03/31/1988 - Minutes CITY CENTER PLAN TASK FORCE
Meeting of March 31, 1988 , 6: 30 P.M. Tigard Civic Center, Town
Hall Conference Room.
Members Present: Jolynne Ash, Richard Morley, Pam Juarez , Mike
Marr, Bill Monahan, Stuart Cohen
Others Present: Liz Newton, Duane Roberts, Peggy Weston-Byrd,
Sumner Sharpe, Wally Hobson, Eric Tinus, John Hall , Ed Murphy
Vice-Chair Mike Marr chaired the meeting in place of Chairman
Cohen who had called earlier to note that he would be late. Mike
opened the meeting by stating that minutes for the meeting of
March 17 were not yet available.
Discussion Items:
Cruisin' Tigard - The Committee members agreed that a booth
should be set up at Cruisin ' Tigard to display information about
the progress of the revitalization effort. Members agreed that a
display of concept drawings, photos of projects that are underway
and completed, and handouts should be of interest to those in
attendance. Handouts containing the vision statement, a map, and
excerpts from the marketing study may be prepared. The booth
location will be secured by Mike Marr (first choice is in front
of the Washington Federal Bank) . Members agreed to divide the 10
to 5 booth staffing hours among themselves. The date of the
event is Saturday, July 23 .
Breakfast Meeting - Jolynne reported that the press release
has been approved by the City Administrator and will be sent out.
Council on April 11 will act on the funding request to cover the
cost of invitations. The mailing list is ready. Follow up calls
will be made during the week of the meeting. The majority of the
meeting format will be handled by the consultants.
Recent Development Proposals - Duane reported on recent
inquiries by developers and businesses concerning relocation to
Tigard.
Consultant Report - Hobson and Associates representatives
were present to report on the progress of the marketing study.
Sumner Sharpe presented the results of the Saturday work session
held on February 20 . He noted the portions of the downtown area
that the consultants had identified as either opportunity,
infill , or fixed for future development potential . Committee
members gave input concerning the adequacy of some designations.
It was noted by the Committee that care should be exercised to
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not read too much into the results of the February meeting as
the attendees did not represent a true cross section of the
community. In addition, many of the notations within the summary
are not complete without understanding the context in which they
were stated. Sumner noted that the summary was for committee
information only; it is not part of the report.
Wally Hobson discussed the direction that the study is
going. It has been focused on the vision as the guideline for
the study. They now need to determine what the opportunities are
that support the vision. He noted that the short and long term
opportunities differ. The study may focus in on more specific
uses and apply marketing location criteria to particular sites in
the defined boundaries. Tigard' s position in the area economy,
the area office market, and other factors will be taken into
account before the draft results are presented on April 19 . A
one hour presentation will be made by the consultant at the May 6
breakfast meeting.
Other Business - Jolynne presented her notes from the March
23 meeting of the Transportation Advisory Committee. She urged
the Advisory Committee to include the top downtown projects in
the list of proposed capital projects for the coming year. The
response was very encouraging.
Duane distributed the results of the Pulse Research survey
recently sent to all Tigard households. Of the 400 responses,
the majority support efforts to revitalize the downtown (57% yes
and 23 .3% possibly) . Only 7.5% said they did not favor the
efforts. The survey results also revealed the preferences of
those surveyed for new businesses in the downtown. In order of
preference, those surveyed want 1. fine dining restaurants, 2 .
gourmet bakery, 3 . discount department store, 4 . recreation
facilities, 5 . movie theatre complex, 6 . specialty grocery. Each
of these business types were identified by at least 28 . 8% of the
respondents.
The subcommittee breakfast meetings are going well . One was
held on March 29 . The next breakfast session will be held on
Tuesday, April 12 at 7:00 at Bergmann' s Restaurant.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19 at 6: 30
P.M.
The meeting adjourned at 9 :00 P.M.
Submitted by:
William�A. Monahan
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