09/22/1981 - Minutes • Downtown Tigard Committee
Minutes - September 22, 1981
President Alan Paterson called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. in
the conference room of the Durham -�Iastewater Treatment Plant . In
attendance were: committee members Beshears, Utz, Brown, Jones, Barnum,
Henderson, Krupnik and Johnson; staff Aldie Howard; community members
JB Bishop and Harold Holly; planning consultants Don Driscoll and
Jim Hinman.
New responsibilities -- Paterson introduced those in attendance and
reported briefly on the council meeting of the previous evening .
He said the council is drafting a resolution charging the committee
with those same duties and functions that are outlined in the
committee 's official correspondence of Sept . 2, 1981, to the
Tigard City Council .
Time Frames -- In view of the short time frame for establishing an
urban renewal agency prior to Jan. 1, the committee and Jim Hinman
set the following dates:
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Sept . 28 Consultant to submit urban renewal ordinance for city
attorney 's review
Sept . 31 - Ordinance to be submitted in city council packets
Oct . 5 - Committee meets at 7: 00 p.m., at Fowler Jr . High, to
discuss progress and strategies
Oct . 5 - Committee meets at 8: 30 p.m. with city council in study
session
Oct . 12 - Committee attends regular cite council meeting at 7: 30 p.m.
to �';ztness count l ' sC�SIOn n1 =Dan re n��'i? i ordinance
-�ov . (appro.:} - :trait of ur __ rcn2waI olcan avai laale T-or
p,ublic review
itiov . 30 'capprC'i j - Public haa"' Y'j on urban ren:`•,•ial r)-an
Assuming that the above schedule is Sept, and that the council votes
favorably on the ordinance, Hinman noted that the agency will be in
existence prior to Jan. 1, allowing imposition of taxing restrictions
during the 1982 year . Any delay -- such as the requirement for a
public vote -- would delay the receipt of taxes for a full year, but
need not delay further planning, the consultant stressed.
ProcYess to date -- IJ=inman reported that the tasks have beer.,
completed: r
-- Establishment of an urban renewal "stuc.y area" .(bordered by
Pacific zIL'ry., Hall 31731vra., 0 '=4ar 3 St ., a '1_-I St .�
• -- Tabulation of land use data and valuation figures fcr 'he affected
area (5% city's assessed valuation, or 525 .6 million)
-- Consultation with planning director for background and planning data
-- Drafting of schedule and rough ordinance for establishing urban
renewal agency
-- Identification of downtown problems or blight symptoms
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• More on blight -- Ilith regard to establishment of blight, Hinman
said he had identified the following conditions:
1 . Inadequate streets -- Inadequate circulation and parking
on Main Street under present and forecasted conditions; both
Burnham and Commercial identified as too narrow and congested
to handle additional traffic generated by transit facility
and/or commercial development . (All conditions under this
category were characterized as serious enough to result in
substantial harm to downtown business .)
2. Inadequate pedestrian facilities -- Grossly inadequate
sidewalks on Burnham, especially in view of projected civic
center traffic; inadequate pedestrian facilities on Commercial,
Tisard St ., and _'Main Street bridge; inadequate pedestrian
crossing at 14ain Street RR tracks .
3 . Downtown railroad tracks -- The two sets of tracks cut
the city in half, create noise, smoke and vibration.
4 . Fanno Creek Floodplain -- The floodplain cuts off residential
areas from the downtown business district; contains a substantial
amount of unmaintained and unsightly vacant land; contains an
unsightly abandoned sewer treatment facility.
• 5 . Lack of adequate data on downtown housing--its condition and
potential for rehabilitation
6 . Lack of data on infrastructure
7 . Mixed and non-conforming land uses
Committee members went on to suggest the following additional conditions:
Utz: Poor "cosmetic" condition of downtown; lack of standards which
results in delapidated and unsightly buildings maintained in private
oc• nership
Howard: Lack of traffic signalization; double P.P. trackage (as opposed
to shared tradkage) ; improper setbacks; inadequate drainage
As an aside on building deterioration, Driscoll pointed out that any
plan becomes more complex and controversial to the extent that it
involves condemnation/relocation -- no matter how desirable that
tactic may seem. He suggested that the committee may wish to limit
the initial scope of its attac,�:, and expand the plan at a later date
to tackle secondary or sensitive problems .
t,d4,ou_nment: 9: 30 p.m.
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