatedareas contiguous to the incorporated area for
which the CITY conducts comprehensive planning and seeks to
regulate development activities to the greatest extent possible.
The CITY Active Planning Area within the Urban Planning Area is
designated as Area A on Exhibit "A".
2. The CITY shall be responsible for comp ehensiv� planning Within
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the Active Planning Area.
3. The CITY shall be responsible for coordinating and planning for
the provision of urban services in the Active Planning Area.
4. The COUNTY shall not approve land divisions within the Active
Planning Area which would create lots less than 10 acres in
size, unless public sewer and water service are available to the
property.
S. The COUNTY shall not approve a development proposal in the
Active Planning Area if the proposal would not provide for, nor
be conditioned to provide for, an enforceable plan for redevel-
opment to urban densities consistent with CITY'S Comprehensive
Plan in the future upon annexation to the CITY as indicated by
the CITY Comprehensive Plan.
6. Approval of the development actions in the Active Planning Area
shall be contingent upon provision of adequate urban services
including sewer, water, storm drainage, streets, and police and
fire protection.
7. The COUNTY shall not oppose annexation to the CITY within the
CITY'S Active Planning Area.
B. Area of Interest
1. Definition
Area of Interest or Primary Area of Interest means unincorpor-
ated lands contiguous to the Active Planning Area in which the
CITY does not conduct comprehensive planning but in which the
CITY does maintain an interest in comprehensive planning and
development actions by the COUNTY because of potential impacts
on the CITY Active Planning Area. The CITY Area of Interest within
the Urban Planning Area is designated as Area B on Exhibit "A".
2. The COUNTY shall be responsible for comprehensive planning and
development actions within the Area of Interest.
3. The COUNTY shall be responsible for coordinating and planning
for the provision of urban services in the Area of Interest.
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4. The CITY may consider requests for annexations in the Area of
Interest subject to the following:
a. The CITY shall not require annexation of lands in the Area
of Interest as a condition to the provision of urban services
for development.
b. Annexations by the CITY within the Area of Interestshall
riot create islands unless tyle CITY declares is Ment to
complete the island annexation.
c. The CITY agrees in principle to a plebiscite or other repre-
sentative means for annexation in the Metzger/Progress
Community Planning Area, which includes Washington Square,
within the CITY Area of Interest. Not contrary to the
foregoing, the City reserves all of its rights to annex and
acknowledges the rights of individual property owners to
annex to the City pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes.
d. Upon annexation of land within the area of Interest to the
CITY, the CITY agrees to convert COUNTY plan designations to
CITY plan designations which most closely approximate the
density, use provisions and standards of COUNTY designations.
Furthermore, the CITY agrees to maintain this designation for
one year after the effective date of annexation unless both
the CITY and COUNTY Planning Directors agree at the time of
annexation that the COUNTY designation is outdated and should
be amended before the one year period is over.
e. Should any land within the Area of Interest be annexed to
the CITY, the area shall continue to be considered as part
of the COUNTY Urban Planning Area for the purpose of calcu-
lating county-wide new dwelling unit mix and density as
required by OAR 660-07-030 and 660-07-035. This provision shall
apply until the CITY and COUNTY plans have been acknowledged by
the Land Conservation and Development Commission.
C. General Policies
'. The CITY and COUNTY are in disagreement on at least two major
transportation issues: (1) the classification and use of Durham
Road between Pacific Highway and the Interstate 5 freeway; and
�2) the need and location of the extension of Murray Boulevard
to Pacific Highway. Despite this disagreement, the parties have
_agreed to a process for resolution of their conflicts and agree
not to preclude potential transportatio,. jptions or road system
improvements proposed in their respective comprehensive plans,
notwithstanding their disagreement.
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2. The CITY shall include all right-of-way within and adjacent to
property in current and future annexation proposals, In
- addition, the CITY and the COUNTY shaii reach agreement, upon a
schedule and process for the surrender of jurisdiction of those
COUNTY roads currently within the city limits and those COUNTY
roads that may be included in future annexations to the CITY if
the COUNTY determines these roads are not necessary as part of
the COUNTY road system. Such an agreement shall be reached
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within 60 days OT the effective datr .. ..y.
3. Annexations to the CITY outside the Urban Planning Area will not
be supported by the COUNTY or the CITY.
III. Coordination of Comprehensive Planning and Development
A. Amendments to or Adoption of a Comprehensive Plan or Implementing
Regulation
1. Definitions
Comprehensive Plan, as defined by OAR 660-18-010(5), means a
generalized, coordinated land use map and policy statement of
the governing body of a local government that interrelates all
functional and natural systems and activities relating to the
use of lands, including, but not limited to, sewer and water
systems, transportation systems, educational facilities,
recreational facilities, and natural resources and air and water
quality management programs.
Implementing Regulation means any local government zoning
ordinance, land division ordinance adopted under ORS 92.044 or
92.046 or similar general ordinance establishing standards for
implementing a comprehensive plan..
2. Except as provided in subsection (B) below, the COUNTY shall
provide the CITY with the appropriate opportunity to
participate, review and comment on proposed amendments to or
adoption of the COUNTY comprehensive plan or implementing
regulations. The CITY shall provide the COUNTY with the
appropriate opportunity to participate, review and comment on
proposed amendments to or adoption of the City comprehensive
plan or implementing regulations. The following procedures
shall be followed by the COUNTY and the CITY to notify and
involve one another in the process to amend or adopt a
comprehensive plan or implementing regulation:
a. The CITY or the COUNTY, whichever has jurisdiction over t;se
proposal, hereinafter the originating agency, shall notify
the other agency, hereinafter the responding agency, of the
proposed action at the time such planning efforts are
initiated, but in no case '.ass than 45 days prior to the
final hearing on adoption. The specific method and level of
involvement shall be finalized by "Memorandums of
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Understanding" negotiated and signed by the planning
directors of the CITY and the COUNTY. The "Memorandums of
Understanding" shall clearly outline the process by which
the responding agency shall participate in the adoption
process. If, at the time of being notified of a proposed
action, the responding agency determines it does not need to
participate in the adoption process, it may waive the
requirement to negotiate and sign a "Memorandum of
Understanding."
b. The originating agency shall transmit draft recommendations
on any proposed actions to the responding agency for its
review and comment before finalizing. Unless otherwise
agreed to in a "Memorandum of Understanding," the responding
agency shall have ten (10) days after receipt of a draft to
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submit comments orally or n writing. Lack of response
shall be considered "no objection" to the draft.
c. The originating agency shall respond to the comments made by
the responding agency either by a) revising the final
recommendations, or b) by letter to the responding agency
explaining why the comments cannot be addressed in the final
draft.
d. Comments from the responding agency shall be given consid-
eration as a part of the public record on the proposed
action. If after such consideration, the originating agency
acts contrary to the position of the responding agency, the
responding agency may seek review of the action through the
appropriate body and procedures.
e. Upon final adoption of the proposed action by the orig-
inating agency, it shall transmit the adopting ordinance
to the responding agency as soon as publicly available, or
if not adopted by ordinance, whatever other written
documentation is available to properly inform the responding
agency of the final actions taken.
B. Development Actions Requiring Individual Notice to Property Owners
1. Definition
Development Action Requiring Notice means an action by a local
government which requires notifying by mail the owners of -
property which could potentially be affected (usually specified
as a distance measured in feet) by a proposed development action
which directly affects and is applied to a specific parcel or
Parcels. Such development actions may include, but not be
limited to small tract zoning or comprehensive plan map
amendments, conditional or special use permits, individual
subdivisions, partitionings or planned developments, variances,
and other similar actions requiring a hearings process which is
quasi-judicial in nature.
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2. The COUNTY will provide the CITY with the opportunity to review
and comment on proposed development actions requiring notice
within the designated Urban Planning Area. The CITY will
provide the COUNTY with the opportunity to review and ent on
proposed development actions requiring notice within the CITY
limits that may have an affect on unincorporated portions of the
designated Urban Planning Area.
3. The following procedures shall be followed by the COUNTY and the
CITY to notify one another of impending dcv--Iopmcr t
a. The CITY or the COUNTY, whichever has jurisdiction over the
proposal, hereinafter the originating agency, shall send by
first class mail a copy of the public hearing notice which
identifies the proposed development action to the other
agency, hereinafter the responding agency, at the earliest
opportunity, but no less than ten (10) days prior to the
date of the scheduled public hearing. The failure of the
responding agency to receive a notice shall not invalidate
an action if a good faith attempt was made by the
originating agency to notify the responding agency.
b. The agency receiving the notice may respond at its dis-
cretion. Comments may be submitted in written form or an
oral response may be made at the public hearing. Lack of
written or oral response shall be considered "no objection"
to the proposal.
c. The originating agency shall include or attach the comments
to the written staff report or supplemental thereto, and
respond to any concerns addressed by the responding agency
in such report or orally at the hearing.
d. Comments from the responding agency shall be given con-
sideration as a part of the public record on the proposed
action. If, after such consideration, the originating
agency acts contrary to the position of the responding
agency, the responding agency may seek appeal of the action
through the appropriate appeals body and procedures.
C. Additional Coordination Requirements
1. The CITY and the COUNTY shall do the following to notify one
another of proposed actions which may affect the community, but
are not subject to the notification and participation require-
ments contained in subsections A and B above:
a. The CITY or the COUNTY, whichever has jurisdiction over the
proposed actions, hereinafter the originating agency, shall
send by first class mail a copy of all public hearing
agendas which contain the proposed actions to the other
agency, hereinafter the responding agency, at the earliest
opportunity, but no less than three (3) days prior to the
date of the scheduled public hearing. The failure of the
responding agency to receive an agenda shall not invalidate
an action if a good faith attempt was made by the origin-
ating agency to notify the responding agency.
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b. The agency receiving the public hearing agenda may respond
at its discretion. Comments may be submitted in written
form or an oral response may be made at the public hearing.
c. Comments from the responding agency shall be given
consideration as a part of the public record on the proposed
action. If the originating agency acts contrary to the
position of the responding .agency, the responding agency may
seek review of the action through the appropriate body and
procedures.
IV. Special Policies
A. The CITY and the COUNTY shall provide information of comprehensive
planning and development actions to their respective recognized
Community Planning Organizations (CPO) through the notice procedures
outlined in Section III of this Agreement.
B. At least one copy of any COUNTY ordinance which proposes to (1)
amend the COUNTY comprehensive plan, (2) adopt a new plan, or (3)
amend the text of the COUNTY development code shall be mailed to the
CITY within five (5) days after its introduction.
C. At least one copy of any COUNTY ordinance which proposes to rezone
land within one (1) mile of the corporate limits of the CITY shall
be mailed to the CITY within five (5) days after its introduction.
V. Amendments to the Urban Planning Area Agreement
A. The following procedures shall be followed by the CITY and the
COUNTY to amend the language of this agreement or the Urban Planning
Area Boundary:
1. The CITY or COUNTY, whichever jurisdiction originates the
proposal, shall submit a formal request for amendment to the
responding agency.
2. The formal request shall contain the following:
a. A statement describing the amendment.
b. A statement of findings indicating why the proposed
amendment is necessary.
c. If the request is to amend the planning area boundary, a map
which clearly indicates the proposed change and surrounding
area.
3. Upon receipt of a request for amendment from the originating
Agency, the responding agency shall schedule a review of the
request before the appropriate reviewing body, with said review
to be held within 45 days of the date the request is received.
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4. The CITY and the COUNTY shall make good faith efforts to resolve
requests to amend this agreement. Upon completion of the review,
the reviewing body may approve the request, deny the request,
or make a determination that the proposed amendment warrants
additional review. If it is determined that additional review
is necessary, the following procedures shall be followed by the
CITY and COUNTY:
a. If consistencies rioted by both p:-tics ^
of be resolved in
the review process as outlined in Section 1V (3). the CITY
and the COUNTY may agree to initiate a joint study. Such a
study shall commence within 30 days of the date it is
determined that a proposed amendment creates an inconsis-
tency, and --)all be completed within 30 days of said date.
Methodologies and procedures regulating the conduct of
the joint study shall be mutually agreed upon by the CITY
and the COUNTY prior to commencing the study.
b. Upon completion of the joint study, the study and the
recommendations drawn from it shall be included within the
record of review. The agency considering the proposed
amendment shall give careful consideration to the study
prior to making a final decision.
B. The parties will jointly review this Agreement every two (2) years,
or more frequently if mutually needed, to evaluate the effectiveness
of the processes set forth herein and to make any necessary
amendments. The review process shall commence two (2) years from
the date of execution and shall be complete.' within 60 days. Both
parties shall make a good faith effort to resolve any inconsist-
encies that may have developed since the previous review. If,
after completion of the 60 day review period inconsistencies still
remain, either party may terminate this Agreement.
VI. Effective Date
This Agreement shall be effective until .A�ri1, 1986. During this
period, the parties shall resolve the following issues now outstanding
between them:
1. Adoption by the CITY and COUNTY of a single comprehensive plan
for the CITY and its Active Planning Area; and
2. Adoption of development standards for streets and storm drainage
facilities consistent with and adequate to carry out CITY'S
Plan; and
3. Adoption of the attached Agreement, Exhibit "B", by the Board
of Directors of the Unified Sewerage Agency of Washington County.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Urban Planning Area
Agreement on the date set opposite their signatures,
CITY OF TIGARD
By Date —
Mayor
WASHINGTON COUNTY
By _ Date
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
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RecordiiTg�Secretary
APPROVED W.NSHINCTON COUNTY
61j8 \UD OF COM.-MISSIONERS
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EXHIBIT B
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UNIFIED SEWERAGE AGENCY, WASHINGTON
COUNTY AND CITY OF TIGARD AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered in this day of
1983, by and between the UNIFIED SEWERAGE AGENCY OF WASH!jNGT6jTCvUNTY, a
County Service District formed under ORS Chapter 451, hereinafter called
"AGENCY" and the CITY OF TIGARD, a municipal corporation of the State of
Oregon, hereinafter called "CITY".
W I T N ESSETH:
WHEREAS, ORS 190.010 provides that units of local governments may enter into
agreements fortheperformance of any or all functions and activities that a
party to the agreement, its officers or agents, have the authority to perform;
and
WHEREAS, State-wide Planning Goal No. 2 (Land Use Planning) requires that
city, county, state and federal agency and special district plans and actions
be consistent with the comprehensive plans of cities and counties; and
WHEREAS, ORS 197.185 provides a method for coordination of programs affecting
land use of special districts; and
WHEREAS, the parties are amenable to entering into an agreement under the
terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. AGENCY shall undertake its actions wi�-hin CITY limits and CITY'S
Active Planning Area in accordance with CITY'S Comprehensive Plan.
2. AGENCY shall prohibit the-connection of new development within CITY'S
Active Planning Area to its sewer system facilities unless CITY gives
prior written approval.
3. CITY will cooperate with AGENCY in its functions of providing
sanitary sewer facilities.
4. This Agreement shall continue until the parties mutually agree to
terminate this agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement on the date set
under their signatures.
CITY OF TIGARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UNIFIED SEWERAGE
AGENCY, WASHINGTON COUNTY
By By
Mayor Chairman
( Attest
Date
City Recorder Recording Secretary
Date
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