06/04/2012 - Minutes CITY OF TIGARD
PLANNING COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes
June 4, 2012
CALL TO ORDER
President Walsh called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. The meeting was held in the Tigard
Civic Center,Town Hall, at 13125 SW Hall Blvd.
ROLL CALL
Present: President Walsh
Vice President Anderson
Commissioner Doherty
Commissioner Fitzgerald
Commissioner Muldoon
Commissioner Rogers
Commissioner Ryan
Commissioner Schmidt
Commissioner Shavey
Alt. Commissioner Armstrong
Absent: Alt. Commissioner Miller
Staff Present: Susan Hartnett, Assistant Community Development Director; Doreen
Laughlin, Executive Assistant; Sean Farrelly, Redevelopment Project
Manager
Others Present: Cathy Corliss, Principal,Angelo Planning Group
COMMUNICATIONS
President Walsh attended a neighborhood meeting for the next phase of the Fields bridge
project. He gave a brief rundown of that
nerous donation almost the entire estate - to
charity, the Oregon Community Foundation, to support education and the arts. The benefactor
of any development project done on the bridge will be that charity. Walsh noted that i
bridge project, the to it.
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CONSIDER MINUTES
May 7, 2012 Meeting Minutes: President Walsh asked if there were any additions,
deletions, or corrections to the May 7 minutes; there being none, Walsh declared the minutes
approved as submitted.
WORKSHOP DOWNTOWN CONNECTIVITY PLAN
Sean Farrelly, Redevelopment Manager, introduced Cathy Corliss as a principal at the Angelo
Planning Group. He said he was there to talk about the Downtown Connectivity Plan. He
noted that he wanted to take this time to reacquaint the commissioners with this project
a recommendation
past and what is being worked on presently also what will be coming up in the future. He
went over a PowerPoint presentation (Exhibit A).
Farrelly noted that there are limited connections into and around the Downtown area,
mainly due to the barriers of connectivity such as the viaduct, the rail crossing, and Fanno
Creek. He noted this plan will address that and that this plan is based on previous plans such
as the Tigard Downtown Improvement Plan, the Tigard Downtown Vision.
The objectives are threefold: connectivity, circulation, and capacity. The process to date
includes:
❑❑Working with the City Center Advisory Commission (CCAC) who, early on, had put
Plan. The plan has remained pretty true to those principles.
L I❑A Technical Advisory Committee made up of different jurisdictions such as ODOT,
TriMet and Washington County.
❑❑An Open House.
❑❑The CCAC intently reviewed this over several meetings.
L I❑City Council, Planning Commission, and the Tigard Transportation Advisory
Committee had workshops on this.
❑❑Property owners that could be affected by this plan had been contacted and staff
received some excellent feedback and had some frank discussions. As a result of
those meetings, they tweaked some of the proposed streets.
Farrelly went over the seven categories of streets and alley classifications. He gave some
street character examples.
Cathy Corliss from Angelo Planning Group continued the presentation by talking about the
two key elements that needed to be addressed: new connections and new cross-sections.
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There was a question from the commission about non-conformity. Ms. Corliss noted they
-conformity amongst adjacent property owners. On the flip side
in order to get these connections to eventually happen
owner, eventually, more visibility more public street frontage which for most retail, and for
a lot of uses,is a positive thing; triggering redevelopment on both sides that will eventually
add value for both property owners. Ms. Corliss said they would do some more research on
that and come back to that subject later.
Ms. Corliss went over the new cross-sections examples current and future. She also spoke
id out now,would add
background, principles and figures to the Transportation System Plan. The TDC 18.370
would add adjustments to the connectivity requirements and that would be fairly full
bodied. The TDC 18.610 is the downtown standards and that placeholder would be filled in
with purpose, applicability and connectivity standards. TDC 18.810 would have to be
amended to add new downtown cross-sections. She said there would be a packet of
happen - as opposed to
just a single new chapter that does this.
At this point Farrelly went over the next steps. One of which would include additional
outreach to property owners. This would happen fairly soon (within the next few weeks).
Then in the late summer they are planning on scheduling public hearings with the Planning
Commission for the Development Code and Transportation System Plan amendments. Staff
will be asking them to make a recommendation to City Council at that time.
Sean concluded his presentation and said that he would send links to the actual connectivity
plan - mainly for the new commissioners to help get them up to speed on this.
Farrelly and Ms. Corliss explained that there are several options and solutions the city has to
help with this.
There were some general questions by some of the commissioners regarding the map of
OTHER BUSINESS - None
ADJOURNMENT
President Walsh adjourned the meeting at 8:04 p.m.
Doreen Laughlin,Planning Commission Secretary
ATTEST: President Dave Walsh
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CITY OF TIGARD
Respect and Care I Do the Right Thing I Get it Done
TIGARD
Downtown Connectivity Plan
Planning Commission Workshop I June 4, 2012
Study Area
Area:
Tigard Downtown Urban
Renewal District (193 acres)
Existing conditions :
Limited connections
and connectivity
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Conceptual Connectivity
Plan Objectives
Connectivity: Foster the creation of smaller
block structures, consistent with the walkable
urban village envisioned by the Tigard
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Circulation : Create efficient routes into and
around the Downtown .
Capacity: Create parallel streets to
accommodate the demand created by new
Downtown development.
Process to date
CCAC Principles
Technical Advisory Committee
Open House
CCAC review over several meetings
City Council, Planning Commission, and Tigard
Transportation Advisory Committee
workshops
Property owners meetings
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Implementation of the Plan
Two elements new connections and new
cross-sections
New code requirements for implementing
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Recognize that improvements will likely be done
incrementally over 50 years or longer as
individual properties redevelop
Provide as much flexibility as possible while still
ensuring that connections get made
Connectivity Improvements
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ConnectivityImprovements
New Development and Major Redevelopment
Dedicate right-of-way or a public easement
Construct a portion of the street
Smaller Projects
Redevelopment valued at less than 60% of total current value
Keep the future alignment clear of buildings
Sign non-remonstrance to future Local Improvement District (LID)
Allow alternative alignment or design
Allow reasonable economic use of the site
Avoid adverse impact on natural features such as wetlands
New Cross-Sections
Special street classifications and cross sections
with enhanced streetscape design
For existing streets as well as future street
connections
Applied when the city improves a street or when a
private developer has to make full- or half-street
improvements as a part of their development
New Cross-Sections
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Potential Amendments
Transportation System Plan to add background
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TDC 18.370 to add adjustments to the
connectivity requirements
TDC 18.610 to add purpose, applicability and
connectivity standards
TDC 18.810 to add new downtown cross-sections
Next Steps
Additional outreach to property owners
Late summer: Planning Commission and
Council public hearings and adoption of
Transportation System Plan and Development
Code amendments.
Questions/Discussion
Contact:
Sean Farrelly
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Website:
www.tigard-or.gov/downtown_tigard/behind_the_scenes/circulation_plan