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Tigard Business Meeting - Minutes
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL, LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD AND
CITY CENTER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MEETING DATE AND
TIME: December 13, 2011 — 6:30 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: City of Tigard -Town Hall- 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,
Tigard, OR 97223
Council Present: Council President Buehner, Councilor Wilson,Councilor Woodard,and Councilor
Henderson. Mayor Dirksen was absent.
Staff Present: City Manager Wine,Assistant to the City Manager Mills,Assistant City Manager
Newton,Redevelopment Project Manager Farrelly,Engineer McMillan, Community Development
Director Bunch,Deputy Recorder Krager,and City Attorney Bennett
Press: Sally Ho,The Oregonian
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 6:30 p.m. Council President Buehner announced that there would be a City Center
Development Agency Executive Session to discuss real property transactions under ORS
192.660 (2) (e). The Study Session continued after the Executive Session.
STUDY SESSION
A. BRIEFING ON A CLEAN WATER SERVICES (CWS) INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT(IGA) REGARDING THE DERRY DELL SEWER PROJECT
Engineer McMillan gave a briefing on the IGA with Clean Water Services for sewer work
and creek realignment necessary in the Derry Dell area. She showed pictures of existing and
future alignments. She said this IGA covers how the work will be shared;CWS will
complete the sewer work and the City of Tigard will acquire the property or easement.The
work has been pushed back to the summer of 2013 because Tigard asked CWS to include in
their permitting process with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Corps of
Engineers, the crossing for the storm sewer culvert at Walnut Street and replacing a water
line crossing at Johnson. She said it is advantageous to get all the permits at once. She said
this IGA will be a future consent agenda item.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
Council President Buehner announced that the Tigard City Council would enter into an executive
session called under pending litigation 192.660 (2) (h). The executive session ended at 7:22 p.m.
STUDY SESSION (CONTINUED)
B. Administrative Items
City Manager Wine said a draft developed at the December 6 council goal setting session was
sent out for review and asked for comments. Councilor Henderson said the document
covered what was discussed but the descriptions seemed vague. Councilor Woodard agreed
and suggested that the goals need to be more detailed. Councilor Henderson said he was
interested in the department work plans in response to the council goals because that would
help expand their meaning. Councilor Wilson suggested reworking the wording and timeline
of Downtown Goal 3.A. City Manager Wine said she will bring this back for continued
discussion at the December 20,2011 council meeting.
City Manager Wine said she hoped to schedule a time for council to meet in early 2012 to re-
examine groundrules, council liaison assignments and how council works together.
Council President Buchner asked if the council goals could be a consent item for approval at
the January 10,2012 ceremonial meeting. City Manager Wine said they could be added if
council has a chance to work on thein and is comfortable with the wording. Councilor
Henderson said it is important for the public to hear what the goals are for the year.
1. BUSINESS MEETING
A. At 7:36 p.m. Council President Buehner called the meeting of the Tigard City Council and
Local Contract Review Board to order.
B. Deputy City Recorder Krager called the roll.
Name Present Absent
Councilor Woodard x
Councilor Wilson x
Council President Buehner x
Mayor Dirksen x
Councilor Henderson x
C. Pledge of Allegiance
D. Council Communications &Liaison Reports—None.
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E. Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items—None.
2. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION
A. Follow-up to Previous Citizen Communication: None.
B. Sophomore Class President E J.Albaugh represented Tigard High School and reported on
recent and upcoming Tigard High events and activities. He announced a Loaves &Fishes
food bank collection at the school and Council President Buehner asked where food items
could be delivered at the high school. He advised that there was a collection point at the
main office at the high school.
C. Tigard Area Chamber of Commerce-Executive Director Debi Mollihan gave a wrap-up of
2011 Chamber activities. She said the Tigard Chamber is one of eight in Washington
County and together they have a coalition called the Washington County Chambers of
Commerce Partnership focusing on business community impacts from a governmental
perspective. The WCCCP is bringing to Tigard a debate between Suzanne Bonamici and
Rob Cornilles on January 10,at 7:30-8:30 a.m. The Broadway Rose Theater is hosting and
Broadway Rose General Manager and Chamber Board President Dan Murphy will moderate.
She mentioned that the annual Bowl-O-Rama will be held March 3,2012 at Tigard Bowl and
encouraged council participation.
D. Citizen Communication—Mark Padgett, 12975 SW Princeton Lane,Tigard,OR 97223,
spoke on behalf of the Tigard Basketball Association (TBA),a non-profit,volunteer-run
program for youth in grades 3-12. He said they also train high-school age youth to referee
games,which gives them weekend income. Annual scholarships are made available and an
effort is made to give scholarships to at-risk youth. This year 63 scholarships were provided.
They started with 200 youngsters and have over 800 involved this year.
He requested that the Tigard City Council officially recognize the TBA with a proclamation
for 30 years of providing basketball to Tigard children.
Councilor Woodard said it is commendable that their numbers are as high as 800 and
thanked them for providing this opportunity.
Councilor Wilson said his children have participated and benefitted from this program in the
past and he appreciated it. He referred to Councilor Woodard's push for more city
involvement in recreation programs.
Councilor Henderson said,"This is what makes Tigard great."
Council President Buehner thanked him for coming and said she will discuss a proclamation
with d7e Mayor.
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DA Councilor Henderson introduced new City Manager Marty Wine to the audience. City
Manager Wine said she was happy to be in Tigard and appreciated the warm welcome from
the council and the community.
3. CONSENT AGENDA: (Tigard City Council,Local Contract Review Board)
A. Approve Council Meeting Minutes:
October 11,2011
October 18,2011
November 1,2011
B. Receive and File:
1. Council Calendar
2. Tentative Agenda
C. Authorize the City Manager to Sign an Agreement and an Amendment to an Agreement
with Oregon Department of Transportation for 2010 Pavement Overlays
D. Local Contract Review Board:
1. Award Contracts for Vehicle and Light Truck Repair to Multiple Auto Services Shops:
Landmark Ford,Tyler Automotive,and Russ Automotive and Direct the City Manager
to Carry the Contract through Execution
Councilor Wilson moved to approve the consent agenda and Councilor Woodard seconded the
motion. All present voted in favor of approving the consent agenda.
Yes No
Councilor Woodard x
Councilor Wilson x
Council President Buchner x
Mayor Dirksen Absent
Councilor Henderson x
4. PRESENT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION (APWA) PROJECT OF
THE YEAR AWARD FOR THE BURNHAM STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
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Engineer McMillan presented the APWA Oregon Chapter's Project of the Year Award,
which recognized the Burnham Street Reconstruction Project. She said the award is for
excellence,innovation and cooperation with regard to management and administration and
acknowledged the City of Tigard along with the project design and construction team including
OTAK Engineers,Kodiak Pacific Construction and WH Pacific.
5. QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING- COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT,
SENSITIVE LANDS REVIEWS AND ADJUSTMENT TO EXTEND WALL STREET TO
FIELDS'PROPERTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT (CPA) 2009-
00004/SENSITIVE LANDS REVIEW(SLR) 2009-00004/SENSITIVE LANDS REVIEW
(SLR) 2009-00005/ADJUSTMENT(VAR) 2010-00002 -WALL STREET EXTENSION
(FIELDS)
Council President Buehner opened the public hearing and announced that the applicant has
requested a continuance on this hearing. The hearing will be continued to February 28,2012.
6. DISCUSS FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WITH CFM STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS,INC
2 Senior Management Analyst Wyatt said CFM Strategic Communications was awarded the
contract for federal advocacy services at the October 11,2011 council meeting. Attending the
meeting from CFM Strategic Communications,Inc.were Gary Conlding,Joel Rubin and Julie
Pyatt.
Mr. Rubin said CFM met today with city executive staff to discuss priorities. They will pursue
grant dollars from the federal government for strategic priorities to improve the quality of life in
Tigard, such as transportation projects,economic development projects,police,library services,
educational and after-school programs. He said they begin in a strategic and focused way to
seek grants and federal funding programs. They also lobby members of congress to ask for
support. Meetings will be arranged with local congressional staff to see the projects Tigard is
working on and to get a firsthand perspective on the good work Tigard is doing. He said it is
clear to him that the city can be trusted to spend federal dollars well. He said there are a few
grants released for 2012 that they are already working on with city staff
Consultant Gary Conlding said he is a Tigard resident and while it is important for the city to be
represented in Washington DC,it is also good to have contact with someone who can connect
locally with council,their firm offers both.
Councilor Henderson said he welcomed having them on the team. He expressed optimism that
they can assist with obtaining transportation funding.
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Councilor Woodard said he appreciated the offer to assist staff with grant writing. He said he
took a course called Grant Writing 101 and was surprised at the technicality required in writing
proposals. He said the city must be more competitive for the fewer available dollars and he
looks forward to seeing what the return on investment will be.
Councilor Wilson said this is a natural outgrowth of Tigard wanting to be more outward looking.
He commented that staff and council have worked hard to develop relationships with legislators
and other public agencies. He said there was ambivalence about working with lobbyists and he
hoped that relationship building will continue. He said, "Our needs are not entirely about
money. We've had situations where we had the money for a project but because we didn't
acquire property according to government guidelines,we couldn't use it. Helping us cut through
red tape would be a good thing."
Council President Buehner said she was very pleased to have advocates for Tigard in
Washington DC. She said, "Tigard's mayor or Council members go to Washington once or
twice a year and although we work hard to get money for grants,we can't be there all the time."
She requested a presentation prior to the
National League of Cities Conference in March on the
impact of Grover Norquist's organization on congress. Consultant Rubin said he would provide
her with an analysis.
Councilor Henderson referred to the heavy traffic that flows through Tigard and said it was
advantageous that CJFM works for other communities such as Sherwood that experience similar
issues. Consultant Rubin agreed that problems are regional and bringing more stakeholders to
the table with a concerted message will provide benefits to all in the long run.
Consultant Rubin said Mayor Dirksen gave him a tour of the city showing how Tigard gets
things done and gets them done well. Council President Buehner suggested inviting elected
representatives for a tour of the new water pump station (paid for with federal dollars) which
will save residents millions of dollars because they do not have to be in the water system bond
amount.
7. DISCUSS AMENDMENTS TO TIGARD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.16 AND
CONSOLIDATION OF NUISANCE VIOLATIONS INTO A NEW TITLE 6
Assistant Community Development Director Hartnett and Program Development Specialist
Shields led a continuation of the November 22,2011 discussion on amendments to the Tigard
Municipal Code creating administrative code enforcement options in Chapter 1.16 and to begin
discussion on consolidating nuisance violations into a new Title 6.
Program Development Specialist Shields reviewed the history of the code violation process.
In July 2010,budget reductions cost the city its last full-time code enforcement officer,meaning
that the city had no personnel to receive and investigate complaints on a full-time basis. Within a
short time a new system was developed and implemented that relies upon the community to be
the city's eyes and ears in reporting and checking on possible violations. Complaints are received
online through the city's website. He said these measures saved major savings and staff tine but
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were not meant to completely fix the code enforcement situation. He said council directed staff
to add administrative remedies and tools to enable the city to provide more efficient and cost-
effective service. He said amendments to TMC Chapter 1.16 had been delivered to council in
November and they now had the new Title 6 for review.
Program Development Specialist Shields said the public hearing for both code enforcement
changes is tentatively scheduled for January 24,2012.
Staff met with the city attorney to discuss simplifying descriptions and legal text. In most cases,
it was left in its present form for the city's or staff's protection. City Attorney Bennett said while
one challenge is making code language friendly for the public;it must be balanced with
considerations of legality should there be challenges. The city has to adopt administrative
procedures first,because by definition,it will have things done by administrative staff that
previously was done by judicial staff. He said there is a need to protect the public. On the other
hand,staff will be performing on behalf of the city and you do not want them doing something
without the protection of the code. This language creates a bulky document. It has to be
balanced to provide protection from lawsuits.
Council President Buehner said it needs to be written in such a way that Tigard's code will more
efficiently complement the county's code.
Council President Buehner mentioned that Mayor Dirksen was not in attendance and she passed
along his perspective that this should be rescheduled for consideration in February.Assistant
Community Development Director Hartnett asked if council wanted to continue discussing this
at the January meeting and scheduled the final vote in March. Council President Buehner said
she was concerned that there was enough time allowed for questions that may come up.
Chapter 1.16 Discussion:
Councilor Henderson said he wasn't sure this was the right direction and said he wanted to meet
with City Manager Wine to discuss it. He said delaying consideration until March was fine with
him. Program Development Specialist Shields asked if Councilor Henderson was referring to the
entire package or the new Title 6. Councilor Henderson said his expertise was in construction
codes. He asked for assistance in understanding how nuisance code appeals are processed.
Assistant Community Development Director Hartnett asked if it would be helpful if staff gave
him some hypothetical situations to help explain how the city might respond and what a citizen's
options might be. Councilor Henderson said that would be helpful. He said he heard concerns
for the city and staff,but he wants to make sure the Tigard citizens are represented.Assistant
Community Development Director Hartnett said she would supply him with actual situations
from the past and how they could be addressed differently with new administrative rules in ways
that might be more helpful for them as well as for the city in gaining compliance.
Councilor Wilson said the procedures in proposed in Chapter 1.1 were acceptable. He said he
had concerns with the nuisance code chapter.
Councilor Woodard expressed concern for owners of rental houses who live out of state. He
asked if anything would be added into the code. Program Development Specialist Shields
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suggested that standard operating procedures or administrative rules would be the appropriate
place to address this rather than codification. He assured Councilor Woodard that the city's
practice was not to take anyone to court until violations are verified and the responsible party
has been contacted. If an owner lives out of state there may be a delay in receiving a notice in
the mail and that is taken into account.
Council President Buehner asked about trustees in foreclosure cases. Assistant Community
Development Director Hartnett said language about this had been added and she expressed
appreciation to Council President Buehner for her assistance in clarifying that chapter.
Title 6 Discussion:
Councilor Wilson said it had been a long time since council looked at the nuisance language in
the code. He said some things cannot be applied citywide.Tall grasses may be appropriate in a
natural area but not in a suburban front yard. If this language was applied to a natural right-of-
way area,it would have to be mowed every week. He asked if the language might be
contradictory in the case where a greenway is also in an easement. He said whenever there is an
easement, certain requirements are associated and the property owner may or may not get to do
certain things due to language in his easement. He asked,"Are we asserting extra property
rights?" He said the city needs to strike the right balance and in some cases be more stringent
and in some cases,less. He said he would like more time to think about this and recommended
moving the item to March.
Assistant Community Development Director Hartnett said most of what Councilor Wilson
referenced is existing text, and not what staff recommended to be modified. She asked if
Council wanted to revisit the existing code language,but noted that just preparing the
administrative rule chapter and consolidating the nuisance violations has been a tremendous
amount of work for staff She suggested putting into place what is needed now to move
forward with code compliance but with direction to come back and revisit the more difficult
pieces. She said, "We are not dealing with nit-picky neighbor squabbles;we don't have the
resources."
Councilor Woodard suggested changing the noise ordinance limit and asked if police have
decibel meters.Assistant Community Development Director Hartnett assured him that they do.
Councilor Woodard said the meters should be used to show a noise violator how they are
breaking the rules. He said he noticed oil leakage behind a restaurant heading towards a storm
drain and asked if that was covered in this document and where it was. Staff found the section
for him. He asked what the logic was behind Section 6.02.510 -Service Connection and
Maintenance. In response to a question from Councilor Woodard,Assistant Community
Development Director Hartnett suggested he discuss this section with Utility Manager
Goodrich.
Council President Buehner said the scenario is that if a leak happens on the city side of the water
meter it is the city's responsibility to fix it. If the leak is on the homeowner's side they have to
pay for repairs.
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City Attorney Bennett said, "It may seem counterintuitive to citizens to think that they are
responsible for sidewalks in front of their houses,but they are. This is how the law evolved."
Councilor Henderson asked how a citizen can make a complaint. Assistant Community
Development Director Hartnett said 95% of complaints are sent through the city's website. If
requested,people can get a hard copy form to fill out and return. Complaints are not accepted
over the phone.When asked if Tigard requires more than one citizen to complain about a
particular problem,Program Development Specialist Shields replied that one complainant is
enough. After a complaint is received, the city sends out a letter to the party responsible for that
property. Staff is not available to go out in the field and investigate. In most cases (80%)
compliance is obtained after receipt of the first letter.
Twenty days are allowed for the violation to be taken care of. A letter goes to the complainant
asking them to notify the city if it is not resolved within those twenty days. Councilor
Henderson asked if video could be submitted to support a complaint and Program
Development Specialist Shields said it could.
Program Development Specialist Shields advised that if there is a threat to life, safety or health,
city staff will investigate.
Council President Buehner said she sent staff an email about a sentence that appeared to have
been deleted from the proposed language regarding graffiti. Program Development Specialist
Shields said it was still there but not as part of the definition. Council President Buehner
suggested that it be added back into the definition for clarity.
Council President Buehner mentioned that some code violations may start in one jurisdiction,
such as Tualatin,but end up in Tigard, as could happen at Bridgeport,where there is a change in
jurisdiction. She said Tigard needs to be aware of neighboring jurisdiction's codes and she did
not think the old TMC did this. Assistant Community Development Director Hartnett
requested that City Attorney Bennett pass this along to City Attorney Hall,who has been
working with the city on the nuisance code changes.
Councilor Woodard asked,"There is no nuisance officer but these will be administered through
staff. Who is administering this and how do we ensure continuity?"Assistant Community
Development Director Hartnett said the designated authority is the city manager or designee.
She said there are specific actions that code enforcement officers (currently there are four) can
take. She predicted that when these administrative options are added to the city's toolbox,there
will be steps that need to go to the department director. This is so the director can inform the
city manager in cases where the penalty will be elevated. She said staff is developing written
administrative rules and standard operating procedures (SDP's).
Councilor Wilson asked staff to provide a list of the most common types of complaints and
asked if it would be better to focus attention on those. Assistant Community Development
Director Hartnett said staff will assemble scenarios for Councilor Henderson,water meter
information for Councilor Woodard and a list of common code violations in time for the
January 24,2012 meeting discussion. She said she will reschedule the public hearing to March.
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Council President Buehner asked if council could receive an amended version of the first
chapter for review before the meeting on January 24,2012. She suggested that councilors meet
with staff prior to that meeting to go over any questions.
8. UPDATE ON HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT(HCT) LAND USE PLAN
Senior Transportation Planner Gray updated council on progress on the High Capacity Transit
Land Use Plan,one of many separate studies that comprise a significant portion of the regional
Southwest Corridor Plan.
She presented a PowerPoint to illustrate how the local land use plans fit into the Southwest
Corridor Plan. She said Tigard's draft High-Capacity Land Use Plan is almost completed. She
said the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) has been advising the team and met five times last
year,holding their final meeting in November. The consultant is scheduled to present the final
plan at a joint Council/Planning Commission meeting on February 21,2012.
She said Tigard's High-Capacity Land Use Plan report contains concepts for each of the seven
potential communities with transit stations. Councilor Henderson asked about the seven
station areas shown in the slide and asked if two were added at the end of the process. Senior
Transportation Planner Gray said all seven were present at the beginning. They started with
fifteen and screened them to seven potential locations.
Senior Planner Gray said the Southwest Corridor Plan will look at a wide range of strategies
such as economic development plans,housing strategies and transit. For Tigard,a lot of this
will come from work we have already done. Other communities will be in the process of
developing this in 2012.The technical analysis will be a feasibility study and initial screening.
She said the regional process takes all the local land use plans and integrates them. Policies will
be analyzed and each concept graded on the type of investment required.
Senior Transportation Planner Gray said in late 2012 there will be much of discussion among
cities regarding what trade-offs can be offered. She said Tigard got an early start and completed
its land use plan just as other cities are beginning. Policy amendments will begin in early 2013.
Many things will happen then such as local jurisdiction amendments of transportation system
plans,comprehensive plans or design guidelines. She said the benefit to being at the front of
the project is that Tigard can move ahead with certain policy amendments sooner if council
chose to do so.
She said next steps include a discussion at the December 20,2011 council meeting about a
citizen involvement plan called Tigard Connects.The Connections Team Kick-off event is
planned for January 30 and will be held in the Library Community Room. Council President
Buehner advised Council will be meeting with the Tigard-Tualatin School District that evening
and will unable to stay at the kick-off event after 6:30 p.m.
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Senior Transportation Planner Gray said the level of interest from every city is high. She said she
liked hearing from the CFM consultants tonight on their planned efforts to seek federal money.
She said"One thing that Tigard has going for it is that we've gotten so far in the process."
Councilor Wilson asked about the new way of leading a light rail project with land use. He asked
who is going to connect the dots and set the alignment. He said Tigard has picked typologies and
selected sites,and asked if the city would be expected to adopt them as they are,making zone
changes. He said the land uses and zoning are still much the same in Portland as they were
before light rail. He asked Senior Transportation Planner Gray to inform council what the
processes are a few years out.
Senior Transportation Planner Gray replied that the concept plan is not adoptable in its form
because it doesn't spell out zoning. The council might want to consider changing zones in
priority areas if needed. She said there may not be many zone changes in the downtown but
there might be significant changes in the Triangle.The expectation is that there be enough
planning and commitment in place for a successful station community. The city will always have
the option of saying no,but the city next door may say, "Sure,we'll do it."
Councilor Wilson said he had two concerns about the process. He said he attended the meeting
in November and,referring to Councilor Henderson's question about the two extreme north and
south nodes said, "It seems we should lead with our best opportunities so somebody else doesn't
get them,and let the others fall away." His second concern was applying typologies (new colors,
new densities) to areas that are not ripe for redevelopment. He noted that at his first meeting
after was he was appointed to the Planning Commission,the Costco store was discussed and
zoning was changed in the Triangle. He said it wasn't that long ago that the entire Triangle was
rezoned and it is unrealistic and unfair to change zoning on those property owners.
Community Development Director Bunch said there are a series of options and many will fall out
as we go through the process. He said,"This land use component of the transportation plan is a
change management tool, so if this happens, then that can happen,etc." He said it is a toolbox
that prepares us for a series of events. He recognizes that existing property owners are important
and many of the decisions will be made during the alignment of the alternatives analysis. He said
market forces are essential to make this work and are a major component of the planning
exercise.
Councilor Wilson said there is a lot of redevelopment potential in the east half of the Triangle,
along Pacific Highway and in the downtown. He does not support changing the zoning in stable,
established residential neighborhoods or recently developed commercial properties.
Council President Buehner said it is great that the mayor is on the steering committee but he is
running for Metro Council. She wants to make sure there is a smooth transition to a new
representative from Tigard and to get them involved early so they are fully informed if the mayor
leaves.
Council President Buehner said she was still unclear when policymakers will focus on the likely
alignment,but felt the sooner the better.
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Senior Transportation Planner Gray said she believed that it would happen in the summer and
fall of 2012. She didn't think a final decision would be made but some of the options will be set
aside.
City Manager Wine said the council schedule shows consideration of the High-Capacity Land Use
Plan consultant report in February. Community Development Manager Bunch said it is a key
decision point to set the context for decision making as we move forward to implementation. He
said he and City Manager Wine want council to know they can schedule individual meetings with
staff or planning commissioners to snake sure they have adequate information and background.
Council President Buehner said there is a tremendous amount of information and requested
frequent updates and encouraged joint workshops with the Planning Commission.
Senior Transportation Planner Gray said, "We are not going to move forward with all seven
locations. We need to identify those that provide the best opportunities.
Councilor Woodard said he agreed with Councilor Wilson's comments about rezoning. He also
said continued communication with the public is important as they see Pacific Highway
congestion as a problem but may be afraid of light rail due to fear and uncertainty of where the
alignment will be. He said the location information is needed as soon as possible so Tigard can
identify opportunities in time.
Council President Buehner suggested looking at zoning in the area across Pacific Highway,just
outside of the downtown urban renewal area and along Greenburg Road. She said this older
residential area has great access and is a candidate for up-zoning with more commercial
properties.
Community Development Director Bunch said as we identify the station locations, those areas
will begin to show up. He commented that the Southwest Corridor Project byline is Mobilo i,
Prosefi�i wid Choice.
9. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS—None.
10. NON AGENDA ITEMS—None.
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION: None held.
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12. ADJOURNMENT-At 10:02 p.m. Councilor Wilson moved for adjournment. Councilor
Henderson seconded the motion and all voted in approval
Yes No
Councilor Woodard x
Councilor Wilson x
Council President Buehner x
Mayor Dirksen Absent
Councilor Henderson x
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TIGARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES -DECEMBER 13, 2011
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