11/19/2012 - Minutes CITY OF TIGARD
PLANNING COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes
November 19,2012
CALL TO ORDER
Acting President Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. The meeting was held in the
Tigard Civic Center, Town Hall, at 13125 SW Hall Blvd.
ROLL CALL
Present: Acting President Anderson
Acting Vice President Rogers
Commissioner Doherty
Commissioner Fitzgerald
Commissioner Muldoon
Commissioner Shavey
Absent: Commissioner Ryan; Commissioner Schmidt; Alt. Commissioner
Armstrong;Alt. Commissioner Miller;
Staff Present: Tom McGuire, Interim Community Development Director; Doreen
Laughlin, Executive Assistant; Darren Wyss, Senior Planner
Also Present: N/A
COMMUNICATIONS: None
CONSIDER MINUTES
November 5 Meeting Minutes: Acting President Anderson asked if there were any additions,
deletions, or corrections to the November 5 minutes; there being none, Anderson declared the
minutes approved as submitted.
ACTION ITEM—RIVER TERRACE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ADOPTION PLAN
Senior Planner Darren Wyss said he was here seeking approval of the River Terrace Community
Plan Public Involvement Plan. He noted this was brought before the Planning Commission for
review by Associate Planner, Marissa Daniels, on October 15. He reminded the Commissioners
that Daniels had told them this would come back before the Commission for adoption after it had
been vetted a bit, and after the River Terrace Community Plan kick-off meeting had taken place.
That meeting took place at the end of October. They'd heard nothing from the meeting that would
cause them to change their approach, so the plan is back before the Commission for adoption; the
same as it was when they'd reviewed it on October 15.
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Wyss said the plan provides the outline for project phases and the general timeframes for
community meetings. The Technical Advisory Committee had met once and will meet three more
times. The Stakeholders Working Group (SWG) comprised of property owners & stakeholders will
reconvene and more people will be added; that group will meet four times. A Planning
Commissioner and a City Councilor will be invited to join the SWG. There will be four more
community meetings during the course of the project.
The plan includes communication principles, key players, stakeholders, and a matrix of activities. If
the plan is approved, staff will have a solid base to do the public involvement activities and provide
the community a document to refer to when wanting information on what opportunities are out
there for them to get involved in the planning process. Staff recommends that the Planning
Commission, acting as the Committee for Citizen Involvement (CCI), make a motion and then
vote to adopt the Public Involvement Plan as presented.
After a short question and answer period, a motion was made:
MOTION
The following motion was made by Commissioner Doherty:
"I move that we accept the River Terrace Community Plan as presented tonight by
Senior Planner Wyss." Commissioner Muldoon added the following amendment to the
motion: "to include, as discussed, the modification to part 8 for availability of
information." Commissioner Muldoon also seconded the motion.
The motion was voted on and carried unanimously.
BRIEFING— RIVER TERRACE COMMUNITY PLAN
Sr. Planner Darren Wyss distributed copies of the West Bull Mountain Concept Plan Report. A
link to the plan is available on-line at www.tigard-or.gov/riverterrace. Wyss said his intent for
tonight's meeting was to discuss the River Terrace community planning process. He will talk
about what's in the Concept Plan, and will talk about the public hearing that's scheduled for
December 3rd to adopt the recommended land uses from the Concept Plan.
Wyss explained that the West Bull Mountain concept plan was created over the course of three
years by Washington County with the help of a stakeholder working group (SWG) and a
technical advisory committee (TAC). The two groups came up with project goals and principles
that guided the development of the land use, transportation, and parks framework maps. These
maps represented the vision stakeholders agreed upon for the future development of the area.
The concept plan set out to provide a variety of residential densities and housing types; disperse
densities throughout the community; provide appropriate amounts of commercial uses, parks,
trails and open space; and outline a multi-modal network of connected streets and walkable
blocks.
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An important thing to note about the concept plan is that the SWG and the TAC both voted to
forward the plan to the Washington County Planning Commission and Board of
Commissioners for consideration and adoption.
In November 2010, the Planning Commission voted to recommend the Board adopt the
concept plan. In December 2010, the Board adopted the concept plan by Resolution and Order.
The idea was to take this vision and move it into a community plan. Since the conclusion of the
concept plan, the city has annexed a portion of the area (Area 64 in fall 2011). In spring of 2012,
the city agreed via an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Washington County to refine its
West Bull Mt. Concept Plan into the River Terrace Community Plan.
The community plan will put into place a means to implement the vision of the concept plan
through zoning, development code regulations and other measures that will make urban
development possible. The process will also include updates to utility, parks and transportation
master plans, including the financial strategies necessary to fund and maintain required
infrastructure improvements.
Petitions have been filed by property owners to annex the remainder of the area within the
urban growth boundary (Areas 63 and Roy Rogers West). The city will complete the River
Terrace Community Plan for all of these areas. City staff has developed a work program to
guide the project through completion. This will include a lot of technical work to ensure the
community plan meets the state and regional planning requirements, as well as a public
involvement plan to engage stakeholders in any necessary refinements to the concept plan as the
process moves forward. Staff anticipates completion of the River Terrace Community Plan in
summer 2014.
Wyss went on to walk the commissioners through the plan. He spoke about the tasks in
progress and assured the Planning Commission they would be kept up to speed.
The first recommendation the Planning Commission will be asked to make is to adopt the
concept plan recommended land uses into the Tigard Comprehensive Plan. This action will set
expectations for the community planning process, as well as allowing the city to access a portion
of the CET funds from Metro that were given to the city through the IGA with Washington
County. A number of policies will also be recommended for adoption to guide regulation of the
River Terrace area during and after completion of the community planning process. These
recommended land uses will be further analyzed as part of the community planning process and,
if refinements are needed, recommendations will be brought back to the Planning Commission
and City Council for adoption at the end of the process.
A public hearing has been scheduled with the Planning Commission on December 3, 2012 and with
City Council on December 11, 2012.
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OTHER BUSINESS
There was a reminder from Planning Commission Secretary Doreen Laughlin that a going away
celebration for former Planning Commission President Dave Walsh is set for the last meeting of
the year— December 17th; details to come later.
ADJOURNMENT
Acting President Anderson adjourned the meeting at 8:05 p.m.
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Doreen Laughlin, Planning Co 'ssion Secretary
ATTEST: Acting President Tom Anderson
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