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City Council Packet - 10/16/1978 TIGARD CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION OCTOBER 16, 1978, 7:30 P.M. FOWLER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL p LECTURE ROOM rn C3 AGENDA: 1. ROLL CALL 2. PLANNING COMMISSION/COUNCIL JOINT MEETING 3. C.E.T.A. REPORT 4. OCTOBER 30TH STUDY SESSION S. OTHER 6. ADJOURNMENT T I GAR D CITY COUNCII STUDY SESSION MINUTES - OCTOBER 16, 1978 - 7:30 P.M. 1. ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor Wilbur A. Bishop; Councilmen John Cook, Alan W. Mickelson, Kenneth Scheckla; Legal Counsel, Joe. D. Bailey; City Administrator, Raeldon R. Barker; City Recorder, Doris Hartig; Associate Planner, Kenneth Selby; Planning Director, Kenneth Weaver; Administrative Secretary, Loreen Wilson. 2. PLANNING COMMISSION/COUNCIL JOINT MEETING (a) Planning Commissioners present: Chairman, Frank Tepedino; Commissioners Doug Smith, Marcus Wood, Tom Brian and James Funk. (b) Planning Director synopsised previous discussion regarding ways to speed up the planning process noting some areas of concern. Some items noted were the possibility of a hearings officer, the need for more specific attendance rules, the possibility of having less board members, the overloaded condition of the agendas, lack of quorums, and new staff members. Planning Commission Chairman, Tepedino, noted Commission Member areas of concern as follows: Attendance rules need to be revised, especially noting that either a total absence, or absence from a substantial portion of the public hearing section of a meeting would be considered as an absence from the meeting; hearings officer would be too expensive at this time for the City to consider and would alter the public forum type of hearing that applicants currently receive; reduction of planning commission members seemed inappropriate at this time; and agenda volume seems to stem mostly from the number of new members on the commission, and the fact that the City is operating with a totally new planning staff. Lengthy discussion ensued between Commissioners, Council and Staff regarding the above areas of concern. Commissioners indicated concern regarding appeals to Council being heard de novo. Council stressed that only those appeals that did not have adequate verbatim transcripts were being heard de novo. Chairman Tepedino commented that the Planning Commission was starting a new procedure to close the meetings by 12:00 midnight and hoped this would eliminate some problems which have been presented by the late hours of the meetings. The issue of flood plain encroachment was discussed at some length. This was seen as a great area of concern both by the Commissioners and Council members. (c) Allan Paterson, Century 21 Realtor, appeared to urge Council and Commissioners to retain a 9-member board; not to fund a hearing officer at this time, and noted his pleasure at seeing the two boards meet together to discuss problems. (d) Planning Director requested Council consider appointing someone to one of the vacant positions on the Planning Commission due to the problem of not having quorums at the meetings. (e) RESOLUTION No. 78- 84 A RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MAKING APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. (1) Motion by Councilman Mickelson, seconded by Councilman Cook, to appoint Richard Helmer to a term of office to expire 7-1-79, and adopt Resolution No. 78-84. Approved by unanimous vote of Council. (f) RESOLUTION No. 78-85 A RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MAKING APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. (1) Motion by Councilman Mickelson, seconded by Councilman Cook to appoint Victor Seeber to a term of office to expire 7-1-80, and adopt ResolL :ion No. 78-85. Approved by unanimous vote of Council. (g) Mayor Bishop expressed Council's appreciation for the time to share, with the Planning Commissioners, areas of interest and concern, and noted that another meeting between the two groups would be convened when the consultant made suggestions for revision to the zoning codes. RECESS - 9:35 P.M. RECONVENE - 9:52 P.M. 3. C.E.T.A. REPORT (a) City Administrator noted that CETA had submitted to the City the following priority list which would be used if and when terminations were implemented. CETA expects to make final determination by Thursday, October 19, 1978. Patrolmen (2) - (1 vacant) Library Aide (Title VI) Planning Aide Utility Worker I (3) Administrative Aide Auto Service Worker Clerk Dispatcher (vacant) Clerk Typist II Library Aide (Title II) City Administrator stated that the Library Aide (Title II) position would be the first to be cut, and the Patrolmen would be the last to be cut. Depending on the amount of funds received, C.E.T.A. will be sending out letters of termination to some of their employees some time after October 20, 1978, and each employee will have two weeks notice of the pending termination. TIGARD CITY COUNCIL - STUDY SESSION MINUTES - October 16, 1978 Page 4. OCTOBER 30TH STUDY SESSION (a) Planning Director requested Council consider holding a study session on October 30, 1978, to consider the Annexation Policy and Economy Plan. (b) Mayor Bishop noted that the candidates for Council position in the November 7th election have a previous commitment to meet with homeowners in the area and Council thus would not have a quorum in attendance. i Consensus of Council was to not hold a Council meeting on October 30, 1978. 5. OTHER i (a) City Administrator requested Council establish the same negotiating team, consisting of the City Administrator, City Recorder/Finance Director, and Legal Counsel, for T.M.E.A. negotiations. It was noted that the first meeting would be spent in setting up ground rules to be observed during the negotiating sessions. Motion by Councilman Cook, seconded by Councilman Mickelson to establish the same negotiating team for T.M.E.A. negotiations as last year. Approved by unanimous vote of Council. (b) Associate Planner presented request for de novo hearing on an appeal by VanDomelen/Loojenga & Associates regarding a zero lot setback for a sidelot setback requirement, which had been denied by the Planning Commission. Planning Staff's recommendation to Council was to deny the request for a de novo appeal hearing based on the fact that applicant wanted to change site plan and request at this time. Motion by Councilman Scheckla, seconded by Councilman Cook, to deny request for de novo appeal hearing and refer back to the Planning Commission due to the change of application. I Approved by unanimous vote of Council. f (c) Planning Director noted a memo had been distributed to Council for information only regarding the Washington County Capital Improvement Plan for roads within the City which Council had requested q jurisdiction. Consensus of Council was to have City Staff be present at the 11-14-78 County Commissioner's public hearing regarding regarding road jurisdiction and speak to this issue at that time. 6. ADJOURNMENT: 10:25 P.M. ATTEST: City Recorder Mayor 3 TIGARD CITY COUNCIL - STUDY SESSION MINUTES - October 16, 1978 Page 3 i MEMORANDUM TO: City Council FROM: Planning Department SUBJECT: County Roads Requested for Transfer to City DATE: October 13, 1978 Last April the City Council requested transfer of several county roads to the City (Resolution #78-20) . The County has not yet acted on that request, but meanwhile three have recently been some developments pertinent to the question of a transfer of certain roads at this time. 1. Washington County is in the final stages of preparing a 10-year Capital Improvements Program for County roads. Some of the highest priority projects for budgeting in the first couple of years of the draft program are on roads which the City Council requested be transferred (see attached table) . If the City post- pones transfer until these projects are funded and constructed, it could conceivably save hundreds .-of thousands of dollars - - and the improvements would probably be made much earlier than would be possible if they were dependent upon City funding along. The County roads involved (from City Council Resolution #78-20) include: #1 - Teideman Avenue #3 - Greenburg Road #6 - Durham Road #7 - Upper Boones Ferry Road #18 - 72nd Avenue 2. The Community Services and Transportation Plan adopted by the City Council on September 25th included the following summary policy: "The City should acquire maintenance responsibility for all streets within Tigard according to an evaluation process based on specific criteria." (emphasis added) Page 112 of the text (attached) elaborates on some of the considerations that should be relevant to a City decision requesting transfer of jurisdiction over roads. 3. Once the County has acted on the City's pending request for transfer of the roads in question, the City is legally required to formally accept them. In view of the possible improvements which may be scheduled on some of the County Roads in the near future, the City Council may wish to reconsider the roads it wants to accept. DRAFT C. I .P. PROJECTS IN TIGARD PLAN AREA Intersection # Project Numerical Priority Rating Cost (1978) 14* Durham Rd. at Boones Fry. 82 $659,000 20* Boones Ferry at 72nd 78 321, 000 22 Greenburg Rd. at Tiedeman 74 211,000 46 Tiedeman at N. Dakota 53 127,000 * Part of Corridor Project & Probably 1st Year Funding Numerical Corridors # Project Priority Rating Cost (1978) 4 Greenburg (Hall-Tiedeman) 92 $1,348,000 9 Durham (Pacific-Hall) 86 1 ,498,000 20** Durham (Hall-Boones Ferry) 77 659,000 23 Greenburg (Tiedeman-Pacific) 75 829,000 31 McDonald (Pacific-Hall) 69 1, 109,000 45** 72nd (Bridgeport-Bonita) 53 1,069, 000 54 72nd (Bonita-Villa Ridge) 47 1 , 386, 000 55 Beef Bend (Pacific-Scholls) 43 3, 194,000 ** Se- Intersection Projects Above. i