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2004 - Tigard Beyond Tomorrow - Update Report Tioard Beyond Tomorrow T T 2004 �rA! M -1 � I � 900818D � xE R � Report � Y R � 0 0 �( N Al +/ D W F F Tarvel Areas Li Since 1996 Urban and Public Safety Public Services ❑ 3 Public Partners Community Character and Quality of Life Schools and On Transportation Education ❑ Based and Traffic Citizen's Growth and Opinions Growth Management What Happened In Y004? U2004 Periodic Update � LISpring � Ll Summer Citizen Survey � LjFall dM i What Happened In 2004? Citizens' Vision Task Force L] Identified issues L] Citizen survev developed & responses were reviewed ❑Shared survey results with citizens Lj Updated vision & created new goals L3 Provided direction for implementation Goals To Achieve In Community Character Communication: ✓ Maximize citizen accessibility to information. ✓ City policy makers facilitate 2-way communication - timely info a respond to concerns raised. ✓ Community effectively participates in decision= making process because the land-use system is understood. Goals To Achieve In Community Character Volunteerism: ✓ Maximize effective volunteer programs. Central Business District: ✓ Provide opportunities for businesses, property owners & Tigard citizens to set the course for the future in the downtown area. ✓ Downtown will provide a gathering place for community and honor sense of a small town. coals To Achieve In Community Character Community Events: ✓ Hold community events that balance traditional with new event requests. Community Aesthetics: ✓ Identify and implement projects a activities that enhance aesthetic qualities Goals To Achieve In Community Character Community Diversity: ✓ Ethnic groups will he recognized and involved in the community. Community Participation: ✓ Communitv encouraged to participate in all decision-making processes. Goals To Achieve In Growth a Growth Management ✓ Growth managed to protect character a livability of established areas, natural environment and provide open space throughout community. ✓ Urban services provided loall citizens within the urban growth boundary. ✓ Encourage affordable housing development through public/private partnerships Goals To Achieve In Growth a Growth Management ✓ Distribute affordable housing throughout community and close to services and transportation. ✓ Establish a maintain economic development programs to attract and retain business. ✓ Develop transportation infrastructure concurrently with new growth. Goals To Achieve In Growth a Growth Management City's Comprehensive Plan will be reviewed/revised~ ✓ Accommodate growth and protect character a livability of new and established neighborhoods. ✓ Provide for preservation of natural environment and open space throughout the community. ✓ Provide for parks and alternative transportation ✓ Create community gathering places. MW IN Goals To Achieve In Public Safely ✓ Community residents, business owners and service providers will understand their roles through effective community to successfully enhance public safety and emergency services. ✓ Develop long-term, stable funding sources to ensure efficient, uninterrupted public safety and emergency services. Goals To Achieve In Public Safety ✓ Community will be trained and prepared for emergencies. ✓ Police outreach — better communications with all citizens. Ill�lll�l��ll� Goals To Achieve In Schools, Education and Youth ✓ Fully funded educational opportunities for students in Tigard-Tualatiu Schools will be maximized. ✓ Schools and City government will effectively work together to achieve operational efficiencies and develop support options. Goals To Achieve In Schools, Education and Youth ✓ Adequate government funding will permit the Tigard-Tualatin School District to prepare for growth. ✓ School districts will ensure effective two-way communication to the entire community by regularly providing information about school- related issues. ✓ Schools will encourage a variety of life-long learning opportunities for citizens of all ages. 4 Goals To Achieve In Transportation and Traffic ✓ Improve traffic safety. ✓ Improve traffic flow. ✓ Alternative modes of transportation will be available and use shall be maximized. J coals To Achieve In Transportation and Traffic ✓ Identify and develop funding resources. ✓ Reduce reliance on 99W for local traffic use. ✓ Support and promote ECO (Employee Commute Options) Rules. Goals To Achieve In Urban a Public Services Library: ✓ Library will have stable funding for the provision of basic services. ✓ Wide array of opportunities for life-long learning will be available in a variety of formats and used by the community. ✓ Adequate facilities available for efficient delivery of life-long learning programs/services for all ages. Goals To Achieve In Urban a Public Sorvicos Parks & Greenways: City will educate and support citizen efforts to understand importance of floodplains and wetlands and how the areas are managed and protected. ✓ Open space and greenway areas shall be preserved and protected. heals To Achieve In urban a Public Services Recreation: ✓ Partnerships will provide a wide range of leisure and recreation opportunities that are coordinated and available for the Tigard community. AL Goals To Achieve In Urban & Public Services Water and Stormwater: ✓ Actively participate in regional development of drinking water sources and adequate, innovative funding mechanisms to develop those sources for Tigard users while exploring local options for water reuse and groundwater source. ✓ Equity position in a regional water system bv 2007. ✓ Stormwater runoff is effectively managed. Y004 Vision Accomplishments Presented to City Council on Tuesday, 1/25/05 at 7:30 PM Watch on TVTV Channel z5 2005 You are needed. Urban and Public Safety public Services Community p Character and Volunteer To Some Quality of Life Schools and Transportation Education and Traffic Growth and Growth Management ------------------- Tigard's Future Is Important Enough To Plan For a To Achieve That Plan! For more information contact: Li Liz Newton or Loreen Mills at City of Tigard 503-639-4111 ^0 or ^, Ll Check out the City 9 s web page at ' www/cljlgard.or.us r