04/18/2022 - PacketPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA – April 18, 2022
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City of Tigard
Planning Commission Agenda
MEETING DATE: April 18, 2022 - 7:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Members Remote in via Microsoft Teams
Link to virtual hearing online: www.tigard-or.gov/virtualPC
1. CALL TO ORDER 7:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL 7:00 p.m.
3. COMMUNICATIONS 7:02 p.m.
4. CONSIDER MINUTES 7:04 p.m.
5. BRIEFING (TIGARD “HOME” (Housing, Opportunity, Mobility & Ease) 7:05 p.m.
Staff: Associate Planner Hope Pollard
6. DISCUSSION (Process & Procedures/Future Meetings) 7:30 p.m.
Staff: Assistant Community Development Director Tom McGuire
7. ADJOURNMENT 815 p.m.
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CITY OF TIGARD
PLANNING COMMISSION
Minutes - April 18, 2022
Location: Members & Public Remote via Microsoft Teams
Link to virtual hearing online: www.tigard-or.gov/virtualPC
CALL TO ORDER
President Hu called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: President Hu
Vice President Jackson
Commissioner Brandt
Commissioner Miranda
Commissioner Roberts
Commissioner Watson
Absent: Commissioner Schuck; Commissioner (K7) Tiruvallur
Staff Present: Tom McGuire, Assistant Community Development Director; Hope
Pollard, Associate Planner; Doreen Laughlin, Executive Assistant
COMMUNICATIONS ² None.
CONSIDER MINUTES
President Hu asked if there were any additions, deletions, or corrections to the 4/4/22 minutes;
there being none, President Hu declared the minutes approved as submitted.
BRIEFING
Tigard ´+20(µ +RXVLQJ2SSRUWXQLW\0RELOLW\ (DVH) Proposal.
Associate Planner Hope Pollard introduced herself and pulled up a PowerPoint (Exhibit A).
She noted that she is not requesting a formal decision at this time but is introducing a new
project that will be coming down the line this fall.
x HOME stands for housing, opportunity, mobility, and ease. Its primary goal is to allow
for complete residential communities that maximize opportunity for community
members while mitigating potential nuisances and hazards. She noted that imagery will be
coming in the fall with the project kickoff, but that this is generally what will be focused
on with this project.
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She pulled up a slide and noted that the HOME Project is based on three critical and urgent
needs.
o The yellow on the zoning map (slide 3) represents land in the city that is zoned
strictly for residential use. For those residents living deep in the ´sea of yellowµ
LW·VSK\VLFDOO\LPSRVVLEOHWRUHDFKany nonresidential use without getting in a car.
She went on to explain:
Over the years, through surveys for various projects like Tigard MADE,
we have heard a strong demand from residents for services closer to home
² small services like walk up coffee shops² that can be reached without
getting in a car.
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importance of approaching all projects with a climate-first mentality. Most
emissions at a local scale are generated by energy consumption and
transportation. Comprehensive emissions reduction requires shorter travel
distances to become a reality. This means we need to rework our land use
code to allow for flourishing self-contained communities where various
housing, economic, and entertainment options are reachable without
getting in a car.
o The City has received significant public comment in recent years regarding urban
agriculture in Tigard. Feedback contained in these comments falls into two
apparently opposing categories:
Calls for protection against mess, pests, and endangered public health
associated with some urban farms.
Calls for protection and expansion of the sense of community, education,
and economic opportunity urban farms provide.
While these comments appear on the surface to demonstrate conflicting
desires for local neighborhoods, a common goal can be deduced: clean,
safe neighborhoods built on a sense of community and opportunity.
o As the Metro region continues to face a housing crisis, Tigard incorporates
improvements to housing regulations with each new project. While we have
undertaken significant standalone housing projects over the past few years, Tigard
HOME will also seek to ensure that the Development Code is
accessible/amenable to a wide range of housing types and affordability levels.
x The ultimate goal of HOME is to address these three needs: reducing vehicle trips;
addressing nonresidential activity (including urban farms) in residential neighborhoods;
and continuing to build out equitable housing code ² to foster a thriving and healthy
community for all³mitigating potential nuisances associated with nonresidential activity
in neighborhoods while also maximizing freedom for community members to use their
homes in ways that uplift the neighborhood.
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come back for the project kickoff this fall. Code updates will be brought forward for adoption
around February 2024; however, wH·OOEHFRPLQJEDFNIRU quite a few briefings before then.
Tom McGuire interjected that Home Occupation regulations will be looked at . ´That chapter in
the code definitely needs an update, EXWZHEHOLHYHWKHUH·VRSSRUWXQLW\WRLQFOXGHRXUFRGHLQ
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the way of allowing people to do home occupations ² and similar to urban agriculture, there are
very sharp opinions on both sides of that. The key is going to be looking at ways to allow a
broader range or more home occupations in residential areas, but also making sure those home
occupations are not creating off-site impacts or impacting the neighborhood negatively in any
way. The urban agriculture and the home occupations will be difficult topics for us to deal with.
We are looking at a very public engagement intensive project - and Hope Pollard and Lauren
Scott are both public engagement strategists for Community Development. They·YHQRWIOHVKHG
out the public engagement strategy just yet, but they definitely have some ideas. Public
engagement will be RQHRIWKHPDMRUDVSHFWVRIWKLVSURMHFWRQFHLW·VNLFNHGRIILQ the fall. A
very robust public engagement strategy will PDNHVXUHZH·UHKHDULQJIURPDOOVLGHV²
endeavoring to make sure all sides are talking with, and not just arguing with each other. We
want to figure out what the commonalities are ² what the issues are. We are hoping to have the
majority of people coming before the Planning Commission in 2024 asking for approval of this
- because they really want it to happen - now that will be a success!
QUESTIONS
A couple of the commissioners were interested in services such as a neighborhood bodega
(small grocery store) within walking distance. Hope replied that they are at this point teasing out
the scale of what will be allowed going forward. Community outreach will be a big part of that.
She said they hear from people who want this sort of thing, but don·WZDQWLW located next to
them. So, community outreach will be very important. Tom McGuire commented saying, ´the
more creative we can get, the better. Putting lots of ideas out there into the mix is a good thing.
Creative thinking about how to make life that much better in our neighborhoods is something
to strive for.µ
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neighborhoods. We are far from that. I think the best way to put is, ¶LW·VQRWRIIWKHWDEOH· It will
be considered.µ
Sidewalk gaps and a complete lack of sidewalks in some areas were mentioned. Street
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There were other ideas tossed around that Hope and Tom said would be looked at.
DISCUSSION
Future Meetings ² Tom informed the commissioners that City Council is considering meeting
in-person in June. It was noted that City Council has only 5 members, whereas the Planning
Commission has as many as 11. 7KHUH·VQot enough room at the dais for all the voting
commissioners and there is always the possibility of many members of the public attending ²
which could be problematic due to lack of space because of the 6-foot distancing requirement.
After some discussion about the pros and cons of the Planning Commission coming back in
person, the consensus was that the Planning Commission would remain virtual until all Covid
restrictions are lifted.
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like. Would public testimony come in-person and on-line? Can the commissioners remote in?
Tom said that the Planning Commission would have to make the decision as to whether the
expectation is that if the commissioner can make it to the meeting, then they need to be in the
room versus the Commission itself being hybrid. The group needs to make that decision. The
way the rest of it works, there are screens in the front of Town Hall and in the back , and you
would have the public who would have a link that they could connect in through ² and then
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taken. Maybe do in-person first, and then on-screen virtually«VRPHWKLQJOLNHWKDW<RXZRXOG
have to watch the screen and listen to their testimony that way. President Hu said he thinks
hybrid meetings would make things even more complicated.
Process and Procedures
President Hu noted that with regard to the City Council considering emailed testimony sent in
during the actual hearings ² that was an idea he didn·t like for the Planning Commission at all.
He prefers that the cut-off time for emailed testimony be 4:30 p.m. the day of the hearing ² as
it·s been in the past (except for the one hearing that was a bit out of the ordinary). Tom said
there are no plans for the Planning Commission to extend accepting emailed testimony past 4:30
the day of the hearing. The one meeting where that happened was actually an unusual outlier
type of situation and (hopefully) will not be repeated.
Tom went on to talk about the process and procedures of the hearings. So far as Quasi-Judicial
hearings ² it·s important that the commissioners remember that they are in the role of being a
SDQHORI´MXGJHV.µ The approval criteria has to be met. The staff report is put together as a
guide. Regarding the land use hearings, tKHV\VWHPLVVHWXSIRUWKHDSSOLFDQWV7KH\·UHVSHQGLQJ
a lot of money to initiate the hearings7KH\·UHWU\LQJWRJHWDGHFLVLRQRXWRIWKHFLW\7KDW·VZK\
we can only apply the approval criteria that are in the code the day the applicants apply. Process
ZLVHLW·VVHWXSWREHDVIDLUWRWKHDSSOLFDQWDVSRVVLEOH; not biased, but fair. So far as notices ²
the city sends D·QRWLFHto every property owner in the area of the application. He noted that
sometimes it·s a bit frustrating in that most people know nothing about land use hearings until
they get that notice ² and they understandably think these are public meetings where they can
come and give their opinion and not be concerned about the approval criteria. But these are not
public meetings ² they are public hearings. The approval criteria are very important and must be
met. We have to be fair to the public, the applicant, and the commissioners. There was a
suggestion to think about ways to let the public know how the hearings actually work. Perhaps
have a bulleted list on the back of the land notices or maybe a slide up at the beginning of the
meeting giving information on what the meeting will be like. President Hu said he states that
information at the beginning of every hearing ² among other things, he stresses that the
approval criteria ² not opinion ² is what·s considered. He impressed on the commissioners that
it·s important for them too, to stick to the criteria and not be intent on just giving their
opinions. It·s good to keep that in mind as commissioners.
OTHER BUSINESS
None.
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ADJOURNMENT
President Hu adjourned the meeting at 8:45 p.m.
_______________________________________
Doreen Laughlin, Planning Commission Secretary
__________________________________________
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