City Council Packet - 10/08/1979 TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
OCTOBER 8, 1979, 7:30 P.M.
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AGENDA
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THE INDICATED ITEM(S).
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. APPOINTMENT OF PRO TEM RECORDER
5. CALL TO AUDIENCE FOR 'CHOSE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.
6. CONSENT AGENDA: (All matters under this heading are considered to be
routine by the City Council and will be enacted in one
motion in the form listed below. There will be no
separate discussion of these items. If discussion is
desired by any Council member or member of the audience,
that item will be removed from the consent agenda and
will be considered separately.)
(a) Approval of Minutes, September 24, 1979.
(b) Approval of Expenditures and Investments: $ 1211480_x,,55
(c) APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE SIGNING BY MAYOR AND CITY RECORDER
Amart Development, Ltd., Bellwood No. 3<Sanitary Sewer Easement #1
J.W. iBrayson Sr. and Jr., Bellwood No. 3 Sanitary Sewer Easement #2 �
nitary Sewer Lateral Easement
Colony Creek Estates; Sa
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7. Stramm Engineers, Inc. - Report on the draft of Traffic Safety Study
(a) Presentation by Joi7n Lichtenheld and Jim Matteson
8. RESOLUTION N0. 79 RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTING THE
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED WITH GENESIS I
SUBDIVISION, SUBJECT TO HEREIN SPECIFIED CONDITIONS.
(a) Recommendation of Director of Public Works
9. RESOLUTION NO. 79- _ RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTING THE
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, KNOWN AS THE
SCHRAMM SA14ITARY SEWER EXTENSION, CONSTRUCTED WITHIN
AN EASEMENT SUBJECT TO ONE YEAR MAINTENANCE PERIOD.
(a) Recommendation of Director of Public Works
10. RESOLUTION No. 79- A RESOLUTION CONCERNING VACATION OF A TRACT OF LAND
IN BROCKWAY AND LAKE TERRACE SUBDIVISION.
11, TEMPORARY SALES OFFICE APPROVAL - Canterbury Woods - 14900 S.W. 109th Avenue.
Recommendation of City Administrator
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12. AWARD OF BIDS for Sprinkler System for gook Park Soccer Field
(a) Recommendation of Director of Public Works
13. OTHER
14. ADJOURNMENT
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REGULAR MEETING MINUTES, OCTOBER 8, 1979, 7::30 P.M.
1. ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor Alan Mickelson; Councilmen Tom Brian, John E. Cook,
Kenneth W. Scheckla (arriving at 7:35 P.M.); Councilwoman
Nancie Stimler; Legal Counsel, Joe D. Bailey; City
Administrator, R.R. Barker.; City Recorder Pru-Tem, Loreen
Wilson; Research & Development Assistant, Martha McLennan.
2. APPOINTMENT OF PRO TEM RECORDER
(a) City Administrator explained that a Pro Tem Recorder must be appointed to
replace Doris Hartig while she is on vacation. He recommended that Loreen
Wilson be appointed.
Councilman Scheckla arrived: 7:35 P.M.
(b) Motion by Councilwoman Stimler, seconded by Councilman Cook to appoint
Loreen Wilson as City Recorder Pro Tem.
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
3. CALL TO AUDIENCE FOR THOSE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.
(a) Shirley Pick Simpson, 2020 SW Main, #607, Portland, Oregon 97205, appeared
to protest the approved Planning Commission design for the Picks Landing
Development. She gave a brief history of the site and her personal in-
volvement with it. She objected specifically to the density of the develop-
ment (68 units on 20 acres), and the lack of concern for the natural value
of the land. She stated that virgin timber an old maple stand and a spring
had been destroyed by the developer. She continued by saying that the _
development of prime land such as this would occur, but protested the lack
of quality in the development'. She concluded by proposing_that the entire
projectbe reviewed by the Planning Commission, City;Council and 'a panel
of six architects to redesign the project to preserve the natural value of
the site. t
Mayor stated that the period for appeal on this project had lapsed, and
therefore there was no formal process to resolve her grievances.'
Ms. Simpson stated that she would continue to solicit support and publicize
her objections to the project.'
(b) Legal Counsel gave a brief history of the F'anno Creek acre tracts Street
Vacation requested by Harvey King stating that the City had been in
Procedural error in the vacation because of a lack of obtaining consent from
all abutting property owners. He said that this would need to be, corrected
by nullifying' the ;previous ordinance, making the City;the petitioner, hold-
ng a public hearing and obtaining abutting owners' consent or making res-
titution to them for any,dimunition 'of their property values.
Ted Miller, 701 Standard Plaza, representing John Skourtes and William Dieter
said that Legal Counsel was accurate in his description of the situation.
He was concerned that the City by becoming the petitioner, did not have a valid €
purpose or motive in petitioning for the vacation.
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Legal Cot el stated that the City's motive in petitioning the vacation
was to benefit others on the right-of-way, to take care of the entire right-
of-way at once rather than piece--meal, and because the land is no longer of
value to the City.
Mayor suggested that the issue be put on a Study Session agenda so that more
background information could be provided to the Council.
Legal Counsel requested that Council direct him to prepare the necessary
resolution calling for public hearing for the new vacation.
Ted Miller, stated that the deadline for filing a writ of review on the cur-
rent ordinance would expire this week, therefore he needed assurance from
Council that the Ordinance would be reversed.
Legal Counsel objected to the reversal of the Ordinance and requested the
Ordinance be declared null and void due to procedure.
After lengthy discussion Councilwoman Stimler moved to direct staff to prepare
the necessary resolution to nullify the previous vacation ordinance due to
procedural error. Motion seconded by Councilman Cook.
Motion failed by a 2 to 3 vote. Mayor Mickelson, Councilmen Scheckla and
Brian voting nay.
After additional discussion Legal Counsel said that the motion had been proper
and was what he would recommend.
Motion re-stated by Councilwoman Stimler to direct staff to prepare the nec-
essary resolution to nullify the previous vacation ordinance due to procedural
error. Motion seconded by Councilman Cook.
Motion passed by unanimous vote.
Mayor, directed staff to prepare necessary paper work to nullify the previous
ordinance,_ prepare the new vacation papers and seta public hearing date.
(c) 'Joe Walsh, Waker°& Associates, 11080 SW Allen, Beaverton, referring to
the letter provided to Council, requested an extension of the appeal dead-
line (for appeal to Council) on the Golf Creek Estates project.'
Council explained thattheappeal deadline would be counted from the 'final
Planning Commission decision which has not yet been `made, (only_a conditional
decision has been reached to date).
'-City Administrator stated that Waker & Associates would have 20 days from the
final':Planning Commission decision to appeal to Council.
4. ' APPROVAL OF MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 24, 1979
(a) <Motion by Councilman Brian, seconded by Councilman Cook to approve.
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
5. APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES AND INVESTMENTS: $121,480.55
• (a) Motion by Councilman Brian, seconded by,Councilman Cook to approve.
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
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6. APPROVE AND A=LTHORIZE SIGNING BY MAYOR AND CITY RECORDER
Amart Develop,,_ at, Ltd., Bellwood No. 3 Sanitary Sewer Easement'
J. W. Brayson St. & Jr., Bellwood No. 3 Sanitary Sewer Easement #2
Colony Creek Estates, Sanitary Sewer Lateral Easement
(a) Lotion by Councilman Brian, seconded by Councilman Cook to approve
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
7. STRP.AM ENGINEERS, INC. - REPORT ON THE DRAFT OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY
(a) Jim Matteson, 8317 Chritian Lane, Gladstone Oregon, gave a history of
this study, stating that it has been funded by an Oregon Traffic Safety
Study grant and City matching funds to evaluate traffic problems and
possible solutions in the Tigard Urban Growth Area. He stated that the
report is now in final draft stage, proposing 22 projects. He asked for
a critical review of the report by Council and staff.
(b) John Lichtenheld described the areas of concentration of the study: con- E
centrating on local jurisdiction streets as much as possible; using local
data; and attempting to provide low cost solutions to the traffic problems.
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_ He went on to describe the 22 projects and showed slides of the streets in
question. He concluded by emphasizing the funding for the work by the
Systems Development Charge fund, the flexibility of the program and the k
emphasis on low cost maintenance (signs and paint) which would greatly ease I
some problems.
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(c) Councilman Scheckla questioned the Bull Mountain & 99 W intersection,
suggesting that perhaps an under pass could be made for Frontage Road.
Mr. Lechtenheld stated that this option had been considered but was very
expensive.
(d) After discussion by Council it was agreed that this should be brought back s
in final form for Council consideration around the first of November. y
8. RESOLUTION No. 79-94 RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTING THE
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN GENESIS I SUBDIVISION,
SUBJECT TO HEREIN SPECIFIED CONDITIONS.
(a) City Administrator recommended approval.
(b) Motion by Councilman Cook, seconded by Councilman Brian to approve. Ap-
proved by unanimous vote of,Council.
9. RESOLUTION No, 79-95 RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC
SANITARY SEWER;IMPROVEMENTS, KNOWN AS THE SCHRAMM SANITARY
SEWER EXTENSION, CONSTRUCTED WITHIN AN EASEMENT SUBJECT
TO ONE YEAR MAINTENANCE PERIOD. ?.
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(a) City Administrator recommended approval.
(b) Motion by Councilman Scheckla, seconded by Councilman Brian to approve.
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
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10. RESOLUTION No. 79-96 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING VACATION OF A TRACT OF LAND IN
BROOKWAY AND LAKE TERRACE SUBDIVISION.
(a) Legal Counsel explained that this was the Rhode vacation and was merely
the resolution calling for a public hearing. He recommended approval.
(b) City Administrator stated that the date, the 24th of October should be
inserted in the first paragraph of Section 2.
(c) nation by Councilwoman 5timler, seconded by Councilman Brian to approve.
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
11. TEMPORARY SALES OFFICE APPROVAL - Canterbury Woods
(a) Mayor stated that this item has been resolved and would be deleted from
the agenda.
12. AWARD OF BIDS FOR SPRINKLER SYSTEM FOR COOK PARK SOCCER FIELD
(a) City Administrator reported that of the budgeted $42,000 for the soccer
field project $6,585 has been spent to date, leaving $35,415. He
went on to report that the only complete bid for the sprinkler system
was United Pipe & Supply, $6,998.16, leaving over $28,000 for the develop-
ment of the parking lot and perhaps goal posts, etc. He recommended
awarding the bid to United Pipe & Supply.
(b) Motion by Councilman Cook, seconded by Councilman Scheckla to award the
bid to United Pipe & Supply for $6,998.16, and direct staff to prepare
the necessary contract.
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
13. OTHER
(a) City Administrator reported that an OLCC application had been received
from Scholls Thriftway, Inc. SW:Scholls Ferry Road at 121st Avenue. He
stated that the Police Department had reviewed the application and
recommended approvals--
Motion by Councilwoman Stimler, seconded by Councilman Scheckla to approve.
Approved by unanimous vote of Council.
(b) City Administrator reported that the League of Oregon Cities Annual
Convention was coming up and requested that Councilmembers wishing to
attend notify staff by October 19th so that reservations` could be made.
(c) Councilman Brian referring to the memorandum from Planning Staff relating
to Western Oregon Marine property, wondered if any,kind of warning could
be given to potential buyers of this land as the improvement conditions
would probably be substantial.
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staff reported that there was no way this could be accomplished and
pointed out that the conditions placed on a new owner might vary sub-
stantially from the current conditions as the types of businesses could
vary.
(d) Councilman Scheckla brought to Council°s attention the problem with
cars lining up to get into the Family Drive-in.. City Administrator
stated that the Chief of Police has been in contact with the owners to try
to resolve this problem.
MEETING ADJOURNED: 9:15 P.M.
Recorder Pro-Tem
ATTEST:
Mayor
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I wish to testify before the Tigard City Council on
the following item: (Please print your name)
Item Description: ��c1� Q tf C s���'•
Proponent (far) � ---- — � Opponent (against) ---'— — _--
Name, Address and Affiliation Name, Address and Affiliation
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CIVIL ENGINEERING
Inc.WAKER PLANNING•SURVEYING
�CASSocjates
October 8, 1979,
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Tigard City Council RECEIVED
P.O. Box 23397 00-1 " 8 1979
12420 S.W. vainy,.
Tigard, OR 97223 CITY OF TIGARD
RE: S6-79 Golf Creek Estates
Dear Councilmen:
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On behalf of our client, Michael Elton, we are requesting your
approval to reserve the right to appeal a conditional denial
by the Planning Commission on our subdivision of Golf Creek
Estates. The condition states that we return to the Planning E
Commission as soon as possible after the so called problem of
illegal lots is solved. Our interpretation of the ordinance
differs from that of the Planning Directors which may preclude
us from returning to the Planning Commission for a final decision.
We would welcome the opportunity for the Planning Commission to
decide this matter, but would like to reserve the right of
appeal if we are not put on the next Planning Commission agenda
or receive an unconditional denial.
I would appreciate a decision on this matter as soon as possible
sothai,we may have some direction as to which way we may proceed. }
Thank you for your indulgence on this matter. r
Sincerely,
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WAKER ASSOCIA ES, INC.
0Joe Walsh
Planning Director
cc: City Attorney
City Manager
Michael Elton
11080 S.W. ALIEN BLVD.`! SUITE 100 / BEAVERTON, OREGON 97005 / (503)643 8410
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Good rnnrninn and welcome to Tuesday Mag r , hf here in ',VashinytOn
and music program. Today wet it hear about urban spraw. rig
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Conty (there follow annouricernents o
Magazine preceding tend fol Lowing the urban sprawl portion music by J. S. ,gach
played on the piano by Li Lt Kraus. )
Nerre going to begin right now with Open
Forum a
nd to tell you more ¢.5out that this morning, fat me introduce K130005
public -Affairs Director, Jane ,glume.
morni1 everyone• Those of you who might not
and good a s
J� _ Thank you, lonath¢n, a special program th.:t°
be familiar with Open Forum, let me tell you that this
is
heard Only on K300 - a spacial type of program.
Tuesday morning at 10:00 as part
a# 7:15, and we give air time over to
of Tuesday Magazine and Friday evenings
to use as they wish to ex-
organizstcons, individuals and political candidates requirement
is that
Press themselves on issues of concern to them. The only nattce
le -jide lines and give advance
people seeking air time follow n few situp 3' you knot-' In
,r heduLina conflicts. if you or somean..
so that we may avoid n touch wit'? me - I'm
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like to appear on Open Forum, � can call me here at the station
Jane 3Lume, Director of Public :affairs, and y� noout a
regular business hours. 'Jow ive are goin,7 to talk a little bit
during g' 1','e are here with Shirley 'ick
case of urian sprawl here in SVashin3tan County. ;yashin )ton
., sprawl in
invoLved with ft htin•3 this case of' urbc archi--
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Simpson who is oar who is a pr.cticit'g
Coin#y, and we are also here with Sheila Finch-Tep :n her fight in
consultant to Shirley rick Simpson
t in Pnrt(and and was a nested we do it in the
this tees, and in this Gpen For✓m segment they have rex
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of an interview which bre -a lwcsys glad to do. 1'Je Lcome to open Forum.
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Jfl' - Let's Set right down to what :exactly this was. This piece of P �
you were concerned L:501t is iahere?
SPS - On fine Tualatin ?aver
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.SPS - Right.
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SPS —Seven willows Farm, and /eve known it intimately for 38 years - it was my
family property.
JB - And dit/ you ohm this property?
SPS - No.
J9 - You didn't? :gut it was part of the family?
5P5 - 1 did not own it - it was my parents.
RIMJB - 3ut nevertheless you had a great emotional attachment to it?
SPS - /ove always ben around woods, and / know my mother taught me all the wild-
flower names, and we had some marvelous woods when l was growing up.
Jl3 - You spent a lot of summers there?
SPS - Oh, yes - we played in them all the time.
JB - And how many acres dfd you say this was?
SPS - Tvven ty.
JS - And what did this exactly consist of when your family o.vned it?
SPS - About 16 acres of virgin forest.
J3 - Vir fn forest!
SPS - Uh huh, right on the Tualatin
J3 - And tine rest was sorry: kind of farm prcparty?
SPS_ 1&, there w,Zs an orchard and a swamp lend %vi th a beautiful, Little bricked
in spring where there were frogs, %--iter dogs, snd trilliums all over the place.
J+' You showed me Pictures of it .:hen .ve were preparing this pro3ram. . . it is a
very'beautiful place. And so this was o.vned by your family. Do you - you said
had spent 'a lot of time there, and then you te.zrned it was going to be sold?
Right?
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Yes.
JS And it was going to be sold to?`
SPS '- A developer.
Jog _ And, of course, people are free to buy and sell property to do as thev wish,
but you had certain concerns about it?
SPS - yes.. . / don't 'care who does its just so long as it's done with great taste,
because Tigard is long overdue for a first class development, and / 'used to work
for the Architectural Editor of House & 3arden Ma;lazfne, and he was very fond of
Northwest architecture, and this develcpment could by absolutely beautffuL with
less density and folloving the natural contures of the' land. Now John .3forrs
has given me permission to give a little messaae.
J8 lyho is John .Storrs?
SPS He is the architect of Shcishan, Sun Fiver (this is in error and i readizad
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that after saying sof°nan ;aincide ia�trf�;etfiu,7hr4 �nSforrsdCano here(» s
program, -he was advised by a friend that he had heard it!) and the Portland
Garden Club.
J4 - Those people who have been to Salishan or have been to Sun River know that
those pieces of property do try to follow the contures of the land?
_ tide
SPS - John Storrs said i .mayf hts messa!je: That ewnen he first started .Salishan,
he walked in front of the bulldozers in order that they would follow the contvre
of the land and protect the naturat environment.
JR - 500 basically, what you were concerned about was the way that this property
was going to be developed?
SPS - Yes. ! donrt care who woes it as long as it is done with great taste and
style. 3uality sellst
J3 - ,and perhaps at tOis point it might be appropriate to bring in Sheila Finch-
Tepper. As we said at the beginning of this Open Forum, Sheila Finch-Tepper is
a practicing architect in Portland. She was a consultant to Shirley Pick Simpson
when she was concerned about this property. 3efore we get into ycxj^ basic concerns
about the property, you told me before we went on the air, you told me about a
concept called "zoning or developing by .blade-'# iNhat does that mean, Sheila
Finch-Tepper?
SF-T - 3a5ic.:ily it roans that the contures of the land, whztever they are, are
Leveled out ,;by blade, and that, of course, ,is the bull !ozer' s'blade. They take
no cognizance of what is there naturally, but level it out to make development
as easy and inex ensive as possiole for the developer. /t is not a very satis-
factory method of dealing with anything other than absolutely flat land, and
when one has a property such as Seven Willows Farm, which has lots of very unusual
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A emesis to it - lovely stream, wild flowers, animals,; natural trees - this kind
go i t,
of thing - a bit of rolling land` one would wish that the developer would be
aware of that and not be locked in to a straight grid system, .which we know comes
from the Romans, but be more adaptableand contvre the roads and "design the roads
to follow the confures' of the land, and also not be locked into a 50 x 50 or
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50 x 700 lot, where the house sits in the middle and you have a sidewalk in
front and one tree in front and one tree in back. They vhuuld take cognizance
that the lots may not be absetately ivai io s0ev that one may have a bit of
stream and that one may have to move a` house off abso'lutety dead center to grit
some trees that are there to serve them -- some maples, some firs and save them
beautifully - so that one has to be flexible in how one develrps 'tais kind of
property* and unfortunately developers don' t make their money by being flexible,
they make their money by going in, bulldozing the whole thing down and by build-
ing things that are exactly alike on pieces of property th-It are exactly alike.
That 's how they make their money. we all know that mass production is the cheap-
est way to operate, and that's exactly how they operate. - mass ,production. In
this property, it's very unsatisfactory, it's very inappropriate, in my opinion,
because we have a unique piece of property that should be saved and should be
developed sensitively and appropriately for what exists.
You're listeninq to the Open Forurn se nl,ent Of Tuesday Magazine, ,end I'm
,,lane glume, here with Shirley Pick Simpson and Sheila Finch-Tepper, and we're
talking about a rase of fighfing urban spr•zwt - a particular piece Of 20 acres
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on the Tualatin .River - and concerns about�•tgits 'Vit-Ce of property an unusual
piece of property - was gcin;7 to be developed. l'lhat ,vas the name of that ?iece
of property?
SPS - Seven k,;i l lows Farm.
JB - Seven ttrillows Farm- did it have seven willows on it?
SPS - Yes, )5u# it's about four and a hatf now - t`,e October storm drought a few
thins dovm.
JB - Anyway, we're descric)ing how Shirley flick aim?son ;lot conc, ed about this
family property, :vriich she didn't o,vn, out hod ernotionaL att.ci)-ments to for a /tOng
s
SPS had a vestal int rest, which is co.^tin,;r-•nf, !end ! hive no claim to the
title at alt.
dg - Right, but neverthetesss concerned about now it ., s ,7oing to oe develo,oed?
Spy - ?ight, >nd it is my opinion that it should e ,' ne ,i s a first class way.
Tigard is tong overdue for it. )uality sells!
J3 -^ You said that, and L also want to get to that in a Minute, and ( also want
to say that one of th<� reasons you are here is tnat you testifi�-d - is it the
Washington County Comr,)ission? - and thot you carne in in i ore parr_d
rnanne"r.
SPS Yes.
JS - 'And in a way this is ,nrob ioty a lesson to people who may want to express con- '
corns about z develOFrrment, and so ons and •how they need to be prepared. Isn' t
that right? When tr,e,y^ te >tify?
SPS Yes I was backed un by three top architects, ani the developer wanted
one more ho:sinj unit, La;cin,7 out a play ar: a for children. �inyv�ay, the 4ecisio,n
w35 unenimn_us by the plan,jtn7 Com'%issioners that this wouI note tz3npen,
'g _ fet's backfr,zck "a Little bit. 'r'x- were descri, with Shy L' Finch-Tapp:^
the whole concept of zoning or jevetopinj by blade is - not looking at the
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contures of the land - ,going through with a bulldozer - and flattening out every-
thing and making everything on a grid system, as you s.Yid. Let' s talk cibout this
particular development. /h.at did you see in it that was of concern to you as an
arch i tec t?
Sf-r - That because of the existing trees, the stream znd the contures, the den-
sity is much too high for t.hst particular proparty.
Jl3 SYhcat kind of don.,ity dfd they w.tnt to out in? Remember, this is 15 to 20
acres? Isn't that right?
Sixty-eight houses on ?_J acres, and whian you nut in str,:ets, th:zt
about 25`c of the land, /'d like to see a house on at Must on-1-4uarter of an
}acre.
sr-r - The density sraauid be 5'"):; or less than what they are tslking about, znd,
again, it' s important that one he flexible. Onern,zy h.zve a hollow, with trees
in the hollow, and one says, all i^ight - we' Ct leave that, no,v do we ?ut it all
on one piece of property, or perha;:)s somehow divide it between the two, but one
has to be sensitive about the thtrngs tnat are uni y:ee, :nd onedoesn' t sort of
just go through and leve[ them out - level out the stream., level out the hol-
lo�-rs. It's going to cause severe w.zter prohIems in b.:zsarrants and things Eike
that, and one just doesn' t sort of ignore .s,hzit is there. Mature has laid it
down over eons and to go and stria it and level it out ecn be disastrous to the
,")uLtdya ( ly Gettle uoevr_nE
peo,o[e wno/autCd Muses on it. /t ,oay _ � � y, if you level- ;t out -
como[etely, of course, it's not going to slide, There are very severe building
problems when you go in and ignore what' is stable earth and fill `and pitch, and
everything else. It can be quite disastrous for the home owners.
J3 - tdhat was going to happen to ttrois stream that you talk about?'
sps - rhe spring .vias bulldozed over, and one of the streets was put over it and
it went :seep, seep, sero:
J3 YOU mean tnrzt the water from tf:e 3t, ,'2M se^ped uo onto '_:�e road?
sps - rhe spring the soring spread out sand-made-a swarnoland, and they ;auf the
road over the swarnpland, and I saw the water there - seep, s.,-eo, seep! So you
can have your oven Olympic-sized svfm•iing pool ripJding 'through your Giving roam,
dining roornl
'3r-r - You see, one should leave that kind of thing intact - do not dis'tcurb it
t! at
it has its own channel - it's been doingf �or longer than we!ve been around
its quite hapPy -- :we just recognize that it's there - 14>avr? it alone -� and
cv. ryoody can live comJatibly;'with it, but when we start to destroy it and ;cinch
it and ;)ul [ it and cover it up, and ,o«ke it do the things it cein' t reason-zbty do,
we're in big trouble. y
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,Ig - You, stlid you testified before the .Vashington County Planning Commission,
Shirley Pick Simpson?
SP5 - /t's not Washington Cauntyr it was tna fi7ard Planning Commission-
SPS
- And how did you prepare to Jo in there with :our fr's#imony? ''Mat did you
dol
ter and just said pretty much what !'m saying now.
,SPS - J sat down at my typewri
also
Jf3 - Youjorought in some pictures with you, didn' t you?
SPS - Yes, l had a nur�uer of exhibits-
and
said I was a fourth generation Oregonian
and there were two lccndma° ks on the N.xt iun•11 Register in my family - 1 handed those
out. . . I handed the before trod ,ffar- pictures. }
JR - Of the oroperty?
;,-'S - Right. And then I offered as aootlior piece of tastimony a ,quote from -
and the book, too - by K{r17xr,,c MaCColt, Fhe_Slxzlxiny of a City.
came out about a year or two ago, didn' t it?
Kimbark !-facCOtt. It � '
5P5 - Yes. !rx the Cast page and a hotf, who said in 30 (! said 1 dun° L rind
anybody rnakin.J a buck, my father .xn entrtypre=n>ur, my -7randfathers v.^re - J°rn
Nebrt;w ,orowhet was right woen he saidthelove of
one; txcvrtver) ! think thc> old
money was ti-)e root of a l i e=vi 1.
J3 4nd so the Ptanniny Commission of -i,Jar"d agreed with you, is that right?
SPS - Yes, they agrond -- they .ac,x,
:ted theta5himony - but malty the unanimous
decision was based upon me 'fact that thn tfnvnlop rs were azying that they had
there are no homes there yet, Intl this does
a-home owners' association. Well,
`t/ ,P[
not constitute a home owners' association, so they just said, Ja.
J.3 - rrf,rorr to the ic'ea of He Vo lnoin3 i t?
No - the idea of using this one r.,or-e race of land - taking it away from
the childrens' area or the landscaped area.
J3 -
`,✓oat is going to '�zr pens
noes the dovelor^,er have to go hick to and cc-
So
vise their plans to devetoa it?
,:oat happens now with this property?
JPS - Uh - I don, t qui ti• knave. ,
J3 _ .3 rt 4vhnle point is that you got the Commission to take a look at whet was
going down - v;hat' was planned to hn-)pen.
SPS - on ,yes - 1 was out there hetpio, my step-nother move out of the house, and
! saw all t-7is happo -n. "
A_- But the whole point was that you }ot the Yl-z,�ning CorrMisston to take ca look'
of it.`
at
Yes. Then :the next thing I wrote a letter to the City Recorder to w.ape:= l
SPS this thatls the way I've been told to do it.
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J9 - O youfre going to apoeat it,?
AN"SS - It will we another step.
Jl� - .4( 1 right. You said that roard was long overdue for a high-class develoo-
ment. For people who have not been in Tigard, would you want to elaborate on that
a little bit.
SPS tell, how about King City. You have to be SO-years old and no children.
JJ - To own ?rooerty there?
SPS - Yes.
Je - '001y is thaf?
SPS - well, they just want a quiet place, .and I don' t blame_ people for that, but
the houses are all alike the roof pitches are all sire
- they ars not all alike, :
but there's no distinction. Then right across from this Jovelopmant is another
Piece of urban sprawl they're just very similar - and no great design. An! I
think I'M qualified to know what good design. is.
You're ecr.cernert�out samene.s? Lack of imagination?
- d
S'S Yes. Now if we had six ton-flight arcni tects - :'railer is one - to anch
sign a fern houses then there wvoul;l be uni ueness.
J. - Jut isn't the problem economics, Sheila Finch-repper? You talk abcat econo-
mics -- the crux of the problem.
SPS _ There will always be people that can afford to buy things ^_ rK^ .<
That's a good 7uostfon. Basically the problem is that from t_&is 'c.'eweloncrs:
standpoint - of course. For a'nofher developer who has a different kind of a,Dproach
and goes in - people, we h•zve learned, are very, very wi ( linj to pay for quolfty
when the quality will stand up. If one recognizes - toe quality of too existing
tand and put . `sensitively designed,structures on it and builds them ,with 1uatity,
people will be wi ( l inq to pay for them, Seople will have to pay more, it will
Trot be your average home purchaser - that's true - 'but tnfs land is onus nt.
Those houses built in that manner on a sort of saved qjece of _
=x is tf nc7 landZ ';32
they wculd tell very quickly. It wcu(d be a small percentage of the population
that could afford them - yes, but it is ca uni le piece of proverty.
J3 - 1,ve talk abcut
-
the problem that Young Pn
ople have - .mWite income oeo>le have
of affording.a Qme of their own today, so, the First ;uestion are have to ask is,
"Are there other pieces of flat of land?t)
SPS = Yes: They're all over there.
SF-T Yes. One of the problems wefre facing is that what they are trying to do
is make what is a unique Niece of pronerty into a Ance of property much like
d
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a
t
everything else, and tr,at it much like everything eCse. It should nct reaICy
be treated that way.
li3 - In other words, what you're saying is that when you're looking at land and
how to develop land, it has to be developed in a sensitive manner.
as
sr-r - It has to be looked/a unique, individual •niece of property or land and
how it should be developed. There' s a .food deal of work being done about this
all over the country, and whether it should even go into housing, of course
that speaks to an even tarver issue here in Oregon.
da - o:rhen we hear about the C.,7nd Conservation and Oovelo )rnent Cor,rnission and sup-
posed ;)tans that ar^e Trade to care of the Land here in Oroe;on, y:.tr wonder
.rvher- they are and where our tor,.iL units of governrlent are in their land use
ptanning. Don't yau, when you -aar of a c-ase tike t•`ais?
SPS Yes - J tra:uyht it was rather curious that one bor+i-r :wasn' t even clelred
by title and they were already bulldozi-7 - very curious.
J3 -- There are a lot of issues here tho t have he�en raised?
`=PS - Uh-huh.
J3 - .'3ut it also seems to show that if you are ori,Pared ao' if you ore;c:re your
crrzso v.ell, you c,-,n make, governrr-ent officit?Ls, wake th--ern Sit uo and trke notice
i sn.' t tr;at pretty much the Lesson from this.
SaS - U a-huh.
J3 _ f'd Like to thank Shni to rinch-Teppt:r, vhn is ._ :architect in
ortlund, unf Shirtey -lick Simpson for being our guests today on :g;>(!n rr,rum a:d
tellin.g us about this case of what you" consi4er to '?e irU'in' sprtzwl. I'd tike to
lLt you know that Shirley Pick Simpson is a 'K.900 listener, and yau don't have to
be a member of .an organization of a )olitical c<andid._te to make use of Oren rorum.
If you're an in.livi isal :znd hive sorre co-aceris th,it you'd like to ex;:ress,
=Drum
is tf)e :lace to io it acrd f'd lit<e to let you knc.v that the next effitiun
of Oven Forum wilt 5e Friday night •'at 7: 15 �zn.l our gtrrest will bC . . . . .etc. So,
if ycu have something you'd like to nx:7rrss on rf300 or Open f or::rn, ycu -el in
touch with me, pen Jzne 3tume, Public -Affairs )irrector. Our n,Jr»aer here is
223-1155, and you can reach me mere at the station during rerrjl*ar busin'ss hours.
Here follows more J. S. 3-ach perform&. by ,-ijdni st, Li l i Krtiuse, at the cn f of
which Jonathan ,�otkin grociously th•ankcd one of ti7e guests for the loan of the
recording.
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PAYMENT OF' BILLS FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL 79 t�
S_ iEMBER 30, 1979
PROGRA"1 BUDGET
Community Protection
Police 12,593.82
Public Works 1,573.73
Municipal Court
215.73
Planning 1,662.20
979.29
Building
17,024.77
Total Community Protection
Home & Community Quality
5,877.50
Public Works
a
Social Services
Library 1,431.22
Aged Services
Youth Services
Historical
1.,431.22
Total Social Services
Policy & Administration
Mayor & Council 808.75
607.37
Administration
Finance 2,494.38
a 3,910.50
Total Policy & Administration
City Wide Support Functions
3,220.20
Non-departmental
Misc. Accounts (refunds & payroll deductions, etc.)
28,342084
CAPITOL 'BUDGET
Community Protections
Road Acquisition & Dev.
Parks Acquisition & Dev.
Storm Drainage
Total Community protection
SupportServices
Donati.on.s
DEBT SERVICE
General Obligation Bond 1,112.75
Bancroft Bond
UNIFIED:SEWERAGE AGENCY
60,560.77
Contract
121,480.55
TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHECKS WRITTEN c 1,
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MEMORANDUM
T0: City Cu Cil
FROM: Ken lby, Associate Planner
SUBJECT: I rmation on the Requirement of Western Marine Boat Sales to
P the Site Located at 11552 SW Pacific Highway
DATE: Octob r 8, 1979
Site observation at the above named location on October 3, 1979 revealed
that neither paving, parking or landscaping have been done as required by
the site design approval of the project dated July 17, 1979.
Mr. Tom Reid„ Manager of the business, stated that due to the drop in sales,
completing the required paving and landscaping is prohibitive at this time.
The corporation is in negotiations now to sell the site and move the business
out of Tigard.
We really do not have any options. To force compliance now, realizing that
this company is on the way out, seems harsh. The new occupant will be
conditioned to make necessary improvements in line with the proposed future
use.
S40Q 36-79
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Department ®f Land Conservation and Devefepment
i/IC7CP A,71Yr
1175 COURT STREET N.E., SALEM, OREGON 97310 PHONE(503) 378-4926
October 2, 1979
Aldie Howard
Planning Director
City of Tigard
P.O. Box 23397
Tigard, OR 97223
Re: Fy 78-79 Progress Review and Planning Extension
Dear Aldie,
I am pleased that you met with me on September 18, 1979 to
discuss your acknowledgment request and coordination difficulties
with Washington County within your urban planning area. The
situation is complex and frustrating for us all.
As per our discussion, the Department has agreed to proceed with
a draft acknowledgment review of the Tigard plan pending
resolution of the city/county land use conflicts. This thorough
review will enable Tigard to expeditiously make any corrections
which may jeopardizeacknowledgment of the City's comprehensive
plan. Official notice of the city's acknowledgment cannot be
given and Commission action cannot be scheduled until an urban
planning area agreement is fully completed by Washington County
and the City. This will necessitate a planning extension for
the City of Tigard. It is my understanding that Washington
County is currently working on the schedule to resolve 'city/county
conflicts as a part of the County's work program. As 'soon as
the County's schedule is prepared and approved by the Department,
Tigard should request an appropriate planning extension.
In the meantime, it is my 'understanding 'that Washington County
will provide the City of Tigard an opportunity to review and
.e comment on land use actions proposed in the Tigard urban
planning area. I am confident that the City's views will be
taken into consideration during the Washington County decision
making process.
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Toll Free Plumbers: Salem &State Network-378-4926 All Other Oregon Phones-1-803-452-2830
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A.Howard 2 October 2, 1979
Aldie, it is unfortunate that this situation has arisen. The
City of Tigard's cooperation is appreciated.
Cordially,
W.J. Kvars ten
Director
WJK:.LM:do
cc: Larry Frazier
Greg Hathaway
Lans Stout
Sue Klobertanz
Eldon Hout
Linda Macpherson