07/06/2011 - Minutes City of Tigard
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Transportation Advisory Committee [TTAC] SUMMARY
Wednesday,July 6, 2011, 6:30 PM— 8:30 PM
Tigard Library, 2nd Floor Conf. Room- 13500 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard, Oregon
MEMBERS PRESENT (8): Christopher Warren, Kion Moreland, Don Fox, Mike Stevenson,
Maureen Wolf, Steven Bass, Karen Hughart, Don Schmidt
MEMBERS ABSENT (3): Basil Christopher, Dennis Mitchell,Jennifer Stanfield, Gretchen Buehner
(Council Liaison)
OTHERS PRESENT (3): Alan Snook (DKS Associates), Tim Wilson (ODOT), Canh Lam
(ODOT), Patrick and Brendon Tuohy, Elise Shearer (CCAC)
STAFF PRESENT: Judith Gray, Sr. Transportation Planner— Community Development; Mike
McCarthy, Sr. Project Engineer—Public Works; Liz Lutz, Confidential Executive Assistant-Finance,
Tim Lehrbach-Planning
1. Call to order— Chair Christopher Warren
Chair Christopher Warren called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
a. Roll Call—Liz Lutz called the roll.
b. Summary from May 4 meeting was considered and approved.
c. Introductions — Committee, guests, and staff introduced themselves
d. Visitor Comments —None
2. TTAC Comments on the joint meeting with the City Council
The committee discussed the joint meeting with the City Council, and provided feedback to staff.
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3. Consideration of Support for Crescent Connection Funding
Staff requested a letter from TTAC to Washington County Coordinating Committee (WCCC) to
support the Crescent Connection funding was part of the agenda packet. The funding request is
part of Metro's regional allocation for Active Transportation projects. Tigard has a joint proposal
with Beaverton, Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation, and TriMet.Judith provided a map showing the
overall project area. . . All approved sending the letter of support to the WCCC.
4. Downtown Walking Map/Wayfinding System Update
Judith distributed a draft charter regarding support for the downtown walking map/wayfinding
system. She said there is a need for a pedestrian count and survey. The survey may use the
neighborhood network.Judith said that if anyone on the committee is interested in helping with
data collection, send her an email.
5. Pacific/Gaarde/McDonald Design Workshop
Mike McCarthy indicated this is a big project and there would be a few meetings on this topic.
Tonight the two ODOT representatives and Alan Snook from DKS Associates presented several
traffic flow options. The committee reviewed these options and worked on a couple of additional
ideas for this intersection. The next workshop will be September 3rd and in November, they will
talk through the best option. It was also suggested to create phases of the project for project
funding purposes.
There will be an open house on this project on August 15th.
6. Staff Updates
a. Mike said they are finishing the work on Greenburg/Hall-doing some striping.
b. Slurry seal will begin on July 19th.
c. Pavement overlays —received bids and they came in lower than anticipated so there will be
additional streets added to the project. This is set to begin in August.
d. August meeting will be joint with the HCT and the consultants will return for this meeting.
7. Adjourn—The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Liz Lutz,TTAC Secretary
ATTEST: Christopher Warre , hairman
The nextregular TTACmeeting will be held on Wednesday,August3rd, at the Tigard Library Td
Floor Conference Room, L3500 SW Hall Blvd. from 630pm —8.30pm.
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