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11/28/2018 - Minutes ■ City of Tigard Committee for Community Engagement Minutes MEETING DATE/TIME: Wednesday,November 28, 2018; 7:00 p.m. MEETING LOCATION: Public Works, Sunrise Room (8777 SW Burnham St.) Attendance: Member Attendance Status Tamera Boring N Basil Christopher Y Kristen Fitzpatrick N Bhushan Gupta Y David Hanna Y Joseph Lyons Y Cathy Olson Y Connie Ramaekers Y Taylor Sarman Y Lauren Rowles N Dolly Specht N Norma Trujillo N Miranda Wood Y Marc Woodard, Council liaison,Absent Nadine Robinson, City liaison Lauren Scott, Community Engagement Coordinator for Community Development laurens e tigard-or.gov, 503-718-2595 1) Welcome and Introductions 2) Review of draft minutes ■ Basil asked for a motion to approve minutes ■ Dave asked if the September minutes should reflect it was a focus group meeting. There was agreement they should. ■ Taylor moved to approve the minutes with the amendment to the September meeting minutes. ■ Connie seconded ■ Minutes for August 29`h, September 19`h and October 17`h were approved 3) Presentation by Lauren Scott, Community Engagement Coordinator for Community Development Community Development is a department of 32 employees. Their areas of responsibility include: ■ Community planning—short-term and long-term planning. Examples of current planning projects include River Terrace Community Plan,Tigard Triangle Strategic Plan and SW Corridor Plan. Planning is also responsible for development review,permit coordination, the Safe Routes to School Program and code compliance. ■ Transportation planning—adding bike lanes, how to keep traffic/people/bikes moving in the city. ■ Building staff reviews residential and commercial building plans,issues building permits and inspects construction projects. ■ Economic development focuses on cultivating new business in Tigard. ■ Redevelopment staff oversees urban renewal projects. The Tigard Triangle is an area of approximately 500 acres that is bordered by 99W, I-5 and Hwy 217.The strategic plan for the area is a 35-year plan. Community Development is developing a LEAN code to make building in the area more attractive to builders. The purpose of the code updates is to facilitate the area becoming an active, urban,multimodal and mixed use district. Examples of housing options may include adding accessory dwelling units (ADU'S) and/or cottage cluster housing. If you are interested in checking the zoning where you live,click here. Lauren noted that Tigard is rent-burdened. This means that more than 30% of resident's income is used to pay their rent or mortgage. The high percentage indicates that the City needs to update its housing code to develop more affordable housing. Providing incentives for developers is one way to attract affordable housing. To help promote affordable housing Tigard may be able access funds, through grants, from bond measure 26-199 that passed in November. Tigard is also looking at housing options in conjunction with proposed light rail being brought into Tigard. Sometimes improved transit increases rents in the area. Tigard is aware of that and is working with Community Partners Unite to find strategies to minimize displacing people. Ultimately, the affordable housing code will identify the strategy for making housing affordable. The SW Corridor project is being led by Tri-Met and Metro. Lauren keeps the project information up-to- date on the City's website. She noted that 92% of residents commute out of Tigard so the city is interested in Park and Ride locations so that people who live in residential areas can also use light rail. Basil compared the Orange line Park and Ride and Beaverton Park and Ride. He noted they didn't go up as high as planned. He wanted to know if the city is able to influence it.Lauren said questions related to potential Park&Ride would go to the city's redevelopment manager, Sean Farrelly. Community Development is looking for people who would be interested in serving on the Community Advisory Committee. It is an 18-month committee. The committee meets once a month and the meeting is all day. There was a question on the SW Corridor timeline. Lauren said in 2019 it will be 30% designed including park and ride locations and size. A funding measure will go voters in November of 2020. If the measure passes the project will be submitted to the federal government with a request to pay half. If the requested funding is approved the project is proposed to start in 2022 and to be finished in 2027. The River Terrace development project is in current planning. With the demand for housing,the city believes the project will be built out in the next four years. The area has a tiny mixed-use zone, a recreation center and parks. There is also discussion about the possibility of elementary and middle schools going in. Downtown Tigard is also getting attention. ■ Urban renewal funds are being used to design the other side of Main St. ■ The Universal Plaza plan is going to City Council next week ■ A new board game shop will be open soon. In February the shop will open a bar in the upstairs. ■ Vintage Arcade is opening in December. WA Square is getting Din Tai Fung dumpling place.According to people who have been to one it is a"must go to"place. Jaquar/Land Rover store is light industry and that is how it fits into the zoning by the mall. The city doesn't regulate what types of businesses go in. We don't have mixed-zone policies. The city does regulate marijuana stores. The Tigard Street Heritage trail project will focus on railroad history and cultural stories. The project has received a $75,000 National Endowments of the Arts grant. The project should be completed the summer of 2019. Lauren tries to emphasize/communicate the project is a grant funded project. Lauren wanted to see if the committee would like to be involved in an anti-litter campaign that would encompass all of Tigard. The campaign is actually a suggestion that was brought up by a resident who picks up trash on 121 st. She is hoping for a long-term commitment within the community. Lauren would like to get the committee's input on the idea. See the attachment for more information. Thoughts from the committee: • Community livability teams is one idea. City helps facilitate and neighborhoods take the lead. • Is there any interest in it? Could be by neighborhood or team could take on the city. • Do we sign for no littering?Lauren will check. • Are there non-profit groups that do that kind of pick-up? For example, Friends of Trees plants trees. Someone mentioned SOLV. SOLV is about one day events. Earth Day could be promoted as a litter pick-up date. • Sherwood has a trash pick-up program. The city provides vests,poles,trash bags and then picks-up the trash. • There are also Adopt-a-Street programs. • Is there any way to up awareness?Dave asked if there are projects that could reduce financial impact for the city. • Is the reason to do it pride?Is that enough?The group talked about the need for trash cans. Is there a way to add more?Lauren responded that there is a cost to adding garbage cans as Pride won't empty garbage cans on trails. • Dave asked if there is a budget for the project. Lauren thinks she could put together a budget; depending on what direction the committee wants to go. • Perhaps could get a one-year grant for the project. • Other issues to resolve are liability and insurance. • Suggested testing interest within the city. If there is interest, maybe shoot for Earth Day. Another big project is going on at Metzger School Park. It is the area by WA Square/Lincoln Center. The area is very diverse but there are not a lot of parks or grocery stores. In 2016 the city and the school started working to create a community park. Community consensus is that they want an artificial turf soccer field for kids to play on. The field will cost about$1,000,000. The city is looking at private/public partnerships to fund the park. Lauren is interested in fundraising ideas the committee may have. There was a question about what the committee wants to do with the Strategic Planning goals. There was agreement that the committee wants to move forward with the goals. The topic will be added to the January meeting. Roundtable— • Glad to have Lauren—liked hearing about all the projects going on. • For future speakers - top two or three items • Share actionable steps early in the meeting • Review by-laws and add as January agenda item. Adjourned 8:35 pm