06/12/2013 - Minutes Citi- Center Advisory Commission
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Meeting Minutes
Date of Meeting: Wednesday,June 12, 2013
Location: Red Rock Creek Conference Room
Called to order by: Chair Elise Shearer
Time Started: 6:30 pm (Executive Session 8.37 to 8:52 m
Time Ended: 8:54 PM
Commissioners Present: Elise Shearer (Chair), Thomas Murphy, Deanie Bush, Paul.Nliller,
Sherrie Devaney, Linli Pao, Laura Fisher, Carine Arendes,
Hemendra "Hem" 111athur ,Uternate
Commissioners Absent: Philip Thoinbur rice Chair
Others Present: Councilor Marland Henderson, Council Liaison to the CCAC;Planning
Commissioner Richard Shavey and local realtor Neal Brown.
Staff Present: Downtown Redevelopment Project Manager Sean Farrelly, Senior Transportation
Planner Judith Gray and Community Planning Senior Administrative Specialist Chris Filey.
AGENDA ITEM #1: Welcome and Roll Call
Elise opened the meeting and Chris recorded the roll call.
AGENDA ITEM #2: Review / Approve Minutes
The May 8,2013 CCAC Minutes were approved.
AGENDA ITEM #3: Non-Agenda Items / Public Comment
A. Elise— Rite Aid is doing a major remodel and expanding their grocery area.
B. Deanie—The Pacific Paint building exterior repainting is complete. A new business,
JIB.Interiors, has opened.
C. Sean - There is a fishing equipment store opening downtown in the old Pacific Paint
location next to Thai Delicious Restaurant. Symposium Coffee is open. Their hours
are 6 a.m. to midnight, six days a week with a later opening on Sundays. Tom Murphy
suggested CCAC hold a meeting at Symposium once the meeting room is available.
Paul Miller said he visited Symposium and thought it would be helpful to them if there
was more defined parking in front of their building.
D. Hem said there is a lot of grass growing in the plants in the sidewalk strip along
Burnham Street between Main and Ash. Elise said the business owners are supposed
to maintain that area.
E. Updates to upcoming events schedule - Due to the July 4 holiday, the CODA moved
their July 2 meeting to July 9. CODA will have an Executive Session on Julie 19.
T. Elise asked for executive session training for CCAC's new members.
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AGENDA ITEM #4: Southwest Corridor Plan—Judith
(This was Item 5 on the agenda but was moved to Item 4 at the meeting)
Action Item. Consider autboriing Chair Shearer to write a letter of'.s-aiart for theplan
In July, the SW Corridor Steering Committee will decide which high-capacity transit (HCI)
alternatives should be moved forward for further study. Based on the information gathered to date
on light rail and bus rapid transit, the CCAC members agreed that in their view,both alternatives
should remain under consideration at this time. It is important to continue to study how either
option could complement future development. Judith asked if CCAC would agree to submit a letter
to the Tigard City Council voicing their support for further study. Elise had a letter drafted for the
commission's review. After some minor edits, the commission members unanimously agreed on the
content of the letter. Elise will prepare and sign the final version on CCAC's behalf.
AGENDA ITEM #5: Brownfields Initiative— Sean
(This was Item 4 on the agenda but was moved to Item 5 at the meeting)
Update on Initiative and Brownftelds Conference
The memo with details about the Brownfields program was discussed (Attachment 1). The
process is in three phases: 1) Assessment of(potentially) contaminated properties,2) Clean-up of
contaminated properties and 3) Redevelopment or improvement of properties. There will be public
outreach meetings late this summer; one for property owners and the other for the general public. In
the fall, staff will apply for an assessment grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Brownfields conversation will continue at future CCAC meetings as we move through the
progress.
AGENDA ITEM #G: CCAC Three-Year Action Plan/2°d Quarter Goal Update—Sean
(Attachment 2). The commission reviewed the quarterly goals update for the 2"' quarter. The city is
working on a concept plan to complete the trail system through the unused portion of the ODOT
Rail and railroad property. The trail completion will be done if a long-term lease agreement for the
property-can be negotiated.
AGENDA ITEM #7: Downtown Events Communications - Sean
Review and comment on ExploreDowntownTigard website
(There were technical difficulties with the display screen in the meeting room, so the website
review was postponed.)
Deanie said the Tigard Times would be featuring the upcoming Balloon Festival and the
ExploreDowntovnT'igard website in its issue next week. Expect to see other publicity releases
for the Street Fair which takes place in August. Elise had a packet from the Chamber listing
volunteer opportunities for those who want to help out at the Street Fair.
AGENDA ITEM #S: Downtown Property Owners
Receive update on group's activities
Elise attended the latest meeting. She said the downtown property owners have proposed to
Warne their group Tigard Downtown Alliance and are working on incorporating as a non-profit.
They are also developing their mission statement.
AGENDA ITEM #9: Liaison Reports
A. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (DRAB) - Linli. Potso Park is getting a new
parking lot. The city is talking to ODOT Rail about the Tigard Street Trail; leasing the
land may be an option. The Rotary Club is donating and installing exercise equipment
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at Dirksen Nature Parr. The PRAB still has $1.9 million for acquisitions with the bulk
reserved for purchasing property for the downtown plaza. On the development side,
PRAB still has $1.7 million however money from the development fund was approved
for Fanno Creek at the last council meeting and Jack Park will go before Council next
month so some of that is already committed. The PRAB has $60,000 for recreation
but it still needs to address which programs would fall under the definition of
recreation. The Parks Board would like to see CCAC involved in defining what
recreation is for Tigard and how it might apply to the downtown area. PRAB
members said they don't believe there is a naming and recognition policy for naming
parks. Sean said he would check with Steve Martin in the Parks Department to see if
there will be naming protocols at some point in the future.
B. Tigard Transportation Advisory Committee (TTAC) —Elise. The presentation Judith
gave at the beginning of this meeting was essentially the same information she
presented at the council and TTAC meetings earlier this month.
C. City Council—Elise. The 2013-14 budget has been adopted. A parks zone is being
proposed to Delp streamline the process for review and make it more efficient. This
could impact the future downtown plaza. There will also be more major development
updates in the future.
D. Art sub-committee—Sean. The next public art committee meeting with artist Brian
Borello is scheduled to take place at the library- on July 8.
E. CODA Meeting—Tom Murphy. Tom thought consultant Elaine Howard's
presentation on Urban Renewal in Oregon was worthwhile. He recommended she be
invited to a future CCAC meeting to present a streamlined version of the presentation
with more of a focus on downtown development. Sean will forward a copy of her
PowerPoint presentation to the commission members.
AGENDA ITEM#10: Executive Session
Elise recessed the regular meeting at 8:37 p.m. and read the script to open the Executive
Session to discuss real property transactions in accordance with ORS 192.660(2)(e),
AGENDA ITEM #11: Adjourn. At 8:52 p.m., the executive session closed. The regular
meeting was reconvened and adjourned at 8:54 p.m.
/ C.L. Wiley, CCAC 1�to ding Secretary
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ATTEST:
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Elise hearer, Chair
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