11/14/2002 - Report Monthly Report
November, 2002
for
Transportation Financing Strategies Task Force
1. Meetings were held on(list dates during month
• November 14, 2002
2. Current activities:
• Open House held on November 14, 2002.
• Information on the Street Maintenance Fee on COT web site.
• Video Production on Street Maintenance Fee be played on TVTV through 12/17
3. Status of long-term projects:
• Workshop on Street Maintenance Fee is scheduled for City Council 12/17/02.
4. Number of volunteer hours contributed this month(noted number of volunteers and total
hours).
Five volunteers - Total hours - 10 hours.
5. Attachments (include notifications, sign-in sheets, minutes, reports, press releases,
proposals, etc.) - List:
• Comments from November 14, 2002, Open House
• Please check web site www.ci.tigard.or.us to see posted information.
6. Any items to be scheduled for on the Council tentative agenda(list item and date):
• Scheduled for Council Review on December 17, 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.
Same as previous reports
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mains are in place,cities will be obliged to Compare Tiigard's and LETTERS POLICY—The
annex. Times encourages letters
I would not have voted for Tualatin s streets from readers,though they
Oswego and Tualatin Commissioner Larry Sowa had I known he may be limited to one per
)urb. Tualatin is grow- was party to such duplicity, though I should month. Letters longer than
Sherwood,Tigard and have known when I saw his campaign signs Anyone who opposes the pro- 300 words (generally,
;tern tip of Lake next to Newman's on developer-owned posed street maintenance fee in
Beaverton are joined at property. Tigard ought to take a drive about a single typewritten
ing from city to city Those who have no love for the land through Tualatin.Then compare page double-spaced) may
een. Like traffic? beyond the dollar signs dancing their city-owned streets with be edited or returned to
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,pment of Tualatin, eyes applaud their good fortune as the those streets ownednature and signature a
countryside is carved into I'd much rather pay to have Although9
our streets fixed and maintained address are required with
cookie-cutter subdivisions than to have to pay the bill to letters,the address will
studded with d row hour s, rebuild all of them.The longer not be published.The
strip malls and row houses, et started the more
hose who have or those oxymoronic"indus- we wait to gdeadline for tetters to the
costly it will be for us. editor and Soapboxes is
trial parks"But only a few noon Monday.or eland beyond the Well-maintained streets will y. Mail them
individuals gain. The rest of save us money in the mainte- to Letters to the Editor,
ineing in their eyes applaud us lose. nance costs of keeping our cars P.O. Box 370, Beaverton
Taxpayers foot the bill in good shape,as well as 97075,or e-mail them to
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police and fire protection travel. pers.eom.
.utter subdivisions studded and other necessities. Additionally,the money col-
Gridlock becomes a fact of lected will be used in the mainte- I urge the council to do what
:Mansions, strip malls daily life on our overcrowd- nance of street lights,signals, is right rather than listen to those
ed roads and highways. and the right of way areas on col- who speak the loudest.We can ill
nd row houses Scenic vistas, wildlife habi- lector and arterial streets for afford to wait any longer to begin
tat,community identity and landscape and sidewalks. on a maintenance program,
all the other intangibles con- The proposed fee is minimal
tributing to livability disap- compared to the benefits each of LUANNE THIELKE
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Clitu'ezens questi'oon street fee plan
The City Council will take its next ily residences. Businesses in Group 1,which "What we're going to do is take all the
look at the plan Dec. 17 don't generate much traffic, would pay input from citizens and submit it to the City
$2.07 monthly, while those in Group 3 that Council on Dec. 17. Based on their discus-
TYGARD Some members of the busi- generate a lot of traffic would pay $53.72. sion, we plan to bring it back in February,
ness community are reluctant to go along The Transportation Task Force held an although we hope to get direction in
with the city's proposed street utility fee. open house Thursday at City Hall,and about December.
The program, which has already been 20 people showed up, according to Gus "We will have two new council members
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implemented by several other cities in Duenas, in January who must go through the process
Oregon,funds repairs,maintenance and pre- "Some people commented that the fee and be brought up to speed. I'm hoping in
ventive measures on city streets as well as was too high,especially with the recession," February to have a more detailed discussion
maintenance of rights of way, sidewalks,
Duenas said. "But that's hard to swallow and maybe a vote in March" C
street lights and traffic signals. when you consider that it's less than the cost According to Duenas, if the council V
Under the program, the city collects fees of a cup of coffee each month for a resi- approves the plan, it would probably go into C
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property� A representative of the Oregon Grocers effect July 1 to coincide with the start of the
the number of trips that a particular land use Association attended the meeting and came new fiscal year and give his department time
generates.
armed with a list of questions, according to to work out the details.
Projected monthly fees are $ for Duenas. "He stressed that it is still a tax and For more information, call Duenas at
multi-family units and$2.54 for single-le-fam- not a fee,"he said. 503-639-4171.
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HomeStreet Bank aids CPAH in time r
Community Partners for Affordable Village at Washington Square.It also offers a Steve Kinchen, Tigard branch manager,
variety of programs at its complexes, includ- said of the contribution, "We are committed
Housing will use the funds to assist
ing summer youth programs and after-school to our community by investing in parks and `
its low-income residents activities. housing.We try to find areas where to put our
In addition, CPAH helps its residents contributions.
TIGARD--It's not pennies from heaven, develop job skills, find work and even begin "This is the last of our budget for 2002,
but it's cold,hard cash from a bank. a savings program to help make a future and we thought CPAH would be a great place
HomeStreet Bank's Tigard branch made a home purchase. to put it. Our managers in Lake Oswego and }
$3,000 contribution to Community Partners The nonprofit housing developer, which Clackamas have worked with CPAH and
for Affordable Housing Wednesday, money serves Tigard, Tualatin and southwest
that is desperately needed during the current found it to be a worthwhile organization" I
P Y g Portland, relies on donations from business- According to Kinchen, HomeStreet Bank
economic turndown. es, churches, individuals and foundations as `
is committed to
"HomeStreet Bank also did this for us two well as banks to operate. making it positive difference
years ago," said Sheila Greenlaw-Fink, According to Greenlaw-Fink,CPAH usu- m the communities that it serves.
CPAH executive director. "It's an important ally raises$60,000 annually,with most of the "I am very pleased that n have the
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gift at a time when nonprofits face a huge contributions coming from banks. opportunity to assist people n furthering
downturn in government funding and dona- "This year has been really tough," she 'their occupational skills and eventually attain
tions. said. "When you get an award, you almost their dream of home ownership,"he said.
"We still need people who can invest in us feel guilty because there are so many needy HomeStreet Bank, which was founded in
when the economy is down, because our organizations. 1921, is one of the largest privately owned
services are needed more than ever.This is a "Last year was tough, and this year is not banks in the Northwest.
critical time" much better. But we hope that as tough as Each year, HomeStreet Bank contributes
CPAH operates 143 units of affordable times are that people can give something to 2 percent of its annual pre-tax profits to
housing, including Greenburg Oaks and the non-profits" organizations in its communities.
Cook-offi. Participants will vote for three favorite ch' 's
■Continued from Al ent circumstances. We have a good time, and year's cook-off,which Shopmeyer hopes may
"This year, there will probably be 13, 14, we try to raise as much money as possible." be expanded to an outdoor tent to accommo-
15," Shopmeyer said. "I had 25 people who At 5 p.m., "or awful close to it," date more people.The event is always held on
wanted to enter.But this is a small restaurant, Shopmeyer goes into the kitchen and tallies the third Sunday in November.
and when you get a lot of crockpots and peo- the votes. "Hopefully, we'll raise some good money
. , •, "The only nrize the winner Bets is their „k i„*�t„ r;—'Qranee"ghllnmever-nid