10/27/1981 - Minutes DOWNTOWN TIGARD COI�L,4ITTEE
Minutes -- October 27, 1981
Attending: Current and proposed committee members J. Allan Paterson,
Cheryl Beshears, Jim Henderson, Pat Furrer, Madalyn Utz,
Phil Hirl, Peter Taylor, Bill McMonagle, Lou Krupnick
and Roger Brown;
Planning consultants Don Driscoll and Jim Hinman; city
staff members Bob Jean, Frank Currie and Liz Newton;
Press representatives Jim Fink and Susan Schlangen;
observers JB Bishop, Jan McMonagle and Ralph Appleman.
President Allan Paterson called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.,
beginning with introductions and dispensing with minutes. Allan
briefly recapped the Tigard City Council meeting of Oct . 12, during
which the council voted unanimously to activate an urban renewal
agency.
Planner Jim Hinman distributed a number of written materials,
including: an agenda for the remainder of the evening; an urban
renewal schedule and work program; a list of redevelopment objectives
gleaned from Tigard' s previous planning work for the downtown area;
a list of possible urban renewal projects for Tigard; a chart
projecting the tax increment on Tigard' s downtown area between
1931 and 2001; a detailed land use description of the downtown area;
• and a packet containing e)ik ensive background materials on urban
renewal.
(Note to committee members.: Please notify Cheryl Beshears if you
need copies of these materials; they will not be summarized in the
minutes .)
Jim Hinman and Don Driscoll provided a detailed explanation of all
materials . Discussion by committee members centered around the
following points:
1. Whether the proposed study area is properly defined by the
boundaries of Pacific Highway, Hall Boulevard, Hill and
O'Mara streets;
2. Whether it is preferable to limit the scope of the urban
renewal studv area and program to a manageable portion of
downtown Tigard generally identified as the retail core
(recommended by consultants) , or to expand the study area
and associated planning issues outside the retail core .
It was agreed that the committee would need to accelerate the pace
of its planning effort in order to keep up with consultants ' progress .
Meetings, therefore, were set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Tuesday,
Nov. 10, 1981, at 7: 30 p.m. in the Durham Treatment Plant conference
. room. The chairman asked that all members thoroughly familiarize
themselves with all written handoutsrp for to the Nov. 3 meeting.
Adjournment was at 9:50 p.m.
DANIELSON
1"001 DRISCOLL
HESS
ARCHITECTS
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ONE EAST BROADWAY
CITY OF TIGARD MALL WALK
EUGENE, OREGON
POST OFFICE BOX 23397 97401 494.5757
TIGARD, OREGON 97223 SEPTEMBER 30, 1981
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1981, WE MET WITH THE DOWNTOWN TIGARD COMMITTEE TO
DISCUSS CONDITIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AND A SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION OF
A PLAN BY DECEMBER 31, 1981. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT
THE COUNCIL TAKE ACTION ON THE FORMATION OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE.
RECOMMENDATION: THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A NON-EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
TO ALLOW THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TIGARD TO EXERCISE ITS
STATUTORY POWERS. THIS STEP WOULD ONLY ALLOW THE AGENCY TO DEVELOP A
PLAN FOR PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SHOULD THE COUNCIL, AT ANY
TIME, DETERMINE THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT PROCEED WITH AN URBAN RENEWAL
PLAN AND PROGRAM, THE AGENCY MAY BE TERMINATED BY ORDINANCE.
DISCUSSION:
1. IN ORDER TO MEET THE DECEMBER 31 DEADLINE FOR MAKING THE TAX IN-
CREMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR, THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY
OF TIGARD MUST BE AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE ITS POWERS TO DEVELOP AN URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN (SEE PROPOSED SCHEDULE). BY MEETING THIS DEADLINE, THE
RENEWAL AGENCY WILL BE IN A POSITION TO FUND DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PRO-
JECTS IN 1982.
2. THE CITY OF TIGARD HAS AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY BY STATE LAW
CORS 457.035). THE CITY HAS MADE A COMMITTMENT TO DEVELOPING A DOWNTOWN
REVITALIZATION PLAN AND TO INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF URBAN RENEWAL.
THE ACTIVATION OF THE AGENCY IS A NECESSARY STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITTMENT BEYOND THAT
ALREADY MADE BY THE COUNCIL.
3. ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO EXERCISE THE POWERS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL
AGENCY DOES NOT COMMIT THE CITY TO CARRY OUT AN URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM.
THE CITY IS NOT COMMITTED TO AN URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM UNTIL A PLAN IS
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
4. STATE STATUTE PROVIDES FOR TERMINATION OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY BY
THE CITY COUNCIL. IF NO PLAN IS ADOPTED WITHON ONE YEAR AFTER FORMATION
OF THE AGENCY, THE COUNCIL SHOULD TERMINATE THE AGENCY.
5. THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ELECT VARYING DEGREES OF CONTROL OVER AN URBAN
RENEWAL AGENCY IN ADDITION TO THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN.
A. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ORDAIN ITSELF AS THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY.
B. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT A BOARD OR COMMISSION AS THE AGENCY,
err WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL OF BY--LAWS AND BUDGETS OF THE AGENCY. IN
ADDITION, THE COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR REJECT
AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, AND TO TERMINATE THE AGENCY.
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
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THE DOWNTOWN TIGARD COMMITTEE HAS REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL NAME IT AS
THE RENEWAL AGENCY. TECHNICALLY, THE COUNCIL CANNOT NAME THE COMMITTEE
BUT, RATHER, CAN APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO A COMMISSION AS IN PARAGRAPH 5 CBS
ABOVE. IF THE COUNCIL ELECTS TO APPOINT A COMMISSION, THIS COULD BE DONE
IN THIRTY DAYS WHEN THE ORDINANCE CREATING THE COMMISSION BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
SCHEDULE:
A PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR FORMATION OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY AND ADOPTION
OF A PLAN BY DECEMBER 31 IS ATTACHED. THIS IS A VERY COMPRESSED SCHEDULE
AND ALLOWS LITTLE TIME FOR SLIPPAGE. IN SEVERAL CASES ALTERNATE DATES
HAVE BEEN SHOWN AND MARKED AS THE LAST POSSIBLE DATE FOR COMPLETION OF
THE GIVEN TASK IF THE DEADLINE IS TO BE MET.
SHOULD THE DEADLINE BE MISSED, THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE LOST TO OBTAIN
TAX INCREMENT REVENUES IN 1982. HOWEVER, THERE WOULD STILL BE SEVERAL
MONTHS TIME TO ADOPT A PLAN AND STILL FREEZE THE 1981/82 TAX ROLL. THERE-
FORE, THE MAJOR LOSS IN MISSING THE DECEMBER 31 DEADLINE WOULD BE A
DELAY OF ONE YEAR BEFORE THE RENEWAL AGENCY COULD CARRY OUT ANY PROJECTS.
IT WOULD BE DESIREABLE TO ESTABLISH AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY WITH THE MOMEN-
TUM OF A FUNDING SOURCE IN THE FIRST YEAR.
THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE CALLS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO
ESTABLISH AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY ON OCTOBER 12, 1981. THE CITY COUNCIL
CANNOT MEET THE DECEMBER 31, 1981, DEADLINE UNLESS THE COUNCIL ADOPTS
SUCH AN ORDINANCE PRIOR TO THE END OF OCTOBER.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE:
ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TIGARD
ALREADY EXISTS CORS 457.035). HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO EXERCISE ITS POWERS,
A NON-EMERGENCY ORDINANCE MUST BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SUCH AN
ORDINANCE WOULD CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS, TO BE PRESENTED FOR
CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
TITLE:
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TIGARD AMENDING THE TIGARD CODE BY
ADDING NEW SECTIONS TO CHAPTER THEREOF RELATING TO THE DECLARATION
OF NEED FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY AND THE FUNCTIONS THEREOF.
EXISTENCE OF BLIGHTED AREAS AND NEED DECLARED:
THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THERE EXIST WITHIN THE
CITY "BLIGHTED AREAS" AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED AND USED IN ORS CHAPTER
457, AND THAT A NEED EXISTS FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY TO FUNCTION WITH-
IN THE CITY.
METHOD OF EXERCISE OF URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY'S POWERS :
CTHE CITY COUNCIL MAY SPECIFY EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING)
A. BY THE CITY COUNCIL
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TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
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THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTS TO HAVE THE POWERS OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
EXERCISED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ITSELF AND THE COUNCIL, ACTING IN ITS
CAPACITY AS AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "URBAN RENEWAL
AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TIGARD."
B. BY AN APPOINTED BOARD OR COMMISSION:
THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTS TO HAVE THE POWERS OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
EXERCISED BY A COMMISSION OF SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "URBAN
RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TIGARD."
IF THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTS TO APPOINT A COMMISSION, THE FOLLOWING PARA—
GRAPHS ARE RECOMMENDED IN ADDITION TO PARAGRAPH "B" ABOVE.
--- AGENCY BY—LAWS, RULES:
THE URBAN RENWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TIGARD SHALL, BY RESOLUTION OF
THE AGENCY, ESTABLISH SUCH BY—LAWS AND OTHER RULES OF PROCEDURE AS
IT DEEMS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO CARRY OUT ITS LAWFUL DUTIES AND
SHALL SUBMIT SAID BY—LAWS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
--- AGENCY BUDGET:
NO FUNDS SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE AGENCY UNTIL A BUDGET IS ADOPTED
BY RESOLUTION OF THE AGENCY AND ALSO BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
--- AGENCY TERMINATION:
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY TERMINATE THE AGENCY ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS
OF ORS 457.075 UPON FINDING THAT THE NEED FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
NO LONGER EXISTS.
WE WILL BE PRESENT AT YOUR MEETING OF OCTOBER 12, 1981, TO DISCUSS THIS
MATTER AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING URBAN RENEWAL.
SINCERELY,
DONALD B. DRISCOLL, AIA
DBD:JLM
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