11/19/1992 - Packet 99W TASK FORCE AGENDA
NOVEMBER 19, 1992
7:00 P.M.
TIGARD CITY HALL - TOWN HALL
13125 SW HALL BLVD
TIGARD, OREGON 97223 city of Tigard
1 . Call to Order/Introductions
2. Roll Call: Clark _ Cook _ Deuth _ Gervais _
Edwards _ Hawley _ Holland _ Moore _
Reilly _ Schwartz _ Schweitz _
Alternates: Carver _ Hopkins _
3. Approve minutes of October 1 , 1992 meeting.
4. Visitor's Agendas and Comments.
5. Presentation by Joseph Angel II, President of Pacific Star.
6. Update on Interim Improvements.
7. Update on Corridor Study/Subarea Analysis.
8. Other
9. Adjourn
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99W TASK FORCE MINUTES
OCTOBER 1 , 1992
1 . Meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Clark, Carver, Deuth, Hawley, Holland, Jervais, Moore,
Schwartz, and Schweitz.
Also Present: City Staff: Community Development Director Ed Murphy,
City Engineer Randy Wooley, Task Force Secretary Ellen
Fox.
3. VISITOR'S AGENDA AND COMMENTS
City Engineer updated the Task Force regarding the Mayor's formal
notification to the State concerning the City's proposed street
improvements for 99W. He noted that it will be a 6-month process to get
the improvements on the 6-year plan.
4. UPDATE ON INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS AND SUBAREA ANALYSIS
o City Engineer Randy Wooley discussed the presentation of the "subarea
analysis" to the Washington County Transportation Committee (WCTC) to
get it into the Metro program. He advised this would be coming before
the WCTC again in November and there were no objections voiced. He was
optomistic that 1994-95 would be the time for completion. Discussion
followed concerning the time frame and factors which influence it.
5. 99W CONCEPT PLANNING PROCESS
o Clark discussed the memo from Community Development Director Ed Murphy
to Task Force members, complimenting the Director on the information
which encouraged the committee to think about the future improvements.
o Community Development Director discussed the approach used for studying
the various options for improvements. He noted that the standard
approach of widening 99W would not address the latent demand problems
which would follow, resulting in just as much congestion as before. He
suggested that before the State makes any improvements, they need to
know what the whole project looks like, the options, and the goals.
Discussion followed regarding the goals, such as safety, accessibility
to businesses, traffic in residential areas, and circulation.
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o Community Development Director conducted a goal setting exercise. He
asked the Committee members to write down what they want 99W to be like
in 10 years. There was discussion, with the Committee memmbers
suggesting the following list of preferred attributes:
Parkway (with landscaping, sidewalks)
City Center (rather than strip, alternate routes around core area)
Design Review
Alternative Routes
Fewer signals (access to neighborhoods every 5 blocks, with
left-turn-only)
Limited access/alternate access (smoother flow, sincronized signals)
Underground utilities
Integrate Transit
Access to Land Uses
Pedestrian Bridges
Leave Viable Business Property
Frontage Roads for Local Access
Buffering Between Cars and Pedestrians
Better ways to cross 99W
Improve Business Opportunities
Move Traffic Efficiently
Bike Lanes
Ability For U-Turns
Safety
o Community Development Director asked members which of the listed
descriptions they would choose if only one could be chosen. Moore,
Holland, Schweitz, Deuth, Hawley, and Clark chose "limited access to
99W". Schwartz and Carver chose fewer signals. Gervais chose frontage
roads for access to businesses. When asked what their second choice
would be, Hawley, Deuth, Carver, Clark, Gervais, Schwartz, and Moore
chose "Parkway", while Schweitz chose improve business opportunities,
and Holland favored pedestrian bridges.
o The next exercise involved a map of the entire length of 99W in Tigard.
Community Development Director asked the Committee to identify the first
and second worst parts of the highway. There was consensus that the
stretch from Hwy. 217 to Greenburg Road was the most unpleasant because
of the heavy congestion. The second worst was the portion between SW
Walnut Street and Main Street.
Discussion followed concerning how to bring about a parkway type of
street. Scope of study was discussed with agreement to concentrate on
the area from I-5 at SW 65th Avenue to the Tualatin River.
o Community Development Director advised that a meeting with the State
would be the next step. The next Task Force Meeting was scheduled for
November 19, 1992.
ADJOURNMENT - 8:40 PM
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November 3, 1992 DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Ernest R. Munch HIGHWAY DIVISION
111 S. W. Oak Street, Suite 300 >zesion I
Portland, OR 97204 PRO
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I have your letter of October 25 to myself and Ted Keasey. I am sorry this is late,
Ernie, but we didn't get your letter until October 30.
I appreciate the effort you have undertaken to analyze how the connection off the
southbound on-ramp from 99W would work However, at our meeting, you
demonstrated a little more vision that indicated a possibility of connecting the
frontage road to another arterial street paralleling 99W to the southeast.
I have two options--one is to carry your current, rather limited request forward; the
other is to carry a broader and more global view of the parallel arterial proposal and
argue its advantages. The more global vision is one that I can actively support. I
find it hard to support your proposal which focuses simply on a widening of 99W and
construction of this new access. The broader,more global proposal presents a clearer
vision of a true frontage road; its that longer term vision which on its face has merit.
I think your best case is to take the big picture. The details you propose in your
October 25 letter can be worked out if the larger concept is agreed to. In working out
the details in terms of level of service, the concept also must overcome the basic
principle of breaking the access control line, and it must recognize that growth does
not stop twenty years out. I'd like to see further information on the proposed parallel
alignment. If the alignment you've developed in your sketch works from a traffic
capacity and circulation standpoint, then the city ought to be involved and
incorporate it into their plan. With local support and evidence of good traffic
circulation and benefit,a strong case can be made for breaking the access control line
and allowing construction of a future frontage road to link with the new arterial
street.
Donald dams, P E.
Region Manager, Region 1
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DRAMunch.99W 9002 SE McLoughlin
Milwaukie,OR 97222
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734-1550(Rev.3-91) FAX (503) 653-3267
ERNEST R. MUNCH
ARCHITECT URBAN PLANNER
111 S.W.OAK STREET, SUITE 300
PORTLAND,OREGON 97204
PHONE: (503) 224-1282
FAX: 224-7931
September 21, 1992
Edward Murphy, Development Director
City of Tigard
P.O. Box 23397
Tigard, Oregon 97223
Dear Ed;
I have attached the schematic drawings which we discussed on the 9th of this
month. Please call me if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
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October 2, 1992
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TRANSPORTATION
The Honorable Gerald R. Edwards
Mayor OCT 8 1992 HIGHWAY DIVISION
13125 SW Hall Blvd. '�"'°" '
Tigard, OR 97223 CITY OF TIGA�O
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Please refer to your letter of August 31, 1992 regarding the City's request to fund
two projects for construction in the Six-Year Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP).
The regional process established to add projects to the 1995-2000 Six Year TIP is
outlined on the attached letter. It calls for projects to be coordinated with county
and regional programs prior to coming to ODOT.
The projects you requested to be added to the Six Year TIP are:
1. Widen Hall Boulevard on both approaches to Highway 99W to
provide additional turn lanes; include appropriate signal modifica-
tions. Following widening, both approaches of Hall would have
separate lanes for left turn, through, and right turn traffic. The
Council's recommendation includes any improvements needed to
assure that Hall Boulevard lanes align on both sides of 99W. The
Task Force expressed a preference for the widening to occur on the
west side of Hall Boulevard.
2. Install a median barrier and improved signage along Highway 99W
between Hall Boulevard and the southbound Highway 217 ramps.
The barrier should not be installed until a new access is provided to
Warner Avenue from Hall Boulevard and until a new access is
provided to the Park 217 development, possibly from a frontage road.
Review the feasibility of allowing U-turns for southbound 99W traffic
at Hall Boulevard.
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The Honorable Gerald R. Edwards
October 2, 1992
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We will include project No.1, the widening of Hall Blvd at 99W, in the Region 1
y list of requested projects for the next TIP update process. We will also investigate
the possibility of this being funded from the ODOT Region 1 Safety Improvement
Fund.
ODOT will not advance project No. 2 in its current form. Our opposition to use
of the southbound ramp of Highway 217 for local access has not changed since my
letter of August 4, 1992 and appearance before the council on August 11, 1992.
If the City will modify its request by removing the access requirement to Park 217
via the southbound ramp of Highway 217, we will advance the project into the
next TIP update process and also investigate safety funding.
�onald-R. A ams, P.E.
Region I Engineer
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cc: Marty Anderson
Randy Wooley
Mark Brown
Ted Keasey
Mike Wert
Ron Failmezger
99W TASK FORCE LIST OF PRIORITY INTERESTS October 1, 1992
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Limited access/alternate access from Fewer signals (with access to neighborhoods
neighborhood to commercial areas. and left turns at intersections only)
Parkway (with landscaping, etc. ) Improve business opportunity
Fronta a roads for local access
Bike lanes
Ability for U-Turns
Safety
City center (rather than strip)
Design review
Alternate routes
Underground utilities
Inte rate transit
Access to land uses (historic areas etc. )
Leave viable business property
Buffering between cars and pedestrians
Better ways to cross 99W
Pedestrian bridges
Move traffic efficiently
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