City Council Packet - 04/16/1990
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API CITY OF TIGARD
OREGON
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL A G E N D A
STUDY MEETING
APRIL `16, 1590 6:30. PM
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• STUDY SESSION
1. WORKSHOP DISCUSSION WITH METRO COUNCILOR RICHARD DEVLIN (6:30 PM)
2. WORKSHOP DISCUSSION WITH TUALATIN VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION PRESIDENT MARY TOBIAS (7:00 PM)
3. WORKSHOP DISCUSSION WITH THE TIGARD WATER DISTRICT (7:30 PM)
COUNCIL REPORTS: (Update on Boards and Committees)
• Mayor Edwards
C o Councilor Eadon
• Councilor Johnson
• Councilor Kasten
• Councilor Schwartz
5. NON-AGENDA ITEMS
• Council and Staff
6. EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Tigard City Council will go into Executive Session under the
provisions-of ORS 192.660 (1) (d), (e), & (h) to discuss labor relations, real property transactions,
current and pending litigation issues.
7. ADJOURNMENT
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T I G A R D C I T Y C O U N C I L
STUDY MEETING MINUTES - APRIL 16, 1990 - 6:30 PM
1. ROLL CALL: Present: Council President Valerie Johnson;
Councilors Carolyn Eadon, Joe Kasten, and John Schwartz.
Staff Present: Patrick Reilly, City Administrator; Ed Murphy,
Community Development Director; Liz Newton, Community
Relations Coordinator; Tim Ramis, City Attorney; and Catherine
Wheatley, City Recorder.
2. WORKSHOP DISCUSSION WITH METRO COUNCILOR RICHARD DEVLIN
Metro Councilor Richard Devlin reported on the following
topics:
- Solid waste rates were reviewed: "tipping fees" (refers
to garbage trucks) will increase by 20%. He advised that
Metro is allowed to revise fees annually on a consumer
price index formula.
- St. John's Landfill is scheduled to close in January
1991.
- Transfer station site for Washington County is still
under consideration.
- Ballot Measure 1, which will appear on the May 15, 1990
ballot, would amend the State Constitution if passed.
Presently local vehicle registration fees must be used
for road purposes only. Measure 1 would allow local
voters to decide how local fees can be used in this
region (i.e., combine road improvements with light rail,
public transit, and special services for the elderly and
disabled). Councilor Devlin advised he thought it would
be a mistake to impose this measure on a county-by-county
basis.
- Measure 26-1 (May 15 ballot) proposes a tax base for
operations of the Metro Washington Park Zoo. Proposal
is for 15 cents per $1,000 of assessed property
valuation.
- Measure 26-2 (May 15 ballot) proposes a 3-year serial
levy to fund renovation of the Children's Zoo. Proposal
is for 4 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
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- Unified Sewerage Agency has requested Metro to support
a ban on the sale of phosphates (in detergents) in the
Metro area. Such a ban now exists for about a third of
the nationwide population.
A regional library system will probably not be discussed
this year or even next year.
He advised he has been soliciting names for nominations
for Boundary Commission vacancies and acknowledged it was
important for the Boundary Commission to understand the
basic needs of cities.
3. WORKSHOP DISCUSSION WITH TUALATIN VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION (TVEDC) PRESIDENT MARY TOBIAS
TVEDC President Mary Tobias updated Council on the following
issues:
- Legal action on the Western Bypass is now at the Oregon j
Supreme Court level. STOP is asking for reversal of the
Court of Appeals decision which said Metro had merely
made a recommendation (not a land use decision) by
designating a broad corridor as a possible bypass route
in their regional transportation plan. i
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- TVEDC presented testimony at several ODOT Six-Year Plan i
update hearings. The text of this testimony was
distributed to Council for their information.
- Oregon Economic Development Department toured Washington
County in February. No Oregon Tourism Alliance funds
were allocated to Washington County; the County had been x
hopeful to receive funds to assist with upgrade of the
County Fairgrounds.
- TVEDC will sponsor a dialogue, on the last Monday in May,
on the topic of "Growth/No Growth." Several Council
members noted this is an issue of major concern right now
especially with regard to school capacities.
4. WORKSHOP DISCUSSION WITH TIGARD WATER DISTRICT
a. Present from the Tigard Water District: Dennis Borman,
Chairman of the Water Board; Board Members: Audrey
Castile, John Kvistad, and Walter Stronach. Water
District Staff present: John Miller, Administrator;
Randy Volk, Superintendent.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - APRIL 16, 1990 - PAGE 2
b. The main topic of discussion was the proposed water
authority as presented by the Wolf Creek and Metzger
Water Districts. The Tigard Water District reported
that they have not seen any technical documentation which
supports the formation of the water authority.
John Miller advised they have retained an engineering
firm to look at their operations and long-term water
supply. This report will be available within the next
30 days. In response to a question from Councilor
Eadon, Mr. Miller stated he was sure the Tigard Water
District could service all planned new construction
through the year 2010. He reported TWD enjoys one of the
lowest bond indebtedness rates in the area and pointed
out they also have a new facility which is paid for.
Councilor Kasten, who is also a member of the Metzger
Water District Board, responded to questions and noted
history of the water authority discussions.
There was discussion on new testing requirements being
formulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. It is
difficult to estimate costs for these tests until the EPA
has made their final decision on which tests will be
required.
4. NON-AGENDA ITEMS:
a. City Administrator noted a request by Mona Steele of the
Babe Ruth organization for financial assistance for a
baseball diamond. Land will be donated by the School
District; however, assistance was needed for preparation
of the diamond area.
After Council discussion, consensus was to decline the
request for a monetary donation. Staff would work with
Ms. Steele to find a way to create the baseball area.
Efforts would include contacting the "Friends of Tigard
Parks." Also, the City may provide crews to assist in
the development of the diamond area if another
alternative could not be found.
b. Council discussed dissemination of information on the
upcoming City ballot measures; that is, the President's
Parkway Development Plan and the Charter Amendment
increasing the Mayor's term of office to four years.
Consensus was to hold an Open House (Town Hall) Meeting
on either May 9 or 10. Staff will confirm date when set.
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5. ADJOURNMENT: 10:10 P.M.
Catherine Wheatley, City Re rder
ATTESTS
Gex-ald R. Edwards, Mayor
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Measure 26-1
Voters in the Metropolitan Service District have
funded the Metro Washington Park Zoo since
a G. 1976 with serial levies. The current levy will
- expire at the end of June 1990.
A source of funding needs to be re-established
di,, r for the continued operation of the zoo. A tax
base for the zoo will guarantee
permanent
i trx-~ r li~Fi r`? operation of the zoo, including such important
;•Ir ; • programs as:
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Protection of
highly endangered species, such
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red i't'`'''`:'`'`i` i ' • professional care and nurturing of all animals
at the zoo
• maintenance and operation of all exhibits
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Itt~`' t # F attraction in the state. In addition to economic
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levy 15 cents per $1,000 of assessed property
valuation. On a $60,000 house, this will cost
about 75 cents per month or $9 per year.
The expiring levy, funding operations and
capital improvements, raised 17 cents per
$1,000 assessed valuation, costing $10.20 per
year for three years.
Upon approval of a tax base the Metro Council
will allocate the entire amount of the tax base
to the operation of the Metro Washington Park
Zoo. F.
Measure 26-2
Voters in the Metropolitan Service District
have funded capital improvements at the
Metro Washington Park Zoo since 1976. The
current levy for operations and improvement
will expire at the end of June 1990.
To provide necessary renovation to the 30-
year-old Children's Zoo a source of funding
needs to be established. The proposed three-
year serial levy will allow the zoo to:
• improve facilities to house and care for the
animals
• provide educational programs which
engage youngsters and adults in learning
about the animal world
• double the number of animals for exhibits
and educational programs in the Children's
Zoo
• instill in all zoo visitors an understanding
and appreciation of the relationship between
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^l . More people visit the zoo than any other paid
attraction in the state. In addition to economic
benefit to the region, the zoo provides animal
related education, recreation and cultural
iE ifj +ili offerings to residents of the metropolitan area.
` Ui"_ ; a 1# a _ The proposed 3-year serial levy will provide a
~E? ~►i;j~t itt total of $4,536,000 to fund renovation of the
Children's Zoo. It would cost 4 cents per $1,000 i
assessed valuation.
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The levy is outside a 6 percent limitation speci-
fied ~
in the Oregon Constitution.
The expiring le funding operations and capital
improvements raised 17 cents per $1,000 as-
sessed valuation costin .2
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three years.
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close the landfill. n, anti a ,r( to the r St. Jti1'►" lte•:'
how to satevy .•it'haoc latin0 - The Rehahihthe a
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Operations > >b0 Gndinn
)lunnitl~ 1.0;1:.:•- Rchub'►lltutioni 5,1.681
sys}etn 1 l.oau.p55 6,<138
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and ruritu crier 1 l'; Niuterials and '
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Fund revenues come collected at solid waste facilities within the
Solid Waste Operations arhage disposal opcrauons• district.
primarily front g due to close in c 683.918
These are the St. Johns Landfill, "garbage trans- Debt Service
1991, and Aletro South Station, a > /74 804
facility. Capital Fund
fer and recyctino 12 843,704
Solid Waste Operations St. Johns Reserve
g 4.132,785 1,551,119
Be&oiogbalunec 15.951,768
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Disposal tee revenue 4.441.902 E Enhancement
User fee revenue :3.411,092
11„ejonal transfer charges 940.800
Convenience eharges 5og.396
State landfill siting fees 431, 706
Rehabilitation fees 462,372
Other
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Total
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The Debt Service st and leans for solid waste
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oh,ts landfill and lieu' Environmental Q
system planning, and capital development and
The Operation of the S' Jn•imar } bud'P't expense.
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Tile sittng of a new improvements for impru 'oments ont
Environmetttnl studies nd were started si determine o l Fund pas The accumu-
to close the l a Cdl. 1 Landfill closure.
how . Johns A Will
of it) satel}' station was undertaken. atilt a tranepo
pav for pursued to take garbage to the tics and St
toting St. Johns Reserve FTlte Rchali litatirin and
lotion contract wasp closure and maintenance.
Waste reduc clEosos utt and Feral is used to enhance tits area
Mali new hmdCdh'flte contract ntiutiun se, cump°s tn4
facility was also under nez around tile, landfill,
lion programs provided technical information mn
pronut. I.41ucatiott activities. Debt Service S (gi.918
pEQ loons
Solid waste cxlx•nacs .39-,.-,34 Capital Fund 1.340.380
dministration 93:485 St. Jot,ns l.atidill 1,434,424
Budget and finance 7 237.719 Endingbalance
Operations St. Jollns Reserve 12.9,43. 04
Systcmplanning 1.032,260 Endinel)" ce
tied cn~~ncrring 1.040,055 Rehab4litatiod
Wastr rrdnrtion 1.1,1-13.401 Enhancement 54,681
lntrrtun,l transfers (Materials and services 1.490 438
Fading balance Ending hatance
$ 30,071.1121
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visitors last Y Africa, opened in ecetn-
newest exhibit' lets lit np the xoo Cele-
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first time, paekY turned 27
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Money to pay for zoo operations cones from the. The convention center is funded four ways. Planning revenue cones from several sources,
following sources. Approximately half the income Management and marketing is funded by a primarily from dues assessed on local governments
is from property taxes and half from enterprise Multnomah County hotel/motel tax. Construction at 51 cents per capita. Transportation revenue
income. of the center is funded through ponds, state lottery comes from federal, state and local grants.
funds and a local improvement district (LID).
Zoo Operations Fund General Planning Fuld
_ Beginning balance $ 2,010.538 Management Fund Beginning fund balance 146,935
Tax levy 5,501',204 Beginning balance 1.331,738 Dues assessments 631,590
Admissions 1,816!)47 Other 78,172 Other 10(1,055
Concessions 2.227,597 Total 1;3119,910 Transportation
Railroad rides 376,701 Federal grants 366.674
Donations 191,119 Capital Fund State grants 492,637
Other 335,110 Bonds/beginningbalance 51,135.013 Local grants 235,133
Total 12,459,276 Lottery proceeds 7.425.055 hnte rfund transfers 62,733
LID funds 2,180.995 Planning and Development
Zoo Capital Fund Other 4,-1,16.421 Business license fees 41.580
Beginning balance •1.126,250 Total 65,187; 4&4 Urban growth boundary fees 3,380
Tax levy - transfer huerfmul transfers •179.6:5
from operations 1,987,662 Metro Exposition-Recreation LCDC grant 12,949
Donations 489.808 Commission Total $2.579,'191
Other 399,242 Dotel/lnotel tax 2,691.778
Total S 7.002,962 Other 551.724
Total $ 3,243.5112
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Zoo Operations Fund Management Fund Planning and Development carries out all planning j
Administration $ 515,103 Personal services $ 66,633
functions at 3lcte•o, except transportation planning. ~
Aninnal management ',668.297 Materials /services .53,63:3 The Transportation Department maintains high-
Facilities munagement 21413,419 Interfund transfers 675,436
Education services 555,251 Ending balance 614.2118 way and transit planning for the region, shares
Hunkering 302,894 Total 1,409,910 computer hardware and software with local gov-
Visitor services 1,787.600 crnments, and provides socio-economic data and I
InterBmd transfers 2,975,149 Capital Fund map services.
Ending balance 2,241,56:3 Personal services 1702&1
Total 12,459.2 76 Materials/services 57.638 Planning and Development I
Capital outlay 23.857.1114 Personal ,
services S 3)4,:3115
Zoo Capital Fond Interfund transfer 605,550 Material and .sea ices 58,071
Africa Phase I and 11 1;177.573 Ending balance •10.497.018 Capital outlay 69.367
Africa Phase III 468,892 Total (15,187,491 Transportation
AfriCafe banquet room 95,116 Personal services 862.376
Other 99,670 Metro Exposition-Recreation Materials and ,vrvices 159.5:10
Ending balance 4,861,711 Corlulliesion Capital utlay 96.,39
Total $ 7.002,962 Personal services 111,318 General Exla•ases
Materials/services 1,252,569
toter fund transfers 613.671
Interfund transfers 180.653 Ending balance 325.212
Ending balance 1,698,962
Total $ 3,243,502 Total :2..179.291
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
by Mary Tobias
January 16 - February 15, 1990
This last month was extraordinarily busy with work on
the Western Beltway and two regional strategic planning/
networking events. TVEDC was asked to assist the Oregon
Department of Economic Development with a Washington County
based program and tour for the state Economic Development
Commission. In addition, Carol Clark, Executive Director of
the Washington County Visitor's Association, asked for our
assistance during an Oregon Tourism Alliance familiarization
tour of Hillsboro, Wilsonville and Sherwood. This in
addition to work on membership recruitment, the January
newsletter and the worker's compensation Tualatin Valley
Dialogue kept the staff in high gear.
REGIONAL PLANNING
The Oregon Economic Development Commission held their
January meeting in Washington County. TVEDC staff assisted
OEDD with the preparations for the meeting. Mary Weber
spent quite a bit of time contacting selected companies for
information to go into the EDC briefing packets. In
addition, she provided demographic information used as
background information for the meeting. I spent the entire
day with the commission and had the opportunity to sit with
OEDD Director Bob Buchanan during the bus tour of Washington
County. During the 2+ hours of the tour we were able to
exchange a great deal of information on our respective
organizations and the issues we face. Several board members
were also involved in the day's events: Bonnie Hays, Dick
Porn, Bert Gredvig, David Lawrence and David Bennett.
The Oregon Tourism Alliance and WCVA held a
familiarization tour of three Washington County cities -
Hillsboro, Sherwood and Wilsonville - followed by a five
hour workshop on tourism. Selected business leaders and
chamber of commerce members were asked to participate.
During the orientation, I was asked by Bob Herb, Executive
Director of the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce,to fill in as
a tour guide.
Paoa - 1
There were three city briefings this month: Hillsboro,
Tigard and Beaverton. In addition, I made a presentation
before the County Board of Commissioners to bring them up to
date on TVEDC programs and projects. Once again, the
councils and commission were very appreciative of the
information in the briefing packets and the update.
Other important meetings within the region this month
included an update session with METRO executive Rena Cusma.
I participated in two Portland Development Commission
meetings this month both of which are directed at marketing
the metropolitan area. PDC is working with the regional
economic development agencies, the Port of Portland, OEDD,
the Portland Oregon Visitors Association and others to
create an image campaign for more effective marketing of
Portland.
I have been appointed to a task force to review
educational service delivery to Washington County by
Portland State University. Dr. Roger Edgington the Interim
President of the university made the appointment last month.
In preparation for the work ahead, I met with Earl Mackey,
PSU Vice President, and with Dr. Robert Duvall, President of
Pacific University, to discuss higher education needs in the
county.
Mary Weber continues to participate in METRO's urban
growth management study. This issue appears to be
escalating in importance. During a Washington County
Business Association Executives Network meeting this month,
there was concensus that the chamber and economic
development association executives need a workshop on this
issue. TVEDC will convene a session in early March to
develop a strategy for handling the growth/no growth
controversy.
ISSUES MANAGEMENT
Western Beltway: There were three opportunities to
speak on this issue in public forums this month (see
attached meeting summary). In addition, I have spent quite
a bit of time working on strategies for the upcoming
ODOT/OTC 6-year Highway Improvement Plan hearings.
STOP is getting a lot of mileage out of the Business
Journal public opinion poll done by Moore Information.
Following discussions at the Western Beltway Coalition
meeting this month, TVEDC is pursuing funding for a public
opinion survey commissioned by the Coalition.
The Western Beltway Coalition members also agreed to
appoint a subcommittee that would be charged with developing
the main points to be used during the upcoming ODOT 6-year
plan update hearings. Members of the Coalition will testify
at as many of the hearings as possible with emphasis on the
meetings in Yamhill, Washington, Lincoln, Clatsop and
Columbia counties.
Pan. _ 7
I met with several people during the month to raise
money for the beltway project. As a result, AGC has pledged
$2500 (and has renewed their TVEDC membership) and Fred
Meyer is considering a contribution or a membership.
Worker's Compensation Reform: TVEDC held the January
Dialogue on this topic and attracted about 20 people.
Representatives of the state, the legal profession and the
insurance industry briefed attendees for the first hour of
the Dialogue. The briefing was followed by a very lively
question and answer period. Some of the people attending
brought specific case questions which focused the discussion
for everyone. I have received several compliments on the
quality of the program from members who attended. This
program continues to gain momentum and is one about which
the staff is very enthusiastic.
Growth/No Growth: This issue continues to appear below
the surface in several different areas - transportation
planning, water quality issues, UGB adjustment issues and
education planning. Because of the attention that is being
focused on this issue, TVEDC and the other economic
development associations plan to host a focus group on the
issue. The Washington County chambers of commerce will join
us in the worksession. The goal of the session will be to
define the issues and then to develop a positive message for
the business community. We will ask members of METRO and
PDC to join us in this effort.
MEMBER/PUBLIC EDUCATION
Staff completed the work on the January 1990 issue of
the newsletter and mailed over 650 copies to the members and
interested parties. The newsletter continues to undergo
some refinement in the messages we are trying to get to the
membership. Mary Weber writes the material for each issue
and the rest of the staff assists her with the editing. The
next issue is scheduled for production in April. This year
we will get four issues out for the first time in two years.
We have begun a concentrated effort to stay in closer
contact with the membership. Renewed members are being sent
copies of the monthly agendas of all three of our standing
committees. This is accompanied with a call for
participation. In January we experienced increased
participation on the Issues/Research Committee and the
Transportation Committee. Participation on the Membership/
Programs Committee remains low and with the level of work
this committee is taking on, we need to attract some new
participants.
We produced another article for Times Publications
newspapers this month. According to their business editor
Kurt Holland, the readers really enjoy this feature of the
business section - in fact, no complaints to date. i
ADMINISTRATION
Nawzad Othman (OTAK) hosted a business briefing
breakfast this month that was attended by 16 business
executives, Bonnie Hays, Mayor Alice Schlenker (Lake '
Oswego), Mayor Steve Stolze (Tualatin), David Bennett, Bert
Gredvig and myself. The turnout for this event exceeded our
expectations. Interest in this program is high and the
requests to host meetings is running ahead of available
dates. We now need to concentrate on making sure we have
good, enthusiastic follow-up after each event. Board help
with the follow-up is essential.
Finances continue to be a problem. Renewals are coming
in more slowly than anticipated. By the end of February, we
will need to take a good look at the cash flow for the
upcoming months.
The Corporate Contributions Task Force is continuing to
pursue new corporate underwriting. There are several plans
being considered and the committee will keep the board
advised.
Finally, we are now getting ready to put together the
budget for fiscal year 1990/91. Any suggestions for program
direction or changes in programs should be brought to my
attention as soon as possible. The new draft of the budget
will be ready in time for the board retreat. We are sending
out requests to the cities and the county in late February
for funding renewals for 90/91.
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OUTSIDE MEETINGS:
In the report period, TVEDC was represented at the
following outside meetings or events:
Presentations:
Hillsboro City Council Quarterly Update
Tigard City Council Quarterly Update
Beaverton City Council Quarterly Update
Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce Speaker/Western
Beltway
Issac Walton League Board of Directors Debate/
Western Beltway
ODOT/Citizen's Advisory Committee Speaker/Western
Beltway Coalition
Washington County Board of Commissioners Quarterly
Update
Regional Meetings:
METRO/JPACT January and February monthly meetings
PDC Coordinating Council January meeting
PDC Ambassadors Special meeting
City/County Managers Meeting January meeting
Business/Education Compact of Washington County
January meeting
Business/Education Compact of Washington County
Higher Education Committee
I-5 Forum Breakfast/Dick Reiten, Speaker February
meeting
Tigard Area Chamber of Commerce/Senator Hatfield,
Speaker February meeting (Mary Weber
represented TVEDC)
Business Association Executives Network Quarterly
meeting
METRO Urban Growth Management Technical Advisory
Committee meeting (Mary Weber represents all the
Portland area economic development associations)
Washington County Transportation Coordinating Committee
Monthly meeting
Special Events:
Oregon Economic Development Commission Washington
County Worksession and Tour
Oregon Tourism Alliance/WCVA Familiarization tour
and worksession
Tualatin Valley Mental Health Center Corporate
Gallery fundraiser
American Electronics Association Monthly meeting
TVEDC Sponsored Events:
Western Beltway Coalition Strategy meeting for ODOT
hearings
Tualatin Valley Dialogue January meeting
Washington County Business Briefing Breakfast
Nawzad Othman/OTAK host
TVEDC Newsletter January issue
Times Publications Newspaper column on vision
Individual Contacts:
Rena Cusma/METRO Update and Beltway
Ann Mulroney/Beaverton Update
Earl Mackey/PSU Task Force on PSU services in
Washington County
Bob Duvall/Pacific University Update and PSU
services
Doug Browning/Hillsboro Argus Update
Linda Gainer/GTE Northwest TVEDC briefing (arranged
by Debbie McCabe/GTE)
Bernie Bottomly/Congressman AuCoin's office Update
Cheryl Perrin/Fred Meyer Beltway fundraising, TVEDC
membership
Jack Kalinoski/AGC Beltway fundraising, TVEDC
membership
Peter Fry/Consultant Urban growth/farmland (Mary
Weber)
Joan Biggs/Joan Biggs & Associates Gala
Alan Steiger/A-dec TVEDC briefing, membership
recruitment (David Bennett)
Bill Loumeau/McDonald, Jacobs, Biskar & Company
TVEDC briefing, membership
TVEDC Committee Staffing:
The following TVEDC committees met during the report
period and were attended by staff:
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Issues/Research Committee
Transportation Committee
Membership/Programs Committee
Western Beltway Coalition Subcommittee on ODOT 6-
year plan update
DATE: January 16, 1990
TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Mary L. Tobias
RE: President's Report
December 16, 1989 - January 15, 1990
The period between December 16 and January 15 was taken up with
an odd mix of business as usual, vacation, holidays and moving. With
the help of our significant others and our intern, Mark Grover, we
moved from the H-3 location to the new offices at 10200 SW Nimbus G-3
in time to meet the December 18 deadline. Suprisingly, the move went
very smoothly and we were relocated and settled within one work day.
There are still a few things we can't find, but we know they are here.
The new location works very well for committee and board meetings, so
it has been even more convenient for staff.
PROGRAMS
Regional Planning: The Resources Committee completed its work on the
report to be submitted to the steering committee of the County's
Economic Development Task Force. I am very pleased with the final
document and I believe that it reflects the current status of economic
development factors in the county. As TVEDC staff and board begin the
budget/program planning efforts for the 1990/91 fiscal year, I think
we should seriously examine ways in which we can take a more significant
role in the next stages of the Task Force's efforts. In my opinion,
with the restructuring we have done in the past year, we are now in
a position to offer the County our active support.
METRO held its long planned urban growth management conference
this month. The conference presented a lot of challenges for the
business and economic development communities. The audience consisted
primarily of planners and special interest groups like 1000 Friends of
Oregon. My sense of the preliminary outcome was that transportation
and planning for urban services were high on the attendees list of
concerns. However, the'results of a straw poll taken at the end of
the conference indicated almost no support for highway improvements
and overwhelming support for transit system expansions - especially
for light rail. The other thing that surfaced during the conference
was a tendency toward the no growth or very limited growth feeling that
seems to be occuring throughout the region.
The Oregon Economic Development Department is planning a meeting
of the Economic Development Commission in Washington County in mid-
January. Brad Fletcher (OEDD Regional Director) has asked TVEDC to
assist the department with the information packets and the bus tour
for the commissioners. The agenda will include a briefing on economic
development in Washington County and in-depth briefings on transportation
issues and higher education. TVEDC board members Dick Porn and Bonnie
TVEDC President's Report
December 16, 1989 - January 15, 1990
Page 2
Hays have been asked to take part in the briefings. Board member Bert
Gredvig and the OGC Science Park will be hosting the reception following
the commissioner's tour.
The only city council briefing held this month was in Sherwood.
Staff has developed a format for briefing packets that we plan to use
for all of the council meetings in 1990. The packet will include
news articles, the president's report and copies of any position papers
or testimony that TVEDC produces in the quarter. The material will be
placed in TVEDC labeled files for the council members' convenience
and easy reference. The Sherwood council received the first of the
new packets and seemed pleased with the format.
Issues Management: The Western Beltway issue received the most staff
attention during the month. I met with Mike Hereford (Northwest Strategies)
on several occasions to work on the fundraising strategies. We are
continuing to work on the list of target businesses to prioritize
the meetings that will begin next month. The Oregon Court of Appeals
heard oral arguments in the STOP vs. METRO case. Because of the order
in which the notice of intent to appeal reached the court, the Western
Beltway Coalition became the petitioners on the appeal rather than
respondents as we were at LUBA. A decision on the appeal is not
expected until mid-March. In the meantime, the coalition steering
committee met and reviewed some strategies for implementation in early
1990. A Beltway Coalition has been scheduled for February 8 to review
these plans.
A further complication on the Beltway has been the recent machinations
at JPACT, the legislative Joint Interim Committee on Land Use and the
Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT has indicated that staff
plans to recommend against including any funding reserves for right-of-
way acquisition in the upcoming 6-year plan update. As I understand
it, the inclusion of ROW funding is more the norm than the execption
for projects once they are included in the state's transportation
improvement plan. If these funds are not included on this project, that
will create a "special case" category of sorts for this highway. It
would seem unwise for ODOT to begin to deal with state highway projects
in this manner. In my opinion, it makes all current and future projects
for which there is any opposition vulnerable to attack.
Water Quality: With the adoption of the interim permanent facilities
for storm water runoff rules last month, TVEDC has not been only
peripherally involved in Tualatin River issues this month. Jack Schwab
had been our representative on the citizens committee to work on the
surface water management plan. With Jack's decision to lighten his
citizen involvement load, I have taken over his position on that
committee. However, the project is nearing completion with the plan
draft to be reviewed and finalized before submission to the DEQ for
review.
TVEDC President's Report
December 16, 1989 - January 15, 1990
Page 3
Urban Growth Management: This issue continues to become the focus
of editorials, regional meetings and conferences. The "come, don't
stay" attitude of the 1970s appears to be having a resurrection among
several'segments of the regional population. There appears to be a
loosely knit, sub-surface organization of special interest groups that
are fostering this attitude with concern for the environment, livability
and transportation issues. This is one issue that will probably require
a great deal of diligence and public relations expertise to enable us
to avoid being positioned as an anti quality of life organization.
Member/Public Education: Because of the holidays, not much project
activity took place in this program. We did produce an article for
the Times Publications early in January. This is another in a series
of articles being written by the local chambers of commerce and EDCs
which address topics of interest to the business community.
We are continuing to work on membership renewals for 1990. Staff
has sent out a second dues billing and we are awaiting the results of
that effort. In addition., we are undertaking several new projects
to communicate better with our membership and to encourage their active
participation in the activities of the corporation.
Mary Weber and I have been working on the January newsletter and
we expect it to be ready late that month. Mary is also in the process
of putting together the January Tualatin Valley Dialogue which will
address workers' compensation reform in Oregon. The panel is very
representative of the interests directly involved in reform - the state,
the insurance industry and the legal profession. The program should be
very interesting to our membership.
Advocacy: We provided testimony to the Joint Interim Committee on Land
Use in early January. The agenda for the committee indicated a briefing
on the DLCD/ODOT workplan for developing state policy on land use/
transportation planning. However, the meeting quickly focused on the
Western Beltway and until our testimony was never brought back to the
broader - and significantly more important - issues of statewide policy.
Senator Jeannette Hamby introduced me to the committee and assisted me
with information in addition to the testimony. Judging from the tone
and tenor of the testimony and questions that preceded my testimony,
the committee is locked into the controversy over the Beltway and is
not applying the issues to all state highway planning. Meeky Blizzard
(STOP) and Keith Bartholomew (1000 Friends) provided testimony and Meeky x.
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brought a series of slides of farm land that she indicated would all be k'
subjected to paving if the beltway is allowed to be built. All in all a-
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TVEDC President's Report
December 16, 1989 - January 15, 1990
Page 4
Administration: A great deal of time was put in on finances this month.
Staff has been working with J. Herrle & Associates to handle our workers'
compensation insurance change from SAIF to the Assigned Risk Pool. Our
corporation was one of the Oregon companies dropped by SAIF effective
12/31/89. We are also one of those whose only recourse is the assigned
risk pool and our rates will be substantially higher in 1990 than 1989.
We have also been working on our membership recruitment/renewal/
involvement programs this month. To encourage member involvement, we
have written to all renewing and new members with an invitation to
participate on one or all of our standing committees. These invitations
were accompanied by the agendas of each of the meetings scheduled for
this month. Our hope is that we will bolster the attendace at the
committee work sessions and bring some new ideas for programs.
In addition, we are planning a business briefing breakfast at
OTAK, Inc. on January 24. We have invited approximately 20 business
leaders to meet with Bonnie Hays (Chairman, Washington County Commission)
Alice Schlenker (Mayor, Lake Oswego) and Steve Stoltze :(Mayor, Tualatin)
for an update on issues and developments in the Tualatin Valley and
the role TVEDC is playing in the region today. This is the second
. meeting of this kind. The first was very successful and our hope is
that this one will be as well received.
The Corporate. Contributions Task Force is continuing to pursue
major contributors to underwrite the programs of TVEDC. It is hoped
that by the end of the fiscal year we will have between 10 and 12
corporate contributions to even out the revenue portion of our budget.
OUTSIDE MEETINGS
In the report period, I represented TVEDC at the following outside
meetings or events:
Tigard Chamber of Commerce - Monthly meeting
Oregonian Business Forecast Breakfast
Sherwood City Council - Quarterly briefing
METRO Urban Growth Management Conference (Mary Weber participated in
the planning of the conference and acted as a facilitator)
Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce - Governor's State of the State Address
Oregon Court of Appeals - Oral arguments
Sherwood Chamber of Commerce - Speech on the Beltway
Business/Education Compact of Washington County - Workforce 2000
Joint Interim Committee on Land Use - Testimony
Washington County Historical Society - J. Smith
Tualatin City Council Member Update - B. Gleason
Washington County Chairman Update - B. Hays
Times Publications article - Transportation systems
TVEDC President's Report
December 16, .1989 - January 15, 1990
Page 5
TVEDC COMMITTEE STAFFING
The following TVEDC committees met during the report period and
were attended by staff:
Board of Directors
Beltway Coalition Steering Committee
TUALATIN VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
July 1 through December 31, BUDGET OUTLINE - PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS
TOTAL BUDGET REGIONAL ISSUES MEMBER/PUBLIC INFORMATION ADVOCACY ADMINISTRATION
TO-DATE 89/90 PLANNING MANAGEMENT EDUCATION SERVICES
I N C O M E
DUES $24,250.00 $62,000.00 $24,250.00
GRANTS-PRIVATE $0.00 - $0.00
GRANTS-PUBLIC $34,765.00 $38,567.00 $34,765.00
DEDICATED FUNDS $2,505.25 $62,000.00 $2,505.25 ,
CONTRACTS $30000.00 $36,250.00 $3,000.00
IN-KIND $7,353.20 $32,500.00 $7,353.20
INTEREST $118.03 $100.00 $118.03
MISCELLANEOUS $17,955.26 $20,500.00 $17,955.26
Subtotal $89,946:74 $251,917.00 $0.00 $2,505.25 $0.00' $3,000.00 $0.00 584,441.49
ALLOCATED SUPPORT $7,379.45 $11,434.27 $23,727.25 $3,856.60 $172.83 ($46,570.40)
TOTAL $89.946.74 $251,917.00 $7,379.45 $13,939.52 $23,727.25 $6,856.60 $172.83 $37.871.09
E X P E N S E S
SALARIES b WAGES $40,656.05 $85,628.00 $6,673.22 $9.673.74 $7,725.11 $2,814.52 $164.53 $13,604.93
PAYROLL TAXES & BENEFITS $2.074.57 $17,012.00 $358.90 $506.82 $343.55 $124.68 $8.30 $732.32
CONTRACT SERVICES $6,476.20 $56,750.00 $500.00 $2,000.00 $3,776.20 $200.00
DIRECT PROGRAM COSTS $9,628.84 $34,300.00 $406.72 $9,209.12 $13.00 $1,377.50
POSTAGE $1,377.50 $6,900.00
PRINPING E PUBLICATIONS $2,704.77 $9,200.00 $78.08 $41.40 $1,193.21 $128.20 $1,263.88
TRAVEL d ENTERTAINMENT $1,276.80 $3,550.00 $199.25 $55.00 $1,022.55
MISCELLANEOUS/CONTINGENCY $5,334.15 $5,327.00 $89.20 $3.013.76 $2,251.19
OFFICE EXPENSES $1,174.57 $8,000.00 $1.174.57
RENT $6,517.20 $13,500.00 $6,517.20
EQUIPMENT RENTAL 3 MAINT. $1,844.63 $7,000.00 $242.50 1 602.13
INSURANCE $1,019.00 $300.00 $1,019.00
CONFERENCE A TRAINING $208.00 $250.00 $70.00 $138.00
UTILITIES 3 PHONE $2,372.42 $4,200.00 $2.372.42
PROFESSIONAL FEES $2,666.64 $2,666.64
DEPRECIATION $0.00
INTEREST EXPENSE $51.88 $51.88
TOTAL $85,383.22 $251,917.00 $7.379.45 $13,939.52 $23,727.25 $6.856.60 $172.83 $33,327.57
` TUALATIN VALLEY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
R E S O L U T I O N
WHERE AS:
the Tualatin Valley Economic Development Corporation's
stated objective is to provide private sector leadership and
representation on major regional issues affecting economic
development in the Tualatin Valley.
WHERE AS:
the Board of Directors of the Tualatin Valley Economic
Development Corporation believes that affordable housing is
an important component in encouraging the development of a
diversified/available workforce to meet the needs of
business and industry in the Tualatin Valley.
WHERE AS:
the Board of Directors believes that our area's ability
to meet the housing needs of the local workforce will have
an impact on industry's effort to recruit new workers to the
Tualatin Valley
WHERE AS:
the Board of Directors further notes that the current
and projected need for affordable housing and the number of
affordable housing units presently available in Washington
County is unknown.
THEREFORE:
the Board of Directors urge Washington County to
conduct a housing inventory and needs assessment which are
essential information tools in the creation of a responsible
public policy directed at addressing the long term housing
needs of the workforce in Washington County.
February-28, 1990
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- TUALATIN VALLEY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
R E S O L U T I O N
WHERE AS:
the Tualatin Valley Economic Development Corporation's
stated objective is to provide private sector leadership and
representation on major regional issues affecting economic
development in the Tualatin Valley.
WHERE AS:
the Board of Directors of the Tualatin Valley Economic
Development Corporation believes that a county wide
cooperative library system is an essential community
service.
WHERE AS:
the Board of Directors believes it is important that we
equip our library system with up-to-date resources to meet
the growing needs of business, the workforce and the student
population in the Tualatin Valley.
WHERE AS:
the Board of Directors further notes that the current
level of funding falls below the per capita level
recommended by the Oregon Library Association and
the level that is provided in other comparable communities.
WHERE AS:
within the cooperative there is a huge disparity in the
level of service provided by the system's libraries and this
levy would increase the level of service in those facilities
that rely solely on WCCLS funds.
THEREFORE:
the Board of Directors supports a three-year fixed rate
levy to upgrade the services provided by the Washington
County Cooperative Library Service.
February 28, 1990
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Page 28 • THE TIMES • Nkek of March 29 - April 4 ,1990
Agriculture, forestry key in local economy
One of the Tualatin' Valley's In the Tualatin Valley, the con- Lion A enc 's (1978a) back
strongest assets is its diverse B Y ground which define an urban system.
This diversify buffers the Ajft~l tinued growth and vitality of paper on agriculture stresses that Agriculture and forestry provide
economy.
area from economic ity bu lions i specialty agriculture and other rcla- aside from food and fiber production benefits to our communities beyond
any one in econo it's Your lively land-use-intensive crops are agricultural lands play an important those that are immediately obvious.
Vii., tied to the use of two important environmental role. The EPA notes The Greater Hillsboro Area Cham-
Washington County, in the hear Business ~ ` , . resources-. labor and water. that farmland contributes to water- ~ of commerce is working to in-
of the Tualatin Valley, is home to a ~y... Constraints affecting the price or shed Protection, reduces pollution crease our awareness of these im-
major manufacturing and distribu- Mary Tobias 4 availability of these resources could by trapping such compounds as portant industries. The chamber's
lion industry and to 90 percent of all threaten growth in forestry and ozone and sulfur dioxide, facilitates Agriculture Committee is soliciting
electronics firms in the state. The agriculture. Potential management the disposal of sludge, acts as a support for a research study of
Tualatin Valley is also one of the as an industry is relatively stable constraints as a result of mandated buffer between expanding cities and Washington County agriculture and
most productive farming areas in the compared to other sectors of the water quality regulations for the provides other quality of life fea- forestry industries and how the dol-
world. economy. Economic changes in this Tualatin River Basin could slow the tures. lars generated by these industries
Agriculture and forestry combine industry tend to offset fluctuations growth of agricultural production flow through our regional economy.
significantly to the local economy. in other sectors. Hence, agriculture's which is water (use) intensive. Near- Agricultural and forest lands also Support of their efforts is good busi-
Between 1980 and 1988, total economic performance tends to im- ly all vegetable crops, about 73 per- have other functional roles by ness for all of us in the Tualatin Val.
agricultural and forestry sales in prove overall stability in the area's cent of nursery crops and about 75 providing a variety of services to ley. For further information contact
Washington County increased in real economy. Agriculture and forestry percent of berries (not including nearby communities. Not only does the Hillsboro Chamber of Com-
value by 31 percent. This is due to also represent a source of new in- grapes) arc irrigated. the farm and forest land provide ex- merce or TVEDC.
the growth in forest harvests and to come to the region via sales outside Changes in immigration laws cellent recreational values, but it
increased intensity of farm land use. the area and exports of food and may limit the number of available also acts as a source of important
Locally, agricultural sales are agricultural products produced in workers. Agriculture and forestry al- physical resources for urban resi- Mary Tobiar is president of
dominated by the production of the region. This new income turns ready compete with other industries dents. Water reservoirs, sand and Tualatin Valley Economic Develop.
specialty crops, including nursery over inside the local economy for employees. As the labor market gravel operations and utility and ment Corp. Next week's "It's Your
and greenhouse crops. generating additional jobs, business becomes more competitive, they transportation corridors are vital to Business" column will be written by
According to a 1983 Oregon income and added value to the may not be able to compete. the growth and development of in. a representative of the Beaverton
State University report, agriculture products. The U.S. Environmental Protcc- dividual cities and the linkages Area Chamber of Commerce.
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rianniniy priorities need
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ciear vision for future
The Portland Metropolitan region there was no growth. We saw other
is having difficulty looking beyond areas of the country recovering while
what is urgent to what is important. the state was experiencing an out-
Absorbed in the struggle to manage migration of Oregonians looking for
the urgency of regional issues, we It fs Your jobs.
have relegated what is important - a Part of our vision for the future
vision for the region - to the back Business - should include a diversified. and i~ .
burner. It is time to go beyond this. maturing local and state economy that y \
struggle with the urgent and to address Mary Tobias i' . can weather these economic
the future by examining what is im- downturns anti changes. Growth is an
portant. We need to take time today Do we want multiple centers of ac- important factor in this diversification
and develop a vision which will guide tivity? Do we want mixed land uses so and maturing process. We must be (11
our choices when confronted with the that jobs and housing and commercial careful not to be led into believing that
urgent issues of tomorrow. services are clustered together creating "no growth" will be an appropriate
In January, the Metropolitan Ser- a density to support transit? Do we response to current problems or that it `
vice District held a growth conference build another school when a com- will provide a sound economic footing
designed to bring the community into munity's schools are filled or does that for our region's future. 1
the process of creating a regional community close its doors to more We have become absorbed in day-
growth management plan. This plan, citizens? Do we want to provide an today local issues and have lost touch
when completed, will reflect our environment for business to expand with the need to plan for the future -
vision of the `future for the and mature? to create an image of how we want our 1
metropolitan Portland region: Our response to these important region to look in the 21st century. We U
Washington, Clackamas and questions should be directed by a need leadership from the business 1
Multnomah counties. vision, not crisis management. We are community to help formulate a realis- S J
• For more than six hours planners, struggling just to begin thinking about tic vision that can accommodate a 1
environmentalists, economic develop- the important. wide range of our communities needs.
ment professionals, private citizens The Metropolitan Service District's This vision must offer all sectors of
and elected officials worked together growth management planning process our economy the ability to expand and
on building consensus about regional comes at a time of strong economic mature.
tissues. Instead-of developiig an image growth. and unsurpassed, developrment;_; It,is,timejo get.excited about plan-, l.'
of • our region, participants found activity throughout the region. ning for the future. You can be in-
themselves struggling to rnd answers . BecauSe.Qf•this liming it is crucial volyed in developing the vision for
to the urgent: an inadequate transpor- that we are farsighted and think about our region through the activities of
tation system, water quality, school the important; that we realistically your local chambers of commerce, by
finance and school overcrowding. evaluate the image we want for our. participating in your local govern-
The issue identified by the par- region in the future. We must not be ment's planning process and by ad-
ticipants in the conference as most seduced into responding only to the dressing the future with a clear under-
serious was transportation - what urgent: growth pressures. standing of the important, not tile ur-
kind, where to build it and how to History has shown us that the gent.
fund it. The transportation options we growth our region is experiencing will
choose will impact how effectively not last. Many of us were in Oregon in Mary Tobias is president of the
our communities operate and what the early- to mid-'80s and remember Tualatin Valley Economic Develop-
they look like. the economic downturn; a time when ment Corp.
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WIN W.,
County needs multi-modal transportation system
A multi-modal transportation sys- by an efficient street system has occur.
tem. What's muld-modal? created a critical mass of people who We have come to the time in
That's planner jargon which can utilize a transit system easily and Oregon's history that land-use plan-
describes multiple methods for efficiently. The streets are laid out like ning and transportation planning need
moving people, goods and services t$ Your a grid with major streets running both to be coordinated and blended. Our
within our communities. In the 20th < ass; east to west and north to south. Neigh- transportation and land use choices
4 century this means automobiles, truck Business - borhoods arc located within those cor • must reflect a realistic vision of our
Q s, rail (heavy railArains and light ridors. community's future.
Macy Tobias
rail/MAX), buses and bicycles. In contrast suburban communities We must keep our transportation
There has been a lot of talk of laic are the home of the cul-tde-sac and options open and examine and weigh
about the many available transporta- can't solve Washington County's traf- winding streets with few major all alternatives. In the best possible
tion options and how the choices we . fie problems by just investing in light arterials. Housing is not located ad- world we would have multiple modes
make for the future will affect our rail and bus service. How will we jacent to where people work. In outly- transit, rail and highways.
communities and the surrounding cn- move goods and services? In our ing areas of the county we also face blary Tobias is president of the
vironment. county, which is made up of 12 small the problem of narrow farm to market Tualatin Palley Economic Develop-
ment. Vocal advocates of light rail and cities (instead of a central city with roads which now serve both farm traf- Corp. Next week's "ti's Your
improved bus service promote these well identified neighborhoods), can fie and increased commuter traffic." „
we take the bus to shopping, schools Members of one of Washington Court- Business" column will be written by a
inotlcs as the answer to Washington representative of the Beaverton Area
OQ County's traffic nightmare. Efficiency doctors acid banks without spending ty's important industries - agricul- ChamberojConimerce.
CQUJ and environmental impact are cited as inordinate amounts of time accessing ture - are finding it increasingly dif-
the reasons for investing public these services? ficult to access their fields and move
monies in these solutions. These advo- No single type of transportation their harvested crops to market or
calcs also oppose construction of new facility will meet our region's diverse processors.
highways outside the urban growth needs. We need a multi-modal Opponents of a north-south high-
boundary. They maintain the position transportation system. We need streets way in Washington County express
that new highways reinforce our love and highways for auto and truck traf- concern that a now road would open
affair with the automobile. In addition, fie, light rail for commuting to the protected farm land to urban develop-
they arc concerned about the impact a central city and buses for travel from ment. Historically, transportation sys-
new highway would have on cn- neighborhoods to places of employ- tems do contribute to the location
couraging development on farm land. ment. decisions of development. However,
Mass transit advocates are right In much of downtown Portland and in Oregon we have land-use laws that
when they say light rail should be ex- the cast side of the city the develop- guide and direct development, as well
tended to Washington County and bus ment of well identified neighborhoods as protect land uses. It is not a given
service must be improve!. But we with homes and businesses connected that development would be allowed to
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HillsboxQ Argus
April 3, 1990
STU' P to press action-
against bypass plan
A Washington County citizen's broad corridor as a possible bypass
group, aided by 1000 Friends of route.
Oregon, will continue legal action Much of the corridor includes land
against the proposed Western designated exclusive farm use,
Bypass. which under statewide land use
If built, the road would connect the planning goals generally must be
Sunset Highway at Cornelius Pass protected for future natural
Road with Interstate 5 near resource use.
{ Wilsonville. STOP contends that Metro has to
Sensible Transportation Options demonstrate either that the bypass
for People (STOP) opposes the road, is consistent with the goals or that it
saying that it will cost hundreds of could qualify for an exception to
millions of dollars but provide no them.
significant relief from traffic The state Land Use Board of
congestion. Appeals (LUBA) agreed in part with
It began the fight last year by that argument, but the decision
questioning the legal validity of the pleased neither STOP nor Metro and
Metropolitan Service District's both appealed it.
regional transportation plan (RTP) In February, the court of appeals
update. said Metro had merely made a
recommendation, not a final land
Under state and federal taw, use decision, and thus LUBA had no
Metro is the lead agency for tran- jurisdiction in the dispute.
sportation planning in the STOP now is asking the Oregon
metropolitan region. Supreme Court to reverse the court
Its RTP update designated a of appeals.
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THE OREGONIAN, Friday, March. 30., 1990
Bypass ruling appealed
A citizens ,group,.has„askedithe
Oregon Supreme:.Court',to:; -rule-
against the proposed ,westside.
bypass, a highway that would con-
nect Interstate 5 and the Sunset
Highway.
Seiisible 't'ransportation Options
for People wants tiie Supreme Court
to rule against the $200 million High-
way by reversing a lower court deci-
sion.
The Oregon Court of Appeals
recently ruled that-the Metropolitan
Service District had not violated
state land-use laws by including the
bypass in its regional transportation
plan.
Tlie group contends the opposite
- that the presence of the bypass in
Metro's plan '.violates state laws pro-
tecting rural lands from urban
sprawl.
As proposed, the bypass would
run in a northwesterly arc from 1-5
north of Wilsonville, crossing the
Six Corners intersection north of
Sherwood and Southwest Tualatin
Valley Highway at Southwest 219th
Avenue to Sunset 1-ligliway at Cor-
nelius Pass Road.
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TUALATIN VALLEY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
STATE HIGHWAY PLAN - SIR YEAR UPDATE
St. Helens, Oregon
3/8/90
Members of the Commission:
The Access Oregon Highway (AOH) program was designed to
establish a logical and effective system of highways linking
major economic and geographic activity centers with each
other. The goal of the AOH system is to provide for
economic growth in Oregon by moving through traffic safely
and efficiently between geographic areas within the state,
between Oregon and adjacent states, and to and through major
metropolitan areas.
The criteria developed to define the AOH projects state
that each corridor should:
be a major state highway
provide access to and/or connect Oregon urbanized
areas, larger population centers or urban
growth centers
carry significant vehicle or truck traffic
support "Oregon Comeback" regional strategies
begin and end in an urbanized area, at a port or a
state border
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T provide access to and/or service a major tourist
or recreational area
,jolumbia County's US 30 improvements from Portland to
Astoria and the Western Bypass in Washington County are both
part of the commission' s, Access Oregon system. Although the
two highways are not physically linked at this time, it is
clear there are policy linkages that have been made by
putting the proposed transportation improvements within the
state's six-year highway improvement plan.
Even more to the point it is clear that if access to
Columbia and Clatsop counties from the Willamette Valley,
southern Oregon and California markets is to be improved,
these two important highways will need to be joined between
Highways 26 and 30 somewhere to the west of Portland at
sometime in the future. At the moment, the only way in
which we can move people, goods and services north and west
from the east or south is to route traffic through Portland
or onto Highway 217. Both routes are congested with local
traffic and are unacceptable.
Our ability to implement the AOH plans for these and
other road improvements outside urban growth boundaries has
been jeopardized. 1000 Friends of Oregon and Sensible
Transportation Options for People have stalled the process
that the commission began in the 1988 plan. Through their
use of the courts to attack the Western Bypass and to set
aside decisions made in the last six-year update these two
organizations have exerted undue pressure on policy makers.
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As a result there is now widespread concern that we are
beginning to compromise the way in which we plan for future
highway system improvements within our state.
The issues raised in the arguments against the Western
Bypass do not address the transportation needs identified in
the corridors within the AOH system. Opponents are
derailing the transportation planning process by arguing the
timing issue of land use and transportation planning. In
our opinion, the statutes are clear that the application of
land use goals and objectives is meant to be addressed at
the local level by the counties and cities not by the
state's transportation and land use planning agencies.
If we continue to allow the process to be needlessly
challenged, the future for transportation planning is clear.
When we plan to build or improve roads outside urban growth
boundaries they will be subjected to the same challenges,
delays and added extraneous costs that are currently
directed at the Western Bypass. Whenever someone does not
like the location of the road, or an activist wants to grab
a headline, the same obstacles will be thrown in the way of
the project.
The decisions made by this body during this plan update
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will have far reaching consequences. These decisions will
determine how the northwestern corner of the state develops
which of its economies will grow, which will shrink, how.
or if diversification can occur.
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The Tualatin Valley Economic Development Corporation
and the members of the Western Beltway Coalition urge you to
consider the important ramifications of the proposed
decision to back away from your earlier planning decisions
by removing the $17 million right-of-way acquisition dollars
for the Western Bypass. The decision to include those funds
in the current plan was sound in 1988. It is equally sound
today.
TUALATIN VALLEY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
STATE HIGHWAY PLAN - SIX YEAR UPDATE
3/1/90
Members of the Commission:
The Tualatin Valley Economic Development Corporation
(TVEDC) represents diverse business interests from
throughout the western portion of the Portland metropolitan
area. TVEDC recognizes the importance of addressing the
many issues that impact Oregon's ability to compete for
quality business expansion and development while protecting
the quality of life appreciated by our citizens.
TVEDC, the local governments, chambers of commerce and
regional economic development organizations concurred in
1985 that a major north/south highway to the west of
Portland was needed to serve the future transportation needs
of the Portland metropolitan area. At the time we
considered these regional needs, attention was given to a
multi-modal transportation system. The improvements
considered included improving existing roads, expanding Tri-
Met bus service and extending light rail to other parts of k:
the metropolitan area. An essential component of this
transportation network is the Western Bypass.
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This regional consensus was verified in 1987 by the
findings of the Metropolitan Service District's Southwest
Corridor Study. It was confirmed by the Transportation
Commission's decision to include funding for preliminary
engineering, a draft environmental impact statement and
right-of-way acquisition for the Western Beltway in the 1988
6-year plan update. The importance of the Bypass to the
state was further validated and then given a high priority
through the inclusion of the highway as an Access Oregon
project.
In 1988 the Transportation Commission allocated 17
million right-of-way acquisition dollars for this project.
This decision was based on the previous findings of METRO,
Washington County and ODOT. The current plan update removes
that allocation of right-of-way dollars.
It is our understanding that the ROW funds have been
removed from the update because they might be construed as a
decision to build the highway and therefore be subject to
challenge by opponents of the project. However, two weeks
ago the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that until final land
use decisions are made, METRO's Southwest Corridor Study and
the Regional Transportation Plan Update are valid as
adopted. No final land use decisions have been made.
Fiscal decisions are not land use decisions, nor is a
financial planning allocation a decision to build a highway.
The inclusion of right-of-way acquisition funds in the
6-year plan constitutes a financial planning decision in
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anticipation of future highway construction within the
region. The decision to include these funds in the current
plan is consistent with the fiscal planning that ODOT
traditionally undertakes for other projects in the highway
improvement program. This decision is the implementation of
a sound planning process which provides for continuity in
the state's highway improvement program.
For these reasons, TVEDC urges the Transportation
Commission to include the 17 million dollar right-of-way
allocation in the current plan update.
The Western Bypass is part of an integrated regional
transportation system. Two years ago when the 1989-94 plan
update was underway, there was agreement that the Western
Bypass was important to the economic vitality of the
northwestern corner of the state. Nothing has occurred to
alter that consensus.
TUALATIN VALLEY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
STATE HIGHWAY PLAN - SIX YEAR UPDATE
2/'7/90
Members of the Commission:
Historically, transportation has been the key to the
economic vitality of a region. Trade and commerce flourish
in those parts of the world where civilizations have built
efficient transportation networks for the movement of goods
and services. Regions where access has been limited or
C' severely restricted by geography, economic wealth, or
political choice have traditionally suffered from stagnant
economies, poverty and isolation. It is mankind's
utilization of waterways, building of roads and development
of air transport that has increased the standard of living
for most of the world's population.
Because a well developed transportation network is
crucial to a region's economic prosperity, the work of the
Oregon Transportation Commission assumes tremendous
significance for the state and for this region. The
decisions made by this body will have far reaching
consequences; they will determine how this part of the
state develops; which of its economies will grow, which will
shrink, how or if diversification can occur.
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In examining the transportation systems currently i~
serving this region, one thing becomes immediately clear.
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Access to Tillamook and Clatsop counties is next to
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impossible. All of our existing highways take people frov.
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Oregon's major north/south transportation corridor
(Interstate 5) or our major east/west corridor (Interstate
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84) and routes them onto an inadequate system of state
highways and essentially rural roads that present t
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significant barriers to the effective movement of goods and
services. It is immediately obvious that extensive
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improvements to the highway system are required. It is
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necessary to provide access to the heart of the region. E.
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Currently access is limited to long, circuitous routes that
discourage rather than encourage visitors.
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Therefore when looking at future economic development
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opportunities for these cities and towns, what can we
reasonably expect? It is likely that they will continue to
experience economic stagnation. Diversification will be
hindered without improved access. New business and industry
will look elsewhere, existing business will experience slow t
or no growth, and some will leave to be closer to the
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marketplace.
Two years ago when the highway plan update was
underway, there was regional consensus that the Western
Papa -
Bypass, an Access Oregon project, was important to the
economic vitality of the northwestern corner of the state.
This consensus was validated by METRO's Southwest Corridor
Study, part of the MSD Regional Transportation Plan. It was
also substantiated by two previous studies of regional
transportation needs which indicated that a north/south
highway to the west of Portland would be required to enhance
the region's transportation system. Nothing has happened to
invalidate these earlier findings of the Oregon Department
of Transportation, Washington County or METRO. To further
demonstrate the importance of this road to the regional
system, the current six-year highway improvement plan
s' includes a $17 million dollar allocation for right-of-way
acquisition for the Western Bypass. The plan update that is
before us today removes that $17 million dollar allocation.
What has occurred?
T 1000 Friends of Oregon and Sensible Transportation
Options for People have reversed the process that
the commission began in the 1988 plan. Through
the machinations of these two organizations and
their use of the courts to attack the highway,
policy makers are already beginning to compromise
the way in which we plan for future highway system
improvements. Although these two activist
organizations have focused the attention of the
state of one road - the Western Bypass - this is
an issue that affects the way we will address
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transportation planning throughout the state of
Oregon in the future.
ODOT has begun another full-fledged study of
need for the highway. This is being done despite
the fact that just two years ago ODOT's planners,
the Transportation Commission, Tri-Met, the cities
in the Oregon Tourism Alliance and the counties in
the region all agreed that the Western Bypass is
an important component of the region's
transportation system.
The state has been forced to allocate $1.8 million
dollars, 2 1/2 years and untold man-hour resources
[ into the study of a road improvement that has been
studied three times before.
Litigation has cost the Western Beltway Coalition
more than $15,000 to support the previous efforts
of the Transportation Commission, METRO and the
local governments.
Our ability to implement the state's plans for road
improvements outside urban growth boundaries has been
crippled and thus our ability to encourage economic vitality
has been diminished.
The future of transportation planning is clear. When
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we are planning to build or improve roads outside urban i
growth boundaries they will be subjected. to the same
C challenges, delays and added, extraneous costs that are
currently directed at the Western Bypass. Whenever someone
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to grab a headline, the same obstacles will be thrown in the
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way of the project.
The Tualatin Valley Economic Development Corporation
and the members of the Western Beltway Coalition urge you to
consider the important ramifications of the proposed
decision to back away from responsible planning by removing
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the $17 million right-of-way acquisition dollars for the
Western Bypass. The decision to include those funds in the
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current plan was sound in 1988. It is equally sound today.
Let us not limit a region's ability to mature and diversify
economically by a political decision.
Pa.QP - 5
The Oregonian
February 21, 1990
JONATHAN
~ ' NICHOLAS
Wanted:
prescription for
growing pains
The cry rings from every corner of As Iran cue, one of America's most
our citadel. endangered species came to Portland last
The Californians are comingl week -a thinker.
The Californians are coming! Brendan Gill is not a pundit, a wag, a
It's uttered with glee by greedy West commentator, an expert, a consultant or a
Hills mansionites hoping to hawk their guru. He's a thinker, a breed in increas-
family estates. ingly short supply.
It's proclaimed with delight by tasteless In a remarkable 54-year career with
housing contractors littering Washington The New Yorker, Gill has penned profiles,
County with faux French chateaux. poetry, essays and criticism. In recent
years, under the title "The he Skyline," he
And it's declaimed with terror by has revived the column once penned by
everyone else. his mentor, Lewis Mumford. This gives
Contrary to popular opinion, however, him the opportunity to write Pbout the
it is not Californians per se Oregonians do relationship between man and the urban
not like. environment.
The Beaver brigade has no fear of hen he visited Portland last
sprout-nibbling, crystal-healed, equity week to deliver the fourth this
bloated, tummy-tucked hot tubbers with Year' s Portland Arts ti Lectures
year-round tans. series, Gill reminded us that cities,
"complex mysteries:" are much more
re
The trouble with Californians is simply than the sum of their parts.
that they are people. And the core quality of those that tune-
And the problem with people is that tion as healthy organisms. Gill cautioned,
there are too many of them for their own is "a human scale." And that is the quali•
good. ty obliterated in so many cities by the
And so, as Portland begins to debate arch disease of the 1980s, what Gill calls
anew the question of Just how big it wants . "feverish urban bloat."
to be in the 21st century, the accusations In places such as Seattle and Dallas,
again are flying thick and fast. Gill's words can serve only as epitaphs to
Those urging caution, those appalled livability's grave. Portland Is far more for-
by the horror wrought upon Seattle, those t The disease threatens, but is not
well taught by the lesson of Dallas - the teermin rminal. Yet
quintessence of a user-unfriendly city - The decisions we face In the 1990s will
are being accused of Tom McCallitis. be tough ones, because it has become com•
Oregonians, it's being said, are anti- monplace in our culture to think that
growth. growth is good, that more is better, that
most is best of all. Time and time again we
It's time then- once again-to are peddled the notion that real estate
remind ourselves that McCall never did development is the lifeblood of our urban
say "Visit, but please don't stay." economies.
What McCall said was visit but This, Gill reminds us, is poppycock.
please don't stay unless you are Real estate development, he says, is the
prepared to stick to the rules of lifeblood of real estate developers intent
the game we play here. on becoming very very rich.
Those rules are tough because the As for the notion that throwing up
game we play here is hardball. Oregon- high-rise towers to add to the tax rolls,
tans are down-to-earth about protecting enhances the life of the average citize, it
something ethereal- livability. is an idea far more often peddled than
Again, McCall: proved.
"Oregon has been wary of smokestacks The challenge facing Portland as it
and suspicious of rattle and bang. Oregon rushes pellmell toward the 21st century,
has not camped, cup in hand, at anyone's is not only what kind of growth does It
affluent doorstep. Oregon has wanted want, but whether it wants to grow at all.
industry only when that industry was fast year, more than 25,000 Californians
willing to want what Oregon is." ' came north to a new life. Were they
What Oregon is, aye now there's the drawn by what we have to offer? Or were
rub. And as the debate rages over how they fleeing the dreadful legacy they had
much, and at what pace, Oregon changes, wrought on the promised land?
it's time to pause, to reflect, to learn. It's
time, then, for a word from the wise.
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No-growth attitudes remain a minority, but Oregonians
I are becoming choosy about growth as newcomers pour
in. If taxes rise and gridlock develops, watch out.
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BY CRAIG BROWN
t was the 1970s when Oregon last flour- 1? \ '
lshed-the days of the first bottle bill,
the first statewide land use planning,
and Gov. Tom McCall, whose most-re-
membered remark exhorted outsiders to
visit Oregon, but don't stay. Groups like -
the James G. Blaine Society and the Soci-
ety of Native Oregon Born (SNOB) took a -tom
not-entirely-in-jest attitude toward discour-
aging newcomers. w -
It's 1990, and we're coming back to the ,s - -
future. ll~- r
Throughout Oregon, more and more -
citizens are concerned about growth. In - '
Eugene, citizens oppose a research park
(see story, page 67) and a downtown office
building. In Corvallis, they oppose expan-
sion of a glass fiber plant. In Astoria, they
oppose two hotels. In Lake Oswego and
Portland, they oppose housing develop-
ments. The grounds for objection varied SPROUTING SUBURBS: Portland's suburbs are growing fast as new subdivisions
from perceived environmental damage to appear. This is the Waterhouse South subdivision in the Sunset Corridor.
overwhelmed schools. Photography by Dan Poush
Only a few people say we've returned to
the 1910s "visit, don't stay" attitude. But transportation web without levying unaf- Banker real estate firm.
planners and economists warn we could fordable taxes, and absorbing 500,000 or Rising prices have a down side, too.
see a resurgence of the attitude soon if we more newcomers without spoiling the life- Already The Sunday Oregonian reports
don't prepare for growth now. style that triggered growth in the first place. bidding wars are erupting forchoice homes,
"The rest of the country has packed its Examples of how not to do it dot the west and native Oregonians risk being priced out
bags and is on the way out to join us," said coast. Cal ifomia refugees move here daily, of the market. And skyrocketing values can
Paul Sommers, research director of the filled with horror stories of San Francisco quickly lead to a taxpayer revolt in a high
Northwest Policy Center at the University housing prices and Los Angeles freeways. property tax state such as Oregon.
of Washington's Graduate School of Pub- To the north, Puget Sound governments and People are worried about where things
lic Affairs. Statistics bear him out-Ore- citizens ignored growth pressures for 20 seem to be going," said Ethan Seltzer, land
gon and Washington are among the 10 years, and today face a crisis. use coordinator for the Metropolitan Serv-
fastest-growing states. For homeowners, growth can bring the ice District, the government agency in charge
For the past two years, immigration to benefit of appreciating property values. The of regional planning for the Portland metro-
Oregon on a percentage population basis Portland area posted the 13th fastest rise in politan area. Metro planners recently held a
has been the same as what California has housing prices last year. The average sale series of meetings around the metro area to
experienced over the past 10 years, accord- price of homes rose 10.8% in the third survey public attitudes toward growth.
ing to William Conerly, an economist with quarter last yearto $71,800, the first signifi- Pat Lee, metro's regional planning su-
First Interstate Bank of Oregon. cant increase in more than five years. Single- pervisor, said surprisingly few people had a
Oregon's challenge will be to manage family home prices will increase another "don't stay" attitude. "The recession is still
the growth-building homes without sprawl- 10% this year, while luxury home prices fresh in people's minds, so they don't want
ing across open space, creating a better will rise 20%, according to the Coldwell to slow down the economy," Lee said. Yet
OREGON BUSINESSTEBRUARY 1990 21
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choosy about new industry. "Our economic
development future doesn't call for new
100,000-square-foot plants," he said. "Mis
j valley, with its air and water limitations,
needs a diversity of small businesses."
In Portland, "There's a lot of pressure
going to be brought to bear on controlling
- - growth," said Portland Chamber of Com-
merce President Donald S. McClave. "You
can just pick the organization almost." !
Last spring, developer Philip J. Mor-
- ford's plans to raze old homes in northwest
Portland and replace them with luxury row `
/ houses became a major public cause.
Monford's development fit well with the
city's plans, but opponents held protests,
made threats, and, once construction began,
burned the half-finished houses.
"ne controversy became a cause," said
Morford. At the controversy's roots: A desire
HOTELIER HOPEFUL: Fenton Stokeld of Astoria wants to develop a waterfront hotel, to save open space, old houses, and low-
but instead has spent $130,000 fighting neighbors who don't want their view blocked. income housing, but mostly a reaction to
Phofogrephy by Kent Ken change. "Portland is changing to a more
urban and cosmopolitan place. What some-
they're getting selective about growth. Partly due to a land use planning lawsuit, one has not seen they are fearful of.
little developable private land is available "Ten years ago or even five years ago we
Choosy About Change in the county. Good lots are scarce; those would take down houses and the neighbors
available sell for $100,000 or more. More would applaud," Morford said. But Port-
That selective feeling appears to be a than 30 new children enrolled in school in land was maturing slower then, and "the
general trend in Oregon's growth regions. Brookings in the first week of January. people were not intimidated by change."
Even the state Economic Development McVay said much of the anti-growth Morford has solved his problem-at least
Department is getting choosy about what pressure comes from outside groups like for now-by meeting with neighborhood
companies it recruits. "We'll be careful to the 1000 Friends of Oregon and the state associations, explaining his plans, and asking
pick that kind of industry that does best for Land Conservation and Development for suggestions before beginning projects.
Oregon." says department spokeswoman Commission (LCDC). But many locals Development controversy erupted in Lake
_ Kathy Dimond. She says the department is haven't actively supported growth, either, Oswego last summer too. A group called
"like the Marines-we want a few good he added. Citizens for Responsible Growth came
companies." "If I could, I'd say let's go back to 1958," forward and asked for a moratorium on
Even communities which suffered the housing development until more schools
most from the recession are selective. In could be built.
Astoria, at least two developers-Shilo Inns "There is indeed a "we were having overcrowding in our
and local restaurateur Fenton Stokeld- great schools," said Erin O'Rourke-Meadors, a
have proposed waterfront hotels. So far, price to be paid for rapid California emigrant who helped found the
neither has been approved. group. At the same time, "People felt they
"People say we want to keep our water- g rowth says a Lake were coaxed out in property taxes, and there's
front the way it is. But it's a bunch of old, "It's a growing sentiment that new development
unused canneries," said Stokeld, who has Oswego newcomer. should pay more of the cost."
proposed a 115-unit luxury hotel and ma- very easy for Oregon to The group's efforts to stop housing
rina. Although the main opponents have development have been largely unsuccess-
been "selfish" neighbors who don't want become another ful so far, but it remains active. "It goes
their river view obstructed, Stokeld said the beyond the school issue;' O'Rourke-Meadors
battle has added at least $130,000 to his California." said. "It's very easy for Oregon to become
planning costs. "I'm just a small restaurant another California."
owner trying to get bigger," Stokeld said. said McVay, a fifth-generation Curry County
Paul Benoit, the city of Astoria's com- resident. "But that's not the way it is. People Costs Of Growth
munity development director, character- have found us."
izes Stokeld's fight as a not-in-my-back- To the east, Jackson County struggles "There is indeed a great price to be paid
yard situation, and not anti-growth. Yet, with the issue of growth. "It's a real schizo- for rapid growth," O'Rourke-Meadors said,
"Any time we see development on the phrenic time. We have a very split commu- and Oregonians "don't seem to realize how i
riverside, it's going to be controversial," nity about growth," said County Commis- quickly they can lose the quality of life they
Benoit acknowledged. sioner Jeff Golden, whose wife, Cathy, is have enjoyed here for so long."
The anti-growth attitude is stronger in mayor of Ashland. How do Oregonians gauge their quality
Southwestern Oregon. "I think through the "I would say the pro-growth element in of life? "Housing prices and traffic are the
land use planning activities it's back to the Medford and most of the county prevails," two ways people are likely to perceive
old Tom McCall days," said Curry County Golden said. "I think it's pretty much of a growth," said Carl Abbott, chairman of the
Commissioner Rocky McVay. Brookings standoff in Ashland." department of urban studies and planning at
and other Curry County towns have been Until recently, the no-growther label "used Portland State University (PSU).
overwhelmed by newcomers, some retired to be a curse and an obscenity." No more. "As long as the family is earning money,
and some seeking jobs at the new Pelican "There's a lot of people who make no apolo- they don't perceive the unemployment rate,"
Bay prison, 16 miles south of Brookings gies about a no-growth attitude," he said. Abbott said.
across the California line. Even pro-growth people like Golden are So far, Abbott doesn't see Portland swing-
22 OREGON BUSINESS/FEBRUARY 1990
PORTLAND POPULATION PROJECTIONS OREGON POPULATION FORECASTS
Area 1987 2010 % Change 2000(000s)
low medium med high high
Downtown 8,992 11,581 28.7% 2,840.7 3,091.1 3,245.0 3,551
E. Mult. 473,137 522,400 10.4%
E. Clack. 183,679 252,614 37.5% 2010 (OOOs)
West side 428,922 649,766 51.5% low medium med high high
2,963.3 3,437.6 3,731.3 4,208
Clark Co. 208,697 353,067 69.1%
Region 1,303,427 1,789,428 37.3% Oregon's 1987 population was about 2,690,000
Source: Metropolitan Sem" District Source: U.S. Bank aW Nonhwest Pokey Center
ing to a no-growth attitude. "We're cer- despi:c Oregon's urban growth bounda,es, gon's unique land use planning system.
tainly not in the position of Seattle yet," he Portland is sprawling at the same rate as tl:e Can the system cope?
said. "I don't see that Portland has major rest of the United States. Portland hab "I think we've got a remarkable success
growth-related problems right now." sprawled for decades. It was last studied record" said LCDC spokesman Mitch Rohse.
Abbott believes Portland has avoided using 1980 census data. A 1990 update is "I think it's a benefit." said Bob Straub,
problems because growth has been slower planned, but Dueker expects the pattern is, Oregon governor from 1975 to 1979.
and more balanced around the metropoli- continuing despite efforts to stop it. Not everyone agrees. "I think people in
tan area. "We're not creating overwhelm- "Suburbanization forces have over- business think we have a planning system
ing volumes of growth in any one spot," he whelmed our intentions," Dueker said, and that simply does not work," says Dale Riddle,
said. The challenges for the 1990s, he added, it is likely to continue. Its advantages: dis- a Eugene attorney specializing in land use
will be managed expansion of the down- persed traffic and easy parking, "but it's issues. "I think land use lawyers think it's a
town core, and easing Washington County's leading to a severe problem of suburban broken system. I wouldn't say it's worse
overburdened transportation system. Pro- congestion that's difficult to deal with." than every state, but it's probably in the top
posed light rail extension and highway As more automobile-dependent newcom- three."
improvements should "do a lot" to solve ers arrive, "it will be more congested, but Riddle and other critics, such as Curry
the problem. the way decentralization is occurring there County's McVay, say the state land use
His colleague, Ken Dueker, is less opti- may be more opportunities for shopping, planning system is too inflexible, allows for
mistic. Light rail expansion is "not going to working, and recreating within one's proxi- too many appeals, and is indecisive.
have a significant impact" on traffic, be- mate area." The planning law covers virtually every
cause it tends to take people off buses but acre of private land in the state. Under the
not out of private cars, said Dueker, direc- Does Planning Work? Fystem, most growth is supposed to happen
for of PSU's Center For Urban Studies. in: ide urban growth boundaries (UGBs)
Dueker said the center's studies show The coming growth will challenge Ore- around each city. UGBs are supposed to
contain enough land for the community's
housing, industrial, and commercial needs
for the next 20 years. Land outside the
UGBs is supposed to be left for activities
like farm and forestry.
McVay says the planning law has failed
Curry County. "Our hands are tied to prog-
ress because of land use restrictions. Prac-
tically everything inside the urban growth
boundaries has filled up. We have a tremen-
dous amount of pressure for developable
land. We don't have the mechanism to do it.
"There's more land base under water in
_ Curry County than in developable lots," the
tyee \ti ee\ n : l . Native commissioner said.
for the eat Kin Chuck Nordstrom. Curry County's plan-
American name gr g ning director, said planners can't predict
en-
Salmon. 2. Northwest Indian word where, when, how UGBs might be
rts
larged, because e LCDC continually thwarts
for chief or the best. 3. legendary local plans. "It's becoming almost like a
crisis situation down here," Nordstrom said.
Northwest film and video production "We can't give people a straight answer. In
the meantime, people keep coming to the
company. county every week, every day saying 'Gee,
this is a nice place to live."'
Their opinions are not shared by other
land use planners, however. Although not
perfect, the law generally has served Ore-
gon well, says Jan Childs, planning director
for the city of Eugene and president of the
Oregon chapter of the American Planning
i +F - Association. "The kind of sprawl that is
going on in the Puget Sound area is the kind
that was beginning to happen in the Port-
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"We have a land use planning program tudes, the city continues to receive national the Pacific Rim and because of demograph-
that's relatively successful," said Metro's attention as the nation's most liveable. ics.
Ethan Seltzer. But there are some common Thousands will move there this year in "Business cycles don't go up forever.
misconceptions, he added, particularly about search of the good life. There's another downturn out there some-
areas inside urban growth boundaries. Ed Whitelaw, a University of Oregon place," Mitchell said. But, "I firmly believe
"Tbe land use planning program is pretty economics professor, said the same thing the 1990s is our region's time in the sun."
silent about what happens in urban areas; could happen here, even if 1970s anti-growth But sunshine casts a shadow. The size of
he said. "Providing parks and open space is attitudes return with a vengeance. the shadow will depend on whether Ore-
something communities have to do." "The whole debate to me is idle," he gon's leaders can anticipate and solve the
If the law is silent inside cities, how easy said. "We've got demand down south and problems of growth before, or as, it hap-
is it to site a new factory? "Easy is in the eye supply up north. It's going to be very diffi- pens. The good news: there's still time.
of the beholder," said Childs. In Eugene, at cult for Oregon not to grow." "I would suspect we've got some time,
I least, "I think we are still in a situation Economist John W. Mitchell, senior vice Mitchell said. Seltzer agrees: "Our backs
where public involvement is needed to president of U.S. Bancorp in Portland, said aren't quite up against the wall." If the right
facilitate siting." Oregon will grow because of its position on choices are made, they won't be. ■
Attorney Riddle said opponents have
too many ways to delay projects with ap-
peals. But he suspects the public still sup-
ports the system on the mistaken notion it
will protect Oregon from California-style
development and allow the state to grow
without losing its quality of life.
"I don't think we'll be able to do it with
the land use planning system we have now;" Riddle predicted. "It's too inflexible."
Fighting Farmettes "
One of the biggest land use debates is y%=.~~►
over development of homes on rural sites
outside urban growth boundaries. Demand
is increasing for homes on lots of less than
10 acres in the woods or overlooking farm land, despite LCDC's efforts to keep it - - = s,-,
intact. C
The debate pits 1000 Friends of Oregon,
a land use watchdog group, with Oregoni-
ans InAction (OIA), a newly-formed group 1
arguing in favor of looser restrictions, par-
ticularly on rural land not well suited for
agriculture or timber production.
"Oregon is in a straightjacket caused by
the land use regulatory system," contends
Bill Moshofsky, OIA's legal counsel.
"There's nearly a prohibition on dwellings
outside the city limits."
Moshofsky believes land owners should
be allowed to develop their land for its YOUR HOME SHOULD FIT
highest possible use. "Is it in the public
interest to preserve it in its low valued LIKE A PAIR OF FINE GLovEs...
state?" he asked.
Moshofsky said houses would not nec-
essarily conflict with farm and forest uses, Whether you need room for an active,
particularly if new homeowners agreed not growing family, a secure base for a life of
to object to fertilizer smells or other typical
farm and forest practices. travel, a showplace for entertaining, or a
On the other hand, 1000 Friends wants retreat from the world - Cronin & Caplan
to make sure farmhouses belong to farm- specializes in finding homes that fit your
ers, said Keith Bartholomew, staff attorney.
Bartholomew said the state's land use lifestyle like a glove.
planning system works well. "Because we
have a land use planning program, people
are not afraid of having growth occur," he
said. "I don't see major changes are needed." ~1 p
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