07/10/2013 - Minutes City Center Advisory Commission
Meeting Minutes
Date of Meeting: Wednesday,July 10, 2013
Location: Symposium Coffee, 12345 SW Main Street,Tigard OR 97223
Called to order by: Chair Elise Shearer
Time Started: 6:30 pin
Time Ended: 8:35 prn
Commissioners Present: Elise Shearer (Chair), Thomas Murphy, Deanie Bush, Sherrie
Devaney,Linli Pao, Laura Fisher, Carne Arendes, Hemendra
Mathur (Alternate)
Commissioners Absent. Philip Thornburg Vice Chair), Paul Miller
Others Present: Councilor Marland Henderson, Council Liaison to the CCAC; Debi
Mollahan, Chief Executive Officer, Tigard Chamber of Commerce; and local realtor Neal
Brown.
Staff Present: Downtown Redevelopment Project Manager Sean Farrelly, Community
Development Director Kenny Asher, and Community Planning Senior Administrative
Specialist Chris Wiley.
AGENDA ITEM #1: Welcome and Roll Call
Elise opened the meeting and Chris recorded the roll call.
AGENDA ITEM #2: Review / Approve June Minutes
The June 12, 2013 CCAC Minutes were approved.
AGENDA ITEM #3: Non-Agenda Items / Public Comment
A. Linh said she wanted to formally recognize local contractor Rick Hoggan for doing
such an outstanding job on the facility redesign for Symposium Coffee. Symposium
Coffee is one of the new businesses recently opened on Tigard Main Street and a
participant in Tigard's Facade Improvement grants program.
B. Elise said the next SW Corridor meeting is scheduled for Monday,July 22, from
9:30 to 11:30 am at the Library community room. The TTAC meeting will be that
evening beginning at 6:30 pm in the library conference room on the second floor.
Elise won't be able to attend and asked if someone could go in her place. Laura will
attend both meetings. Carine plans to attend the evening meeting also.
C. Sean passed out a copy of the press release that had gone out earlier in the day
announcing Lloyd Purdy as Tigard's choice for the new Economic Development
Manager position. Mr. Purdy will start in early August.
D. Sean passed out copies of the new, updated downtown walking map.
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AGENDA ITEM#4: Downtown Events — Debi Mollahan, Sean Farrelly
Briefing by Chamber's Debi Mollaban on August 171fi Street Fair, website, and other activities
Debi presented a briefing on the plans for the upcoming Street Fair and went over the layout
and the activities that are being planned. A group dressed in Stas Wars costumes will open
the event at 11 a.m. and stay for approximately three hours. There will also be acting
troupes putting on skits, members of Westside Dance Academy, and three bands.
Twenty-five vendors have already signed up. The dog park committee is running a virtual
dog contest. A small portion of Burnham Street will be closed for a specialty car show.
There will also be a dunk tank and a children's area with a bouncy house. La Fuente
Taqueria will host a remote Hispanic radio station broadcast, a Corona beer garden and will
offer some grilled food. Businesses sponsoring the event include DeAngelos Catering, B&B
Printing and Tigard Vision Center. The City of Tigard Main Street Green Street and
Community Newspapers are doing joint marketing for the street fair and downtown Tigard's
Third Friday events. The July Cityscape will have a feature about the street fair. The
greatest needs right now are for more volunteers and money. Elise said George Morlan
Plumbing is interested in sponsoring and they also own some event tents. Debi encouraged
everyone to look at the exploredowntowntigard.com website to stay up to date on Tigard
events.
AGENDA ITEM #5: Tigard Downtown Alliance (TDA)—Chair Shearer, Sean Farrelly
Information on Downtown property and business ownergroup's formation
Tom Murphy said since he participates on both CCAC and the Tigard Downtown Alliance
there may be a potential conflict of interest in the future if CCAC needs to make
recommendations to CCDA regarding the group. However, it is not relevant to this
evening's discussion. Sean and Elise had both attended the most recent Tigard Downtown
Alliance meeting. Sean reminded the committee that two different consultants, Leland and
Michelle Reeves, in addition to the CCAC, have all made recommendations in the past for
the formation of a group like the Tigard Downtown Alliance. Elise passed around two
copies of a draft brochure the organization is working on. She said the downtown alliance
plans to approach the city to ask for financial support, most likely to help with start-up costs
related to legal fees, accountant fees and whatever insurance coverage might be necessary for
the organization. She also showed a bubble chart that illustrated how TDA would interface
with the city, the Chamber and other interested parties, and commented on the shared
interests of each group.
AGENDA ITEM #G: Downtown Public Art— Sean
Possible Action Item: Endorse art concept from July 9+n Public Art meeting,•update
The art subcommittee is recommending moving forward with artist Brian Borello's concept
of using filberts as the focal point for the entryway art for blain Street. Sean had some slides
from Mr. Borello's presentation showing what the pieces would look like. The CCAC
members who participated in the art subcommittee meeting were very enthusiastic about the
concept. All the CCAC members present unanimously agreed to recommend the project
when it goes before the CCDA in two weeks.
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AGENDA ITEM #7: Brownfields Initiative - Sean
Update on Initiative andgrant award
Tigard has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Business Oregon to proceed with its
Brownfields redevelopment strategy. The grant will be used for:
(1) Creation of a comprehensive inventory of potential brownfields sites.
(2) Two public meeting workshops targeted at engaging downtown property owners
and residents.
(3) Up to three Phase One Environmental Site Assessments on selected high ranking
projects.
AGENDA ITEM #8: Downtown Parks and Open Space — Sean
Briefing on Fanno Creek re-meanderprojert and Park Bond issues
A. There is some money from Clean Water Services for the Fanno Creek remeander
project. There should be park improvements, trail improvements and restoration
included in the FY14-15 CIP.
B. Regarding the Parks and Recreation Board bond money, there is a legal requirement
for 80% of the bond money to be allocated by February 2014, and part of that 80%
allocation belongs to the downtown public space acquisition.
AGENDA ITEM #9: Liaison Reports
A. Sean told the committee members the Council approved a proposal for a charter
revision that will go before the voters at the November election. The purpose of the
revision is to clarify some language in the charter as it relates to urban renewal. A
popular vote is needed to make a charter change.
B. There hasn't been a TTAC meeting since the last time CCAC met. Due to the July 4
holiday, the TTAC meeting was moved to later in July. As mentioned earlier in the
meeting, the TTAC will meet on Monday,July 22.
AGENDA ITEM #10: Adjourn. Chair Shearer adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m.
C.L. Wiley, CCAC Recordi g ecretary
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Elise Shearer, Chair
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