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TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 24,199S - 6:30 PM
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6,:30 p.m.
® STUDY 14EETMG
> Executive Session: The Tigard City Council may go into Executive Session
under the provisions of ORS 192.660 (1) (d), (e), e[ (h) to discuss labor
vela bons, real propervy transactions, current and pending litigation issues.
> Agenda Review
7:30 p.m.
1. BUSINESS MEETING
1.1 Call to Order - City Council 8T Local Contract Review Board
1.2 Roll Call
1.3 Pledge of Allegd ance
1.4 Council Communications/Liaison Reports
1.5 Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items
7:35 p.m.
2. VISITOWS AGENDA (Two Minutes or Less, Please)
7:45 p.m.
3. CONSEN'T' AGENDA: these items are considered to be routine and may be enacted
in one motion without separate discussion. Anyone may request that an item be
removed by motion for discussion and separate action. Consent Agenda - Items
Removed for Separate Discussion: Any Itengs requested to be removed from the
CAmsent Agenda for separate discussion will be considered Immediately after the
Council has voted on those items which do not need discussion.
Motion to:
3.1 Approve City Council Minutes: September 19 and 26, 1995
3.2 Receive and File: Notification that City of Tigard was Awarded the
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the Current Fiscal Year
3.3 Local Contract Review Board: Approve Purchase of Thermolay Hot Asphalt
Patch Truck from Sahlberg Equipment, Inc.
7:50 p.m.
4. CONSIDERATION OF PROHIBITMG PARKING ON SW 70TH AVENUE
BETWEEN BEVELANID STREET AND FRANKLIN STREET
a. Staff Report: City Engineer
b. Council Consideration: Ordinance No. 9S-
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5. CONSIDERATION OF FINAL ORDER (QUASI-JUDICIAL) - SA'L'E DEVELOPMENT
REVIEW (SDR) 91-0005/VARIANCE (VAR) 91-0010 DOLAN/MENDEZ (Set
over from the October 10, 1995 Council Meeting)
► To Consider the U.S. Supreme Court remand of conditions related to the
dedication of property for f1®odplAn management and a bikepath relating to the
determination of the rough proportional: or b::rse : e e:::e::t~.. s Oc4Fl®i~l:
12520 SW Main Street (WCTM 2S 1 2AC, tax lot 700). APPLICABLE REVIEW
CRI'T'ERIA: Community Development Code Chapters 18.32, 18.66, 18.84, 18.86,
18.100, 18.102, 18.106, 18.108, 18.114, 18.120, 18.134 and 18.164; the
Parks Master Plan for Fanno Creek, and the City of Tigard Master Drainage Plan.
ZONE: CBD (Central Business District). The Central Business District zone allows
public administrative agencies, cultural exhibits and library services, parking
facilities, public safety services, religious assemblies, and a variety of commercial and
service activities, among other uses.
a, Staff Report
b. Council Consideration: Resolution No. 95--
8:45 p.m.
6. PUBLIC HEARING (QUASI ]UDICIAL) - ZONE CHANGE ANNEXATION (ZC.A)
95-0004/SNOOK
► A request to annex one parcel of 0.53 acres into the city and to change the
zoning from Washington County R-5 to City of Tigard R-4.5. Location: The
southwest corner of S.W. Gaarde Street and S.W. 114th Avenue. Applicable review
criteria: The relevant review criteria in this case are Comprehensive Plan policies
2.11, citizen involvement; 10.1.1, service delivery capacity; 10.1.2, boundary
criteria; and 10.1.3, zoning designation. Community Development Code Chapters
18.136, annexation requirements, and 18.138, land classification of annexed
territory. ZONE: Presently Washington County R-5.
Times are estimates only.
8:45 pm a. Open Public Hearing
b. Declarations or Challenges
Do any members of Council wish to report any ex parte contact or
information gained outside the hearing, including any site visits?
Have all members fanniliarized themselves with the application?
Are there any challenges fc+om the audience pertaining to the Council's
jurisdiction to hear this matter or is there a challenge on the
participations of acv member of the Council?
C. Staff Report: Community Development Department
8:50 pm d. Public Testimony
COUNCIL AGENDA - OCTOBER 24, 1995 - PAGE 3
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For all those wishing to testify, please be aware that failure to raise an
issue accompanied by statements or evidence suffdent to afford the
Council and parties an op to respond to the Issue will preclude
an appeal to. the land Use Board of Appeals on this Issue. Testimony
and evidence must be directed taward the criteria that staff will
describe or other criteria In the plan or land use regulation which you
Applicant
Proponents
Opponents
Rebuttal
9:00 pm e. Staff Recommendation
f. Council Questions
g. Close Public Hearing
9:10 pm h. Council Consideration: Resolution No. 95--
Ordinance No. 95-
4:15 P.M.
7. PUBLIC HEARING (LEGISLATIVE) - PARKS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
(SDC's) AND METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATION OF THE SDCs.
► To consider changes to the City's Park Systems Development Charges (SDC's) and
to the methodology pertaining to the calculation of these SDCs. Both public oral
and written testimony is invited. A copy of the full 40-page SDC study is available
upon request.
Aft (Times are estimates only.)
9:15 pm a. Open Public Hearing
b. Declarations or Challenges
9:20 pm c. Staff Report: Community Development Staff
7.1 Systems Development Charge Amending Ordinance to
incorporate state legislative and replace the street SDC
chapter of the Tigard Municipal Code.
7.2 Amendment to Parr System Classifications and Acreage
Standards for Consistency with those Used in the [park
System Development Charge Study
7.3 Amend Park System Development Charge Methodology
and Fee Structure
d. Public 'testimony
(Proponent3 and Opponents: please limit testimony to fire
minutes per person.)
9:35 pm ® Proponents
® Opponents
9:50 pin e. Council Questions
f. Close Public Hearing
g. Staff Recommendation
COUNCIL AGENDA - OCTOBER 24, 1995 - PAGE 4
10:00 pm h. Council Consideration:
Item 7.1 - Ordinance 95--
Item 7.2 - Ordinance 95-_
Item 7.3 - Resolution 95-%-
10:05 P.M.
S. MANGLE DESIGN GUIDELINE STUDY
► Discussion and update of design guideline for the Triangie.
a. Staff Report: Community Development Department
b. Council Consideration: Direct staff to pursue the design guideline study
through the work program outlined in material presented to the Council in the
Staff Report.
10:35 p.m.
9. PRESENTATION FROM 'flat MET OFFICIALS - BUS SERVICE TO THE TIGARD
AREA
10:45 p.m.
10. NON-AGENDA Will
10:50 P.M.
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Tigard City Council will go into Executive Session under
the provisions of ORS 192.660 (1) (d), (e), at (h) to discuss labor relations, real
property transactions, current and pending litigation issues. As you are aware, all
discussions within this session are confidential; therefore nothing from this meeting
may be disclosed by those present. Representatives of the news media are allowed
to attend this session, but mast not disclose any information discussed during this
session.
11:00 P.M.
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COUNCIL AGENDA - OCTOBER 24, 1995 - PACE 5
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TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES - OCTOBER 24, 1995
Meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m. by Mayor Nicoll.
1. ROLL CALL
Council Present: Mayor Jim Nicoll; Councilors Bob Rohlf and Ken Scheckla. Staff
Present: Bill Monahan, City Administrator; Tim Ramis, Legal Counsel; G. Frank
Hammond, Legal Counsel; Ray Valone, Associate Planner; Catherine Wheatley, City
Recorder; Lt. Bob Wheeler (present during business meeting for review of Non-
Agenda item reference police car purchase request); and Randy Wooley, City
Engineer.
STUDY SESSION
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mom ® Executive Session: The Tigard City Council went into Executive Session at 6:36 p.m.
under the provisions of ORS 192.660 (1) (d), (e), 8E (h) to discuss labor relations,
real property transactions, current and pending litigation issues.
Executive Session adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
® Agenda Review: City Administrator Monahan advised staff would be requesting
Council review of an Non-Agenda Item for the purchase of six police patrol vehicles.
State bids must be received by November 5, 1995, to receive a $400 per unit
discount. By placing the order by November 5, the City will save $2,400.
BUSINESS MEETING
1. CALL FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS:
® City Administrator noted Council would consider the purchase of new police
vehicles. This item was placed for consideration after the Consent Agenda.
2. VISITOWS AGENDA: No visitors were present.
3. CONSENT AGENDA:
Staff responded to questions from Councilor Rohlf with regard to Consent Agenda
Item No. 3.3. Two bids were submitted. Pacific Utility Equipment Company's bid
was rejected because it did not meet specifications.
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Motion by Councilor Scheckla, seconded by Councilor Rohif to approve the Consent
Agenda as follows:
3.1 Approve City Council Minutes: September 19, and 26, 1995
3.2 Receive and File: Notification that City of Tigard was Awarded the
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the Current Fiscal Year
3.3 Local Contract Review Board: Approve Purchase of Thermolay Hot Asphalt
Patch Truck from Sahlberg Equipment, Inc.
The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. (Mayor Nicoll
and Councilors Rohif and Scheckla voted "yes.")
NON-AGENDA ITEM:
> Purchase of Six Police Patrol Vehicles
Lt. Bob Wheeler, Police Department, was present and reviewed the staff report
on file with the Council packet material. Brief discussion followed.
Motion by Councilor Rohlf, seconded by Councilor Scheckla, to approve the
staff recommendation for the purchase of six 1996 Ford Crown Victoria police
patrol vehicles from Skyline Sales, Inc., on State Bid #5412.
The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. (Mayor
Nicoll and Councilors Rohlf and Scheckla voted "yes.")
4. CONSIDERATION OF PROHIBITING PARKING ON SW 70TH AVENUE
BETWEEN BEVELAND STREET AND FRANKLIN STREET
a. City Engineer Wooley reviewed the staff report on file with the Council packet
material.
b. Motion by Councilor Rohlf, seconded by Councilor Scheckla, to approve
Ordinance No. 95-23.
ORDINANCE NO. 95-23 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING T.M.C.
10.28.130 BY ADDING PORTIONS OF S.W. 70TH AVENUE WHERE
PARKING IS PROHIBITED.
The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. (Mayor
Nicoll and Councilors Rohif and Scheckla voted "yes.")
CITY COUNCIL. MEETING MINUTES - OCTOBER 24,199S - PAGE 2
5. CONSIDERATION OF, FINAL ORDER (QUASI-JUDICIAL) - SITE
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW (SDR) 91-0005/VARIANCE (VAR) 91-0010
DOLAN/MENDEZ
► To Consider the U.S. Supreme Court remand of conditions related to the
dedication of property for floodplain management and a bikepath relating to the
determination of the rough proportionality of those requirements. LOCATION:
12520 Sdri riain Sireet (w Il'" i' 2S 1 2AC., tax lot 700). APPLICABLE REVIEW
CRITERIA: Community Development Code Chapters 18.32, 18.66, 18.84, 18.86,
18.100, 18.102, 18.106, 18.108, 18.114, 18.120, 18.134 and 18.164; the
Parks Master Plan for Fanno Creek, and the City of Tigard Master Drainage Plan.
ZONE: CBD (Central Business District). The Central Business District zone allows
public administrative agencies, cultural exhibits and library services, parking facilities,
public safety services, religious assemblies, and a variety of commercial and service
activities, among other uses.
a. Legal Counsel Ramis reported that the City Council voted [on 8/29/95] to
tentatively support the staff recommendation and directed staff to come back
with findings to support that recommendation. Mr. Ramis advised that
Ccuncil, after reviewing the proposed findings may deliberate to approve the
findings or direct staff to make any necessary changes.
b. Council Comment:
> Councilor Rohlf advised findings appear to reflect the Council decision
made when last considered; however, he said he would like a statement
added to reflect that Council supports having this store in the
downtown the store is an enhancement to the downtown area.
> Councilor Scheckla said he did not like the way the final order
document was prepared and advised he did not believe he would be
supporting the recommendation.
> Mayor Nicoll agreed with Councilor Rohifs comment to add a
statement of support for this store in the downtown. In addition,
Mayor Nicoli requested that wording be added to the findings to reflect
that the easement area can count toward the percentage of landscaped
area required whether or not the easement area is landscaped.
Additional property would then be available for building area.
CITY COUNCIL M EETITIG 1bIliNUTES - OCTOBER 24, 1995 - PAGE 3
C. Consideration of Findings Set Over
After brief discussion, nnajority consensus of Council was to delay taking a vote
on the final decision until November 14, 1995, for full Council review and
also so Staff could revise the findings with the two additions noted by
Councilor Rohlf and Mayor Nicoll.
6. PUBLIC HEARING (QUASI-JUDICIAL) - ZONE CHANGE ANNEXATION (ZCA)
95-0004/SNOOK
t. A request to annex one parcel of 0.53 acres into the city and to change the zoning
from Washington County R-5 to City of Tigard, R-4.5. Location: The southwest
corner of S.W. Gaarde Street and S.W. 1 14th Avenue. Applicable review criteria:
The relevant review criteria in this case are Comprehensive Plan policies 2.1 1, citizen
involvement; 10.1.1, service delivery capacity; 10.1.2, boundary criteria; and 10.1.3
zoning designation. Community Development Code Chapters 18.136, annexation
requirements; and 18.138, land classification of annexed territory. ZONE: Presently
Washington County R-5.
a. Public hearing was opened.
b. Declarations or Challenges
Mayor Nicoll read the following statement:
Do any members of Council wish to report any ex parte contact or
information gained outside the hearing, including any site visits? (None
were reported.)
Have all members familiarized themselves with the application? (All
members indicated they were familiar with the application.)
Are there any challenges from the audience pertaining to the Council's
jurisdiction to hear this matter or is there a challenge on the
participation of any member of the Council? (There were no
challenges.)
C. Staff Report
Associate Planner Valone summarized the staff report on file with the Council
packet material.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - OCTOBER 24, 1995 - PAGE 4
d. Public 'Testimony:
> Applicant - Rick Snook, 11430 S.W. Gaarde Street, Tigard, Oregon,
testifled as owner of the property. He advised he wanted to annex to
the City so he could obtain sewer service.
e. Staff Recommendation:
Associate Planner Valone recommended Council adopt the proposed resolution
and ordinance to forward the annexation request to the Boundary Commission
and to assign a zone designation to the property In conformance with the City
Comprehensive Plan.
f. Council Comment:
In response to a question from Councilor Rohif, staff advised that an analysis
of annexation procedures will be presented to Council in the upcoming
months, Including a recommendation on annexation of properties within island
areas. Surrounding property owners were contacted for interest in annexation
to the City when an earlier annexation request had been processed. These
property owners had no Interest in annexing.
g. Public hearing was closed.
h. Council consideration:
RESOLUTION 1`!0.95-54-A RESOLUTION INITIATING ANNEXATION
TO THE CITY OF TIGARD OF THE TERRITORY AS DESCRIBED IN
EXHIBIT A AND ILLUSTRATED IN EXHIBIT B (ZCA 95-0004)
Motion by Councilor Scheckla, seconded by Councilor Rohif, to adopt
Resolution No. 95-54.
The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. (Mayor
Nicoll and Councilors Rohif and Scheckla voted "yes.")
ORDINANCENO.95-24-AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING FINDINGSAND
CONCLUSIONS TO APPROVE A ZONE CHANGE AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE (ZCA 95-0004).
Motion by Councilor Scheckla, seconded by Councilor Rohlf, to adopt
Ordinance No. 95-24.
The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of Council present. (Mayor
Nicoll and Councilors Rohif and Scheckla voted "yes.")
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - OCTOBER 24, 1995 - PAGE 5
7. PUBLIC HEARING (LEGISLATIVE) - PARKS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
CHARGES (SDC's) AND METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATION OF THE cnr,,,
To consider changes to the City's Park Systems Development Charges (SDC's) and
to the methodology pertaining to the calculation of these SDC's.
> Council com--nsaus t- uls heading
'November set 14, I YY5, in
order to have the hearing when the full Council was present.
8. TRIANGLE DESIGN GUIDELINE STUDY
Community Development Director Hendryx and Associate Planner Valone reviewed
the staff report and accompanying memorandum on file with the Council packet
material.
Councilor Rohlf asked if the process could be sped up. Community Development
Director Hendryx responded that the Triangle is a high priority for the_Department;
staff will expedite as much as possible.
Discussion followed on the areas where work is needed in the Triangle, including the
following:
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> Concern for people in the area who are being held up with plans for the use
of their property; need to share information with these people.
> ODOT, DLCD, and DEQ impacts to transportation planning and
implementation in the Triangle.
> Tri-Met has plans for expansion of service along Highway 217.
> Metro 2040 shows the Triangle Area as an employment center.
> Acknowledgement that this is a high priority; no objections to workplan were
noted.
9. PRESENTATION OF TRI-MET OFFICIALS - BUS SERVICE TO TIGARD AREA
Phil Sellinger of Tri-Met distributed information (summary on file with the Council
packet material) and summarized the following:
> Tri-Met Service Proposal for the Highway 217 Corridor.
> Proposed Service Highlights
Mr. Sellinger advised that Tri Met representatives have formed a task force and have
met with several community groups including Tigard's Citizen Involvement Teams and
Chamber of Commerce.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - OCTOBER 24, 1995 - PAGE 6
10. NON-AGENDA ITEMS - (Considered after Item No 3., Consent Agenda - see
above).
IL . EXECUl 11 V E SESSION - Canceled
12. ADJOURNMENT: 10:10 p.m.
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Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon 97223,' or by calling 639-4171.
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
October 24, 1945
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13125 S.W. HALL BOULEVARD, TIGARD, OREGON
Study Meeting (Red Rock Creek Conference Room) (6:30 P.M.)
• Executive Session: The.Tigard City CounciLmay go into Execu-
tive Session under the provisions of ORS 192.660 (1) (d), (e), &
(h) to discuss labor relations; real property transactions, current
and pending litigation issues.
• Agenda Review
Business Meeting (Town Hall) (7:30 P.M.)
s Consider nal.order - Dolan/Mendez - (Set over from the Oc-
tober 10, 1995 Meeting) To consider the U.S. Supreme Court
remand of conditions related to.the dedication of property for
floodplain management-and a bikepath relating to the determina-
tion of the rough proportionality of those requirements. Location:
12520 S.W. Main Street(WCTM 2S1, 2AC, Tax Lot 700).
• Notice of Public Hearing - Changes to systems Development,,
Charges - The City of Tigard will conduct a public hearing
to consider changes to the city's park system development
charges (SDCs) and'to the ;methodology pertaining to the cal-
culation of these SDCs. Both public oral and written tes-
timony is invited. Please call Duane Roberts at 639-4171 if
:you-have any:question or would like additional details about
the SDC study or the fee adoption process. A copy of the 11613
40-page SDC study is available upon request.
• Triangle Design Guideline Study - Update Report/Discussion
• Presentation from Tri-Met Officials about service to Tigard area.
o Public Hearing Annexation of Snook Property (ZCA 95-0004)
A request to annex 0.53 acres into the city and to change zoning
from Washington County R-5 to City of Tigard 4.5. Location:
The southwist corner of S.W. Gaarde Street and S.W. 114th
Avenue. .
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in accordance with the rules of Chapter 18.32 of Wa Ti&d Municipal
Code and any rules and procedures of the City C,'ouncll:.Fkl u-e. tv raise an. I
issue in person or by letter at some point prior to the close of.the'heariKC~ I
one the request or failure to provide statements or evidence suffAdtent to a
&4 the decisionmaker an opportunity to respond to the issue priar_tolhe-,'
close of, the hearing on the request; precludes an appeal to the Lind W6,
Board'of Appeals based on that issue. Further information is available at-.
City Hall and may be obtained'from' the Community Development Direc
for ar.(it;Recorcier at the wine 9bc;aiion; or by calling (503) 634-4171. {
PUBLIC'iNCS
~C]EIANCi+E ANNEXATIQR7'(l~_A19S-OOa41SIVQ~)K_ . s
A request to annex ane parcel'of OS3 acres into the:city and.to thangge'the
2.0 9'from Washington County R-5 to,Cit~ ,of,Tigard R-4.5. LOCA-
TIt3Id ;T'he'sonRhwest:coxner of S:W: Gaairde'Street and ~.W. 114th
Avenue:'.APP~sICABLE REY?EW CRITERIAi The relevant review
ciitena in this case are Comprehensive Flan'policies 2.fl 1, citiaeri involV.
cnenE; lU 1 l; service.i elive:y eapacity; I~.1.2, boundary;criteria ; sod
10.1:3; zoning designation:. Community Development Code Chapters' `
18.136, annexation req>:i.^ements;`and 13,138, land classification of an
ed territory. ZONE Presently S'Vashingtoq. County;R-5.
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CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
A MAVIT OF POSTING
In the Matter of the Proposed
STATE OF OREGON )
County of Washington ) ss.
City of Tigard )
I, begin first duly sworn, on oath,
depose an say:
That I posted in the following publicand conspicuous places, a copy of Ordinance
Number (s)
which were adopted at the Council Meeting dated CDR' . Qq qqs copy(s)
of said ordinance(s) being hereto attached and by refere ce made a part hereof, on the _
14 day of
Awl%
1. Tigard City Ball, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, Oregon
2. Tigard Library, 13125 SW Mall Blvd., Tigard, Oregon
3. Tigard Water Department, 8777 SW Burnham, Tigard, Oregon
Subscribed and sworn to before n, ;e this day of , 19 °15
OFFICIAL SEAL. Notary Pu c for Oregon
M JO ANN HAYES
NOTARY PUBLIC-OREGON
COMMISSION NO. 042148 My Commission Expires' 1r`na9r 5
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MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MAY 05. 1999
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CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 95- 0~3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING T.M.C. 10.28.130 BY ADDING PORTIONS OF S.W. 70TH
AVENUE WHERE PARKING IS PROHIBITED.
WHEREAS, TMC 10.28.130 prohibits parking at any time on portions of
WIN= certain public streets in Tigard; and,
WHEREAS, interim street improvements have been constructed on SW 70th
Avenue between Beveland and Franklin Streets to provide fire access to
the adjoining apartment buildings; and,
WHEREAS, in order to provide the needed clear access for fire vehicles,
it is necessary to prohibit parking on the street.
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: TMC 10.28.130, designating the portions of public streets
where parking is prohibited at all times, is hereby
amended by adding the following:
11(88) On SW 70th Avenue between Beveland Street and
Franklin Street."
SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its
passage by the Council, signature by the Mayor, and
posting by the City Recorder.
PASSED: By a.4 I4Yen.0 vote of all Council members present
after being read by number and title only, this e441- day
of 1995.
Catherine Wheatley, Ci Recorder
APPROVED: By Tigard City Council thi day c QIiL. ,
1995.
J icoli, yor
Approved as to form:
City Attor ey
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Date
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L ORDINANCE No. 95-,Q3
Page 1
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 95-c-?'/
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS TO APPROVE A ZONE CHANGE
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (ZCA 95-0004). ,
WHEREAS, the Tigard City Councll ,"eld a public hearing on October 24,
1995, to consider a zoning designation for one parcel of land located at
the southwest corner of SW Gaarde Street SW 114th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, on October 24, 1995, the Tigard City Council approved a
resolution forwarding the proposed annexation to the Portland
Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission; and
WHEREAS, the zoning district designation recommended by the planning
staff as set forth in the attached staff report and in Section 1 below
is that which most closely approximates the Washington County land use
designation while implementing the city's existing Comprehensive Plan
designation of Low Density Residential.
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Upon annexation, the affected property shall be
designated as follows:
Tax Map, Lot Number Current Zoning New Zonin_r
2S1 10AB, lot 4000 Wash. Co. R-5 Tigard R-4.5
SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its
passage by the Council, signature by the Mayor, and
Iposting by the City Recorder.
PASSED: By t.,na4yyY1:n3 2 vote of all Council members resent
after being read by number and title only, this -g:9-q±-Lk- day
of GY.~ 199
Catherine Wheatley, City kecorder
APPROVED: By Tigard City Council is day (~C LA
1995.
s Ni li, Mayor
Approved as t form:
Clety Attorney
Date
ORDINANCE No. 95- of
Page 1
7AGENDA M NO. 2 VISITOR'S AGENDA DATE: Cktober 2~4e 1995
minutes or less, please)
the ap9~ropriate sheet for listed agenda items. The Council wishes to hear from you
es not on the agenda, but asps that you first try to resolve your concerns through
contact the City Administrator prior to the start of the meeting. Thank you.
-
STAFF
NAME, ADDRESS at PHONE TOPIC CONTACTED
I
7:M0g[n%J0%%1SMM.Sht
♦ e
Depending on the number of person wishing to testify, the Chair of the Council may limit the amount of
aft.
Rme each person has to speak. We ask you to limit your oral comments to 3 - 5 minutes. The Chair may
~rrther limit time if necessary. Written comments are always appreciated by the Council to supplement
oral testimony.
AGENDA FI'M M. 6 DATE: October 24, 1995
PUBLIC HEARING (QUASI-AMICIAL) - ZONE CHANGE ANNEXATION (ZCA) 95-0M/SNOOK
s A request to annex one parcel of 0.53 acres into the city and to change the zoning from
Washington County R-5 to City of Tigard R-4.5. Location: The southwest corner of S.W. Gaarde
Street and S.W. 114th Avenue. Applicable review criteria: The relevant review criteria in this
case are Comprehensive Plan policies 2.11, citizen involvement; 10.1.1, service delivery capacity;
10.1.2, boundary criteria; and 10.1.3, zoning designation. Community Development Code
Chapters 18.136, annexation requirements; and 18.138, land classification of annexed territory.
ZONE: Presently Washington County R-5.
PLEASE SIGN IN TO TESTIFY ON THE ATTACHED SHEETS
AGE]MA n NO. 6_
PRASE PRY1oTi'
Proponent - (Speaking In Favor) Opponent - (Speaking Against)
o.
--Name, Address any on. o. ame, Address an one 14
Name, Address an one No. Name, Address and one No.
ame, Address an one No. None, s en one o.
ame, Address an one No. s an one No.
Name, Address and Phone No. Name, Address an Phone No.
Name, Address an one No. ame, dress an one No.
ame. Address an one o. ame, Tess an one No.
Name, Address an one No. Name, Address an one No.
Name, Ad ress an one No. Name, Address and Phone No.
1
Depending on the number of person wishing to testify, the Chair of the Council may limit the amount of
me each person has to speak. We ask you to limit your oral comments to 3 - 5 minutes. The Chair may
q1urther limit time if necessary. Written comments are always appreciated by the Council to supplement
oral testimony.
AG10iD.A. F1!EMN®, . '7 DATE: October 24, 1995
PUBLIC HEARING (LEGISLATIVE) - PARKS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGES (SDC's) AND
METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATION OI, THE SDCs.
To consider changes to the City's Park Systems Development Charges (SDC's) and to the
methodology pertaining to the calculation of these SDCs. Both public oral and written testimony
is invited. A copy of the full 40-page SDC study is available upon request.
PLEASE SIGN IN TO TESTITY ON THE ATTACHED SHEETS
AGEIDA;,U NO. 7.
PLEASE PltilmT'I'
Proponent - (Speaking In Favor) Opponent - (Speaking Against)
Name, Address an one No. Name, Address an one No.
ame, Address an one No. Narne, Address and none No.
ame, ress an one No. ame, Address an one No.
-Wa-me, Address and Phone No. Name, Address and Phone No.
Name, M dress an one o. Name, M dress an Phone No.
Name, Address an one No. Name, Address an one No.
Name, Address an lone No. Name, Address an one No.
ame, Address an one No. Name, Address an one No.
Name, Address an one No. Name, Ad dress an Phone No.
Agenda Item No. _.3,
Meeting of 19601~~
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
180 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois 60601
312/977-9700 • Fax: 312/977-4806
September 22, 1995
Mr. Wayne Lowry
Finance Director
City of Tigard
13125 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, Oregon 97223
Dear Mr. Lowry:
A panel of independent reviewers has completed its examination of
your budget document. We are pleased to inform you that the panel
has voted to award your budget document the Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award for the current fiscal year. This award is the
Aft highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting. Its
attainment represents a significant achievement by your
organization.
The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is valid for one year.
To continue your participation in the program, it will be
necessary for you to submit your next annual budget document to
GFOA within 90 days of the budget's final adoption. Enclosed is
an application form to facilitate a timely submission. This form
should be submitted with four copies of your budget, accompanied
by the appropriate fee.
Each program participant is provided with confidential comments
and suggestions for possible improvements in its budgetary
techniques. Your comments are enclosed. We urge you to carefully
consider the suggestions offered by our reviewers as you prepare
your next budget.
Your award plaque will be mailed separately and should arrive in
six weeks.' A camera-ready reproduction of the award will be
forwarded to you for inclusion in your next budget. If you do
reproduce the camera-ready in your next budget, it should be
accompanied by a statement indicating continued compliance with
program criteria. The following standardized text should be used:
0
WASHINGTON OFFICE
1750 K Street, N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20006
202/429-2750 • Fax: 202/429-2755
Page 2
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United
States and Canada (GFOA) presented a Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award to the City of Tigard, Oregon for its
annual budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995.
In order to receive this award, a governmental unit must
publish a budget document that meets program criteria as a
policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan
and as a communications device.
The award is valid for a period of one year only. We
believe our current budget continues to conform to program
requirements, and we are submitting it to GFOA to determine
its eligibility for another award.
In approximately four weeks, GFOA will mail a congratulatory
letter to your designated executive official, accompanied by a
press release.
The Government Finance Officers Association encourages you to make
arrangements for a formal presentation of the award. If you would
like the award presented by a member of your state or provincial
finance officers association, we can provide the name of a contact
person for that group.
We appreciate your participation in this program and we sincerely
hope that your example will encourage others in their efforts to
achieve and maintain excellence in governmental budgeting. If we
can be of further assistance, please contact the Technical
Services Center.
Sincerely,
Stephen J. Gauthier, Director
Technical Services Center
of
Enclosure
MEN
The Government Finance Officers Association
of the United States and Canada
presents this
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR BUDGET PREPARATION
to:
Mr. Wayne Lowry
Finance Director
City of Tigard, Oregon
The Certificate of Recognition for Budget Preparation is presented by the Government
Finance Officers Association to. those individuals who have been instrumental in their
government unit achieving a Distinguishcd Budget Presentation Award. The Distinguished
Budget Presenuation Award, which is the highest award in governmental budgeting, is
presented to those government units whose budgets are judged to adhere to program
standards.
Executive Director 6"
Date September 22, 1995
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GOVERNMENT FINANCE
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
180 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois 60601
312/977-9700 • Fax: 312/977-4806
October 19, 1995 O C T 2 3 1995
The Honorable Jim Nicoli
Mayor
City of Tigard
13125 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, Oregon 97223
Dear Mayor Nicoli:
I am pleased to notify you that the City of Tigard has received the Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). This
award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting and represents a
significant achievement by your organization.
Your Government's plaque will be shipped under separate cover to Mr. Wayne Lowry,
who originally submitted the budget for consideration. We hope you will arrange for a
formal public presentation of the award, and that appropriate publicity will be given to
this notable achievement. A press release is enclosed for your use.
We appreciate your participation in GFOA's budget awards program. Through your
example, we hope that other governments will be encouraged to achieve excellence in
budgeting.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey L. Esser
Executive Director
JLE/af
Enclosure
WASHINGTON OFFICE
1750 K Street, N.W., Suite 650, Washington, OC 20006
202/429-2750 • Fax: 202/429-2755
so=
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
180 North Michigan Avenue. Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois 60601
312/977-9700 • Fax: 312/977-4806
October 19, 1995
PRESS RELEASE
For Further Information Contact
RELEASE IMMEDIATELY Stephen J. Gauthier (312) 977-9700
CHICAGO--The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and
Canada (GFOA) is pleased to announce that the City of Tigard, Oregon has received
GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget.
The award represents a significant achievement by the jurisdiction. It reflects the
commitment of the governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of
governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget award, the jurisdiction had to
satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines
are designed to assess how well a government's budget serves as:
® a policy document
o a financial plan
® an operations guide
6 a communications device
Budget documents must be rated "proficient" in all four categories to receive the award.
Since the inception of GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program in 1984,
approximately 650 jurisdictions have received the Award. Award recipients have pioneered
efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other
governments throughout North America.
The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association serving
12,650government finance professionals throughout North America. GFOA's Distinguished
Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards ,program in governmental
budgeting.
WASHINGTON OFFICE
1750 K Street, N.W., Suite 61,i0, Washington, OC 20006
202/429-2750 • Fax: 202/429-2755
AGENDA ITEM! 0 For Agenda of October 24. 1995
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE Purchase of Hot Asphalt Patch Tmyk
PREPARED BY: John Roy DEPT HEAD OK CITY ADMI14 OK
ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
The issue before the Council is approval of the purchase of a new Thermolay
Hot Asphalt Patch Truck.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Approval of purchase of a new Thermolay Model UD-425-120 as bid by Sahlberg
Equipment, Inc., for the purchase price of $84,099.
INFORMATION SUMMARY
Two bids were submitted as follows:
AMk Sahlberg Equipment, Inc., for $92,599 less trade in of $8,500 for a total
cost of $84,099.
• Pacific Utility Equipment Company for $86,135 with no trade in allowed.
Pacific Utility Equipment Companys bid is rejected for not meeting
specifications. Their offer is for a used demonstration model.
If purchase is not awarded at this time, patching of City streets will not
commence in the Spring as planned, since there is a six month lead time for
delivery.
OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
• Approval of purchase as id.
• Request additional bids.
• Continue to use existing, inefficient City equipment that requires longer
heating time and additional manpower.
• Give further direction to Staff.
FISCAL NOTES
4fhe purchase price of.$84,099 is within the budgeted dollar amount of $88,000
rom the Street Division line item 10-2130-706.000. '
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• 12 :o!: pdu-less ignition • Hydraulic onerC.:ea s' r5- e c:
• 350000 B U Vapor propane doors Distribution, Inc.
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• 9 KIM electr;c heater for n,ghtl;me • Wacker VPA. 1350W c.•~'•r.?~:c;::r '.-3....
heat • Stanley 72- hydraulic r reake-
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SPECIFICATIONS ••:'_5ERGEUuir%IENTINC.
13691 NE WHITAKER
PORTLAND, OR 97230
HOPPER CAPACITY: 4 1/4 cubic yards minimum. (503) 255-7767 1-800-825-07
BODY DIMENSIONS: 108" long x 78" wide x 43" high maximum.
INSULATION: 2" high temperature industrial grade.
ASPHALT TACK OIL CAPACITY. 120 gallons.
DIESEL FUEL CAPACITY. l 8 gallon.
PROPANE CAPACITY: 34 gallon horizontal tank with gauge & valve.
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HYDRAULIC CAPACITY. 30 gallon with strainer, filter, sight gauge, thermometer.
WASTE OIL TANK CAPACITY. 10 gallon built into right fender with drain & insulated cover.
DISPENSING SYSTEM: 6" screw conveyor auger with hard surface flights on 2" sch 80 pipe.
AUGER MOTOR: 2 speed automatic shift 7800 in.lb.& 120 RPM to 3700 in. lb. & 240 RPM.
ANTI-BRIDGE BAR SYSTEM: 7800 in.lb. hydraulic motor with 14 spikes on a 2" sch 80 pipe.
ASPHALT TACK OIL TANK: Built into the main body and insulated with 1" insulation.
ASPHALT TACK OIL PUMP: 1 1/2" gear type with external by-pass to tank.
ASPHALT TACK OIL TANK HEAT: Regulated radiant heat transfer oil from the main body.
ASPHALT TACK OIL WAND: 5' long 3/8" pipe with deadman valve and atomize nozzle.
ASPHALT TACK OIL HOSE: 20' of 1 /2' steel braid hose on an intemally mounted reel.
HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE: 7 bank hermetically sealed electric solenoid remoted to the rear.
HYDRAULIC TOOL HOSE: 25' of 3/4" & 1/2" steel braid hose on an internal mounted reel.
DIESEL HOSE: 15' of 1/4" steel braid hose on an internal mounted hose reel with deadman valve.
HEATING SYSTEM: 130 gallons of heat transfer oil heated by propane burner and electric heater.
PROPANE BURNER: 3 50,000 BTU vapor burner ignited by a 12 volt pilotless ignition system.
ELECTRIC HEATER: 9 KW 240 volt electric heater.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL: One digital thermostat with 0-999 readout and actual temperature.
RADIANT OIL TEMPERATURE: One digital rear mounted thermometer 0-999 readout.
ASPHALT TACK OIL TEMPERATURE: One digital rear mounted thermometer 0-999 readout.
HAND PROPANE TORCH: 250,000 BTU vapor hand torch with valve and 15' of 1/4" hose.
HYDRAULIC LIFT FOR PLATE/ROLLER: 24" stroke with automatic return and positive lock.
HYDRAULIC BREAKER: Stanley 72# breaker with 5" spade and 6" square tamper.
HYDRAULIC STEEL INSULATED DOORS: Bi-fold type with two 2" interior cylinders.
DIRECTIONAL ARROW BOARD W/STROBE: 20 lights with 36" stroke front mounted.
SPOILS BINS: 36" wide 2 cu. yd. capacity with gravity dump doors.
SANDING ATTACHMENT: In-cab electric remote with infinite control for spinner & auger.
SAFETY CIRCUIT: Stops burner when diesel or tack oil pump is operating.
HYDRAULIC PUMP: Gear type open center LIVE type with overspeed on MD 3060P.
P.T.O.: Chelsea hot-shift 110% with direct mount hydraulic pump.
ENGINE: Diesel 210 turbo Cummins.
TRANSMISSION: Allison MD 3060 six speed with VIM and overspeed.
WHEEL BASE: 186" wheel base with 120" cab to axle and 50' turning radius curb to curb.
FRONT AXLE: 10,000# with 10,000# suspension and automatic slack adjusters.
REAR AXLE: 21,000# with 21,000# suspension.
CAB: 94 cu. ft. capacity with full instruments, air conditioning, AM-FM radio, tinted windows.
FUEL CAPACITY. Dual 45 gallon tanks with steps.
VISIBILITY: 4008 sq. in. of tinted window area and 13' visibility line of sight-to-ground.
MIRRORS: Stainless west coast type with electric passengers remote.
WHEELS & TIRES: 10:00 x 22.5 steel disc 10 hole.
SEATING: Dual air ride suspension seats drivers and passengers with arm rests. I
SAFETY EQUIPMENT: Dual air horns, 2 cab mounted amber strobe lights, 4 way flashers.
Y OF TIGARD Budget Unit: Maintenance Services
95/96 Budget Preparation Form Account No.: 10-2130-706.000
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Detailed Description 1995/96 1995/96 1995/96 1995/96
Requested Proposed Approved Adopted
Asphalt Patch Truck (replacement) $88,000
This is a specialized piece of equipment that
is used to heat, transport, and place hot
asphalt for the purpose of repairing
deteriorated streets.
Hansen Street Software upgrade. $11,450
SEE DEPARTMENTAL JUSTIFICATION
$99,450
o This equipment will reduce the patch crew by one person.
o This equipment is self contained thus reducing vehicles needed for the patching operation from two to one.
o This equipment has an auxiliary heater which reduces the amount of material waste.
Q e existing patch truck is a 1984 model that has been in service for over ten years. This aging truck has
Irawbacks while a new truck offers significant benefits.
The existing truck has only an electric heater to warm the asphalt box. This old heater requires 6-8 hours to reach
temperature. Additionally, since there is no auxiliary heater as there is on newer models it is difficult to maintain .
working temperature throughout the day.
The new truck has a more efficient electric heater that can bring the box to temperature in about half the time the
existing truck. This truck also is equipped with a propane heater that can be used at the job site to maintain the
asphalt at optimum working temperature which results in consistent patches with less waste.
The existing truck needs to have its bed raised in order to remove the asphalt material. Because the bed angle
must be constantly monitored or changed, one person must remain in the truck during the patching operation.
The requested new truck has an auger to lift the material from the box and therefore the doesn't need person in
the truck during the patching operation. The result is that presently a 4 person crew is needed for a patching
operation; with a new truck a comparable crew would be 3 persons.
oil In addition to the patch truck, a patch operation presently requires an additional truck to transport the compactor
and hand tools to the job site. The new truck has storage for all tools and equipment needed for the patching
operation so there would be no need for an additional truck for equipment transport.
We presently patch potholes and pavement cuts that have been made by the Utility Division once each week in
good weather. We have recently discovered that with some precaution the patching operation can be
accomplished even during wet weather. We are improving our patching program with the intention of patching
o days each week. This is partly contingent upon reducing the crew size by one employee. In addition, if
19fred and 74th Streets are paved, the Streets crew should save approximately 160 person hours in grading and
gravel maintenance that can used in the patching program.
AGENDA I'T'EM #
For Agenda of October 24, 1995
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE Parking restrictions on SW 70th Avenue.
PREPARED BY: R. Wooley DEPT HEAD OK ®/1 CITY ADMIN OK
ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
Parking restrictions on SW 70th Avenue.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Approval of the attached ordinance prohibiting parking on SW 70th Avenue
between Beveland Street and Franklin Street.
INFORMATION SUMMARY
As a condition of development for the Hampton Park Apartments, interim
improvements were constructed in the right of way of SW 70th Street between
Beveland Street and the unimproved right of way of Franklin Street. The
nterim improvements were intended to provide a fire access to the
partments. At this time, the improved street serves only as an emergency
access and does not provide driveway access to any developed property.
In order for the fire access to function as intended, it is necessary to
prohibit parking on the street until additional improvements are completed.
The attached ordinance will provide authority for the posting of "no parking"
signs.
OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
FISCAL NOTES
The cost of signing the "no parking" zone will be approximately $300 from the
street maintenance fund.
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AGENDA ITEM # S
For Agenda 'of lo A-4 1 Q5
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE Consideration of Final Order - Site Development Review -
(SDR) 91-0005/Variance VAR 91-0010 - Dolan/Mendez
PREPARED BY: DEPT HEAD OK CITY AD MIEN OX
ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
Consideration of the Final Order subsequent to the City Council's motion on
August 29, 1995, to approve the application with conditions.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Approve the attached resolution.
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INFORMATION SUMMARY
The attached findings were prepared by Legal Counsel for City Council's
consideration.
----------------------OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
1. Amend the findings.
2. Deny the application.
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MEMORANDUM
To: 1 agard City Council
livm: City Attorney's OfRcs
Subjectt Executive Summary ofFutdings
Date: October 24, 1995
INTRODUCTION
This Memorandum am=arizes the Findings sat out in Exhibit A to City Council of the City
of TigW PInal Order In (SDR) 91-005/(VAR) 91-0010 (the "Findings`). If adopted, the Plndings
will support an order imposing a condition of approval similar to that which the Supreme Court of
the United States (the "Court") considered in Dolan v, City of 77gmf They are in accord with
Councll's earlier decision to re-adapt such a condition and its Instruction that staff prepare findings
In support of that decision.
The Findings reflect the procedural posture in which this case came before Council. In 8n
earlier decision, Council had imposed a condition of approval that required Applicant to make
floodplain and bikepath dedications ("Original Condition One"). Applicant appealed that decision
through the Court. During that appeal, Applicant challenged Original Condition One only on the
ground that it allogesdly resulted in a taking of her property without just compensation, violating the
Constitution of the United States (the "Constitution'). The Court held that while Tigard had
established the "asoential nexus" required is an earlier case, Nollan v CO tfo nla Coastal
Commission, it had not adequately addressed a new test, created in Dolan, called the "rough
proportionality" test.
Because ofthe Courft decision, this case came back before Council on the narrow question
whether Tigard could satisfy the rough proportionality Last. In response to the remand, Staff
proposed a modified version of Original Condition One that clarified some ambiguities ("R;tmand
Condition One"). Remand Condition One continues to call for pedestriasnlbicyclo pathway and
floodplain eatzmenta, However, it snakes clear that the city is not asking for fee title and that the
floodplain easement will not allow recreational use of the floodplain, It also responds to some
concerns ofApplicant raised In the remand hearings by expressly allowing her to fence the property.
Applicant attacked Staffs proposal, but she did not limit her arguments to the narrow Issue
on which the Court remanded the case. Instead, she raised many issues under local land use
regulations, statutes and other provisions of the Constitution. Although the Findings addrtas those
issues. they focus first on the questdons the Court found important.
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ANALYSIS
Tigard Sal led the Aequirements bl ch the Court ,Imposed
In Do w% the Court adopted a two-part analysis for evaluating exactions. To justify an
exaction, a local government must flrat show that the exaction will to some extent advance a
legitimate rate interest affected by the proposed development. For example, if a development cuts
ofd' a public vlow, the Court said that the government could require a viewing spot in- mitigation of
that impact. The Findings refer to this part of the analysis as the "nexus test." If a local government
satisfies the nexus test it must then show that the exaction holds the requisite degree of relationship
to the Impact ofthe development. Ths Court held that this relationship need not be specific, but need
only edilbit a rough proportionality in nature and extent to the impacts of the project. The Findings
mom refer to this portion of the analysis as the "rough proportionality test."
As detailed in the Findings, Tigard showed that Remand Condition One satisfied the n=s
we, In Dolan, the Court held that Original Condition One met the requirements of this test. Because
Remand Condition One is in all relevant respects identical to that condition, the Court's holding
continued to apply. On remand old decided issues may not be reopened; thereefore, the Findings
provide that Tigard satisfied the nexus test.
Recognizing that LUBA or the courts might disagree with this conclusion, Tigard presented
evidence that Remand Condition One would eati* the nexus test if that issue was betbre Council.
That. evidence showed that Applicant's project would have flood, drainage and traffic impacts which
the easements called for in Remand Condition One would mitigate. Therefore, the Findings hold that
Tigard satisfied the nexus test.
Having addressed the nexus test, the Findings next apply the rough proportionality test. They
begin by stating what that test requires. In Dolan. the Court began its review on this issue by
considering two extremes. One extreme teet would find virtually any relationship to be sufficient.
At tho other extreme, some states have required that exactions be specifically and uniquely
attributable to the Impacts of a development. However, the Court rejected both extremes. Instead,
it required the local government to show only a rough proportionality between the exaction and the
project's impacts. Although the Court emphasized that mathematical certainty is not required, the
local government must show that the exaction is related in nature and extent to the Impacts of the
development.
As detailed in the Findings, Tigard satisfied the moderate test adopted by the Court.
Aft Concerning the floodplain easement, Applicant admitted that her project would add
stormwater runoff to the creek. Through a variety of methods Tigard showed that the impact of that
runoff would be at least equal to, if not greater than, the value of the floodplain easement. Tigard
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also showed that the etsement would mitigate the impacts. Thus, the city showed this neoeaa&ry
relationship between drainage impacts and the floodplain exaction.
Smillidy. Tigard showed that the pathway easement met the Court's mWerste test. Although
she challenged Tigard's iindlail that her project would ,generate more than 400 now trips per day,
Applicant's oven expet admitted that the project would create more than 200 such trips. Moreover,
based on the teg itnony of Applicant'` expert, Council could find that her development would result
in more than $17,000 of additional, unmitipted traffic coats.' Considering that the path easement
would be %wth only $4,500, the concluaion that Tigard had established proportionality betwean the
easement and the impacts Is not remarkable.
Tigarrd's evidence also showed that the pathway would mitigate for the now trips that
Applicant's store admittedly will generate. David Larson, an expert traffic engineer, used an objective
statistical study to show that this path segment was esuratial and that It would reduce tripe by nine
percent. Thus, Tigard presented evidence more specific thgm that required by the Court, which more
than showed the required dogma of rough proportionality.
Applicant 's Other Argulnentss Were Not B ore Council or Were Not Well Taken.
Applicant made many other arguments opposing Remand Condition One, However, as
summarized in Table 1, most of thou arguments were not subject to Council's review in thia narrow
remand proceeding.
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STATUS OF "OTHER" ARGUMENTS ON REMAND
is=$ Properly Before Council? Rationale
Whether Tigavd's land use No. Applicant had ample opponwitiea
regulations allowed Tigard to in the earlier proeaading to raiw any
impose a audition requiring the argument she would hours Liked
dedication of floodplain and pathway concerning Tigard's authority to
eaaetraant~ impose a condition like Ranand
Condition One warder its I" use
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i Furthermore, Mr. Largon's testimony showed that the impacts of the development
would actually be over 530,000.
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STATUS OF "OTHER" ARGUMENTS ON REMAND
1=0 Properly Bid Council? R IJawle
Whether Tigard°a decision to impose No, Applicant had ample opportunities
the aacaetion based an ft trip In udicr proceedings to challonge
generating characteristics of a the characterization of her
hardwarrelpoint store violated the davelepment ere a hardwarofpaint
wriF. state. She ohm net to rain sash
cbslleagas and thercibm was
ptooludad ftm doing so on remand,
Whether 11gardIx interpretation of No. Tigard made substantially the ea=
its land use raguladons violated state interpratatnons of its land tmc . J
law. regulations in tits ®arlter proceedings
to impose Original Condition One.
Applicant should have made her
arguments about coda Interpretation
than.
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Whether Tigard's decision violated No. Applicant's arguments under the
the Uqual Protection Clsua@ of the Equal Pr®to-otfon Clause and Article
Fvideenth Amendment to the L 120 in this remand proceeding
Constitution of the United States and were entirely b" on local land um
Article 1, 120 of the Constitution of dociaiam made bsfaro or while her
the State of Oregon, application was pending.
Furtha wre, she actually contended
in the earlier proacedings that
011ginal Condition One was unitir
bwause'Tigard treated upland land
owners difrorently than Applicant,
CR 00736 ("The fact that the city
approves many applicatimu that
have similar effects and don stet
zequire property dedication was of
no commn to the Oregon ocurt.'~
No review body accepted that
mg msn4 and it is rsaw hided trail
not available to Applicant on
remand.
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STATUS OF "OTHER" ARGUMENTS ON REMAND
Issue Propsrly Before Council? ~Iart1®sa~le
Wl eam these remaad proosedings YO. T =haic,* Applloeat's arptent
violated the Duo Prows Clause of under the Due pr= u Claus was
tha ftni earth dmmufmcnt to the bdxo Council, but oaly because ft
Cowtuden of the unitod states wade dw facts is her Yaweuit againd
WhM Applieaat inimdurad the fact tla®oiq► part dthe rs red.
of a pending lawsuit agaisat to city
and bar lawyer aot VWY mUcited a
mWement dimussion with Council
durWg the remand bearingg.
Although Council is not required to address; issues not properly before it, the Findings address
Applicant's other issues in case a review body disagrees with the City's understanding of the rules
governing reconsideration of old issues on remand.
A detailed statement of the findings on the other Issues is beyond the scope of this
Memorandum; however, the Findings address the merits of each other argument According to the
following outline:
1. A condition requiting dedication of easements for flood control and alleviation of traffic
impacts is appropriate under Tigard's Land use regulations
A. Tigarrd's land'use regulations required Council to impose Remand Condition One or
to deny the application
B. Applicant's arguments under Tigard'ts land use regulations were not well-founded
I. Applicant received adequate notice of Tigard's interpretation of certain land
use regulations
2. Council found that approval would allow Applicant to site any general retail
use on the Property
3. Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2(b)(1) and related land use regulations
supported Imposition of Remand Condition One
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a. Tigard had authority under its lm,d ui@ roguistiona to impose iiw~-:«nd
Coft"an Or:*
b. Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2 did not limit the scope ofposa le
uses which Council could consider when :5ahioning conditions of
approval
a. Comprehensivs Plan Policy 7.1.2 and related regulations did not limit
the evidence which Council could consider in AmIctueing Remand
Condition One
d. Remand Condition One did not violate the CDC by calling for
placement of the pathway outside of the floodplain
e. Role of the Parks Plan
f. Remand Condition One is conaistent with Comprehensive Plan Policy
5.1.3
g. Remand Condition One door not violate Implementation Strategies 2
and 5
11. Remand Condition One and Council's rationale for that condition do not violate the V/W
M. Remand Condition One and Coundl'a rationale for that condition do not violate state land
use statutes
Irv. Remand Condition One and Council's rational for that condition do nat offend Article I,
Section 20 of the Constitution of the State of Oregon or the Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
A. Applicant did not show thAt Remand Condition One violated Article L Section 20
B. • Applicant did not show that Remand Condition One violated the equal Protection
Clause
N. The procedure used in adopting Remand Condition One did not offend the Due Process
Clausa of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
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C®NCI4L3~ION
Tha Fuxfinga concentrate first on showing that Tigard satisfied the testa the Court appUad or
created In Dolan v City of ? rd,, Because evidence in the record showed that the olty did satisfy
those tests,, the Findings corotude that It should snposo Remand Condition One. Most of Applicant's
othsr mwgumob wr.-a not at issue in the narrow remand proceedings. Nevertheless, the city showed
that they were without merit.
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CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. 95-
A RESOLUTION UPON CITY COUNCIL REVIEW TO CONSIDER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
REMAND OF CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE DEDICATION OF PROPERTY FOR
FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND A BIKEPATH RELATING TO THE DETERMINATION OF
THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS - SITE DEVELOPMENT
REVIEW (SDR) 91-0005/VP.RIPNCE (VAR) 91-0010 DOLAN/MENDEZ
WHEREAS, the Tigard City Council held a public hearing on the U.S.
Supreme Court Remand of Conditions, and
WHEREAS, the Council reviewed the evidence related to the application
and remand in a public hearing setting on June 27, 1995, July 18, 1995,
and August 29, 1995.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the-Tigard City Council that:
Section 1. The findings and conditions of approval are specified as
set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
Section 2. The Council orders that the City Recorder send a copy of
this final order to the applicant as a notice of final
decision in this matter.
OEM
PASSED: This day of 1995.
Mayor - City of Tigard
ATTEST:
City Recorder - City of Tigard
£:\1ogin\cathy\do1an.roa
Joan
RESOLUTION NO. 95-
EXHIBIT A TO
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TIGARD
FINAL ORDER. IN (5DR) 91-005/(VAR) 91-0010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Y. GENERAL MATTERS 1
A. Overview & Approach to Findings 1
B. Evidence Admitted Into the Record 4
C. Adoption of Staff Reports 4
II. BACKGROUND ......................................................5
A. Basic Facts 5
- - B. Procedural Posture 5
III. ANALYSIS ..........................................................5
A. Introduction ..............................................8
B. Remand Condition One Passes the Nexus Test 9
1. The Supreme Court Found in Dolan II That Tigard Had
Satisfied the Nexus Test Council Did Not Need to
Revisit That Issue 9
a. The Court Upheld Tigard's Decision
Concerning Original Condition One Under
the Nexus Test 9
b. Because of the Court's Holding, Council
Could Find That Remand Condition One
Satisfied the Nexus Test Without
Reapplying That Test 11
2. Although Unnecessary to Its Decision, Council Found
that Tigard Had Satisfied the Nexus Test 12
a. Tigard Could Have Denied the Permit
Without Effecting an Unconstitutional
Taking ..........................13
(1) Denial of the Permit Would
Have Served Legitimate
State Interests 13
(2) Denial of the Application
Would Not Have Deprived
the Property of Economically
Viable Uses 14
(3) Applicant, Through Her
Attorney, Admitted That
Tigard Could Deny the
Application 14
b. Remand Condition One Advances the Same
Legitimate State Interests Affected by
Applicant's Project 15
(1) The Nexus Test Required
That Tigard Show a
Relationship Between the
Impact of Applicant's
Development and a Solution
Mitigating That Impact 15
(2) A Nexus Existed Between
Remand Condition One and
the Drainage and Traffic
Impacts of Applicant's
Project 17
lop,
(3) Remand Condition One is
Not a Gimmick or Ruse 17
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(4) Tigard Justified the Limited
Public Floodplain Access in
Remand Condition One 18
(5) The Bicycle/Pedestrian Way
is Meant to Reduce Auto
Traffic, Not Just Provide
Recreational Opportunities 21
C. Remand Condition One Satisfies the New Rough Proportionality Test
from Dolan II 24
1. Requirements of the Rough Proportionality Test 24
2. The Required Flood Plain Easement Satisfies the Rough
Proportionality Test 31
a. Tigard, Through an Individualized
Evaluation, Showed That Applicant's
Project Would Have Significant Impacts . 31
b. Tigard Established a Reasonable
Agh Correspondence Between the Impacts of
the Development and the Purposes It
Offered in Support of Remand Condition
One ............................38
(1) Tigard Fixed the Deficiency
the Court Identified 38
(2) Tigard Showed a Reasonable
Correspondence Between the
Impacts of Applicant's
Development and the
Requirement of a Limited
Public Easement for
Enhancement and
Maintenance of the
Floodplain and Creek
Channel ..............39
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(3) Remand Condition One Does
Not Call on Applicant to
Provide "Excess Capacity" 41
C. Tigard Showed that the Floodplain Easement
Called for in Remand Condition One Wou'.d
or Would Be Likely to Nfitigate for the
impacts of Applicant's Development 46
d. Tigard Showed That the Floodplain
Easement in Remand Condition One Was
Roughly Proportional in Extent to the
Impacts of Applicant's Development 47
3. The Required Bike/Pedestrian Path Easement Satisfies the
Rough Proportionality Test 48
a. Tigard, Through an Individualized
Evaluation, Showed That Applicant's
Project Would Have Significant Impacts . 48
b. Tigard Established a Reasonable
AM& Correspondence Between the Impacts of
the Development and the Purposes It
Offered in Support of Remand Condition
One ............................55
C. Tigard Showed That the Bicycle/Pedestrian
Pathway Easement Called for in Remand
Condition One Would or Would Be Likely
to Mitigate for the Impacts of Applicant's
Dcvelopm.ent 57
d. Tigard Showed That the Bicycle/Pedestrian
Pathway Easement in Remand Condition
One Was Roughly Proportional in Extent to
the Impacts of Applicant's Development
................................61
D. Most of Applicant's Other Arguments in Opposition to Remand
Condition One Were Not Properly Before Council In This Remand
Proceeding ..............................................64
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E. A Condition Requiring Dedication of Easements for Flood Control and
Alleviation of Traffic Impacts is Appropriate Under Tigard's Land Use
Regulations......... ...................................67
1. Tigard's Land Use Regulations Required Council to
Impose Remand Condition One or to Deny the
Application ..................................67
2. Applicant's Arguments Under Tigard's Land Use
Regulations Were Not Well-Founded 69
a. Applicant Received Adequate Notice of
Tigard's Interpretation of Certain Land
Use Regulations 70
b. Council Found That Approval Would Allow
Applicant to Site Any General Retail Use
on the Property 70
C. Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2(b)(1) and
Related Land Use Regulations Supported
Imposition of Remand Condition One 73
(1) Tigard Had Authority Under
Its Land Use Regulations to
Impose Remand Condition
One .................73
(2) Comprehensive Plan Policy
7.1.2 Did Not Limit the
Scope of Possible Uses
Which Council Could
Consider When Fashioning
Conditions of Approval 74
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(3) Comprehensive Plan Policy
7.1.2 and Related Regulations
Did Not Limit the Evidence
Which Council Could
Consider in Structuring
Remand Condition One 77
(4) Remand Condition One Did
Not Violate the CDC By
Calling for Placement of the
Pathway Outside of the
Floodplain 77
(5) Role of the Parks Plan 79
(6) Remand Condition One Is
Consistent With
Comprehensive Plan Policy
8.1.3 ................79
(7) Remand Condition One Does
Not Violate Implementation
Strategies 2 and 5 80
F. Remand Condition One and Council's Rationale for That Condition Do
Not Violate the WTIF 80
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G. Remand Condition One and the Council's Rational for That Condition
QMR-M Do Not Violate State Land Use Statutes 81
H. Remand Condition One and the Council's Rational for That Condition Do
Not Offend Article I, Section 20 of the Constitution of the State of
Oregon or the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States 85
1. Applicant Did Not Show That Remand Condition One
Violated Article I, Section 20 86
2.. Applicant Did Not Show That Remand Condition One
Violated the Equal Protection Clause 87
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I. The Procedure Used in Adopting Remand Condition Orw Did Not
Offend the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States 92
IV. CONCLUSION ......................................................93
APPENDIX ONE - EVIDENCE IN RECORD A
APPENDIX TWO:
EQUAL PROTECTION ANALYSIS
OF CASES CITED BY APPLICANT a
EXHIBIT A TO FINAL ORDER
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EXHIBIT A TO
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TIGARD
FINAL ORDER IN (SDR) 91-005/(VAR) 1-0010
L GENERAL MATTERS
A. OVERVIEW & APPROACH TO FINDINGS
This Exhibit A sets out the findings supporting the Final Order in (SDR) 91-005/(VAR) 91-
0010 (the "Final Order"), which the City of Tigard ("Tigard") issued through its City Council
("Council') in response to the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dolan v. City of
Tigard, _U.S. , 114 S. Ct. 2309, 129 L. Ed. 2d 304 (1994). Because of the long history of
this case and the nature of the proceedings on remand, these findings begin with a review of the
events leading to the Final Order as they influenced the approach Council took to making its
decision.
On September 17, 1991, Council approved the application of Florence and John Dolan'
for site development review of a substantial expansion of retail uses on their property in downtown
Tigard (the "September `91 Approval"). CR 01018.2 Council imposed several conditions of
approval, including one requiring Applicant to dedicate property in and near a floodplain to allow
drainage improvements and construction of a bicycle/pedestrian way ("Original Condition One") 3
Applicant appealed either Original Condition One or its similar 1989 predecessor in two LUBA
appeals and one appeal to the courts, culminating with a decision from the United States Supreme
Court. See Dolan v. City of Tigard, 114 S. Ct. 2309. In her appeals, Applicant challenged
1 Mr. Dolan died while he and Mrs. Dolan were appealing aspects of the City's conditional approval. This
Exhibit A will refer only to Mrs. Dolan, designating her as "Applicant."
2 In this Exhibit A, references to the record generated in the remand proceedings are prefixed with the code
"CR" followed by the page number in the current record at which the supporting materials can be found
3 Original Condition One provided as follows:
The applicant shall dedicate to the City as Greenway all portions of the site that fall within
the existing 100-year floodplain [of Fanno Creek] (i.e., all portions of the property below elevation
150.0) and all property 15 feet above (to the east of) the 150.0 foot floodplain boundary. The
building shall be designed so as not to intrude into the greenway area.
CR 01043-44.
Original Condition One solely because through that condition, Tigard had allegedly taken her
property without paying just compensation, in violation of the Takings Clause in the Fifth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States' and Article 1, Section 18 of the Constitution
of the State of Oregon.' See Dolan v. City of ?Ygard, 20 Or. LUBA 411 (1991) [hereinafter rirPrl
as Dolan 1]; Dolan v. City of Tigard, 22 Or. LUBA 617 (1992).
Although LUBA and the Oregon courts rejected Applicant's challenge, the United States
Supreme Court applied its rough proportionality test, newly minted in the Court's Dolan opinion,
to hold that Tigard had not justified Original Condition One adequately. The Court found that
although the September `91 Approval satisfied the essential nexus requirement of Nollan v.
California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987), see Dolan, 114 S. Ct. at 2318-18, Tigard
had not made a sufficient, "individualized determination that [Original Condition One was] related
both in nature and extent to the impact of the proposed development." Id. at 2319-20. The Court
remanded the case for further proceedings, allowing Tigard to make the required findings. Id.
at 2322.
On June 27, 1995, July 18, 1995, and August 29, 1995, Council conducted hearings to
comply with the Court's decision (the "Remand Hearings'). Applicant then made arguments under
the Court's new test; but she also made arguments not raised in her appeals, challenging Tigard's
authority to impose exactions like those in Original Condition One. Those arguments were based
on statutes, Washington County's Traffic Impact Fee (the "WT1F"), Tigard's Comprehensive Plan
4 The Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides: "[Mor shall
private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." It applies to the actions of state and local
governments by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. See Dolan v. City of
Tigard, _ U. S. 114 S. Ct. 2309, 2316, 129 L. Ed. 2d 304 (1994), citing Chicago, B. & Q.R. Co. v. Chicago,
166 U. S. 226, 239 (1897); Dept. of Transportation v. Hewett Professional Group, 321 Or 118, 131 n.7, _ P.2d
(1995); Dodd v. Hood River County, 317 Or. 172, 181 n. 11; 855 P.2d 608 (1993) (dictum).
5 Article I, Section 18 of the Constitution of the State of Oregon provides:
Private property shall not be taken for public use, nor the particular
services of any man be demanded, without just compensation; nor except in the
case of the state, without such compensation first assessed and tendered; provided,
that the use of all roads, ways and waterways necessary to promote the
transportation of the raw products of mine or farm or forest or water for beneficial
use or drainage is necessary to the development and welfare of the state and is
MM, declared a public use.
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(the "Comprehensive Plan"), Tigard's Community Development Code ("CDC"), Article 1, Section
20 of the Constitution of the State of Oregon and the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses
of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
In making its decision, Council found that it should first consider procedural and
substantive aspects of the Court's new test. Applying that test to the specific facts here, Council
concluded that exactions like those imposed in Original Condition One would not result in an
unconstitutional taking. Council also addressed Applicant's other arguments. Most of those
arguments were not before Council in this narrow remand proceeding, however; Council
nevertheless considered the substantive merits of each argument, finding none to be valid.
After undertaking its analysis and for the reasons detailed below, Council decided to
impose a condition of approval similar to Original Condition One. The condition replacing
Original Condition One provides as follows:
The applicant shall dedicate by easement to the City all portions of the site that
fall within the existing 100-year floodplain of Fanno Creek (i.e., all portions of the
property below elevation 150.0) (the "Drainage Area") and all property 15 feet above
(to the east of) the 150.0 foot floodplain boundary (the "Bike/Pedestrian Path Area")
(the Drainage Area and the Bike/Pedestrian Path Area shall be collectively referred
to as the "Easement Area"). The easement required by this Condition shall allow the
City to undertake only the following uses in the Easement Area:
A. The easement will allow the City access to the Drainage Area only for
the purpose of conducting or constructing flood and drainage
controls, repairs and improvements for the purposes of reducing or
preventing flooding and erosion and for improving drainage within the
City. The easement will not allow the general public to access the
Drainage Area.
B. The easement will allow the City access to the Bike/Pedestrian Path
Area for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a bicycle and
pedestrian path and to use as necessary for activities allowed in the
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Drainage Area. The easement will allow the general public access to
the Bike/Pedestrian Area only for the purpose of walking and using
unmotorized forms of transportation such as bicycles.
The building shall be designed so as not to intrude into the Easement Area. Applicant
may build a fence to exclude the general public from the Drainage Area and from
access to the rear of the proposed building.
(Hereinafter referred to as "Remand Condition One.")
B. E+ vIDENc,E AADmrrrED Duo THE REcoRD
In this remand proceeding, Council held two hearings at which it received written and oral
evidence. Council also held a third hearing to allow representatives of Applicant and Tigard's staff
("Staff') to answer questions. In addition, Council accepted evidence and testimony during the
periods between hearings, and it left the record open 29 days after the July 18, 1995, hearing for
submission of evidence and arguments. Appendix One to these Findings lists evidence received and
admitted by Council during these remand proceedings. Council also admitted into evidence and
AOL actually had before it the complete record of Tigard's earlier consideration of the applications of May
1989 and March 1991, the record of proceedings in the two LUBA cases, and the record of
proceedings throughout Applicant's appeal to the courts. It was Council's intent to admit into
evidence all materials and testimony that were actually before it for consideration in this matter.
C. ADOPTION OF STAFF REPORTs
Staff submitted reports dated June 20, 1995, July 11, 1995, August 2, 1995, and August 16,
1995, to Council for its consideration. Council adopted those reports as findings supporting its
decision, incorporating them into this Exhibit A by this reference, excepting any portion of such a
report which contradicted or was inconsistent with the findings set out herein.
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H. BACKGROUND
A. BASIC FACTS
Applicant and her son own 1.67 acres of property (the "Property") fronting on Main Street
in downtown Tigard. See CR 003 11 (ownership); CR 01022 (size); Dolan v. City of Tigard, 22 Or.
LUBA at 618 (relationship to downtown). Fanno Creek runs along the southwest property line, and
the Property is improved with a 9,700 square foot building and a partially paved parking lot. CR
01022. A -Boy Supply Co., Inc. ("A-Boy"), "an Oregon corporation doing business as a plumbing,
electrical and related building retail supply business" is leasing the building on the Property as a store.
CR 00311. A -Boy operates several such stores in the Portland Metropolitan Area. See CR 00757,
et seq. (advertisements for several A -Boy stores).
Tigard's zoning maps designate the Property CBD, Central Business District, subject to the
Action Area Overlay, AA, Zone. CBD zoning allows for many rand uses. Examples include retail
sales, civic uses, meeting halls, offices, restaurants, motels and high density residential developments
(40 units per acre). CDC § 18.66.030. The Action Area Overlay Zoning District, CDC Chapter
18.86, applies in areas of intensive land uses. CDC § 18.86.010. Its requirements ensure that
projected public facility needs, pursuant to CDC Chapter 18.64, are addressed during redevelopment.
CDC § 18.86.040.A.
B. PROCEDURAL POSTURE
On May 5, 1989, Applicant and her late husband filed an application for site development
review. In paragraph 2 of the application, they described their project as being for "replacement of
existing sales facility with a larger building." Dolan I, Record at 250. Applicant and her husband
signed the application and were the sole applicants. A-Boy was not a party. Id at 251.
Construction of the new 17,600 square foot building was only part of Applicant's plans for
the Property. She expected to completely pave the gravel portion of her parking lot, tear down the
9,600 square foot existing building, and to develop later a "Phase II" retail building on the site. The
Application did not, however, include a request that Tigard approve the Phase II building.
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Aft Section 18.120.020 of the CDC required Applicant to file the Application for the first phase
of her development. That section requires "site development review-" when a person plans to
undertake a "major modification" of an "existing development." Applicant has always agreed that
her proposed redevelopment of the improvements on the Property was a "major modification"
sufficient to trigger site development review.
Tigard's Planning Commission ("Commission") issued a decision approving the
Application. That approval was subject to 15 conditions. Among those conditions was the
precursor to Original Condition One. As drafted by Commission, that condition required
Applicant to dedicate the flood plain and an area for the bicycle/pedestrian way, but it also
included a requirement that Applicant build the bicycle/pedestrian way and provide a survey of
the flood plain.
Applicant appealed Commission's decision to Council, assigning error to, among other
things, the dedication and construction requirements. Council approved the Application subject
to 15 conditions, adopting most of Commission's requirements. With regard to the precursor of
Original Condition One, however, Council removed the requirements that Applicant build the
bicycle/pedestrian way and provide a survey. Council also allowed Applicant to count the area
of the flood plain and bicycle/pedestrian way towards the CDC's requirement that fifteen percent
of the site be landscaped.'
Applicant, who had objected to the precursor of Original Condition One solely on the
ground that it was a taking in violation of the federal and state prohibitions on takings without just
compensation, appealed Council's decision to LUBA. In that appeal, Applicant challenged
Original Condition One, and she based that challenge solely on her allegation that the condition
effected an unconstitutional taking. See Dolan I, 20 Or LUBA 411. LUBA, however, found that
Applicant's taldngs claim was not ripe because she had not applied for a variance that would allow
her to avoid the requirements in Original Condition One. Id. at 425-26.
s In the September `91 Decision, Council also allowed Applicant to count the areas covered by the floodplain
and pathway dedications towards the landscaping requirement. CR 01035.
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Auk Rather than appeal LUBA's decision in Dolan I, Applicant filed a new application seeking
a variance to avoid the requirements of Original Condition One as imposed in Council's earlier
decision. In that application, Applicant described the purpose of the project as follows: "[t]he
construction of a 17,600 square foot building having a general retail sales facility." CR 00754.
Applicant and her husband signed the application and were the sole applicants. A -Boy was not a
party. Id The application set out the following justification for the variance:
The variance requested by the applicant should be allowed as the conditions
and dedications required by the City of Tigard violate the applicant's rights under
the Oregon and United States Constitutions. Specifically, the City's demand for
dedication constitute [sic: constitutes] an unlawful taking and violation of the
Oregon Constitution, Article 1 [sic: I], Section 18 and the Fifth Amendment to the
United States Constitution.
The proposed variance will not materially be detrimental to the purposes of
the title nor conflict with the policy of the comprehensive plan as no park exists at
this time nor does the City have sufficient funding in which to create a park that
the bicycle/pedestrian path is theoretically going to be used to access.
There are special circumstances that exist which are peculiar to the lot in
that the building which the applicant proposes to construct cannot be erected
without invading the City's proposed bicycle/pedestrian path if the land is
dedicated.
This hardship is not self-imposed but rather imposed by the City's
dedication and the variance requested is the minimum variance which would
alleviate the hardship to the applicant.
Brief for Responded, United States Supreme Court No. 93-518, Appendix E at E-4, quoting
"Statement of Justification for Variance."
In its September `91 Approval, Council rejected Applicant's request for a variance. The
September `91 Approval therefore reimposed Original Condition One. CR. 01043-44.
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Applicant appealed the September `91 approval to LUBA, and, after LUBA upheld Council's
decision, to the Oregon appellate courts and, ultimately, to the United States Supreme Court. Dolan
v City of Tigard, 22 Or. LUBA 617, aff'd, 113 Or. App. 162, 832 P.2d 853 (1992), aff'd, 317 Or.
110, 954 P.2d 437 (1993), rev'd & remanded, _U.S. 114 S. Ct. 2309, order on remand, 319
Or. 567, 877 P.2d 1201 (1994) (per curiam) [hereinafter cited as Dolan R]. The findings in this
Exhibit A respond to the new constitutional test the United States Supreme Court promulgated in
Dolan 11, as provided for in that Court's remand decision. Dolan 11, 114 S. Ct. at 2322.
III. ANALYSIS
A. INTRODUCTION
In these proceedings, Council was presented with a narrow remand issue based on a test
applied for the first time by the United States Supreme Court in Dolan 11. There, the Court found
that while Original Condition One had the requisite nexus with Tigard's legitimate interests in
preventing flooding, securing adequate storm water drainage, and reducing traffic congestion, as
required by Nollan, Tigard had not shown a rough proportionality between the condition and the
impacts of .Applicant's development. Because the Court remanded the case solely on that issue,
giving Tigard an opportunity to make findings in compliance with the new test, Council found that
the only issue properly before it was whether Tigard could satisfy the rough proportionality test.
Applicant nevertheless argued on remand that several other issues were before Council. She
claimed that Council had to decide whether Tigard had proven a nexus between the state interests
proffered in support of Remand Condition One, the impacts of her development, and the required
easement dedication. Applicant also advanced several arguments based on provisions of law other
than the federal Takings Clause.
Because Applicant advanced several alternative theories in opposition to Remand Condition
One, Council considered the merits of her theories. Council nevertheless continued to believe that
only the narrow issue remanded by the Supreme Court was before it. In making these findings,
Council first analyzed whether it had to reapply the nexus test and, assuming that the test had to be
reapplied, whether Tigard continued to satisfy that test. Council then considered the issue remanded
from the Supreme Court, and finally decided the availability and merits of Applicant's other
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arguments. After making this analysis, Council concluded that it should impose Remand Condition
One.
B. REMAND C®NDITION ONE PASSES THE NEXUS TEST
1. The Supreme Court Found in Dolan II That Tigard Had Satisfied the
Nexus Test Council Did Not Need to Revisit That Issue
Original Condition One and Remand Condition One call for similar exactions, except that
Remand Condition One clarifies that Tigard is not requiring Applicant to make the floodplain area
available for recreational purposes and that Tigard does not intend to acquire fee title.' Because the
conditions are so alike, the Supreme Court's decision that Original Condition One satisfied the nexus
test equally applies to Remand Condition One. Indeed, the Court's holding on that point was not
legally subject to reconsideration here.
a. The Court Upheld Tigard's Decision Cnpcernipg Original
Condition One Under the Nexus Test
InNollan v California Coastal Commission, 483 U. S. 825 (1987), source of the nexus test,
the plaintiffs owned a small beach-front house situated between the beach and a coastal road. They
decided to expand the size of the house greatly, which they could not do without a permit from the
Commission. When the Commission granted the permit, it required as a condition of approval that
the plaintiffs give it an easement allowing the public lateral access on the adjoining beach, which the
plaintiffs' owned. In support of the condition, the Commission argued that the larger house would
block views of the beach from the coastal road. The Commission said that giving the public lateral
access along the beach would mitigate for the loss of the view.
In rejecting the Commission's justification, the Court created the nexus test, which Applicant
said Council must reapply here. The Court found that requiring an easement without compensation
or other justification would have been an unconstitutional taking. Id at 841-42. To avoid such a
7 Remand Condition One also provides that Applicant-can fence the floodplain area to prevent the public from
accessing that area. Such a provision was not included in Original Condition One. Council felt it appropriate to insert
such a provision because of Applicant's concerns about security expressed during the remand hearings.
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result, the Court required the Commission to show that the condition had a nexus to legitimate state
interests affected by the larger house. Id at 837. If, for example, the Commission had required the
plaintiffs to dedicate part of thew property as a view point from the road to the beach, the condition
would have passed the Court's scrutiny. Id at 836. The Court found, however, that the requirement
of an easement allowing people to walk along the beach had no relationship to protecting the view
UGM the road. BeCaUse the exact_nn did not advance the state interest offered asjustification, the
Court held that the Takings Clause forbade the Commission from imposing the condition. Id. at 837.
In Dolan II, the Court found that Original Condition One passed the nexus test. Tigard
argued that the city's legitimate interests in preventing flooding and reducing traffic congestion
justified the condition. The Court agreed, finding that Original Condition One was quite different
from the condition invalidated in Nollan.
[In Nollan,] [w]e agreed that the Coastal Commission's concern with
protecting visual access to the ocean constituted a legitimate public interest.... We
resolved, however, that the Coastal Commission's regulatory authority was set
completely adrift from its constitutional moorings when it claimed that a nexus existed
between visual access to the ocean and a permit condition requiring lateral public
access along the Nollan's beachfront lot.... The absence of a nexus left the Coastal
Commission in the position of simply trying to obtain an easement through gimmickry
No such gimmicks are associated with the permit conditions imposed by the
city in this case.
Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. At 2317 (emphasis added). According to the Court in Dolan II, the interests
Tigard advanced in support of Original Condition One did have a sufficient nexus to the impacts of
Applicant's project.
It seems obvious that a nexus exists between preventing flooding along Fanno
Creek and limiting development within the creek's 100-year floodplain. Petitioner
proposes to double the size of her retail store and to pave her now-gravel parking lot,
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thereby expanding the impervious surface on the property and increasing the amount
of stormwater run-off into Fanno Creek.
The same may be said for the city's attempt to reduce traffic congestion by
providing for alternative means of transportation. In theory, a pedestrian/bicycle
pathway provides a useful alternative means of transportation for workers and
shoppers .
Id at 2318 (emphasis added).
After deciding that Original Condition One passed the nexus test, the Court in Dolan II
reached the issue it had left open in Nolhvi. That issue concerned the required degree of relationship
between the condition, the interests justifying the condition, and the impacts of the development. The
Court held that Tigard was required to show rough proportionality between the condition and the
impacts of the development. Because it found that Tigard had not made such a showing, the Court
remanded the case to allow the city to make findings satisfying the new test. Hence, the only issue
before Council was whether Tigard satisfied the new rough proportionality test in these remand
proceedings.
b. Because of the Court's Bolding. Council Could Find That
Remand Condition One Satisfied the Nesus Test Without
Reapplying That Test
On remand, "parties may not raise old, resolved issues again." Beck v. Tillamook, 313 Or.
148, 153, 831 P.2d 678 (1992). Old issues include those which the local government and appellate
bodies have actually resolved and those which "could have been, but were not, raised in the first
appeal." Louisiana Pacific a Umatilla County, 28 Or. LUBA 1086, 1090 (1994).
Here, Applicant argued throughout the appeal of Original Condition One that the floodplain
and pathway dedications did not meet the nexus test. In that argument, she raised all of the
challenges she has raised on remand, including contentions that the dedication did not have a nexus
with the drainage impacts of her project and that the pathway was only for recreation. Every
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appellate body to consider her argument, including the Supreme Court of the United States, found
Admk that it was mistaken. Each body held that Tigard had satisfied the nexus'test.
Applicant claimed to Council that the Court's decision on the nexus test was not binding
because Remand Condition One differed in some respects from Original Condition One. However,
as pertains to the nexus test, Council found that no significant differences existed. Indeed, the only
change of any account in that regard was that Remand Condition One clarified that the floodplain
dedication was not meant to further recreation. Because the issues concerning the nexus test were
resolved in the previous appeal, they were not before Council on remand.
2. Although Unnecessary to Its Decision, Council Found that Tigard Had
Satisfied the Nexus Test
Although Council found that the Supreme Court's decision prevented reconsideration of the
nexus test, Applicant asserted that minor differences between Remand Condition One and Original
Condition One made this decision subject to that test. Accordingly, Council found that it should
reapply the nexus test on the chance that LUBA or the courts would agree with Applicant.
As detailed above, the nexus test, if applicable to this decision, required Tigard to show that
Remand Condition One advanced the same legitimate state interests affected by Applicant's
development. With regard to traffic, for example, Tigard was required to show that the easement
dedication for the bicyclelpedestrian way had a nexus with. mitigating the increases in traffic that the
larger store would cause.
Besides establishing a nexus between the interests impacted by the development and the state
interests supporting the condition, some dictum in Nollan and Dolan II implied--but did not hold--
that Tigard was required to show that the supporting interests would have justified denial of the
Application. If such a rule did apply, Tigard was required to show that denial of the permit would
advance legitimate state interests and would not deprive the property of all economically viable uses.
See Agins v City of Tiburon, 447 U.S. 255, 260 (1980) (stating test for finding regulatory takings).'
s In Section III.E.1, infra, this Exhibit A sets out Council's grounds for finding that Tigard's local land use
regulations would have allowed it to deny the Application.
AML
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Council did not decide whether such a showing was mandatory, however, because it found that
Tigard had satisfied even the strictest version of the nexus test. Council therefore applied the nexus
test with the assumption that Tigard was required to show that it could deny the Application without
effecting an unconstitutional taking.
In applying the nexus test, Council was not concerned 'With the proportionality of the
relationship between the easement dedications and the impacts from the development. Council's
reasoning on that issue--the rough proportionality test--is set out bellow. Here, Council addressed
only whether the typ a of relationship the Court required in Nollan was present.
a. 1192rd Could Have Denied the Permit Without Effecting an
Unconstitutional Taking
(1) Denial of the Permit Would Have Served Legitimate State
]Interests
The Court has "not elaborated on the standards for determining what constitutes a
`legitimate state interest,'" but it has made clear "that a broad ranbe of governmental purposes and
regulations" satisfy the test. Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. at 834-35; see,
e.g., Agins, 447 U.S. 260 (scenic zoning); Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City,
438 U.S. 104 (1978) (landmark preservation); Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
(residential zoning). In Dolan H the Court held that Tigard's interest in managing the floodplain and
drainage system and in mitigating traffic congestion were legitimate state interests. Dolan II, 114
S. Ct. at 2317-18. Tigard proffered those same interests in support of Remand Condition One, and
they would have supported denial of the Application.
Applicant, through her representatives, freely admitted that her project would have drainage
and traffic impacts. As detailed in Section III.C, infra, those impacts would be significant. Had
Council denied the permit, the impacts of the project on Tigard's drainage and street systems would
never occur. Therefore, denial of the Application would have advanced Tigard's legitimate state
interests in preventing flooding, managing drainage, and mitigating traffic impacts.
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(2) Denial of the Application Would Not Have Deprived the
Property of Economically Viable Uses
If Council had denied the Application, its decision would not have deprived the Property of
economically viable uses. Evidence in the record showed that Applicant is currently leasing a store
on the property to A -Boy. CR 01421. This use or a similar use would have remained if Council had
denied the Application. Therefore, denial of the Application would not have deprived the property
of economically viable uses. As the Court held in Dolan II, "There can be no argument that the
permit conditions would deprive [Applicant] `economically beneficial us[e]' of her property as she
currently operates a retail store on the lot. [Applicant) assuredly is able to derive some economic
use from her property." Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2316 n.6 (emphasis added).
(3) Applicant, Through Her Attorney, Admitted That Tigard
Could Deny the Application
In summary, Council could have denied the Application to advance the legitimate state
interests of flood and drainage control and traffic mitigation. Indeed, Applicant's attorney, Mr.
Smith, admitted that Tigard had the authority to deny the Application in the following colloquy during
oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States:
QUESTION Mr. Smith, are you going to comment on the question whether the
city would have been within its rights to deny the building permit
entirely?
MR. SMITH Yes, Your Honor. And we would agree that the City would have
been within its authority to decry the permit outright. However, that
that of course might raise a different takings question that's outside
the realm of dedications and municipal exactions, and not only that,
that no, Your Honor, we are not.
QUESTION: We we take the case on the assumption that the City could have
denied it?
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Aft MR. SMITH: Yes, Your Honor, that is correct.
CR 00823 (emphasis added).
b. Remand -Condition One Advances the Same Legitimate State
Interests Affected by Applicant's Project
(1) The Nexus Test Required That Tigard Show a
Relationship Between the Impact of Applicant's
Development and a Solution Mitigating That Impact
Council found, as did the Court in Dolan 11, that the existence of an impact on legitimate
interests plus a regulatory solution directed toward mitigating the impact were sufficient to satisfy
the nexus test. See Dolan 11, 114 S. Ct. at 2318. Council was concerned, however, that this holding y
not be misinterpreted. The distinction which the Court has drawn between the nexus test and the new
Yes Would denial Yes Yes Yes
Would the development serve that Interest Wald the condition condition roughly
Impact a IegtHmete stile end not deny the ov„cr of serve some purpose as lathe athe on In roure 8
Interest? an econcmlcellY viable that Impeded bYthe Wart?
use? (Perhaps not dovelopment?
ropuired.)
No No
No No
The condition is
permissible
The condition Is
Impermissible
Figure 1 NollanlDolarn Decision Process
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rough proportionality test is somewhat artificial. The nexus test requires a showing that the proposed
condition will address a development's impacts on legitimate state interests, but it does not require
a finding that the proposed condition is proportional to those impacts. Instead, it leaves that
requirement up to the next step in the analysis, the rough proportionality test, which this Exhibit A
applies below. Thus the nexus test concerns itself with an either/or proposition. A condition survives
scrutiny under the nexus test so long as it advances a legitimate state interest which the development
impacts to any degree. It is the rough proportionality test of Dolan 11 which examines whether a
condition passing the nexus test is sufficiently tailored to survive scrutiny under the federal Takings
Clause. The resulting decision process is set out in Figure 1 and is the process Council used here.
A comparison of the Nollan decision with the decision in Dolan 11 confirmed the accuracy
of Council's holding. In Nollan, the Court did not reach any issue concerning the required degree
of relationship between the impact of the development and the nature and extent of a condition
purporting to mitigate that impact. The Nollan Court held that no such inquiry was necessary
because in that case the facts showed that there was no nexus between the development's impacts
and the challenged condition. Nollan, 483 U. S. at 838-39. In Dolan 11, by way of comparison, the
Court found that Original Condition One satisfied the nexus test applied in Nollan because it was
reasonable to believe that the condition would mitigate for the project's impacts on the floodplain and
Tigard's traffic system. Dolanll, 114 S. Ct. at 2318. After making that finding, however, the Court
in Dolcnt 11 found that Tigard had not satisfied the rough proportionality test, showing that the Court
believed the two tests to be analytically distinct. See Dolan 11, 114 S. Ct. at 2318 The second part
of our analysis requires us to determine whether the degree of exactions demanded by the city's
permit conditions bear the required relationship to the projected impacts of petitioner's proposed
development.") (emphasis added).'
9 In Dolan 11, the Court explained its reasoning process as follows:
In evaluating petitioner's claim, we must first determine whether the
`essential nexus' exists between the `legitimate state interest' and the permit
condition exacted by the city.... If we find that a nexus exists, we must then
decide the required degree of connection between the exactions and the projected
impact of the proposed development. We were not required to reach this question
in Nollan, because we concluded that the connection did not meet even the loosest
standard... Here, however, we must decide this question.
Dolan 11, 114 S. Ct. at 2316.
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(2) A Nexus ]Existed Between Remand Condition One and the
Drainage and Traffic Impacts of Applicant's Project
Applicant admitted that her project would increase the amount of storm water running into
Fanno Creek and the number of automobile trips that would be on the city's streets. See, e.g., CR
00104 ("The issue is not whether the Dolans are generating stormwater from their site, they are.");
CR 00146 ("The expansion of the Tigard A-Boy store will add 206 trips per day to the surrounding
street system."). Evidence in the record showed that Remand Condition One would mitigate for
these increases, thereby advancing Tigard's legitimate interests, which also would have supported
denial of the Application, in managing flooding and drainage and mitigating traffic impacts."
Therefore, the condition satisfied the nexus test by advancing the same legitimate state interests that
Applicant's project impacted and which would have supported denial of the Application.
(3) Remand Condition One is Not a Gimmick or Rase
Applicant made several arguments that Tigard had not shown a sufficient nexus to pass the
test. She began those arguments by claiming that Remand Condition One was "trickery" or a "ruse"
to justify acquisition of the floodplain for recreational purposes. According to Applicant, the
bicycle/pedestrian way will draw the general public to her property and will induce those people to
go into the floodplain in violation of the easements called for in Remand Condition One.
Council found that Applicant's accusation that Remand Condition One was a trick or ruse was
not well taken. The Supreme Court of the United States rejected a similar accusation in Dolan 11,
finding that Tigard's decision to impose Original Condition One involved "[n]o such gimmicks."
Dolan 11, 114 S. Ct. At 2317 (emphasis added). Further, Council reviewed several slides, which
showed the steepness of Fanno Creek's banks on the Property. CR 01553. They showed that the
creek's banks are very steep, which will deter persons who use the path from going into the
floodplain. Moreover, Remand Condition One would not eliminate the ability of Applicant to exclude
the general public from the floodplain area. Under Remand Condition One, Applicant would remain
entitled to all of the remedies, such as an action for trespass, that she currently had to exclude others
io Council's detailed analysis the evidence showing that Remand Condition One would mitigate for the impacts
of Applicant's project appears infra at 46, 58. This Exhibit A incorporates that analysis in support of Council's finding
that Remand Condition One satisfied the nexus test by this reference.
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from the floodplain. The condition also provides that Applicant can fence off the floodplain so that
the public is not lured into a belief that they can freely access the area.
(4) Tigard Justified the Limited Public Floodplain Access in
Remand Condition One
Applicant also argued that Remand Condition One failed the nexus test because, according
to her, Tigard had failed to justify ownership by the public of an easement allowing limited access to
the floodplain. According to Applicant's lawyer, Tigard could just as well rely on private landowners
to maintain the floodplain in a piecemeal fashion. Evidence in the record refuted her lawyer's
assertions, however.
Mr. McGuire, an expert drainage engineer (CR 00080, testified that public ownership of an
easement in the floodplain was essential. Mr. McGuire noted that Tigard's Master Drainage Plan,
part of the Comprehensive Plan, provides that "`Natural drainageways require regular maintenance
to be efficient hydraulic conduits for flood flows. Required maintenance items include debris
removal, mulching, seeding, erosion control, vegetation clearing and sediment clearing."' CR 00778.
To undertake the required maintenance, Mr. McGuire testified, a public easement is essential:
Efficient and cost-effective maintenance of drainageways requires that the City have
the physical and legal ability to access the drainageway. :High labor costs typically
dictate the use of large mechanical equipment. Adequate access for this equipment
reduces the time required for maintenance work and its cost. Emergency maintenance
or repair to the drainageway is also accomplished quicker with proper access.
Fanno Creek serves to remove storm water from upstream areas much the same as
a sanitary sewer does with waste water. While Fanno Creek may offer aesthetic
benefits, the two function in similar capacities. Sanitary sewers also require periodic
maintenance to function as intended. Where sewers are located out of public rights-
of-way, easements are provided to allow municipal access for maintenance.
Maintenance of public sewers is a traditional agency function. Providing maintenance
on a larger scale allows purchase of specialized equipment and trained labor. Because
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the drainageway functions as a complete channel, the proper maintenance of the entire
channel by a single agency is important. It is not practical to rely on individual
property owners to adequately maintain a large system like the Fanno Creek
drainage. Uncoordinated maintenance by individual owners would not be effective.
CR 00778 (emphasis added).
Tigard's justification for acquiring a public easement to maintain the floodplain should not
have come as any surprise to Applicant. The National Floodplain Managers Association submitted
a brief on precisely this point to the United States Supreme Court as a friend of the Court. That brief
was placed in the record of the remand proceedings. -In its brief, the Association explained precisely
the rationale advanced by Mr. McGuire. According to the Floodplain Managers Association,
the most efficient flood management system requires that channels remain unblocked
and be capable of receiving the full water flowing into a portion of a channel from
upstream. The alternative would be large flows feeding water into more constricted
areas so that the system could actually increase flood problems. Flood management
systems can only work if the flow discharge and conveyance systems on each property
are intelligently integrated.
Not only is comprehensive flood management more efficient, it is also more
accurate and more fair. A comprehensive analysis permits a greater dedication of
technical resources and allows a cumulative analysis of how potential development
can impact overall flooding levels. A comprehensive plan reduces the likelihood that
individual decisions will be capricious and impose burdens unfairly.
CR 01300-01 (emphasis added).
Notwithstanding the strong evidence supporting public ownership, Applicant's lawyer claimed
that the Comprehensive Plan said that Tigard had adequate regulations to administer the floodplain
without acquiring floodplain easements. However, the lawyer seriously misunderstood the
Comprehensive Plan.
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Section 3.2 of the Comprehensive plan sets out some of Tigard's approaches to floodplain
management." Part ofthat section, which Applicant's lawyer used to make his argument, states that
"[t]he City of Tigard currently has ordinances, policies and standards within the Tigard Community
Development Code which provide adequate controls for development within floodplain areas." In
taking this section out of context, Applicant's lawyer claimed that it showed that public access to the
floodplain was unnecessary. However, in context that is not'what the section says. The regulations
which led Tigard to find that its floodplain controls were adequate anticipate, among other things,
that Tigard will require dedication of easements, such as that imposed here, to allow Tigard access
to the floodplain. For example, Policy 3.2.4 provides that "[t]he City shall require the dedication of
all undeveloped land within the 100-year floodplain...." Although because of Dolan 11, -Tigard
cannot apply Policy 3.2.4 without first conducting a nexus/rough proportionality review, the policy
shows that Tigard evaluated the adequacy of its floodplain regulations based on an understanding that
they included dedications of floodplain easements. Thus, the language on which Applicant's attorney
relied does not show that Tigard found its regulations to be adequate without the need for public
ownership.
Another portion of the Comprehensive Plan supports this conclusion. The Comprehensive
Plan at Volume I, page 193, provides that Tigard should implement the recommendations of the
Master Drainage Plan. The Master Drainage Plan calls for the dedication of floodplain easements
to prevent floodplain development and to allow maintenance of the floodplain and creek channel.
Master Drainage Plan at 9-1. The CDC carries out these provisions by requiring dedication of
easements where necessary to address drainage problems in accord with the Master Drainage Plan.
See CDC §18.164.100; see also CDC §18.120.180.A.8 C' Where landfill and/or development is
' allowed within and adjacent to the 100-year floodplain, the City shall require dedication of sufficient
open land area."); CDC 18.120.18.A..15 ("All drainage plans shallbe designed in accordance with
the criteria in the adopted 1981 master drainage plan [sic].").
Applicant also argued that no essential nexus existed with the floodplain easement because,
she asserted through her lawyer, Tigard has no policy calling for maintenance of the floodplain and
creek channel. That assertion is untrue. The Master Drainage Plan, which is part of the
Comprehensive Plan, calls for major channel improvements near Applicant's property and for
ii Chapter 7 the Comprehensive Plan also sets out floodplain policies.
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maintenance of the floodplain and creek channel. See, e.g., Master Drainage Plan at 7-11, 7-2-74.
Furthermore, the Master Drainage Plan recognized that improvements would occur over many years
because of funding and other limitations. See, e.g., Master Drainage Plan at 9-1 ("Only the full
implementation of the recommended plan will provide relief from the 100-year flood throughout the
Tigard area. Fiscal and political constraints, however, will dictate the need for phasing the various
strategies."). Tigard has undertaken improvements and maintenance required in the Master Drainage
Plan. For example, as Applicant's lawyer testified, Tigard replaced the Main Street Bridge, one of
the improvements called for in the Master Drainage Plan. See, e.g., CR 00104 (noting replacement
of the Main Street bridge). Evidence in the record also showed that Tigard has exercised its
maintenance responsibilities under the Master Drainage Plan. CR 00095. Finally, Applicant's claim
that Tigard has the right under general municipal law to go on property during emergencies to clear
the creek channel misses the point. The Master Drainage Plan calls for improvements and
maintenance to prevent emergencies.
(5) The Bicycle/Pedestrian Way is ]Meant to Reduce Auto
Traffic, Not Just Provide Recreational Opportunities
Applicant argued that the bicycle/pedestrian way could not satisfy the nexus test because
Tigard's planning documents said that its purpose was recreational. She reasoned that the trips which
her project will generate will be for shopping and commercial purposes. Therefore, according to
Applicant, a nexus did not exist between her impact--more shopping and commercial trips--and the
bicycle/pedestrian way. Applicant's argument was not well taken, however, because Tigard's
planning documents and expert testimony showed that the bicycle/pedestrian way was intended to
and will serve shopping and commercial trips, mitigating the traffic impacts of the project.
To make her argument, Applicant introduced selective quotations from Tigard's planning
documents to give the mis-impression that the city intended that the bicycle/pedestrian way serve only
recreational trips. However, when Council put all of the relevant provisions together, it found that
Tigard intended the bicycle/pedestriari ay to serve a wide variety of trips, including these for
shopping and commercial purposes.
Tigard's Park and Pathway Plans showed the multiple purposes that the bicycle/pedestrian
way would serve. Applicant, for example, criticized the bicyclelpedestrian way because it would run
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into Fanno Creek Park, claiming that connection proved the pathway to be solely for recreational
purposes. The Park Plan directly refuted this inference. Instead, it established that the park was
meant to act as a hub," drawing people to use the path for both recreational and commercial
purposes.
Besides helping to meet the recreational needs of the community, and preserving
important natural areas, the implementation of the [Park and Pathway] Master Plans
will work to support commercial and residential development in the City. The
development of Fanno Park will directly complement anticipated improvements to the
City Center. The outdoor recreational opportunities offered in the park will attract
area residents to the Main Street area and increase their exposure to this commercial
center. Further, the park improvements will provide an attractive setting for the
commercial area, making it a more pleasant experience for shoppers and the
commercial clients.
CR 01522. Fanno Park, to which the pathway runs, "is designed to be intensively used and
programmed for a variety of recreational, civic, and commercial functions.... This site is seen as
an important part of developing the Main Street and City Center area into an important focus for the
citizens of Tigard and surrounding areas." Id. Similarly, the Pathway Plan included among its criteria
12 Tigard made its intent that the park act as a hub for alternative mode trips clear in the Park Plan, as follows:
Access to the site [Fanno Creek Park] can be made at various points throughout the
park. The principle locations are found at the end of Ash Street, at Hall Boulevard,
from the Civic Center and Senior Center, and from the residential areas south of the
park. Pathways and bridges through the developed area of the park provide safe
and convenient access between the Senior Center, the Civic Center, residents from
the Chelsea subdivision, and other visitors to the park. As more pathways and
bridges are completed, neighborhood residents and park visitors will have better
access to the park and the downtown commercial area. As the.greenway
pedestrian/bicycle pathways are completed, Fanno Creek Park will serge as an
important connection and provide access to the downtown area for residents both
north and south along Fanno Creek.
CR 01395. This part of the Park Plan responds to Applicant's claim that the path avoids major development area. From
its review of the maps in the record Council found that this path does use the park as a hub, connecting it to outlaying
areas and to the downtown. By running through the park, the path will provide an attractive route to the downtown not
provided by other bicyclelpedestrian links. The path thus does not limit access "like a freeway," as Applicant's lawyer
mistakenly claimed.
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in establishing paths that they would serve major shopping areas, CR 01406, and, contrary to
Applicant's assertions, included downtown Tigard, which this path will serve, as a major generator
of such trips. CR 01407.
Expert testimony also established that the bicycle/pedestrian way would reduce trips.
Although analyzed in more detail below, Mr. Larson, an expert traffic engineer, testified that Tigard's
pathway system would result in a nine percent reduction in automobile trips. CR 00781. He also
testified that the segment oftlie pathway running through the Property was essential to obtaining that
reduction:
In order to achieve the, the, pedestrian environment factor such that traffic
by pedestrian and bicycles can reach a 14 to 15% of total trips, we need to complete
critical elements of the project. And in particular the pathway system is missing this
one last link, just downstream from the Main Street bridge. Completing that pathway
system is critical to reaching the pedestrian environment that, that will allow 85% of
all trips 15% of all trips to be accomplished by pedestrian or bike travel.
7-18-95 Tr. at 16..
Council's review of Oversized Exhibits 69, 70, 71, and 79 confirmed this conclusion. Those
exhibits mapped out all of the pathways intended under the Bicycle Pathway Plan. The maps showed
that Tigard is developing an interconnected system and that this pathway is an integral part of the
system to provide access to downtown from outlying areas. Based on this evidence and the
statements in the Master Pathway Plan and the Parks Plan, Council found that a nexus did exist
between the traffic impacts of Applicant's project and the bicycle/pedestrian way called for in Remand
Condition One.
Before closing its consideration of the nexus test, Council addressed one additional argument
of Applicant having to do with the bicycle/pedestrian way. She argued that the pathway had to be
for recreation because it would be located along the floodplain and not next to a city street. Her
inference that the location of the pathway implies that it would be solely for recreation was mistaken.
A bicycle/pedestrian way located away from auto traffic would provide a greater margin of safety
than would an on-street path. "The interaction between pedestrians and vehicles places pedestrians
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at a distinct disadvantage. One obvious result is the annual pedestrian accident toll of more than one-
quarter of a million casualties including 10,000 deaths." CR 01326. "In the absence of separated
pedestrian aad automobile facilities, pedestrian casualties rise [I]n the absence of sidewalks and
pathways, the risk of pedestrian accidents increases by 72 percent." CR 01339; see also CR 01328
("The pedestrian function extends to bicycling pathways as well. Bicycle riding in many American
towns and cities, like walking, is neither enjoyable nor safe because of the dominance of the
automobile."). The Master Pathway and Parks Plans recognized these dangers and called for off-
street facilities. CR 01406,01395. Moreover, witnesses testified that walking and bicycle riding in
Tigard was dangerous and that they would be more likely to walk or use their bikes for shopping and
other commercial purposes if the path called for in Remand Condition One was built. CR 00468,
00467, 00465. For these reasons, "[t]he idea that separate facilities are needed to accommodate
vehicles and walking is several thousand years old." CR 01328. Tigard did establish the required
nexus.
C. REMAND COmmoN ONE SATisF s THE NEw ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY TEST
FROM DOLANII
1. Requirements of the Dough Proportionality Test
In Dolan Il, the Court required the city to show that the condition also passed the new rough
proportionality test. Before reviewing evidence on that issue, Council decided what that test required
of Tigard.
In Dolan 11, the Court granted review "to resolve a question left open by [its] decision in
Nollan of what is the required degree of connection between the exactions imposed by the city
and the projected impacts of the proposed development." Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2312. The Court
found this question to be germane because, unlike the Commission in llrollan, Tigard had satisfied the
nexus test. Id at 2316. "Since state courts ha[d] been dealing with this question a good deal longer
than" the Court, it "turned to representative decisions made by them for guidance" in formulating its
test. Id at 2318.
From its review of state cases, the Court gleaned three different approaches. First, it
identified a group of cases "where very generalized statements as to the necessary connection
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between the required dedication and the proposed development seem[ed] to suffice." Id. The Court
found this standard to be "too lax to adequately protect [Applicant's] right to just compensation if
her property [was] taken for a public purpose." Id.
The Court next considered a group of cases where state courts had "require[d] a very exacting
correspondence, described as the `specifi[c] and uniquely attributable test."' Id, quoting Pioneer
Trust & Savings Bank v. Mount Prospect, 22 M. 2d 375, 176 N.E.2d 799, 802 (1961).
"Under this standard, if the local government cannot demonstrate that its exaction is
directly proportional to the specifically created need, the exaction becomes "a veiled
exercise of the power of eminent domain and a confiscation of private property
behind the defense of police power regulations."
Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2318, quoting Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank, 176 N.E.2d at 802. But the
Court held that the specific and uniquely attributable test did not apply, stating bluntly that it did "not
think the Federal Constitution requires such exacting scrutiny given the nature of the interests
involved." Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2318-19.
After rejecting the lenient test of some states and the exacting test of others, the Court found
a third category of cases where the state courts had taken a middle course, applying a "reasonable
relationship test." Id at 2319. The Court quoted with approval the following description of that test:
"The distinction, therefore, which must be made between an appropriate
exercise of the police power and an improper exercise of eminent domain is whether
the requirement has some reasonable relationship or nexus to the use to which the
property is being made or is merely being used as an excuse for taking the property
simply because at that particular moment the landowner is asking the city for some
license or permit."
Id quoting Simpson v North Platte, 206 Neb. 240, 292 N.W.2d 297, 301 (1980) (emphasis added).
Although the Court referred to the reasonable relationship test with approval, it did "not adopt
it as such." Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2319. It did not do so "partly because the term `reasonable
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relationship' seems confusingly similar to the term `rational basis' which describes the minimal level
of scrutiny under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." Id (emphasis added).
The Court did not describe its other reasons for not adopting the reasonable relationship test, but its
use of the word "partly" in describing its justification for not to adopting that test implies that such
reasons did exist. Considering the Court's favorable attitude towards the reasonable relationship test,
Council believed it most logical to think that the test the Court ultimately chose was a new form of
that test refined to address federal concerns.
Thus, instead of adopting the reasonable relationship test per se, the Court minted a new
formulation to be applied after a local government had shown the nexus required by Nollan:
We think a term such as "rough proportionality" best encapsulates what we hold to
be the requirement of the Fifth Amendment. No precise mathematical calculation is
required, but the city must make some sort of individualized determination that the
required dedication is related both in nature and extent to the impact of the proposed
development.
Id. (emphasis added). The Court offered no list of factors that must be proven to satisfy the test.
Nor did it set out black letter rules governing the required degree of relationship, merely saying that
the test required only rough proportionality and not a precise mathematical calculation. The Court's
factual analysis, however, went a way towards filling in these blanks.
Original Condition One required Applicant to dedicate an easement to the floodplain, which
might have allowed public access for recreation. Nevertheless, the Court found that the floodplain
dedication satisfied the nexus requirement. Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2318. However, in applying the
rough proportionality test, the Court decided that the findings supporting the floodplain dedication
did "not show the required reasonable relationship." Id at 2321 (emphasis added). The Court
reasoned that although Tigard had shown adequate grounds to forbid development of the floodplain,
it had not justified public ownership. The Court was concerned that Original Condition One allowed
the public access to the floodplain for recreation because Tigard had not shown that Applicant's
project would affect that interest. Id at 2320-21.
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At first blush, the Court's ruling appears to be only an application of the nexus test. At least
Justice Souter thought so. Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2330 (Souter, J., dissenting). But the Court
emphasized that it was creating a two-step process and that the floodplain dedication had satisfied
the first step. Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2318. Council therefore realized that it must find and adopt the
explanation of the rough proportionality test fully honoring the approach required by the Court.
To that end, Council first observed that to pass the nexus test Tigard needed only to satisfy
an either/or proposition. Either Remand Condition One advanced a legitimate state interest to some
extent or it did not do so. Because Council found that Remand Condition One did advance such an
interest, it, like the Court with regard to Original Condition One, found that Remand Condition One
passed the nexus test. See, supra at 9. However, unlike the nexus test, Council found that the rough
proportionality test required proof that Remand Condition One reasonably related to impacts from
Applicant's project as a function of their nature and extent. See Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2321 (finding
that Tigard had failed to "show the required reasonable relationship between the floodplain easement
and the petitioner's proposed new building.") (emphasis added). The Court's application of the test
of Dolan II exemplified how it governs evaluation of an exaction as a function of its nature and
extent, clarifying that the analysis is not limited to an either/or proposition. Instead, the holding in
Dolan II shows that a condition's purpose must roughly correspond to the interests impacted by the
development. Thus, the Court found that although Original Condition One satisfied the nexus test
by advancing the legitimate state interest of flood and drainage management, the city had not shown
that its purposes for acquiring a public greenway roughly corresponded to the drainage impacts of
the project. Accordingly, the Court held that the condition had passed the nexus test but that the
city's findings were insufficient to show rough proportionality.
The Court's analysis of Tigard's justification of the bicycle/pedestrian pathway was also
illuminating. There, the Court found that Applicant's project would seriously effect Tigard's street
system. Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2321. The Court also found that pedestrian and bicycle ways often
help reduce traffic congestion. Id at 2318. Nevertheless, the Court held that Tigard had not "met
its burden of demonstrating that the additional number of vehicle and bicycle trips generated by
[Applicant's] development reasonably relate to the city's requirement for a dedication of the
pedestrian bicycle pathway easement." Id at 2321 (emphasis added). The reasons the Court gave
for this conclusion illustrate another facet of the rough proportionality test.
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In its findings, Tigard had justified the pathway easement by saying that the path "could offset
some of the traffic demand and lessen the increase in traffic congestion." Id at 2321-22
(emphasis added). The Court held that the city's use of the word "could" was too equivocal,
adopting the suggestion in the dissenting opinion of Oregon Justice Peterson that Tigard be required
to show that the path "`would"' or "`would be likely to... offset traffic demand. Id at 2322, quoting
Dolan II, 317 Or. at 127 (Peterson J., dissenting). In imposing this requirement, though, the Court
emphasized that " (nlo precise mathematical calculation is required." Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2322
(emphasis added). Under the rough proportionality test, "the city must make some effort to quantify
its findings in support of the dedication for the pedestrian/bicycle pathway beyond the conclusory
statement that it could offset some of the traffic demand generated." Id (emphasis added).
Eased on its review of the steps taken by the Court, Council found that the new test placed
the following obligations on the city:
► Tigard was required to make an individualized evaluation of the impacts from
Applicant's development.
► Tigard was required to establish a reasonable correspondence between the
impacts of the development and the purposes offered in support of the
easement dedications.
► Tigard was required to make some showing that the proposed easement
dedications would or would be likely to mitigate for the impacts offered in
justification for the condition. And,
► Tigard was required to show that the extent of the exaction was roughly
proportional to the expected impacts of the project.
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Ir c%,:!F :wring these requirements, ILLUSTRATION OF ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY
Amok Council found that the Court Legend
expressly rejected any demand for Range of Roughly Proportional Exactions
specific or exact proportionality Exaction clearly Less Than Impacts
between, the exactions and the
project's impacts. Indeed, the 5
Court's approval of the reasonable o
relationship test, which it found to
be a middle ground between
exacting and permissive scrutiny,„
showed that it intended to allow for
a range of possible outcomes that a
city could adopt in any given case. 1
Nature8 Extent W. Impacts
Figure 2 illustrates this concept as a
discrete band of outcomes Figure 2: Graph illustrating rough proportionality concept
allowable under the Court's
decision.
Aft. Council found confirmation of its interpretation in the Court's explanation of the competing
interests which must be weighed in deciding exaction cases. In Dolan II, the Court began by noting
that cases such as the present raise two competing constitutional principles. On one hand, the Court
found it obvious that if Tigard had simply demanded the easements from Applicant, the Takings
Clause would have required the city to pay her just compensation. Dolan II, 114 S. Ct. at 2316. On
the other hand, the Court has historically granted local governments broad discretion in zoning cases.
Id. Here, the Court held that the quasi-judicial nature of the decision and the fact that Tigard was
proposing to acquire an interest in the Property, tipped the balance against giving the city's decision
the full deference usually accorded by courts to local zoning legislation. Id Indeed, it was for this
reason that the Court imposed the burden on Tigard to show that the exactions passed the rough
proportionality test. Id at 2320 n.8.
Although the Court selected a rule granting less deference than usual to Tigard's decision, it
still recognized a zone of discretion based on the authority of local governments to regulate land use,
illustrated in Figure 2 by the gray-shaded band, in which the city, riot the courts, would be charged
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with deciding whether particular exactions were justified. This is what led the Court to describe its
choice of tests as a requirement of only "rough proportionality," id. at 2319, and to reject the
specifically and uniquely attributable test, saying, "[w]e do not think the Federal Constitution requires
such exacting scrutiny, given the nature of the interests involved" Id. at 2318-19 (emphasis
added)."
Council was not sure whether Applicant disagreed with this understanding of the governing
legal rule.24 Applicant appeared at some points to be arguing for a standard similar to the specific and
uniquely attributable test. She claimed, for example, that the dedication must relate "directly" to the
impacts and that "[t]he [city's] analysis must show how it relates to the size, scale, and effect of the
Dolan property and its uses." Although these statements are not necessarily inconsistent with
Council's understanding of Dolan II, to the extent Applicant meant to suggest that a very exacting
test should apply here, she was mistaken. The Court expressly rejected such an approach.
As with most abstract legal tests, the rough proportionality test draws real meaning from its
application to specific facts. Therefore, rather than further debate Applicant's legal arguments in the
abstract, Council chose to address them in its analysis of the evidence. Thus, after gaining an
understanding of the Court's new test, Council moved on to decide whether Remand Condition One
fell into the permissible range of exactions, considering the circumstances presented here.
13 A zone of discretion is also appropriate because "there never has been (and probably never will be) an ultimate
criterion by which to distinguish clearly between regulation and taking, the tests (in corollary fashion) are lacking in
standards that are precise, easy to apply, and productive of uniform results." J.C. Vance, Exaction of Right of Way by
Exercise of Police Power, in R.D. Netherton, Ed., 2 SELECTED STUDIES IN HIGHWAY LAw 936-N227, at 936-N227
(1988).
14 Applicant. has not consistently advocated a single 'approach to the takings question. Her lawyers have, however, made statements that imply she agrees with the formulation of the test set out here. In her Supreme Court
Brief, for example, her counsel said the following, which appears to be in accord with Council's understanding of the
rough proportionality test:
If the city had, by a study, determined how much storm water entered Fanno Creek, and specifically
how much more runoff would be caused by the Dolans' new store, it might have been able to
constitutionally justify the dedication for the storm drain and greenway.... If it had, by a study,
determined the number of additional pedestrians, bicyclists, and automobiles the new store would
generate, and how those numbers compared to the existing traffic loads on city streets, sidewalks, and
bike paths, it might have been able to justify the pedestrian and bike path dedication.
CR 00734.
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2. The Required Flood Plain Easement Satisfies the Rough Proportionality
Test
a. Tigard 'T'hrough an Individualized Evaluation, Showed That
Applicant's Project Mould Have Significant Impacts
Applicant proposed to almost double the size of her store and to pave a now gravel parking
lot. She thus planned to increase substantially the amount of impervious surface on the Property.
"It is axiomatic that increasing the amount of impervious surface will increase the quantity and rate
of storm-water flow from [Applicant's] property." Dolan H, 114 S Ct at 2320. Indeed, Mr.
McGuire, an expert drainage engineer, CR 00085, calculated that the project would increase the
runoff from the site during a 25-year storm event from 1.32 cubic feet per second ("cfs") to 1.91 cfs,
an increase of 0.59 cfs. CR 00847. Applicant's own engineer, Mr. Harris, testified that the runoff
from the project would be even higher, anticipating an increase of 0.91 cfs. CR 01531. Council
therefore found that the project would increase runoff to Fanno Creek from the Property.
Tigard used several methods to estimate the significance of the increase in runoff, including
a method recommended by Applicant's attorney. In his testimony to Council on June 27, 1995, Mr.
Ask Smith, one of the lawyers for Applicant," argued that Council was legally required to use the
methodology in the city's Master Drainage Plan to calculate impacts from the development. Mr.
Smith not only argued that the city must use the Drainage Plan, but in the following testimony he also
recommended it to Council as the best way to find the impact of increased runoff from the site:
Similarly let me turn to the, to the master drainage plan. I've also asserted to
you that the master drainage plan which was part of your Comprehensive Plan
provides a methodology to you for computing how the proportionate share of cost
for storm drainage improvements should be calculated. And at some point in time,
the City spent what, what appeared to be a substantial sum of money to hire CH2M
Hill to do an excellent master drainage plan. One that I commended with, with favor
RAM
is Ivlr Smith was also lead counsel for Applicant before the Supreme Court of the United States in Dolan 11.
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to the Supreme Court [of the United States] in oral argument as, as being a model of
how one could calculate impacts on storm water runoff.
6-27-95 Tr. at 27 (emphasis added).
In response to Mr. Smith's recommendation, Mr. McGuire undertook the calculation called
for in the Master Drainage Plan. Using the increase in runoff calculated by Applicant's drainage
engineer, Mr. Harris, Mr. McGuire found that "[i]f the Dolan site were to contribute toward the
Fanno Creek improvements based on the impact of their proposed additional impervious area, the
cost would be approximately $1,603." CR 00779. Because Mr. McGuire's calculation was based
on the testimony of Mr. Smith and Mr. Harris, witnesses for Applicant, Council found it to be highly
credible and concluded that the project would result in impacts on Tigard's drainage system of at
least16 $1,603.
Council did not rely solely on calculations under the Master Drainage Plan in its effort to fix
the likely drainage impacts of Applicant's development. It also considered two alternative
approaches.
In one such approach, Mr. McGuire calculated the impact of increased runoff from the
Property using a methodology originally developed to support system development charges of the
Unified Sewerage Agency ("USA") for storm water drainage. See USA MO 93-33 and exhibits,
at CR 00626. Council reviewed the USA ordinance establishing the charges and the underlying
methodology developed by Brown & Caldwell, a firm with expert experience in this field. CR 00680.
System development charges such as those imposed by USA must be based on actual impacts
and be proportional with such impacts, see ORS 223.297, et seq. and, as indicated in the following
quotation from the Brown & Caldwell study, the USA ordinance was established based on a fair
allocation of costs:
16 Council i.-sferred that as representatives of Applicant, Mr. Smith and Mr. Harris would take a conservative
approach to estimating impacts. Therefore, it concluded that their approach represented a conservative estimate of the
probable impacts from the development.
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The purpose of the analysis was to determine a typical range of costs for storm water
facilities. These facilities are designed to reduce peak flood discharge increases
associated with urban development. The intent of this study was to develop cost
estimates which could be used in establishing a system development charge.
CR 00682. Therefore, Council found the Brown & Caldwell study and the USA charges to be highly
credible hidicators of costs associated with increased runoff.
The USA system development charge is $280 per equivalent service unit ("ESU"). CR
00654.17 Of that amount, $180 is allocable to water quality impacts and $100 is allocable to water
quantity impacts. CR 00654. Using the Brown & Caldwell Report, Mr. McGuire found that the total
quantity impact for storm water was $563
per ESU for the 25 year storm and $1033
per ESU for the 100 year storm. CR Range of Impacts
00097. Mr. McGuire further testified that Drainage Plan & USA Methodologies
it was appropriate to subtract the $100
system development charge from these 5000
total impacts to determine the otherwise 4000
unmitigated impact of new development 10 3000
0 2000
on Tigard's drainage system. Icy
9000
Therefore, because Mr. McGuire 0
determined that Applicant's project would Drainage Plan USA (25 Yr.) USA (100 Yr.)
cause runoff equal to 4.36 ESU, he Method
testified that it would have unmitigated
impacts
impacts of $2019 for the 25 year storm
and $4,068 for the 100 year storm. CR Figure 3: Extent of Likely Impacts
00097-98.
Besides estimating the impacts of Applicant's project under the Master Drainage Plan and the
USA ordinance, Staff presented evidence of the costs which would be associated with mitigating for
17 Under the USA resolution and order, a single ESU is equal to the amount of surface water runoff that would be
generated by a single family residence. CR 00633.
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the increased runoff. Mr. McGuire testified that three options existed for mitigating for the increase
in storm water without acquiring the easement called for in Remand Condition One. They were
retention, detention, and in-stream detention. Mr. McGuire estimated the cost for each solution,
respectively, to be $6,800, $8,500 and $2,500. CR 00848.
Council found that the alternative methodologies substantiated Mr. McGuire's testimony
under the Master Drainage Plan. They showed that the $1,600 prediction derived from that plan was
probably conservative, and that the project would generate at least that much of an impact, if not
significantly more.
Applicant objected to Tigard's use of methodologies other than that called for in the Master
Drainage Plan to estimate the impacts of her development. She argued, for example, that Tigard's
land use regulations required the city to use the Master Drainage Plan. Council, however, did not
interpret its regulations to place such a requirement on Tigard. The methodology in the Master
Drainage Plan, which is part of Tigard's Comprehensive Plan, was set out as a recommendation.
Master Drainage Plan at 8-10. Nothing in the Master Drainage Plan or other portions of the land use
regulations created a binding rule requiring use of the Master Drainage Plan as the sole means of
estimating drainage impacts from development. Furthermore, Tigard did determine the impacts from
Applicant's project using the methodology in the Master Drainage Plan. That methodology showed
that the project would cause an impact of at least $1,600 on the drainage system. Council relied on
the other methodologies proposed by staff to verify the accuracy of that number.
Applicant also argued that Council was bound to use only the methodology in the Master
Drainage Plan because it had applied that plan in Dolan If. Her argument is irrelevant because
Council did use the Master Drainage Plan. Furthermore, although issues decided or which could have
been decided in Dolan II were not before Council, Council properly considered evidence and
arguments concerning new issues arising from the Court's remand decision. In Dolan II, the Court
placed a new responsibility on Tigard to quantify its findings; therefore, Council could consider new
evidence and argument addressed to that instruction. The USA regulations, Brown & Caldwell
Study, and Mr. McGuire's testimony a1 concerned new issues raised in the Court's opinion. Council,
therefore, properly considered that evidence.
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Applicant relied on testimony from Mr. Harris to claim that the predicted increase in storm'
water runoff would be insignificant. Although Mr. Harris found that the project would increase
runoff from the site, he argued that the increase of flow in the creek would amount only to the
thickness of five sheets of paper. CR 01532. Mr. McGuire responded to this argument by showing
that even such an increase, if not mitigated, would be significant because of the cumulative effect of
the runoff. If Tigard did not require developments to mitigate for even small increases in stream flow,
according to Mr. McGuire, eventually the cumulative impact of the developments would break the
drainage system.
To demonstrate his point, Mr. McGuire used the Master Drainage Plan to formulate how
much runoff development has or will add to the system. He estimated that, without mitigation, all
of the development would lead to an increase in the stream equal to 11,908 sheets of paper, a stack
four feet high. CR 00778. "Clearly, 11,908 sheets of paper is significant and is the result of
considering only residential development in Tigard. Adding commercial and industrial sites, with their
higher impervious areas, plus basin area outside of Tigard, would further increase impacts." Id
In response to Mr. McGuire's testimony concerning cumulative impacts, Mr. Shonkwiler, one
of Applicant's attorneys, argued that some of Tigard is outside the Fanno Creek basin. He then
concluded that Mr. McGuire's analysis was in error. He also made the point that the areas of Tigard
outside the Fanno Creek basin include some of the more undeveloped areas, and, thus, represent areas
of higher expected growth and, he asserted, runoff.
Council rejected Mr. Shonkwiler's criticism for several reasons. Not least among those
reasons was Council's realization that Mr. Shonkwiler had missed the point. Mr. `McGuire's
testimony established that all increases in runoff have a cumulative effect if not mitigated. Even if his
estimate of an increase in the stream level of four feet was inaccurate, Mr. McGuire's testimony
established that all increases in runoff have a significant impact on the system. This, in turn, showed
that all such increases result in a cost to the City by using up capacity. Based on the testimony of Mr.
McGuire and others, Council found that here that cost was at least $1,600.
Council found, moreover, that Mr. McGuire's analysis was conservative. If he had included
all land in the Fanno Creek basin, the result would have been even more dramatic. Mr. Shonkwiler
overlooked that while some of Tigard is outside the Fanno Creek basin, parts of Beaverton, Portland,
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Lake Oswego, Durham, Washington County, and Multnomah County are all in the basin and were
not included in Mr. McGuire's analysis. These all add up to significantly more area than that part of
Tigard outside of the basin. See Comprehensive Plan at I-192 ("The major drainage problem in
Tigard 1s the storm water runoff throughout the area. This problem results from the increase in
impervious land surfaces that can alter the quantity and quality of runoff from the land.");
Comprehensive Plan at II-13 ("In addition, there is the issue of the cumulative effect of development
upstream of Tigard. Flood levels in Tigard will be substantially determined by the controls exercised
over development outside the plan area, as well as inside Tigard's Planning Area."); see also CR
01530 (testimony of Harris) (Fanno Creek "is the major drainage way for the City of Tigard; in fact,
the extent ofthe City approximates the watershed ofFanno Creek"); CR 015530 (testimony of Harris)
("At the Main Street bridge, Fanno Creek drains a watershed of 25.1 square miles, equivalent to
16,064 acres.").
Considering these factors, Mr. McGuire's was a conservative analysis that accurately
described the cumulative effects of runoff in the drainage basin. A full accounting of the entire
drainage basin area, topography, and past and potential development would more than offset for the
small area of Tigard outside of the Fanno Creek basin.
Mr. Shonkwiler also criticized Mr. McGuire by claiming that there had been no rise in the
floodplain since the Master Drainage Plan was adopted, as Mr. McGuire's calculations would have
predicted. Council found no evidence in the record to support that position. Figure 5.2 of the Master
Drainage Plan showed the 100-year flood profile as it existed when the report was written and the
future 100-year flood profile. As expected, the future profile was higher than the existing, indicating
a rise in flood elevation resulting from development and increased flow rates. The Master Drainage
Plan thus recognized the impact of development on existing flood plains.
Future urbanization within the Fanno Creek basin will significantly increase flooding problems.
The Master Drainage Plan considered a 20-year planning period that ends in the year 2000.
Development in the Fanno Creek basin has occurred at least to the level anticipated by the Plan. Also
we are now nearing the year 2000. To state, as did Mr. Shonkwiler, that there has been no rise in the
floodplain elevation ignores the Master Drainage Plan, basic hydrology and hydraulics, as well as
common sense.
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Aft, Mr. Shonkwiler also criticized Mr. McGuire's analysis because it did not distinguish between
residential and commercial development. He asserted that "commercial and industrial properties are
approximately three times higher in storm water runoff than residential." again, this statement did
not support Applicant. She proposed to develop her site as a commercial property, and it would
generate runoff accordingly. The impact of development of this site would thus be "approximately
three times higher" than a similar residential development.
Based on the foregoing analysis, Council found that Applicant's project would generate
additional runoff that would, by any reasonable measure, have a significant impact of at least $1,600
on Tigard's drainage system.
Applicant's attorney tried to avoid this conclusion by arguing that Tigard's calculation of the
impacts was not sufficiently specific to satisfy the rough proportionality test. Unsatisfied with the
city's analysis ofthe drainage impacts, Mr. Shonkwiler claimed that Tigard had failed to prove rough
proportionality. The nut of his argument appeared to be the following paragraph:
The issue is not whether the Dolans are generating storm water from their site,
they are. The City has made no attempt to calculate or proportionately assign storm
water costs to properties both up and down stream. The issue is whether the cost
assessed by the City is proportionate with the overall cost for storm water
management. Here, it is not and the Dolans are being required to pay or contribute
more than their fair share.
Although it was not entirely clear what approach Mr. Shonkwiler would have found acceptable, his
contention did merit a response.
In contending that Council had to assign proportionate values to each property up and down
Fanno Creek, Mr. Shonkwiler was saying that the Council must for each property make an exact
analysis of impacts and proportionality. However, that was not the test selected by the United States
Supreme Court. The Court held that the City had to show only rough proportionality between the
impact of the project and the exaction.
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Mr. Shonkwiler tacitly acknowledged this point by saying that "[t]he issue is whether the cost
assessed by the city is proportionate with the overall cost for storm water management." (Emphasis
added.) However, Council found that Tigard had shovai through several methodologies the
proportionate impact of the development on the total system:
• In response to Mr. Smith's argument that the City was required to use the
Drainage Plan methodology and that that methodology would satisfy the
rough proportionality requirement, the City showed that the impact of the
project would be at least $1,603.18
• Tigard showed that by using USA's drainage system development charge
methodology the impact would be calculated at $4,068 (for the 100 year
flood).
• The value of the exaction is far less than the public would pay to provide
onsite detention or retention, or in-stream detention.
Through all of these methods one result stood clear: the probable impacts of the development were
equal to at least $1,600.
b. ~gar•d EgAWished a Reasonable Correspondence Between the
IMpacts of the Development and the Purposes It Offered in
Support of R Amand Condition One
(1) Tigard Fixed the Deficiency the Court Identified
In its Dolan H decision, the Court found that Tigard had not shown a reasonable relationship
between the drainage impacts of Applicant's project and its requirement that she dedicate the
is Applicant's reaction to the city's calculations under the Master Drainage Plan showed a lack of sincerity in her
repeated claims of willingness to bear the cost of development. At the first hearing, Mr. Smith, one of Applicant's
attorneys, commended the plan as the correct approach to calculating impacts. Indeed, he said that the City was required
to use that method. However, once Applicant discovered that the method did not give rise to a favorable result,
Applicant's attorneys abandoned the plan and began criticizing Tigard on other grounds.
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floodplain area to the public. What seemed to especially bother the Court was its perception that
Original Condition One would allow the public to use fne floodplain for recreational purposes.
Because Tigard had not shown that the project would impact its legitimate interest in providing
recreational opportunities, the Court held that the city had not established the requisite relationship
between impacts and purposes. Dolan H, 114 S. Ct. at 2320-21.
Responding to the Court's decision, Remand Condition One expressly provides that Tigard
is acquiring the floodplain easement only to further its legitimate interests in managing flood and
drainage problems. Remand Condition One expressly disavows any intent that the floodplain be used
for recreational purposes. Furthermore, the condition allows Applicant to fence off the floodplain
to make clear to the general public that it is not open for their use. Thus, Council found that Tigard
had corrected the problem the Court perceived in Original Condition One and, therefore, satisfied this
element of the rough proportionality test.
(2) Tigard Showed a Reasonable Correspondence Between
the Impacts of Applicant's Development and the
Requirement of a Limited Public Easement for
Enhancement and Maintenance of the Fooodplain and
Creek Channel
Notwithstanding Tigard's correction of the problem identified by the Court, Applicant's
attorneys continued to argue that it had not shown a sufficient correspondence between the purpose
of the easement and the need for an easement allowing Tigard's agents access to the floodplain.
Council found, however, that Tigard had justified the easement.
Mr. McGuire, an expert drainage engineer (CR 00085), testified that public ownership of an
easement in the floodplain was essential. Mr. McGuire noted that Tigard's Master Drainage Plan,
part of the Comprehensive Plan, provides that "`Natural drainageways require regular maintenance
to be efficient hydraulic conduits for flood flows. Required maintenance items include debris
removal, mulching, seeding, erosion control, vegetation clearing and sediment clearing."' CR 00778.
To undertake the required maintenance, Mr. McGuire testified, a public easement is essential.
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Efficient and cost-effective maintenance of drainageways requires that the City have
the physical and legal ability to access the drainageway. High labor costs typically..
dictate the use of large mechanical equipment. Adequate access for this equipment
reduces the time required for maintenance work and its cost. Emergency maintenance
or repair to the drainageway is also accomplished quicker with proper access.
Fanno Creek serves to remove storm water from upstream areas much the same as
a sanitary sewer does with waste water. While Fanno Creek may offer aesthetic
benefits, the two function in similar capacities. Sanitary sewers also require periodic
maintenance to function as intended. Where sewers are located out of public rights-
of-way, easements are provided to allow municipal eccess for maintenance.
Maintenance of public sewers is a traditional agency function. Pra;riding maintenance
on a larger scale allows purchase`of specialized equipment and trained labor. Because
the drainageway functions as a complete channel, the proper maintenance of the entire
channel by a single agency is important. It is not practical to rely on individual
property owners to adequately maintain a large system like the Fanno Creek
drainage. Uncoordinated maintenance by individual owners would not be effective.
Aft CR 00778 (emphasis added).
Tigard's justification for acquiring a public easement to maintain the floodplain was also
confirmed by the National Floodplain Managers Association. In its brief to the Court, the Association
explained that,
the most efficient flood management system requires that channels remain unblocked
and be capable of receiving the full water flowing into a portion of a channel from
upstream. The alternative would be large flows feeding water into more constricted
areas so that the system could actually increase flood problems. Flood management
systems can only work if the flow discharge and conveyance systems on each
property are intelligently integrated.
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Not only is comprehensive flood management more efficient, it is also more
accurate and more fair. A comprehensive analysis permits a greater dedication of
technical resources and allows a cumulative analysis of how potential development
can impact overall flooding levels. A comprehensive plan reduces the likelihood that
individual decisions will be capricious and impose burdens unfairly.
CR 01300-01 (emphasis added).
(3) Remand Condition One Does Not Call on Applicant to
Provide "Exces"s Capacity"
Applicant argued to Council that Remand Condition One was improper because it would
require her to provide more capacity than necessary to handle the increase in runoff from her site. For
example, her lawyer said the following in one of his submissions to Council:
The projected nprovements in the CH2M Hill plan adopted by the City and partially
implemented to date, ultimately result in greater capacity of the floodwater flows
through the Fanno Creek basin. This, in turn, creates greater capacity or a lowering
of the 100 year floodplain at the Dolan site. The City refuses and utterly fails to
calculate a credit to the Dolan storm water generation allocated for a shared basis in
this excess capacity.
Council found Applicant's argument to be meaningless and factually incorrect.
The argument is meaningless for the following reasons, supplied to Council by the National
Floodplain Manager's Association, which it adopted as findings:
[Applicant] seems to suggest that there must be a quantitative equality between the
amount of runoff water generated by a development and the amount of water that
would be controlled by the channel improvement. But that is a physically
meaningless comparison.
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The purpose of a channel improvement is not to store water but to convey it
rapidly downstream and out of the problem area. It will convey floodwaters from a
wide variety of sources, and the amount of conveyance will therefore be far greater
than the amount of runoff from any one site. But that does not represent a huge
contribution by each individual channel area improved because the utility of a channel
improvement at any one point depends on the utility of the adjacent channel. There
is little value, and generally a problem, in conveying water more rapidly through one
portion of a stream if the downstream portion lacks the same conveyance capacity
because that would simply mean more flooding at the point of bottleneck. Any one
channel area only makes a small but necessary contribution to the utility of the channel
as a whole. There is no obvious way to compare the improved utility of any portion
of a channel with the amount of increased runoff from one particular site.
CR 01299 (emphasis added). This reasoning was consistent with the opinion of Mr. Berry, the city's
utility engineer, who testified as follows: "I do not agree with the applicant's characterization of this
effect [building out the improvements called for in the Master Drainage Plan] as `creating surplus
capacity.' The intent of Comprehensive Plan Policies 7.1.2(a) and 7.2. l(c) is to provide a complete
drainage system by requiring each applicant to provide a portion of the system with adequate capacity
to convey the upstream flood waters." CR 00056; see also Master Drainage Plan at 9-1 ("Only the
full implementation of the recommended plan will provide relief from the 100-year flood throughout
the Tigard area.").
The Lplood Plain Managers Association and Mr. Berry.are experts in the field. Council found
them to be much more qualified than Applicant's lawyer to opine on this issue. Therefore, Council
found that the drainage improvements called for in the Master Drainage Plan did not cause Applicant
to make a disproportionate contribution to Tigard's drainage system.
Council also found Applicant's argument concerning excess capacity to have no basis in fact.
Her lawyer, Mr. Shonkwiler, claimed that improvements less than all of those called for in the
Drainage Plan had resulted in adequate capacity by partially achieving the goals of the Master
Drainage Plan. He then asserted that the impact of Applicant's development would be so slight as
to not justify any additional improvements. Council found him to be mistaken.
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Mr. Shonkwiler reasoned that the improvements have been sufficient to provide a capacity
sufficient to maintain the floodplain at 150 feet of elevation at Applicant's site. This argument was
based on the assumption that 150 feet of elevation was an acceptable level of service for the drainage
system. That assumption, however, was badly misplaced. The Master Drainage Plan identified flood
problems under the conditions existing at the time of the study. Indeed, Applicant's own drainage
expert, Mr. Harris testified that "Master Drainage Plan, part 6.2.1 deals with extensive improvements
proposed for the channel close to the Main Street Bridge. These improvements were proposed in
July 1981, almost seven years before the Dolan site improvement plan was prepared, demonstrating
that the problems of flooding on Fanno Creek are quite independent of any activities proposed by Mr.
Dolan." CR 01532. When Tigard adopted the Master Drainage Plan the creek's floodplain was at
150 feet. In essence, the plan identified a deficiency in the existing drainage system. It proposed.
steps to correct that deficiency and steps to prevent new development from negating the City's efforts
to reach a better standard of service.
This observation means that the improvements which have occurred to date have not created
"excess capacity." Instead, they have been directed toward curing existing problems, providing an
increased margin of safety and to mitigating the effects of new development. Council thus found that
Applicant must be required to mitigate for the additional drainage impact her project will have on the
system. Cf. CR 00155 (Amicus Brief of Flood Plain Managers Association) ("All of those who
support risky behavior, either directly or indirectly, must share in floodplain management and in the
costs of reducing that risk. The federal government can lead by example, but state and local
governments must manage their own floodplains. Individual citizens must adjust their actions to the
risk they face and bear a greater share of the economic costs.").
In a twist on her excess capacity argument, Applicant contended that Tigard's recent
replacement of the Main Street Bridge provided so much additional capacity in the creek channel that
she should not have to mitigate for her own impacts. Again, Council found Applicant's argument to
be meaningless and factually incorrect.
Straying far outside his field of expertise, Applicant's lawyer argued, without, so far as
Council could tell, any expert assistance, that construction ofthe badge solved any drainage problem
her project might create. Mr. Berry, an expert engineer, responded to Mr. Shonkwiler by explaining
that the Master Drainage Plan could not be used to estimate the effect of any given improvement.
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Instead, its predictions were reliable only if all of its recommended improvements were completed.
CR 00055, 00056, 00057, 00464; see also Master Drainage Plan at 9-1 ("Only the full
implementation of the recommended plan will provide relief from the 100-year flood throughout the
Tigard area."). Furthermore, Mr. Berry testified that merely changing the bridge structure, without
making channel improvements on the Property would not mitigate for additional runoff. CR 00055,
00056, 00057, 00464. Although Mr. Shonkwiler claimed that the cure of a drainage problem was.
the sum of its parts, that claim only illustrated his ignorance of hydraulics. As Mr. Berry explained,
the creek functions much like a coronary artery. The goal is to have water run swiftly throughout its
entire reach. Fixing a blockage at the Main Street bridge, without making the major channel
';improvements called for on the Property would only shift the flood back upstream.. CR 00055.
Mr. Berry established that many of the channel improvements were not done along with the
bridge. According to Mr. Berry, moreover, the bridge was not the primary cause of flooding.
Instead, channel constrictioris--some of which must have been due to the fill placed on the Dolan
property19 were the primary culprits. As explained by Mr. Berry, these channel restrictions are the
reason why simply replacing the bridge did not cure flooding problems in the city. Furthermore, as
Mr. Berry testified, to achieve a reduction in the floodplain both structural--e.g., channel
improvements--and nonstructural improvements--e.g., regular and coordinated maintenance--are
essential.
Mr. Shonkwiler claimed that because most of the storm water runoff in Fanno Creek is
upstream of the Main Street bridge, replacement of that bridge is alone enough to create adequate
capacity for the Dolan project were completed. As Mr. Berry testified, the report cannot be used to
extrapolate other results. The Master Drainage Plan does not say that replacing the bridge would
alone solve the City's flooding problems. The Plan does not say that making only a few of the other
suggested improvements would solve the problem. Instead, the Plan predicted a 1.5 foot reduction
in the floodplain if all of the improvements were completed. Its reasoning cannot be extrapolated to
some other, partial solution.
r9 See CR 00093 (report of Hams-McMonagle Associates, Inc. concluding that previous owner of the Property
put fill in the floodplain).
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Applicant, through Mr. Shonkwiler, also argued that the city had erred in not considering
water quality facilities in computing the runoff effects of her development. However, Council found
that Tigard had taken the correct approach.
In opposition to the testimony of Applicant's lawyer, the Council received expert testimony
as to the effectiveness of water quality facilities from Mr Berry, a qualified professional engineer.
Mr. Berry found that water quality facilities do not provide any retention benefit in a 25 year or larger
storm because they are not designed to operate in those circumstan ces. CR 00058, 00464.
Furthermore, Mr. Berry testified that CH2M Hill did consider such facilities when it prepared the
Master Drainage Plan, but did not find them to provide any benefits relating to severe flooding. CR
00058.
Although Mr. Shonkwiler criticized Mr. Berry's testimony, Mr. Shonkwiler was not an expert
in the field and he presented no evidence to support his layman's arguments. For example, Mr.
Shonkwiler claimed that upstream water quality facilities had resulted in a 10 percent reduction in
runoff. However, Council could not identify any evidence supporting that claim, and Mr. Berry's
August 1 memorandum noted that the Master Drainage Plan did not indicate any such mitigation in
runoff attributable to such facilities.
Assuming for the sake of argument that Mr. Shonkwiler was correct that upstream water
quality facilities offer some small benefit in detaining storm runoff, the argument was still not helpful
to Applicant. The same development that is required to provide water quality facilities can also be
expected to add impervious areas, decreasing the time required for runoff to concentrate.
Furthermore, storm sewers may be built both on site and off site, that will further speed discharge of
runoff to Fanno Creek. Even if the water quality facilities provide some detention value, the reduced
time of concentration on site and through the developed conveyance system will deliver water to
Fanno Creek in greater volume and at higher peak rates following development. Hence,
developments use up far more drainage capacity than the limited amount they might supply in water
quality facilities.
Water quality facilities, even if they work to retain some storm water, also do not eliminate
the cost imposed on the city by Applicant's development. Council found the following testimony of
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Mr. McGuire to be persuasive on this point and adopted it as findings in support of Remand
.dlhk Condition One:
If it is assumed that all new development located upstream from the Dolan site
were to detain runoff to existing levels, then it could be concluded that the peak flow
rates would not increase at the Dolan site. Runoff from the Dolan site (not detained)
could be added to Fanno Creek and the resulting downstream peaks not increased to
those predicted by the Drainage Master Plan.
While the downstream peak flows would be less in this scenario, the Dolan
site would still produce an increase in peak flows and impact to flood levels. The cost
to mitigate the impacts would be less with the upstream detention; however, the
assessment area paying for mitigations [sic] would be smaller (if upstream sites were
to provide detention, they should not be assessed for impacts caused by downstream
sites). In this case, impacts to the Dolan site would be similar to those occurring
without the assumption of upstream detention.
CR 00780.
Based on the preceding evidence and analysis, Council found that Tigard had shown a
reasonable correspondence between the interests it advanced h-1 support of Remand Condition One
and the probable impacts of Applicant's development.
C. li and Showed that the Flo in Easement Called for in
$pmand Condition One Would or Would Se I ikely to itiga~
for the Impacts of Applicant's Development
Council found that Tigard showed that Remand Condition One would facilitate mitigation
for the significant impacts that the development would cause. The Master Drainage Plan found that
making major channel improvements at the Property would, when combined with other system
improvements, help mitigate for increased runoff. Furthermore, Applicant did not argue that
dedication of the floodplain area would not help mitigate for drainage problems. Instead, she agreed
that the projects in the plan would create additional capacity, but argued that the plan would result
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in excess capacity. Although her argument about excess capacity was not correct, she apparently
agreed that the channel improvements called for in the plan would or likely would result in improved
drainage.
d. Tigard Showed That the Floe plain Easement in Remand
Condition One Was RQuably Proportional in Extent to the
Impacts of Applicant's Development
As explained above, Council found that Applicant's project would impose costs on Tigard
of at least $1,600. It found those impacts to be proportional in extent to the value of the easement
called for in Remand Condition One.
Council received conflicting testimony concerning the value of the floodplain easement. Staff
presented an appraisal done by Palmer, Groth & Pietka, Inc., a firm of professional appraisers, which
concluded that the floodplain easement likely had no value, or at most was worth $1,300. CR 00912.
Applicant, however, submitted an affidavit from her son claiming that the floodplain and bicycle
easements together had a value of $84,000. Council was required to choose between these two
evaluations before it could decide whether the value of the easement was proportional to the probable
impacts of the project.
Council found that it should adopt the $1,300 value provided by the independent appraisal
firm. That appraisal was conducted according to professional standards and according to standard
procedures. The appraisers, for example, based their valuation on comparable properties, which were
shown in the record. Applicant's son, on the other hand, did not detail his qualifications to appraise
the property as opposed to making an educated guess about its value and he did not provide
comparable values. Furthermore, when he made his guess, Applicant's son was involved in a law suit
with the city for inverse condemnation. For purposes of that suit, it was in his personal interest to
maximize the value of the floodplain property. Accordingly, he was undoubtedly biased toward
overestimating the value of the floodplain property, in which he has an ownership interest. This
observation was borne out by the great disparity between his valuation and that of the independent
appraisers. Put simply, Council found Applicant's son to be without credibility in this regard, while
it found he valuation of the appraisers to have been conducted in an objective, independent manner.
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Because the
floodplain easement had Proportionality
a value of only $1,300, Easement Value vs. Impact
while Applicant's project
would have drainage s~,soo
impacts of at least
$1,600, Council found
Remand Condition One
to be proportional to the
exaction. Figure 4
visually illustrates this
conclusion. Impact of Development
Value of Easement
Figure 4: Visual Illustration of Proportionality
3. Tke Required Bike/Pedestrian Path Easement Satisfies the Rough
Proportionality Test
Ask a. Tigard Through an Individualized Evaluation, Showed That
Applicant's Project Would Have Significant Impacts
Applicant acknowledged that her project would increase the number of car trips on the city's
street system. CR 00146 ("The expansion of the Tigard A -Boy store will add 206 trips per day to
the surrounding street system."). Applicant disagreed only about the number of new trips, arguing
that Staff's projection was an overstatement. Council thus had to choose between conflicting
evidence, but began its analysis with a recognition that the project would have a significant traffic
impact whichever evidence it accepted.
Council began by noting that in the September `91 Approval it found that, for purposes of
estimating the WTIF, the project would generate an additional 419.29 trips per day. CR 01026.
Because the V F did not contain a trip generation number for general retail, the use for which
Applicant applied, Council had relied on the traffic generating characteristics of hardware and paint
stores. CR 01026.
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Council included this trip generation figure and reasoning in the September `91 Approval.
Applicant did not appeal Council's finding. Moreover, the Supreme Court of the United States relied
on the finding to conclude that traffic impacts from the development were likely. Dolan II, 114 S.
Ct. at 2321 n.9. Because Applicant could have presented evidence of actual trip generation at the
earlier hearing and did not do so, and because she did not appeal Council's finding, the issue of trip
generation from the project was decided in the earlier proceedings. Council's finding that the project
would generate an additional 419.29 trips is an old, decided issue and was not subject to further
review. See, supra, at 11.
Notwithstanding this finding, Council felt it should make new findings on evidence concerning
trip counts in case LUBA or the courts held that evidence to have been properly before it on remand.
Hence, the following discussion of trip generation assumes for the sake of argument only that the
question of trip counts was actually before Council for decision.
In approaching this issue, Council found that the project would generate at least as many trips
as Applicant said it would. Applicant submitted evidence from Mr. Woelk, a traffic engineer, which
purported to state the number of trips a plumbing and electrical store could be expected to generate.
Mr. Woelk concluded from his study that the new building proposed for the Property, if it was
occupied by anA Boy store, would generate an additional 206 automobile trips per day. CR 00146.
Therefore, Council found that approval of the application would result in an increase of at least 206
trips per day on the city's street system. Council next considered evidence showing that the actual
trip generation from the project was likely to be much higher than Mr. Woelk predicted.
Tigard retained David Larson, an expert traffic engineer, CR 00085, to determine the likely
impacts of Applicant's project. Mr. Larson found that the proposed development was properly
characterized as a Hardware/Paint Store for purposes of predicting trip generation. Based on that
conclusion, Mr. Larson used the ITEMam4al, a respected industry source, to predict that Applicant's
project would result in an additional 404.17 trips per day. CR 00931. "
Mr. Woelk admitted that Mr. Larson's projection was in accord with accepted engineering
practices and was the method he would normally select to make predictions regarding trip generation.
6-27-95 Tr. at 22 C The methodology that your traffic engineer used would be the same methodology
that I would use in an evaluation such as this. Everything that Mr. Larson has done is within the
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realm of practice."); id. at 24 ("The City's methodology is consistent with what is done in the traffic
Jft~ engineering field."). 1V_,r. Woelk; however, disagreed with Mr. Larson's prediction here. He argued
that the ITEManual used only four studies in projecting trips that a hardware/paint store was likely
io generate. 6-27-95 Tr. at 24. He said that under those circumstances, and pursuant to the WTIF,
Council should rely on the predictions in his study, which were generated from a sample of A-Boy
stores. See, e.g., 6-27-95 Tr. at 20. Council found for several reasons that it should reject Mr.
Woelk's argument and rely on the trip generation figure provided by Mr. Larson.
Applicant applied for site development review approval for general retail uses. Although
Applicant said that A -Boy would occupy the larger store, A-Boy was not a party to this application.
A -Boy was merely the current lessee of the existing store. Furthermore, as landlords Applicant and
her son could rent the new store to another tenant. Mr. Woelk's study is only valid, if at all, as to A
Boy stores. Although Mr. Woelk claimed that his study showed trips expected from a plumbing and
electrical store, he obtained his data only from A-Boy stores. Therefore, Council believed it more
correct to say that Mr. Woelk's study is relevant only to estimating trip generation from A -Boy
stores. Plumbing and electrical stores operated by other companies conceivably could generate more
or less trips than a typical A -Boy. Mr. Larson testified that given the range of uses available to
Applicant upon receiving approval of a general retail use, Council should consider the trip generation
rates of a variety of possible uses in predicting the impacts of the projects. CR 00083.20 Figure 5 sets
mom i
ITE ALLOWED USES DAILY TRIP
RATE/3000
SF
816 Hardware and Paint 51.29
A -Boy (ATEP) 26.45
814 Specialty Retail 40.67
912 Walk-in Bank 140.61
Figure 5: Potential uses
20 Mr. Larson testified on this point as follows:
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out some of those uses and their relative trip generating characteristics. Mr. Larson concluded, and
Council accepted his opinion, that given the range of possible uses for the development and the
limitations in Mr. WoeWs study," Council should expect the development to generate 404 additional
trips.
Council also found the designation "Hardware/Paint Store" appropriate, even for an A-Boy
store. Evidence in the record showed that other A -Boy stores sold hardware and held themselves out
to the public as hardware/paint stores. See CR 00048, 00049. Applicant submitted much evidence
saying that A -Boy needed to expand the Tigard store to meet competition, presumably by expanding
its product line. E.g. CR 00128. Although her son testified that the Tigard A.7Boy would not sell
hardware and paint, Council did not find hh-n to be credible. His testimony was self-serving and
appeared to ba contradicted by pleadings filed in the Circuit Court action he and Applicant have
brought against the city. Id Furthermore, his testimony was not credible because other stores in the
A-Boy chain, which Applicant apparently represented to Mr. Woelk to be only plumbing and
electrical stores, actually sell hardware and paint. CR 00781; CR 00773; CR 00771; CR 00757; see
also, e.g., CR 00765 (advertisement for A-Boy beginning with banner caption "LARGE PAINT
DEPARTMENT").' Council can only assume that the Tigard A -Boy store will eventually follow
The Dolan traffic study for an A-Boy plumbing supply store addresses
only one of the uses applied for and approved. The correct way to assess impacts
to the transportation system for the property under this zone is to examine the uses
that can be made without further hearings. Our testimony of July 18, 1995, with an
accompanying table of range of possible uses, clearly demonstrates that the outright
permitted use of this property and resulting impacts are significantly higher than the
A-Boy proposal. This is the correct methodology, because it does not ignore the
impacts that can occur under the permitted uses as the ATEP report does.
CR 00083.
. 21 In addition to the other flaws in his study, Mr. Woelk apparently misunderstood the test applicable here. He
"agreedo there are many multitudes of uses that could be done in a general retail area. But we're talking about a
specific use." 7-18-95 Tr. at 24. However, Council's task was not to evaluate a single use. Instead, it had to predict the
likely impacts of the project based on all of the uses open to Applicant.
22 Council found much of Mr. Woelk's testimony that Council should consider A-Boy to be only a plumbing and
electrical business to be questionable because he did not seem to know the product line sold in such stores. On June 26,
1995, for example, he testified that it was his opinion that the ITE classification "hardwarelpaint store" did "not
represent the A-Boy Plumbing Stores since A-Boy plumbing stores [sic] do not sell paint nor what could be considered
as 'Hardware."' CR 01360. However, later he had to admit that several A-Boy stores did sell such items, saying, "[a]s I
testified in my original presentation on June 27, 1995,1 randomly picked four of the A-Boy Stores to survey. At that
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suit, especially considering that A -Boy considers its Barbur Boulevard store, which sells a wide range
of home improvement items, to be its "flagship" store. CR 00773.
In addition, evidence in the record showed that Applicant had sought the flexibility inherent
in. approval of a general retail use.. In paragraph 2, Proposal Summary, of the application, the
following was typed in as a summary of the project: "The construction of a 17,600 square foot
building having a general retail sales facility." John and Florence Dolan signed the application, not
A:-Boy, a separate legal entity. Before their signatures, the following appeared:
THE APPLIC ANT(S) SHALL CERTIFY THAT:
C. All of the above statements [including the project description set out above]
and the statements in the plot plan, attachments, and exhibits transmitted
herewith, are true; and the applicants so acknowledge that any permit issued,
based on this application, may be revoked if it is found that any such
mom statements are false.
The applicant has read the entire contents of the application, including the policies and
criteria, and understands the requirements for approving or denying the application.
CR 00754. Thus, if anything was inaccurate about the request, Applicant and her husband were on
notice to correct the project description. However, they represented to the city that it was accurate
and true. The objective evidence from the time when the application was made shows that Applicant
intended to receive a broad approval that could support many different retail uses.
time I did not know that these stores were also part of the ACE Hardware system. Only this week did I become aware
that. they were in part hardware stores." CR 00145. Because the nature of the stores was so basic to Mr. Woclk's
testimony, his lack of care in that regard discredited much of the rest of his testimony by implying that his other
conclusions were reached with a similar lack of care.
AMk
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Mr. Shonkwiler argued that Council should not consider a range of uses because the city
NEW
would have an opportunity to impose new conditions if A-Boy did not or ceased to occupy the
building. Council did not accept this claim because the CDC would not require a review of conditions
under those circumstances. See, infra, at 75.
Mr. Shonkwiler invited Council to condition approval on a requirement that the building be
used only by A -Boy and only for the sale of plumbing and electrical supplies. Council found his
suggestions to be unworkable. Almost constant inspection would be required to know whether the
A -Boy was selling something other than plumbing and electrical supplies. Tigard lacks the resources
to undertake such an aggressive enforcement responsibility. Furthermore, enforcement of the
condition would be rife with disputes. The distinction between electrical and plumbing supplies and
those carried by a hardware store is far from clear. For example, screws can be both "hardware" and
electrical or plumbing components. See, e.g., CR 00756 ("In a visit to the [Tigard A -Boy] store on
Monday, June 26, 1995, I observed items for sale at the store which ranged in size from assorted
nuts, bolts and screws, light bulbs, faucet handles, phone jacks, tubes of bath caulk and light switches
to larger items such as toilets, sinks and bathtubs. Additionally, I observed a person purchase a role
of duct tape."). In addition, A -Boy, a legal entity apart from Applicant will be running the store. A
Boy has stated that it plans to expand the line of goods sold in the store to "meet competition" (CR
00128), and it identified the Barbur Boulevard store as its flagship (CR 00773). Therefore, it likely
would try to expand the types of goods
it .vac selling in the store, and the _
inspection condition would' require Added Trips
continual monitoring of an entity that Range of Predicted Trip increases
was not a party to this application.
Council, therefore, declined Mr. 500
Shonkwiler's invitation. 400-
300
Whatever the result of ,200--
Applicant's proposal, be it 404 trips, a 100
206 trips, or something in between, 0
Tigard established that the Minimum Expected Likely Increase
development would have a significant ® increase in Auto Trips
impact. Although Council found the
Figure 6: Range of Traffic Impacts
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404 trips to be more credible, that finding was not essential to its decision. Any number in the range
between 206 and 404 was sufficient to satisfy the first requirement of the rough proportionality test.
Both Staff and Applicant submitted evidence and made arguments over how to quantify the
cost of additional trips from the development, but Council did not believe it essential to quantify the
cost of the additional trips. Because Dolan II required proof only of the impacts from the
development, which the Court said did not need to be mathematically certain, Council's finding that
the development would cause at least 206 additional trips, with the probability that it would cause
404, was sufficient to satisfy the test. Council concluded that it should nevertheless. make findings
going beyond the strict requirements of Dolan II to ensure that in imposing Remand Condition One,
Tigard had fully honored the decision of the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Larson provided Council with a report setting out a methodology for deciding the cost
of the additional trips based on his review of the infrastructure costs used to set the WTIF. Council
found based on its review of the WTIF and Mr. Larson's testimony, that Washington County had set
the WTIF based on a proportional allocation of all infrastructure needed to support traffic growth in
Washington County, including Tigard, through the year 2005. CR 00931 This allowed Mr. Larson
to determine the total cost of building infrastructure in Tigard and Washington County as a whole.
AdIN& Mr. Larson then determined that the WTIF would cover only 32 percent of Tigard's projected costs
for building transportation infrastructure to accommodate growth. Id He testified that it was thus
appropriate for Council to find that approval of the application would result in unmitigated impacts
of $33,496.22. CR 00931-32,
Applicant's attorney, Mr. Shonkwiler, argued that the approach taken by Mr. Larson was
invalid. He claimed that the projects supporting development of the WTIF were somehow
controversial and that it was therefore inappropriate to use them as a basis for estimating the cost of
development. He further argued that the WTIF somehow forbade Council from using the facts
supporting the WTIF methodology as a basis for judging the impacts of Applicant's development.
Council rejected Mr. Shonkwiler's arguments for several reasons. As an initial matter,
nowhere did the WTIF forbid using its supporting data as a basis for judging the costs of
infrastructure. Based on its review of the WTIF methodology and Mr. Larson's testimony, Council
found that the data supporting the WTI were intended to be a proportional allocation of
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infrastructure costs which provided the best and most fair basis on which to judge cost impacts.
Ash Furthermore, Mr. Shonkwiler was not an expert on traffic impacts. He was just a lawyer. Mr.
Larson, on the other hand, whose testimony Council chose to accept, was an experienced traffic
engineer. Mr. Larson testified that the WTIF methodology was the best possible basis on which to
base Council's cost projections.
Perhaps more telling in this regard was the testimony of Mr. Woelk. Mr. Woelk, like Mr.
Larson, is an experienced traffic engineer. As a representative of Applicant, Council would have
expected him to criticize Mr. Larson's work wherever possible. Indeed, Council noted that Mr.
Woelk did disagree with Mr. Larson on several points. Ln his testimony concerning cost projections,
however, Mr. Woelk agreed with and supported Mr. Larson's selection of methodology. 6-27-95
Tr. at 22, 24; see also CR 01362 ("Tigard used the correct methodology in their analysis"). Mr.
Woelk's only disagreement with Mr. Larson concerned whether the project would generate fewer
trips than Mr. Larson predicted. 6-27-95 Tr. at 24.
Council found that Mr. Larson used the correct methodology in predicting the cost impacts
of Applicant's development. Using Mr. Larson's trip generation figures, the methodology yielded
a cost impact of $33,496.22 in otherwise unmitigated costs. CR 00931-32. Although Council found
Mr. Larson's trip generation figures to be more appropriate than those of Mr. Woelk, it noted that
1W. Woelk estimated that the project could be expected to have an unmitigated impact of around
$17,000. 6-27-95 Tr. at 23 ("The actual, based upon the actual trip generation rates, you can see that
all of that comes down to an actual unmitigated impact of $17,000."); accord CR 01361 Either way,
Council found that the impact would be significant.
b. Tigard Established a ISeasonable Correspondence Between the
Impacts of the Development and the Purposes I Offered in
Support of Remand Condition One
In Dolan 11, the Court held that Tigard had not established a reasonable relationship between
the need for public access to the floodplain and the drainage impacts of Applicant's proposed
development. Dolan 11, 114 S. Ct. at 2321. It did not find the same deficiency as to the easement
requiring the bicycle/pedestrian way. Instead, it found that the city had not shown that the pathway
would or would be likely to mitigate for the traffic impacts of the expansion. The Court thus held
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that as to the pathway Tigard had established the reasonable correspondence required by this element
of the rough proportionality test. Council therefore found that this element of the test was not an
issue on remand. See, supra, at 11. Council nevertheless chose to make factual findings on the
question.
The Court held that the city had not justified public access to the floodplain because it had
shown no justification for a public easement to the floodplain and because of a concern that the
easement was intended to support wholly recreational uses. Remand Condition One corrected for
those problems with regard to the floodplain, and it did not present similar concerns with regard to
the pathway.
Tigard's land use regulations establish several purposes for the pathway, including support
of bicycling and walking for commercial and shopping purposes. See, supra at 21. Although Mr.
Shonkwiler argued that the pathway was purely for recreational purposes, those arguments were
reflated above. Furthermore, as detailed below, Council found that the pathway would mitigate for
car trips occurring for commercial and shopping purposes. Therefore, Council found the easement
to have a reasonable correspondence between the increase in traffic caused by Applicant's store and
the purpose of mitigating for those trips.
Applicant made one additional argument that might have been addressed to this element of
the rough proportionality test. She argued that the city had not shown that the pathway would
mitigate for trips that would otherwise have come by car to the A -Boy store. Council found that
Tigard did not bear such a burden. In Dolan 11, the Court recognized that traffic is fungible. For
example, if Applicant's project generated a trip from her store but the pathway removed a commercial
trip otherwise destined for downtown, no net increase in trips would have occurred. Thus, so long
as the pathway removes trips from the road system, it would create capacity for new trips generated
by Applicant's project and prevent increased traffic congestion. Council held this to be a sufficient
correspondence to satisfy the Court's new test. Cf. CR 01347 ("Even when an argument can be
made that a particular commercial tenant has no use for bicycle traffic this relationship is reasonable
since tenants come and go but commercial activity per se is dependent on all forms of traffic.").
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C. Tigard Showed That the Bicycle/Pedestrian kath`vay Easement
Called n i' P Would or Would Be Likely
to Mitigate for the Inspects of Applicant's Development
In Dolan 11, the Court identified only one deficiency in Tigard's findings concerning the
pathway. There, Tigard had found that the pathway "could" offset some of the traffic demand
created by the development. The Court held that finding to be too equivocal, adopting the suggestion
of Oregon Justice Peterson that Tigard be required to show that the easement "would" or "would be
likely to" mitigate for the project's traffic impacts. "No precise mathematical calculation is required,"
however. Dolan I1, 114 S. Ct. at 2321.
Responding to the Court's instructions, Tigard arranged for Mr. Larson to evaluate the
importance of this segment of pathway. Mr. Larson used a recent study, 4A The Pedestrian
EnWronment, 1993 CEUTRAQ" by Parson BrinkerhoffQuade & Douglas, Inc., in cooperation with
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. and Calthorpe Associates, all recognized experts in this field, which
carefully analyzed the effect og among other things, pedestrian and bicycle ways on automobile trips
in the Portland Metropolitan area CR 01072. As Mr. Larson explained, LUTRAQ established a set
of factors which together resulted in a value referred to in LUTRAQ as the Pedestrian Environment
Factor ("PEF"). CR 00932. Based on application of the LUTRAQ factors to Tigard, Mr. Larson
found that the area in the vicinity of the Property currently has a PEF of 4-6. Id,
LUTRAQ used sophisticated statistical analysis to show that PEF strongly correlates to trips.
For example, LUTRAQ found that in areas with PEF 4-6 about 94 percent of the trips were by car.
In areas with PEF 9-10, LUTRAQ found that about 86.7 percent of trips were by car.
Based on its current PEF of 4-6, Mr. Larson testified that LUTRAQ would predict that only
four to six percent of the trips in the vicinity of the Property currently are made by bicycle or walking.
Mr. Woelk's report verified the accuracy of this prediction, and increased the credibility of the
methodology, by showing that about five percent of the trips to the Tigard A-Boy occurred on foot.
CR 01361.
1- r. Larson testified that by increasing the PEF in downtown Tigard, the city could expect to
replace car trips with trips by bicycle or by foot. Testimony from several Tigard residents confirmed
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the likelihood of this occurring. CR 00468; CR 00467; CR 00465. Mr. Larson said that he had
undertaken a careful analysis of existing and planned bicycle and pedestrian ways in the city. He
found that the city could expect to achieve a PEF of 9-10, and an additional nine percent reduction
in car trips, by building the planned pathway system. CR 00932. He further testified that completion
of the pathway link on the Property was "essential" to obtaining that reduction. CR 00781.
Michael A. Replogle submitted evidence confirming Mr. Larson's testimony. 1W. Replogle
was highly qualified to address the issue before Council, being co-director of the Transportation
Project of the Environmental Defense Fund with outstanding credentials in planning and engineering.
CR 01133. Mr. Replogle testified that he was familiar with Tigard and the Portland metropolitan area
. He reviewed the specifics of the current case with staff from METRO, Tigard and other planners.
Based on that review he testified that "the proposed dedications will certainly offset a portion of the
traffic and associated air quality impacts generated by the Dolan's [new] facility." Id. Mr. Replogle
continued by saying that LUTRAQ showed "that increasing pedestrian/bicycle friendliness (and the
corresponding PEF) in suburban areas like Tigard can reduce Vehicle Miles of Travel by motor
vehicles by as much as 10 percent. However, such an increase will not be possible without creation
of significant new pedestrian/bicycle facilities, including the trail that requires dedication of a portion
of Dolan's property." CR 01137.
Considering this testimony, Council found that the Fanno Creek pathway would or would be
likely to mitigate for the new car trips that Applicant's project will generate. Although not required
to specifically quantify that reduction, Council found that the pathway would or ;would be likely to
mitigate for at least nine percent of those new trips.'
Not surprisingly, Applicant did not agree with Mr. Larson's conclusions. She did not,
however, take issue with the basic methodology underlying LUTRAQ, perhaps because her expert,
Mr. Woelk, testified that Mr. Larson had made appropriate use of the study. Instead, Applicant
argued that the path was unnecessary or that the city did not consider all relevant factors in making
its analysis. Council did not agree with these arguments for several reasons.
" Applicant introduced the results of some informal surveys taken at the Tigard A-Boy to argue that the path
would result in zero pedestrian/bicycle replacement. Council found the evidence from Mr. Larson, Mr. Replogle and the
citizens who testified in person to be more persuasive that Applicant's unscientific'survey. Indeed, even b&. Woelk
admitted that current pedestrian ways provide five percent of the store's business.
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The city demonstrated with Mr. Larson's testimony that the path was necessary to achieve
the trip reduction predicted in LUTRAQ. Mr. Larson also testified that the planned location for the
path is reasonable and necessary, rebutting Mr. Dolan's claims in his affidavit.24 Finally, LUTRAQ
was the only independent study presented to Council. Mr. Dolan's attempt to challenge the City's
traffic analysis by alleging that the City failed to consider the effect of weather and other factors was
mistaken because of the statistical method used in LUTRAQ. LUTRAQ found that PEF factors had
independently significant effects on transportation mode decisions. Thus, other factors such as
weather, while perhaps also relevant to such decisions, do not detract from LUTRAQ's predictions
as to the results to be expected from pedestrian and bikeway improvements. LUTRAQ found that
forpi vvdngpurposes local governments could expect the reductions in auto usage predicted by Mr.
Larson's application ofLUTRAQ in this case. Therefore, Council rejected Applicant's arguments.
Applicant also argued that currently existing paths were sufficient to serve downtown.
However, she was mistaken. As 1VIr. Larson testified, the Fanno Creek path is needed to achieve an
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24 Applicant raised several arguments that alternative locations were available for the path. However, Council
found that the proposed pathway route was the only suitable one for the reasons provided by Mr. Larson, as follows:
It was suggested at the July 18, 1995, hearing that the pathway could be
routed through the parking lot for the A-Boy facility. The following reasons make
this alternative unfeasible:
1. The pathway along the creek is the more direct route to Main
Street. To route through the A-Boy parking lot woi*.ld require
angle points to be constructed in the pathway.
2. The parking lot pathway would be in conflict with the vehicles
maneuvering in and out of parking spaces, in an area where
neither vehicles, bikes, nor pedestrians would expect conflicts.
3. The pathway along the creek is a more clearly defined public
space.
4. The pathway along the creek is the more attractive route,
reinforcing pathway utility and LUTRAQ goals; it will attract
more riders.
S. The pathway along the creek is the established standard, and
therefore is consistent and clearly identifiable.
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adequate PEF. See, supra, at 58. In addition, Applicant's argument concerning the adequacy of the
existing system was founded primarily on Mir. Woelk's testimony that the Burnham Street pathway
was adequate to serve downtown. However, Mr. Larson explained why that path was not a
replacement for the Fanno Creek Pathway:
In the duly 18, 1995, hearing, Mr. Woelk indicated that the Burnham Street
pathway is an acceptable alternative to completing the Fanno Creek Pathway. First,
the Burnham street and Fanno pathways are both indicated on the City's Pathway
plan. Second, the Burnham street pathway, as a replacement to the Fanno pathway,
would result in less direct access to Main Street from areas currently connected to the
Fanno pathway. Significant out-of-direction travel would result, reducing the
attractiveness of pedestrian/bicycle travel and therefore diminishing pathway
effectiveness. Standing alone, the Burnham Street pathway is not an adequate
alternative.
CR 0083 (emphasis in original). Council found Mr. Larson's testimony to be persuasive and found
that the Burnham Street pathway was not an adequate substitute for the Fanno Creek pathway.
Finally, 1W Woelk argued that the city has not shown what effect this development will have
on intersections in Tigard. He missed the point. Mr.. Woelk had to agree that each new trip had a
cumulative impact on the city's traffic system. See CR 00782 (showing that any increase in trips has
a significant impact); see also 7-18-95 Tr. at 25 (testimony of Woelk: "I concur that when you
incrementally add traffic, just fake you incrementally add water, the cumulative is the result. We have
no, we have no problem with that."). Each individual trip thus has a cost which it imposes on that
system. M. It is'dk to i,,,pose that cot. on the tri^g,.e.... nerator, whether or not it is that generator who
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breaks the system. Here, the city developed a reasonable basis for deciding the cost impact of
Applicant's development. It also showed that the exaction's value is far less than that impact.
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d. Tigard Showed That ncc Biryde/Pedestdan Pathway Easement
in Remand Condition One Was lE~.otegMy ]Proportional in Extent
to the Imp,Bets_ of Applicant's Development
To analyze this element of the test, Council first considered evidence establishing the value
of the pathway easement. After finding that property to be worth $4,500, Council then considered
whether that amount was roughly proportional to the traffic impacts expected from the
development."
Council received conflicting testimony concerning the value of the pathway easement. Staff
presented an appraisal done by Palmer, Groth & Pietka, Inc., a film of expert appraisers, which
concluded that the easement was worth $4,500. CR 00776. Applicant, however, submitted an
affidavit from her son claiming that the pathway and floodplain easements had a combined value of
$84,000. Council was required to choose between these two evaluations before it could decide
whether the value of the easement was proportional to the probable impacts of the project.
Council found that it should adopt the $4,500 value provided by the independent appraisal
firm. That appraisal was conducted according to professional standards in the appraisal field and
according to standard procedures. In addition, the appraisers based their valuation on comparable
properties, which were shown in the record. Appl:ca^''s sc.:y on the oilier ]laird, did not supply
comparable values. Furthermore, when he made his guess, Applicant's son was involved in a law suit
with the city for inverse condemnation. For purposes of that suit, it was in his personal interest to
maximize the value of the pathway property. Accordingly, he was undoubtedly biased toward
overestimating the value of the property, in which he has an ownership interest. This observation was
born out by the great disparity between his valuation and that of the independent appraisers. Put
simply, Council found Applicant's son to be without credibility in this regard, while it found the
valuation of the appraisers to have been conducted in an objective, independent manner.
25 At the first of the Remand Hearings Staff suggested a modification to the bicycle/pedestrian way in Oversized
Exhibit 18. That diagram showed a notch in the pathway to accommodate Applicant's building as originally proposed.
Council chose not to take Staff's suggestion for two reasons. First, Mr. Larson testified that the notched path would
create significant safety concerns. CR 00082. Second, Council adopted the interpretation of unappealed Condition
Three set out in the August 16, 1995, Staff Report. CR 00016. Under that interpretation Council could not all the
building to be placed in the notch.
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Applicant criticized the appraises! for not including severance damages, which she claimed
would result because she would have to redesign her building to accommodate the proposed pathway.
Council rejected her argument for several reasons. First, under Oregon law, severance damages are
not available for the condemnation of bare. land. Council found that this same rule should apply when
the city requires an exaction that is otherwise constitutional. Second, the appraisers found the
severance claim to be without merit. They testified that a buyer of the Property would not discount
the price he or she was willing to pay because of the easement. CR 00776. Finally, unrebutted
evidence in the record showed that the pathway would not prevent Applicant from building a
structure of the same square footage while accommodating the pathway. Oversized Exhibit 72 is a
set of diagrams Staff submitted showing possible alternative designs that would accommodate the
pathway but fully carry out the purposes for this application.26 Therefore, Council found based on
unrefuted evidence that the easement could not and would not result in severance damages.
Council also rejected a related argument made in an affidavit submitted by Mr. Dolan. There,
he argued that the location of the pathway would cause security concerns by transversing the rear of
the proposed building. Staff, however, submitted testimony by independent appraisers saying that
the location of the path would not cause security concerns sufficient to reduce the Property's value.
CR 00776. Because, unlike Mr. Dolan, the appraisers did not have an ax to grind, Council believed
their testimony to be more credible and relied on it to find that the location of the pathway did not
Now reduce the Property's value.27
After finding the pathway easement to be worth $4,500, Council next considered whether that
amount was proportional to the traffic impacts from the development. In undertaking that analysis,
Council noted that the Court did not promulgate black letter rules as to how specific a local
government must be in making this analysis. However, the Court was clear that mathematical
certainty was not required.
26 These exhibits also show that Applicant could have built the new building any time after the September `91
Approval. After that approval, she had the land use permit she needed to build on the building. As the exhibits show,
she could have slightly modified her design to build precisely the same number of square feet of space any time after she
received that approval.
27 In deference to Mr. Dolan's concerns Council modified Remand Condition One to allow Applicant to fence the
easement areas off from other portions of her property.
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Council compared the relatively small value of the easement dedication to the likely traffic
impacts of the development. At the very least, the development will generate 206 additional trips per
day. Council found that the cost imposed by that minimum number would be $17,000. The exaction
was thus very much smaller than the project's impacts using the most conservative numbers available.
Council thus found the easement to be roughly proportional to the project's impacts.
This conclusion became
especially obvious when Council value Comparison
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28 Requiring AppUcant and others to bear the cost of automobile traffic generated by their developments is fair to
the city's taxpayers and has strong support in basic policies. According to Dr. Nelson, an expert in planning practice
and economics,
automcbile-dependent property, including downtowns and commercial areas devoid of pedestrian and
bicyclist facilities, enjoy considerable automobile subsidies proffered by society at-large [sic]. These
subsidies are not paid by benefiting property. As such, society is entitled to have these subsidies
compensated through a variety of public-serving planning decisions including dedications and
improvements resulting in improved walking and bicycling activity.
CR 01333. Dr. Nelson explained the consequences of not requiring developers to bear the actual costs of their
developments as follows:
By not having automobile users face up to these costs [generated by automobile use], the costs are
borne by the public and the avoidance of such costs are internalized as benefits by private property. If
these costs were accounted for, land use patterns would change to reflect the true cost of automobile
use relative to alternative modes. Public agencies need to devise %vays in which to offset this
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After concluding that the easement satisfied the Court's requirements, Council considered one
final measure, not required by the Court in Dolan H. Using the methodology developed by Mr.
Larson and his predictions concerning mitigation, Council determined the value of the mitigation the
pathway would or would be likely to provide. Mr. La.•son predicted and the Council found that the
pathway would result in a nine percent reduction in automobile trips. Multiplying this amount by the
predicted increase in trips from the development (404) and by the cost each trip would have imposed
on the system, showed that the pathway would result in mitigation of $4,433.06. CR 00933. This
number was proportional to the $4,500 value of the easement. Therefore, Council found the city to
have met even the most demanding interpretation of the rough proportionality test.
D. MOST OF APPLICANT'S OTHER ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO REMAND
CONDITION ONE WERE NOT PROPERLY BEFORE COUNCIL IN THIS REMAND
PROCEEDING
When considering an application on remand, Council must determine the scope of issues
which are subject to review. That discretion, however, is not without limits. Old issues or issues that
could have been raised in earlier proceedings are not subject to reconsideration in a proceeding after
remand. See, supra, at 11. This case had gone through four levels of appellate review before coming
AgAL back to Council on remand. Hence, the questions before Council here were narrow. They were
limited to the question whether Remand Condition One satisfied the rough proportionality test and
any issues which were created by the Supreme Court's decision that could not have been raised in
the earlier proceedings.
inefficient outcome. A logical method is to exact the provision of pedestrian and bicycle access ways
from new development. Such an exaction would have at least three important positive outcomes.
First, congestion, pollution, and other adverse effects of automobile-dependency are reduced. Second,
private development is made somewhat more responsible for otherwise contributing to the adverse
effects of automobile-dependency. Third, by improving access to property, property value improves.
In this latter regard, commercial and residential property would likely see the largest gains in value
attributable to the provision of pedestrian and bicycle ways, although all property value is likely to
gain in some respect.
CR 01344.
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Applicant made many arguments other than those concerning the Court's rough
proportionality test. Most of those arguments, as shown in Table 1 were not subject to
reconsideration in these remand proceedings.
TABLE ONE
STATUS OF "OTHER" ARGUMENTS ON REMAND
Issue Properly Before Council? Rationale
Whether Tigard's land use No. Applicant had ample opportunities
regulations allowed Tigard to in the earlier proceeding to raise any
impose a condition requiring the argument she would have liked
dedication of floodplain and pathway concerning Tigard's authority to
easements impose a condition like Remand
Condition One under its land use
regulations. She chose not to make
any such arguments, but focused
only on her claims under the Takings
Clause.
Whether Tigard's decision to impose No. Applicant had ample opportunities
the exaction based on the trip in earlier proceedings to challenge
generating characteristics of a the characterization of her
hardware/paint store violated the development as a hardware/paint
WTIF store. She chose not to raise such
challenges and therefore was
precluded from doing so on remand.
Whether Tigard's interpretation of No. Tigard made substantially the same
its land use regulations violated state interpretations of its land use
law. regulations in the earlier proceedings
to impose Original Condition One.
Applicant should have made her
arguments about code interpretation
then.
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TABLE ONE
STATUS OF "OTHER" ARGUMENTS ON REMAND
Issue Properly Before Council? Rationale
Whether Tigard's decision violated No. Applicant's arguments under the
the Equal Protection Clause of the Equal Protection Clause and Article
Fourteenth Amendment to the I, § 20 in this remand proceeding
Constitution of the United States and were entirely based on local land use
Article I, § 20 of the Constitution of decisions made before or while her
the State of Oregon. application was pending.
Furthermore, she aciaally contended
in the earlier proceedings that
Original Condition One was unfair
because Tigard treated upland land
owners differently than Applicant.
CR 00736 ("The fact that the city
approves many applications that
have similar effects and does not
require property dedications was of
no concern to the Oregon court.")
No review body accepted that
argument, and it is now decided and
not available to Applicant on
remand.
Whether these remand proceedings Yes. Technically Applicant's argument
violated the Due Process Clause of under the Due Process Clause was
the Fourteenth Amendment to the before Council, but only because she
Constitution of the United States made the facts in her lawsuit against
where Applicant introduced the fact the city part of the record.
of a pending lawsuit against the city
and her lawyer actively solicited a
settlement discussion with Council
during the remand hearings.
Although Council was not required to address issues not properly before it, Council chose to
make findings concerning those issues in case a review body disagreed with its understanding of the
rules governing reconsideration of old issues on remand. However, Council's findings under the old
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issues were made for the sake of argument only. Council did not intend to waive any argument of
Tigard that the issues were already decided and not subject to further decision and review.
E. A CONDITION REQUIRING DEDICATION OF EASEMENTS FOR FLOOD CONTROL
AND ALLEVIATION OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS IS APPROPRIA'T'E UNDER TIGARD'S
LAND USE REGULATIONS
1. Tigard's Land Use Regulations Required Council I., rmpose Remand
Condition One or to Deny the Application
Although the Supreme Court's opinion in Dolan II required Tigard to show that a condition
requiring dedication of property satisfied certain constitutional requirements, that case did not alter
a
the rule under the CDC that Applicant bore the burden of proving that she was entitled to approval
of her application. CDC § 18.32.250.A.1. Applicant failed to show that the proposed development
would, without Remand Condition One, meet the Tigard's approval criteria.
Applicant tried to satisfy the approval criteria governing flood control and transportation
impacts by filing a variance request. See, supra, at 7 (quoting variance request). Petitioner's one-
half page statement attempting to justify a variance did not, however, contain the information
required concerning storm drainage and traffic impacts, including an analysis of the impact of the
development on the city's storm drainage and traffic systems. CDC 18.32.050, 18.84,
18.120.090,.100, 18.164.030 and 18.164.100. For example, CDC § 18.164.100.A provided that
a permit may be issued "only where adequate provisions for storm water and floodwater runoff have
been made." The cited CDC sections when read together implemented the Comprehensive Plan
requirement that development address storm drainage and traffic impacts. With regard to drainage,
the Comprehensive Plan provided in relevant part as follows:
The City shall require as a precondition to development that:
a. the site development study be submitted for development in areas subject to
poor drainage, ground instability or flooding which shows that the
development is safe and will not create adverse off-site impacts;
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b. natural drainage ways be maintained unless submitted studies show that
alternative drainage solutions can solve on-site drainage problems and will
ensure no adverse off-site impacts.
C. the City shall require as a pre-condition to development that all drainage can be
handled on-site or there is an alternative solution which will not increase the off-site
impact on the drainage system.
Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.2.1. The Comprehensive Plan also explained that,
[p]roper administration of the floodplain areas relies heavily upon the availability of
adequate information upon which to assess the environmental impacts of a project.
The development, which creates the need, should be responsible for providing the city
with the necessary data for making sound decisions. The burden is on the applicant
to prove that a project will not adversely affect the environment or create undue
future liabilities for the city.
Comprehensive Plan Policy 3.2 Floodplains, Findings, p. II-14. Tigard implemented these policies
through the Sensitive Lands Chapter (CDC § 18.84) and Utilities Standards Requirements for Storm
Drainage (CDC § 18.164.100).
Similarly, the Comprehensive Plan addressed transportation facilities by requiring that
infrastructure be capable of serving the proposed development. Comp. Plan Policy 7.1.2(b)(1). This
requirement implemented Statewide Planning Goal 11, "Public Facilities and Services," which
mandated that urban development be supported by appropriate levels of public facilities and that cities
plan for key facilities. Goal 11 defined "key facility" to include transportation. To address this
requirement, the CDC required Applicant to submit a site plan detailing existing and proposed streets,
ways and easements, including those on surrounding properties. CDC § 18.120.120.A.3.
The exact nature of the street, sidewalk and bikeway improvements required of each
development depends on the facts of the specific application. CDC § 18.164.020.B ("The City
Engineer may recommend changes or supplements to the standard specifications consistent with the
application of engineering principles." CDC 18.164.030, 18.164.070, 18.164.110. Tigard must
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condition developments that would "principally benefit" from bikeways identified on the adopted
pedestrian/bikeway plan to include the cost of bikeway improvements. CDC § 18.164.110.B.
Applicant completely failed to address these standards hi the Application. She thus failed to
meet her burden of proof
Applicant likewise failed to use her opportunity to prove facts justifying a variance. She did
not produce evidence of the "possible negative or positive attributes of the proposal" or show that
there had been changes or mistakes in the comprehensive plan or the zoning map as it related to the
Application. CDC § 18.32.250.B. The submission of an incomplete application did not "negate the
applicant's burden of proof." CDC § 18.32.050.G.
Based on the lack of evidence concerning drainage and transportation impacts, Council could
have denied the Application. CDC 18.32.250.A, E, 18.10.010, 18.16.010.B. Indeed, Applicant's
attorney admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States that the city could have done so. See,
supra, at 14. Instead of denying the application, however, Tigard processed it using information in
the record. Based on the impacts of the proposed development, see supra at 31, 48, Remand
Condition One, which requires dedication of easements for flood control, drainage management, and
alleviation of traffic impacts, was necessary to address the requirements of the CDC and to allow
Council to issue an approval. See CDC § 18.32.250.E. La (conditions of approval authorized where
"necessary to carry out provisions of the Tigard comprehensive plan."); CDC § 18.32.250.E.2
(authorizing the City to require property dedications as conditions of approval).
2. Applicant's Arguments Under Tigard's Land Use Regulations Were Not
Well-Founded
Applicant, through her attorneys, made a series of arguments under Tigard's land use
regulations. She claimed that those regulations did not allow Council to impose Remand Condition
One. Although, as set out supra at 65, Applicant had lost the opportunity to raise such arguments,
Council nevertheless considered them. After analyzing Applicant's arguments, Staffs response, and
the relevant regulations, Council found none of Applicant's arguments to have merit. Council
reached this finding based on the reasoning set out below.
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a. Applicant Received adequate Notice of Tigard's Interpretation
of Certain Land Tee Regulations
Applicant claimed that Tigard had not provided her with adequate notice of several
interpretations Staff proposed for various local land use regulations. However, Council found her
argument not to be well taken because she had adequate notice of those interpretations and a
sufficient opportunity to respond.
Staff did not propose and Council did not adopt any unreasonable interpretations of
Tigard's land use regulations. Linder Oregon law, Council had primary responsibility for making
interpretations of the city's land use regulations which applied to the Application. So long as those
provisions could reasonably be identified as applicable, parties were expected to discern their
potential significance. Moreover, this process, in which Staff published its report a full week
before the initial hearing and Council allowed one continuance and an opportunity for the
submission of additional evidence and argument after the close of oral testimony provided ample
opportunity for Applicant to contest any of the interpretations proposed by Staff and adopted by
Council.
b. Council Found That Approval Would Allow Apoli ant to Sitge
Any General Retail Me on the Pro my
Applicant's lawyer argued that Council would violate the city's land use regulations if it
applied traffic counts for a "general retail use" in evaluating the likely impacts of the project. He
claimed that Council should find that any approval would be limited to the A -Boy and that A-Boy's
use would be limited to selling "bulky merchandise." He further claimed that Applicant sought
approval for a "general retail facility" only because that designation was required by Staff at the pre-
application conference. Council did not accept this argument, but held that under the local land use
regulations Council was required to consider all possible uses for the site allowed under the
Application.
Although Applicant's lawyer suggested that Staff had somehow required Applicant to request
approval for a general retail sales facility when all she wanted was a plumbing store, evidence in the
record showed otherwise. A-Boy is the company that would use the new store for selling plumbing
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and electrical supplies. It is a legal entity distinct from Applicant, yet was not a party, to the
Application. Instead, it was at the time of these proceedings a tenant of Applicant. Accordingly, an
approval would not limit the tenant to an A -Boy. Indeed, under the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of Oregon, Tigard could not condition Applicant to rent solely to A-Boy because
such a condition would impair the obligation of contract existing between herself and A-Boy under
the lease. U.S. CONST. ART. I, § 10 ("No state shall... pass any law impairing the obligation of
contracts... ORE. CONST. ART. I, § 21 ("No ...law impairing the obligation of contracts shall
ever be passed
Other evidence in the record showed that Applicant had sought the flexibility inherent in
approval. of a general retail use. In paragraph 2, Proposal Summary, of the Application, the following
is typed in as a summary of the project: "The construction ofa 17,600 square foot building having
a general retail sales facility." John and Florence Dolan signed the application, not A -Boy, a separate
legal entity. Before their signatures, the following appeared:
THE APPLICANT(S) SHALL CERTIFY THAT:
C. All of the above statements [including the project description set out above]
and the statements in the plot plan, attachments, and exhibits transmitted
herewith, are true; and the applicants so acknowledge that any permit issued,
based on this application, may be revoked if it is found that any such
statements are false.
The applicant has read the entire contents of the application, including the policies and
criteria, and understands the requirements for approving or denying the application.
CR 00754. Thus, if anything was inaccurate about the request, Applicant and her husband were on
notice to correct the project description. However, they represented to the city that it was accurate
and true. The objective evidence from the time when the application was made shows that Applicant
intended to receive a broad approval that could support many different retail uses.
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Assuming that Applicant did intend to limit herself to a plumbing and electrical store,
however, Council still could not agree with her argument. In the Original Decision, Council found
CDC Chapter 18.66, CBD: Central Business District, to be an approval standard. Applicant did not
appeal that interpretation. That chapter required Applicant to prove that the use proposed in the
Application was permitted in the zone. To allow such proof, Applicant was not free to design a
description of her proposed use not specified as allowed in the CDC. Instead, the CDC required
Applicant to state which of the permitted uses listed in the CDC she proposed for the Property.
Here, the Application selected such a listing. It said that Applicant planned to tear down the
existing 9,700 square foot building and to replace it with a "17,600 square foot building having a
general retail sales facility." The requirement of CDC Chapter 18.66 led to the following finding,
which Applicant did not appeal:
The applicant intends to construct a new and larger structure suited for general retail sales
use. Such a use is permitted outright in the CBD (Central Business District) zone. Therefore,
the intended use is acceptable for this site.
Applicant thus bound herself to conduct only general retail sales in the building, but not to operate
only a plumbing and electrical store.
Applicant's claim that somehow Staff persuaded her to apply for more than she wanted was
factually incorrect for another reason. The Application explained that the project would allow
"replacement of [the] existing sales facility with a larger facility." Indeed, the record showed that
Applicant had sought the flexibility inherent in approval of a general retail use. See, supra, at 71. The
objective evidence for the time when the application was made shows that Applicant intended to
receive a broad approval that could support many different retail uses "
29 Applicant criticized Council's consideration of all uses allowed under general retail sales by arguing that it
would result in speculative planning for only worst case situations. Council disagreed with that critique for two reasons.
First as explained supra at 63, Tigard satisfied the rough proportionality test even when using Mr. Woelk's calculations,
which were specific to A-Boy. Second, Council's determination that it should consider a range of uses was limited only
to those which could be classified as being "general retail."
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Applicant also tried to claim that the Original Decision, by granting a parking variance based
Aft on a "bulky merchandise" exception, limited use of the site to the A-Boy operation. Council found
no merit in that argument. Council allowed the parking variance as an accommodation to Applicant,
but it did not limit her use to bulky merchandise. Instead, Council found that A-Boy would most
likely be a tenant of the new building, at least at first. During that period, Council found that it could
allow Applicant to build three fewer parking spaces than the CDC otherwise would have required.
However, Council also found that it would have opportunities to require additional parking on the
site when Applicant built the Phase II building. That parking, Council believed, would provide
sufficient assurance that adequate parking existed on the site, whatever use ultimately came to occupy
the building. Because Council saw an opportunity to require additional parking in the long-run and
because it did not limit the uses to which Applicant could put the new building, its grant of a parking
variance was irrelevant to the question whether the CDC required Council to limit its impacts
evaluation solely to those likely from an A-Boy store.
C. Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2(b)(1) and Related Land Use
Regulations Supported Imposition of Remand Condition One
As set out in Section III.E.1, supra, Council found that Remand Condition One was necessary
partly because under Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2(b)(1) and related regulations, Tigard cannot
grant approval in site development review unless it finds affected transportation facilities to be
capable of serving the proposed development. Applicant raised three challenges under this policy and
related regulations which Council addressed in the following findings.
(1) Tigard Had Authority Under Its Land Use Regulations to
Impose Remand Condition One
Applicant argued that Tigard did not have authority to impose Remand Condition One
However, as Applicant's attorney told the Supreme Court of the United States, Tigard did have
authority to deny the Application. Plan Policy 7.1.2(b)(1), which required provision of adequate
transportation facilities, was one source of Tigard's authority to refuse approval. Because Tigard had
authority to deny the Application pursuant to the Comprehensive Plan, it also had authority to
condition its approval. CDC §18.32.250.E.1.a., authorized Council to condition approval of the
Application because such a condition was "necessary to [c]arry out provisions of the Tigard
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comprehensive plan." Furthermore, CDC §18.32.250.E.2 allowed Council to require Applicant to
dedicate an easement. See also CDC § 18.164.020.B (exact character of the street, sidewalk and
bikeway improvements required of each development depends on the facts of the specific
application).
(2) Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2 Did Not Limit the Scope
of Possible Uses Which Council Could Consider When
Fashioning Conditions of Approval
F,.pplicant argued that under Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2, Council could impose only
conditions based on the public facility impacts of the precise use proposed by Applicant. Applicant
thus suggested that the city should micro-manage the phasing of developments. As Council
understood the argument, it would, for example, require a new site development review when a candy
store moved and was replaced by a book store. Or, Council supposed, Applicant's reasoning would
require a new review even where a book store specializing in history was replaced with a store selling
murder mysteries. Surely, thought Council, this approach was too intrusive and unworkable to be
required by the Comprehensive Plan and CDC.
Council's review of the relevant land use regulations confirmed this reaction. Council rejected
Applicant's crimped and unworkable approach for two reasons.
First, Tigard's land use regulations did not require the city to play big brother over the affairs
of property owners, searching out all deviations in use or tenancy. Instead, they provided for review
of developments in phases only where applications propose a formal phasing plan calling for such a
review. Implementing Strategy 4 of Policy 7.1.2 addressed the provision of public facilities to
phased development as follows: "(b) [the CDC] shall allow for the phasing of services if a
development proposal indicates such phasing." (Emphasis added.)30 From this provision it was
apparent that Tigard's land use regulations allow approvals for developments based on phasing of
public facilities only where the application sets out a formal phasing plan. Furthermore, Council
found that the CDC does not envision such a phasing plan to be based on the ebb and flow of new
30 Council noted that this principle was applicable here. Applicant plans to develop a second phase on the
Property, which will include another retail store. However, in this review Council did not consider the impacts of that
second proposed store.
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uses but on the development of new improvements on property to which the plan attaches. Council
found this to be a sensible approach, because .a phasing plan would allow the city to conduct
enforcement activities according to a rational plan and with the consent of property owners. As
explained later in Strategy 4,
The intent of these policies is to develop a mechanism for orderly and logical
development and expansion of services to promote an efficient use of land and thus
an efficient growth pattern. This mechanism will basically be concerned with:
Planning for public facilities in advance of need in a manner which will implement
land use policy. This shall help direct the urban expansion and growth.
(Emphasis added.)
Council found that Strategy 4 explained the intent underlying the Comprehensive Plan
concerning the timing of public facilities. Council held that it established that the Comprehensive Plan
did not require Council to require only those public facilities which address only immediate needs
generated by precise uses, but required Council to consider public facil:t ty needs in light of the entire
range of fixture uses which an approval would allow.
Council also rejected Applicant's suggestion that the city micro-manage uses because it was
unworkable. Council found that Tigard had no way of learning of changes in use so that it could
enforce Applicant's suggested approach.
Applicant argued through her attorney, Mr. Shonkwiler, that because any change in use of
the building would require a new site development review process, Council would have an
opportunity to impose new conditions if A-Boy did not use the new store. He thus concluded that
Council should have considered only the traffic impacts of an A -Boy store in evaluating traffic
impact. Council, however, found Mr. Shonkwilec's inter-.: etation of the CDC to be incorrect.
CDC § 18.120.020 provides in relevant part that "[s]ite development review shall be
applicable to all new developments and major modification of existing developments, as provided in
Section § 18.120.070 (Emphasis added.) Before considering the elements in CDC §
18.120.070 that distinguish a major from a minor modification, the City must select an interpretation
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of the word "modification." Only when an applicant suggests a modification is it necessary to decide
whether that modification is major or minor.
The CDC does not define the word "modification"; therefore, the City must give it its
common, dictionary meaning. See CDC § 18.26.010. Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary gives
"modification" the following relevant definition: "mod-I f-ca-tion 3 a : the making of a limited
change in something...." To apply this definition it is necessary to decide the "something" to which
a change w•ll trigger design review.
Council found three "somethings" to be possible. First, a change in the use of a building
might trigger the review. Second, a cosmetic change in a building might be a trigger. Or, third, a
change in the placement of structures on a site might be the trigger. CDC § 18.120.010, which sets
out the purpose for design review, provided the basis for choosing between these alternatives.
CDC, § 18.120.010 emphasizes that the purpose of site development review is to serve the
public interest in the proper placement and orientation of buildings and other structures. It focuses
on the importance of good site planning and the preservation of environmental amenities. This focus
shows that site development review is triggered only when an applicant proposes to place a new
structure on a site or to change the footprint of an existing structure. It is not triggered by a mere
change in outright allowed use, by remodeling the interior of a building, or by cosmetic changes to
the exterior of a building, none of which implicate the purposes of site development review.
Because a simple change in use will not trigger site development review, Tigard's only
meaningful opportunity to evaluate the impacts of development is during site development review
triggered by a modification to improvements or when a party proposes a conditional use. Council
thus concluded that it must, therefore, consider all potential uses of Applicant's project to properly
gauge the Application's likely impacts on the city's infrastructure.
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(3) Comprehensive Plan Policy 7.1.2 and Related Regulations
Did Not Limit the Evidence Which Council Could
Consider in Structuring Remand Condition One
Applicant's attorney claimed that Plan Policy 7.1.2 or other portions of Tigard's land use
regulations required Council to use traffic counts specific to A -Boy stores because of requirements
established in the WTIF. However, nothing in Policy 7.1.2 or any other part of Tigard's land use
regulations limited the evidence which Council could consider in that regard. The only limit on the
evidence Council could consider was the general requirement that the evidence be relevant and
reliable.
Council found the WTIF to be an assessment imposed under county ordinance, being
completely separate from the City's Comprehensive Plan and Community Development Code.
Therefore, nothing in Tigard's Plan or the CDC refers to the WTIF, much less makes it the exclusive
method of traffic impact analysis in the city. In fact, the WTIF is imposed by the County (Washington
County Code (WCC) § 3.17.040(A)), in an amount set by the county (WCC § 3.17.050), through
a process entirely separate and apart from this Site Development Review, and which may be appealed
only to the county. CR 00102.
Ask Furthermore, nothing in the WTIF or in Tigard's land use regulations limits Council's
authority to impose exactions to address transportation facility impacts. To the contrary, the WTIF
recognized that it was merely "one component of a multifaceted program." Washington County
Ordinance 379, Section 2. As City Attorney Tim Ramis testified, Tigard replaced its own systems
development charge for roads with an exaction approach to mitigating impacts at the request of the
development industry. 7-18-95 Tr., at 5.
(4) Remand Condition One Did Not Violate the CDC By
Calling for Placement of the Pathway Outside of the
Floodplain
Applicant argued that Remand Condition One violated CDC § 18.120.180.A.8 by requiring
the pathway to be located outside of the floodplain. That section provided as follows:
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Where landfill and/or development is allowed within and adjacent to the 100-year
floodplain, the City shall require the dedication of sufficient open land area for
greenway adjoining and within the floodplain. This area shall include portions at a
suitable elevation for the construction of a pedestrian/bicycle pathway within the
floodplain in accordance with the adopted pedestrian/bicycle plan.
Applicant argued that this section required the pathway to be located within the floodplain, to the
exclusion of any other location.
Council found Section 18.120.020 to be ambiguous. It allowed dedication requirements
which included land within and adjacent to the floodplain, including . property at a "suitable
elevation for construction of the pathway within the floodplain Compounding this
ambiguity was the section's requirement that the dedications be in accord with the adopted pathway
plan, which shows the pathway on the Property to be outside the floodplain. Thus,
the section does not adequately explain what is required when, as here, there is no elevation within
the floodplain which is suitable for construction due to steep slopes of a pathway segment called for
in the Pathway Plan. CR 01553 (slides showing steep slopes)."
Considering flus ambiguity, Council found that it should interpret the section as requiring the
pathway to be placed immediately adjacent to the floodplain. Council found this interpretation to be
supported in that the section designates as "greenway" all dedications which consist of land either
within or adjoining the floodplain, thus including both the floodplain and pathway dedications.
Further, Council found its interpretation to be consistent with the Pathway Plan, a part of the
Comprehensive Plan, which called for the Fanno Creek pathway to be adjacent to the floodplain.
Indeed, this section nowhere mandates placement of the path in the floodplain. It only says
that the city should require a land dedication when possible that includes space in the floodplain for
31 Council found that the bicycle/pedestrian way could not be located in the floodplain because, besides existing
steep banks, the channel improvements called for in the Master Drainage Plan called for relocation and Stabilization of
the bank. CR 01025. "The Engineering Division has stated that the proposed structure should be at least 10 feet away
from the relocated outer bank in order to accommodate an eight foot wide pathway and the planned reconstruction of the
storm drainage channel along the floodplain." CR 01043 (from the September `91 Decision).
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the path. Further, it does not set the locatioli of the path. It relies on the pathway plan to do that.
Thus, Applicant's argument that Remand Condition One would violate this section is simply wrong.
(5) Role of the Parks Plan
Applicmit asserted that Comprehensive Plan Policies 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.6.2, 3.2.4 and
Implementing Strategy 4 required Council to apply the City's Parks Plan to require Applicant to allow
public access to the floodplain for recreational purposes. Applicant then claimed that because the city
could not constitutionally impose such a requirement, it could not impose any easement condition on
Applicant. Council, however, did not believe itself to be in such a Catch-22. The Court did not hold
that the Parks Plan was per se unconstitutional. Instead, it held that before Tigard could implement
that plan the Constitution required that it make certain findings. Under the Supremacy Clause, 12
Tigard's local land use regulations must be interpreted consistently with supervening federal law.
Therefore, Council interpreted the Parks Plan's dedication provisions to be subject to findings as
required in Dolan If. Because Council had never intended that the floodplain easement would serve
as a park, it decided as a matter of policy that it did not need to secure a recreational easement to the
floodplain to carry out the intent of the Parks Plan. Accordingly, in deference to federal law, it did
not attempt to justify a recreational easement under Dolan H.
(6) Remand Condition One Is Consistent With
Comprehensive Plan Policy 8.1.3
Applicant argued that Remand Condition One would result in an exaction in excess of allowed
WTIF fees, thus illegally modifying "Plan Policies 8.1, 8.1.3 and Implementation Strategies 2 and
5.s33 Council rejected this argument because it was not sufficiently developed to allow a response.
32 The Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the Constitution of the United States provides as follows:
This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance
thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall
be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the
Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
33 In fact, there is no Plan Policy 8.1.
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Policy 8.1.3 set forth various preconditions to development for the provision. of transportation
facilities. Applicant did not specify which provision of this policy was "reinterpreted" by Staff or
Council. Council noted that no portion of this policy, or any other provision of the Comprehensive
Plan, limited the city's ability to seek offset of development impacts in excess of the WTIF. Indeed
the Comprehensive Plan did not incorporate or even refer to the WTIF, so the criteria requiring
Applicant and the city to mitigate transportation impacts existed apart from any consideration of the
WTIF.
(7) Remand Condition One Does Not Violate Implementation
Strategies 2 and 5
Implementation Strategy 2 of the Comprehensive Plan required the city to develop and
implement a capital improvements plan containing certain listed elements. Applicant argued that
Council would violate this strategy if it imposed Remand Condition One. However, her argument
lacked merit because it was not sufficiently specific to allow a response. Applicant did not explain
how Remand Condition One would violate this strategy. Neither Council nor Staff had cited it as an
approval criterion, and neither believed it was relevant here.
Implementation Strategy 5 required land developers to dedicate necessary rights-of-way and
construct necessary street improvements when such improvements did not already exist. While
Applicant's attorney did not explain why he cited to this strategy in submissions to Council, he
evidently felt that Strategy 5 set an exclusive form of exaction for offsetting transportation impacts.
Council rejected this narrow view, finding the implementing strategy to be only part of the
Comprehensive Plan's overall effort to ensure the adequacy of public facilities.
F. REMAND CONDITION ONE AND COUNCIL'S RATIONALE FOR THAT CONDITION Do
NOT VIOLATE THE WTIF
Applicant argued that by imposing Remand Condition One, Council would be violating
the WT. F by classifying the proposed larger building as a Hardware/Paint store for purposes of
the ITE trip generation study, rather than allowing Applicant to elect to make the determination
bass-ed on actual trap generation, numbers. Her argument is completely meritless because Council
did not apply the WTIF in this proceeding, having only estimated the WTIF fee in the `91
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Decision. CR 01026. Applicant will have the opportunity to propose actual trip counts later,
when she applies for building permits. CR 00934.
Council did not apply the W I . Rather, Council relied on the facts which the County
used in establishing the WTIF as substantial evidence of the cost associated with the traffic the
proposed development will generate. It was reasonable for the Council to rely on the trip
generation figures set in the WTIF. See, supra, at 54.
G. REMAND COmmoN ONE AND THE COUNcmis RATIONAL FOR THAT CONDITION
Do NOT VIOLATE STATE LAND USE STATUTES
Applicant's attorney argued at various points in the remand process that the City was
violating statutory rules regarding what standards and criteria apply to this application.
► "[T]he City's required placement of the pathway outside the floodplain is an attempt
to impose land use restrictions that were not adopted at the time of the application
acceptance. This is in violation of ORS 227.178(3) and the requirements for clear and
objective standards under ORS Chapters 227 and 197." Shonkwiler, June 27, 1995
memorandum, at 5.
► "The City has attempted to impose an assessment for traffic impacts in excess of its
legislatively adopted WTIF fee (Traffic Impact Fee) requirements.... [T]he City has
no comprehensive plan nor code provision specifically authorizing the imposition of
this excess assessment upon property owners. Imposition of land use requirements
that are not in conformance with clear and objective standards and have not been
adopted prior to the City's acceptance of the application is in violation of the
provisions of ORS Chapter 197 and ORS 227.178." Shonkwiler, June 27, 1995
memorandum, at 6-7.
► "[T]he comprehensive plan requires implementation of the City's Parks Plan. The
City's proposed easement restriction for the floodplain to preclude the public is in
violation of these City mandatory provisions. The City cannot change these
provisions without seeking a comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance text
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amendment reviewable during a separate public hearing and by LCDC. This did not
occur before the 1991 application was accepted. The City's legal choices now include
imposing the requirements or finding them invalid pursuant to the U.S. Supreme
Court decision. ORS 227.178." Shonkwiler, June 27, 1995 memorandum, at 8.
► "The City's standards for approval of all other applications in 1991 did not require
imposition of these dedications. Thus, the City is precluded from asserting .an
unwritten special standard just for floodplain abutting properties. ORS 227.178(3)."
Shonkwiler, August 16, 1995 memorandum, at 3.
► "[T]he approval standards the City was using in 1991 establishes that the City
calculated WTT fees during the approval hearings and included them in the approval
order. . . . ORS 227.178(3) requires their application during this remand."
Shonkwiler, August 16, 1995 memorandum, at 8.
► "The City staff has asserted a new policy not found in the Code or comprehensive
plan. Particularly, it was a policy that was not in place in 1991 when the application
was approved. Therefore, ORS 227.178 precludes its application in this proceeding.
The proposed new policy would require each development to plan for and
participate in providing public facilities to serve the entire range of uses allowed by
the applicable zone.... [T]he City has adopted no regulations setting clear and
objective standards for the imposition of these new requirements. This conflicts with
both ORS Chapters 227 and 197." Shonkwiler, August 16, 1995 memorandum, at
9-10.
These arguments are based on two statutory requirements. ORS 227.178(3) requires that:
If the application was complete when first submitted or the applicant submits the
requested additional information within 180 days of the date the application was first
submitted and the city has a comprehensive plan and land use regulations
acknowledged under ORS 197.251, approval or denial of the application shall be
based upon the standards and criteria that were applicable at the time the application
was first submitted.
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The application became complete in 1991. Moreover, the city's comprehensive plan and land use
regulations were acknowledged then. Therefore, the statute requires that the city's approval or denial
of the application be based on the standards and criteria applicable when Applicant submitted the
application.
Applicant's arguments, without specific citation to authority, regarding a statutory
requirement of clear and objective standards are a bit confusing, as no statute requires that the city's
applicable land use regulations be "clear and objective," per se. It is most likely that Applicant
intended to argue here that the city was failing to stick to the requirements of ORS 227.173 (1), which
requires that:
Approval or denial of a discretionary permit application shall be based on
standards and criteria, which shall be set forth in the development ordinance and .
which shall relate approval or denial of a discretionary permit application to the
development ordinance and to the comprehensive plan for the area in which the
development would occur and to the development ordinance and comprehensive plan
for the city as a whole.
Ash
InBCTPartnership v. City of Portland, 130 Or. App. 271, 881 P.2d 176 (1994), the court
clarified that standards and criteria applicable to a land use a^plication need not detail how they might
apply in any circumstance. That is left for the interpretive function of local decision makers. Id, at
276. " [I]f an ordinance contains provisions that can reasonably be interpreted and explained as
embodying the standards and criteria applicable to the particular decision, it is specific enough to
satisfy ORS 227.173." Id
Applicant's first and third arguments pertain to Council's interpretations of code and plan
provisions. Specifically, Applicant is arguing that in interpreting the referenced provisions--CDC
18.120.180.A.8 and 18.86.040.A Lb. and the Parks Plan--the City is imposing regulations that were
not in effect at the time the application was completed. Applicant misapprehends the interpretive
function of local governments. Interpretation of an ordinance provision does not constitute adoption
of a "new" standard or criterion for purposes of ORS 227.178(3).
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The interpretive authority of a local government is triggered whenever a local ordinance
provision "is capable of more than one tenable interpretation." Weeks v. City of Tillamook, 117 Or.
App. 449, 454, 844 P.2d 914 (1992). Moreover, this interpretive function is riot discretionary, but
is a responsibility of local governing bodies. Id Applicant can point to no case that holds that in
carrying out this function, local governments are adopting new standards for purposes of OR.S
227.178(3).
Applicant's second argument pertains to Council's authority to impose Remand Condition
One. Specifically, Applicant claims that no standard existed on the date of submission of the
application which would authorize imposition of an assessment besides the WTIF, and that, pursuant
to the same statutory provisions just discussed, the City has no standard upon which to base such an
assessment. As discussed supra at 80, the dedication requirements of Condition One do not impose
an assessment beyond the WTIF. The County imposes the WTIF, in an amount set by the County.
Contrary to Applicant's contention, the 1991 order specifically states that Council is not imposing the
WTIF as part of this approval. Instead, CDC § 18.32.250.E authorizes Remand Condition One,
which was adopted and applicable as of the date of submission of this application and, therefore, is
not a new standard.
Applicant's fourth argument is that the fact that other application approvals have not included
the same sort of dedication condition shows that Council is applying an "unwritten standard" to this
application. Again, the standard under which Council has imposed Remand Condition One, CDC §
18.32.250.E, is not new for purposes of this statute.
Applicant's fifth argument is similar to the second. She claims that calculation of the expected
WTIF assessment in the September `91 Approval required application of the WTIF during this
remand process. Again, Applicant misreads the decision. Council did not impose the WTIF then
because the WTIF was not a criterion applicable under the plan or code. Indeed, the WTIF ordinance
itself states that the tax is not due until "the issuance of a building permit by the city." WCC §
3.17.060.A.
Applicant's sixth argument is that the City is here applying a new standard that "would require
each development to plan for and participate in providing public facilities to serve the entire range
of uses allowed by the applicable zone." Under Plan Policy 7.1.2 each applicant provide
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transportation infrastructure capable of serving the proposed development. As discussed supra at
70, Council found that this application sought approval of "general retail use" of the property, and
was approved as such. Council further found that Plan Policy 7.1.2 did not limit the scope of
potential uses of the Property which Council could consider when fashioning an appropriate condition
of this development's approval, and therefore requires each applicant to provide transportation
facilities based on this range. Because, Applicant did not dispute that Plan Policy 7.1.2 was
applicable to the application when submitted, the policy referred to in the above quotation is not a
new standard for purposes of the statute.
H. REMAND CONDITION ONE AND THE COUNCIL'S RATIONAL FOR THAT CONDITION
DO NOT OFFEND ARTICLE Y, SECTION 20 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF OREGON OR THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH
ArdENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF TEE UNITED STATES
Applicant argued that Tigard had singled her out for disparate treatment from other property
owners,' attacking Remand Condition One under Article I, Section 20, the Privileges and Immunities
Clause of the Constitution of Oregon," and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United S: "es.36 Although Applicant did not distinguish
between her federal and state equal protection theories, different legal tests apply under the different
constitutional provisions. Article I, Section 20 bars the state from conferring a privilege or an
immunity on one class of persons while excluding other classes or individuals based on immutable
characteristics, such as race, for invidious reasons, or through arbitrary rules. The Equal Protection
34 Although she claimed that this argument also supported her claim that Remand Condition One was a taking,
Council did not agree. The tests of Arollan and Dolan II were the sole legal grounds for her taking claim. Because
Tigard satisfied the requirements of those tests, Remand Condition One did not violate the Takings Clause. However, if
Applicant's arguments concerning alleged discrimination do provide an independent basis for a claim under the Takings
Clause, Council intended that the findings in this section also be considered findings in response to that claim.
35 Article I, § 20 of the Oregon Constitution provides as follows: "No law shall be passed granting to any citizen
or class of citizens privileges, or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens."
36 The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides as
follows: "No State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
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Clause, in contrast, forbids the state from discriminating against a particular class unless, in the case
Adak of economic regulations, the state has a rational basis for drawing such a distinction.37
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1. Applicant Did Not.Show That Remand Condition One Violated Article I,
Section 20
The law under Article I, Section 20 is currently uncertain, see Ag West Supply v Hall, 126
Or. App. 475, 478, 869 P.2d 383 (1994); however, the courts have made a sufficient number of
decisions under the section to derive an outline of the approach to such a case. To prove that
Remand Condition One violated Article I, Section 20, Applicant was required to show that it denied
her of a "constitutionally recognized privilege or immunity." D. Schuman, The Right to "Equal
Privileges and Immunities". A State's Version of "Equal Protection, " 13 VT. L. REv. 221, 244
(1988). Assuming she made such a showing, Article I, Section 20 established three categories of
classification, each creating a separate requirement. Those categories are cases in which the
challenger is in a "true class," cases in which the challenger is in a "pseudo-class," and cases where
the challenger is not a member of a class, but is considered to be an "individual." Id
Applicant did not identify the constitutionally recognized privilege or immunity of which
Remand Condition One allegedly deprived her. Thus, she did not articulate her argument sufficiently
to allow a specific response, and she did not meet her burden to identify and prove that Remand
Condition One deprived her of such a privilege or immunity. Therefore, Council found that her
argument under Article I, Section 20 had failed.38
Assuming, however, that Applicant did have some basis for claiming that Remand Condition
One deprived her of some constitutionally recognized privilege or immunity, Applicant did not explain
the basis for her allegations. She did not, for example, say whether she was proceeding as part of a
true class, a pseudo class, or as an individual. Thus, her argument was not sufficiently developed to
allow a specific response, and she failed to meet her burden of proof.
37 Under the Equal Protection Clause, where, as here, a person challenges regulations not drawing distinctions
based on a suspect category--e.g., race, or, to a lesser degree, sex--that person bears the burden to prove that the
government had no rational basis for the distinctions.
38 In addition, as detailed below, the city has not discriminated between upland and riparian owners in any
meaningful way. See, infra, at 90.
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Although Applicant's claim udder Article I, Section 20 failed because of a lack of proof,
Council considered, for the sake of argument, how such a claim might be structured. The first step
in structuring such a claim would be to decide Applicant's status.
"[A] `true class' is one that is created not by the law itself; but is based on antecedent personal
or social characteristics or societal status." Ag West Supply, 126 Or. App. at 480. Race, sex, and
nationality are examples of true classes. D. Schuman, supra, 13 VT. L. REV. at 232. Here, Applicant
did not claim that Remand Condition One was based on any such factors. Therefore, Applicant was
not a member of a true class.
Applicant argued that the city through its decision created two classes of persons. One class
owning property next to the creek and the other, favored class being those who owned upland
property. Thus, the classification system she attacked was created by the city's land use regulations
and its land use decisions. Furthermore, she was free to bring herself within the "favored class" by
purchasing upland property. Thus, she claimed to be a member of a pseudo-class. See Hale v. Port
of Portland 308 Or. 508, 515-16, 783 P.2d 506 (1989). However, such a class is entitled to no
protection under Article I, Section 20, see id at 516, or is entitled to protection only from
Aftgovernment decisions which lack a rational basis, see Ag West Supply, 126 Or. App. at 480 & n.3.
Either she had no claim under Article I, Section 20 or that claim failed because, as shown below,
Remand Condition One has a rational basis. See, infra, at 89.
Applicant also appeared to believe that she was denied a privilege or immunity as an individual
which Tigard grants to other citizens. Under those circumstances, Applicant was required to show
that Tigard applied the law in an arbitrary or haphazard manner. D. Schuman, supra, 13 VT. L. REV.
at 245. As shown below, however, Tigard did not apply its land use laws in such a manner, but
imposed similar conditions in similar cases. See, infra, at 89. Therefore, her claim under Article I,
Section 20 failed.
2. Applicant Did Not Show That Remand Condition One Violated the Equal
Protection Clause
The Supreme Court of the United States has established three levels of review to be applied
when a regulation is challenged under the Equal Protection Clause, referred to as "strict scrutiny,"
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"intermediate review," and "rational basis," respectively. Strict scrutiny applies where the state
'discriminates against a class based on race, religion, legitimacy or, possibly, some other immutable
characteristic ("suspect classifications"). The Court applies intermediate review when a law draws
distinctions similar to those triggering strict scrutiny, such as sex ("intermediate classifications").
Finally, the rational basis test applies to classifications not based on suspect or intermediate
classifications. That final set of classifications includes any created by Remand Condition One,
because Applicant has not shown--and cannot show-that the city is requiring Remand Condition One
based on a classification such as race or sex.
Under the Equal Protection Clause, Council could find Remand Condition One to be valid if
the city "could rationally have decided' the measure adopted might achieve a legitimate objective.
Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery, 449 U.S. 456, 466 (1981) (emphasis in original); see also
Medford Assembly of God v City of Medford, 72 Or. App. 333, 339, 695 P.2d 1379 (1984)
("selective enforcement of an ordinance violates equal protection `only if there is no rational basis to
justify the selective enforcement"') (quoting City of Eugene v. Crooks, 55 Or. App. 351, 354, 637
P.2d 1350 (1981), rev. denied 292 Or. 772 (1982)); Wagner v Marion County, 15 Or. LUBA 260,
272 (1985) ("[U]nequal application of the law is not by itself a constitutional violation. The
complaining party must establish intentional or purposeful discrimination, i.e., that the has been
singled out based on an unjustifiable standard such as race, religion, or other arbitrary classification.
Unless such suspect classes are involved, the equal protection clause is violated only if there is no
rational basis to justify the selective application of the ordinance."). Applicant apparently believed
that Remand Condition One offended this standard for two reasons. First, she claimed that upland
owners were not required to make similar dedications for flood and drainage control. Second, she
claimed that other Tigard developers had not been required to make similar dedications for
transportation infrastructure. However, her claims were without any foundation.
In an attempt to establish her equal protection claims, Applicant submitted several cases
decided by the city around the time of the September `91 Approval. She argued that the city had
imposed different drainage and traffic dedications in those cases, proving, she claimed, that the city
had improperly discriminated against her.
Council had to admit to some confusion about this argument and to what Applicant expected
from the city. In making her takings argument, Applicant emphasized that the Takings Clause
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required Council to make an individualized determination whether the impacts of her project justified
the exactions called for in Remand Condition One. Not surprisingly, such an approach leads to
somewhat different conditions in different cases. However, in making her equal protection argument,
Applicant criticized the city for allowing such differences to exist. Applying her wooden equal
protection approach-requiring all cases to be treated identically--would lead to the absurd result that
any decision satisfying the Takings Clause would be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause and
vice versa. Council did not believe the law to require such a result. Instead, Council found that
differences arising because of factual distinctions between cases were rationally based because such
results were necessary to meet the requirements of the Takings Clause, a legitimate government
objective. Therefore, the premise underlying Applicant's equal protection 'argument failed and along
with it, her entire argument.
Although Applicant's equal protection claims were wholly invalid because of her faulty
premise, Council nevertheless reviewed the specific cases she introduced in support of her claim.
Each of those cases involved an upland property owner, and in each the city did impose conditions
differing in specifics from Remand Condition One. However, those differences were not sufficient
to establish a claim.
Interestingly, Applicant omitted from her submission the case decided by the city most closely
resembling the present. SDR 89-21, George Morland Plumbing, involved site development review
for a plumbing business also bordering Fanno Creek. The city required dedication of the floodplain
and a bike path area, it required the developer to build the path, and it also required a half-street
improvement, which included storm drainage improvements. CR 00746. Thus, based on almost
identical facts, Tigard imposed exactions very similar to those in Remand Condition One. If anything,
they were more extensive.
To escape the fact that Tigard ha.- treated similarly situated land owners similarly, Applicant
in her later submissions claimed that Tigard created two classes of landowners: Plumbing stores next
to the creek and upland developments. She alleged that Tigard discriminated between these two
classes by putting more significant drainage and traffic requirements on developments next to the
creek than were imposed on upstream land owners.
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With regard to drainage, Applicant's claim was meritless because any distinctions drawn in
Aft the cases had a rational basis. As a general matter, the city had a rational basis to treat riparian
owners differently than those in the upland areas, as explained by the Floodplain Managers
Association: "Developments near the floodplain have unique impacts that differentiate them from
upland developments. They result in "increased exposure to flooding caused by development near
the existing 100 year floodplain, which, absent structural improvements to the flood channel, would
be exposed to flooding in the future." CR 01295.
[Applicant's] claim that the easement dedication condition does not relate to
impacts of [Applicant's] development requires that [the city] ignore the distinction
between property in or adjacent to floodplains and property that itself is at no risk of
flooding. The floodplain easement dedication was designed to address the increased
property damage likely to result from [Applicant's] expanded development in a
floodprone area. To address that problem, Tigard undertook in large part at public
expense to improve the flood carrying capacity of the original 100 year channel.
Although [Applicant] and other floodplain landowners were required to donate the
property, the City picked up the substantial expense of the channelization work itself.
CR 01298.
In addition to this general justification, Council's investigation of the facts of each case
submitted by Applicant showed that dedications for drainage and traffic were required. Although
different in kind from those required here, the dedications were proportional in magnitude. For
example, in several of the cases the city required dedication and construction of half-street
improvements. Such improvements mitigate for traffic impacts and also contribute to the city's
drainage system. See, infra, note 40.39 Moreover, they are much more expensive than the
39 Council found that it was not proper to impose a requirement for a half-street improvement here for the
following reasons, which it first described in the September `91 Approval:
A 1986 engineering study of the condition of S. W. Main Street recommends that the
pavement be completely reconstructed and that the storm drainage system be replaced. It appears to
be impractical to perform the proposed reconstruction of Main Street in a piecemeal fashion on a lot-
by-lot basis; instead, thz reconstruction needs to occur in larger segments beginning at Fanno Creek
Bridge and working uphill. Therefore, we do not propose that any reconstruction of Main Street be
required as a condition of approval of this development proposal.
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dedications called for in Remand Condition One.` Council's reasoning and justification for the
conditions in each case is set out in tabular form in Appendix Two to this Exhibit A. Because
Applicant was not required to make dedications and improvements more extensive those required in
her example cases, no violation of equal protection occurred.. The city had a rational basis for
distinguishing the exactions from those imposed here based on the facility needs and geographical
location of the developments. Cf. Seto v Tri-CounlyMetropoditan Transp. Dist. of Oregon, 311 Or.
CR 01024 (citing recommendations of City Engineering Division). This observation rebuts Applicant's argument that
Council should not compare the half-street dedications called for in other cases and the floodplain and pathway
easements called for in Remand Condition One. She claimed that the comparison would be invalid because such
improvements had already been installed next to the Property. However, the record did not show that she had paid for
those improvements, they were not required as part of this decision, and their cost would have been equal to or greater
than the easements required of her. See, infra, note 40. Furthermore, the city decided that restoration of the
improvements on Main Street should not be done by exactions. Tigard will pay for any such improvements. Thus,
Council found the street and drainage improvements called for in the other cases to be similar or greater in magnitude
than the exactions called for in Remand Condition One.
40 The following testimony from Mr. Berry supported this conclusion:
In addition, I do not agree with the applicant's characterization of this
effect as 'creating surplus capacity.' The intent of Comprehensive Plan Policies
7.1.2(a) and 7.2.1(c) is to provide a complete drainage system by requiring each
applicant to provide a portion of the system with adequate capacity to convey the
upstream flood waters.
This is most commonly accomplished by dedicating additional
right-of-way along street frontages and installing drains. Therefore, development
throughout the City is required to provide adequate facilities for the conveyance of
drainage.
The condition proposed in this case is no different. The applicant is
simply being asked to dedicate an easement for a drainageway which is open and
not part of a half-street improvement. Similar requirements are imposed by the
City's Master Plan on developments that include open channels such as
drainageways and creeks: 'structural and non-structural programs necessary to
reduce damages to the 100 year flood to an acceptable level.'
Since full street improvements along applicant's Main Street frontage,
including drainage, were previously installed, additional improvements and
dedication are not now being required. Had the applicant been required to provide
these improvements, the drainage components (curbs and 3 ains) would cost
anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000.
CR 00056; see also CR 00084 ("The cost for half street improvements is approximately $150 to $200 per lineal foot of
street frontage.")
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REM
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456, 466-67, 814 P.2d 1060 (1991) (upholding classifications based on geographic location where
they had a rational basis).
Applicant's final argument concerning equal protection was an allegation that she had been
discriminated against because Council approached this remand proceeding with a more thorough
review than in earlier cases. She cited, for example, the use Council made of the WTIF and argued
that such a use had never been made before. Council, frankly, found her argument to be incredible
and almost frivolous. The United States Supreme Court had never imposed the rough proportionality
requirement before it made its decision in this case. Furthermore, earlier cases decided by the Oregon
courts indicated that the process Tigard used in making the September `91 Approval, which was like
the process used in Applicant's example cases, did satisfy the Takings Clause. Thus, it is not
surprising that Council applied a different and more involved approach to these remand proceedings
`chair the city had taken in earlier cases. Council could not accept Applicant's claim that the procedure
she demanded in the United States Supreme Court violated the Equal Protection Clause merely
because her's was the first case to which that procedure applied.
L THE PROCEDURE USED IN ADOPTING REMAND CONDITION ONE DID NOT
OFFEND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNrrED STATES
Applicant asserted that Council could not give Applicant a fair hearing because Applicant had
sued the city in Circuit Court. However, it was Applicant who introduced facts concerning the
Circuit Court case in this matter, and it was Applicant's attorney who solicited a settlement discussion
with Council during the Remand Hearings. Furthermore, it was Applicant who initiated the Circuit
Court case. The upshot of the bias claim would be to disqualify Council from exercising its land use
authority whenever an applicant brought an action against the city. For these reasons, any claim that
discussion of the lawsuit in these proceedings indicates bias is without merit.
In addition, each member of Council considered whether he or she could render a fair decision
in this matter in light of Applicant's law suit. Each found that he or she could and would separate
the two matters when making this decision. Council thus found that these remand proceedings did
not deny due process to Applicant.
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REM
IV. CONCLUSION
Council found that Tigard had presented evidence satisfying the rough proportionality test of
Dolan IT It therefore found it appropriate to impose Remand Condition One to mitigate for the
flood, drainage, and traffic impacts of Applicant's project. Although most of the other arguments
raised by Applicant were not before Council, Council nevertheless considered their merits. It found
them to have none. Thus Council entered its Final Order imposing Remand Condition One.
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Appendix One - Evidence in Record
Item o. Descet on Page- No.
1 Council Agenda Item Summary, Agenda Item dated CR 1-5
10;10/95
2 Continuation of Public Hearing (8/29/95)
Council Agenda Item Summary, Agenda Item 6 CR 6
dated 8/29/95 (Exhibit 82)
® Letter to City Council from John Shonkwiler re CR 7
Request to Strike Exhibits dated 8/26/95
(Exhibit 83)CR 7
A Letter to William Monahan from Timothy Ramis re CR 8-9
Request to Strike Exhibits dated 8/21/95
(Exhibit 84)
® Supplemental Staff Report dated 8/16/95 CR 10-19
(Exhibit 85)
® Applicant's 8/16/95 Memorandum (Exhibit 86) CR 20-39
4 Supplemental Staff Report dated 8/2/95 CR 40-lG2
w/exhibits 1-11 (Exhibit 87 )
® Applicant's 8/2/95 Memorandum (Exhibit 88) CR 103-121
0 Affidavit of Dan Dolan received 8/2/95 (Exhibit 89) CR 122-144
® Memorandum from Dick Woelk to John Shonkwiler CR 145-147
dated 8/1/95 (Exhibit 90)
Memorandum from Cathy Wheatley to file re CR 151-150
6/27/95 and 7/18/95 Transcripts (Exhibit 91)
3 Continuation of Public Hearing (7/18/95)
® Council Agenda Item Summary, Agenda Item 5 CR 151-152
dated 7/18/95 (Exhibit 40)
® Draft transcript of 6/27/95 public hearing CR 153-201
(Exhibit 41)
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kew Eq. DgEcn-Ffion Page No.
0 Copies of slides presented by the City Attorney at CR 202-216
6/27/95 public hearing (Exhibit 42)
0 Letter to City Council from John Shonkwiler dated CR 217-237
7/9/95 w/exhibit (Exhibit 43)
0 Letter to John Shonkwiler from Richard Woelk CR 238-256
imam dated 6/27/95 w/attachments (Exhibit 44)
0 Letter to City Council from John LeCavalier, CR 257-267
President of Friends of Fanno Creek, dated 6/29/95
w/"From Rooftop to River" article and "Courts
Reject Wetlands Takings" article (Exhibit 45)
® Memorandum of Dolan/A-Boy Inc. w/exhibits A-L CR 268-434
submitted 6/27/95 (Exhibit 46)
0 Memorandum from Cathy Wheatley to Bill CR 435-436
Monahan re past Council and Planning Commission
meetings dated 7/10/95 (Exhibit 47)
0 Supplemental Staff Report dated 7/11/95 CR 437-454
(Exhibit 48)
0 Memorandum to City Council from Timothy Ramis CR 455-462
dated 7/13/95 (Exhibit 49)
0 Letter to City Council from Loreta Pickerell, Vice CR 463
President of STOP, dated 7/18/95 (Exhibit 50)
® Memo to Tim Ramis from Greg Berry dated CR 464
7/18/95 (Exhibit 51)
® Letter to City Council from Brian Martin dated CR 465
7/18/95 (Exhibit 52)
® Letter to City Council from Marti McCausland CR 466
dated 7/18/95 (Exhibit 53)
♦ Letter to City Council from Jeff Paine (Exhibit 54) CR 467
0 Letter to City Council from Dan Velasquez dated CR 468
7/17/95 (Exhibit 55)
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Item o. Description a e o.
® List of exhibits submitted by Timothy Ramis for CR 469
7/18/95 continued hearing w/notes by James
Coleman
® Unified Sewerage Agency Resolution and Order CR 470-625
No. 91-47 (Exhibit 56)
Unified Sewerage Agency Resolution and Order CR 626-678
No. 93-33 (Exhibit 57)
4 Unified Sewerage Agency - Water Quality and CR 679-715
Detention Facilities System Development Charge \
Improvement FEI Cost Analysis dated 6/5/91
(Exhibit 5.8)
® US Supreme Court Brief for petitioner in Dolan v. CR 716-745
City of Tigard (Exhibit 59)
® Notice of decision Site Development Review, CR 746-753
SDR. 89-21, George Morland Plumbing (Exhibit 60)
® Site Development Review Application (SDR 91- CR 754-755
0005), Joseph Mendez, applicant (Exhibit 61)
® Memorandum to file from Dick Bewersdorff dated CR 756
6/26/95 (Exhibit 62)
® A-Boy Stores advertisements from the Hillsboro CR 757-769
Argus and Oregonian newspapers (Exhibit 63)
® A-Boy Stores Yellow Pages advertisement CR 770-771
(Exhibit 64)
® Memorandum from Jay Featherston to Frank CR 772-775
Hammond dated 7/5/95 (Exhibit 65)
® Memorandum from Rick Walker and David Pietka CR 776
to Pamela Beery dated 7/10/95 (Exhibit 66)
List of maps retained by the City until time of oral CR 777
argument under OAR 661.-10-025(2) (Exhibits 67-
75 and 79)
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Memorandum to File from Tim McGuire dated CR 778-780
7/17/95 (Exhibit 76)
® Memorandum to file from Dave Larson dated CR 781-783
7/17/95 (Exhibit 77)
® Copies of slides presented by Tim Ramis at 7/18/95 CR 784-798
hearing (slides have been retained by City until time
of oral argument under. OAR 661-10-025(2))
(Exhibit 78)
® Testimony of Charles Swindells on behalf of 1000 CR 799-800
Friends of Oregon dated 7/18/95 (Exhibit 80)
4 Letter to City Council from John Shonkwiler dated CR 801-805
7/18/95 w/three color photos (Exhibit 81)
4 Public Hearing - Remand of Conditions Related to
Dolan/A-Boy - SDR 91-0005/Var 91-0010 (6/27/95)
Council Agenda Item Summary, Agenda Item 5, CR 806
dated 6/27/95 (Exhibit 1)
® Memorandum to City Council and City CR 807
Administrator from Pamela Beery dated 6/20/95
(Exhibit 2)
® Staff Report to City Council from Planning CR 808-820
Department dated 6/20/95 (Exhibit 3)
® Exhibit list for 6/20/95 staff report (Exhibit 4) CR 821
® Partial transcript of US Supreme Court Case CR 822-823
(Exhibit 3, staff report) (Exhibit 5)
US Supreme Court Opinion, Dolan v. City of CR 824-839
Tigard (Exhibit 4, staff report) (Exhibit 6)
0 Notice of Public Hearing for 4/25/95 remand CR 840-841
hearing (Exhibit 5, staff report) (Exhibit 7)
® Applicant's Request for Continuance dated 4/17/95 CR 842-844
and 5/10/95 (Exhibit 6 staff report) (Exhibit 8)
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Berm o. .Description Pape- No.
Amicus Brief. Association of State Floodplain CR 845-846
Managers, pages 12-13 (Exhibit 7, staff report)
(Exhibit 9)
® Drainage Impact Study prepared by Tim McGuire CR 847-879
dated 6/20/95 (Exhibit 8, staff report) (Exhibit 10)
Appraisal of Proposed Bike Path and Flood Control CR 880-926
Easements dated 5/3/95 (Exhibit 9, staff report)
(Exhibit 11)
® "Private Provision of Public Pedestrian and Bicycle CR 927-930
Access Ways" article by Prof. Arthur Nelson,
pages 11-13 (Exhibit 10, staff report) (Exhibit 12)
® Transportation Impacts Study by David Larson CR 931-933
dated 6/16/95 (Exhibit 11, staff report) (Exhibit 13)
® Washington County Traffic Impact Fee Ordinance CR 934-982
w/related schedules and reports (Exhibit 12, staff
report) (Exhibit 14)
® Notice of Final Order and Resolution Adopting CR 983-1011
Final Order dated 9/17/91 (Exhibit 15)
® Memorandum to Cathy Wheatley from Ty Wyman CR 1012-1014
dated 6/27/95 w/easement map (Exhibit 16)
Site Plans - 8 sheets of plans (Exhibit 17) CR 1015
Large map of site illustrating easements (Exhibit 18) CR 1016
® List of exhibits submitted by Timothy Ramis for CR 1017
6/27/95 hearing w/notes by Pamela Beery
® Notice of Final Order and Resolution Adopting CR 1018-1046
Final Order dated 9/17/91 (Exhibit 19)
® Memorandum to Cathy Wheatley from Ty Wyman CR 1047-1049
dated 6/27/95 w/easement map (Exhibit 20)
0 Article by John Vance in Selected Studies in CR 1050-1071
Highway Law, Vol. 2 (Exhibit 21)
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♦ LUTRAQ Study, "The Pedestrian Environm.ent," CR 1072-1125
dated 12/93 (Exhibit 22)
♦ National Flood Insurance Program Flood Insurance CR 1126-1127
Rate Map (1982) (Exhibit 23)
♦ Letter to Mayor Nicoli from Andrea Ferster, CR 1128-1162
General Counsel for the Rails to Trails conservancy,
dated 6/26/95 (Exhibit 24)
♦ * LUBA Record for Dolan v. City of Tigard, LUBA CR 1163
No. 90-029 (Exhibit 25)
LUBA Record for Dolan v. City of Tigard, LUBA CR 1164
No. 91-161 (Exhibit 26)
♦ Brief for respondent, Dolan v. City of Tigard, US CR 1165-1264
Supreme Court (Exhibit 27)
♦ Copies of slides presented by Tim Ramis at 6/27/95 CR 1265-1279
hearing (slides have been retained by the City until
time of oral argument under OAR 661-10-025(2))
(Exhibit 28)
♦ Amicus Brief. Association of State Floodplain CR 1280-1301
Managers, Dolan v. City of Tigard, US Supreme
Court (Exhibit 29)
♦ Amicus Brief: Rails to Trails Conservancy, et al, CR 1302-1320
Dolan v. City of Tigard, US Supreme Court
(Exhibit 30)
♦ "Private. Provision of Public Pedestrian and Bicycle CR 1321-1353
Access Ways," article by Prof. Arthur Nelson
(Exhibit 31)
Tigard Comprehensive Plan w/Pedestrian/Bicycle CR 1354
Plan, Master Drainage Plan, Parks Master Plan,
Parks Improvement Program, and Tigard Park Plan
(Exhibit 32)
♦ Letters to John Shonkwiler from Timothy Ramis CR 1355-1357
dated 4/19/91 and 4/20/95 (Exhibit 33)
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Four traffic studies for Beaverton, Vancouver, CR 1358-1377
Hillsboro, and Tigard A-Boy Stores w/letter to John
Shonkwiler from Richard Woelk dated 6/27/95
(Exhibit 34)
Memorandum of Dolan/A-Boy, Inc., CR 1378-1542
w/exhibits A-I. submitted 6/27/95 (Exhibit 35)
4 Letter to City Council from David Smith dated CR 1543-1546
6/27/95 (Exhibit 36)
® Memorandum to Cathy Wheatley from Ty Wyman CR 1547-1549
dated 6/27/95 OExhibit 37)
A Memorandum to file re Dolan telephone calls CR 1550
(Exhibit 38)
® "Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management CR 1551-1552
Into the 21st Century," Report Abstract dated 6/94
(Exhibit 39)
Slides presented by Jim Hendryx at the 6/27/95 CR 1553
hearing
*These items have been retained by the City until time of oral argument under
OAR 661-10-025(2).
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APPENDIX TWO:
Ask EQUAL PROTECTIONA1lrALYSIS
OF CASES CITED DI'APPLICAIVT
Case Applicant's Allegation Response
SDR 91-0002 "The City approved the construction of a new Although the City did not exact a pathway in
commercial buildings [sic] of 8,000 sq. ft. this case, it required transportation
Standard street frontage dedication was required improvements in the form of dedication of
In addition, no traffic impact costs were assessed street frontage and sidewalk improvements.
to SDR 91-0002 in excess of the required TIF Those requirements were not put on
fees. As in the Dolan application, sidewalks are Applicant. Instead, Applicant was required
required from the building to the street frontage to dedicate land for the pathway. The
and along the street frontage. However, in direct Supreme Court requires that all dedications
contrast with the requirements for the Dolans, this be individualized determinations. Moreover,
applicant did not have to dedicate or be assessed an individualized interpretation necessarily
for storm water drainage (the requirements for results from any quasi-judicial process.
water quality are a different subject and ordinance There, street exactions were imposed. In the
restriction). The stormwater was allowed to run Dolan case, the city imposed a pathway
into an existing storm line in 72nd Ave. This exaction. Both developments were thus
storm line, in turn, flows into the Fanno Creek required to mitigate for traffic impacts, but
drainage system. Similarly, there is no mention of through different methods.
a requirement for additional transportation costs
related to an alleged 68% unreimbursed costs In SDR 91-0002 the City found that the
[sic] in excess of the required TIF fee." central storm drain probably was sufficient to
handle runoff from the site. The City
imposed a condition requiring applicant to
"demonstrate that storm drainage runoff can
be discharged into existing drainageways
without significantly impacting properties
downstream." That is the same burden that
the city placed on Applicant. Moreover, the
property is not located on the creek.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the City
imposed a different drainage requirement on
this applicant.
Applicant's argument concerning imposition
of a fee in excess of the WTIF fee is a red
herring. Here, the City is not attempting to
impose such a fee on Applicant. Instead, it is
using the WTIF methodology to decide rough
proportionality in accordance with the
requirements created by the Supreme Court.
It did not apply such a methodology in its
earlier cases because the existence of rough
proportionality was not an issue.
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Case Applicant's Allegation Response
SDR 91-0007 "The City approved the construction of a two [sic] Applicant incorrectly asserts that no
MLP 91-0004 new industrial buildings totaling 112,960 sq. ft. dedication was required in SDR 91-0007.
A sidewalk was required along the street frontage. The City required a sidewalk along the street
No Dedications [sic] nor any street construction frontage. No similar dedication was required
costs were required of the applicant. In addition, of Applicant. Instead, they were required to
no traffic impact costs were assessed to SDR 91- dedicate the pathway.
0007 in excess of the required TIF fees."
Applicant's argument concerning imposition
of a fee in excess of the WTIF fee is a red
herring. Here, the City is not attempting to
impose such a fee on Applicant. Instead, it is
using the WTIF methodology to decide rough
proportionality in accordance with the
requirements created by the Supreme Court.
It did not apply such a methodology in its
earlier cases because the existence of rough
proportionality was not an issue.
SDR 91-0004 "The City approved the construction of a new Applicant ignores that the City did require a
commercial buildings [sic] in the Central dedication of a street frontage and
Business District in the Action Area overlay zone improvement. The City did not place such a
(same as the Dolan property designations). requirement on Applicant. Instead, it
Standard street frontage dedication and required dedication of the path. Although
improvement were required In addition, no different mitigation methods were required in
traffic impact costs were assessed to SDR 91- the cases, the purpose of each dedication was
0004 in excess of the required TIF fees. In deed to mitigate for traffic impacts.
[sic], the actual trip generation of a same or
similar use was specifically identified as Applicant's argument concerning imposition
acceptable for calculating the TIF fees. There is of a fee in excess of the WTIF fee is a red
no mention of a requirement for additional herring. Here, the City is not attempting to
transportation costs related to an alleged 68% impose such a fee on Applicant. Instead, it is
unreimbursed costs in excess of the required TIF using the WTIF methodology to decide rough
fee." (Emphasis in original.) proportionality in accordance with the
requirements created by the Supreme Court.
It did not apply such a methodology in its
earlier cases because the existence of rough
proportionality was not an issue.
Applicant's argument concerning use of
actual trip generation is misleading in that it
implies the City is applying a different
standard here. Until the Remand Hearings in
this matter Applicant did not argue that the
City should use actual trip counts in
estimating the WTIF. In the earlier
decisions, the City used the ITEIVanual, a
decision that was not appealed or disputed.
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Case Applicant's A.llegadon Response
SDR 91-0011 "The City approved the construction of a new Applicant ignores that the City did require
commercial building. A sidewalk was required dedication of half street improvements
from the street frontage to the building being including sidewalks and curbs. The City did
constructed No additional transportation impact not place such a requirement on Applicant
costs were assessed to the property other than the Instead, it required dedication of the path.
street frontage dedication and improvements (as Although different mitigation methods were
was already dedicated and improved at the required in the cases, the purpose of each
Dolans' property). In addition, no traffic impact dedication was to mitigate for traffic impacts.
costs were assessed to SDR 91-001 1 in excess of
the required TIF fees." The City also required the applicant to
demonstrate "that storm drainage and runoff
can be discharged into the existing
drainageways without significantly impacting
properties downstream."
Applicant's argument concerning imposition
of a fee in excess of the WTIF fee is a red
herring. Here, the City is not attempting to
impose such a fee on Applicant. Instead, it is
using the WTIF methodology to decide rough
proportionality in accordance with the
requirements created by the Supreme Court.
It did not apply such a methodology in its
earlier cases because the existence of rough
proportionality was not an issue.
SDR 91-0016 "The City approved this commercial use Applicant ignores that the City did require a
(conversion from a lesser residential use) and only dedication of a street right-of-way. The City
required the dedication of widening the street did not place such a requirement on
frontage and bringing a sidewalk from the street Applicant. Instead, it required dedication of
frontage to the building. Similarly, the City the path. Although different mitigation
required the Dolans to bring the sidewalk from methods were required in the cases, the
the street frontage to their proposed building (the purpose of each dedication was to mitigate
widening of the frontage street had already been for traffic impacts.
accomplished). However, the City also required
an additional transportation impact costs [sic] in Applicant's argument concerning imposition
excess of TIF fees by requiring the Dolans to of a fee in excess of the WTIF fee is a red
dedicate . , pathway in the rear of the building. In herring. Here, the City is not attempting to
addition, no traffic impact costs were assessed to impose such a fee on Applicant. Instead, it is
SDR 91-0016 in excess of the required TIF fees." using the WTIF methodology to decide rough
proportionality in accordance with the
requirements created by the Supreme Court.
It did not apply such a methodology in its
earlier cases because the existence of rough
proportionality was not an issue.
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Case Applicant's Allegation Response
SDR 91-0017 "The Tigard Pedestrian/Bicycle Pathway Plan The City required dedication of right-of-way
requires a pathway along Hall Boulevard and along Hall and Burnham streets. The City
Burnham Street at this location. However, the found that no justification existed to exact
City does not require both a pedestrian/bicycle additional water quantity facilities because
pathway and a frontage street sidewalk as was existing storm drains were adequate to
required of the Dolans. In addition, no traffic handle runoff from the propeaty. The City
impact costs were assessed to this development in required the dedication of right of way as
excess of the required TIF fees." adequate mitigation of traffic impacts, just as
in this case it required dedication of the
pathway as mitigation for traffic impacts.
Here, Applicant was not required to dedicate
right of way. The conditions require only
that they repair damaged sidewalks and
curbs.
SDR 91-0019 "The City approved an expansion of an existing The City did require a dedication and
commercial office building that would generate construction of a sidewalk. The City delayed
additional traffic. The City only required the requirement of construction of the the
construction of a sidewalk along the frontage of sidewalk to allow that work to be coordinated
the property for pedestrian/bicycle traffic impacts. with similar construction required of
In fact, the City allowed the landowner to delay neighboring developments. The City did not
constructing any portion of the sidewalk until it place such a requirement on Applicant
was ready to develop the remainder of its Instead, it required dedication of the path. It
property. In addition, no traffic impact costs were is worth noting that the City is not requiring
assessed to SDR 91-0019 in excess of the Applicant to build the pathway. Although
required TIF fees." different mitigation methods were required in
the cases, the purpose of each dedication was
to mitigate for traffic impacts.
Applicant's argsment concerning imposition
of a fee in excess of the WTIF fee is a red
herring. Here, the City is not attempting to
impose such a fee on Applicant. Instead, it is
using the WTIF methodology to decide rough
proportionality in accordance with the
requirements created by the Supreme Court.
It did not apply such a methodology in its
earlier cases because the existence of rough
proportionality was not an issue.
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Case Applicant's Allegation Response
SL'R 91-0020 "The City approved this expansion of a The City had good reasons for not requiring
commercial building that involved an additional transportation dedications in SDR 91-0020.
67,000 square feet in building size. Additional At the time of the expmsion considered in
traffic would be generated from this increased the application, the City had already
size. the City noted that the applicant was a identified a need for street and transportation
participant in a public facilities study for the area improvements in the area. As found in the
and therefore did not require any additional decision, those improvements were needed
transportation-related conditions of approval. No regardless of any increase in traffic that
condition of approval was imposed to require the approval of the application would cause.
applicant to participate in any public facilities, Furthermore, the City found that no
including transportation facilities, that would be improvements proportional to the impacts of
deemed necessary by the identified study. In the the expansion were possible. Therefore,
addition, no traffic impact costs were assessed to the City found that it did not have any basis
this development in excess of the required TIF justifiying the imposition of transportation
exactions on the facts of the specific case. It
also noted that the applicant was committed
to assiting with traffic improvements in the
future.
Applicant's argument concerning imposition
of a fee in excess of the WTIF fee is a red
herring. Here, the City is not attempting to
impose such a fee on Applicant. Instead, it is
using the WTIF methodology to decide rough
proportionality in accordance with the
requirements created by the Supreme Court.
It did not apply such a methodology in its
earlier cases because the existence of rough
proportionality was not an issue.
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AGENDA ITEM #
For Agenda of October 24, 1995
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE Zone Chancre Annexation ZCA 95-0004
PREPARED BY: Ray Valone DEPT HEAD OK i CITY ADMIN OK
ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
Should the City Council forward to the Portland Metropolitan Area Local
Government Boundary Commission a request to initiate annexation of one parcel
consisting of 0.53 acres located at the southwest corner of SW Gaarde Street
and SW 114th Avenue?
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the attached resolution and ordinance to forward the annexation request
to the Boundary Commission and to assign a zone designation to the property
in conformance with the city comprehensive plan.
INFORMATION SUMMARY
he proposed annexation consists of territory comprised of one parcel of
and, totaling 0.53 acres, which is contiguous to the City of Tigard. The
applicants -request annexation in order to be eligible for sanitary sewer
service and to partition their land. Because the territory is located within
Tigard's active planning area and has already been assigned a comprehensive
plan designation of Low Density Residential, the City Council only need
assign a Tigard zone designation to the property. Attached is a resolution
initiating annexation and an ordinance to change the zone designation from
Washington County R-5 to Tigard R-4.5.
OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
Deny the request.
FISCAL NOTES
Since the territory is within Tigard's active planning area, the city is
responsible for the Boundary Commission application fee of $225.
Agenda Item No. ~r
PARKS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGE COMPARISON Meeting of
FOR METRO AREA CITIES
January 1995
Single Multi-
C-t Family/unit Family/unit Other
Wilsonville $ 1,965 $ 1,494 nonresidential:
$51/employee
West Linn 1,809 1,194 none
2,075 Active 1,370
Planning Area
Tualatin 1,400 1,400 none
Lake Oswego 1,164 818 none
Tigard (proposed) (1,050 detached) (540) (manufactured homes:
(660 attached) $740/unit in a park;
$1,050/unit on a single
tan lot
non-residential:
$49/employee)
Milwaukie 950 620 manufactured homes:
$600/unit in a park;
$950/unit on a single
Aft tax lot
Sherwood 841 841 none
Hillsboro 786 786 non-residential:
590 in PUD $131/parking space for
commercial and industrial;
$98/parking space for
commercial and industrial
in PUD
Oregon City 750 500 none
Gresham 630 630 none
Forest Grove 500 500 none
Tigard (existing) 500 300 manufactured homes:
$250/unit in a park;
$500/unit in a single
tax lot
Beaverton (see below)
Notes: Beaverton does not impose a parks SDC. Thal city is wholly located within they boundaries of the Tualatin Hills Park and
Recreation District, which is supported by an annual assessment on all (existing and new) residential development. Like Beaverton,
Alk Washington County does not collect a parks SDC, becausr., it does not provide park services. Unlike Beaverton, only a relatively
small portion of the unincorporated area is served by the recreation district, which is the only one of its kind in the county.
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Agenda Item No. !Z
Meeting of 1 1a414ss
STAFF RESPONSE TO THE CHAMBER LETTER
Question # 1. Recent changes in the state statutes regarding SDCs have severely limited
the use of those funds, which would appear to mean that more of "Tigard's existing park
SDC funds will be available for park acquisition." Is there any analysis on record that
shows the present ordinance will not produce sufficient funds for the more limited
purpose of acquisition?
Response: The letter does not specify and staff is unaware of any new state-imposed
limitations on the use of park SDC funds. The reference to "recent changes" may allude to
a bill introduced in the 1995 legislative session that would have removed the authority of
local jurisdictions to establish park SDCs. However, this bill did not .pass, but instead died
in committee. An agenda item (number 7.1) companion to the park SDC resolution
incorporates changes necessary due to the 1993 legislature. These changes are minor and
do not limit the use of park SDC funds to land acquisition.
With regard to the question of whether the present SDC fee structure would provide
adequate funds for the "more limited purpose of acquisition", the answer would seem to be
yes. Based on the cost figures presented in the study, it appears that the present SDCs
would provide roughly enough funds for this purpose.
Together, the proposed SDCs are somewhat more than double the existing SDCs. According
Ach. to the SDC study, to maintain present service levels, approximately half the SDC revenues
would be programmed for land acquisition and half for improvements. Therefore, with a
modest upward revision (on the order of 5%), the existing SDCs would provide enough
funds for land acquisition.
This level of funding would not maintain the current level of park services, however, which
is defined as including both land acquisition and development.
Question #2. For years, the businesses in this community have paid artificially high
garbage collection rates to subsidize the cost to residential customers. The Council is
beginning to recognize and rectify that subsidy. This is no time to impose a like subsidy.
Response: The study estimates that it costs $389 to provide park land acquisition and
development services for each new person added to the City (which equates to $1,050 for
a single family residence) and $49 for every new employee who works in the City. The
proposed SDC fees reflect these estimates of relative costs.
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Question #3. The study commissioned by the city was much too limited in scope. Before
any additional development charges are imposed, some analysis should be done of all
sources of revenue for park acquisition,.development, maintenance and operations. Also, '
as was done for the Metro's second Greenspaces bond measure, the particular projects
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the City wants to fund should be identified and publicized. Only then can a reasoned
decision be made about who should pay for park acquisition.
Response: Tigard's ability to acquire, develop, and renovate park and recreation facilities
depends on funding that comes from a variety of sources. The most consistent source of
funding for parks is the SDC. The city has imposed a park SDC since 1977. Between 1989
and 1994 it generated an average of about $200,000 per year.
In 1989, Tigard voters passed a measure to establish a $1,750,000 five-year park levy.
These.funds were expended on improvements to the park system and on the development
of pathways.
Other funding sources have been grants from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department,
the U.S. Department of the Interior, and various other state and federal agencies. The
amounts have been comparatively small, ranging from $3,000 to $26,000.
The most recent funding source is the Metropolitan Service District regional greenspaces
bond measure, approved by regional voters in May 1995. This measure provides $758,000
in local share funds to Tigard. These funds may be spent only on natural area and related
acquisitions and improvements.
The amounts provided by the existing SDC are below the level of funding needed to
maintain existing service levels as the city develops. During the period 1989-1994, the
shortfall averaged $245,000 per year. The 1989 park levy and grant funding made up for
the shortfall during this period. Based on current trends, the greenspaces funds likewise will
compensate for the SDC shortfall projected for the next three years, with the qualification
that the use of greenspaces dollars is restricted to natural areas.
The purpose of the SDC on new development is to impose an equitable share of the cost
of capital facilities upon those developments that create the need for or increase the usage
of those facilities. The proposed fees reflect the full cost of providing parks to new city
residents and employees at current levels of service. it is a policy decision as to whether
these "maximum" or "full recovery" SDCs are equitable and also as to whether the primary
purpose of other funding sources should be to help maintain the existing level of service as
development occurs or to provide recreational opportunities beyond the level presently
enjoyed by those living and working in the city.
Lastly, maintenance and operation funds are provided by general fund revenues. Park SDCs,
levy funds, grants, and Greenspace funds may not be used for this purpose.
As for the identification of specific projects, in recent years several plans have been
developed that define major park projects.
The city annually adopts a seven-year capital improvement program, which identifies
specific projects and funding sources for the current fiscal year and outlines the priorities
for project funding for the next six years. The current park CIP allocates park SDC funds
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anticipated to be available under the existing fee schedule.
The Tigard Park Plan, completed in 1987 after extensive public involvement, contains a
proposed overall park system and prioritized list of improvement projects. Detailed plans
with cost figures for Tigard's three community parks, Cook, Summer Creek, and Fanno
Creek Parks, were prepared in 1988 through the collaborative efforts of the Park Board, city
staff and interested citizens. A greenway trail alignment and cost study, scheduled for
completion in early 1996, will provide technical information needed for implementation of
the greenway trail plan.
According to the city attorney, the park CIP meets the legal requirement for an adopted plan
for capital improvements financed by SDCs. Operationally, it would be desirable to have
a long term strategic plan for parks to help direct the further development of Tigard's
community recreation resources. In recognition of this, the proposed SDC factors in the cost
of master planning for park improvements.
Question # 4. A charge of $49 per employee seems all out of proportion with how much
the typical Tigard business employee will actually use a new park, especially if it is located
in a developing residential area, like Bull Mountain, far removed from new business
development. Is there any plan to acquire parks in commercial or industrial zones?
Employee use will probably be limited to an occasional walk in the park at lunch or
attendance at a company picnic, which is paid for by the business upon reservation of
facilities.
Response: Much of the proposed greenway system, mainly the Fanno Creek corridor
portion, includes land designated as commercial or industrial.
The land within the proposed boundary of Fanno Creek Park is almost entirely zoned for
commercial development. A master plan for the park was prepared in 1989 by Murase and
Associates. Exclusive of land acquisition and contingency costs, the plan calls for facilities
and site improvements costing $872,000 as of the date of the plan. According to the plan,
the development of Fanno Creek Park will provide an attractive setting for the commercial
area, making a more pleasant experience for shoppers and commercial clients.
Park reservation fees, ranging from $6 to $25 per hour, cover only a small portion of the
capital and maintenance cost of providing group reservation areas.
Question # 5. It appears the real reason to impose a park SDC on new business is that
it is an available source of revenue, since other cities impose it. The Chamber believes
it is unfair to impose such a development charge on new business simply because other
cities do it or because it will keep the cost down for other interest groups. It may be that
a thorough analysis, such as a long-term strategic plan for park development, will
demonstrate that !business should provide funding for new parks.- But the existing
evidence does not show how new business will have a significant impact on new parks or
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why new business should help pay for them.
Response: The purpose of the proposed SDC is to recoup the cost of providing new
development with park services. The SDC would be acquired from both new residential
and new non-residential development. The rationale for assessing the non-residential sector
is that park facilities are available to the employees of businesses located in Tigard as well
as to the residents of the city. The consultant developed a method of determining the
amount of park use by employees based on their available recreation time in the city. This
method rests on the assumption that people have a similar propensity to recreate. Using this
approach, the study calculated that 8% of overall park use is by employees and 92% by
residents.
STAFF RESPONSE TO THE PACTRUST LETTER.
Statement:... The response our tenants gave is not at all consistent with the data from
the 1994 reservation records which indicated that Tigard area businesses accounted for
28'0 of the usage of two of the Tigard, parks. We believe the reservation records provide
a statistical sample which is not consistent with the true profile of park use... Parks are
used most heavily by residents. Many of the employees who form the basis for an
assessment, such as the per employee assessment proposed, may also be Tigard residents.
This will tend to cause those employees who are also Tigard residents to be the source of
a disproportionate share of the park support... The assessment of a $49 per employee
charge against Tigard area businesses will have the effect of making Tigard less attractive
as a business place.
Response: The reservation records were not based on a statistical sample, but rather on a
complete count of reservation requests. These counts were cited as an example of the use
of parks by employees. They were not used as the basis for calculating fees. As described
above, according to the method used in the study, Tigard's 25,000 employees account for
8% of the use of parks, with local residents accounting for 92% of park use. In determining
available recreation time, the method took account of the 4,000 people who live and work
in the city by allocating between time spent as a resident versus time spent as an employee.
Hillsboro and Wilsonville both have expressed the view that their non-residential SDCs have
not had a braking role on commercial and industrial growth within their areas.
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October 24, 1995
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Associate Planner
City of Tigard
13125 S.W. Hall Blvd.
Tigard, OR 97223
Dear Mr. Roberts:
Re: Proposed Changes To Park System Development'Charaes
We have received your notice of public hearing to consider changes to the
system development charges for parks which will be held on October 24, 1995.
I am submitting this formal response on behalf of Pacific Realty Associates,
L.P. ("PacTrust"), and would appreciate having this response be a part of the
package of materials given the councilors for this agenda item.
We submitted a questionnaire to our tenants in our Tigard properties asking
the following questions:
1. How many employees do you have working for your company at your
Tigard location?
2. How many of the employees listed above are residents within the city
limits of Tigard?
3. In the past year has your company had an event at a Tigard park?
4. How many of your employees frequent a Tigard park on a regular basis?
Include number of employees and number of times per month.
236 surveys were sent out to our tenants and 115 were returned. We deem this
an excellent response to such a questionnaire.
The following is a summation of the response:
The first question response was 2,153 employees.
The second question response was 192 of the 2,153 employees were
residents of the city of Tigard.
The third question response was that only one company used the park
system during the past year. This company had one company function at a
Tigard park.
The fourth question response was 'that a total of 42 employees out of the
A0hk 2,153 total in the survey use the Tigard parks on a regular basis and
these employees use those parks less than once per month.
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October 17, 1995
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The statistics set forth above indicate that only 42 of the 2,153 employees
reported in the survey use the city parks and then the use is less than once
per month. This is a very low usage rate and does not justify any significant
charge for non-residential development. The response our tenant's gave is not
at all consistent with the data from the 1994 reservation records which
indicated that Tigard area businesses accounted for 289 of the usage of two of
the Tigard parks. We believe that the reservation records provide a
statistical sample which is not consistent with the true profile of park use.
The assessment of a $49.00 per employee charge against Tigard area business
will have the effect of making Tigard less attractive as a business place. If
collected from the developer of the real property the Tigard businesses
occupy, such charges will tend to cause an increase of rents in the Tigard
market place.
Parks are used most heavily by residents. Many of the employees who form the
basis for an assessment such as the per employee assessment proposed may also
be Tigard residents. This will tend to cause those employees who are also
Tigard residents to be the source of a disproportionate share of the park
support.
Please accept this letter as a strong statement against a per employee system
development charge for parks. You should vote for Option 2, the residential
Aft SDC.
We will be happy to provide copies of the actual responses to our
questionnaire if you would find them helpful.
Sincerely
TPACI:F C REA SO TES, L.P.
Richard P. Buono
Vice President
cc: Peter F. Bechen
David W. Ramus
Wiitala Management Company
AGENDA ITEM #
For Agenda of October 24, 1995
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE Triangle Design Guideline Study
PREPARED BY: Ray Valone DEPT HEAD OK !L~ CITY ADMIN OK
ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
Discussion and update of design guideline study for Triangle. This is not an
action item.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the council direct staff to pursue the design guideline
study through the work program outlined in the attached memo.
INFORMATION SUMMARY
As part of its decision to deny Comprehensive Plan Amendment /Zone Change CPA
94-0002/ZON 94-0002 in January of this year, the council directed staff to
propose design standards for the triangle. Since that time, preliminary work
n this project has been completed. Staff has held a design features
Workshop, reviewed the Tigard Triangle Specific Plan recommendations and
analyzed the Transportation Planning Rule requirements in order to obtain
information that will be useful in developing design standards.
Please see the attached memo for an update of this work and recommendations
on how to proceed with the project.
OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
Direct staff to cease the study.
FISCAL NOTES
There is no additional cost to the city, as the project is already part of
the department's work schedule.
MEMORA14DUM
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TO: City Council
FROM: Jim Hendryx and Ray Valone
DATE: October 24, 1995
SUBJECT: DESIGN GUIDELINE CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRIANGLE
As part of its decision to deny a comprehensive plan amendment and
zone change for 46 acres in the triangle last January, the council
directed staff to propose design standards for commercial
development in the triangle. This memo updates the work staff has
undertaken to date and offers recommendations for council
consideration.
Staff has approached the design study by reviewing the Triangle
Specific Plan, holding a design features workshop and analyzing the
requirements of the Transportation Planning Rule. These sources
have helped to focus the study and given staff a sense of what
Ash design features should be evaluated.
SPECIFIC PLAN GUIDELINES
The city commissioned the preparation of the Tigard Triangle
Specific Area Plan in 1993. The plan was never adopted by the
city. Building on previous findings and recommendations, the plan
sought to guide future growth in the triangle in order to establish
a mixed use, pedestrian-oriented community. It contains specific
recommendations for changes in the comprehensive plan and zoning
maps, detailed site and building design guidelines, and public
improvements to improve the framework for future development. In
January of 1995, the council denied the city-initiated proposal to
enact the land use and zone changes recommended in the plan. As
part of its decision, the council did direct staff to work on and
propose design standards for the triangle.
DESIGN FEATURES WORKSHOP
On August 24, 1995, a workshop was held for triangle residents and
other interested parties to help give staff guidance on what design
features were appropriate for the triangle and which ones were
important to them. The exercise consisted of viewing and rating a
series of slides of commercial developments for several design
features such as architecture, landscaping and pedestrian access.
The results of the exercise were mailed to all participating
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parties, the Planning Commission and the City Council.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RULE (TPR)
Adopted in 1991, this state administrative rule (codified as ORS
660-12-000) requires local governments, in part, to amend their
land use regulations to support pedestrian, bicycle and transit in
urban areas. These modifications may affect the design of
commercial developments through access measures that will -require
more pedestrian-oriented site designs.
ANALYSIS
The first step for the study was to tabulate the rating sheets
filled out by workshop participants. The participants ranked the
six site characteristics, in order of importance, as follows:
Building Architecture, Landscaping, Parking, Setbacks, Pedestrian
Access and Signage. Though particular components of each
characteristic (for example, size and style of buildings, types and
spacing of vegetation and size of setbacks) were not included on
the rating sheets, some patterns do emerge from the site ratings.
Most of the higher rated sites for Architecture included brick and
high quality landscaping. Sites with more vegetative cover were
ranked higher under the Landscaping category. Ratings for Parking
were higher if the lots were screened and/or broken up by
landscaping, and were not extensive areas of concrete. Pedestrian
Access was highly ranked if there was a direct sidewalk connection
to the front entrance and if the building was reasonably close to
the street.
The second step was comparing the workshop responses with the
specific plan recommendations. Based on this comparison, there
appears to be agreement on the need for more and/or better
landscaping of sites; more attractive parking lots and better
pedestrian access.
The third step consisted of reviewing the TPR for requirements that
could affect the commercial design guidelines study. Implementation
of the TPR, through a transportation system plan, will require the
city to adopt additional pedestrian and bicycle requirements. The
plan will require pedestrian and bicycle access within and from
several different uses including new retail and office; internal
pedestrian circulation in new office parks and commercial
developments through clustering of buildings, constructing
pedestrian ways and other techniques; supporting transit through
provision of bus stops, pullouts and shelters,, and the provision of
preferential access to transit through building orientation and
placement of the site. Our existing code requirements (18.108 and
18.108) already meet many of these requirements.
CONCLUSION
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Based on the workshop responses and plan recommendations, landscape
requirements is a characteristic that the city might want to
reevaluate. For example, the city's landscape requirement of a
minimum of 15% could be increased. Staff could also look at
establishing a code requirement concerning the quality of
landscaping, e.g. modifying the size and spacing trees, types of
trees to ensure desired buffering, etc. There also is support for
softening the affect of large parking areas through the use of
landscaping. Though there were concerns, with pedestrian access
expressed by workshop participants when reviewing the commercial
sites, our existing code requirements for new developments seem to
address these concerns. In addition, compliance with the TPR will
serve as mechanism for requiring additional pedestrian access
requirements throughout the entire city. The.development of the
city transportation system plan is required within one year after
adoption of the regional plan. The regional plan is due for
adoption during summer of 1996.
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend that the council direct staff to pursue the design
guideline study through the following work plan.
1. Develop a set of design guideline proposals based on the
Specific Plan recommendations, responses from the workshop
participants and requirements of the TPR.
2. Hold a second public workshop to present design guideline
proposals and obtain input. The format of the workshop would
likely include sample visual representations of the current
city standards and the proposed changes.
3. Present final design proposals, as modified by workshop if
applicable, to the planning commission for a recommendation to
council.
4. Present design proposals and recommendation from planning
commission to council for adoption.
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TRI-1VET SERVICE PROPOSAL FOR
THE HIGHWAY 217 CORRIDOR !0/a.
Tri-Met seeks to responsively and creatively address the growing transportation needs in the
Highway 217 Corridor with the following goals:
® Develop customized, more flexible services that get closer to destinations and past
barriers that make transit services inconvenient.
® Provide more direct corridor connections with fast, easily understood service.
® Meet the needs of employers in the Highway 217 corridor, using partnerships to plan,
co-promote, and help support the service program.
® Assist employers in meeting DEQ's air quality Employee Commute Options program.
To that end, Tri-Met is assessing interest in a demonstration program that features new types
of service, designed to more flexibly meet the needs of development along the Highway 217
corridor.
PROPOSED SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS
a New express bus service operating between west Beaverton and Tualatin with limited
stops at major employers and employment centers.
Principal stops would include the Cornell Park and Ride lot, major west
Beaverton employers, the Beaverton Transit Center, Washington Square,
Lincoln Center, the Tigard and Tualatin park and ride lots, and SW 72nd
Avenue to central Tualatin.
Service would operate from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to
6:30 p.m., with 10-15 minute service (30 minutes during the beginning and
end of the service periods).
- Connections with other regional express bus services would be made at the
Beaverton Transit Center and Tigard and Tualatin Park and Ride lots and with
Westside MAX light rail after 1998 at the Beaverton Transit Center.
a New mini-bus services would connect with the new express route and shuttle riders
directly to employer sites. Proposed routes include Washington Square/Lincoln
Center/Nimbus, the Kruse Way area and a "starter" portion of the Tualatin industrial
community. Service would operate from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with 10-15 minute
frequencies, serving riders in the morning, at lunch and in the evening.
RP ® Selected bus stop, access and street improvements would make transit operations more '
efficient and service more convenient for bus riders.
For more information, contact Phil Selinger at 239-2137 October 22, 1995
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Transportation Program
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A. The Problem:
Suburban communities are choking in traffic. Transit has not been a significant part
of the solution for intrasuburban travel. Development in this corridor is very
automobile oriented and not easily served with traditional transit services.
Tri-Met fixed route bus service works well along built up arterial streets and to major
activity centers. On Portland's east side, east-west grid oriented streets cross north-
south streets at regular intervals, allowing any destination to be reached with a single
transfer. Fixed route service, however, is unable to provide close access to
commercial or residential development that is set back from arterials with long
driveways or within an irregular pattern of narrow streets with many cul-de-sacs.
Neighborhoods may object to large buses. Tight street corners may limit the ability
of a full-sized bus to pass through neighborhoods. These are among the reasons Tri-
Met has difficulty responding to suburban transportation needs. The unique
transportation challenges of the Highway 217 corridor require resources beyond Tri-
Met's current capabilities.
S. The Goal:
In a small way this project seeks to demonstrate to the community the promise of the
Tri-Met Strategic Plan. Tri-Met will flexibly respond to changing travel markets with
a package of new service and capital improvements that will make an impact by
offering faster, more direct, accessible, easy to understand service. In partnership
with communities and employers this project will provide the Highway 217 corridor
with options that address transportation needs and problems.
C. Objectives:
1. In partnership with corridor employers and neighborhoods develop transit
services that respond to the unique needs of suburban transportation markets.
2. Reduce traffic congestion in the corridor and around retail and employment
activity centers.
3. Promote awareness and distribute information about Tri-Met's services.
4. Provide continuity with community development plans and transportation
needs, making transit service a part of the Tualatin Valley's mobility strategy.
D. Partnerships:
Overcoming barriers to public transit and providing attractive commute options
requires unique solutions. Customizing a more flexible service to the needs of
employment clusters requires public/private partnerships to:
1. Identify the specific needs of employers and neighborhoods,
2. Assure that new development and plans incorporate good pedestrian
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regional goals.
These partnerships will require much time and patience from all perspectives. New
thinking is required if transit is going to play a meaningful role.
E. Information and Analysis:
Tri-Met is pursuing sources of technical and timely information to assess the
effectiveness of proposed service improvements. Emphasis has been placed on
employer contacts:
1. Transportation Demand Computer Modelling:
With Metro's assistance, the proposed new corridor services have been added
to the off-the-shelf computerized transportation network used for regional
transportation planning. Intra-suburban travel patterns can be very complex,
particularly with the levels of congestion experienced on major Westside
arterials. The modelling process is able to incorporate the many regional
variables that determine travel patterns and modal decisions to produce "order
of magnitude" travel projections. That analysis, however, needs to be
complemented with some primary survey and interview information.
2. Employer and Property Management Meetings:
Tri-Met will meet with a sampling of employers and property managers
through business organizations (e.g. the Tigard Area Chamber of Commerce,
Tualatin Industrial Council), property management companies and other
contacts. These meetings will identify transportation priorities, provide
preliminary direction for this project and feedback for service concepts.
3. Employer Zip Code Files:
" Tri-Met will solicit from contacted employers zip codes lists of employees to
assess origin/destination patterns and some measure of the potential market for
proposed new transit services in the corridor.
4. Employer Survey:
Tri-Met will send to each employer in the corridor with 50 or more employees
a survey asking them to identify current transportation programs in place at
their business, identification of transportation issues (if any), and pertinent
statistics and operational information that will help Tri-Met understand the
needs of their organization. Such a survey is already being conducted among
Tualatin area employers to support the efforts to establish a Transportation
Management Association (TMA) there.
DRAFT - Tualatin Valley Corridor Transportation Program: page 3
Some of the most significant service deficiencies remaining this corridor include:
1. Washington Square is connected to other regional centers (e.g. central
Beaverton, Tigard or Portland) by local bus services only.
2. There are no fast transit connections within the Highway 217 corridor that
might compete with automotive travel.
3. Bus services fail to get off arterial streets, forcing long walks amidst auto
traffic to ultimate destinations.
4. Bus stops may be difficult to locate, poorly lit and sheltered and may not be
well-connected to other pedestrian facilities.
G. Proposed New Transit Services
Tri-Met's service plan must address today's built-up suburban setting. Improved
mobility in suburban markets requires new concepts and partnerships with
complementary resources and community/business support for offered services. If
successful, Tri-Met will improve the mobility and livability of suburban communities
like Tigard and, through partnerships, build a model and base of support for other
suburban communities.
1. Highway 217 Corridor Express - Intrasuburban Connection:
The proposed express bus service is shown on Exhibit 2. It would operate
from the park and ride lot at SW Cornell Road at Sunset Highway, with
limited stops past Sequent, Nike and Tektronix. Connection with other Tri-
Met services would be made at the Beaverton Transit Center before express
operation to the Washington Square Transit Center and Lincoln Center.
Service would continue south in express mode to the Tigard park and ride lot
and then south on SW 72nd, serving with limited stops the "Tigard Triangle",
and the concentration of businesses on SW 72nd west of I-5. Connections
would be made at the Tualatin park and ride lot before terminating at the
office center at the south end of central Tualatin.
Alternatively, by relying on Line 76 to make connections with Tualatin, the
Highway 217 express service could tam east from SW 72nd Avenue at Bonita
Road, east onto the route of the second of the three proposed jitney/mini-bus
routes to the Kruse Way area. One transfer would thus be eliminated for
riders to or from Kruse Way employers. Express route length reductions and
the elimination of a mini-bus route could then translate into funds for more
frequent express service.
Free parking at most suburban work locations might minimize the attraction of
park and rider lots. The need to connect with those facilities will be
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a. Service Hours and Schedule:
Service would ran during weekday peak hours only. Morning service
would start at 5:30 am and finish at 9:45 am. Afternoon service would
operate from 3:30 pm to 6:45 pm.. Frequency would be half-hourly
during the period "shoulders" and every quarter hour during the core
peak hours. Service would complement and be backed up during off-
hours by local routes 76 and 78. Standard 40' buses would operate on
this new route.
Increasing the service frequency to every 10 minutes would make the
service more attractive by reducing waiting and transfer times. With a
limited budget for these services, the frequency of service will be
balanced against the desired length of the route.
The proposed express service would cut travel time through the length
of the corridor from between 7 minutes (pm peak) and 11 minutes (am
peak) or a 14% to 22% travel time reduction. Further reductions will
be sought through Transportation System Management (TSM)
improvements to give transit services priority at key intersections and at
freeway ramp meters.
b. Corridor Connections:
This proposed route connects most of the major employment centers,
many of which now receive only limited bus service and generally no
express service at all. It is imperative, however, that convenient
connections for the complete commute trip be provided. Residential
development in the corridor is dispersed. Feeder buses and park and
ride lots are thus required to provide home-based connections to this
new corridor express service. The Highway 217 express would
intercept the Cornell Park and Ride lot to the north and the new Tigard
and the Tualatin lots to the south. Feeder bus services cross the
express route at numerous locations, particularly at the Beaverton
Transit Center, Washington Square and the Tualatin Park and Ride lot.
Other "trunk" and express bus routes are met at the Beaverton Transit
Center (57/91X), Tigard Park and Ride lot (12/95X) and the Tualatin
Park and Ride lot (96).
It may be difficult to attract commuters within the Westside to this new
service, even with its express operation and new mini-bus connections.
Many trips would require two transfers and only the longest corridor
trips would notice the convenience of escaping corridor traffic. The
new service,, however, offers opportunities for not only Westside
DRAFT - Tualatin Valley Corridor Transportation Program: page 7
residents. Trunk routes from central Portland would also connect with
the new Highway 217 express. This service would become an
attractive connection with Westside MAX light rail service arriving in
Beaverton in 1998 and may be quick and direct enough to invite
households to give up an extra car.
2. Mini-Bus Operation
a. The Role for Mini-Bus Operations:
One response to the limitations of fixed routes is to operate small buses
on more localized routes connecting with fixed routes on arterial
streets. Small buses or vans can make tight turns, will not impact
lightly constructed pavement and can get closer to destinations. Mini-
buses can provide more flexible service, deviating short distances from
their route and picking up or dropping off anywhere along designated
streets.
Localized service operates at slower speeds and with less direct
connections. Service productivity is reduced as operator and vehicle
carry fewer riders a shorter distance. Service is more accessible, but
slower and the required transfer may be viewed by riders as an
inconvenience.
Ada& Mini-bus service must be closely coordinated with traditional fixed
route service to minimize transfer delays. In spite of potential short
comings, properly integrated mini-bus operations can fill a problematic
gap in the transit system.
b: Maximizing Our Investment in Transit Services:
One form of mini-bus operation, called the jitney, uses passenger cars,
vans or minibuses driven by their owners along fixed routes, sometimes
with minor route deviations. Jitneys are typically privately owned and
operated often by small companies, organizations or individuals.
Under the right conditions they offer fast and frequent service.
Without adequate service demand to attract jitneys, localized mini-bus
operations require a public or user subsidy. Tri-Met does not now
have the resources to provide the level of service provided by mini-
buses or jitneys. Additional funds or partnerships will be needed to
operate such service. Because mini-bus services are readily customized
to serve localized employers and residents, subscriptions from groups
directly benefiting from the service is a logical source of support. The
return on investment for subscribers would be apparent in enhanced
mobility and access to Tri-Met's fixed route services. Other benefits
DRAFT - Tualatin Valley Corridor Transportation Program: page 8
may take the form of tax benefits, reduced parking requirements,
shared promotional efforts, free advertising, and community goodwill.
c. Some Considerations for Mini-Bus or Jitney Operation:
As we look to setting up mini-bus operations, some considerations
might include:
- The service should be safe and reliable.
- Service should be frequent and with stops close to destinations.
- Connections to other transit services should be easily understood
and convenient.
- Service should be visible: stops, vehicles and information.
- Priority road treatment where possible should expedite mini-bus
operations.
- Local users should take ownership in the service, participating
in service planning and adjustments.
d. Alternative Scenarios for Mini-Bus Operation:
Mini-bus operations can provide connections to fixed route services and
service short trips within a locality (such as for lunch and errands).
The service can be responsive localized and changing needs. Tri-Met
operates services that are reliable, safe, responsive and well
communicated to the public. Tri-Met drivers are trained in customer
relations. Tri-Met service, however, tends to cost more than privately
operated service, reflecting the level of operator training and support
and standards for vehicle maintenance. The appropriate mode for mini-
bus operations, therefore, must trade off Tri-Met's ability to provide
support, the private sector's ability to organize and manage the
operation, the cost of the operation and the degree of control and
coordination with local needs and with other Tri-Met services. Some
alternative scenarios include:
- Tri-Met operated service with employer subscription
- Employer operated service, coordinated with Tri-Met services
- Employer contracted service
- Open ended service (individual private operators invited to
participate)
- Dial-a-Ride service (service on demand)
While service coordination and reliability issues are perhaps minimized
with Tri-Met operated mini-bus service, Tri-Met's capacity to operate
that service is fiscally limited. Tri-Met's revenue base supports
traditioi~.l fixed route services. Creative solutions for locations that are
particularly difficult to serve by transit require not only creative and
DRAFT - Tualatin Valley Corridor Transportation Program: page 9
unique services, but creative and unique funding configurations as well.
Tri-Met might start-up a service supported by employer subsidies that
might transition to full employer operation once the demand for the
service is established and employers are more organized in their
support for the service. Employer subsidies might be channeled
through a Transportation Management Association, a property
management company or business association. Beneficiaries of these
services, including restaurants, might also be asked to contribute.
e. A Mini-Bus Operating Scenario:
Tri-Met operated and employer subsidized mini-bus service might
appear in a similar "splashy" logo to the Highway 217 corridor express
service. Vans would be equipped with wheelchair lifts. Except at
transfer points or entrances to major employers, bus stops would be
replaced with signs every 200' to identify the route and riders would
simply hail the bus. Riders would be dropped off along the street or at
the door of their destination, depending on its off-route distance and
accessibility. Coordinated connections with Highway 217 corridor
express service would occur at a transit center or lighted and sheltered
bus stop. The names of subscribers could be promoted at bus stop
shelters, on signs or on the mini-buses. Service could be free for
employees of subscribers who would have a special pass and a full fare
would be charged for other riders. Service would operate from 5:30
am to 6:30 pm, accommodating both commuters and the midday lunch
crowd.
f. Proposed Mini-Bus Routes:
Three mini-bus routes are proposed at this time and subject to revision
based on further defined employer needs:
Route 1: Washington Square:
This loop route would be based from the Washington Square
transit center, connecting Lincoln Center to the east with the
Nimbus office area to the west. Nimbus service would extend
from the Parkside complex north of Hall Boulevard, south on
Nimbus, deviating onto SW Gemini Drive and finishing on
Nimbus south of Scholls Ferry Road.
Route 2: Kruse Way:
Serving the Kruse Way area, mini-buses would meet the
Highway 217 express at SW 72nd and Bonita Road, heading
east onto Meadows Road as far as Carman Drive and north of
Kruse Road to Daniel Way. Service would also cover SW
Centerpointe Drive.
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Route 3: Tualatin Industrial Community:
The route would service a portion of the Tualatin industrial
community which is more dispersed and harder to service than
the other service areas. Service would start at the terminus of
the Highway 217 corridor express in central Tualatin and extend
west on Tualatin-Sherwood Highway, to a loop comprised of
SW Teton Avenue and SW Avery Street.
These routes were selected based on the concentration of employment
activity and lack of existing Tri-Met services. Development along
these routes may be difficult to service by fixed routes as some
businesses are removed from the main road or they may include dead
end streets.
3. "Place Enhancement" Focused on Highway 99 and Key Tigard Locations:
Improve the convenience, integration and visibility of transit by providing
connected stops/plazas with safe street crossings, shelter, lighting and customer
information. Create neighborhood crossroads. Coordinate with other street
and neighborhood improvement projects. Invite participation in developing
bus stops and providing shelters from adjacent property owners and businesses.
Acknowledge those who share in pedestrian and bus stop improvements with
"good neighbor" recognition in ads, distributed information and a newsletter.
4. Transportation Systems Management (TSM):
Expedite bus operation with prioritization opportunities or lane and signal
changes coordinated in partnership with ODOT and local jurisdictions. These
improvements might include at strategic locations:
a. Highway ramp meter queue bypass lanes.
b. Bus-only through lanes at key intersections.
C. Signal cycle adjustments.
d. Accommodation of bus stops (pullouts, extensions, pads) at
intersections and business entrances.
These and other strategies need to be accommodated within a modest budget
and in a short period of time. Some might be coupled with other road
improvement projects.
H. Suburban Corridor Program Costs
The suburban corridor program introduces one new express route operating in the
Highway 217 corridor and up to 4 connecting mini-bus routes serving clusters of
employment at Washington Square, Kruse Way and western Tua►a:in. The first year
budget for this service is $1.7 million including related TSM and bus stop
DRAFT - Tualatin Valley Corridor Transportation Program: page 11
improvements, painting/advertising of vehicles and bus stop shelters, a marketing
program and contingency. Not included is the capital cost of express buses.
1. Express Bus Service Costs:
The fully Tri-Met supported express bus service would have a first year cost
of $843,348. The continuing cost of that service would be $558,348. Those
estimates are based on marginal operating cost and an allowance of 15%
"passenger revenue to operating cost" ratio, which is less than the 27% system
average. The proposed infra-suburban service is not likely to be as productive
as Tri-Met's urban service through densely developed areas. This cost
estimate also includes 18 new bus shelters and a limited $225,000 allowance
for Transportation System Management (TSM) improvements.
2. Mini-Bus Service Cost:
Mini-bus operations would feed riders to the existing fixed route bus network
and enhance utilization of this significant public investment. Benefits will be
manifest in reduced road congestion and pollution, greater mobility for more
people and reduced parking requirements.
It is assumed that 4 local mini-bus routes would interface with the new
corridor express bus service. Assuming Tri-Met vehicles and operators, peak
period service would cost approximately $326,400 annually. Midday service
providing "lunch hour" transport would cost another $122,400 or $448,800
total. Costs assume the purchase of 5 vans, lift equipped, at $65,000 apiece.
It is assumed here that employers/subscribers would contribute 50% of the
operating cost; however, the medical facilities on Marquam Hill support
similar services with a 70% contribution. That level of support may be
considered a precedent.
3. Employer Subscriptions:
The remaining 50% of operating cost or an estimated $224,400 is assumed to
come from employer subscriptions. Employers already contribute to the
operation of transit services through the 0.6% 'Tri-Met payroll tax. That tax
which makes up 67% (1995/96 budget) of Tri-Met's operating base is
intended, however, to support traditional fixed route service. Mini-bus
services with associated lower levels of productivity (fewer riders per
operator) would quickly drain those resources.
The cost to employers need not be significant, given the extent of congestion,
frequent parking shortages and regional concerns over increasing air quality
degradation. An employer of 50 persons with an average salary of
$40,000/year now pays $12,000 annually in Tri-Met payroll tax. As an
example, there are approximately 50 employers of 50 or more employees in
DRAFT - Tualatin Valley Corrid6r Transportation Program: page 12
the Washington Square area. If all of those employers subscribed to the mini-
bus operation, the cost to each employer would be approximately $1,122 per
year or a 10% increase in their total Tri-Met "tax".
The added contribution would be greater for a Tualatin mini-bus, however, as
there would be only 22 employers with 50 or more employees to share the cost
and less than full participation, in such a program would increase the
subscription cost for those who did subscribe.
Employers might pay into this program based on each employer's number of
employees. Support could be passed through property management companies
and reflected in each tenant's lease, thus equitably distributing the support
according to floor area. Employees of participating employers cmight rider
the mini-bus service free, while nonsubscribers could be required to pay a full
fare.
4. Maximizing the Transit Investment:
For this investment, employers would gain access to the full Tri-Met network
to which they now make payroll tax contribution but cannot effectively use.
Employers would be better able to utilize the broad labor market, including
one or no-car households or those for whom disabilities prevent the use of a
car. Not only would employees gain a commute option, but the employer
could reduce parking requirements, better comply with DEQ's new Employee
Commute Options (ECO) rule and receive advertising and public recognition
for reducing congestion and improving air quality.
5. Continuing Costs:
The total marginal operating cost for Tri-Met to continue this service would be
approximately $833,000/year. Increasing ridership and farebox revenue could
reduce those requirements.
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Tualatin Valley Corridor Transportation Program
Preliminary Estimate of Costs
First Year
1. Freeway express service '
Service hours
56 hrs/day, peak hours 255 weekdays, $46/hr $ 656,880
Less farebox revenue (15%) 98,532)
Equipment: 10 standard buses NA
Shelters: 18 shelters $ 60,000
TSM improvements (to be determined) $ 225,000
2. Mini-bus service (assumes 4 routes)
Service hours, assuming Tri-Met operation
Peak hrs: 4 vans @ 8 hrs/day, 255 weekdays, $40/hr $ 326,400
Midday: 4 vans @ 3 hrs/day, 255 weekdays, $40/hr $ 122,400
Less 50% (minimum) employer support 224,400)
Equipment: 5 "cutaway" vans w/ lift @ $65,000 $ 325,000
3. Painting/advertising treatments
11 buses $ 11,000
5 vans $ 2,500
25 shelters $ 5,000
bus stop signs: express and mini-bus service $ 10,000
4. Marketing and promotion
Preparation of brochures $ 20,000
Direct mail to corridor households $ 50,000
Newspaper advertisement $ 20,000
Radio/cable TV advertisement production $ 20,000
Radio/cable TV spots $ 50,000
Kick-off events $ 5,000
5. Contingency (10%) $ 158,625
Total Estimated Cost - 1st Year $1,744,873
Second Year
Express service hours
56 hrs/day, peak hours 255 weekdays, $46/hr $ 656,880
Less farebox revenue (15% only) 98,532)
Van service hours, assuming Tri--Met operation
Peak hrs: 4 vans @ 8 hrs/day, 255 weekdays, $40/hr $ 326,400
Midday: 4 vans @ 3 hrs/day, 255 weekdays, $40/hr $ 122,400
Less 50% employer support 224,400)
Promotion $ 50,000
Total Estimated Cost - 2nd Year $ 832,748
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EVA"
I. Importance of Marketing
1. New and updated services must be communicated to the riding public. The
dissemination of information and the staging of promotional activities are
focused on times of the year when service is adjusted. Tri-Met promotes its
services through numerous channels:
a. Mass media promotions and direct mailings (newspaper,. TV, PSAs and
news releases).
b. Transit Fairs at events and at employment centers.
C. Through co-promotions and special incentives.
d. Through information outlets.
e. Through advertisements inside and outside Tri-Met vehicles.
f. Through easily identifiable signs, shelters and buses.
g. By inviting call-in schedule information and assistance.
h. Targeted mailings to those living along new/existing transit services.
Potential transit riders need route and schedule information in order to use new
services. The Tualatin Valley Corridor Transportation Program will be
particularly dependent on promotional activities because:
a. The Highway 217 commute market is presently inadequately served by
transit and these persons may not be familiar with Tri-Met services.
b. The proposed services are a new concept to Tri-Met and in large
measure to the public transit industry. Potential riders may require
reassurance that this package of services may indeed meet their needs.
C. With mostly free worksite parking and short commute distances, the
intrasuburban transit market will be a "hard sell".
A combination of strategies including image development, employer
incentives, information dissemination, advertising in Westside markets and
targeted direct mailings will be developed over the next months.
Employer support in the form of newsletters, paycheck stuffers, transit pass
discounts, underwriting of mini-bus operations, shared efforts to make bus stop
and pedestrian access improvements is key to stretching promotional resources.
Tri-Met will acknowledge that support as new services are marketed.
2. Common Image for Vehicles / Facilities:
It is proposed that a theme/name and logo be developed for all elements of the
proposed program. Common colors and supergraphics could be used on
express and mini-buses as well as on signs and shelters so potential users could
recognize complementary service features. This identity would.be designed so
as not to dissociate the new service from existing service connections. The
names of subscribing and supporting businesses could be incorporated into
these promotional graphics, including on bus shelters and the sides of buses. ,
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SON.- l~-Cv~fi~l~
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
G,ITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
AGENDA OF: October 24. 1995 DATE SUBMITTED: 10-24-95
ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE: _Purchase of PREVIOUS ACTION:
_six (6) police vehicles
PREPARED BY: Robert J. Wheeler
DEPT HEAD OK CITY ADMIN OK REQUESTED BY: Robert J. Wheeler
ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
Shall the City Council approve the purchase of 6 police patrol vehicles.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the purchase of six (6) 1996 Ford Crown Victoria
police patrol vehicles from Skyline Sales Inc., on State Bid #5412
40 INFORMATION SUMMARY
These vehicles were approved for purchase 'in the FY 95/96 budget. This
purchase is for the Patrol Division. The Chevrolet Caprice is no longer
being manufactured; therefore, we must change vehicle models we use for
patrol vehicles.
The Chevrolet Police Package now offered is the Lumina, a mid-sized unit,
that will not hold the equipment we currently haul in the patrol units. They
are also smaller in the driver area and prisoner compartment.
The Lumina is also only available in V-6 3.1 Liter Engine. The Ford Crown
Victoria is a full size police unit that will accommodate all of the
equipment we haul and has a V-8 4.6 Liter engine.
Fleet management is also recommending we purchase the Ford Crown Victoria for
the following reasons:
1. The prisoner partitions will transfer from the Caprice to the Ford Crown
Victoria but not into the Lumina, thus saving $350/unit.
The Ford Crown Victoria has a full frame and will be more durable than
Man
the unibody that is found in the Lumina.
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u3. The Crown Victoria is rear wheel drive and the handling characteristics
would be similar to the Caprice, unlike the front-wheel drive'Lumina.
We just received the State bids last week ;,ind the orders must be placed by
November 5, 1995 to receive a $400.00 per u--,it early ordering discount.
The Ford Crown Victoria is the unit that we need to purchase and by placing
the order by November 5th, we will be saving $2,400.00.
PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve staff recommendation.
2. Not purchase vehicles.
FISCAL NOTES
The State Bid purchase price for the Ford Crown Victoria police package is
quoted at $19,271. There are additional fees of $64.50 per unit($50 for
0 tate of Oregon administration fees and $14.50 for license and title).
Total cost of these vehicles is $116,101. Amount included in the FY 95/96
budget is $126,534.
Page 1 of 2 pages PURCHASE FORA
CITY OF 11GARD
13125 SW Hall Sivd. Date: 10-24-95
Tigard. Oregon 87223 From: Lt . Rdbert Wheeler
(503) 6394171 Fax (503) 635-6795 Dept Police
To: _
Skyline Sales Inc. Fa N%
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2510 Commercial St.
P.O. Box 2288 Po HL AW=ua ®1. Ca+6=4 Po a r.o a ra
Salem, OR 97308 Pc HU&MER REQUIRED ON ALL PAC RAGES
Ph: (503) 581-2411 Fax: (503) 371-8146
DELIVER TO:
IN 13175 SW HALL BLVD ❑ 8720 SW BURNHAM STREE Ti
❑ 12800 SW ASH STREET ❑ 8777 SW BURNHAM STREET
Vendor Item Dept/A=unt Unit Extended
Ory No. Desaipdon No. Price price
i All
6 ea.1 1996 Ford Crown Victoria I
Interceptor Police Package
Code P71 with 122P Package
4.6 Liter, overhead cam
I SEFI V-8 - State Bid #5412 10-1120-703.000 117,489 1104,934'
ea. W8161H Exterior Color (special color) 160 800
Dark Blue (W8161H) ( 1
HP Interior Portofino Blue HP wC
I1 ea.1 DZ (Exterior Color.Li ht Saddle N/C I
HS (Interior Saddle 1
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(6 ea. 553 Anti-Lock Braking System 596 1 3576
I 00,11"M n.','- . r 1115 ,6
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APPROPRIATION BALANCE: $126,534 AS CF: 10-23-95
APPROVALS: AMEND FO
(IF UNDER $SO) SEC, tCN MAN.araER1PRCFEaSiCNAL STAF=: Amend PO s
(IF UNDER S2500) OIVISi'CN MANAGER: {+f Amount: S
(IF UNDER S75C0) OEPARTMENT MANAGER:.'`'"-;,./ Approval:
(I .ER $25000) CITY ADMINIS nATOR:
R $25000) LCCAL CCN i RAC. REVIE'N SCARO:
IMPORTANT NOTICE: PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS ORDER ON THE REVERSE SIDE. ALL OF
T HESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE A PART OF THIS ORDER ANl7 ARE CONTRACTUALLY BINDING.
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PURCHASE FORM
October 24, 1995
Page 2 of 2
Vendor Unit Extended
Ouantity Item No. Description Price Price
5 each 127 Heavy Duty Rubber 27 135
Floor Mats
* Except Light Saddle
= standard carpeting
6 each 21A 6 way Power Seats 321 1926
6 each PLN Auxiliary Fuse Panel 37 222
5 each PLA Inoperative Lamp Circuits 12 60
* Except Light Saddle Unit
6 each FLV Map lamp 27 162
Ab,each PLP Power Door Lock & 12 60
Control Knobs
*Except Light Saddle Unit
1 each PPL Power Locks on Light
Saddle Unit 12 12
6 each PW4 Power Windows 12 72
6 each PR8 Bonding Straps 59 354
6 each PRS Roof Reinforcement 55 330
6 each PL1 Spot Light 290 1740
6 each PLU Warning Lights 116 696
6 each PW7 Wiring Package 55 330
1 each Shop Maintenance & Repair Manual 76 76
1 each Emissions Manual 35 35
1 each Electrical Schematic 28 28
1 each Technical SVCS Bulletin & Updates 75 75
Total $115,623
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