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CITY OF BEAVERTON PLANNING COMISSION FINAL AGENDA Virtual Meeting Wednesday, April 9, 2025 The Beaverton Planning Commission is meeting virtually at this time and is not present at the City of Beaverton Council Chambers. To attend the virtual meeting or provide verbal testimony, please use the meeting link on the Planning Commission’s Agenda and Minutes webpage at www.beavertonoregon.gov/913/Agendas-Minutes. If you require technical assistance to join the virtual meeting, please contact planning staff at least 48 hours in advance at mailboxcddplanning@beavertonoregon.gov 6:30 P.M. Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. COMMISSION COMMUNICATION 4. STAFF COMMUNICATION 5. WORK SESSION 5.1 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN UPDATE 3 - 26 TSP Work Session Memo.pdf ATTCHA TSP Vision Goals Objectives.pdf ATTCHB TSP Project Approach and Phases.pdf ATTCHC Draft Street Design Types.pdf 6. MEETING MINUTES 6.1 APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 02, 27 - 29 2025 February_5_2025_Planning_Commission_Meeting_Minutes.p df 7. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 of 29 Planning Commission Schedule: The schedule is tentative and is subject to change at any time. This information can be confirmed with the Planning Division at 503-526-2420 or mailboxcddplanning@beavertonoregon.gov. Accessibility Information: This information can be made available in large print or audio tape upon request. Assistive listening devices, sign language interpreters, or qualified bilingual interpreters can be made available at any public meeting or program with three (3) business days advance notice. To request these services, contact the Planning Staff by dialing 711+(503) 526-2420 or email MailboxCDDPlanning@beavertonoregon.gov Public Testimony Information: The City of Beaverton strongly encourages submitting written public testimony via email to the project planner. Public hearing testimony can be provided in three ways:  In writing via email to the project planner or to MailboxCDDPlanning@beavertonoregon.gov  In writing via postal mail addressed to the project planner to PO Box 4755, Beaverton OR 97076  Joining the Zoom webinar conference via phone or computer. Information on how to join the webinar can be found at https://www.beavertonoregon.gov/291/Agendas-Minutes If you wish to provide testimony but do not have the technology to join the meeting virtually, please contact planning staff for assistance at 503-526-2420 or mailboxcddplanning@beavertonoregon.gov. Project Information: Information regarding agenda items, including staff reports, meeting materials, descriptions and locations, is available on the city’s website at https://apps3.beavertonoregon.gov/DevelopmentProjects/ . Please note that information on long-range projects and city-wide proposals can be accessed via the “Citywide Projects” link at the top of the page. Page 2 of 29  MEMORANDUM Community Development Department To: Planning Commission From: Jessica Engelmann, Senior Planner Brian Martin, Long Range Planning Manager Date: April 3, 2025 Subject: Go Beaverton - Transportation System Plan Update – Introduction Staff will introduce the Go Beaverton – Transportation System Plan update project at the Planning Commission meeting on April 9, 2025. Beaverton’s Transportation System Plan (TSP) is a policy and technical document that establishes and describes city transportation policy and transportation performance standards and guides investments in the transportation system. PLANNING COMMISSION ROLE The City’s Transportation System Plan is Chapter 6 of Beaverton’s Comprehensive Plan. Transportation System Plan updates will be a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, which is a Type 4 land use action that requires Planning Commission to make a recommendation to City Council. TSP WILL ADDRESS CHANGE, PLAN FOR FUTURE The city is updating its TSP to enable Beaverton to invest and develop in a climate-friendly and equitable manner and to make Beaverton a place where people can more safely, easily, and comfortably connect to the activities, places, and services that are important to them. Beaverton’s TSP was last significantly updated in 2010. Over the past 15 years the city has evolved. State policy and regulations have changed. In addition, city demographics changed; community goals and priorities shifted; technology advanced; and climate change awareness deepened, including how investments in the transportation system, or the lack thereof, affect peoples’ lives. The scope of this TSP update is consistent with state and regional rules and policies. In 2022 and 2023, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission updated the Transportation Planning Rules to establish the Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities City of Beaverton  12725 SW Millikan Way  PO Box 4755  Beaverton, OR 97076  www.BeavertonOregon.gov Page 3 of 29 (CFEC) program. The purpose of the CFEC rulemaking was to better align the state’s transportation and land use planning with its long-term climate pollution reduction goal. The added requirements that apply to local TSPs in the Portland metropolitan area include: • Conducting multimodal inventories of the transportation system, including for walking, biking, rolling, transit, freight, and automobile travel. • Prioritizing walking, biking, and transit investments to access destinations. • Planning programs and services that reduce demand for car trips. • Identifying investments to support greater development in transit corridors and downtowns. • Planning for and managing parking. • Identifying investments and planning for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. • Conducting equity analyses to understand impacts of the transportation system on people with different identifies or needs and identifying strategies to minimize impacts on underserved populations. • Determining how to measure the performance of the transportation system, using measures and standards that are not solely about vehicle throughput and incorporate other goals the city is working to achieve. (Examples: reduction in carbon emissions, reliable travel times, and a system that offers a complete and desirable user experience for people walking, biking, and taking transit.) • Regularly monitoring and reporting progress related to increasing equitable outcomes for underserved populations and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. BACKGROUND: In September 2022, the State of Oregon’s Transportation and Growth Management Program awarded the City of Beaverton a $300,000 grant to assist with an update to Beaverton’s Transportation System Plan. In its agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation, and consistent with the City’s Complete Streets Policy, the city indicated its intent to create an updated TSP that: • Is informed by community members’ lived experiences, perspectives, and ideas. • Centers those most impacted by past policy choices or who are most socially or physically vulnerable in our current system, including underserved and systemically excluded communities. • Creates a system where people can be less dependent on motor vehicles for travel, advancing the region’s mode shift goals. • Provides people with and normalizes the use of multiple transportation options. • Advances the city toward meeting its 2050 net zero carbon emissions goal and OAR Division 44 greenhouse gas reduction targets for the Portland Metro Page 4 of 29  region of 30 percent from light vehicle travel in the metro area by 2045 from the 2005 base year. • Reflects and supports established city, state, and regional policy goals for land use and density. • Sustains vibrant local, regional, and state economies. • Fosters human connection and builds social capital. • Provides residents, business owners, developers, regional partners, and elected officials with a clear understanding of the city’s transportation vision, needs, and priorities. • Describes an actionable path forward, both in the near-term and long-term, to achieving the city’s transportation goals. VISION, GOALS, OBJECTIVES In a February 18, 2025 work session, the City Council expressed support for the TSP update project’s vision, goals, and objectives, which are found in Attachment A. PROJECT APPROACH The high-level approach to this TSP update is to: • Define the future the community wants • Identify the differences between where we are now and where we want to be • Enable a future where the transportation system furthers the community’s vision and goals An approach like this will help the city identify: • Where to sustain and support elements of the system that are furthering its goals • Where to rebalance elements of the system that are preventing it from reaching its goals. • What changes in policies, project selection, funding methods, and programs are needed to align implementation with the goals. PROJECT PHASES The process to accomplish this is described in Attachment B and will generally look like this: • Analyze existing conditions: Policies, demographics, land uses, street designs, infrastructure, programs, operations, maintenance, outcomes (safety, health, social, environmental, economic) • Define the future system: Intended users, networks (pedestrian, bicycle, transit, vehicle, etc.), complete streets (target speed, right-of-way elements), which street types are applied to which road segments Page 5 of 29  • Identify needs and opportunities: Learn about user experiences, compare existing conditions to desired future system; identify gaps/differences; identify where there are opportunities to achieve multiple goals and complete the system • Develop solutions: Identify solutions that will achieve the future system; evaluate solutions against TSP goals; create a list of projects and programs • Prioritize solutions: Create prioritization framework, identify current funding sources, identify potential new funding sources, create prioritized project list • Implement: Create complete streets decision-making framework that guides city decision-making when constraints are present (such as limited funding or right of way space); adopt regulations as needed (Comprehensive Plan, Development Code, Engineering Design Manual, Beaverton Code). NEXT STEPS Next steps are to continue the existing conditions analysis and conduct community engagement this summer to understand community members’ experiences, ideas, and concerns. Staff and the project’s Transportation Ambassadors will be reaching out to community members over the spring and summer of 2025, inquiring about people’s lived experience using Beaverton’s transportation system. Engagement will focus on better understanding where people need and want to go, particularly for short trips, and where they believe the system could be made safer and more comfortable. Staff plan to use the street design types in Attachment C to show potential future changes to the system and understand community members’ thoughts about those ideas and potential solutions, while being realistic about what might be needed to implement those changes. ATTACHMENTS A. TSP Vision, Goals, and Objectives B. Project Phases C. Street Design Types DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Do you have questions about what a Transportation System Plan is? 2. Do you have questions about the State Transportation Planning Rules that Beaverton’s Transportation System Plan must be consistent with? 3. Do you have question about the project approach? 4. Do you have questions about Planning Commission’s role in the TSP update? Page 6 of 29  Attachment A TSP Vision, Goals, and Objectives Vision Access for Everyone We all have real travel choices that we can count on, that we can afford, that we can safely enjoy, that help people and the planet thrive, now and into the future. Goal - Convenient Choices for Everyone • Make active transportation, like walking and biking, the most convenient choice for shorter trips • Make public transit the most convenient choice for longer trips • Make it convenient for households who drive to be able to charge electric vehicles • Provide convenient connections and transfers between transportation networks and services Goal - Reliable* Choices for Everyone • Make transit service more reliable • Make goods movement more reliable • Make travel times and bike and vehicle parking more reliable • Maintain transportation infrastructure so it is accessible to people with disabilities, usable by all people to the greatest extent possible, and in a state of good repair *Reliable means a person can count on a system or service to be useful and they can plan their day with certainty, knowing the system will reliably work the same every day. Example: a bus shows up on time and the transit trip takes about the same amount of time each day. Goal - Affordable Choices for Everyone • Make living close to frequent transit service more affordable • Prioritize investment in lower cost transportation modes that are more affordable for community members • Make it possible for households to own fewer vehicles if they desire • Help people and businesses connect to more economic opportunities Page 7 of 29 Goal - Safe & Comfortable Choices for Everyone • Ensure everyone feels welcome, comfortable, and physically secure while getting around • Eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries • Minimize transportation's negative impacts on neighborhoods • Ensure timely arrival of emergency responders to incidents Goal - Connected, Active, & Enriching Choices for Everyone • Create walkable areas, with an assortment of key destinations, that are universally accessible to people who cannot drive • Create environments that nurture children and youth and provide caregivers peace of mind • Create environments that allow older adults to stay socially connected and maintain their independence as they age • Create a transportation system that connects customers and businesses in Beaverton Goal - Sustainable & Carbon-Free Choices for Everyone • Reduce the energy requirements of the transportation system and be good stewards of our natural habitat • Support the transition to zero-emissions vehicles and ready access to low-carbon fuels for transportation • Design to withstand the impacts of climate change and natural disasters • Account for and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the construction, use, and disposal of vehicles and materials used to build the transportation system. Strategic Lenses The following strategic lenses will be used to analyze the current system, identify projects, and develop a path forward to realize the projects. • Social Equity and Community Strength • Responsibility to Future Generations • Community Resiliency and Adaptability • Feasibility of Implementation BEAVERTON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN Page 2 Page 8 of 29  Attachment B TSP project approach and phases Overall approach This Transportation System Plan update plans to use an “envision and enable” approach to transportation planning that includes: • Defining the future the community wants; • Identifying gaps between where we are now and where we want to be; and • Structuring policies and making an investment plan that helps bridge those gaps. An approach like this will help the city identify: • Where to sustain and support elements of the system that are furthering its goals; • Where to rebalance elements of the system that are preventing it from reaching its goals; and • What changes in policies, project selection, funding methods, and programs are needed to align implementation with the goals. New TSP goals; new approach In Beaverton, 90 percent of trips are taken by driving. This is an outcome of an auto-centric transportation system, built over decades, where access to a vehicle is often a prerequisite to reaching destinations. Many destinations are spread out, set back from the street, and oriented toward surface parking lots. Pedestrian, bike, and public transit infrastructure doesn’t always feel safe, convenient, or welcoming. These factors likely contribute to people’s dependence on driving to get to where they need to go. This TSP update approach differs from past transportation planning practice, which was to analyze existing conditions and identify needs and opportunities within the transportation system using a vehicular-oriented “predict and provide” method. This method was based primarily on identifying locations where there was existing vehicular congestion and/or it was predicted that more auto capacity was needed to meet an ever-higher demand for driving. A different approach is needed to achieve the Council goals for this project because approaches used in the past focused on auto capacity and operational investments that, in the long term, often induce more driving and made users of the system increasingly dependent on driving to get to where they need to go. Furthermore, these investments are costly to build and maintain; often remain unfunded; and do not complete or make networks for walking, biking, taking transit and other low-carbon methods of travel safer, healthier, Page 9 of 29 convenient, or welcoming. This is true particularly for people who involuntarily cannot drive, like youth, people who have aged out of driving, people with disabilities, and people who cannot afford to own a car. Key actions to achieve project goals The project vision and goals envision a future in which a greater number of individuals can utilize sustainable, cost-effective, and universally accessible modes of travel, such as walking, cycling, or public transportation, to reach their destinations. Recognizing this, there are a few key actions with the potential to advance multiple transportation and communitywide goals at once. The overall project approach centers around these actions. They include: • Reducing vehicle speeds to reduce the chance of serious and fatal injuries and to create more welcoming environments for people walking, biking, and enjoying destinations along the street. • Completing the pedestrian, bicycle, and transit networks so that people can get from one destination to another with confidence there is a reliable, direct route that will get them to where they need to go in a timelier manner. • Completing streets so that the pedestrian, bicycle, or transit journey feels welcoming and is safe and accessible to everyone, particularly for people who more heavily rely on these modes to access destinations, like youth, older adults, and people with disabilities. • Redefining and repurposing public right of way so that it provides more space for traffic calming, complete street treatments, public art, and enhanced greenery and tree canopies. • Focusing attention on where people are making short trips and making it safe, convenient and welcoming for a person of any age, ability, gender, or racial or ethnic background to make the trip by walking, biking, or taking public transportation. BEAVERTON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN Project approach and phases Page 2 Page 10 of 29 Phases The process to accomplish this is outlined in the image and text below. Figure 1: TSP project phases graphic The phases, briefly described, are: 1. Analyze existing conditions: Policies, demographics, land uses, street designs, infrastructure, programs, operations, maintenance, outcomes (safety, health, social, environmental, economic). 2. Define the future system: Intended users, networks (pedestrian, bicycle, transit, vehicle, etc.), complete streets (target speed, right-of-way elements), which street types are applied to which road segments. 3. Identify needs and opportunities: Learn about user experiences, compare existing conditions to desired future system; identify gaps/differences; identify where there are opportunities to achieve multiple goals and complete the system. BEAVERTON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN Project approach and phases Page 3 Page 11 of 29  4. Develop solutions: Identify solutions that will achieve the future system; evaluate solutions against TSP goals; create a list of projects and programs. 5. Prioritize solutions: Create prioritization framework, identify current funding sources, identify potential new funding sources, create prioritized project list. 6. Implement: Create complete streets decision-making framework; adopt regulations as needed (Comprehensive Plan, Development Code, Engineering Design Manual, Beaverton Code). 1. Analyze existing conditions The existing conditions analysis performed for this TSP update will inventory infrastructure, report on system usage, conduct a safety analysis, and collect information from the community about people’s lived experiences using today’s system. 2. Define the future system To begin the process of defining the future system, the city will define what complete networks (pedestrian, bicycle, public transit, vehicular, freight, emergency routes) look like in Beaverton. This includes the location, function, and critical elements of the networks such as protected street crossings, bike parking, transit line/stop features, and freight delivery considerations, among others. The city also needs to define what complete streets look like. This includes what the city’s expectations are for how the public right of way will be designed and used, depending on its function and surrounding land use context. What constitutes a complete street will be defined using a new classification system of street design types. Part of a draft example street design is shown below. A full packet can be found in Attachment 3. BEAVERTON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN Project approach and phases Page 4 Page 12 of 29 Figure 2: TSP draft street design example (excerpt) Each street type will respond to the specific land use context and function the street is meant to perform within the larger pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and vehicular network. The street types will define what the design expectations are for the street and how a specific street segment contributes to making a complete network for people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving. Attachment 3 depicts 10 draft street design types that show an optimal cross-section could look like for each draft street design type. Community members will be able to share their thoughts about the design types as well as the existing and future transportation network during public engagement this summer. The draft street designs include target speeds (slower speeds reduce severe injuries and fatalities if crashes occur) and elements that would help achieve those target speeds. The ideal cross-sections shown on the draft designs would be a starting point for street design decisions in the city. Toward the end of the project, a decision-making framework will be established that will allow city staff and city partners to respond to real-world conditions, like constrained physical space or funding, and navigate design tradeoffs so final designs are both implementable and consistent with the city’s long-term goals. BEAVERTON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN Project approach and phases Page 5 Page 13 of 29 3. Identify needs and opportunities Needs and opportunities will be identified by comparing the defined networks and complete street attributes to existing conditions. Where there is a gap between the two, there is a need. Opportunities will be identified by considering, for example, where there is gap that impacts a priority underserved population, such as a near a school serving young people. Public engagement also will contribute to understanding needs and identifying opportunities for meeting those needs. 4. Develop solutions Solutions will include policies, projects, programs, and other actions. As the project identifies needs and opportunities, the city can consider diversifying its solutions beyond major capital projects. Characteristics of these solutions may include: • Rapid implementation: Rapid implementation projects that repurpose existing right of way and allow the city to make investments more quickly than what could be done with a typical Capital Improvement Program project, often at less cost, and potentially integrate them into other existing programs, such as the city’s repaving program or neighborhood traffic calming program. • Materials: Projects can use less permanent materials, such as paint, posts, and removable planter boxes, to more quickly respond to community needs and more inexpensively try a solutions (or solutions) to achieve the project goals and allow community members to experience the solutions and inform the final design. • Programs: Programs that complement investments in physical infrastructure. For example, programs that measure the performance of a project, promote the use of the infrastructure, and/or encourage people to walk, bike, or take public transportation. Across all implementation actions, the city will seek to identify projects and programs that advance multiple goals at once in innovative ways and enable the city to build off its successes. Projects that do this position the city to be strategic, nimble, and opportunistic, all while keeping grounded in the goals the city is trying to achieve. 5. Prioritize solutions As the project moves into the prioritization phase of the project, staff will work with the City Council to develop a prioritization framework that: • Aligns with the plan goals and objectives. • Advance equitable outcomes. • Reduces climate pollution. • Considers where several small changes have the potential to reinforce each other and advance multiple goals at once. BEAVERTON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN Project approach and phases Page 6 Page 14 of 29  • Considers where there is already support and a desire by neighborhoods and/or partner agencies for change that advance the city’s transportation goals. • Is achievable within projected funding forecasts. 6. Implementation Initial implementation of the plan will occur through amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Development Code and could occur through amendments to several other city code and standards documents. It’s expected that investment in the system would be incremental and occur over time, through a variety of means, including through city programs and private development. BEAVERTON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN Project approach and phases Page 7 Page 15 of 29  Attachment C TSP draft street design types Beaverton’s Transportation System Plan update plans to use an “envision and enable” approach to transportation planning that includes: • Defining the future the community wants; • Identifying gaps between where we are now and where we want to be; and • Structuring policies and making an investment plan that helps bridge those gaps. An approach like this will help the city identify: • Where to sustain and support elements of the system that are furthering its goals; • Where to rebalance elements of the system that are preventing it from reaching its goals; and • What changes in policies, project selection, funding methods, and programs are needed to align implementation with the goals. Envisioning a future system aligned with the TSP vision and goals involves two primary things: 1. defining complete networks for people walking, cycling, taking public transit, driving, delivering goods and services, and responding to emergencies. 2. defining how the complete streets that make up these networks are expected to look and function in Beaverton. Every street is unique. The design types included here are an initial attempt to envision what ten different types of complete streets could look like in Beaverton in an ideal form. The ideal form provides a starting place to understand what the city is striving for, with an understanding that design adjustments will likely have to be made along the way to respond to right-of-way and budget constraints and specific community needs and desires. In a later phase of the TSP update, a decision-making framework will be created to help determine how and where to make design decisions. Street designs vary depending on the neighborhood context the street is integrated into and what function the street is intended to play within the overall transportation system. Key to all the street design types is information about target travel speeds and design elements that help achieve the speed and TSP goals. The first exhibit, for a Regional Boulevard, is annotated to highlight features that accomplish this. At this stage of the project, the street design illustrations are a tool to help community members imagine what future streets could look like in relation to the vision and goals. City staff look forward to using these design types as one tool to discuss Beaverton's transportation future with community members this year. Page 16 of 29  Regional Boulevard Generous furnishing zone to accommodate Two scales of lighting to provide better visibility for people sitting on people crossing the street Target Speed: 20 to 25 mph benches, bike parking for cyclists wanting to Center median, with opportunities for green and for people walking along the sidewalk access businesses/residences, infrastructure, providing and street trees that stormwater benefits and Wide Sidewalks allow for heavy safety benefits for people use by pedestrians in the most provide shade and absorb heat from the driving, walking, and intensely developed areas of the rolling. Elevated bike facility city. They accommodate many asphalt with a width that can different types of users that may accommodate people need to pass each other, riding side-by-side or including people who are using larger bicycles, traveling as a group, using Narrower inside travel like cargo bikes or mobility devices, or pushing lane to help reduce tricycles strollers. vehicle speeds. Bus stop platform separated from bicycle traffic to reduce conflict Large frontage zone to points between people accommodate things like outside cycling and waiting for dining, which helps activate the the bus. street and makes it a more welcoming environment Curb extensions to shorten the distance required for people crossing the street Potential for transit The draft street design type images displayed in this document priority treatments on include several elements that would help achieve the TSP vision and major transit routes goals for safer, more comfortable, active, and sustainable streets. creating more reliability The street designs provide travel options for people walking, rolling, for people taking the bicycling, taking public transit, or driving a vehicle. The bus. Bus stop platform High visibility cross-sections illustrated may not always fit within existing separated from bicycle pedestrian and right-of-way. As part of the TSP update, a decision-making traffic to reduce conflict Page 17 of 29 bicycle framework will be created to help determine how and where to make points between people crossings to design decisions in constrained environments. We look forward to cycling and waiting for provide extra using these images as one tool to discuss Beaverton's transportation the bus. visibility future with community members this year.  Regional Access Street Target Speed: 20 to 25 mph Page 18 of 29  Regional Mobility Street Target Speed: 20 to 30 mph Page 19 of 29  Community Access Street Target Speed: 20 to 25 mph Page 20 of 29  Community Mobility Street Target Speed 20 to 25 mph Page 21 of 29  Neighborhood Street Target Speed: 20 mph Page 22 of 29  Local Street Target Speed: 20 mph Page 23 of 29  Shared Residential Slow Street Target Speed: 10 mph Page 24 of 29  Commercial Alley Target Speed: 10 mph Page 25 of 29  Pedestrian Street Target Speed: N/A Page 26 of 29  1 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES 2 REGULAR MEETING 3 FEBRUARY 05, 2025 4 5 6 CALL TO ORDER: 7 8 The Regular Meeting of the Beaverton Planning Commission was called to 9 Order by Chair Winter virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 10 6:30 p.m. 11 12 ROLL CALL: 13 14 Present were Chair Scott Winter and Planning Commissioners Lauren Holmes, 15 Michael Speck, and Chelsea McCann. 16 17 Commissioners Lago and Adams were absent and excused. 18 19 Planning Division Manager Anna Slatinsky, Current Planning Manger Jana Fox, 20 Associate Planner Lauren Russell, Assistant Planner Stephanie Lonsdale, Assistant 21 City Attorney Robin McIntyre, Assistant Planner Miguel Gelin, and Planning 22 Support Specialist Maxwell Everett represented staff. 23 24 The meeting was called to order by Chair Winter who presented the format for 25 the meeting. 26 27 COMMISSION COMMUNICATION: 28 None. 29 30 STAFF COMMUNICATION: 31 Planning Division Manager Anna Slatinsky notified the commissioners about a Boards and 32 Commissions events mailer that they should have received via email. The mailer 33 highlighted a Boards and Commissions retreat Monday, February 24th, an optional 34 Effective Meetings training session on Monday, March 31st, and a Government Ethics 35 training which is a requirement for commissioners. Encouraged commissioners to reach 36 out if they did not receive the event flyer. 37 38 NEW BUSINESS 39 40 1. LU32024-00945 FISHER-ROSSI STOREFRONTS 41 a. HRA32024-00942 42 The applicant requests approval of a Historic Review application (HR32024-00942) 43 for exterior modifications to the “Fisher-Rossi Building.” The proposed Page 27 of 29  Planning Commission Minutes February 05, 2025 Page 2 of 3 1 modifications include restoring historic storefronts with wooden framing, new 2 glazing, and a new angled entry, and the removal of a fabric awning. 3 4 Chair Winter briefly described the hearing process and applicable approval criteria 5 for this proposal. 6 7 The Chair asked if any commissioners have a potential or actual conflict of interest, 8 ex parte contacts, or site visits to declare. 9 10 None of the commissioners had any potential or actual conflict of interests or ex 11 parte contacts to declare. 12 13 Chair Winter disclosed that he had conducted a site visit. 14 15 There were no disqualifications of the Planning Commission members. 16 17 Chair Winter opened the public hearing and read the format for hearings. 18 19 STAFF REPORT 20 Assistant Planner Stephanie Lonsdale provided an overview of the application, 21 proposing restoring two storefronts at 12438 and 12472 SW Broadway to reflect 22 historical features. The presentation reviewed the site location, historic review, 23 building history, and a project summary. Staff recommended approval of the 24 project. 25 26 PLANNING COMMISSION QUESTIONS OF STAFF 27 There were no questions from the Planning Commission to staff. 28 29 APPLICANT PRESENTATION 30 Alan Ford (235 NE Mason Street, Portland OR) is the architectural designer for this 31 project and has consulted with the owner, Chuck Wilson. Alan expressed 32 appreciation for staff and his hopes for approval of the application. 33 34 PUBLIC TESTIMONY 35 No public testimony was made. 36 37 APPLICANT REBUTTAL 38 No rebuttal necessary. 39 40 FINAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF 41 No final comments from staff. 42 43 Chair Winter closed the public hearing. 44 Page 28 of 29  Planning Commission Minutes February 05, 2025 Page 3 of 3 1 COMMISSION DELIBERATIONS 2 3 Chair Winter polled the commissioners on their conclusions. 4 5 Commissioner Holmes – Supported the staff report and approved the project. 6 7 Commissioner McCann – Expressed support for the project and mentioned 8 excitement for the restoration and improvement of the building’s appearance. 9 10 Commissioner Speck – Believed the project would enhance the building’s 11 historical integrity. 12 13 Commissioner McCann MOVED and Commissioner Holmes SECONDED a motion 14 to APPROVE LU32024-00945 FISHER-ROSSI STOREFRONTS (HR32024-00942). 15 16 Motion PASSED 4:0 17 AYES: Winter, Holmes, Speck, McCann. 18 NAYS: None. 19 ABSTAIN: None. 20 ABSENT: Adams, Lago. 21 22 ADJOURN 23 Adjourned at 6:48 pm. 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