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10-17-2019 Council Newsletter . CoundlNewskaff Proended to the Tigard Citi-Connexl on a weekly basis to stay abreast of current er.'ty issues. October 17, 2019 1. Material for October 22 Council meeting Tuesday,Nov. 19 Executive Session Only Dana Bennett placed Study Session materials in your Red Rock Conference Room green mailbag along with Executive Session material. Tuesday,Nov. 26 Business Meeting 2. Construction Project Update 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall Christina Zellmer attached an overview of road, trail Thursday,Nov. 28 Thanksgiving and construction projects underway in the city. City Offices Closed Regarding the Roy Rogers Rd traffic pattern change described at the top ofpage 2 (River Terrace Area): the timing of the traffic pattern change has been postponed to next week due to weather. 3. Press Release Issued > Tigard police and OLCC conduct compliance check in Tigard 4. News articles - SW Light Rail: it must come to Tualatin, say city officials - Tigard Council: Don't remove Barbur car lanes for SW b1AX - Our Opinion:Highway 99W needs to be enhanced, not strangled 5. Council Calendar Saturday, Oct. 19 Multi-City Equity Summit 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lake Oswego High School 2501 Country-Club Rd,LO Tuesday, Oct. 22 Business Meeting 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall Tues., Oct. 29 Council Outreach Event 6 —7:30 p.m. Five locations in Tigard I Tuesday, Nov. 5 Business Meeting One 6:30 p.m. -Town Hall Monday,Nov. 11 Veterans Day City offices closed Tuesday, Nov. 12 Business Meeting 6:30 p.m. - Town Hall 13125 SW Hall Blvd.Tigard,OR 97223 1 Web w .rigard-or.g_ov I Phone:503.639.4171 1 FAX:503.684.7297 1 TDD 503.684.2772 Item# 2— Construction Construction Project Update — October 16, 2019 Newsletter: This update is a listing of major construction projects with traffic impacts. If you do not see a project on the list here are a few resources you can use to find more information: • Tigard Active Permits–interactive map with a list of planning, building, and engineering permits. https://� -,z-,,�•w.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.htinl?appid=d86ee383511e430dalc05O637040107c • Public Works Update–summary of work done by our Public Works crews. htms://www.tigard- or.gov/cam omtnunity/pw news.1hp • Capital Improvement Plan–Tigard's 6-year plan for large-scale improvements. https://v,,%-w,.tigard- or.gov/city hall/c p. hn • ODOT Project Tracking–State Transportation Improvement Program projects. https://gis.odot.state.or.us/transgis/o4LtZ • Washington County Roads–Washington County projects impacting roads. https://wwnv.wc-roads.com/ Tigard Street Heritage Trail Tigard Street Heritage Trail is closed through the end of October between Main Street and Katherine St,while trail renovations are in progress. Pedestrians are rerouted along Tigard St, and bikes share the roadway with vehicle traffic. Commercial Street Sidewalks ODOT is constructing sidewalks between Lincoln and Main St. Commercial Street is now open between Lincoln Ave and Main St. There may be daytime lane closures as construction finishes. 99W Sidewalks ODOT is constructing sidewalks along 99W on the east side between Naeve Street and Beef Bend Rd, and the west side at the intersection with Bull Mountain Rd as part of their Safe Access to Transit project. Expect sidewalk closures and intermittent nighttime lane closures. The left turn lane from Bull Mountain Rd and the right-turn lane from 99W have been reopened. Beef Bend Road Culvert Washington County will be replacing a pair of failed culverts under Beef Bend Rd near 146"Ave. This project also includes installing a new waterline for the City of Tigard. Beef Bend Road is closed between 146'and the Oak Mont Apartments. The road closure has been extended through the end of October. Beef Bend Road, between Roy Rogers and Hwy 99W, is open to local traffic only during the closure. Pedestrians with mobility needs who travel between 146th Avenue and the Oak Mont Apartment entrance will need to contact Washington County for an escort during construction. Visit the County's project website at htWs://www.co.washington.or.us/LUT/TransportationProjects/beefbendctAvert.cftn?page=About Arthur Court Colony Creek Trail is closed between Deeann Ct and Wall St for a streambank restoration project. 124"Avenue and Ann Court A short section of 124`'Ave is closed north of Ann Ct for work on a culvert replacement. The road is expected to reopen at the end of October. Detours are provided. River Terrace Area Construction rO! - Stnting-tl�s-ro k, traffic on Roy Rogers Rd will be shifted to the east side of the roadway onto the newly widened portion,while work begins on installing a waterline and widening the west side of the road. • River Terrace subdivisions are under construction particularly on the east side of Roy Rogers Rd south of Scholls Ferry Rd. See httos://cvw-w.tigard-or.gov/river terrace.php for more information. • A new sewer line is being installed along Clementine Street, out to Roy Rogers Rd and will impact Clementine Street, a section of Pumpkin Valley Terrace, and Sabrina Ave. Expect some delays and short closures while work is in the roadway. • A contractor is building a new subdivision on the west side of 150`h Ave south of Hawksridge. There are other significant road, sewer and water projects underway or planned in the area. Visit GetUsThere.org for information and updates. 100"Ave. south of McDonald Street A new subdivision is being installed on 100th Ave south of McDonald Street. Expect delays on 100`h Ave and 103`s as utilities are being installed. 74'Avenue Expect delays on 74'Ave and Red Cedar Way as construction continues on the Red Cedar Estates subdivision. Item# 3 � Newsletter: Tigard Police Department ' Media Release ' 13125 SW Hall Boulevard I Tigard, Oxegon 97223 ww .tigard-ox.gov/police FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2019 Contact: Jim Wolf,Public Information Officer Tigard Police Department Phone: 503-718-2561 Pager: 503-795-2391 Email: jim@tigard-or.gov Tigard Police and OLCC Conduct Compliance Check in Tigard On October 8th, Tigard Police and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) conducted a compliance check in Tigard. Eight of the 10 businesses visited successfully passed a check for alcohol sales to minors. The Tigard Police Department assisted OLCC with this grant-funded effort made possible through Washington County. The site visits consist of a team comprised of two Tigard Police officers and a pair of OLCC inspectors who accompany a teen volunteer. The group visited the pre-selected establishments in Tigard which either sell or serve alcohol. Oregon Revised Statutes set strict guidelines for the OLCC regarding minor decoy operations at businesses selling alcohol. Throughout the year, checks are conducted unannounced at randomly selected businesses to ascertain compliance regarding the sale of alcohol to minors. Compliance checks may also be initiated based upon complaints lodged with the OLCC or local law enforcement. This recent alcohol sales check in Tigard demonstrates 80 percent compliance, which exceeds the statewide average. Historically, compliance rates in Tigard have reached 100 percent however in 2009 a compliance check drew a dismal 30 percent. One way that police are working to combat the problem of underage drinking is to partner with coalitions that help educate and support our community's youth in efforts to promote healthy and substance-free lifestyles. Tigard Turns the Tide is one example. You can learn more about this community coalition at www.ti,gardturnsthetide org In addition, Tigard Police plan on continued enforcement and additional compliance checks to reaffirm the importance to affected businesses that the sale of alcohol to minors will not be tolerated. Page 1 of 1 Item# j� Newslet en (0")7 —' SW light rail: It must come to Tualatin, say city officials Ray Pitz Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Members of the Tualatin City Council are adament that light rail come to the Bridgeport Transit Center SEGMENT 4, TIGARD, DURHAM AND TUALATIN ............................................................................................................... ................................................................... \it Bona i upper Boones` Ferry J Bridgeport .y, IF TUALATIN .. _. 1/' —.�nlipninens G,Smg k!"LiBM Pail Y .....fuMwstutly �.r�WESCommutea Waif -r.ace?h.i rendniegsutljee[m rkianl;E . $Tpra Th Para ARrde oRhw mdm ., QJbly COURTESY OF TRIMET-Here's an artist's rendition of a light rail station at the end of the Southwest Corridor Light Rail. As the Southwest Corridor Light Rail Steering Committee prepares to make a final recommendation on a proposed alignment on Nov. 18, Tualatin officials are still holding tight to a vision that brings the rail line all the way into its city limits. On Monday, members of the council reiterated their request to make sure that the 12-mile line won't end in Tigard but rather reach what is being called the Tualatin Transit Center, ending adjacent to the Bridgeport Village shopping complex. Over the last several months, Tigard Mayor Jason Snider has made it clear to the steering committee that if not enough funding was found for the project, he'd be in favor of ending the line in Tigard instead of extending it the additional 3 % miles to Tualatin. That suggestion has not played well with Tualatin officials who want to ensure the line makes it all the way to a station in Tualatin. In addition, Tigard officials are not in favor of"narrowing" Barbur Boulevard in an effort to save money. During Monday's Tualatin City Council meeting, Councilor Paul Morrison said while talks about whether to narrow Barbur Boulevard at several locations along the route continue, he is interested in what the City of Portland's position on that proposal is, something that hasn't been made clear, he said. "I can make one claim, that I will not support light rail if it doesn't come to Bridgeport," said Morrison. Meanwhile, Tualatin Councilor Robert Kellogg, who is a member of the Southwest Corridor Light Rail Steering Committee, said he is still hearing support from both TriMet and Washington County officials that the line will go all the way to the Bridgeport Transit Center, which would be located just off of Boones Ferry Road at Interstate 5. "It is going to the Bridgeport Transit Center," Kellogg said, later expressing gratitude towards TriMet and Washington County for sticking with a push to get the rail line to Tualatin. Tualatin Mayor Frank Bubenik, who was absent from Monday's meeting, has long supported light rail coming to the city as well. i At the same time, Kellogg said he'd like to see TriMet return to an earlier plan for an above-grade crossing on westbound Upper Boones Ferry Road to the approach to 72nd Avenue. The $50 million above-grade crossing (planned near the Burgerville restaurant)was taken off the table earlier in the process because of cost concerns in favor of an at-grade crossing. Kellogg said his concerns involve traffic congestion caused not only with the proposed TriMet crossing but another rail crossing just west of it. Finally, Kellogg said he wants to make sure the right sized parking garage is built in the Bridgeport Village area. That garage would also serve as a major hub for a bus mall. Kellogg said the original plans were to 900 spaces available, a number that has since been reduced to 700 spaces. "My thought is if you're going to build a regional transportation center, you need to build enough parking for(it)," Kellogg said Monday. TriMet plans currently call for the Bridgeport Transit Center to be built on land currently occupied by a TriMet park and ride just off of Lower Boones Ferry Road at 1-5. A proposal calls for an elevated pedestrian bridge to connect that transit center with the final light rail station on the Southwest Corridor Light Rail route on the other side of Lower Boones Ferry. If all goes as planned, the Village Inn to the west of that last station as well as the Men's Warehouse and Bed, Baths and Beyond would be spared, Kellogg said. Still, finding the needed funding for light rail continues to be a problem and a Metro 2020 transportation bond will be key. "That's dependent on the transportation bond passing," Kellogg said about finding the funding. "And that's a big 'if." Tigard Council: Don't remove Barbur car lanes for SW MAX The Tigard City Council on Tuesday said it doesn't want Barbur Boulevard narrowed, and a terminus should be somewhere west of Hall Boulevard by: Ray Pitz/Portland Tribune Posted: Oct 13, 2019 / 06:07 PMPDT U 13, 2019 / 06:07 PM PDT ® in 1W PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) —As the day a steering committee decides the final route for the Southwest Corridor Light Rail project alignment approaches, the Tigard City Council wants to make sure its objections are clear. Those include objections to reducing the number of travel lanes along Barbur Boulevard to save money and that if a decision is made that there isn't enough funding to bring the rail line all the way Bridgeport Village, the end of the line should be located somewhere west of Hall Boulevard. The council agreed to those conclusions during a work session Tuesday night. At issue is an upcoming meeting of the Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project Steering Committee, a group of local mayors and other representatives, who will make a recommendation to TriMet on the best alignment for the rail line to travel from Oregon Health and Science University's campus to Bridgeport Village in Tualatin or to a point in downtown Tigard. SEGMENT 4: TIGARD, DURHAM AND TUALATIN ................................................................................................................................................................................... Nvsc rK BOnitT ti I rs I Uppe . H oones Ferry _ �y a,9s�T . i;,,,, ... �`>\ � '._ ■ Bridgeport _ '0/'.,. A i TUALATIN j .) +�.•Aligninent ���_ �Gating?1F%Ugh[Rdll -- - Y �����ruMHsfYtly ��.�WESCaenmvCN RdiI ^.cnceAhialiw•darlrvgsuUjecC[e change r- Stat,.R'xrh Park;Aldo {j faMnl (3 11MV•el EIllWry The Southwest Corridor Light Rail Steering Committee will make a final decision on the route it wants the light rail to take during its 12-mile length. On Tuesday, the Tigard City Council reiterated what it would like to see including the fact it doesn't want a narrower Barbur Blvd. (Courtesy of TriMet/Portland Tribune) Earlier this year, the committee approved a locally preferred alternative alignment to get the rail through Tigard that would travel from Bonita Road to Bridgeport Village. That locally preferred alternative alignment is $400 million over budget officials say. Over the last several months, Tigard Mayor Jason Snider has made it clear to the steering committee that if not enough funding was found for the project, he'd be in favor of ending the line in Tigard instead of extending it the additional 3 1/2 miles to Tualatin. That suggestion has not played well with Tualatin officials who want to ensure the line makes it all the way to a station in Tualatin. In addition, Snider has said he's not be in favor of a TriMet proposal of narrowing Barbur Boulevard to only two lanes to save money for the project. During Tuesday night's meeting, Kenny Asher, Tigard's community development director, told the council that in order to move forward with a locally preferred alternative route, TriMet has prepared four scenarios. Two of those would require receiving an additional $200 million from the state and two assume that an estimated $200 million can be reduced from the project. The latter two proposals would include narrowing Barbur Boulevard to two lanes. Only one of those scenarios, which secures additional money and scales back the scope of the project, makes it to Bridgeport Village. Meanwhile, Snider told the council he's heard "rumblings"by some that there is such a desire to make it to Bridgeport Village that plans are to find the additional money, not reduce lanes to Barbur Boulevard and plans to take the project all the way to Tualatin. He said his understanding is that the corridor project needs to go to Bridgeport Village or it's "not going to happen." He later declined to comment further saying at the moment it's just a rumor. A final public hearing on the light rail alignment is planned for 6 p.m. Nov. 4 at Tigard Public Library. The Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project Steering Committee's final alignment meeting is set for Nov. 18 at 9 a.m. at Tigard City Hall. Our Opinion: Highway 99W needs to be enhanced, not strangled Pamplin Media Editorial Board Thursday, October 17,2019 Officials should abandon any thought of taking lanes away and should designate it a priority corridor. PMG FILE PHOTO:JAIME VALDEZ-Motorists and a bicyclist travel southbound on -4. Highway 99W in Tigard. ®- Right now, there are two major disputes over regional e J transportation routes in Southwest Portland, Tigard and Tualatin. We wrote a couple weeks ago about our vexation with regional planners not seeing the forest for the trees on one of those projects. Cutting lane capacity on 99W—a.k.a. Southwest Barbur Boulevard—between Tigard and downtown Portland in order to make way for a MAX light rail line is misguided and would have dire ramifications for traffic in the region. Of course, that assumes it doesn't give light rail opponents all the ammunition they need to sink a transportation bond measure likely to be put to voters in 2020. And then there's the other dispute that is shaping up over whether Highway 99W through Washington County deserves to be treated as a high-priority transportation corridor. The city governments of Tigard, Tualatin, King City and Sherwood, all of which either abut or straddle the highway, think it should be. The regional government Metro doesn't seem to share that opinion. Read our editorial from Oct. 3, 2019, about the idea of removing travel lanes along Southwest Barbur Boulevard in Portland. Let's try a little bit of game theory. Regional planners are openly considering the possibility of limiting Highway 99W in Southwest Portland to one travel lane in either direction. Effectively,that means replacing one lane each way with MAX tracks, instead of building the light rail line along Barbur Boulevard while maintaining its current traffic capacity, which has been the stated plan up until now. Why are planners even discussing the idea of further cramping Barbur Boulevard, which is already one of the region's most frustrating, frequently congested urban highways? Cost overruns—the bane of many a government project—have jeopardized project officials' long-held goal of building the new MAX line all the way out to Tualatin. It's set to terminate at Bridgeport Village. But planners now say in order to reach Bridgeport Village,they will have to find hundreds of millions of dollars in savings elsewhere along the route. Sacrificing lane capacity on Barbur Boulevard doesn't get them all the way there. But for them, it's a starting point. Don't get us wrong: We understand why officials want the line to get to Bridgeport Village. Since the MAX wouldn't directly serve Washington Square mall in Tigard, Bridgeport Village would be the top destination for shopping and entertainment along the new line. At least in theory, it would drive ridership outside of peak commuter hours, especially on weekends. It also brings MAX into another city, Tualatin, and places it at the doorstep of Lake Oswego and tiny Durham. It could have knock-on effects on bus ridership and connectivity in Tualatin, where some city officials— including Mayor Frank Bubenik—have long complained about being poorly served by TriMet. I So, clearly, for policymakers and businesses in the Bridgeport Village and Lake Grove areas, getting the MAX out to Bridgeport Village is a major goal. Unless officials can find close to a billion dollars by digging around beneath their couch cushions, that means making some cuts along the way, and that probably means bad things for Barbur Boulevard. Next year's transportation bond measure will likely combine money for the Southwest Corridor MAX line with other "regional transportation investments," including improvements along certain highways and arterials. Metro has designated Tualatin Valley Highway as one of those Tier 1 corridors. But up to this point, it's refused to give Pacific Highway—the stretch of Highway 99W through Tigard, Tualatin and Sherwood—the same designation. Not surprisingly, city officials in the southwest suburbs—including some of the same officials who want to see MAX come to Tualatin—are crying foul. That highway carries tens of thousands of vehicle trips every day. You don't need to be a transportation planner to see the highway could use some help with traffic flow. Just try driving from Southwest 124th Avenue in Tualatin to Highway 217 in Tigard during the afternoon commute. Highway 99W is in need of multimodal support, too. Stretches of the highway lack bicycle lanes and safe sidewalks. Along the north side of the Tigard Triangle, pedestrians walking the narrow strip of sidewalk on either side of the highway should probably avoid stretching out their left arm, lest it get taken off by a passing car or truck. Within the Metro area,Highway 99W directly serves five cities: Portland, Tigard, King City, Tualatin and Sherwood. That's not counting Newberg, which isn't part of Metro but is still generally considered a suburb or bedroom community of Portland. It seems pretty obvious to us that Highway 99W should qualify for a significant chunk of bond dollars. But then again, if Metro agrees that Highway 99W is a top-priority transportation corridor that's worthy of investment, that would seem to run counter to the idea of slashing traffic capacity further up the highway to shave down the exploding costs of the Southwest Corridor MAX line. This editorial board has generally been supportive of the light rail project. We'd like to see a low-emission, high-capacity transit option in the southwest suburbs. We applauded the decision of Tigard voters three years ago after they decided, narrowly, to give the OK for their city government to participate in the MAX project. But if Metro is going to pitch next year's bond measure as a comprehensive package to pay for better transportation in the Portland area, it needs to back up its big talk. Putting in a MAX line doesn't help Highway 99W. Even light rail supporters acknowledge that it won't do much to take cars off the road. And sacrificing Highway 99W on the altar of MAX would be a cynical, self-serving gambit. It might help check a box for transit planners,but it would be bad for people who live and work in the Southwest Corridor. It's time for the regional government to do right by the people in our area, keep the faith with Tigard, and put resources into improving Highway 99W—not making it even worse.