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07/19/1984 - Packet TIGARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1984 - 7:30 AM PIONEER PIES - SW PACIFIC HWY. AGENDA ITEMS: 1. Review Minutes of June 20, 1984, Meeting. 2. Guest Speaker - Allan Mann - Oregon Economic Development Department 3. Draft Stratagies - Economic Development Action Plan. 4. Old Business - Construction costs comparison - comparison of costs of doing business for first five years. 5. New Business 6. Next Meeting Date - August 15, 1984 ---7:— Adjournment -- - _ 0505P dmj 1 TIGARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES OF JUNE 20, 1984 7:30 P.M. , PIONEER PIES RESTAURANT Members Present: Patrick Kennedy, Vice Chairman; Jim Corliss; Robert Williams; Amo DeBarnardis; Bob Nunn; Mark Padgett; William Monahan, Ex-officio and Diane Jelderks, Secretary. Other Present: Phil Edin, Katie Brand (TVEDC), Iry Larson, Nancy Campbell Bill Monahan distributed a packet of information containing survey results, a Comparative Study of Development Requirements completed by the City of Forest Grove, a memo on draft strategies, a letter from TVEDC regarding information, and excerpts from the city bond circular concerning ec.oncomic development. Pat Kennedy chaired the meeting in place of Bruce Clark. The minutes of the May 16, 1984, meeting were considered. Jim Corliss moved, seconded by Mark Padgett that the minutes be adopted as written. Passed unanimously. Katie Brand of the Tualatin Valley Economic Development Corporation (TVEDC) was introduced. Katie pointed out that Pam Ragsdale, President of TVEDC, will be attending future Committee meetings. Bill presented the draft survey results which do not include the results of the preliminary test survey. Forty-five surveys were returned. Bill asked for assistance in analyzing the comments concerning experiences with dealing with City staff. A subcommittee made up of Amo, Jim, and Tony was formed to review the comments received. Katie Brand described the TVEDC, its purposes, and desire to work with Tigard. The TVEDC hopes to act as a resource center. The election of Chairman took place with Mark Padgett elected unanimously to serve until 1/16/84; the end- of- his term.----Motion was made by Jima—seconded -by Amo. Mark took over as Chairman. Committee- _ members discussed their experiences in visiting selected companies to aid in completing the survey. Mixed results were obtained. Discussion took place concerning negative comments about GTE service and its effect on companies considering locating in Tigard. A representative of GTE will be invited to speak at a future meeting. The Comparative Study of Development Requirements prepared by the City of Forest Grove was discussed. Tigard's building costs appear to be high but they are in line with Tualatin and Beaverton. Draft strategies for the Committe were discussed. Members were asked to review the draft and be prepared to discuss the issues further at the next meeting. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, July 19, at 7:30 AM at Pioneer Pies. At that time Allan Mann of the Oregon Economic Development Department will be the guest speaker. A notice will be placed in the newspaper that the public is invited to attend. Copies of the Program Guide prepared by the state will be sent to all members. The meeting adjoured at 9:00 A.M. I General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc. 17855 N W. Corr �io;ir1 [?,ox Beaverton. Oregor) 9707: 503 645-5581 July 17, 1984 Bill Monahan Mark Padgett Tigard, Oregon Dear Bill and Mark: This is the information which was requested of the Tigard vicinity. It relates to types of service features available along with a tentative time frame for completion. Should you need any interpretation of the service index figures, please call me at 629-2453. Jim Tews Local Government Representative Enclosure l TIGARD FACILITIES YEAR 1984 EXIST= REPLBGEMENT REU. &MEN! QE= EQUIPMENT TYPE EQQIPMENr TYPE s 7F IN-SERVICE Stafford AE SXS AE GM-5 2,956 7-84 Scholls AE SXS AE GTD-5 2,164 7-84 Scholls GM-5 AE GTD-5 7-84 Tigard Nr #5 X-Bar AE GM-5 Lines 21,736 4-85 Newberg SC XY AE GID-5 9,576 2-86 Sherwood AE-SXS Digital 3,386 7-87 Lam: AE Automatic Electric SXS Step by Step Switch S.C. - X.Y. Stromberg Carlson - Step by Step Switch GM-5 GTE Corporation Digital Switch Status as of July 1984 '1bAl tib & Wilsonville: Electronic now: 100% Touch Call; call waiting, call forwarding, 3 way conference, speed call 8 & 30 for business & residence (excluding call waiting on Multi-line) . Newberg: 60% capability for touch call (& thus credit card dialing) No custom calling features. Sherwood:_ 100% Touch call, no custom calling features. Tigard: 100% Touch Call, no custom calling features. Scholls & Stafford: 100% Touch Call, custom calling will be offered two weeks after the cut. (approx. mid Aug 1984) excluding 3-way conference (which will be available sometime in third or fourth quarter of 1984) . 1. Customer trouble reports per 100 customer lines: Year to date May 4.98. Company Standard 6.5 Threshold 12.0 Measures the number of customer reported repair orders for every 100 customer lines in service. 2. Delayed primary orders over 30 days per 1000 customer lines: Year to date May 0.0 Company Standard .17 Threshold 1.0 Measures delayed requests for new installations or additional lines due to a lack of outside plant or central office equipment. Reported as delayed orders over 30 days for every 100 lines in service. 3. Delayed regrade orders over 30 days per 1000 customer lines: Year to date May 0.0 Company Standard .62 Threshold 5.0 4. Out of service business repair orders cleared in 8 hours: year to date May 89% Company Standard 90% Threshold 75% Measures the percent of out of service business repair orders cleared within 8 hours of the time reported. Year to date percent was impacted by ice storm in January, last four months averaged 92%. 5. Repair commitment met - Business: year to date may 94% Company standard NA Threshold NA Measures the number of business repair orders completed on or before the date and time committed to the customer. 1Z- SM THE OREGONIAN,FRIDAY,MAY 13, 1983 USIN-ESS-- . Cellular rsyste to' serve Portland area By STEVE JENNING received approval to establish a similar system In tower,and the strength of each individual system GTE's market research indicates that 9.50 Porn of T"0090am sun San Jose,Calif. ' was defined by the strength of the transmitter and land customers will sign up within the first year.pf Portland has become one of the first U.S.cities The FCC decision leaves one system opening the height of the tower. operation. After five years, GTE expects to have to receive a licensed provider of an advanced tech- for,the Portland metropolitan area. As in other Cellular radio offers superior transmission 8,000 cellular radio customers. nology mobile telephone system — cellular radio cities the opportunity will be preserved for a non- quality and privacy, "and a far greater capacity —a new communications service that is expected telephone company applicant to ensure competi- than the older types of mobile radio telephone Communications industry analysts estimate that there will be 2 millioncellular radio tele - to In service. The state Public Utility to have a $6.4 billion market nationwide by the y Commis- service, said Henry M. Lucas, GTE Mobilnet's phones in use by 1990. end of the decade. sioner's office must add its approval to the FCC general manager. license. Since the calls are channeled on a low frequen- Last June, GTE and AT&T. the nation's two A division of GTE Corp., a joint venture with "We think that Portland will be a very minority partners, has been given one of gcy transmission system, each metropolitan area largest wire line telephone companies,announced market for us," said Barbara Kuhns, GTE Mobil- network will be able to handle hundreds of thou- an agreement that they would not compete against two available local Federal Communications Com- net's director of public relations at company head- sands of customers. Entry into the system "is one another for cellular radio franchises In In- most a licenses. The proposed Clacksystemamas will serve quarters in Houston. "In size,the market falls just virtually unlimited,"Kuhns said. dividual cities. Instead, the two giants divided cap most areas ti Multnomah, Clackamas and Wash- below the middle of the 34 metropolitan areas that According to GTE's FCC application,the Port- the major metropolitan areas. The FCC also has than 3 counties, and Clark County, Wash., more we're applying for." land system will cost $4.2 million to build. The encouraged the two large communications compa- than 3,600 square miles and 1.2 million residence. . Cellular service is described as a system In FCC has decreed that the system must be opera- nies to take on as minority partners small local GTE Mobilnet Inc.,. a division of the com- which low-power transmitters are scattered tional within three years of the issuance of con- telephone companies - as GTE has done in Poit- munications industry giant that had more than ill throughout an area to be served, in "cells." Each struction permits. "We expect to be well within land — In the potentially lucrative cellular radio billion in revenues last year,will build the system radio transmitter will carry telephone calls over an that limitation,"Kuhns said. ventures. in partnership with the Advanced Mobile Phone antenna system. All cells will be connected to a The application proposes monthly hookup fees GTE has tiled cellular radio applications in 34 Service unit of American Telephone & Telegraph computerized switching system that will transfer of $30, with a 30-cents-per-minute charge on use. of the 90 largest metropolitan areas. Co.,and three local telephone companies;Cascade incoming or outgoing calls as the mobile user trav- Customers probably will have the option to buy or Kuhns said sales of cellular radio service will Utilities Inc., Clear Creek Mutual Telephone Co. els from one cell zone to another, resulting in lease terminal equipment, Kuhns said. Portable be •'two-tiered;' with the expected growth of a and Lewis River Telephone Co.Inc. continuous,non-interrupted service. telephones compatible with the system currently highly competitive resale market in which firms Portland is the second cellular radio license for Mobile telephone service in the past has been are selling for $3,500 to $4,000. Automobile tele- , will buy GTE services in discounted, bulk rates, GTE. The company last week announced it had limited because it relied upon a single transmission phones are priced at about$2,000. and then resell them to end user. Beaverton,OR (Waawngton Coa Valley Times (Cir.2xW.24,902) JUN 51984 ,Allen's P. C. a Est. 1888 Fiber6ptic sone cable to b installed in county Gineral elephone crews have be- the area,reports Sherar. gun installing the company's first fiber A fraction of the size of traditional optic cable in Oregon in the eastern copper cable, fiber optics cable Washington County area, announces breaks down the normal electrical sig- Jay Sherar,vice president and general nals created by telephone customers' manager. voices into "binary" bits or pulses. Crews are using specially designed These high speed electrical pulses equipment to "pull" the cable along then are converted into infrared light underground conduits. The special by a laser the size of a grain of salt. tension measuring equipment was de- The light pulses—millions per second signed to provide continuous monitor- — are generated along whisker thin ing of tension, speed and distance as strands of pure glass each measuring the cable is pulled, thus reducing only five one-thousandths of an inch splices and improving transmission. thick. The first fiber optic cable pulled was At the ,receiving end, the -light during the week of May 14 when a 5.7- pulses are detected and converted mile link was established between back into the normal electrical sig- Peaverton and Somerset West. The nals. The reconstructed voices then next phase will be from Beaverton to are routed through the company's Hillsboro, approximately an 11-mile electronic telephone network. optic link. Other installations will begin in the Despite their microscopic size, the near future testablish fiber optic glass fibers have a tremendous capaci- links from Beaverton to Aloha; Shety rar. carry telephone traffic, says Beaverton to Tigard; and Hillsboro to ry 1,.A single pair of fibers can car- Forest Grove. 1,39 simultaneous telephone conversations. A pair of traditional By the end of 1985, 38 fiber miles copper wires normally handle only will be placed throughout GTNW's one conversation. serving territory in the Greater Port- "Working together,fiber optics and land Metropolitan Area. our digital switches will provide inte- Purposes of the fiber optic project grated nework services ranging from in the Metro Area are to provide voice and data calls to the new video- greater call capacity and faster, im- text, video conferencing and other proved voice and data transmission technologically advanced communica- service for the numerous high technol- tion tools needed by high technology ogy complexes and business parks in firms."Sherar said. Surve hocf�esig sus id _ By CHARLES WESTLUND Padgett said the figures will be used Of the Times by the committee in an effort to figure out how to make Tigard more desirable ' TIGARD c made,When it comes to con- Although no decisions have been to developers than other nearby structing new commercial buildings, Ti- gard,charges slightly more In fees than Padgett .indicated that there may e most Washington County cities,the city's some changes i t the fee structure a low- Economic the overall cost of constructing Economic Development Committee commercial buildings new learned last week. gs here. Committee members reviewed a sur- In other business, Padgett was elect- vey prepared for a different study by the '. ed chairman of the committee. Padgett, city of Forest Grove. The survey com- science sales manager for the Oregon ?' biped costs of various fees and permits Museum of Science and Industry, res- needed to construct a building in 12 local A��3� places interim chairman Bruce Clark communities,six of which were located who stepped down citing other time .. in Washington County. commitments.Clark will remain a mem- t sig The survey compared fees for ob- ber of the.panel,however. taining site plan approvals,plan checks, Padgett, 36, was,defeated by Phil _ building permits, architectural reviews, Edin.d a three-way race fora vacant onnection fees for water-and sewer and position on the City Council r the May system development charges.for water, 15 election.He Is a member of Neighbor- Mark ei b May sewer and storm drainage lines, gh - Mark Padgett,. hood Planning Organization 2 and serves Tigard finished with the second high- as a vice-president of the Friends of the est total fees in WashingtonCounty. CaUs figures competitive p ng to. Coun The. Library, a volunteer grow working total figure for Tigard was$3,332. Hilfs-„ Other cities,inciuded In the survey support the city library. He will serve a Band director boro finished first'with a total fee struc- "were Gresham,'Lake Oswego,McMinn one-year term as chairman of the eco- lure of$6,157, However,changes in the, ville, Milwaukie, Oregon City and Portnomic committee. the Beaverton Hillsboro fee structure are currentlyland.Costs in Tigard were higher than in The group,Which meets monthly,has monwealth PS being made and that figure is expected those cities} The Its next session for meets a.m. hurs- to drop this year. Committee°,member'_.Mark Padgett day,July 19,at Pioneer Pies Restaurant. Forest Grove had.the cheapest - - -- total said that the figures,were "extremely -Alan Mann,a member pt'the state$ep' fee figure.at$2,187,compared to$3,215 competitive'•'to,dtherscities Inthe'area nomic Development Commission,will be for Beaverton, $3,310 for Tualatin and He addell that"we Were actually a little the guest speaker at that meeting. The CPO 12,577 for Cornelius, surprised at how low we'came in." meeting will be open to the public. 1 July 17, 1984 Bill Monahan Mark Padgett Tigard, Oregon Dear Bill and Mark: This is the information which was requested of the Tigard vicinity. It relates to types of service features available along with a tentative time frame for completion. Should you need any interpretation of the service index figures, please call me at 629-2453. Jim Tews Local Government Representative Enclosure TIGARD FACILITIES YEAR 1984 EXISTING EE2L C'FMENT REPLACEMENT TENTATIVE OFFICE EQUIPMENT TYPE EQUIPMENT TYPE ST7E � IN-SERVICE Stafford AE SXS AE GTD-5 2,956 7-84 Scholls AE SXS AE GTD-5 2,164 7-84 Scholls GTD-5 AE GTD-5 7-84 Tigard NT #5 X-Bar AE GTD-5 Lines 21,736 4-85 Newberg SC XY AE GTD-5 9,576 2-86 Sherwood AE-SXS Digital 3,386 7-87 AE Automatic Electric SXS Step by Step Switch S.C. - X.Y. Stromberg Carlson - Step by Step Switch GTD-5 GTE Corporation Digital Switch Status as of July 1984 Tualatin & Wilsonville: Electronic now: 100% Touch Call; call waiting, call forwarding, 3 way conference, speed call 8 & 30 for business & residence (excluding call waiting on Multi-line) . Newberg: 60% capability for touch call (& thus credit card dialing) No custom calling features. Sherwood: 100% Touch call, no custom calling features. Tigard: 100% Touch Call, no custom calling features. Scholls & Stafford: 100% Touch Call, custom calling will be offered two weeks after the cut. (approx. mid Aug 1984) excluding 3-way conference (which will be available sometime in third or fourth quarter of 1984) . 1. Customer trouble reports per 100 customer lines: Year to date May 4.98. Company Standard 6.5 Threshold 12.0 Measures the number of customer reported repair orders for every 100 customer lines in service. 2. Delayed primary orders over 30 days per 1000 customer lines: Year to date May 0.0 Company Standard .17 Threshold 1.0 Measures delayed requests for new installations or additional lines due to a lack of outside plant or central office equipment. Reported as delayed orders over 30 days for every 100 lines in service. 3. Delayed regrade orders over 30 days per 1000 customer lines: Year to date May 0.0 Company Standard .62 Threshold 5.0 4. Out of service business repair orders cleared in 8 hours: year to date May 89% Company Standard 90% Threshold 75% Measures the percent of out of service business repair orders cleared within 8 hours of the time reported. Year to date percent was impacted by ice storm in January, last four months averaged 92%. 5. Repair commitment met - Business: year to date may 94% Company standard NA Threshold NA Measures the number of business repair orders completed on or before the date and time committed to the customer.