06/01/2002 - Packet Monthly Report
June 2002
for
Skateboard Park Task Force
(Name of board, committee, task force, group, etc.)
1. Meetings were held on(list dates during month)
June 12, 2002- Rich Carlson conducted a meeting between the Task Force Chair, Dan
Plaza, and School District representatives Steve Lowder, Mark Chism and Randy Harvey.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the possibility of locating the skateboard
facility on school district property, specifically at the Fowler School land on Tigard
Street. The School Board indicated a favorable inclination to the idea. Dan Plaza
discussed this with City Manager Bill Monahan. And, Bill Monahan discussed this with
the Mayor and City Council on June 18.
June 13, 2002— The 1 st Design meeting, held on June 13,with the consultants was a
success although attendance was low. What is important to note is that those in
attendance provided almost every feature one would find in a skateboard facility. Several
facility designs were put together by skating enthusiasts and submitted for consideration.
The consultants will now prepare a couple of design concepts and present them at the
next Design meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 30 at the Water District Building at
8777 SW Burnham from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
June 15, 2002—The Task Force announced the winners of the Logo Contest at the
Balloon Festival and presented prizes.
June 18, 2002—The City Council heard a presentation on the School District Fowler
School property on Tigard Street as a possible site for the skateboard facility. The
Council gave direction to staff to work with the school district on this possibility. A
community meeting will be conducted after more information on the property, ESD
building, and neighborhood etc. is ascertained. The Council, generally, was intrigued by
the idea of a Community Policing station at the site. They felt it would be a good feature
that would sell well with the community as they consider accepting a skateboard facility
in their neighborhood. The school district has been contacted and they have been asked to
provide, if possible, any maps of the property(topo's etc.), building information, number
of children living in the extended and nearby areas of the property, etc.
2. Current activities (summarize):
Currently there are two major activities in process. One is the design process (discussed
above) and the second is the site selection process (discussed above).
3. Status of long-term projects:
The major long-term projects continue to be the selection of a site location for the
skateboard facility and the subsequent fundraising campaign. The Site Selection
committee continues to study City maps to identify more potential sites in addition to the
Fowler School site.
4. Number of volunteer hours contributed this month(noted number of volunteers and total
hours).N/A
5. Attachments (include notifications, sign-in sheets, minutes, reports,press releases,
proposals, etc.) - List:
- sign in sheet for June 13 meeting
- door flyer for June 13 meeting
- Tigard Times June 6 and June 20
6. Any items to be scheduled for on the Council tentative agenda(list item and date):
The conceptual design will be presented to City Council on November 26, 2002.
7. Status of members—are there any members scheduled to have their terms expire in the
next four months? Are any members indicating that they plan to retire, move or resign
soon? Please give details. N/A
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Interested in designing a new facility experience." design tepark. Skate Park Design will be modified
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According to Plaza,people attending the meeting ''The Skateboard Park Task Force chaired by Rich
By BARBARA SHERMAN will be broken up into groups of four or five and Carlson and its three subcommittees have held 12 •Continued from A 1
Of theTimes given paper and markers to design their own park, meetings since Jan Of about what they want in
g nary,according to Plaza.The sub- In the meantime, people with a skateboard facility and to come
"The kids will get to draw,"Plaza said."It will be committees include design,site selection and fund- ideas on what features to include to the meeting and make
sure
TIGARD—The culmination of months of plan- fun for them.Everyone is encouraged to come and raising. it a skatepark should plan to their ideas are heard and record-
ning and strategizing for a lot of young skateboard give input.This is the beginning of the final design At one of the design meetings,participants were attend Thursday's meeting, Plaza ed."
enthusiasts in the city will occur June 13,when they Process." invited to list features they would like to see in a said.
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get to sit face to face with the man who will design At the conclusion of the June 13 meeting,a date skatepark and then rank them according to popular- "It will be fun,and the result of Town The
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a park for them. will be set for a second meeting with Rose in July or ity. this input session u ill be a draft S.W.Hall Blvd.The meeting wall
The first skateboard facility design meeting will August. "Then we'll have a third meeting in Incorporating design elements has proven to be skateboard facility conceptual begin at 7 p.m.and is expected to
be led by architect Steve Rose of Purkiss Rose September after school starts,"Plaza said, an easier task than finding a site,according to Plaza, design.Everyone who is interest- conclude by 9.
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Landscape,according to city Parks Manager Dan Rose will leave the meeting with all of the sug- "To date,the efforts have focused on sites owned by ed should tell all their friends For more information,contact
gestions and put together a first draft of a conceptu- utilities,the city and the school district,"he said. about the meeting. Plaza at 503-639-4171,Ext.2590,
"We expect heavy involvement from.the commu- al design that will show how the different features Officials expect the conceptual design to be mod- "People are urged to start or daniel@ci.tigard.or.us.
nity,"Plaza said."That's the thrust of this meeting. would flow from one to another,Plaza said. ified once a site has been selected.
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loons can drift into airspace s �` got as far as Tualatin- said. "It was the best year for th
Mayor Jim Griffith."Destruction of a habitat that sup- b
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Portland International. :. dxs<. was like pingpong.Seven dance,with eight balloons lit up eac
pond turtles and painted turtles,pileated woodpeckersyp. ;;,,.- �.;
Airport if they have a or eight stayed on the night.It was just perfect.
and many other native vertebrates,as well as a host of field."
transponder and a radio. " .$„,-x, 0;<< ;r..,,.. "And we had excellent entertain
invertebrates necessary for the return of a healthy fish "We have a waiver, but Overall attendance ment. Some people came
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p it s a safety issue, Ellis " " was down a little this entertainment"
"There simply is no excuse for another example of said."I won't fly with the wind going year, but it has been The line-up included Johnn
human-centered habitat destruction within the bound- in that direction." down at numerous events around the Limbo and the Lugnuts, Lind
aries of the city of Tigard. Fanno Creek is clearly val- Saturday wasn't much better — country,Ellis said. Hornbuckle, the Patrick Lamb Banc
ued by the citizens of this city . . . Rather than push- although most of the balloons started Prior to the June 14-16 event, he Ellen White and Reflex Blue, Pep
ing this project through,why not work to acquire this lifting off at 6 a.m., the problem that predicted about 100,000 people and the Bottle Blondes and others.
entire site and then maintain it for its habitat value?" day was no wind. would show up,based on prior years' The festival also provides non
Mike and Cathy McElevey of Tigard, who have Several balloons went u and attendance. The event is free and profit
lived on a tributary of Fanno Creek for more than 15 p P groups with an opportunity t
straight back down, landing right in includes many activities, such as make money,according to Ellis.
years, wrote, "To hear of this proposal is disturbing, Cook Park, while others traveled watching the balloons, scoping out "What people don't understand i
to say the least. Not only does this strike me as a southwest a short distance. the vintage cars provided by the Rose that there are several booths on th
■See BUDGET A3 "The ceiling dropped, and there City Classic Chevy Club and listen-
ing to musical performers. ■See BALLOONS,A3
Few people show up at meeting to help design skateboardp ark
Two designers come to work with local last Thursday,set up with chairs around tables covered TOP DESIGN
skateboarders, who were mostly absent with large sheets of paper for participants to design S
from the important meeting their own park, they could only wonder why the —— Sierra Glick
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turnout was so low. just graduates
By BARBARA SHERMAN "We had great publicity on this said parks man- from Tigard
Of the Times ager Dan Plaza. "And I e-mailed everyone on our list High School
about tonight's meeting. I just don't understand it,
TIGARD—What if a team of skatepark designers unless it is because it's the last day of school and kids ,ic w and took part
flew up from California to create a park in Tigard and are out celebrating" '' r in the school's
He counted 11 Art After Hour
nobody came? young people in the audience,who program,
That's what city officials and skateboard park didn't lack in enthusiasm what they lacked in num-
bersThey had the design team to themselves and took designed the
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organizers were puzzling over last Thursday after set- n„�.� b. winning logo
ting up a highly anticipated meeting between future full advantage of it.
Architect Dominic K.Oyzon,who will be the prof- for the city's
park users and the designers who will create the facil- ect manager,and Frank Hirata,a pro-skateboarder and future skate-
ity. Only a handful of people showed up. skatepark designer from the Fullerton, Calif.-based '' board park.
"It's very disappointing, said Rich Carlson,chair- landscape architecture firm of Purkiss-Rose, came to _ Her name wa:
man of the Skateboard Park Task Force, which along the meeting to get design ideas from the participants. t announced
with three subcommittees has held a series of 12 meet- The firm submitted the lowest bid of $10,000 in rTg during the
Ings since January. A meeting at the end of February response to the city's request for proposals for people % Tigard Festivz
to talk about the design drew about 70 people,leading to design the park. of Balloons
organizers to believe that interest and enthusiasm were The firm has created skateboard parks all over the Friday
i running high. country, including a number in California. evening.
s As they looked around a nearly empty Town Hall ■$e;SKATEpARK,./Q CRAIG MITCHELL
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a legal perspec- that the city would site a road through the LID formation the Lions, the Boy Scouts, the.
` process:' chamber—that's a hard dollar
,cElevevs agreed with through habitat for these According to Duenas, the amount that the festival absorbs �n t
that the site "should be preliminary engineer's report to allow these groups to partici-
sensitive wildlife species when cov
,red and permanently pro- will examine all relevant pate.
,,ed for its value as habitat well-documented and preferable aspects of the project,includ- "The festival is an all-volun-
r both wildlife and people" ing environmental issues,the teer event, and probably 10 or out it
Malcolm Cross of Tigard alternatives exist: railroad crossing, the 12 civic and service organiza- But
)ted that"it is unconscionable removal of a spur track adja- tions participate.They are gen-
at the city would site a road cent to the existing Wall erating funds that stay in the
rough habitat for these sensi- Malcolm Cross Street,and the connection of community."
/e wildlife species when Wall Street to Hall One group that was happy
ell-documented and prefer- Boulevard. with the event was the Tigard
)le alternatives exist." He expects the city to Area Chamber of Commerce,
As a stream-watch monitor for the Tualatin select an engineering consultant within the next which sponsored a fund-raiser
iverkeepers and as an adopt-a-stream volunteer two months, with the selection of the consultant for the Tigard-Tualatin School
)r the city of Tigard, Cross said, "It is my belief and the preparation of the report taking 10 to 12 District's Caring Community
gat the highest and best use of the land adjacent months. The council would receive the report in Fund. Money from the fund is used to .
Fanno Creek is as open space,wildlife habitat, March or April 2003. income families with medical deductil
,)mmunity environmental education and flood The 2002-03 budget, which goes into effect clothing, school supplies and emergency
:orage. I will strongly oppose any efforts to July 1, includes an operating budget of $26.94 with utility bills.
stend Wall Street across Fanno Creek" million as well as $17.3 million for capital A sell-out dinner and silent auction
City officials at this point are planning to pro- improvement projects. The operating budget Friday evening.
eed with the project, although Duenas has noti- includes 260.45 staff positions,which is 4.6 high- "It was extremely successful;'
ed the people who wrote letters that "there will er than the current fiscal year. Williams of West Coast Bank, who was
organizers.
"We sold more than 250 tickets at $.
ured we netted $12 a ticket. The silt
Skateparke 'We want to make sure grossed about $2,370, we will probably
over a check for about$5,000.Isn't that
In addition,the $5 parking fee that n
our ideas et translated into the des ipaid to park closer to the event goes prinyg Rotary Club and the Tigard High Sch(
1 Continued from Al Once the final design is approved,the firm will Club,with the festival retaining a small
Hirata has been a professional skateboarder for do construction documents. Then the city will put "We were able to secure more pa
he last 10 years and a designer for the past four. the project out to bid. closer to Tigard High School, so we en(
"We want to make sure your ideas get accurate- Among the attendees was Brenden Schild,who the same number of spaces as we had
y translated into the design and are incorporated in will be a junior at Tigard High School in the fall but more people had to walk further,"
he final plan,"he said. and has been skateboarding for three years. "Next year,we will be able to use the ne
He asked for a show of hands on whether peo- "I live in Tigard, so I want to see a skatepark we are looking into providing a shuttle:
)le ride bikes,skateboards or in-line skates,noting here,"he said. "I'm a skater, so I need someplace Although Ellis was still assessing t!
hat "there's not too drastic a difference in the to go.All the parks are so crowded.So I want to do Tuesday morning, he reported that `
)arks, but you will see a lot more transition from my part to get a park built in Tigard"
me to the other." Danny Morrison,who will be in the sixth grade
He then asked the participants what elements at Twality Middle School,is a skateboarder with a Mt � S�
hey would like to see in a park,such as a fun box, ramp right in front of his house. He said that he i(� run••
crop-ins, corner hips,bowls and half-pipes. attended the meeting for a couple of reasons.
"You need to cater to beginners but also you "I like to draw things to make,"he said. "And I E Continued from Al int-
vant a place to test your skills," Hirata said. "We wanted to make sure that it's not really,really bad" lanes catching up on paperwork So
vant something special for your park. We don't The next skatepark meeting,when the consult- when he heard the two vehicles Jet
want to make a cookie-cutter park.We want people ants will present their design concepts, is set for collide. He saw the Trooper pull gat
o come and use it Tuesday, July 30, at 7 p.m. at the Tigard Water over to the side of the road, but we
According to Oyzon,skateparks take about nine District Building, 8777 S.W. Burnham. Officials the Jetta took off at high speed, Po
o 12 months to construct. "If you had all the hope for a better turnout at this meeting. even though its front end had
honey,it would take that long from the start to the On another front, skatepark organizers held a been damaged. set
Finish, from today to the grand opening,"he said. design contest to create a logo, and Sierra Glick- DeBolt followed the Jetta as it alt
While the task force has been,eoncenlratiiig o- Liddicoat, who just graduated from Tigard High turned onto Southwest Allen �'
oming up with the design elements aiid finding a School where she"was an art student, was named Boulevard and then tried to turn
site, it has not yet faced the issue of fund-raising. the winner.
"We will take your ideas back to our office and Sponsors of the contest who donated prizes
hopefully come up with your perfect skatepark included West Coast Bank, Fred Meyer, Cal's
design," Oyzon said. "We will come back with a Pharmacy and Skateboard Shop, Costco,
couple of concepts that will hopefully show all the Godfather's on Pacific Highway, McDonald's on
elements you want. Then you can vote on A or B Durham Road and Nike.
or a combination of the two.The third time, we'll For more information, call Plaza at 503-639-
4171.
come back with a final design" ,,,g