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02/10/2010 - Packet City ®f Tigan City Center Advisory Commission agenda MEETING DATE: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 — 6:30-8:30 p.m. MEETING LOCATION: Tigard City Hall- Red Rock Creek Conference Room 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 1. Welcome and Introductions.................................................................................................... 6:30 — 6:35 2. Review / Approve January Minutes...................................................................................... 6:35 — 6:40 3. CCAC Executive Session*...................................................................................................... 6:40 — 6:55 (Sean Farrelly) Information on potential property purchase 4. CCAC Priorities for FY 2010-11 Budget...... ..................... ......................... 6:55 — 7:15 CCAC to review proposed CCDA budget 5. CCAC Goal Development for 2010 ..................................................................................... 7:15 — 7:45 (Commissioner Kevin Kutcher) Review retreat discussions and begin development of 2010 Goals 6. Prepare for CCDA CCAC joint Meeting ........................ 7:45 — 8:10 (Chair Alexander Craghead and Vice- Chair Tom Murphy) Develop agenda for February 96 meeting 7. Commissioners Report Back from Other Committees and Events ..................I............... 8:10 — 8:25 8. Other Business.......................................................................................................................... 8:25 — 8:30 9. Adjourn...................................................................................................................................... 8:30 p.m. *EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Tigard City Center Advisory Commission will go into Executive Session to discuss real property transaction negotiations under ORS 192.660(2) (e). All discussions are confidential and those present may disclose nothing from the Session. Representatives of the news media are allowed to attend Executive Sessions, as provided by ORS 192.660(4),but must not disclose any information discussed. No Executive Session may be held for the purpose of taking any final action or making any final decision. Executive Sessions are closed to the public. Upcoming meetings of note: 2/16: CCDA/CCAC annual joint meeting 3/10: CCAC Regular Meeting 4/12: CCDA Budget Committee meeting 4/14: CCAC Regular Meeting _ _CITY CENTER ADVISORY COMMISSION AGENDA— February 10, 2010 Cityof Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 Nvww.tigard or.gov I Pagel oft 41 City enter Advisory Commission Meeting 1 t s Date of Meeting: February 10, 2010 Location: Red Rock Creek Conference Room Called to order by: Chair Alexander Craghead Time Started: 6:30 p.m. Time Ended: 9:18 p.m. Commissioners Present: Carolyn Barkley; Chair Alexander Craghead; Alice Ellis Gaut; Ralph Hughes; Kevin Kutcher; Peter Louw; Vice Chair Thomas Murphy; Elise Shearer; Martha Wong; Linli Pao (alternate); Philip Thornburg (alternate) Commissioners Absent: Others Present: Staff Present: Sean Farrelly, Redevelopment Project Manager;Jerree Lewis, Executive Assistant AGENDA ITEM #1: Welcome and Introductions Important Discussion and/or Comments: Introductions were not necessary. Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): AGENDA ITEM #2: Approve Minutes Important Discussion and/or Comments: On page 4, third paragraph, it was clarified that the term "it will blow out their facility" referred to ODOT S concern about the failure of Hwy. 99W if light rail isn't constructed for 15-20 years, but higher scale development is allowed in the Downtown before then. Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): Motion by Commissioner Kutcher, seconded by Commissioner Wong, to accept the January 13, 2010 minutes. The motion passed unanimously. AGENDA ITEM #3: CCAC Executive Session Important Discussion and/or Comments: The City Center Advisory Commission went into Executive Session at 6:37 p.m. under the provisions of ORS 192.660(2) (e) to discuss real property transaction negotiations. All discussions within this session are confidential; therefore, nothing from this session may be disclosed by those present. Executive Session concluded at 7:15 p.m. CCAC Meeting Minutes for February 10, 2010 Page 1 of 5 Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): Staff will share the CCAC's comments with the City Center Development Agency. AGENDA ITEM.#4: CCAC Priorities for FY 2010-11 Budget Important Discussion and/or Comment: The Commissioners reviewed the 2009-10 CCDA budget (Exhibit A) and proposed the following for the 2010-11 budget: ® Put the $40,000 estimated excess from the 09-10 utility tax assessment into an Opportunity Fund (the Opportunity Fund could be used for such things as land purchase, fee subsidies for new development, pre-development loans/incentives, any short falls of tax income, and support of capital projects) From projected increment funds for 2010-11 ■ 40% - Redevelopment/Marketing/Real Estate Studies and Assistance 30% - Storefront Improvement Program ® 20% - add to the Opportunity Fund ■ 10% - Circulation Plan For the requested Downtown CIP projects (Exhibit B), the Commissioners re-ordered the priority list as follows: 1. Main Street Green Street Retrofit, Phase 1: South (99W to RR) 2. Main Street Green Street Retrofit, Phase 2: North (RR to Greenburg) 3. Downtown Urban Renewal property acquisition 4. Downtown Plaza 5. Ash Street at-grade crossing of RR 6. Sco ffins/Hall/Hunziker Realignment 7. Hall Blvd. at Hwy 99W gateway When the GIP budget for the whale City is ready, there will be an opportunity for citizen comment during the budget hearings beginning in April. Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): Sean will call the Assessor's office to see if any assessment appeals within the Urban Renewal District have been filed. AGENDA ITEM #5 CCAC Goal Development for 2010 Important Discussion and/or Comments: The Commissioners modified Commissioner Kutcher's draft 2010 goals (Exhibit C) to read: 1. Project Infrastructure a. Monitor, review, and provide input on the following key projects: i. Main Street/Green Street Phase 1 CCAC Meeting Minutes for February 10,2010 Page 2 of 5 ii. Main Street/Green Street Phase 2 (north end) iii. Plaza site iv. Burnham Street completion V. 99W/Greenburg vi. Lower Fanno Creek vii. Transit Center redevelopment II. Development a. Explore incentives that may stimulate private development with a focus on residential including: i. Outreach to developers ii. Financial incentives di. Land assembly and direct development options b. Advise CCDA on our exploratory findings of incentive c. Improve our knowledge of the "built" environment including demographics and geography of Downtown III.Store-front Improvement Program a. Implementation of Phase 1 (approved businesses) b. Continue to promote, expand, and refine program IV. Circulation Plan a. Review for final adoption b. Engage in regular communication with Transportation Committee to ensure transportation plan meets needs and values of the community V. Branding/Marketing a. Encourage the development of a Brand ID for Downtown Tigard b. Determine our role regarding marketing, advertising, and promotion of Downtown c. Liaise with COT Event Coordinator to develop appropriate event strategy VI. Communication a. Determine effective way to liaise with other COT boards and commissions b. Engage in on-going communication with Council and staff i. Regular attendance at Council meetings ii. Periodic attendance at Friday morning meetings on Burnham project iii. Representation from CCAC at CCDA meetings iv. Periodically invite Councilor Webb to our meetings c. Engage in on-going communication with hired consultants d. Engage in on-going communication with neighborhoods VII. Long-term Goals a. Continually improve CCAC processes and procedures including, but not limited to: i. Annual calendar development ii. Continue to evolve meeting efficiency and agendas b. Increase our awareness of the impact our work has on the community CCAC Meeting Minutes for February 10, 2010 Page 3 of 5 i. On-going outreach to businesses and local community ii. Continually work to increase transparency with citizetls iii. Continually work to improve communication with Council and staff c. Perform other duties as assigned by CCDA Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): Commissioner Kutcher will email the revised goals to the Commissioners by Thursday for their approval. Sean will send the goals in the Friday newsletter to Council so they will have them in time for the joint meeting next Tuesday. AGENDA ITEM #6: Prepare for CCDA/CCAC Joint Meeting Important Discussion and/or Comments: The Commissioners discussed what they would like as talking points for the joint meeting and developed the following list of issues to discuss with the CCDA: ® CCAC 2009 Annual Report ® CCAC 2010 Goals ® CCDA's expectations for the CCAC in 2010 ® Different ways to liaise with the CCDA ■ Circulation and transportation issues, including: o Need to further refine the Downtown Circulation Plan o Need for the Downtown Circulation Plan to reflect community values o The proposed Ash Street bridge over Fanno Creek, shown on the draft TSP and the Downtown Circulation Plan, which is a point of contention for a lot of citizens Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): None AGENDA ITEM #7: Commissioners Report Back from Other Committees and Events Important Discussion and/or Comments: Commissioner Shearer reported on the Neighborhood Connectors open house that she attended. The event was very well attended and a lot of people asked about the Downtown. People are excited about the green street project and there were positive comments about the facade improvements. Also at the open house, the City was recruiting for CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training. The Police Department was on hand to talk about security issues, identity theft, senior safety, neighborhood safety, home security. Each neighborhood has its own page on the City's website — Neighborhood #6 covers the Downtown area. Commissioner Shearer also noted that information about the Green burg/Hall Blvd intersections needs to get out to the public now. Construction will be starting soon. Chair Craghead reported that he and Commissioner Barkley attended the recent Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting. There was a presentation on the Circulation Plan for Downtown. The committee then asked for comments. Essentially, the committee is not inclined to make a lot of changes at this time. Two things were major points of discussion: 1) financing and construction; and 2) the locational issue. CCAC Meeting Minutes for February 10, 2010 Page 4 of 5 With regard to the locational issue, Chair Craghead made the comi7'llacc aware that, depending on where the streets would be located, there would be impacts. We need to be aware of what this will do to property assembly. For the financing issue, with the way the plan sits right now, it will have to be built by development dollars by attaching it to development. This means we won't get any circulation improvements until there's development, which could potentially mean 10-20 years. Circulation doesn't become a tool for creating development; instead it becomes the other way around. Chair Craghead doesn't think we can wait 20 years and he told Councilor Buehner that he intends to lobby for additional general fund money for the circulation. He wanted the TAC to be aware that if the circulation plan is attached to development, it will not happen soon. If we want it to happen soon, we'll have to pay for it. Commissioner Barkley noted that there isn't anything wrong with the plan, but we need funds to make it happen. Councilor Buehner had said she would rather see the Circulation Plan go separately from the Transportation System Plan and the rest of Council is also in favor of this. If that happens, there will be more opportunity to look at it and provide input. It won't get so lost in the big snap. Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): None AGENDA ITEM #8: Other Business Important Discussion and/or Comments: None Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): AGENDA ITEM #9: Adjournment Important Discussion and/or Comments: Action Items (Follow-Up or Votes): The meeting adjourned at 9:18 p.m. Jerree Lewis, CCAC, Secretary l ATTEST: ha' Craghead CCAC Meeting Minutes for February 10, 2010 Page 5 of 5 2009-10 CCDA Budget UR projects %of budget Redevelopment/Marketing/Real Estate Studies and Assistance $95,000 53% Storefront Improvement Program $40,000 23% Environmental Assessment $15,000 8% Carryover projects(Circulation Plan) $27,967 16% Total Budget: $177,967 2010-11 CCDA Budget Projected Increment 2010-2011 $209,000 Estimated Excess from 09-10 Utility Tax assessment $40,000 Proposed UR Projects Redevelopment/Marketing/Real Estate Studies and Assistance Development opportunity studies to provide property owners the technical assistance and resources to assess the feasibility of redeveloping properties(pre-development activities include architectural, planning,and engineering studies,and real estate market and financial analysis.) Organize developers forum Printing of planning and promotional materials for the Downtown Storefront Improvement Program Expand to 6 businesses receiving architectural assistance and up to 4 matching grants Opportunity Fund Land purchase and associated costs(environmental assessment,appraisal, legal) Fee subsidies for new development Pre-development loans or other similar incentives Other: Carryover projects ? � | i � Requested Downtown C|PProjects � 1 Main St'Green Street Retrofit Phase 1: South (99w to RR) / ' 2 Main St-Green Street Retrofit Phase 2: Nor h(RRto Greenburg) ' 3Downtown Plaza 4 Downtown Urban Renewal Property Acquisition � 5 Hall Blvd, at Highway A9VVGateway � 63roffins/HeU/HundkerRealignment i 7 Ash Street At-Grade Crossing ofRailroad / ' / , ' | , � ' | � | | | [| / ' / � � | [ � i CCAC 2010 Goals-DRAFT I. Project Infrastructure—Key Projects a. Main Street/Green Street Phase 1 b. Main Street/Green Street Phase 2 (North end) c. Burnham Street d. 99w/Greenburg e. Lower Fanno Creek f. Transit Center g. Plaza Site II. Development a. Review incentives that may stimulate private development with a focus on residential i. Possible outreach to developers ii. Possible financial incentives iii. Possible land assembly and direct development options b. Research i. Vacancies ii. Absentee land/building owners III. Store Front Improvement Plan a. Implementation of Phase 1 (approved businesses) b. Continue to promote and expand program IV. Circulation Plan a. Review for final adoption b. Regular Communication with Transportation Committee V. Branding/Marketing a. Involvement in establishing brand id for Downtown?? b. Promotions &events c. Marketing & advertising of downtown Tigard VI. Communication a. Liaison with other COT boards and commissions b. On-going communication with Council and Staff i. Attendance at council meetings ii. Friday morning meetings on Burnham project c. On-going communication with hired consultants d. On-going communication with neighborhoods VII. Long-term Goals a. Continually improve CCAC processes and procedures including, but not limited to: i. Annual Calendar Development ii. Continue to evolve meeting efficiency and agendas b. Increase our awareness the impact our work has on community i. On-going outreach to businesses and local community ii. Continually work to increase transparency with citizens iii. Continually work to improve communication with council and staff c. Perform other duties as assigned by CCDA Retreat Notes on Three Philosophical Questions WHERE ARE WE NOW? V Committee meeting liaisons & bridging o Outreach to other boards, V Improved city communications commissions & pertinent V Ease of business meetings organizations various points of streamlining V Infrastructure running ahead of DT ➢ establishing tone effect? • Potential of "happening" V Perception changes public transportation ➢ not abandoning N. side of RR ➢ location to cities, venues, events, tracks jobs ➢ traffic needs to continue during • CCAC outreach making a positive construction difference ➢ how to accommodate businesses ➢ people have a real person & during construction & knowing name for accountability who to contact Being the voice for citizen V Timeline misconceptions concerns ➢ Managing info & expectations o Example: Sidewalk (Marketing) crossing is now working V Need to decrease apathy • Struggling, but slow progress is being ➢ 75% working commute out of made Tigard (old figures) • Important infrastructure time ➢ need new numbers; perhaps ➢ dates of implementation provided by upcoming census • Delicate financing & political situation V City enforcements define right vs. wrong ➢ increasing pressure not to spend o Actually enforcing city rules general fund $ on downtown uniformly o Increasing competition ff Ex. 2-hour Main Street from other city groups parking limit competing for the same 9 A-signs general fund $ V What incentives can we give "absentee" changing political landscape owners of DT properties to redevelop V Communication issues properties? • No cooperation or sense of community o Consider temporary tax (in downtown) abatement • (Barrier?) of tough economic conditions V Meeting spaces need to be available plaza location impediment ➢ need interested developer WHERE ARE WE GOING? • Permeability & pedestrian passes V Normalize events in DT without being ➢ hwy 99 disruptive ➢ sidewalk width issues V Heavy construction on Main St. WHAT ARE WE DOING? V Is there an economic impact of the Green Street project? V Continue and expand storefront V Keeping retail alive & healthy improvement Retreat Notes on Three Philosophical Questions walking communities o surmise traffic congestion & parking issues ✓ Need viable news communication (How, if not print?) see a lot of word-of-mouth Citiscape is ineffective? diametrically opposed preferences public speaking outreach with a united presentation & information ✓ Use Town Hall/debate on URD as a communication tool ✓ Liaison with schools & parent groups and church communities ✓ Integrate DT with community Completeness Review for Boards, Commissions and Committee Records CITY OF TIGARD City Center Advisory Commission Name of Board, Commission or Committee February 10, 2010 Date of Meeting I have verified that to the best of my knowledge, these documents are a complete copy of the official record. I was not the original administrator for this meeting. Q Print Name —Ax i&::a. Signature 5laal�_ Date