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City Council Packet - 04/07/1987 CITY OF BEAVERTON SPECIAL MEETING City Council Minutes April 7, 1987 CALL TO ORDER: A special joint meeting of the Beaverton and Tigard City Councils was called to order by Mayor Larry D. Cole at Saylor's Old Country Kitchen, 4655 SW Griffith Dr., Beaverton, Oregon, at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 1987. RGLL CALL; Present from Beaverton were Mayor Cole, and Couns. Rob Drake, Sarah Dunn, Carole Shick, Forrest Soth and David Chen. Present from Tigard were Mayor Tom Brian, and Couns. Jerry Edwards, Valerie Johnson, John Schwartz, and Carolyn Eadon. Also present were Tigard City Administrator Bob Jean and Beaverton City Recorder Ann Johnson. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Murray Road Mayor Cole reviewed the original plans for the Murray extension; and said Beaverton had agreed to support Tigard's plan. He reviewed the-proposed alignments. Mayor Cole said Tigard and Beaverton had exchanged staff to assist with planning the extension. He said �Y they had arrived at a mutually agreeable alignment, which they presented to Washington County. He said the Beaverton section of the alignment would be con- structed as the surrounding area developed. He said 4000 new housing units had been approved in the South Beaverton area during the past fiscal year. Mayor Brian reveiwed the 135th LID. He said- staff was .exploring different options, including delaying the extension of Murray. There was discussion about potential alignments for the Murray extension. Coun. Johnson said it would be well to develop the alignment as soon as possible to ease traffic problems on 135th. Coun. Chen noted there were few direct connections across Scholls Ferry Road between Beaverton and Tigard. Mayor Brian said there were a number of issues in the Scholls area that had never been addressed, and it would be well to review each city's land use plan to assure that they were in agreement. s - APPROVED C*Y P=Ofd f 4/7/87 - 1 k CITY OF BEAVERTON Regular Meeting .lwil 7, 1987 City Council Minutes Page 2 . He said they had hired a consultant to conduct a study of the area, reviewingcommon intersections such as and coordinated land use, join signalization. Mayor Brian noted Tigard had agreed to "de-annex" portions of Scholls Ferry where necessary in order to place the entire road under Beaverton's jurisdic- tion. He said public safety matters would be more easily handled if one city had jurisdiction over the entire road. There was discussion about potential improvements to Scholls Ferry Road. Mayor Cole noted Beaverton had been requiring that developments dedicate right-of- way along Scholls Ferry Road, in anticipation of future widening projects. There was discussion about Tigard's right-of-way acquisition policy. Coun. Chen said it would be well for the two cities to coordinate street names on each side of Scholls Ferry Road, to insure they were consistent. Annexation Mayor Cole said he had received information that a citizen ing theproposed enough h signatures sonord a petition annexation to area had gather 9 place the issue on the ballot. Mayor Cole said the first phase of the West Beaverton Annexation would go before the Boundary Commission sometime this month. Mayor Cole said they had recently held a town hall meeting regarding the West Beaverton Annexation Phase 2, and had received mixed responses from the residents. Mayor Cole said the Council would soon be considering an annexation of public lands, including the Park District office, and other public facilities. Mayor- Cole said City staff had been working with Portland staff to establish areas of interest for both cities. . Mayor Brian said it would be well for Tigard and Beaverton to jointly review their boundaries, especially in relation to Portland. Mayor Brian said the South Metzger annexation had 4n187 — 2 APPROVED city Recorder CITY OF BEAVERTON City Council Minutes Regular Meeting April 7, 1987 Page 3 gone before the voters on March 31, and had been approved by a two to one vote. Mayor Brian said the Tigard Council would hold a day- long workshop on Saturday, and would discuss annexa- tion issues. He said their active annexation phase was over for the time being, and they would step back and review their policies. Mayor Brian said the Bull Mountain area was within their urban growth boundaries, and would be an area of future interest. Inspection Services Mayor Brian said they had spoken with County offi- cials about•- contracting for permit and inspection services for adjacent unincorporated areas. Mayor Cole said they encouraged the County to contract with cities. He noted the Beaverton Council would soon be deciding whether or not the City -should begin providing electrical inspections. ` Mr. Jean said Tigard currently contracted with the County, -and they would be interested in working with Beaverton. Mayor- Cole said one city could hire the personnel, and the other could contract for the services. Tigard/Beaverton Coun. Chen said it would be beneficial for the area Merger residents to be served by one large city. He asked the Tigard Council how they felt about merging the two *cities. Mayor Brian said he had grown up in a city which had considered merging with another city. He said politically it was very difficult to merge two cities. He said there were many opportunities for Beaverton and Tigard to share and cooperate. Coun. Chen said he knew of other cities that had merged, although the process could take ten years. He said there were so many similarities between Tigard and Beaverton that there would eventually be I more advantages to merging than there would be dis- advantages. He said it was more cost effective to run a city of 100,000 than a city of 30,000. He said they would have more influence with other governing bodies if the two cities were combined. Coun. Edwards said they could develop a twin cities + philosophy, presenting themselves as a united front.* APPAovEo CAYPiw� 4/7/87 t 3 f i CITY OF BEAVERTON Regular Meeting Aoryl7, 1587 City Council Minutes Page 4 He said if they began cooperating now, it would be easier to merge in the future, should they decide to take that course. Coun. Chen said he agreed. He said crime did not recognize city limits, and they could be more efficient if the police departments worked together. Court Services Mayor Brian said there was a proposal pending to add two or three new district court judges. He said they should encourage the County to locate one of the judges in Beaverton. Coun. Chen said they could com- bine the two cities' municipal courts and a district court. Coun. Soth said locating a district court in Beaverton would save a great deal of overtime for police officers who must appear in court. Mayor Brian said it would be well to jointly express to the County that they expected one of the judges to be located in this area. Inspection Services There was discussion about electrical inspection ser- vices. Coun. Soth said it made sense to establish one central inspection center for the area. There was discussion about coordinating the computer sys- tems to allow data to be transferred between the two cities. There was CONSENSUS that each city's administration should explore coordination of inspection and permit processes. Storm Drainage Mayor Brian said the County had conducted a study of the storm drainage situation, and had concluded a County-wide storm drainage district should be formed. He said they estimated the cost to be approximately $2 per month, per house. He said it appeared they would not begin work on the Fanno Creek basin for approximately 15 years. He said they were unwilling to pay the assessment for 15 years before they got any benefit from the district. He said the assessment should be made on a basin-by-basin basis. Coun. Soth said the USA staff was working on imple- mentation of the County plan. He said there was no firm timetable for the project. He reviewed the scope -of the proposed district, and discussion followed. 4n/87 - 4 APPROVED City ReCMW • til CITY OF BEAVERTON City Council Minutes Regular Meeting April 7, 1987 Page 5 Mr. Jean said the County was quickly moving forward with the project. Mayor Brian said they needed information as soon as possible. Coun. Soth said he would contact USA for an update on the project. There was discussion about funding for storm sewer improvements. Legislative Update Mayor Cole reviewed HB 2785. He said the bill would restrict the use of Systems Development Charges (SDC). He reviewed the effects of the proposed legislation. He said staff had testified in Salem, in opposition to the bill. Mayor Cole reviewed HB 2711. He said it the bill was sponsored by the United Seniors of Oregon, and would regulate LID assessments. There was discussion about the effects of the legislation. Mayor Cole said HB 2950 would make approval of sub- divisions a ministrial decision. He said the bill would not allow for conditions to be placed on such approvals. There was discussion about the effects of the legislation. Mayor Cole said HB 2122 was the roads study finance package. Hebill e governor was opposed to several aspects of the Mayor Cole reviewed several bills regarding the Boundary Commission. He said one bill would give Metro the authority to choose Boundary Commission members. He said another bill would allow the Metro executive to make the appointments. He said both bills would allow the Metro board to hear appeals. Mayor Cole said a third bill would remove Washington County from the Boundary Commission's jurisdiction. He said the City would oppose all three bills. Mayor Brian said the current Boundary Commission could be more objective because they did not all live in Washington County.. Coun. Dunn said the two cities must be Trilling to lobby for pro-city legislators. Mayor Cole said i would be well to become more involved than -they had been in appropriate the athem to Mayor ecome lan involved as individual _ d it would be aPp�p z; APPFovm cky Recorder 4n187 = 5 K Regular Meeting CITY' OF BEAVERTON April 7, 1987 City Council (Minutes — Page 6 politicians, but not as cities. Next Meeting There was CONSENSUS the next joint meeting would be held in September. 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