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City Council Packet - 07/10/1985 TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7/10/85 SPECIAL JOINT MTG. SPECIAL MEETING July 10, 1935 CALL 70 ORDER: special meeting of the Beaverton City Council and the Tigard City Council was called to order by Beaverton Mayor Tarry D. Cole at the Jenkins Estate, 209th and Farmington Roads, Aloha, Oregon, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 1935. ROLL`CALL: Present from Beaverton were Mayor Cole, Couns. Forrest Soth, Ted McBride, Caroi Maul , Bud Maguire, and Deputy City Recorder Ann Johnson. Present from Tigard were Mayor John Cook, Couns. Tom Brian, Phil Edin, Jerry Edwards, and City Administrator Bob Jean. DINNER MEETING Mayor Cole said it would be well to allow each Coun- cilor to express the issues of concern to them prior to discussion of individual '' items. lie said he felt the cities had more in common than not, and hoped the Councils could ,reach consensus on some of the major issues. Mayor Cook noted the planning staffs from both cities had had contact, and he would like to clarify 'several planningissues. He said he would like the cities to be friendly neighbors and work cooperatively. Coun. Brian said the following issues were of concern to him: 3 - Annexations, specifically the Scholls "foot- ball", Metzger area and Washington Square; `a Transportation, especially the Murray Road extension; i z Storm Drainage; and Working together to improve relations with Washington County, including the issues of 3 double taxation and city participation in County decision making. tie said cities are often noti- fied oti- Pied after decisions had already been made, and he felt cities should take a more active rote. r r� 7/10/85 - i Special Meeting July 10, 1935 �n Page 2 Coun. Soth said he had many of the same concerns. He said he felt there was no reason the two cities could not come to agreement between themselves and work together to realize their goals. lie said he felt the following issues needed immediate attention Beaverton/Tigard common boundary. lie said the boundary should be established soon so property buyers in the area know which city they will be part of, as well as who to see regarding plan- ning issues; Murray Road extension; Drainage. He said the cities need a coor- dinated effort regarding Fanno Creek, and they should proceed regardless of County participation; Annexations. lie said the cities need to pre- sent a - common front to the County and the Boundary Commission; and - EMS ambulance services. Coun. Edin said he was concerned with the double tax- ation issue, as well as the Murray Road extension and payment for fire services. lie noted that he felt they were paying too much for 911 services. Coun. Maul said she was very concerned about urban services, as well as double taxation and the library issues. She said she felt there was no incentive for annexations, and the issue should be who was best able to provide services.to an area. She said it was difficult to build a sense of community in Washington County due to the vast amounts of "no man's land". She said large companies expect' to locate in com- munities where issues of urban services had already been resolved. She said she felt cities should annex to build communities and resolve those issues. 8 Coun. Edwards expressed concern regarding the issues of double taxation and the overlap of services. - He said he agreed with Coun. Maul regar- ding the need fora sense of community. _He said he felt it was important for the two cities to work to- gether. lie noted the two cities combined eg4irled 7/10/35 2 Special Meeting ° July 10, 1935 Page 3 the majority of the population of .East "Washington County. He said if the two cities would_ work to- gether they could become a -viable force in in- fluencing County decision making. Coun. Edwards said annexation was also a concern, spe- cifically the Scholls "football" and Washington Square. He said he would like to see the cities de- velop a strong senseof leadership so communities -like King City and Tualatin could come to them for guidance rather than go to the County.' Coun. Maguire said he was also concerned with the issues- of double taxation, police and sheriff ser- vices and solid waste problems. Ile said he would like to see cities take the initiative when dealing with the County, rather than being on the defensive. Coun. McBride said he would also like to see Tigard and Beaverton take "'leadership roles. lie said he would like to look into consolidation of police and fire services. Ile said he felt they should priori- tize the items of concern and address them one at a time. Mayor Cook said in the 13 years he had been involved with the Council , this was the first time the Tigard and Beaverton councils had sat down together. He said he felt this meeting could be the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship. Coun. Maul said she wanted the two cities to present a united front to Washington County. She said the cities had not put pressure on their representatives in the County, and she felt that was a mistake. Mayor Cole said he had been noting the issues of con- cern to each councilor, and it appeared they fell into the following order of priority: - Double Taxation Annexations - Police/Sheriff Tigard/Beaverton Power Base Fire Services; - Murray Road Extension/Westerly By-Pass 7/10/35 - 3 r Special fleeting July 10, 1935 . , Page Coun. Maul noted the westerly by-pass could become the logical boundary between east and west Washington County. There was ' discussion _regarding the westerly_by-pass and the Murray Road extension. Mayor Cole asked if Tigard could provide water ser- vice east of the Murray extension. Mr. Jean said there is no existing water line due to Boundary' ` Commission regulations that water lines not extend outside the city limits. Mr. Jean said Tigard could extend their current lines to service that area. lie noted the Boundary Commission indicated they would not oppose annexations if Beaverton and Tigard could decide on a common _ boundary, the County remained neutral and the water issues were resolved. Coun. Soth said he felt the County should remain neu- tral. Coun. haul said she felt it was not possible for political people ' to remain neutral. She said citizens elected them` to take a stand, for or r against. She said remaining neutral implies nega- tivity, and the County should have a policy on an- nexations in general. Coun. Brian said he felt the County should encourage annexations within prescribed urban growth boundaries where services could be provided. Coun. Soth said it would be helpful if the County would declare urban services to be the business of cities, not counties. Coun. Maul said the next joint meeting should include the Washington County Commissioners. Mayor Cole suggested that Beaverton withdraw from further negotiations regarding annexation of the Metzger area in return for Tigard's withdrawal from negotiations ' regarding the Scholls "football". Ne asked if Tigard had an urban planning agreement with the County. Mr. Jean said they did, and described their areas of interest. ' Progress/Garden liome, Mr. Jean recommended that the Progress/Garden Nome Metzger areas area be annexed by Beaverton, and the Metzger area be annexed by Tigard. . Coun. Maul < said each city could go before the Boundary Commission as an active pro- `ponent for each others annexation, requests. ` Mr. 'Jean ' said each city should then refer annexation requests which fall in the other city's area to:that. city. < �r 7!10/85 - 4 Special Meeting July 10, 1935 _.` Page 5 Washington Square Mr. Jean said if Washington Square was faced with a competive County tax, it would be more attractive to annex to a city. Coun. 3rian said he felt Washington Square would never voluntarily annex to a 'city. He said he felt they would probably contract for ser- vices if those services were no longer provided by the County. Mr. Jean said Tigard and Beaverton could: - Amend their urban planning agreements with the County to reflect Beaverton's support of Tigard's annexation of the (Metzger area, and Tigard's support of Beaverton's annexation of the Progress/Garden Home area; Leave Washington Square as a mutual area of interest and research the possibility of Split- ting the area down the middle; and Develop a County annexation policy and lobby the County for its adoption. Mayor Cole noted the above actions could be for- malized by resolution of each Council. Scholls Ferry Road There was discussion regarding the Scholls Ferry Road area. Coun. Brian noted each city had been careful with their zoning of the area to avoid it becoming another Highway 99. Mr. Jean said they needed to make signalization plans for the area, as it was be- coming a major thoroughfare. Mayor Cole said they should look not only at the land use issues, but also at transportation, traffic, water, sewer, parks, drainage basins and all other pertinent issues. He said the two staffs should work together to discuss and agree on the details of the common boundary. Murray Extension, Mr. Jean said it would be inappropriate to extend Westerly By-Pass Murray Blvd. as a major arterial through residential neighborhoods. He_said_it would be less expensive to carefully plan improvements to "Scholls Ferry Road 'and " a west side by-pass than to widen Highway 217. '.- 7/10/35 - 5 Special Meeting July 10, 1935 �.. Page 6, Coun. Brian said a feasibility study could be con- ducted regarding the westerly by-pass. lie said funding may be available through a congressional al- location. lie said Portland's support would be heip- fui in obtaining those funds. Coun. Soth said they could also work with Wilsonville, Tualatin and Sher- wood to present a united front. Coun. Brian said if six or seven cities went on record in favor of the by-pass it would be helpful. Mayor Cole said perhaps Beaverton could make a pre- sentation to the appropriate authorities while in the next NLC meeting. Washington D.C. for Coun, Maul noted that one of Mayor Cole's proposals two years ago was to form a Washington County League of Cities. She said the westerly by-pass may be the issue needed to help form such a league, at least - including cities in east Washington County. 1 Coun. Brian asked if Beaverton would be interested in ]14 a co-authored presentation in order to obtain en- yY l gineering funds for the project. Mayor Cole said that while Beaverton would be less impacted than other cities, they would be interested in aiding with the presentation. Coun. Soth said the by-pass would have a positive effect on Beaverton by eliminating some of Beaverton's traffic. Mayor Cole said the City Attorney could draft a po- tential agreement drawing the aforementioned cities together. lie said the City Attorney could also draft a resolution expressing agreement regarding the Progress/Garden Home and Metzger area annexations. There was further discussion about the Washington 3 Square area. Mr. Jean said staff could prepare two possible amendments to the active urban planning area Y agreements. First, leaving the Washington Square area as an island with annexation to be decided at a later date. Second, splitting Washington Square down the middle, with each city annexing half the area. He said Beaverton should annex the Progress inter- section at Hall Blvd. and Scholls Ferry Road. NO There was CONSENSUS to meet again with °a resolution ' regarding tentative annexation areas 7/10/85 - 6 Special Meeting July_10, 1935 Page 7 Coun. Maul said she felt it was a positive experience to sit down with the Tigard City Council and resolve such complex issues. Mr. Jean said it would be well for the staffs of both cities to: Jointly coordinate the Scholls Ferry area plan and submit to both Councils; Draft amendments to the areas of interest, reflecting decisions made regarding the Progress/Garden Home and Metzger areas and-leav- ing Washington Square as an area to be decided upon at a later date; - Develop ' a proposal for annexation policies supporting each others annexations; and Form a coalition to conduct a feasibility study of the westerly by-pass, including the µ cities of Beaverton, Tigard, Sherwood, Durham, Tualatin, King City and Hillsboro. Coun. Maul asked if the Tigard Council would be wit- ling to support Beaverton's request before the Boun- dary Commission to annex the Waterhouse subdivision. Coun. Brian said they would, and requested more in- formation on the annexation. Coun. Maul said it would be well for some elected officials to assist staff in preparing policy state- merits. Coun. Edwards said the councils could sche- :; dole another work session to prioritize the issues before them, then form committees to work on each issue. There was CONSENSUS that the councils would meet again on September 11, 1935 to prioritze issues, ap- point committees where appropriate, and review prog- ress made on the issues between meetings. t - k e4 7/10/85 - 7 i - Special Meeting f� July 10, 1935 Page 3. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business tocome before the Councilsat this time, the meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m. n o oT, epu y City Recorder APPROVAL: Approved this Zi day of July, 1935. 1967:ALB 7;10/85 3 July 3, 1985 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that a special Council meeting, Called by the Mayor with the common consent of the Council will be held on July 10, 1985, at 6:00 p.m. at the Jenkins Estate, Grabhorn Road at S.W. 209th and Farmington Road, Aloha, Oregon. This session is called for the purpose of meeting with the Beaverton City Council to discuss issues of joint interest to both cities. -Mayor, City of Tigard t _